User:Tomruen

Hi, my name is Tom Ruen. If you'd like to contact me, try out the form at: Special:Emailuser/tomruen

I also edit from User:SockPuppetForTomruen, mostly for eclipses.

I first came on here to edit on April 28, 2004 (21 years ago now!) It is an addicting idea to try to add to something much bigger than I could ever do. I am a little skeptical over the idea of freedom to change anything, but overall I'm very impressed by the quality of articles and I have faith good work is being done and I can add to it.

There are many quality websites out there and it seems silly to duplicate too much. I like the idea of learning about something and testing my knowledge by trying to share it. For me that motivates much of my efforts here.

Primary topics I've worked on include geometry, and astronomy.

My specialty has primarily been image generation, perhaps because I've found so many articles where useful images were absent. I try to make quality images, but I will compromise perfection for meaningful improvement. I'm happy if anyone can replace my images with better ones.

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• Born (1968-04-16) April 16, 1968 (age 57), I live near Minneapolis, Minnesota. I like astronomy, science, math, running, bicycling, reading, writing, photography, and gardening.
• I do computer programming for a living, mostly in Java, JavaScript, C#, C++, and Delphi.
• I have a B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics, minor in Physics (astronomy), 1991, from the U of MN.
• https://twitter.com/Tom_Ruen

• Astronomy Picture of the Day, November 12, 2003
• Wikipedia:Picture of the day/November 10, 2005
  • User:Tomruen/2006featuredpicture #10 Copied from on Commons Picture of 2006
• Mars animation 2003, or simulated rotation April 2014
• Sunrise corona animation
• File:Venus_set_may_29_2020.gif Crescent venus setting
• File:Asteroid_flyby_2015_TB145.gif 2015 TB145 Halloween flyby animation
• File:Saturn view from earth 2009.gif Saturn animation, 2009 ring crossing
• File:Saturn timelapse-29 years.gif Saturn animation for 29 years. (or as seen from Jupiter, 2000-2333, or from Pluto, 1890-2138
• File:Lunar_eclipse_chart_close-2010Dec21_animation.gif 2010 lunar eclipse animation, or April 2014 lunar eclipse

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• Unicodes 2000-2fff Inverted-Y: & #8516; = ⅄, hex 2144
• http://frodox.ch/infoboxplanet/rapid.php
• http://word2cleanhtml.com
• http://bmanolov.free.fr/html2wiki-tables.php HTML to Wiki Converter
• unicodes: Isomorphism ≅, approximate ≈, ↔
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• Wikipedia:Keyboard shortcuts
• Wikipedia:Vandalism in progress
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Wiki Syntax
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• Wikipedia:Oversight - permanent deletion of revision history
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• Wikipedia:Bot requests#Script generation of uniform polyhedra articles
• Wikipedia:WikiProject Mathematics

• Jimmy Wales is founder of Wikipedia, the self-organizing, self-correcting, ever-expanding, and thoroughly addictive encyclopedia of the future. In this presentation, he explains how Wikipedia's collaborative system works, and why it succeeds. (Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 20:47)
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The dunnock (Prunella modularis) is a small passerine bird in the accentor family, Prunellidae. It is native to much of temperate Europe and parts of southwest Asia, including the Caucasus, northern Iran and Lebanon, and is also widely distributed in New Zealand after being introduced there in the 19th century. The dunnock inhabits lowland environments such as woodlands, shrubs, hedgerows and gardens, where it usually feeds on the ground. About 14 centimetres (5.5 in) long, it has a streaked brown back and grey head, a fine pointed bill, and produces a thin, tinkling song and a shrill tseep call. Dunnocks build nests low in bushes or conifers and typically lay three to five unspotted blue eggs. Their breeding system is variable, with different combinations of males and females sometimes sharing parental care.Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp

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