User:Rfl
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Rafał Pocztarski[edit]
Administrator of the English Wikipedia since 2004 (original nomination)
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What Wikipedia is not: WP:! WP:NOT WP:WWIN
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Vandalism: WP:VAN WP:VAND WP:VNDL WP:VANDAL · Warning templates · Administrator intervention against vandalism: WP:AIV WP:AIAV WP:RVAN
Abuse response: WP:ABUSE WP:AbRep · Cleaning up vandalism: WP:CUV · WikiProject Vandalism studies: WP:WPVS
Requests for page protection: WP:RFPP WP:RFP WP:RPP WP:PADLOCK · Protection policy: WP:PP WP:PROTECT
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Selected anniversaries[edit]
April 19: Feast day of Saint Alphege of Canterbury (Catholicism, Anglicanism), Education and Sharing Day in the United States (2024), Primrose Day in London
- 1773 – The Polish Partition Sejm met to discuss the First Partition of Poland, carried out the previous year by Russia, Prussia and Austria.
- 1809 – War of the Fifth Coalition: French general Louis-Nicolas Davout defeated an Austrian force in Lower Bavaria, allowing him to rejoin the main French army.
- 1927 – American actress Mae West (pictured) was sentenced to ten days in jail for "corrupting the morals of youth" with her play Sex.
- 1989 – A gun turret exploded on board the United States Navy battleship Iowa, killing 47 sailors.
- Uesugi Kenshin (d. 1578)
- Elizabeth Dilling (b. 1894)
- Denis O'Brien (b. 1958)
In the news[edit]
- Flooding (pictured) in the Gulf states leaves 24 people dead.
- The historic Børsen in Copenhagen, Denmark, catches fire.
- In retaliation for an Israeli airstrike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Iran conducts missile and drone strikes against Israel.
- In the South Korean legislative election, the Democratic Party–led opposition alliance increases its majority in parliament.
- American football Hall of Fame running back, murder suspect and convicted criminal O. J. Simpson dies at the age of 76.
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