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			=== About me ===
	'''Richardcavell''' is Richard Cavell, a man from Melbourne, Australia.
			I am Richard Cavell, a man from ]. I now live in ], near ], ].

	You may email him by and leaving a message.

	I'm a doctor with interests in anatomy/radiology and medical law/forensics/administration. I like to make small corrections every now and then. I also occasionally contribute articles on medical topics. I'm interested in Aussie showbusiness, particularly community access television, such as Channel 31 Australia. I often create stubs and initiate new parts of articles.

	I hate paedophiles and I enjoy shaming them. Sunlight is the best disinfectant.

			I have previously been very active in editing Misplaced Pages. However, as Misplaced Pages has become more complete, I find that there is less for me to contribute. Also, I believe that Misplaced Pages has evolved to the point where the primary contribution should now come from professional editors who are trained by the governing organization.
	Here are some articles that I've contributed substantially to:

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			=== My ideas for improving Misplaced Pages ===
	The contributions that I'm most proud of, though, are grammatical/spelling/usage upgrades. Although you may see this as pedantic and unhelpful, I think that it is important to use the language correctly. It gives so much credibility to wikipedia to have precise, concise expression.

			'''Technical'''
	I believe that Requests for Administration are being used as a forum to indulge in editcountitis. It seems to me that the principal criterion for supporting Administrator requests is a person's edit count, regardless of the quality of those edits. This means that Administrator status is being used as a kind of automatic reward for time-serving. The principal criterion '''should''' be whether or not Misplaced Pages would benefit from the candidate being given the admin tools. I have therefore been spending time at RfA.
			* All titles should be in lowercase unless ordinary English rules require that they be capitalised.
			* Misplaced Pages's front page should contain a search box that does not assume the language being used, and search results from this page should be taken from all Wikipedias.
			* We should create a type of redirect that does not appear in the search box dropdown. This allows more redirects to be kept without causing harm.
			* I believe that articles should have a strict content length limit - then we can have related articles if people want more information.
			* Articles about photographs and films should include a mandatory description of whether and how they implement colour. (For example, a film can be black and white, or use a particular system for colour, or a film can have a colorized version).

			'''Biographies'''
	I'm taking a break from RfA for now - I'll only drop by to support exceptional candidates - and I'll be spending time at AfD instead. Although I probably come across as a deletionist, the truth is that I consider myself an inclusionist.
			* For some biographies, it is improper for Misplaced Pages to insist on using the person's real name, or to expose other elements of their personal history.
			* The first sentence of a biography should not try to cram in the subject's full name and birth/death dates and locations. It is tedious to read. The first sentence should contain the essential identity of the subject.

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			* The "history" section of an article should sometimes be toward the bottom of the article rather than at the top. There are some subjects (such as TV shows, listed companies or political parties) that have evolved over time so that the modern incarnation contradicts the historical one. For most readers of Misplaced Pages, for some subjects, it is improper for Misplaced Pages to anchor a subject to its history. Also, the history of a subject is frequently boring and does not contain the information that the reader is searching for.
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Latest revision as of 12:47, 9 September 2019

My Userboxes

This user is a native speaker of the English language.

This user is a dual-citizen of The United Kingdom and Australia.

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This user has been influenced by too many dialects of English to use one orthography, vocabulary and grammar consistently.

About me

I am Richard Cavell, a man from Australia. I now live in Lytham St. Anne's, near Blackpool, England.

I have previously been very active in editing Misplaced Pages. However, as Misplaced Pages has become more complete, I find that there is less for me to contribute. Also, I believe that Misplaced Pages has evolved to the point where the primary contribution should now come from professional editors who are trained by the governing organization.

Here are a few barnstars that I have received.

My ideas for improving Misplaced Pages

Technical

All titles should be in lowercase unless ordinary English rules require that they be capitalised.
Misplaced Pages's front page should contain a search box that does not assume the language being used, and search results from this page should be taken from all Wikipedias.
We should create a type of redirect that does not appear in the search box dropdown. This allows more redirects to be kept without causing harm.
I believe that articles should have a strict content length limit - then we can have related articles if people want more information.
Articles about photographs and films should include a mandatory description of whether and how they implement colour. (For example, a film can be black and white, or use a particular system for colour, or a film can have a colorized version).

Biographies

For some biographies, it is improper for Misplaced Pages to insist on using the person's real name, or to expose other elements of their personal history.
The first sentence of a biography should not try to cram in the subject's full name and birth/death dates and locations. It is tedious to read. The first sentence should contain the essential identity of the subject.

History sections

The "history" section of an article should sometimes be toward the bottom of the article rather than at the top. There are some subjects (such as TV shows, listed companies or political parties) that have evolved over time so that the modern incarnation contradicts the historical one. For most readers of Misplaced Pages, for some subjects, it is improper for Misplaced Pages to anchor a subject to its history. Also, the history of a subject is frequently boring and does not contain the information that the reader is searching for.

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