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Template:WikiProject Military history user
About Durova
My Misplaced Pages name is borrowed from Nadezhda Durova, the first female officer of the Russian army. I'm very pleased to say that the new article about her got featured in "Did you know" on Misplaced Pages's main page. Many thanks to User:Ghirlandajo and User:Alex Bakharev.
Did you know?
- ...that Nadezhda Durova was a woman who became a decorated soldier in the Russian cavalry during the Napoleonic wars, started as a private in 1807 and retired with the rank of stabs-rotmistr in 1816?
- ...that the film I'm No Angel (1933) starred Mae West as a circus lion tamer? and that West did her own stunts including riding an elephant into the ring and putting her face between the lion's jaws?
- ...that a historic Water Village built on stilts above a river is home to ten percent of the population of the country of Brunei?
- ...that a nineteenth century utopian socialist community known as Kaweah Colony identified the world's largest tree now called the General Sherman tree, and named it after Karl Marx?
- ...that Dawn Steel was the first woman to head a major Hollywood film studio?
- ...that William Shakespeare was an avid gardener and that modern Shakespeare gardens cultivate dozens of plant species mentioned in his plays?
- ...that Isabelle Romée was the mother of Joan of Arc and petitioned the Pope before her daughter's conviction for heresy was overturned?
- ...the Siege of Compiègne was Joan of Arc's final military action?
- ... that the spangenhelm was the most popular war helmet in Europe and the Middle East during the early Middle Ages?
- ...that most knights of the Middle Ages wore chausses as leg protection?
Other points of pride
- List of notable brain tumor patients has become a featured list.
- Joan of Arc has become a featured article.
- Cultural depictions of Joan of Arc has become a featured list.
- Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Military history/Middle Ages task force has 31 members.
- User:Durova/Cultural depictions of core biography figures - in progress effort to standardize material
Editing style
For a list of my quirks and preferences see User:Durova/Wikidurova.
Good Wikilinks
- Misplaced Pages:Five pillars
- Misplaced Pages:Don't be a fanatic
- Misplaced Pages:Categories, lists, and series boxes
- Misplaced Pages:Citing sources
- Misplaced Pages:Cleanup resources
- Misplaced Pages:Lamest edit wars ever
- Misplaced Pages:Template messages/User talk namespace
- Misplaced Pages:Administrators' how-to guide
- Misplaced Pages:Errors in the Encyclopædia Britannica that have been corrected in Misplaced Pages
Contributions
Articles created
I don't keep track of all the articles I've edited. When I create a new article I do my best to make it encyclopedic: I usually include several paragraphs of information, an image, and at least one external link.
Testosterone poisoning | Nadezhda Durova | Joan of Arc in art | Burgundian (party) | Georges de la Trémoille | Battle of Jargeau | Joan of Arc bibliography | Battle of Meung-sur-Loire | Battle of Beaugency | Treaty of Arras (1435) | Congress of Arras | Sod house | Incan architecture | I'm No Angel | Water Village (Brunei) | Kaweah Colony | Do not give Hitler posthumous victories. | List of notable brain tumor patients | Joseph Maher | Gerry Pencer | Dawn Steel | Judd Rose | Wayne Osmond | David Hermelin | Frank Tejeda | Nick Sanborn | Bob Parent | Ferdinand Preiss | Misplaced Pages:Talk page highlights | Dan Duva | James Batten | Love in the Afternoon | Shakespeare garden | Joan of Arc facts and trivia | Isabelle Romée | Misplaced Pages:WikiProject Military history/Middle Ages task force | Siege of Compiègne | Spangenhelm | Barding | Criniere | Croupiere | Gousset | Schynbalds | Poleyn | Mempo | Ailette | Arming doublet | Cultural depictions of Alexander the Great | Cultural depictions of Abraham Lincoln
Essays created
- Misplaced Pages:Help, my article got nominated for deletion! It's been translated into Swedish and Russian!
- Misplaced Pages:No angry mastodons
- Misplaced Pages:Light one candle
- Misplaced Pages:Misplaced Pages is not an acceptable citation
Categories created
Category:Medieval weapons | Category:Medieval defenses | Category:Military history of the Mongol Empire | Category:Medieval Knights Templar | Category:Genpei War | Category:Battles of Kievan Rus | Category:Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines | Category:Barding | Category:Medieval helmets | Category:Women in Medieval warfare
Translations
Except where noted, these come from other language editions of Misplaced Pages:
- Pierre Cauchon: replaced two line sub-stub with a good sized article (French)
- Cultural depictions of Joan of Arc: created article, translated portions of the painting, sculpture, and film sections (French)
- Spangenhelm: created article with substantial translated material (German)
- Geoffrey Chaucer: added an excerpt from the "Summoner's Tale" with my own line translation (Middle English)
- Joan of Arc: translated excerpts from Joan of Arc's letters. (French)
Abuse watch
Travels
These are the places I've seen.
- United States
- Canada
- Mexico
- Germany and East Germany (before reunification)
- France
- Bahamas, The
- Guatemala
- Panama
- Japan
- Singapore
- Brunei
- Thailand
- Malaysia
- Hong Kong, of the People's Republic of China
- Philippines, The
- Palau
States of the United States I've seen (39 down, 11 to go):
The Barnstar of Diligence
I, George Miller Award you the Barnstar of Diligence for your work tweaking and improving my article on the Photosynthetic reaction centre and for your fantastic encouragement which spurred me on to improve the article. Thank’s a lot!Miller 22:27, 4 March 2006 (UTC) |
The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
I, Sotakeit Award you the Random Act of Kindness Barnstar for helping me with my struggle with the List of French Monarchs and encouraging me to carry on with it. :) Sotakeit 12:48, 25 March 2006 (UTC) |