User:Spangineer/contributions
My Significant Contributions to Wikipedia
Organized by subject and then date, most recent first. Italics mean I started the article with unique content, bold means I played a major role in making the article or list featured, and and an asterisk (*) means that one of my images is included on that article. To get an idea of what I work on the most, check out Interiot's tool. And see my opinion of the quality of these and other related articles.
Christianity – Mexico – Central/South America/Spain – Engineering – Penn State – Other
Christianity[edit]
Roger Youderian (DYK) / Chet Bitterman / Operation Auca* (DYK) / Trilemma / L'Abri / Summit ministries / Nate Saint / Dirk Willems / Marvin Olasky / George Müller / Urbana, IVCF / Jesus (1979 movie) / InterVarsity Christian Fellowship / Hudson Taylor / Lancaster Bible College / World (magazine) / Tentmaking / Jim Elliot
Mexico[edit]
Cola de Caballo* / Vicente Leñero (DYK) / Carmen Boullosa (DYK) / Elena Poniatowska / Benito Juárez, D.F. / Curandero / Governor of Guanajuato / Raúl Salinas / Abelardo L. Rodríguez / Agua Prieta / Ciudad Victoria / Hermosillo / San Pedro Garza García / Guadalupe, Nuevo León / The Children of Sanchez / Adolfo Ruiz Cortines / University of Guanajuato* / Octavio Paz / Adolfo López Mateos / Miguel Alemán Valdés / Manuel Ávila Camacho / Gustavo Díaz Ordaz / Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma* / Eugenio Garza Sada / Cemex / Cerro de la Silla *FP
Central/South America/Spain[edit]
Most recent: December 16, 2006
Mario Llerena / John V. Murra / Emilia Pardo Bazán / Marco Denevi / Rosa Montero (DYK) / Ivo Pitanguy / Abdias do Nascimento / Gilberto Freyre / André Rebouças / Zélia Cardoso de Mello / Juan José Flores / Mitad del Mundo / Quito
Engineering[edit]
Most recent: December 4, 2006
Welding helmet / Laser beam welding / Flexible manufacturing system / Shielded metal arc welding / Gas tungsten arc welding / Electron beam welding / Electrogas welding (DYK) / Electroslag welding (DYK) / Selective assembly / List of elements by symbol / Gas metal arc welding* / List of elements by name / Predetermined motion time system / Maynard Operation Sequence Technique / Shielding gas / Welding* / Robot welding / Hardenability / Heat affected zone* / Riser (casting) / Equivalent carbon content / Underwater welding / Ready-mix concrete / {{Industry-stub}} / Henry Petroski
Penn State[edit]
Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering* (DYK) / List of Penn State residence halls / Cindy Song / Paul Posluszny (DYK) / George W. Atherton (DYK) / History of the Pennsylvania State University / Schreyer Honors College / Penn State University Creamery / Pennsylvania College of Technology / The Daily Collegian / Penn State Dance Marathon* / Old Main (Pennsylvania State University)* / Pennsylvania State University* / Beaver Stadium
Other[edit]
Most recent: February 20, 2007
Hank Earl Carr (DYK) / Leonard Berg / Tactical asset allocation / Robert Volpe / Jahangir Razmi (DYK) / George W. S. Trow / Smith Hempstone / List of DanceSport dances / List of members of the Baseball Hall of Fame (chronological) / List of signatories of the United States Constitution / {{Tour de France}} / 1983 Tour de France / 1984 Tour de France / Pearl hunting / 3M / Friendly's / James Elliott (politician) / Jumbo Elliott / The Pearl (novel) / The Scarlet Letter
Did you know...[edit]
- ...that in Tampa, Florida in 1998, Hank Earl Carr successfully unlocked his handcuffs, disarmed a detective, and killed three law enforcement personnel before killing himself? (February 25 2007)
- ...that until 2006, it was not known that the 1980 Pulitzer Prize-winning image Firing Squad in Iran was taken by Jahangir Razmi? (December 9 2006)
- ...that missionary Roger Youderian almost chose to return to the United States one month before he was killed in Operation Auca? (June 4 2006)
- ...that the Harold and Inge Marcus Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering of the Pennsylvania State University, founded in 1908, was the first industrial engineering department in the world? (March 23 2006)
- ...that on January 8 1956, five Evangelical Christian missionaries from the United States were speared to death after attempting to reach the Huaorani people of Ecuador in "Operation Auca"? (February 28 2006)
- ...that Paul Posluszny, a linebacker for Penn State's football team, was recently named college football's best defensive player of the year? (January 9 2006)
- ...that electrogas welding is an arc welding process commonly used in the shipbuilding industry? (December 23 2005)
- ...that in 1977, the Federal Highway Administration banned the use of electroslag welding for joining certain bridge structural members due to quality concerns? (December 7 2005)
- ...that George W. Atherton served as president of the Pennsylvania State University for 24 years and is buried on the university's main campus? (November 25 2005)
- ...that Vicente Leñero, a prominent Mexican novelist, journalist and playwright, was a screenwriter for El Crimen del Padre Amaro, one of Mexico's all-time highest grossing films? (September 29 2005)
- ...that Carmen Boullosa is a leading Mexican novelist, poet, and playwright whose award-winning play Teatro herético satirically addresses the issue of gender roles? (September 28 2005)
- ...that Rosa Montero is a leading author of contemporary feminist literature and a senior journalist for Spain's largest newspaper, El País? (September 8 2005)
