User:Simonm223

Simonm223 is a writer and martial arts enthusiast who practices Hung Gar spiced with some Xingyiquan. He resides in London, Ontario, Canada when not in China. While in China he resides mostly in Shanxi province. He speaks english fluently and conversational mandarin although he can not read Chinese well.
Simonm223 rejects historical determinism but does not feel that this rejection invalidates the largest part of marxist economic theory.

Simonm223 is not Simon Singh though he strongly supports his cause. For the record, Simonm223 is a Canadian he has never even been to the UK. Simonm223 thinks it is very funny that at least one Wikipedian recently mistook him for Simon Singh (aug. 31, 2009) and still hasn't stopped laughing about that.
Simonm223 can be found here for his thoughts on fiction, cooking, whiskey, wikipedia and the other little pleasures of life.
Simonm223 has caused one editor to claim they were permanently quitting wikipedia without violating any wikipedia policy.

This editor supports Sense About Science
in defending author Simon Singh
from a
chiropractic attempt
to chill free speech.

		The Ürümqi Barn"star"
		Thanks for all your work maintaining the article July 2009 Ürümqi riots during its time on the main page. This has been a difficult and thankless task, working at a frenetic pace for 4 days straight so far (I, for one, have been getting very little sleep), and it's only been thanks to coordinated efforts and discussion from numerous editors that the article has been kept as neutral and informative as possible. This is the most collaboration I've done, with the largest number of editors once, since I have joined Wikipedia, and I think the results are showing; while it's not perfect, when my friends and family ask me about what's going on in Urumqi, I have been more comfortable recommending this article than any other source. The work is far from over, but now that this article is off the main page I think it's finally time to thank the editors Seb az86556, Colipon, Jim101, Ohconfucius, Benlisquare, Simonm223, and Jinhuili for all their contributions; while we had disagreements, I think each of these editors has been particularly active and has made real efforts to improve the article.rʨanaɢ talk/contribs 20:08, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

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