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I'm a 40-something male, residing partly in Sydney and partly in rural New South Wales, who has been contributing to Wikipedia since 2002.
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.
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.


Feel free to contact me privately via email: [mailto:georgivs@nospam.com.au]
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.


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.


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]].


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.

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.

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.

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'']]
| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Australia.svg|50px|Australia - ''place of birth'']]
| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Bahrain.svg|50px|Bahrain]]
| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Belgium.svg|50px|Belgium]]
| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Brunei.svg|50px|Brunei]]
| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Cambodia.svg|50px|Cambodia]]
| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Egypt.svg|50px|Egypt]]
| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of France.svg|50px|France]]
| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Laos.svg|50px|Laos]]
| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg|50px|Netherlands]]
| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Singapore.svg|50px|Singapore]]
| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|50px|Spain]]
| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Thailand.svg|50px|Thailand]]
| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg|50px|United Kingdom]]
| 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]]
| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Ethiopia.svg|50px|Ethiopia]]
| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Eritrea.svg|50px|Eritrea]]
| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Sudan.svg|50px|Sudan]]
| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Egypt.svg|50px|Egypt]]
| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Syria.svg|50px|Syria]]
| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Lebanon.svg|50px|Lebanon]]
| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Jordan.svg|50px|Jordan]]
| 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]]
| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Bhutan.svg|50px|Bhutan]]
| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of India.svg|50px|India]]
| align="center" | [[Image:Flag of Antarctica.svg|50px|Antarctica]]
| 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:'''
*[[Egyptian pyramids]] [[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|20px]]

'''[[WP:G|Good]] and [[WP:FA|featured]] articles that I have substantially contributed to:'''
*[[List of micronations]] [[Image:Cscr-featured.svg|20px]]

'''Articles that I have created:'''

*[[2MBS]] - Australia's oldest and largest public radio FM station.
*[[4 o'clock wave]] - An interesting piece of local Australian lore.
*[[ANZAC War Memorial]] - Australia's finest Art Deco public building.
*[[Araucania and Patagonia]] - A doomed 19th Century South American kingdom.
*[[Aurora Islands]] - Mysterious phantom islands in the south Atlantic.
*[[Avram]] - A full-blown Tasmanian eccentric.
*[[Bent Pyramid]] - The most unusual pyramid in Egypt.
*[[Blue Mountains panther]] - Is a mysterious big cat living on Sydney's outskirts?
*[[Bosnian pyramids]] - Pyramid-builders in the Balkans?
*[[Coats of arms of micronations]] - Symbols and seals of ephemeral states.
*[[Dashur]] - An important pyramid site near Cairo.
*[[Empire of Atlantium]] - The political lobby group I co-founded.
*[[Fisher's ghost]] - A famous legend of early colonial Australia.
*[[Flags of micronations]] - Real flags of ephemeral states.
*[[Floating islands]] - An unusual but common phenomenon.
*[[Fort Dennison]] - The last martello tower ever built.
*[[Freak wave]] - A fascinating, terrifying natural phenomenon.
*[[Fruit palace]] - Predecessor of the McMansion.
*[[Garden Palace]] - Site of the Sydney International Exhibition of 1879.
*[[Holy Name Cathedral, Brisbane]] - Australia's biggest unbuilt church.
*[[Independent State of Aramoana]] - New Zealand environmental secessionist state.
*[[Independent State of Rainbow Creek]] - Another rural Australian secessionist state.
*[[List of largest gatherings in history]] - Mine is bigger than yours!
*[[List of Art Deco buildings in Melbourne]] - see below.
*[[List of Art Deco buildings in Sydney]] - the start of an intended project.
*[[List of Art Deco buildings in Tasmania]] - see above.
*[[Nan Tien temple]] - The largest Buddhist temple in the southern hemisphere.
*[[Nation of Celestial Space]] - The biggest micronation ever!
*[[Nubian pyramids]] - The little-known pyramids of Sudan.
*[[Padstow, New South Wales]] -
*[[Panania, New South Wales]] - Where I lived as a child.
*[[Panania railway station, Sydney]] - Where I caught trains as a child.
*[[Province of Bumbunga]] - Outback Australian eccentric British monarchist.
*[[Potts Point, New South Wales]] - The suburb of inner-Sydney in which I live.
*[[Pyramidion]] - The pointy bit at the top of Egyptian pyramids.
*[[Red Pyramid]] - The world's first true pyramid.
*[[Riverwood, New South Wales]] - The suburb formerly known as Herne Bay.
*[[South Saqqara Stone]] - An important archaeological artefact from Egypt.
*[[Sovereign State of Aeterna Lucina]] - The country that banned blue icecream.
*[[Trim (cat)]] - The first feline to circumnavigate Australia.
*[[Ultima Thule Ambient Music]] - Nationally-syndicated radio show that I've produced for nearly 20 years.

'''Articles that I have substantially re-written:'''
*[[Artistamp]] - Unique and interesting artform.
*[[Australian federal election, 2007]] - Vote early and vote often!
*[[Beverly Hills, New South Wales]] - Where I spent much of my adolescence.
*[[Bludger]] - Common Australian colloquialism.
*[[Caduceus]] - Not to be confused with Rod of Asclepius.
*[[Coin collecting]] - Very expensive obsession.
*[[Darling Harbour]] - Sydney harbourside precinct.
*[[Drop bear]] - Imaginary Australian fauna.
*[[Exploding toad]] - Things that go bang in the night.
*[[Great Sphinx of Giza]] - Famous big Egyptian statue.
*[[King street wharf]] - Another Sydney harbourside precinct.
*[[Kings Cross, New South Wales]] - Sydney's red light district
*[[Krakatoa]] - Famous Indonesian volcano.
*[[Micronation]] - Countries that are not quite countries.
*[[Powerhouse Museum]] - Sydney's museum of Science and Technology.
*[[Principality of Sealand]] - Artificial island principality in the North Sea.
*[[Rod of Asclepius]] - Not to be confused with Caduceus.
*[[Rose Island]] - 1960s artificial island country.
*[[Sedang]] - Ephemeral 19th Century southeast Asian kingdom.
*[[Taufa'ahau Tupou IV]] - Current King of Tonga.
*[[The Story of Sinuhe]] - World's oldest novel.
*[[True Cross]] - Relic of the Crusades.
*[[Umm Kulthum]] - Famous Egyptian singer.

'''Articles that I have contributed to:'''
*[[Alexandria]] - My mother's birthplace.
*[[Ambient music]] - Is there some other sort?
*[[Aphrodite's Child]] - 60s Greek rock group.
*[[Banknote]] - Worth more than the paper they are printed on.
*[[Decimal calendar]] - 37 days hath January...
*[[Hub and Die Errors]] - Things that numismatists get excited about.
*[[Hutt River Province]] - Australian secessionist state.
*[[List of island nations]] - Yes, Australia is one.
*[[List of people who were cremated]] - A burning passion.
*[[Lost city]] - The reward of carelessness?
*[[Megatsunami]] - Not to be confused with Freak Wave.
*[[Metric time]] - A good idea.
*[[Napoleon I]] - Famous dead French guy.
*[[Noah's Ark]] - Nothing to do with Indiana Jones.
*[[Numismatics]] - Great way to spend a salary.
*[[Principality of Marlborough]] - Mortgage-induced secession.
*[[Ramses III]] - Last great Egyptian pharaoh.
*[[Republic of Minerva]] - Failed libertarian experiment.
*[[Sedlec ossuary]] - Extreme recycling.
*[[Siwa Oasis]] - Wonderful travel destination.
*[[Spanish Inquisition]] - Oh those querelous Spaniards!
*[[Sphinx]] - Not just an Egyptian thing.
*[[Thule (myth)]] - Beyond the realms of the known world.
*[[Vangelis]] - Greek electro-symphonic musical wizard.
*[[Vidna Obmana]] - Belgian ambient music composer.

'''Articles I intend to create or contribute to at some point include:'''
*[[Art Deco]]
*[[Assisted suicide]]
*[[Atlantis Project]]
*[[Calendar reform]]
*[[Freedom of movement]]
*[[Poyais]]
*[[Republic of Texas (group)]]
*[[Republic of Cascadia]]
*[[State of Jefferson]]
*[[World Service Authority]]

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]]

Latest revision as of 09:10, 12 September 2009

Wikipedia:Babel
enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.
ar-1
هذا المستخدم يتحدث اللغة العربية بمستوى مبتدئ.
7,000+ This user has made over 7,000 contributions to Wikipedia.


This user is a participant in WikiProject Micronations
BAThis user has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Design.
This user is a broadcaster.
FMThis user is a Presenter on FM radio.
MX-6This user drives a
Mazda MX-6.
This user is a citizen of Atlantium.
This user has visited 6 of the states and territories of Australia.6
This user has visited 3 of the 50 United States.3
This user enjoys ambient music.

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]

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