User:Derek Harkness

My name is Derek Harkness. I have a BSc. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Glasgow. I graduated in 1997. I have worked in various fields such as military engineering, transport and computing. Presently, I am employed as a English teacher in China.

I am an amateur historian. I also have a keen interest in photography; for which I have received several awards. Currently, I am trying to learn to speak and write Chinese but it is not at all easy. I have also, for several years, been the admin of webdevforums.com - one of the largest web design forums on the net.

Articles that I initiated or expanded from almost nothing on the old wikipedia.

Aberdeenshire Canal
Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal
Hugh Montgomerie, 12th Earl of Eglinton
Dunure Castle
Lochranza Castle
Portencross Castle
Alan fitz Walter, 2nd High Steward of Scotland
Walter Fitzalan
Wulanhaote

Articles that I have made major contributions to on the old wikipedia.

Anshan
Scotland
Scottish people
Paisley
Paisley Abbey
Iona Abbey
Brodick Castle  

Pages that I have made, or will soon make, live on Citzendium.

Scottish people
Scotland
More to follow...

It is gratifying that other people have since expanded on these initial contributions. For details of other edits I have made, see my Contributions page.

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Tasks: start a new article • add basic, wanted or requested articles • add definitions • add metadata • edit new pages

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Sarah Tuttle 12:22, 23 November 2006 (CST)