User:Nolabob
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Born | New Orleans |
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Current location | Colorado Pennsylvania (at times) |
Languages | English Spanish (limited) |
Time zone | MDT |
Current time | Current time for UTC-6 is 06:06 |
Personality type | INTJ |
Family and friends | |
Marital status | married |
Children | 2 |
Siblings | 1 |
Education and employment | |
Occupation | Research scientist |
Employer | retired |
Education | PhD |
High school | Jesuit High School of New Orleans |
College | Tulane University |
University | University of California, Berkeley |
Account statistics | |
Joined | 14 February 2011 |
Edit count | 10,000+ |
I currently reside in Denver, Colorado, in the United States. For many years, I resided in Chester County, Pennsylvania, where I lived when I first began contributions to the Wikipedia and some of its sister projects. I still spend a significant amount of time in Pennsylvania.
I earned a PhD in Chemistry at the University of California at Berkeley, which explains my particular interest in matters related to Chemistry and Materials on the Wikipedia.
I was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, which explains why I have done so much Wikipedia editing on matters related to New Orleans. I am also an alumnus of Tulane University in New Orleans with a BS in Chemistry, having graduated from Jesuit High School of New Orleans in 1974.
Lists of my major contributions to the Wikipedia are below.
In December 2019, I created my first article for Wikiquote, that on Julius Rosenwald. This link is to my WikiQuote user page which lists my original articles for Wikiquote. I also originate WikiData items, usually for subjects that might not meet the notability threshold of Wikipedia or subjects for which there might not yet be sufficient verifiable references. Perhaps I could more accurately describe myself as a "Wikimedian" than a "Wikipedian".
I participate regularly in the Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia WikiSalons.
On January 1, 2022, the article I originated on the Christian Street Historic District achieved Did You Know status. The article about Curtis Imrie was a DYK on August 9, 2022.
As of February 2022, the article on Calutron Girls achieved Good Article status, an article for which I completed extensive upgrades.
In October 2022, I completed NPP Reviewer training and became an approved New Page Reviewer effective October 24, 2022.
Beginning on August 13, 2022, I began serving as a reviewer for articles nominated for Good Article status. As of August 22, 2022, I have completed three GA nomination reviews (passing two and failing one).
In October 2019, I received my first barnstar.
In August 2022, I awarded my first barnstar.
I have a test platform. Here is a user subpage with a list of tools.
My major contributions to the Wikipedia are in the collapsible tables below.
Number | Article | Description |
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1 | Hap Glaudi | Sports journalist |
2 | Mel Leavitt | Television journalist and historian |
3 | Charles L. Dufour | Humorist and writer |
4 | Charles C. Bass | Innovator in medicine and dentistry |
5 | Adrien de Pauger | Cartographer for the original design of New Orleans |
6 | James A. Knight | Medical ethicist |
7 | Abraham Louis Levin | Medical innovator |
8 | Irish Bayou | Community in New Orleans |
9 | Stanhope Bayne-Jones | Medical scientist |
10 | Southern Regional Research Center | Research facility for agriculture and agricultural products |
11 | Alexander John Drysdale | Artist |
12 | Paul E. Poincy | Artist |
13 | Andres Molinary | Artist |
14 | William C. Drinkard | Scientist and inventor |
15 | Beulah Levy Ledner | Pastry chef |
16 | Frank Joseph Davis | Writer and television journalist |
17 | Nylon Rope Trick | Scientific demonstration |
18 | My Brother's Keeper Challenge | Public-private partnership promoting intervention of prominent people with disadvantaged young people |
19 | Maria Vicenta Rosal | Latin American religious leader and feminist |
20 | Herbert S. Eleuterio | Scientist and inventor |
21 | Constant C. Dejoie, Sr. | Civic leader and businessperson |
22 | Robert Bledsoe Mayfield | Artist |
23 | Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities | Non-profit organization for advancing educational causes in Louisiana |
24 | Eleanor McMain | Leader of progressive movements |
25 | Barcelona Guitar Orchestra | Orchestra of classical guitarists |
26 | Albert W. Dent | Civic leader and academic administrator |
27 | Edgar B. Stern Sr | Philanthropist and business person |
28 | Michael T. Dugan | Academic |
29 | Clifton H. Johnson | Historian |
30 | Cary 14 Spectrophotometer | Scientific instrument |
31 | Arnold Thackray | Science historian |
32 | Dog Aging Project | On-going biological study of aging in dogs |
33 | Mardi Gras Doubloons | Coin-like Mardi Gras throws commemorating Mardi Gras Krewes |
34 | Jerome LeDoux | Roman Catholic priest |
35 | Arthur Perry | College basketball coach |
36 | Bayou Metairie | Stranded distributary in southeast Louisiana |
37 | Bartholomew Fussell | Abolitionist |
38 | Edith Rosenwald Stern | Philanthropist and patron of the arts |
39 | Charles E. Fenner | New Orleans businessperson of Merrill Lynch fame |
40 | Nehemiah Atkinson | professional tennis player and coach in New Orleans |
41 | Royal D. Suttkus | Ichthyologist and founder of a major collection of fishes |
42 | New Orleans Recreation Department | Civic organization |
43 | Historic Cemeteries of New Orleans | Notable for architecture and history |
44 | William C. Edenborn | Louisiana industrialist and inventor |
45 | Paul Crawford | Jazz musician and historian |
46 | Curtis and Davis Architects and Engineers | Defunct architectural firm |
47 | Leon C. Weiss | "Huey Long's architect" |
48 | Schwegmann Brothers Giant Supermarkets | Early big box retailer |
49 | Sara T. Mayo | Physician and humanitarian reformer |
50 | Werlein's for Music | Long-standing music retailer and publisher that served New Orleans |
51 | Christian Street Historic District | aka Black Doctors' Row (Philadelphia) |
52 | Leon C. Megginson | Academic noted for his clarifying statement about Darwinism |
53 | Robert W. Tebbs | Architectural photographer noted for photoessay of defunct plantation homes |
54 | Hogan Jazz Archive | Repository at Tulane University |
55 | Giuseppe Ferrata | Composer, musician, professor, inventor |
56 | Elijah F. Pennypacker | Abolitionist |
57 | Basilica of St. Stephen (New Orleans) | In Uptown New Orleans |
58 | Curtis Imrie | Pack burro racer |
59 | Jean-Louis Dolliole | Architect who was a free person of color |
60 | Lory Schaff | Leader in adult literacy education |
61 | Herman Neugass | Athlete and Olympic boycotter |
62 | A Studio in the Woods | Environmental art studio |
63 | Richard Koch | Architectural preservationist and photographer |
64 | Leonard Spangenberg | New Orleans architect |
65 | New Orleans Arts and Crafts Club | Organization for modernist art & historic preservation |
66 | Mona Minkara | Scientist and advocate for the visually impaired |
67 | Shipcarpenter Square | Historic residential neighborhood in Lewes |
68 | L'Union | African-American newspaper |
69 | Solari's | Defunct gournet food store in New Orleans |
70 | Le Moniteur De La Louisiane | First newspaper in Louisiana |
Number | Article | Description |
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1 | George E. Burch | Medical researcher |
2 | List of people from New Orleans | Notable New Orleanians |
3 | William Bruce Mumford | Figure in the US Civil War |
4 | National World War II Museum | Museum in New Orleans |
5 | Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans | Historic cemetery in New Orleans |
6 | Irish Channel, New Orleans | Historic district |
7 | My Gal Sal | Historic aircraft at the National WWII Museum |
8 | Jesuit Bend, Louisiana | Community in New Orleans |
9 | John Churchill Chase | Editorial cartoonist |
10 | Rachel Lloyd | Scientist |
11 | Earl L. Muetterties | Scientist |
12 | Wayne Mack | Broadcast journalist |
13 | Mr. Bingle | Fictional character |
14 | Amistad Research Center | For African-American heritage |
15 | pH Meter | Scientific instrument |
16 | Spectronic 20 | Scientific instrument |
17 | Eamon Kelly | Tulane University administrator |
18 | Explorer Wendell Phillips | Archeologist and explorer |
19 | Albert C. Ledner | Architect |
20 | Scientific celebrity | Popularly known scientists |
21 | George Bissell | Oil industry pioneer in the United States |
22 | Struble Trail | Multi-use recreational trail in Chester County, PA |
23 | Ernie Freeman | Jazz musician |
24 | Holt Cemetery | Historic potter's field in New Orleans |
25 | Wilhelm Ostwald | Scientist and father of the field of physical chemistry |
26 | Saul Hertz | Physician-scientist |
27 | Annie Trumbull Slosson | Fiction writer and entomologist |
28 | Chalmette National Cemetery | Historic military cemetery |
29 | Otto Schott | Inventor of high quality optics |
30 | Ralph E. Oesper | Science historian |
31 | Klaus Grutzka | Industrial artist |
32 | Antonio Neri | Priest and pioneer in the science of glass-making |
33 | Philip P. Werlein | Music publisher and retailer |
34 | Amelia Laskey | Ornithologist and autodidact |
35 | Calutron Girls | A group of Manhattan Project workers |
36 | Virginia Holsinger | Food scientist |
37 | John Duffy | Medical historian |
38 | Agnes Pockels | Colloid scientist and autodidact |
39 | Walter Lear | Physician and social activist |
40 | Joan Luedders Wolfe | Environmental activist |
41 | Althea Sherman | Ornithologist |
42 | Cordelia Stanwood | Ornithologist |
43 | Henri Devaux | Surface scientist and religious philosopher |
44 | Alan Charlton | British diplomat |
45 | Langenstein's | New Orleans grocery store chain |
46 | St. Frances Cabrini Church | Roman Catholic Church built in modernist style |
47 | Sasha Suda | CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art |
48 | Ernest Lagarde | Literary scholar of Louisiana Creole descent (mostly copyediting) |
49 | Pine Grove Furnace Prisoner of War Interrogation Camp | WWII facility in Pennsylvania |
50 | Christopher Drew | Investigative journalist |
51 | Robert H. Socolow | Environmental scientist |
52 | Edward Baquet | Creole restaurateur & civil rights activist |
53 | Arnaud's | Older, well-established Louisiana Creole restaurant |
Beginning in March 2017, I volunteered to assist the Wikipedian-in-Residence at the Science History Institute. The position of Wikipedian-in-Residence at the Science History Institute ceased to exist as a result of the economic downturn from the 2020 global pandemic.
Number | Article | Description |
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1 | pH meter | Scientific instrument |
2 | Spectronic 20 | Scientific instrument |
3 | Cary 14 Spectrophotometer | Scientific instrument |
4 | Arnold Thackray | Science historian |
5 | Leroy Hood | Biologist, inventor of several scientific instruments |
6 | Carl Axel Arrhenius | Early chemist, research led to discovery of several elements |
7 | Nils Johan Berlin | Early chemist, devised means of separating rare earth elements |
8 | Jöns Jacob Berzelius | Chemist, important in the early history of the field |
9 | Christian Wilhelm Blomstrand | Swedish chemist who made contributions to the forerunner of the periodic table |
10 | Bohuslav Brauner | Czech chemist who contributed to understanding periodicity, atomic weights and rare earth chemistry |
11 | Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran | Chemist, discoverer of several elements, pioneer in the field of spectroscopy |
12 | Fritz Strassmann | Nuclear chemist whose pioneering research led to discovery of nuclear fission |
13 | Harold G. Richter | Nuclear chemist and environmental chemist |
14 | Friedrich Wöhler | Early pioneer in organic chemistry |
15 | Wilhelm Ostwald | Physical chemist |
I have edited many other articles, too numerous to list here. I started contributing to the Wikipedia in February 2011. In addition, I have uploaded many photographs to the Wikimedia Commons and am beginning contributions to Wikivoyage. I usually have something under development in my sandboxes:
- E. William Jensen
- Green Valley Ranch
- Thomas H. Clancy, S.J.
- Annabelle Bernard, New Orleans born opera singer
I have interest at present in upgrading the articles on Nina Floy Bracelin, and gas lighting, as well as several others not listed here.
Beginning in March 2017, I volunteered to assist the Wikipedian-in-Residence at the Science History Institute. In this capacity, I have made significant contributions to, edited extensively, or originated, the articles listed below. The position of Wikipedian-in-Residence at the Science History Institute ceased to exist as a result of the economic downturn from the 2020 global pandemic.
- pH Meter, scientific instrument
- Spectronic 20, scientific instrument
- Cary 14 Spectrophotometer, scientific instrument
- Arnold Thackray, science historian
- Leroy Hood, biologist, inventor of several scientific instruments
- Carl Axel Arrhenius, early chemist, research led to discovery of several elements
- Nils Johan Berlin, early chemist, devised means of separating rare earth elements
- Jöns Jacob Berzelius, chemist, important in the early history of the field
- Christian Wilhelm Blomstrand, Swedish chemist who made contributions to the forerunner of the periodic table
- Bohuslav Brauner, Czech chemist who contributed to understanding periodicity, atomic weights and rare earth chemistry
- Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran, chemist, discoverer of several elements, pioneer in the field of spectroscopy
- Fritz Strassmann, nuclear chemist whose pioneering research led to discovery of nuclear fission.
- Harold G. Richter, nuclear chemist and environmental chemist
- Friedrich Wöhler, early pioneer in organic chemistry
- Wilhelm Ostwald, physical chemist
COI statement
[edit]There have been a handful of articles that I have edited or originated for which I have or have had a personal connection. However, I have never been paid or received compensation of any sort for any writing or editing that I have done for the Wikipedia. I always seek to hold myself to Wikipedia's standards for maintaining a Wikipedia's neutral point of view, without any Wikipedia:Advocacy, and for ensuring subject matter is suitably WP:RS supported. Should anyone have concerns about my contributions to the Wikipedia, I ask that the individual let me know.
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