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Ahoerstemeier

Joined 26 January 2003
Please use my talk page to leave me a message, for private talk you can also email me.
deDieser Benutzer spricht Deutsch als Muttersprache.
en-3This user can contribute with an advanced level of English.
th-1ผู้ใช้คนนี้สามารถใช้ภาษาไทย ได้ในระดับพื้นฐาน.
This user comes from Germany.
This user is associated with Thailand.

I am a German originally from Hemer but now living in Aachen. I have a diploma in physics, but now I work as a programmer, mostly using the Delphi programming language.

However most of my editing is now around Thailand topics (Thailand topics [1]). I started the WikiProject Thai provinces, thus most of the Provinces of Thailand are at least partially edited by myself. Right now the districts of Thailand (Amphoe changes) are my main field of contributions. I have now also created a blog at http://tambon.blogspot.com, dealing with my work on all the administrative subdivisions, especially about the things which I cannot put into an article yet.

I am showing all signs of a serious case of Wikipediholism. I guess most of my edits are small edits such as fixing interwiki links, spelling mistakes, cleaning up editing experiments or vandalism. Since I joined in January 2003 [2] I have reached 100,000 edits on January 14 2008.

Contributions

As part of the WikiProject German districts I created about half of the articles on German districts, but the most important articles are about districts and cities around my old and new home:

Incomplete list of other topics I started or made significant contributions, or am otherwise proud of

To do

From Wikipedia:2004_Encyclopedia_topics: Rafflesiales - Phra Nakhon - Trailok - Darwin's Frog
From List of Asia-related topics: Manhattan Incident (maybe a disambig page first) - Phra Pathom Chedi - Student Uprising of 1973 (Thailand) - Chit Phumisak
Amphoe maps which need fixing Uttaradit (southern boundary between Ban Khok and Fak Tha), Chiang Rai (eastern boundary between Doi Luang and Chiang Saen), Khon Kaen (creation of Wiang Kao), Satun (parts of Palian assigned to Thung Wa), Lopburi (several changes, need verification)
Category:Amphoe without coordinates

Barnstars

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    The Wikimedal for Janitorial Services (from Topbanana)
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    I hereby award you the RickK Anti-Vandalism Barnstar for your heroic efforts in repairing and repelling the Willy on Wheels vandal — Bratschetalk 5 pillars (KC)
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    The Barnstar of Diligence
    For the hard work and boldness in clearing all those uses of [[Image:Example.jpg]] off of a seemingly endless series of pages, I award you this well-earned barnstar. Calton | Talk 13:06, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
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    The Working Man's Barnstar
    You are awarded this barnstar in recognition of your prompt and diligent work in removing spurious links to Isle of Wight related articles. Thanks! Naturenet | Talk 16:34, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
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    The Original Barnstar
    For your many months of service to Wikipedia, I, Jose77, hereby award you this barnstar. --Joseph, 06:26, 16 กันยายน 2007 (ICT)
    Awarded on Thai wikipedia
  The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
Wonderful work.The4532 (talk) 17:12, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
  The Special Barnstar
YOU ARE SPECIAL!The4532 (talk) 17:12, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

How I got mentioned in the New York Times

Tired by the persistent vandalism of the George W. Bush article prior to election day, especially the sneaking in of "Vote Kerry" messages into the protected article, I wrote on the talk page: And hopefully once the elections are over this article won't be the prime vandalism _target anymore. [3] I had no hidden meaning of that sentence in mind when I wrote it. This was apparently noticed by a New York Times editor, who then quoted me in a squib on weasel talking: about foreign admins: "One administrator, a German computer programmer, wrote.. [4] [5] (authorization required). Honestly, I didn't intend that sentence to say Hopefully after the election John Kerry will be the prime vandalism _target - but it fits with my opinion that he would have been the better choice. How could the NY times guy guess that a German would be no fan of GWB? :)


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