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Kzirkel

Joined 13 April 2007

Areas of interest

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Photography

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I've been doing photography since about 1984. Some of my favorite subjects are architecture, Civil War memorials, historic downtowns, and colleges.

Wiki Loves Monuments

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I was delighted to participate in the 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2020 "Wiki Loves Monuments" WikiProjects. I contributed photos both in the New England area where I live, but also in places I traveled to. I am gratified to have been selected as the third place winner in the 2012 Wiki Loves Monuments U.S. contest.

19th-century New England

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I've written and contributed to several articles on people and places of 19th Century New England. In particular, I created or fleshed out articles on many of the mayors of Providence (and photographed one).

My Images

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By far, the majority of my Wikipedia-based contributions have been donating images to Wikimedia Commons. Of the thousands of photographs I have taken and donated, the vast majority are buildings, statues, colleges, and other locations. I also try to photograph notable people as often as I am able. Other photographic subjects that interest me include flags, sports teams and stadia, liquor bottles ... almost anything that comes to mind.

You can see all my donated Wiki images here.

Here they are in a gallery view.

I've also scanned and contributed many images taken during my college years at Cornell University; most were taken Fall 1987 and Spring 1988. Those have been collected into a category here:

Black and white photographs of Cornell University in the 1980s

Wikipedia articles created and mostly written by me

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People

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Historic places, buildings, things

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Wikipedia articles to which I made significant improvements

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People

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  • Ben Bagdikian; added some details about his time at the Providence Journal. October 2016.
  • Robert Livingston Beeckman (1866–1935), Rhode Island governor; added a lot of biographical information
  • Malcolm Greene Chace (1875–1955); Was originally a small article about his tennis career; turns out he was one of the major industrialists in Rhode Island and "Father of Hockey in the United States"; August 2015 and October 2019.
  • Joseph A. Doorley Jr.; added a lot of history
  • William S. Flynn (1885–1966); added details of his governorship in what was a stub; Jan 2016
  • Robert Knight (industrialist) added section on library in June 2020
  • Herbert W. Ladd (1843–1913), Rhode Island Governor. I became fascinated by the bicycle seat in his official portrait. Why would a governor include his bicycle in his official portrait? I was introduced to a time when streets were first paved ... for bicycles. May-June 2015
  • Seth Low (1850–1916); fleshed out details of his terms as Brooklyn mayor; May 2015
  • William Henry Miller (architect); I've long been impressed by his works in Ithaca; added works, and images
  • Patricia O'Connor (veterinarian) (1914–2003); I took a photo of some Cornell vet school buildings; which led me to notice that no veterinarians were mentioned on the "Cornell Alumni" pages ... this led me to discover this fascinating woman. July 2023
  • Robert E. Quinn (1894–1975); added details about his time in the State Senate
  • Alfred C. Redfield (1890–1983), oceanographer. I at a picnic lunch in front of the "Redfield Laboratory" in Woods Hole, and I got to wondering about the man on the plaque. August 2023.
  • David Wallis Reeves (1838–1900); bandleader and composer, from back when being a bandleader was a big deal; July 2021
  • Daniel D. Whitney (1819–1914); apparently my spouse's ancestor worked for him ... this led me to write most of the biography of what was then a very small stub article; May 2015
  • David Williston (1868–1964); a Black american architect at the turn of the 20th Century. And a Cornell architecture alum! December 2020.

Places and things

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Neighborhoods of Providence

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Fleshed out many of the "neighborhoods of Providence" articles with info and images; most of these were very short stubs with no images at all.

Wikipedia articles that maybe should be created or improved

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This is a list of articles that I think should be created. I might make these if I have time, but I'm perfectly happy if someone else wants to take a crack at them:

To be improved

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Places and things to be created

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People candidates to be created

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Places I've been

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U.S. States visited:
                   
                   
                 
Countries and territories visited:
               
       
German Länder visited:
           
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You can find me on the web:

My Website
My Flickr photostream
My contributions to Find a Grave
  1. ^ Ellingsen, Erin (25 November 2004). "Looking back at lower campus". The Cowl. The Cowl. Archived from the original on 7 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  2. ^ History of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations: Biographical. The American Historical Society, Inc. 1920.
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