User:MONGO

Red-tailed hawk

Burrowing Owl

The setting sun illuminates the top of a classic anvil-shaped thunderstorm cloud, eastern Nebraska

Mongo only pawn in game of life...[1], but I do like candy...[2]...and me unshaven.

I have pages on Commons where I usually upload my images and release them to the public domain and Meta which I rarely use.

I have an essay about why linking to harassment is BAD...please read it only if you have plenty of free time available...

Making comments about my expectations for admin candidates, including myself here.

January 18, 2008 was my three year wiki-b-day...I guess I am currently the 217th most active editor with 40,000+ edits...for what that is worth.

I am one of the primary editors who reinitiated the effort to get semi-protection implemented...though earlier efforts had failed to get the featured adopted, by July 2005 the rate of "drive-by vandalism" had increased so much, the effort was renewed....by December 2005, administrators had the new ability to semi-protect pages and the rate of vandalism dropped to almost zero in some cases where the semi-protection was applied.

I was previously an administrator (11/2005-12/2006), but was desysopped by the arbitration committee. In January, 2008, I was unsuccessful in my effort to regain administrative tools as shown at the Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/MONGO 2, where the final tally was 123 supporting, 103 opposing and 21 neutral.

[edit] Featured articles

Featured articles demand the contributions and input of numerous editors. I encourage editors to help us get more articles to featured level by helping with peer review and by making wise suggestions on featured article candidates.

[edit] Featured articles started and was a major contributor on

• Shoshone National Forest, which appeared as Today's Featured Article on January 14, 2007.
• Retreat of glaciers since 1850, which appeared as Today's Featured Article on April 18, 2006. This article is an excellent example of the collaborative spirit of Wikipedia. I might have started it, but without the excellent additions made by Wsiegmund, Peltoms and Lulu of the Lotus-Eaters as well as an exhaustive review by Doug Bell and others...it never would have gotten to the level it is.
• Elk was split off from the Red deer article after DNA evidence concluded it was a distinct species. I had lots of help here from a number of other editors.
• Yellowstone fires of 1988 was written to document one of the most dramatic events in National Park Service history. Much thanks to numerous editors including Bishonen for all the fine copyediting, Wsiegmund for his assistance adapting a fire progression gif and other additions and Rlevse for his fine tuning.

[edit] Featured articles started by others

• Redwood National and State Parks...how the article looked before rewrite, main contributor, but had a lot of assistance from others, especially Bishonen. This article appeared as Today's Featured Article on May 17, 2008.
• Glacier National Park (U.S.)...how the article looked before rewrite, major contributor along with Elkman.
• Yellowstone National Park complete update, adding inline cites, text expansion and submitted for featured article review. Originally brought to featured status by Mav.
• Banff National Park Though I did nominate this article for FA, all I did was work on the geology and glacier section and created some stubs to eliminate some relined links...all the real credit goes to Aude.

[edit] Did you know items on main page

• Lake Ilo National Wildlife Refuge...that over 58,000 Paleo-Indian artifacts were unearthed at Lake Ilo National Wildlife Refuge in North Dakota when lake waters were lowered on the lake in 1989 to reconstruct a dam?
• Rogers Pass (Montana)...the coldest temperature ever recorded in the United States outside of Alaska is -70 °F (-56.66 °C) at Rogers Pass, Montana?
• Ben Kuroki...that Ben Kuroki was the only Japanese-American in the U.S. Army Air Force to serve in combat operations in the Pacific during World War II?

[edit] Wikipedia projects

Sunset in Nebraska

• Glaciers
• Protected areas
• Nebraska
• Mountains
• Montana
• Wyoming
• Historic Places
• Indigenous peoples of North America

[edit] Other pages

• My userpage at Commons

[edit] Articles started

Last time I checked, I was 688th on the list of users by pages created (with 325 then).

• 340 so far...

[edit] National Park Service

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway, Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, Great Falls Park, Niobrara National Scenic River, Harpers Ferry National Historical Park, Big Hole National Battlefield, Fort Necessity National Battlefield, Nez Perce National Historic Trail

[edit] National Forests

Jenny Lake in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming

Gallatin, Bridger-Teton, Custer, Beaverhead-Deerlodge, Bitterroot, Helena, Kootenai, Lewis and Clark, Lolo, Shoshone, Bighorn, Medicine Bow - Routt, Caribou-Targhee, Idaho Panhandle, Sawtooth, Samuel R. McKelvie, Black Hills

[edit] Wilderness areas

Bob Marshall, Absaroka-Beartooth, Popo Agie, Bridger, Teton, Great Bear, Scapegoat, Gros Ventre, Fort Niobrara, Soldier Creek, Washakie, Fitzpatrick, North Absaroka, Jedediah Smith, Winegar Hole, Platte River, Cloud Peak, Huston Park, Encampment River, Savage Run, Gates of the Mountains, Anaconda-Pintler, Cabinet Mountains, Lee Metcalf, UL Bend, Red Rock Lakes, Medicine Lake, Rattlesnake, Mission Mountains, Welcome Creek, Chase Lake, Sawtooth, Craters of the Moon, Hells Canyon, Black Elk, Badlands, Theodore Roosevelt, Lostwood, Black Fork Mountain, Upper Kiamichi River, Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex, National Wilderness Preservation System

[edit] National Wildlife Refuges

Red-headed woodpecker in DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, located in the states of Nebraska and Iowa

Charles M. Russell, Boyer Chute, Benton Lake, Bowdoin, National Bison Range, National Bison Range Complex, Lost Trail, Ninepipe, Pablo, Swan River, Northwest Montana Wetland Management District, Lee Metcalf, Black Coulee, Creedman Coulee, Hewitt Lake, Lake Thibadeau, Hailstone, Halfbreed Lake, Lake Mason, Warhorse, Medicine Lake, Lamesteer, UL Bend, Red Rock Lakes, Seedskadee, Cokeville Meadows, Pathfinder, Bamforth, Hutton Lake, Mortenson Lake, John and Louise Seier, Crescent Lake, Fort Niobrara, North Platte, Valentine, Rainwater Basin Wetland Management District, Huron Wetland Management District, Lacreek, Lake Andes National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Lake Andes, Lake Andes Wetland Management District, Karl E. Mundt, Madison Wetland Management District, Sand Lake, Sand Lake Wetland Management District, Benton Lake Wetland Management District, Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Arrowwood, Arrowwood Wetland Management District, Chase Lake, Johnson Lake, Chase Lake Wetland Management District, Chase Lake Prairie Project, Tomahawk, Halfway Lake, Sibley Lake, Valley City Wetland Management District, Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Audubon National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Audubon, Camp Lake, Lake Otis, Lake Nettie, Hiddenwood, Lost Lake, Lake Patricia, McLean, Pretty Rock, Stewart Lake, White Lake, Sheyenne Lake, Audubon Wetland Management District, Lake Ilo, Des Lacs, Lostwood, Lostwood Wetland Management District, Shell Lake, Crosby Wetland Management District, Lake Zahl

[edit] National Monuments

Lewis Falls on the Lewis River, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Upper Missouri River Breaks, Pompeys Pillar, Cascade-Siskiyou, Canyons of the Ancients, Agua Fria, Ironwood Forest, Vermilion Cliffs, Admiralty Island, Sonoran Desert, California Coastal, List of National Monuments of the United States

[edit] Mountains

Elliott Knob, Triple Divide Peak, Mount Cleveland (Montana), Mount Stimson, Heaven's Peak, Going to the Sun Mountain, Francs Peak, Wind River Peak, Crazy Peak, Mount Wilbur (Montana), Beartooth Mountains, Chief Mountain, Lewis Range, Livingston Range, Kintla Peak, Pik Talgar, Middle Teton, South Teton, Teewinot Mountain, Cathedral Group, Signal Mountain (Wyoming), Bivouac Peak, Eagles Rest Peak, Ranger Peak, Owl Peak, Rolling Thunder Mountain, Doane Peak, Traverse Peak, Raynolds Peak, Thor Peak, Mount Saint John, Mount Woodring, Rendezvous Mountain, Disappointment Peak, Rockchuck Peak, Symmetry Spire, Teepe Pillar, Nez Perce (mountain), Cloudveil Dome, Buck Mountain, Mount Wister, Static Peak, Forellen Peak, Gallatin Range, Eagle Peak (Wyoming), Mount Warren, Mount Helen, Black Tooth Mountain, Mount Merritt, Rising Wolf Mountain, Doublet Peak, Turret Peak, Mount Sacagawea, Jackson Peak, Mount Woodrow Wilson, Bastion Peak

[edit] Glaciers

Wisconsin glaciation, Retreat of glaciers since 1850, Glacial Lake Outburst Flood, Grasshopper Glacier (Montana), Gannett Glacier, Grinnell Glacier, Jackson Glacier, Blackfoot Glacier, Peyto Glacier, Bow Glacier, Crowfoot Glacier, Vulture Glacier, Hector Glacier, Wapta Icefield, Waputik Icefield, Saskatchewan Glacier, Quelccaya Ice Cap, Schoolroom Glacier, Upper Fremont Glacier, Cloud Peak Glacier, Furtwängler Glacier, Rebmann Glacier, Gem Glacier, Middle Teton Glacier, Teton Glacier, Teepe Glacier, Mingyong Glacier, Skillet Glacier, Triple Glaciers, Falling Ice Glacier, Petersen Glacier, Lower Curtis Glacier, Dinwoody Glacier, Downs Glacier, Klondike Glacier, Grasshopper Glacier (Wyoming), Sourdough Glacier, J Glacier, Connie Glacier, Continental Glacier, East Torrey Glacier, Baby Glacier, Mammoth Glacier, Minor Glacier, Gooseneck Glacier, Stroud Glacier, Twins Glacier, Heap Steep Glacier, Helen Glacier, Sacagawea Glacier, Lower Fremont Glacier, Bull Lake Glacier, Knife Point Glacier, Harrower Glacier, Washakie Glacier, Swiftcurrent Glacier, Stanton Glacier, Grant Glacier, Chaney Glacier, Agassiz Glacier, Boulder Glacier (Montana)

[edit] Geology and geography

Bluffs in the Great Divide Basin, Wyoming

Appekunny Formation, Quake Lake, Rocky Mountain Front, Gros Ventre landslide, Cirque of the Towers, Yellowstone Falls, Great Divide Basin, Smith River National Recreation Area, Bird Woman Falls, Rising Sun (Montana), Two Medicine, St. Mary, Montana, Many Glacier, Garden Wall, Big Drift, Death Canyon, Granite Canyon, Cascade Canyon, Chalco Hills Recreation Area, Rogers Pass (Montana), Tower Falls, Lewis Falls, Paintbrush Canyon, Platte River State Park

[edit] Lakes

St. Mary Lake, Swiftcurrent Lake, Jenny Lake, Lake Solitude, Leigh Lake, Emma Matilda Lake, Two Ocean Lake, String Lake, Phelps Lake (Wyoming), Bradley Lake, Taggart Lake, Lower Slide Lake, Isa Lake

[edit] Roads and buildings

Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway, Buffalo Bill Cody Scenic Byway, Chief Joseph Scenic Byway, Granite Park Chalet, Glacier Park Lodge, 200 Greenwich Street, 175 Greenwich Street, 150 Greenwich Street, Humpback Covered Bridge, Wapiti Ranger Station, Jackson Lake Lodge, Cascade Canyon Barn, Leigh Lake Ranger Patrol Cabin, J. L. Brandeis and Sons Store Building

[edit] Critters

Elk

Yellowstone cutthroat trout, Wyoming Toad, Pallid sturgeon, Fender's blue butterfly, Eastern-tailed blue butterfly, Elk, Scaphirhynchinae

[edit] People(s)

Ellis R. Kerley, Chief Blackbird, Yurok tribe, Ben Kuroki

[edit] History

Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition, Folsom Expedition, Yellowstone fires of 1988

[edit] Legislation

Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act

[edit] Honors

A number of fellow Wikipedians have awarded me barnstars for which I am deeply appreciative.

[edit] To Do

The Chrysler Building is my personal favorite and was the first building in the world taller than 1,000 feet. Image courtesy of RyanFreisling...thanks Ryan!

• Improve for PR....Tidewater glacier cycle
• Wind River Range
• Lewis Canyon
• Madison Range

• Wikipedia:WikiProject Endangered Species

[edit] Stuff

• What links here tool

[edit] Google Earth

• Wikipedia:Contact us/Article problem/Google Earth
• Userguide

[edit] Template Projects

• List of areas in the National Park System of the United States
• List of mountains of the United States
• List of National Wildlife Refuges
• List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
• List of U.S. National Forests
• List of glaciers
• Wikipedia:Template messages/Sources of articles/Generic citations

[edit] Other

My other car.

The incredible TEAM AMERICA EAGLESTAR...which I award to all well behaved members of my "CABAL".

The awesome COWSTAR...usually awarded to those who have had to put up with a huge amount of "stuff".

[edit] License

I agree to multi-license all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below: