User:Cameron Dewe

Veteran Editor IV

I am a New Zealander. I have lived in Upper Hutt for about 20 years, after coming to Wellington, from Christchurch, about 25 years ago, for employment reasons.

20,000+This user has made more than 20,000 contributions to Wikipedia.

This user has been on Wikipedia for 21 years, 11 months, and 20 days.

WikiProjects

I have joined the following WikiProjects, where I regularly assess articles:

• WikiProject Crime and Criminal Biography : Talk : Template : Table : Unassessed : Unknown importance : Log
  • Organized crime task force : Talk : Template : Table : Unassessed : Unknown importance : Log
  • Serial Killer task force : Talk : Template : Table : Unassessed : Unknown importance : Log
  • Australian crime  : Talk : Template : Table : Unassessed : Unknown importance : Log
  • British crime : Talk : Template (Defunct WikiProject)
• WikiProject Terrorism : Talk : Template : Table : Unassessed : Unknown importance : Log

Note: the links shown beside each WikiProject correspond to some of the most useful pages for assessing articles in each project.

There are other WikiProjects that are relevant to assessing crime-related articles.

• WikiProject Biography : Talk : Template
• Editorial Team assessment bot : Talk

Selected comments

• On the talk pages of Crime in Greater Manchester and Crime in Merseyside where these articles suggested that the police were responsible for crime in those areas. - "According to Sir Robert Peel, one function of the Police is to prevent crime, not be responsible for it ..."
• Concerning the article about James Forster (poison pen letter writer) I commented that the § Article needs better flow - "This article seems to dash around all over the place. ..."

Interests

I am a telecommunications engineer. In my professional capacity I work for an emergency service, and I am interested in emergency telephone numbers, Call Centres, Queueing theory, Erlang, as well as things New Zealand especially my home town of Sumner as well as things Maori, (though I am pakeha).

Current interests

• I am currently interested in articles relating to:
  • Crime statistics and the classification of crime.
  • New Zealand legislation, including student loans, child support and child protection.
  • Skills-based routing and Call centres.
  • Discrete event simulation

Recent activity

• I have recently contributed to Queueing theory, Queueing model and related articles. In 2006 I undertook an undergraduate course in the subject and find Wikipedia is lacking the relevant material covered in the course.
• I also contributed to Ride theory and discovered that it was not what I thought it might be, but something completely different. The lesson is that Wikipedia is not (always) correct,(or even close to the truth, sometimes).

First Impression of Wikipedia

I found Wikipedia on 28 December 2002 (UTC) and haven't been able to stay away! It is addictive and my latest meal went cold in the oven about 4 hours ago. I think I am a Wikipediaholic already! - noted 13:14 Dec 30, 2002 (UTC)

Early Wikipedia activity

Significant Articles written from scratch, (or a stub) include:

• Telemarketing - my first
• Computer telephony integration
• Interactive voice response
• Culture of New Zealand - my first major New Zealand Article
• Culture of the Maori - because my NZ article needed to refer to it.

- as at 13:30 Dec 30, 2002 (UTC)

• Almon Strowger, Strowger - Because he deserves a good biography on the net, as the internet would not have been possible without him and his invention - the automatic telephone exchange
• Dial as in telephone and because Rotary dial is only half the story.

- as at 08:50 Dec 31, 2002 (UTC)

• Eastbourne, New Zealand
• Hutt valley, New Zealand
• Upper Hutt, New Zealand
• expansions to A. K. Erlang
• Sumner
• Sumner, New Zealand

- as at 13:24 Jan 4, 2003 (UTC)

• Expanded New Zealand cinema, Forgotten Silver, Mockumentary
• Expanded America's Cup, Mobile phone
• Merged Emergency services number into Emergency telephone number (see also Universal emergency telephone number) also enhanced Nine-eleven, Ground zero.
• Added to Lifeboat
• Jetboat
• Added to Bomb threat, Crank call

- as at 08:21 Jan 20, 2003 (UTC)

• Optical communications
• Communications channel

kiwiinapanic 12:29 Jan 20, 2003 (UTC)

After this I discovered the contributions link identified all the articles I contributed to and gave up recording what I was doing, because I was so active editing I didn't have time to document. -- Cameron Dewe 02:39, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

I would, now, probably characterise much of my early activities and behaviour as that of a wikignome. I did tone down my activity after a while and later moved on to participate in a number of other wikis. Also, a lack of activity here for a (long) while does not mean I have stopped being involved in Wikipedia, just that there is not have enough time in my life to to contribute meaningfully. -- Cameron Dewe 02:46, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Possibilities

Some articles I am (still) thinking about or are interested in:

• Dispatch, Dispatcher, Dispatchers, Calltaker, CSR
• Non-Emergency telephone number, NXX telephone number plan, Telephone number, North American numbering plan, Australian 000 - 55 (no speech) calls
• Cordless phone see Talk:Mobile phone
• Civil Defence
• Timeball station or tower
• Computer-Assisted Dispatch or CAD and Enhanced 911
• Telegraph, Telegram, Telex, Communications
• Taupo volcanic zone
• FIDO - Fog, Investigation and Dispersal Operation, Petroleum Warfare Department, General Donald Banks - Director 1940-1945

Some articles I though need attention in 2002 - (but may have been improved over the years):

• Signal, Traffic light, Symbol
• Many New Zealand articles.

Notices

This user comes from New Zealand.

This user lives in New Zealand.