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Hello and a warm welcome to all my fellow Wikipedians. How nice of you to drop in to see who I am!

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Wikipedia & me:

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How I discovered Wikipedia, I do not remember. But from being a reader I slowly became a contributor. Although I don't work that much on Wikipedia I do see myself as a Wikipedian. I don't go searching on Wikipedia what I can edit next, I edit what I find and want to do. This means I add and mainly improve a lot of small things and only rarely I make large edits.

My work:

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My list of contributions

Articles I've started on Wikipedia:

Images I made for Wikipedia:

Article guide:

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A list of articles worth looking at, if one can find them:

And there's always the Random article


And to all citizens of the European Union, please read this: Oneseat.eu


News

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Notre-Dame de Paris in April
Notre-Dame de Paris in April

Selected anniversaries

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December 8: Rōhatsu in Japan; Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Day in Ethiopia

Metallica
Metallica
More anniversaries:

Did you know...

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Barquq Castle
Barquq Castle
  • ... that the 14th-century Barquq Castle (pictured) was damaged during the Israel–Hamas war?
  • ... that David Hilchen played a key role in the establishment of Renaissance humanism in the area of the present-day Baltic states?
  • ... that Gutidara is played with balls made from water buffalo horns?
  • ... that the 1931 Barcelona rent strike resulted in 18 deaths, dozens of injuries and arrests, and an agreement on the reduction of rents?
  • ... that several local residents mistook the production set of Miss Shampoo for a real shop and entered during filming?
  • ... that a columnist described Bern Shanks as "the most open and accessible state wildlife chief in memory"?
  • ... that Ngiam Tong Dow negotiated Singapore's first and largest purchase of gold from South Africa in 1968 by comparing two halves of a United States one-dollar bill?
  • ... that Tiny Glade was developed by a two-person studio and was the fourth most-played demo on 2024's Steam Next Fest?
  • ... that Chen Qiyou, a would-be assassin, later became part of the Chinese Committee for World Peace?


Today's featured article

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Swift with her Best Female Video trophy for the song
Swift with her Best Female Video trophy for the song

"You Belong with Me" is the third single from Taylor Swift's second studio album Fearless (2008). Big Machine Records released the song to radio on April 20, 2009. Swift and Liz Rose wrote the lyrics, which discuss unrequited love. Swift and Nathan Chapman produced the track, which has a banjo-led country pop production. The song was nominated in three categories at the 2010 Grammy Awards, reached the top 10 on several charts and received certifications in Australia, Canada, Japan, and New Zealand. The song peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100; the RIAA certified it seven-times platinum. Roman White directed the song's music video, which stars Swift in two roles, and won Best Female Video (pictured) at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, where Swift's acceptance was interrupted by Kanye West. Following a dispute about the ownership of Swift's back catalog, she re-recorded the song as "You Belong with Me (Taylor's Version)" for her 2021 album Fearless (Taylor's Version). (Full article...)


Jean Ritchie
Jean Ritchie (December 8, 1922 – June 1, 2015) was an American folk singer and songwriter who was known for playing the Appalachian dulcimer. Born to a family of folk singers in Viper, Kentucky, Ritchie was the youngest of fourteen siblings. As a child, her father Balis barred his children to play the dulcimer, but Ritchie defied his injunction and began playing it in secret. Thus, by the time her father began teaching her how to play, she was already accustomed to the instrument, and he labeled her as a "natural born musician". Ritchie popularized the dulcimer by playing it on many of her albums and writing tutorials, making her ultimately responsible for its revival, and earning her the nickname "Mother of Folk". This 1950 Associated Press photograph shows Ritchie playing the Appalachian dulcimer.Photograph credit: Associated Press