A Northumbrian is an inhabitant of Northumbria. Since no one has been able to strictly meet that criterion for a thousand years or so, I've decided to co-opt the definition for my own selfish purposes.

Because all of my direct ancestry comes from territory that either

• once formed part of the ancient Northumbria, or
• lies north of the Humber, irrespective of country

I've decided to label myself a Northumbrian and take it as my user name on the English language Wikipedia.

I am a technical writer and editor by profession. I currently live in Arizona in the USA.

I am a dual citizen of both the USA and the United Kingdom. I was born in Connecticut; my mother in England near Hull and my father in New York. His family is from Scotland, another area of interest of mine.

In the past, I often edited articles related to Hull City A.F.C. and Yorkshire, though I'm much less active in those areas than I used to be. Other areas of interest that I might dabble in occasionally include:

• Topics related to the United Kingdom
• Military affairs
• Science
• Politics
• Religion

However, I mostly just wikignome and revert vandalism these days.

The userboxes below contain more information about my Wikipedia editing style and areas of interest.

• Hull Maritime Museum: Created article on 4 August 2007.

• Hull Maritime Museum: ...that the museum houses the largest collection of scrimshaw artwork in Europe? Featured on 8 August 2007.

• KC Stadium: Helped to rewrite, reformat, copyedit, and source. GA status awarded on 16 September 2007.

• WikiProject Yorkshire
• WikiProject UK geography

• Keith D: For providing welcome feedback, advice, and collaboration on the articles for the Hull Maritime Museum and the KC Stadium.

• My first (and so far only!) one. Yay!

This user has been on Wikipedia for 18 years, 7 months and 10 days. Editing Wikipedia is something this user does as a hobby. en This user is a native speaker of the English language. fr-2 Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau intermédiaire en français. ¶ This user is a professional editor. This user is a member of the Guild of Copy Editors.

This user is proud to be British. This user is a citizen of the United States of America. This user is a participant in WikiProject Yorkshire. This user participates in WikiProject UK geography HUL This user supports Hull City. HFC This user is a happy Hibee. This user is male.

This user is not a Wikipedia administrator, but might like to be one someday. This user has pending changes reviewer rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify) This user has rollback rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify) It is approximately 4:56 AM where this user lives (Arizona). [refresh] - This user is a translator from French to English on Wikipedia:Translation. This user despises vandalism and reverts it with extreme pride.