User:Anobium625

Constance Savery

I have spent most of my time recently cleaning up Constance Savery, one of whose books was important to me as a child. That was long ago, and I am now a complacent, though occasionally grumbling, old man. If I note an egregious error on a Wikipedia page, I will correct it, and I've been known to add citations to pages that need them. Anobium625 (talk) 15:54, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

Conflict of Interest Statement

I am not connected with Constance Savery except as a reader. Having written a 100,000-word scholarly biography of her life with over 800 references, principally to family correspondence, I quote that book in the Savery article. I understand that I can do this as an acknowledged authority on Constance Savery. Other candidates as Savery experts are Linda Long, who is responsible for the Savery papers at the University of Oregon; Ellen Ruffin, who is curator of the de Grummond Children's Collection at the University of Southern Mississippi, another repository of Savery material; Anne Manuel, librarian at Savery's alma mater, Somerville College; and Jeremy Hummerstone, Savery's literary heir. Any of these will acknowledge my competence regarding Savery. Anobium625 (talk) 17:24, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

Project Harvest Moon

After reading an interesting paragraph in the Teahouse, I decided to see what I can find about Project Harvest Moon (1970-72) with the idea of creating a very short article. The active discussion about this continues in the Teahouse. Anobium625 (talk) 01:24, 27 August 2018 (UTC) UPDATE: Article is now up on Wikipedia. I shall probably edit a bit more. Anobium625 (talk) 18:12, 28 August 2018 (UTC) : I have nominated Project Harvest Moon for the "Did You Know…" listing. I hope I crossed the t's and dotted the i's properly. Anobium625 (talk) 20:52, 29 August 2018 (UTC) Project Harvest Moon was a "Did you know…" page on October 8, 2018. I am grateful to other editors who assisted with my "hook". Anobium625 (talk) 01:52, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

Duane Thompson

Two days ago, I had never heard of Duane Thompson, but I happened on her Wiki page accidentally and found no citations there. Since I have Newspaper accounts, I thought I would do what I could to add citations and a few additional facts. When I get back from a long weekend, I'll add a few more. The article is now longer, so I may reorganize it with a lead paragraph and separate her profession career from her personal history. Anobium625 (talk) 16:45, 7 September 2018 (UTC)

Paris Air Show

It was pointed out to me that Paris Air Show has many missing years. Having access to newspaper accounts, I decided to add a few, beginning with 1967, the year that Charles de Gaulle opened the show. Anobium625 (talk) 00:22, 20 September 2018 (UTC) "A few" has turned into quite a few. Anobium625 (talk) 01:50, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

Aeris Naviter

The 2007 entry for the Paris Air Show mentions the Aeris Naviter AN-1 flying platform. To support this, I drafted a short article entitled Aeris Naviter. If this is accepted, Wikilinks to it will no longer be red. Anobium625 (talk) 18:39, 21 October 2018 (UTC). Aeris Naviter was rejected, and I concurred in its deletion. Anobium625 (talk) 18:15, 2 December 2018 (UTC)

Horseshoes

Noticing that the history section of Horseshoes was truncated, I decided to add facts and citations. Anobium625 (talk) 23:33, 20 September 2018 (UTC)

Miscellany

Brendan Ford

Noted a Brendan Ford stub and added some newspaper citations. Anobium625 (talk) 21:36, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

Paquita

Added citations to Paquita. Anobium625 (talk) 21:46, 27 October 2018 (UTC)

Explosives

I worked with explosives from about 1963 to 1967, so I'm looking for citations in that area, beginning with RDX. Anobium625 (talk) 20:54, 9 November 2018 (UTC)

Benjamin Franklin High School (Philadelphia)

The BFHS page needed expansion, so I did so. I will add a bit more about Walter E. Williams after I read Up from the Projects. Anobium625 (talk) 20:29, 23 December 2018 (UTC)

Christine Chaundler

I added some cited information to the Christine Chaundler page. Like most authors of school stories, she received little critical attention. Her short book of advice to would-be children's authors is full of useful information, informal, and amusing. Anobium625 (talk) 00:13, 1 January 2019 (UTC)