User:Gregorydavid

Picture of the day[edit]

The Nazca lines are a group of geoglyphs made in the soil of the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. They were created in two major phases – the Paracas phase (from 400 to 200 BC) and the Nazca phase (from 200 BC to 500 AD). The combined length of all the lines is more than 1,300 km (800 mi), and the group covers an area of about 50 km² (19 sq mi). Most lines run straight across the landscape, but there are also figurative designs of animals and plants. Scholars differ in interpreting the purpose of the designs, but in general, they ascribe religious significance to them. The lines were designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1994. This is an aerial view of the geoglyph known as the "monkey", one of the most well-known in the Nazca lines.Photograph credit: Diego Delso

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Question of the day[edit]

Will Wikipedia ever be what it is going to be?
Are Wikipedians divided into "exoteric", which are under review, and "esoteric", which have performed well enough to be admitted into the "inner" circle?

Uncyclopedia[edit]

Follow link to see: Uncyclopedia's logo, which is made from a potato named Sophia to parody Wikipedia's globe logo Uncyclopedia's

My IP is SAIX[edit]

My IP is Telkom South Africa's SAIX.

Previous blocked IP addresses:
- 198.54.202.234
- 196.25.255.210

Portal matrix[edit]

User:Kevin baas/box template1

from: User:SeanMack see: User:SeanMack/sandbox3

Tip of the day[edit]

Tip of the day...

Time-saving links II

Sometimes you may be editing an article and want to link a plural to its singular form. For example, to link "Fred Foo was famous for his study of puddles" to puddle, you could link it like so: [[puddle|puddles]]. However, you can save time instead by writing [[puddle]]s.

This also works with adjectives (for example, [[Japan]]ese), regular verbs in present or past tense (for example, [[dance]]s or [[dance]]d) and any other suffixes or prefixes.

However, this method does not work with spelling changes, for example: [[try]]ied does not work; you have to enter [[try|tried]]. It also does not work with possessives, so you may want to use [[Fred Foo|Fred Foo's]] to get Fred Foo's. Using [[Fred Foo]]'s will look like Fred Foo's, i.e. the possessive suffix unlinked, in plain text, and black instead of blue.

Note: if a redirect exists from puddles to puddle you don't actually need to do any piping, it's fine to link [[puddles]] too.

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My Wiki toolbox[edit]

Mapping[edit]

Map projection[edit]

Map projection

Mercator projection[edit]

Mercator projection

Nautical chart[edit]

Nautical chart

Examples[edit]

Greenwich is located at 51°28′38″S 00°00′00″E / 51.47722°S 0.00000°E / -51.47722; 0.00000, a latitude and longitude of 51° 28' 38" N and 0º 0' 0" E/W (by definition).
Cape Point is located at 34°21′26″S 18°29′51″E / 34.35722°S 18.49750°E / -34.35722; 18.49750, about 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) east and a little north of the Cape of Good Hope on the south-west corner.
Cape Agulhas is the southernmost point in the continent of Africa. It is located at 34°49′43.39″S 20°00′09.15″E / 34.8287194°S 20.0025417°E / -34.8287194; 20.0025417, in a rural area 170 kilometres (105 mi) south-east of Cape Town. Google satellite map
Namibia border 27°00′00″S 20°00′00″E / 27.00000°S 20.00000°E / -27.00000; 20.00000, 28°00′00″S 20°00′00″E / 28.00000°S 20.00000°E / -28.00000; 20.00000 and 29°00′00″S 20°00′00″E / 29.00000°S 20.00000°E / -29.00000; 20.00000

Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates[edit]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates

The Earth[edit]

Diameter:

Equatorial 12,756.270 km
Polar 12,713.500 km
Mean 12,745.591 km

Circumference:

Equatorial 40,075.004 km
Meridional 40,007.849 km
Mean 40,041.455 km

Python[edit]

Python programming language

Popups[edit]

Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups
Implemented by User:Gregorydavid on 22 March 2006
User:Lightdarkness/monobook.js something to look into.

Referencing[edit]

Unencyclopedia

My Wiki sandbox[edit]

Railways

East Coast Main Line

Legend

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					New Barnet
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					Hertford Loop Line
					Alexandra Palace
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					London King's Cross

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