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PBarak has been editing a number of Wikipedia articles, since Jan 2006.
Pages I've edited include:
Franklin Hiram King , Wisconsin soil scientist
Farmers of Forty Centuries , F.H. King's classic
Sergei Winogradsky , soil microbiologist
Winogradsky column , still one of the most remarkable demonstrations of microbial diversity
Selman Waksman , soil microbiologist, Nobel laureate, and discoverer of streptomycin
Crystallographic Information File , a concise format for crystalline structures (new page)
Jmol , a molecular visualization program
Hydroponics , particularly the nutrient solutions portion
Antigo (soil) , the Wisconsin state soil (new page)
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Soil Science Society of America (new page)
American Society of Agronomy (new page)
Web3D Consortium (new page)
List of Universities with Soil Science Curriculum , added Univ of Wisconsin and Hebrew Univ
Haber process
Ammonium phosphate
Sodium hexametaphosphate
Triple superphosphate (new page)
Fertilizer
Pedro Sanchez , soil scientist and enemy of hunger
Struvite , the vehicle by which phosphorus can be recovered from wastewater and recycled
Dead Sea , particularly the potash works section
Potash
Potassium , particularly the insoluble potassium salts--rare birds!
Photoelectric flame photometer
George Whitesides , pioneer in self-assembled monolayers
Tarfon , (I started it, but was not obliged to finish...) (new page)
Isaac Abrabanel , a family favorite
Four Holy Cities , (new page) , Jerusalem, Hebron, Safed, and Tiberias...been in all four
Temple Mount , added historical refs about visiting Temple Mount
Ossuary, Jewish , new section
Rodrigo Lopez (physician) , drawn and quartered for being the wrong man in the wrong place
Chelm , added info and link re: Isaac Bashevis Singer's 'Fools of Chelm and Their History'
Japanese beetle , in recognition of the linden sapling I'm trying to protect
Masticatory muscle myositis , an autoimmune disease of dogs, including Boogie--image added
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New York City destroyed on film , new section, a collection of sci-fi movies ranging from the ridiculous to the sublime, with a common theme of post-apocalyptic NYC.
--and many, many vandals caught and pages reverted. (Shame on you all!)