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In general, Axver is easily fascinated by historical, political, and transport topics, and much else besides. He should not be left alone in a secondhand bookshop lest he emerge with too many novels and works of history. Although he tends to favour
Australian and British comedy, his friends are sick
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has stated that "seriously, he knows way too much about setlists. It's almost scary." K. Rhodes has also been known for her defamatory attacks upon Axver; she has assaulted him mercilessly with a banhammer on multiple occasions and published claims that his favourite bands are New Kids On The Block
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online, teenage Axver took it upon himself to expand
Knowledge's coverage. His ultimate goal was to write articles on every single railway line and locomotive class to have existed in New Zealand, and he got pretty close, greatly appreciating it when others started adding articles as well. He viewed
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A younger Axver sought to accomplish a lot on
Knowledge and to help guide his work and establish a clear direction, he created a to-do list of articles he intended to write, or in a few cases, existing articles that he wanted to expand. It is located
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Contrary to popular belief, Axver does not merely create an absurd number of articles on narrow railway topics and thoroughly tiny, overlooked, insignificant towns. He also got an article about the fictitious village "Greendale, Kapiti"
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this as an important contribution to the historical record, as railways have been pivotal in almost all aspects of New
Zealand's history and remain an important part of the nation's infrastructure.
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Axver would also like to make readers aware that with a few obvious exceptions—i.e. the working hyperlinks—the below references exist solely in an alternate reality.
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because he was cool like that. This may seem peculiar as he lost family members in both of New
Zealand's worst railway disasters. Two great-uncles were killed in the
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Axver's
Knowledge contributions mainly relate to New Zealand's railway heritage and its geography. A full list of the articles he has created can be found at
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and a quality live music scene. He remained there until mid-2017, when work commitments took him to the less salubrious city of
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