User:Marrante

About Marrante

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This user has been on Wikipedia for 14 years, 10 months and 15 days.

This user has written or expanded 43 articles featured in the Did You Know section on the Main Page.

This user employs a more formal style of writing in articles than in talk pages.

USage declineThis user uses American English, but is appalled at its rapid and continuing deterioration.

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he or sheThis user considers the singular they to be substandard English usage.

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kindRegarding gender, this user prefers the vernacular, not what is politically correct.

You and MeThis user thinks that if you believe it is incorrect to use "you and me" as the object of a sentence, a little talk needs to be had by you and me...

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∞This user is an ageless immortal.

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de-3Dieser Benutzer hat sehr gute Deutschkenntnisse.

fr-2Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau intermédiaire en français.

nl-1Deze gebruiker bezit beginnende kennis van het Nederlands.

da-1Denne bruger har et grundlæggende kendskab til dansk.

My DYK articles

1. Kemna concentration camp appeared on January 20, 2012 (38,600 2-day bounce)
2. Anna Essinger appeared on October 7, 2011 (13,900 hits)
3. Hans Litten appeared on June 9, 2010 (11,400-hit 2-day bounce)
4. Hitler Youth Conspiracy on December 7, 2011 (9,700 2-day bounce)
5. Mårup Church appeared on September 20, 2011 (7,000 hits)
6. Joseph Schleifstein appeared on March 27, 2011 (6,800-hit 2-day bounce)
7. Elli Hatschek appeared on September 8, 2011 (5,500 hits)
8. Tony Tetro appeared on June 27, 2011 (5,300 hits)
9. Prisoner functionary appeared May 25, 2010 (5,300-hit 2-day bounce)
10. Hotel Lux appeared on November 30, 2011 (5,000 hits)

Under 5,000 hits

1. Bart Chilton appeared on May 16, 2011 (4,700 hits)
2. Mark Pittman appeared on March 17, 2011 (4,600 hits])
3. Hugo Schneider AG appeared on April 3, 2011 (4,000 hits)
4. Bunce Court School appeared on October 10, 2011 (3,800 hits)
5. Ruth von Mayenburg appeared on December 2, 2011 (3,800 hits)
6. Ernst Ottwalt appeared on January 31, 2012 (3,800 hits)
7. Gustav Sobottka, Jr. appeared on December 19, 2011 (3,600 hits)
8. Wittorf affair appeared on July 31, 2011 (3,400 hits)
9. Orli Wald appeared on July 24, 2011 (3,304-hit 2-day bounce)
10. Hanna Bergas appeared on October 18, 2011 (3,300 hits)
11. Left Column (theater troupe) appeared on December 13, 2011 (3,100 hits)
12. Nienover appeared on January 24, 2011 (3,000 hits)
13. Gustav Sobottka appeared on December 8, 2011 (2,900 hits)
14. Gary J. Aguirre appeared on March 5, 2011 (2,700-hit 2-day bounce)
15. Franz Jacob (Resistance fighter) appeared April 6, 2010 (2,700 hits)
16. Armin Maiwald appeared on November 25, 2010 (2,300 hits)
17. James G. Rickards appeared on May 20, 2011 (2,100 hits)

Under 2,000 hits

• Deutsche Zentral Zeitung on December 18, 2011 (1,700 hits)
• Julia Voss on August 4, 2011 (1,579 2-day bounce)
• Cuno strikes on August 8, 2011 (1,600 hits)
• Allgemeiner Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund on August 13, 2011 (1,500 hits)
• Wilhelm Marckwald on November 12, 2011 (1,500 hits)
• Urgent Call for Unity on July 17, 2010 (1,400 hits)
• Bill Murphy (GATA chairman) on May 15, 2011 (1,100 hits)
• Bruno Adler on November 9, 2011 (1,100 hits)
• Erich Katz on November 20, 2011 (1,100 hits)

Under 1,000 hits

• Michael Roemer on November 2, 2011; Jacqueline Moss on November 24, 2011; Gloria Blackwell on June 11, 2011; Lurma Rackley on June 11, 2011; Dorothy Mayhall on November 17, 2011; George E. Jonas on July 5, 2010

Nobody knows

• Helmut Damerius, after an unprecedented three reviews, finally appeared on December 23, 2011, the first of three days when the traffic logs were malfunctioning. And a first (for me): Ernst Ottwalt never even got his day in the sun. The article was rejected (by default), meaning it failed to get any review at all and so never reached the main page.

DYK ripple effect

The appearance of Hanna Bergas on DYK garnered 6,800 hits for Kindertransport, which was mentioned in the hook. The appearance of Julia Voss on DYK garnered Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver, which I substantially edited, 2,700 hits on August 4, 2011. In addition, I nominated William J. Toye so that Clementine Hunter, whose art he forged, could get on DYK. They appeared on June 23, 2011, gaining 1,600 and 1,400 hits respectively.

Known Google or media-originated spikes of articles I've begun or expanded

1. Die Sendung mit der Maus, 40th anniversary commemorated by a Google "doodle" (modified logo) (4,900 hits)
2. Armin Maiwald, creator of Die Maus (361 hits)
3. Christoph Biemann, producer on Die Maus (186 hits)
4. Hans Litten was the subject of a BBC drama and a documentary, prompting several articles in the press as well. Monthly traffic jumped from roughly 450-600 hits to (55,497 hits)

To see something really impressive, however, check out what happened to Martha Graham when Google honored her. Stats

My contributions rated C class or better

These are articles I have created or edited substantially.

1. Franz Jacob (Resistance fighter) — B class
2. Hans Litten — B class
3. Gary J. Aguirre — B class
4. Hugo Schneider AG — B class
5. William J. Toye — B class
6. Orli Wald — B class
7. Ben Wilson (artist) — B class
8. Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver — B class
9. Kemna concentration camp — B class
10. Ebony and Ivory (piano duo) — C class
11. Bernhard Bästlein — C class
12. Saefkow-Jacob-Bästlein Organization — C class
13. Brandenburg-Görden Prison — C class
14. Lothar Kreyssig — C class
15. Hans Ehrenberg — C class
16. Die Sendung mit der Maus — C class
17. Armin Maiwald — C class
18. Nienover — C class
19. Joseph Schleifstein — C class
20. Bart Chilton — C class
21. Thomas H. Chilton — C class
22. Clementine Hunter — C class
23. Allgemeiner Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund — C class
24. Mårup Church — C class
25. Anna Essinger — C class
26. Jacqueline Moss — C class
27. Gustav Sobottka — C class