User:The Real Alan

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impostor noun

Someone who attempts to deceive by using an assumed name or identity.

There are many Alans, but only one of them is real! Accept no substitute^[1]...

[edit] Catalogue of Imposters

[edit] Meaning of Alan

The name Alan has been attributed with the following meanings:

Handsome, noble or charming
Harmony
Cheerful
At one with creation
Fair

[edit] Historical Alans

Alan I, Duke of Brittany (d. 907) - also known as Alan the Great.
Alan of Tewkesbury - Canterbury monk, later became the Abbot of Tewkesbury.
Alan of Lynn - a famous theologian of the first half of the fifteenth century.

Historically, the Alans were a nomadic people who spoke an Iranian language.

[edit] Famous Alans

Alan Barnes - writer for Doctor Who.
Alan Bean - fourth man on the moon.
Alan Bennett - British author and actor.
Alan Davies - British comedian and actor in Jonathan Creek.
Alan Silvestri - Academy Award nominated and Grammy Award winning film music composer.
Alan Turing - British mathematician and pioneer computer scientist.

[edit] About Alan

IT	Hello, I.T. , have you tried turning it off and on again? Is it definitely plugged in?

This user is a Geminian.

猴

This user was born in the year of the Monkey.

This user is from Earth.

GMT
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This user's time zone depends on whenever they decide to get up today.

BA	This user has a Bachelor of Arts degree.

[edit] Skills

MCP

This user is a Microsoft Certified Professional.

C	This user can program in C.

c++-2

This user is an intermediate C++ programmer.

JS-1

This user is a beginning JavaScript user.

HTML-2

This user is an intermediate HTML user.

rec-1

This user is a novice recorder player.

bas

This user can program in BASIC.

php

This user can program in PHP.

batch-1

This user is an occasional Batch programmer.

This user contributes using Mozilla Firefox.

f	This user contributes with Fedora.

[edit] Languages

UK	This user uses British English.

BS-n

This user is a native speaker of Bullshit.

1337-1

Th1s us3r is 4bl3 t0 c0ntribut3 with 4 b4si< l3v3l of 1337.

gb-n

Dsh uuzzr ízzzá nããããæætívvv speekrrróv Gbrsh.

dlph-0

This user cannot speak, has considerable difficulty speaking, or does not wish to speak dolphin.

A, B and C

This user prefers not to use the serial comma.

…	This user is addicted to ellipses and has been known to use them indiscriminately....

This alleged user can be said to maintain a policy or other custom of neutrality or other ambiguity-related quality on some or all issues that may be potentially controversial to some alleged people.

[edit] Food

This user drinks milk.

This user eats bananas.

This user DOES like Green Eggs and Ham.

This user enforces a zero tolerance policy against newbie biting.

This user is being held hostage in a fortune cookie factory! Help! Ooooh.. here's a good one! Confucius says you will be held hostage in a fortune cookie factory.

[edit] Personality

PC-0

This user is politically incorrect. Hence, he will speak plainly and directly to the point rather than trip all over himself trying to be inoffensive.