User:Karanacs



Hi, I'm Karen. My username comes from the main character, Karana, in Island of the Blue Dolphins. After my class read this novel in junior high they christened me "Karana" too. The "cs" comes from C.S. Lewis, whose books I was reading when I signed up for this account. I suspect you have gathered that I like books. I am mom to three rambunctious kids, a graduate of Texas A&M University (WHOOP!) and a huge fan of college football and Aggie basketball. I have spent most of my life in Texas, although I have also lived in Louisiana, Ohio, Michigan, Florida, and Massachusetts, as well as Italy and Canada. I am semi-fluent in French and I can be a good tourist in Italian.

My time here has become increasingly rarer. While I still believe in this project, and in particular the FAC process, real-world commitments and an unwillingness to deal with a ton of drama has led me to step back.

I actually like to research, so if I'm not at FAC I'm probably working on my next article. I'm currently indulging an obsession with the history of Texas before it reached statehood (essentially covering the time period 1684–1845). I am slowly working my way through the list of Texas Revolution battles, although I occasionally wander into other articles for a change of pace.

In June 2008 I became an administrator on the English wikipedia. I use the tools sparingly, usually in the realm of speedy deletions. To review any administrator actions I have taken, please see this tool. If I've lost my way, please take my tools away. (my recall criteria)

Selected articles I have worked on
''see also the list of articles I've created

Texas A&M-related

 * Featured article star.svg A&M University  (reached Symbol support vote.svg first)  (collaboration)
 * Featured article star.svg History of Texas A&M University (reached Symbol support vote.svg first)
 * Featured article star.svg Bonfire (collaboration)
 * Featured article star.svgnce Sullivan Ross
 * Symbol support vote.svgtions of Texas A&M University
 * Aggie Muster
 * Campus of Texas A&M University (not finished)

Texas history

 * Featured article star.svg Bowie (reached Symbol support vote.svg first)
 * Featured article star.svgh Texas
 * Featured article star.svg Hogg (collaboration)
 * Featured article star.svg Fight
 * Featured article star.svge of Concepción
 * Featured article star.svge of Goliad
 * Featured article star.svge of Lipantitlán
 * Featured article star.svg Davis Bradburn
 * Featured article star.svg the People of Texas & All Americans in the World
 * Featured article star.svgnian Rebellion
 * Featured article star.svge of the Alamo
 * Featured article star.svgntion of 1832
 * Featured article star.svgntion of 1833
 * Featured article star.svge of Gonzales
 * Featured article star.svg Revolution (collaboration)
 * Featured article star.svge of San Patricio
 * Symbol support vote.svgsh Texas


 * La Belle (ship)
 * Mexican Texas
 * Siege of Bexar
 * Alamo Mission in San Antonio

Lists

 * Featured article star.svg of Texan survivors of the Battle of the Alamo
 * Featured article star.svg of Alamo defenders (collaboration)

Book-related

 * Featured article star.svgette Heyer (reached Symbol support vote.svg first)
 * Featured article star.svgIrish Thoroughbred
 * Featured article star.svgVision in White
 * Symbol support vote.svgLady of Quality (collaboration)
 * Symbol unsupport vote.png Higgins Clark
 * The Flame and the Flower
 * Romance novel
 * Historical romance

Other

 * Featured article star.svgr Party (collaboration)
 * Featured article star.svg

Awards
View the list of Barnstars that have been awarded to me. They really mean a lot&mdash;thank you!

Did You Know?
 — Rlevse • Talk  • 06:03, 20 September 2010 (UTC) The DYK project (nominate) 18:05, 13 October 2010 (UTC)  — Rlevse • Talk  • 18:03, 15 October 2010 (UTC)

Sandboxes

 * User:Karanacs/Dispatches – where some dispatches are born
 * User:Karanacs/sandbox – my todo list
 * User:Karanacs/Siege of Bexar – must organize thoughts
 * User:Karanacs/Jean Lafitte – total rewrite?
 * User:Karanacs/Matamoros Expedition – should this be a separate article or part of Texas Revolution?
 * User:Karanacs/2010 FAC reviews
 * User:Karanacs/Catholic Early


 * User:Karanacs/Texas Revolution
 * User:Karanacs/Crusie


 * Research notes
 * User:Karanacs/Donner - from Ethan Rarick's Desperate Passages for Donner Party
 * User:Karanacs/Bokenkotter - from Father Thomas Bokenkotter's A Concise History of the Catholic Church for Catholic Church
 * User:Karanacs/Duffy - from Eamon Duffy's Saints and Sinners for Catholic Church
 * User:Karanacs/Calore - from Paul Calore's  The Texas Revolution and the US-Mexican War''
 * Talk:Texas_Revolution/Davis - Davis Lone Star Rising
 * Talk:Texas_Revolution/Hardin - Hardin Texian Iliad
 * Talk:Texas Revolution/Lack - Lack
 * Talk:Texas_Revolution/Moore - Moore
 * User:Karanacs/Roell - Craig H. Roell's Remember Goliad!
 * User:Karanacs/Reid - Stuart's Reid's The Secret War for Texas
 * Talk:Texas_Revolution/Scott Scott's After the Alamo
 * User:Karanacs/Stuart - Jay A. Stuart's Slaughter at Goliad
 * Talk:Texas Revolution/Todish - Todish
 * User:Karanacs/Tucker - Phillip Thomas Tucker's Exodus from the Alamo
 * Talk:Texas Revolution/winders - Winders Sacrificed at the Alamo

Useful stuff

 * How to cap text:


 * User:Tony1/How_to_satisfy_Criterion_1a
 * Article Traffic Statistics
 * Readability Checker
 * Analyze page history
 * Soxred93's cool tools
 * Watcher
 * Sort CSD by time
 * Wikichecker
 * PD Image overview from Cornell University
 * Art inventory copyright notices
 * [User:Quadell/copyright]
 * Oxford Journal search
 * How not to break FAC
 * User:Dr pda/Featured article statistics
 * D comes before G but L comes before G, no I mean D
 * User warning messages
 * Failed FAC does not equal consensus for article content
 * User warning messages
 * Failed FAC does not equal consensus for article content


 * Notes