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|width=300 bgcolor=#CCCCFF align=center|<br />Feel free to leave a message on [[User_talk:{{BASEPAGENAMEE}}|my talk page]].<br /><font size=1>I will usually reply beneath your message to keep conversations together.</font>
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==About My Contributions==
:''See also: [[Special:Contributions/Chris_Bradshaw|Full list of my contributions]]''
  
===Stubs, Articles, Categories and Templates I've started===
No individual editor [[WP:OWN|owns]] [[Wikipedia:What is an article?|articles]] on [[Wikipedia]], but these are a few I have made a start on (listed in alphabetical order), other editors may (hopefully) have continued this work..........

[[Boxgrove Primary School]] •
[[Bushy Hill Junior School]] • 
[[Churt]] • 
[[Template:Educational Establishments in Guildford‎]] •
[[Freman College‎]] •
[[Guildford College‎]] •
[[Guildford Grove School‎]] •
[[GuilFest line-ups]] •
[[Holy Trinity Junior School, Guildford]] •
[[Little Munden Primary School‎]] •
[[:Category:Parks and commons in Surrey|Category:Parks and commons in Surrey]] •
[[Ralph Sadleir Middle School‎]] •
[[Sandfield Primary School‎]] •
[[St. Peter's School, Guildford‎]] •
[[St Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Primary School, Guildford‎]] •
[[Surrey Research Park]] •
[[Weyfield Primary School]] •
[[Worplesdon Primary School]]

===Referencing===
Some of my [[Wikipedia:Wikitime|wikitime]] is spent finding [[Wikipedia:Citing sources|references]] for
statements made by others in [[Wikipedia:What is an article?|articles]]<sup><i><nowiki>[citation needed]</nowiki></i></sup>.


===Cleanup===
I also spend some time hunting round cleaning up errors in articles- most commonly those left by ''Valdalis Deliberatis'' and ''Skoolkiddius Bordious''. Sometimes they can be quite [[Wikipedia:BJAODN|amusing]], other times it's just worrying how everything always boils down to "''This Sucks''".


==You wouldn't get that in the [[Encyclopædia Britannica]]==
Aside from finding amusing edits, Wikipedia is home to some truly bizarre stuff. Here's just some I've found on my travels.
<br />''This list is [[Wikipedia:Incomplete lists|incomplete]].''
*A whole category devoted to [[:Category:Fictional aardvarks|Fictional Aardvarks]]
*A list of [[Recurring jokes in SpongeBob SquarePants]]
*An article on [[Deities in Sonic the Hedgehog]]

==Controversy==
It appears that a page hosted on wikipedia wouldn't be complete without a section titled [[Controversy]]. For those editors who insist on putting one of these in to every-single-article-they-edit, the world isn't out to get you and &lt;''Insert Subject Here''&gt; is not necessarily about an argument.

[[Wiktionary]] describes a ''controversy'' as a debate, or discussion of opposing opinions. Let's take that and apply it to a situation:
*''"A [[pint]] of [[beer]] cost five [[GBP|pounds]]."''<br />
This is '''not''' a controversy. This is a statement on the price of beer.
*''"The Daily Newspaper commented that a pint of beer cost five pounds and this was extortionate"''<br />
This is '''not''' a controversy. This is a comment by someone that they did not like the price of beer, there is still no debate, discussion, or opposing opinions here.
*''"A survey by The Daily Newspaper of 10,000 people about the price of beer came back with a [[unanimous]] opinion that the price was extortionate."''<br />
Ten thousand people may have said the beer was too expensive, but as no-one offered an opposing opinion, this is still '''not''' a controversy.
*''"The Daily Newspaper commented that a pint of beer cost five pounds and this was extortionate, however the [[landlord]] insisted that the price was quite reasonable."''<br />
Hurrah, now we have an opposing opinion! This could now be considered to be a controversy.

The incorrect labelling of "something the editor doesn't" like as a controversy seems to be a major occurrence on Wikipedia, perhaps something like the following warning box is required:

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| [[Image:Nuvola apps important yellow.svg|{{#ifeq:{{{small|}}}|yes|30px|45px}}|Peer review]]
| '''This section/article contains a controversy section''', which may be incorrectly labelled. Please ensure there is actually a controversy present.<br />
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