User:Ipigott

"It is a difficult task to give novelty to what is old, authority to what is new, brilliance to the common-place, light to the obscure, attraction to the stale, credibility to the doubtful..." — Pliny's encyclopedia This user has been editing Wikipedia for more than 15 years. This user participates in WikiProject Dance. This user is a participant in WikiProject Denmark. This user is a participant in WikiProject Luxembourg This user is a participant in WikiProject Sweden. This user participates in WikiProject Architecture. This user is a participant in WikiProject Classical music. This user is a participant in WikiProject Electronic literature This user participates in WikiProject History of Photography. This user is member of WikiProject Industrial design This user is a member of WikiProject Russian History. This user is a member of WikiProject Travel and Tourism. This user is a participant in WikiProject Women's History. This user is a participant in WikiProject Women. This user makes women green. This editor is a Vanguard Editor and is entitled to display this Unobtainium Editor Star with the Neutronium Superstar hologram. This editor has been awarded the Wiki Loves Women's #15 Challenge Winner Barnstar This user is a recipient of the Editor of the Week award. This user has been a major contributor to 325 articles featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. This user has made 1943 women blue.

Ipigott is short for Ian Pigott. Born in Newcastle in the north east of England in 1943, I am now retired and share my time mainly between Denmark and Luxembourg where I have lived since 1973. Before that, I was in Montreal, Canada.

My principal interests are IT and culture in the widest sense as well as multilingualism, machine translation, history, new energy resources, public speaking, walking, cycling and exploring the quieter areas of Europe, in particular - but not exclusively - in Denmark, France and Luxembourg. I also try to encourage ordinary citizens to participate in building up knowledge resources on the web. Wikipedia is a great catalyst in this connection. I am fluent in Danish, French, German and Spanish and have a good reading knowledge of the other Scandinavian, Germanic and Romance languages but prefer to spend most of my editing time on the English Wikipedia in view of its extensive readership.

I always appreciate reactions and additional contributions to the articles I have started. If you wish to contact me by email on items you would not like to discuss on Wikipedia or on other Wikimedia pages, you are welcome to write to my Wikipedia user name at yahoo dot com.