User:Alarichall

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I'm an academic working on north-west European, and on a good day Islamicate, medieval history, literature and language, and on modern Icelandic culture. See further http://www.alarichall.org.uk and Alaric Hall.

For some of my opinions about Wikipedia, see 'Are you an academic who vandalises Wikipedia? Then stop it!' and 'How to Change (Medieval) History'.

I was quite chuffed to find that Joe Lewis, 'University strike action in the UK' ([London]: House of Commons Library, 23 May 2023), is largely a précis of 2018–2023 UK higher education strikes, which I've maintained over the last few years (even with the same picture on the cover!). This is a bit cheeky, because the Creative Commons license for Wikipedia specifies that people adapting the material should give due attribution to Wikipedia, and it doesn't. But otherwise it's nice to see my work saving a civil servant some effort and helping inform Parliament :-) I must get round to taming that the article and making it less of a sprawling chronicle.

I look after the account https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:NSBReynolds.

I love http://rcmap.hatnote.com and http://listen.hatnote.com/.

A short Wikipedia bibliography

This book looks great, though at the time of writing I haven't read it yet: Wikipedia @ 20: Stories of an Incomplete Revolution, ed. by Joseph Reagle and Jackie Koerner (Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2020), ISBN 9780262538176. Also, I must find out more about https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Expert_outreach.

Otherwise, these are some of my previous favourite studies on Wikipedia, focusing on its epistemological validity in relation to history (mostly as of summer 2017) and a few more recent pieces on editors' gender:

Barnstars etc.

This user received the Editor of the Week award.
This user participates in
WikiProject Goa.
This user is a member of WikiProject #MedievalWiki
The Working Man's Barnstar
For knowledge, skill and diligence in improving a variety of articles related to medieval studies and oral tradition -- DavidOaks (talk) 20:42, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
For an excellent blog post and sterling work creating and editing articles! Best, Matty.007 13:21, 10 May 2014 (UTC)
The Asian Month Barnstar
Thanks for your great contribution in Wikipedia Asian Month 2015! --AddisWang (talk) 14:29, 17 December 2015 (UTC)
Solidarity
Thanks for all your hard work on this! All the best, Stinglehammer (talk) 01:58, 17 March 2018 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
For extensive contributions to the articles on and relating to the Celtic language decline in England. Awarded by Cdjp1 on 19 July 2018.
The Articles for Creation barnstar
Here is a reward! I know what you did was minimal but it was possibly the tipping point in creating Margin of Safety (book). Thank you Alarichall! :) Aviartm (talk) 03:32, 13 May 2019 (UTC)
Thanks for always being to helpful! Lajmmoore (talk) 17:42, 29 September 2019 (UTC)
For helping with Arabic names!
It's really appreciated! Lajmmoore (talk) 08:45, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
I've been reading about Arabic literature lately, and keep coming across high-quality articles written by you. Thank you for Rayat al-mubarrizin wa-ghayat al-mumayyazin and Lamiyyat al-'Arab!

Cerebellum (talk) 12:44, 30 December 2019 (UTC)

The Special Barnstar
Thanks for making Wikipedia more useful Ninjas.Warrior (talk) 12:30, 5 January 2020 (UTC)
Thanks for the help with Fatima al-Suqutriyya‎'s article! Lajmmoore (talk) 20:33, 24 October 2020 (UTC)
The Organical Branstar
For your contributions to Wikipedia Asian Month/2022 you should have received an actual barnstar, but haven't yet.

Please enjoy this branstar while you wait. Cheerio! BBQboffin (talk) 19:45, 5 January 2023 (UTC)

The Wikipedia Asian Month 2022 Barnstar

Dear Alarichall :

Thanks for participating Wikipedia Asian Month 2022. We are grateful of your dedication to Wikimedia movement and hope you join us next year!
Wish you all the best!
Wikipedia Asian Month Team
Wikipedia Asian Month 2023 Barnstar

Dear Alarichall :

Congratulations! Thank you so much for participating in the Wikipedia Asian Month 2023. We are very grateful for your dedication to the Wikimedia movement and effort in promoting Asian content. Hope to see you again this year and celebrate the 10th year of Wikipedia Asian Month together.
Sincerely,
Wikipedia Asian Month International Team

Related Articles

Wikiwand AI