User:Ruhrfisch

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Rührfisch (literally 'stir-fish') is the German word for a magnetic stir bar (or 'stirring flea' if you speak the Queen's English). Since English does not use umlauts, I left the umlaut off (ü → u) to get Ruhrfisch. In German Rührfisch is not the same as Ruhrfisch, which would be a fish in the river Ruhr. Since I like rivers (and fish), that is OK too.

In April 2009, without even knowing it, I have discovered I am a "pimpin' mack daddy".

A favorite quotation of mine, by John Ruskin. This is how I try to act here and elsewhere.

"It is a good and safe rule to sojourn in every place as if you meant to spend your life there, never omitting an opportunity of doing a kindness, or speaking a true word, or making a friend."

An English haiku I wrote on a stir bar, inspired by my user name:

A white bar, spinning

magnetic core, teflon skin;

not much of a fish.

Milestones

I have been a registered editor since July 8 2005. On December 14 2007 I became an administrator on Wikipedia. I am not the world's most active admin, but you can check my actions as a user and an admin here:

Ruhrfisch (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights). I am open to recall as an admin.

Wikiprojects, FA, FL & DYK This user is an administrator on the English Wikipedia. (verify) This user is an administrator, but would like to be de-sysopped someday. (Discussion) This user is a member of WikiProject Rivers. This user is a member of WikiProject Protected Areas. This user is a member of the National Register of Historic Places WikiProject. This user is a member of WikiProject U.S. Counties. This user is a member of WikiProject Pennsylvania This user is a member of WikiProject Bridges. This user has written or significantly contributed to twenty-eight featured articles on Wikipedia. This user has written or significantly contributed to four featured lists on Wikipedia. This user has been a major contributor to 46 articles featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page. This user has contributed to a whole lot of peer reviews on Wikipedia. This user has a page on Wikimedia Commons. This user has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian and was awarded their own day.

I have been a major contributor to twenty-eight Featured Articles and four Featured Lists.

I am the principal author of ten Featured Articles:

Larrys Creek (this was Today's Featured Article on October 19 2007, and was formerly a Good Article)

White Deer Hole Creek (this was Today's Featured Article on April 13, 2009)

Plunketts Creek (Loyalsock Creek) (which was formerly a Good Article)

Cogan House Covered Bridge (over Larrys Creek)

Forksville Covered Bridge (over Loyalsock Creek, this was formerly a Good Article)

Hillsgrove Covered Bridge (also over Loyalsock Creek)

Sonestown Covered Bridge (over Muncy Creek)

Plunketts Creek Bridge No. 3 (formerly over Plunketts Creek)`

Ganoga Lake (which was formerly a Good Article)

Clemuel Ricketts Mansion (on Ganoga Lake, this was Today's Featured Article on December 1 2010, and was formerly a Good Article)

and a main author of or major contributor to eighteen Featured Articles:

Presque Isle State Park (along with Gerry D, Niagara, Tomdonohue1, Finetooth, and Trey)

Joseph Priestley House (jointly authored with Awadewit, this was Today's Featured Article on April 18, 2009)

Black Moshannon State Park (along with Gerry D)

Worlds End State Park (along with Gerry D, this was formerly a Good Article)

Leonard Harrison State Park (along with Gerry D, this was Today's Featured Article on October 19, 2010)

Stigand (Ealdgyth is the principal author and listed as co-nominators Ning-ning for copyedits, and me for two peer reviews, this was Today's Featured Article on September 27, 2008)

Colton Point State Park (along with Gerry D)

Cherry Springs State Park (along with Gerry D, this was Today's Featured Article on June 11, 2009)

BP Pedestrian Bridge (along with TonyTheTiger and Torsodog, this was Today's Featured Article on May 22, 2010)

Nansen's Fram expedition (Brianboulton is the principal author and I made the maps)

Upper Pine Bottom State Park (along with Gerry D)

Lock Haven, Pennsylvania (Finetooth is the principal author and listed me as co-nom for my photos and maps)

Jay Pritzker Pavilion (along with TonyTheTiger, this was Today's Featured Article on April 3 2010)

Waterfalls in Ricketts Glen State Park (along with Gerry D)

Quehanna Wild Area (along with Auntieruth55)

Harris Theater (Chicago, Illinois) (along with TonyTheTiger, this was Today's Featured Article on November 8 2010)

Ricketts Glen State Park (along with Gerry D)

Exelon Pavilions (along with TonyTheTiger, this was Today's Featured Article on December 10 2010)

I am a main author of four Featured Lists:

List of Pennsylvania state parks (along with Gerry D and VerruckteDan)

List of municipalities in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania (along with Gerry D)

List of municipalities in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania (along with Gerry D)

List of tributaries of Larrys Creek (I am the principal author, no one else is this crazy ;-) )

I have helped write six Good Articles, all of which are now Featured Articles (see above)

I have been a major contributor to forty-six articles on the Main Page in the Did you know section.

I have uploaded twenty-three images that have appeared on the Main Page twenty-four times: eleven of my images (plus six images I just uploaded) have been featured in DYK, and three of my images (plus four I only uploaded) have been in Today's Featured Article (one of my images of the Priestley House was in DYK, then TFA).

I will never, never, never, never, never have an image that becomes a Featured Picture. ;-)

I do have two Quality Images on Commons!

I help out with Peer Reviews when I can. I do reviews at Good Article Nominations and have passed four (of eight) to date: Ernest Shackleton (now a FA), Columbia River (now a FA), Johnson Creek (Willamette River) (now a FA), and Skye.

I also have an account on Wikimedia Commons, which I use for images I make and take (maps and photographs), and an account on the German Wikipedia (both as Ruhrfisch too).

Awards

I am honored to have received the following awards and barnstars:

This barnstar page design was respectfully stolen borrowed from SandyGeorgia, who lifted it from Kirill Lokshin.

Pages I have made or substantially added to

Map of Pennsylvania State Parks (I made it and each dot is wikilinked)

I have made or made substantial contributions to articles in the following areas:

• Chemistry Related
• Children's Literature
• Rivers
• Germany
• Places in Pennsylvania
  • Creeks
  • Railroads
  • Native American Paths
  • Protected Areas
• Pennsylvania Miscellany
• Places in Ohio
• Places in Tennessee

Map of Illinois Protected Areas

Maps I have made and Pictures I have taken

I like to make maps based on the free U.S. Census Bureau maps available online. I have made maps of:

• All 67 Pennsylvania Counties (with Municipal and Township Labels)
• All 88 Ohio Counties (with Municipal and Township Labels)
• All 63 Pennsylvania Counties with more than one Public School District
• All 100 North Carolina Counties (with Municipal Labels)
• All 5 Rhode Island Counties (with Municipal and Township Labels)
• All 64 Lousiana Parishes (127 maps total, as each parish map is in two versions, with and without district labels, for all but Orleans Parish)
• Locator maps for all incorporated places, townships, and Census-designated places in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania (53 maps total), Sullivan County, Pennsylvania (13 maps total), and Hancock County, Ohio (29 maps total)
• Watershed maps for Lycoming County, Larrys Creek, and White Deer Hole Creek
• Stream maps for Plunketts Creek and Lyre River
• Metropolitan Statistical Area maps for Fort Wayne
• Railroad maps for LVRR and UCIR
• Historical Maps for Big Runaway, Daniel Hughes, and Susquehanna Boom
• Locator maps for 49 U.S. States and the District of Columbia:
  AL | AK | AR | AZ | CA | CO | CT | DC | FL | GA | HI | ID | IL | IN | IA | KS | KY | LA | ME | MA | MD | MI | MN | MS | MO | MT | NE | NV | NH | NJ | NM | NY | NC | ND | OH | OK | OR | PA | RI | SC | SD | TN | TX | UT | VT | VA | WV | WA | WI | WY Plus I fixed the colors on VerruckteDan's DE map

I am an avid photographer and add images to articles when I can. Please see the subpage (link above) for some of these.

My work for Wikipedia used elsewhere

• My photograph was used as the cover image of the Fall 2010 Citizen's Guide to Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania by the National Sea Grant Law Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• The same photograph was used (with my permission) in the October 28, 2010 print issue of the Hummelstown, Pennsylvania weekly newspaper The Sun
• My panoramic photo of Fairfield Township is used (with my permission) by the Coalition for Responsible Growth and Resource Conservation on their web page

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• A page of resources I use.

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There are 24 named Waterfalls in Ricketts Glen State Park

Unified login: Ruhrfisch is the unique login of this user for all public Wikimedia projects.