User:Mooonswimmer

"I dabble in pretty much anything that catches my eye. My main  areas of focus are Judaism and Jewry, Morocco, Israel, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, fashion and design, New York, birds, film, Brutalist architecture, and flamenco. I'm also keen on West Africa, an area that lacks sufficient coverage on Wikipedia in both the quality and quantity of articles compared to other regions worldwide."

To do

 * User:Mooonswimmer/Create (create randomizer)
 * User:Mooonswimmer/Coachella 2024 lineup redlinks
 * Category:All articles with bare URLs for citations
 * Category:Articles to be merged after an Articles for deletion discussion
 * Category:Wikipedia articles needing cleanup after translation
 * User:Beyond My Ken/MaTF-created articles
 * Draft:Portal:African cinema/Things you can do/Requested articles
 * Pages needing translation into English
 * Morocco: WikiProject Morocco/Tasks, Takshita, Chraime, List of Moroccan people, Murders of Louisa Vesterager Jespersen and Maren Ueland, Baba Sali, Sloughi, Abraham Serfaty, History of Moroccan Jews, Houda Abouz, Samuel Pallache, Don Bigg, Khalil Hachimi Idrissi, Mohammed VI (expand) ,Tayeb Saddiki (major cleanup), Hassan Rachidi, 1965 Moroccan riots, Sellou, Tujjar as-Sultan, Omar Radi, Marocchinate, Samy Elmaghribi, Larbi Benbarek
 * I/P: WikiProject Israel/to do, Killing of Yacoub Abu Al-Qia'an, Masafer Yatta, Susiya, Benjamin Netanyahu (Hamas), Bus 300 affair, Nizar Banat, Neve Shalom, Charlie Biton
 * Film: The Whale, Pleasure, The White Lotus, Chronicle, Blue Ruin, Repo Man, Bill Nunn (filmography), The Vanishing, Corpus Christi (2019 film), Good Luck Chuck, Krisha, Ida, Palm Springs, No Hard Feelings (2023 film), Letterboxd diary
 * Jewish: Yom Hillula, Hiloula of Isaac Ben Walid, Hiloula of Haim Pinto, Gondar, History of the Jews in Afghanistan, Zionism, race and genetics, Yemenite Jews, 2023 Djerba shooting, Neil Gillman, Murder of Ilan Halimi, Hashkafa, N. J. Dawood, History of the Jews in Japan, Murder of Ilan Halimi, Kapo, Killing of Sarah Halimi, Albert Memmi
 * Music: Bienal de Flamenco, Motomami, Kali Uchis, Every Pop-Culture Reference Kanye West Has Ever Made, Diego Del Morao, Raül Refree
 * Other Artificial nails, The Fashion Awards, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Cheez-It, Martin Garbus, Prediction market
 * Moroccan, Israeli, Cuban, Tunisian Tourism ministers
 * GA: Dura-Europos synagogue, Bosco Verticale, Tupolev Tu-160, Tzipi Livni, Red Rocket (film), Nomadland (film), Underwater basket weaving, Broken April, Australian feral camel, Ricardo López (stalker), Angus Barbieri's fast, Abdol Hossein Sardari, Pinch-induced behavioral inhibition, Rhythm 0, Jeff Kinney, Ismail Kadare, Saba senegalensis, Lucy (chimpanzee), Hannah Szenes
 * Filmographies to source: Cale Boyter, Mary Parent
 * Read: Law of holes, Inverse consequences, Unintended consequences, The road to hell is paved with good intentions, Sayre's law, No good deed goes unpunished, Law of triviality, Hoist with his own petard, Self-destructive behavior, This too shall pass, Sakhalin, Culture-bound syndrome
 * 2023 Marrakesh–Safi earthquake (https://medias24.com/2023/09/11/27-sites-historiques-ont-ete-gravement-endommages-par-le-seisme-du-8-septembre/)
 * Proposed secession of Republika Srpska (update)
 * Miriam Rodríguez Martínez
 * Trump administration migrant detentions (NPOV)
 * Moses Elias Levy, Sednaya Prison, Diébédo Francis Kéré
 * Funny Games (1997 film) (Themes section)
 * WikiProject Women in Red
 * Moha La Squale, Raoul Diagne, Maes (rapper), Benalla affair (translate French article)
 * William Calley (more details on involvement in My Lai massacre)
 * Helena (artwork)
 * Aipysurus laevis, Killing of Ahmad Abu Murkhiyeh, Wallace Chan, Idaho Gem, Hamdi Ulukaya, Roberto Cavalli, Anti-French sentiment, 2023–2024 Senegalese protests, Desman, Avni Rustemi (improvement, expansion)
 * Rafael Viñoly, John D. Goeken, Edmund Nathanael, Spitting, Karine Elharrar, Vladimir Dinets, Masahisa Fukase, Millie Brown (performance artist), L. Alex Wilson
 * Gilgo Beach serial killings (rework entire article)
 * Buy images from Gazan photojournalists
 * Dwarfism Awareness Month (October)
 * Hold competitions with cash prizes? (GA articles [African-Americans biography articles, biographies of women], Morocco, film articles)
 * Wikiquote Harold Kushner
 * Drafts: Draft:Bb trickz, Draft:Douar El Kora, Draft:Dumka gang rape, Draft:Florida Man Games, Draft:Reformation (fashion label), Draft:Sidi Abderrahmane Islet, Draft:Stormy (rapper)), Draft:The Park (photo series), Draft:Knife (memoir),  Draft:Jalaldine, Draft:Dar Nsa, Draft:Chronic absenteeism, Draft:Naked dressing, Draft:Cost of ruling, Draft:7 Days of Garbage, Draft:PartyNextDoor 4, Draft:KERA, Draft:Born Sexy Yesterday, Draft:Black Ivy, Draft:Cinema in Sakha Republic, Draft:Everybody Loves Touda, Draft:Death of Nicholas Feliciano, Draft:Multiplan
 * WikiProject Women in Green/Meetup/6

Conflict of interest and affiliations
I am acquainted with Zahra Joya, Haim Bitan, Sonia Terrab, Abdelkrim Derkaoui, Sofia Alaoui, Robi Damelin, Bachir Skiredj, Kapil Talwalkar, Angela Faustina, Zouheir El Graoui and David Govrin. I have created articles for all of these individuals without their influence and without receiving or expecting any compensation in return. David Govrin and Sonia Terrab both contacted me regarding the articles after they had been created, requesting certain edits (I did not make these edits). Angela Faustina asked me to add photos of her artwork to the article. I tried doing so, but was oblivious to copyright guidelines at the time, and they were deleted. I am also acquainted with ABG Neal, who I attempted to create an article for without receiving or expecting any compensation in return, or without any influence from him. I am acquainted with Jeremy Rudd and attempted to create an article about him when in my earlier days when I was less familiar with notability guidelines. I was offered compensation for this. In bad faith and in a move I deeply regret, I recreated the article after it was deleted.

I am acquainted with Aryeh Deri, Elva Margariti, María Antonia Trujillo, Rodney Fox, Manal (singer), and Keith McNally. I have edited their articles without their influence and without receiving or expecting any compensation.

I have worked at/with, volunteered at, or have been affiliated in some way with Rick's Café Casablanca, Young Advocates for Fair Education, Temple Beth-El, Institut supérieur d'art dramatique et d'animation culturelle, The Blue Card, Truck Surf Hotel, Sharaka, and StopAntisemitism.org. I have made contributions to these pages without any influence from them and without any received/expected compensation.

Paid editing, compensated work
In accordance to Paid-contribution disclosure, my services through Upwork can be found here.



Category:National identity cards by country
The vast majority of the articles in this category need a lot of work. Weak sourcing, outdated information, unencyclopedic tone, and in need of extensive copyediting. The subject matter is definitely encyclopedic, and having well-written and well-sourced up-to-date pages would be very useful. Please help out!

Capitalization of the "B" in "Black"
When referencing "black" in a racial, ethnic, and/or cultural context, the "b" in "black" should be capitalized.

People, art, history not a color. humanity has been disregarded throughout haitis. power in a name. WEB Dubois. 1930s major NYTs agreed with luminaries that N in Negro. 90 years latyer same conclusion. today, negro is outdated and generally offensive and Black is now more commonly used.

Spelling of "antisemitism"
Language shapes our reality. A number of publications, including the New York Times and the AP, use the unhyphenated spelling of 'antisemitism.' Jewish organizations have long argued that the previous spelling, 'anti-Semitism,' distorts the true meaning of the term.

Talgat Tadzhuddin
After Russia launched its military intervention in Syria in the autumn of 2015, speaking to the IV World Qoroltai of the Bashkirs in Ufa in November 2015, Tadzhuddin reported his chat with Russian president Vladimir Putin at the celebration ceremony of the Unity Day several days prior:"'I addressed him: Vladimir Vladimirovich, perhaps we should do to Syria and Israel what we have done to Crimea? [...] We ought to take [them]. May Russia extend to Mecca.'"

Hustler
"Every month Hustler is mailed, uninvited and for free, to all of the offices of Members of the United States Congress. This practice began at some point between 1974 and 1983, and it continues as of April 2014."Sex in space"In June 2015, Pornhub announced its plans to make the first pornographic film in space. It launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund the effort, dubbed Sexploration, with the goal of raising $3.4 million in 60 days. The campaign only received pledges for $236,086. If funded, the film would have been slated for a 2016 release, following six months of training for the two performers and six-person crew."

Musicians who oppose Donald Trump's use of their music
"George Harrison's estate denounced the use of the Harrison-written Beatles song 'Here Comes the Sun' after the Trump campaign used the song to introduce Ivanka Trump at the 2016 Republican National Convention. The estate noted that Trump did not have permission to use this song, but that they would consider allowing him to use the Harrison song 'Beware of Darkness'."Margaret Keane"The artwork was originally attributed to Keane's ex-husband, Walter Keane. After their divorce in the 1960s, Margaret soon claimed credit, which was established after a court 'paint-off' in Hawaii."

Edsel Ford Fong
"Edsel Ford Fung (often spelled Fong) was an American restaurant server from San Francisco, California. He was called the 'world's rudest, worst, most insulting waiter' and worked at Sam Wo restaurant."

Norman Mineta
"During World War II, the Mineta family was interned for several years at Area 24, 7th Barrack, Unit B, in the Heart Mountain internment camp near Cody, Wyoming, along with thousands of other Japanese immigrants and Japanese Americans. Upon arrival to the camp, Mineta, a baseball fan, had his baseball bat confiscated by authorities because it could be used as a weapon. Many years later, after Mineta was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, a man sent Mineta a $1,500 bat that was once owned by Hank Aaron, which Mineta was forced to return as it violated the congressional ban on gifts valued over $250. Mineta said: 'The damn government's taken my bat again.'"

Internet hunting
"Internet hunting is the practice of hunting via remotely controlled firearms that can be aimed and shot using online webcams."

Kiviak
"Kiviak or kiviaq is a traditional wintertime Inuit food from Greenland that is made of little auks (Alle alle), a type of seabird, fermented in a seal skin. Up to 500 whole auks are packed into the seal skin, beaks and feathers included. As much air as possible is removed from the seal skin before it is sewn up and sealed with seal fat, which repels flies."

Hoe (food)
"Hoe (회; 膾/鱠 pronounced [hwe]) refers to several varieties of raw food dishes in Korean cuisine, consumed with local diversity by Koreans of all classes since the Three Kingdoms of Korea (57 BC - 668 AD), or earlier."

Tonibler
"Tonibler is a male given name in Kosovo, given in honour of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair following his role in the 1999 NATO air campaign against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War. Blair was credited as being instrumental in ending the conflict, and boys born following the war were sometimes given the name Toni or Tonibler."

Romesh_Ranganathan#Personal_life
"He stated that he got obsessed with getting tattooed and subsequently has tattoos with the names of his sons, Richard Pryor, Nas, the Roots, the Albanian flag and the Transformers’ Autobot logo on his body."

Feminist Porn Award
"Winners at the FPAs are awarded trophies in the shape of butt plugs."

Sabra (company)
"During the run-up to the 2008 U.S. presidential election, Sabra commissioned sculptor Kirk Rademaker to create busts of candidates John McCain, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton out of 100 pounds of hummus."

Apolemia uvaria
"Apolemia uvaria, commonly known as string jellyfish, barbed wire jellyfish, and 'long stringy stingy thingy', is a siphonophore in the family Apolemiidae."

Anish Kapoor
"Vantablack S-VIS, a sprayable paint which uses randomly aligned carbon nanotubes and only has high absorption in the visible light band, also called the 'blackest black' colour, has been exclusively licensed to Anish Kapoor's studio for artistic use. His exclusive license to the material has been criticized in the art world, but he has defended the agreement. `Artists like Christian Furr and Stuart Semple have criticised Kapoor for what they perceive as an appropriation of a unique material, to the exclusion of others. In retaliation, Semple developed a pigment called the 'pinkest pink' and specifically made it available to everyone except Anish Kapoor and anyone affiliated with him. In December 2016, Kapoor obtained the pigment and posted an image on Instagram of his extended middle finger which had been dipped in Semple's pink."

Tombili
"'They stole the Tombili statue. They are enemies of everything beautiful. All they know is hate, tears and war,' Turkish MP Tuncay Özkan was quoted as saying in translation."

Hammerhead shark
"Reproduction occurs only once a year for hammerhead sharks, and usually occurs with the male shark biting the female shark violently until she agrees to mate with him."Omar bin Laden "Bin Laden said that his father felt that he was just trying to defend the Islamic world, and that his father was not a terrorist 'because history tells you he's not'. In an interview with ABC News, he said, 'My father is a very kind man. And he is very sorry when he did something like 11th September.'"Truth or Consequences, New Mexico"Truth or Consequences (often abbreviated as T or C) is a city in the U.S. state of New Mexico, and the county seat of Sierra County. In 2020, the population was 6,052."Yu-Mex"Yu-Mex (a portmanteau of 'Yugoslav' and 'Mexican') was a style of popular music in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia which incorporated elements of traditional Mexican music (such as mariachi and ranchera). The style was mostly popular during the 1950s and 1960s when a string of Yugoslav singers began performing traditional Mexican songs."1939 Liechtenstein putsch"As a result of the coup, a large majority of Jews living in Liechtenstein fled the country, though most returned the following day after it's failure."David Duke"Duke promotes the white genocide conspiracy theory and claims that Jews are 'organizing white genocide'. In 2017, he accused Anthony Bourdain of promoting white genocide; in response, Bourdain offered to 'rearrange' Duke's kneecaps."Chicago rat hole"The Chicago rat hole is a hole shaped like a rat in the sidewalk of West Roscoe Street in the Roscoe Village neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States."Moranbong Band"The band has been referred to in the West as 'North Korea's version of the Spice Girls'."List of marathon fatalities"As a marathon medical director described the counter-intuitive and under-publicized risk in 2005: 'There are no reported cases of dehydration causing death in the history of world running, but there are plenty of cases of people dying of hyponatremia.'"Jimmy Chérizier"Chérizier has denied that his nickname 'Babekyou' (or 'Barbecue') came from accusations of his setting people on fire. Instead, he says it was from his mother's having been a fried chicken street vendor."Pope Francis"Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Bergoglio worked for a time as a bouncer."Marlene Dietrich"When Dietrich was in her 50s she had a relationship with actor Yul Brynner, which lasted more than a decade. Dietrich's love life continued into her 70s. Her lovers included Errol Flynn, George Bernard Shaw, John F. Kennedy, Joe Kennedy, Michael Todd, Michael Wilding, John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, and Frank Sinatra."Den Fujita"After his first McDonald's meal in 1967, Fujita was amazed by its efficiency and popularity. After selling imported bags and shoes, Fujita seized on the opportunity to start McDonald's franchises in Japan in 1971. His strategy for selling McDonald's to the Japanese people involved the following statement: 'The reason Japanese people are so short and have yellow skins is because they have eaten nothing but fish and rice for two thousand years... if we eat McDonald's hamburgers and potatoes for a thousand years we will become taller, our skin become white, and our hair blonde.'"Phloeodes diabolicus"Phloeodes diabolicus (formerly Nosoderma diabolicum), common name: diabolical ironclad beetle, is a beetle of the Family Zopheridae"Henry Louis Gates arrest controversy Explanatory notes


 * a.Obama had a Bud Light, Crowley had a Blue Moon, Gates had a Sam Adams Light and Biden, who does not drink alcohol, had a Buckler. Some local brewers had lobbied for a Boston-based beer to be served; Obama is generally said to prefer Budweiser.

Cockroach"A cockroach given the name Nadezhda was sent into space by Russian scientists as part of a Foton-M mission, during which she mated, and later became the first terrestrial animal to produce offspring that had been conceived in space."Penelope (platypus)"The New York Times said that Penelope was not lovesick but 'sick of love' when she escaped from the zoo's platypusary in 1957, never to be seen again."Fritz Duquesne"Former US President Theodore Roosevelt backed the plan, as did the US Department of Agriculture, as well as editorial writers in The Washington Post and The New York Times, which praised the taste of hippopotamus as 'lake cow bacon'."Taylor Swift sexual assault trial"Swift also recalled that it was the most number of times the term 'ass' had been spoken in Colorado Federal Court."Puppy pregnancy syndrome"It is believed that the victims will eventually die – especially men, who will give birth to their puppies through the penis."

Other

 * 1) I Kinda Like It When a Lotta People Die
 * 2) Dave Matthews Band Chicago River incident
 * 3) Panda pornography
 * 4) Jimmy Carter rabbit incident
 * 5) Israel-related animal conspiracy theories
 * 6) The Paul O'Sullivan Band
 * 7) Monkey selfie copyright dispute
 * 8) Vajazzle
 * 9) Aptronym
 * 10) Hitler teapot
 * 11) Grunge speak
 * 12) Muhamed (horse)
 * 13) Pubic Wars
 * 14) List of things named after David Attenborough and his works
 * 15) Feast of the Ass
 * 16) User:Asticky
 * 17) Merkel-Raute
 * 18) Garden hermit
 * 19) Depopulation of cockroaches in post-Soviet states
 * 20) Pfeilstorch
 * 21) George H. W. Bush vomiting incident