This is the User page of SmegEd, a frequent visitor of the Wikipedia database and contributor since the 7th of July, 2005; though his level in editing is basic (yet increasing). He is the very same SmegEd registered on the French version of Wikipedia and the semi-frequent visitor to Albinoblacksheep and it's IRC, where he is (infrequently) v-op'ed. He has also submitted a certain number of hints and glitches (under his real name) to Gamewinners.com.
His nickname (or at least the longest lasting one) comes from the television show Red Dwarf where "Smeg Head" and other smeg- based insults where used as a form of non-shocking swearing (see here). Now, the main character (Lister) had a strong Liverpool accent and pronounced it Smeg'Ed. Since a certain part of this accentuated word resembles his first name, he adopted it as a general nickname for wherever he has to log in.
He is also the founding member of a non-profit organisation based in the Northwest part of the Tours agglomeration, whose activity is centered upon gathering 4 to all 6 members on afternoons or evenings (for the more special occasions) to play their favourite console, (the Nintendo Gamecube and more recently the Nintendo DS), and generally have a good time. Their official website, managed by SmegEd himself, is back online. His main hobbies, apart from tending to the various activities of his organization (i.e. playing on his Gamecube, alone or in company, and fixing the website) are :
- Computer entertainement and related (image editting, web surfing and IM),
- British comedy (be it Radio or Television), and other comedy in general
- Origami and other aspects of Japanese culture (mainly manga & video games)
- Fantasy literature (notably the Discworld series, the Lord of the Rings and related, Harry Potter)
- Steve Jackson Games and similar (Munchkin, Chez Geek, Elixir (French game) ...)
Most of his edits will concern one of these focuses.
SmegEd 16:18, 7 January 2006 (UTC)