User:Blood Red Sandman

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First off, on Wikinews (as on Wikipedia, see my account there) I am only what I choose to be; that is to say, I will not reveal anything about my real world identity (I will say stuff of only trivial interest, though, if you actually feel the urge to ask something ;-). I feel that who I am in the real world should have no bearing on who I am on Wikinews.

I came to this project having been on Wikipedia for some time. It looked interesting so I joined up and wrote a few articles. Rather predictibly, I enjoyed it and stayed on for the long run. I will write about anything I deem important or interesting (and have the time to), but areas of particular interst include disasters, accidents and safety (particularly in the aviation industry), hard rock and heavy metal news (particularly Lordi), and Western European news (mainly because I live in Scotland, so it affects me directly).

When I came over here, I expected to be spending much more time back on Wikipedia, but these days I contribute here at least as much. I also have an account on Wikimedia Commons, but, as yet, am yet to use it. One final point: my userpage, like my Wikipedia one, is predictibly nothing special. I prefer to let the contributions speak for themselves; make your own mind up about me from them. ;-)

[edit] Awards

I award you the Original reporting barnstars for your excellent interviews. --Anonymous101 (talk · contribs) 20:06, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

For all your recent articles. Anonymous101 (talk) 20:38, 16 July 2008 (UTC)

I, Anonymous101^talk, hereby award Blood Red Sandman the Wikinews Trophy for continuing to write loads of excellent articles

I, Jcart1534, hereby award Blood Red Sandman the Wikinews Trophy for his countless, excellent articles. September 29, 2007

		2nd place - most number of reviewed articles
		This user has received first place in the reviewing section of Tempodivalse's writing contest, having reviewed six articles within the length of the contest.