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Hello. I'm Liam Proven, a British technical writer, living in the Czech Republic. For more information about me, rather than duplicate it here, I suggest you visit my blog or LinkedIn profile - links at the bottom of this page.

I was enticed into writing for Wikipedia (as opposed to merely using it for reference) in 2003 by User:David_Gerard and alongside David I also know a number of other Wikipedians in real life, such as User:Sheridan.

2018 update -- I retired from writing for Wikipedia a decade ago since I was unjustly and unfairly attacked by User:Yamla. I have also had a number of carefully researched and referenced articles deleted. I disagree with the governance of Wikipedia these days, especially the power of deletionists, so I now do no more than an occasional bit of copy-editing. Until someone cracks down hard on the sort of petty Jobsworths who make this place a misery, I will no longer write new material for it. Liam Proven (talk) 11:54, 20 November 2018 (UTC)

The latest pain-in-the-neck editor to pointlessly remove a few links, and then silently hide my attempt to talk to them, is user:tedickey. This is an example of the sort of user who makes it so unpleasant to attempt to contribute to Wikipedia. Hostile, corrupt, uncommunicative, and censors attempts at dialogue. Liam Proven (talk) 15:45, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

I am also much amused to note (5 May '09) that an article of mine is cited as a reference in the article AmigaOS versions.

In the closest thing to Wikipedia commentary I am likely to make for the nonce, I would ask passing readers to note that this bio is entirely devoid of stars, badges or other little blazons and logos proclaiming membership of various factions of Wikipedians. I would also note that it contains my real-world identity and contact details. I feel that these are a sine qua non for anyone who would wish their authorship to be taken seriously.

In a vague attempt to keep track, I note that -- in addition to contributions to many others, some quite lengthy -- to the best of my recollection I am the original author of the following articles, in no particular order:

Professional profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/liamproven
Personal blog: http://www.livejournal.com/users/lproven/
Tech blog: http://www.livejournal.com/users/liam-on-linux/
Skype: liamproven
ICQ: 73187508
Google Talk/Gmail/Google Groups: lproven@gmail.com

Liam Proven (talk) 10:31, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

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