User:Victuallers
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Victuallers name is Roger Bamkin. I'm a wikipedian administrator who is a director and currently Chair of Wikimedia UK. I have been involved with computers so long that if I had bought shares in the company who sold me my first editor for Z80 machine code then I'd be a millionaire. My background is in relational databases although I have dabbled in artificial intelligence, material science and engineering. Actually I've dabbled in quite a few things so that is why I probably like Wikipedia. I'm passionate about sharing information and I believe we are making a difference. I've become more involved after supporting the work between the British Museum and Wikipedia. Although I had also been interested in the National Portrait Galleries works, (especially after they tried to take a wikipedian to court). I've got qualifications in IT, Engineering and Education, but I frequently comment (way) outside these areas.
I spoke at the GLAM WIKI conference at the end of November (presentation) and in Bristol at the Wiki Academy and the 2011 Wikimedia UK AGM. I was a Wikipedian in Residence with Derby Museum during their their partnership with Wikimedia U.K.. I co-invented QRpedia codes and I was running "The Wright Challenge" with Andrew Dalby. (See video). I've spoken in Haifa, Bristol, London, Vienna and Lillehammer concerning Wikimedia UK this year.
Did you know...
- ... that bodies (pictured) buried in Chauchilla Cemetery still retain skins and hair?
- ...that Joseph Whittaker, who has 2,200 pressed plants in Derby Museum, sold 300 South Australian plants he collected in 1839–40 to Kew Gardens?
- ... that Walter Conway's Tredegar Medical Aid Society was a model for Britain's National Health Service?
- ...that John Joseph Briggs, the author of a history of the original Melbourne (in Derbyshire), corresponded regularly with Charles Darwin regarding the fins of a fish?
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[edit] My Interests
- Derby Museum and Art Gallery - GLAMWIKI Event in April/May
- Computer Science - hero - Alan Turing
- Engineering - hero - Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- Physics - hero - Marie Curie
- Maths - hero - Kurt Godel
- South Derbyshire Villages
[edit] Some pages
Pages I have contributed to include: The Agnew Clinic, George William Alexander, Alphabet book, Amanitore, Nathaniel Ames, Angle, Ashover, Aston-on-Trent, Augusta Anne Ayscough, Francis Ayscough, Thomas Bancroft, Ralph Barton, Beighton, Thomas Rawson Birks, Jeremiah Brandreth, Johanna Brandt, John Blackner, Sir Brooke Boothby, 6th Baronet, George Bradburn, ....
[edit] Where have I been
April - Wikimedia UK AGM, Bristol May - [UGC4GLAM], Vienna October - Europeanna October 16 - London AGM
[edit] Links
- UK article map
- Jump to random British Museum article (makes a handy bookmark)
- Jump to random Derbyshire article (makes a handy bookmark)
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The Barnstar of Peace | |
| For forgiving a misunderstanding when helpfully informing me. --J. Atkins (talk - contribs) 16:52, 21 November 2007 (UTC) |
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YOU CAN NEVER HAVE TOO MANY BARNSTARS | |
| Thanks and kudos for your frequent contributions to DYK-related endeavors and other things you do for Wikipedia. See...people do notice! - Boston (talk) 22:38, 22 August 2008 (UTC) |
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The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar | |
| Victuallers, thanks for raising the issue about 10 Downing Street's description. Delighted to find that Wikipedia is right and they are not! Pointillist (talk) 22:44, 1 July 2009 (UTC) |
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The Barnstar o'Lantern | |
| I know it's a few hours early, but for all the hard work coordinating the Halloween DYK effort, you deserve this jack'o'barnstar. Geraldk (talk) 17:48, 30 October 2009 (UTC) |
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Wikipedia Motivation Award | |
| To you the Motivation Award for lifting the spirits of so many Wikipedians (and I'm one of them) and encouraging them to the creation of good articles. --Sulmues talk 16:31, 15 April 2010 (UTC) |
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The DYK Medal | |
| Hasn't anyone given you one of these yet? I can hardly believe it. For your contributions to the running of DYK for a very long period, I hereby award you the DYK contributors medal. Your assistance is very much appreciated! Gatoclass (talk) 16:37, 25 July 2010 (UTC) |
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The 200 DYK Medal | |
| Well, you hit the magic number just before I did. I might have to wait for someone to award it to me, but you won't. Here is your 200 medal. King Bedford I Seek his grace 05:34, 20 August 2008 (UTC) |
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The 200 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal | |
| Here is your second 200 DYK medal: this one singles out the total of article creations and expansions you have brought to the Main page. Looking at your latest DYK work, it appears to cover a broad swath of topics, from here to yon, from zig to zag. (Say, when you finally write the Anti-Slavery Society Convention 1840, call me up! I am interested because of the Americans present.) Congratulations for your achievement! Binksternet (talk) 03:56, 13 October 2010 (UTC) |
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On 14 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article HMS Monmouth (1796), which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Captain Walker of HMS Monmouth told his crew to wash "the stain off your characters in the blood of your foes"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/HMS Monmouth (1796). If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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On 17 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that the oldest working theatre in Wales is said to be the Savoy Theatre in Monmouth? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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On 19 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article St Mary's Priory Church, Monmouth, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that a gravestone in St Mary's Priory Church in Monmouth says "Here lies John Renie" in 46,000 different ways? If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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On 20 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Etherington Welch Rolls, which you created or substantially expanded. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Etherington Welch Rolls.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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On 21 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Monmouth Methodist Church, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that a parishioner at the Methodist Church in Monmouth said she would buy an organ if the minister ever filled the church? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Monmouth Methodist Church. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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On 22 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Monmouth, which you recently nominated. The fact was ... that Monmouth had one of the highest proportions of Catholics in Wales 20 years before St Mary's Roman Catholic Church was built in 1793? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Monmouth. If you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
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GLAM / British Museum project contributor |
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