Nick R

enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.	This user lives in the United Kingdom.
This user prefers the metric system.	A, B and CThis user prefers not to use the serial comma.
This user contributes using Microsoft Windows XP.	This user contributes using Firefox.
C-1This user is a beginning C programmer.	css-1This user is a beginning Cascading Style Sheets user.
This user is addicted to video games.	+This user enjoys playing retro games.
This user is a participant in WikiProject Video games.
fan-3This user thinks that GoldenEye 007 is the best computer or video game ever made.	This user helped promote Perfect Dark to featured article status.
d'oh!This user thinks The Simpsons is simply... excellent.	Good news, everyone! This user is a fan of Futurama!
7+1This user enjoys the Discworld series.	This user knows that 42 is the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything.
LOTR This user loves The Lord of the Rings, both the books and the films.	RDThis user is full of smeg.
This user is owned by one or more cats.	ubx-5This user uses entirely too many userboxes.

Useful things

I refer to these quite often.

• Wikipedia:Manual of Style
  • Wikipedia:Manual of Style (titles)
  • Wikipedia:Manual of Style (dates and numbers)
• Wikipedia:Deletion policy/Minor characters (although that's now pretty much superceded by Wikipedia:Notability (fiction))
• Wikipedia:Footnotes
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Computer and video games
  • Gaming Collaboration of the week
  • Computer and video games improvement drive
  • Essential computer and video games-related articles
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Films
  • Wikipedia:WikiProject Films/Style guidelines

My contributions

These are some of the Wikipedia articles I created, have made major contributions to, or still contribute to frequently.

Games

• Burning Rangers
• Counter-Strike
• Counter-Strike equipment
• Edge (games magazine)
• First-person shooter
• GoldenEye 007 - the Best Game Ever, of course!
• Headhunter
• Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
• NiGHTS Into Dreams
• Perfect Dark - now a featured article, hooray!
• Sonic the Hedgehog
  • Sonic the Hedgehog series
  • Sonic the Hedgehog (character)
• Steven Poole
  • Trigger Happy

Films

• The Matrix series - I still love the first film, even though the sequels were disappointing.
  • The Matrix
  • The Animatrix
  • Matrix (fictional universe)
  • The Matrix Comics (created article; transferred titles and credits over from the website)
  • Agent (The Matrix)
  • List of minor characters in the Matrix series
  • List of programs and machines in the Matrix series
  • List of ships in the Matrix series
  • Enter the Matrix - I've edited the article even though I've never actually played the game, and don't particularly want to...

Music

• The Beatles

Templates

• Template:user retrogamer - now found at User:Scepia/retro gamer
  +This user enjoys playing retro games.

(Although when I originally created it it had three buttons to represent a Sega Mega Drive rather than a NES (the Master System was my 8-bit console of choice, you see).)

• Template:user Simpsons
  d'oh!This user thinks The Simpsons is simply... excellent.

(Although when I originally created it it had an inferior wording and colour scheme.)