User:BlackJack

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A bit about me

Name

This user's name is Jack.

he

This user prefers to be referred to using masculine gender pronouns.

This user is married.

This user is owned by
one or more cats.

This user likes cats.

This user likes dogs.

This user is from Bury
in Greater Manchester

This user lives in Yorkshire.

This user is of Scottish ancestry.

This user's time zone is UTC±00:00.

BA

This user has a Bachelor of Arts degree.

(R)

After 45 years of hard work, this user is (at last) retired.

This user is old enough to remember what a typewriter is, and that's all you need to know.

This user does not smoke.

On the wiki

This user has been on Wikipedia for 20 years, 11 months and 22 days.

This user tries to do the right thing. If they make a mistake, please let them know.

This user has rollback rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify)

This user has page mover rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify)

This user has pending changes reviewer rights on the English Wikipedia. (verify)

This user contributes with Twinkle.

This user has earned the
100,000 Edits Award.

This editor is an
Ultimate Vanguard Editor
and is entitled to display this
Meitnerium Editor Star with
the Neutronium Superstar.

no
ads

This user is against advertisements on Wikipedia.

This user is a member of Association of Inclusionist Wikipedians

This user can, and will, make difficult edits if needed.

This user has been identified as an awesome Wikipedian.

This user pledges to return to
Old-fashioned Wikipedian values.

This editor has given thanks
to these Wikipedians.

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by these Wikipedians.

This user believes that many articles on Wikipedia are poorly written and NEED fixing.

LE-1

This user's been known to screw up the occasional sentence and make the occasional typo, but is otherwise pretty accurate with regards to English.

LE-0

This individual still maintains a shred of dignity in this insane world by adhering to correct spelling, grammar, punctuation and capitalisation.

. The

This user does not put two spaces after a full stop.

A, B, and C

This user prefers the
serial comma.

Interests

This user is a participant in
WikiProject Cricket.

This user is interested in philately,
but prefers to call it stamp collecting.

Bury

This user supports The Shakers

LFC

This user supports Liverpool F.C. and will never walk alone.

SM
FC

This user is a St Mirren F.C. supporter.

This user is a supporter of Scotland national football team.

This user enjoys writing.

This user is a railfan.

This user plays chess.

A few thoughts

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This user supports protection of the environment.

This user is a socialist.

LAB

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Labour Party

This user supports
universal health care.

This user believes race does not exist except as an oppressive social construct and will oppose racism by any means necessary.

This user is an atheist.

This user believes the world would be a happier, safer and saner place without religion.

This user supports rejoining the European Union.

This user supports a free and independent Northern England.

Languages

en

This user is a native speaker of the English language.

de-2

Dieser Benutzer hat fortgeschrittene Deutschkenntnisse.

fr-1

Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau élémentaire de français.

Food & drink

This user is an omnivore.

This user would likely die without eating the occasional curry.

This user eats chili.

This user enjoys their egg with the sunny side up.

This user drinks cranberry juice.

This user drinks tea.

This user believes that you should never put milk in with the tea bag.

This user drinks red wine.

This user enjoys a large Bush as a nightcap.

History

This user is interested in
Ancient Greece

This user is interested in the Napoleonic Wars.

This user is interested in the Victorian period.

This user is interested in the Second World War

This user is an admirer of
Winston Churchill.

Cinema

This user just loves a good western.

This user participates in
WikiProject Westerns

This user is against the colorization of black and white movies.

This user loves silent movies.

Books

This user enjoys reading mysteries.

This user enjoys reading historical fiction.

This user enjoys reading poetry.

This user is a bibliophile.

Art

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art history.

This user is interested in the Renaissance period.

This user is interested in painting.

Music

This user enjoys classical music.

This user loves opera.

This user enjoys the music of Johann Strauss II.

Blue

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This user enjoys jazz music.

This user enjoys the big band sound

60s

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This user enjoys rock 'n' roll.

This user sings in the shower.

Userboxes

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A userbox is a small rectangular box that looks like this.

Userboxes can come in many different styles and colours.

Userboxes can have one or two sideboxes.

ubx-5

This user uses entirely too many userboxes.

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For the field is full of shades as I near the shadowy coast,

And a ghostly batsman plays to the bowling of a ghost,

And I look through my tears on a soundless-clapping host

As the run-stealers flicker to and fro,

To and fro

Hello

Hi, I'm Jack. I've been an editor here since 2005, and I've also been active on Simple Wikipedia. I have many interests, but you'll usually find me working on the history of cricket. The lines above are from a classic poem called At Lord's by Francis Thompson (1859–1907).

I have a second account called BeachBoyJack (BBJ). That's for when I'm on a shared server and the vibrations begin. BBJ was created in unusual circumstances, when I briefly lost password access to this account, and needed help from the Wikimedia Foundation's Trust and Safety team (WFTS).

Please note that I prefer to limit my involvement in discussions, with the exception of article reviews and cricket AfDs, though I will happily answer questions raised on my own talk page. Thanks.

Happy editing.

First edit

I should be ashamed of it but I'm 90% sure that this ham fisted effort on 12 April 2005 was my first-ever WP edit (I did actually visit that show when it was on at the ExCeL). The edit needed an immediate fix, but it was a whole month before someone corrected "occuring"!

I think I did a handful of other IP edits, including one at Harold Wilson, before I decided to sign up on 31 July 2005.

That's right, this is Butch Cassidy. Quite an enigma. Did he survive the shoot-out in Bolivia? Has been played on screen by Charles Bronson, John Doucette, Neville Brand, and most famously by Paul Newman.

I don't take much notice of my edit count, which is a biggie, but it amused me to see that this edit was number 123,456. Ha!

Ongoing

These are what I'm working on in July 2026:

Season reviews and first mentions

Check all important matches are included
Convert any sections with a list or a table to prose
Complete first mentions
Next = 1772 English cricket season.

List of English cricketers (1701–1786)

Complete list. Include all players in the "first mentions" section of each season review.

List of English cricketers (1787–1825)

Complete list. Players will need to be included in their "first mentions" season reviews.

List of historically important English cricket teams

A long way from completion. Matching with season reviews to identify first mentions.

List of occasional English cricket XIs

Now a complete list, but it needs more references. Also, it will be matched with first mentions in season reviews.

Earliest references to cricket in English and Welsh counties

Probably complete. Again, matching dates with season reviews to identify first mentions.

First known use of English cricket venues (1610–1825)

Work in progress which, again, will match dates with season reviews to identify first mentions.

Articles needing development or repair

See box5 for the full list (a long one!).

Potential new articles

These are all current redirects:

Team lists

Need to make sure these include all players (some are new, and have none or only a handful), and that there are no unnecessary redirects. Listed in order of priority:

Histories

History of cricket to 1725 – FA candidate
History of English cricket (1726–1750) – recent GA
History of English cricket (1751–1775) – start
History of English cricket (1776–1800) – stub
History of English cricket (1801–1825) – PR/CE (3k words)
History of English amateur cricket – start

Cricketer stubs

User:BilledMammal/BlackJack Cricketer Stubs
And what can I say about this? Mixed feelings, actually. I agree, now, that short stubs with little or no potential for growth should be redirected to a team/club list. What I don't like is the false urgency and the vilification of Lugnuts. Anyway, I've said I will review the BlackJack Cricketer Stubs, so there we are.
Wow! There's 1,175 of the bloody things. Oh, well.....

Countries and counties

Lived in

Visited

Kind thoughts

I'm not here to collect prizes, but I do appreciate the kind thoughts behind these barnstars:

		The Oddball Barnstar
		For your contributions to articles on early English cricket Tintin (talk) 06:13, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		BlackJack is awarded this barnstar for his continued hard work in documenting the obscure parts of cricket. Blnguyen \| BLabberiNg 06:33, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Cricket barnstar

Jack, great work on creating articles for all the English cricket seasons. And thanks for filling in our coverage on historical cricket, where we're often weak. Here's a cricket barnstar for you. Stephen Turner (Talk) 10:49, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

		The AFD Barnstar
		For dedication to WP:AFD, I, Shark face 217, hereby award you this barnstar. --Shark face 217 23:01, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

	The Cricket Barnstar
	For all your good work on cricket related articles! —Vensatry _(ping) 16:48, 11 September 2014 (UTC)

		The Reviewer's Barnstar
		This is for your valuable efforts for reviewing articles under pending changes protection. Thank you PATH SLOPU 14:29, 4 June 2019 (UTC)

		The Reviewer's Barnstar
		This is for your valuable efforts for reviewing articles under pending changes protection. Thank you PATH SLOPU 14:23, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

		The Premium Reviewer Barnstar
		For taking on, and then providing a high-quality and detailed review of Albert Kesselring, a contentious article of late, I award you this Premium Reviewer Barnstar. Keep up the great work. Harrias ^talk 12:42, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

		The Multiple Good Article Reviewer's Barnstar
		Thank you for completing 25 reviews in the April–May 2020 GAN Backlog drive. Your work helped us to reduce the backlog by over 60%. Regards, Harrias ^talk 08:19, 11 July 2020 (UTC)

	An epic barnstar for you!
	Awarded for bringing the 10th and 9th Millennium BC articles up to good article status. These were well researched and very interesting to read. Thanks a lot for your hard work. Spirit of Eagle (talk) 04:22, 28 July 2020 (UTC)

		The Multiple Good Article Reviewer's Barnstar
		Thank you for conducting 24 reviews in the October 2020 GAN Backlog drive. Your work helped us to reduce the backlog by over 48%. Sorry to see that you've retired. A sincere thank you for all the work you've done-- it is much appreciated. Hopefully we will see you again at some point. All the best, Eddie891 ^Talk _Work 14:38, 19 November 2020 (UTC)

		The Reviewer Barnstar
		For your excellent pier review of Southend Pier. Bungle ^{(talk • contribs)} 12:56, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For your tireless contributions to Winston Churchill and getting it to GA LordHarris 00:11, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		Thank you for speaking out in your complaint to WP:ANI. Wanted to make it clear that you aren't crazy and that your complaint was justified. Thought it was worth giving you a barnstar because I know admins didn't believe you either. Users who blatantly abuse the system but are defended by admins make the wiki worse. You are making the wiki better by speaking out and standing by the truth. Desertambition (talk) 08:13, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

"all things historical"

Thank you for quality articles about history, from personal influence such as Winston Churchill to large time frames such as Bury F.C. and 10th millennium BC with scientific background, for good sports at the 1903 FA Cup Final, for reviewing articles towards good and highest quality. you are an awesome Wikipedian!

You are recipient no. 2446 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:03, 23 September 2020 (UTC)