User:LeftAire

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Middle Ages

This user realizes that people from the Middle Ages already thought that the Earth was spherical.

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Hello, fellow Wikipedians! I started editing on Wikipedia officially in December 2011. My interests are mainly in History, Geography, and Linguistics. I'm not particularly focused in one area at the moment, making edits where ever I can. I also wish to make easier links by expanding current pages, and once I become well-read enough to, create articles. However, I do feel that improving the articles that are on Wikipedia are more important than adding more articles (Quality over Quantity). My main edits so far have been history-related, and mainly about the Middle Ages, but, the articles I've worked on to get to GA status are of the natural sciences (Ornithology-related). If I'm not editing, I'm probably reading, whether it be books, or articles on Wikipedia and other sites. If I make any mistakes, do not hesitate to inform me.

I will try to join certain groups when I get the chance.

Topics of Interests

Middle Ages (Mainly c.800 to c.1500)
Holy Roman Empire (and pretty much anything I can find about it, whether it be people, events, culture, facts, etc.)
11th Century England, Spain and Italy (Sicily & Papal States)
14th-18th Century France
Byzantine relations with Western Europe 11th to 15th Centuries
Song Dynasty China (and Early Ming)
Heian, Kamakura, and Edo periods in Japan
Abbasid and Fatimid Caliphates
Early Modern Period (Huguenot & Catholic conflict in 16th and 17th Centuries, & know little of it, though, Worldwide contact within the 16th and 18th centuries)
Spanish Empire (Particulary Spanish Florida, New Spain in Present-Day U.S.)
Restoration England; and America during that era (Have yet to read about it yet, though)
Mughal India
And pretty much any facet of History from c.375 up to c.1815.

Geography

Other academia interests

Current projects affiliated with

To do List

Kašperk Castle needs to be created.
Karlsfried Castle needs to be created.
Airedale Terrier needs to be cleaned up.
Continue adding significant people, events, and places within the scope of the Wikiproject Former Countries/HRE Taskforce range (mainly High and Late Middle Ages.)
Meng Yuanlao needs to have at least a stub.
Y Make some improvments towards the New Spain portal.
Y Make a Template:New Spain topics
Recreate Portal:Southeast Asia
User:LeftAire/To Do via SuggestBot

Today's featured article
Ragnar Garrett (12 February 1900 – 4 November 1977) was Chief of the General Staff in the Australian Army from 1958 to 1960. He completed staff training in England just as the Second World War broke out, joined the Second Australian Imperial Force, and commanded the 2/31st Battalion in England before seeing action with Australian brigades during the German invasion of Greece and the Battle of Crete in 1941. Promoted to colonel the following year, he held senior positions with I Corps in New Guinea and II Corps on Bougainville in 1944–1945. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for his staff work. After the war, he served two terms as commandant of the Staff College, Queenscliff, in 1946–1947 and 1949–1951. Between these appointments he was posted to Japan with the British Commonwealth Occupation Force. He took charge of Western Command in August 1951, became Deputy Chief of the General Staff in January 1953, and took over Southern Command as a lieutenant general in October 1954. He was knighted in 1959. (Full article...) Recently featured: Northern Bank robbery Siege of Baghdad Japanese battleship Tosa Archive By email More featured articles About
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Church of St. Casimir ... that Victor Cordella designed around twenty churches in Minnesota, including the Church of St. Casimir (pictured)? ... that the Spring Willow Society probably staged the first full-length Shakespearean play in China? ... that La Querida in Palm Beach, Florida, served as the Winter White House for President John F. Kennedy? ... that residents of Tudor City once put themselves in front of a bulldozer to prevent a park there from being demolished? ... that the logo of the South Korean company LG is based on an ancient roof tile? ... that abortion in the United Arab Emirates has been described by Newsweek as less restrictive than some American states following the overturning of Roe v. Wade? ... that opera singer Susan Botti performed an Olympic jingle for Kodak to pay for graduate school? ... that a 15th-century cause célèbre saw a duchess dead, innocents hanged, villains and sorcerers drawn and quartered, and eventually the king's brother executed in a butt of malmsey? ... that the black molly might not be a black molly? Archive Start a new article Nominate an article

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Charles Darwin (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended from a common ancestor is now generally accepted and considered a fundamental scientific concept. In a joint presentation with Alfred Russel Wallace, he introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process he called natural selection, in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding. Darwin published his theory of evolution with compelling evidence in his 1859 book On the Origin of Species. By the 1870s, the scientific community and a majority of the educated public had accepted evolution as a fact. However, many scientists initially favoured competing explanations that gave only a minor role to natural selection, and it was not until the emergence of the modern evolutionary synthesis from the 1930s to the 1950s that a broad consensus developed in which natural selection was the basic mechanism of evolution. Darwin's scientific discovery is the unifying theory of the life sciences, explaining the diversity of life. Darwin has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history and was honoured by burial in Westminster Abbey. This photograph of Darwin by Julia Margaret Cameron was taken around 1868.Photograph credit: Julia Margaret Cameron; restored by Adam Cuerden

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Pages I've edited (not including adding citations)

(Will make a more accurate list later)

Pages of Interest to Edit in the Near Future

Name	Start work status	Current article status	Goal
Northern mockingbird	Start	GA	FA
Carolina wren	C	GA	FA
Blue jay	B	B	FA
Gray catbird	Start	Start	FA
Tufted titmouse	Start	Start	GA
Catholic Church and the Age of Discovery	B	B	GA
Isabel I of Castile	C	C	FA
Ferdinand II of Aragon	C	C	GA
Portuguese Empire	Start	C	FA
Portuguese discoveries	B	B	FA

The Loftiest of them all

Name	Start work diff	Start work status	Current article status	Goal
Spanish Inquisition		B	B	FA
Miguel de Cervantes		C	C	FA

Not so lofty

Name	Start work status	Current article status	Goal
Avignon Papacy	C	C	FA
Spanish Empire	B	B	FA
Juana Inés de la Cruz	C	C	FA
Isaac II Angelos	Start	Start	GA
Investiture Controversy	Start	Start	FA

Potential Good/Featured Topics

Note: I'm not necessarily the only or major editor (if significant at all) of these articles, however I do wish to see all of these articles reach a GA status at least.