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	My main contributions to Misplaced Pages are articles on elections and referendums (at some point I will also create associated articles on the parties that contested the elections), non-League football and Israeli politics (although this sphere is now largely complete at least in terms of the articles being started, and whilst I have many article on my watchlist, I rarely make any edits other than to revert vandalism or fix other edits).

			] This is your '''only warning'''; if you ] Misplaced Pages again, you may be '''] without further notice'''. <!-- Template:uw-vandalism4im -->
	==Why I edit Misplaced Pages==
	The main reason I edit Misplaced Pages is a strong belief that every person on the planet has the right to access the accumulated knowledge of humanity. Giving people access to this knowledge allows them to make informed decisions – one only has to look at how desperate repressive countries like North Korea are to stop their citizens finding out the truth to see how important it is. The even sadder thing for me is that access to the facts in a neutral, reliable and trusted source is still needed in the "free" world. I can think of no better example than the ] in my own country in which the ruling party and the majority of the mainstream media (which is supportive of it) colluded to run a campaign largely based on a lie.<ref>The Conservative Party claimed that changing the voting system to the ] would cost the taxpayer £250 million, and this was the primary campaigning tool for use on posters and was repeated almost unquestioned by all Conservative-supporting newspapers (which made up the vast majority of the printed press at the time). However, this figure included the £80m cost of the referendum (which was being held anyway) and £130m for electronic voting machines that would be required to introduce it. This was clearly a lie as Australia uses the same voting system but processes votes manually.</ref>

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	Many of the articles I write (particularly recently) are ones on which there is little online information, and are on topics that I feel are sufficiently important that the information should be available more widely (elections, for instance, are a key part of a nation's history). I should note my thanks to Wikimedia UK, who provided me with a grant to purchase ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', from which I have written and improved ].

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	And, of course, I edit Misplaced Pages because I am interested in the topics themselves, and enjoy the research and reading required to write the articles.

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	==My contributions==
	At the last count (1 April 2015), I'd started 5,442 articles. These include:

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	\|Elections and referendums\|\|align=right\|2,952\|\|Trying to create articles on every election and referendum to have taken place in a sovereign state or colonial territory. Mostly complete, but some work to do on historical elections, particularly in former colonies.
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	\|Football\|\|align=right\|248\|\|Completed all clubs to have played in top division in Israel and in the Eastern Counties League, plus other articles on non-league football clubs, seasons or players to have played for Sudbury Town/AFC Sudbury
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	\|Israeli places\|\|align=right\|575\|\|Completed set of articles on all registered towns/villages/regional councils in Israel, plus a few settlements
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	\|Israeli politics\|\|align=right\|650\|\|Completed sets of articles on all members of the Knesset, ministers, governments and signatories of the declaration of independence
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	\|Israeli society\|\|align=right\|50\|\|Random articles on things like ], ] and basketball clubs.
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	\|Other politics\|\|align=right\|15\|\|Random articles on politicians like ]
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	\|Places in Suffolk\|\|align=right\|130\|\|Completed the set of articles on civil parishes in Suffolk
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	\|Political parties\|\|align=right\|778\|\|Trying to create articles on every political party to have won a seat in a national legislature
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	===Did you know===
	A few articles I created (or in one or two cases, merely contributed to) have been selected for DYK:
	#... that ''']''', ]'s first Minister of Justice, served in the ] during ]?
	#... that the ''']''' is the only ] in ] ever to have held a majority of seats in the ]?
	#... that ''']''' was the only signatory of the ] to have been born in the ]?
	#... that the ''']''' was the first to be held in ] under ]?
	#... that the ''']''' in ] saw the first defeat of a ruling party in an election held under ] in ]?
	#... that the ] villagers of ''']''' developed ] of ] in response to the high rate of ] amongst their tribe?
	#... that the ''']''' was played over two years in an effort to rid ] of corruption and violence, which included riots on the field?
	#... that ''']''' was the first ] to be ]?
	#... that ''']''' was the first ever ] football club to play in the top division in ]?
	#... that ''']''' was the first ] woman to be elected to the ]?
	#... that ''']''' was the editor of '']'' for over 50 years?
	#... that ''']''' was the first non-]ish member of an ]?
	#... that ''']''' successfully ran for election to the ] to avoid extradition to ], where he was wanted for embezzlement?
	#... that ''']''' was the first member of the ] to be sent to prison?
	#... that ]i politician and ] activist ''']''' spent ten months as a ]ian ]?
	#... that at just 85 days in office, the ''']''' was the shortest-lived in the country's history?
	#... that the ''']''' was the first to have a non-]ish minister?
	#... that ''']''' was the first ] to be elected to the country's legislative council?
	#... that ] for the ''']''' in ] was just 4.9%?
	#... that the ''']''' in ] was the first election to be held in ]?
	#... that in the ''']''' in ], ] received more votes than the number of registered voters?
	#... that ] was the only ] to reject the ] in a ''']''', thereby opting for independence?
	#... that the ''']''' in ] made it into the ] as the most fraudulent ever?
	#... that following a ''']''' in 1984, ] became the last country in Europe to grant women the ]?
	#... that it took a replay and then eighty minutes of extra time for ] to win the ''']'''?
	#... that the ''']''' was the first in the country's history to go to a second round?
	#... that by making her debut in the ] at the age of 16, ''']''' became the youngest-ever goalkeeper to appear in a World Cup?
	#... that ]ese international footballer ''']''' worked at the ]s prior to the ] there?
	#... that ''']''' are the most westerly ] club ever to play in the ]?
	#... that following opposition calls for a ], ] in the ''']''' in ] was just 2.7%?
	#... that the electoral system for the ''']''' in ] was said to have been based on the design of a ]?
	#... that the ''']''' were the first to feature female candidates?
	#... that ''']''' was the venue of the first-ever goal scored in league ]?
	#... that despite receiving the most votes in the ], the ''']''' emerged as the smallest of the three parties in the Territorial Assembly?
	#... that ''']''' was the first directly elected MP in the ]?
	#... that the ''']''' in the ] has been described as the "smallest act of self-determination ever conducted"?
	#... that the ''']''' in ] saw ]'s ] defeat the ruling ], led by his father ]?
	#... that the original version of the ''']''' released in the UK was known as the "Gold Belly" due to its distinctive colour scheme?
	#... that ''']''' is the only stadium outside ] to have hosted a ] ]?
	#... that the first-ever goal in the ] was scored at the original ''']'''?
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	==Problems with Misplaced Pages==
	Despite my beliefs about Misplaced Pages's role in providing neutral and reliable information, there are several areas that concern me. Due to a lack of will by admins early in Misplaced Pages's history, the issue of nationalist editors has never really been dealt with. There are several areas of the project which are almost no-go areas for outside/neutral editors, and many false consensuses have been built up by small groups of editors (usually around five people, which is sufficient to block progress on any attempt at outside involvement (the fatal flaw of the ] process being that it is not limited to outside editors). The areas I have come across which are particularly problematic are:

	*Estonia - attempts to revise history by denying the fact that Estonia was part of the Russian Empire or USSR. This usually manifests itself in insisting that country of birth is listed as Estonia in years when the country was not independent.
	*Ireland/Northern Ireland - a key example being the de facto banning of the phrase "Northern Irish" to describe people from Northern Ireland and (similar to the Estonia situation) the refusal to accept that Ireland was part of the UK prior to 1921. As well as the issue over birth places, one particularly stupid example I came across whilst working on election articles was ] - an election to the UK parliament that convention dictates should be United Kingdom general election, 1918 (Ireland). Unsurprisingly, a requested move was blocked more than once.
	*Israel/Palestine - several years ago the major problem was Israeli bias (refusal to acknowledge that settlements were considered illegal by international law etc), but the pendulum has swung the other way in recent years. Major problems include the refusal to even allow the phrase "Israeli Arabs" in the introduction of the article about those people (despite it being the common name - and those editors that call for the use of the "neutral" phrase "Arab citizens of Israel" are now attempting to sneak "Palestinian Arabs" into articles instead) and attempts to replace "Palestinian Territories" with "Palestine" despite the state not yet existing.

	Whilst I have given up on these issues being resolved, the problem still bothers me.

	==Barnstars==
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	Image:Barnstar of National Merit.svg\|I, ], hereby award you the ] for your extensive contributions to Israel-related articles, especially on the subject of the Israeli democracy/politics.

	Image:Original_Barnstar.png\|You have done a great job in creating so many articles related to ], so here's a token of appreciation <b>]]]</b><b><sup>]</sup></b>/<b><sub>]</sub></b>\<b><sup>]</sup></b> 13:31, 15 November 2006 (UTC) 06:06, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

	Image:Tireless_Contributor_Barnstar.gif\|I ran into your user page and, browsing through your article contributions, I feel that you really merit this well-deserved '''Tireless Contributor Barnstar'''. Thank you for all the diligent work. ] <sup>]</sup> 10:11, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

	Image:Barnstar_of_National_Merit.svg\|In recognition of your work on Israel related articles, and completion of the Signatories of the ] articles -- ] (]) 15:45, 23 November 2007 (UTC)

	Image:FootballBarnstar.png\|You are hereby awarded this "Football Barnstar" for dedicating your time and effort during the month of November, 2007 on formulating Misplaced Pages's ''NC for sports teams''. --]<sup>]</sup> 07:10, 21 December 2007 (UTC)

	Image:Minor_Barnstar.png\|I want to thank you for your recent changes to ]. The article has been on my mind for a while as one that needed something, but what I didn't know. Now after your edits, I feel that the article is starting to read fairly well. Keep up the good work! <span style="font: 13pt 'Arial';">«</span> '''] (])''' 05:30 ] ] (UTC)

	Image:Random_Acts_of_Kindness_Barnstar.png\|Thanks for being nice and rational in the deletion of Michael Paton, instead of just "delete or else"! Cheers mate! -- ''']]''' 09:06, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

	Image:BoNM_-_Israel.png\|As recognitian of your continued committment to Israel related articles ] (]) 11:52, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

	Image:Tag yehida.png\|For creating a bot-like amount of articles on Israeli localities. -- ] (]) 11:15, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

	Image:BoNM - Israel.png\|For the mass of Israeli locality articles created recently, thanks for the amazing work! -- ] <sup>(])</sup> 21:34, 6 August 2008 (UTC)

	Image:Afrika award.jpg\|For all of your excellent work on African election articles, I award you this AfricaProject Award. Wear it with pride. <font face="Old English Text MT">]</font><sup>]</sup><sub>]</sub> 16:32, 2 December 2010 (UTC)

	File:Original Barnstar Hires.png\|For your efforts to improve coverage of East Germany's political history ♦ ] 19:59, 6 December 2011 (UTC)

	File:Barnstar_of_Diligence.png\|For your tireless efforts to create referenced and factually correct articles on the elections, I award you this Barstar of Diligence. Keep up the amazing work! It is much appreciated. ] (]) 16:42, 20 January 2012 (UTC)

	File:Original Barnstar Hires.png\|For your efforts on San Marino politics. ♦ ] 17:07, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

	File:Original Barnstar Hires.png\|Number 57, thank you for your recent new articles on the West Indies. Your work is appreciated! ] (]) 03:35, 2 June 2012 (UTC)

	File:Barnstar of Diligence Hires.png\|Not the best barnstar I was looking for, but still accurately fits your edits. I also appreciate your civility and helpfullness. Thanks! <small style="border: 1px dashed;padding:1px 4px 1px 3px;white-space:nowrap">''']]'''</small> 16:34, 17 August 2012 (UTC)

	File:Tireless Contributor Barnstar Hires.gif\|For your work diligently closing discussions at ] and bringing down the backlog of that page, I hereby award you the Tireless Contributor Barnstar. Thank you for your closes and for taking on tasks other administrators shy away from. ''''']'''''</span> (]) 11:59, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

	File:Administrator Barnstar Hires.png\|I thereby award you with '''''The Admin's Barnstar''''' for your continued work of closing discussions listed on the ]. Keep up the good work. ] <sup>]</sup> 21:38, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

	File:Administrator Barnstar Hires.png\|It's nice to meet an admin who just gets on and does stuff, knows what he's talking about and is a genuinely nice, friendly human being! I'm glad we got a moment to chat at the weekend. ]<sup>TT</sup>(]) 10:11, 14 August 2014 (UTC)

	File:Original Barnstar.png\|For the John Barrowman (BLPSOURCES vs CONTEXTMATTERS). Because this contribution was just outstanding! ] (]) 02:04, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

	File:Barnstar_of_Diligence.png\|For the John Barrowman (BLPSOURCES vs CONTEXTMATTERS). You had to really scrutinize that discussion to parse it all out! ] (]) 02:04, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

	File:Admin Barnstar.png\|For the John Barrowman (BLPSOURCES vs CONTEXTMATTERS). That had to be hard to figure out...just from all the drama! ] (]) 02:04, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

	File:Special_Barnstar_Hires.png\|For a user page I found quite unique. While I may be a political novice at best, ''Did you know'' it's interesting? ] (]) 16 December 2014

	File:Editors Barnstar Hires.png\|For all your hard work in creating templates and correcting page titles relating to the 2015 UK local elections. Nice work! ''']''' <sup>]</sup> 06:52, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

	File:Tireless Contributor Barnstar Hires.gif\|Thank you for defending my articles that were put up for deletion. Not only that but you're tireless contribution to players in the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup! Misplaced Pages and I thank you! ] 03:51, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

	Image:Football Barnstar Hires.png\|I would like to award you this for all your incredible work in creating articles on old Scottish football grounds. ] (]) 22:29, 5 November 2015 (UTC)

	File:Brilliant Idea Barnstar Hires.png\|Nice work fixing the ] page so that flag inside its Infobox national football team does not fall on the second line below the Bosnia and Herzegovina long name. This bugged me for ages, your fix made my day. I am sure many will notice and appreciate it. Many thanks. ] (]) 13:12, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

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