User:BlakJakNZ

Greetings. My name is Mark and I go by the nick of 'BlakJak' online. I am a native of Auckland, New Zealand though I I am now living in Wellington (again).

I used to edit articles on Wikipedia spasmodically, these days it's even less frequent - usually when I see something that (from my humble point of view) begs for editing - clarifications, simple errors, etc. A stickler for accuracy, you might say. That said, I do like the collaborative nature of Wikipedia the fact that others can add/amend any errors I might have made.

Articles i'm likely to be involved with will usually be those I have a personal interest in - The Military, Emergency Services, Radio & Communications and ICT. I also flit around my favourite movies and TV shows, and from there that damn rabbit hole... I only look at Wikipedia every few weeks, unless i'm looking for something in particular or drilling down the aforementioned rabbit hole.

My pet peeves on Wikipedia include:

People who correct spelling between English-English and American-English - preferring American. I'm a New Zealander - we use the English spelling conventions - just because I spell Neighbour with a U doesn't make it wrong - don't edit me for the sake of editing!
People who edit articles with a multi-national flavour to make them more specific for a particular nation. If you keep it generic it'll work fine - add a more specific paragraph for your particular needs.

For more info on me you can check out my Website assuming I ever get it working again (long story).

Userboxes

I decided to throw some of these in for a lark...

their
there
they're

This user thinks that there are too many people who don’t know that they're worse than their own children at spelling!

your
you're

This user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you're in need of help.

ANAL 4

This user advocates good grammar usage.

NZ

This user uses New Zealand English.

Mix

This user has been influenced by too many dialects of English to use one orthography, vocabulary and grammar consistently.

This user uses Commonwealth spelling.

This user's IRC nick is BlakJak on the server Undernet.org or freenode.net.

.me

This user has an email account with their own domain name.

irssi

This user uses irssi for chatting on IRC.

This user prefers Mozilla Firefox.

This user contributes using GNU/Linux, but doesn't care what other people call it.

This user is a Transformers fan.

This user is a former member of the worldwide family of Scouts.

This user is a telecommunications engineer.

This user is an Emergency Responder or Emergency Services Worker.

This user has an amateur radio license with callsign ZL1VMF.