User:Codrinb

Home Talk Guestbook Awards Contributions Userboxes Wikipedia snapshot This user has been on Wikipedia for 17 years, 7 months and 26 days. 17,830+This user has made more than 17,830 contributions to the English Wikipedia. 41,049+This user has made over 41,049 contributions to Wikimedia projects. This editor is a Veteran Editor III and is entitled to display this Silver Editor Star. This user has written or expanded 4 articles featured in the Did You Know section on the Main Page. This user supports the migration of free images to the Commons. This user is part of the Welcoming Committee. This user is a member of the Counter-Vandalism Unit. This user is a member of the Subtle Vandalism Taskforce. This user has AWB rights. (verify) inclThis user is an inclusionist. incrThis editor is an incrementalist. Wikipedia Eu contribui la Wikipedia în română. I support Romanian language Wikipedia with my contributions. About me — Wikipedian ♂ — Born April 22, 1976  Cluj-Napoca,  Cluj County, Romania Nationality Romanian, American Country Switzerland Current location  Basel,  Basel-Stadt, Switzerland Languages Romanian, English, German, French, Italian Ethnicity Romanian Education and employment High school Tiberiu Popoviciu High School of Computer Science University Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, TU Wien Interests History, Archaeology, Astronomy Contact info LinkedIn codrin Account statistics Joined August 12, 2007 First edit August 12, 2007 NameThis user's name is Codrin. This user is a proud native citizen of Romania. This Wikipedian is proud to be a Romanian. This user is Transylvanian. Acest utilizator e Ardelean. Ez a felhasználó Erdélyi. This user is a citizen of the European Union. This user is a citizen of the United States of America. This user lives in or comes from Boston. Codrinb has an academic degree — specialist degree. 35This user is 35 years old. This user is male. This user is a Taurus. roAcest utilizator este un vorbitor nativ al limbii române. en-4This user can contribute with a near-native level of English. fr-2Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau intermédiaire en français. de-2Dieser Benutzer hat fortgeschrittene Deutschkenntnisse. it-1Questo utente può contribuire con un livello semplice di italiano. es-1Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel básico de español. pt-1Este usuário/utilizador pode contribuir com um nível básico de português. ca-1Aquest usuari pot contribuir amb un nivell bàsic de català. an-1Iste usuario puede contrebuyir con un ran alazetal d'aragonés. rup-1Utilizatorlu-aistu poate s-da contributsie di nivel di baza pi limba armãneascã. gsw-1Dä Benutzer redet es bizzeli Schwizerdütsch. la-1Hic usor simplici latinitate contribuere potest. Grek-4 ΩThis user has a near-complete understanding of the Greek alphabet. Cyrl-3 ДThis user has an advanced understanding of the Cyrillic script. This user is a translator and proofreader from Romanian to English on Wikipedia:Translation. Interests This user is interested in ancient civilizations. This user is very interested in Ancient Dacia This user is interested in ancient Rome. This user is interested in the military history of ancient Rome. This user is interested in Ancient Greece This user is interested in the ancient Celts. This user is interested in Ancient warfare. This user is interested in the history of the Balkans. This user is interested in the history of Europe. This user is interested in maps. This user is a FCSB fan! Beliefs This user believes that Decebalus was the greatest king that Romania ever had. This user supports the reunification of Romania and Moldova. Projects This user participates in WikiProject Archaeology. This user participates in WikiProject Celts. This user participates in WikiProject Classical Greece and Rome. This user is a member of the Counter-Vandalism Unit. This user participated in WikiProject Dacia This user participates in WikiProject Film. This user participates in the Romanian cinema task force. This user is a member of WikiProject European history. This user is a member of WikiProject Historic Sites. This user participates in WikiProject History. This user participates in WikiProject Languages. This user participates in WikiProject Linguistics. This user is a member of the Etymology Task Force. This user is a member of WikiProject Military history. This user is a member of the Balkan military history task force of WikiProject Military history. This user is a member of the Classical warfare task force of WikiProject Military history. This user participates in WikiProject Moldova. This user is a member of the Museums WikiProject - You can help! This user participates in WikiProject Numismatics. This user participates in WikiProject Romania. This user is a member of the Subtle Vandalism Taskforce. This user participates in WikiProject Switzerland. This user is part of the Welcoming Committee. This user is a participant of the Wiki Loves Monuments 2011 WikiProject. This user participates in WikiProject Writing systems. Never feed the trolls. About me A Romanian born in Cluj-Napoca, who spent a long time in Boston and currently living in Basel I love history and archaeology, especially related to Dacians and Romans, the founding nations of Romania Other interests include space exploration and astronomy Created WikiProject Dacia, WikiProiectul Dacia (in Romanian) and Commons:WikiProject Dacia to better organize the content related to ancient Dacia Maintaining WikiProject Romania and created Commons:WikiProject Romania I despise deletionists and people who spend their time, energy and effort to delete and destroy others work (often without any attempt to communicate), instead of creating and collaborating. They are usually the same people who attempt to force their views down the throats of others. Striving to keep neutrality in my work and judgment, and above all an open mind. Current projects I am a member of many projects, but currently focusing most of my efforts on: WikiProject Dacia - aimed to better organize and improve the quality and accuracy of the articles related to Dacia and Dacians. We need help expanding and reviewing many articles, and we also need more images. Feel free to join! WikiProject Romania - aimed to better organize and improve the quality and accuracy of the articles related to Romania. Maybe you are interested In the works  Working : Timeline of Ancient Romania  • List of Romanian historical films  Working on Commons : National Museum of the Union  • Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli  • Danubius Pannonico-Mysicus  • Commons:WikiProject Dacia  • Commons:WikiProject Romania  Partly done : Ziridava  • Capidava  • Amutria Favorites Articles Dacian bracelets  • Dacian Draco  • Bastarnae  • Castra  • Roman Dacia  • Costoboci  • Timișoara Fortress Images Romania - the way it should be. December 1, 1918 - Alba Iulia - Great Union The Helmet of Coţofeneşti - a full gold Geto-Dacian helmet dating from the first half of the 4th century BC, currently at the National Museum of Romanian History The Helmet of Iron Gates - a silver Geto-Dacian helmet dating from the 4th century BC, currently at the Detroit Institute of Arts Dacian gold bracelet, dated to 1st century BC – 1st century AD, from Sarmizegetusa Regia, Romania Dacians gold bracelet from Sarmizegetusa Regia, dated 1st century BC – 1st century AD Dacian gold bracelet from Cucuteni-Băiceni (Iași County) dated to 4th century BC Circular phalera having the representation of a horseman with shield. Part of the Dacian Silver Hoard of Lupu, 1st century BC. Found at Lupu, Alba, Romania in 1978. It has military and religious significance, being a representation of a God of War, possibly related to the Thracian Rider. Romanian troops storming the Grivitsa redoubt during the Romanian War of Independence (1877–1878) Romanian cavalryman capturing the Turkish flag, during the Romanian War of Independence (1877–1878) The Battle of Posada (November 9-12, 1330) in Chronicon Pictum. The Basarab I of Wallachia's army ambushed Charles Robert of Anjou, king of Hungary and his 30,000-strong invading army. The Vlach (Romanian) warriors rolled down rocks over the cliff edges in a place where the Hungarian mounted knights could not escape from them nor climb the heights to dislodge the attackers. Personalities Angelo Mai  • Basil II  • Belisarius  • Burebista  • Decebalus  • Hadrian  • Hannibal  • Herodotus  • Johann Joachim Winckelmann  • Julian the Apostate  • Julius Caesar  • Justinian I  • Marcus Aurelius  • Marcus Furius Camillus  • Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi  • Thucydides Quotes A picture is worth a thousand words Trivia The Romans called their empire Romania The Roman Empire did not fall in 476 but in 1453 The term Byzantine Empire is a modern invention Picture of the day Commons picture of the day Portrait of Billie Holiday and Mister, taken by William Gottlieb at the Downbeat Club, New York, 1947. Today, 110 years ago, she was born in Philadelphia. Picture of the day The buff-tailed coronet (Boissonneaua flavescens) is a species of hummingbird in the "brilliants", members of the tribe Heliantheini in the subfamily Lesbiinae. Found in Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, the buff-tailed coronet is 11 to 12 centimetres (4.3 to 4.7 inches) long and weighs 7.3 to 8.8 grams (0.26 to 0.31 ounces). Both sexes have a short, straight, black bill and a small white spot behind the eye. Males of the nominate subspecies, B. f. flavescens, are mostly shining green, with a buff belly spotted with green. The buff-tailed coronet is highly territorial, though it may share feeding at a flowering tree with other hummingbirds. It typically forages in the mid-story but also feeds in the canopy. Breeding behavior has been recorded between November and March, and it has a song consisting of "a continuous series of single high-pitched 'tsit' notes". This buff-tailed coronet of the subspecies B. f. flavescens was photographed in the Reserva Ecologica Rio Blanco, near Manizales, Colombia.Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp On this day April 7: National Beer Day in the United States Artist's conception of 2001 Mars Odyssey 1655 – After a conclave lasting eighty days, the College of Cardinals elected Fabio Chigi as Pope Alexander VII. 1945 – World War II: U.S. forces sank the Japanese battleship Yamato during Operation Kikusui I in the East China Sea. 1994 – Rwandan Civil War: The Rwandan genocide began a few hours after the assassination of President Juvénal Habyarimana, with hundreds of thousands killed in the following 100 days. 1995 – First Chechen War: Russian paramilitary troops began a massacre of hundreds of civilians in Samashki, Chechnya. 2001 – NASA's 2001 Mars Odyssey (artist's conception pictured), the longest-surviving continually active spacecraft in orbit around a planet other than Earth, launched from Cape Canaveral. Berengar I of Italy (d. 924) Martha Ray (d. 1779) Joseph Lyons (d. 1939) Dave Arneson (d. 2009) More anniversaries: April 6 April 7 April 8 User:Codrinb is also a user on Wikimedia Commons