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16/4/2007 - Having a Wikibreak due to Durin's harrassment & inability to apologise for saying I should be ashamed about 5 times, even after I told him it hurt my feelings. Bigger things to worry about than arrogant, combative editors. Don't know when I'll be back - sometime soon probably... Thanks.

About me

Hi!

My user name is Spawn Man, but you can call me Spawn if you want to. If you still want to call me something else, I also respond to Bob the Lemming. I've been editing here since the 8/8/2005 & I wish to become an admin some time in the future when everyone stops hating me for all the people I've pissed off... Besides at the moment nobody probably wants to nominate me because I'm a political landmine & my RfA would undoubtedly cause a stir.

Now for a little bit about me; I live in New Zealand, a very cold series of islands near Australia. Here it is almost year-round winter & on the days it is nicer, we rush to the beach or park for a day out. I have a cat named Smokey. He is fat & lazy & doesn't like people too much unless you're feeding him. Good thing he can't reach the computer to read this or he'd start eating the cords to my xbox.

Yes, I said the magic word: Xbox. If you know me, then you'll know I love video games. In fact, I'm quite into a lot of things: I collect postcards, business cards, coins, stamps, crystals, Lord Of The Rings stuff (Yes, I made it to the world premiere in Wellington), autographs & a whole lot of other stuff. Basically I'm a geek (Just kidding).

I enjoy reading books, especially paper ones. Although I take a long time to read (Due mainly to the fact I fall asleep halfway through & then start again), I eventually finish & then forget the book altogether. Along with books, I read & collect comics (The book kind, not the stand-up kind), of which, Batman is by far the best hero of them all.

I love art. Photography, sketching, painting, models (The plastic ones, not actual, anorexic models), I do it all. Even poetry & writing; I have won several poetry, story writing & painting competitions.

My eyes are getting sore, so some of my other, less interesting hobbies are running, watching old & new movies, listening to music, Japanese, going for tramps (The walking tramps, not the huckery mole type of ones!).

Other than my strange series of collections & usual hobbies, I often delve into this thing called eating. Yes, you could say I am a protectus carnivorus: I eat meat & the last waiter who tried to take my plate off me lost an arm. Although I do eat vegetables, my heart lies in the world of salami & steak.

If you really, really know me, you know I complain a lot. I complain about opinionated people, I complain about passive people, I complain about noisy, quiet & fanatical people. I complain about snotty kids, I complain about anything & everything. I hate maths, tomatoes (Except in sauces), moths (Evil little creatures), Helen Clark & George W. Bush, injections (I hate people more who actually look as they are being given the injection) & unfairness.

Now for a little about my thoughts on Misplaced Pages & how I conduct myself; If you notice a disturbance in the force, then you are either going to be approached by me or have bad gas from those Gungan-pizzas last night. Yes, I am a pain to deal with on a bad day. Yes, I can be nasty. Yes, I get things done my way or no way. Don't let all that put you off though, deep down I'm a lil' pussy cat. I mean, who else has cute lil' fuzzy animals on their userpage? Treat me fairly & with respect & you'll have a nice time dealing with me. Usually I stick to myself on here, quietly getting what I need done. Other times, I explode & start making posts left, right & centre. Please be understanding, as most days I am having a bad day.

I enjoy writing about new things & often vary what I write about; from games to dinosaurs, from movies to war. I am known as the DYK King around these parts & if you need a hand, I'm always ready to help. Don't hesitate to ask for anything! Overall, I have a good sense of humour, a quick temper & I love using exclaimation marks frequently. That's just me. But you can always count on me to get a job done.

And now you people out there have enough information to start to stalk me (Please don't) so I'll stop talking now...

Articles I've worked on

Articles I've created

Abelisaurus. Aegyptosaurus. Alamosaurus. Alfirin. American Crime (film). Ammosaurus. Animal (book). Antikythera wreck. Aralosaurus. Battle of Le Cateau. Battle of St. Quentin (1914). Brambles of Mordor. Chamitataxus. Charles Mangin. Cook Strait News. Crimson Rivers II: Angels of the Apocalypse. Culumalda. Dashanpu Formation. Dashanpusaurus. Edaphodon. Edaphodon kawai. First Battle of the Aisne. François Anthoine. Gallows-weed. Golden willow. Gorcrows. Great Retreat. Grimgor Ironhide. Hoba meteorite. Jewellery in the Pacific. List of jewellery types. Mallos. Mauisaurus. Maurice Tillet. Mewlips. Michel-Joseph Maunoury. Moronvilliers. Mount Kirkpatrick Formation. Mount Victoria Tunnel. Needles and Pins. Needles and Pins (1963 song). Needles and Pins (1969 song). Needles and Pins (2003 song). Needles and Pins (nursery rhyme). Needles and Pins (television show). Nivelle offensive. Osbornoceros. Pontfaverger-Moronvilliers. Redneck Games. Rhizanthella gardneri. Sarawak chamber. Second Battle of the Aisne. Shane Warne Cricket '99. Soultans. St. James Theatre (Wellington). Tagish Lake meteorite. The Iron Ladies (film). Third Battle of the Aisne.

Articles I've edited

1900. Acanthopholis. Adasaurus. Amerigo Vespucci. My Featured articleArchaeopteryx. Arthur Evans. Basin Reserve. Batman: Knightfall. Battle of Mons. Baucis and Philemon. Black Orc. Brazil (film). Brine. Carolus Linnaeus. Common basilisk. Crux. Dewlap. My Featured articleDinosaur. Someone else's Featured articleDiplodocus. Draco (constellation). First Battle of the Marne. Freetown. Gastornis. Gavrilo Princip. Great Bustard. Inosculation. Island Bay, Wellington. Janjucetus. Good articleJewellery. Karl von Bulow. Large blue butterfly. My Featured articleList of dinosaurs. Love song. Lynx (constellation). Minmi (dinosaur). More Than a Feeling. Moto Racer. National Library of Pakistan. Neck frill. Nero. Night Of The Living Dummy. Orcomimus. Oyster. Pearl. Protecovasaurus. Ripley's Believe It or Not!. Roe Deer. Seaman (dog). Segisaurus. Siege of Jerusalem (70). Siege of Maubeuge. Simbelmynë. Snow Leopard. Struthiomimus. Taralga, New South Wales. The Very Best of the Bee Gees. My Featured articleTyrannosaurus. Tyrannosaurus in popular culture. Universe (book). My Featured articleVelociraptor.

Disambigs I've unlinked

Pere Ubu. What Links There Now?

Mutual Admiration Society. What Links There Now?

Ratline. What Links There Now?

Dogs of War. What Links There Now?

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Achievements

Successful FA nominations

On 19 December, 2005, Dinosaur, an article which I nominated & greatly improved, was designated as a Featured Article. It appeared on the main page on 1 January, 2006.

On 29 June, 2006, Velociraptor, an article which I nominated & greatly improved, was designated as a Featured Article. It appeared on the main page on 12 July, 2006.

On 24 July, 2006, Tyrannosaurus, an article which I nominated & greatly improved, was designated as a Featured Article. It appeared on the main page on 12 September, 2006.

On 30 March, 2007, Archaeopteryx, an article which I nominated & greatly improved, was designated as a Featured Article. It appeared on the main page on...

Successful FL nominations

On 8 September, 2006, List of dinosaurs, an article which I nominated & greatly improved, was designated as a Featured List.

Successful DYK suggestions

On 26 September, 2005, this fact which I submitted appeared on the main page:

...that Maurice Tillet was disfigured by acromegaly from a young age, but cashed in on his appearance by becoming an early wrestler?

On 30 September, 2005, this fact which I submitted appeared on the main page:

...that the Nivelle offensive during World War I involved around 1.2 million French troops and over 7,000 guns?

On 1 October, 2005, this fact which I submitted appeared on the main page:

...that at the Second Battle of the Aisne in World War I, the French suffered over 187,000 casualties?

On 4 October, 2005, this fact which I submitted appeared on the main page:

...that the town of Moronvilliers was totally destroyed in WWI and was also a site for French dry-nuclear testing?

On 5 October, 2005, this fact which I submitted appeared on the main page:

...that Charles Mangin was despised by his troops during WWI, due to his aggressive tactics, which earned him the nickname, "The Butcher"?

On 7 October, 2005, this fact which I submitted appeared on the main page:

...that the Third Battle of the Aisne was the final battle of the Aisne river during WWI?

On 12 October, 2005, this fact which I submitted appeared on the main page:

...that Abelisaurus had a lighter skull than other dinosaurs due to large fenestrations behind its eyes?

On 31 October, 2005, this fact which I submitted appeared on the main page:

...that Alamosaurus, was named after Fort Alamo, Texas and is considered to be the last of the sauropods?

On 1 November, 2005, this fact which I submitted appeared on the main page:

...that the only surviving fossils of Aegyptosaurus were destroyed in a 1944 bombing raid on Munich, Germany during World War II?

On 2 November, 2005, this fact which I submitted appeared on the main page:

...that Ammosaurus remains were originally mistaken by Othniel Charles Marsh as those of another dinosaur, Anchisaurus?

On 30 November, 2005, this fact which I submitted appeared on the main page:

...that fossil remains of the dinosaur species Aralosaurus were found in Kazakhstan after the Aral Sea started shrinking significantly?

On 11 January, 2006, this fact which I submitted appeared on the main page:

...that the Mount Victoria Tunnel is 623 metres long and was the first New Zealand tunnel to have air conditioning?

On 20 January, 2006, this fact which I submitted appeared on the main page:

...that Shane Warne Cricket '99, a Playstation cricket game is endorsed by the Australian bowler, Shane Warne?

On 30 January, 2006, this fact which I submitted appeared on the main page:

...that the Tagish Lake meteorite originally came from a part of the asteroid belt which existed when our solar system was being formed?

On 31 January, 2006, this fact which I submitted appeared on the main page:

...that the Hoba meteorite is the largest known meteorite ever found on earth?

On 13 March, 2006, this fact which I submitted appeared on the main page:

...that the movie The Iron Ladies is based on a real-life team of transsexuals and homosexuals that won the Thai national volleyball tournament?

On 5 June, 2006, this fact which I submitted appeared on the main page:

...that the Antikythera wreck, discovered by Greek sponge divers in 1900, contained one of the first forms of a mechanised clock?

On 19 August, 2006, this fact which I submitted appeared on the main page:

...that although related to modern filter feeding baleen whales, the recently discovered prehistoric whale Janjucetus had large serated teeth implying that it fed on large fish or even sharks?

One 28 August, 2006, this fact which I submitted appeared on the main page:

...that the St. James Theatre in Wellington, New Zealand, was nearly demolished in the 1980s and is said to be haunted by numerous ghosts?

On 24 September, 2006, this fact which I submitted appeared on the main page:

...that Jewellery in the Pacific changed drastically when missionaries began converting many Pacific nations to Christianity?

On 6 October, 2006, this fact which I submitted appeared on the main page:

...that Mauisaurus was the largest plesiosaur to roam New Zealand waters and that it gets its name from the Māori god Maui?

On 26 November, 2006, this fact which I submitted appeared on the main page:

...that numerous specimens of dinosaurs have been excavated from the Dashanpu Formation, first discovered by a natural gas company that found the formation's first dinosaur, Gasosaurus?

On 30 November, 2006, this fact which I submitted appeared on the main page:

...that the Mount Kirkpatrick Formation is the only major dinosaur-bearing rock formation in Antarctica?

On 25 March, 2007, this fact which I submitted appeared on the main page:

...that the prehistoric badger genus Chamitataxus lived during the Late Miocene and is considered the most primitive badger genus in North America?

On 27 March, 2007, this fact which I submitted appeared on the main page:

...that the extinct species of Edaphodon, a type of rabbitfish related to the shark, grazed along the bottom of the ocean like land-dwelling herbivores do now?

Successful article improvement drive nominations

On 5 December, 2005, Dinosaur, an article which I nominated, was selected for the Article Improvement Drive.

Successful article collaboration nominations

On 14 October, 2005, King Kong, an article which I nominated, was selected for the Cinema Collaboration of the Week.

On 18 July, 2006, Struthiomimus, an article which I nominated, was selected for the Dinosaur Collaboration of the Fortnight.

Successful adminship nominations

On 13 October, 2005, LordAmeth, an editor who I nominated, was selected for adminship.

On 29 October, 2005, Kirill Lokshin, an editor who I nominated, was selected for adminship.

On 4 December, 2006, Daveydweeb, an editor who I nominated, was selected for adminship.

On 28 March, 2007, Casliber, an editor who I nominated, was selected for adminship.

Successful Article for Deletion nominations

On 20 November, 2006, ZVOX Audio, an article which I nominated for deletion, was deleted.

On 24 November, 2006, TNM Classification, an article which I nominated for deletion, was deleted.

Affiliations

WikiProjects

Esperanza.

WikiProject Cricket.

WikiProject Dinosaurs.

WikiProject Kindness Campaign.

WikiProject Mammals.

WikiProject Military history.

WikiProject Plants.

WikiProject Supernatural.

WikiProject Tree of life.

WikiProject Viruses.

WikiProject Years.

Wikifriends

Casliber. Elaragirl. Firsfron. Kirill Lokshin. LordAmeth. Petaholmes. Phaedriel. R.D.H. (Ghost In The Machine). Riana dzasta. Sango123.

Other 'pedias

Commons as Spawn Man. Uncyclopedia as Spawn Man.

Also...

I also maintain the Dinosaur Portal and once maintained the WikiProject Dinosaurs Collaboration.

Hardest questions in the world section

Returning soon...

Awards for all my hard, back-breaking, toe-numbing work

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