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I am an inventor, artist and writer. I have a background in [[office administration]].  In the past I have also dabbled in [[Disc jockey|DJing]].  I am a male living in [[Brisbane]], Australia. I hold a [[Bachelor of Arts]] (Geography, Political Science) from the [[University of Queensland]]. I started editing [[Wikipedia]] semi-regularly in mid 2004. I've attended one [[WP:MEETUP|meetup]], assisted in the presentation of at least 15 [[WP:EDITATHON|edit training workshops]] around Queensland and a similar number of photo drives around [[South East Queensland]]. 
[[File:Closed road bridge over Teviot Brook at Kagaru, Queensland.jpg|thumb|left|Disused crossing over [[Teviot Brook]] at [[Kagaru, Queensland|Kagaru]], 2016]]
Wikipedia has become one of the best examples of a successful [[open source]] project.  It is the premier website; the embodiment of the web.  I'm here to take it to the next level.  I'm regularly impressed by the quality of material and the kind effort put in by other [[Wikipedian]]s to get things right for little in return. Wikipedia is a great, worthwhile site, verging on brilliant, especially when one considers it is being created by unpaid amateurs.  I'm glad I have been part of what has been described as<ref>Gregory Crane, editor in chief of the [[Perseus Digital Library]] at [[Tufts University]], quoted in [http://web.archive.org/web/20080304143939/http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/61919.html Wikipedia in the Newsroom, Part 2: Putting It to the Test]. 2 March 2008, Donna Shaw, [[American Journalism Review]] </ref>
{{cquote|the most important intellectual phenomenon of the early 21st century.}}
[[File:Lake Moogerah 4.jpg|thumb|left|[[Lake Moogerah]], 2011]]
I like researching and fixing up articles, some project work, adding a few photos, items to lists and fleshing out short articles. 
I have made more than 4,500 edits to [https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListFiles/Shiftchange&ilshowall=1 Wikicommons]. I maintain the [[P:QLD|Queensland Portal]]. I tend not to [[Gatekeeping (communication)|gate keep]] over a limited set of articles and don't appreciate that editing style.  Nor do I appreciate the injection of quotations as propaganda.  Here is a list of [http://tools.wmflabs.org/xtools/pages/index.php?name=Shiftchange&lang=en&wiki=wikipedia&namespace=0&redirects=noredirects articles I have created]

I have never accepted any [[WP:PAID|payment]] for any of my contributions here.  At the end of 2017 I was temporarily banned for discussing paid editors within WikiProject Australia.  I was banned again in 2018 so I quit Wikipedia.  That doesn't mean I will not ever edit again; just that making contributions is now a very low priority.  Thanks to an amazing community for keeping it going between 2007 and 2012 until the paid editors arrived en masse in 2015.

==Wikimedia==

I believe that [[Wikimedia]] needs to address the following matters as a priority.
*resist propaganda
*let me add categories and templates in Australian English.
*improve the formatting or interface on Talk pages so the structure of a discussion is more easily maintained.
*integrate an [[incentive]] reward system whereby editors can receive [[bitcoin]] [[micropayment]]s on a the basis of [[merit]].

==Other==
* [[User:Shiftchange/Editing tools]]

==Awards==
I've collected some [[User:Shiftchange/Barnstars|barnstars]].  Thank you.

==Lists==
[[/My favourite templates|Here]] is a list of templates I am interested in.
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==Notes==
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==External links==
*[http://members.iinet.net.au/~spm1/ Unto the Cooking Pot] My [[home page]].

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