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Gidonb is an information scientist and a polyglot. He is a Wikipedian since 2003. He was a lead actor in a film, has published, has been interviewed in the media, and has recorded. When he thinks of someone who is not notable, he thinks of himself.
- Countries and territories lived in / visited:
- States and autonomous regions lived in / visited:
- Airport visits only:
- "Next visits", by continent:
All visits are recorded based on the current entities and boundaries, even if I had visited a location before any changes occurred. The "next visits" are not a bucket list or a planned travel itinerary but rather my best estimate of where I might end up first if I were to visit an unvisited country on each continent. This approach is a forward-looking way of completing the list. I then compare these predictions with actual travel, which often takes me back to countries and regions I've visited before. Still, the UAE was on the list, and I eventually traveled there. Since then, I’ve conservatively replaced it with Qatar as the "next next."
Awards and honors
[edit]Lifetime awards
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The Erasmus Star
On January 15, 2015, the Wikipedia community was collectively awarded the 2015 Erasmus Prize for promoting "the dissemination of knowledge through a comprehensive and universally accessible encyclopaedia." -
PumpkinSky Prize: Precious, balance
Thank you, Gidon, open for many languages, for quality articles on a wide spectrum of topics, such as International Society for Contemporary Music, Moroccan Wall and Dora van der Meiden-Coolsma, -
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for the correct Netherlands, for dispute resolution, consensus building and "creating a first or better balance in many articles", - you are an awesome Wikipedian! Gerda Arendt (talk) 19:50, 2 August 2015
Barnstars
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I, Ramallite, hereby award you this Barnstar for your efforts at revamping Jerusalem. (KC) 20:50, 17 February 2006
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Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar
For your service and dedication to helping Wikipedia grow and improve. Your work on the Hitler page is most notable. Keep up the good work! Sharkface217 01:48, 31 October 2006 -
The Rescue Barnstar
I, Eco Lee Tage, award User:Gidonb with this star for saving Farris (mineral water) from deletion. Ecoleetage (talk) 00:14, 24 May 2008 -
A barnstar for a very special editor
The Editor's Barnstar
for your help breaking a new user into Wikipedia. Katrinpark (talk) 16:06, 18 February 2014 -
A barnstar for you!
The Editor's Barnstar
For creating wonderful articles on notable works of architecture and design E.M.Gregory (talk) 10:39, 29 May 2018 (UTC) -
The Teamwork Barnstar
Awarded to all editors who contributed to creating such a fine article on the Notre-Dame de Paris fire so quickly. Well done! Mjroots (talk) 05:21, 16 April 2019 -
A barnstar for you!
The Citation Barnstar
Your work on Daniella van Graas was exceptional. Over and above the norm. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:39, 1 May 2019 (UTC) -
The Civility Barnstar
You were right and polite. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 18:05, 1 April 2021 (UTC) -
Mediator in AFD
The Mediator Barnstar
Correct and timely message in the AFD discussion that had the potential to escalate. Thanks! And well done. NiklausGerard (talk) 05:31, 12 April 2022 (UTC) -
A barnstar for you!
The Original Barnstar
For your work on Jeonathan Prato. Bearian (talk) 14:27, 29 November 2022 (UTC)
Kittens, pastries, and drinks
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A Dobos torte for you! 7&6=thirteen (☎) has given you a Dobos torte to enjoy! Seven layers of fun because you deserve it. 11:11, 27 April 2019 (UTC)
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A kopstoot for you
Here is a kopstoot for all the drama in your history. I couldn't find any Jenever on commons, so you have to mix it with a whiskey. I assume the effect will be similar. KittenKlub (talk) 16:01, 25 May 2021 (UTC) -
Thanks for the barnstar
Hello @Gidonb, thank you so much for the barnstar. Here's a plate full of cookies for you! UMStellify (talk) 18:28, 23 December 2022 (UTC) -
Aqua Security
@Gidonb have some kanafeh for your keeping off the page. [I]t should be removed anyway. Allah bless you, son. 2603:7080:B07:D22C:B548:29E9:7783:9071 (talk) 11:30, 4 September 2024
Honors in the 2000s
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Moroccan Western Sahara Wall
Created 2004-4-27
300 daily views
WikiProject Africa
B-Class
WikiProject Morocco
C-Class, Mid-importance
WP Western Sahara
High-importance
Used in: Kaushik (2017-3-23). "Moroccan Wall: The Longest Minefield in The World". Amusing Planet. -
Sahrawis
Created 2004-4-28
200 daily views
WikiProject Algeria
Mid-importance
WikiProject Ethnic groups
High-importance
WikiProject Mauritania
Top-importance
WikiProject Morocco
Top-importance
WP Western Sahara
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Sbarro suicide bombing
Created 2004-12-16
100 daily views
WikiProject Israel
B-class, High-importance
On this day was updated on 2013-8-9 with a fact from the article. The fact was that fifteen people were killed and 130 others were wounded when a suicide bomber detonated his bomb at a Sbarro pizza restaurant in Jerusalem. -
Germany
17,000 daily views
From 12/2004 to 2006 I fought for and achieved the permanent inclusion of The Holocaust. Shockingly, it was systematically removed as "POV pushing", including by sockpuppets.
WikiProject Germany
FA-class, Top-importance
Version 1.0 / Vital
FA-class, Top-importance -
Wikiproject Israel
Mid-importance
Dan Shomron
Created 2005-5-22
Moshe Levi
Created 2005-5-22
Paz Oil Company
Created 2006-4-22
Ramat Aviv
Written 2005-2017
Ramat Aviv Gimel
Recreated 2017 -
Status of Jerusalem
Created 2006-2-10
1000 daily views
WikiProject Israel
C-class, High-importance
WikiProject Palestine
Mid-importance
Used in: Omer Benjakob (7 December 2017). "Two-Page Solution? After Trump Move, Jerusalem Battle Now Plays Out on Wikipedia". Haaretz. -
Indonesian Wikipedia
Hey Gidonb thank you! I have put this additional information in the Indonesian Wikipedia! Meursault2004 12:40, 5 April 2006 (UTC)
Thank you very much for your attention and help in correcting the spelling in the Indonesian article! Meursault2004 15:51, 10 April 2006 (UTC) -
In July 2014, The future of the past: A case study on the representation of the Holocaust on Wikipedia, Master Thesis of Rudolf den Hartogh at Erasmus University Rotterdam put me at a shared 10th place in contributions to The Holocaust article on nl.wiki. I had quit that Wikipedia as early as 2007.
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Israel Festival
Created 2007-7-3
10 daily views
WikiProject Israel
Mid-importance
Used in: "Muzikaal toerisme [תיירות מוסיקלית בירשאל]", Aleh volume 72, number 4, September 2014, pages 36–37. -
Wikiproject Ethiopia
Mid-importance
Abomsa
Created 2007-7-20
Addis Zemen
Created 2007-7-23
Adet
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WP Children's literature
Mid-importance
Robbie Branscum
Created 2007-10-8
Mercer Mayer
Improved 2006–2009
Mercer Mayer bibliography
Improved 2007–2015
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Helen Markley Miller
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Parachute Express
Created 2008-9-25
30 daily views
The current state of the article is infin[i]tely better, explaining exactly why Parachute Express are a significant band, with references to back it up. Great work! --Stormie (talk) 00:19, 26 September 2008 -
Two articles I wrote, Rutherford University and International Parliament for Safety and Peace, contributed with the List of unaccredited institutions of higher education to the Assabah Al-Jadaeed (New Sabah) newspaper article "The Diploma Mafias - with a list of diploma factories worldwide", published in Baghdad, 14 February 2008, sourced from WP
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On 28 of October 2015 Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Louis Fles that I created on 2008-04-23 and VaDawn expanded. The fact was that in 1933, accountant and furniture importer Louis Fles wrote an anti-Nazi radio address that was so strident, it was banned by the Dutch government.
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On 2019-12-14, Kathleen Phalen-Tomaselli included the Jean Rikhoff article that I created on 2009-09-29 in her article The late Jean Rikhoff, one of the last grand dames, published in The Post-Star
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Mark Graham and Bernie Hogan, of the University of Oxford, in their paper Uneven Openness: Barriers to MENA Representation on Wikipedia of April 29, 2014 analyzed my contributions and those of all others to Middle East-North Africa articles. These contributions were largely in the 2000s.
Honors in the 2010s
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Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Same-sex marriage under United States tribal jurisdictions, which you created. Materialscientist (talk) 12:00, 9 January 2010 (UTC) The fact was that same-sex marriage has been allowed in the Coquille Tribe of Oregon despite the state's defense of marriage amendment
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On 28 October 2012, I created the Air Estates Airport article that received a B-class status from WikiProject Aviation.
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Roads saved in the 2010s and 2020s
Beverley Street (2023)
Chaoyangmen Outer Street (2018)
Ibn Gabirol Street (2020)
Weena (Rotterdam) (2020) -
A columnist from Alblasserdam translated 'my' Simon Berman article to Dutch, copied all its sources, and added some images and sections from linked articles on nl.wiki to create an 8/2014 column at alblasserdam.net that is chapter 17 in his first book, published 12/2014 at Brave New Books, Amsterdam. Sourced from Wikipedia.
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Zwart-Wit '28
Created 2016-12-28
AfD result: speedy keep
This is a well written article with references from reputable sources, they have played in the third tier and have a rich history in Dutch football. [...] I think this article should stay. Regards, Subzzee (talk) 14:49, 2 January 2017 -
Evelyn Young
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Found this article in 2017 as an AfDd stub with 2 web sources. Removed sources, expanded article, added 22 references.
AfD result: keep
Wikiproject Biography
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DYK for Line the Label
On 2 January 2018, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Line the Label, which you brought to good article status. The fact was ... that so many people wanted a Line the Label jacket that the company's server crashed? Alex Shih (talk) 00:03, 2 January 2018 -
Jack van den Berg
Created 2016-11-26
WikiProject Biography
C-Class
WikiProject Football
C-Class
WikiProject Netherlands
C-Class
WikiProject Sports
C-Class
Nominated for deletion
Result was keep -
WikiProject Kentucky
After an indiscriminate deletion effort, I rescued the following articles:
John Means keep
Thomas Means keep
Tera Wray keep
Edgar Hager
no consensus
W. W. Patterson
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Edgar Hager
Wikiproject Biography
C-Class
WikiProject History
C-Class
Wikiproject Law
C-Class
WikiProject United States
C-Class
I like the improvements you've made on it, @Gidonb:, great job! Schazjmd 27 April 2019 -
John Means
Wikiproject Biography
C-Class
WikiProject Business
C-Class
WikiProject History
C-Class
Wikiproject Law
C-Class
WikiProject United States
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DYK for Daniella van Graas
On 18 June 2019, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Daniella van Graas, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 18 June 2019 (UTC)
20 daily views
Honors in 2020–24
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Omroep Zeeland
"Keep per WP:HEY. The article has been significantly improved by Gidonb since the nomination. If some of the 25 sources now cited in the article are independent and reliable, then GNG is met." Toughpigs 08:01, 25 February 2020 (UTC)
"The result was keep." buidhe 23:45, 28 February 2020 (UTC) -
Marijn Backer
"Significant effort expended and good sourcing changes made to the article. I would ask the other reviewers on this thread to revisit for another evaluation." Concertmusic 19:54, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
"After article improvement, consensus is keep." Onel5969 23:57, 14 December 2020 -
Chris Arlman
"At the time of the nomination the article was in a terrible state but Gidonb has done an excellent job here on not only greatly improving the article but creating a decent enough article which shows more than enough sources to press GNG." Govvy 13:38, 11 January 2021
"The result was keep." The Aafī (talk) 17 January 2021 -
Jan Geersing
"Keep Meets WP:GNG, multiple secondary sources about the person." SportsOlympic (talk) 18:01, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
"Keep. Per Gidonb's improvements of the article." KittenKlub (talk) 07:20, 11 April 2021 (UTC) "The result was keep." Aseleste (t, e | c, l) 06:26, 17 April 2021 (UTC) -
Albert Levy Themans
"Keep the original two-sentence stub inspired no confidence int he subject's notability. However gidonb did a spectacular job on bringing the article to its current state. There is no question now that the sourcing supports GNG." Possibly 18 April 2021
"The result was keep." Eddie891 19 April 2021 -
Mordechai Geldman
An article that I wrote on Mordechai Geldman was featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the In the news section on 12 October 2021, upon the death of the author. -
American football in the Netherlands
"Keep per the sources on Delpher found by Gidonb and FOARP above" Mujinga, 12 January 2022
"The result was keep. Good work by gidonb and FOARP for finding new references and for gidonb for adding them to the article." Mojo Hand 17:54, 24 January 2022 -
Israeli people
saved in 2022:
Israel Maimon
"Keep I agree with Gidonb, also sufficient citations were provided by Gidonb." Brian O'Conner 07:03, 26 March 2022
Itzchak Tarkay
Yohai Aharoni
Erez Tal
Jeonathan Prato
Moshe Goldberg
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Sports people and editions saved in 2022-24
2022–23 Liga Leumit
1971 Amstel Gold Race
Jeffrey Buis
"Keep Due to the sources mentioned by Gidonb." MrsSnoozyTurtle 10:13,
7 February 2023
Jerrel Wolfgang
Jeroen van Wetten
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Yoel Drubin
"Thank you so much!!!" Kazamzam, 8 Jan 2023
"The result was keep. Article has improved since nomination." ASTIG️🎉 15:30, 12 Jan 2023
"Thank you so much for all your work on Yoel Drubin - references and a photograph, amazing!" Kazamzam, 12 Jan 2023 -
Ships saved in 2023
Clydesdale (1819) keep
Constantia (1822) merge
"Merge per gidonb, allowing restoration and expansion if someone finds more to add." Doncram 1 Feb 2023
Louisa (1798) keep
Gratitude
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TRFA/ Haham hanuka
Hi Gidonb. Thank you for alerting me to TRFA/ Haham hanuka and his disturbing activities. I will remain alert and I salute you for your vigilence. Dogru144 13:35, 28 October 2007 -
Integrative Intelligence
@Gidonb: Thank you for your in-depth reply. This is by far the best argument for deletion here and I thank you for the research you made for it. Fixuture (talk) 16:13, 11 June 2017 -
Thank you
for starting a page on Elsie Ames – it's long overdue!! Therealfyuzhe (talk) 19:15, 23 October 2017 (UTC)