The Machine UK

Hello

Hi! I'm The Machine. Welcome to my user page. There's not much to see here yet, as although I've been visiting Wikipedia for ages, at the time of writing (April 14th, 2008) I've only just taken the plunge and 'joined', so be gentle with me.

This user tries to do the right thing. If they make a mistake, please let them know.

@This user can be reached by email.

This user is standing behind you.

This user was up all night finding userboxes and is now very drowsy.

This user prefers using userboxes to fill up their user page instead of actually writing something useful.

This Userbox doesn't exist, you're just crazy.

My opinions (N.B. They're just that - opinions!)

This user thinks that American English is an oxymoron.

File:Pistol Browning SFS.jpgThis user thinks that the U.S.A.'s Second Amendment was one of the worst ideas in their history; one with which they are now stuck.

This user's safety and liberty are threatened by all firearms.^†

This user believes that the death penalty should never be used.*

This user misses Pluto. May its planethood rest in peace.

This user is skeptical of anthropogenic global warming.

≠ This user hates it when players and teams who have won American domestic championships refer to themselves as world champions.

Hobbies and interests

This user plays chess (badly).

kbd-1This user is a novice keyboardist.

This user knows intermediate
music theory.

This user is interested in music theory.

This user is a Kakuro addict

uThis user still plays Unreal Tournament.

EEThis user still plays Empire Earth.

WWEThis user is a fan of WWE and TNA, but realises that they're not the only promotions out there.TNA

WCWThis user was a fan of
WCW

This user is a fan of Edge.

This user is a BTCC fan.

File:Matthew neal btccdriver.jpgThis user is a Matt Neal fan.

About me

This user lives in the United Kingdom.

This user is proud to be British.

This user lives in England.

This user is proud to be English.

en-GB
-NThis user is a native speaker of British English.

This user is male.

This user was born on Bonfire Night.

This user is a child at heart. They might have grown older, but they'll never grow up.

sibs-0This user is an only child on their mother's side.

This user is left-handed.

This user is a cat lover.

Wikipedia-related

This editor is not an administrator and does not wish to be one.

This user has been a member of Wikipedia since April 10th, 2008.

wiki-1This user is a beginning Wikipedia editor.

This user respects copyright, but sometimes it can be a major pain.

This user wishes free-use images weren't so hard to find.

Majority ≠ right

This user recognizes that even if 300,000,000 people make the same mistake, it's still a mistake.

incrThis editor is an incrementalist.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Professional wrestling.

Setup

This user contributes using Mozilla Firefox.

This user contributes using Microsoft Windows 98SE.

This user contributes using Notepad.

Writing style

which & thatThis user knows how to use which and that correctly.

.  TheThis user puts two spaces after a period.

A, B, and
A and BThis user prefers to use the serial comma only when its omission can be confusing.

“…”This user favors curly quotation marks over straight style.