User:ErrantX

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ErrantX

If I were not an atheist, I think I would have to be a Catholic because if it wasn't the forces of natural selection that designed fish, It must have been an Italian.
— Douglas Adams

layout unashamedly nicked from Ancient Apparition

At home in the UK, May 2011

My name is Tom, ErrantX or Errant; feel free to use whichever (even "you there" has been known to work). I am a Brit, and live in England where I work in computer security/forensics and dabble in programming and writing. I am a graduate in Electronic Engineering and currently completing an MsC in "Management of Software Projects" with the Open University

I joined Wikipedia in 2006 and worked on a lot of computer magazine articles (among other things) as well as contributing to Wikinews for a short spell. After a lengthy wikibreak I returned in mid-2010 to focus on Digital forensics topics, which are in dire need of improvement. Outside of that I flit about among various activities, usually biographies of living persons or other wiki-gnome tasks. In March 2011 I passed a successful request for adminship and was given the sysop bit. I entered a candidacy for the 2011 Foundation Board of Trustees Election, but ended up coming second to last... oops :)

My interest has expanded into the occasional Commons edit and work on a Wikibook about digital forensics.

I run a legitimate "bot" account Autoerrant which I use to run Huggle and as a non-admin account. In addition I maintain/develop CommonsNotificationBot (approved), I also have plans for a list maintenance bot

Currently Working On

• Operation Bodyguard (and associated articles)
• User:CommonsNotification & User:Listbot
• General things to keep an eye on
• Re-working digital forensics topics

I'm also, in tandem, working on Introduction to Digital Forensics on Wikibooks.

Notable Work

• MINERVA (video game) (my first edit :))

Good Articles

Articles I have either written entirely, or contributed to to get them to GA status.

Digital forensics, Death of Linda Norgrove, Schenecker double homicide

Stuff I wrote

Articles I created, worked on, cleaned up or expanded.

Operation Bodyguard, All Hell Let Loose, The Handley family of Sleaford, St Denys' Church, Sleaford, Thomas Morton (shipwright), Bodyguard of Lies, Digital forensic process, What.cd, Glossary of digital forensics terms, Eoghan Casey, Template:Digital forensics, Trust boundary, Mongrel2, Sincosite, Geoplexing, Nano-threads, Telepointer, Success of fire suppression in northern forests

Images

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  My Riftwar collection

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  Mobiles in a forensic bag

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  Portable write blocker

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  iPhone in an RF bag

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  Inbuilt write blocker

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  EXIF meta data

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  RTL Aceso with iPhone attached

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  Self portrait, May 2011

Pretties

add These are not just decorations; but a reminder that sometimes stuff I fiddle with actually helps.

Award	Citation
	The Random Thoughtful Acts of Kindness Barnstar For helping someone (I wonder who...) out of the pit of doom, reviving their trust in Wikipedia and Wikipedians, and for taking the time and effort to help someone in need (and probably prevent them from hurting Wikipedia and their future on this fantastic site), I award you this barnstar. Killfest2|Daniel.Bryant (Talk) 12:09, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
	The "Rescue from AFD" Award I award you this barnstar in recognition of all the work you did to improve the 2006 FIFA World Cup controversies article, which resulted in it's AfD proposal being rejected and the article being kept. Keep up the great work! Killfest2—Daniel.Bryant 01:57, 30 July 2006 (UTC)
	PARC Research Star We've awarded you this PARC research star in recognition for your contribution to research about conflict in Wikipedia. Thank you for your help!!! --Parc wiki researcher 20:54, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
	Good Idea Barnstar I award this Good Idea Barnstar to Tmorton166 for the wonderful suggestions and help with the project WikiProject Wikify --Brad101 16:59, 11 August 2006 (UTC)}}
	Civility Award For your patience and civility across wikipedia Monkeymanman (talk) 22:40, 5 August 2010 (UTC)
	The Barnstar of Diplomacy Intervention of the type you've been delivering is EXACTLY what I've been hoping for. I'm quite surprised that -- in a sea of intransigence -- you were able to gain even a modicum of respect for your efforts, though you've now seemed to have earned far more trust than that. I don't see much room for improvement in your approach; you are, in fact, doing an exemplary job. Definitely an issue to tuck under your belt, should you ever decide to go for an adminship. BigK HeX (talk) 18:16, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
	The Barnstar of Diligence Thank you for your hard work during the October wikification drive. To participate in discussion relating to the next drive, go here. MessageDeliveryBot (talk) 06:26, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
	The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia Thank you for your exceptional work during the October wikification drive, which brought you up to the leaderboard. To participate in discussion relating to the next drive, go here. MessageDeliveryBot (talk) 06:33, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
	The Editor's Barnstar For a welcome set of fresh eyes on Murder of Joanna Yeates. KimChee (talk) 23:23, 15 January 2011 (UTC)
	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar For jumping into the fray a few times! CarolMooreDC (talk) 02:48, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
	DYK for Thomas Morton (shipwright) On 25 May 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Thomas Morton (shipwright), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that 19th-century shipwright Thomas Morton invented the widely used patent slip because he couldn't afford a dry dock? - Materialscientist (talk) 16:04, 25 May 2011
	The Working Man's Barnstar for commonsnotificationbot. Philippe Beaudette, Wikimedia Foundation (talk) 06:21, 1 June 2011 (UTC)
	DYK for St Denys' Church, Sleaford On 05 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Thomas Morton (shipwright), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that St Denys' Church, Sleaford (pictured) has one of the oldest stone broach spires in England and an altar rail designed by Sir Christopher Wren? - The DYK project
	Home-Made Barnstar A great admin who isn't afraid to think outside the box and is unfailingly polite and constructive. An example to us all. John (talk) 02:42, 18 June 2011 (UTC)
	The Special Barnstar For your willingness to step up to the plate and help out in all kinds of arenas and most particularly for the assistance you recently gave me. You put a good face on the project. :) Maggie Dennis (WMF) (talk) 23:41, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
	The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar For your recent cleanup on the advertise-mess at CenterWatch. Please, go on. damiens.rf 15:36, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
	What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar CommonsNotificationBot is awesome. I just came across one of its posts on an article in my watchlist, which allowed me to help fix the problem with the image, and which reminded me for the umpteenth time just how awesome your bot is. So I came here to give you this. Thanks. Sven Manguard Wha? 07:02, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
	The Original Barnstar For defense of civil discourse, balanced with a realistic and grounded view of Wikipedia's culture. For acknowledging your own flaws, and thereby showing that improvements aren't usually made by saints, but by fallible humans who desire to make fewer mistakes tomorrow than they made yesterday. Keep the faith, ErrantX. GTBacchus(talk) 22:54, 8 August 2011 (UTC)
	DYK for The Handley family of Sleaford On 16 August 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article The Handley family of Sleaford, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that two cousins, both called Benjamin Handley, were in a boat that capsized crossing the Tagus river during the Peninsular War—and one drowned while the other survived? Casliber (talk · contribs) 08:03, 16 August 2011 (UTC)
	The "I'll make you famous" Award Awarded for steadfast opposition to pressuring of editors by threats of adverse publicity; and for detailed explanations of the reasoning involved. --Demiurge1000 (talk) 01:17, 21 August 2011 (UTC)
	The Admin's Barnstar I, SarahStierch, hereby award you, ErrantX, with this barnstar as a thank you for assisting me with administrative tasks regarding OTRS backlog. Your help is so appreciated! :) Thank you. SarahStierch (talk) 19:15, 12

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