User:Elonka

My current WikiProjects

Hello! I'm Elonka Dunin. I am a writer, game developer, project manager, cryptologist, webmistress, public speaker, world-traveler, and appreciator of all kinds of different subcultures. :)

I've had a Wikipedia account since September 16, 2005, made my 1000th edit on January 19, 2006, and was approved as an administrator in December 2007. As of 2021 I have created or put major work into over 500 Wikipedia articles, and have made over 70,000 edits, which I guess puts me somewhere in the top 1200 of active Wikipedians.

Much of my time is spent either writing/improving articles, or working on some of the above WikiProjects. Before becoming an admin, I especially enjoyed helping out with categorization, trying to ensure that every single article either has a category, or is at least flagged as needing one. Since I became an administrator, I have been helping out in other areas, such as reviewing the Wikipedia dispute resolution process, and helping out at Arbitration Enforcement. I was also one of the people chosen by the Arbitration Committee for the 2008 Working group on ethnic and cultural edit wars, and have experimented with some different techniques on addressing this chronic problem. I wrote some stuff for the "New Admin school", like the Administrators Guide on dealing with disputes.

Of the articles that I've worked on, the ones that I am most proud of include: Knights Templar,  Franco-Mongol alliance,  Pauline Fowler,  Fustat,  The White Bird,  David Lucas (composer),  Linda November,  Black Stone, Dirty Dancing, Mongol Empire, and Sempad the Constable.

For my day job, I'm a professional game developer, Agile Coach, and a published author. My book The Mammoth Book of Secret Codes and Cryptograms was published internationally in 2006, I have written a couple articles about the CIA's encrypted Kryptos sculpture, and co-wrote Codebreaking: A Practical Guide in 2020 with crypto-blogger Klaus Schmeh. As a hobby, I maintain some popular websites on the subject of cryptography, especially Kryptos and other famous unsolved codes, and I show up on TV or in the news every so often. I'm also a public speaker, usually giving talks on the subjects of games, Wikipedia, geocaching, or cryptography.

Wikipedia is one of my favorite hobbies, and I love writing articles, helping behind-the-scenes, and giving lectures about how members of the public can better be positively engaged with their own Wikipedia experiences. :) I think Wikipedia is an amazing concept that is going to continue to grow quite rapidly. I often scan through the new articles that are flowing in at a rate of over a thousand per day, and I am humbled by the sheer quantity of information that's accumulating in this massive project. I am very proud to be a part of it.

New articles
(not counting redirect and disambiguation stuff)


 * Cameron's Seafood Market, Maryland seafood retailer
 * Jeffery Thompson, football player and writer
 * Starr Long, game producer
 * Robert A. Brooks, Cable TV pioneer
 * John Newcomer, game designer of Joust
 * Herbert Olivecrona, Swedish neurosurgeon
 * R. I. Moore, historian
 * Central Asiatic Journal


 * Audi filia et, papal letter
 * Kinloch High School
 * John Baillie (colonel)
 * Douglass High School (Missouri)
 * Treaty of Jaffa
 * Marilyn Taylor, Poet Laureate of Wisconsin
 * Ellen Kort, Poet Laureate of Wisconsin
 * Poets Laureate of Nevada
 * Poets Laureate of Tennessee


 * Poets Laureate of Texas
 * Poets Laureate of Missouri
 * Walter Bargen, Missouri Poet Laureate
 * Rick tha Rular, comedy hiphop artist
 * Missouri Baptist Medical Center
 * Architectural Forum
 * Al Lerner (composer)
 * SHOOT magazine
 * Artie Schroeck, composer/arranger


 * Linda November, singer
 * Jazz Journalists Association
 * David Lucas (composer)
 * International Council for Traditional Music
 * Yearbook for Traditional Music, dance research journal
 * Adrienne L. Kaeppler, Smithsonian anthropologist
 * Evgenia Obraztsova, ballerina
 * Religion in the Mongol Empire
 * Papa (Catholicos)
 * Shimun XVII Abraham, Patriarch


 * Mar Hnan-Isho II, Patriarch of the Church of the East
 * Mar Babai I, Patriarch
 * Babowai, Patriarch
 * Sabrisho I, Patriarch
 * Mt. Izla
 * Bartholomew of Bologna (missionary)
 * Mediterranean Historical Review
 * Arghun Aqa, Mongol general
 * Faciens misericordiam, papal bull
 * Humbert de Pairaud, Templar


 * House of Ogedei, Mongol nobles
 * Moreška, Croatian sword dance
 * News Democrat & Leader, Kentucky newspaper
 * Tag team
 * St. Louis Magazine
 * Social Science & Medicine
 * Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy
 * Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research
 * Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
 * Vaccine (journal)


 * The Spine Journal
 * The Neurologist
 * Milbank Quarterly
 * Regards, French magazine
 * Joann Kealiinohomoku, anthropologist
 * Eleanor King, pioneer modern dancer and choreographer
 * Centre national de la danse
 * Gertrude Prokosch Kurath
 * Cross-Cultural Dance Resources
 * Global Alliance for ICT and Development


 * Los Angeles Business Journal
 * Herberger College of the Arts
 * New admin school/Dealing with disputes
 * Ethiopian Reporter, newspaper
 * The White Bird, 1927 biplane
 * Pioneer Productions, documentary producer
 * Jimmy Ienner, music producer
 * Exultavit cor nostrum, papal letter
 * Bibliothéque des Ecoles francaises d'Athênes et de Rome, Crusades documents
 * William II of Agen, 13th century Latin Patriarch


 * Clarence H. Miller, professor
 * Thomas Madden, historian
 * Mark Gregory Pegg, historian
 * Manuscripta journal
 * Vatican Film Library
 * Odon de Pins, Hospitaller Grand Master
 * Jean de Villiers (Grand Master), Hospitaller
 * Journal of World History
 * Taghachar, Mongol commander
 * Marie Luise Bulst-Thiele, German historian


 * Sacrae Domus Militiae Templi
 * Bibliothèque de l'École des Chartes
 * Revue de l'Orient Latin
 * Cartulaire generale de l'ordre des Hospitaliers
 * Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society
 * Tode Mongke, Mongol khan
 * Toqoqan, Mongol
 * Peter Jackson (historian)
 * History of Jerusalem (Middle Ages)
 * Val-d'Auzon, French commune


 * Templar of Tyre
 * Recueil des Historiens des Croisades
 * Rossocha, Polish village
 * Claudville, Virginia
 * Al-Askar, Egyptian capital
 * Mosque of Amr ibn al-As
 * John Born, magician
 * Eric Grossman (K's Choice bassist)
 * Papoose (tanker)
 * Shawar, Egyptian vizier


 * Blackjack Hall of Fame
 * Peter A. Griffin, author and mathematician
 * Blackjack Forum, trade journal
 * Natural Alternatives International
 * National Safety Associates
 * Jane Brucker, actress
 * American Choreography Awards
 * Template:Days of our Lives
 * Alene Paone, publisher
 * Kissing Cousins (film)


 * Miranda Garrison, choreographer
 * Lacey Schwimmer, dancer
 * Arch Hall Sr., filmmaker
 * United Sciences of America, Inc.
 * John A. Wise, scientist
 * Love Land, Korean sculpture park
 * Chong Lim, Australian musician
 * Jason Danieley, Broadway performer
 * Kevin Kline Awards
 * Eleanor Bergstein, writer


 * Kumaradhara River, India
 * Pázmáneum, university in Vienna
 * Carlos Vaquera, Spanish magician
 * Pinole Valley High School, California
 * Eric Sexton, game developer
 * Max Crumm, Broadway performer
 * Malcolm Barber, historian
 * New Renaissance Records
 * Renaissance Magazine


 * Mike Perry (Maxis), game developer
 * Journal of Medieval History
 * Laura Osnes, actress
 * Sylmar High School, California
 * Fontiveros, Spanish village
 * Austin Miller, actor
 * Woman's World magazine
 * Susan Moore (General Hospital)
 * Genii (magazine)
 * Claude Beck, cardiac surgeon


 * Richard Turner (magician)
 * Kevin James (broadcaster), radio host
 * Hoboken Shore Railroad
 * PCAM, Pacific Coast Association of Magicians
 * Kevin James (magician)
 * Western Reserve High School, Ohio
 * Sylvester the Jester, magician
 * Westview High School (Tennessee)
 * Elizabeth Donald, author
 * MidSouthCon, sci-fi conference
 * WikiProject Lost/Episode guidelines


 * Tony Jones (General Hospital)
 * Jeremiah Farrell, puzzle designer
 * Chula Vista High School
 * The Visitor (1979 film)
 * Ron Dunin, California politician (no relation)
 * Palomino Club (North Hollywood), country music venue
 * Palomino Club (Las Vegas), nightclub
 * Mia Michaels, choreographer


 * Linda and Terry Jamison, performance artists
 * Brent Jordan, author and strip club bouncer
 * Cheetah's nightclub
 * Patrick Burns (paranormal investigator), television host
 * TAOM, magic convention
 * Midwest Magic Jubilee, magic convention
 * Oscar Munoz, magician
 * Abbott's Get Together, magic convention
 * Whit Haydn, magician
 * Louis van Amstel, Dutch dancer


 * Montazels, French commune
 * RMS Carmania (1905), British WWI merchant cruiser
 * SMS Karlsruhe (1912), German World War I commerce raider
 * Buddy Schwimmer, swing dancer
 * Manoppello, Italian village
 * CyberStrike
 * Catherine of Austria
 * Elisabeth of Austria (1526-1545)
 * Sion-les-Mines, commune in France
 * Kurt Squire, games researcher


 * Games, Learning & Society Conference
 * Animal Behavior Society
 * Bruce Woodcock, game industry analyst
 * Dan Karaty, choreographer and television personality
 * Victoria Recaño, journalist and television personality
 * Edward Kitsis, screenwriter/producer
 * SHINE Awards
 * Infonomicon Computer Club
 * Kathryn Sansone, St. Louis mom featured on Oprah
 * National Academy of Popular Music


 * National Academy of Songwriters
 * Songwriters Guild of America
 * Families First, New Hampshire health charity
 * Musica Animalia, 2003 charity CD by Dan Brown
 * Virgil Griffith, hacker
 * Daniel James (game developer)
 * Blythe Brown, wife of Dan Brown
 * John Trivers, musician
 * Liz Myers, songwriter
 * Suzy Gorman, photographer


 * Tom Bowman, reporter for the Baltimore Sun
 * Jim Payne, Newfoundland folk singer
 * Walter McLean (Admiral), WWI commander of Norfolk Navy Yard
 * Nancy Austin, bestselling author of In Search of Excellence
 * Constable & Robinson, British book publisher
 * Don G. Despain, Yellowstone National Park ecologist
 * Cyrillic Projector
 * Austro-Hungarian Ambassadors
 * Gordon Walton, game developer


 * Cyrus Pringle, 19th century botanist
 * College Stanislaus, French private school (translated from French wikipedia )
 * Hall of the Divine Child, Michigan military academy
 * Divine Child High School, Michigan
 * Electric Circus (nightclub), 1960s club in Manhattan
 * Wilmer & The Dukes, 1960s R&B band
 * Francis X. Cretzmeyer, Olympic track and field coach from Iowa
 * Henryk Leon Strasburger, Polish delegate to the League of Nations
 * Eugene Hamilton, medical researcher involved with the creation of the vaccine for Rh disease
 * Detroit Journal, an early 20th century Michigan newspaper


 * Magic conventions
 * Trollkarlen, a Swedish magicians' magazine
 * American Cryptogram Association
 * James Gillogly, cryptographer
 * Eenasul Fateh
 * Edward Scheidt, Chairman of the CIA's Cryptographic Center
 * The Colonial Dames of America
 * The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
 * Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
 * National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers


 * Brian Krebs, reporter for the Washington Post
 * Tom Cross (computer security) (Decius), the founder of se2600
 * EFGA organization
 * Jennifer Granick, Cyber law attorney
 * Billy Hoffman (Acidus), an expert on magnetic stripes
 * Count Rodryg Dunin, prominent Polish industrialist (and my great-grandfather)
 * HMS Tamar (1863), British base ship in Hong Kong
 * United States House of Representatives, Michigan District 1
 * Count Antoni Dunin, Polish army officer who received the Virtuti Militari award (and was my grandfather)


 * Count Alfred Niezychowski, author of The Cruise of the Kronprinz Wilhelm
 * Dr. Konstantin Dumba, Austro-Hungarian ambassador to the United States, 1913-1915
 * Baron Ladislaus Hengelmuller, Austro-Hungarian ambassador to the United States, 1894-1913
 * Kim Zetter, award-winning freelance journalist
 * Princess Maria Amparo Czartoryski, mother of August Czartoryski
 * Andrew Mishkin, commander of the Mars Rover
 * August Czartoryski, Polish prince, and student of Saint Raphael Kalinowski
 * SS Kronprinz Wilhelm
 * Saint Raphael Kalinowski
 * Edward Werner, Polish vice-Finance Minister
 * (and others in other-language wikis, see the language section at left)

Other selected articles
I did not create these, but I did substantially expand or rewrite them:


 * Gilman Louie, venture capitalist
 * IGDA, International Game Developers Association
 * Noah Falstein, pioneer game developer


 * Nick Levay, computer security professional
 * Diwa de Leon, Filipino composer
 * Greg Johnson (game designer)
 * Erin Hoffman, game designer
 * Brianna Wu, game developer
 * Bob Bates, game designer
 * Jonathan Maberry, author
 * Randy Farmer, pioneer game developer
 * Richard Thieme, author/commentator
 * Wm. Stage, journalist


 * Meningioma
 * Reuven Amitai, historian
 * Al-Mazeedi, Arab tribe
 * Mobile apps
 * Jami' al-tawarikh
 * Isabella of Ibelin, Queen of Cyprus
 * Marc Myers, jazz writer
 * Star Trek: The Exhibition
 * Brad W. Foster, artist
 * Dragon Con, convention


 * Lord Tim, Australian musician
 * Johnny Thompson, magician
 * Central High School (Grand Rapids, Michigan)
 * Saint Louis Science Center
 * "Can't Take My Eyes Off You", 1967 song
 * Tony Orlando, singer
 * Erik Lindbergh, grandson of Charles Lindbergh
 * Jerry Della Femina, ad exec
 * Ricky McCormick's encrypted notes
 * Mongol Empire


 * Mongol conquests
 * Berke–Hulagu war
 * Church of the East
 * List of Patriarchs of the Church of the East
 * Christianity in Asia
 * Nestorianism
 * Jacques de Molay, Templar Grand Master
 * Hethum II, King of Armenia
 * Siamese revolution of 1688
 * Pigpen cipher

Other articles which I did not create, but did substantially expand or rewrite:
 * Buraq, Islamic winged steed
 * Wilson the Volleyball
 * John of Ibelin, the Old Lord of Beirut
 * Juliet Mills, actress
 * The Journal of Chiropractic Education
 * Chiropractic & Osteopathy
 * Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
 * BMC Health Services Research
 *  Best Practice & Research: Clinical Rheumatology
 * Pain Research & Management


 * History of the Knights Templar
 * Current Pharmaceutical Design
 * The Journal of Manual & Manipulative Therapy
 * Jones and Bartlett Publishers
 * HeroEngine
 * Rabban Bar Sauma, 13th century Asian diplomat
 * Sempad the Constable, medieval noble
 * EBSCO Publishing
 * Congress on Research in Dance
 * Hamadoun Touré, President of ITU


 * Siege of Arwad
 * Fall of Tripoli
 * Kököchin
 * Michael Morgan Corinthos III
 * Adam Smith (major contributions to one section)
 * Sophia Bekele, Ethiopian businesswoman
 * History of Jerusalem (Middle Ages)
 * Disruptive editing
 * Wabash Valley Seismic Zone
 * Maria Palaiologina, Byzantine noble


 * Abaqa Khan, Mongol ruler
 * Battle of Ain Jalut
 * Mulay, Mongol general
 * Wykagyl Golf Club
 * Lum the Mad, MMO commentator
 * Moneybomb
 * Guillaume de Villaret, Hospitaller
 * Jerry H. Bentley, founder of Journal of World History
 * Baydu, Mongol khan
 * Mahmud Ghazan, Mongol khan


 * Arghun, Mongol khan
 * Jean II de Giblet
 * Louis IX of France
 * Mecca
 * Bohemond VI of Antioch
 * Kaaba
 * Mongol raids into Palestine
 * Christianity among the Mongols
 * Franco-Mongol alliance (Crusades)
 * Hajj, Islamic pilgrimage


 * Abul Fateh, Bangladeshi diplomat
 * Isra and Mi'raj
 * Fustat, medieval capital of Egypt
 * Kenny Ortega, choreographer
 * Al-Adid, Fatimid Caliph
 * New Creation Church (Singapore)
 * Depictions of Muhammad
 * Wade Robson, choreographer
 * Barona Casino


 * Blackjack
 * Ken Uston, blackjack author
 * Scott Clifton, actor
 * Tyler Christopher (actor)
 * Kimberly McCullough, actress
 * Shane Sparks, choreographer
 * Stanford Wong, author
 * Yu Suzuki, game developer
 * Frank Scoblete, author
 * Days of our Lives


 * Undercover Angel (song)
 * WikiProject Soap Operas
 * Charlie's Angels (film)
 * Alan O'Day, songwriter
 * William Sears (physician)
 * Port Charles, 1997-2003 television series
 * Gérard de Sède, French surrealist writer
 * Ted Hartley, actor/producer
 * Pauline Fowler, EastEnders character
 * Ghost (film)


 * Once (film)
 * Miranda Kerr, supermodel
 * Dirty Dancing, 1987 film
 * New York Blade, weekly newspaper
 * Carly Schroeder, child actress
 * Black Stone, object of reverence in Mecca
 * Tawaf, Islamic ritual of the Hajj
 * Antonio Cornejo Polar, Peruvian academic
 * Michio Okamura, game developer
 * Gnostic Gospels


 * Matt Sanchez, political activist
 * Krak des Chevaliers, Crusader castle
 * Several articles related to General Hospital
 * Juice Plus, nutritional supplement
 * Johnny Whitaker, actor
 * Children of the Atom, science-fiction novel
 * Wilmar Shiras, writer
 * Julia Griggs Havey, writer
 * Tartous, Syrian city (Tortosa)
 * Mitch Pileggi, actor


 * Ed Bradley, "60 Minutes" television journalist
 * Bradford Anderson, actor
 * Nicholas Flamel, 14th century alchemist
 * Argo Community High School, Illinois
 * Kydex, a commonly-used polymer
 * David Shaw (CEO), billionaire
 * D.E. Shaw & Co, hedge fund
 * [[Image:LinkFA-star.png]] Several of the Lost (TV series) articles
 * Benji Schwimmer, dancer


 * Magic publications
 * Kim Oden, Olympic volleyball bronze medalist
 * Cintamani, a Buddhist prayer jewel
 * St. James Middle School
 * Ryan Conferido, dancer
 * Ivan Koumaev, dancer
 * Musa Cooper, dancer and model
 * Berenger Sauniere, 19th century French priest
 * SMS Cap Trafalgar, World War I commerce raider
 * StankDawg, aka David Blake, founder of the Binary Revolution show


 * Holy Chalice, Christian relic associated with the Holy Grail legends
 * Veronica's Veil, Christian relic
 * Church of the Annunciation, in Nazareth
 * Philippe de Chérisey, one of the French surrealists behind the Priory of Sion hoax
 * Septimania, 8th century Frankish municipality
 * Cesar Millan, dog behaviorist
 * Bornholm, European island at the center of some conspiracy theories
 * Rennes-le-Château, French village at the center of several conspiracy theories
 * Henry Lincoln, writer
 * Philip Anglim, actor


 * Holly Madison, model
 * Danah Boyd, social-networking researcher
 * Jim Vallance, Canadian songwriter
 * Jeri Ellsworth, self-taught computer chip designer
 * Tsutomu Shimomura, computer specialist
 * Jay Wiseman, author
 * David Perry, game developer
 * Prism (band), long-running Canadian rock band
 * Steve Meretzky, game developer
 * Annalee Newitz, journalist


 * Michael Baigent, writer
 * Lance Burton, magician
 * William O'Neil, creator of Investor's Business Daily
 * Stephanie Shaver, author and game developer
 * Sandy Pearlman, songwriter, manager, and music critic
 * Eric Bloom (lead singer of Blue Öyster Cult)
 * USS Hendrick Hudson, Civil War steamship
 * Knights Templar
 * Dan Brown, author
 * [[Image:LinkFA-star.png]] Marian Rejewski (major contributions to one section)
 * Tom Stone (magician)


 * /About/
 * /Genealogy/

Key:
 * Article appeared on the Wikipedia mainpage as a "Did You Know" listing
 * Article has been promoted to Good Article status
 * Article has been promoted to A-Class status
 * Article has been promoted to the highest level, Featured Article status

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