Dunarc

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This user is from Scotland.

This user lives in Scotland.

This user is from the United Kingdom.

This user is interested in the United Kingdom.

This user is interested in Scotland.

This user is interested in history.

This user is a Doctor Who fan.

About Me

I have now been contributing to Wikipedia for over 13 years (though it seems just like yesterday that I started), having made my first edit to an article on 26 May 2011.

For those that like facts and figures here are some statistics relating to my editing history. I made my 1000th edit in January 2016 and by the end of 2016 I had edited over 2100 unique pages and made over 3600 edits in total. 2017 was a busy year for me on Wikipedia with just under 8,000 edits. On 6th November 2017 I made my 10,000th overall edit and by the end of that year I had made edits on more than 8,100 unique pages. By May 2018 I had made edits to over 10,000 different pages and on 28th November 2018 I made my 20,000th edit. In 2018 I had what was then my busiest year on Wikipedia and I made over 9,000 edits. My 30,000th edit was made on 6th December 2019 and 2019 proved to be another active year in terms of edits with over 9,500. My 40,000th edit was made on 17th November 2020 and my 50,000th edit was made on 17th October 2021 (in case you have not guessed, I quite like statistics!). 2020 was another record year for me with over 10,500 edits. I said then this was a total I did not expect to break in 2021, but in the end I did, making over 10,800 edits. I made a further 10,000 or so edits in 2022 and over 7,400 edits in 2023. I am not making any predictions for how much work on Wikipedia I will be able to do in 2024 (and I am not sure number of edits is that important anyway). Of course the value of these edits is for others to judge. You can see my contributions here.

As I think my edit history shows, I am interested in a wide number of subjects and have made contributions to a fairly wide range of articles. I am especially interested in articles and other material relating to Dundee (and the wider Tayside area) in Scotland, and have expanded many related articles as well as starting a few (details of these can be found further down the page). I have also contributed to many other articles relating to other parts of Scotland. In addition I like contributing to article relating to history. As well as this I have also made quite a few edits to articles relating to various sporting events, British television series and politics and elections in the UK. I also like to try to help improve navigation on Wikipedia by working on categories and templates. Since late 2017 I have also been trying to do some work on portals and to link to them to appropriate pages. If you have any questions about any of my edits, pages I have started or discussions that I have contributed to then please feel free to use my talk page to get in contact with me - I'll always aim to respond to you as quickly as I can.

Why I make edits to Wikipedia

A little while ago, I thought it would be worth mentioning why I make edits to Wikipedia, so I placed my ramblings on the subject here. Basically, I think Wikipedia is a widely used resource and for many people is one of the first, if not the first, point of reference when they are looking up a subject. Thus, I think contributing to it to by, among other things, adding more useful information, making access easier, flagging up possible errors and eliminating obvious mistakes, is a helpful and useful thing to do (and a satisfying one as well). While my contributions are, in the grand scheme of things, small, I would like to think that they are worthwhile and helpful. Also, as I have often enjoyed reading other peoples' work here, then I feel that it is only fair that I make my own contributions (and hope that maybe someone will find them interesting/useful).

Articles and Templates I have started

Articles

To date I have created the following articles:

Templates

To date I have created the following templates:

Categories I have started

I have started the following categories:

Started 2016

Category:Journalists from Dundee, Category:Artists from Dundee, Category:Actors from Dundee, Category:Actresses from Dundee, Category:Liberal Unionist Party parliamentary candidates, Category:Poets from Dundee, Category:Poets associated with Dundee - now merged into the former, Category:Writers from Dundee, Category:People from Tayport, Category:People from Leuchars, Category:People from Markinch, Category:People from Monifieth, Category:BBC Scotland television sketch shows, Category:Channel 4 sketch shows,Category:Football clubs in Dundee, Category:Football clubs in Angus, Category:Football clubs in Perth and Kinross, Category:Businesspeople from Dundee, Category:People from Broughty Ferry, Category:People from Dundee by occupation and Category:People from Lochee

Started 2017

Started 2018

Started 2019

Started 2020

Started 2021

Started 2022

Started 2023

Started 2024

Selected articles I have done work on

Some of the articles I have expanded or edited significantly over the years include: Dundee, History of Dundee, Forfar, Dundee East (UK Parliament constituency), University of Dundee, Dundee Repertory Theatre, 1906 Dundee fire, Dundee Parish Church (St Mary's), Royal Dundee Liff Hospital, Joseph Lee (poet), 1952 Dundee East by-election, 1963 Dundee West by-election, 1973 Dundee East by-election, 2001 United Kingdom general election in Scotland, 2005 United Kingdom general election in Wales, 1969 Glasgow Gorbals by-election, 1982 Glasgow Hillhead by-election, 1958 Argyll by-election, 1963 Dumfriesshire by-election, 1964 Rutherglen by-election, 1971 Stirling and Falkirk by-election, 1973 Edinburgh North by-election, 1973 Glasgow Govan by-election, 1954 Motherwell by-election, 1979 United Kingdom general election in Scotland, Serpell Report, William Edward Baxter, NHS Tayside, Perth Royal Infirmary, William McKelvey, Alexander Wilkie, Alexander Fletcher (British politician), Bill Michie, Alfred Ewing, Walter Eric Spear, Florence Horsbrugh, Baroness Horsbrugh, 1963 Labour Party leadership election (UK), 1976 Labour Party leadership election, 1980 Labour Party leadership election (UK), Thomas Cook (Scottish politician), 1977 City of Glasgow District Council election, 1980 City of Glasgow District Council election, 1987 Scottish Cup Final, 1994 Scottish Cup Final, 2005 Scottish Cup Final, Peter Houston and Ally MacLeod.

Selected templates I have done work on

Templates that I have done a lot of work on include:

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