Hello there, I am Floydian. My username is a tribute to the band which brought about my musical renaissance, and continues to influence me to this day. I am a long standing contributor, having been here since August 2003. However, I made very few edits between 2004 and 2008.
My contributions before 2004 were, suffice to say, crap. They would be deleted in an instant by today's encyclopedic standards. That aside, I am the original creator/contributor of many articles, which have since blossomed into beautiful flowers through the contributions of other editors after me. These include many of the song pages for Pink Floyd, a few famous musicians/groups, as well as several of the freeway pages for Southern Ontario (Check to the bottom for a complete list, including my recent article creations).
Today my editing crosses an odd range of topics. From southern Ontario geography articles such as Fenelon Falls and Coboconk, to bands such as Pink Floyd and Rush, to road articles such as a rewrite of Highway 401, to fringe ideas such as the medical uses of silver and electromagnetic hypersensitivity. I've also got a knack for debugging templates.
I am currently studying Civil Engineering at Seneca College and working for the Regional Municipality of York during the summer. I am an expert historian regarding matters in Southern Ontario and Toronto, so feel free to contact me if you need some info.
If you are interested in reading or contributing to my draft articles, you can find them in my sandbox. Please do not copy content into mainspace articles, as I am preparing many of them for the 5x expansion required by Did You Know...? or looking for a clean insertion (if ya know whad I mean...)
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[edit] Started Articles
The following are articles started by myself. None of these were redirects when created, and were all the original content on those topics.
- Highway 407 (on August 17, 2003) (On the Ontario tollway)
- Pickering Nuclear Generating Station (on August 17, 2003)
- Coboconk, Ontario (on August 22, 2003)
- List of highways numbered 401 (on September 1, 2003)
- Relics (Pink Floyd album) (on November 19, 2003)
- April Wine (on November 21, 2003) (Canadian rock group)
- Delicate Sound of Thunder (on December 4, 2003) (Pink Floyd album)
- Echoes (Pink Floyd song) (on December 12, 2003)
- Mod (computer gaming) (on December 18, 2003)
- Bendale (on December 20, 2003) (Toronto neighborhood)
- Yellow Tang (on January 10, 2004)
- Ronnie Van Zant (on January 15, 2004) (Original vocalist, Lynyrd Skynyrd)
- Masters of Rock (Pink Floyd album) (on February 15, 2004)
- A Nice Pair (on February 15, 2004) (Pink Floyd album)
- Australian Pink Floyd Show (on February 19, 2004) (Pink Floyd tribute band)
- EMS VCS 3 (on March 10, 2004) (Synthesizer)
- Money (Pink Floyd song) (on April 29, 2004)
- The Ripley (on September 1, 2004) (Alien from Dreamcatcher, by Stephen King)
- Karmakanic (on June 13, 2009) (Progressive rock group)
- Mitchell Lake (Ontario) (on July 13, 2009)
- George Laidlaw (on July 16, 2009) (Canadian businessman, started several railways)
- List of numbered roads in Kawartha Lakes, Ontario (on July 23, 2009) (Ok, I didn't 'create' this one, but I added virtually all of its content)
- Highway 46 (Ontario) (on July 26, 2009) (Former provincial highways of Ontario)
- Transcendental homelessness (on July 28, 2009) (Picked a random requested article)
- MapArt (on July 30, 2009) (Map publisher, big in Canada)
- St. Mary's, Kawartha Lakes, Ontario (On August 12, 2009) (Community in Kawartha Lakes that was never built)
- Victoria Road, Ontario (on August 16, 2009) (Community in Kawartha Lakes that was built)
- Kawartha Lakes Road 6 (on October 12, 2009)
- Kawartha Lakes Road 8 (on October 25, 2009)
- Kawartha Lakes Road 121 (on October 31, 2009)
- Kawartha Lakes Road 45 (on November 4, 2009)
- Kawartha Lakes Road 35 (on November 8, 2009)
- Highway 121 (Ontario) (on November 18, 2009) (Former Ontario King's Highway)
- Kawartha Lakes Road 17 (on November 18, 2009)
- Kawartha Lakes Road 36 (on November 20, 2009)
- Highway 503 (Ontario) (on November 21, 2009) (Former Ontario secondary highway)
- Kawartha Lakes Road 49 (on November 21, 2009)
- Kawartha Lakes Road 4 (on December 1, 2009)
- Kawartha Lakes Road 7 (on January 31, 2010) (Numbered city (county) roads in Kawartha Lakes)
- Detroit River International Crossing (on February 25, 2010) (A new US–Canada border crossing over the Detroit River to be built)
- List of numbered roads in Durham Region (on March 22, 2010) (List of county roads in Durham Region)
- The Middle Road (on March 22, 2010) (Historic highway, now known as the Queen Elizabeth Way)
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[edit] Contributions
See Special:Contributions/Floydian for a current list.
[edit] Did You Know..?
- that the shortest numbered route in the city of Kawartha Lakes, Hartley Road, is entirely a causeway crossing the man-made Mitchell Lake?
- that the Gull River system of reservoirs in Ontario controls the water levels of the Trent-Severn Canal, although they were not originally created for this purpose?
- that St. Mary's, the first village planned in the Township of Bexley, was never built because the site lay above a bed of limestone?
- that Coboconk, Ontario (station pictured), was renamed Shedden after the president of the Toronto and Nipissing Railway in 1873, but was changed back to Coboconk seven years later?
- that Canada's first interchange was a cloverleaf opened in 1937 at the intersection of Highway 10 and The Middle Road?
- that the Comber Historical Society Museum on Ontario Highway 77 was established in the former Maple Grove schoolhouse, built in 1894?
- that the old bridge on Highway 61 at the Ontario–Minnesota border, known as The Outlaw, was built by local citizens without approval from the Canadian or American governments?
- that the Vale of Avoca bridge in Toronto was opened in 1924, replacing an iron bridge from 1888 (both pictured)?
- that the Mount Pleasant Road extension (pictured under construction in 1948) is considered Toronto's first expressway?
[edit] Major Article Contributions
[edit] Project Contributions
- Did about half of the Wikiproject-Albums on Pink Floyd
- Introduced the WikiProject-Songs (Which along with WikiProject albums, has since been incorporated into the various genre's WikiProjects)
- Currently coordinating WP:WikiProject Ontario Roads
- Currently coordinating WP:WikiProject Progressive Rock
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Barnstars
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The Teamwork Barnstar |
| In working on the DVP article, I feel you went the extra mile to make it a successful team effort. And a successful one leading to an FA. Cheers! ʘ alaney2k ʘ (talk) 16:48, 11 November 2010 (UTC) |
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The Pink Floyd Barnstar |
| This award was just added, and it's 's very well-deserved on your part. You should be the first to get it. Friginator (talk) 23:27, 23 December 2010 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar |
| I think this is overdue, but you deserve it. All the best. Haljackey (talk) 17:57, 7 July 2011 (UTC) |
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar |
| Congratulations on getting Ontario Highway 401, one of the most important roads in the world, featured, and for sticking through the process that took a few years. Rschen7754 21:46, 3 March 2012 (UTC) |
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RIP Shadow - 5:34 pm EST on November 10th 2003 at the Age of 9
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