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Hi. (你好). Welcome to my user page. (歡迎).
About me
   

My name is Eric Connor, but you can call me Pericles of Athens (after the ancient Athenian statesman). I'm an American United States of Irish, English, Swedish, Italian, and Slovenian descent. Currently I have a BA in History from George Mason University. I'm mostly interested in the history of China. However, I enjoy learning about the history of all places and cultures. For those who miss the old version of my user page, don't worry, it's still here!

Below are my listed contributions to Wikipedia, including my successful nominations of Good and Featured articles. There are also my barnstar awards granted to me by very gracious peers. But first, some words to live by:
Words of Wisdom
   

"If earlier chroniclers of human affairs had failed to bear witness in praise of history, it might perhaps have been necessary for me to urge all readers to seek out and pay special attention to writings such as these; for certainly mankind possesses no better guide to conduct than the knowledge of the past."

-Polybius (c. 203–120 BC), Greek historian


"The study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind; for in history you have a record of the infinite variety of human experience plainly set out for all to see; and in that record you can find for yourself and your country both examples and warnings; fine things to make as models, base things, rotten through and through, to avoid."

-Livy (59 BC – AD 17), Roman historian
Contributions
   
Thank you. Articles Nominated and Passed as Featured Articles Thank you.
Augustus Choe Bu Economy of the Han Dynasty Giovanni Villani
Government of the Han Dynasty Han Dynasty List of Chinese inventions Ming Dynasty
Shen Kuo Society of the Song Dynasty Song Dynasty Tang Dynasty
Technology of the Song Dynasty Tibet during the Ming Dynasty Zhang Heng
Thank you. Articles Nominated and Passed as Good Articles Thank you.
Architecture of the Song Dynasty Culture of the Song Dynasty Economy of the Han Dynasty Economy of the Song Dynasty
Fernão Pires de Andrade Government of the Han Dynasty Han Dynasty History of the Han Dynasty
History of the Song Dynasty Huolongjing Nuova Cronica Qianling Mausoleum
Rebellion of Cao Qin Science and technology of the Han Dynasty Shen Kuo Society and culture of the Han Dynasty
Society of the Song Dynasty Song Dynasty Su Song Tang Dynasty
Technology of the Song Dynasty Zhang Heng
Thank you. Articles That I Have Created/Initiated Thank you.
Anselmus de Boodt Beisi Pagoda Category:Economic history of Italy Category:Historical controversies
Category:Italian merchants Category:Korean historians Category:Korean travel writers Category:Social history of China
Category:State of Chu Category:State of Qi Chao Cuo Chinese exploration
Choe Bu Dream Pool Essays Du Shi Economy of the Han Dynasty
Fawang Temple Field mill (carriage) Field mill (disambiguation) Four occupations
Fragrant Hills Pagoda Guoqing Temple History of the Han Dynasty Hua Sui
Huolongjing Iron Pagoda Jia Dan Jiao Yu
Jiaohe Ruins Kenneth R. Bartlett Liaodi Pagoda Lin Tinggui
Lingxiao Pagoda Lingyan Temple List of Chinese discoveries Nathan Sivin
Nuova Cronica Pagoda of Bailin Temple Pagoda of Cishou Temple Pagoda of Fugong Temple
Pagoda of Tianning Temple (Beijing) Pagoda of Tianning Temple (Changzhou) Pizhi Pagoda Puning Temple
Putuo Zongcheng Temple Qianling Mausoleum Qizu Pagoda Rafael Perestrello
Rebellion of Cao Qin Return to the Field (rhapsody) Sarira Stupa of Tayuan Temple Science and technology of the Han Dynasty
Society and culture of the Han Dynasty Sunshu Ao Tibet during the Ming Dynasty Wei Pu
Wujing Zongyao Wuzhun Shifan Xie Huan Ximen Bao
Xumi Pagoda Yan Zhitui Yu Hao Zhang Han (disambiguation)
Zhang Han (general) Zhang Han (official) Zhangjiashan Han bamboo texts Zhou Jichang
Zhu Yu (author)
Thank you. Other Articles That I Have Expanded Considerably Thank you.
11th century Armillary sphere Chang'an Chinese astronomy
Chinese literature Compass Flamethrower Foreign relations of Imperial China
Gazetteer Grand Canal of China Gunpowder warfare Horse collar
History of cartography History of ferrous metallurgy History of geography History of geometry
History of gunpowder History of painting Inoculation Land mine
Leprosy Liu Ji Ma Jun Mineralogy
Naval history of China Naval warfare Odometer Paper
Pei Xiu Pontoon bridge Pope Sylvester II Science in the Middle Ages
Siege Shang Dynasty Song Yingxing South Pointing Chariot
Su Shi Timeline of Chinese history Tong Guan Trip hammer
Wang Chong Wang Zhen (official) War elephant Wheelbarrow
Xu Guangqi Yang Hui Yi Xing Zhang Sixun
Awards
   
The Golden Wiki Award
Few editors write DYKs. Fewer write GAs. And fewer still write FAs. I myself have been an editor here for almost two years and I've only managed to write one GA and two or three DYKs. Many of our colleagues never even achieve that. But not only do you write all three types of articles, you do it on a regular basis, and in one of the most neglected sections of the encyclopedia. Your contributions are of a professional level of excellence, both comprehensive and concise, yet fascinating and engrossing. Your collection of Song Dynasty articles remains one of the most remarkable accomplishments in Wikipedia's history. Only the featured topic on the Solar system, crafted by many editors over a long stretch of time, rivals this feat.

And yet you never lose your cool or your edge. Always friendly and diplomatic, you've proved refreshingly receptive and thoughtful towards suggestions for improvement and article critique. Your ability to consistently produce consistently fantastic content, escaping the drama and hubbub other prolific editors seem to find themselves in, while maintaining a level of scholarship that makes a fellow history major go "Damn...", you've become an example for other Wikipedians, including this one, to follow.

I often hear people criticize Wikipedia's content - its systemic biases, its tragic imbalance towards video games and entertainment, its inaccuracies and mistakes. In these cases, I'm proud to be able to point to your contributions and prove them wrong. For this, not to mention everything else I've mentioned, you most clearly deserve this award. Hemlock Martinis (talk) 17:48, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

The Featured Article Medal
I award the prestigious Featured Article Medal to Eric for promoting several articles to the Featured Article status. Masterpiece2000 (talk) 14:34, 29 March 2008 (UTC)
The Tibetan Award of Excellence and Compassion
For your outstanding work at writing a brilliant article to FA standard and giving us the gift of the first Tibetan FA on wikipedia.. Hereby I present you this coveted award. The Bald One is proud of you, Much deserved. ♦Blofeld of SPECTRE♦ $1,000,000? 20:35, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
The Good Article Medal of Merit 
For outstanding contributions: As of today's date, PericlesofAthens has taken six articles to WP:GA, one of which has gone on to WP:FA. Good on you! Ling.Nut 01:58, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
The Original Barnstar
Wow, great work on the List of Chinese inventions page. Keep up the good work. - tholly --Turnip-- 18:27, 19 June 2008 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
I award you this barnstar in recognition of your [tireless] contributions to Song Dynasty, most notably for being the driving force behind its promotion to GA status. Well done! Cliff smith 23:10, 2 May 2007 (UTC)
The Epic Barnstar
Awarded to Pericles for his superb work on olde Chinese history....Blnguyen (bananabucket) 07:41, 3 June 2008 (UTC)
The Epic Barnstar
On the behalf of WP:CHINA, I award you this barnstar for your quality contributions to various Chinese history-related articles, and the effort in bringing them to higher status! (AQu01rius • Talk) 04:05, 7 May 2007 (UTC)
The Good Article Medal of Merit 
I, VanTucky, award you PericlesofAthens, this barnstar for your excellent work on multiple Good Articles related to the Tang and Song Dynasties. VanTucky (talk) 04:18, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
The Excellent Userpage Award
Your Userpage is like, 99.999999999% perfect! That is why I am giving you this award. * --RayquazaDialgaWeird2210 (talk) 16:52, 25 March 2008 (UTC)
Zhonghua Barnstar of Merit
For researching and essentially single-handedly building the professional quality researched Han Dynasty article and subsequent topics. Cheers! Scapler (talk) 18:34, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
this WikiAward was given to PericlesofAthens by Cheers! Scapler (talk) on 18:34, 3 May 2009 (UTC)
The Buddhism Barnstar
For creating Wikiproject Tibet's first featured article, I award you this Buddha Barnstar. Gimme danger (talk) 16:33, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
WikiProject History of ChinaThis user is a member of WikiProject Chinese history.