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I am a [[New Zealand]]er. I have lived in [[Upper Hutt]] for about 20 years, after coming to [[Wellington (region), New Zealand|Wellington]], from [[Christchurch, New Zealand|Christchurch]], about 25 years ago, for employment reasons.

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==WikiProjects==

I have joined the following WikiProjects, where I regularly assess articles:
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography|WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography]] : [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography|Talk]] : [[Template:WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography|Template]] : [[User:WP_1.0_bot/Tables/Project/Crime-related|Table]] : [[:Category:Unassessed Crime-related articles|Unassessed]] : [[:Category:Unknown-importance Crime-related articles|Unknown importance]] : [[ Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Crime-related articles by quality log|Log]]
** [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography/Organized crime task force|Organized crime task force]] : [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography/Organized crime task force|Talk]] : [[Template:WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography|Template]] : [[User:WP 1.0 bot/Tables/Project/Organized crime|Table]] : [[:Category:Unassessed Organized crime articles|Unassessed]] : [[:Category:Unknown-importance Organized crime articles|Unknown importance]] : [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Organized crime articles by quality log|Log]]
** [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography/Serial Killer task force|Serial Killer task force]] : [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography/Serial Killer task force|Talk]] : [[Template:WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography|Template]] : [[User:WP 1.0 bot/Tables/Project/Serial killer-related|Table]] : [[:Category:Unassessed Serial killer-related articles|Unassessed]] : [[:Category:Unknown-importance Serial killer-related articles|Unknown importance]] : [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Serial killer-related articles by quality log|Log]]
** [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Australian crime|Australian crime]]  : [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Australian crime|Talk]] : [[Template:WikiProject Australia|Template]] : [[User:WP 1.0 bot/Tables/Project/Australian crime|Table]] : [[:Category:Unassessed Australian crime articles|Unassessed]] : [[:Category:Unknown-importance Australian crime articles|Unknown importance]] : [[ Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Australian crime articles by quality log |Log]]
** [[Wikipedia:WikiProject British crime|British crime]] : [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject British crime|Talk]] : [[Template:WikiProject British crime|Template]] (Defunct WikiProject)
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Terrorism|WikiProject Terrorism]] : [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Terrorism|Talk]] : [[Template:WikiProject Terrorism|Template]] : [[User:WP 1.0 bot/Tables/Project/Terrorism|Table]] :  [[:Category:Unassessed Terrorism articles|Unassessed]] : [[:Category:Unknown-importance Terrorism articles|Unknown importance]] : [[Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Terrorism articles by quality log|Log]]
: Note: the links shown beside each WikiProject correspond to some of the most useful pages for assessing articles in each project.

There are other WikiProjects that are relevant to assessing crime-related articles.
* [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography|WikiProject Biography]] : [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Biography|Talk]] : [[Template:WikiProject Biography|Template]]
* Editorial Team assessment bot : [[Wikipedia talk:Version_1.0_Editorial_Team/Index|Talk]]

== Selected comments ==

* On the talk pages of [[Talk:Crime in Greater Manchester|Crime in Greater Manchester]] and [[Talk:Crime in Merseyside|Crime in Merseyside]] where these articles suggested that the police were responsible for crime in those areas. - "''According to Sir [[Robert Peel]], [[Peelian principles|one function of the Police is to prevent crime]], not be responsible for it ...''"
* Concerning the article about [[James Forster (poison pen letter writer)]] I commented that the [[Talk:James Forster (poison pen letter writer)#Article needs better flow|§ Article needs better flow]] - "''This article seems to dash around all over the place. ...''"

==Interests==
I am a [[telecommunications]] [[engineer]]. In my professional capacity I work for an [[emergency services|emergency service]], and I am interested in [[emergency telephone number]]s, [[Call center|Call Centres]], [[Queueing theory]], [[Erlang]], as well as things [[New Zealand]] especially my home town of [[Sumner, New Zealand|Sumner]] as well as things [[Maori]], (though I am [[pakeha]]).

==Wikipedia interests==
==Current interests==
*I am currently interested in articles relating to:
** [[Crime statistics]] and the classification of [[crime]].
** [[New Zealand]] [[legislation]], including [[student loan]]s, [[child support]] and [[child protection]].
** [[Skills based routing|Skills-based routing]] and [[Call centres]].
** [[Discrete event simulation]]

==Recent activity==
*I have recently contributed to [[Queueing theory]], [[Queueing model]] and related articles. In 2006 I undertook an undergraduate course in the subject and find Wikipedia is lacking the relevant  material covered in the course.
*I also contributed to [[Ride theory]] and discovered that it was not what I thought it might be, but something completely different. The lesson is that Wikipedia is not (always) correct,(or even close to the truth, sometimes).

===First Impression of Wikipedia=== 
''I found Wikipedia on 28 December 2002 (UTC) and haven't been able to stay away!  It is addictive and my latest meal went cold in the oven about 4 hours ago.  I think I am a [[Wikipedia:Wikipediholic|Wikipediaholic]] already!'' - noted 13:14 Dec 30, 2002 (UTC)

===Early Wikipedia activity===
Significant Articles written from scratch, (or a stub) include:
*[[Telemarketing]] - my first
*[[Computer telephony integration]]
*[[Interactive voice response]]
*[[Culture of New Zealand]] - my first major New Zealand Article
*[[Culture of the Maori]] - because my NZ article needed to refer to it.
- as at 13:30 Dec 30, 2002 (UTC)
*[[Almon Strowger]], [[Strowger]] - Because he deserves a good biography on the net, as the internet would not have been possible without him and his invention - the automatic [[telephone exchange]]
*[[Dial]] as in telephone and because [[Rotary dial]] is only half the story.
- as at 08:50 Dec 31, 2002 (UTC)
*[[Eastbourne, New Zealand]]
*[[Hutt valley, New Zealand]]
*[[Upper Hutt, New Zealand]]
*expansions to [[A. K. Erlang]]
*[[Sumner]]
*[[Sumner, New Zealand]]
- as at 13:24 Jan 4, 2003 (UTC)
*Expanded [[New Zealand cinema]], [[Forgotten Silver]], [[Mockumentary]]
*Expanded [[America's Cup]], [[Mobile phone]]
*Merged [[Emergency services number]] into [[Emergency telephone number]] (see also [[Universal emergency telephone number]]) also enhanced [[Nine-eleven]], [[Ground zero]].
*Added to [[Lifeboat]]
*[[Jetboat]]
*Added to [[Bomb threat]], [[Crank call]]
- as at 08:21 Jan 20, 2003 (UTC)
*[[Optical communications]]
*[[Communications channel]]
:[[User:Cameron Dewe|kiwiinapanic]] 12:29 Jan 20, 2003 (UTC)

::After this I discovered the contributions link identified all the articles I contributed to and gave up recording what I was doing, because I was so active editing I didn't have time to document. -- [[User:Cameron Dewe|Cameron Dewe]] 02:39, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

: I would, now, probably characterise much of my early activities and behaviour as that of a [[Wikipedia:WikiGnome|wikignome]]. I did tone down my activity after a while and later moved on to participate in a number of other wikis. Also, a lack of activity here for a (long) while does not mean I have stopped being involved in Wikipedia, just that there is not have enough time in my life to to contribute meaningfully. -- [[User:Cameron Dewe|Cameron Dewe]] 02:46, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

===Possibilities===
Some articles I am (still) thinking about or are interested in:
* [[Dispatch]], [[Dispatcher]], [[Dispatchers]], [[Calltaker]], [[CSR]]
* [[Non-Emergency telephone number]], NXX telephone number plan, [[Telephone number]], [[North American numbering plan]], Australian 000 - 55 (no speech) calls 
* [[Cordless phone]] see [[Talk:Mobile phone]]
* [[Civil Defence]]
* [[Timeball]] station or tower
* Computer-Assisted Dispatch or CAD and [[Enhanced 911]]
* [[Telegraph]], [[Telegram]], [[Telex]], [[Communications]]
* [[Taupo volcanic zone]]
* [[FIDO - Fog, Investigation and Dispersal Operation]], [[Petroleum Warfare Department]], General [[Donald Banks]] - Director 1940-1945

Some articles I though need attention in 2002 - (but may have been improved over the years):
* [[Signal]], [[Traffic light]], [[Symbol]]
* Many [[New Zealand]] articles.

==Notices==
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