User:The Transhumanist
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Introduction
Hi. My name is The Transhumanist.
- As a transhumanist...
I love emerging and evolving technologies, and so...
I'm currently immersed in studying AI (particularly generative AI and reasoning engines), and big data.
I dabble in JavaScript, including writing user scripts from time to time.
My best user script so far, is SearchSuite...
SearchSuite provides further control over Wikipedia search results, such as on/off features to sort them, to present results one-per-line, and more. While it seems to work fairly well, there is definitely room for improvement. Comments and suggestions are welcome.
By the way, most of the scripts I've been working on are for building and augmenting outlines...
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- As an encyclopedist...
I'm interested in all knowledge, especially how to organize it so you can find whatever is most relevant at any given moment.
I've been around Wikipedia since the Fall of 2005, and have been working mostly on Wikipedia's structure, and its knowledge navigation systems, throughout that time.
Selected articles that I've worked on
Selected emerging technologies and related articles
Selected global issues and related topics
Did you know...
- ... that rubber barons like Carlos Scharff enslaved indigenous populations in the Upper Amazon region during the rubber boom as a workforce for latex collection?
- ... that the LACE satellite tracked rocket plumes from space for the United States's Star Wars program?
- ... that the game director for A Space for the Unbound wanted to preserve his memories as an Indonesian through the game?
- ... that the metaverse has been described as "a honeypot trap for architecture astronauts"?
- ... that under Soekotjo Sastrodinoto, the municipal government of Surabaya signed up the city's homeless population for the transmigration program?
- ... that research suggests liminal spaces appear unsettling by falling in the uncanny valley of physical places?
- ... that the Skyrocket Galaxy has been described by NASA as looking like a "July 4th skyrocket"?
- ... that while the laws governing Jewish astrology prohibit worshipping the stars, gaining knowledge of their influences on humans is permitted?
- ... that a robotic controller for the Yamaha Reface CS was described by Mixmag magazine as looking "like an army of robot toothbrushes cleaning a synth"?
- ... that the only preface Jules Verne ever wrote was likely written by somebody else?
- ... that before becoming a successful children's author, Myron Levoy was an engineer doing research on nuclear-powered spaceships for a mission to Mars?
- ... that French astrochemist Christine Joblin co-created a webcomic to popularize her research on the origins of cosmic dust?
- ... that ice in outer space is an amorphous solid, and this may be the most common phase of ice in the universe?
- ... that with a population of 1,500, Millstreet in County Cork, Ireland, became the smallest settlement to host the Eurovision Song Contest when it staged the 1993 event?
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Selected images that captured my attention
Trump news tracker
- 29 August 2024 –
- Three people are killed and 17 are injured when a car crashes into a group of migrants in Oaxaca, Mexico. (AP)
- 27 August 2024 – Indictments against Donald Trump
- Federal prosecution of Donald Trump
- U.S. Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith files a superseding indictment against former U.S. President Donald Trump for his attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election. (Politico)
- 23 August 2024 – 2024 United States presidential election
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces that he is ending his presidential campaign and endorses Donald Trump's campaign. However, Kennedy will remain on the ballot in some states as he has already registered his campaign there. (The Hill) (USA Today)
- 12 August 2024 – 2024 United States presidential election, Twitter under Elon Musk
- Former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump comes back to X (formerly Twitter) for a two-hour interview with its owner Elon Musk, mainly focusing on Trump's 2024 presidential re-election campaign. (Reuters).
- 10 August 2024 – 2024 United States presidential election
- Donald Trump 2024 presidential campaign
- Officials of the Donald Trump campaign report that it was hacked by anonymous sources, with the campaign formally blaming "foreign sources", specifically claiming that Iran was behind the hacking. (WNBC-TV)
- 23 July 2024 – Attempted assassination of Donald Trump
- United States Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle resigns, citing security lapses that led to former president Donald Trump's attempted assassination. (Al Jazeera) (The New York Times)
Interests
Wikipedia newsfeed
- 5 September 2024 – 2024 Israeli military operation in the northern West Bank
- Six people are killed and another is wounded during an Israeli airstrike against a vehicle in Tubas, in the Palestinian-occupied territories. Separately, a teenager is shot dead in the city by Israeli soldiers. (Al Jazeera)
- 5 September 2024 –
- Ugandan marathoner Rebecca Cheptegei dies after sustaining burns from a petrol attack by her partner almost a month after her participation in the women's marathon at the 2024 Summer Olympics. (BBC)
- 4 September 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Lviv strikes
- At least seven people are killed and 53 others are injured when Russian drones and missiles hit buildings in Lviv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
- 4 September 2024 – Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- A civilian is killed and seven others are injured in Israeli airstrikes and shelling in southern Lebanon. (Al Jazeera) (MSN)
- 4 September 2024 –
- Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro announces that Venezuela will celebrate an early Christmas on 1 October. (NBC News)
- 4 September 2024 – Mediterranean Sea migrant smuggling
- Seven people are rescued and at least 21 others remain missing after a boat carrying Syrian migrants from Libya capsizes off the coast of Lampedusa in the Pelagie Islands of Italy. (Al Jazeera)
- 4 September 2024 – 2024 Brazil wildfires
- Twenty percent of the Brasília National Forest in Brazil is destroyed by a wildfire that investigators suspect was started deliberately. (Reuters)
- 4 September 2024 – 2024 Apalachee High School shooting
- Four people are killed and nine others are injured in a mass school shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, United States. (CNN)
- 4 September 2024 – Brazilian investigation into Elon Musk
- SpaceX removes its employees from Brazil amid ongoing legal issues between CEO Elon Musk and the Brazilian Supreme Court over Musk's social media company X. (The Wall Street Journal)
- 4 September 2024 – Grenfell Tower fire
- The second phase of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry concludes, with the report noting "systematic dishonesty" of manufacturers and the failures of the government leading up to the fire. (BBC News)
- 4 September 2024 –
- Dismissed mayor of Bamban, Philippines, Alice Guo is arrested by the Directorate General of Immigration in Tangerang, Indonesia, after fleeing from the Philippines amid an ongoing Senate inquiry. (The Guardian) (Rappler)
- Jonathan Meijer files a lawsuit against Netflix for allegedly portraying him negatively for his serial sperm donation in its documentary series The Man With 1,000 Kids. (DW)
- Ukrainian foreign affairs minister Dmytro Kuleba resigns from office amid a cabinet reshuffle. (Left Bank) (The Washington Post)
- The New Zealand Māori Council selects Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō as the new Queen following the death of her father King Tūheitia in August. (DW)
- A small 1.5-metre (4.9 ft) asteroid, 2024 RW1, is predicted to fall harmlessly as a fireball over the island of Luzon in the Philippines at approximately 16:40 UTC (00:40 local time), the ninth asteroid to be successfully discovered before impacting Earth. (New Scientist)
- 3 September 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- September 2024 Poltava strike
- Russian missile strikes on Poltava, Ukraine, kill at least 51 people and injure more than 237 others. (AP)
- 3 September 2024 – Islamic State–Taliban conflict
- 2024 Qala Bakhtiar bombing
- The Islamic State claims responsibility for yesterday's suicide bombing outside a Taliban building in Kabul, Afghanistan, which killed six people. (Al Arabiya)
- 3 September 2024 – Boko Haram insurgency
- At least 102 people are killed during a mass shooting at a market and against homes in Tarmuwa, Yobe State, Nigeria, by over 50 Boko Haram militants. (AP)
- 3 September 2024 –
- A clash between the isolated indigenous Mashco-Piro community and Peruvian loggers attempting to clear a forest path near their territory results in the deaths of two loggers, with two more missing. (Reuters)
- 3 September 2024 – English Channel migrant crossings
- During a people smuggling operation, at least 12 migrants drown when their boat breaks apart and capsizes in the English Channel. (Sky News)
- 3 September 2024 – Iraq–Switzerland relations
- Switzerland reopens its embassy in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, after closing it during the Gulf War in 1991. (BNO News)
- 3 September 2024 – 2024 Gaza Strip polio epidemic
- The World Health Organization announces that its polio vaccination campaign in the Gaza Strip has surpassed its intended target of 156,500 projected vaccinations within two days. (BBC News)
- 3 September 2024 – 2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan
- United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken is subpoenaed by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs after refusing to testify on the government's actions regarding the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021 and the concurrent deaths of thirteen service members. (Reuters)
- 3 September 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
- The United States Department of Justice charges Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and five other militants with conspiracy to provide material support for terrorism, conspiracy to murder Americans, and five other counts each. (DW)
- 3 September 2024 – Spanish General Council of the Judiciary blockade
- Isabel Perelló is elected as President of the Supreme Court and the General Council of the Judiciary in Spain, becoming the first woman to hold the position. (El Periódico) (El País) (El Diario)
- 3 September 2024 –
- Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine is "seriously injured" after being shot in the leg in a shootout with the Uganda People's Defence Force near Kampala. (AP)
- Five Ukrainian ministers resign from their positions, including Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna, resulting in vacancy of over one-third of the cabinet. (Reuters)
- 2 September 2024 – Islamic State–Taliban conflict
- 2024 Qala Bakhtiar bombing
- A suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, kills 6 people and injures 13. (AP)
- 2 September 2024 – Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Two people, including an independent contractor working for UNIFIL, are killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Tyre-Naqoura road in Lebanon with other airstrikes on Bint Jabal, Yaroun, Ayta al-Shab, Hanine, Tayr Harfa and Blida and shelling of Kfarchouba and Shebaa. (Al Jazeera)
- Hezbollah launches Katyusha rockets on Ein Ya'akov, Ga'aton and Yehiam, northern Israel. (Al Jazeera)
- 2 September 2024 – Red Sea crisis
- Houthi militants strike two crude oil tankers in the Red Sea with multiple missiles and drones. (Reuters)
- 2 September 2024 – Wreck of the Titanic
- An expedition to the shipwreck of the RMS Titanic reveals considerable deterioration of the bow, as well as the rediscovery of a bronze Diana of Versailles replica last seen during the initial survey of the wreck in 1986. (AP)
- 2 September 2024 – 2024 Pacific typhoon season
- At least fourteen people are killed in landslides and floods caused by Tropical Storm Yagi in the Philippines. (AP)
- 2 September 2024 –
- Eleven children are killed and 13 more are injured when a bus crashes into a group of middle school students and their parents in Tai'an City, Shandong, China. (ABC)
- 2 September 2024 – Foreign relations of Ukraine, Mongolia–Russia relations
- President of Russia Vladimir Putin arrives in Mongolia to discuss a China–Russia gas pipeline meant to recoup Russian losses from Western sanctions, despite Ukraine and the European Union urging Mongolia to arrest Putin under his International Criminal Court warrant. (Reuters) (Euronews)
- Ukraine's Foreign Ministry states that Mongolia's refusal to arrest Vladimir Putin while on a state visit means that it shares "responsibility for the war crimes" committed by Russia, and vows to work with allies to enforce punitive measures on Mongolia. (Reuters)
- 2 September 2024 – Foreign relations of Turkey
- Turkey formally applies to join the BRICS geopolitical bloc, citing the lack of progress in its accession to the European Union. (Bloomberg) (Daily Sabah)
- 2 September 2024 – United States–Venezuela relations
- The United States seizes a Dassault Falcon 900 jet used by Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro on accusations that the purchase of the jet violated U.S. sanctions against Venezuela, and flies the jet from the Dominican Republic to Florida. (Reuters)
- 2 September 2024 – 2024 Makala prison jailbreak attempt
- At least 129 inmates are killed and 59 more injured in an attempted prison break at Makala Prison in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. (AP)
- 2 September 2024 – Brazilian investigation into Elon Musk
- The Brazilian Supreme Court unanimously upholds justice Alexandre de Moraes' decision to block social media platform X, in the country. De Moraes also set a daily fine of R$50,000 (US$8,900) for people or companies using VPNs to access the site. (AP)
- 2 September 2024 – Nth Room case, Gender inequality in South Korea
- The South Korean National Police Agency announces an investigation into the messaging app Telegram for abetting and hosting chat rooms that distribute deepfake pornography, including of children. (DW)
- 2 September 2024 –
- Four people are killed in a mass shooting targeting homeless people on a Chicago Transit Authority train in Forest Park, Illinois, United States. (WBBM-TV)
- At least five people are shot, with two critically injured, at the West Indian Day Parade in Brooklyn, New York, United States. (AP)
- 2 September 2024 – Israel–Hamas war protests
- Israel–Hamas war protests in the United States
- Thousands of people gather in Manhattan, New York City, United States, to protest against the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, rally for support of Palestinians, and call for New York institutions to divest from Israeli businesses. (CBS News)
- September 2024 Israel ceasefire protests
- Histadrut, Israel's national trade union center, begins a one-day general strike to protest against the Netanyahu government's failure to negotiate a ceasefire and hostage deal. The strike is later ordered to end prematurely by a Tel Aviv labor court, claiming the strike was illegally political in nature rather than economic. (BBC) (The Guardian)
- 2 September 2024 –
- Over ten thousand hotel workers strike in cities across the U.S. to demand higher pay, as part of the Hotel Workers Rising campaign organized by the UNITE HERE labor union. (Reuters)
- 2 September 2024 – 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Japan at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Japan defeats the United States in the wheelchair rugby final, winning its first ever gold medal in the sport. (Olympics)
- 1 September 2024 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- At least five Palestinians, including a child, are killed and several others are injured in Israeli strikes on the Jabalia refugee camp and the Shuja'iyya neighborhood of Gaza City. (Anadolu Agency) (Middle East Monitor)
- 2024 Tarqumiyah shooting
- Three Israeli police officers are killed in a drive-by shooting on a road near Tarqumiyah in the West Bank. (The Jerusalem Post)
- 1 September 2024 – Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Seven civilians injured in IDF strikes on Hezbollah targets in Aita al-Shaab and Beit Yahoun, southern Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
- Hezbollah launches 20 rockets on Upper Galilee. (Al Jazeera)
- 1 September 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukraine launches more than a hundred drones against targets in Russia, including the Konakovo Power Station in Konakovo, Tver Oblast, and the Moscow Refinery in Moscow. (Reuters)
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- Russia reports that its forces have taken control of the settlements of Ptyche and Vyimka in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine. (Reuters)
- Kharkiv strikes
- At least 47 people are injured when Russian missiles hit a shopping mall and events complex in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
- 1 September 2024 – 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
- The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights announces that it will deploy a fact-finding team to investigate human rights abuses and violations committed by government forces during the quota reform movement, after being requested to do so by the interim government of Muhammad Yunus. (The New York Times)
- 1 September 2024 – 2024 Kamchatka Mil Mi-8 crash
- The Mil Mi-8T helicopter which went missing yesterday over the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia is found crashed, with all 22 people on board dead. (Kommersant) (BBC News)
- 1 September 2024 – 2024 Brazil wildfires
- The number of wildfires in the Amazon rainforest reaches its highest number in fourteen years at 38,266 fire hotspots as a result of an ongoing drought in South America. (Reuters)
- 1 September 2024 –
- A weather station near Qeshm International Airport in Dayrestan, Iran, records the highest unverified heat index on Earth of 82.2 °C (180.0 °F) and the highest dew point of 36.1 °C (97.0 °F). Climatologists will investigate to confirm the readings' accuracy. (The Economic Times) (Times of India)
- Eleven people are killed and more than 40 others are injured when a truck crashes into a bar in Azua, Dominican Republic. The driver subsequently flees the scene. (AP)
- Two people are killed and four more injured during a vehicle-ramming attack outside a restaurant in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The perpetrator's motive is unknown. (AP)
- 1 September 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
- September 2024 Israel ceasefire protests
- Hundreds of thousands of Israelis, including approximately 300,000 in Tel Aviv, protest in cities across the country following the recovery of the bodies of six hostages from Gaza, with the national trade union center calling for a general strike on Monday and for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign after failing to negotiate a ceasefire. (The New York Times) (CNN)
- At least 29 people are arrested in Tel Aviv on accusations of vandalism, disorderly conduct, and attacking police officers. (CNN)
- 1 September 2024 – 2024 Saxony state election, 2024 Thuringian state election
- Parliamentary elections in the German states of Saxony and Thuringia show large gains for the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany party and the left-wing populist Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht party as well as losses for the left-wing and liberal parties of the governing coalition and for the socialist The Left party. In Thuringia, a far-right party comes in first place in a state election for the first time since World War II. (DW)
- 31 August 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
- Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
- The Israeli military recovers the bodies of six hostages kidnapped by Hamas during the October 7 attack on Israel, including American citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin, from an underground tunnel near Rafah, Gaza. (NBC News)
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- Israeli strikes kill at least 48 people across the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
- 31 August 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Five civilians are killed in Ukrainian missile strikes on Belgorod, Russia. (Reuters)
- 31 August 2024 – Red Sea crisis
- The Houthis claim they have attacked the Liberia-flagged container ship MV Groton for the second time in the Gulf of Aden. (Reuters)
- 31 August 2024 – Somali Civil War
- Al-Shabaab bombs several businesses in the Tabelaha Sheikh Ibrahim neighborhood of Mogadishu, Somalia, targeting shops that had complied with the government's directive to install CCTV cameras. (Idilnews)
- 31 August 2024 – 2024 Kamchatka Mil Mi-8 crash
- A Mil Mi-8T helicopter with 22 people onboard goes missing over the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia. (AP)
- 31 August 2024 – 2024 Pacific typhoon season
- The death toll from the effects of Typhoon Shanshan in Japan increases to six, with over 100 people injured. (Reuters)
- 31 August 2024 – 2024 Yemen floods
- The death toll from flooding in Al Mahwit Governorate, Yemen, increases to at least 97 people. (DW)
- 31 August 2024 –
- Seven people are killed and dozens of others are injured in a bus crash near Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States. (CBS News)
- Three people are killed and two more injured after a Cessna 421C crashes in a row of townhouses near Troutdale Airport in Troutdale, Oregon, United States. (AP)
- 31 August 2024 – Foreign relations of Algeria
- The BRICS New Development Bank authorizes Algeria as a new bank member. (Reuters)
- 31 August 2024 –
- Ford Motor Company announces it is recalling over 90,000 vehicles due to issues with the engine intake valves. (Reuters)
- 31 August 2024 – 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Poland at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Polish F32 Paralympian Róża Kozakowska is disqualified one day after winning gold in the Women's club throw F32 event due to an irregularity with her equipment. (Polsatnews)
- 30 August 2024 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- 2024 Israeli military operation in the northern West Bank
- Three Palestinian militants, including Hamas' leader in Jenin, Wissam Hazem, are killed in a drone strike at the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
- An Israeli soldier is killed and several others are injured in an IED attack in Jenin, West Bank. (Palestine Chronicle)
- 30 August 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Kharkiv strikes
- Seven people are killed when a Russian guided bomb strikes a residential building and playground in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Reuters)
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy dismisses the commander of the Ukrainian Air Force Mykola Oleshchuk following the crash of an F-16 fighter jet and the death of its pilot while defending against Russian strikes. (Reuters)
- 30 August 2024 – Sudanese civil war
- Battle of Khartoum
- Seven people are killed and 25 others are injured in shelling near Khartoum, Sudan. (Sudan Tribune)
- 30 August 2024 – Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
- Twelve Pakistani Taliban members are killed during a raid by the Pakistani Army in the Tirah Valley of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, bringing the number of insurgents killed there to 37 since August 20. (AP)
- 30 August 2024 – Islamic State insurgency in Iraq
- At least 15 Islamic State militants are killed and seven U.S. troops are injured in a joint United States–Iraq raid on Islamic State camps in Anbar Desert, Iraq. (AP)
- 30 August 2024 – 2024 Venezuelan blackouts
- A widespread power outage affects most of Venezuela with President Nicolás Maduro's government blaming it on sabotage by the opposition. (DW)
- 30 August 2024 –
- Four people are killed and one other is missing when a National Republican Guard helicopter crashes into the Douro river in Lamego, Portugal. (DW)
- At least two people are killed and 20 others are injured when a roof of a church that was used for food distribution collapses in Recife, Brazil. (Reuters) (Yahoo! News)
- 30 August 2024 – Afghanistan–Germany relations
- Germany deports 28 convicted Afghan criminals, marking the first such action since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan in August 2021. (AP)
- 30 August 2024 – Mongolia–Russia relations, Foreign relations of Ukraine
- President of Ukraine Volodomyr Zelenskyy urges Mongolia to arrest Russian President Vladimir Putin as he travels to Ulaanbaatar to make his first meeting to an International Criminal Court member state since the issue of his ICC arrest warrant. (France 24)
- 30 August 2024 – Russia–NATO relations, Ukraine–NATO relations, August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
- Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg declares that Ukraine's incursion into Russian territory in Kursk Oblast is legitimate under international law, as part of Ukraine's right to self-defense. (Reuters)
- 30 August 2024 –
- East Timor joins the World Trade Organization. (WTO)
- 30 August 2024 – Censorship of Twitter, Censorship in Brazil,
- Brazilian investigation into Elon Musk
- A Brazilian judge orders the social media platform X to be blocked after the platform failed to comply with court orders. (The New York Times)
- 30 August 2024 –
- Six people are wounded in a stabbing attack on a bus in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. (DW)
- 30 August 2024 – Death of Tūheitia Paki
- Incumbent Māori King Tūheitia dies at the age of 69 while recovering from heart surgery. (New Zealand Herald)
- 30 August 2024 – 2024 ATP Tour
- 2024 US Open – Men's singles
- Defending men's champion Novak Djokovic is defeated in the third round by Alexei Popyrin, 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, making 2024 the first tennis season since 2002 in which no Grand Slam tournaments were won by one of Djokovic, Roger Federer, or Rafael Nadal, collectively known as the "big three." (AP News)
- 29 August 2024 – Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip
- 2024 Gaza Strip polio epidemic
- Israel and Hamas agree to three separate three-day humanitarian pauses to allow the World Health Organization to vaccinate more than 600,000 children against polio in the Gaza Strip. (Reuters)
- The Israel Defence Forces carry out an airstrike on a humanitarian aid convoy in Gaza that kills five workers. (The Guardian)
- 2024 Israeli military operation in the northern West Bank
- Mohammed "Abu Shujaa" Jaber, leader of the Tulkarm Brigade, and four other fighters are killed in an Israeli attack on the Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm in the West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
- The number of Palestinians killed since the beginning of the operation in the West Bank two days ago increases to 18, including eight in Jenin, six in Tulkarm, and four in Tubas. Dozens of others are wounded and at least 20 others have been arrested. (Al Jazeera)
- 29 August 2024 – Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- IDF launches air strikes on Hezbollah targets in Kafr Kila and Yarine in southern Lebanon. (Al Jazeera)
- Hezbollah launches four rocket and drone strikes on the outpost of the IDF 210th Golan Division in Nafah, Golan Heights. (Al Jazeera)
- 29 August 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Eastern Ukraine campaign
- The Russian defence ministry claims that its forces have captured the settlements of Mykolaivka in Donetsk Oblast and Stelmakhivka in Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine. (Al Arabiya)
- 29 August 2024 – 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement
- Bangladeshi interim health minister Nurjahan Begum says that more than 1,000 people were killed during last month's anti-government protests, making it the bloodiest period in the country's history since the 1971 independence movement. (Al Arabiya)
- 29 August 2024 – 2024 Red Sea oil spill
- The Houthis release footage showing their fighters boarding and placing explosives on the Greek-flagged MT Sounion oil tanker, causing explosions that put the tanker at risk of causing a major oil spill in the Red Sea. (AP)
- 29 August 2024 – Kurdistan Workers' Party insurgency
- Iraq shoots down a Turkish TAI Aksungur drone over Kirkuk Governorate. (Middle East Eye)
- 29 August 2024 – Effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans
- It is announced that the abandoned Six Flags New Orleans amusement park, which has been closed since Hurricane Katrina struck the park and New Orleans, will be demolished beginning next month. Bayou Phoenix is expected to rebuild the area as a $500 million complex with youth sports fields, hotels, shops, a movie studio and a waterpark. (Axios)
- 29 August 2024 – 2024 Pacific typhoon season
- More than 250,000 households are affected by power outages and dozens of people are reportedly injured as Typhoon Shanshan makes landfall over Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. (Reuters)
- Three people are killed, seven are injured, and one person is reported missing in Kyushu due to Typhoon Shanshan. (Reuters)
- 29 August 2024 – 2024 Yemen floods
- The death toll from the floods in Al Mahwit Governorate, Yemen, increases to 33. (ABC News)
- 29 August 2024 – Migrant vessel incidents on the Mediterranean Sea
- Pope Francis strongly condemns European mistreatment of migrants crossing from the Mediterranean Sea and refusal to offer aid as means to reject them from entering European nations as "a grave sin", and requests the expansion of migrant access routes to the continent. (The Hill) (Reuters)
- 29 August 2024 –
- Two people are killed and ten others are injured in a gas leak at an Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps training center in Isfahan province, Iran. (AP)
- Three people are killed and 17 are injured when a car crashes into a group of migrants in Oaxaca, Mexico. (AP)
- One hundred tons of dead freshwater fish wash up in and around the port of Volos in Greece as a result of severe flooding followed by a prolonged drought in Lake Karla caused by "extreme climate fluctuations". (AP)
- 29 August 2024 – France–Serbia relations
- Serbia and French aerospace manufacturer Dassault Aviation sign an agreement for the purchase of twelve Dassault Rafale warplanes. (Le Monde)
- 29 August 2024 – Germany–Iran relations
- The interior ministry of Hamburg, Germany, expels the Iranian leader of the Islamic Centre Hamburg Mohammad Hadi Mofatteh, giving Mofatteh a September 11 deadline to either leave the country or face deportation. (Reuters)
- 29 August 2024 –
- The Taliban government bans mixed martial arts, saying that the sport is too violent and has a risk of death and that it is incompatible with Islamic law. (BBC News)
- 28 August 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war
- 2024 Israeli military operation in the northern West Bank
- The Israel Defense Forces launch a major military operation in the West Bank, primarily in the cities of Jenin and Tulkarm, with at least ten Palestinians killed and several others injured. The Al-Israa Specialised Hospital and the Thabet Thabet Governmental Hospital are surrounded, and ambulances are blocked from entering the hospitals. (Al Jazeera)
- 28 August 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Attacks in Russia during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Ukrainian drones strike an oil terminal in Kamensky District, Rostov Oblast, Russia, causing a large fire. Ukraine also launches drone attacks on Kirov Oblast for the first time, striking an oil depot in Kotelnich. The Russian Defence Ministry says that air defences have shot down eight drones over Voronezh Oblast. (Reuters)
- 28 August 2024 – Somali Civil War
- Las Anod conflict
- At least nine people are killed in fighting between SSC-Khatumo forces and Somaliland troops near Erigavo, Sanaag, Somaliland. (Garowe Online) (BBC News Somali)
- 28 August 2024 – Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Three Islamic Jihad Palestinian fighters and a Hezbollah militant are killed in an Israeli drone strike on a vehicle at a checkpoint on the Lebanon–Syria border. (Al Jazeera)
- 28 August 2024 – Myanmar civil war
- Tatmadaw forces launch a major counteroffensive against rebels in Kachin State, Myanmar, following the fall of Momauk to the Kachin Independence Army. (Myanmar Now)
- A UN official says that the Arakan Army has begun indiscriminately attacking the Muslim Rohingya minority in Rakhine State after capturing much of the state, forcing thousands of people to flee. The rebel group is reportedly "rounding up groups" of Rohingya men and shelling Rohingya villages. (The Guardian)
- 28 August 2024 – 2024 Sudan floods
- Arbaat Dam collapse
- The death toll from flooding across Sudan including the collapse of the Arbaat Dam near Port Sudan, Sudan, increases to 148 people. (Sudan Tribune)
- 28 August 2024 – 2024 Pacific typhoon season
- Hundreds of flights are cancelled and the Japan Meteorological Agency issues an alert in Kagoshima Prefecture as Typhoon Shanshan is expected to make landfall over southwestern Japan. (Reuters)
- Three people are injured and three others are reported missing due to heavy rains and landslides in Kyushu, according to the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. (MSN)
- 28 August 2024 – 2024 Afghanistan–Pakistan floods
- The death toll from flooding in Pakistan increases to 245 people. (Dunya News)
- 28 August 2024 – 2024 Yemen floods
- At least 33 people are killed by landslides and heavy rainfall in Al Mahwit, Yemen. (NOS)
- 28 August 2024 – Israel–United States relations, Israeli settler violence
- The United States Department of State imposes sanctions on Israeli settler group Hashomer Yosh and a civilian security coordinator for the Yitzhar settlement for extremist settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank. (Al Jazeera)
- 28 August 2024 – Haitian crisis
- Gang war in Haiti
- Haitian National Police and Kenya Police, along with other foreign police forces as part of the Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti, launch a joint operation to oust violent gangs from parts of the Haitian capital city Port-au-Prince. (AP)
- 28 August 2024 – 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal
- The Swiss Federal Criminal Court convicts two PetroSaudi executives to six and seven years in prison respectively for embezzling more than US$1.8 billion from the Malaysian strategic development firm 1Malaysia Development Berhad. (Al Jazeera)
- 28 August 2024 – 2023 Quran burnings in Sweden
- Swedish prosecutors charge Salwan Momika and Salwan Najem with four counts of "offences of agitation against an ethnic or national group" after the two desecrated the Quran and made derogatory remarks about Muslims in Stockholm last year. (Al Jazeera)
- 28 August 2024 – Arrest of Pavel Durov
- French prosecutors formally indict Telegram CEO Pavel Durov with complicity in distribution of child exploitation media and drug trafficking and ban him from leaving France. (Bloomberg)
- 28 August 2024 – LXVI Legislature of the Mexican Congress
- Two senators elected from the defunct Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) in Mexico defect to the ruling Morena party, leaving Morena and its allies one seat short of a supermajority in both chambers of Congress. (AP)
- 28 August 2024 –
- NASA announces discovery of Earth's subtle electric field, which contributes to the polar wind phenomenon. Its significance as to the emergence of life and complex organisms on Earth, and the planet's physical and chemical properties, are to be analyzed. (NASA Science) (MSN, Newsweek)
- The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration temporarily grounds all SpaceX Falcon 9 launches and orders an investigation following a booster rocket fire incident at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States. (AP)
- 28 August 2024 – 2024 Summer Paralympics
- The opening ceremony for the 2024 Summer Paralympics is held at Place de la Concorde in Paris, France. (Axios)
- 27 August 2024 – Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Israel–Hamas war
- Israeli incursions in Tulkarm
- Palestinian parties declare a general strike in Tulkarm Governorate in protest of the recent killings by the Israel Defense Forces. (Al Jazeera)
- Five Palestinians are killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Nur Shams refugee camp in the West Bank. Separately, a Palestinian man is killed and six other people are injured in an attack by Israeli settlers in the Wadi Rahal village. (Al Jazeera)
- Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis
- The Israeli military and Shin Bet announce they have rescued Qaid Farhan Al-Qadi, a Bedouin Arab hostage who was kidnapped by Hamas during the October 7 attack on Israel, from an underground tunnel in Gaza. (BBC News)
- 27 August 2024 – Russian invasion of Ukraine
- Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure
- 26 August 2024 Russian strikes on Ukraine
- Russian missile and drone attacks resume across Ukraine, killing at least six people and injuring five others in Kryvyi Rih and Zaporizhzhia. (The Independent) (Kyiv Independent)
- August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion
- The Ukrainian military says it has captured 594 Russian troops and 100 settlements in Kursk Oblast since the start of the incursion. (DW)
- Ukrainian conscription crisis, Poland–Ukraine relations
- President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces that Poland will cooperate with Ukraine to return "Ukrainians who violated the law", traitors, and collaborators who illegally crossed the Poland–Ukraine border in order to evade conscription in the Russo-Ukrainian War. (UNN)
- United States and the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia–NATO relations
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warns the United States and other NATO members against giving Ukraine approval to use long-range missiles to target Russia. (Reuters)
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announces that Ukraine has successfully tested a domestically-produced ballistic missile for the first time. (Ukrainska Pravda)
- 27 August 2024 – Israel–Hezbollah conflict
- Four civilians are injured in IDF airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon. (Deccan Herald)
- One IDF soldier injured in Hezbollah drone strikes on IDF targets in Beit Hillet in Upper Galilee, Israel. (Deccan Herald)
- 27 August 2024 – Libyan crisis
- United States Africa Command General Michael Langley meets with top Libyan National Army officials, including Khalifa Haftar, in Benghazi, Libya, to help mediate an end to the political crisis. (Reuters)
- 27 August 2024 – 2024 Brazil wildfires
- Forty-eight cities in Brazil issue red alerts for prolonged heavy and hazardous smog originating from extensive wildfires. (AP)
- 27 August 2024 – 2024 Delta Air Lines tire explosion
- Two workers are killed and one other is injured in a aircraft tire explosion at a Delta Air Lines maintenance facility near the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. (AP)
- 27 August 2024 – 2024 Red Sea oil spill
- The Pentagon reports that the MT Sounion appears to be leaking its 150,000 ton supply of oil into the Red Sea, and is still on fire since Houthi attacks on August 22. Efforts to salvage the tanker have been repelled by Houthi threats. (Reuters)
- 27 August 2024 –
- The Namibian environment ministry announces a plan to cull 723 wild animals, including 83 elephants, and to distribute the meat to people who have been affected by a severe nationwide drought. (Reuters)
- 27 August 2024 – Canada–Mexico relations, Mexico–United States relations
- Mexico suspends all interactions with the Canadian and American embassies in Mexico City due to claimed interference with its independence and internal affairs after both ambassadors criticized reform plans for members of the judiciary, up to and including Supreme Court justices, to be elected by popular vote. (Reuters)
- 27 August 2024 – Egypt–Somalia relations
- Following a defense pact signed by Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi earlier this month, Egypt deploys two C-130 aircraft carrying military officers and equipment to Mogadishu, Somalia, as the initial phase of a significant deployment that will see up to 10,000 Egyptian soldiers stationed in Somalia. (Garowa Online)
- 27 August 2024 – France–Russia relations
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov states that bilateral relations between France and Russia have "reached a nadir" following the arrest and captivity extension of Russian-born Telegram CEO Pavel Durov. (Reuters)
- 27 August 2024 – Indictments against Donald Trump
- Federal prosecution of Donald Trump
- U.S. Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith files a superseding indictment against former U.S. President Donald Trump for his attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election. (Politico)
- 27 August 2024 – Arrest of Pavel Durov
- French prosecutors publicly accuse Telegram CEO Pavel Durov of twelve charges including violations associated with drug trafficking, child exploitation, and money laundering. (Kyiv Independent)
- 27 August 2024 –
- Australian Police and New Zealand Police announce they have concluded a joint illicit drug operation that resulted in 1,611 arrests and 2,962 charges nationwide. The police also confiscated almost 1,400 kilograms (3,100 lb) of illicit drugs and over 2,500 cannabis plants, worth 93 million AUD (US$63 million). (DW)
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History and contributions...
Awards and praise I've received over the years...
Tip of the day April 21, 2006: Thanks for helping a newbie!
![I award this random acts of kindness Barnstar to Go for It! for being very helpful to a newcomer wikipedian, without being asked to.Filmcom 19:41, 23 February 2006 (UTC)](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Random_Acts_of_Kindness_Barnstar.png/100px-Random_Acts_of_Kindness_Barnstar.png)
I just want to thank you for building on my tip and making it a true wikipedia tip of the day. I'm still learning a lot about how to do things around here, so your help was greatly appreciated! Keep up the great work, and keep on Going for it!
Smashing!
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | |
Your kindess was not random, because you were kind enough to listen to my requests to fix my userpage. Your major kindness will not be ignored, as this BarnStar is my token of appreciation! Kyo catmeow! 01:59, 24 November 2006 (UTC) |
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<O.o --The Prophet Wizard of the Crayon Cake 01:45, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
- You're welcome. The Transhumanist 01:55, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
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The da Vinci Barnstar | |
Awarded to User:The Transhumanist. Sometimes those who take on large areas of wikipedia organisation seem to be taken for granted, and this is just to show that your work is appreciated by the community. Khukri (talk . contribs) 09:56, 12 December 2006 (UTC) |
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Cool signature Kamope · talk · contributions 12:58, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks. The Transhumanist 05:52, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
Thanks so much!
Thanks so much for the hints in your userpage tutorial. . I am a new user and familiar with HTML markup, but not so with Wikimark up. Your userpage tutorial really helped! Real96 06:14, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
- You're welcome. I'm glad you found it useful. If you see any way to improve it, by all means, please feel free to do so. The Transhumanist 06:36, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
How can I sum the above up....? Oh yes:
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The Original Barnstar | |
For your revamp of The Welcoming Committee, and of the Welcome Page, I award you the original barnstar. Well done! Anthonycfc [T • C] 18:19, 14 February 2007 (UTC) |
WOW!!
as a near- noob, this is by far the most detailed and useful article on wikipedia for me! Excellent! I really wish I had a user page like this after two years...Snailey! 15:42, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
For all your work with admin coaching, barnstar awarding, Wikipedia-expanding, and various administrative duties (if you can call all that political stuff we Wikipedians must wade through such a name), I, Sharkface217, hereby award you this Tireless Contributor Barnstar. Good job. S h a r k f a c e 2 1 7 19:36, 5 May 2007 (UTC) |
Just a few words...
TT, my friend, my mop would never have been gained without your incredible expertise. My kindest regards to you, and drop by as often as possible! Now, a little token of my appreciation...
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This, the Golden Wiki Award, the highest attainment level of awards and barnstars, goes to you - The Transhumanist - for being one of the most helpful, kind, resourceful and generous Wikipedians I've had to utmost fortune to meet. Your contributions around the Wiki - at the WikiClassroom, in Dispute Resolution, at the Welcoming Committee, but most of all being a genuinely fun guy, are an amazing feat, and if half the trolls I'll undoubtedly meet after gaining my mop (thanks to you) took a leaf from your book, Wikipedia would be a nicer place.
My kindest possible regards,
Anthony 21:38, 6 May 2007 (UTC)
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What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar | |
I award you this Brilliant Idea Barnstar for helping others to earn Barnstars and awards through your Award Center! • The Giant Puffin • 13:31, 3 June 2007 (UTC) |
Award
Hello The Transhumanist, (Hold on, can I say that or is it "Hello Transhumanist")
I was going to give you an award but there wasn't one good enough, so I made one better than any that has ever been seen before - This message. Yes, yes, I know, you don't think your worthy of it, but I assure you, you are the only one good enough for it - Pheonix 19:34, 12 August 2007 (UTC)
A Help:Contents Barnstar
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
As the top contributor to Help:Contents, you deserve this barnstar. Thank you! Jreferee (Talk) 05:59, 23 August 2007 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar | |
For taking up the challenge and improving my command page, I, Sharkface217, hereby award you this Original Barnstar. Another feather in the Transhumanist cap, eh? :-P |
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Hi there Trans Face!
X××x××pink×jellocreature××x××X (talk) 01:36, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
You won an award!
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X××x××pink×jellocreature××x××X (talk) awards you the unofficial funniness award!
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You deserve a barnstar for your efforts. I can't think of anyone who has contributed more to Wikipedia, except maybe Jimbo. I'm not sure where to put this on your frontpage, so here it is:
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What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar | |
For boldly redirecting Debt-based monetary system to Criticisms of fractional-reserve banking, both saving it from deletion while defending Wikipedia from those who would violate WP:FRINGE, and being one of the most helpful editors on Wikipedia, in general. Zenwhat (talk) 03:41, 7 January 2008 (UTC) |
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar | |
I, Diligent Terrier, award you this "Tireless Contributor Barnstar" for your work in starting the List of basic American Civil War topics article from scratch. Great Job! DiligentTerrier • talk |sign here 22:17, 12 January 2008 (UTC) |
My Userpage
Hi There First id like to thank you immensly for your pages about creating a decent userpage!! They are great and I would be lost without them!! Just one question, On my userpage i have a small welcome banner up the top. How do I make this text larger and change the font? Sorry if you have already covered this somewhere. Thanks in advanceCstubbies (talk) 12:40, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
A valuable service
I think you need recognition for doing the job of ten other editors, and doing it out of altruism and genuine belief in Wikipedia. Not many editors here have the same good attitude and provide the same service as you - I don't have any specific point to put across, but I thought you should just be prodded and reminded that you do a lot of good around here, in the hope you'll keep it up. Kudos! Seegoon (talk) 17:43, 25 January 2008 (UTC)
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The Excellent Userpage Award | |
Nice page. jaytur1 (talk · contribs) 12:13, 10 February 2008 (UTC) |
Welcoming committee
Just a note, I've made a minor update to your contributions. To reiterate my edit summary, you put in a tonne of effort there, and you deserve to be credited for it :) Feel free to revert, nonetheless. Regards, AGK (contact) 16:44, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi there TTH, Just wanted to thank you for your labors on this page, which is a great resource for us. Bill Wwheaton (talk) 17:48, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
You'd better hope there is a humour barnstar
... because you just gave me the biggest laugh in weeks. Good stuff giving that RfA spammer what-for here. αѕєηιηє t/c 22:03, 1 March 2008 (UTC)
Nice work -- I will withdraw the AfD nom. – ukexpat (talk) 00:55, 15 March 2008 (UTC)
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The Barnstar of Recovery | |
For saving List of basic Canada topics from being deleted, I - Milk's Favorite Cookie hereby award you this Barnstar! Congrats! - Milk's Favorite Cookie 01:16, 15 March 2008 (UTC) |
Fictional lists
The deletion review was approved for recreation: Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2008 March 10. Just letting you know, in case you weren't watchlisting it. I'm not sure what you have to do next to get the old version undeleted though (if that's what you wanted :) Nice catch on rescuing that grouping. -- Quiddity (talk) 00:21, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
'Tis for you
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | |
I've noticed the extra mile you've gone to help a new user, and I wanted you to know it hasn't gone unnoticed. Keep up the good work! Keeper | 76 | Disclaimer 16:40, 5 April 2008 (UTC) |
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | |
I award this barnstar to The Transhumanist, for being patient and taking four rounds of references from me, until they were all valid. LAAFan 01:21, 17 June 2008 (UTC) |
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | |
I award this barnstar to The Transhumanist, for putting funny stuff on his discussion page which led me to copy them and put some of those funny stuff on my website. Thanks. Emir34 01:21, 17 June 2008 (UTC) |
Hi Transhumanist, I wanted to note that I saw all of your work on the List of Basic France topics, and I appreciate it! Lazulilasher (talk) 02:12, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
From Zach...
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The da Vinci Barnstar | |
For helping me so many times. and for my wonderful userpage. Cheers, Zacharycrimsonwolf 04:08, 30 September 2008 (UTC) |
Guidance Star
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The Guidance Barnstar | |
For helping me to find resources on humanism, which I will hopefully be able to use to improve the articles on it here as well! Scapler (talk) 02:39, 11 November 2008 (UTC) |
Happy Transhumanist's Day!
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The Transhumanist has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, |
→ Dylan620 (Toolbox Alpha, Beta) 00:26, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
Happy The Transhumanist's Day!
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The Transhumanist has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, Cheers, If you'd like to show off your awesomeness, you can use this userbox. |
- Congrats. :) –Juliancolton | Talk 23:44, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
I think...
...you need a barnstar for all of the hard work you have put into the WP:WPOOK!
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The Barnstar Barnstar | |
You deserve two! at-210 discovered elements ∞ what am I? 20:21, 14 June 2009 (UTC) |
Barnstar
Transhumanist my friend,
It's about time you deserve a barnstar for all your contributions to outlines on Wikipedia, and also for being the promoter that you are for outlines. If it wasn't for you we might not have outlines as they are, so it is my honor to present to you the Special Barnstar because no other barnstar could merit what you do for outlines on Wikipedia. :-) Burningview (talk) 03:42, 8 August 2009 (UTC)
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The Special Barnstar | |
This barnstar is presented to Transhumanist for all the hard work, contributions, coordination, and promotion he does in advancing the idea, coverage, content, and quality of Outlines on Wikipedia. For this he deserves a Special Barnstar Burningview (talk) 03:42, 8 August 2009 (UTC) |
Well done
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The Special Barnstar | |
This award is in appreciation of the excellent work you have done supporting the development of Outlines on Wikipedia Thruxton (talk) 18:59, 5 December 2010 (UTC) |
Made me laugh
You once said in a AFD: "If you are building a robot, you can start with just the left pinky." I love that. Happy New Year! Jerry delusional ¤ kangaroo 20:34, 31 December 2010 (UTC)
another thanks
I appreciate you pointing me in the direction of a formatted signature. For some reason I couldn't find any reference to how it is done in the years I have been here. Cheers. ◦◦derekbd◦◦my talk◦◦ 12:16, 4 June 2011 (UTC)
Impressed
I just wanted to tell you (probably not the 1st ^^ ) that your are an incredible wikipedia member, your userpage is simply amazing and your contribution is...gigantic? huge? Incredible? not for the number edits (still high) but rather over the appropriateness of the things that you have created, especially the outline project. I wont give you another award, you already have billions, but simply a modest "Bravo!". -- Offiikart (Talk) 05:23, 21 June 2011 (UTC)
Thanks
Hi, thanks a lot for the barnstar, you are truly a user with whom it is pleasant to interact. I greatly appreciate your help, your tips and you recognition on the work done, even if only very minimal compared to the work you have done.
I think you, more than everyone else, deserve a special recognition. Here is the first Barnstar I ever awarded :
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The WikiProject Barnstar | |
To The Transhumanist who created the outline project and tirelessly continues to improve it. A special thanks for your help and your recognition. OffiikartTalk 13:54, 29 June 2011 (UTC) |
ps. I did put the page alert on my watchlist
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The Original Barnstar |
Your fine contributions are not overlooked. You are a quality editor, and we are so glad you are here. Thanks to the user:Transhumanist! Pinkstrawberry02™ talk 01:49, 13 October 2011 (UTC) |
Note to user getting this message: Please respond on Pinkstrawberry02's talk page. If for some reason you cannot, please send them a {{talkback}} and reply on your own talk page. Thanks for your understanding in this manner. See ya around the wiki!
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The Chess Barnstar | |
Awarded for many contributions to chess articles, especially the Outline of chess. Bubba73 You talkin' to me? 16:34, 18 October 2011 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you!
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The Original Barnstar |
Thanks so much for your work on the Outline of domestic violence, it is so much better that it's astounding how far it's come along. Thanks for making my first outline "sing"! CaroleHenson (talk) 11:11, 21 November 2011 (UTC) |
- You're first one? Wonderful! I can't wait to see what you come up with next. And I also look forward to seeing what you have in store for this outline. Thank you for the barnstar. It's very nice to feel appreciated. The Transhumanist 22:10, 21 November 2011 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Original Barnstar |
Wow! Thanks for your help on the Future studies project. I can't believe all the pages you've contributed to, but glad you found ours!... RealFuturist (talk) 17:09, 3 February 2012 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you!
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The Copyeditor's Barnstar |
Thanks for the ndashes on the Apple outline article. Zach Vega (talk) 00:58, 13 April 2012 (UTC) |
A cookie for you!
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Many years ago, back before I had created my current account, I created a humble little userspace navigation menu based off of two of your menus from the User Page Design Center (initially 15, but ultimately 6). Over the years it has grown, but I don't know if I ever would have started it without seeing your menus first. I just want to thank you for putting the effort into creating those menus and then sharing them at the Design Center where they have been helpful for people like me. I hope you don't mind me borrowing from your hard work! Thanks again and take care! Michael Barera (talk) 03:30, 13 January 2013 (UTC) |
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The Instructor's Barnstar | |
This Barnstar is awarded to Wikipedians who have performed stellar work in the area of instruction & help for other editors. Just wanted to stop by and say this edit was something I wanted to do but simply did not have the "kahunas" to do so. Thank you for the bold edit :-) Moxy (talk) 07:25, 13 February 2013 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you!
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The Barnstar of Diligence |
For your efforts on updating, improving and organising Outline of human anatomy LT910001 (talk) 06:39, 2 January 2014 (UTC) |
A barnstar for you!
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar |
For your work on "Outline of space science" Tetra quark (don't be shy) 05:55, 18 January 2015 (UTC) |
Thank you. The Transhumanist 07:45, 18 January 2015 (UTC)
A cup of coffee for you!
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A cup of coffee for you! masum (talk) 06:10, 5 October 2015 (UTC) |
Thank you. The Transhumanist 06:56, 5 October 2015 (UTC)
At Tip-Of-The-Day: Thank you for your updates & guidance!
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Want to let you know the value of your insights & feedback!
Regards, JoeHebda (talk) 21:53, 19 October 2015 (UTC)
- Thank you. Keep up the good work. The Transhumanist 16:50, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
Pony!
Pony!
Congratulations! For all your hard work on redirect repair at Glossary of North American horse racing and general wikignoming along the way of articles such as Easy Goer, you have received a pony! Ponies are cute, intelligent, cuddly, friendly (most of the time, though with notable exceptions), promote good will, encourage patience, and enjoy carrots. Treat your pony with respect and he will be your faithful friend! We need more wikipedia editors like you! Montanabw(talk) 02:22, 1 November 2015 (UTC)
To send a pony or a treat to other wonderful and responsible editors, click here.
Thank you for being one of Wikipedia's top medical contributors!
- please help translate this message into the local language
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The Cure Award |
In 2015 you were one of the top 300 medical editors across any language of Wikipedia. Thank you from Wiki Project Med Foundation for helping bring free, complete, accurate, up-to-date health information to the public. We really appreciate you and the vital work you do! Wiki Project Med Foundation is a user group whose mission is to improve our health content. Consider joining here, there are no associated costs, and we would love to collaborate further. |
Thanks again :) -- Doc James along with the rest of the team at Wiki Project Med Foundation 03:59, 29 February 2016 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar |
Great work with the Outlines :) Pratyush (talk) 21:07, 26 September 2016 (UTC) |
Thank you. The Transhumanist 15:31, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
Love the outlines
Hi there! I just wanted to let you know that I think your planet outlines are really cool. I have long thought it was a shame that only Wikipedians seem to know about Books or Portals, because they are really great tools for structuring knowledge (while everyone loves diving down the Wikipedia rabbit hole, we could really do with some better content organization). The outlines strike me as a great way to bring that sort content organization to mainspace, where it will actually reach a large number of readers. I notice that I am the first one to edit them besides yourself, and I hope you know that I do so with love.
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What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar | |
Great idea with the outline articles - a great solution to a need for better mainspace-based content structuring! I see from WP:Outlines that you actually came up with this concept some years ago, but this is the first I've noticed it. A2soup (talk) 02:46, 8 February 2017 (UTC) |
A Barnstar for you!
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The Portal Barnstar | |
The Portal Barnstar is awarded to Wikipedians who have made significant contributions to topic portals. Awarded to Transhumanist for his overly enthusiastic efforts regarding the portal system and WikiProject Portals. – Lionel(talk) 11:02, 30 April 2018 (UTC) |
- Transhumanist, thank you for your extraordinary efforts on behalf of portals. It reminds me of the time when a series of attacks on scientific bibliographies led to the formation of WikiProject Bibliographies. I don't understand why your detractors are so passionate about deleting portals, but your actions have been a model for how to deal with an attack constructively. RockMagnetist(talk) 16:10, 5 May 2018 (UTC)
A Barnstar for you!
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The Article Rescue Barnstar | |
May all who see this barnstar know that The Transhumanist made a valiant and commendable effort for defending the portal namespace from deletion. It preserved countless hours of work initially invested into creating the content. Moreoever, The Transhumanist, is doing a yeoman's job in attempting to improve the content within with portal namespace. RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 00:24, 26 May 2018 (UTC) |
@RightCowLeftCoast: Thank you. I feel honored. Please keep in mind that I have not been working alone. Credit goes to the nearly 400 editors who came forward to speak up for the keeping of portals. And although the RfC to delete all portals is over, the job of defending portals from deletion is not. For the portal namespace to be retained in the long term, the portals in it will need to be improved to a worthy quality level, otherwise we may see more deletion attempts. This task is far more than a single editor can handle. Fortunately, many editors have come forward to meet the challenge. Working to develop portals and the entire portal system, is a team of 80 editors who are diligently redesigning, upgrading, updating, and maintaining portals. They are the members of the Portals WikiProject, and without them there might be no portals. They are doing a wonderful job, and I am very proud of them. Thank you. — The Transhumanist 17:22, 26 May 2018 (UTC)
Precious
thinking-related topics
Thank you for organising a list of thinking-related topics, for Shift work sleep disorder and the index of oral health and dental articles, for your thoughts and efforts regarding portals, and beginnings such as Portal:Thinking/Selected picture, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!
Precious
portals
Thank you for your thoughts and efforts regarding portals, for the concept of outlines, for sectional redirects, for articles such as Life Extension Foundation, for service from 2006, including portal philosophy and user page design center, - repeating (1 & 4 June 2009): you are an awesome Wikipedian!
Thank you. I looked, but couldn't figure out what 1 & 4 June 2009 were referring to. Just curious. — The Transhumanist 19:26, 4 June 2018 (UTC)
- Follow the link "awesome W." and look for your name: 2 others said it before me! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:48, 5 June 2018 (UTC)
Executive director of portals
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The Portal Barnstar | |
Not sure if a simple barnstar can express the communities gratitude to the portal work that you're doing. Your an indispensable member of our community. Moxy (talk) 18:08, 7 June 2018 (UTC) |
Moxy, thank you. I'm honored, and I receive this praise for the team, without whom there would be very little progress on portals. They are literally transforming them into something new. I'm glad to be a part of that. — The Transhumanist 18:20, 7 June 2018 (UTC)
A Barnstar for you
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The Portal Barnstar | |
The Portal Barnstar is awarded to Wikipedians who have made significant contributions to topic portals. Thanks for the great work you have been doing in the WikiProject. Dreamy Jazz talk | contribs 22:15, 4 July 2018 (UTC) |
You are welcome, formerly Wpgbrown. Nice new name. ;) — The Transhumanist 10:26, 6 July 2018 (UTC)
A barnstar for you!
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The Technical Barnstar |
Good to see others of the view we have as to the need to know more. Im a research person here just of this week and your views relate to my work here. take care.
Tleesd (talk) 17:56, 5 September 2018 (UTC) |
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The Graphic Designer's Barnstar |
Thank's for updating the Portal:Seventh-day Adventist Church. You deserve this star for your good work. Catfurball (talk) 15:28, 12 October 2018 (UTC) |
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The Tireless Contributor Barnstar |
For your excellent work on Portals. Everyday the portal project improves. Your dedication and willingness to get people involved really pays off. Cannot wait to continue working with you and the Portal team. Thank you for your work. AmericanAir88(talk) 00:30, 30 October 2018 (UTC) |
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The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar | |
Thank you for helping me in my first attempt in creating a portal page ‑‑V.S.(C)(T) 10:51, 23 December 2018 (UTC) |
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The Graphic Designer's Barnstar |
Thanks for creating Portal:Hummingbirds when I asked for it. Keep doing a good job! Catfurball (talk) 00:01, 4 January 2019 (UTC) |
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The Graphic Designer's Barnstar |
Thanks for making Portal:Capsicum. Catfurball (talk) 19:38, 5 February 2019 (UTC) |
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Thanks for making Portal:Peaches. Catfurball (talk) 21:11, 5 February 2019 (UTC) |
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The Graphic Designer's Barnstar |
Thanks for creating Portal:Woodpeckers for me. Catfurball (talk) 19:15, 14 February 2019 (UTC) |
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The Graphic Designer's Barnstar |
Thanks for creating Portal:Tyrant flycatchers for me. Catfurball (talk) 19:16, 14 February 2019 (UTC) |
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The Graphic Designer's Barnstar |
Thanks for creating Portal:Plums, you do a great job creating portals. Catfurball (talk) 18:45, 21 February 2019 (UTC) |
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The Graphic Designer's Barnstar |
Thanks for creating Portal:Cotingas for me. Catfurball (talk) 19:07, 22 February 2019 (UTC) |
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The Portal Barnstar | |
For your tireless dedication to creating, maintaining, and improving portals, as well as your active involvement in making improvements to the system of portals itself. I'm sorry to hear that you're temporarily unable to create them, but your work is greatly appreciated 🙂 Brendon the Wizard ✉️ ✨ 14:17, 23 March 2019 (UTC) |
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The Original Barnstar | |
message Ambuj Shukla 19:16, 2 November 2019 (UTC) |
You have made immense contributions to outlines over the years, and have encouraged many more Wikipedians to follow your lead. The impact of your contributions are great. Keep doing the good work! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ambujshukla2004 (talk • contribs) 19:16, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you. — The Transhumanist 00:06, 19 November 2019 (UTC)
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The Outline Barnstar | |
Hello The Transhumanist, you are receiving this award for the creation and continued dedication to WikiProject Outlines. You deserve this barnstar more than anyone. Jerium (talk) 19:18, 12 November 2023 (UTC) |
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