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==About me==
I am a 25 year old male from the United_Kingdom, I currently live in Cheddar, Somerset and work in Taunton, where I am employed as a Civil_servant for the Department_for_Environment,_Food_and_Rural_Affairs (Defra).
I have been a Wikipedian since 26_December 2004 and an administrator since 2_June 2005.
Since 10_December 2005, I have also been an administrator at the Wikimedia Commons.
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==How to contact me==
#My talk page
#Email
See /Contact for more information.
==About my username==
My user name is Anglo-Saxon (rather than Scandinavian as has been suggested) and has the following story behind it: Ages (years) ago a new forum was set up for fans of History and Archaeology, because some members of an existing forum were sick of all the off-topic postings (the new forum is now sadly defunct, the original one still remains). For some reason the regulars all chose historical names, prinicpally Roman. The Romans have never been a particular interest of mine, and wanting to be a bit different I decided to go with an Anglo-Saxon name (I'm English, btw). I searched the net for Anglo-Saxon names, and found a site (I've not been able to find this online now) with a huge list of them, I browsed the list and decided I liked the look of the name ''Thryduulf'', and so I chose that as my username. I've used it intermittently since. My other (more regular) username is ''Awkward42'' (because I am awkward, and as Awkward was taken at Hotmail, I chose Awkward42 (42 being The_Answer_to_Life,_the_Universe,_and_Everything). User:Awkward42 on here is also me, see below and the Awkward42 user page.
==Typos & Spelling errors==
I make typos and spelling errors frequently. Please feel free to correct any that you spot, including on my user page and in any comments I post. However, please note that I write in British_English, normally using -ise spellings - ''colour'' and ''realise'' are not spelling errors! (''Liscence'' on the other hand is a spelling error I make frequently, this should be corrected to ''licence''). See American_and_British_English_differences.
Occasionally I might spell something intentionally wrong to make a point, but this should be obvious from the context.
==Dual Licensing==
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Notes: This applies to my '''''text''''' contributions to all wikipedias, except as noted below. Any work in progress sub-pages in my userspace (e.g. /geonamesongs) are dual licenced in to the public domain as above unless it is detailed differently below.
Exceptions:
# This page is '''not''' public domain.
# My talk page is '''not''' public domain. # User:Awkward42's page and associated talk page are '''not''' public domain. # My /Contact page is '''not''' public domain. '''''Images''''': All images that I upload will be individually licenced, check the image description page for details. I have ''lots'' of photographs on my website. If you want to use one of these images here or elsewhere, please email me at cmckenna@sucs.org. By default I retain copyright on all my photos on that site, but in most cases I will dual licence (usually to a Creative Commons licence) if they can be of use here or elsewhere. '''Awkward42''': Everything above applies to User:Awkward42 with no exceptions. -Thryduulf last updated: 18:01, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC) ---- ==Awkward42== '''Awkward42''' is my secondary, work-safe user account (I have had no trouble with this log in to-date, but I feel it best to be prepared having seen some of the accusations flying around Requests for Comment/Arbitration). I will not likely do much editing with that user, and so I don't foresee myself logging in much with that user. Consequently non-urgent messages are better left on User_talk:Thryduulf rather than User_talk:Awkward42. Urgent messages should be directed to whichever I'm using at the time. I may move any potentially non-work-safe messages from that talk page to this, adding appropriate context on both pages. My dual licencing statement above applies equally to both users. I will endeavor to vote only once in all polls, surveys, VfDs, etc. I am human though, so if I slip up I apologise in advance. Please disregard the earlier of the two votes. Thryduulf 03:09, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC) I've been asked what I mean by a "work-safe" account. At my workplace there are regulations regarding accessing "inappropriate" content on the internet as part of the fair use policy that allows us to use the internet for non-work activities. Although Wikipedia in itself is not inappropriate by any means, some articles may not be, for example articles on pornography, paedophilia, politics (I work in the UK Civil Service), etc. It is possible that my using work's network to access or contribute to such articles may contravene these regulations. I do not have the same restrictions on my personal internet connection at home, and do not wish to be subject to them outside of work. For this reason I have created Awkward42 as a secondary user, from which I will not access or contribute to possibly inappropriate articles, leaving me free to use Thryduulf to edit without restriction. As of 24_January 2005 there has been no problem, but I am prepared for an eventuality where it becomes one. Thryduulf 02:29, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC) ==Recomended places== These are a few highlights of Wikipedia that I recommend you pay a visit to *User:Silversmith/The_Fabdabulous_Wikipedians_page ==Shortcuts== These are my shortcuts to pages I visit frequently, and whose titles I don't seem to remember *Category:Articles_that_need_to_be_wikified *Wikipedia:WikiProject_Stub_sorting/Stub_types ==Work in progress== These are articles that I'm working outside of the main article space (e.g. trial versions of proposed changes). */Geonamesongs - Proposed reworking of List_of_songs_whose_title_includes_geographical_names to include links to places. Comments to User_talk:Thryduulf/Geonamesongs please. */rail_accidents_toc - Finding the best colour scheme for the compact TOC at List_of_rail_accidents. */List_of_London_Underground_stations_in_table_format - Proposed change of layout for the List_of_London_Underground_stations]. ==Photo galleries== {{commonscat|Photos by Chris McKenna}} These are galleries of photographs that I have uploaded to Wikipedia or Wikimedia_Commons. More galleries are on my website http://www.sucs.org/~cmckenna/photos/alphabetical.html, see above for copyright information regarding these. */Wikimeets/London3 *Gallery of my photographs I've contributed to the commons. ==Wikimedia Foundation Wikis== All the Wikimedia Foundation Wikis (copied from Commons:User:Bdk/Stuff)
*/wikistory_links - An alphabetically ordered list of all the articles linked from Wikipedia:Wikistory. */Country_naming_conventions_pop-quiz_answers Answers to the "pop quiz" at Wikipedia_talk:Naming_conventions_(country-specific_topics) */Users_named_after_ancient_Greeks - to help keep track of the User:Iasson/User:Faethon sockpuppets. Thryduulf 09:45, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC) ''All times on this page are UK local time - Greenwich_Mean_Time (UTC±00:00) or British_Summer_Time (UTC+01:00) - unless specified otherwise.'' Thryduulf Thryduulf
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# My talk page is '''not''' public domain. # User:Awkward42's page and associated talk page are '''not''' public domain. # My /Contact page is '''not''' public domain. '''''Images''''': All images that I upload will be individually licenced, check the image description page for details. I have ''lots'' of photographs on my website. If you want to use one of these images here or elsewhere, please email me at cmckenna@sucs.org. By default I retain copyright on all my photos on that site, but in most cases I will dual licence (usually to a Creative Commons licence) if they can be of use here or elsewhere. '''Awkward42''': Everything above applies to User:Awkward42 with no exceptions. -Thryduulf last updated: 18:01, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC) ---- ==Awkward42== '''Awkward42''' is my secondary, work-safe user account (I have had no trouble with this log in to-date, but I feel it best to be prepared having seen some of the accusations flying around Requests for Comment/Arbitration). I will not likely do much editing with that user, and so I don't foresee myself logging in much with that user. Consequently non-urgent messages are better left on User_talk:Thryduulf rather than User_talk:Awkward42. Urgent messages should be directed to whichever I'm using at the time. I may move any potentially non-work-safe messages from that talk page to this, adding appropriate context on both pages. My dual licencing statement above applies equally to both users. I will endeavor to vote only once in all polls, surveys, VfDs, etc. I am human though, so if I slip up I apologise in advance. Please disregard the earlier of the two votes. Thryduulf 03:09, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC) I've been asked what I mean by a "work-safe" account. At my workplace there are regulations regarding accessing "inappropriate" content on the internet as part of the fair use policy that allows us to use the internet for non-work activities. Although Wikipedia in itself is not inappropriate by any means, some articles may not be, for example articles on pornography, paedophilia, politics (I work in the UK Civil Service), etc. It is possible that my using work's network to access or contribute to such articles may contravene these regulations. I do not have the same restrictions on my personal internet connection at home, and do not wish to be subject to them outside of work. For this reason I have created Awkward42 as a secondary user, from which I will not access or contribute to possibly inappropriate articles, leaving me free to use Thryduulf to edit without restriction. As of 24_January 2005 there has been no problem, but I am prepared for an eventuality where it becomes one. Thryduulf 02:29, 24 Jan 2005 (UTC) ==Recomended places== These are a few highlights of Wikipedia that I recommend you pay a visit to *User:Silversmith/The_Fabdabulous_Wikipedians_page ==Shortcuts== These are my shortcuts to pages I visit frequently, and whose titles I don't seem to remember *Category:Articles_that_need_to_be_wikified *Wikipedia:WikiProject_Stub_sorting/Stub_types ==Work in progress== These are articles that I'm working outside of the main article space (e.g. trial versions of proposed changes). */Geonamesongs - Proposed reworking of List_of_songs_whose_title_includes_geographical_names to include links to places. Comments to User_talk:Thryduulf/Geonamesongs please. */rail_accidents_toc - Finding the best colour scheme for the compact TOC at List_of_rail_accidents. */List_of_London_Underground_stations_in_table_format - Proposed change of layout for the List_of_London_Underground_stations]. ==Photo galleries== {{commonscat|Photos by Chris McKenna}} These are galleries of photographs that I have uploaded to Wikipedia or Wikimedia_Commons. More galleries are on my website http://www.sucs.org/~cmckenna/photos/alphabetical.html, see above for copyright information regarding these. */Wikimeets/London3 *Gallery of my photographs I've contributed to the commons. ==Wikimedia Foundation Wikis== All the Wikimedia Foundation Wikis (copied from Commons:User:Bdk/Stuff)
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*/wikistory_links - An alphabetically ordered list of all the articles linked from Wikipedia:Wikistory. */Country_naming_conventions_pop-quiz_answers Answers to the "pop quiz" at Wikipedia_talk:Naming_conventions_(country-specific_topics) */Users_named_after_ancient_Greeks - to help keep track of the User:Iasson/User:Faethon sockpuppets. Thryduulf 09:45, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC) ''All times on this page are UK local time - Greenwich_Mean_Time (UTC±00:00) or British_Summer_Time (UTC+01:00) - unless specified otherwise.'' Thryduulf Thryduulf