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Howdy! I'm AviationFreak.

I work a little in a lot of places on Wikipedia, in terms of both the types of articles I write/edit and the project-facing venues I frequent. My interests are all over the place, but a few highlights are (public) transportation, linguistics, and, occasionally, individually-notable animals. A couple of my bigger content contributions to the site were getting Ted Kaczynski to FA and a four award for Strom Thurmond filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. I'm also a reviewer at Articles for Creation and sometimes do anti-vandal work. I've found it difficult to keep up with regular editing between work and school obligations, but I try to keep at it at whatever pace I can manage.

Many of my contributions are in relatively minor mainspace maintenance work, creation of smaller articles about topics I stumbled upon, GOCE copyedits, AfD comments, etc. I enjoy working with other editors, so if there's a topic you're working on that you think I might find interesting, give me a shout at my talk page!

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Did You Know...

{{DYK inline}} ... that U.S. senator Strom Thurmond's aides set up a bucket for him to relieve himself during his 24-hour filibuster?

{{DYK inline}} ... that the Korea Central Zoo houses a chimpanzee that smokes a pack of cigarettes a day?

{{DYK inline}} ... that Paleo-Indians began inhabiting Maryland around 10,000 BC?

{{DYK inline}} ... that nervous drivers can purchase a shuttle ride to get across the Chesapeake Bay Bridge?

{{DYK inline}} ... that all three engines on Aeroflot Flight 6709 stopped at the same time, resulting in a deadly crash?

{{DYK inline}} ... that a {{convert|14|ft|adj=on}} steel cutout of Donald Trump stands outside the Trump House in Latrobe, Pennsylvania?

{{DYK inline}} ... that Michelle Curran is the only female flying with the United States Air Force Thunderbirds in the 2020 season?

{{DYK inline}} ... that although fracking is banned in Maryland, state officials support the Eastern Shore Pipeline, which carries fracked gas?

{{DYK inline}} ... that more than 41 million hours of online chess have been watched on Twitch during the {{nowrap|COVID-19}} pandemic?

{{DYK inline}} ... that Wahsayah Whitebird{{`s}} Communist Party membership was not publicly known until after he was elected?

{{DYK inline}} ... that Joe the Pigeon was granted a pardon by the Australian government after being sentenced to euthanasia?

{{DYK inline}} ... that Magawa, an African giant pouched rat, sniffed out more than 70 land mines in Cambodia?

{{DYK inline}} ... that Magnus Carlsen, the current World Chess Champion, resigned a recent tournament game after only one move?

{{DYK inline}} ... that a donut has a donutussy{{-?}}

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Articles Started

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|March 30, 2021

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|The Featured Article Medal
By the authority vested in me by myself it gives me great pleasure to present you with this special, very exclusive award created just for we few, we happy few, this band of brothers, who have shed sweat, tears, and probably blood, in order to be able to proudly claim "I too have taken an article to Featured status".

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|July 12, 2021

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|A goat for you!
Thanks for approving my article!

WP:AFC

|September 5, 2021

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|Congratulations from WikiProject Articles for Creation!
You have earned The Brownie for reviewing 21 drafts during the WikiProject Articles for creation July 2021 Backlog Drive. Thank you for your work to improve Wikipedia!

WP:GOCE

|October 24, 2022

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|October blitz bling
This barnstar is awarded to AviationFreak for copy edits totaling over 10,000 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE October 2022 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions!

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|July 11, 2023

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|A kitten for you!
Thank you for the warm welcome! :-)

WP:GA

|September 6, 2023

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|The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
We really appreciate that you reviewed several GANs during the drive. Due in part to your efforts, the backlog of unreviewed nominations was reduced by 440 articles, an astonishing 69 percent.

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|May 9, 2024

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|barnstar for you!
For your awesome Wikimedia image of underscores :3

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|July 16, 2024

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|Barnstar!
Thank you for creating a new map for American Sign Language!

{{user precious|header=Maryland|thanks=for quality articles arout Maryland such as Chesapeake Bay Bridge, Carolyn A. Guertin and Native American tribes in Maryland, and beginnings of lists of historical markers, for dealing with articles for creation, for patiently explaining reverts, for a clear airy user page, -}}

You are recipient no. 2462 of Precious, a prize of QAI. --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:20, 27 October 2020 (UTC)

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Most of these will sit here, undone, until the end of time. With that said, if you see something that interests you, run with it!

  • Waffle House marker system [https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/waffle-house-has-a-secret-plate-marking-system-for-keeping-track-of-your-order/] [https://www.distractify.com/p/waffle-house-secret-marking-system] [https://www.atlantanewsfirst.com/2022/02/20/waffle-house-employee-reveals-secrets-about-restaurants-plate-marking-system/] [https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/waffle-house-plate-marking]
  • Terminology of Quakerism [https://www.swarthmore.edu/friends-historical-library/quaker-calendar] [https://web.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/speccoll/quakersandslavery/resources/Q&SGlossary.pdf] [https://quaker.org/glossary/] [https://fwcc.world/learn/glossary-of-quaker-terms/]
  • Improve Quaker business method
  • Yareni Rios-Gonzalez
  • Plains Indian Sign Language to GA - Source repo: [https://www.jstor.org/stable/20006675]
  • Introduction to Chess
  • 8485 [https://www.thefader.com/2021/11/24/8485-profile-plague-town-gen-f-interview-2021] [https://undergroundunderdogs.com/2020/10/16/8485-eighty-pop-stardom-vocaloid/] [https://www.aqnb.com/2021/04/06/ok-millennial-blackwinterwells-8485-on-exploring-a-universal-experience-in-their-own-specific-way-for-aqnbs-heavenly-creatures/] [https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2021/7/17/plague-town-review/] [https://www.onestowatch.com/blog/whethan-complicated][https://www.thefader.com/2023/06/22/8485-ep-personal-protocol-interview]
  • Umru [https://edm.com/music-releases/umru-sg5-firetruck-remix] [https://www.dazeddigital.com/projects/article/57639/1/umru] [https://rain-mag.com/umru-has-all-the-comfort-noise-you-need/] [https://www.papermag.com/umru-search-result-1#rebelltitem17] [https://www.npr.org/sections/now-playing/2021/10/08/1044353025/umru-feat-tommy-cash-645ar-check1]
  • Bernie Sanders filibuster of the 2010 Tax Relief Act
  • Marine life of the Chesapeake Bay (Overharvesting, economy, biology, etc.)
  • Destubbing :Category:Indigenous peoples of North America stubs
  • WP:WikiProject Aviation/Soviet aviation task force/missing articles
  • Amtrak Connects US

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