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 the Head Master of, and teacher at, a private English School 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. Pages that I have made live or made a significant contribution towards on Citzendium (in semi-random order): Walter fitz Alan, 1st High Steward of Scotland Alan fitz Walter, 2nd High Steward of Scotland Champagne Glasgow, Paisley and Johnstone Canal Dunure Castle Scottish people Scotland Hot dog Sandwich U.S. States and Territories Major Political subdivisions and dependant territories of the U.K. Subdivisions of the People's Republic of China Council areas of Scotland Countries of the world Regions of England Cascading Style Sheets Antarctica Guilin Macau Hong Kong Anshan Liaoning Wulanhaote Imperial Palace, Beijing Chinese New Year Pancake Shrove Tuesday Scotland/Catalogs/Kings and Queens Paisley Grammatical number Shanghai Whisky Shenyang Imperial Palace Lapland Shenyang Great Wall of China Anshan Hadrian's Wall John Lennon Paul McCartney Wine China Beijing Chinese cuisine Country Rum Denmark Vodka Moon Planet Afghanistan More to follow... I also wrote some help pages such as: CZ:How to use talk pages CZ:How to make tables 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 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.
Tasks: start a new article • add basic, wanted or requested articles • add definitions • add metadata • edit new pages Welcome to the Citizendium! We hope you will contribute boldly and well. Here are pointers for a quick start, and see Getting Started for other helpful "startup" links, our help system and CZ:Home for the top menu of community pages. You can test out editing in the sandbox if you'd like. If you need help to get going, the forum is one option. That's also where we discuss policy and proposals. You can ask any user or the editors for help, too. Just put a note on their "talk" page. Again, welcome and have fun! Sarah Tuttle 12:22, 23 November 2006 (CST) |