My favorite contributionsI have originated (started) or greatly expanded the following Wikipedia articles:
In addition, I cleaned up the article
saros by moving it to a non-redundant name (it used to be
Saros cycle, but a saros is by definition a cycle, which is why saros is a noun not an adjective) and replacing as many references to the confusing, redundant phrase 'Saros cycle' with 'saros'. This had nothing to do with science but grammar! I mention this because the phrase saros cycle is so confusing as to undermine the articles that use the phrase and I think that with that phrase eradicated that article is much more readable.
I have made over 3000 edits as a registered user. My first registered edit was to the article subtropical cyclone on September 11th, 2004. BTW, the edit still stands :) . Eclipses of interest (and some goals for Eclipses WikiProject)One thing I'd like to do as part of WPEclipses is to show unusual or significant relationships between eclipses and to point out unique properties of individual eclipses. Also, there may be the need for an eclipses portal if there is enoug interest. The list below is of eclipses of interest to me. Currently some of this is Geo-Centric (I live in Florida) but I plan to expand that over time. Also, I have learned so much about eclipses recently, and so many thing s that were very mysterious to me (predicting eclipses?!) are no longer so. I hope I can contribute to making the central ideas about Eclipses more accessible to the general public, even fairly complicated ideas like what determines magnitude and the significance of gamma.
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My favorite contributionsI have originated (started) or greatly expanded the following Wikipedia articles:
In addition, I cleaned up the article
saros by moving it to a non-redundant name (it used to be
Saros cycle, but a saros is by definition a cycle, which is why saros is a noun not an adjective) and replacing as many references to the confusing, redundant phrase 'Saros cycle' with 'saros'. This had nothing to do with science but grammar! I mention this because the phrase saros cycle is so confusing as to undermine the articles that use the phrase and I think that with that phrase eradicated that article is much more readable.
I have made over 3000 edits as a registered user. My first registered edit was to the article subtropical cyclone on September 11th, 2004. BTW, the edit still stands :) . Eclipses of interest (and some goals for Eclipses WikiProject)One thing I'd like to do as part of WPEclipses is to show unusual or significant relationships between eclipses and to point out unique properties of individual eclipses. Also, there may be the need for an eclipses portal if there is enoug interest. The list below is of eclipses of interest to me. Currently some of this is Geo-Centric (I live in Florida) but I plan to expand that over time. Also, I have learned so much about eclipses recently, and so many thing s that were very mysterious to me (predicting eclipses?!) are no longer so. I hope I can contribute to making the central ideas about Eclipses more accessible to the general public, even fairly complicated ideas like what determines magnitude and the significance of gamma.
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