User:ComplexRational

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I have been a lurker and avid reader here for a long time before I started editing. In my early days as an editor, most of my content work was about chemical elements and their isotopes, as well as broader topics within the scope of nuclear physics. Over time, it has spread across various topic areas, including football, public transportation in and around New York City, and scattered lesser edits, though I still find myself periodically reading about nucleosynthesis experiments and superheavy elements and updating isotopes pages. I also sometimes do less visible maintenance work, such as recent changes patrol, new page patrol, and other janitorial work. I am also affiliated with Wikimedia New York City.

I use the name ComplexRational only on Wikimedia projects and connected platforms, namely Discord servers with fellow Wikipedians and enthusiasts as well as Newspapers.com for article clippings. Feel free to contact me privately about any off-site activity allegedly of my doing, people on the Internet claiming to be me (especially those using the name ComplexRational), or other sus behavior.

My English is closest to en-N or en-4+ in generic or colloquial writing, though I could reach en-5 in some niche topics with which I am very familiar or regarding certain grammar rules. The 2 I give myself in Italian is primarily for reading and comprehension; my spoken and written ability is probably a bit less than that, but is enough for generic communication. The 1 in Spanish is mainly for superficially reading sources; I can only engage in basic communication, and it's been a while since I've seriously used it.

Any and all feedback is welcome at my talk page. I am always open for discussion, but should I be particularly busy in real life, I may not be able to give more than a quick response for several days.

Article work
Articles that I have worked on to a major milestone, created (bold), or substantially expanded: • Actinide concept

• Atalanta BC

• Atalanta BC Under-23

• Actinium-225

• Beryllium-8

• Borromean nucleus

• Cannonball (LIRR train)

• Column of Jerash

• Cosmological lithium problem

• History of Atalanta BC

• Island of stability

• Laboratori Nazionali di Legnaro

• List of Atalanta BC managers

• List of community gardens in New York City

• Miramare di Rimini

• Montauk Cutoff

• Piero Gardoni

• Polonium-210

• Radon-222

• Unbibium

• Unbihexium

• Unbiquadium

• Władysław Świątecki (physicist)

Did you know...

 * ... that a research group led by Amnon Marinov claimed in 2008 that the unknown element unbibium could be found occurring naturally in thorium deposits?


 * ... that radiation from radon-222 and its decay products is the second-leading cause of lung cancer in the United States after cigarette smoking?


 * ... that there may be an island of stability with so-called magic numbers of protons and neutrons?


 * ... that polonium-210 is 250,000 times more toxic by weight than hydrogen cyanide?


 * ... that because the half-life of beryllium-8 is less than 10−16 seconds, there is a bottleneck in stellar nucleosynthesis that limits the abundance of heavier chemical elements?


 * ... that a railroad bisects the Italian town of Miramare di Rimini into a residential neighborhood and a prominent tourist area?


 * ... that Atalanta reached the semifinals of the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1988 while playing in the Italian second tier?


 * ... that a guerrilla garden established atop an abandoned railroad in Long Island City became legally recognized by the MTA?


 * ... that King Hussein of Jordan gifted an ancient Roman column to New York City for the 1964–65 World's Fair?

Awards and barnstars
You are recipient no. 2326 of Precious, a prize of QAI. - Happy 2020! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:08, 2 January 2020 (UTC)