User:DavidWBrooks
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I am a reporter and science columnist for the Telegraph of Nashua (New Hampshire), a small daily newspaper. I came to Wikipedia in January 2003, following a minor media storm when it hit 100,000 articles, and think it's fun, although I'm still uncertain how useful it is as a knowledge tool.
Articles I have started, or done considerable work on, include:
- Authors/literature:
- Gerald Durrell; "My Family and Other Animals"; Jersey Zoological Park
- P.G. Wodehouse; Bertie Wooster; Jeeves; Drones Club
- Arthur Ransome; Nevil Shute; A.A. Milne; Robert McCloskey; "Make Way for Ducklings"; "The Mysterious Affair at Styles"; "The Alexandria Quartet"; "The Phantom Tollbooth"; "Burmese Days"; "Why I Am Not a Christian"; "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich"; Leonard Wibberley, Grand Fenwick; Walter Mosley; Jean Kerr; "Pat the Bunny" (definitely literature);
- Comedy:
- W.C. Fields; Red Skelton; Fred Allen; Erma Bombeck; Bozo the Clown; Bert Lahr; Harvey Kurtzman (Mad magazine pioneer); Cartoon laws of physics
- Math:
- Journalism:
- various newspapers; Linotype machine; ETAOIN SHRDLU; Newsweek; Bob Woodward; Katharine Graham; AP Stylebook; AP; UPI; William S. Paley; Look magazine; Test Card F; copy editor; Tom Shales
- Games:
- Music:
- Labor/social issues/history:
- Autos:
- Sport:
- Space:
- Technical:
- Corporate:
- GEnie (the ISP); New England Telephone and Telegraph; Sabena; Timex; Rolex; BankBoston; Ferromex; Chihuahua al Pacifico railroad; Schlitz; Planters; Mr. Peanut; Dixie Cup; Sara Lee; Coppertone;
- Miscellany:
- 1906 San Francisco earthquake; bombardier beetle; Palmer Drought Index; Cardiff Giant; Amazing Stories; snipe hunt; Bible belt; ceiba; town meeting; umpteen; Iridology (oof, what a mess); cosmotheism (off, what a mess II); Inside the Beltway; Doughboy; Overseas School of Rome;
- maple syrup; pancake;
- stirrup; socket wrench;
- Jane Barbe ("time lady" voice); Geraldine Ferraro; Keir Dullea; Stamford Raffles; Captain Kangaroo; Walter Reed; Philip Zimbardo; Tom Mix; Ted Mack;
Geographic
- New Hampshire:
- various geographic material; Old Man of the Mountain; Live Free or Die; Meldrim Thomson, Jr.; Hugh Gregg; Gravity Research Foundation; America's Stonehenge; Eugene Mallove; Kancamagus Highway; Nashua Corporation
- New England:
- Virginia:
- various geographic material; Virginia Tech;
- Australia:
- Alice Springs; Pine Gap; camel train; thorn tree (Lonely Planet);
- Africa:
- Northern Rhodesia; Southern Rhodesia; Niger River; Tombouctou (now Timbuktu); Gambia River; Jonas Savimbi;
- Latin America:
Special characters
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