I've thought long and hard about WP:REALNAME. I think that openness about identity brings great rewards for a project, not least in terms of reducing wiki-vandals, but how we go about the business of WP with each other (Wikiquette). However, as I consider Wikipedia a voluntary pastime, I have to separate it from my paid and voluntary jobs, which include professionally-regulated work. Therefore, my real identity is private and will remain so for now. For the purposes of WP discussions, male pronouns are appropriate.

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Wikipedia interests edit

Reviewing DYK, particularly local history (of anywhere), with some science and technology
West/Central Scotland
Chemical processes and equipment
... and I have no intention of ever becoming an administrator

Articles edit

I'm slow at contributing, but here is a selection of the type of articles I've created:

Belt filter
Douglas of Mains
Hydrogen disulfide

SVG drawings edit

Scottish Coats of arms
Chemical processes and equipment

Photographs edit

Chemical processing equipment
West/Central Scotland

Tools edit

The Duplication Detector can help in re-writing prose from source material.