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This user lives in the United States of America.

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This Wikipedian joined Wikipedia on November 6, 2008 (15 years, 6 months, 1 week and 2 days ago).

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Wiki whatever...

The resist hivethink badge. I decided to gratuitously award myself because I, "... you know... resist hivethink."

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Nemo

Switzerland, represented by Nemo (pictured) with "The Code", wins the Eurovision Song Contest.
A series of solar storms impact Earth, creating aurorae seen farther from the poles than usual.
Former prime minister of Fiji Frank Bainimarama is sentenced to one year in prison for attempting to pervert the course of justice.
Mahamat Déby is declared the winner of the Chadian presidential election.
Flooding in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, leaves more than 140 people dead and at least 130 others missing.

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May 15: Feast day of Saint Carthage (Catholicism); Nakba Day in Palestinian communities

Statue of Valentinian II

392 – Roman emperor Valentinian II (pictured) was found hanged in his residence in Vienne, in present-day France.
1855 – Thieves stole 224 pounds (102 kg) of gold from a train travelling from London to Folkestone, England.
1864 – American Civil War: A small Confederate force, which included cadets from the Virginia Military Institute, forced the Union Army out of the Shenandoah Valley.
1904 – Russo-Japanese War: The Japanese battleships Hatsuse and Yashima sank after striking several mines off Port Arthur, China.
1916 – Jesse Washington, a teenage African-American farmhand, was lynched in Waco, Texas.

Hilary of Galeata (d. 558)
Emily Dickinson (d. 1886)
K. M. Cariappa (d. 1993)

More anniversaries:

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Erik Sparre

... that Erik Sparre (pictured) is known as "the father of Swedish constitutional law"?
... that writer and artist Jim Steranko was given authorship of "The Strange Death of Captain America" in part to resolve a dispute between himself and Stan Lee?
... that Jan Klán, as a pilot in the Groupe de Chasse II/5, became the first Czech to achieve an aerial victory against the Luftwaffe while flying the Hawk 75?
... that as part of illegal wildlife trading, Oophaga solanensis frogs are bought for $3 in their native Colombia and sold for up to $1,000 overseas?
... that before becoming a voice actor, Kikunosuke Toya was the keyboardist of an all-male Princess Princess cover band in high school?
... that the U.S. state of Oklahoma was not allowed to ban Sharia law?
... that Triton, a moon of Neptune, has thin clouds that are likely made of nitrogen ice crystals?
... that Jake Bates's first in-game field goal was the second-longest in professional football history?
... that all sea lions in Otago descend from Mum?

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Commons picture of the day

The title of this stained glass window translates as "Pattern for Married Couples". Located in Pfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt (Nesselwängle, Austria), it depicts two saints who were a married couple, Maria Torribia and Isidore the Farmer. Today is their feast day.

Picture of the day

The sword-billed hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) is a neotropical species of hummingbird from the Andean regions of South America. Among the largest species of hummingbird, it is characterized by its unusually long beak, being the only bird to have a beak longer than the rest of its body, excluding the tail. It uses this to drink nectar from flowers with long corollas and has coevolved with the plant Passiflora mixta. While most hummingbirds preen using their beaks, the sword-billed hummingbird uses its feet to scratch and preen due to its beak being so long.Photograph credit: Andy Morffew

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Registered Editor

The Novice lv 4, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 2 months 15 days and completion of 800 edits

The Apprentice lv 4, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 5 months 8 days and completion of 1,750 edits

The Journeyman lv 4, Awarded for being a Registered Editor for 10 months 15 days and completion of 3,500 edits

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Mars can be seen next to Earth.
At first I thought it was aurora borealis, but it's actually our Sun brimming with solar activity.
Mars moonbase movie-set for Phobos in upcoming Doom film. Gotcha! It's the Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station.
Hubble deep starfield 10,000 galaxies.
James Webb deep starfield.
Neptune wide field with galaxies.
Sombrero galaxy.
And here we always thought a black hole was an invisible orb floating in space that would vacuum us into another dimension or wormhole us to another galaxy. Thanks Hollywood...
Eye of God.
Infrared Eye of God.
Pillars of creation, but I like to call it the claw of destiny...
Flying Bat and Squid nebulae.
Click the image to enlarge, then use keyboard arrows to switch back and forth between this image and the next one to turn the lights "off and on". The resulting details and effect are amazing. You're welcome. Enjoy...
Still frame from upcoming Star Trek film depicting disruptor fire from Klingon warbird to Federation outpost. The bunker glows red-hot just before it explodes. Gotcha again! You're so gullible! It's actually lasers from Starfire Optical Range.
ISS as it appeared from Discovery (2005)
ISS as it appeared from Atlantis (2011)
Untethered EVA from Challenger using hand operated nitrogen jets.
Kittinger and Baumgartner's world record Space Jumps.
Crookes radiometer with vanes sealed in partial vacuum that react to a light source.
The filament (normally protected in a vacuum of inert gas) has been exposed to oxygenated air by a breach in the bulb allowing it to burn up when turned on.
The knight's chessboard tour
3 suns of Tatooine as seen in the new Star Wars TV series. Fooled ya again! Tatooine has only 2 suns. This is an atmospheric optical illusion.
Now I know why they call them "hooters". Look at that "owl face". lol
A predecessor from the late 40's to this popular photo style. Thanks copycats. Copy culture evolves...
This is here to remind me I found out art is more interesting than I thought when I happened to notice the author had painted her since early youth, and it was a somewhat common practice to do so. Seeing the development of these ladies portrayed by these artists reminds me of popular age progression videos. The evolution of copy culture is here...
Put Googly eyes on anything to make it come alive!
IDK why, but this reminds me of vampire flicks. Life imitates art, and copy culture is born...
The double-neck guitar been around much longer than we thought...
So, Kim Kardashian copied the 1800's? Thanks public domain. Copy culture evolves...
Titanic grand staircase.
But, that bulb horn and handbrake tho...
Outdoor street urinals (1865).
Legend has it a chess champion noticed the distraught mortal is only one move away from winning in spite of the smirky devil holding many more pieces.
Just because I'm a fan of anything related to Hannibal Lecter.
The file name translates to Swamp-Smiley in English.
Hand painting circa early 2000's on entrance to primitive communal public toilets. This penis shaped figure and other overtly sexual depictions of female genitalia were frequently displayed in this manner during the period. It was a barbaric and hedonistic age so it is believed the paintings may be representations or symbols of the many gods they worshipped which might have included phallic and fertility god worship. It is also believed the privacy features built into the public lavatory may have been included so patrons could also use the time as a private place of reflection or prayer to these gods as they paid tribute to them with their devotional paintings in a sacred ritual known as the Bathroom Graffiti.{{cetacean needed}}

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Editor Formatter Communicator Copyeditor Neutrality Collaborator Researcher Verifiability Sourcer Advisor Civility Citer WikiLinker Illustrator Adventurer TWA guide Thank you to Heatherawalls for providing these wonderful graphics for The Wikipedia Adventure! Huggums537 (talk) 03:48, 23 July 2021 (UTC)

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"Sometimes I'll see a psychotic Wiki comment, but then I'll click [Publish] anyway..." - Huggums537

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This user finds copyright paranoia disruptive.

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Contribute, let go

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This user prefers making userboxes to arguing with other editors.

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Everyone has points of view with inherent cultural biases - recognition is the first step to achieving NPOV.

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~~ain't~~

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"There's" with a plural subject

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they're

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you're

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which
that

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"…"!
~~US vs. UK~~

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This user built their own PC.

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User:MorbidEntree/ubx/vpn

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This user relives the good old days with DOSBox.

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This user is using a variety of web browsers, all of them being EVIL!!

This user enjoys an ad-free internet thanks to Adblock Plus.

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This user does
OCR with Tesseract.

Roses are #FF0000, Violets are #0000FF, If you understood that, Then you're a nerd too!

This user thinks "there
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This user really likes old computers.

This user is interested in retrocomputing.

This user still remembers these.

BBS

This user knows what a BBS is and has accessed them by phone line.

F@H

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This user is crunching numbers using BOINC.

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This user is an autodidact in a wide range of subjects that they never took in school or college.

This user considers themselves self-educated.

My Intelligence quotient is 130. WOW! Thats very high compared to my friend, Albert Einstein.

IQ

This user thinks that IQ tests are overrated.

X

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This user is a Northern Yankee by birth, but Southern by choice!

This user may be a bit eccentric, but is definitely not demented.

This user is an Internet addict
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This user supports medical cannabis

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This user doesn't use drugs.

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CPR

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This user is certified in first aid.

This user is certified to use an automated external defibrillator (AED).

This user can make The Spinning Dancer turn both ways.

This user is a lucid dreamer.

This user is straight, but not narrow.

they
them

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This user donates plasma.

This user has arranged for organ donation; have you?

Live after death

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This user supports stem cell research.

This user has been vaccinated against COVID-19.

This user has Cataracts.

This user has astigmatism.

This user has migraines.

This Wikipedian remembers
DGG.

This Wikipedian remembers
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This Wikipedian remembers
SlimVirgin.

This Wikipedian remembers
Anthony Appleyard.

This Wikipedian remembers
Shock Brigade Harvester Boris.

This Wikipedian remembers
AaronSw.

This Wikipedian remembers
Rebert.

This Wikipedian remembers
JPatrickBedell.

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This user supports citizen journalism and activism of our rights with First Amendment audits.

This user supports the American policies of fair use and threshold of originality.

This user believes in freedom of all types of information for all.

This user supports
alternative media.

This user reserves the right to question authority.

This user doesn't believe in the ownership of culture and knowledge but is nonetheless opposed to plagiarism.

This user believes copyright laws are harmful and that RE, sharing and modifying are inalienable rights.

This user is against DRM.

This user respects copyright, but sometimes it can be a major pain.

This user supports the de-criminalisation of illegal downloading.

This user is an advocate of open research and open access.

This user knows that a right not to be offended is fundamentally incompatible with freedom of speech.

P2P

This user uses P2P file-sharing services unashamedly.

This user supports The Pirate Bay.

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This user is a hacker, or identifies with and promotes the hacker ethic.

This user is not a lawyer. They are not admitted to practice in any jurisdiction, and nothing that they write is legal advice.

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This user has visited 48 of the 50 United States.

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This user is a video editor.

This user works in Technical Support.

This user is employed as a Professional Truck Driver

This user plays chess.

^{This user plays} DooM

This user is interested in Bitcoin and cryptocurrency.

This user has seen 5 of the eight planets either through a telescope or naked-eye.

5

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8

This user is supportive of the new definition of planet.

This user knows how to spot the ISS from earth.

This user explores the universe with Celestia.

This user views the night skies with Stellarium.

This user is interested in Fossils.

This user understands the difference between evolution and abiogenesis.

This user knows that birds are dinosaurs.

This user digs permaculture.

This user knows that genetically modified food has saved over a billion lives, and that all agriculture is "genetic modification", what we do today is just faster.

This user supports sustainable living and protection of the
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and believes that world leaders need to take action.

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This user uses ProtonMail to check their mail.

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This user keeps a weblog at Blogger as The Piracy Channel.

This user has a channel on YouTube.

This user has a
Twitter account.

This user buys and sells on eBay.

This user is a DeviantArt deviant.

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This user has a Facebook profile.

T.V. and filmio:

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This user enjoys watching
IPTV

This user watches NOVA.

Just one more thing...

The People's Court

"Don't take the law into your own hands. Take them to court." - Doug Llewelyn

The People's Court

"Say it, forget it; write it, regret it." - Marilyn Milian

This user never pees on Judge Judy's leg and tells her it's raining.

This user is a fan of Babylon 5.

This user is a fan of Lexx.

documentary

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BOTH

This user likes both Star Trek and Star Wars and is frustrated when told that's not allowed.

This user watched c-beams glitter in the dark near
the Tannhäuser Gate

This mission is too important for this user to allow you to jeopardize it.

This user is a big fan of The Matrix Series

V

This user remembers, remembers, the fifth of November.

Predestination

Would you kill the man who ruined your life?

Demolition Man

This user knows you have to send a maniac to catch a maniac!

The Fifth Element

This user has multipass!

300

There's no reason this user can't be civil.

12

This user is looking for the Army of the Twelve Monkeys

This user will be back.

This user puts the lotion on its skin.

BB	This user is on a mission from God.

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This user just doesn't get it.

Go slowly insane as you sit and stare...

For some reason this user always chooses the lift that doesn't want to go anywhere.

This user no longer requires hardware to login to the WikiMatrix.

You just lost The Game.

This user wishes you all to stay cool when the editing gets hot.

This user tried to do the right thing and believed in good faith but got disillusioned and started to believe in bad faith. If this user has become paranoid, please let this user know.

This user thinks they might have too many userboxes. Oh well...

This user would like to know how you can ever find time if you don't make time.

	This user enjoys his/her privacy.

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the Moon

2nd quarter, 51%

Quote of the Week

“

If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.

”

— Fred Rogers

“

God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change,
the courage to change the things I can,
and the wisdom to know the difference.

~ Reinhold Niebuhr ~

”

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Transclusion – also called "inclusion", and accomplished by using {{Template Name}}
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Substitution is the preferred method for long-term, permanent notices because it is less confusing, and it even helps to lighten the load on the database. Substitution has the further advantage in that a template's content may be de-linked from any associated category or slightly modified to suit the circumstances, such as when the template is used on a talk page. Transclusion is preferred for displaying material that is normally updated, that way, all the places it appears are updated in a single operation.

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