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Most Wikipedia articles that I edit concern cancerinchildren, with a focus on interwiki links and reliable sources. I also translate, mostly from German, Spanish, and Portuguese into English.
Here are some articles I have worked on:
| Article | Class | Importance | Toolbox links |
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| Primary contributor | |||
| Anethole | Start | Mid | history contrib stats page view stats |
| Tapetum lucidum | Start | Mid | history contrib stats page view stats |
| Gastroenteritis | B | Top | |
| Enterolith | Start | Mid | |
| Hyperuricemia | Start | Mid | |
| Hypouricemia | Start | Low | |
| Major contributor | |||
| Osteochondritis dissecans | FA | Mid | |
| Rotavirus | FA | High | |
| Gout | B | High | |
What makes a good "hook"?
| Date | Did you know ... | Archive number, effect on page view stats, note |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 October 19 | ... that in the Canary Islands, palm syrup is made from sap collected laboriously from the crown of a date palm? | 233, 1000x; rescued nomination |
| 2008 October 20 |
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233, page view stats jump 4.9k; primary contributor |
| 2008 November 2 | ... that an enterolith is a calculus found in the intestine of an animal, usually a horseorhuman? | 234, page view stats, contrib stats |
| 2009 March 19 |
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242; 50x for anethole, 111x for ouzo effect, 81x for the image, and 280x for SMEDDS |
| 2009 March 20 | ... that most of the 156 episodes of the 1950s series The Cisco Kid were filmed in color, more than a decade before color television became common? | 243; 92x for The Cisco Kid (TV series); rescued nomination |
| 2009 March 22 |
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243; page view stats; rescued nomination |
| 2009 March 31 | ... that a rules dispute during the first all-cowgirl rodeo, held in 1948 in Amarillo, Texas, led to the formation of the first rodeo association for women? | |
| 2009 May 8 | ... that during the 2008–09 flu season in the United States, only 14.1% of influenza tests were positive for influenza? | 244; 2.6x |
| 2009 May 26 | ... that a population bottleneck among Finns about 4000 years ago may be the origin of the Finnish disease heritage that affects 1 in 500 children born in Finland today? | 7,300x |
| 2009 June 3 | ... that surform tools can shape materials as diverse as automobile repair plastic body filler and elephants' hooves? | 2,200 |
| 2009 Sept 11 | ... that while racing in the 2009 World Orienteering Championships gold medalist Thierry Gueorgiou rescued an injured competitor? | 808 |
| 2009 Sept 15 | ... that Anders Nordberg was elected Orienteer of the year 2007byNorwegian sports journalists? | 432 |
| 2009 Sept 18 | ... that Czech Republic orienteering world champion Michal Smola joined an orienteering club at age 12 and won his first national championship race at age 14? | 535 |
| 2009 Sept 23 | ... that while in the lead of the last relay leg of the 2009 World Orienteering Championships, Martin Johansson was injured by a wooden stick penetrating 12 centimetres (5 in) into his leg? | 37 |
| 2009 Oct 3 | ... that successful repair of both cruciate ligaments in a human knee was first reported in 1903? | 703 |
| 2009 Oct 26 | ... that Robert Brown's 1818 botanical article Congo was deemed by one reviewer to be remarkable for its frequent use of the word "remarkable"? | rescued nomination, 1.3k |
| 2009 Oct 30 | ... that many congenital malformations in babies share the common life-threatening complication of pulmonary hypoplasia? | 993 |
| 2009 Nov 6 | ... that babies with alveolar capillary dysplasia may seem healthy at birth, but cannot breathe well and soon die? | 1,600 |
| 2009 Nov 19 | ... that a propeller operated at such a high rpm that it cuts more than it pushes, is sometimes known as a blade grinder? | 4.7k |
| 2009 Nov 24 | ... that in medieval England the Honour of Wallingford existed for almost five centuries?? | 4.1k |
| 2009 Nov 24 | ... that chocolate liqueurs have been produced from at least the 18th century?? | 2.2k |
| 2009 Dec 4 | ... that the poppy seed test is a simple, accurate, and inexpensive medical test for vesicointestinal fistula? | 5.1k; Vesicointestinal fistula 2.8k |
| 2009 Dec 4 |
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3.0k; Opium poppy |
| 2009 Dec 10 | ... that Robert Sumrall survived being lost in the Gila National Forest for seven days in winter without food, water, or camping gear? | 3.6k; Gila National Forest 1.4k |
Acanthoma, Enterolith, Kidney cancer, Influenza-like illness, Finnish heritage disease, Poppy seed test (medical sign)
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