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{{For|the film and stage designer, with whom I have no connection|Tony Walton}}
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My name is Tony Walton, and I edit Wikipedia.

=Things I have Decided=

#"Never Edit Sober" is bnot a gooidea <!-- kindly copyeds, please leave alone. It's MEANT to look like someone editing drnuk -->
#I need to discover [[Unicode]], so I can say "&#9786;" (&amp;#9786;) instead of ":-)" <small>It's been pointed out to me that 'Alt+1" makes a ☺'. I'm told Windows works this way, but on this 'ere MacBook Alt+1 makes '¡". Unicode is more of a bugger to type but is platform-neutral.</small>
#Use the [[Help:Pipe trick|Pipe trick]] at every conceivable opportunity, because it '''rocks'''.
#Tell everybody I know about the Pipe trick, including writing "<nowiki>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Pipe_trick</nowiki>" on the wall of the Gents' at the pub.
#Where another editor prefers to put his willy is a matter of supreme indifference to me regarding the quality of their contribution(s) to this encyclopædia. Same applies to what another editor prefers to do with her ladyparts.
#Spending time making an incredibly handsome userpage, replete with amazingly on-message and up-to-date userboxes, is probably not the best way to spend time improving the encyclopædia.

=Things I am Proud Of=

I was a [[Blood donation|blood donor]] for many years, with 41 accredited donations. On 11th May 2012 I gave my first [[Plateletpheresis|platelet donation]]. The UK [[NHSBT|Blood and Transplant Service]] prefers donors to give either whole blood ''or ''platelets, not both, so I guess I'm proud of ceasing to be a blood donor as of May 2012. Not really something to be proud of – sitting on my arse eating biscuits and drinking tea for a couple of hours – but if saving lives sitting on my arse eating biscuits is something to be proud of then yes, I'm proud. I gave 5 platelet donations (making 51 in total, platelet donations count double in the UK) then I had an [[myocardial infarction|MI]]. No connection but that's put paid to my platelet donations. Bugger.

=Stuff=

<br>I worked for [[Sun Microsystems]] until [[May 5]], [[2006]], on which date they made me redundant after 11½ years. So if anyone has any job going for a Unix sysop and knowledge engineer in the UK (or possibly Germany), drop me an email... Ah well, worth a try.

I was nominated as an [[WP:ADMIN|admin]] by [[User:Jimfbleak|Jimfbleak]] on [[8 December]], [[2006]]. The nomination page is [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Tonywalton|here]].

I don't appear to be related to anyone famous, except possibly [[Kinmont Willie Armstrong]] but that's only what my mother has told me, and she tells lies.

In August 2012 I had a [[Myocardial infarction|heart attack]]. This was treated by [[Angioplasty|balloon angioplasty]] at [[York Hospital]]. Thanks to all involved with my treatment at that fine <small>I know it's a {{tlx|peacock term}} but I'm biased</small> institution, from ward cleaners to consultant cardiologists. As a result, this user is no longer able to love smoking. I'm not about to crusade against the evils of the weed, but it's not for me any more.


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==SOPA blackout==
This thing was completely unnanounced, as far as I'm aware. However having read what it's about I support it 100%. The Internet should be free. [[User:Tonywalton|Tonywalton]]&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Tonywalton|Talk]]</sup> 00:59, 18 January 2012 (UTC)


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=How to contact me=
*[[Wikipedia|WP]]: [[User talk:Tonywalton]]
*[[AOL Instant Messenger|AIM]]: tonywrecrowd
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