User:John Hill

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Contents 1 About me 2 My path 3 My main interests 4 Awards 5 Created articles 6 "How-To" Guide to Wikipedia

[edit] About me

I am now retired living in the bush about 25 km west of Cooktown, Australia on Cape York Peninsula. I was born in Montreal, Canada in 1943 and raised in Port of Spain, Trinidad. I am of English and French background with a dash of Beothuk.

I first came to Australia in 1964 and am now a citizen. Besides travelling widely, I trained as a young man as a Laboratory technician in virology in Trinidad, I have worked in fisheries research in Alaska both at sea and ashore (1962-63), and graduated as a Registered Psychiatric Nurse in Sydney, Australia (1967). I lived for more than three years in India doing research on Indian and Tibetan history and have travelled extensively in South Asia. I have worked for many years in remote Aboriginal communities in Australia in a very wide variety of positions.

I have created a number of articles on the Wikipedia (see below) and significantly contributed to many more. I have uploaded more than 200 images (mostly my own photos) and have made thousands of edits.

I love the basic concept of the Wikipedia and constantly encourage others to contribute.

I am particularly concerned with ensuring the Wikipedia is not taken over by fanatics or used to promote fringe theories. I also make a point of adding or updating references, external links and items in "Further reading" sections, whenever possible. I also seem to spend an increasing amount of time trying to reverse the constant barrage of vandalism on the Wikipedia.

[edit] My path

Spent years:	I have also lived several years on land owned by Australian Aboriginal people.
Spent months:
Spent weeks:
	Idea and layout stolen from User:Guettarda

[edit] My main interests

• Asian history; particularly Chinese, Tibetan, Central Asian and Indian history and the development of trade routes both overland and maritime between East and West, and pre-historic contacts between Australia and other countries.

• I have two heavily annotated draft translations of Chinese books on the Silk Routes from the 2nd and 3rd centuries CE, which are freely available on the Silk Road Seattle website hosted by the University of Washington. To have a look - click on http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/texts/hhshu/hou_han_shu.html (which is due to be published as a much-revised and expanded book later this year) and/or http://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/texts/weilue/weilue.html.

• I have also published an article on the history of Khotan: Hill, John E.: "Notes on the Dating of Khotanese History." Indo-Iranian Journal 31 (1988), pp. 179-190.

• Australian Aboriginal issues and culture.

• West Indian (particularly Trinidadian) history and culture.

• The Beothuk people (the original inhabitants of Newfoundland).

• The history, wildlife and conservation of Cape York Peninsula and Cooktown.

• Nature conservation and alternative energy sources.

I have made some contributions in all these areas as well as many others. I look forward to correspondence on any of them. I am able to contribute with an intermediate level of French and Spanish.

[edit] Awards

		The Tibetan Award of Compassion
		For your outstanding work on imagery and patience at trying to improve Tibetan and Himalayan related articles. Hereby I present you this coveted Dalai Lama award. ♦ Sir Blofeld ♦ "Expecting you" Contribs 11:01, 21 June 2007 (UTC)]]]]

		The Rosetta Barnstar
		For your contributions, translations, hard work, and efforts to improve Wikipedia. Congratulations! PHG 05:23, 22 July 2007 (UTC)

		The Society Barnstar
		For your contributions to articles on Indian social groups Amit 10:22, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		Having seen your efforts on Jat-related pages I am awarding you this Most Highly Honoured Nasal Index barnstar for your efforts to maintain reason against the forces of the ethnocentrism Paul B 18:16, 11 June 2007 (UTC)

		The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
		Dear John you are doing an excellent job on Jat People page by enriching it with true facts & fighting vandalism.User:Kshatrap 09:06, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

		The Outspoken Barnstar
		I award this Barnstar to John for his great efforts in maintaining Jat Wiki Page unbiased. Neeraj Shokeen 13:55, 26 June 2007 (UTC)

		The Vandal Whacking Stick
		This should come in handy on the Jat people page. --Amit 11:39, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Created articles

GEOGRAPHICAL	HISTORICAL	PEOPLE & PEOPLES	PLANTS & ANIMALS	MONASTERIES	OTHERS
Endeavour River Hopevale, Queensland Lakeland, Queensland Laura, Queensland Coen, Queensland Papunya, Northern Territory Sandpoint, Alaska Korla Chitral Mintaka Pass Kilik Pass Dhauladhar Sasser Pass Karakoram Pass Keriya Minfeng Town Kurram Valley Yecheng Mustagh Pass Xaidulla Lhamo La-tso (lake) Batang Town Litang Town Batang County Kushan Pass Khawak Pass	Weilüe Charax Spasinu	Rosaleen Norton Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen Wilbur Downs Vera Scarth-Johnson Rong people Gaddis Ekai Kawaguchi Ralpacan Abhayakaragupta Manjushrikirti Gö Lotsawa Yungtön Dorjepel Sadnalegs Mangsong Mangtsen 'Dus-rong Mang-po-rje Mes-ag-tshoms Agvan Dorzhiev Gungsrong Gungtsen	Anthemusias Bennett's Tree-kangaroo Marbled Frog Umbrella Tree Proiphys ambionensis Naked-backed Bat Greenhall's Dog-faced bat Ethmostigmus rubripes	Yerpa Nechung Khorzhak Monastery Simbiling Monastery Chokorgyel Monastery	Trinidad Regional Virus Laboratory Sea silk Mahāvyutpatti

[edit] "How-To" Guide to Wikipedia

I have found the following page a very helpful "How-To" guide to Wikipedia.

→See User:Persian Poet Gal/"How-To" Guide to Wikipedia