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en This user is a native speaker of the English language. fr-2 Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau intermédiaire en français. Wikipédia Je contribue sur la Wikipédia francophone. I support French language Wikipedia with my contributions. This user contributes to Wikimedia Commons.

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485+ This user has made over 485 contributions to Wikipedia ESU 99% for major edits and 99% for minor edits. – Last update: 17:13, 30 April 2008 (UTC). This user contributes using Canadian English.

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This user was born on August 21. man- kind Regarding gender, this user prefers the vernacular, not what is politically correct. This user has a website, which can be found here.

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Pi ≈ 3.1415926535897932384626... No user serviceable parts inside. — This space is for rent. Love Farmers, They Feed You. This user feels like he's diagonally parked in a parallel universe. | I | N | T | E | G | R | A | L | S | My antiderivative This user knows that 42 is the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.

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Mr_Minchin (talk · contribs)

• List of Alberta provincial highways - update the highway shield on the list of acticles, and check for general issues
  • Wrap up merger of Alberta Highway 11 & 11A and 28 & 28A next week

19:08, 13 June 2008 (UTC) Merges complete. All highways have shields, but some of the numbers line up funny or are getting cut off - a project for another day. I also haven't decided whether it should be listed under Alberta Highway 100 or Sherwood Park Freeway...

• Cadillac Ranch, by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band?
• Write an article on Diavik Diamond Mine on Lac de Gras (ok, since it exists, check it out)
• Read Wikipedia's policy on links, and linking dates (WP:MOSNUM)

03:07, 14 July 2006 (UTC) Link full dates so that user's prefernces can be used with date display

• Update the Canada section on Decolonization of the Americas with information from Canadian Confederation

03:23, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

• Fix images on Dual-tone multi-frequency

• Add Paris Bridge Picture (French) to Wikipedia Commons, and add in correct spot to Haussmann's renovation of Paris

00:49, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

• However, several sections have been added to the French article, which could (should) be translated and added to the English article

• Review Canadian identity

deleted (?) I'm looking into it. My clues are User:Kimchi.sg listed page and the deletion log 05:31, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

• Look into how a to-do list works

I figured out how to change my signature, so I added a little maple leaf behind my name now. Mr Minchin I guess this is going out of fashion, but I think it's cool.

I should start the following pages in my own space, and then when I have something written, move them over to the main Wikipedia name space

• APEGGA
• PDT, and the other North American time zones
• Edmonton Convention Centre, which I believe is an old name for the Shaw Confrence Centre
• Edmonton Exhibition Grounds, which I belive is either Northlands, or part of it

I need to figure out how to add the coordinates to the title bar on various pages, and then go to town with that, too.

I should add Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA)

I discovered the fun of userboxes. Some of them crack me up! Maybe I went a little overboard with them... I'm not sure how to get them to lay out nicely. Suggestions?

A couple of thougths of things to write up include:

• Rewriting "Edmonton"
• Translating " Edmonton" into French (and back)
• adding CISN-FM 103.9 FM
• adding communities in Strathcona County, Alberta
• Review the University of Alberta page

20:32, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Et, moi en français.

I suppose I should put up a little something, so here we go. Hope I can offer something useful.

Just an interesting photo I came across.

	Another featured image, but one I found poking about a phsyics navigation template.
	Again, a featured image, but it captures an essance that colour can't...and it seems rather haunting.
	This was actually a featured image, but it shows sururbia so well.

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ASCII Macarena - this was too funny to pass up!

I've played around with Wiki code a little bit, and in the process, created a few of my own Userboxes.

Code	Result
{{User:Mr Minchin/Userboxes/User Canadian English}}	This user contributes using Canadian English.
{{User:Mr Minchin/Userboxes/User Pi}}	Pi ≈ 3.1415926535897932384626...
{{User:Mr Minchin/Userboxes/User Love Farmers}}	Love Farmers, They Feed You.
{{User:Mr_Minchin/Userboxes/User_Parrallel_Universe}}	This user feels like he's diagonally parked in a parallel universe.
{{User:Mr Minchin/Userboxes/User Crazy Frog}}	This user thinks that Crazy Frog is annoying.

I must admit that the Pi one is not my own creation...someone (or some bot) must of subst: it onto my page, so I just recreated it as a template. Crazy Frog was another one I found along the way.

The farmers one and the universe one are more bumper stickers than Userboxes, but it's fun to play and learn the wiki.