User:Triptropic
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My edit count.
New pages tool and new pages approval flowchart
Scottish men needing infoboxes
Might be handy for research?
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Ideas of #1Lib1Ref campaign 2019[edit]
from the Scotland project clean up list
- final results of scottish football leagues by year - needing refs, maybe from Scotsman (via eresources) or histories of Scottish football - Scottish Football league: first 100 years? Also many others like Rangers, Hearts etc years in football
- roads A772, A85, A90, A74, Easter Road, Ferry Road - could use maps.nls.uk and/or Canmore
- areas Pilton, Piershill, Rannoch, Philiphaugh, Mayfield, Muie, Mybster, Newtonmore
- mountains Mamores
- whisky Benromach distillery, Black Bull (Scotch whisky), Black Dog Scotch Whisky, Scotch Whisky Association, Cutty Sark (whisky)
- places with no citations
- Achleck
- Achinduich
- Aird of Kinloch
- Airdeny
- Airieland
- Annat, Argyll
- Archiestown
- Ardchonnell
- Arden, Argyll
- Ardifuir
- Aridhglas
Partner with EUL to update each others wiki pages
Articles I added citations to for #1Lib1Ref campaign[edit]
I did some in 2016 and some in for the 2017 and 2019
Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women[edit]
- Winnie Drinkwater, the world's first female commercial airline pilot
- Madeline Daniell, an educationalist and campaigner for women's right to higher education
- Charlotte Douglas, a physician and reformer of maternity services
- Elizabeth Dempster, a sculptor who carved the roundels on the National Library of Scotland facade
- Barbara Quaile, Scottish nurse and matron
- Charlotte Ainslie, Scottish teacher and headmistress IN DRAFT
- Jane Rae, fearsome Clydeside political activist, councillor, suffragette etc
- Madeline Daniell, an educationalist and campaigner for women's right to higher education
Articles that I've started[edit]
People[edit]
- Marion Cameron Gray a Scottish mathematician
- Isabella Gordon a Scottish carcinologist
- Colin Will, a Scottish poet and publisher
- Violet Cameron an English actress and singer
- Ella Christie, a Scottish traveller, landowner, gardener and author
- Stansmore Dean Stevenson, a Scottish artist
- Mary Helen Young, a Scottish nurse who assisted the French Resistance and was murdered by the Nazi
- Mary Adams, Scottish interceptor at Bletchley Park
- Sir Alexander Grant, inventor of the McVitie's digestive biscuit and generous benefactor to National Library of Scotland
- Jane Rae, Scottish political activist from Clydebank
- Annie Arnott, Scottish Gaelic singer from Skye
- Kenna Campbell, Scottish Gaelic singer from Skye
- Professor Aileen Keel, Scottish haematologist, former Chief Medical Officer for Scotland
Lochs[edit]
I do like a nice loch. I also have an unnatural fondness for the Bathymetrical Survey of the fresh water lochs of Scotland - a dry tome about wet things.
- Loch Gelly a loch in Fife
- Carlingwark Loch near Castle Douglas
- Loch of Boardhouse on the Orkney Mainland
- Loch of Harray, Orkney Mainland
- Loch of Kirbister, Orkney Mainland
- Loch of Hundland, Orkney Mainland
- Loch of Swannay, Orkney Mainland
- Loch of Bosquoy, Orkney Mainland
- Loch of Skaill, Orkney Mainland
- Loch of Tankerness, Orkney Mainland
- Muckle Water on Rousay, Orkney
- Hoglinns Water on Hoy, Orkney.
- Loch Dochart a loch with a ruined castle near Crianlarich
- Loch Màma a small loch in Lochaber
- Loch na Creige Duibhe, another small loch in Lochaber
- Loch Bràigh Horrisdale near Badachro in Wester Ross
- Loch na h-Oidhche a remote loch to the east of Gairloch and the north of Torridon
- Loch Bad an Sgalaig a loch and reservoir to the south of Poolewe
- Loch Callater a loch south of Braemar
- Loch Davan a loch near Ballater
- Loch Fithie a small loch just east of Forfar
- Loch of Forfar a loch on the western edge of Forfar
- Loch Avich a loch just north of Loch Awe
- Loch Stack, a big loch in Assynt
- Loch Dornal, a loch in the Southern Uplands
- Kirriereoch Loch in Dumfries and Galloway
- Mochrum Loch in Dumfries and Galloway
- Castle Loch in Dumfries and Galloway
- Loch a' Ghobhainn near Gairloch in Wester Ross
- Loch Dochard near Bridge of Orchy
- Loch Shurrery near Thurso
- Loch Lundie near Invergarry
- Loch a' Bhainne near Invergarry
- Loch Howie near Dumfries
- Loch Skae near Dumfries
- Lochrutton Loch near Dumfries
- Lochaber Loch near Dumfries
- Loch Anna near Ardelve
- Loch Arienas on the Morvern peninsula
- Loch Doire nam Mart on the Morvern peninsula
- Loch Teàrnait on the Morvern peninsula
- Loch Achanalt in Ross and Cromarty
Things
- Thrawn Janet by Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Library Window by Margaret Oliphant
And made contributions to[edit]
Many, many, many ... Scottish women medical doctors, Scottish women artists
People[edit]
James Fittler an English engraver. June Almeida a Scottish virologist. Dame Maria Matilda Ogilvie Gordon a Scottish geologist, palaeontologist and supporter for equality of children and women. David Herd a collector and compiler of Scottish songs and ballads. Philip Phillips the photographer of the construction of the Forth Bridge. The Scottish oceanographer Sir John Murray. Modest contributions to the English cryptanalyst Joan Clarke and Minnie Vautrin the American educator and missionary who harbored refugees during the Nanjing massacre. I helped Kamackinnon create the article Agnes Dollan at the Mary Barbour editathon in Glasgow in January 2016. Nancy Riach a Scottish swimmer who held 28 records and died young from polio. Lady Evelyn Stewart Murray, a feisty Gaelic folklorist and needleworker. Dame Louise McIlroy distinguished Northern Irish obs and gyn consultant. Sheina Marshall, a Scottish marine biologist. May Baird and Dugald Baird, Scottish doctors, A.L. Kennedy and Ali Smith, Scottish authors. Edith Simon, Scottish/German author and artist.
Things[edit]
Loch of Stenness on the Orkney Mainland. Loch an Eilein, a very pretty loch in the Highlands. Loch Scaven (Sgamhain) near Achnasheen. Loch of Aboyne, Loch Kinord, Loch of Skene, Loch Trool and Loch Muick in Aberdeenshire, Loch Calder near Thurso, Loch Laggan near Dalwhinnie. Ae fond kiss the most famous love song of Scots poet Robert Burns and quite a few other modest edits to with Burns and his associated poems, mostly linking digitised versions of his works. Added images from WikiCommons to quite a few articles too. Dubh Loch in Aberdeenshire. Ailsa Hospital in Ayr.
Correcting Uni names[edit]
Proper forms of name? It's a librarian thing. Currently changing Edinburgh University to the University of Edinburgh ... and yes I know about Edinburgh University Shinty Club, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh University Library.
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80010178.html
- Glasgow, Aberdeen, St Andrews ...... I'm coming for you!
sandboxes[edit]
This is to help me find them real quick
Things I like[edit]
- cycling. I have cycled across America and mucked about in Canada.
- cake and lots of it
- Scottish gin
Things I don't like[edit]
- cats. I'm allergic!
- Brussel sprouts
- not having cake
- logarithms
Listeria?[edit]
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