So, you have reached my user page. Whether you stumbled across it or happened upon here with purpose, I am the creator and administrator of this site and I am here to help out if anyone runs into issues. This area is where I tend to add stuff to help me work on different aspects of the site, mainly because I forget things that might be useful. So it is here where I come back to, making notes and adding links to other pages and templates.
I am not a photographer, at least not in the professional sense, but I do enjoy taking photos, primarily of landscapes. I use the Sony RX10 bridge camera and my iPhone 12 Pro. A lot of the photos on this site have been taken with my iPhone, simply because for the size, it carries a fair bit of power. It will never compare to a dSLR, especially a full-frame dSLR, but for simple shots they are great, which is why it always comes in handy when out walking in the countryside without the bulkier camera.
There is a lot of photographic snobbery out there, which doesn't sit well here. If you enjoy taking photos, it shouldn't matter what tools you use. I have taken some fairly decent silky smooth waterfall photos with just my iPhone and small tripod. Zoom in and yes, the quality isn't top notch but I can still enlarge the pictures to full-size on my Mac and they look pretty good.
Using my photos
If you would to you any of my photos, you are welcome to providing you give proper attribution ― Please read this first.
My sub-pages here
- User:Borderman/Example article headings
- User:Borderman/Example calendar
- User:Borderman/Example file page
- User:Borderman/Example flex boxes
- User:Borderman/Example flex boxes 2
- User:Borderman/Example maps
- User:Borderman/Example page
- User:Borderman/Licence notification
- User:Borderman/On this day
- User:Borderman/OS grid count
- User:Borderman/Talk header
- User:Borderman/Templates I use
- User:Borderman/Upload signature
- User:Borderman/Using my photos
Templates I use regularly
The following templates are used on a regular basis through the site. These are seen primarily on article pages that require the use of infoboxes, mapping, internal and external links, references, and various types of formatting to enhance the body of text, plus many more. Most of these simple template have been created by myself. There may be some templates copied from other wikis with the same Creative Commons licence.
| Template name | Template description | |
|---|---|---|
| INFOBOX TEMPLATES ↓ | ||
| Template:Infobox settlements (old version) | ||
| Template:Infobox lakes (old version) | ||
| Template:Infobox tarns (old version) | ||
| Template:Infobox rivers | ||
| Template:Infobox fells (old version) | ||
| Template:Infobox valleys | ||
| Template:Infobox parks (old version) | ||
| Template:Infobox waterfalls (old version) | ||
| FORMATTING TEMPLATES ↓ | ||
| Template:Center | For centring text | |
| Template:Right | For right-aligning text | |
| Template:xx-smaller | Text at 58% original size | |
| Template:x-smaller | Text 69% original size | |
| Template:smaller | Text 83% original size | |
| Template:fine | Text 92% original size | |
| Template:Larger | Text 120% original size | |
| Template:x-larger | Text 144% original size | |
| Template:xx-larger | Text 182% original size | |
| Template:xxx-larger | Text 207% original size | |
| Template:xxxx-larger | Text 249% original size | |
| Template:X-larger | Making text even larger | |
| COORDINATE TEMPLATES ↓ | ||
| Template:Osm | For creating a clickable latitude and longitude link to Open Street Map | |
| Template:Osm2 | For creating a clickable latitude and longitude link to Open Street Map | |
| Template:Location | For adding decimal degree, National Grid and what3words coordinates in collapsible box | |
| Category:Compass direction templates | Set of 16 templates for compass directions used on image pages | |
| WIKI LINK TEMPLATES ↓ | ||
| Template:W1 | For linking to Wikipedia articles | |
| Template:W2 | For linking to Wikipedia articles when I want the text to appear differently to the original article | |
| NOTE / MESSAGE TEMPLATES ↓ | ||
| Template:Inaccurate gps | Note about incorrect gps metadata being adjusted | |
| Template:Note | For creating editorial notices (with a hover-over element) intended for editorial purposes | |
| Template:Hatnote | For creating simple editorial notices intended for editorial purposes | |
| Template:Improve article | Simple pre-defined note about helping to improve article | |
| Template:Limited info | Simple pre-defined note about helping to improve article because of limited information | |
| FILE UPLOAD TEMPLATES ↓ | ||
| Template:File details | The main template to be used when uploading photos. | |
| Template:Historic map details | To be used specifically for uploading historic / old maps. | |
| REFERENCE TEMPLATES ↓ | ||
| Template:Reflist | For populating references in article pages | |
| Template:Blair-2002 | Exploring Lakeland Waterfalls (Don Blair) | |
| Template:Blair-2003 | Exploring Lakeland Tarns (Don Blair) | |
| Template:Collingwood-1904 | ||
| Template:Cooper-1960 | The Tarns of Lakeland (William Heaton Cooper) | |
| Template:Gambles | Lake District Place-Names (Robert Gambles) | |
| Template:Martineau-1855 | Complete Guide to the English Lakes (Harriet Martineau) | |
| Template:Otley-1834 | A Concise Description of the English Lakes and Adjacent Mountains (Jonathon Otley) | |
| Template:Smith-lakes | The Big Lakes of Lakeland (Alan Smith) | |
| Template:Smith-tarns | The Smaller Lakes and Tarns of Lakeland (Alan Smith) | |
| Thompson-1904 | The English Lakes: A History (Ian Thompson) | |
| Template:Whaley | A Dictionary of Lake District Place-Names (Diana Whaley) | |
| Template:Wordsworth-1835 | ||
Links to websites I use
- Ordnance Survey explore maps – Used for National Grid reference numbers
- UK Grid Reference Finder – Very handy for getting latitude / longitude / what3words / OS National Grid references.
- Lake District National Park website – Fairly self-explanatory
- National Trust Heritage Records Online – Archaeological records of National Trust properties and land
- Online Etymology Dictionary – Great for researching the history of words
- Anglo-Saxon Dictionary – For researching Old English words
- Middle English Dictionary – For researching works from Middle Ages period
- Old Norse Dictionary – Useful for researching Old Norse words and their meanings for etymology sections
- Wiktionary – For researching a variety of Old Norse and Old English words and their meanings