I'm an astrophysics PhD student in the UK. On Wikipedia my article edits are primarily to video game and scientist biography articles, you can find a list of the articles I've created or done any major work on below. Besides those topics I edit assorted articles which take my interest. As an admin I tend to work at AfD, CSD, and on Edit Filters. I am also partnerships coordinator for The Wikipedia Library.
If you want to ask me a question or otherwise speak to me please feel free to post on my talk page. If you think there is an obvious (policy based!) reason to revert an admin action I've taken then go ahead - don't feel required to notify me first, just let me know if you've done so.
I have access to a number of libraries (including University libraries) around the Liverpool area, feel free to ask if you'd like me to find something for you.
I have some thoughts on Wikipedia's IRC help channel which I'm writing up here and would be interested in your opinions on. I've written up a guide on how to set up an IRC client for helping in the help channel, see here.
For your contribution that may very well prove to be the final piece in the Dota 2 GAN puzzle, I award you the Valued Picture Barnstar. After creating and editing the article for two years, I believe we may be at that impasse we have only hoped for. Thank you. DarthBottotalk•cont 22:47, 15 September 2013 (UTC)
Barnstar of Awesome
You are hereby awarded the Barnstar of Awesome for your amazing work alpha-testing The Wikipedia Adventure. Over 180 bugs were identified and 143 of them have been fixed already! (The rest are catalogued as known bugs).
You. Are. Awesome. Check out your name in the game credits here: WP:TWA/About.
Thank you again :) --User:Ocaasi 17:34, 23 October 2013 (UTC)
Second Secret Truly Special Barnstar of Awesome
You are hereby awarded the Second Secret Truly Special Barnstar of Awesome for your invaluable second attempt at testing The Wikipedia Adventure. Do you even know how helpful you are? You are Extremely helpful. You've helped make the project complete, and for that, I thank you.
Congratulations, Samwalton9! You're receiving a Brownie because you reviewed 27 articles during the recent AFC Backlog elimination drive! Thank you for you contributions to Wikipedia at-large and helping to keep the backlog down. We hope you continue reviewing submissions and stay in touch at the talk page. Thank you and keep up the good work! --Mdann52talk to me! 19:28, 13 November 2013 (UTC)
The Brilliant Idea Barnstar
Thanks for finding the archived version of the site, that was immensely helpful! Matty.007 11:51, 5 January 2014 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar
For your great help @ Wiki Webchat..! Joseph 09:56, 13 March 2014 (UTC)
Just wanted to say that I had noticed your response to the woman whose daughter created a neologism at the Teahouse and was particularly impressed with your clarity and kindness. :) Thanks for making us all look good! Maggie Dennis (WMF) (talk) 12:29, 15 August 2014 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Thanks for everything! URDNEXT (talk) 22:31, 23 August 2014 (UTC)
The Real-Life Barnstar
Brilliant work today! Hope to see you again soon! PatHadley (talk) 20:56, 8 March 2015 (UTC)
Thank you for your copyedits on Dilek Peninsula-Büyük Menderes Delta National Park. They have increased the quality of the article and have brought it one step closer to Good Article status. Just thought I would show some appreciation! Coderenius (talk) 00:52, 22 July 2015 (UTC)
The Edit Filter Barnstar
I would like to present to you this highly specialized barnstar. You began clearing out the years old requested filters backlog, initiated the edit filter mailing list, and made the long-overdue guideline a reality. Thank you for all of your considerable efforts to improve edit filter management across the project. — MusikAnimaltalk 17:41, 16 October 2015 (UTC)