User:Durin/Contributions
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This page is a reference tool for me to keep track of what I've done, which is easier in this form than in my contributions. By having all of this information here, I can very easily see recent changes related to contributions I have made. I feel a sense of obligation to be a steward to pages that I have created or for those to which I have made significant contributions. With the recent changes related to this page link, I can readily see what pages might need some attention to review edits made by others to those pages for which I have a significant interest. Yes, I know "my watchlist" is supposed to be used for that, but I use that for 'temporary' watches of things I want to keep track of, such as VfDs I voted on, pages that I am unsure what to do with, some user pages of people I want to track temporarily, and the like. This user page and the related changes link allows me to have a more permanent "my watchlist".
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[edit] Pages I created
I do not create stubs. When I create a regular article, I spend time fleshing out the article prior to its first posting.
[edit] Main pages
- Bluespring Caverns - May 27, 2005
- BQM-74 Chukar - June 20, 2005
- Brown County State Park - May 24, 2005
- Bruce Lee and I - I created this article in response to what I felt were too hasty deletions of two prior versions of the article. Both versions were filled with junk. But, the article itself was worthy of an encyclopedia entry. I thought the people marking it for speedy deletion should have taken the time to clean the article up rather than having it deleted. I have no affinity for the movie or the subject itself. - September 23, 2005
- David R. Ray - Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, June 13, 2005
- Esmeralda (BE-43) - June 16, 2005
- Fort Eustis, Virginia This was really created by somebody else, but was poorly created under 'Fort Eustus' [sic] and the original text claimed it is a naval base. I moved the article and replaced all the original text. I left the article as a military-stub, as I was never in the Army, and others are better equipped to flesh out the article. - April 15, 2005
- Frederick Moosbrugger - August 24, 2005
- Henry J. Kaiser class fleet replenishment oiler - June 14, 2005
- James Delany - January 5, 2007
- Lake Lemon - April 7, 2005
- Landing Craft Utility - May 5, 2005
- Monkey Puzzle (band) - July 25, 2005
- Monroe County Airport (Indiana) - April 7, 2006
- National Natural Landmark - June 30, 2005
- Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division - May 26, 2006
- Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Lighthouse - February 12, 2007
- Paul Cayard - March 24, 2006
- Pondicherry class minesweeper - August 29, 2006 - Created after seeing poorly formed article on the same subject that was speedy deleted as nonsense.
- Robert P. Briscoe - July 14, 2005
- Roberto Gutiérrez Frías - Ended up being moved to El Dandy. I don't care for the subject, but created the article after a number of speedy deletes of "El Dandy". - May 24, 2005
- Russell E. Dunham, Medal of Honor recipient. The bravery of this man is unreal. That he wasn't killed is even more astonishing.
- Spectacular Bid - July 25, 2005 - I can't believe nobody had done an article on this amazing horse.
- Texas Ash - I created this page after an admin speedy deleted Fraxinus texensis, which in my opinion should have been allowed to grow (no pun intended). That page is now a redirect, which hopefully will not be speedied on sight. - June 21, 2005
- USS Detroit (AOE-4) - July 22, 2005
- USS Fearless (MSO-442) - April 8, 2005
- USS Frederick (LST-1184) - May 19, 2005
- USS Freedom (ID-3024) - May 10, 2005
- USS Kitty Hawk (AKV-1) - May 6, 2005
- USS Norton Sound (AVM-1) - April 13, 2005
- USS Peterson (DE-152) - May 5, 2005
- USS Salisbury Sound (AV-13) - January 8, 2005
- USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG-108) - November 28, 2006
- Wayne E. Meyer - November 28, 2006
- William Charles Fitzgerald - August 15, 2005
- 5-54 Mark 45 - December 16, 2005
[edit] Wikipedia space pages
- Wikipedia:Guide to requests for adminship - October 27, 2005
- Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Past nominations - March 1, 2007
- Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Nomination data - February 16, 2007
- Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Nomination data/All RfA nominations - February 16, 2007
[edit] Redirects
- 1983 UH redirect to 3753 Cruithne
- 1986 TO redirect to 3753 Cruithne
- Aegis weapons system redirect to Aegis combat system
- Alf Wight redirect to James Herriot
- Bruce Crandall redirect to Bruce P. Crandall
- Combat Direction Center redirect to Combat Information Center
- CH-53E Sea Stallion redirect to CH-53E Super Stallion
- Crane Naval Surface Warfare Center redirect to Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division
- Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center redirect to Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division
- Cupeno redirect to Cupeño
- Earth's second moon redirect to 3753 Cruithne
- Fort Eustis redirect to Fort Eustis, Virginia
- Fraxinus texensis redirect to Texas Ash. See entry on Texas Ash in pages created.
- Gewürstraminer redirect to Gewürztraminer
- Heidi Voight redirect to Heidi Alice Voight
- International 505 redirect to 505 (dinghy)
- Iwo Jima Island redirect to Iwo Jima
- Jack Lucas redirect to Jacklyn H. Lucas, Medal of Honor recipient. I happened across mention of him as "Jack Lucas" and then had to go digging in Wikipedia to find him, since no redirect existed.
- James E. Delany redirect to James Delany
- Jim Delany redirect to James Delany
- John F. Lehman, Jr. redirect to John F. Lehman
- Joseph J. Rosenthal redirect to Joe Rosenthal
- Lake Nemi ships redirect to Nemi ships
- Lava lava redirect to Lava-lava. Seems like the wikicode should interpret hyphens when an article is missing at the non-hyphen location or vice-versa.
- Marching Hundred redirect to Indiana University Marching Hundred
- Michael E. Thornton redirect to Michael Thornton
- Monroe County Airport redirect to Monroe County Airport (Indiana)
- Mt. Inasa redirect to Mount Inasa
- North Pioa Mountain redirect to Rainmaker Mountain
- Oswego Lighthouse, Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Light, Oswego West Pierhead Lighthouse redirect to Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Lighthouse
- Project Argus redirect to Operation Argus
- Pondicherry class redirect to Pondicherry class minesweeper
- Roberto Gutierrez Frias redirect to Roberto Gutiérrez Frías
- Russell Dunham redirect to Russell E. Dunham
- Sea Fighter (FSF-1) redirect to Sea Fighter
- State of Nevada redirect to Nevada. There's probably a lot more of these.
- Steve Ford redirect to Steven Ford
- Stone of Seeing redirect to Palantír
- Stones of Seeing redirect to Palantír
- Superbowl 35, Superbowl 36, Superbowl 37, Superbowl 38, Superbowl 39, Superbowl 41 redirect to appropriate Superbowls.
- The Black Sheep redirect to VMA-214 (was stub article)
- USS Kitty Hawk (APV-1) redirect to USS Kitty Hawk (AKV-1)
- USS Norton Sound (AV-11) redirect to USS Norton Sound (AVM-1)
- Vertical replenishment redirect to VERTREP
- VMF-214 redirect to VMA-214
- WP:GRFA redirect (shortcut, really) to Wikipedia:Guide to requests for adminship.
[edit] Disambiguation pages
- Fisher House
- Keith Alexander
- Mike Ford
- Monkey puzzle (was a redirection page to Araucaria araucana)
- Montebello (was a redirection page to Montebello, California
- National landmark (was a redirection page to National Historic Landmark. Now lists NNL as well.
- Robert Briscoe
- USS Briscoe
- USS Fearless
- USS Frederick
- USS Freedom
- USS Kitty Hawk (was a redirection page to USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63)
- USS Oakland
- USS Peterson
- USS Merrill
- WEXP
[edit] Categories
- Category:National Natural Landmarks of the United States - July 1, 2005
[edit] Stub categories
- {{horseracing-stub}} - July 30, 2005. Also see User:Durin/Horseracing-stub for related information.
[edit] Templates
- Template:RfA Navigation - March 1, 2007
[edit] User pages (other than my own)
- User:NoSeptember/RfA thank yous - NoSeptember requested [2] somebody do it, so I did.
[edit] Significant contributions (beyond creation, new)
- Herman B Wells De-stubbed the article, adding a great deal of information.
- Pappy Boyington Added significant amount of material regarding military career, MoH citation, and photo.
- 22 April 2005: I've begun making sweeping changes to armament, radar, sonar, and EW suites of the entire Spruance class destroyers. Many of the ships in the class have incorrect armament, and almost all are missing radar, sonar, and EW suites. Also attempting to add in ship's crests for the entire class. This is difficult, as finding the original USN sources (i.e., not copyrighted) is proving challenging since the ships are almost all decommed. I am also working arduously to find ships histories, which is proving quite difficult for some ships. As of February 12, 2007, this effort includes major updates to:
- USS Spruance (DD-963), USS Paul F. Foster (DD-964), USS Kinkaid (DD-965), USS Hewitt (DD-966), USS Elliot (DD-967), USS Arthur W. Radford (DD-968), USS Peterson (DD-969), USS Caron (DD-970), USS David R. Ray (DD-971), USS Oldendorf (DD-972), USS John Young (DD-973), USS Comte de Grasse (DD-974), USS O'Brien (DD-975), USS Merrill (DD-976), USS Briscoe (DD-977), USS Stump (DD-978), USS Conolly (DD-979), USS Moosbrugger (DD-980), USS John Hancock (DD-981), USS Nicholson (DD-982), USS John Rodgers (DD-983), USS Leftwich (DD-984), USS Cushing (DD-985), USS Harry W. Hill (DD-986).
- USS Camden (AS-6) De-stubbed the article, adding photo, more service information, stats, and some links.
- USS Crommelin (FFG-37), added photo, service information, crest, information box, links.
- A large number of Los Angeles class submarine pages are missing photos. I've located and uploaded images for a considerable number of these boats. As of June 23, 2005 I was able to find photos for 23 of the missing 24. I tried every resource I could find, but could find no PD/US Navy labeled photo of USS Cincinnati (SSN-693). I hope someone else finds such an image in the future. Update (25 September 2006): I finally found one for Cincinnati.
- USS Carney (DDG-64) De-stubbed, adding crest, second photo, and as much history as I could gather from Internet sources.
- I routinely spend a few minutes a day working on vandalism/test reverts and adding AfDs where appropriate. I feel this is part of the duty as a wikipedian.
- In response to a concern on Wikipedia:RC patrol, I replaced junk text on the Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany article with real content.
- While watching Special:Newpages I came across Cupeño. It was a short stub, and difficult to read. I significantly upgraded the article [3] to include history, linguistics, links, and references. While working on this article, I came to the realization that there are huge gaps in Wikipedia regarding Native Americans.
- While watching WP:AFD I came across an article on Anna Chakvetadze. It'd been placed for AfD by a very experienced admin. I felt the AfD for a professional tennis player ranked #28 in the world was improper, and signficantly fleshed out the article [4] after voting to keep the article.
- In August of 2005, I went through more than 1,100 articles that were listed in {{sport-stub}} and managed to drop this large stub category down to just under 800 articles through stub-sorting. This took some weeks, and frankly I'm glad it's done. Not that it will last; the category will balloon again. But, I've got a tool now to generate a list of articles that are new to the category since I last went through. This will make it easier to keep this stub category cleaned up.
- I significantly upgraded Mark Inglis, de-stubbing the article.
- I significantly upgraded Bruce P. Crandall, de-stubbing the article, adding two images, categories, personal life, military service and awards
[edit] Images I've uploaded
I believe images add a great deal to an encyclopedia article. As the saying goes, "A picture's worth a thousand words".
As can be seen from the selection below, I have uploaded a number of military photographs. I am familiar with a number of photo archive sites that the U.S. military maintains. These make excellent candidates for inclusion in Wikipedia in part because they are usually of high quality and in part because they are in the public domain.
[edit] Featured pictures (2)
Some of the pictures I have found have gained featured picture status. They are listed here:
 Traditional "hat toss" at USNA. This picture became a featured picture (see discussion) on 4 January 2006, becoming my first featured picture |
 Mk45 5"/54 gun firing. This was moved to commons by another user, but was originally uploaded by me. Achieved featured picture status in July of 2006 [1] |
[edit] U.S. Navy ships (42)
 USS The Sullivans (DDG-68) and others firing missiles |
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 USS Bainbridge (DDG-96) firing a missile |
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 Damage to USS McFaul (DDG-74) |
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 USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) in the fog |
 USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) beneath a rainbow |
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 USS North Carolina (SSN-777) under construction |
 USS Ardent (MCM-12) at sea in the Persian Gulf |
 USS Dextrous (MCM-13) at sea in the Persian Gulf |
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 Eisenhower |
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 Eisenhower |
[edit] Decommissioned USN ships (63)
 USS Arthur W. Radford (DD-968) in 1996 alongside USS George Washington (CVN-73) |
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 USS Peterson (DE-152) port side |
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 USS Kitty Hawk (AKV-1) offloading planes |
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 USS America (CV-66) in 1983 |
 USS Caron (DD-970) sinking off Puerto Rico |
 USS Caron (DD-970) just prior to being rammed by a Mirka II |
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 USS David R. Ray (DD-971) underway |
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 USS Oriskany (CV-34) on fire 1966 |
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 USS Merrill (DD-976)]] |
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 USS Seattle (AOE-3) at work |
 USS Detroit (AOE-4) at work |
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 USS Houston (CL-81) 2nd torpedo strike |
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 USS Frank E. Evans (DD-754) post collision |
 USS Oriskany (CV-34) leaves port for the last time |
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 USS Cushing (DD-985) at sea |
 USS Aggressive (MSO-422) in 1955 |
 USS Cincinnati (SSN-693) off the coast of Virginia during shakedown cruise in 1978 |
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 USS George Philip (FFG-12) underway during sea trials |
 USS Sides (FFG-14) enters San Francisco harbor |
 USS Estocin (FFG-15) in the Caribbean Sea |
[edit] Non-U.S. Navy ships (20)
 Unterseeboot 505 shortly after capture |
 HMAS Rankin (SSK-78)]] |
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 Italian Maestrale class frigate |
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 Pakistani frigate PNS Badr (F184)]] |
 RFN Marshal Shaposhnikov, Udaloy class destroyer |
 PLAN Destroyer Qingdao (DDG-113)]] |
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 Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer Sauza Nami |
 CS Simpson (SS-21) of the Chilean Navy |
[edit] Naval related (25)
 Then-Major Pappy Boyington in WWII |
 Boarding party from USS Hewitt (DD-966) onboard a merchant ship |
 Phalanx CIWS firing |
 Mark 50 torpedo being fired |
 U.S. Navy CMOH |
 HM2 David R. Ray, US Navy CMOH recipient |
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 Grave of John Paul Jones at USNA |
 BQM-74E Chukar target drone |
 BQM-74E Chukar diagram |
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 Vice Admiral Robert P. Briscoe |
 SecNav Donald C. Winter. Moved to commons by another user |
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 Pratt & Whitney J52 jet engine |
 General Electric F404/F414 jet engine |
 The last F-14 arrives home |
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 Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division technical evolution |
 A CH-53 Sea Stallion conducting a helo-cast insertion. |
 Rear Admiral Wayne E. Meyer |
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 Former CNO Thomas B. Hayward |
[edit] Ship's Crests (37)
[edit] Admin nominee edit analysis graphs (35)
As of August of 2005, I've begun putting together edit analysis graphs for admin nominees with low edit counts and/or a short period of time on Wikipedia. I thought it might prove useful to the discussion for a nominee that might not be acceptable to some based on edit counts and time in Wikipedia. A person can make their first edit months before their second edit. Thus, time on Wikipedia doesn't tell us much. Similarly, the number of edits is not tremendously useful. Showing a pattern of contributions I think helps to show the value of a user who is up for RfA with regards to edit counts over a time period.
Note: I am no longer making these charts, except on request. Please see User:Durin/Admin_nominee_charts#.22Are_you_still_doing_the_charts.3F.22.
 User:Jobe6 |
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 User:RobertG |
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 User:Jeffrey O. Gustafson |
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[edit] Other
[edit] Self work (28)
 Lake Lemon, Southern Indiana |
 Flying Juniors race on Lake Lemon |
 Bartley House shop entrance in Nashville, Indiana |
 Van Buren St., the main strip, in Nashville, Indiana |
 Some of the unique shops in Nashville, Indiana |
 Icon for {{horseracing-stub}} |
 Chase Tower in Indianapolis |
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 Interior of Conseco Fieldhouse |
 150yr birthday cake building at the Indiana State Fair |
 The midway at the Indiana State Fair |
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 View of the Indiana State Fair |
 Godfrey Graduate Center at Kelley School of Business |
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 Interior of 1960 Cadillac Coupe de Ville |
 BorgWarner trophy at the 2004 Women's Little 500 |
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 Two hurt riders are tended to at the 2004 Women's Little 500 |
 Rider exchange at the 2004 Women's Little 500 |
 Near photo finish at the 2004 Women's Little 500 |
 School of Education at Indiana University Bloomington |
 Orange County Courthouse in Paoli, Indiana |
 Possible logo for {{User Arrowman}}. Was in use for the better part of a year, since replaced. |
 Created this image for use on Template:Newspapercover |
[edit] Indianapolis Zoo (7)
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[edit] Other sources (50)
 An F4U-1 Corsair of VMF-214 |
 An LCU of the LCU2000 class |
 Caverns of Sonora, U.S. National Natural Landmark]] |
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 Brig. Gen. Coffman, first C.O. of MCLB Albany and staff |
 Mt. Suribachi on the island of Iwo Jima |
 Memorial on the top of Mt. Suribachi |
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 Aerial view of Lake Lemon |
 Aerial view of Monroe County Airport (Indiana) |
 Singer and actress Sherrié Austin |
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 Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon |
 Tall ship Elissa |
 NASCAR Busch Series driver Shane Huffman |
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 Medal of Honor recipient Russell E. Dunham |
 Omni Air International plane debarking naval reservists at Norfolk, Virginia |
 Bill Cosby |
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 A flintlock musket being fired |
 Detail map of Tutuila Island |
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 Two sailors in a decompression chamber |
 Medal of Honor recipient Michael Thornton |
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 Oswego Harbor West Pierhead Lighthouse faux aerial image |
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 Medal of Honor recipient Bruce P. Crandall |
[edit] Charts related to RfA (21)
 RfA:Edits vs. Success |
 RfA:Activity vs. Success |
 RfA:Time On vs. Success |
 Average # of votes per RfA over time |
 Average edit count of RfAs over time |
 Success rate vs. # of edits at RfA |
 RfA close time rate |
 Successful RfAs per week |
 Number of RfAs per week |
 Updated (as of end August 2006) version of RfAs per week |
 RfA Success Rate over time |
 Updated version of RfA success rate |
 Actions per admin 05/06 |
 Blocks/unblocks per day 05/06 |
 Deletes/restores per day 05/06 |
 Protect/unprotect per day 05/06 |
 Average edit count of RfAs over time in 2006 |
 Votes per RfA for 2006 |
 Success rate of RfAs during 2006 |
 Votes per full RfA for 2006 |
 Average percent support for complete RfAs July 2005 to January 2007 |
[edit] Fair use images (8)
- Image:PaulCayard.jpg, skipper Paul Cayard of AmericaOne
- Image:ICIS-logo.jpg, logo for Institute for Cooperation in Space
- Image:UniversityofWaterlooCoatofArms.png
- Image:HermanBWellsStatue.jpg
- Image:LionelTateBooking.jpg, Lionel Tate
- Image:LittoralCombatShip-ArtistsRendering.jpg LCS design concept
- Image:TeslaBandLogo.gif uploaded to help stop a revert war, replacing a debatable fair use image
- Image:CityofBloomingtonSeal.gif
