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Featured articles:

{{icon|FA}} United States v. Wong Kim Ark (US citizenship law case)

:— Good Article, 5 Jan. 2011

:— Featured Article, 23 Feb. 2012

:— Today's Featured Article, 19 Oct. 2012

{{icon|FA}} Afroyim v. Rusk (US citizenship law case)

:— Good Article, 2 Jan. 2011

:— Featured Article, 25 Dec. 2012

:— Today's Featured Article, 20 Feb. 2014

Good articles:

{{icon|GA}} Vance v. Terrazas (US citizenship law case)

:— Good Article, 30 Dec. 2010

{{icon|GA}} Steve Irwin (biography) — Good Article, 5 Feb. 2011

{{icon|GA}} 1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident (aviation)

:— Good Article, 28 Sep. 2011

{{icon|GA}}{{icon|DYK}} White Horse Prophecy (Mormon history)

:— Did You Know?, 7 June 2010

::Did you know ... that the White Horse Prophecy, attributed to Mormon founder Joseph Smith, is "not embraced as Church doctrine" by the Mormon Church?

:— Good Article, 3 Dec. 2011

{{icon|GA}} Minor v. Happersett (US voting rights case)

:— Good Article, 30 June 2012

{{icon|GA}}{{icon|DYK}} George E. Crothers (Stanford University alumnus and benefactor)

:— Did You Know?, 11 August 2011

::Did you know ... that Crothers Memorial Hall, one of two Stanford University dormitories funded by gifts from Judge George E. Crothers, was named in memory of the judge's mother?

:— B-Class article, 13 Nov. 2011

:— Good Article, 18 Jan. 2013

{{icon|GA}} Icelandic Naming Committee

:— Good Article, 27 June 2013

{{icon|GA}}{{icon|DYK}} Keturah (Biblical personality)

:— Good Article, 16 July 2015

:— Did You Know?, 22 July 2015

::Did you know ... that Keturah, the woman Abraham married after the death of Sarah, has been called "the most ignored significant person" in the Hebrew Bible?

{{icon|GA}} Kawakita v. United States (US citizenship law and treason case)

:— Good Article, 23 October 2015

::''Did you know ... that Tomoya Kawakita, a Japanese-American convicted of treason against the United States after World War II, was arrested after a former POW recognized him in a Los Angeles department store?

{{icon|DYK}} Georgian numerals (linguistics)

:— Did You Know?, 14 February 2012

::Did you know ... that the names of numbers in Georgian are constructed in part using a base-20 system?

{{icon|DYK}} Calvin's Case (English nationality law case)

:— Did You Know?, 21 May 2012

::Did you know ... that Calvin's Case'', an English legal case from 1608, helped establish the principle of birth on American soil as the primary means of acquiring United States citizenship at birth?

{{icon|DYK}} Nguyen v. INS (US citizenship law case)

:— Did You Know?, 1 June 2012

::Did you know ... that in Nguyen v. INS'', the US Supreme Court upheld a law making it harder for a foreign-born illegitimate child to inherit US citizenship from the father than from the mother?

In the news (on Wikipedia front page)

{{icon|ITN}} Katyn massacre (WWII Soviet atrocity)

:— In the News, 26 Nov. – 2 Dec. 2010

::In the News: The Russian State Duma declares Joseph Stalin and other officials of the Soviet Union to have been responsible for the 1940 Katyn massacre.

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(see this page for details on my DYK history)

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{{icon|GA}} 1947 BSAA Avro Lancastrian Star Dust accident (aviation)

{{icon|FA}} Afroyim v. Rusk (US citizenship law case)

{{icon|DYK}} Calvin's Case (English nationality law case)

{{icon|GA}}{{icon|DYK}} George E. Crothers (Stanford University alumnus and benefactor)

{{icon|DYK}} Georgian numerals (linguistics)

{{icon|GA}} Icelandic Naming Committee

{{icon|GA}} Kawakita v. United States (US citizenship law and treason case)''

{{icon|GA}}{{icon|DYK}} Keturah (Biblical personality)

{{icon|GA}} Minor v. Happersett (US voting rights case)

{{icon|DYK}} Nguyen v. INS (US citizenship law case)

{{icon|FA}} United States v. Wong Kim Ark (US citizenship law case)

{{icon|GA}} Vance v. Terrazas (US citizenship law case)

{{icon|GA}}{{icon|DYK}} White Horse Prophecy (Mormon history)

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::(ongoing involvement with keeping the article neutral — especially concerning the question of whether the expression "anchor baby" is derogatory or not)

::(ongoing involvement with keeping the article neutral — especially concerning the treatment of the Wong Kim Ark case and questions about the original intent of the 14th Amendment)

::(did extensive [{{fullurl:History_of_Bălţi|diff=373200223&oldid=372192055}} copy-editing] on this article for the July 2010 GOCE cleanup)

{{icon|ITN}} Katyn massacre (Soviet atrocity during World War II)

::(added a fact which caused the article to appear in "In the News", 26 Nov. – 2 Dec. 2010)

{{icon|DYK}} Leal Garcia v. Texas (US criminal law / international law case)

::(suggested the [{{fullurl:Template_talk:Did_you_know|oldid=442771973#Articles_created.2Fexpanded_on_July_10}} hook] that was ultimately used when this article appeared in "Did You Know?" on 5 August 2011)

::(ongoing involvement with keeping the article neutral — especially concerning the Founding Fathers' original intent and controversies over the presidential eligibility of Barack Obama)

::([{{fullurl:Positions_of_the_feet_in_ballet|diff=626584403&oldid=609955218}} replaced all photos in the article] with new versions showing better technique on 22 September 2014)

{{icon|GA}} Steve Irwin (became a "Good Article" on 5 February 2011)

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Current / Recent:

Past (probably won't return to these):

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Work toward Featured Article status:

{{icon|GA}} Korean Air Lines Flight 007

: (clean up per 2009 failed Featured Article candidacy)

{{icon|GA}} Steve Irwin (clean up citations, get a peer review)

Work toward Good Article status:

: (the court case — eligibility for US naturalization)

{{icon|DYK}} Calvin's Case (English allegiance law)

Add more information, sources, and inline citations:

{{icon|DYK}} Nguyen v. INS (US citizenship by descent)

Create new articles:

: (off-label use of prescription medication)

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Articles about people with whom I have/had a personal connection (I generally avoid editing these articles):

{{space|fig}}{{dagger}} Carlfred Broderick (USC sociology professor)

{{space|fig}}{{dagger}} Ariel Bybee (operatic singer)

{{space|fig}}{{dagger}} Tom Lantos (politician, human rights advocate)

{{space|fig}}{{dagger}} Diane Ellingson Smith (gymnast and motivational speaker)

Other articles:

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