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November, 2024, and the
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About Me
editMy name is CJMoss, and I am a teacher, mainly ofEnglish,but alsoFrench.My home base is currentlyBolton, Ontario,although I wind up ininterestingpartsof the world now and again in connection with my work teaching English.
One of the great joys in my life is travelling. I have been to fivecontinents–AntarcticaandSouth Americaare the only ones I haven't visited yet. I've also been to what some geographers regard as a mostly sunken continent calledZealandia,although I stuck mostly to the parts that are still high and dry. I even spent ten years living inChina,but oddly, I picked up very littleChinese.
My other interests include, as some may have discerned from my contributions,languages,geography,railways(mergingCouplerandCoupling (railway)was fun!),photography(many of the photos I've contributed are my own), offbeathumouras exemplified by (you guessed it)Monty Python,andpolitics.
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Username
editThe username? That's my Chinese name, kha lý tư (Kē Lǐsī), which I needed once for a bank account in China. The bank's system couldn't handle foreign names. The first syllable is a common Chinese surname which I was told had no particular meaning (although one dictionary that I looked in said it meant "axe helve" ), and the two-syllable "given name" means "logical thought". It was not my own choice, by the way.
I also discovered at one job that I had a Chinese nickname among the Chinese staff at my school. It was râu xồm (Dà Húzi), which means "Big Beard". I only found out about it when a Chinese colleague sent me an email with this as my surname in the "To" line. She obviously had my name like that in her address book.
Work
editI am looking forward to another overseas assignment.
Nationality
editI ought to mention that I am.........
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A few photographs
editHere are a few pictures that I've contributed to Wikipedia. These are all my own work:
German translations
editI have translated a good number of articles fromGermanaboutresistancefighters inNazi Germany,and others who were unfortunate enough to incur theNazis' wrath.
I have furthermore created or expanded articles abouteverymunicipality in each of the following German districts (Kreise):
- Alzey-Worms(Rhineland-Palatinate)
- Aschaffenburg(Bavaria)
- Aue-Schwarzenberg(Saxony)
- Bad Dürkheim(Rhineland-Palatinate)
- Bamberg(Bavaria)
- Bernkastel-Wittlich(Rhineland-Palatinate)
- Birkenfeld(Rhineland-Palatinate)
- Cochem-Zell(Rhineland-Palatinate)
- Ebersberg(Bavaria)
- Grafschaft Bentheim(Lower Saxony)
- Groß-Gerau(Hesse)
- Hersfeld-Rotenburg(Hesse)
- Hochtaunuskreis(Hesse)
- Höxter(North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Kreis Bergstraße(Hesse)
- Kusel* (Rhineland-Palatinate)
- Lahn-Dill-Kreis(Hesse)
- Limburg-Weilburg(Hesse)
- Main-Spessart(Bavaria)
- Mainz-Bingen(Rhineland-Palatinate)
- Marburg-Biedenkopf(Hesse)
- Miltenberg(Bavaria)
- Odenwaldkreis(Hesse)
- Offenbach(Hesse)
- Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis(Rhineland-Palatinate)
- Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis(Hesse)
- Schwalm-Eder-Kreis(Hesse)
- Siegen-Wittgenstein(North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Vogelsbergkreis(Hesse)
- Vulkaneifel(Rhineland-Palatinate)
- Waldeck-Frankenberg(Hesse)
- Werra-Meißner-Kreis(Hesse)
- Westerwaldkreis(Rhineland-Palatinate)
- Wittenberg(Saxony-Anhalt)
"Westerwaldkreis" contained 209 articles.
The one marked with an asterisk (*) is the most recent addition to the list.
I have also expanded or created articles for individual towns here and there, such asFlensburg,Bobingen,Bergen auf Rügen,Gelsenkirchen(major expansion from theGerman article) andForchheim(once again translated mainly from theGerman article).
TheRothaargebirge,Nuremberg U-Bahn,Westerwald,OdenwaldandKellerwaldarticles are mine, too. All are the result of translations from theGerman Wikipedia.Moreover,Friedrich Kittler,while a person rather than a place, and theBombing of Braunschweig in World War II,an event, have claimed their rightful places here in the English Wikipedia thanks to my translating skills.
If you are intotranslationbetweenEnglishandGerman(either way),Frenchand German,Spanishand German,Italianand German,Chineseand German orRussianand German I wholeheartedly recommend this link:
Its worst shortcoming, however, is that it cannot deconstruct those long German agglutinations like Lebensversicherungsgesellschaftsbeamtenvereinigungsführungssondergespräch, a reasonably common word (6000+ hits on Google) that I'm sure every German says at least four or five times a week – those with biglungs,anyway. Seriously, though, compounds must sometimes be broken down into their constituent elements and run through the dictionary separately. You then have to work out their combined meaning.
German places whose names are also German verbs
editYes, Germany has several places with this distinction, likely more than I've listed here (these are only incorporated centres). Come to that, it has at least one place whose name is a German preposition. This isOhne,in case you're interested, whose name means "Without". Now, here are the verb-towns, complete with their translations:
- Bergen— “to rescue, recover”
- Buchen— “to book”
- Clingen— “to sound” (although admittedly this is an archaic spelling)
- Erlangen— “to achieve, attain”
- Essen— “to eat”
- Gehren— “to bevel”
- Gießen— “to pour, cast”
- Langen— “to be sufficient”
- Langen— (same)
- Laufen— “to walk”
- Leimen— “to glue, cement”
- Lenzen— “to bail, pump out”
- Mengen— “to mingle”
- Regen— “to bestir”
- Senden— “to send” (surprise!)
- Siegen— “to be victorious, win”
- Simmern— “to simmer” (surprise again!)
- Singen— “to sing” (bet you couldn’t guess)
- Süßen— “to sweeten”
- Weiden— “to graze, browse”
- Werben— “to advertise”
- Wissen— “to know”
German places with remarkably silly names
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Quite a number of places in Germany have names that mean something quite incongruous, interesting, or just plain weird. Here is a list of some of them. Feel free to choose your favourites:
- Aalen— name means “to eels”
- Altensteig— could be taken to mean “old men's hill climbing”
- Aschersleben— name means “ashtray’s life”
- Auen— name means “floodplains”
- Bad Lauterberg— second word in name means “louder mountain”
- Bad Schmiedeberg— second word in name means “smith mountain”
- Bad Staffelstein— second word in name means “squadron stone”
- Bad Wildbad— name means “bath wild bath”
- Bad Windsheim— second word in name means “wind’s home”
- Baden-Baden— name means “bathe bathe”
- Barby— Do they have Ken dolls there, too?
- Barth— pronounced exactly like the German word for “beard”
- Becherbach— name means “beaker brook”
- Bergen auf Rügen— could be taken to mean “to mountains on reprimands”
- Borken— name means “tree barks”
- Borken— likewise
- Braunlage— name means “brown location”
- Bühl— name means “volcanic chimney”
- Burgwedel— name means “castle frond”
- Celle— pronounced exactly like the German word for “cell” (various senses)
- Darmstadt— name means “gut town”
- Daxweiler— Everyone here hosts a sluglike symbiont; pronounced exactly like the German word for “badger hamlet”
- Dinkelsbühl— name means “spelt’s volcanic chimney”
- Dortmund— name means “there mouth”
- Ebern— name means “to boars”
- Eckernförde— name means “beechnut fjord”
- Egeln— name means “to leeches”
- Eibenstock— name means “yew pole”
- Eisenhüttenstadt— name means “ironworks town”; those East German bureaucrats were as imaginative as those from any country, I guess (founded in 1950, originally “Stalinstadt” ).
- Eisleben— name means “ice life”
- Eiterfeld— name means “pus field"
- Engen— could be taken to mean “narrow people”
- Enger— name means “narrower”
- Eppingen— Isn’t there a place near London with a very similar name?
- Erbendorf— name means “heir’s village”
- Feuchtwangen— name means “moist cheeks”
- Frauenstein— name means “woman’s stone”
- Frechen— name means “impudent ones”
- Freudenstadt— name means “joy town”
- Frohburg— name means “merry castle”
- Furtwangen— name means “ford cheeks”
- Gaildorf— first syllable is pronounced exactly like the German word for “horny”
- Geilenkirchen— name means “to horny churches”
- Geldern— name means “to monies”
- Gelsenkirchen— name means “gnat’s churches”, although I’m cheating a bit here, asGelseis an Austrian word
- Glückstadt— name means “luck town”
- Haan— pronounced exactly like the German word for “cock” (?! Excuse me; I mean “rooster”, of course)
- Hackenheim— name means “hoe home”
- Haltern am See— could be taken to mean “to owners on the lake”
- Hammelburg— name means “mutton castle”; I wonder if Hogan knew that.
- Haßfurt— name means “hatred ford”
- Heimsheim— name means “home’s home”
- Heringen— name means “to herrings”
- Hohnstein— pronounced exactly like the German word for “honing stone”
- Hundsbach— name means “dog’s brook”
- Kaltenkirchen— name means “to cold churches”
- Karlsruhe— name means “Charles’s calmness”
- Katzenelnbogen— name means “cat’s elbow” (my favourite)
- Kiel— name means “keel”, and is even pronounced more or less like the English word
- Klötze— could be taken to mean “chumps”
- Königswinter— name means “king’s winter”
- Kornwestheim— name means “corn/grain west home”
- Kranichfeld— name means “crane field”
- Krautheim— no, not what you think;Krautis German for “herb” or “plant”
- Krempe— name means “brim, flange”
- Kuppenheim— name means “knoll home”
- Laage— pronounced exactly like the German word for “location”, as if this were the only town that had one
- Lage— not only pronounced exactly like the German word for “location” but spelt exactly like it, too
- Lahnstein— name means “flattened wire stone”
- Landshut— name means “land’s hat”
- Landstuhl— name means “land chair”
- Lauchhammer— name means “leek hammer”
- Lauchheim— name means “leek home”
- Lauterbach— name means “loud brook”
- Lauterecken— could be taken to mean “of loud corners”
- Lauterstein— name means “loud stone”
- Leer— name means “empty”
- Lehrte— name means “taught”
- Lieberose— name means “darling rose”
- Liebstadt— name means “beloved town”
- Löhne— name means “wages, salaries”
- Ludwigslust— name means “Ludwig’s desire”
- Mandel— name means “almond” or “tonsil”
- Marktleuthen— pronounced exactly like the German words for “to market people”
- Meerbusch— name means “sea bush”, but Meerbusch is nowhere near the sea
- Meisenheim— name means “tits’home” (oops!)
- Müllheim— name means “rubbish home”
- Müllrose— name means “rubbish rose”
- Münzenberg— name means “coin mountain”
- Neunkirchen— name means “nine churches”
- Nußbaum— name means “walnut tree”
- Oberammergau— name means “upperbuntingdistrict”
- Oberstreitname means “upper dispute”
- Otterberg— name means “otter mountain”
- Otterndorf— name means “adder’s village”
- Pappenheim— name means “cardboard home”
- Pfaffen-Schwabenheim— name means “parson’s Swabian’s home”
- Rattenharz (constituent community ofLorch) — name means “rat resin”
- Regensburg— name means “rain’s castle”
- Roßleben— name means “steed life”
- Roßwein— name means “steed wine”
- Saalfeld— name means “hall field”
- Salzgitter— name means “salt grille”
- Salzwedel— name means “salt frond”
- Salzweg— name means “salt way”
- Scheibenberg— name means “disk mountain” or “slice mountain”
- Schillingsfürst— name means “shilling’s prince”
- Schlitz— name means “slit”
- Schlüsselfeld— name means “key field”
- Schopfheim— name means “tuft home”
- Schwerte— name means “swords”
- Sömmerda— no doubt the last five letters amuse Italian visitors
- Sommerloch— name means “summer hole”
- Spalt— name means “crack, split”
- Spangenberg— name means “brooch mountain”
- Speicher— name means “storehouse, shed, reservoir”
- Springe— name means “Jump!”
- Stadtlohn— name means “town wage”
- Steinwenden— name means “turn stone”
- Stößen— name means “to splices”
- Stutensee— name means “mare lake”
- Torgau— name means “gate region”
- Unterammergau— name means “lowerbuntingdistrict”
- Wächtersbach— name means “watchman’s brook”
- Waibstadt— could be taken to mean “women’s town”, although it’s misspelt
- Waldshut-Tiengen— first half of name means “forest’s hat”
- Wankendorf— first two syllables actually mean "swaying" in German
- Waren— name means “were”
- Wedel— name means “frond”
- Wegeleben— name means “ways’ life”
- Weil am Rhein— name means “because on the Rhine”
- Weilburg— name means “because castle”
- Weil der Stadt— name means “because to the town” or “the town’s because”
- Weilheim an der Teck— name means “because home on the Teck”
- Weilheim in Oberbayern— name means “because home in Upper Bavaria”
- Weiterstadt— name means “farther town”
- Wertheim— name means “worthiness home”
- Wesenberg— name means “being mountain”
- Wetter— name means “weather”
- Wetter— likewise
- Widdern— name means “to rams”
- Wolkenstein— name means “cloud stone”
- Worms— actually not pronounced the same way as the English word
Spanish bullfighters
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I cannot quite remember how I got into it, but I have done quite a few articles about Spanish bullfighters, some being translations from the Spanish Wikipedia, and others being of my own creation, with the help of online resources. Others still were existing articles that I expanded.
- Félix Almagro(1907–1939) — has the unenviable distinction of being the first bullfighter to be killed at theLas Ventasbullring inMadrid(13 July 1939).
- Antoñete(1932–2011) — has aroundaboutin Madrid named after him,here.
- Julio Aparicio Martínez(1932–) — retired without ever having been given a warning.
- Miguel Báez Espuny(1930–2022) — known as "El Litri".
- Víctor Barrio(1987–2016) — the most recent bullfighter to be killed by a bull at a bullring inSpain(9 July 2016 inTeruel).
- Antonio Bienvenida(1922–1975) — born inVenezuela,but considered Spanish; slew many bulls before retiring but was then killed by a heifer at a friend's farm.
- Paco Camino(1940–2024) — 12 times borne shoulder-high out through the Great Gate at Las Ventas in Madrid, bested only by Santiago Martín Sánchez ( "El Viti" — see below).
- Rafael Cerro(1993–) — a bullfighter who became a bullfight director.
- Chicuelo(1902–1967) — he introduced a now popular move with the cape that has been named thechicuelina.
- Chicuelo II(1929–1960) — killed at the age of 30, but in aplane crash,not in a bullfight; no kin to the foregoing.
- Juana Cruz(1917–1981) — a pioneer in Spanish women's bullfighting, sometimes called Juanita Cruz.
- José Cubero Sánchez(1964–1985) — killed by abullat the age of 21 (30 August 1985 atColmenar Viejo).
- El Fandi(1981–) — statistically one of the most skilled matadors in the world (minimal contribution on my part).
- Iván Fandiño(1980–2017) — killed by a bull even more recently than Barrio, but at a French bullring, not a Spanish one (17 June 2017 atAire-sur-l'Adour).
- Martina García(1814–1882) — 19th-century bullfighter who sometimes performed in all-girl bullfights.
- José María Dols Samper(1982–) — gave up studies inveterinary medicineto become a bullfighter.
- José Mari Manzanares(1953–2014) — kept a bull-raising ranch (as many bullfighters have done).
- Santiago Martín Sánchez(1938–) — known as "El Viti", holds the record for greatest number of rides on shoulders out through the Great Gate at Las Ventas (14 — or 16, counting the two that he earned as anovillero).
- José Martínez Limeño(1936–2015) — left bullfighting as a result of the consequences ofwhistleblowing.
- Morenito de Aranda(1985–) — runs a bull ranch inRiazacalledToros de Castilla.
- Cayetano Ordóñez(1904–1961) — A character inErnest Hemingway's bookThe Sun Also Riseswas based on him (contribution limited to a photograph for the infobox).
- Paquirri(1948–1984) — died at a military hospital inCórdobaof a goring sustained inPozoblanco(26 September 1984).
- Julio Robles(1951–2001) — becametetraplegicfor life at the age of 38 when a bull knocked him flying, twice (13 August 1990 atBéziers).
- Joaquín Rodríguez Ortega(1903–1984) — spawnedan expressioninSpanishof which he could not have been proud.
- Curro Romero(1933–) — became the bullfighter to have cut off the most bull's ears (8) in one afternoon in theMaestranza'shistory (19 May 1966 atSeville).
- Cristina Sánchez(1972–) — the first woman to complete heralternativain Europe.
- Ángel Teruel(1950–2021) — once sustained 4 gorings in less than a year.
- Pepe Luis Vázquez Garcés(1921–2013) — considered one of 20th-century bullfighting's most significant figures.
- Pepe Luis Vázquez Silva(1957–2024) — unlike Aparicio, got 3 warnings at the Maestranza and the Miura bull was sent back to the pens (3 May 1991 at Seville).
- Andrés Vázquez(1932–2022) — came out of the Great Gate at Las Ventas ten times.
- Matadores de Cornúpetas
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Félix Almagro González -
Antonio Chenel Albadalejo ( "Antoñete" ) -
Julio Aparicio Martínez -
Francisco Camino Sánchez ( "Paco Camino" ) -
Rafael Cerro Ginés -
Manuel Jiménez Moreno ( "Chicuelo" ) -
Manuel Jiménez Díaz ( "Chicuelo II" ) -
José Cubero Sánchez ( "el Yiyo" ) -
David Fandila Marín ( "El Fandi" ) -
Iván Fandiño Barros -
José María Manzanares ( "José Mari Manzanares hijo" ) -
José María Dols Abellán ( "José Mari Manzanares padre" ) -
José Martínez Ahumada ( "Limeño" ) -
Cayetano Ordóñez y Aguilera -
Francisco Rivera Pérez ( "Paquirri" ) -
Avelino Julio Robles Hernández ( "Julio Robles" ) -
Joaquín Rodríguez Ortega ( "Cagancho" ) -
Francisco Romero López ( "Curro Romero"; "El Faraón de Camas" ) -
Cristina Sánchez de Pablos
Geography and maps
editPerhaps you've noticed a "geographical" streak in those articles that I mentioned. As a traveller, I am very fond of geography (or has my love of geography made me interested in travelling? I'm not quite sure). To that end, I have made maps. Here come a few now (well actually, quite a number)………
If you would like to try your hand at making maps, for Wikipedia or other purposes, I also wholeheartedly recommend this link:
The Outer Harbour East Headland/Leslie Street Spit map up above was made using this site. This site produces maps that can be freely used on Wikipedia. There used to be another one, called "OMC", but it has undergone somebody's idea of "improvements", and is now useless.
Happy mapmaking!
Travel
editI have been to quite a number of countries. They are as follows:
In the Americas
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In Europe
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Austria
Belarus
Belgium
theCzech Republic
East Germany,the only country that I've been to which has ceased to exist
France
Germany
Italy
Luxembourg,the most recent addition to the list
Monaco,the smallest country I've visited
theNetherlands
Poland
Russia,which is also in Asia (I actually went to Siberia, but I won't mention Russia again under "Asia" )
Switzerland
theUK
In Africa
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In Asia
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Bahrain
Brunei
China
India
Indonesia
Israel
Japan
Jordan
Macau,which wasPortuguesethe first few times I went there; so I count it
Malaysia
Mongolia
North Korea(that represents a trip toPanmunjŏm,of course)
Oman
thePhilippines
Saudi Arabia(one swinging place)
Singapore
South Korea
Taiwan,which most governments will tell you is not a country
Thailand
theUnited Arab Emirates
Vietnam
In Australia & Oceania
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…and on the map, that looks like this:
Interesting articles
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What follows is a selection of articles that I have found on Wikipedia –nonestarted by me although I've edited a few – which struck me as odd, funny, extremely esoteric or arcane, or whatever. Here they are...........
- Inflation fetishism — (now deleted) Some people have some rather unwholesome preoccupations. At first, I believed the writer was pulling our legs, and I am still not thoroughly sure he isn't. It was not an article aboutsex dolls,by the way, but the idea of people inflating, if you can believe that.
- Corn dolly— Ah, but are they inflatable?*ahem*Excuse me.
- Doll Domination— Another unwholesome preoccupation?
- Mooresville, Missouri— Population: 89. Awesome.
- Jerome, Arkansas— Here's a place with 46 people that calls itself a "city". It also has an area of about 50 ha.
- Illán de Vacas— Es el más pequeño municipio de España. En mi opinión, no vale la pena de mencionarlo. ¿Por qué hay un artículo sobre un lugar de ocho habitantes (o seis, según otra página)?¡Noticia!Ahora sólo queda un habitante. ¿Cuántos harán después de un año?
- Dierfeld— Diese Gemeinde in Rheinland-Pfalz hat nur acht Einwohner! Daneben sind die meisten Kuhdörfer Großstädte.
- Windhexe— Well I'll be blowed.
- Trim (cat)— Now how many cats go down in history?
- Stonecutters— A fictitious organization in a fictitious universe. Why is it worth noting in an article?!
- Cyniclons— I don't like anime; so what would I know about this? Well, apparently that writer doesn't know much about it either.Update:It has now been greatly expanded and the new title is List ofTokyo Mew Mewcharacters.
- Piss Beer — (now deleted) Leave it to the Aussies.
- Dickheads matches— Likewise.
- The CAS School, Karachi— If I had to give this a new title, I would chooseHownotto write a Wikipedia article.Update:It has been improved ever so slightly.
- Infernum— Have you ever heard of these guys? I hadn't, but I'm not much into theWarsawmusic scene. I get the impression from the article that they never exactly made a splash in the world of popular music. Are they really worth an article?
- Chameleon Jail— Where naughty lizards get sent?
- Body nullification— Where Michael Jackson got his ideas?
- Centwine— Cheap plonk?
- Drag City— No doubt a lot of fun to visit if it suits one's tastes.
- Pussy, France— Likewise.
- Bitche— This as well.
- Saavedra position— Sounds naughty; the article says it was named after a Spanish priest.
- Beaver Machine — (now deleted) No clergyman involved here, but it still sounds naughty.
- River Piddle— Sounds idyllic.
- Barf (Lake District)— So does this.
- Wank— Positively charming.
- Cum fart— Only on Wikipedia, eh? Also interestingly, another article on a similar topic, calledVaginal flatulence,is being considered for deletion.Update:The Vaginal flatulence article is apparently all right, but the Cum fart article has now been merged intoOral sex,and this link will now redirect there.
- Green manure— Not as disgusting as it sounds.
- Iowa Cow War— Did they fight it with green manure?
- Butt plug— It's not about cigarette ends, I assure you.
- Ganja State University— Like, woooow, maaaaan… where do I sign up?
- Pan Galactic Gargle Blaster— Very encyclopaedic indeed.
- Porker Hogg— Not quitekosher,I don't think.
- Seborga— Neither is this, but I suppose it brings tourists.
- Jerk— It's brainier than you might think.
- Cameltoe— But this sure as hell isn't.
- Golden Cross— Someone's favourite local?
- Sex bolt— A new toy?
- Joseph Carlton Loser— What a great name for a politician!
- Rinderkennzeichnungs- und Rindfleischetikettierungsüberwachungsaufgabenübertragungsgesetz— Someone's trying to outdo me in the German concatenation department.
- Hollywood Left— Yeah, right. Celebrities are such brainless oaves they need a list.
- Mr Danger— It's apt, but I rather think it would have qualified as an entry on theList of political epithetsor theList of pejorative political puns(which have both now been deleted, I notice), and not as an article.Update:It has now actually been expanded beyond one sentence.
- Ǯ— This is weird. This article doesn't even have a visible title, at least not on my browser, and here, the title is a little box. I guess this computer's a bit out of date with regard to funny foreign characters.
- Diet of Worms— Sounds yummy. I wonder whetherMartin Lutherenjoyed it.
- Chocolate and Cheese— Sounds deelish.
- Buffalo Chips Running Club — (now deleted) That's a hell of a name.
- .mw— Well I'm glad I found out!
- Polish car number plates— Now here's something that'll appeal to a lot of readers.
- San Diego Yacht Club— Likewise.
- List of errors on Portuguese ex-Colonies stamps of Mozambique 1911 — (now deleted) Wikimedia was obviously worried that its servers would get overloaded, what with everyone busting to read this article.
- Nerd— A sociological exploration of ostracism from a rather interesting perspective, I thought.
- Carbon Defense League — And this is the kind of thing that nerds get into...and now out of (it's been deleted)
- Prat— Shouldn't this be merged into "Nerd"?
- Exploding animal— Unwholesome preoccupations, indeed!
- Ray Twinney— A dead mayor of a suburban town whose term in office came to an ignominious end as theRCMPlaid various charges against him. He will soon be forgotten. Why is there an article about him?
- One of These Days— That's what many kept telling Ray!
- Twatt— We'll eradicate bad spelling on Wikipedia one day, I'm sure.
- Darwinian poetry— This is supposed to produce "intelligent" poetry.
- Southpark Mall (Colonial Heights, Virginia)— Some kid's favourite hangout?
- Tai Mei Tuk— I have actually walked straight through this community and I didn't even realize itwasa community. It is an utterly forgettable place. Why is there an article about it?
- explodingdog— I don't care what it takes! This has just got to stop!
- Toilets in Japan— and then there are other unwholesome preoccupations.
- The Amorous Flea— Does it like anything that inflates or explodes?
- Bach Aircraft— Wind, or perhaps Wing, on a G-String?
- Samuil Shatunovsky— It says he's a famous Ukrainian mathematician, and nothing else. There isn't even a Ukrainian interwiki link. I'm sure he was very famous...Well, it's been expanded a bit now — and thereisnow a Ukrainian interwiki link.
- Anti-Barney humor— This is quite a long article considering the kind of thing that it's about, which surely won't stay in vogue all that long (if it even still is among the few who practised it).
- Spirit duplicator— Oh good, we need more ghosts.
- Penis panic— People have actually been killed in this, believe it or not.
- Leisnig— A little hamlet that no-one's ever heard of.
- Roderich Fick— A German man whose last name is a German vulgarism. Interesting. Even more interesting is the article aboutRaschauthat I have translated from German. It mentions several people with the surname Ficker, and yes, to find the English meaning, one need only change one letter.
- Fucking, Austria— Speaking of which...Aw! They changed the name to "Fugging" (2021)!
- Petting, Germany— And this is right nearby, always.
- Kissing, Bavaria— As is this.
- Shitterton— Here's another place that got sick of having its roadsign stolen.
Boxes
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Awards
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The Working Man's Barnstar | |
I award this Barnstar toKelisifor hard work making good maps. I just saw yourmap of the Hebrides,and I was very impressed. Having worked with the same OMC program before myself, I can appreciate what a great amount of trouble you must have gone to to make that map so large, detailed, harmoniously coloured, interesting and informative. Well done!QuartierLatin1968 19:10, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
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The Rosetta Barnstar | |
| For outstanding efforts translating articles about German towns, I award you thisBarnstar!Kusma( thảo luận )22:35, 8 April 2006 (UTC) |
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For creating so many comprehensive articles on German towns and entities, I award you this barnstar.ßlηguγΣη
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The Graphic Designer's Barnstar | |
| I,Callumm,award you this barnstar for contributing excellent maps to Wikipedia, and inspiring me to create my own. Thank you!Callumm12:46, 13 October 2007 (UTC) |
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| Please accept this award in recognition of your contribution on the field of descriptions Germany districts. I've just found out whos' translation i used to retranslate to Russian wiki inBlankenrath.Thank you so much for your job! -Zac Allan(talk) 23:01, 27 May 2011 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar |
| Your maps are quite helpful and nicely made! Thank you for contributing!!SusiSansei(talk) 22:45, 29 November 2021 (UTC) |
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The Death Barnstar | |
| Thank you for your consistent contributions towards improving recent death articles. Regards, --Classicwiki(talk)If you reply to me here, pleaseping me.18:44, 30 June 2024 (UTC) |