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The Middle Ages task force of the Military history WikiProject is looking for participants to help expand and improve content relating to military history during the Middle Ages.

I, HAJARS, hereby award you this barnstar which you deserve for your excellent work (so far) on the Joan of Arc article, improving the text while facing fierce opposition from two particular editors.

About Durova

My Wikipedia name is borrowed from Nadezhda Durova, the first female officer of the a Russian army. I'm very pleased to say that the new article about her got featured in "Did you know" on Wikipedia's main page. Many thanks to User:Ghirlandajo and User:Alex Bakharev.

Did you know?

...that Nadezhda Durova was a woman who became a decorated soldier in the Russian cavalry during the Napoleonic wars, started as a private in 1807 and retired with the rank of stabs-rotmistr in 1816?

...that the film I'm No Angel (1933) starred Mae West as a circus lion tamer? and that West did her own stunts including riding an elephant into the ring and putting her face between the lion's jaws?

...that a historic Water Village built on stilts above a river is home to ten percent of the population of the country of Brunei?

...that a nineteenth century utopian socialist community known as Kaweah Colony identified the world's largest tree now called the General Sherman tree, and named it after Karl Marx?

...that Dawn Steel was the first woman to head a major Hollywood film studio?

...that William Shakespeare was an avid gardener and that modern Shakespeare gardens cultivate dozens of plant species mentioned in his plays?

...that Isabelle Romée was the mother of Joan of Arc and petitioned the Pope before her daughter's conviction for heresy was overturned?

...the Siege of Compiègne was Joan of Arc's final military action?

... that the spangenhelm was the most popular war helmet in Europe and the Middle East during the early Middle Ages?

...that most knights of the Middle Ages wore chausses as leg protection?

Other points of pride

List of notable brain tumor patients has become a featured list.
Joan of Arc has become a featured article.
Cultural depictions of Joan of Arc has become a featured list.
Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Middle Ages task force has 10 members.

I hereby present you with the *Military history WikiProject Distinguished Service Award* for your significant contributions to Wikipedia's coverage of medieval warfare. —Kirill Lok s hin 03:48, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Editing style

For a list of my quirks and preferences see User:Durova/Wikidurova.

Good Wikilinks

Contributions

Articles created

I don't keep track of all the articles I've edited. When I create a new article I do my best to make it encyclopedic: I usually include several paragraphs of information, an image, and at least one external link.

Categories created

This editor is a **Journeyman**, and is entitled to display this **Journeyman Editor Badge**

Translations

Except where noted, these come from other language editions of Wikipedia:

Pierre Cauchon: replaced two line sub-stub with a good sized article (French)
Cultural depictions of Joan of Arc: created article, translated portions of the painting, sculpture, and film sections (French)
Spangenhelm: created article with substantial translated material (German)
Geoffrey Chaucer: added an excerpt from the "Summoner's Tale" with my own line translation (Middle English)
Joan of Arc: translated excerpts from Joan of Arc's letters. (French)

Abuse watch

User:Durova/Complex vandalism at Joan of Arc

Travels

These are the places I've seen.

United States
Canada
Mexico
Germany and East Germany (before reunification)
France
Bahamas, The
Guatemala
Panama
Japan
Singapore
Brunei
Thailand
Malaysia
Hong Kong, of the People's Republic of China
Philippines, The
Palau

States of the United States I've seen (39 down, 11 to go):


Alabama	Arizona	California	Colorado	Connecticut	Delaware	Florida	Georgia	Hawaii	Illinois
Indiana	Iowa	Kansas	Kentucky	Louisiana	Maine	Maryland	Massachusetts	Michigan	Minnesota
Missouri	Nebraska	Nevada	New Jersey	New Mexico	New York	North Carolina	Ohio	Oregon	Pennsylvania
Rhode Island	South Carolina	Tennessee	Texas	Utah	Vermont	Washington	West Virginia	Wisconsin

The Barnstar of Diligence

I, George Miller Award you the Barnstar of Diligence for your work tweaking and improving my article on the Photosynthetic reaction centre and for your fantastic encouragement which spurred me on to improve the article. Thank’s a lot!Miller 22:27, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar

I, Sotakeit Award you the Random Act of Kindness Barnstar for helping me with my struggle with the List of French Monarchs and encouraging me to carry on with it. :) Sotakeit 12:48, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

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