User:Brianboulton

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What I do: My userspace proportion is high, because all my articles are created and worked on in sandboxes.

This editor was born on 4th of July (in England)

48,000+	This user has made over 48,000 contributions to Wikipedia.

	This user has written or significantly contributed to 56 featured articles on Wikipedia.

	This user has written or significantly contributed to 2 featured lists on Wikipedia.

Three notes from The Magic Flute

[edit] Featured articles

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[edit] Featured lists

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Featured article assists:

About me

User:Brianboulton (The way we were...)

Despite my evocative birth date, I am British, generally known as Brian. At root I am a Liverpudlian from Toxteth, although I have not lived there since my early childhood. I started WP editing in September 2007, at first rather tentatively but with increasing confidence and, I trust, rising skill (I did not adopt a user name until early November 2007). Years ago I graduated in finance and accounting, and taught in a business school for a while until near-terminal boredom sent me to study for a Master's degree in educational philosophy. I taught that, too, and eventually became director of a London-based adults' college. Serious and prolonged illness in 2005–2007 effectively ended my career, and drove me into the arms of Wikipedia. The photograph is me in my pomp, on a boat, with company. Those were the days...

I recognise that Wikipedia is a very broad church, and that there are many avenues in which one can choose to be active. I have chosen to be primarily a content creator, at the "quality" end of the range; thus, most of my main articles are prepared with featured status in mind. I am an active reviewer at Peer review and WP:FAC, and currently divide my time about 50:50 between writng and reviewing. I cut my WP teeth by writing polar history articles and biographies; this is still an area of interest, though I have not been active in it for a while. My main current writing tends to be related to classical music, especially opera and composer biographies. In the latter field I have created or expanded the WP articles for Bedrich Smetana, Gustav Mahler, Frederick Delius and Percy Grainger. I also do general biographies of interesting non-musical people—Evelyn Waugh, Tom Driberg, Cosmo Gordon Lang. I don't see a future role an administrator, though I respect the work that many of them do. I have enjoyed good and profitable working relations with a number of editors, some alas no longer active on the project, and have endured sour and difficult relations with a small minority, most of whom regrettably are still on the project.

[edit] Achievements to date

Featured articles, Featured lists, Good articles

Achievements to date

Featured Articles: nominating and main editor on the following:-

Article name	Field	Date of FA promotion	date on main page
Ross Sea party	Polar exploration	13 February 2008	23 September 2009
Terra Nova Expedition	Polar exploration	20 February 2008	27 June 2010
Discovery Expedition	Polar exploration	17 March 2008	1 May 2008
Robert Falcon Scott	Polar biography	3 April 2008	24 October 2010
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition	Polar exploration	14 April 2008	28 June 2008
Aeneas Mackintosh	Polar biography	10 May 2008
Nimrod Expedition	Polar exploration	7 June 2008	9 January 2009
William Speirs Bruce	Polar biography	2 July 2008	3 December 2009
Ernest Joyce	Polar biography	17 July 2008
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition	Polar exploration	6 August 2008
Voyage of the James Caird	Polar exploration	30 August 2008
Southern Cross Expedition	Polar exploration	26 September 2008
Farthest South	Polar exploration	4 October 2008	24 August 2011
Rhinemaidens (Co-nom Peter cohen)	Music (opera)	28 October 2008	5 June 2009
Tom Crean (explorer) (Co-nom Zatoichi26)	Polar biography	15 November 2008	17 March 2010
Mozart family Grand Tour	Music biography	25 November 2008	11 March 2009
Shackleton–Rowett Expedition	Polar exploration	17 December 2008	7 April 2009
New South Greenland	Polar exploration	11 January 2009	6 November 2010
Mozart in Italy	Music biography	31 January 2009	4 September 2010
Carsten Borchgrevink	Polar biography	11 February 2009
Benjamin Morrell	General biography	12 March 2009	20 August 2010
Agrippina (opera) (Co-nom Shoemaker's Holiday)	Music (opera)	25 March 2009	14 April 2009
SY Aurora's drift	Polar exploration	11 April 2009
Clements Markham	General biography	12 May 2009	20 July 2010
Bedrich Smetana	Music biography	7 July 2009	24 July 2010
The Bartered Bride	Music (opera)	25 July 2009
Cosmo Gordon Lang	General biography	6 September 2009	30 October 2009
Nansen's Fram expedition (Co-nom Ruhrfisch)	Polar exploration	28 October 2009
L'incoronazione di Poppea	Music (opera)	28 November 2009
Peter Heywood	General biography	10 January 2010
Voyage of the Karluk	Polar exploration	16 February 2010
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria	Music (opera)	16 March 2010
Gustav Mahler	Music biography	27 April 2010	7 July 2010
Symphony No. 8 (Mahler)	Classical music	4 June 2010	12 September 2010
The Temple at Thatch	Literature	6 July 2010	28 January 2011
Tosca (Co-nom Wehwalt)	Music (opera)	18 July 2010	7 August 2010
Fridtjof Nansen	Polar biography	4 September 2010	10 October 2010
L'Orfeo	Music (opera)	7 October 2010	15 October 2010
Talbot Baines Reed	Literary biography	9 November 2010
Evelyn Waugh	Literary biography	20 December 2010	26 May 2011
Gianni Schicchi (Co-nom Wehwalt)	Music (opera)	31 December 2010	31 May 2011
C. R. M. F. Cruttwell	General biography	24 January 2011
Frederick Delius (Co-nom Tim riley)	Music biography	8 February 2011
Rinaldo (opera)	Music (opera)	15 February 2011	25 February 2011
Tom Driberg	General biography	3 April 2011	15 February 2012
Nixon in China (opera) (Co-nom Wehwalt)	Music (opera)	16 April 2011
Percy Grainger	Music biography	27 May 2011
Kathleen Ferrier	Music biography	27 June 2011
Messiah (Handel) (Conoms Tim riley) and Gerda Arendt)	Classical music	4 August 2011
Brunette Coleman	Literature	30 August 2011
Georges Bizet	Music biography	28 October 2011
Amundsen's South Pole expedition (Conom: Apterygial)	Polar exploration	14 November 2011	14 December 2011
Les pêcheurs de perles	Music (opera)	22 December 2011
Monteverdi's lost operas	Music (opera)	10 February 2012

Featured Articles: significant helper:-

Article name	Date of FA promotion	date on main page
Ernest Shackleton	31 January 2008
Ten Commandments in Roman Catholicism	16 June 2009	26 June 2009

Featured Lists

Article name	Date of promotion to FL
List of operas by Mozart	23 July 2008
Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration	17 December 2008

Good Articles

Article name	Date of promotion to GA	Date of promotion to FA
Terra Nova Expedition	27 January 2008	20 February 2008
Rhinemaidens (Wagner)	12 May 2008	28 October 2008
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition	26 May 2008	6 August 2008
William Speirs Bruce	9 June 2008	2 July 2008
Aurora's drift	13 July 2008	11 April 2009
Farthest South	31 July 2008	4 October 2008
Carsten Borchgrevink	24 October 2008	11 February 2009

[edit] Current and future work

The following information is mainly for my own guidance, and is subject to frequent change.

Ideas for future articles

[edit] Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration – future Featured Topic

Article name	Current status
Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration	Featured List
Southern Cross Expedition	Featured Article
Discovery Expedition	Featured Article
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition	Featured Article
Nimrod Expedition	Featured Article
Terra Nova Expedition	Featured Article
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition	Featured Article
Ross Sea party	Featured Article
Shackleton-Rowett Expedition	Featured Article
Australasian Antarctic Expedition	Start
Amundsen's South Pole expedition	Featured article
Belgian Antarctic Expedition	Stub
Second German Antarctic Expedition	Start (in Filchner article)
Swedish Antarctic Expedition	Stub
Charcot Expeditions	Start (in French expeditions)
Gauss Expedition	Start
Japanese Antarctic Expedition	Stub

[edit] General work plans

[edit] Order of work in progress and forthcoming articles (variable)

L'Arianna (complete in Feb but don't submit before April)
Carmen
Cosima Wagner
Randolph Churchill
The Rite of Spring
Bela Bartok April

Plans uncertain thereafter. Possible projects:-

[edit] Trinkets, Barnstars etc

The following honours received with much thanks from fellow-editors:-

Awards and Barnstars

Awarded for all of your hard work and research in bringing the Terra Nova Expedition article up to Good Article status. Congratulations! Dr. Cash (talk) 00:40, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

I, Seahamlass, award you this barnstar in recognition of your tireless peer review contributions to Sunderland Echo. The article looks much, much better due to your efforts. Cheers!--seahamlass 12:28, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Your in-depth review of Everglades made the article much, much better. Thanks from the team! - Dan Dank55 (talk)(mistakes) 14:22, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for you patience, diligence and expertise in helping me to take my congressman's article to WP:GA. You have helped to create a great resource for the people of Jesse Jackson, Jr.'s district and for persons concerned with congressional politics. TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 06:51, 24 May 2008 (UTC)

To Brianboulton, for contributions to historical articles. Axl (talk) 16:50, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Awarded to Brianboulton for your insightful and thorough review of Tom Crean, which helped bring it to GA status! Zatoichi26 (talk) 01:11, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

For your careful and thoughtful GA review of Proserpine, which is clearer and more accessible as a result of your probing questions. Your dedication to improving the quality of Wikipedia is evident - thank you! Awadewit (talk) 16:32, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Nothing more needs to be written beyond this link: [1] —Ed 17 ^{(Talk / Contribs)} 19:05, 11 December 2008 (UTC)

For bringing together information about early polar expeditions and telling us the fascinating stories of these adventures, we award you the Polar Medal. Your thorough research and your evocative writing style have made this corner of Wikipedia a delight to read. Thank you! Awadewit (talk) 15:09, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

For your patient work mentoring student editors through their GA Review at Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories. I'm much impressed, and very grateful! Many thanks! jbmurray (talk • contribs) 00:35, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

Given to Brian Boulton for all of your help with Peer review, especially reviewing items from the backlog. Given with respect and admiration, Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 21:33, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Awarded to Brianboulton for his excellent peer review of The Ten Commandments in Roman Catholic theology. NancyHeise ^talk 21:54, 17 February 2009 (UTC)

Awarded for ceaseless endeavour. DavidCane (talk) 23:08, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

For the behind the scenes help you do all the time, including helping me with prose, thanks. Ealdgyth - Talk 02:07, 14 March 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for last years contributions (GA review) to the Choctaw article. The editorial suggestions significantly contributed to the article's quality. Rob (talk) 13:46, 23 March 2009 (UTC)

For your excellent work on Agrippina - this could never have become an FA in time without your help. Shoemaker's Holiday (talk) 09:17, 25 March 2009 (UTC)

Awarded for Featured Article production beyond the call of duty! DavidCane (talk) 00:36, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

For taking time out to copyedit Adelaide Rams despite no need to, but offered to anyway, and did so. The Windler talk 03:36, 18 April 2009 (UTC)

Now that you have surpassed my WP:TFA total and a few orbits above me in WP:FAs, I think I should connote my respect and admiration. TonyTheTiger (t/c/bio/WP:CHICAGO/WP:LOTM) 14:53, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks again for your peer review and support - Cherry Springs State Park made featured article today! Dincher (talk) and Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 01:55, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

For all your continuing contributions to and tireless thrashing through the choral symphony article. You have really earned this. Awarded by — Jonyungk (talk) 02:24, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

By order of the coordinators, for your help with the WikiProject's Peer and A-Class reviews April to June 2009, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award. Roger Davies ^talk 12:21, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

I wanted to make sure I said thank you, however belatedly, for all your helpful comments on Tom Swift (which I think I've now addressed) - and for your help and support on Nancy Drew. It's much appreciated. Ricardiana (talk) 20:25, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

Thank you so much for the excellent peer review on Remain in Light and all the work you do there and at FAC (including the A Weekend in the City review last month). Top stuff. RB88 (T) 12:51, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

Thanks again for your peer review and support - Upper Pine Bottom State Park made featured article today! Dincher (talk) and Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 02:12, 11 November 2009 (UTC)

For being one of Wikipedia's most skilled contributors and for creating dozens of well-crafted articles. Keep it up! –Juliancolton | ^Talk 05:49, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

For your fantastic improvements to York Park. Thank you. Aaroncrick (talk) Review me! 20:24, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

I deeply aprecciate all your work and dedication to the project, specially with such interesting articles. I'll try to translate all of them as a symbol of recognition. Thank you, Brianboulton! OboeCrack (talk) 22:10, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

For your excellent review work with the peer review of 2009 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Final, I award you this barnstar. Thank you for your help! SkotyWA^T_C 08:52, 21 March 2010 (UTC)

Brian, I keep seeing your kind offers to help people with reviewing, checking sources, and fixing text. I just want to let you know that it's very much appreciated. SlimVirgin ^{talk|contribs} 04:48, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for such a thorough peer review on the David Fisher (Six Feet Under) article. It was one of the best PRs I've ever received. Your critique was fair, thorough and well-expressed. I will start implementing you suggestions immediately.Esprit15d • talk • contribs 14:10, 14 July 2010 (UTC)

Thanks again for your kind words, helpful comments, and support. Bull Run River made featured article today. Finetooth (talk) 03:18, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Thanks again for your source review, kind words, and support. Ricketts Glen State Park made featured article today. Dincher (talk) and Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 13:05, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

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I award you this Copy Editor's Barnstar for insisting on clear, comprehensible, and grammatically correct articles. Thanks for the copyedit. d'oh! _talk 03:23, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your good work helping with the WikiProject's Peer and A-Class reviews for the period Jan-Jun 2010, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award. Ian Rose (talk) 02:13, 2 September 2010 (UTC)

Thanks for your source review and support for Exelon Pavilions, which is now a Featured article, and for all you do on Wikipedia!
.--TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) and Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 20:27, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your comments and suggestions on the Battle of Towton, especially appreciated are your copy-editing and sources check. Your support was invaluable to recognising it as a Featured Article. Jappalang (talk) 22:04, 9 February 2011 (UTC)

Given with respect and admiration to Brianboulton for working so hard to get Rinaldo to FA in time for its 300th anniversary, then voluntarily giving up any claim to the actual date of the 300th anniversary TFA. Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 22:32, 15 February 2011 (UTC)

Thank you for taking the time to review the Carlisle United F.C. page. I appreciate your critique and will use it to improve the article. If5tatement (talk) 22:31, 19 June 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations on the promotion of Kathleen Ferrier to featured status! Though no longer a household name, she is certainly quite important in the history of vocal performance, and she deserves a quality article. Thank you for working on this, and for all your (many!) contributions to Wikipedia. – Quadell ^(talk) 13:59, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations! Thanks for all the work you did in making Brunette Coleman a Featured Article! Please accept this barnstar. Your work is much appreciated. – Quadell ^(talk)

By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted work on the WikiProject's Peer, A-Class and Featured Article reviews for the period Jul-Sep 2011, I am delighted to award you this Content Review Medal. Buggie111 (talk) 14:08, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Many thanks for your helpful comments on the article I nominated for FA review. Marj (talk) 04:36, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Well, consider it oak leaves on the many barnstars you've gotten. Bizet is a masterpiece. Wehwalt (talk) 20:19, 25 October 2011 (UTC)

You deserve this for your outstanding contributions to FA articles on wikipedia. Just been reading Tom Driberg. Thankyou so much for all of the wonderful work you do here! ♦ Dr. Blofeld 21:21, 30 December 2011 (UTC)

By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted contributions to the WikiProject's Peer, A-Class and Featured article reviews for the period October–December 2011, I am delighted to award you the Content Review Medal. Buggie111 (talk) 17:29, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

I just wanted to thank you for the help you offered and the effort you were willing to put in with regards to Faryl Smith, now a featured article. I really appreciate your efforts, and would be happy to return the favour if I can ever be of help. J Milburn (talk) 11:55, 15 January 2012 (UTC)

For basically single-handedly rescuing my FAC of Martha Layne Collins from failing for lack of reviews for a second time, I award you The Original Barnstar and my sincerest thanks. I really appreciate it. Hope to have you as a reviewer on more of my FACs in the future. Acdixon ^{(talk · contribs)} 16:57, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

I, Jivesh, thank you wholeheartedly for your much appreciated help and copy-edits on "Halo", which is now an FA. Your encouraging words helped me even more (morally). May God bless both you and the day I came across a kind and helpful person like you on Wikipedia.

-> Jivesh1205 (Talk) 04:40, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

[edit] Odd stuff

[edit] Some philosophical musing on Wikipedia

As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man
There are only four things certain since Social Progress began.
That the Dog returns to his Vomit and the Sow returns to her Mire
And the burnt Fool's bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the Fire;

And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins
When all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins,
As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn,
The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!

From Rudyard Kipling (1919): "The Gods of the Copybook Headings"

[edit] Something creepy

If ever thou gavest meat or drink,

Every nighte and alle,

The fire sall never make thee shrink;

And Christe receive thy saule.

If meat or drink thou ne'er gav'st nane,

Every nighte and alle,

The fire will burn thee to the bare bane;

And Christe receive thy saule.

This ae nighte, this ae nighte,

Every nighte and alle,

Fire and fleet and candle-lighte,

And Christe receive thy saule.

From the "Lyke-Wake dirge" (17th century)

[edit] Abroad

These are all places I've visited recently

Austria Belgium Czech Republic England France Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Ireland Iceland Israel Italy
Lebanon Malta Morocco Netherlands Norway Russia Scotland Spain Syria Wales

[edit] Waterfalls

A gift from Ruhrfisch

Thanks for your help at peer review, and for your kind words and support. Waterfalls in Ricketts Glen State Park made Featured Article today! Dincher (talk) and Ruhrfisch _><>°^° 21:15, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

[edit] Triple crown

Your majesty, it gives me great pleasure to bestow the Triple Crown upon Brianboulton for your contributions in the areas of WP:DYK, WP:GA, and WP:FA. Cirt (talk) 23:57, 6 May 2008 (UTC)