User:Lesgles



! My name is Stephen. I have a master's degree in history and am currently pursuing a PhD in Russian language and literature. I joined Wikipedia on April 12, 2004. My interests here include the history and literature of Europe (specifically Russia, France, and Belgium), linguistics, and music. "Le roi fronça le sourcil, regarda la signature du placet et vit le nom écrit ainsi : Lesgle. Cette orthographe peu bonapartiste toucha le roi et il commença à sourire. Sire, reprit l'homme au placet, j'ai pour ancêtre un valet de chiens, surnommé Lesgueules. Ce surnom a fait mon nom. Je m'appelle Lesgueules, par contraction Lesgle, et par corruption L'Aigle. — Ceci fit que le roi acheva son sourire. – Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, III.4.1."

The first time I used this name, I inadvertently added an s, and that spelling has stuck. Either way, it is pronounced.



Translations

 * Circum-Baikal Railway (translation from Russian)
 * Kaliningrad Zoo (translation from Russian)
 * Fyodor Ivanovich Tolstoy (partial translation from Russian)
 * ru:Уолстонкрафт, Мэри (translation of Mary Wollstonecraft)
 * Article 49 of the French Constitution (partial translation)
 * fr:Le Siècle de la raison (translation of The Age of Reason)
 * fr:Histoire du football américain (partial translation of History of American football)
 * ru:Августин Кентерберийский (translation of Augustine of Canterbury)
 * ru:Литература Древнего Египта (partial translation of Ancient Egyptian literature)

Editing work

 * Henry Watson Fowler
 * Belgian French

Ideas for future work

 * Will Durant
 * Marche-en-Famenne
 * Auguste Escoffier

Did you know?

 * Fyodor Ivanovich Tolstoy

Tools that I've found useful

 * http://stats.grok.se/
 * http://vs.aka-online.de/cgi-bin/wppagehiststat.pl
 * http://en.wikichecker.com/
 * http://can-we-link-it.nickj.org/
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Dr_pda/generatestats.js
 * Catscan

Travels

 * Countries where I've spent months to years: 🇺🇸🇧🇪🇷🇺🇦🇺🇨🇳🇫🇷
 * Countries where I've spent days to weeks: 🇦🇷🇦🇲🇦🇹🇧🇷🇧🇬🇨🇦🇨🇿🇪🇪🇩🇪🇮🇩🇮🇪🇮🇹🇲🇾🇵🇱🇸🇬🇹🇷

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