User:Gidonb/Contributions

I am active at en.wikipedia since December 2003 and was active even before at nl.wikipedia. During this period I have been very engaged in the fighting of vandalism, editing, categorization, and increasing the connectivity between articles and categories. I have also written and substantially contributed to many articles. Here is a small choice of my writing and editing in English:

Start-ups

Visual artists

• Kees Bol
• Frank Dekkers
• Gideon Gechtman
• Jan Gregoor
• Thierry Veltman

Companies

• Het Spectrum
• India Tribune
• Longmont Times-Call
• Paz Oil Company
• Simba Dickie Group
• VDE-Gallo

Criminals

• Dror Adani
• Hagai Amir
• Henneicke Column

Music and theater

• American Record Guide (US and international)
• Israel Festival (Israel)
• International Society for Contemporary Music (International)
• Chaya Arbel (Germany, Israel)
• Theo Bruins (Netherlands, UK)
• Niccolò Castiglioni (Italy, USA)
• Finch (Dutch band) (Netherlands)
• Margriet Ehlen (Netherlands)
• Dror Elimelech (Israel)
• Ton Hartsuiker (Netherlands)
• Walter Hekster (Netherlands)
• Jan Kleinbussink (Netherlands)
• Theo Loevendie (rewritten)
• Matthijs Vermeulen Award
• Abbie de Quant, also in Dutch
• Peter Schat (Netherlands)
• Edna Shavit (Israel)
• Meskie Shibru-Sivan (Ethiopia/Israel)
• Jaap Spaanderman (Netherlands)
• Edward Top (Netherlands)
• Jan Vriend (Netherlands)
• Klaas de Vries (composer) (Netherlands)
• Willem van Kooten (Netherlands)
• Bat-Sheva Zeisler (Israel)
• Gaudeamus International Composers Award (International)
• Gaudeamus International Interpreters Award (International)
• List of Israeli Classical composers (Israel)

Geography, architecture and urban planning

• Abomsa (Ethiopia)
• Addis Zemen (Ethiopia)
• Adet (Ethiopia)
• Bjørnøya (Norway)
• Bjørnøya, Haram (Norway)
• Bjørnøya, Larvik (Norway)
• Keizerstraat, Paramaribo
• Morrocan Wall (Western Sahara), also in Dutch
• De Naald (Apeldoorn)
• Needle of Rijswijk
• Nevatim (Israel)
• Settlements in Israel (merged into Geography of Israel)
• Stagecoach Trail (Illinois)
• Tel Mond (Israel)
• List of Belgian architects
• List of Dutch architects

• List of English exonyms for Dutch toponyms

Politicians, civil servants, activists

• Hamad Abu Rabia
• Gretta Duisenberg (Netherlands), also in Dutch
• Education Minister of Israel
• George Fles
• Louis Fles
• Alex Goldfarb
• Moshe Levi (at Izak's request)
• Christoph Meili (Switzerland)
• Yitzhak Navon (completely rewritten)
• Uzzi Ornan
• Dan Shomron (at Izak's request)

Sports

• Jack van den Berg
• Michel Langerak

• Mack Miller

Victims and acts of violence

• George Fles
• George Khouri (Israel)
• Elias Khouri (Israel)
• Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing, also in Dutch (a Dutch family was killed)

Writers, publications and publishers

• David Rankin Barbee
• Robbie Branscum
• Barthold Fles
• Cañon City Daily Record
• Dagblad van het Noorden
• Mordechai Geldman
• Haagsche Courant
• Longmont Times-Call
• Margaret Larkin
• Walter Mehring‎
• Dora van der Meiden-Coolsma
• Helen Markley Miller
• K. G. Saur Verlag‎
• Giorgio van Straten, also in Italian
• Lea Bayers Rapp (entirely rewritten)
• Reporter-Herald
• Jean Rikhoff
• Woman's Home Companion

Others

• Avni Institute of Art and Design
• International Parliament for Safety and Peace
• Ellsworth Jerome Hill, an American botanist
• Joey Breaker
• Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center
• List of Druze
• Rutherford University
• Same-sex marriage under United States tribal jurisdictions

Contributions

Acting related

• Natalie Portman (also created in Dutch)
• De Schippers van de Kameleon

Authors

• Barry Chamish
• Amnon Jackont
• Mercer Mayer
• Roberto Pazzi
• Janwillem van de Wetering, also new in Dutch and Hebrew

Organizations

• Baby Einstein
• Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
• Burgeranch
• Tel Aviv University
• Toys "R" Us
• Miss Multiverse (AfD'd by a pal)

Crime related

• Cave of the Patriarchs massacre
• 9/11 conspiracy theories
• Yigal Amir
• Moshe Dwek
• Kempler video
• Ami Popper
• Larisa Trembovler
• Yitzhak Rabin assassination conspiracy theories

Geography

• Amona
• Apple River, Illinois
• Bahir Dar
• Ethiopia
• Germany
• Israel
• Jerusalem
• Netherlands
• Scales Mound, Illinois
• Søvik (Haram)
• Tel Aviv
• Warren, Illinois
• Wolqayt

Jews and Judaism

• B'nai Mitzvah
• Brit milah
• Chief rabbi
• Jew
• Mizrachim
• Amnon Yitzhak
• Zablon Simintov (Afghanistan)

Musicians

• Dana International
• Mrozinski (I later AfDd it)
• Svika Pick
• Joey Roukens

Politicians

• Menachem Begin
• Ramiz Jaraisy
• Sarah Palin
• Shimon Peres
• Yitzhak Rabin
• Gonen Segev
• Irfan Yusuf (Australia)

Lists and templates

• List of mayors of Jerusalem

• List of terrorist incidents
• Template:Yitzhak Rabin assassination (then supported the deletion)
• Template:Singer-stub
• Template:Composer-stub

Others

• Besant Hill School
• Military history of the United States
• Lanterne rouge
• Orrington Elementary School
• Pamela Levy
• Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award

many more...

Articles for Deletion

• Anne Ayalon (merged into Daniel Ayalon)
• Elisheva Federman (deleted and redirected)
• Monica de Bruyn (deleted)
• Shira Manor (deleted)
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mrozinski (deleted)
• Category:People questioning official 9/11 story (deleted)
• 24/24 World Concert (deleted)
• Category:Local municipalities in Israel to Category:Local councils in Israel (moved)
• Neama Nativ (deleted)
• Asian pirates (deleted)
• Adolf Hitler's contacts with Jewish people (deleted)
• Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/North Sea Airways (deleted)

Projects

1. Ethiopia
2. Media for children
3. Music
4. Biographies
5. Demographics of Ethiopia
6. Israeli criminals
7. Singers
8. Geographers
9. Chicagoland
10. Mercer Mayer
11. Musicians
12. Sami people
13. Ethiopian cities
14. Jo Daviess County, Illinois
15. Images for Jo Daviess County, Illinois
16. Geography of Norway
17. Italian authors
18. Categorization of Ethiopia