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I've been around since 2002. I actively started contributing in January 2003, and I've been an Administrator since August 2003. For some unwise reason, I signed up with my real name.  

Apparently I speak [[West–Central Canadian English]], as well as heavily-accented but coherent French. I can read Latin and French (and Old French), German if necessary, and bits of Arabic. I lived in [[Nantes]], France for 18 months, where very few people speak English. I have a PhD in medieval studies, and work on some ridiculously obscure aspects of the crusader [[Kingdom of Jerusalem]], like the kind of things where in real life other people go "oh...!" and smile politely. But I know this is Wikipedia and none of that means anything. 

==Testimonials==

As an editor:
*"There will certainly be several problems in "Adam Bishop"'s path towards doctorate in medieval history, if his working methods and use of sources are as can be deduced from his possessive treatment of the text in this article."
*"Almost every single sentence is faulty or incomplete. The article must be rewritten by someone who read the book and who has proper scholar background"
*"MY illiterate friend Adam !...Learn history before you write!"
*"Do you want to get PHD in a (noname beast) Canadian university? PHD is very very low rank compare with real academic scholars (as writers of British Britannica). Do you think you are better than members of Royal Academy ? Hahahaha"
*"I dont't want to heart you, but Britannica is more creditable than the private opinion of an aspirant PHD-boy."
*"Be wise, at this point you can crawfish without the loosing of your countenances." 
*"You behave like a self-appointed opinion-champion, wich is a clearly childish behaviour. You are a micro Stalin on wikipedia, and therefore you are noxious."
*"You can't proove your statements. Please show me an academic work which can deny that fact. I'm still waitnig for it! Until that, your oppinion remain only just a private opinion."
*"It is unfounded accusations & slanders!"
*"By the way, have you ever taken a history course in your entire life? That's embarassing at this point."

As an administrator:
*"Adam Bishop is the single longest running Admin I have ever run into on Wikipedia. I am shocked by his behavior and have concerns that he is acting out of his nature and that perhaps real world circumstances have become overwhelming."
*"I cannot believe the cavalier attitude towards the tools and "power" behind them...but it might have been forgivable until the unbelievable disregard for the community as a whole..."
*"Adam Bishop's use of the tools here was so far out of line, and his response when questioned was just as bad, a desysop is the only choice."
*"I will ask ArbCom to de-sysop you, and I don't think there is much doubt that they will do it."

==Some useful links==
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Middle Ages]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Middle Ages/Crusades task force]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Crusades task force/Popular pages]]
*[[:Category:Crusades task force articles]]
*[[:Category:Crusades]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Military History]]
*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Reference Desk Article Collaboration]]
*[[Wikipedia:Reference Desk]]
*[[User:Adam Bishop/sandbox]]
*[[User:Adam Bishop/library]]
*[[User:Adam Bishop/List of religious leaders in 1220]] (unceremoniously deleted, so I've moved it here)

==Did you know, Featured Articles, Good Articles==

For the "Did you know?" section on the Main Page:
*[[Image:Symbol question.svg|15px|Did you know?]][[Saladin tithe]]
*[[Image:Symbol question.svg|15px|Did you know?]][[Adelaide del Vasto]]
*[[Image:Symbol question.svg|15px|Did you know?]][[Quantum praedecessores]]
*[[Image:Symbol question.svg|15px|Did you know?]][[Council of Nablus]]
*[[Image:Symbol question.svg|15px|Did you know?]][[Crusade cycle]]
*[[Image:Symbol question.svg|15px|Did you know?]][[Pactum Warmundi]]
*[[Image:Symbol question.svg|15px|Did you know?]][[Ismat ad-Din Khatun]]
*[[Image:Symbol question.svg|15px|Did you know?]][[Council of Acre]]
*[[Image:Symbol question.svg|15px|Did you know?]][[Bible translations in the Middle Ages]]
*[[Image:Symbol question.svg|15px|Did you know?]][[Warner of Grez]]
*[[Image:Symbol question.svg|15px|Did you know?]][[Gouffier of Lastours]]
*[[Image:Symbol question.svg|15px|Did you know?]][[Robert of Nantes]]
*[[Image:Symbol question.svg|15px|Did you know?]][[Gerold of Lausanne]]
*[[Image:Symbol question.svg|15px|Did you know?]][[Lando (archbishop of Messina)]]

Featured Articles that I helped write:
*[[Image:LinkFA-star.png]][[First Crusade]]
*[[Image:LinkFA-star.png]][[Second Crusade]]
*[[Image:LinkFA-star.png]][[William of Tyre]] (this is mostly entirely mine)

And some Good Articles as well:
*[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|15px]][[Siege of Damascus]] (well, I started it)
*[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|15px]][[William the Carpenter]] - I am particularly pleased with this. I think one of the most efficient uses of Wikipedia is to correct misinformation that is spread all over the Internet, especially for obscure subjects like this one.
*[[Image:Symbol support vote.svg|15px]][[Usama ibn Munqidh]]

==Places I've been==
<table width="70%" style="border: #99B3FF solid 1px; margin-bottom: 0.8em; padding-bottom: 3px;">
<tr><td align="right">Lived:</td><td>[[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|30px]] ([[Image:Flag of Ontario.svg|20px]])</td><td>[[Image:Flag of France.svg|30px]] ([[Image:Pays-de-la-Loire flag.svg|20px]])</td></tr>
<tr><td align="right">Visited:</td><td>[[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|30px]] ([[Image:Flag of Quebec.svg|20px]] [[Image:Flag of Newfoundland and Labrador.svg|20px]])</td><td>[[Image:Flag of United States.svg|30px]] ([[Image:Flag of Connecticut.svg|20px]] [[Image:Flag of Florida.svg|20px]] [[Image:Flag of Illinois.svg|30px]] [[Image:Flag of Massachusetts.svg|20px]] [[Image:Flag of Michigan.svg|20px]] [[Image:Flag of Missouri.svg|20px]] [[Image:Flag of New_York.svg|20px]] [[Image:Flag of Ohio.svg|30px]] [[Image:Flag of Rhode Island.svg|20px]])</td><td>[[Image:Flag of France.svg|30px]] ([[Image:Centre flag.svg|20px]] [[Image:Île-de-France flag.svg|20px]] [[Image:Drapeau fr département Loiret.svg|20 px]])</td><td>[[Image:Flag of United Kingdom.svg|30px]] ([[Image:Flag of England.svg|20px]] [[Image:Flag of Northern Ireland.svg|20px]])</td><td>[[Image:Flag of Spain.svg|30px]] ([[Image:Flag of the Community of Madrid.svg|20px]]) </td></tr>
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==Barnstars etc==
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Here are the barnstars people have seen fit to give me for some reason. I don't quite ''get'' these; anyone can give one to anyone else for any reason, so do they really mean anything? Oh well.

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|style="vertical-align: top; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | {{{text|I award this Epic Barnstar to Adam Bishop for his extensive work on history articles.}}}
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|style="vertical-align: top; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | {{{text|This Epic Barnstar is hereby awarded to Adam Bishop for his tireless work on Wikipedia's History entries - particularly concerning the Crusades - thank you for your well-written, researched, and sourced articles! }}}
|} (From [[User:DonaNobisPacem|DonaNobisPacem]], January 11, 2006)

<div style="float:left; margin-right:1em">[[Image:WikiDefender_Barnstar.png|The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar]] "Wikipedia is '''''not''''' a student newspaper." From [[User:Hamster Sandwich|Hamster Sandwich]], January 20, 2006

[[Image:Hellboy2hell barnstar.JPG|thumb|left|I ,Hellboy2hell, hereby award you the Hellboy2hell barnstar for helping, pleasing or being kind to me. [[User:Hellboy2hell|ĤéĺĺвοЎ]] ([[User talk:Hellboy2hell|talk]]) 09:05, 19 June 2008 (UTC)]]

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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Thank you for contributing to my "greatest" poll on the Reference Desk! --[[User:Ye Olde Luke|Ye Olde Luke]] ([[User talk:Ye Olde Luke|talk]]) 05:01, 13 November 2008 (UTC))
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|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" | '''The Guidance Barnstar'''
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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Thanks for answering my reference desk question. I have been looking for the name of the movie for sometime now, but never had any luck; now that I know what its called, I can look for the actual film and watch the whole thing rather than the last twenty or so minutes. Keep up your good work! [[User:TomStar81|TomStar81]] ([[User talk:TomStar81|Talk]]) 07:06, 13 June 2009 (UTC)
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|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" | Thanks for answering my pro/epilogue question on the Language Reference Desk!--[[User:Ye Olde Luke|Ye Olde Luke]] ([[User talk:Ye Olde Luke|talk]]) 22:11, 18 June 2009 (UTC)
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[[Image:Triplecrown.jpg|275px|right|thumb|For your great work on Military articles in the [[WP:DYK]], [[WP:GA]], and [[WP:FC]] fields.]]


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