User:Skysmith



Good morning,



I have been analyzed as INTP, 5W4 and wet skeptic. Those who know what those mean are likely to either deride or fervently support the first two systems. I do neither but I do not really consider them scientific methods.

It seems that I am among the minority that is interested about these things (and mainly things that have actually existed). I admit that one of the reasons I began to contribute was the fact that some entries elicited a comment equivalent to "What is this?!". So I decided to correct the matter. Another reason is that this is as good an excuse as any to organize my jumbled notes.

However, my daily time online is limited. By necessity, my Wikipedoholic rating is just 37. Therefore, I usually cannot find time to de-orphan the articles I've written. Sometimes I also find it hard to find suitable categories. Those willing to correct my spelling are welcome to do that.

I've also noticed that many of the web pages I used as sources for older articles have disappeared. Mainly the book and magazine article references remain.

And no, I have nothing to do with the aviation insurance company of the same name.

Other pages:
 * Thoughts about articles about smaller communities
 * My list of missing articles

Original version of the following articles (with at least some overlap between the categories. Also note that the names of some of the articles have changed over the last couple of years)

Crime
Adam Worth - Algoth Niska - Alves dos Reis - Anne Bonny - Aqua Tofana - Armata Corsa - Aydin Dikmen - Barry Minkow - Black Hand (disambiguation) - Black Hand (extortion) - Bonnot Gang - Burke and Hare murders - Cato Street Conspiracy - Claude Duval - Edward Sexby - Eleanor Jarman - Eugène François Vidocq - Gaetano Badalamenti - Great Gold Robbery of 1855 - Jack Lee Harelson - Jacques Mesrine - James Townsend Saward - John Nichols Thom - London Monster - Miles Sindercombe - Percy Toplis - Robert Toye - Robert Vesco - Sadamichi Hirasawa - Shrigley Abduction - Soapy Smith - Steven Jay Russell - Theft of the Jules Rimet Trophy - Virginia Hill –

Duplicity
Bre-X Minerals - Cecil Jacobson - Charles Redheffer - Civil War gold hoax - David Begelman - Diamond hoax of 1872 - David Rorvik - Edmund Backhouse - Elizabeth Canning - George Dupre - Giovanni Vigliotto - Gregor MacGregor - Henri Lemoine - Impostor - J. Bam Morrison - Maria Monk - Marthe Hanau - Martin Frankel - Mary Carleton - Mel Spillman - Omega Trust - Oscar Hartzell - Otto von Bressensdorf - Phesheya Dube - Poyais - Rakesh Saxena - Reiner Protsch - Thérèse Humbert - Titus Oates -

Impostors
Adelaide Abankwah - Alexis Brimeyer - Bhawal case - Binjamin Wilkomirski - Brianna Stewart - Cassie Chadwick - Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance - Christophe Rocancourt - Eugenio Lascorz - Ferdinand Waldo Demara - Frank Abagnale - Frédéric Bourdin - Frederick Emerson Peters - George Psalmanazar - Grey Owl - Harry Domela - James Hogue - Jean-Claude Romand - Karoly Hajdu - Louis de Rougemont - Marvin Hewitt - Michael Pelligrino - Princess Caraboo - Robert Hendy-Freegard - Sarah Wilson - Stanley Clifford Weyman - Tichborne Claimant - Two Moon Meridas - Wilhelm Voigt -

Nonexistent people
Andreas Karavis (hoax) - Araki Yasusada (stub) - Bridey Murphy - Eddie Burrup - H. Rochester Sneath - J. Fortescue - Wanda Koolmatrie (stub) -

Forgery
Alexander Howland Smith - Archaeological forgery - Archaeoraptor - Art forgery - Brigido Lara - Charles Weisberg - Emile Schuffenecker (stub) - David Stein (stub) - Elmyr de Hory - Ely Sakhai - Eric Hebborn - Etruscan terracotta warriors - Fernand Legros - Flower portrait - Fujimura Shinichi - Geert Jan Jansen - Guy Hain - Henry Woodhouse - James Ossuary - Jean de Sperati - Jean-Pierre Schecroun (stub) - John Drewe - John Myatt - Joseph Cosey - Lothar Malskat - Louis Enricht - Michigan relics - Moses Shapira - Otto Wacker - Persian Princess - Robert Spring - Vrain Denis-Lucas - William Blundell (stub) - William Henry Ireland -

Espionage
André Dewavrin - Hermann Görtz - Horst Kopkow - Hugo Bleicher (Abwehr) - John Thurloe - Joseph Darnand (Milice) - Leopold Trepper - Lionel Crabb - Maurice Buckmaster - Red Orchestra (spy) - Richard Sorge - Salon Kitty - Sidney Reilly - Stewart Menzies - Venlo Incident - Walter Schellenberg - William Melville -

French Resistance
Albert Guérisse - Andrée Borrel - Andrée de Jongh - Brian Stonehouse - Charles Delestraint - Eliane Plewman - Emmanuel d'Astier - George Rodocanachi - George Starr - Georges Bégué - Georges Bidault - Harry Rée - Henri Dericourt - Henri Frenay - Henri Giraud - Henri Rol-Tanguy - Lucie Aubrac (stub) - Marie Dissard - Mathilde Carré - Nancy Wake - Peter Churchill - Pierre Brossolette -

History (of various scales)
Airship R101 - Abergele train disaster - Acta Diurna - Agrionia - Amphictyonic League - Arval Brethren - Catalpa rescue - Court Jew - Forty-seven Ronin (first version) - Garamantes - Garrat Elections - Helots - Holmgang - Housecarl (stub) - Poison affair - The Raft of the Medusa - Tribute -

Archaeology
Alfred Maudslay - Archaeological Survey of India (stub) - Augusta Raurica - Ciudad Perdida - Deer stone - Georgi Kitov - Girl of the Uchter Moor - Guachimontones - Guge - Katherine Routledge - Maria Reiche - Persepolis Fortification Archive - Sagalassos -

Explorers
Alessandro Malaspina - Jean Francois de Galaup -

Military History
Authors in War - Blood chit - De Re Militari - Indonesia-Malaysia confrontation - Malayan Emergency - Oblique order - Shimabara Rebellion - Siege of La Rochelle -

Military Units
Assam Rifles - Black Company - Blue Division - Brigade of Gurkhas - Charlemagne Division - Chindits - Cuirassier - Flying Tigers - Gideon Force - Hessians - Merrill's Marauders - Persian Immortals - Potsdam Giants - Royal Highland Regiment - Sipahi -

Noted combatants
Albert Cashier - Andreas Hofer - Charles Lallemand - Charles Portal - Deborah Sampson - Franz von Werra - Fritz Bayerlein - Gazan de la Peyrière - Hannah Snell - Haydee Tamara Bunke Bider - Henri Giraud - Italo Balbo - Jan Krukowiecki - Johnny and Luther Htoo - Khun Sa - Laskarina Bouboulina - Laszlo Almasy - Lucio Cabañas - Mary Anne Talbot - Orde Charles Wingate - Percy Hobart - Saburo Sakai - Sepp Dietrich - Sven Hassel - Theodoros Kolokotronis -

Weapons
Bolas - Kukri -

Medical matters
Aboulia - Agnosia - Alopecia areata - Elisha Perkins - Georges Gilles de la Tourette - James Morison - Samuel Jean de Pozzi - Theodore de Mayerne - Theriac - William Cadogan -

Incumbents
Paul Magloire - Samora Machel - Suharto - Sukarno - Zog of Albania -

Intriguing people
Alain Bombard - Arthur Lintgen - Chang Apana - Chung Ling Soo - Count of St Germain - Dominick Arduin - Ercole Antonio Mattioli - Eustace the Monk - George Polley (stub) - Harry Grindell Matthews - Horace Ridler (Omi the Great) - Jacques Inaudi (stub) - Jamake Highwater - James Burnett, Lord Monboddo - James de la Cloche - James Hampton - Jemmy Hirst - Joseph Suss Oppenheimer - Morris Cohen - Rene Belbenoit - Roy Sullivan - Seamus McSporran - Slavomir Rawicz - Stephen Tennant -

Heroes All
Chiune Sugihara - Georg Ferdinand Duckwitz - Hannah Szenes - Hugh O'Flaherty - Jan Zwartendijk - Janusz Korczak - Kate ter Horst (stub) - Poon Lim - Sabine Zlatin -

Ladies as men
Albert Cashier - Billy Tipton - Deborah Sampson - Hannah Snell - James Barry - Julie d'Aubigny - Loreta Janeta Velazquez - Mary Anne Talbot -

Ladies in deed
Eleanor Rathbone - Geneviève de Galard - Gloria Steinem - Jennifer Miller - Laskarina Bouboulina - Maria Bochkareva - Maria Sibylla Merian - Rosika Schwimmer - Sue Ryder - Temple Grandin - Torey Hayden - Veronica Guerin - Yuri Kochiyama -

Different bodies
Alison Lapper - Annie Jones - Carl Herman Unthan - Clémentine Delait - Daisy and Violet Hilton - Frank Lentini - Herculine Barbin - Hervé Paillet - Jane Barnell - Jennifer Miller - John Middleton - Joseph Boruwlaski - Josephine Clofullia - Julia Pastrana - Lazarus and Joannes Baptista Colloredo - Lili Elbe - Masha and Dasha Krivoshlyapova - Myrtle Corbin - Ovitz family - Robert Pershing Wadlow - Saartjie Baartman - Sarah Biffen -

Eccentrics
Charles Hatfield - Cherry Sisters - Ferdinand Cheval - Fonthill Abbey - Hetty Green - John Mytton - Justo Gallego Martínez - Martin van Butchell - Matthew Robinson - Orelie-Antoine de Tounens - Robert Coates - Roy Bean - Timothy Dexter - William John Cavendish Bentinck-Scott -

Pranksters
Alan Abel - Brian G. Hughes - Harry Reichenbach - Horace de Vere Cole - Joey Skaggs -

Savants
Alonzo Clemons - Derek Paravicini - Gottfried Mind (stub)- Hikari Oe - James Henry Pullen - Jonathan Lerman - Kim Peek - Leslie Lemke - Thristan Mendoza (stub) - Tony DeBlois - Truman Henry Safford -

Miscellaneous biographies
Alexis Soyer - Alphonse Bertillon - Andrew Crosse - Bernard Cornfeld - Cesca Chenevix Trench - Daniel K. Ludwig - Dido Elizabeth Belle - Edmund Berry Godfrey - Feliks Topolski - Fet-Mats Israelsson - Francisco Maldonado da Silva (stub) - Genie (feral child) - George Steer - George Wombwell - Giambattista Basile - Giovanni Francesco Straparola - Ingeborg of Denmark (1175-1238) - James Finlayson - Jay Carsey - Johann Theodor de Bry - John Banvard - John Tresilian - Juan Vucetich - Judith Exner - Jukka Ammondt - Kimon Evan Marengo - Liz Carmichael (stub) - Marie Duplessis - Max Bauer - Mohamed Harbi - Nicole-Reine Lepaute - Oliver Sacks - Panna Cinka - Pelorus Jack - Philippos Syrigos - Piero Manzoni - Richard Ingle - Robert Blincoe - Roux de Marsilly (stub) - Samuel Maverick - Ulrich von Liechtenstein - William Lamport - Wouter Basson -

IMC (The Inevitable Miscellaneous Category)
African Movement of Working Children and Youth - Ala kachuu - Alawism - Almoner - Ama divers - Ancient lights - Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory - Bathybius - Beetle bank (stub) - Capuchin catacombs of Palermo - Catacombs of Rome - Charivari - Enneagram of personality - Flying Flea - Futuwa - Gurkha - Honne and tatemae (stub) - Ice palace - Jari project - Khian Sea waste disposal incident - Lady Greyhound - Ley farming - Phoenix Foundation - Rai stones - Ralstonism - Tinku (stub) - Toyi-toyi - Ulama (game) - Vogalonga -

Nonexistent things
Borduria - San Theodoros -

Additional info to these articles
Agitator - Albert Camus - Albert Spaggiari - Alceo Dossena - Alexander Mosaic - Algerian War of Independence - Alison Bechdel - Allobroges (allobrogs) - Anne de Montmorency - Archibald McIndoe - Arnold Rothstein - Arquebus - Asa Earl Carter - Ashigaru - Béla Kiss - Bernard Spilsbury - Berserker - Blind Tom Wiggins - Book of hours - Brandenburgers - Bugsy Siegel - Butrint (Buthrotum)- Carcassonne - Cardiff Giant - Carl Clauberg - Catacombs of Paris - Cecily Neville - Cestus - Charles Higham - Chersonesos - Chevalier d'Eon - Clifford Irving - Coldstream Guards - Collyer brothers - Commando - Crucifixion - Dario Fo - Dervish - Dorothy Arnold - Dreadnought hoax - Earl - Edith Sitwell - False Dmitriy I - Farinelli - Felice Orsini - Vendetta - Francis Walsingham - Free Frank McWorter - French Resistance - Fritz Kreisler - Galen - Gertrude Bell - Gladiator - Goseck circle - Great Brink's Robbery - Grenadier - Guinea Pig Club - Harry Bensley - Helen Darville - Hélène Jegado - Hoax - Hope Diamond - Hugh Troy - Human sacrifice - Impi (Zulu warriors) - Indian Mutiny - Ivar Kreuger - James Mellaart - Janet Cooke - Janissary - Jasper Maskelyne - John Cornwell - John Ernst Worrell Keely - John Hawkwood - John Pendlebury - Jomo Kenyatta - Karl Wilhelm Naundorff - Kaspar Hauser - Ladies of Llangollen - Lal Bihari - Lambert Simnel - Louis Slotin - Mameluks - Man in the Iron Mask - Manlio Brosio - Marcel Pétiot - Marcello Malpighi - Marie Pierre Koenig - Maronite Church - Mau Mau Uprising - Maundy Gregory - Mercer Girls - MI9 - Michael Davitt - Mikhail Gerasimov - Miyamoto Musashi - Mut - New Philadelphia Town Site - Nicholas Throckmorton - Normandie-Niemen - Oflag IV-C (Colditz Castle) - Osceola - Otto Dix - Peking Man - Percy Fawcett - Peterloo Massacre - Plain of Jars - Polisario Front - Bannerman's Castle - Popham Colony - Red Brigades - René Goulaine de Laudonnière - Richard Martin ("Humanity Dick") - Richard Wawro - Robert Brasillach - Robert Dudley - Rondo Hatton - Rosetta Stone - Salvatore Giuliano - Samurai - Sawney Bean - Slovak National Uprising - Spartacus - Special Air Service - Special Boat Service - Stavisky Affair - Stephen Wiltshire - Stidda - Tanganyika groundnut scheme - Thomas Gainsborough - Thomas Guy - Thomas Tompion - Thomas Young - Tom Keating - Tommy Armour - Tomoe Gozen - Toussaint Louverture - Tulip mania - Volkssturm - William Brodie - Yakuza - Yazidi - Yevno Azef -

Compiled wikibooks
 * User:Skysmith/Books/Imposture and Deception

Temporary pages
 * Thor Chemicals draft