HydroLance

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History

This user is interested in history. This user is interested in the history of Christianity. This user is interested in the history of the papacy. This user is interested in classical mythology. This user is interested in alternate history. This user is interested in women's and gender history. This user is interested in military history. This user is interested in Human Prehistory This user is interested in ancient civilizations. This user is interested in ancient Egypt. This user is interested in ancient Greece. This user is interested in the Roman Empire This user is interested in the Byzantine Empire This user is interested in the Mongol Empire. This user is interested in the MILITARY HISTORY of the 19th CENTURY. This user is interested in the history of the Holy Roman Empire. This user is interested in the Haitian Revolution. This user is interested in the Napoleonic Wars. This user is very interested in Napoleon. This user is interested in the Revolutions of 1848. This user is interested in the Scramble for Africa. This user is interested in the MILITARY HISTORY of the 20th CENTURY. This user is interested in the Ottoman Empire. This user is interested in the Qing dynasty. This user is interested in World War I (1914–1918) and World War II (1939–1945). This user is interested in the Vietnam War. This user is interested in the history of Europe. This user is interested in the history of the Middle East. This user is interested in Ancient Mesopotamia 這個用戶對中國歷史感興趣。 这个用户对中国历史感兴趣。 This user is interested in Chinese history. This user is interested in the History of France. This user is interested in the history of Germany. This user is interested in Russian history. This user is interested in the history of the struggle against apartheid. This user is interested in Swiss History. This user is interested in the History of the United States of America. This user is interested in the history of Yugoslavia. This user is interested in the Mexican Revolution. This user is interested in the Cuban Revolution. This user is interested in the history of the Cold War. This user is interested in the history of the Second Cold War. This user is interested in contemporary history. This user does not support the judgment of historical figures by modern standards. This user remembers the Holocene Epoch

Science

This user is interested in Science. This user is an advocate of open research and open access. This user is interested in logic. This user is interested in Mathematics. This user is an advanced mathematician. e2i$\pi$=1This user thinks that this equation is as beautiful as a Rembrandt painting. ax2+bx+c=0This user likes algebra. This user likes geometry. 11This person thinks there are 11 types of people: Those who understand binary, but not ternary Those who understand ternary, but not binary Those who understand both And those who doesn’t understand either. 1/3 = 0.4This user likes Dozenal. $0.{\bar {9}}=1$This user knows that 0.999... is exactly 1. This user knows 11 digits of pi. This user is pretty sure that they are an outlier compared to everybody else. $\lim _{t\to \infty }(Wikipedia[t])=$ 42 This user knows that real monkeys lack the randomness required to type Shakespeare, but still understands the concept of infinity. Roses are #FF0000, Violets are #0000FF, If you understood that, Then you're a nerd too! RTFMThis user believes that you should RTFM before asking questions. This user is against DRM. Comic SansThis user refuses to take seriously anything written in the Comic Sans font. This user can type 41 WPM. This user believes in the bright future AI and robotics will bring This user wants to learn about Computer Science. This user has an interest in cybersecurity. On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog. This user contributes using Google Chrome. This user uses Gmail as a primary email service. This user is interested in astronomy. This user LOVES black holes! This user knows what dark matter is and hates how popular culture misconceives it. This user is interested in habitable exoplanets. This user is interested in circumbinary exoplanets. This user is interested in rogue planets. This user agrees that Pluto is not a planet but also thinks the IAU's definition is a mess.IAU This user would like to visit Titan's hydrocarbon lakes someday. This user thinks that asteroids are feared too much. This user likes auroras. This user is interested in the natural sciences. This user is interested in human impacts on the environment. This user understands biological evolution and accepts it as a scientifically established fact. This user is interested in biology. This user is interested in DNA and genetics. This user strongly disapproves of any kinds of Creationism. This user thinks brain is superior to heart. This user knows that atoms look nothing like this. This user knows the dire side effects of dihydrogen monoxide. Do you? $F=ma$This user understands Physics at a basic level. This user is interested in Physics. This user understands the science behind climate change and makes efforts to mitigate the problem. This user is interested in Rivers. This user is interested in psychology. This user is interested in medicine. This user is interested in Pathology.

Language

This user is interested in linguistics. In linguistics, this user prefers descriptivism over prescriptivism. majority ≠ ad populum fallacyAlthough this user acknowledges the logical fallacy ad populum, they do not think that it applies to human language, and recognise that the majority determines grammatical "right" and "wrong". couldn't'veThis user believes that couldn't've would make a perfectly fine word. less & fewerThis user understands the difference between less & fewer. much & manyThis user understands the difference between much & many. English Singulars: "The data is..." This user recognizes that "data", "media", and "agenda" have become incorporated into English as singular nouns. …in.Ending a sentence with a preposition is something that this user is okay with. person, humanityThis editor writes carefully to avoid gender neutrality issues completely. firemanfighter mankindThis user supports the use of gender-neutral language when it reasonably exists as an alternative to a common gendered word. wyf- man This user understands grammatical gender historically preceded and is independent of natural gender. theyThis user frequently uses singular they as it is a handy gender-neutral pronoun. ’sThi's user know's that not every word that end's with s need's an apostrophe and will remove misused apostrophe's from Wikipedia with extreme prejudice. ,This user fixes comma-splices; they are annoying. A, B, and CThis user prefers the serial comma. . TheThis user does not put two spaces after a full stop. "…"This user favours typewriter style quotation marks over typographic ones. "…"! US vs. UKThis user uses "logical quotation marks". Forcing internal punctuation leads to factual errors. It's not a nationalistic style issue! ( This user makes extensive use of brackets because they (the brackets) add clarity. ) ;This user's favorite punctuation is semicolons; they like using them a lot. infinitiveThis user has no opinion about split infinitives. "There's" with a plural subjectThis user knows that "there's" with a plural subject is a pervasive grammatical error. There's There are too many people making this mistake. Don't be one of them. byThis user has no opinion about the passive voice. snukThis user says snuck. its it'sIt's really not that hard to use each word in its proper manner. your you'reThis user thinks that if your grammar is incorrect, then you're in need of help. ANAL 4This user advocates good grammar usage. This user is interested in or develops constructed languages. IALThis user wishes that there was an international auxiliary language. J jThis user's favorite letter in the English alphabet is J. Х хThis user's favorite letter in the Russian alphabet is ха. Φ φThis user's favorite letter in the Greek alphabet is Φι.

Babel

enThis user is a native speaker of the English language. es- mxEste usuario puede contribuir con un nivel vernacular del español que se habla en México. fr-3Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau avancé de français. tok-4mi sona pi pona wawa e toki pona. ia-1Iste usator pote contribuer con un nivello basic de interlingua. Cyrl-1 ДThis user has a basic understanding of the Cyrillic script. ipa-1 əThis user has a basic understanding of the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Residence, Ancestry, and Travel

This user comes from Planet Earth. This user lives in North America. This user lives in the United States of America. This user lives in the U.S. State of Wisconsin. This user lives in or is from Milwaukee. This user is of Mexican ancestry. This user enjoys travelling. This user has visited 8 of the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.8 This user has visited and/or driven through 16 of the 50 states and the District of Columbia.16 This user has visited the U.S. State of Illinois. This user has visited the U.S. State of Michigan. This user has visited the U.S. State of Florida. This user has visited the U.S. State of New York. This user has visited the U.S. State of Delaware. This user has visited the U.S. State of Maryland. This user has visited the United States District of Columbia. This user has visited 12 of the 72 counties of the U.S. State of Wisconsin. This user has visited Milwaukee Public Museum. This user has visited the Milwaukee County Zoo. This user has visited Walt Disney World. This user has visited the Shedd Aquarium. This user wishes to visit the European Union. This user wishes to visit México. This user wishes to visit Japan.

Miscellaneous

This user likes spiders. DragonThis user's favourite animal is the Dragon. This user never wants to see the image on the left again. This user knows that birds are dinosaurs. This user drinks water regularly. This user drinks so much milk, their bones can cut diamonds. This user drinks hot chocolate. This user loves knowledge. This user loves libraries and appreciates librarians SI ? This user prefers metric units, but, having grown up in the U.S., cannot relate to them. SJThis user studies at, or is an alumnus of, a Jesuit school. In schoolThis user is in school. MATHThis user's favorite subject is Mathematics. You just lost The Game. This user has asthma. This user suffers from insomnia. This user is against unnecessary circumcision on infants and children. This user is neurodivergent. This user qualifies as a nerd extraordinaire. This user is an ambivert This user believes that alternative facts are damnable lies. This user is a transhumanist. This user is an atheist. This user values reason over faith. This user supports freedom of speech. This user believes in the separation of church and state. This user is a compatibilist who argues that "man can do what he wills, but he cannot will what he wills". This user is an absurdist. Live a happy life, improve yourself, strive towards the truth: what more meaning does life need? Grossman MisquoteThis user is aware that complex problems have simple, easy to understand wrong answers. Segal's LawThis user is aware that a man with two watches on, may not be sure what time it is. This user believes that all men are created equal. DEATHThis Wikipedian believes that there is nothing after death. This user believes a true skeptic questions everything, not just minority views. This user thinks, therefore he exists. Hanlon's RazorThis user never attributes to malice that which is best explained by stupidity. † This user loves the philosophy of Immanuel Kant This user is a huge fan of Henry David Thoreau. This user believes in tolerance for all viewpoints except intolerance. This user couldn't care less about football. This user loves the Autumn.

Hi! I'm HydroLance and I'm trying to become more involved in Wikipedia! I made this account only recently, but I've been on this site as a reader for as long as I can remember. I've always loved the Free Encyclopedia's scope and purpose, and while I've mostly made minor, gnomish edits, I plan to contribute in other ways once I'm more experienced.

I live in Wisconsin (in the United States), my interests include history, science, and language, and I often come to Wikipedia to get lost in a rabbit hole, improving things along the way.

My name

Peppermint is the best! Both the plant and the candy are some of my favorite things, so I often go by "Pepperminty" on more casual sites, like online browser games. I switched up the mint type when it fit the theme (such as "Spearminty" for war games) and decided to do the same for less casual sites by obfuscating it slightly. Peppermint is a hybrid, a cross between watermint and spearmint; thus, "water-spear". Change them to synonyms, and you come up with "HydroLance".

Interests

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I enjoy reading and editing articles about subjects across Wikipedia, but I have a few particular interests. They're also in the userboxes, if you prefer.

History

=== I love learning about the past, and how events decades, centuries, and even millennia ago affect us today. I enjoy all history, but here are some events I like reading about most:

• The Napoleonic Era. Napoleon was the greatest tactical general of all time, and his spreading of nationalism and liberalism, combined with the Concert of Europe that followed, truly brought the continent into its modern era. Its aftermath included...
  • Pax Britannica
  • The decline of the Spanish and Portugese Empires
  • German and Italian unification

• World War II. Every part of it, from new technology to the rise of fascism, made the war the deadliest in human history, without compare. It saw the coming together of the vast majority of the world in total war to stop some of the greates evil it had ever seen. Its aftermath included...
  • The establishment of the UN
  • Decolonization of Africa and Asia (and the decline of the British Empire)
  • The rise of the US and USSR
• The Cold War. The first great war waged without direct conflict (since MAD ensured everyone involved would regret it) between 2 superpowers willing to do anything to stop the other and protect and expand its own ideology and influence. Its aftermath included...
  • NATO and EU enlargement
  • The color revolutions
  • Widespread decommunization ===

Most viewed edits

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Recent (total)

1. Ethiopian calendar (12,201)
2. Capital Region of Denmark (3,305)
3. List of political parties in Greece (3,208)

Of all time

Total

1. Scorched earth (88,498)
2. Ethiopian calendar (12,201)
3. Behavior-altering parasite (7,985)

Daily average

1. 2023 Nigerien Crisis (5,735)
2. Scorched earth (843)
3. Little Albert experiment (672)

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