User talk:Dr. Dan
Did you know & Signpost[edit]
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4 July 2024 |
- ... that Dutch agriculturist Hermanus Johannes Lovink (pictured) used a suitcase gramophone during his lectures?
- ... that the Vancouver School Board's alleged attempt to censor a student newspaper led to the drafting of a press-freedom act?
- ... that fans on TikTok were behind the choice of name for one of SZA's singles?
- ... that when sales slowed on the Texas Centennial half dollar, Senator Tom Connally suggested minting five separate versions?
- ... that the Green Bay Packers once had fourteen players selected to a national All-Pro team?
- ... that Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos bought New York City's Crown Building because of a tearful plea?
- ... that the magazine Acoustic Guitar said that Dan Erlewine "might be the most famous guitar repairperson on earth"?
- ... that models in the runway show for Nihilism by Alexander McQueen were dressed in plastic, locusts, rust, and clay?
- ... that literary critic Leslie Fiedler called the novel Band of Angels "operatic in the worst sense of the word"?
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)!
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)
- Very kind of you!_ Dr. Dan (talk) 18:28, 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)
- Lebt noch. Danke._Dr. Dan (talk) 20:33, 30 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]
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--Gerda Arendt (talk) 07:22, 30 April 2020 (UTC)
Precious anniversary[edit]
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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)