Thoughtfortheday

Hallo everyone.

My interests include classical music and buildings. Looking back at my contributions, some of the articles involve things I have found interesting since I was a teenager in Hertfordshire, England, while I have acquired new hobbies along the way.

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Barnstars, Medals, and Awards

This user has been awarded 4 Barnstars on Wikipedia.

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Precious awarded by User:Gerda Arendt
Special awarded by User:Dr. Blofeld
Christianity awarded by User:Anupam

Articles

A lot of articles I have created are still stubs or "start". In terms of quality improvement I have got further with articles started by other people.

Good/Featured Article
- Bach Cantata BWV 4 in collaboration with Gerda Arendt. Improved via "good article" status (2015) to being a featured article on Easter Sunday 2016.
- Bach Cantata BWV 131. Previously DYK, GA 2016.
- Bach Cantata BWV 183. GA 2016.

I have also done some DYK (Did you know?)

Bach Cantata BWV 131: a collaboration with Gerda Arendt. The DYK was in 2012, the article was subsequently upgraded to GA
Edith Villiers, Countess of Lytton: a collaboration with Victuallers in 2015
Josefa Celsa Señaris: a collaboration with Victuallers in 2015
Rooks Nest House: AnemoneProjectors gave me a joint credit in 2020, although he did most of the work

Training activities

I qualified as a trainer at a "Training the Trainers" course in 2013. As an accredited Wikimedia trainer (Technical - Full; Institutions - Supporting), I have helped at a few events, see my page on Wikimedia UK. I retired in 2024.

Editathons attended (not as a trainer)

I have attended a couple of events in the North-West of England, for example Clitheroe Castle Museum 2015 (I will leave you to guess which of the people in the photo is me).