user:coldmachine

Hello and welcome to my user page here on Wikipedia! If I've made a mistake somewhere please feel free to politely let me know on my talk page and I will do my best to fix it. If you disagree with my editing, please try to discuss it with me first. I've been a victim of nasty allegations a while ago and I can assure you, I am not a sockpuppet [1] (though my accuser was, and so, it turns out, was the non-admin who declined my unblock requests...)

These are the principles I'll be trying to adhere to while editing on Wikipedia:

• Opening discussion on talk pages for all major edits before making changes, on the basis of seeking to build consensus before making changes.
• I am not interested in personal attacks. I'm happy for my edits to be reverted or challenged, but treat me with some basic manners as a fellow human please.
• That being bold does not excuse failure to seek consensus or discuss changes.

For further information please take a look at the "coldmachine @ wikipedia" section below.

coldmachine @ wikipedia

This is just a general overview of my editing behaviour and contributions on Wikipedia so far. For a more detailed look at my user contributions click here.

Doctrine: Civility  · No personal attacks  · Explain reverts (1RR)  · No ads  · No external link spamming  · Avoid edit wars  · Welcome friendly notices  · Values/welcomes third opinions  · RfA candidacy

Reminders: The Five Pillars  · Do not feed the trolls  · Obtaining consensus  · Ensuring verifiability  · Neutral point of view  · Conflicts of interest

Projects		Articles
This user is a participant in WikiProject Higher education. This user is a member of WikiProject University of Oxford. This user participates in WikiProject UK geography This user is a participant in WikiProject Merseyside This user participates in WikiProject Cheshire. This user participates in WikiProject Spam. This user is a member of WikiProject Aquarium Fishes. This user is a member of WikiProject Science Fiction.		Andreas Nilsson [created] Social Science Library, Oxford [created] Columnaris [created] Flexibacter [created] Flavobacterium columnare [created] Les Balayeurs du désert [created] This user helped promote University of Oxford to good article status. This user helped promote Paranoid Park (film) to good article status.

who is user:coldmachine?

There really is a person behind these words. I hail from the United Kingdom where I consider myself British first and English second.

I am midway through a PhD in Information Science, obtained my Masters in Classics (strictly Ancient History) from Worcester College at the University of Oxford and my Masters in Electronic Publishing from University College, London, and have published in academic journals. I think Socrates had it right; one can never be educated enough since it helps diminish our individual ignorance - the objectives of Wikipedia, even if the processes and methods are occasionally suspect, are admirable.

I am an aquarist with pet pufferfish and rare loaches, I (ostensibly) own a cat, and I generally love animals. I'd love to drop everything and live on a smallholding.

The world is an amazing and diverse place and I'd love to travel it more. Nothing irritates me more than people claiming to have 'done' a country... Here are the places I've visited and sampled so far:

Countries:	Canada Canary Islands Cyprus Egypt England Isle of Man Israel Italy Libya Tunisia United States Vatican City Wales
States of the US:	California Maine Massachusetts New York Oregon Rhode Island Washington
Provinces of Canada:	British Columbia Nova Scotia

shiny things

The Favour of the Unholy Scirlin for endangering his spiritual wellbeing by venturing near three Satanic articles. He now can speak with the Beings that dwell there at will, knowing the dangers and rewards thereof. Merkin's mum 23:23, 29 April 2008 (UTC)	The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar for your surprise help with my userpage. Merkin's mum 21:03, 14 May 2008 (UTC)	The Resilient Barnstar for supporting the good editors here. Tuxraider reloaded (talk) 02:17, 26 August 2008 (UTC)

work-in-progress