User:Tlogmer

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I run a weblog about wikipedia. If you want me to write about a particular article/topic/concept/whatever, leave a note, or comment on a weblog post.

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Blue-billed white tern

Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp

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Various logos and graphics for wikipedia/wikimedia/wikimania.

Etc.

My name's Ben Yates; I'm a technical writer, student, and keyboardist from Ann Arbor.

Writing

Wikipedia:Babel

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This user rescues articles for the Article Rescue Squadron.

This user plays the piano.

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This user is a noder at Everything2.

This user runs macOS.

This user knows where in the world Carmen Sandiego is.

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So. I've been here since late 2003; I started the wikipedia articles Metrosexual and Hell, Michigan (and the wikibooks summary of Understanding Comics). Most of my stuff is elsewhere, though.

Nonfiction

How to appreciate jazz without really trying.
Sk8er Boi.
Understanding Comics.
File sharing is theft (read all the way through before you send me angry emails).
How to build a computer out of black holes.
Why is the sky blue?.
Does the Universe have granularity?.
You Know My Name (Look Up the Number).

Fiction

Now I ask you, is that any way for a cosmic body to Disintegrate?.
Life^TM.
Schrodinger killed his cat.
On the Division of Labor.
The Sticker Underground .
Private Eye.

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Did you know...

Mount Zion Church of God in Christ

... that baptisms hosted by the Mount Zion Church of God in Christ (pictured) became a tourist attraction?
... that the Australian War Memorial changed its rules retroactively to disqualify Flawed Hero: Truth, Lies and War Crimes from a prize it was already selected to receive?
... that basketball player Anton Bonke represented his home nation, Vanuatu, in rowing?
... that the captain of LOT Polish Airlines Flight 703 was initially hailed as a hero before an investigation later blamed the flight crew for the crash?
... that the University of Southern California's radio station went from "rinky-dink" to a national producer of classical-music programs within a decade?
... that Al Culver jumped into Lake Michigan to save a drowning man at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair?
... that the derelict Werdmuller Centre was a filming location for The Dark Tower and the Resident Evil TV series?
... that Abraham Howell established a colony on Crab Island without government approval?
... that Post Office Square does not have any post offices?


22 May 2026
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