User: Xania

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I live in China and as such I edit from behind a VPN. I often don't log in as it's often quicker that way.
I will still try to reply to messages occasionally.


en-N This user can read and write at a native level in English.
gv-N Ta Gailck ec yn theay-ymmydee shoh.
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pl-2 Ten użytkownik posługuje się językiem polskim na poziomie średnio zaawansowanym.
es-2 Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel intermedio de español.
et-1 Kasutaja suudab kaastööd teha eesti keeles algaja tasemel.
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Hi, I'm Xania. I've been here at Wikibooks since 2005 (first edits as a registered user were 23 October 2006 though) and presently I'm an administrator and check user here so happy to help with whatever problems you may have.

My specialties are linguistics (Romance, Slavic and Celtic languages and Basque), history, European geography, culture and politics.

I help out here with removing vandalism and spam, checking books for grammar or spelling mistakes, categorizing books, improving Cookbook pages by adding links and metric units and working on several books which I created or have contributed to.


This user has never been further than...
Lake Inari.jpg north Rovaniemi, Finland Rovaniemi, Finland 67°5′49″N 26°7′6″E
south Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina 54°48′50″S 68°18′32″W
west Alberta, Canada Alberta, Canada 53°32′36″N 113°30′14″W
central Greenwich, London, UK Greenwich, United Kingdom 51°28′40″N 0°00′05″W
east Tokyo, Japan Tokyo, Japan 35°46′14″N 140°23′18″E
... and higher than 3776 m on Mount Fuji

Some Wikibooks that I am currently working on:

My Activity on Other Wikis:

I am most active on Wikibooks but you may also find me on these Wiki projects (especially Wikipedia and Wikivoyage English sites and Wikipedia Italian site):

Wikibooks projects:

Wikipedia projects:

Wiktionary projects:

Other Wikimedia projects:

Languages

I am an English language professional with experience teaching the language to native speakers and non-native speakers as well as developing materials for use by other teachers. I speak Italian and Polish to a reasonable degree. I also have a more limited knowledge of French, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Basque, Slovene, Serbian / Croatian, Manx Gaelic, Georgian and Estonian.

My Basic 'Policies' on Wikibooks

I spend a lot of time fighting vandalism on Wikibooks. I am always willing to give people the benefit of the doubt but I have no tolerance for racism, homophobia or edits on a youth-targeted page which would be considered inappropriate.

Contact me

You can often find me on IRC using the username Xania:

  • #wikibooksconnect
  • Alternatively leave me a message on my talk page and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
  • ArchiXpress a website partly created by myself focusing on materials and products for designers and architects.

Useful Links

These are mainly a shortcut for pages that I commonly visit but which take forever to find because of the poor search feature on Wikibooks.

Useful Templates

  • {{Template:WikijuniorEurope}} - Wikijunior Navigation Template
  • {{dewikify}} - Dewikify template for material copied from en.wiki
  • {{SharedIPEDU}} - Template for shared Educational IP addresses
  • {{SharedIP}} - Template for general shared IP addresses
  • {{Recipe summary}} - Recipe summary template for Cookbook pages
  • {{#invoke:temperature|f|400}} - Useful for auto-converting Cookbook temperatures

Edit Warnings

  • {{subst:EditSummary}} - for removing text without using edit summ.
  • {{subst:please learn}} - suggests they read U.W
  • {{subst:Spam}} - concerns inappropriate links
  • {{subst:warn}} - quite strong but final
  • {{subst:please stop}} - rather strong
  • {{subst:blatantvandal}} - very strong
  • {{subst:Use categories}} - use categories on new pages
  • {{subst:blanking}} - blanking
  • {{subst:no thanks|Page|2=--~~~~}} - Copyright warning
  • {{cleanup|reason}}