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User:Mike Marchmont

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Hello and thank you for visiting my user page.

I started out as a Wikipedia editor in April 2020. It took me a long time to learn my way round this vast system. Now, after four years I have just about got the hang of it although I still don't always do things correctly. As at April 2024, I have made around a thousand edits to some 360 main namespace articles.

As a former journalist and editor, I tend to notice text that needs copy-editing in some way: spelling errors, bad grammar, tautologies or language that simply needs tidying up. I try to correct these when I can. I have also been able to add substantial new material to several articles, and have written a number of articles from scratch.

My interests

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  • History, especially Scottish.
  • Edinburgh, its history, politics and culture.
  • Science and technology.
  • Modern languages.

Some recent contributions

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  • Henry Littlejohn: A 19th Century pioneer in public health who made enormous improvements to the health and well-being of the inhabitants of Edinburgh.
  • Marchmont: A residential district which was named in my honour.[1]
  • Morningside: Another residential district in my part of the world.
  • Sciennes: Yet another residential district.
  • Stuart Harris: An Edinburgh historian whose works have proved very useful to me (and to many others).
  • Corstorphine Hill: A local nature reserve where there are lots of trees, some interesting wildlife and a Cold War nuclear bunker.
  • John Hope: another interesting person from 19th Century Edinburgh.
  • James Thin. A 19th century Edinburgh bookseller who built a business that survived for five generations of his family.
  • Waverley Steps. A short documentary film about Edinburgh. If you know the city — and especially if you remember it from the mid 20th century — you'll almost certainly recognise most or all of the places where it was filmed.

Notes

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  1. ^ Only kidding.

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