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Hi, I'm BomBom (not my real name of course). I have been a registered Wikipedia user for 18 years and 231 days. I made my first edit on 9 September 2005. I created an account at Wikimedia Commons on 7 March 2008.

Contributions[edit]

Articles created (413)[edit]

I have so far created 413 articles.

Featured lists (5)[edit]

Date of promotion	Article	Proof	Further info
22 December 2007	List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best Foreign Language Film	Reviewed Promoted	Old version
7 September 2008	List of submissions to the 72nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film	Reviewed Promoted	Old version
4 January 2009	List of monarchs of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty	Reviewed Promoted	New article
5 May 2009	List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire	Reviewed Promoted	Old version
23 May 2009	List of German submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film	Reviewed Promoted	Old version

Good articles (1)[edit]

Date of promotion	Article	Proof	Further info
22 November 2010	Onneca Fortúnez	Reviewed Promoted	New article

DYKs (16)[edit]

Created

... that Section 171 of the Criminal Code of Cyprus, which prohibits homosexual acts between men, was repealed just eight days before a May 29, 1998 deadline set by the Council of Europe?	(views • nominated • main page • 16 April 2008)
... that in the 1924 Egyptian parliamentary election, members of Egypt's Coptic Christian minority received 10% of the seats, even though the Copts shared 6% of Egypt's population?	(views • nominated • main page • 4 August 2010)

Created and nominated

... that Charles Lock, British consul in Naples, hated the British ambassador's wife Emma Hamilton, and wrote widely read scabrous letters back home denouncing her and her lover Lord Nelson?	(views • nominated • main page • 22 July 2009)
... that Prince Kamal el Dine Hussein (pictured), the only person in Egyptian history to voluntarily renounce his rights of succession to the throne, did so to pursue a life of discovery and travel?	(views • nominated • main page • 23 August 2009)
... that King Farouk I of Egypt secretly communicated with representatives of Nazi Germany during World War II through his father-in-law Youssef Zulficar Pasha, Egypt's first ambassador to Iran?	(views • nominated • main page • 26 February 2010)
... that Melek Tourhan, whose father offered her for adoption as an infant in order to improve her lot in life, went on to become Sultana of Egypt?	(views • nominated • main page • 5 March 2010)
... that English diplomat John Barker introduced vaccination to the Middle East?	(views • nominated • main page • 5 March 2010)
... that Egyptian officer Rawya Ateya (pictured) was the first woman to serve as a Member of Parliament in the Arab world?	(views • nominated • main page • 8 March 2010)
... that in 958 the Muslim caliph of Cordoba Abd-ar-Rahman III hosted his grandmother Onneca Fortúnez's Christian daughter, Toda of Pamplona, so his Jewish doctor could cure her grandson of obesity?	(views • nominated • main page • 16 September 2010)
... that Prince Abbas Hilmi, a great-grandson of both the last Ottoman sultan and the last Ottoman caliph, was the first foreign member of the London Stock Exchange?	(views • nominated • main page • 16 October 2010)
... that the 1952 Cairo Fire is the focus of numerous conspiracy theories because those responsible for it have never been identified?	(views • nominated • main page • 15 February 2011)
... that Al-Wasat Party, officially established in the wake of the 2011 Egyptian revolution, is the first legal party in Egypt with an Islamic background?	(views • nominated • main page • 26 February 2011)
... that Hikmat Abu Zayd (pictured) was the first female cabinet minister in Egypt?	(views • nominated • main page • 8 March 2011)

Expanded and nominated

... that the Hungarian diplomatic passport is the only travel document in the world granting visa-free access to all member states of the G8+5?	(views • nominated • main page • 7 February 2010)
... that Egyptian diplomat Amr Bey picked up squash while posted in the United Kingdom and went on to win six consecutive British Open Squash Championships in the 1930s?	(views • nominated • main page • 25 February 2010)
... that Al-Musta'in was the only Cairo-based Abbasid caliph to hold both political and spiritual power?	(views • nominated • main page • 19 October 2010)

Barnstars (2)[edit]

28 February 2008 (proof)

I, Luigibob, present you with this barn-star for all of the hard work you've done on films in general-- your work is much appreciated! Luigibob

19 May 2009 (proof)

		The Turkish Barnstar of National Merit
		Please accept this Turkish Barnstar of National Merit for your fine work to get List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire to FL status. CeeGee (talk) 07:11, 19 May 2009 (UTC)