User:Melicans

This user is male.

enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.

This user is Canadian, eh?

This user is English.

9This user has visited 9 of the 208 countries in the world.

UKThis user uses British English.

This user is right-handed.

:-] This user is polite and expects others to act accordingly.

This user enjoys writing.

This user is an environmentalist.

This user accepts evolution as a biological fact.

This user is interested in astronomy.

This user is a Taurean.

蛇This user was born in the year of the Snake.

YAThis user is a young adult.

This user has an iPod.

This user contributes while using iTunes.

This user is an atheist.

This user is a child at heart. He might have grown older, but he'll never grow up.

This user's favourite colour is red.

band-3This user likes U2.

band-2This user listens to Queen.

This user is a participant in the U2 WikiProject

LOST4…8…15…16…23…42… This user is LOST…

PCThis user has a persocom.

~_~This user is a definite fan of anime.

d'oh!This user thinks The Simpsons is simply... excellent.

This user is The Stig.

This user plays the Pokémon RPGs and other related video games.

100 This user has owned 100 species of Pokémon in Pokémon Red.

130 This user has owned 130 species of Pokémon in Pokémon Yellow.

161 This user has owned 161 species of Pokémon in Pokémon Emerald.

This user plays games on the Nintendo DS portable console.

1,000+This user has made more than 1,000 contributions to Wikipedia.

vn-5This user page has been vandalized 5 times.

This user is a member of the Counter-Vandalism Unit.

And you can dream / So dream out loud / You know that the tide is turning 'round / So don't let the bastards grind you down

— U2, Acrobat

Myself

I'm an 18 year old high school student in Canada - I enjoy Formula One, Space, the environment and other such subjects. I guess you could say I have many varied interests, and I'm not afraid to enjoy the same things at 18 as I did at 8!

I really enjoy travelling, and experiencing new places; so far I've been to nine different countries (for varying lengths of time). They are: Canada, England, Scotland, The United States, The Netherlands, Greece, France (as part of the Vimy Ridge 90th anniversary), Belgium, and Wales.

My entire family (save my younger sister) was born in England, and I am the first Canadian-born in my family. Despite this, for some strange reason I have a British accent! Because my parents were English, I have a dual nationality of Canadian and British.

If you need someone to blame / Throw a rock in the air / You'll hit someone guilty

— U2, Dirty Day

Favourites

Music: Rock
Band: It'll always be U2
Song: It used to be "City of Blinding Lights", no questions asked, but recently I've developed really soft spots for "When I Look at the World", "Acrobat", "'Ultraviolet (Light My Way)"', and "Window in the Skies".
Non-U2 Song: One of these three: the Bryan Adams songs "Heaven" or "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You", or The Verve song "Bittersweet Symphony"
Food: Pizza, Steak, or Spaghetti Bolognese from Crete!
Cartoon/Anime: A toss-up between Pokemon or Chobits
Cartoon/Anime Character: Either Haruka/May (I'm comfortable using the English and Japanese names) from Pokemon, or Chi from Chobits.
Colour: Red
Mythical figure: Orion

If there's anything else you want to know about me, check out my userboxes

And I know it aches / And your heart, it breaks / And you can only take so much / ...Walk On... / Leave it behind

— U2, "Walk On"

On Wikipedia

I'm of the opinion that Wikipedia is exactly as it is described - an online encyclopedia that anyone can edit. I am also of the opinion that if I see any edits that I think should be made, they will be edited. Articles are not meant to be built up and kept as a perpetual unchanging entity after all. Two things I can't stand, though, are vandalism and/or sock-puppetry. If I see any vandalism I will revert it straight away (kudos to everyone in the Counter-Vandalism Unit!). If I see any sockpuppets, rest assured you will be reported.

I've recently started watching the Recent changes - as I've said I really dislike vandalism, and I feel that helping to protect pages, even those that aren't among my favourites to read, can only help Wikipedia.

On occasion I may accidently revert a legitimate edit - when editing the Recent Changes I have a habit of reverting straight away, and may post a warning on the users talk page. If this happens, please let me know and accept my sincere apologies (I give you permission to remove the warning too! :P). However, illegitimate edits (such as vandalism, page blanking, spamming, and copyright infringement) shall still be reverted.

I'm always happy to help out new users when I can, whether its with the format used on Wikipedia or something more complex. I'm generally a friendly person, so if you have any questions for me, please don't hesitate to ask!

I'm pretty busy with school so my time on here is limited, but when I do have time to make any significant edits I'm starting to focus on creating screenshots for the many U2 song articles - "The Hands That Built America" and "Electrical Storm" were my first two efforts.

It's no secret that a conscience can sometimes be a pest / It's no secret ambition bites the nails of success

— U2, "The Fly"

Pages I contribute to/Have contributed to a great deal

Southwood Secondary School
Various Pokémon pages including:

• Koffing (before the redirect)
• Wheezing (as above)
• Pikachu
• Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl (anime)‎
  

The Animals of Farthing Wood (Series)
The Hands That Built America
The Ocean (U2 song)

Pages I have created

With or Without You (Kane Album)
Pride: The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Plays U2
When I Look at the World
The Animals of Farthing Wood
In the Grip of Winter
Slow Dancing
We Will Follow: A Tribute to U2

I think thats all of them so far, but if there are any others that I remember, I'll add them.

Pages I enjoy reading

All of the above articles fall into this category, along with the U2 article and pages for their many songs. Basically, if I'm interested in something then I'll read about it!

Pages I have added images to

The Hands That Built America
Electrical Storm
Gone
Pride
Discothèque
The Fly (now removed)
Walking with Monsters - I added the image in the infobox
Battle of Vimy Ridge - I took this picture when I attended the 90th anniversary, and I put it up on Wikipedia.

Wikiproject's I am a part of

WikiProject U2

The city's aflood and our love turns to rust / We're beaten and blown by the wind, trampled in dust

— U2, Where the Streets Have No Name

The Future

I am going to keep working on this userpage --> it definitely needs more description, but probably less userboxes! Please don't hesitate to converse with me on my talk page - I welcome any and all discussion on any edits/reverts/uploads I have made, as well as just general conversation :)

Under the trees, a river laughing at you and me

— U2, Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses