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| {{userbox|aqua|skyblue|]|'''This user has been ] by ].}}</div></center> | |||
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| I'm '''Bunchofgrapes'''. I used to edit a lot. Heck, I used to be an Administrator. Those were the days. Power corrupts. | |||
| If you like ] then you might know where I took the name from. For the most part, it's meaningless. You may call me '''Grapes''' if "Bunchofgrapes" is too much typing.<ref>Or "Bunch", "BoG", etc. Or try an ]: "No spa grub, chef!"</ref> | |||
| I'm interested in a lot of things, but my main contributions are to ] articles, where I'm especially drawn to the history and science aspects. I've also done some British history stuff. And assorted miscellany. | |||
| I'm a computer programmer by trade, but I have little or no interest in contributing in that area. I am a ] citizen, living in ], ], born in ]. I earned two ] engineering degrees from ], in ], in the early ]. | |||
| This is my 10000th edit! | |||
| ] is my stepson. | |||
| == What the critics are saying == | |||
| <div style="font-size:120%;line-height:1.2em;">"The thing that I want to find out is who's doing the entry for ]. There's an entry for butter! What would motivate someone to do that?"</div> | |||
| :— essayist ], in ]<ref> Klosterman's incisive analysis of Bunchofgrapes went on to receive critical acclaim in Februrary of 2006.{{fact}}</ref> | |||
| <div style="font-size:120%;line-height:1.2em;">"We are going to start a new category -- Do Not Click This Link -- just for this item."</div> | |||
| :— Judi Smith, ]'s Research Department, on a regarding the ] article. | |||
| <div style="font-size:120%;line-height:1.2em;">"George Bush had a quiet day yesterday. Liz Hurley's wedding was ignored. The definition of "Muslim" remained stable. Even 'cheese' was left alone."</div> | |||
| :— Cassandra Jardine, "", Telegraph Newspaper Online. | |||
| ==Significant (or not) Contributions== | |||
| '''Featured articles''' | |||
| ] • ] • ] • ] | |||
| '''Other stuff''' | |||
| ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] • ] | |||
| '''Works in progress''' | |||
| ] • ] | |||
| '''Some images I uploaded''' | |||
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| Image:Durian opening2.jpg | |||
| Image:Drury lane inset map.png | |||
| Image:Cryptochiton stelleri underside.jpg | |||
| Image:Giles Mompesson.png | |||
| Image:Obaysch 1852.gif | |||
| Image:Katzs deli corned beef.jpg | |||
| Image:Thomas killigrew 1650.jpg | |||
| Image:The Burning of Drury Lane Theatre from Westminster Bridge.jpg | |||
| Image:Drury lane thomas rowlandson.jpg | |||
| Image:Durio Zibethinus Van Nooten.jpg | |||
| Image:Great fire of london map.png | |||
| Image:ItsBack.gif | |||
| </gallery> | |||
| ==Rant== | |||
| ] | |||
| '''Misplaced Pages is a research project. If you are going to add new content to a page, please follow these guidelines:''' | |||
| * If you don't want to do research, but just want to write what you know, or what you think you know, or what sounds good, or how it seems to work in your town, state, or country, <big><b>STOP. RIGHT. NOW.</b></big> You will be harming the encyclopedia with your "sharing". Research first. With ]. That means ''books''. If your topic isn't covered in books, that may sometimes be a warning sign that it isn't encyclopedic enough to merit coverage here. If you still believe it is, research with the best sources you can find. Journals. Magazines. Newspapers. Almost never web sites written by some random guy. Mr. random guy probably did as much research as you were going to do, before you read this: none. | |||
| * When adding material to an article, ] the sources the information is from. Don't treat this as an optional step. Trying to retrofit citations later in your own work is hard; trying to do it for some piece of text someone else wrote is basically impossible. You might as well get rid of it all and start from scratch, because the information in sources you find will be just different enough from that in the original sources to make you question the whole enterprise. | |||
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| <gallery caption="Awards: I'm shameless"> | |||
| Image:Barnstar-life.png|I, ], award '''Bunchofgrapes''' this Barnstar of Life for his outstanding efforts in helping to bring ] to ] status. (Nov. 10, 2005) | |||
| Image:Oddball_barnstar_green_dark_an.gif|I, ], award this ''Oddball Barnstar'' to ] for ] and ], the only wiki articles ever made me want to vomit. (Dec. 5, 2005) | |||
| Image:Barnstar2.png|I, ], award '''Bunchofgrapes''' the ''Editor's Barnstar'' for identifying copyright violations in a ]. (20 March 2006) | |||
| Image:WMBarnstar.png|Thank you for your helpful and insightful notes on the Torchic FAC, it has now reached {{FA}} status! Thanks again, ]<font color="#009933">]</font>] <sup>]</sup> 20:30, 10 June 2006 (UTC) | |||
| Image:Comedy gold.png|For the funniest edit I have seen in ages. I ] award you the "Comedy Gold Award" for humour | |||
| Image:Butter knife. Giano.gif|The ''Silver Butter knife Award'' for all your hard work making ] a FA. ] (27 June 2006) | |||
| Image:Barnstar.png|For your assistance in cleaning up the ] from ], I award you with this barnstar. ] <font color="Red"><sub><small>( ]</small></sub></font> <font color="Green"><sub><small>]</small></sub></font> <font color="Blue"><sub><small>] )</small></sub></font> 01:52, 19 September 2006 (UTC) | |||
| Image:Barnstar_of_Reversion2.png|I , ] award you this anti vandalism barnstar for all the vanalized pages I have seen your reversions of! Much apreciated! ] 22:31, 16 October 2006 (UTC) | |||
| Image:Blake London.jpg|I ] give to '''Bunchofgrapes''' the ''Illuminated London Award'' for your illustrations of ] and ] ]. (6 November 2006) | |||
| Image:WMBarnstar.png|'''The Working Man's Barnstar''': For your tireless efforts in helping Martial Law, I, ], award you, ], with the Working Man's Barnstar. – ]] 04:50, 25 November 2006 (UTC) | |||
| </gallery> | |||
| ==To-do list== | |||
| Articles I might start someday: | |||
| * '']'' | |||
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