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What, what, what, what, what! - yes folks, it's classics geek extraordinaire!

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WikiLife

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I have accumulated 111,470 edits according to here.

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 This user has been a major contributor to more than 18 articles featured in the Did you know... section on the Main Page.
 This user has been awarded 6 Barnstars on Wikipedia.
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Awards

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WikiChevrons

I hereby present you with the Military history WikiProject Distinguished Service Award for your contributions to the Wikipedia and the Military history WikiProject, specifically to the Classical warfare task force. - Vedexent 21:42, 24 March 2006 (UTC)


 
Wikichevrons

For your massive improvements to Wikipedia's categorization of battles, I hereby bestow upon you the Military history WikiProject Distinguished Service Award. Kirill Lokshin 15:44, 5 October 2006 (UTC)


 
The Epic Barnstar

For your fine contributions to Medieval and Early history, I award you the Epic barnstarßlηguγΣη
  The Original Barnstar
Well done for your work on the Church of Christ the King Article LordHarris 23:26, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
  The Minor Barnstar
Minor contributions to Wikipedia can sometimes add up to quite a lot, which I think they have in your case. For that, I award you this "Minor Barnstar", Neddyseagoon. Keep up the great work! Ioeth (talk contribs friendly) 16:24, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
  The Rosetta Barnstar
Truly impressed by the amount of articles from other Wiki's initiated in the English project by you. This one was simply waiting for you. Well deserved. Arnoutf (talk) 23:42, 2 February 2008 (UTC)

Picture of the day

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Machado de Assis (1839–1908) was a Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright and short-story writer, widely regarded as the greatest writer of Brazilian literature. In 1897, he founded and became the first president of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. He was multilingual, having taught himself French, English, German and Greek later in life. Machado's work shaped the realist movement in Brazil and the birth of the Brazilian republic made Machado become more critical and an observer of the Brazilian society of his time. Generally considered to be Machado's greatest works are Dom Casmurro (1899), Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas, also translated as Epitaph of a Small Winner) and Quincas Borba (also known in English as Philosopher or Dog?). In 1893, he published "A Missa do Galo" ("Midnight Mass"), often considered to be the greatest short story in Brazilian literature. This photograph of Machado was taken by the Brazilian photographer Marc Ferrez in 1890.Photograph credit: Marc Ferrez; restored by Adam Cuerden

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