Hi, I'm Haus. I've had this account since 28 Feb 2006 and puttered about from IPs before then. I generally work on articles related to ships, the shipping industry, navigation, maritime unions -- the gentle reader may be able to detect a pattern emerging. My encyclopedic editing tends to focus on turning stub- and start-class articles into high-B-class articles. About once a year I go on a big maintenance-bender on the 40,000+ articles in WP:SHIPS, trying to focus on a "redheaded-stepchild" task. These benders are typically aided by some ad hoc technology.
I upload files, usually to commons. Most are in galleries here.
I hope to one day have merchant shipping articles in good enough shape that I can kick back and work on something amusing like Mick Farren.
I go to sea for months on end, so if I appear dormant it's probably because I am.
If you're wondering if I'm that Haus, the answer is yes. I used to have a pet demon named Balzhur that was the bane of the silly people everywhere.
[edit] Useful links
[edit] Library
Books that I keep on my desk and often cite:
- Aragon, James R.; Messer, Tuuli Anna (2001). Master's handbook on ship's business. Cambridge, Md: Cornell Maritime Press. ISBN 0-87033-531-6.
- Bowditch, Nathaniel (2002). The American Practical Navigator. Bethesda, MD: National Imagery and Mapping Agency. ISBN 0939837544. http://www.irbs.com/bowditch/.
- Cutler, Thomas J. (1999). The Bluejacket's Manual (22nd ed.). Annapolis, Md: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-065-7.
- Cutler, Thomas J. (December 2003). Dutton's Nautical Navigation (15th ed.). Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1557502483.
- George, William (2005). Stability and Trim for the Ship's Officer. Centreville, MD: Cornell Maritime Press. ISBN 978-0-87033-564-8.
- Hayler, William B.; Keever, John M. (2003). American Merchant Seaman's Manual. Cambridge, Md: Cornell Maritime Pr. ISBN 0-87033-549-9.
- Huber, Mark (2001). Tanker operations: a handbook for the person-in-charge (PIC). Cambridge, MD: Cornell Maritime Press. ISBN 0-87033-528-6.
- Maloney, Elbert S. (December 2003). Chapman Piloting and Seamanship (64th ed.). New York, NY: Hearst Communications Inc.. ISBN 1-58816-098-0.
Turpin, Edward A.; McEwen, William A. (1980). Merchant Marine Officers' Handbook (4th ed.). Centreville, MD: Cornell Maritime Press. ISBN 0-87038-056-X.
- MacEwen, William A.; William Hayler; Turpin, Edward A. (1989). Merchant Marine officers' handbook: based on the original edition by Edward A. Turpin and William A. MacEwen (5th ed.). Cambridge, Md: Cornell Maritime Press. ISBN 0-87033-379-8.
- Roland, Alex; Bolster, W Jeffrey and Keyssar, Alexander (2008). The way of the ship: America's maritime history reenvisioned. Hobokken, New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 9780470136003.
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) (2010) (PDF). Review of Maritime Transport, 2010. New York and Geneva: United Nations. ISBN 978-92-1-112810-9. http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Download.asp?docid=14218&lang=1&intItemID=2068.
- Sauerbier, Charles L.; Meurn, Robert J. (2004). Marine cargo operations: a guide to stowage. Cambridge, Md: Cornell Maritime Press. ISBN 0-87033-550-2.
Portals and Projects
I've put some effort into developing wikiprojects and portals. Here's the (not quite current) list:
- 365 daily featured articles
- 180+ daily featured pictures
- 31 "Tech Talk" articles
- 12 "This Month in Nautical History" pages
- 14+ random featured knots
- Nearing first birthday
- 366 rotating "Article of the Day" articles
- 12 heavily-populated "This Month in Labor History" features
- 50 random quotes
- 48 featured photos
- 105 DYK's from the front page
Barnstars and DYKs
--howcheng {chat} 23:54, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
--howcheng {chat} 16:05, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
--BorgQueen (talk) 10:32, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
--BorgQueen (talk) 11:35, 24 March 2008 (UTC)
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WikiProject Ships Barnstar |
| In recognition of the tremendous work you've done, converting over 3,200 ship infoboxes in less than a week. Keep up the good work! Parsecboy (talk) 13:14, 1 April 2008 (UTC) |
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The Template Barnstar |
| For sterling work in migrating all the old ship infoboxes to the new template Socrates2008 (Talk) 12:49, 5 April 2008 (UTC) |
--BencherliteTalk 19:17, 9 April 2008 (UTC)
--Bobet 16:46, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
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The Working Man's Barnstar |
| Great work converting Captain into a dab page. --Gwguffey (talk) 02:16, 15 April 2008 (UTC) |
--BorgQueen (talk) 13:43, 17 April 2008 (UTC)
--Hersfold (t/a/c) 12:41, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
--BorgQueen (talk) 12:10, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
--BorgQueen (talk) 08:34, 10 May 2008 (UTC)
Another one. --Gatoclass (talk) 09:12, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
--Bedford 04:59, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
BorgQueen (talk) 11:21, 10 October 2008 (UTC)
Keep up the good work! ~ User:Ameliorate! (with the !) (talk) 00:16, 14 October 2008 (UTC)
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On August 3, 2009, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article MV Montauk, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits your article got while on the front page (here's how) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page. |
BorgQueen (talk) 14:14, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
— Rlevse • Talk • 12:02, 9 August 2010 (UTC)
The DYK project (nominate) 06:02, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
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