User:Tlogmer

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Wikipedia-related stuff

Wikipedia Blog

I run a weblog about wikipedia. If you want me to write about a particular article/topic/concept/whatever, leave a note, or comment on a weblog post.

Picture of the day

HMCS St. John's

Photograph credit: Łukasz Golowanow and Maciek Hypś; retouched by Papa Lima Whiskey and Julia W

Graphics/Logos/Merch

Various logos and graphics for wikipedia/wikimedia/wikimania.

Etc.

My name's Ben Yates; I'm a technical writer, student, and keyboardist from Ann Arbor.

Writing

Wikipedia:Babel

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This user is a member of the Wikipedia Industrial Design Cartel.

This user also lives on Planet Wikimedia.

This user is a member of the Association of Structurist Wikipedians.

This user rescues articles for the Article Rescue Squadron.

This user plays the piano.

E₂

This user is a noder at Everything2.

This user runs macOS.

This user knows where in the world Carmen Sandiego is.

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So. I've been here since late 2003; I started the wikipedia articles Metrosexual and Hell, Michigan (and the wikibooks summary of Understanding Comics). Most of my stuff is elsewhere, though.

Nonfiction

How to appreciate jazz without really trying.
Sk8er Boi.
Understanding Comics.
File sharing is theft (read all the way through before you send me angry emails).
How to build a computer out of black holes.
Why is the sky blue?.
Does the Universe have granularity?.
You Know My Name (Look Up the Number).

Fiction

Now I ask you, is that any way for a cosmic body to Disintegrate?.
Life^TM.
Schrodinger killed his cat.
On the Division of Labor.
The Sticker Underground .
Private Eye.

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Did you know...

Restoration of Europejara's head

... that Europejara (head pictured) is the oldest known toothless pterosaur?
... that opera singer Joyce Castle specialized in "portraying nuts, mamas, lesbians, nymphomaniacs, witches, and men"?
... that residents of Khirbet el-Maqatir during the Jewish–Roman wars secretly cut a passage between their hiding cave and a water cistern so they could draw water unseen while hiding from the Romans?
... that merchant Benjamin Naylor built a store that contributed to the small New Zealand town of Clyde being described as having "movie-set good looks"?
... that fur-trading ships wintered in an old factory?
... that Eduardo Clark discovered that several teachers registered on Mexico's national education payroll were collecting more than MXN$500,000 per month, with some listed at least ten times?
... that a derailment in 2005 was caused by a train attempting to travel a 10 mph (16 km/h) crossing at 69 mph (111 km/h)?
... that the video game developer Volition was named after a lexical definition?
... that My Little Pony porn has been studied by scholars?


21 June 2026
From the editors: Ways for beginners to support The Signpost community journalism Pointing the way to your contribution to The Signpost! News and notes: Community Tech development team disbanded And English Wikipedia reaches a milestone in number of highly active editors. Disinformation report: PR for the people? Or, "PR using PR for PR"? Recent research: Proposed tagging system for AI involvement; successful and unsuccessful AI tools for contributors And other new research publications. In the media: Who won a 14th century battle and who won the 2026 Iran war? Media take issue with portrayals of recent and medieval history on Wikipedia. Plus a team supporting Wikipedians gets dissolved, and a few other things. Community view: Putting the Wish into the Wishlist A history of the Wikimedia community's request process to Foundation developers. In focus: A global standard for Neutral Point of View Wikipedians are commenting on a proposed global standard for neutral point of view. On the bright side: Flowers, blue helmets, reefs, pride, and Juneteenth Nice things around the world. Op-ed: Breathe, Don’t Panic, there is a different story about Wikimedia + AI futures We can build a strategy about AI that doesn't just center on readers; there are still plenty of humans to write the encyclopedia and work on diverse global knowledge. Opinion: Wikimedia Foundation staff develop union and Wikimedia user community reacts Why should editors support the Wiki Workers United union drive? Lessons the Wikimedia movement can learn from other labor struggles. Technology report: Community Tech team is disbanded, controversy erupts WMF disbands Community Tech, sparking community backlash over the future of the Wishlist and concerns about unionization. Traffic report: 'Cause this is thriller, thriller night Horror movies and Michael Jackson dominate theaters in the lead-up to the World Cup. WikiConference report: Report of Volunteer Supporters Network Annual Meeting 2026 Outreach staff of Wikimedia chapters host a global discussion. Comix: Take your turn In a maze of twisty little edits, all alike. Humour: Group of banned T-shirt makers comes out of hiding to sell new Wikipedia-themed merchandise It ain't WikiProject United Nations, but you will find some PUNs.
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