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This user has created 571 articles on Wikipedia.

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112 This user once made 112 edits in one day.

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This user is from London .

My username comes from the fact that I am a player of Launchball.

A bit about me: I'm Thomas Michael William Patrick Sales. I'm 30 years old^[1], and used to attend Overton Grange School as a sixth former^[1] before moving on to study bookkeeping and Sage at Sutton College, Access to Higher Education in Business and in September 2016 I will move on to start a Mathematics degree with Foundation year.^[2] I live in Churchill Road^[3], North Cheam,^[4] and have been diagnosed with Asperger syndrome ^[1] and am on the special needs register; despite being of above average intelligence, I find it difficult to communicate, form social relationships and play creatively.^[5] I am a Freeman of the City of London ^[1], member of the Royal Society of St. George ^[1] and am armigerous^[1]. I was born to Jane Suzanne^[6] Sales (née Southcott, 1 October 1963 - 26 January 2014)^[6] and Michael Patrick Sales (18 March 1950 - 25 September 2017^[7]). I have a sister, Genefer, who was a carer for me and my parents^[8] and represented London at the 9th Pride of Britain Awards.^[9]

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Just Loving You (album) - according to [1] I've edited it more than anyone else
The Risk - according to [2] I've edited it more than anyone else
Heartist (with 108.195.64.110)^[11]
Orla Gartland (with Seaweed17)^[11]
Nick Atkinson (according to [3] I've edited it more than anyone else)
Just One Look (song) - according to [4] I've edited it more than anyone else
Nick Powell (musician) (according to [5] I've edited more than anyone else)
Anthony Christmas - according to [6] I've edited it more than anyone else
Bubbler Ranx (with Pilch 84)^[11]
The Time Is Now (Moloko song); according to [7] I've edited it more than anyone else
Sweeter than Bourbon (according to [8] I've edited it more than anyone else)
Ainsley Howard - according to [9] I've edited it more than anyone else
Bill Pursell (according to [10] I've edited it more than anyone else)
Like to Get to Know You (album) - according to [11] I've edited it more than anyone else
Isn't She Lovely? - according to [12] I've edited it more than anyone else
Oh, Babe, What Would You Say; according to [13] I've edited it more than anyone else
Lit Espresso Bar (according to [14] I've edited it more than anyone else)
More Protein (with Shirt58)
Egg Mania: Eggstreme Madness (according to [15] I've edited it more than anyone else)
IFISC - according to [16] I've edited it more than anyone else
Robert Lombardo (with Final4one & Slowking4)^[11]
Substantially renovated Benhilton
Harilal Gandhi, according to [17] I've edited it more than anyone else

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Pyle, Mike (Thursday, 10th October 2013). "Asperger's teen given Freedom of the City". Sutton Guardian. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help); Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ "About us". Launchballer.com. Retrieved 10 July 2016.
^ "Dedicated Genefer scoops award (From Your Local Guardian)". Yourlocalguardian.co.uk. 2007年09月29日. Retrieved 2014年02月11日.
^ "Asperger syndrome: Like father, like son". Mail Online . Retrieved Monday, 3rd June 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
^ "Dancer, nine, waltzes into young carer final". Newsquest . Retrieved Saturday, 2nd November 2013. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
^ ^a ^b "Family notices". Sutton Guardian. February 6, 2014: 16. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ "Family notices". Sutton Guardian. November 3, 2017: 12. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^ Derren Hayes (2007年12月05日). "Young carers: Genefer Sales' story". Community Care. Retrieved 2014年02月11日.
^ Wallis, Sara (2007年10月04日). "Heroes up for ITV's special prize - Mirror Online". Mirror.co.uk. Retrieved 2014年02月11日.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Expanded x5.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Rescued AfC. Cite error: The named reference "afc" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
^ This was an approved AfC which I pounced on shortly after it was uploaded.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j This article has now been expanded considerably and I am no longer the majority editor.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q What has occurred here is that as I went to create it, it became apparent that the article had history, either as a deleted article or as a redirect; as a result, while the history says someone else created the article, I was the first one to put down something sensible.
^ ^a ^b These two were crafted out of a version of Powerhouse (band), which was a disambiguation page and has now been merged into Powerhouse#Bands per WP:PDAB.
^ This was created based on what someone else had written in the form of a disambiguation thread.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d These articles I only have the majority edits on if you aggregate the edits of all my accounts.
^ This one's a bit different. I created it as an AfC several years ago as an IP, but only recently ported it to mainspace; so while it was written a long time ago, under an alias, it was put into mainspace by this account.
^ ^a ^b ^c WikiChecker seems to think I created this one, because I started the article off as a page move.
^ WikiChecker seems to think I created this one under an alias, because I started the article off as a page move.
^ WikiChecker seems to think I created this one, because I started the article off as a redirect.

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