Marcus Cyron

I usually contribute to the German language Wikipedia (see my user page there), but occasionally I work here (I apologise that my English is not the best). On English wikipedia, I mostly work for "interwikification" purposes. I rarely try to write long texts (articles) here, because I'm not sure whether it wouldn't cause more work for someone else rewriting them than it would take me to contribute in the first place. Also, I have more than enough to do on de:WP. There, I'm very active as author and for years also as admin, having started more than 7,500 articles (including ca. 30 featured and good ones), mainly on topics to do with archaeology (ancient art, mostly depending ceramics), history (at the last times moytly history of classical scholarship) or sports (for a long time biathlon, skeleton, luge, other winter sports and soccer, but now Beach handball). My German edit count stands at more than 241,000, on Commons more than 703,000. I'm Admin on Commons since 2007. From November 2018 until May 2020 I was bylaw at the board of Wikimedia Deutschland.

My Contributions to all Wikimedia-Projects

my 10.000s edit on english language Wikipedia on March 10, 2016

started articles (20)

Some articles written by me, translated to en:WP by other Users: Neaira (hetaera) - Euphronios - Red figure pottery - Antikensammlung Berlin (wip) - Tomb of Aline - Fayum mummy portraits - Black-figure pottery - Pergamon Altar - Dionysus cup - Belly Amphora by the Andokides Painter (Munich 2301) - Berlin Foundry Cup - Brygos cup of Würzburg - Amphora of Hermonax in Würzburg - Euphorbos plate - Horses Amphora - Rider Amphora - Neck Amphora by Exekias (Berlin F 1720) - Oinochoe by the Shuvalov Painter (Berlin F2414)

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Me, myself & Wikipedia

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Dieser Benutzer spricht Deutsch als Muttersprache.

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This user can contribute with an intermediate level of English.

This user comes from Germany.

This user comes from Brandenburg.

This user has been on Wikipedia for 19 years, 7 months and 19 days.

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This Wikipedian joined Wikipedia on April 2, 2005 (19 years, 7 months, 2 weeks and 5 days ago).

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This editor is Supreme Gom, the Most Exalted Togneme of the Encyclopedia and is entitled to keep the floor plan of The Great Library of Alecyclopedias, including its cardboard carrying tube.

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Ich schreibe Beiträge für die deutschsprachige Wikipedia.

I support German language Wikipedia with my contributions.

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Edit, article & file counts

1,136,000+

This user has made over 1,136,000 contributions to Wikimedia projects.

13,985

This user has made 13,985 edits to the English language Wikipedia.

This user has created 7600 articles on Wikipedia.

This user has uploaded 93400 images (at last check) to Wikimedia Commons.

This user has made over 706450 edits to the Commons.

This user has made over 119,500 edits on Wikidata.

Participations

This user participated in Wikimania 2019 held in Stockholm, Sweden.

This user participated in Wikimania 2018 held in Cape Town, South Africa.

This user participated in Wikimania 2017 held in Montréal, Canada.

This user participated in Wikimania 2016 held in Esino Lario, Italy.

This user participated in Wikimania 2015 held in Mexico City, Mexico.

This user participated in Wikimania 2013 held in Hong Kong.

This user participated in Wikimania 2012 held in Washington, D.C., United States.

This user participated in Wikimania 2011 in Haifa, Israel.

the world and I

5	This user has set foot in 5 continents of the world.

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This user has visited 33 of the 205 countries in the world.

This user has visited 18 of the 27 EU Member States.

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This user has visited
15 of the 16
Bundesländer of Germany

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This user has visited 16 of the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia.

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This user has visited 2 of the 10 provinces and 3 territories of Canada.

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This user has visited 3 of the 31 States and the Distrito Federal.

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This user has visited 8 of the 20 regions (regioni) of Italy.

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This user has visited 5 of the 48 counties of England.

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A fact from Marcus Cyron appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 March 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that more is known about Neaira, a hetaera who lived during the 4th century BC in ancient Greece, than any other prostitute in classical antiquity?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/March.

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A fact from Marcus Cyron appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 1 December 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Euphronios (work pictured), Hermonax and the Providence Painter were Greek vase painters of the early 5th century BC specialised in Red-figure pottery and that the Belly Amphora by the Andokides Painter‎ is one of the earliest works in that style?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/December.

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A fact from Marcus Cyron appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 December 2007, and was viewed approximately 5,505 times (disclaimer) (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Aline was an ordinary woman who lived in 1st century AD Egypt, and whose name and portrait were preserved in her grave?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/December.

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A fact from Marcus Cyron appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 15 November 2009 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the style of Ancient Greek black-figure pottery had its origins in Corinth, Greece?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2009/November.

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