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User:Lproven

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36:. I have also had a number of carefully researched and referenced articles deleted. I disagree with the governance of Knowledge (XXG) these days, especially the power of deletionists, so I now do no more than an occasional bit of copy-editing. Until someone cracks down hard on the sort of petty Jobsworths who make this place a misery, I will no longer write new material for it. 71:
In the closest thing to Knowledge (XXG) commentary I am likely to make for the nonce, I would ask passing readers to note that this bio is entirely devoid of stars, badges or other little blazons and logos proclaiming membership of various factions of Wikipedians. I would also note that it contains
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Hello. I'm Liam Proven, a British technical writer, living in the Czech Republic. For more information about me, rather than duplicate it here, I suggest you visit my blog or LinkedIn profile - links at the bottom of this page.
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In a vague attempt to keep track, I note that -- in addition to contributions to many others, some quite lengthy -- to the best of my recollection I am the original author of the following articles, in no particular order:
51:. This is an example of the sort of user who makes it so unpleasant to attempt to contribute to Knowledge (XXG). Hostile, corrupt, uncommunicative, and censors attempts at dialogue. 132: 47:
The latest pain-in-the-neck editor to pointlessly remove a few links, and then silently hide my attempt to talk to them, is
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2018 update -- I retired from writing for Knowledge (XXG) a decade ago since I was unjustly and unfairly attacked by
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I am also much amused to note (5 May '09) that an article of mine is cited as a reference in the article
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I was enticed into writing for Knowledge (XXG) (as opposed to merely using it for reference) in 2003 by
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and alongside David I also know a number of other Wikipedians in real life, such as
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my real-world identity and contact details. I feel that these are a
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for anyone who would wish their authorship to be taken seriously.
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Index

User:David_Gerard
User:Sheridan
User:Yamla
Liam Proven
talk
user:tedickey
Liam Proven
talk
AmigaOS versions
CLUT
Format Publications
Beta BASIC
BASIC toolkit
Rabelaisian
Non-PC compatible X86 computers
Upper Memory Area
Polaria
Museum of Reconstruction
Royal and Ancient Polar Bear Society
Miles Gordon Technology
DISCiPLE
PlusD
Stela
Stele
Timex Sinclair 1000
Timex Sinclair 1500
Timex Sinclair 2048
Timex Sinclair 2068
VTech Laser 200
AY-3-8912

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