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	Some ] user pages tell their life story or reveal all sorts of interesting details about themselves, whilst others define their interests and values. I want to do neither, because I do not want to tempt the reader to stereotype me — so a few boxes to the right is all you get.

			Some ] user pages tell their life story or reveal all sorts of interesting details about themselves, whilst others define their interests and values. I want to do neither, so a few userboxes is all you get.
	However, if you read on down, you'll find more about my work on Wiki<!-- -->pedia.

	==Misplaced Pages Admin==		==Misplaced Pages <s>Admin</s>==
	Many thanks to everyone who contributed to my ] in May 2006. I am delighted that it was successful, and I now have ''']''' powers on Wiki<!-- -->pedia. Administrators have access to a few technical features which help with ].		<div style="text-decoration: line-through">Many thanks to everyone who contributed to my ] in May 2006. I am delighted that it was successful, and I now have ''']''' powers on Wiki<!-- -->pedia. Administrators have access to a few technical features which help with ].

	I regard admin powers as a privilege to be used sparingly and judiciously, but if you require the assistance of an admin, please feel free to		I regard admin powers as a privilege to be used sparingly and judiciously, but if you require the assistance of an admin, please feel free to
	'''.		'''.

	If you want admin help, please do try to explain clearly what you want done, and why ... and I'll try to either help you myself or direct you to a more experienced person if appropriate.		If you want admin help, please do try to explain clearly what you want done, and why ... and I'll try to either help you myself or direct you to a more experienced person if appropriate. However, like any admin, I am not your private army in a content dispute. ] is thataway.
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	==Sub-pages==		==Sub-pages==
	See list at ]		See list at ]

	== My bot ==		== My bot ==
	~~I have created a bot called~~ ]~~, to be used for a limited number of specific purposes. BHGbot~~ was approved on November ~~18,~~ 2007 (see the request for approval at ]).		] was approved on 18 November 2007 (see the request for approval at ]).

			The bot did a lot of work in its first two years, but after years of non-use it was de-listed in 2014.

			] has been reactivated on November 2019, to clean up links to deleted portals per ].
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			==Topic areas==
	I am usually a reasonably placid and easy-going sorta person, but I believe that when people repeatedly breach any of the foregoing principles, they should be cruelly punished.
			When I'm working on articles, I mostly work on Irish topics, especially politics. I have also done a lot of Scottish politicians and judges, and on Westminster MPs from across the UK. Plus Irish and UK constituencies and by-elections. I created the page ], built and developed a large chunk of the articles on UK constituencies, and built the ]. Plus I built the ] set of templates to list the TDs on articles such as ].

			There is a long list of topics within that field where I'd like to do more, but my most useful source was the ] (BNA), which included lots of Irish and Scottish 19th-century papers. That was what allowed me to write in some detail about topics such as the ] and the 1960s/70s drink-driving Scottish judge and whiskey heir ]. Sadly, the BNA no longer offers free access to Misplaced Pages contributors. Someday I will take out a subscription and start writing articles again.
	It has been suggested that being forced to listen to ] would be an appropriate form of retribution, but I am inclined to think that this is too cruel and extreme. Maybe something milder would do, such as being boiled in oil. (Supportively and ], of course, with plenty of ], and tongue ''very'' firmly in cheek).

			However, I do have copies of the rare complete set of ]'s ''"British Parliamentary Election Results"'' from 1832 to 1974, so if I may help with sourcing where needed.
	==Currently working on==
	{{User:BrownHairedGirl/current-tasks}}

	==~~Contributions~~==		=== Categories ===
			{{XFD backlog\|left}} I have done a lot of work on ] since 2006. Without BNA sources to assist article-writing, most of my work these days is on categories.

			At ] (aka CFD), I participate in many discussion and also take an admin role, e.g, in closing discussions. (Though ''not'' those discussions where I am ]).
	A full, blow-by-blow list of my contributions is available at .

			I routinely monitor and cleanup ]. In the last year or so I have created and improved many ], esp by-year/decade templates, trying to make as many as possible of them parameterless. I have a vendetta against by-year parameters, which are wholly un-needed; {{tl\|Title year}} can reliably extract the year in 99% of category sets. I have a particular loathing for those templates which chop up up the year in forms like <code><nowiki>{{SomeTemplate\|1\|9\|6\|7}}</nowiki></code>, or even worse <code><nowiki>{{SomeOtherTemplate\|m=1\|c=9\|d=6\|y=7}}</nowiki></code> — both are just time-wasting error-generators. See ] for a system I have devised to track those errors and check whether the template can be made parameterless.
	This is just a few notes on my areas of interest and on new articles I have created. (or rather, it will be when I get around to writing it ...)

			I use ] (AWB) a ''lot'' for category maintenance, esp since I discovered its support for ]. Some fairly simple modules have massively enhanced my productivity.
	(British parliamentarians, Irish parliamentarians, US United Methodist Bishops, US prisons)

	===New articles===		===New articles===
	I used to try to list new articles that I had created, but since I ~~create~~ a lot of new articles, I found that the list was too much work to maintain.		I used to try to list new articles that I had created, but since I created a lot of new articles, I soon found that the list was too much work to maintain.

			I'm still quite proud of the first article I created, back in February 2006: ]. Not a bad start.
	Here are some of the lists I made earlier, before I gave up, in reverse chronological order:

			In 2018, I created my first featured list: ].
	* ]

	* ]
			In between, I created about 1000 fleshy stubs on politicians, and several hundred more start-class or C-class articles.
	* ]
	*February 2006
	**]
	**]
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	==My edit summary usage==		==My edit summary usage==
	You can check ~~…~~ and please if I fall below 99%.		You can check … and please if I fall below 99%.

			Please ] me if I ever start omitting edit summaries anywhere other than in my own userpages.

	== My barnstars ==		== My barnstars ==
	* See ]		* See ]

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BrownHairedGirl
~~admin~~

— Wikipedian ♀ —

Not BHG. Just one of her heroes

Name

BrownHairedGirl (aka BHG)

Pronouns

Her

Nationality

Irish

Country

Ireland

Current location

Connacht

Languages

English

Current time

Current UTC is 01:59

Race

Mammal

Weight

My own

Hair

Whatever's in the bottle

Eyes

both working

Sexuality

MYOB

Mensa-eligible

Family and friends

Marital status

MYOB

Girlfriend

Gráinne

Boyfriend

Fionn

Education and employment

Education

Expelled from the University of Life

Account statistics

Joined

January 2006

First edit

January 2006

Administrator

Userboxes

2,500,000+

This user has made more than 2,500,000 contributions to the English Misplaced Pages, over 1,400,000 of which were to articles.

16.3

This user has 16.3 centijimbos.

This user has been on Misplaced Pages for 19 years and 10 days.

This user has been editing Misplaced Pages for more than 15 years.

This user uses AutoWikiBrowser to quickly make repetitive edits.

This user tries to do the right thing. If she makes a mistake, please let her know.

sane

This user is relatively sane and will not usually stab you when you sleep

This user is a native speaker of the English language.

~~mankind~~

This user supports the use of gender-neutral language.

This user is female.

This user is Irish and
lives in Ireland.

This user has written one or more good articles on Misplaced Pages.

This user has been editing Misplaced Pages for more than 15 years.

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Some wikipedian user pages tell their life story or reveal all sorts of interesting details about themselves, whilst others define their interests and values. I want to do neither, so a few userboxes is all you get.

Misplaced Pages Admin

Many thanks to everyone who contributed to my request for adminship in May 2006. I am delighted that it was successful, and I now have administrator powers on Misplaced Pages. Administrators have access to a few technical features which help with maintenance.

I regard admin powers as a privilege to be used sparingly and judiciously, but if you require the assistance of an admin, please feel free to leave a message on my talk page.

If you want admin help, please do try to explain clearly what you want done, and why ... and I'll try to either help you myself or direct you to a more experienced person if appropriate. However, like any admin, I am not your private army in a content dispute. WP:Dispute resolution is thataway.

Sub-pages

See list at Special:PrefixIndex/User:BrownHairedGirl

My bot

BHGbot was approved on 18 November 2007 (see the request for approval at Misplaced Pages:Bots/Requests for approval/BHGbot).

The bot did a lot of work in its first two years, but after years of non-use it was de-listed in 2014.

BHGbot has been reactivated on November 2019, to clean up links to deleted portals per WP:Bots/Requests for approval/BHGbot 4.

Topic areas

When I'm working on articles, I mostly work on Irish topics, especially politics. I have also done a lot of Scottish politicians and judges, and on Westminster MPs from across the UK. Plus Irish and UK constituencies and by-elections. I created the page Families in the Oireachtas, built and developed a large chunk of the articles on UK constituencies, and built the navboxes which unify navigation between the constituencies in Ireland of 5 different parliaments and assemblies. Plus I built the Irish TD table set of templates to list the TDs on articles such as Sligo–Leitrim (Dáil constituency).

There is a long list of topics within that field where I'd like to do more, but my most useful source was the British Newspaper Archive (BNA), which included lots of Irish and Scottish 19th-century papers. That was what allowed me to write in some detail about topics such as the 1868 election in Sligo and the 1960s/70s drink-driving Scottish judge and whiskey heir Lord Grant. Sadly, the BNA no longer offers free access to Misplaced Pages contributors. Someday I will take out a subscription and start writing articles again.

However, I do have copies of the rare complete set of FWS Craig's "British Parliamentary Election Results" from 1832 to 1974, so if I may help with sourcing where needed.

XFD backlog
V	Dec	Jan	Total
CfD	3	56	59
TfD	0	13	13
MfD	0	4	4
FfD	5	10	15
RfD	5	45	50
AfD	0	0	0

New articles

I used to try to list new articles that I had created, but since I created a lot of new articles, I soon found that the list was too much work to maintain.

I'm still quite proud of the first article I created, back in February 2006: Churchill Barriers. Not a bad start.

In 2018, I created my first featured list: List of women cabinet ministers of the Republic of Ireland.

In between, I created about 1000 fleshy stubs on politicians, and several hundred more start-class or C-class articles.

My edit summary usage

You can check my recent edit summary usage … and please leave me a reminder message if I fall below 99%.

Please WP:TROUT me if I ever start omitting edit summaries anywhere other than in my own userpages.

My barnstars

See User:BrownHairedGirl/Barnstars

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