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This user was born and lives in Scotland.

This user has been on Wikipedia for 20 years, 3 months and 24 days.

This user has been an admin for
18 years, 10 months and 19 days.

This user was ranked 3,149 on the list of Wikipedians by number of edits on 2022-09-05.

Started editing in March 2004, passed 10,000 edits in June 2005 and became an admin a month later. Passed 20,000 edits in August 2006. From 2004 to 2007, in lists of editors by number of edits I was usually in the top 500.

My edits are mostly on technical, political or Scottish subjects.

Notable edits[edit]

Filesystems

Added detail about the design of Microsoft's File Allocation Table [1] filesystem and Apple's HFS [2][3][4] and HFS Plus [5] filesystems. Started the MINIX file system article.

Glasgow

Wrote articles about Glasgow Green [6], Glasgow Royal Infirmary [7] and the Western Infirmary [8]

Next Generation production staff

Wrote biographies of Brannon Braga [9], Ronald D. Moore [10], Michael Okuda [11], Michael Piller [12], Rick Sternbach [13], and Jeri Taylor [14]

See User:AlistairMcMillan/Edits for a more extensive list.

Notes to self[edit]

Awards[edit]

Currently, this editor has earned the Senior Editor II service award.

To get to the next level, Senior Editor III, they need to meet the editing requirement.

Progress towards the next level (by edits): [ 1753 / 4500 ]

39% completed

		The Editor's Barnstar
		For your split-second decisions to articles, and your quality editing, I present to you, the Editor's Barnstar! Jw21 aka PenaltyKillah^talk 01:33, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		I'm awarding you this barnstar for your great work on Wikipedia! Wikidudeman ^(talk) 15:20, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

Contact[edit]

You can either leave a message on my Talk page or e-mail me.

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