User:MONGO

 MONGO

I am MONGO

My Burrowing Owl image was on the mainpage as an example image for a Did You Know item on 1-18-2011[1]

The setting sun illuminates the top of a classic anvil-shaped thunderstorm cloud, eastern Nebraska

The World Trade Center twin towers dominated the southern end of Manhattan Island. This is one of two images I personally took of the towers before 9/11...this one is from 1990...the quality is poor, but least I was able to see them, walk on the roof of the one tower and stand beneath them before they were destroyed and thousands of people were killed by a small band of psychotic madmen.--MONGO 04:12, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

My username is from a character in the movie Blazing Saddles...though some here may disagree, I have little in common with this character...anyway, check out MONGO in action here...I actually have more in common with this critter.

I have an essay about why linking to harassment is BAD...please read it only if you have plenty of free time available...

I have pages on Commons where I usually upload my images and release them to the public domain and Meta which I rarely use.

I was born at 07:17 on January 18, 2005...before that, I did not exist...since my birth I have made over 50,000 edits (and only one that was automated)...for what that is worth. I am in the top 1000 of editors by number of articles started....WOW!!!! Not only that but I am popular/unpopular/controversial(?) enough to have one of the most watched userpages on Wikipedia...I must be doing something wrong/right...hum.

I am one of the primary editors who reinitiated the effort to get semi-protection implemented...though earlier efforts had failed to get the featured adopted, by July 2005 the rate of "drive-by vandalism" had increased so much, the effort was renewed....by December 2005, administrators had the new ability to semi-protect pages and the rate of vandalism dropped to almost zero in some cases where the semi-protection was applied.

I was previously an administrator (11/2005-12/2006), but was desysopped by the arbitration committee. In January, 2008, I was unsuccessful in my effort to regain administrative tools as shown at the Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/MONGO 2, where the final tally was 123 supporting, 103 opposing and 21 neutral.

Neotropical cormorant seen in DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge...image of an "accidental" or rare bird sighting for the Iowa/Nebraska region. By Accidental, that means that actual reports of sightings for this species are generally recorded only 1 to 4 times per decade for a region...though the species may be seen more often but people mistake it for something else, or don't bother to report the sighting.

Featured articles

Featured articles demand the contributions and input of numerous editors. I encourage editors to help us get more articles to featured level by helping with peer review and by making wise suggestions on featured article candidates.

Featured articles started and was a major contributor on

Shoshone National Forest, which appeared as Today's Featured Article on January 14, 2007.

Rocky mountain bull Elk

Retreat of glaciers since 1850, which appeared as Today's Featured Article on April 18, 2006. This article is an excellent example of the collaborative spirit of Wikipedia. I might have started it, but without the excellent additions made by Wsiegmund, Peltoms and Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters as well as an exhaustive review by Doug Bell and others...it never would have gotten to the level it is.

Elk was split off from the Red deer article after DNA evidence concluded it was a distinct species. I had lots of help here from a number of other editors. This article appeared as Today's Featured Article on December 14, 2010.

Yellowstone fires of 1988 was written to document one of the most dramatic events in National Park Service history. Much thanks to numerous editors including Bishonen for all the fine copyediting, Wsiegmund for his assistance adapting a fire progression gif and other additions and Rlevse for his fine tuning. This article appeared as Today's Featured Article on September 8, 2008.

Pallid sturgeon Played with this article for over two years and finally with the help of others, was able to get it to featured level.

Featured articles started by others but I was a major contributor

Redwood National and State Parks...how the article looked before rewrite, main contributor, but had a lot of assistance from others, especially Bishonen. This article appeared as Today's Featured Article on May 17, 2008.

Glacier National Park (U.S.)...how the article looked before rewrite, major contributor along with Elkman. This article appeared as Today's featured article on May 11, 2010...the 100th anniversary of the park's establishment.

Yellowstone National Park complete update, adding inline cites, text expansion and submitted for featured article review. Originally brought to featured status by Mav and was Today's Featured Article on March 29, 2004...but that was before the update and the article will not likely be on the mainpage ever again.

Banff National Park Though I did nominate this article for FA, all I did was work on the geology and glacier section and created some stubs to eliminate some redlined links...all the real credit goes to Aude. Was Today's Featured Article on October 15, 2006.

Did you know items on main page

• Lake Ilo National Wildlife Refuge...that over 58,000 Paleo-Indian artifacts were unearthed at Lake Ilo National Wildlife Refuge in North Dakota when lake waters were lowered on the lake in 1989 to reconstruct a dam?
• Rogers Pass (Montana)...the coldest temperature ever recorded in the United States outside of Alaska is -70 °F (-56.66 °C) at Rogers Pass, Montana?
• Ben Kuroki...that Ben Kuroki was the only Japanese-American in the U.S. Army Air Force to serve in combat operations in the Pacific during World War II?
• William F. Raynolds...that in 1860, William F. Raynolds led the first US government-sponsored party to cross the Wind River Range and enter Jackson Hole, Wyoming?
• 2011 Oklahoma earthquake...that the 5.6 magnitude earthquake which struck the U.S. state of Oklahoma on November 5, 2011, was the most powerful recorded in state history?

Wikipedia projects

Sunset in Nebraska

	This user is a member of the Glaciers WikiProject.

• Protected areas
• Nebraska
• Mountains
• Montana
• Wyoming
• Historic Places
• September 11, 2001

Other pages

• My userpage at Commons

Articles started

National Park Service

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway, Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, Great Falls Park, Niobrara National Scenic River, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Big Hole National Battlefield, Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Nez Perce National Historic Trail

National Forests

Lightning over Sarpy County, Nebraska

Gallatin, Bridger-Teton, Custer, Beaverhead-Deerlodge, Bitterroot, Helena, Kootenai, Lewis and Clark, Lolo, Shoshone, Bighorn, Medicine Bow - Routt, Caribou-Targhee, Idaho Panhandle, Sawtooth, Samuel R. McKelvie, Black Hills

Wilderness areas

Bob Marshall, Absaroka-Beartooth, Popo Agie, Bridger, Teton, Great Bear, Scapegoat, Gros Ventre, Fort Niobrara, Soldier Creek, Washakie, Fitzpatrick, North Absaroka, Jedediah Smith, Winegar Hole, Platte River, Cloud Peak, Huston Park, Encampment River, Savage Run, Gates of the Mountains, Anaconda-Pintler, Cabinet Mountains, Lee Metcalf, UL Bend, Red Rock Lakes, Medicine Lake, Rattlesnake, Mission Mountains, Welcome Creek, Chase Lake, Sawtooth, Craters of the Moon, Hells Canyon Wilderness (Oregon and Idaho), Black Elk, Badlands, Theodore Roosevelt, Lostwood, Black Fork Mountain, Upper Kiamichi River, Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex, National Wilderness Preservation System

National Wildlife Refuges

Red-headed woodpecker in DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, located in the states of Nebraska and Iowa

Charles M. Russell, Boyer Chute, Benton Lake, Bowdoin, National Bison Range, National Bison Range Complex, Lost Trail, Ninepipe, Pablo, Swan River, Northwest Montana Wetland Management District, Lee Metcalf, Black Coulee, Creedman Coulee, Hewitt Lake, Lake Thibadeau, Hailstone, Halfbreed Lake, Lake Mason, Warhorse, Medicine Lake, Lamesteer, UL Bend, Red Rock Lakes, Seedskadee, Cokeville Meadows, Pathfinder, Bamforth, Hutton Lake, Mortenson Lake, John and Louise Seier, Crescent Lake, Fort Niobrara, North Platte, Valentine, Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District, Huron Wetland Management District, Lacreek, Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Lake Andes, Lake Andes Wetland Management District, Karl E. Mundt, Madison Wetland Management District, Sand Lake, Sand Lake Wetland Management District, Benton Lake Wetland Management District, Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Arrowwood, Arrowwood Wetland Management District, Chase Lake, Johnson Lake, Chase Lake Wetland Management District, Chase Lake Prairie Project, Tomahawk, Halfway Lake, Sibley Lake, Valley City Wetland Management District, Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Audubon National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Audubon, Camp Lake, Lake Otis, Lake Nettie, Hiddenwood, Lost Lake, Lake Patricia, McLean, Pretty Rock, Stewart Lake, White Lake, Sheyenne Lake, Audubon Wetland Management District, Lake Ilo, Des Lacs, Lostwood, Lostwood Wetland Management District, Shell Lake, Crosby Wetland Management District, Lake Zahl

National Monuments

Lewis Falls on the Lewis River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Upper Missouri River Breaks, Pompeys Pillar, Cascade-Siskiyou, Canyons of the Ancients, Agua Fria, Ironwood Forest, Vermilion Cliffs, Admiralty Island, Sonoran Desert, California Coastal, List of National Monuments of the United States

Mountains

Elliott Knob, Triple Divide Peak, Mount Cleveland, Mount Stimson, Heavens Peak, Going to the Sun Mountain, Francs Peak, Wind River Peak, Crazy Peak, Mount Wilbur, Beartooth Mountains, Chief Mountain, Lewis Range, Livingston Range, Kintla Peak, Pik Talgar, Middle Teton, South Teton, Teewinot Mountain, Cathedral Group, Signal Mountain, Bivouac Peak, Eagles Rest Peak, Ranger Peak, Owl Peak, Rolling Thunder Mountain, Doane Peak, Traverse Peak, Raynolds Peak, Thor Peak, Mount Saint John, Mount Woodring, Rendezvous Mountain, Disappointment Peak, Rockchuck Peak, Symmetry Spire, Teepe Pillar, Nez Perce Peak, Cloudveil Dome, Buck Mountain, Mount Wister, Static Peak, Forellen Peak, Gallatin Range, Eagle Peak, Mount Warren, Mount Helen, Black Tooth Mountain, Mount Merritt, Rising Wolf Mountain, Doublet Peak, Turret Peak, Mount Sacagawea, Jackson Peak, Mount Woodrow Wilson, Bastion Peak, Madison Range, Hilgard Peak, Mount Febbas, Mount Fitzpatrick, Mount Wood, Kaiser Point, Ahern Peak, Allen Mountain, Almost-a-Dog Mountain, Amphitheater Mountain, Apikuni Mountain, Appistoki Peak, Bad Marriage Mountain, Bear Mountain, Bearhead Mountain, Bishops Cap, Blackfoot Mountain, Cathedral Peak, Citadel Mountain, Clements Mountain, Cracker Peak, Crowfeet Mountain, Curly Bear Mountain, Divide Mountain, Eagle Plume Mountain, East Flattop Mountain, Flinsch Peak, Fusillade Mountain, Gable Mountain, Goat Haunt Mountain, Goat Mountain, Grizzly Mountain, Gunsight Mountain, Iceberg Peak, Ipasha Peak, Kaina Mountain, Kootenai Peak, Kupunkamint Mountain, Little Chief Mountain, Little Dog Mountain, Lone Walker Mountain, Mad Wolf Mountain, Mahtotopa Mountain, Matahpi Peak, McClintock Peak, Medicine Owl Peak, Miche Wabun Peak, Mount Ellsworth, Mount Helen, Mount Henkel, Mount Henry, Mount James, Mount Kipp, Mount Logan, Mount Morgan, Mount Rockwell, Nahsukin Mountain, Natoas Peak, Norris Mountain, Piegan Mountain, Pollock Mountain, Pyramid Peak, Red Eagle Mountain, Red Mountain, Redhorn Peak, Reynolds Mountain, Sarcee Mountain, Seward Mountain, Shaheeya Peak, Sherburne Peak, Sinopah Mountain, Split Mountain, Stoney Indian Peaks, Summit Mountain, Swiftcurrent Mountain, Wahcheechee Mountain, White Calf Mountain, Wynn Mountain, Yellow Mountain, Anaconda Peak, Battlement Mountain, Bearhat Mountain, Boulder Peak, Brave Dog Mountain, Campbell Mountain, Caper Peak, Chapman Peak, Church Butte, Cloudcroft Peaks, Eagle Ribs Mountain, Eaglehead Mountain, Edwards Mountain, Logging Mountain, Long Knife Peak, Longfellow Peak, McPartland Mountain, Medicine Grizzly Peak, Mount Brown, Mount Cannon, Mount Carter, Mount Custer, Mount Despair, Mount Doody, Mount Geduhn, Mount Oberlin, Mount Peabody, Mount Phillips, Mount Pinchot, Mount Thompson, Mount Vaught, Numa Peak, Parke Peak, Paul Bunyans Cabin, Peril Peak, Rainbow Peak, Razoredge Mountain, Reuter Peak, Sheep Mountain, Square Peak, The Guardhouse, Thunderbird Mountain, Tinkham Mountain, Vigil Peak, Vulture Peak, Walton Mountain, Wolftail Mountain, McDonald Peak, Missouri Buttes, Sheep Mountain, Elk Mountain, Doubletop Peak, Rendezvous Peak, National Park Mountain, Roaring Mountain, Survey Peak, Red Mountain (Wyoming), Moose Mountain, Rammell Mountain, Window Peak, Cleaver Peak, Littles Peak, Green Lakes Mountain, Dry Ridge Mountain, Maidenform Peak, Rock of Ages, The Jaw, Table Mountain, The Wall, Battleship Mountain, Shadow Peak, Veiled Peak, Mount Meek, Mount Jedediah Smith, Mount Bannon, Bordeaux Mountain, Mount Eagle, Prospectors Mountain, Mount Hunt (Wyoming), Spearhead Peak, Housetop Mountain, Mount Glory

Glaciers

Wisconsin glaciation (now a redirect), Retreat of glaciers since 1850, Glacial lake outburst flood, Grasshopper Glacier (Montana), Gannett Glacier, Grinnell Glacier, Jackson Glacier, Blackfoot Glacier, Peyto Glacier, Bow Glacier, Crowfoot Glacier, Vulture Glacier (Alberta, Canada), Hector Glacier, Wapta Icefield, Waputik Icefield, Saskatchewan Glacier, Quelccaya Ice Cap, Schoolroom Glacier, Upper Fremont Glacier, Cloud Peak Glacier, Furtwängler Glacier, Rebmann Glacier, Gem Glacier, Middle Teton Glacier, Teton Glacier, Teepe Glacier, Mingyong Glacier, Skillet Glacier, Triple Glaciers, Falling Ice Glacier, Petersen Glacier, Lower Curtis Glacier, Dinwoody Glacier, Downs Glacier, Klondike Glacier, Grasshopper Glacier (Wyoming), Sourdough Glacier, J Glacier, Connie Glacier, Continental Glacier, East Torrey Glacier, Baby Glacier (Wyoming), Mammoth Glacier, Minor Glacier, Gooseneck Glacier, Stroud Glacier, Twins Glacier, Heap Steep Glacier, Helen Glacier, Sacagawea Glacier, Lower Fremont Glacier, Bull Lake Glacier, Knife Point Glacier, Harrower Glacier, Washakie Glacier, Swiftcurrent Glacier, Stanton Glacier, Grant Glacier, Chaney Glacier, Agassiz Glacier, Boulder Glacier (Montana), DuNoir Glacier, Fishhawk Glacier, Timpanogos Glacier, Wind River Glacier, Shepard Glacier, Miche Wabun Glacier, Logan Glacier, Red Eagle Glacier, Harrison Glacier, Ahern Glacier, Herbst Glacier, Harris Glacier, Dixon Glacier, Carter Glaciers, Baby Glacier, Hudson Glacier, Ipasha Glacier, Kintla Glacier, Lupfer Glacier, North Swiftcurrent Glacier, Old Sun Glacier, Piegan Glacier, Pumpelly Glacier, Pumpkin Glacier, Rainbow Glacier, Sexton Glacier, Siyeh Glacier, The Salamander Glacier, Thunderbird Glacier, Two Ocean Glacier, Vulture Glacier (Montana), Weasel Collar Glacier, Whitecrow Glacier, Beartooth Glacier, Blackwell Glacier, Castle Rock Glacier, Fissure Glacier, Swan Glaciers, Wolf Glacier, Sky Top Glacier, Hidden Glacier, Granite Glacier, Sunrise Glacier, Mountaineer Glacier, Gray Wolf Glacier, McDonald Glacier, Sundance Glacier, Snowbank Glacier, Phantom Glacier, Hopper Glacier, West Northwall Firn, East Northwall Firn, Carstensz Glacier

Geology and geography

Bluffs in the Great Divide Basin, Wyoming

Great Divide Basin, Appekunny Formation, Quake Lake, Rocky Mountain Front, Gros Ventre landslide, Cirque of the Towers, Yellowstone Falls, Smith River National Recreation Area, Bird Woman Falls, Rising Sun (Montana), Two Medicine, St. Mary, Montana, Many Glacier, Garden Wall, Big Drift, Death Canyon, Granite Canyon, Cascade Canyon, Chalco Hills Recreation Area, Rogers Pass (Montana), Tower Falls, Lewis Falls, Paintbrush Canyon, Platte River State Park, Golden Gate Canyon, Opal Pool, Turquoise Pool, Belgian Pool, Bulger Geyser, West Triplet Geyser, Canyons of the Teton Range, Webb Canyon, Colter Canyon, Waterfalls Canyon, Snowshoe Canyon, Leigh Canyon, Hanging Canyon, Valhalla Canyon, Open Canyon, Avalanche Canyon

Lakes

Saint Mary Lake, Swiftcurrent Lake, Jenny Lake, Lake Solitude, Leigh Lake, Emma Matilda Lake, Two Ocean Lake, String Lake, Phelps Lake (Wyoming), Bradley Lake, Taggart Lake, Lower Slide Lake, Isa Lake, Lena Lake, Two Medicine Lake, Pray Lake, No Name Lake, Upper Two Medicine Lake, Cobalt Lake, Lower Two Medicine Lake, Green Lake, Three Bears Lake, Lonely Lakes, Running Crane Lake, Morning Star Lake, Katoya Lake, Lake of the Seven Winds, Pitamakan Lake, Oldman Lake, Young Man Lake, Boy Lake, Medicine Grizzly Lake, Gunsight Lake, Kennedy Lake, Poia Lake, Upper Grinnell Lake, Lake Josephine, Upper Two Medicine Lake, Cracker Lake, Otokomi Lake, Goat Lake, Medicine Owl Lake, Red Eagle Lake, Twin Lakes, Windmaker Lake, Redrock Lake, Fishercap Lake, Iceberg Lake, Slide Lake, Otatso Lake, Elizabeth Lake, Natahki Lake, Ptarmigan Lake, Helen Lake, Ipasha Lake, Sue Lake, Margaret Lake, Mokowanis Lake, Atsina Lake, Miche Wabun Lake, Cosley Lake, Glenns Lake, Whitecrow Lake, Kaina Lake, Kootenai Lakes, Redhorn Lake, Bench Lake, Nahsukin Lake, Stoney Indian Lake, Snow Moon Lake, Falling Leaf Lake, Lake Nooney, Lake Wurdeman, Carcajou Lake, Wahseeja Lake, Lake Frances, Shaheeya Lake, Goat Haunt Lake, Lake Ellen Wilson, Lincoln Lake, Harrison Lake, Beaver Woman Lake, Buffalo Woman Lake, Aurice Lake, Lake Isabel, Jackstraw Lake, Striped Elk Lake, Hidden Lake, Feather Woman Lake, Akaiyan Lake, Gem Lake, Snyder Lake, Avalanche Lake, Upper Snyder Lake, Grace Lake, Logging Lake, Rogers Lake, Trout Lake, Ruger Lake, Lake Evangeline, Camas Lake, Arrow Lake, Cerulean Lake, Lower Quartz Lake, Middle Quartz Lake, Quartz Lake, Gyrfalcon Lake, Talus Lake, Dudley Lake, Cirque Lake, Trapper Lake, Bearpaw Lake, Cow Lake, Elk Ranch Reservoir, Mink Lake, Mica Lake, Holly Lake, Grizzly Bear Lake, Arrowhead Pool, Ramshead Lake, Lake of the Crags, Laurel Lake, Delta Lake, Surprise Lake, Amphitheater Lake, Icefloe Lake, Kit Lake

Roads and buildings

Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway, Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway, Chief Joseph Scenic Byway, Granite Park Chalet, Glacier Park Lodge, 200 Greenwich Street (redirected to 2 World Trade Center), 175 Greenwich Street (redirected to 3 World Trade Center), 150 Greenwich Street (redirected to 4 World Trade Center), Humpback Covered Bridge, Wapiti Ranger Station, Jackson Lake Lodge, Cascade Canyon Barn, Leigh Lake Ranger Patrol Cabin, J. L. Brandeis and Sons Store Building

Critters

Elk

Yellowstone cutthroat trout, Wyoming Toad, Pallid sturgeon, Fender's blue butterfly, Eastern-tailed blue butterfly, Elk, Scaphirhynchinae

People(s)

Ellis R. Kerley, Chief Blackbird, Yurok tribe, Ben Kuroki, William F. Raynolds

History

Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition, Cook-Folsom-Peterson Expedition, Yellowstone fires of 1988

Legislation

Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act

Earthquakes

2011 Oklahoma earthquake

Honors

A number of fellow Wikipedians have awarded me barnstars for which I am deeply appreciative.

To Do

The Chrysler Building is my personal favorite and was the first building in the world taller than 1,000 feet. Image courtesy of RyanFreisling...thanks Ryan!

• (Example:Mount Wister)...standardization of mountains..glaciers, etc.
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Wyoming/Yellowstone task force...redlined links that need to disappear
• Wikipedia:GLAM/NARA/Ansel Adams donation

People I nominated for Administrator

• Mike Cline (Pass/Feb2010(68/18))
• Nae'blis (Pass/Nov2006(104/0))
• Doug Bell (Pass/Nov2006(78/7))
• Jersey Devil (Fail/Jul2006(45/21))...later passed on his self nomination
• Gator1 (Pass/Mar2006(108/0)
• Rogerd (Pass/Jan2006(62/0))
• Tom harrison (Pass/Jan2006(42/1))
• Tom (Pass/Oct2005(28/1))
• Freestylefrappe 2 (Pass/Oct2005(38/11))

Arbcom

• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Tango
• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/September 11 conspiracy theories
• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/SevenOfDiamonds
• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/Seabhcan
• Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration/MONGO
• The definition of a pain in the arse
• Seabhcan proposed decision

Stuff

• What links here tool

Google Earth

• Wikipedia:Contact us/Article problem/Google Earth
• Userguide

Lists

(I didn't start these, they are just here for my quick reference)

• List of areas in the National Park System of the United States
• List of National Wildlife Refuges
• List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
• List of U.S. National Forests
• List of mountains of the United States
• List of mountains
• List of glaciers

Templates

• Metric/Imperial conversion templates
• Wikipedia:Citation templates
• Infobox protected area
• Wikipedia:Template messages/User talk namespace

Check me out

This editor is a Master Editor and is entitled to display this Rhodium Editor Star.

• MONGO (talk · contribs · count · logs · target logs · block log · lu · rfas · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · spi · checkuser · socks • rights • blocks • protects • deletions • moves)
• As of the beginning of 2012, I have made only one automated edit

Other

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  My other car.

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  The incredible TEAM AMERICA EAGLESTAR...which I award to all well behaved members of my "CABAL".

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  The awesome COWSTAR...usually awarded to those who have had to put up with a huge amount of "stuff".

License

I agree to multi-license all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:

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Editor's barnstar

		The Editor's Barnstar
		Hi MONGO, I just wanted to say thanks for all your help in getting September 11 attacks to WP:GA status. Actually, you deserve two barnstars. You're the one who got the ball rolling in removing the fringe material from the article, which also freed us up to concentrate on other improvements. Cheers! A Quest For Knowledge (talk) 12:39, 28 July 2011 (UTC)