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I'm a 40-something male, |
I'm a 40-something year-old male, currently dividing my time between Sydney and rural New South Wales. |
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I made made my first anonymous edits to Wikipedia in late 2002, and have been a registered contributor since January 2003. |
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I happily admit to being an eccentric and a polymath; I hold a design degree, work in sales & marketing, and spend my free time pursuing a multiplicity of interests. |
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Feel free to contact me privately via email: [mailto:georgivs@nospam.com.au] |
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As co-founder and chief executive of [[Atlantium]] I'm the public face of a socially and politically progressive globalist organisation with around 1000 members in over 90 countries. |
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I've been a volunteer broadcaster on Australia's oldest FM radio station, [[2MBS]] for nearly 2 decades. From 2005 to 2007 I served as a director of the station, and as Chair of the IT Committee. |
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I have a longterm interest in heritage preservation in general, and in mid-20th century design and architecture in particular, and in the 1990s served as a committee member of the [[20th Century Heritage Society of New South Wales]]. I am also a former member of the [[Art Deco Society of New South Wales]]. |
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I enjoy international travel and photography, and try to spend at least 4 weeks every year outside Australia indulging these passions. My architectural photography has featured in exhibitions at such institutions as the [[Victoria and Albert Museum]] and the [[Melbourne City Museum]], and in publications such as the [[Qantas|Qantas Airways]] in-flight magazine. If you'd like the URL of my commercial photography site, send me an email. |
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All of the above means that I have a need to be efficient with my time, and as a result I have a very low tolerance for fools, the wilfully stupid, pedants, dogmatists, sophists, trolls and career deletionists. |
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When it comes to Wikipedia I am an unashamed egalitarian inclusionist, and support the creation and retention of articles on any subject that can be verified by two or more documentary third-party ''offline'' sources ''and which is also'' unique and/or interesting enough to be a subject that someone, somewhere, sometime is likely to research on Wikipedia. I'm particularly interested in quirky topics and related oddities, which I feel we have a social and historical responsibility to properly document. |
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I am also [[User_talk:Gene_Poole/attackrants|evil]]. Apparently. |
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| colspan="16" align="center" style="background-color: #e8ecff;" | '''Countries I've lived in or visited''' |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Bandera d'Atlantium.svg|50px|Atlantium - ''place of residence'']] |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|50px|Australia - ''place of birth'']] |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Bahrain.svg|50px|Bahrain]] |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Belgium.svg|50px|Belgium]] |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Brunei.svg|50px|Brunei]] |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Cambodia.svg|50px|Cambodia]] |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Egypt.svg|50px|Egypt]] |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of France.svg|50px|France]] |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Laos.svg|50px|Laos]] |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|50px|Netherlands]] |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Singapore.svg|50px|Singapore]] |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|50px|Spain]] |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Thailand.svg|50px|Thailand]] |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|50px|United Kingdom]] |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|50px|United States]] |
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| colspan="16" align="center" style="background-color: #e8ecff;" | '''Countries I'm planning to visit during 2007-09''' |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Djibouti.svg|50px|Djbouti]] |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg|50px|Ethiopia]] |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Eritrea.svg|50px|Eritrea]] |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Sudan.svg|50px|Sudan]] |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Egypt.svg|50px|Egypt]] |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Syria.svg|50px|Syria]] |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Lebanon.svg|50px|Lebanon]] |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Jordan.svg|50px|Jordan]] |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg|50px|United Arab Emirates]] |
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| colspan="16" align="center" style="background-color: #e8ecff;" | '''Countries I am planning to visit from 2010 onwards''' |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Nepal.svg|50px|Nepal]] |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Bhutan.svg|50px|Bhutan]] |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of India.svg|50px|India]] |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Antarctica.svg|50px|Antarctica]] |
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| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Iran.svg|50px|Iran]] |
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'''[[WP:G|Good]] and [[WP:FA|featured]] articles that I have created:''' |
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*[[Egyptian pyramids]] [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px]] |
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'''[[WP:G|Good]] and [[WP:FA|featured]] articles that I have substantially contributed to:''' |
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*[[List of micronations]] [[Image:Cscr-featured.svg|20px]] |
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'''Articles that I have created:''' |
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*[[2MBS]] - Australia's oldest and largest public radio FM station. |
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*[[4 o'clock wave]] - An interesting piece of local Australian lore. |
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*[[ANZAC War Memorial]] - Australia's finest Art Deco public building. |
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*[[Araucania and Patagonia]] - A doomed 19th Century South American kingdom. |
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*[[Aurora Islands]] - Mysterious phantom islands in the south Atlantic. |
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*[[Avram]] - A full-blown Tasmanian eccentric. |
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*[[Bent Pyramid]] - The most unusual pyramid in Egypt. |
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*[[Blue Mountains panther]] - Is a mysterious big cat living on Sydney's outskirts? |
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*[[Bosnian pyramids]] - Pyramid-builders in the Balkans? |
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*[[Coats of arms of micronations]] - Symbols and seals of ephemeral states. |
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*[[Dashur]] - An important pyramid site near Cairo. |
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*[[Empire of Atlantium]] - The political lobby group I co-founded. |
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*[[Fisher's ghost]] - A famous legend of early colonial Australia. |
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*[[Flags of micronations]] - Real flags of ephemeral states. |
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*[[Floating islands]] - An unusual but common phenomenon. |
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*[[Fort Dennison]] - The last martello tower ever built. |
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*[[Freak wave]] - A fascinating, terrifying natural phenomenon. |
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*[[Fruit palace]] - Predecessor of the McMansion. |
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*[[Garden Palace]] - Site of the Sydney International Exhibition of 1879. |
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*[[Holy Name Cathedral, Brisbane]] - Australia's biggest unbuilt church. |
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*[[Independent State of Aramoana]] - New Zealand environmental secessionist state. |
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*[[Independent State of Rainbow Creek]] - Another rural Australian secessionist state. |
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*[[List of largest gatherings in history]] - Mine is bigger than yours! |
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*[[List of Art Deco buildings in Melbourne]] - see below. |
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*[[List of Art Deco buildings in Sydney]] - the start of an intended project. |
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*[[List of Art Deco buildings in Tasmania]] - see above. |
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*[[Nan Tien temple]] - The largest Buddhist temple in the southern hemisphere. |
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*[[Nation of Celestial Space]] - The biggest micronation ever! |
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*[[Nubian pyramids]] - The little-known pyramids of Sudan. |
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*[[Padstow, New South Wales]] - |
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*[[Panania, New South Wales]] - Where I lived as a child. |
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*[[Panania railway station, Sydney]] - Where I caught trains as a child. |
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*[[Province of Bumbunga]] - Outback Australian eccentric British monarchist. |
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*[[Potts Point, New South Wales]] - The suburb of inner-Sydney in which I live. |
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*[[Pyramidion]] - The pointy bit at the top of Egyptian pyramids. |
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*[[Red Pyramid]] - The world's first true pyramid. |
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*[[Riverwood, New South Wales]] - The suburb formerly known as Herne Bay. |
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*[[South Saqqara Stone]] - An important archaeological artefact from Egypt. |
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*[[Sovereign State of Aeterna Lucina]] - The country that banned blue icecream. |
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*[[Trim (cat)]] - The first feline to circumnavigate Australia. |
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*[[Ultima Thule Ambient Music]] - Nationally-syndicated radio show that I've produced for nearly 20 years. |
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'''Articles that I have substantially re-written:''' |
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*[[Artistamp]] - Unique and interesting artform. |
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*[[Australian federal election, 2007]] - Vote early and vote often! |
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*[[Beverly Hills, New South Wales]] - Where I spent much of my adolescence. |
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*[[Bludger]] - Common Australian colloquialism. |
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*[[Caduceus]] - Not to be confused with Rod of Asclepius. |
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*[[Coin collecting]] - Very expensive obsession. |
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*[[Darling Harbour]] - Sydney harbourside precinct. |
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*[[Drop bear]] - Imaginary Australian fauna. |
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*[[Exploding toad]] - Things that go bang in the night. |
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*[[Great Sphinx of Giza]] - Famous big Egyptian statue. |
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*[[King street wharf]] - Another Sydney harbourside precinct. |
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*[[Kings Cross, New South Wales]] - Sydney's red light district |
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*[[Krakatoa]] - Famous Indonesian volcano. |
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*[[Micronation]] - Countries that are not quite countries. |
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*[[Powerhouse Museum]] - Sydney's museum of Science and Technology. |
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*[[Principality of Sealand]] - Artificial island principality in the North Sea. |
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*[[Rod of Asclepius]] - Not to be confused with Caduceus. |
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*[[Rose Island]] - 1960s artificial island country. |
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*[[Sedang]] - Ephemeral 19th Century southeast Asian kingdom. |
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*[[Taufa'ahau Tupou IV]] - Current King of Tonga. |
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*[[The Story of Sinuhe]] - World's oldest novel. |
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*[[True Cross]] - Relic of the Crusades. |
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*[[Umm Kulthum]] - Famous Egyptian singer. |
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'''Articles that I have contributed to:''' |
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*[[Alexandria]] - My mother's birthplace. |
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*[[Ambient music]] - Is there some other sort? |
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*[[Aphrodite's Child]] - 60s Greek rock group. |
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*[[Banknote]] - Worth more than the paper they are printed on. |
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*[[Decimal calendar]] - 37 days hath January... |
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*[[Hub and Die Errors]] - Things that numismatists get excited about. |
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*[[Hutt River Province]] - Australian secessionist state. |
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*[[List of island nations]] - Yes, Australia is one. |
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*[[List of people who were cremated]] - A burning passion. |
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*[[Lost city]] - The reward of carelessness? |
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*[[Megatsunami]] - Not to be confused with Freak Wave. |
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*[[Metric time]] - A good idea. |
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*[[Napoleon I]] - Famous dead French guy. |
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*[[Noah's Ark]] - Nothing to do with Indiana Jones. |
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*[[Numismatics]] - Great way to spend a salary. |
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*[[Principality of Marlborough]] - Mortgage-induced secession. |
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*[[Ramses III]] - Last great Egyptian pharaoh. |
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*[[Republic of Minerva]] - Failed libertarian experiment. |
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*[[Sedlec ossuary]] - Extreme recycling. |
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*[[Siwa Oasis]] - Wonderful travel destination. |
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*[[Spanish Inquisition]] - Oh those querelous Spaniards! |
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*[[Sphinx]] - Not just an Egyptian thing. |
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*[[Thule (myth)]] - Beyond the realms of the known world. |
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*[[Vangelis]] - Greek electro-symphonic musical wizard. |
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*[[Vidna Obmana]] - Belgian ambient music composer. |
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'''Articles I intend to create or contribute to at some point include:''' |
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*[[Art Deco]] |
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*[[Assisted suicide]] |
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*[[Atlantis Project]] |
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*[[Calendar reform]] |
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*[[Freedom of movement]] |
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*[[Poyais]] |
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*[[Republic of Texas (group)]] |
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*[[Republic of Cascadia]] |
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*[[State of Jefferson]] |
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*[[World Service Authority]] |
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I can be contacted by email at: [mailto:information@atlantium.org] |
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[[Category:Wikipedians in Sydney|Gene Poole]] |
[[Category:Wikipedians in Sydney|Gene Poole]] |
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I'm a 40-something year-old male, currently dividing my time between Sydney and rural New South Wales.
I made made my first anonymous edits to Wikipedia in late 2002, and have been a registered contributor since January 2003.
Feel free to contact me privately via email: [1]