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Hi Everyone! My name is Benn. I've seen three decades on this earth, but lived nearly two. I am from Weymouth in Dorset, in the United Kingdom. Some people know me by my old username of "Bennelliott", which was chosen because my middle name is Elliott. Yes my name does have two Ns, and two Ls and Ts - because I'm special. I am at college perusing - and pursuing - amongst other subjects, the various intricacies of the French Language.

I am a native speaker of British English, et je peux contribuer avec un niveau intermédiaire de français . I am an advanced (D/X)HTML and CSS user, though much of my wikiHow browsing involves discovering grammar and spelling mistakes (which I usually rectify), copy-editing, patrolling recent changes, New Article Boost, and adding new content when I feel that I know what I am talking about. I mainly contribute to wikiHows in the LGBT, Life, Being, Social Interactions and Relationships categories, and create and fix Templates. Me and D-rae started the wikiProject LGBT; and, with help from her, who is one of the leaders of Behaviour Saviours project, we are on our way to improving all the articles in that category. My favourite articles that I have contributed a lot to are: How to Come Out As Gay or Lesbian How to Not Care What People Think How to Know if You Are Gay How to Understand Gay and Lesbian People How to Accept That You Are Gay How to Talk with a Gay or Lesbian Person How to Know the Difference Between LGBT etc... How to Date a Bisexual Person and How to Learn HTML.

I really enjoyed contributing to those articles, and I'm very proud of them. I also answered a request for this article. I reached my 500^th edit on the 26^th of August 2007, my 1000^th edit on the 7^th of December 2007, my 1500^th edit on the 13^th of December 2007, and my 2000^th edit on the 28^th of December 2007. As of right now, my Patrol Count is 5,414.

Kind wikiHow Contributor
I take great pleasure in awarding Benn with the Kindness Barnstar. You are always a cheerful, polite, sweet presence on wikiHow, and you have not gone unnoticed. Whenever anyone comes at you with a problem, you never turn them down. When faced with an unpleasant person, you stay sweet. You, my dear, are one of wikiHow's greatest.

I am a very honest and open guy; I am gay, and tend to be very easy to get along with, but I don't really like it when people act selfishly or bigoted, or in a typically childish way. I don't tend to turn people down when they ask about something unless it's going to be impractical or it's just silly. I don't really like it when people call someone an idiot because they have a different opinion to themselves.

I suppose I am a very real person, and I am very comfortable with the person that I am. I have no problem showing people the person that I am, flaws and all. I suppose there couldn't really be any other way to treat your life because it's way too stressful to live inauthentically.

I like most kinds of music, but I'm much more of a fan of music that has a guitar, piano, a good beat, makes me want to dance, and/or has decent lyrics, or is calming, mellow, or suits the mood that I am in. I like hard rock, soft rock, acoustic, alternative rock, oldies, floorfillers, trance, techno, mood, chillout, world, romance, dance, blues, pop, everything except much of the rap or RnB types of music. As an ideal future career, I would like to be a primary teacher, and I'd love to learn to fly.

Favourite Singers/bands:
ABBA, All-American Rejects, Amy MacDonald, Annie Lennox, Arch Enemy, Arctic Monkeys, Avril Lavigne, The Beatles, Black Sabbath, Blondie, Blur, Bon Jovi, Bryan Adams, The Cardigans, Celine Dion, Cute is What We Aim For, The Darkness, Don MacLean, Dragonforce, Elliot Minor, ELO, Fall Out Boy, Feeder, Fountians of Wayne, Franz Ferdinand, The Fratellis, Funeral for a Friend, Kelly Clarkson, The Killers, Lenny Kravitz, Lost Prophets, Meat Loaf, Metallica, Michael Jackson, Michelle Branch, Mika, Natasha Bedingfield, New Found Glory, Newton Faulkner, No Doubt, Norah Jones, Panic At the Disco, Paul Simon and Art Garfunkle, Phil Collins, Pink, The Pink Spiders, The Police, Regina Spektor, Sandi Thom, Sara Bareilles, Toni Braxton, Queen, Razorlight, Richard Marx, Scissor Sisters, Stereophonics, Vanessa Carlton, Whitesnake… etc…

wikiBeauty Award

A salute to the random acts of beauty Benn has contributed to wikiHow. These contibutions are noticed and appreciated more than you may recognize. Thanks for making our shared dream of the universal how-to manual possible. SudoKing 16:07, 8 December 2007 (GMT)

Template Upholder

You've really made a difference with your work on wikiHow's templates. You've made major improvements to existing ones, fixed some glitches, and you've even created a few of your own. Way to go, Benn!

"I got it!" Award

Benn got it and passed along important new-found knowledge to another user! Understanding the ins-and-outs of wikiHow is important in making valuable contributions. This user was witnessed by another user grasping a concept, and passing along that information and understanding to another user.

Kind wikiHow Contributor

Benn, you are so kind to everyone on wikiHow. It is with great honour that I award you this barnstar. You've assisted sooo many wikiHowians, new and old, and your work does not go unnoticed. You're so polite and friendly to everyone here on wikiHow. We love having you here on wikiHow, and we hope to have you here a lot longer! :D - Chicablog

wikiHow Barnstar

wikiHow awards this barnstar to Benn Harrison For Improving wikiHow's LGBT Category December 2007

This author is a page designer and is happy to personalise any of your pages. This author is revolutionising LGBT articles through wikiProject LGBT, and encourages you to help. This author has written and/or contributed a lot to one or more article(s) in the LGBT category. BSP This author is revolutionising teen culture through the Behaviour Saviours project and encourages you to help. This author is a member of the wikiHow Help Team. This author can be contacted through E-mail. 5,414 This author has patrolled 5,414 edits. This author is a member of the Welcome Team.

Knight of the RC Congratulations! You have been ordained as a Knight of the RC for your tireless contributions and vigilance on behalf of wikiHow. Rise and go forth valiantly.

Clapping in appreciation of all the many articles that you improved, tagged and/or patrolled. Each of your many great efforts in various areas moves wikiHow up one more rung in the ladder towards becoming the largest how to in the world. Great having you aboard! Sondra C 18:10, 9 November 2007 (GMT)