User:Tlogmer

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I run a weblog about wikipedia. If you want me to write about a particular article/topic/concept/whatever, leave a note, or comment on a weblog post.

Photograph credit: Unknown Auschwitz Erkennungsdienst photographer; restored by Yann Forget

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My name's Ben Yates; I'm a technical writer, student, and keyboardist from Ann Arbor.

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This user is a member of the Wikipedia Industrial Design Cartel.

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This user rescues articles for the Article Rescue Squadron.

This user plays the piano.

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This user is a noder at Everything2.

This user runs macOS.

This user knows where in the world Carmen Sandiego is.

So. I've been here since late 2003; I started the wikipedia articles Metrosexual and Hell, Michigan (and the wikibooks summary of Understanding Comics). Most of my stuff is elsewhere, though.

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Flag of Angola

... that the machete in the flag of Angola (pictured) symbolizes peasants, agriculture, and the country's war of independence?
... that ratings for "The Bard" range from A− by The A.V. Club to being the second-worst episode of The Twilight Zone by /Film and Paste?
... that Jon Haukeland established a "Polar Bear model" for Norwegian children?
... that Statistics House partially collapsed in the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake even though the building was once assessed as not being earthquake-prone?
... that Lady Gaga's Living Dress was designed by the creator of the Batsuit?
... that the name of the Maendeleo horseshoe bat refers to its discovery representing progress in understanding Tanzanian bats?
... that Philadelphia's Washington Monument was unveiled at its dedication in 1897 by the president of the United States?
... that Finland won its first Olympic ice hockey medal under the leadership of Kai Hietarinta?
... that to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the BBC soap opera EastEnders, viewers were given the opportunity to vote on the outcome of a love triangle storyline?