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About

• B.S. Physics 2006, if that counts for anything

Hobbies:

• Racquetball
• Hiking

Political compass:

• Economic Left/Right: -4.13
• Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -4.10

Contributions

• First started editing at 17:03, 1 Aug 2004.
• Articles created (1100 as of 2006/06)
  • Complete list of pages created on en
• Images uploaded (1100 as of 2006/03)
  • View the free images thumbnail gallery at Free images
• Video uploaded
• Audio uploaded

Featured articles

• Arrested Development – front page on December 5, 2005
• Norman Borlaug – front page on July 27, 2005
• Great Lakes Storm of 1913 – front page on February 27, 2005
• Battle of Hampton Roads – front page on January 26, 2005

Featured pictures

See also: Gallery

1. Warship diagram from 1728
2. Typography sample from 1728
3. 1927 Solvay Conference on Physics
4. Cloud motion on Jupiter
5. Lowering the flag on Zuikaku
6. Uncle Sam poster
7. Castle Neuschwanstein
8.  and  Clark's Track, Across the Western Portion of North America, published 1814.jpg">Lewis and  Clark expedition map
9. Nez Perce warrior on horse
10. Apache Wickiup
11. Fjords of Greenland
12. Low pressure area over Iceland
13. Madhist in Omdurman, Sudan
14. Glacial lakes in Bhutan
15. Barren Ground Caribou
16. Canyon De Chelly National Monument
17. Salvage ethnography (Hupa fisherman)
18. First Wright brothers flight
19. Bronc riding
20. Most likely the first photograph ever
21. Red-crested Pochard
22. The only known photo of Frédéric Chopin
23. A vitrification experiment
24. Radomes
25. Static jump
26. F-15 Eagle
27. Peacock mite on a tea stem
28. Adult citrus root weevil (Curculionidae)
29. Von Kármán vortex street
30. Snowflake magnification series; low-temperature scanning electron microscope
31. Magellanic penguin, near Punta Arena, Chile, its natural summer habitat
32. 2002 U.S. Lincoln cent, obverse,proof cameo
33. Lake effect snow on the Great Lakes
34. Fort Jefferson at the Dry Tortugas
35. Child laborer from 1910
36. Zuni girl with jar
37. Bison skull pile

Did you know...

Here are  facts that were used on DYK from articles I created or  expanded beyond stubs, ordered from oldest (top) to newest (bottom).

• ...that the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 was the deadliest natural disaster to hit the Great Lakes basin region, killing over 250 people?
• ...that the Italian scholar Girolamo Maggi wrote and  illustrated two detailed treatises, from memory, while chained in a dungeon in Istanbul?
• ...that Corinthian brass was a priceless metal alloy allegedly created as the city's hoard of precious metals melted together during the burning of Corinth in 146 BC?
• ...that Aristotle believed that a vital heat was produced in the heart, causing blood to boil and  expand outward into the arteries with each pulsation?
• ...that the Callippic cycle was a 76-year cycle used to align the lunar calendar with the solar year more  accurately than the famous Metonic cycle?
• ...that the Capitoline Games of Ancient Rome became so popular that the Romans counted periods of time by them, rather than their previous unit of lustrum?
• ...that camelot is  a woven fabric that might have  originally incorporated camel or  goat hair?
• ...that the highest distinction among the Caloyers, a Greek monastic order, involves spending one's entire life alone, confined in a cave on top of a mountain?
• ...that a carcass was a kind of artillery shell fired from a mortar or  cannon to burn down enemy defences?
• ...that a carmen was a spell or  incantation among the Ancient Romans, of which the oldest surviving examples are  the Carmen Arvale and  the Carmen Saliare?
• ...that the Caroline Books were a harsh argument against the Second Council of Nicaea in 787, commissioned by Charlemagne and  sent to Pope Adrian I?
• ...that casting is  the regurgitation of fur, feathers, and  other undigestible material by hawks, to clean and  empty their crops?
• ...that the catastrophe was the final resolution of Ancient Greek tragedies, in which one or  more main characters usually died?
• ...that a catoptric theatre (pictured) was an  ancient optical illusion in which a single elaborate scene appeared to be larger than the box that contained it?
  
• ...that the Magdeburg Centuries is  a 1300-year history of the Catholic Church, written particularly as a criticism of the papacy?
• ...that a catholicon was a purported universal remedy taken orally or  rectally?
• ...that a cento is  a poetic work composed entirely of verses taken from other authors?
• ...that the Grand Chartophylax was considered the right arm of the Patriarch of Constantinople?
• ...that the chrysargyron tax forced some Byzantine families to sell their children into slavery and  prostitution?
• ...that a circumferentor was an  important tool to surveyors for mapping the North American frontier?
• ...that cledonism was an  ancient form of divination by listening to the chance words of passers-by, an  example of which appears in the Odyssey?
• ...that a client was an  Ancient Roman who traded his vote for protection, in a similar way to the activities of modern organized crime?
• ...that climacteric years, occuring septennially, were considered critical and  dangerous moments in an  Ancient Greek's life?
• ...that Britain's regulations on bread sales, as originated from the  and  Ale">Assize of Bread and  Ale (1266), were enforced for six centuries?
• ...that the Christian sect of Collegiants was formed in 1619 to defy the Synod of Dort, which had forced Holland to dismiss liberal ministers?
• ...that the fruit of the colocynth is  such a violent laxative that it  was even used by pregnant women to induce abortion?
• ...that Epiphanius's most important work, the Panarion, is  ironically the only surviving source of information on several early Christian sects that he sought to eliminate with his writing?
• ...that the British Levant Company avoided a fatal mistake of other chartered companies by paying their consuls and  ambassadors a pension, so that they would not impose taxes on merchants for personal gain?
• ...that the French West India Company was so successful at recovering commerce from the Dutch in the West Indies, that the company became obsolete after only 9 years in operation?
• ...that Tarquin the Proud modified the Roman festival of Compitalia to include the sacrifice of children's heads, but upon his expulsion, Brutus substituted heads of garlic and  poppies instead?
• ...that Roman Emperor Trajan was heavily criticized for giving extravagant donations, called congiaria, to every citizen?
• ...that a Roman man once received the surname of "Tricongius" for his ability to drink three congii of wine (9.8 litres; 2.6 gallons) in one sitting in a feat that he once performed before Emperor Tiberius?
• ...that the Roman festival of hilaria, which allowed anyone to masquerade as any rank, was used in a plot to assassinate Emperor Commodus, by conspirators planning to disguise themselves as members of the Praetorian Guard?
• ...that at the Roman festival of Quinquatria in 59, Emperor Nero invited his mother Agrippina to his villa, as part of his plan to assassinate her?
• ...that the invention of the tone variator (pictured) in 1897 marked the advance beyond classical psychophysics, as it  allowed the study of the perception of continuous changes in stimuli?
  
• ...that the 1672 treatise Loimologia is  a rare first-hand account of the Great Plague of London, written by one of the few physicians to remain in the city during the plague?
• ...that Portugal's leading satirical poet of the 18th century, Nicolau Tolentino de Almeida, made the first literary reference to the "Brazilian modinha"?
• ...that Dutch polymath Theodoor Jansson compiled a list of authors who plagiarized expressions from other writers?
• ...that St. Nilus reportedly foretold to princess Aloara of Capua, for her part in the murder of her husband's nephew, that none of her offspring should reign in Capua—a prophecy that came true in 999?
• ...that Mexican scientist José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez (pictured) published work showing that the hallucinogenic effects of the pipiltzintzintli plant are  due to natural causes, not the work of the devil?
  
• ...that the sole surviving portion of the work of 4th-century musical writer Alypius is  the chief source of modern knowledge of Greek musical notation?

Current or  recent work

• Creating articles with content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, with {{1728}}
• Maintaing Template:Did you know.
• Creating articles with content from the John Aikin's General Biography (saved on my computer), with {{genbio}}, {{newgenbio}}
• Cleanup with bot0918

Funny 1728 entries

Here are  some odd, humorous, or  obsolete entries I've found while reading through the 1728 Cyclopaedia:

Algarot: ... This is  also called Emetic Pouder—It purges violently both upwards and  downwards.

Burning: in our antient Customs, was an  infectious Disease, got in the Stews, by conversing with leud Women.

Camus: a Person with a low, flat Nose, hollow'd or  sunk in the Middle ... The wife of the great Cinghis Kam (Genghis Khan), a celebrated Beauty, had only two Holes for a Nose.

Cells: in Anatomy, are  little Bags, or  Bladders, where Fluids or  other Matters are  lodg'd. [yes, that's it]

Clitoris: ... In many respects it  represents the Penis of a Man; whence some call it  the Woman's Yard.

Cloud:

The manner wherein Vapours are  rais'd into Clouds may be conceiv'd thus:

Fire, being of a light, agil Nature, easily breaks loose from Bodies wherein 'tis detain'd.

Now, by reason of the exceeding smallness of the Particles of Fire, their attractive Force must be exceeding great: hence, in their Ascent thro' fluid Bodies, part of the Fluid will cling around them, and  mount up together with them, in form of Vesicles of Water replete with Particles of Fire; which Vesicles are  what we call Vapour... etc.

Future contributions

Possible future work:

• Writing more  featured articles:
  • Monty Python
  • Aphex Twin
  • Bandelier National Monument
  • Robert Wadlow
  • Robert Ripley
  • Michael Powell (director)
  • Lon Chaney, Sr.
  • Infocom
  • Valle Grande
  • Intentionally blank page
  •  and  Death of Colonel Blimp">The Life and  Death of Colonel Blimp

Links

• kate's tools
• User talk:Brian0918/Sandbox
• Maintained articles

Awards and  recognition

• The Signpost did a story (02/2005) on my work bringing an  article from nothing to featured status in 2 weeks.
• Impostors so far: Brian09I8, BrianO918, Brain8190, Brain1890, Brain1980, Brain1809, Brian0918 on wheels!, Brian 0918, Brian0918 AKA Redwolf24 AKA Mickey, Brian0918 in a bikini

• This page has been vandalized seven times.

 and  tireless work, always high-quality, I award you this silly animated GIF. I mean, this beautiful barnstar! Ashibaka talk 21:33, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)"> and  tireless work, always high-quality, I award you this silly animated GIF. I mean, this beautiful barnstar! Ashibaka talk 21:33, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)" width="120" height="120" longdesc="../../../b/a/r/Image%7EBarnstar-rotating.gif_ff8b.html" />

For your constant and  tireless work, always high-quality, I award you this silly animated GIF. I mean, this beautiful barnstar! Ashibaka talk 21:33, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)

In recognition of your persistent dedication to the community on Wikipedia_talk:Barnstars_on_Wikipedia, I hereby award you with the The Barnstar of Diligence – ClockworkSoul 21:01, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC) (KC)

For all the wonderful images you've bnrought to featured status, I hereby award you The Photographer's Barnstar – ClockworkSoul 03:16, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC) (KC)

 and  your countless other great contributions, I award you this barnstar. -- the wub (talk) 09:16, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)"> and  your countless other great contributions, I award you this barnstar. -- the wub (talk) 09:16, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)" width="111" height="107" longdesc="../../../b/a/r/Image%7EBarnstar.png_75b1.html" />

For the huge improvements you made to Norman Borlaug where the AID failed, and  your countless other great contributions, I award you this barnstar. -- the wub (talk) 09:16, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

For having the most welcome welcome message a newcomer could wish to receive, I hereby award you this WikiCookie. Don't lose the great sense of humor! Sango123 23:16, August 19, 2005 (UTC)

 and  other people very kindly – Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar"> and  other people very kindly – Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar" width="111" height="107" longdesc="../../../r/a/o/Image%7ERaok_barnstar.png_e923.html" />

I, Thelb4, award you this Barnstar for welcoming me and  other people very kindly – Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar

I've been seeing your work around here, so I decided to give you a barnstar. Take care, Image:Smilie.gifMolotov (talk)
23:42, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

		An Award
		I award this award to Brian0918 for very fast and  efficient counter-vandalism Sceptre 23:04, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

I, Hall Monitor, award you this Barnstar of Reversion for your tireless contributions to Wikipedia. 19:03, 31 October 2005 (UTC)

Since you created the 800,000th article, History of Sudan (Transitional Military Council), I hereby award you this barnstar for your efforts. Titoxd^(?!?) 05:59, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

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I, Reflex Reaction award this barnstar to Brian0918 for his excellent work at WP:MEA developing new lists and  pruning those list

 and  I approved this message 05:40, 23 December 2005 (UTC)"> and  I approved this message 05:40, 23 December 2005 (UTC)" width="111" height="107" longdesc="../../../b/a/r/Image%7EBarnstar.png_75b1.html" />

For tirelessly defending the template {{maintained}}, which was the first good idea I've seen come down the Wikipedia pipe in a while that didn't get shot down. I'm No Parking and I approved this message 05:40, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

		The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
		For your help with the fair use rational and  other stuff Tawker 08:16, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

I award this Award to Brian0918 for their great efforts one the awards pages that promotes good cheer for alll wikipedians. --evrik 17:24, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Indigenous American Barnstar awarded for American Indian photographic contributions. --Aaron Walden 08:44, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

 and  keeping it  running. -- Blnguyen 06:01, 19 June 2006 (UTC)"> and  keeping it  running. -- Blnguyen 06:01, 19 June 2006 (UTC)" width="100" height="187" longdesc="../../../d/y/k/Image%7EDYK_medal.png_f822.html" />

In recognition of your meritorious service to DYK, both as a prolific article contributor and  keeping it  running. -- Blnguyen 06:01, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

		The Working Man's Barnstar
		For your continuing supervision of the DYKs, I, Piotrus, hearby award you with The Working Man's Barnstar. Wear it  proudly and  keep up the good job! Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 17:11, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

		The Resilient Barnstar
		I, Pecher, hereby award you this Resilient Barnstar for staunchly holding out against emotional attacks on Talk:Banu Nadir. 19:30, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		Brian, I see you everywhere on Wikipedia, and  you deserve this: The Tireless Contributor Barnstar! Viva La Vie Boheme 23:15, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

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