User:Adam Bishop

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I have been around since 2002, and I've been an Administrator since 2003. For some reason (presumably an unwise one), I signed up with my real name. But I am not this guy.

I speak Canadian English, and I can read Latin and French (and Old French), German if I have to, and bits of Arabic. I can speak enough French to get by in a place where very few people speak English. I have a PhD in medieval studies, and work on some ridiculously obscure aspects of the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. But I know this is Wikipedia and none of that means anything. Here are some hilarious comments from those who think it is worthless:

• "Almost every single sentence is faulty or incomplete. The article must be rewritten by someone who read the book and who has proper scholar background"
• "MY illiterate friend Adam !...Learn history before you write!"
• "Do you want to get PHD in a (noname beast) Canadian university? PHD is very very low rank compare with real academic scholars (as writers of British Britannica). Do you think you are better than members of Royal Academy ? Hahahaha"
• "I dont't want to heart you, but Britannica is more creditable than the private opinion of an aspirant PHD-boy."
• "Be wise, at this point you can crawfish without the loosing of your countenances."
• "You behave like a self-appointed opinion-champion, wich is a clearly childish behaviour. You are a micro Stalin on wikipedia, and therefore you are noxious."
• "It is unfounded accusations & slanders!"

Since I have a job, a family, and a general disillusionment with Wikipedia, I am not as active as I once was. I mean, I don't think I can co-exist on a Wikipedia that has articles about individual Heidi Montag songs.

Things to do if I had an infinite amount of time and energy

• Finish re-FeaturedArticlizing First Crusade.
• Fully expand and reference Kingdom of Jerusalem, Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, Usama ibn Munqidh, and other articles about the 12th-century crusades and crusaders.
• Complete the insane List of religious leaders in 1220.
• Complete the somewhat less-insane List of principal Crusaders, or do something useful with it.

Some useful links

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Middle Ages
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Middle Ages/Crusades task force
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Middle Ages/Crusades task force/Popular pages
• Category:Crusades task force articles
• Category:Crusades
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Military History
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Reference Desk Article Collaboration
• Wikipedia:Reference Desk
• User:Adam Bishop/sandbox
• User:Adam Bishop/library

Did you know, Featured Articles, Good Articles

For the "Did you know?" section on the Main Page:

• Saladin tithe
• Adelaide del Vasto
• Quantum praedecessores
• Council of Nablus
• Crusade cycle
• Pactum Warmundi
• Ismat ad-Din Khatun
• Council of Acre
• Bible translations in the Middle Ages
• Warner of Grez

I don't really spend enough time here anymore to work on Featured Articles; the whole concept is kind of sketchy, since a Featured Article is still featured on Wikipedia. Nevertheless:

• First Crusade
• Treaty of Devol
• Second Crusade
• William of Tyre (this is mostly entirely mine)

And some Good Articles as well:

• Siege of Damascus (well, I started it)
• William the Carpenter - I am particularly pleased with this. I think one of the most efficient uses of Wikipedia is to correct misinformation that is spread all over the Internet, especially for obscure subjects like this one.
• Usama ibn Munqidh

Places I've been

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Barnstars etc

This editor is a Master Editor and is entitled to display this Rhodium Editor Star.

Here are the barnstars people have seen fit to give me for some reason. I don't quite get these; anyone can give one to anyone else for any reason, so do they really mean anything? Oh well.

		An Award
		I award this Epic Barnstar to Adam Bishop for his extensive work on history articles.

(From LordAmeth, October 12, 2005)

		An Award
		This Epic Barnstar is hereby awarded to Adam Bishop for his tireless work on Wikipedia's History entries - particularly concerning the Crusades - thank you for your well-written, researched, and sourced articles!

(From DonaNobisPacem, January 11, 2006)

"Wikipedia is not a student newspaper." From Hamster Sandwich, January 20, 2006

I ,Hellboy2hell, hereby award you the Hellboy2hell barnstar for helping, pleasing or being kind to me. ĤéĺĺвοЎ (talk) 09:05, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

		The Reference Desk Barnstar
		Thank you for contributing to my "greatest" poll on the Reference Desk! --Ye Olde Luke (talk) 05:01, 13 November 2008 (UTC))

		The Guidance Barnstar
		Thanks for answering my reference desk question. I have been looking for the name of the movie for sometime now, but never had any luck; now that I know what its called, I can look for the actual film and watch the whole thing rather than the last twenty or so minutes. Keep up your good work! TomStar81 (Talk) 07:06, 13 June 2009 (UTC)

		The Reference Desk Barnstar
		Thanks for answering my pro/epilogue question on the Language Reference Desk!--Ye Olde Luke (talk) 22:11, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

For your great work on Military articles in the WP:DYK, WP:GA, and WP:FC fields.