User:ErgoSum88

Today is Monday, July 29, 2024; it is now (UTC/GMT)

Quality, not quantity. Welcome! If you would like to know something about me, check out my biography. Otherwise, peruse my interests and contributions. If you would like to know what I think about various Wikipedia topics, please check out my rants and essays page.

You know its time for a Wikibreak when... you start having nightmares about unsourced statements, bad prose, and questionable licenses on images used in articles. I'll fix it, I swear.

Interesting info

 * Axeman of New Orleans &mdash; Who knew jazz music has saved lives? But you gotta love those who actually invited him over.
 * American Drug War: The Last White Hope &mdash; If you've never heard of Gary Webb or Ricky Ross then you absolutely have to see this documentary.
 * Vacuum state &mdash; Just try to wrap your head around this one.
 * Operation Northwoods &mdash; This one makes you wonder about a few things.
 * 1RXS_J160929.1−210524 &mdash; The title speaks for itself doesn't it?
 * Homunculus &mdash; A perfectly formed miniature human?
 * Barreleye &mdash; A strange fish with a transparent head.
 * Ichthyostega &mdash; The inspiration for the symbol of rational thinkers everywhere, the Darwin fish may have been your ancestor.
 * Great Pacific Garbage Patch &mdash; The problem with plastic.
 * Chariots of the Gods? &mdash; People believe strange things, but it makes for great entertainment.
 * Magical negro &mdash; Steven King's obsession with spiritual black characters.
 * Catullus 16 &mdash; An obscenity-laden poem you might read on a bathroom wall, but it was written a long damn time ago.
 * Archaeopteryx &mdash; The transitional fossil between dinosaurs and birds, who knew dinosaurs were fluttering over our heads?
 * Irrumatio &mdash; You just have to read this one.
 * Zorbing &mdash; People rolling down hills in giant inflated balls.
 * Sutton Hoo &mdash; Anglo-saxon burial grounds.
 * Phosphene &mdash; That strange pattern you see when you rub your eyes.
 * Mickey Slim &mdash; A refreshing cocktail made with a splash of gin and... a pinch of DDT?

Places with amusing names
Feel free to add any if you know of one for which an article exists.

Innuendo

 * Bald Knob, AR
 * Toad Suck, AR
 * Lizard Lick, NC
 * Big Bone Lick State Park, KY
 * Beaverlick, KY
 * French Lick, IN
 * Licking County, Ohio
 * Intercourse, PA
 * Climax, GA
 * Twin Peaks, CA

Say what?

 * Smackover, AR
 * Biggers, AR
 * Yazoo City, MS
 * Chunky, MS
 * Hot Coffee, MS
 * Eclectic, AL
 * Gu-Win, AL
 * Choccolocco, AL
 * Winooski, VT
 * Sopchoppy, FL
 * Knockemstiff, Ohio

You really don't want to live here

 * Boring, OR
 * Dull, OH
 * Dummer, NH
 * Crapo, MD
 * Hell, MI
 * Deadhorse, AK
 * Looneyville, WV

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 * 1) Hours of service &mdash; TFA
 * 2) Federal Bridge Gross Weight Formula &mdash; TFA

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 * 1) Trucking industry in the United States &mdash; This article could reach epic proportions, as it is constantly being split into smaller and more specific articles.
 * 2) Old Tjikko &mdash; More research on the subject is needed before this article can move up the quality scale.

Other Articles

 * 1) History of the trucking industry in the United States
 * 2) Trucking industry in popular culture (United States)
 * 3) Dinosaur Diamond Scenic Byway &mdash; Failed GA. Too much road facts, not enough discussion of the geologic history of the area.
 * 4) Glossary of trucking industry terms in the United States &mdash; Failed FL. Introduction too short, no history of terms.
 * 5) Motor carrier safety rating

Stubs

 * 1) Jurupa Oak
 * 2) Colorado State Highway 64
 * 3) Electronic on-board recorder
 * 4) American Trucking Associations &mdash; Now C-class.
 * 5) Owner-Operator Independent Driver Association
 * 6) Circle of Iron
 * 7) National Network

Navboxen, Userboxen, and Templates

 * 1) Template:Trucking industry in the United States
 * 2) Template:Sexual ethics
 * 3) Template:Visual phenomena
 * 4) User:ErgoSum88/trivia
 * 5) Template:User WPPC
 * 6) Template:WikiProject Popular Culture
 * 7) Template:The Popular Culture Barnstar

Massive edits (100+)

 * 1) Hawaii hotspot &mdash; Failed FA three times, once for lack of comments, and twice for copy editing.

Major edits (10–100)

 * 1) Siamese Fighting Fish
 * 2) List of oldest trees
 * 3) List of Kolkata facts deleted
 * 4) Truck driver
 * 5) Transportation in the United States
 * 6) RapeLay
 * 7) Moncton
 * 8) Reginald Denny incident
 * 9) SMS language
 * 10) Salvia divinorum
 * 11) Formation and evolution of the Solar System
 * 12) BP Pedestrian Bridge

Good Article reviews
Articles which I have reviewed and passed at Good Article nominations, from newest to oldest. This list does not include those I have failed, but does include those I have reviewed as part of WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force/Sweeps.


 * 1) Orion Nebula
 * 2) Salvia divinorum
 * 3) Tiktaalik
 * 4) Andromeda Galaxy
 * 5) Ford BA Falcon
 * 6) Mitsubishi i
 * 7) Interstate 295 (Delaware-New Jersey)
 * 8) United States Numbered Highways
 * 9) Interstate 95 in Pennsylvania
 * 10) U.S. Route 50
 * 11) Interstate 476
 * 12) Punctuated equilibrium
 * 13) Hawaii hotspot
 * 14) Sinsen (station)
 * 15) Synthetic diamond &mdash; Now FA and TFA.
 * 16) Forskningsparken (station)
 * 17) Storo (station)
 * 18) Case of the Hooded Man
 * 19) Nevada State Route 375
 * 20) U.S. Route 13 in Maryland
 * 21) Washington State Route 31
 * 22) New York State Route 217
 * 23) State Route 314 (New York – Vermont)
 * 24) New York State Route 293
 * 25) Maryland Route 33
 * 26) Maryland Route 285
 * 27) Maryland Route 404
 * 28) New York State Route 393
 * 29) M-32 (Michigan highway)
 * 30) Barryville–Shohola Bridge
 * 31) BP Pedestrian Bridge &mdash; Now FA and TFA.
 * 32) McDonald's Cycle Center &mdash; Now FA.

GAs I'm currently in the process of reviewing, or have placed on hold.


 * 1) None currently.

Commons
Check out my photo galleries over on the Commons.


 * 1) Oahu photos
 * 2) Waikiki Aquarium
 * 3) Honolulu Zoo
 * 4) U.S. state welcome signs
 * 5) Trucking Industry in the United States
 * 6) Interstate 70 in Colorado
 * 7) Interstate 70 in Utah

Selected images
All photos below were taken by me, and are released into the public domain.

Panoramas
Images were stitched using ArcSoft Panorama Maker.

Tools

 * 1) Summary of my contributions
 * 2) Article readability and word counter
 * 3) Disambig link finder
 * 4) Contributors list
 * 5) Check links
 * 6) Reflinks fixer
 * 7) TinEye reverse image search
 * 8) Traffic stats
 * 9) Internet Wayback Machine

Templates

 * 1) Template messages
 * 2) Template:Multiple image
 * 3) Template:GAList2