User:Rainbowfanclub

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I am an academic living and working in the north-east of England. I've always lived in the region and have spent time in Durham, Sunderland and Newcastle. I work within a University Law Department and teach a variety of subjects related to English Civil law. I'm still fairly new to Wikipedia, but hope to become more familiar with the various techniques as I go along.

[edit] Tip of the day

Tip of the day... Wikipedia-specific searching with Firefox In Firefox, the search box has a little pull down menu to allow you to choose which search engine it uses. Several popular search engines come included, but not Wikipedia. However, Firefox provides a page on their website listing more search engines you can add to that menu, including Wikipedia's search. To add Wikipedia, simply go here and click on Wikipedia in the list provided, and you're done. To activate it, pull-down the menu at the search box and click on Wikipedia there. Now you have a second Wikipedia search box. Unlike the search box in Wikipedia's sidebar, which disappears off the screen when you scroll down to read a long page, the Firefox search box always remains on the screen, ready to assist. (Keep in mind, typing <Alt>-F also places the cursor in the Wikipedia search box.) Read more: Using external search engines Prior tip - Next tip To add this auto-updating template to your user page, use {{totd}}. Become a Wikipedia tipster

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