Dr. Dan
Did you know & Signpost edit
16 May 2024 |
- ... that Lie Kiat Teng (pictured) appealed to the "moral obligation" of doctors to address a healthcare crisis in South Sulawesi?
- ... that in 1978 the chairman of the Democratic Yemeni Union of Peasants was arrested after the South Yemeni government was taken over by Abdul Fattah Ismail?
- ... that Lyle Bauer continued to attend Canadian Football League executive meetings despite being unable to speak due to his treatment for stage four throat cancer?
- ... that the Capitolium of Constantinople, originally a pagan temple, was later topped by a cross?
- ... that the diss track "6:16 in LA", directed at Drake, samples Al Green's "What a Wonderful Thing Love Is", a song that features Drake's guitarist uncle?
- ... that an essay of jailed Socialist Revolutionary politician Alexander Helfgot was smuggled out of Russia and published in Berlin in 1922?
- ... that when producer Daniel Grodnik proposed the idea for Terror Train to his wife, she thought that it sounded terrible?
- ... that the Eurovision Song Contest 1991 was moved to Rome from Sanremo at a late stage due to increased security concerns resulting from the Gulf War?
- ... that in college, American football player Jarrett Kingston started at the position of left guard, then moved to left tackle, and then played right tackle and right guard?
Precious anniversary edit
precise reduction
Thank you for quality contributions, based on historic knowledge and language skills, to articles about people, places, music, wording with precision and reducing excess with a focus on content and accuracy, - repeating: you are an awesome Wikipedian (30 April 2010)!
--Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:02, 29 March 2013 (UTC)
Two years ago, you were the 439th recipient of my PumpkinSky Prize, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:01, 29 March 2015 (UTC)
Three years ago, you were recipient no. 439 of Precious, a prize of QAI! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:08, 29 March 2016 (UTC)
Four years now! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:45, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
- Es ist schön, sich noch einmal zu erinnern. Danke vielmals._Dr. Dan (talk) 17:09, 29 March 2017 (UTC)
- seven years now! ;) - ja, schön --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:26, 29 March 2020 (UTC)
- good to know --Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:36, 31 March 2020 (UTC)
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Today's Wikipedian 10 years ago edit
Ten years! |
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--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:22, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
Precious anniversary edit
Eight years! |
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sad to have had to contribute to the obit above, - miss her, and too many --Gerda Arendt (talk) 06:43, 29 March 2021 (UTC)