Greetings. My name is Mark and I go by the nick of 'BlakJak' online.
I am a native of Auckland, New Zealand though I I am now living in Wellington (again).
I used to edit articles on Wikipedia spasmodically, these days it's even less frequent - usually when I see something that (from my humble point of view) begs for editing - clarifications, simple errors, etc. A stickler for accuracy, you might say. That said, I do like the collaborative nature of Wikipedia the fact that others can add/amend any errors I might have made.
Articles i'm likely to be involved with will usually be those I have a personal interest in - The Military, Emergency Services, Radio & Communications and ICT. I also flit around my favourite movies and TV shows, and from there that damn rabbit hole... I only look at Wikipedia every few weeks, unless i'm looking for something in particular or drilling down the aforementioned rabbit hole.
My pet peeves on Wikipedia include:
- People who correct spelling between English-English and American-English - preferring American. I'm a New Zealander - we use the English spelling conventions - just because I spell Neighbour with a U doesn't make it wrong - don't edit me for the sake of editing!
- People who edit articles with a multi-national flavour to make them more specific for a particular nation. If you keep it generic it'll work fine - add a more specific paragraph for your particular needs.
For more info on me you can check out my Website assuming I ever get it working again (long story).
I decided to throw some of these in for a lark...
their
there
they're | This user thinks that there are too many people who don’t know that they're worse than their own children at spelling! |
your
you're | This user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you're in need of help. |
| ANAL 4 | This user advocates good grammar usage. |
| Mix | This user has been influenced by too many dialects of English to use one orthography, vocabulary and grammar consistently. |
 | This user's IRC nick is BlakJak on the server Undernet.org or freenode.net. |
| .me | This user has an email account with their own domain name. |
| irssi | This user uses irssi for chatting on IRC. |
 | This user is a former member of the worldwide family of Scouts. |
