User:Oreo Priest

The Grand Place, Brussels

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This user is a member of
WikiProject Belgium.

This user has been on Wikipedia for 18 years, 4 months and 30 days.

15,000+This user has made more than 15,000 contributions to Wikipedia.

This user has written or expanded 23 articles featured in the Did You Know section on the Main Page.

This user's DYK contributions are recognized with 1 entry in the DYK Hall of Fame.

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I've been on Wikipedia a while now, and it's good to see how far things have come. Much of what I do here is try to improve coverage on all things Belgium related, especially Brussels. Belgium is an interesting place and people know far too little about it. Not that I limit my contributions to only Belgium though; with so much to write about, what would be the fun in that?

Sandboxes: Misc., Safe, Scrap, Boycotcot

Contributions

Articles I wrote, translated to English, significantly expanded or significantly rewrote:

A-Class

1. Frenchification of Brussels

GA-Class

1. History of silk, translated into Chinese
2. Covering of the Senne - DYK, Selected anniversary for February 13, translated into Russian, Dutch and Ukranian

B-Class

1. ‎The Bronze Horseman - DYK, translation featured in Georgian language, translated into Italian, Spanish and Esperanto
2. Fortifications of Brussels - DYK, translated into Chinese
3. Bombardment of Brussels - DYK, Selected anniversary for August 15, translated into Spanish
4. Wallonia
5. Economy of Belgium - (mostly from PD sources)
6. Supply management (Canada) - DYK
7. Leopold II of Belgium
8. Sablon (Brussels) - DYK

C-Class

1. Albert Tissandier - DYK
2. Canut revolts - Selected anniversary for November 22
3. French Community Holiday - DYK
4. Sillon industriel - DYK
5. Tunnel Mountain - DYK
6. Brussels-Charleroi Canal - DYK
7. Brussels Stock Exchange
8. Small ring (Brussels) - translated into Danish
9. Saint Gaugericus Island - DYK
10. St V
11. Carl Rungius - DYK
12. Siege of Namur (1695) - DYK, on the main page when Wikipedia hit the 3,000,000 article mark, translated into New Norwegian and Farsi
13. Government of the Brussels-Capital Region
14. Norman Luxton - DYK
15. Grand Place
16. Flag of Belgium
17. Atrani
18. Robert W. Wood
19. Belgian cuisine
20. Elastography
21. Couque de Dinant

Start-Class

1. Trick at Mecone
2. Têtes à Claques - DYK
3. Ha Ling Peak
4. Stoney Squaw Mountain
5. La Nature
6. Lakhta, Saint Petersburg
7. ‎Lakhta-Olgino Municipal Okrug
8. Savoie
9. Canut
10. Kastenlauf
11. Léon Suys
12. Höhner
13. Juliobriga - DYK, translated into Spanish
14. Little War (Cuba) - DYK, translated into Danish, German, Swedish, Polish and Russian (in turn translated into Georgian)
15. Titanium La Portada - DYK
16. Problem set - DYK, translated into Polish
17. Radio Londres - DYK
18. Grand cru (food and drink) - translated into Spanish
19. Rogier Tower - DYK
20. World Trade Center (Brussels)
21. Belgacom Towers
22. North Galaxy Towers
23. Major Town Houses of the Architect Victor Horta (Brussels)
24. Fagne (natural region)
25. Famenne
26. Saint Martin's Cathedral
27. Major Mining Sites of Wallonia
28. Rayl
29. Boom (navigational barrier) - DYK
30. Dairy farming in Canada
31. Royal Galleries of Ostend
32. Risquons-Tout
33. Sirop de Liège
34. Tour & Taxis
35. Blood islands

Stub-Class

1. Plancenoit
2. ‎La Recherche
3. North wind
4. South wind
5. East wind
6. West wind
7. Cervelle de canut
8. Clabecq
9. Magnanery
10. Viva Colonia - translated into Spanish
11. Westvleteren
12. GB Supermarkets
13. Castaño (bakery)
14. Dürüm
15. Alexandre Galopin
16. Caja Madrid
17. VRT Zendstation Egem
18. Astro Tower
19. Relegem
20. Fagne-Famenne
21. Lomme (river)
22. Verrebroek
23. Mash rake
24. Curry ketchup
25. La Parisienne (song)
26. Keg stand
27. Pilot station
28. Petit-Enghien
29. Erasmus Hospital
30. Hoser
31. Quiévrain
32. Henri-Chapelle
33. Horion-Hozémont
34. Brussels Canal
35. Highest nasal concha
36. Stratum membranosum (subcutaneous layer)

Templates

1. Template:Brusselsname
2. Template:Tallest buildings and structures in Belgium
3. Template:Dioceses of Belgium

Lists

1. List of tallest buildings and structures in Belgium

Time sinks

Articles I've spent a good deal of effort on but can't really claim authorship:

1. Brussels
2. Belgium
3. Catholic University of Leuven and its historical versions

Commons

My image contributions are detailed at Commons:User:Oreo Priest.

Misc

• I nominated and extensively edited infant swimming, the #1 Did You Know article of all time.