User:Mx. Granger

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Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel avanzado de español.

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Ĉi tiu uzanto povas komuniki per meza nivelo de Esperanto.

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This user can communicate at a basic level in American Sign Language.

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Aquest usuari pot contribuir amb un nivell bàsic de català.

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Dieser Benutzer hat grundlegende Deutschkenntnisse.

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Hic usor simplici latinitate contribuere potest.

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Mind
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This editor wants to close Wikipedia's gender gap.

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WikiProject Countering systemic bias.

Photo program

I've written a Python program designed to find Wikipedia articles that need photos near a given location. If you're interested, you can find it at User:Mx. Granger/Photo program.

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	The Copyeditor's Barnstar
	Thanks as always for helping clean up my quick work! Thebrycepeake (talk) 03:21, 26 July 2014 (UTC)

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Hi thanks for removing the derogatory remark on Dr K Loganathan's page. Machupichu5678 (talk) 05:30, 6 November 2014 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	Great work! Terose92 (talk) 23:52, 6 November 2014 (UTC)

	The Editor's Barnstar
	For not being fooled by a fake reference and removing a hoax at Henry David Thoreau. See this article if you haven't already: https://medium.com/message/how-to-lie-with-wikipedia-129b92e55ac Gamaliel (talk) 18:02, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar

I just read this article (from 2015) about a probably fake statement (involving Henry David Thoreau and neckbeards) making the rounds on the internet. Fortunately, as mentioned in that article, you had already spotted and removed it from the Wikipedia article the year before, after diligently checking the sources. Thanks for defending Wikipedia's reliability! HaeB (talk) 05:15, 22 February 2016 (UTC)

	The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar
	Thanks for all your hard work maintaining the site. (Particularly against the enthusiastic Tims!) Greg (talk) 09:30, 7 April 2017 (UTC)

	The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar
	Thank you for cleaning up the MOS:SELFREF issues in the lead sentences of all those coronavirus articles! Bait30 ^{Talk 2 me pls?} 23:12, 25 March 2020 (UTC)

gnomish help to Chinese

Thank you for quality articles around Chinese culture and its people, such as Zhu Min (Russian language professor), The Sacrifice (2020 film) and Afong Moy, for presenting women especially, for gnomish help to Chinese names, photographs, categories and much more, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

		The 25 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal
		Mx. Granger, thank you for your contributions to DYK! Keep up the great work, and I look forward to seeing more of your DYKs! I added you to the list here too. Upjav (talk) 19:03, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

		COVID-19 Barnstar
		For your good work at Chinese government response to COVID-19. Thank you for being a helpful editor to collaborate with!

––FormalDude

^talk 08:48, 28 December 2021 (UTC)

		COVID-19 Barnstar
		Awarded for efforts in expanding and verifying articles related to COVID-19. Awarded by Cdjp1 (talk) 8 March 2022 (UTC)

		The Helping Hand Barnstar
		I see that the first of the AFD's I recently created has been closed as Keep. I'd like to award you with this barnstar as a gesture of my appreciation for your substantial participation in the AFD's. These were the first AFDs I started, and discussing them with you was certainly an educational experience. I especially appreciate that you took the time to respond to me in detail, as I was a new user, when you could have just as easily dismissed my opinion. 33ABGirl (talk) 14:56, 13 June 2023 (UTC)

		The Chinese Barnstar
		Thank you so much for your work on China and Chinese-related articles, it's an inspiration to me.

Remsense诉 15:22, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

	The Barnstar of Diligence
	I'm not in need of any Wikipedia mentorship; however, I wanted to express my appreciation for your mentorship of others! joeyquism (talk) 17:05, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

Did you know...

... that Abudureheman Abulikemu was the first boxer from Xinjiang to compete at the Olympics?
... that Arora Akanksha, the first millennial candidate for Secretary-General of the United Nations, believes the organisation is wasteful?
... that as part of Bahrainization, the Bahraini government prohibited foreigners from driving taxis?
... that when Big Red Envelope was released, nearly half of its audience came from fourth-tier Chinese cities?
... that a three-minute segment of Boonie Bears: The Wild Life took an average of 20 hours per frame to render?
... that the 2020 crime film Caught in Time is based on the real-life robber and serial killer Zhang Jun?
... that Chicecream's ice cream flavours include aged cheese and bird's nests?
... that a condor is a stretched butterfly?
... that the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation has argued that octopuses should be considered sentient?
... that the dual circulation policy calls for China to prioritize domestic consumption while remaining open to international trade?
... that two versions of Embrace Again were released, one in Standard Mandarin and another in the Wuhan dialect?
... that counterterrorism expert Esperanza Casteleiro used to work in human resources?
... that Fan Hongwei and her husband turned a failing textile factory into the largest fiber producer in China?
... that according to Viktor Kožený's lawyer, Fox Hill Prison in the Bahamas is known for "breaking even the toughest of men"?
... that the heads of the world's largest producer of pure lithium grew up in poverty?
... that Jia Ling's directorial debut film Hi, Mom has made her the highest-grossing female director in Chinese box-office history?

Impossible Whopper

... that Burger King was taken to court over the Impossible Whopper (example pictured)?
... that Izkia Siches, who was re-elected as president of the Chilean Medical College in 2020, has ruled out running for President of Chile in 2021?
... that jelly rolls are sensitive to interest rates?
... that billionaire Julia Koch once worked as a fashion designer's assistant and did fittings for Nancy Reagan?
... that Kangmei Pharmaceutical's financial fraud was initially described as an "accounting error"?
... that long ladders have unlimited risk?
... that Lisa Nishimura started out in the music industry before producing Netflix documentaries including Chef's Table and Making a Murderer?
... that May 4 is celebrated both as Literary Day and as Youth Day in honor of the May Fourth Movement?

Lixia rice dogs

... that Lixia traditions include weighing people, brewing seven-family tea, and making rice dogs (examples pictured)?
... that of the ten Taiwanese delegates at the 2017 National Congress of the Communist Party of China, only one, Lu Li'an, was born in Taiwan?
... that although Mayu Island has an area of less than one square kilometer (0.4 sq mi), it has two different temples honoring the same goddess?
... that Nanjing Massacre Memorial Day has a memorial tripod?
... that prices can be negative?
... that Zheng Kai first lost weight and then gained 20 kilograms (44 lb) for his role in Never Stop?
... that the cyberpunk setting of New Gods: Nezha Reborn is based on a mixture of 1920s–1930s Manhattan and Republic of China–era Shanghai?
... that the director of Only Fools Rush In said motorcycles are harder to film than cars?
... that the world's richest farmer, Qin Yinglin, started out with just 22 pigs?

Shimao Cross-Strait Plaza

... that the towers of Shimao Cross-Strait Plaza (pictured) are inspired by sails and bougainvilleas?
... that Sister has sparked discussion about gender roles in China?
... that some TikTokers make videos about whether to smash or pass Disney characters?
... that "Spotlight", the best-selling digital single in Chinese music history, saw its Douban rating drop from 10.0 to 3.2 less than two days after its release?
... that the Temporary Protection Directive went unused until the Ukrainian refugee crisis?
... that The Battle at Lake Changjin II uses frostbite makeup and fake snow made from white sand?
... that The Scout Mindset, a book about being able to change one's mind, took five years to be published partly because author Julia Galef changed her mind about what to write?
... that according to legend, the Third Month Fair was originally held on the Moon?
... that Chang Chen lost 12 kilograms (26 lb) for his role in The Soul?
... that Sylvia Plath criticized her own award-winning poem for its "old crystal-brittle and sugar-faceted voice"?
... that the lobby of Wenzhou Museum includes Kuafu chasing the sun and Chang'e flying to the moon?
... that in ancient China, Xiazhi was the day to sprinkle chrysanthemum ashes on wheat plants?
... that the world's richest self-made woman, Zhong Huijuan, started out as a middle-school chemistry teacher?
... that while held in a concentration camp, Zhu Min sabotaged Nazi cartridge boxes by spitting into them?

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