User:LeftAire

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Hello, fellow Wikipedians! I started editing on Wikipedia officially in December 2011. My interests are mainly in History, Geography, and Linguistics. I'm not particularly focused in one area at the moment, making edits where ever I can. I also wish to make easier links by expanding current pages, and once I become well-read enough to, create articles. However, I do feel that improving the articles that are on Wikipedia are more important than adding more articles (Quality over Quantity). My main edits so far have been history-related, and mainly about the Middle Ages, but, the articles I've worked on to get to GA status are of the natural sciences (Ornithology-related). If I'm not editing, I'm probably reading, whether it be books, or articles on Wikipedia and other sites. If I make any mistakes, do not hesitate to inform me.

I will try to join certain groups when I get the chance.

Topics of Interests[edit]

Middle Ages (Mainly c.800 to c.1500)
Holy Roman Empire (and pretty much anything I can find about it, whether it be people, events, culture, facts, etc.)
11th Century England, Spain and Italy (Sicily & Papal States)
14th-18th Century France
Byzantine relations with Western Europe 11th to 15th Centuries
Song Dynasty China (and Early Ming)
Heian, Kamakura, and Edo periods in Japan
Abbasid and Fatimid Caliphates
Early Modern Period (Huguenot & Catholic conflict in 16th and 17th Centuries, & know little of it, though, Worldwide contact within the 16th and 18th centuries)
Spanish Empire (Particulary Spanish Florida, New Spain in Present-Day U.S.)
Restoration England; and America during that era (Have yet to read about it yet, though)
Mughal India
And pretty much any facet of History from c.375 up to c.1815.

Geography[edit]

Other academia interests[edit]

Current projects affiliated with[edit]

To do List[edit]

Kašperk Castle needs to be created.
Karlsfried Castle needs to be created.
Airedale Terrier needs to be cleaned up.
Continue adding significant people, events, and places within the scope of the Wikiproject Former Countries/HRE Taskforce range (mainly High and Late Middle Ages.)
Meng Yuanlao needs to have at least a stub.
Y Make some improvments towards the New Spain portal.
Y Make a Template:New Spain topics
Recreate Portal:Southeast Asia
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Today's featured article
Union gunboats bombarding Confederate defenses The Battle of Grand Gulf was fought on April 29, 1863, during the American Civil War. Union Army forces commanded by Ulysses S. Grant had failed several times to bypass or capture the Confederate-held city of Vicksburg, Mississippi. Grant decided to move his army south of Vicksburg, cross the Mississippi River, and then advance on the city. A Confederate division under John S. Bowen prepared defenses—Forts Wade and Cobun—at Grand Gulf, Mississippi. To clear the way for a Union crossing, seven ironclad warships from the Mississippi Squadron of the Union Navy commanded by Admiral David Dixon Porter bombarded the Confederate defenses at Grand Gulf. Union fire silenced Fort Wade, but the overall Confederate position held. Grant decided to cross the river elsewhere. The next day, Union forces crossed the river at Bruinsburg, Mississippi. The position at Grand Gulf was abandoned and became a Union supply point. The Grand Gulf battlefield is preserved in Grand Gulf Military State Park. (Full article...) Recently featured: "Cross Road Blues" After the Deluge (painting) Into Temptation (film) Archive By email More featured articles About
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Picture of the Day[edit]

Picture of the day

Sphalerite is a sulfide mineral with the chemical formula (Zn,Fe)S. It is found in a variety of deposit types, and is found in association with galena, chalcopyrite, pyrite (and other sulfides), calcite, dolomite, quartz, rhodochrosite, and fluorite. Sphalerite is an important ore of zinc, with around 95 percent of all primary zinc extracted from its ore. Due to its variable trace-element content, sphalerite is also an important source of several other metals such as cadmium, gallium, germanium and indium. The zinc in sphalerite is also used to produce brass. This sample was extracted in Creede, Colorado, and features black tetrahedral crystals of sphalerite up to 8 mm (0.31 in) in size, with minor chalcopyrite and calcite, in a 4.5 cm × 3.0 cm × 2.0 cm (1.77 in × 1.18 in × 0.79 in) matrix. This photograph was focus-stacked from 125 separate images.Photograph credit: Ivar Leidus

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Pages I've edited (not including adding citations)[edit]

(Will make a more accurate list later)

Pages of Interest to Edit in the Near Future[edit]

Name	Start work status	Current article status	Goal
Northern mockingbird	Start	GA	FA
Carolina wren	C	GA	FA
Blue jay	B	B	FA
Gray catbird	Start	Start	FA
Tufted titmouse	Start	Start	GA
Catholic Church and the Age of Discovery	B	B	GA
Isabel I of Castile	C	C	FA
Ferdinand II of Aragon	C	C	GA
Portuguese Empire	Start	C	FA
Portuguese discoveries	B	B	FA

The Loftiest of them all[edit]

Name	Start work diff	Start work status	Current article status	Goal
Spanish Inquisition		B	B	FA
Miguel de Cervantes		C	C	FA

Not so lofty[edit]

Name	Start work status	Current article status	Goal
Avignon Papacy	C	C	FA
Spanish Empire	B	B	FA
Juana Inés de la Cruz	C	C	FA
Isaac II Angelos	Start	Start	GA
Investiture Controversy	Start	Start	FA

Potential Good/Featured Topics[edit]

Note: I'm not necessarily the only or major editor (if significant at all) of these articles, however I do wish to see all of these articles reach a GA status at least.