User:Ahoerstemeier


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I am a German originally from Hemer but now living in Aachen. I have a diploma in physics, but now I work as a programmer, mostly using the Delphi programming language.

However most of my editing is now around Thailand topics (Thailand topics ). I started the WikiProject Thai provinces, thus most of the Provinces of Thailand are at least partially edited by myself. Right now the districts of Thailand (Amphoe changes) are my main field of contributions. I have now also created a blog at http://tambon.blogspot.com, dealing with my work on all the administrative subdivisions, especially about the things which I cannot put into an article yet.

I am showing all signs of a serious case of Wikipediholism. I guess most of my edits are small edits such as fixing interwiki links, spelling mistakes, cleaning up editing experiments or vandalism. Since I joined in January 2003 I have reached 100,000 edits on January 14 2008.

Useful links

 * My homepage
 * My photo album - to be moved to Commons
 * My Sandbox
 * Taxobox usage guide
 * A temporary storage for images prepared for articles yet to write
 * Missing interwiki links, orphaned US towns and other to do lists
 * B I jpg ogg Link Insert example.com
 * Convert HTML to Wiki tables
 * Just a test

Contributions
As part of the WikiProject German districts I created about half of the articles on German districts, but the most important articles are about districts and cities around my old and new home:
 * Districts: Aachen - Märkischer Kreis
 * Cities: Schalksmühle - Halver - Neuenrade - Plettenberg - Monschau - Arnsberg - Winterberg - Altena - Menden - Soest - Iserlohn - Balve - Lüdenscheid - Hemer (Coat of arms)
 * Related: Castle Klusenstein

Incomplete list of other topics I started or made significant contributions, or am otherwise proud of
 * Thailand: Khao Sam Roi Yot - Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge - Claude de Forbin - Michael Michai Kitbunchu - Diocese of Surat Thani - Phetchabun mountains - Phutthamonthon - Amphoe - Tambon - Damrong Rajanubhab - Monthon - Mengrai - Phimai - Hua Hin - Ayutthaya historical park - Surat Thani - Hat Yai - Chaiya - Narai - Somporn Sakaew - Lopburi - Kra Isthmus - Haripunchai - Phleng Sansoen Phra Barami - Pagoda - Pa Hin Ngam National Park - ISO 8859-11 - Phimai historical park - Historical Parks - ISO 3166-2:TH - Chiang Mai - Flag of Thailand - Chiang Rai - Emerald Buddha - Thai lunar calendar (still have things to add) - List of Prime Ministers of Thailand - Ban Chiang - National parks - Kanchanaburi - Supachai Panitchpakdi - Ramakian - Chakri dynasty - Ananda Mahidol - Chulalongkorn - Taksin - Lannathai - Doi Inthanon - Gulf of Thailand - Wat Phra Kaew - Phleng Chat - Thai New Year - Chang (beer) - Singha
 * Spaceflight: German astronaut team - STS-61-H - Pratiwi Sudarmono - Reinhard Furrer - Soyuz TMA-3 - Alcantara - Soyuz 29 - Oleg Makarov - Soyuz TMA-2 - Intercosmos - Ulrich Walter - Sigmund Jähn - Ulf Merbold - STS-9 - Spacelab - STS-51-F
 * Biology: Adrien-Henri de Jussieu - Frédéric-Louis Allamand - Hermann Karsten - Fire Salamander - Caecilian - Siren - Torrent Salamander - Mudpuppy - Pacific Giant Salamanders - Asiatic Salamander - Nasikabatrachus sahyadrensis - Hermit crab - Orange Hawkweed - Banyan - Cave Bear
 * Physics: Daniel Kirkwood - Alexander Popov - Annibale de Gasparis - Arnold Sommerfeld
 * Germany: Sondheim - Tivoli, Aachen - Gerabronn - Ströbeck - Sauerland - Fritz Kuhn
 * Others: Willibrord Benzler - Otto Hupp - Etienne Aymonier - Paavo Ruotsalainen - Thea von Harbou - Mount Bromo - Laterite - Tanintharyi - Nomenclature des unités territoriales statistiques - Rostov on Don - Dschinghis Khan - Ludwig Bölkow - Bielefeld Verschwörung - Joachim Neander - Thermoluminescence dating - February 30 - Soviet revolutionary calendar

To do
From 2004_Encyclopedia_topics: Rafflesiales - Phra Nakhon - Trailok - Darwin's Frog From List of Asia-related topics: Manhattan Incident (maybe a disambig page first) - Phra Pathom Chedi - Student Uprising of 1973 (Thailand) - Chit Phumisak Amphoe maps which need fixing Uttaradit (southern boundary between Ban Khok and Fak Tha), Chiang Rai (eastern boundary between Doi Luang and Chiang Saen), Khon Kaen (creation of Wiang Kao), Satun (parts of Palian assigned to Thung Wa), Lopburi (several changes, need verification) Category:Amphoe without coordinates

How I got mentioned in the New York Times
Tired by the persistent vandalism of the George W. Bush article prior to election day, especially the sneaking in of "Vote Kerry" messages into the protected article, I wrote on the talk page: And hopefully once the elections are over this article won't be the prime vandalism target anymore. I had no hidden meaning of that sentence in mind when I wrote it. This was apparently noticed by a New York Times editor, who then quoted me in a squib on weasel talking: about foreign admins: "One administrator, a German computer programmer, wrote..  (authorization required). Honestly, I didn't intend that sentence to say Hopefully after the election John Kerry will be the prime vandalism target - but it fits with my opinion that he would have been the better choice. How could the NY times guy guess that a German would be no fan of GWB? :)

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