Benutzer:SHB
Hello there, I'm SHB. I am available to assist you. Please feel free to reach out to me through my talk page or via email (for autoconfirmed users).
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SHB ℹ
- Any pronouns fine. :)
- Timezone: UTC+10 (Apr–Sept); UTC+11 (Oct–Mar)
- Languages: en, fr-1
- Active wikis:
- English Wikivoyage (primary)
- Meta-Wiki (secondary)
- Wikimedia Commons (tertiary)
- English Wikibooks (quaternary)
- Location: New South Wales (Australia).
- My username (or I should say, more about it)
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About me
Hello there. I'm SHB, a steward and Mesomedian from the English Wikivoyage, where I am a sysop, bureaucrat and checkuser. I'm also active on Wikimedia Commons, the English Wikibooks and on Meta (the latter two of which I'm also a sysop on, and a checkuser on Meta). I am significantly involved in the sphere of cross-wiki anti-vandalism, anti-spam and maintenance, particularly on small wikis that lack sysops (primarily handling speedy deletion requests).
I do many things, but I'm very passionate about travel: specifically nature (particularly cold places), rail travel and any other means of overland travel. Most cities also interest me (and directly relate to my real-life profession), particularly those with old and charming historic cores – and those designed to support a good festive market, sign me up immediately. I won't say no to amazing cold places, such as Austria, New Zealand or the Canadian Rockies, and never no to a good fjord or snow-capped mountain (hiking in these places never gets old). Nonetheless, I do enjoy visiting all types of places (even warm tropical places or hot deserts): over 20 countries visited so far, plenty more of the world to explore, and life is too short not to experience many of the world's wonderful places.
Perhaps most notably so far, I've created 10 per cent of park articles on the English Wikivoyage and a little over 1 per cent of total articles over there.
Contact
You can contact me via my talk page or email (for autoconfirmed users). Those who know how to contact me via Discord may also contact me there. I don't usually use IRC as I find it too dated; however, if you need me, my nick is SHB2000 (please let me know onwiki; I'm not usually connected and I don't have a dedicated client that does so).
Essays
- But they aren't disruptive on my wiki
- Leave me alone
- Synthetic nominations
- The failures of SecurePoll for U4C elections
- tokwiki
- How to write an OS report (tldr for OS reports: no fluff and no AI, please)
Quick travel trivia
| Record | Place |
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| Northernmost |  Tromsø
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| Southernmost |  Lumsden
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| Easternmost | Auckland
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| Westernmost |  Point Reyes National Seashore
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| Highest point | Tioga Pass, Yosemite National Park or Westland Tai Poutini National Park (>3000 m)
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| Lowest point (excluding undersea tunnels) |
Badwater Basin, Death Valley National Park (-87 m / -285 ft)
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| Hottest temperature | Baker (California) (49°C / 120°F)
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| Coldest temp. (natural) |  Berlin or  Poznan (-9°C / 15°F)
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| Coldest temp. (absolute) |  At a Canada Goose store in Melbourne (-25°C / -13°F)
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| Fastest overland |  Between Lleida and Zaragoza (321 km/h / 199 mph)
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| Route | Distance | Time (with delays) |
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| Brisbane XPT
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987 km | 15 hours |
| Melbourne XPT
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953 km | 10.6 hours |
| Griffith–Sydney
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644 km | 8.5 hours |
| Barcelona–Madrid AVE
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628 km | 3.3 hours |
| München–Berlin
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619 km | 4 hours |
| Sydney–Armidale
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573 km | 8 hours |
  Paris–London Eurostar
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492 km | 2.3 hours |
 Hamburg–Amsterdam
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490 km | 5.5 hours |
 Wien–München Railjet
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462 km | 4 hours |
| Sydney–Canberra
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318 km | 4.5 hours |
 Brussels–Paris Eurostar
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313 km | 1.4 hours |
| Only journeys over 300 km included here |
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