User:Mandarax
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MANdARAX • XAЯAbИAM
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The name Mandarax comes from the Kurt Vonnegut novel Galápagos.
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[edit] My creations
- Articles
| Maurice Denis | |
| Synchromism | |
| LeRoy Neiman | |
| Henri-Edmond Cross • | |
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Colin Campbell Cooper |
| Westmoreland Museum of American Art | |
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John McLaughlin (artist) |
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Orovida Camille Pissarro • |
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Frederick Hammersley |
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Chantal Joffe • |
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Rinaldo Cuneo |
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Georg Muche |
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Claire Falkenstein |
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Charles Angrand • |
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Barbara Longhi |
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Frederick Carl Frieseke • |
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John Vanderpoel (co-created with JNW) |
| Ellen Gallagher | |
All articles were new creations except those marked "•", which I completely rewrote and expanded |
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- Disambiguation pages
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Chodzko |
| Housman (disambiguation) | |
| Kippenberger | |
| Neate |
- Categories (created and populated)
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Category:Museums of American art |
| Category:Artists from Colorado |
[edit] Milestones
- I made my first edit as a registered user on February 14, 2005 (correcting the spelling of Jackson Pollock in the Robert Motherwell article).
- A week later I created my first article, Maurice Denis.
- In November 2009, I made my 50,000th edit (giving a Barnstar to a deserving user).
- In December 2009, for the first and only time, I made over 10,000 edits in one month.
- In May 2010, I submitted my first DYK, for John McLaughlin (artist); when it appeared two days later, the article was viewed 2.6k times, making it the most-viewed DYK of the group.
- In June 2010, my place in the list of the all-time most active users entered the top 100.
- In June 2010, I made my first DYK nomination for an article (Edward Weston) which I did not write.
- In July 2010, I made my 100,000th edit (giving another long-overdue Barnstar to a deserving user).
- In December 2010, I wrote my first BLP, rewriting and expanding Chantal Joffe. The DYK for this article was my most viewed so far. (This was also my first DYK which mentioned pornography. Coincidence?) At 4.7k views, it was just short of qualifying for inclusion on the DYK Stats page. I'm sure it would have done better if not for its unfortunate timeslot: it was about an English subject and appeared in England from midnight to six a.m.
- Continuing the tradition, my 150,000th edit, in February 2011, was used to award another well-deserved Barnstar.
- On April 1, 2011, the "Batman" DYK hook which I wrote set a new record as the most-viewed non-lead hook of all time. (I did not write the article, though.)
- The April 15, 2011 Colin Campbell Cooper hook was my first to qualify for the DYK Stats page. It generated 12k views for the article, plus 13.5k for the image. This was also the first time I had two hooks appear in the same calendar month (Charles Angrand had been featured on April 7).
- In June 2011, my position in the list of Wikipedians by number of edits hit number 25.
- In November 2011 the DYK for Frederick Carl Frieseke received 17,500 hits (plus 10,600 for the image), despite the fact that the hook appeared on Thanksgiving, a low traffic day when Americans were spending time with their families rather than looking at Wikipedia. This hook which generated the most views for any of my articles was my first to feature a nude painting.
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On May 13, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John McLaughlin (artist), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that for the last two decades of his artistic career, American abstract painter John McLaughlin did not use curves in his paintings? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) 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. |
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On June 20, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Orovida Camille Pissarro, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that artist Orovida Camille Pissarro preferred to be known simply as Orovida to distinguish herself from the many other artists in her family, including her renowned grandfather Camille Pissarro? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) 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. |
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On July 31, 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Frederick Hammersley, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that American abstract artist Frederick Hammersley devised three categories for his paintings (example pictured): "Hunches", "Geometrics", and "Organics"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) 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. |
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On 21 December 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Chantal Joffe, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that English artist Chantal Joffe, who sometimes uses pornography for source material, created such large paintings that she required scaffolding to work on them? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) 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. |
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On 4 January 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Rinaldo Cuneo, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that a critic said that landscapes by Rinaldo Cuneo (self-portrait pictured) "are the very soul and essence of California materialized in line and color"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) 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. |
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On 23 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Georg Muche, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that works by German artist Georg Muche were confiscated by the Nazis and displayed in their 1937 Degenerate Art exhibition? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) 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. |
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On 8 March 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Claire Falkenstein, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that a critic described the work of abstract sculptor Claire Falkenstein as "a Jackson Pollock in three dimensions"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) 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. |
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On 7 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Charles Angrand, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Paul Signac praised Charles Angrand's drawings as "masterpieces", calling them "poems of light"? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) 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. |
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On 15 April 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Colin Campbell Cooper, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that American artist Colin Campbell Cooper helped rescue survivors of the Titanic, and during the rescue created several paintings (example pictured) which document the events? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) 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. |
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On 23 June 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Barbara Longhi, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Barbara Longhi's painting Saint Catherine of Alexandria (pictured) is believed to be a self-portrait, presented as a devotional image to avoid the appearance of indulging in the sin of vanity? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) 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. |
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On 24 November 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Frederick Carl Frieseke, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that American painter Frederick Carl Frieseke said he got "much pleasure in shocking the good Church people with the nudes" (example pictured)? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Frederick Carl Frieseke.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) 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. |
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On 14 December 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article John Vanderpoel, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Georgia O'Keeffe praised her art teacher John Vanderpoel, whose book The Human Figure is a standard reference for art students (example drawing pictured), as "one of the few real teachers I have known"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/John Vanderpoel.You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) 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. |
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On 1 January 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Tom Loftin Johnson (artist), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Tom Loftin Johnson won a 1941 prize for his American Pietà, which substitutes an African American mother for the Virgin Mary and the black victim of a lynching for Jesus? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Tom Loftin Johnson (artist).You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) 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.
Note: I did not write this article, and I consider this to be an honorary DYK from the article's author in recognition of my gnomery. |
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[edit] Awards
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The Article Rescue Barnstar | |
| For rescuing Bert Glennon from a CSD, I, LAAFan, award you this barnstar LAAFan 14:43, 18 August 2008 (UTC) |
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The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar | |
| This is being offered in appreciation of your excellent work within the WP:UAA sector of Wikipedia. Thank you very much for your wonderful input. Pastor Theo (talk) 09:53, 7 August 2009 (UTC) |
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
| Well deserved and congratulations Mandarax on 50K and for all of your excellent work on visual arts and related. Modernist (talk) 23:09, 11 November 2009 (UTC) |
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
| For helping in the elimination of euphemisms. Kittybrewster (talk) 12:52, 14 December 2009 (UTC) |
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User:Mandarax has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, Peace, A record of your Day will always be kept here. |
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Mandarax has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, A record of your Day will always be kept here. |
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You've won a Wikimedia t-shirt (not this t-shirt, but an equally lovely t-shirt) as part of the Great Backlog Drive. Thank you for your hard work and perseverance and we hope to see you next week! All Hail The Muffin Nor does it taste nice... 13:40, 9 February 2011 (UTC) |
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The Working Man's Barnstar |
| You haven't had one of these in a while, yet you keep plugging away. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 21:41, 9 February 2011 (UTC) |
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The DYK Medal | |
| For your tireless work in the DYK project area, which does not go unnoticed, and for writing the Batman 1 April 2011 hook. Materialscientist (talk) 03:47, 4 April 2011 (UTC) |
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The Anti-Flame Barnstar | |
| i think you need this one qwerty1219 chat 19:42, 9 June 2011 (UTC) |
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
| For everything you do on the visual arts (including correcting my mistakes), and related. Modernist (talk) 20:57, 3 July 2011 (UTC) |
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The Fearsome Jurassic Thesaurus award | |
| For your tireless copy-editing in DYK! AshLin (talk) 18:25, 16 July 2011 (UTC) |
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The Do-I-Really-Have-To-Explain Award |
| For their fantabulous gnoming, now over 178,000 times. Drmies (talk) 00:59, 19 July 2011 (UTC) |
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The Graphic Designer's Barnstar |
| Thanks for always helping me with my formatting problems. LadyofShalott 20:40, 11 August 2011 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar |
| Awarded because it looks like you did a few hours of very boring looking work today. bodnotbod (talk) 13:38, 22 August 2011 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar |
| For your efforts at Wikipedia:Contribution Team/Backlogs/Participants and progress. Cloudbound (talk) 21:14, 15 October 2011 (UTC) |
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The Copyeditor's Barnstar |
| You're awesome in many ways. Thank you for improving James Kidd (prospector). Means a lot to have someone pay attention to the little details. PanydThe muffin is not subtle 12:33, 28 October 2011 (UTC) |
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The Barnstar of Fine Arts | |
| Richly deserved for your many contributions. Best wishes, JNW (talk) 18:47, 30 November 2011 (UTC) |
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The Minor Barnstar | |
| This is for your many, many, many minor edits that add up to major improvement of the 'pedia. Thank you for all the work you do. LadyofShalott 22:46, 21 January 2012 (UTC) |
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The Editor's Barnstar |
| For picking up after me, time after time after time. WP would be a badly-running place without you. Drmies (talk) 22:14, 28 January 2012 (UTC) |
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Protector of Wikipedian Sex Workers Award |
| Some moral crusader almost stripped me of my already non-existing status as one of the last Wikipedian sex workers, and you saved me. You are my hero. Ms. Drmies (talk) 01:00, 11 February 2012 (UTC) |
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