User:Steve

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The facts are these: I'm a design engineer/mechanical engineer from the UK. This account was created primarily as a means of correcting the occasional grammar, spelling and factual errors I happened to stumble across, but I appear to have accidentally let myself become more involved with the project than I originally intended. I don't have a particular specialist subject, but I tend to gravitate towards film and television articles.

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[edit] Articles I've written

  • Appreciation Index - I created this article purely out of annoyance that it didn't already exist, but it did manage to bag me my first Did You Know.
  • State of Play - this was originally picked as a personal project in order for me to "learn the ropes", but obsessively checking Google News for updates several times a day soon became the norm.

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  • Babylon 5 – this is kind of a personal project for me now. It was already a good article when I came here, but it wasn't actually a Good Article, if you know what I mean. This is still quite a way off, but I've slowly been working my way through it to bring it up to the GA criteria. In addition to lots of minor edits, I've made some pretty significant changes so far.
  • Michel Thomas – almost as soon as I joined Wikipedia I became embroiled in an edit war which had raged for three years between Roy Rivenburg, a former staff writer for the Los Angeles Times who Thomas sued for defamation in 2001, and Thomas' former Private investigator. Each had his preferred version of the article; each was wildly different in tone and content. Under the P.I., the page offered the now-deceased Thomas as some kind of Nazi-busting superhero; under Rivenburg, he was presented as the Devil incarnate. My own involvement has been to gently, and not so gently, guide the article to something resembling stability. I consider it a vindication that both parties consider my contributions "imperfect," but they seem content to leave alone for now. Let's see if that lasts.
  • Changeling – article for a forthcoming film, which I've significantly fleshed out recently.
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The barnstar is to applaud you for your express revision at Valkyrie (film), only the latest in a series of your terrific contributions to film articles on Wikipedia! Your dedication and stewardship are very much appreciated! Erik (talk • contrib) - 00:15, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

On 13 January 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Appreciation Index, which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

On 24 January 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article State of Play (film), which you created or substantially expanded. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

The barnstar is to applaud you for your express revision at Changeling (film). You changed a marginal article into a well-structured, articulate, readable, enjoyable and well reasoned article! Your dedication and stewardship are very much appreciated and a model for editors to emulate! Dan Dassow (talk) 13:30, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

For diligence and wikipediance on Mark Speight, and grace under pressure on Talk:Mark Speight. Jdcooper (talk) 21:51, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

I hereby award you the Original Barnstar for your particularly fine editing in general, and constructive participation in discussion regarding Sweeney Todd especially the "Horror" versus "Thriller" debate. Thanks; I truly applaud you. Mizu onna sango15/水女珊瑚15 01:34, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
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