Earlier this month, I was invited to join a long-term research project which promises to be a great challenge. I've now accepted the invitation. It means I will spend very little time on Wikipedia in the foreseeable future, but I'll try to keep an eye on my watchlist, and respond if necessary. Goodbye for now.
This user is no longer very active on Wikipedia as of January 2026.
For the field is full of shades as I near the shadowy coast,
And a ghostly batsman plays to the bowling of a ghost,
And I look through my tears on a soundless-clapping host
As the run-stealers flicker to and fro,
To and fro
Hello
Hi, I'm Jack. I've been an editor here since 2005, and I've also been active on Simple Wikipedia. I have many interests, but you'll usually find me working on the history of cricket. The lines above are from a classic poem called At Lord's by Francis Thompson (1859–1907).
I have a second account called BeachBoyJack (BBJ). That's for when I'm on a shared server and the vibrations begin. BBJ was created in unusual circumstances, when I briefly lost password access to this account, and needed help from the Wikimedia Foundation's Trust and Safety team (WFTS).
Please note that I no longer take part in discussions with the exception of article reviews. I will answer questions raised on my own talk page, but I am not interested in forums, and I reserve the right to ignore pings unless someone genuinely needs assistance. In any case, as you can see in the notice at the top of the page, I'll be making only occasional visits from now on, for the foreseeable future.
Happy editing, Jack (talk) 15:33, 25 January 2026 (UTC)
Ongoing
Time allowing, while my project is in pending mode, these are what I'm working on in February 2026:
From these three, include all players in a "first mentions" section of each season review. Need to double-check dates in the bottom two because several 1787 entries are wrong (what a surprise!).
Need to merge content from this version into the current one, to resolve gross incompetence between June 2018 and August 2021. In any case, the whole thing is a long way from completion.
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