User:SHB2000
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Wikimedia Foundation
Hello there, I'm SHB. I am available to assist you. Please feel free to reach out to me through my talk page or via email (for autoconfirmed users).
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This user supports the Wiki Workers United union of WMF staff. 215,000+ This user has made over 215,000 contributions to Wikimedia projects . |
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- SHB
- Quick points
- Any pronouns fine. :)
- Timezone: UTC+10 (Apr–Sept); UTC+11 (Oct–Mar)
- Languages: en, fr-1
- Active wikis:
- English Wikivoyage (primary),
- Meta-Wiki (secondary);
- Wikimedia Commons (tertiary);
- English Wikibooks (quatinary).
- Location: New South Wales (Australia).
About me
Hello there. I'm SHB, a steward and Mesomedian from the English Wikivoyage, where I am a sysop, bureaucrat and checkuser. I'm also active on Wikimedia Commons, the English Wikibooks and here on Meta (the latter two of which I'm also a sysop on). I am significantly involved in the sphere of cross-wiki anti-vandalism, anti-spam and maintenance, particularly on small wikis that lack sysops (primarily handling speedy deletion requests).
I do many things, but I'm very passionate about travel: specifically nature (particularly cold places), rail travel and any other means of overland travel. Most cities also interest me (and directly relates to my real-life profession), particularly those with old and charming historic cores – and those designed to support a good festive market, sign me up immediately. I won't say no to amazing cold places, such as Austria, New Zealand or the Canadian Rockies, and never no to a good fjord or snow-capped mountain (hiking in these places never gets old). Nonetheless, I do enjoy visiting all types of places (even warm tropical places or hot deserts): over 20 countries visited so far, plenty more of the world to explore, and life is too short not to experience many of the world's wonderful places.
Perhaps most notably so far, I've created 10 per cent of park articles on the English Wikivoyage and a little over 1 per cent of total articles over there.
Contact
You can contact me via my talk page or email (for autoconfirmed users). Those who know how to contact me via Discord may also contact me there. I don't usually use IRC as I find it too dated; however, if you need me, my nick is SHB2000.
Essays
I've written a few essays on Meta.
- But they aren't disruptive on my wiki
- Leave me alone
- Synthetic nominations
- The failures of SecurePoll for U4C elections
- tokwiki
Quick travel trivia
| Record | Place |
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| Northernmost | Norway Tromsø |
| Southernmost | New Zealand Lumsden |
| Easternmost | New Zealand Auckland |
| Westernmost | United States Point Reyes National Seashore |
| Highest point | United States Tioga Pass, Yosemite National Park or New Zealand Westland Tai Poutini National Park (>3000 m) |
| Lowest point (excluding undersea tunnels) |
United States Badwater Basin, Death Valley National Park (-87 m / -285 ft) |
| Hottest temperature | United States Baker (California) (49°C / 120°F) |
| Coldest temperature (natural) | Germany Berlin or Poland Poznan (-9°C / 15°F) |
| Coldest temperature (absolute) | Australia At a Canada Goose store in Melbourne (-25°C / -13°F) |
| Fastest overland | Spain Between Lleida and Zaragoza (321 km/h / 199 mph) |
| Route | Distance | Time (with delays) |
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| Australia Brisbane XPT | 987 km | 15 hours |
| Australia Melbourne XPT | 953 km | 10.6 hours |
| Australia Griffith–Sydney | 644 km | 8.5 hours |
| Spain Barcelona–Madrid AVE | 628 km | 3.3 hours |
| Germany München–Berlin | 619 km | 4 hours |
| Australia Sydney–Armidale | 573 km | 8 hours |
| France United Kingdom Paris–London Eurostar | 492 km | 2.3 hours |
| Germany Netherlands Hamburg–Amsterdam | 490 km | 5.5 hours |
| Austria Germany Wien–München Railjet | 462 km | 4 hours |
| Australia Sydney–Canberra | 318 km | 4.5 hours |
| Belgium France Brussels–Paris Eurostar | 313 km | 1.4 hours |
- Only journeys over 300 km included here
Personal thoughts and opinions
See /Personal thoughts and opinions. It should be stressed that my personal opinions will not interfere with significant decision-making; despite how much I may disagree with some policies, I will always act in accordance with policy.
Admin statements
I didn't want to have identical text on several wikis, so everything I will and won't do in my capacity as an admin can be found at /Admin statements.