User:Ade1982

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Hi, I am Adrian and I have finally decided to give myself a home page!

I am Welsh, from a town called Merthyr Tydfil and have been knocking around for 25 years. I currently hold two Masters degrees in Computer Science - one being an Master of Engineering from the University of Wales, Swansea, and also I am completing a Master of Philosophy at the University of Manchester, where I am currently a student. My thesis is concerned with real-time systems and developing techniques for their compositional model checking.

I am a music maniac, and will go to the sound of a door opening if it sounded good. Amongst my faves are Beth Orton, Thea Gilmore, Manic Street Preachers, Foo Fighters and Sheryl Crow.

[edit] Articles i've started (or have undertaken such a major rewrite of, I would claim to have started)

• Ted Barnes
• Ali Friend
• Clayhill
• Beth Orton
• Comfort of Strangers (Beth Orton album)
• Superpinkymandy
• Bishop hedley high school

[edit] Useful Links for new Wikipedians

I am gonna start trying to be helpful to people who may know me, but aren't clued up on how to edit Wikipedia. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers:

• How to edit a page
• Editing, policy, conduct, and structure tutorial
• Picture tutorial
• How to write a great article
• Naming conventions
• Manual of Style
• The Five Pillars of Wikipedia
• Merging, redirecting, and renaming pages
• If you're ready for the complete list of Wikipedia documentation, there's also Wikipedia:Topical index.

I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and vote pages using three tildes, like this: ~~~. Four tildes (~~~~) produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my Talk page.

[edit] Userboxes

en This user is a native speaker of English.	This user comes from Wales.	This user is not an administrator, and does not want to be.	This editor is a WikiGnome.
This user is male.	eiπ	De-3 This user knows three words of German.	This user contributes using a PC
This user contributes using Microsoft Windows Vista.	G This user uses Google as a primary search engine.	This user contributes using The GIMP.	This user contributes using Debian GNU/Linux.
A, B, and C This user prefers the serial comma.	they This user considers singular they standard English usage.	This user has an iPod.	G This user uses Google as a primary search engine.
MPhil This user has a Master of Philosophy degree.	MEng This user has a Master of Engineering degree.	HTML-4 This user is an expert HTML user.	This user contributes using Mozilla Firefox.
This user maintains a strict policy advising against all personal attacks.	This user strives to maintain a policy of neutrality on controversial issues.	This user wastes far too much time editing Wikipedia.	This user supports userboxes .
This user finds edit/revert wars disruptive.	' This user believes that only articles need reflect a NPOV, and that displaying political, religious, or other beliefs using userboxes and user categories should not be banned.	This user scored 1534.805 on the Wikipediholic test . }
Date:	14Template:P14 June, 2008
Time:	15:32