User:LinguistAtLarge

A quick shot of some radiant flowers which I took it on a bright summer's day in 2005

[edit] Hello World

Well, well, well. Since I first registered at Wikipedia last year, I thought it was about time to start my userpage here. So, Hello Wikipedia.

[edit] My Interests

I speak and write Spanish fluently; I enjoy studying many languages including German and a wee bit of French; Linguistics is one of my passions; I do some C++ programming in my spare time; Photography is one way I relax.

[edit] Some Interesting Articles

Hypostome, Body of water, Bridge-Building Brotherhood, Falkirk Wheel

[edit] The strangest happenings and most bizarre disasters ever

• Lake Peigneur
• Teton dam failure
• Buffalo Creek Flood
• Johnstown Flood
• St. Francis Dam
• Kelly Barnes Dam
• Mount Pelée
• more

[edit] Galleries

I'm going to start a gallery of the photos I've added to Wikipedia. A work in process. I'm also very interested in architecture and old European structures. Here's my compendium of Old World Architecture and Natural wonders.

Here's my Virtual tour of Oregon and my favorite pages on Wikipedia.

[edit] Reference Stuff

Main help section [1]

[edit] Editing

• Editor's Handbook category listing -
• Editing a page -
• Editing Cheatsheet -

[edit] Other

• Wikipedia:Transclusion
• Deleting an article

[edit] Important templates

{{otheruses1|SOME TEXT HERE}} produces:

This article is about SOME TEXT HERE. For other uses, see PAGENAME (disambiguation).

:''This article is about the 14th-century Azerbaijani poet and mystic. For the 17th-century Alevi poet, see [[Kul Nesimi]].'' produces:

This article is about the 14th-century Azerbaijani poet and mystic. For the 17th-century Alevi poet, see Kul Nesimi.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Db-copyvio

[edit] Template to welcome new users

This template is made from the common welcome message that many Wikipedians post to new user's talk pages. Feel free to use this template instead of copy/pasting the text. It can be found here: User:LinguistAtLarge/WelcomeToWP. You can use it like this:

==Welcome== 
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Which will produce this:

[edit] Me on other Wikis

Meta - Spanish - German - Simple English