As an editor, my work is largely focused on History, especially the medieval and early modern periods. However, although I am focused in subject, I am not limited to any single aspect: the political, military, social, economic, cultural, scientific and religious aspects of these periods are all worthy of attention. In medieval history, I edit articles on the Viking Age, Celtic nations and the History of Science. My range of editing on military history spans from the castles of the early Middle Ages to the fortifications and military technology of Vauban and the colonial period. The history of Catholicism also interests me, where I work primarily on articles on the religious orders, saints and the medieval Scholastics.

Although I focus mainly on European and Western history, I have also made forays into the political history of Ethiopia and the cultural history of Cahokia in the Middle Ages (see 1340s) and the scientific history of China.

Outside of history, I also used to edit the topic of miniature wargaming; by both content and number of edits, I was the main contributor to The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game, although it has now been almost a year since I made any sustained editing to the article.

In relation to the above topics, I collaborate with the associated WikiProjects, as well as the collaborative "Tzatziki Squad". I am currently working on an experimental redraft of the structure of decade articles for WikiProject Years: see my redraft of the 1340s. Also, I used occasionally to edit Wikipedia in other languages, but the English Wikipedia was where I am most active.

Although I had been aware of Wikipedia since 2003, it was not until 1 November 2005 that I formally registered. The two most contentious articles I have worked on were Julian the Apostate and John Chrysostom, which involved lengthy discussion in September and November 2006 respectively. Positively, the consensus of these discussions has held, and the latter article was ultimately improved to Good Article status.

I joined the Military history WikiProject in October 2006, and I got my first DYK and Good Article working on Rus'–Byzantine War (860), which appeared on the Main Page one year after my registration. I got my first A-class article in September 2007, after expanding a stub on the Byzantine-Arab Wars. I went into a period of relative inactivity from June 2007 until March 2008, but came back to help the Tzatziki Squad get the Cannon and History of timekeeping devices articles to Featured Article status.

In July 2008, I turned my attention to my redraft of the 1340s for WP:YEARS, which is very probably my most ambitious article to date. I went into an effective retirement after July, but I came back in March 2008 to work on Hiberno-Norse articles such as Sigtrygg Silkbeard and the Battle of Glenmama. I reached my peak level of edits for a single month in March (833). Since then, my main edits have to Cistercian topics and the 1340s.

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Amlaíb mac Sitriuc ¤ Athanasius Kircher ¤ ^C 👁 Image
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Bolli Bollason ¤ ^C Bolli Þorleiksson ¤ ^C 👁 Image
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Brodir and Ospak of Man ¤ ^RW Gormflaith ¤ ^C Guðrún Ósvífursdóttir ¤ ^C Ivan Vyrodkov ¤ ^C Sigurd Hlodvirsson ¤ 👁 Image
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Sigtrygg Silkbeard

Culture:

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Irish people ¤ List of persons considered father or mother of a field ¤ ^C 👁 Image
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The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig

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Abbeyknockmoy ¤ ^RW Cistercians ¤ ^C 👁 Image
Cistercian architecture ¤ International Eucharistic Congress

Science:

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Condemnations of 1210–1277 ¤ History of calendars ¤ History of science ¤ 👁 Image
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History of timekeeping devices

Warfare:

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Fort Senneville ¤ Gallowglass ¤ ^C 👁 Image
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History of cannon ¤ ^C 👁 Image
List of cannon projectiles ¤ Munster Republic ¤ 👁 Image
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Rus'-Byzantine War (860) ¤ Siege tower

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Naval wargaming ¤ Serpent Lord ¤ The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game ¤ War of the Ring Online Campaign

Charles Carroll of Carrollton ¤ Churl (Ceorl) ¤ Cog (ship) ¤ Heavy Cavalry ¤ History of evolutionary thought ¤ Jesuit China Missions ¤ Landsknecht ¤ Saint Mercurius ¤ Tross ¤ Rus' Khaganate ¤ Sausenburg Castle ¤ Siege of Constantinople (674–678) ¤ Siege of Constantinople (717–718) ¤ Siege of Constantinople (1422) ¤ Siege of Kazan (1552) ¤ Travois ¤ Trebuchet ¤ Varangian Guard

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User:Grimhelm/1340s ¤ Conspiracy of Mellifont

• ...that the Siege of Constantinople by the Rus in 860 is known primarily from the writings of Patriarch Photius, who referred to the invaders as "a swarm of wasps" and compared their attack to "a thunderbolt from heaven"? --31 October, 2006
• ...that Bolli Bollasson, a character in the Medieval Icelandic Laxdœla saga, is credited as the first West Norse member of the Varangian Guard (pictured)? --January 29, 2007.

• ...that the history of science and technology in China was made known in the West largely through the work of the Jesuits and later through Joseph Needham? --February 9, 2007
• ...that Sausenburg Castle (pictured) in Germany was destroyed in 1678 by the army of French Marshall Creque during the Franco-Dutch War? --14 February 2007

• ...that English cannon batteries (pictured) required artillery crews of twelve per gun? --16 March 2007
• ...that William the Conqueror's transport of over 2000 horses across the English Channel during the Norman invasion of England is depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry (pictured)? --16 March 2007
• ...that during the 1690 Battle of Québec , a group of French paddled a canoe up to the English flagship and under a hail of musket shots managed to return its ensign to the city unscathed? --17 March 2007
• ...that Fort Senneville, built in 1671 near Montréal, included the most fortified windmill in New France, along with a machicolation and other castle-like features? --18 March 2007

• ...that medieval cannon (pictured) were first used by the English during the Hundred Years War at the Battle of Crécy? --24 March 2007
• ...that French artillery officers were the most efficient at cannon operation (pictured) during the 18th century, firing 150 shots per cannon daily during siege, instead of the usual 100? --18 April 2007
• ...that the earliest European term for "cannon" was the Medieval Latin word "bombardum", and that "cannon" itself came from the Latin word canna, meaning a tube? --28 May 2007
• ...that the earliest cannon projectiles were round shot and grapeshot? --28 May 2007
• ...that miniature scale for naval wargames is worked out almost exclusively in ratios, rather than the millimetre-based scale preferred by land-based miniature wargaming? --19 June 2007
• ...that the Condemnations of 1277 at the University of Paris (pictured) are cited by historians as the birth of science, as they forced scholars to question Aristotle and think about the physical world in new ways? --21 April 2008
• ... that the Hiberno-Norse King of Dublin, Sigtrygg Silkbeard, established Ireland's first mint (coin of Sigtrygg pictured) in the 990s at Dublin? --17 March 2009
• ... that Brodir and Ospak of Man were two 11th-century Danish brothers who fought on opposite sides at the Battle of Clontarf in 1014? --17 March 2009

• ... that in 1029, the ransom of the Hiberno-Norse prince Amlaíb mac Sitriuc included over 1,200 cows, 60 ounces of gold and of silver, "the sword of Carlus", and a large number of Irish hostages? --23 March 2009
• ... that after the Battle of Glenmama in the Wicklow Mountains in 999, Brian Boru's Munster forces occupied the city of Dublin for over a week? --24 March, 2009
• ... that the founder of the Cistercian Abbeyknockmoy in 1190, Cathal Crobhdearg Ua Conchobair, King of Connacht, was buried there in 1224? --12 April, 2009
• ... that Cistercian architecture, "counted among the most beautiful relics of the Middle Ages", was made possible by the Cistercian Order's innovativeness and skill as metallurgists? --12 April, 2009
• ... that in the medieval Irish satire The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig, the Connaught champion Cet mac Mágach is unbeaten in a bragging contest, until being slapped in the face with the head of his dead brother? --19 June, 2010

Best userpage introduction

• User:Paraphelion, a "wanted man in 22 countries and #32 on the Encyclopol's most wanted list."

A Short List of Wikipedians with whom it has been a pleasure to work

• Ghirlandajo (talk · contribs)
• Majoreditor (talk · contribs)
• AndonicO (talk · contribs) (and the rest of the Tzatziki Squad)
• Berig (talk · contribs)
• Briangotts (talk · contribs)
• Ideogram (talk · contribs)
• Xiner (talk · contribs)

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