User:Derek Harkness

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Derek Harkness Status    last updated March 25th    [edit plan here] Get your own infobox! • Group Status ~ Plans ~ Short term plans 1. Write some articles for a change 2. Now that the skin is finished 3. Start compiling China relate info into draft articles in time for the Olympics. Longer-term plans 1. Make the subpages template go automaticaly on new pages. 2. Redo popups so they work properly. 3. Code a citation adding script. ~ Roles and notes ~ Roles in the system 1. Author 2. Instigator of the Geogra-thon 3. Designer of the new skin Notes to self Click edit above to start these notes Public notes : My name is Derek Harkness. I have a BSc. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Glasgow. I graduated in 1997. I have worked in various fields such as military engineering, transport and computing. Presently, I am employed as the Head Master of, and teacher at, a private English School in China. I am an amateur historian. I also have a keen interest in photography — for which I have received several awards. Currently, I am trying to learn to speak and write Chinese but it is not at all easy. Pages that I have made live or made a significant contribution towards on Citzendium (in semi-random order):  Walter fitz Alan, 1st High Steward of Scotland: (ca. 1114 - 1177) 1st hereditary High Steward of Scotland (ca 1150 - 1177), and the third son of a Breton knight, Alan fitzFlaad, feudal lord of Oswestry. [e]  Alan fitz Walter, 2nd High Steward of Scotland: (1140 - 1204) Scottish hereditary High Steward, and a crusader who accompanied Richard the Lionheart on the Third Crusade. [e]  Champagne: A sparkling wine produced in the French region of the same name. [e] Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal: Add brief definition or description  Dunure Castle: Castle located on the west coast of Scotland, in South Ayrshire, south of Ayr and close to the village of Dunure. [e]  Scottish people: A nation and an ethnic group indigenous to Scotland. [e]  Scotland: A country that forms the northernmost part of the United Kingdom; population about 5,200,000. [e]  Hot dog: A form of sandwich, or alternatively the sausage that goes in the sandwich, [e]  Sandwich: At least one slice of bread, covered with meat or other filling [e] U.S. States and Territories: Add brief definition or description Major Political subdivisions and dependant territories of the U.K.: Add brief definition or description Subdivisions of the People's Republic of China: Add brief definition or description  Council areas of Scotland: Add brief definition or description Countries of the world: Add brief definition or description  Regions of England: the first level of administrative division, below the U.K. national government, within England. [e]  Cascading Style Sheets: A format designed by the W3C for describing the presentation, layout and other design choices of a document on the Web. [e]  Antarctica: The Earth's southernmost continent, located almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle; covers the South Pole. [e]  Guilin: City in the Guangxi Autonomous Region in the South of the People's Republic of China, situated on the banks of the Kuei and Li Rivers, and a major tourist destination. [e]  Macau: A Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, and former Portuguese colony, located on the South China Sea south of Guangzhou. [e]  Hong Kong: Special Administrative Region (SAR) in the south of the People's Republic of China; one of the world's leading financial, industrial, and transportation centres. [e]  Anshan: The third largest prefecture level city in Liáoníng province of China. [e]  Liaoning: A province in the North East of China. [e]  Wulanhaote: (乌兰浩特) City in eastern part of Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, China; regional capital, 1947-50; also spelled Ulaanhot. [e] Imperial Palace, Beijing: Add brief definition or description  Chinese New Year: Add brief definition or description  Pancake‎: Add brief definition or description Shrove Tuesday‎: Add brief definition or description Scotland/Catalogs/Kings and Queens: Add brief definition or description  Paisley‎: Add brief definition or description Grammatical number‎: Add brief definition or description Shanghai: Add brief definition or description Whisky‎: Add brief definition or description  Shenyang Imperial Palace: Add brief definition or description Lapland: Add brief definition or description Shenyang: Add brief definition or description  Great Wall of China: Add brief definition or description  Anshan: The third largest prefecture level city in Liáoníng province of China. [e]  Hadrian's Wall: Add brief definition or description John Lennon: Add brief definition or description Paul McCartney: Add brief definition or description  Wine: Add brief definition or description  China: Add brief definition or description  Beijing: Add brief definition or description  Chinese cuisine‎: Add brief definition or description Country‎: Add brief definition or description Rum: Add brief definition or description Denmark: Add brief definition or description Vodka: Add brief definition or description  Moon: Add brief definition or description  Planet: Add brief definition or description  Afghanistan‎: Add brief definition or description More to follow... I also wrote some help pages such as: CZ:How to use talk pages CZ:How to make tables Articles that I initiated or expanded from almost nothing on the old wikipedia. Aberdeenshire Canal: Add brief definition or description Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal: Add brief definition or description Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton: Add brief definition or description  Dunure Castle: Castle located on the west coast of Scotland, in South Ayrshire, south of Ayr and close to the village of Dunure. [e] Lochranza Castle: Add brief definition or description Portencross Castle: Add brief definition or description  Alan fitz Walter, 2nd High Steward of Scotland: (1140 - 1204) Scottish hereditary High Steward, and a crusader who accompanied Richard the Lionheart on the Third Crusade. [e] Walter Fitzalan: Add brief definition or description  Wulanhaote: (乌兰浩特) City in eastern part of Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region, China; regional capital, 1947-50; also spelled Ulaanhot. [e] Articles that I have made major contributions to on the old wikipedia.  Anshan: The third largest prefecture level city in Liáoníng province of China. [e]  Scotland: A country that forms the northernmost part of the United Kingdom; population about 5,200,000. [e]  Scottish people: A nation and an ethnic group indigenous to Scotland. [e]  Paisley: Add brief definition or description Paisley Abbey: Add brief definition or description Iona Abbey: Add brief definition or description Brodick Castle: Add brief definition or description It is gratifying that other people have since expanded on these initial contributions. For details of other edits I have made, see my Contributions page. Citizendium Getting Started Join | Quick Start | About us | Help system | How to start a new article | For Wikipedians How to Edit Getting Started Organization Technical Help Policies Content Policy Welcome Page Tasks: start a new article • add basic, wanted or requested articles • add definitions • add metadata • edit new pages Welcome to the Citizendium! We hope you will contribute boldly and well. Here are pointers for a quick start. You'll probably want to know how to get started as an author. Just look at Getting Started for other helpful "startup" links, our help system and CZ:Home for the top menu of community pages. Be sure to stay abreast of events via Twitter. You can test out editing in the sandbox if you'd like. If you need help to get going, the forum is one option. That's also where we discuss policy and proposals. You can ask any administrator for help, too. Just put a note on their "talk" page. Again, welcome and have fun! Sarah Tuttle 12:22, 23 November 2006 (CST)