User:Retroplum

My contributions This editor is a Yeoman Editor and is entitled to display this Service Badge. 4,500+ This user has made over 4,500 contributions to Wikipedia This user has created 68 articles on Wikipedia. This user has written or expanded 38 articles featured in the Did You Know section on the Main Page. This user has helped promote 5 good articles on Wikipedia. This user has been on Wikipedia for 10 years, 4 months and 28 days.

Hello and welcome. I'm Paul and this is my userpage. My current editing interests are coinage and the history of coinage, and the history of Vikings in Ireland, with particular regards to the Uí Ímair.

Sandboxes

• Sandbox I
• Sandbox II
• Sandbox III
• Sandbox IV

Pages under construction

• Penny (British pre-decimal coin)
• Windermere
• List of passengers of the White Ship
• List of casualties of the Battle of Crécy

Useful Links

• Wikipedia citation tool for Google Books
• Earwig's copyvio detector

To do

• Improve articles in the topic List of lakes in the Lake District
  
• Improve articles in the topic List of fells in the Lake District
  
• Kingdom of Limerick
• Richard FitzRoy (d. 1120)
• Improve all the kings of Dublin up to and including Sitric Silkbeard
• Kings of Northumbria (esp. post 867)
• Ælla of Deira

Selected contributions

My Good Articles
This user helped promote Amlaíb Conung to good article status. This user helped promote Sitric Cáech to good article status. This user helped promote Ímar to good article status. This user helped promote Ragnall ua Ímair to good article status. This user helped promote Olaf Guthfrithson to good article status.

My DYK contributions

A fact from the article Fourpence (British coin), which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Twopence (British pre-decimal coin), which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Eloy Mestrelle, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Peter Blondeau, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Eystein Olafsson, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Halfdan Ragnarsson, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Bárid, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Sitriuc mac Ímair, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Odda, Ealdorman of Devon, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Ímar ua Ímair, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Sichfrith Jarl, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Amlaíb Conung, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Jody Clark, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Battle of Islandbridge, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Sitric Cáech, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Airdeconut, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Cnut of Northumbria, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Siefredus of Northumbria, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Ímar, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Battle of Mag Femen, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Battle of Strangford Lough, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Colla mac Báirid, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Ingwær, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Harald Sigtryggsson, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Ragnall ua Ímair, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Styca, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Thrymsa, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Bank of England £50 note, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Bank of England £5 note, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Bank of England £10 note, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Bank of England £20 note, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Bank of England £1 note, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Bank of England 10s note, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Olaf Guthfrithson, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Sitric II of Northumbria, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Bank of Scotland £5 note, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article The Royal Bank of Scotland £5 note, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. A fact from the article Clydesdale Bank £5 note, which this user created or significantly contributed to, has been featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page.

My awards

I just reviewed your article on Eloy Mestrelle, and I thought it was well written and researched. Please enjoy the cookie, and keep up the good work. Spirit of Eagle (talk) 04:50, 9 October 2014 (UTC) historic coins and battles and diverse people Thank you, Paul, for adding value with quality articles from Twenty pounds to Battle of Islandbridge, about personalities such as leader Amlaíb Conung and engineer Jody Clark, for images of coins and logos, - you are an awesome Wikipedian! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:10, 24 March 2015 (UTC) The Good Article Barnstar For your contributions to bring Sitric Cáech to Good Article status. Thanks, and keep up the good work!  — ₳aron 09:50, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

About me

This user is male.

This user is from the United Kingdom.

This user lives in Cumbria.

Skills

This user contributes using Inkscape.

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Projects

This user is a participant in WikiProject Numismatics.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms.

This user is a member of WikiProject Lancashire and Cumbria.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Norse history and culture.