User:Tlogmer

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I run a weblog about wikipedia. If you want me to write about a particular article/topic/concept/whatever, leave a note, or comment on a weblog post.

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My name's Ben Yates; I'm a technical writer, student, and keyboardist from Ann Arbor.

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This user is a member of the Wikipedia Industrial Design Cartel.

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This user rescues articles for the Article Rescue Squadron.

This user plays the piano.

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This user is a noder at Everything2.

This user runs macOS.

This user knows where in the world Carmen Sandiego is.

So. I've been here since late 2003; I started the wikipedia articles Metrosexual and Hell, Michigan (and the wikibooks summary of Understanding Comics). Most of my stuff is elsewhere, though.

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Eurasian beaver with her kit

... that beavers (examples pictured) in the Czech Republic built dams that saved the government US$1.2 million?
... that Terraria was released earlier than planned because a beta version of the game was leaked to the public?
... that although Nora Helmer was subject to extensive controversy upon her 1879 debut, she is now considered a focal point in analysis of gender roles?
... that US general Tommy Franks reportedly did not have time to become an expert on the Danish Air Force?
... that Tribuna da Imprensa was shut down in 2001 after losing a lawsuit over an article that referred to a judge as "PC Salomão"?
... that Javanese rebel leader Diponegoro partly blamed his sexual infidelity for his defeat at the Battle of Gawok?
... that basketball player Barry Leibowitz, despite being drafted by the New York Knicks and playing in the ABA, chose to play in Israel instead because of its sea, hummus, and tahini?
... that the filmmakers of 100 Litres of Gold brewed 20 litres of sahti at the Finnish embassy in Rome for its premiere?
... that after being ousted by the Southern Transitional Council, the governor of the Socotra Archipelago fled to Oman and continued to govern through WhatsApp?