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This user is a steward. (verify) This user is an administrator on Meta-Wiki. (verify) This user is an administrator on English Wikivoyage. (verify) This user is a bureaucrat on English Wikivoyage. (verify) This user is a checkuser on English Wikivoyage. (verify) This user is a Wikibooks administrator (English) (verify). This user has file mover rights on Wikimedia Commons. (verify) 215,000+This user has made over 215,000 contributions to Wikimedia projects .

SHB

Quick points

• Any pronouns fine. :)
• Timezone: UTC+10 (Apr–Sept); UTC+11 (Oct–Mar)
• Languages: en, fr-1
• Active wikis:
  • English Wikivoyage (primary),
  • Meta-Wiki (secondary);
  • Wikimedia Commons (tertiary);
  • English Wikibooks (quatinary).
• Location: New South Wales (Australia).

About me

Hello there. I'm SHB, a steward and Mesomedian from the English Wikivoyage, where I am a sysop, bureaucrat and checkuser. I'm also active on Wikimedia Commons, the English Wikibooks and on Meta (the latter two of which I'm also a sysop on). I am significantly involved in the sphere of cross-wiki anti-vandalism, anti-spam and maintenance, particularly on small wikis that lack sysops (primarily handling speedy deletion requests).

I do many things, but I'm very passionate about travel: specifically nature (particularly cold places), rail travel and any other means of overland travel. Most cities also interest me (and directly relates to my real-life profession), particularly those with old and charming historic cores – and those designed to support a good festive market, sign me up immediately. I won't say no to amazing cold places, such as Austria, New Zealand or the Canadian Rockies, and never no to a good fjord or snow-capped mountain (hiking in these places never gets old). Nonetheless, I do enjoy visiting all types of places (even warm tropical places or hot deserts): over 20 countries visited so far, plenty more of the world to explore, and life is too short not to experience many of the world's wonderful places.

Perhaps most notably so far, I've created 10 per cent of park articles on the English Wikivoyage and a little over 1 per cent of total articles over there.

Contact

You can contact me via my talk page or email (for autoconfirmed users). Those who know how to contact me via Discord may also contact me there. I don't usually use IRC as I find it too dated; however, if you need me, my nick is SHB2000.

Essays

I've written a few essays on Meta.

• But they aren't disruptive on my wiki
• Leave me alone
• Synthetic nominations
• The failures of SecurePoll for U4C elections

Quick travel trivia

Travel extremities

Record	Place
Northernmost	Tromsø
Southernmost	Lumsden
Easternmost	Auckland
Westernmost	Point Reyes National Seashore
Highest point	Tioga Pass, Yosemite National Park or Westland Tai Poutini National Park (>3000 m)
Lowest point (excluding undersea tunnels)	Badwater Basin, Death Valley National Park (-87 m / -285 ft)
Hottest temperature	Baker (California) (49°C / 120°F)
Coldest temperature	Berlin or Poznan (-9°C / 15°F)
Fastest overland	Between Lleida and Zaragoza (321 km/h / 199 mph)

Longest rail journeys

Route	Distance	Time (with delays)
Brisbane XPT	987 km	15 hours
Melbourne XPT	953 km	10.6 hours
Griffith–Sydney	644 km	8.5 hours
Barcelona–Madrid AVE	628 km	3.3 hours
München–Berlin	619 km	4 hours
Sydney–Armidale	573 km	8 hours
Paris–London Eurostar	492 km	2.3 hours
Hamburg–Amsterdam	490 km	5.5 hours
Wien–München Railjet	462 km	4 hours
Sydney–Canberra	318 km	4.5 hours
Brussels–Paris Eurostar	313 km	1.4 hours

Only journeys over 300 km included here