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User:ErrantX

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Hi, I'm Tom. Usually I am an English Wikipedian (User:ErrantX). I used to contribute to WikiNews back in 2006, I might write a few articles on European/UK politics and science topics.

Published articles

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Wrote:

  1. Historian Beckett names Thatcher & Atlee greatest Brit PMs. (29 Aug 06) (first edit / article)
  2. New UK donor laws may reduce organ shortages (31 Aug 06)
  3. Hard shoulder gets the soft treatment on British motorways (31 Aug 06) (my fav title)
  4. Gene therapy cure for cancer proves a success (1 Sept 06) (a bit disputed but on the whole good)
  5. Football: England beat Andorra in their first Euro 2008 qualifier (2 Sept 06)
  6. Gunman kills and injures tourists in Jordanian capital (4 Sept 06)
  7. Bomb attack in Iraq kills two British soldiers (4 Sept 06)
  8. Kofi Annan to appoint secret mediator for Israeli soldier release negotiations (4 Sept 06)
  9. Space Probe Crashed into Moon (5 Sept 06) (my current best effort) (2nd lead)
  10. Wikinews shorts: September 6, 2006 (6 Sept 06) (5 articles in one)
  11. President Bush admits secret CIA detention centres (another good effort I feel)
  12. Microsoft says no delay for European launch of Vista (13 Oct 06) (1 month 'holiday ends with a good comeback article :D )
  13. UN security council will vote on North Korean sanctions (14 Oct o6) (current event, written at 4-5am)

Significant Contributor:

  1. PlayStation 3 will be used to help cure cancer and Alzheimer's (28 Aug 06)
  2. FBI most-wanted fugitive, polygamist Warren Jeffs, arrested (29 Aug 06) (pretty much rewrote)
  3. U.S. commuter blows up section of Washington D.C. Bridge (29 Aug 06)
  4. Ghana bans gay and lesbian conference (2 Sept 06)

Some tweaks:

  1. Crocodile Hunter's Steve Irwin dies at 44 (4 Sept 06)
  2. Turkey: Two more killed in PKK-related bombings (4 Sept 06)

Images

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  1. Image:Second artist imp smart1.jpg (5 Sept 06)
  2. Image:Smart1 impact track annotatted.jpg (5 Sept 06)
  3. Image:Artist imp smart1.jpg (5 Sept 06)