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Some of my edits pertain to music, especially
Shape note singing; otherwise eclectic.
Pages I have created
Volvation : mostly an image gallery of animals curling themselves into balls.
Szeletian :
Upper Paleolithic culture in the
Bükk Mountains , transitional between
Neanderthals and modern humans.
Uluzzian : transitional culture in Italy (45,000–39,500 BP).
Isturitz and Oxocelhaya caves : finds associated with the
Aurignacian ,
Solutrean and
Magdalenian ; some of the oldest European drinking cups made from human skulls.
John Wyeth : did not have musical skills, but as a publisher, discovered a new market for folk hymns.
Yankee tunesmiths : early American composers like
William Billings and
Justin Morgan .
Karnataka Ganakala Parishat : an annual conference of Carnatic music held in February.
Hikyaku : Japanese message runners.
NGC 2950 : a
lenticular galaxy in
Ursa Major .
Operation Flashpoint (March 1945) : WWII action by General
Simpson , overshadowed by
Patton .
Alex Bertani : Italian comic book editor (
Marvel Comics and
Topolino ).
Snout–vent length : Obvious to herpetologists, so they didn't define it. Wikipedia does.
Patis (plant) : a genus of grass with three species.
Kielmeyera variabilis : a medicinal plant found in the
Cerrado of Brazil.
Azara lanceolata : an evergreen shrub growing on both sides of the
Andes mountains in southern
Chile and
Argentina .
Neosilurus novaeguineae : a freshwater
eeltail catfish native to
New Guinea .
Grammostola alticeps : a
tarantula from
Uruguay and
Paraguay
Robertus mazaurici : an
Araneomorph spider endemic to France.
Phiaris schulziana : a leafroller moth.
Macrosiphoniella sibirica : an
aphid found on
mugwort in Siberia and Kazakhstan.
Lekanesphaera : an
isopod (pillbug) found in
intertidal zones .
Caecosphaeroma : a blind
isopod found in
French caves .
Bournillon cave : a French cave.
Armand de Foucauld de Pontbriand : one of the
Holy September Martyrs of 1792 during the
French Revolution .
St. Onuphrius Monastery : a
monastery located in the
Potter's Field purchased by
Judas Iscariot for
30 pieces of silver .
Phytologia : a botany journal; borderline notability, but cited in other Wikipedia articles.
Shenandoah Harmony Almost every week, I sing from this book, and I like it better than
Sacred Harp , which is unquestionably notable, but notability of Shenandoah Harmony has been called into question.