User:Mjroots

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This user has made over 320,000 edits to Wikipedia.

About me

...and this banhammer.

I live in Hadlow, Kent, where I'm chief butler to a Manx cat. My hobbies and interests include molinology, deltiology, civil aircraft, railways and Dutch. I own a classic car, a 1953 Austin A40 Somerset. I have been researching the windmills, millers and millwrights of Norwich for a number of years. The results of my research can be found on the Norfolk Mills website. I have been an admin on Wikipedia since 26 September 2009, and am apparently an "old guard admin", whatever that means. I have an alternate account for use when away from my own computer and not in need of admin's tools - Mjroots2.

I am (distantly) related to a number of Wikinotable people, including Jane Austen, Frank Merrick, William Rootes, Flora Twort, Frederick Twort, Henry Vane, and William Vousden VC.

See here for
Useful admin-related stuff	My userboxes.	My Did You Know's and In The News's
Sandboxes:- General, Mills, Ships, List	Barnstars I've been awarded.	Articles I've created or worked upon.

As of 1 October 2024, this user has started 1,222 new articles and 1,458 new lists, on the English Wikipedia, 2 new articles on the Dutch Wikipedia and 9 new lists on the German Wikipedia.

DYK Medal

		The 200 DYK Medal
		The D.Y.K. Project thanks you for your tireless contributions. The Interior (Talk) 17:48, 28 February 2011 (UTC)

Milestones

31 August 2005 - Edited 1^st article
31 August 2005 - Created 1^st new article
23 November 2007 - My 1^st DYK*
31 March 2008 - Created 100^th new article
7 April 2008 - 1^st deletion of created article
27 April 2008 - My 25^th DYK
22 July 2008 - Created 200^th new article
15 October 2008 - My 50^th DYK
6 December 2008 - Created 100^th new list
20 May 2009 - Created 300^th new article
1 June 2009 - My 1^st Good Article
30 June 2009 - My 1^st ITN article
25 July 2009 - My 2^nd ITN article
23 August 2009 - My 2^nd Good Article
19 September 2009 - My 100^th DYK
26 September 2009 - I became an Admin
29 October 2009 - Created 400^th new article
21 November 2009 - My 3^rd ITN article
18 December 2009 - My 4^th ITN article
19 December 2009 - My 3^rd Good Article
20 February 2010 - Created 500^th new article
12 March 2010 - My 4^th Good Article
24 March 2010 - My 5^th Good Article
28 March 2010 - My 5^th ITN article
10 April 2010 - My 6^th ITN article
12 April 2010 - My 7^th ITN article
30 April 2010 - My 6^th Good Article
6 May 2010 - My 8^th ITN article
12 May 2010 - My 9^th ITN article
21 May 2010 - My 10^th ITN article
27 May 2010 - Created 600^th new article
17 June 2010 My 11^th ITN article
23 June 2010 My 12^th ITN article
25 June 2010 My 13^th ITN article
31 August 2010 - 2^nd deletion of created article
2 October 2010 - My 14^th ITN article
3 October 2010 - Created 200^th new list
5 November 2010 - My 15^th ITN article
13 November 2010 - My 16^th ITN article
28 December 2010 - My 7^th Good Article
20 January 2011 - My 8^th Good Article
21 January 2011 - Created 700^th new article
26 February 2011 - My 200^th DYK and
My 9^th Good Article
13 March 2011 - 6 April 2011 - My 17^th ITN article
27 May 2011 - My most viewed DYK, 16,200 views
16 June 2011 - My 10^th Good Article
25 June 2011 - Created 1,000^th new article or list
24 July 2011 - Created 800^th new article
19 September 2011 - My 11^th Good Article
30 December 2011 - Created 300^th new list
11 January 2012 - 3^rd deletion of created article
14 January 2012 - My 18^th ITN article
29 January 2012 - 4^th deletion of created article
21 March 2012 - My 12^th Good Article
2 April 2012 - My 19^th ITN article
7 April 2012 - My 13^th Good Article
20 April 2012 - My 20^th ITN article
23 April 2012 - My 21^st ITN article
10 May 2012 - My 22^nd ITN article
11 March 2013 - Created 400^th new list
30 June 2013 - 5^th deletion of created article
17 October 2013 - My 23^rd ITN article
12 December 2013 - 6^th deletion of created article
15 June 2014 - My 24^th ITN article
4 September 2014 - Created 900^th new article
23 September 2014 - My 14^th Good Article
23 October 2014 - My 15^th Good Article
31 October 2014 - My 25^th ITN article
30 December 2014 - My 26^th ITN article
4 February 2015 - My 27^th ITN article
10 March 2015 - My 28^th ITN article
16 June 2015 - Created 1,000^th new article
3 September 2015 - My 1^st Featured article
9 February 2016 - My 29^th ITN article
24 February 2016 - My 1^st RD article
6 March 2016 - My 2^nd RD article
31 March 2016 - My 3^rd RD article
26 April 2016 - My 30^th ITN article
29 July 2016 - My 4^th RD article
3 August 2016 - My 31^st ITN article
19 August 2016 - My 32^nd ITN article
9 November 2016 - My 33^rd ITN article
9 December 2016 - My 5^th RD article
11 December 2016 - My 34^th ITN article
27 January 2017 - My 16^th Good Article
2 February 2017 - My 6^th RD article
14 March 2017 - My 35^th ITN article
6 May 2017 - My 36^th ITN article
8 June 2017 - My 37^th ITN article
14 June 2017 - My 38^th ITN article
23 June 2017 - My 7^th RD article
20 September 2017 - My 8^th RD article
21 November 2017 - My 9^th RD article
28 November 2017 - My 39^th ITN article
17 December 2017 - My 10^th RD article
19 December 2017 - My 40^th ITN article
3 January 2018 - Created 500^th new list
4 January 2018 - My 41^st ITN article
13 January 2018 - My 42^nd ITN article
11 February 2018 - My 43^rd ITN article
5 March 2018 - Created 600^th new list
21 March 2018 - My 11^th RD article
9 April 2018 - My 12^th RD article
8 June 2018 - My 13^th RD article
18 June 2018 - Created 700^th new list
7 August 2018 - My 44^th ITN article
13 September 2018 - My 14^th RD article
12 October 2018 - My 45^th ITN article
15 December 2018 - My 46^th ITN article
6 January 2019 - Created 800^th new list
14 January 2019 - My 47^th ITN article
6 February 2019 - Created 900^th new list
28 February 2019 - My 15^th RD article
1 March 2019 - My 48^th ITN article
10 March 2019 - My 49^th ITN article
29 March 2019 - My 16^th RD article
16 April 2019 - My 50^th ITN article
6 May 2019 - My 51^st ITN article
7 July 2019 - My 17^th RD article
17 August 2019 My 52^nd ITN article
19 August 2019 - My 17^th Good Article
24 September 2019 - My 53^rd ITN article
4 October 2019 - My 54^th ITN article
23 October 2019 - Created 1,000^th new list
31 October 2019 - My 55^th ITN article
21 January 2020 - My 18^th RD article
3 February 2020 - My 56^th ITN article
12 March 2020 - My 19^th RD article
31 March 2020 - My 57^th ITN article
12 May 2020 - My 58^th ITN article
21 May 2020 - Created 1,100^th new article
17 June 2020 - My 20^th RD article
30 October 2020 - My 21^st RD article
26 November 2020 - My 59^th ITN article
18 April 2021 - My 60^th ITN article
17 May 2021 - My 18^th Good Article
23 May 2021 - My 61^st ITN article
2 June 2021 - My 62^nd ITN article
7 July 2021 - My 63^rd ITN article
18 August 2021 - My 22^nd RD article
12 December 2021 - My 64^th ITN article
16 December 2021 - My 23^rd RD article
21 March 2022 - My 65^th ITN article
20 June 2022 - My 24^th RD article
9 December 2022 - My 66^th ITN article
8 March 2023 - My 19^th Good Article
4 April 2023 - Created 1,200^th new article
6 May 2023 - My 67^th ITN article
28 September 2023 - My 25^th RD article
26 March 2024 - My 68^th ITN article

*Only articles created or 5x expanded are counted here.

Windmills - to do list

Create lists for each country:-
 Done Australia, Belgium, Canada, Channel Islands, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Isle of Man, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, USA, Wales
 Not done Italy, Sweden, Russia, New Zealand
 Doing...
UK - create lists for each county with 20 or more windmills:-
 Done Anglesey, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cornwall, Derbyshire, Devon, East Sussex, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, London, Middlesex, Norfolk (drainage), Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Sussex, Wiltshire, Yorkshire (North, South, East and West)
create articles on surviving windmills:-
 Done Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Isle of Wight, Kent, London, Suffolk, Sussex, Surrey,
 Not done Lincolnshire, Yorkshire, Northumberland, Durham, Nottinghamshire, Lancashire, Anglesey, Somerset
 On hold Norfolk

Europe

Create articles for all surviving windmills
 Doing... Gelderland
 Done Drenthe, Friesland

Common names for windmills:- Black Mill, White Mill, Upper Mill, Lower Mill, Great Mill, Little Mill, New Mill, Old Mill, North Mill, East Mill, South Mill, West Mill, Town Mill, Union Mill.

Infobox Windmill

Useful pages

My wikiprojects

• Aviation (talk)
• Kent (talk)
• Mills (talk)
• Ships (talk)
  • WP:SHIPS/R Ship research sources
• Shipwrecks (talk)
• Trains (talk)
• UK Rail (talk)
  • WP:UKT/S UK railway research sources

• {{convert}} Conversion of measurements
• Kent trade directories & much more.
• Photos I've uploaded to Commons
• My Commons page.
• Lloyds register 1930-45
• A Topographical Directory of England 1848
• Gale News Vault via Kent Library Service
• California Digital Newspaper Collection
• New Zealand newspapers 1839-1945
• Archaeologica Cantiana
• Wikipedia library

Great source of photos for British Isles and Germany articles

Geograph is a project to photograph locations in every OS grid square. This project covers the UK, Isle of Man and Ireland. Geograph Channel Isles covers the Channel Isles. Geograph Germany covers that country.

All photographs are Creative Commons 2.0-licenced, which means that they can be used on Wikipedia! They should be uploaded to Commons and this is a simple process involving downloading the image to your computer and then uploading it to Commons.

You can generate all info needed on Commons by clicking "Find out how to reuse this Image" beneath the image and then copying the generated Wiki markup from the "Wikipedia Template for image page" section into the basic upload form on Commons. All that is left then is to add categories.