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I enjoy research, writing, and copyediting. I am meticulous when it comes to grammar, verifiability of content, and adherence to formatting standards. When writer's block (or researcher's block!) hits, I tend to monitor New Pages and Recent Changes.

I have a keen interest in ships and shipwrecks, but I am by no means an expert on either.

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HMT Bedfordshire • USS Scout (MCM-8) • USS Brunswick (ATS-3) • USS Dionysus (AR-21) • USS Laertes (AR-20) • USS Lady Prevost • MV Golden Nori • USS Champion (MCM-4) • USCGC Icarus (WPC-110) • City of Washington (ship) • MV Craigantlet • USS Moonstone (PYc-9) • USS Koka (AT-31) • Brown Shipbuilding

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WP Ships revamp

{{invite ships}} {{welcome ships}}
tasks {{Ships tasks}}
new articles ruleset logs
To do: convention discussion pages, linked to prior discussions in talk archives. Subjects: abbrevs for knots and nautical miles, she vs. it, displacement vs. tonnage, ship name & class name italics, ensigns vs jacks, coordinates in infoboxes vs. header.

Pages to develop

SS Great Eastern - close to B
Bell Rock Lighthouse
Huntley Meadows Park
Benjamin White Norris->disambig, add the Navy Cross recipient of the same name [1]
Wade Line New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company John Roach & Sons Luckenbach Steampship Company
USS Schurz, formerly SMS Geier collision off North Carolina DANFS Schurz History of the USS Schurz Dive info specs
USS William Rockefeller torpedoed off North Carolina DANFS
Benwood (ship) Indiana.edu
Maple Leaf (ship) book
HMS Fox (1780) fsu.edu fsu.edu
Golden Venture Dive info Golden Venture movie
Henrietta Marie natgeo melfisher.org
1944 Great Atlantic Hurricane: USCGC Jackson (WSC-142) [2], USCGC Bedloe (WSC-128) [3], Lightship Vineyard Sound (LV-73) [4] [5] [6] [7] [8], USS YMS-409 [9] [10] [11]
USCGC Tampa (1912) [12]
Mike Healy -> disambig, add "the first commissioned African-American officer of the United States Government and the first to command a U.S. warship" [13]
MT Syneta [14]

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-The '''Alice Springs Reptile Centre''' is a [[reptile centre]] and [[environmental education]] facility in [[Alice Springs]] in the [[Northern Territory]] of [[Australia]].  It has the largest collection of [[reptile]]s in the Northern Territory.<ref name="ausgov">{{cite web|url=http://www.ausindustry.gov.au/library/alice_springs_reptile_centre_DIISR_2706200820080725042744.pdf|title=Alice Springs Reptile Centre customer story|accessdate=2008-10-10|publisher=[[Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research|Australian Department of Industry]]|date=April 2007}}</ref> Animals at the centre include the [[Perentie goanna]], [[frillneck lizard]]s, [[thorny devil]]s, large and small [[python]]s and [[venomous snake]]s including [[inland taipan]]s, [[brown snake]]s, [[death adder]]s and [[mulga snake]]s.<ref name="ausgov"/>
+{| style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em; width: 242px; border: #99B3FF solid 1px; clear: right"
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+| {{User ships}}
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+| {{Wikipedia:WikiProject Military history/Outreach/User WPMILHIST}}
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+| {{User WikiProject Shipwrecks}}
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+I enjoy research, writing, and copyediting. I am meticulous when it comes to grammar, verifiability of content, and adherence to formatting standards. When writer's block (or researcher's block!) hits, I tend to monitor New Pages and Recent Changes.
+I have a keen interest in ships and shipwrecks, but I am by no means an expert on either.
-The center is devoted to [[indigenous]] reptiles. Many are collected from local homes, yards, or from areas about to be burned under the controlled burning program to keep summer grass fires from threatening the local homes. Most of the reptiles end up being relocated to uninhabited areas. The Alice Springs center also doubles as a snake call centre, with the owner and staff coming out to homes to remove poisonous snakes from inconvenient places.<ref name="ausgov"/>
-==History==
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+==New articles I have completed==
-Founded by Rex Neindorf, a former reptile handler, the centre opened in January 2000, and features over 100 reptiles, of 30 different species.  Reptiles from the centre have featured in ''[[National Geographic Magazine]]'', ''[[Natural Born Cheats]]'' on [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]], an American [[Visa]] television commercial, New Zealand's ''[[Bounty Hunter]]'' television show, and ''[[Animal Hospital]]'' on [[Channel 9 Australia]].  Directors including [[Frederic Lepage]] have filmed nature documentaries there.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reptilecentre.com.au/reptiles.htm|title=Alice Springs Reptile Centre - Reptiles|accessdate=2008-10-10|publisher=Alice Springs Reptile Centre}}</ref>
+[[HMT Bedfordshire|HMT ''Bedfordshire'']]{{*}}{{USS|Scout|MCM-8}}{{*}}{{USS|Brunswick|ATS-3}}{{*}}{{USS|Dionysus|AR-21}}{{*}}{{USS|Laertes|AR-20}}{{*}}{{USS|Lady Prevost}}{{*}}[[MV Golden Nori|MV ''Golden Nori'']]{{*}}{{USS|Champion|MCM-4}}{{*}}[[USCGC Icarus (WPC-110)|USCGC ''Icarus'' (WPC-110)]]{{*}}[[City of Washington (ship)]]{{*}}[[MV Craigantlet|MV ''Craigantlet'']]{{*}}{{USS|Moonstone|PYc-9}}{{*}}{{USS|Koka|AT-31}}{{*}}[[Brown Shipbuilding]]
-The centre added a large [[saltwater crocodile]] exhibit in 2002, and in 2006 an extension funded by the Australian Tourism Development Program opened, featuring [[fossils]] which trace the [[evolution]] of reptiles from 200 million years ago to the present.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reptilecentre.com.au/fossilcave.htm|title=Alice Springs Reptile Centre - Fossil Cave|accessdate=2008-10-10|publisher=Alice Springs Reptile Centre}}</ref>
-==Attacks on animals==
-===2004===
+==Todo list==
+{{User:Maralia/Collins headquarters|state=collapsed}}
+*[[User:Maralia/List of Shipwrecks of the Florida coast]]
+*[[User:Maralia/Project]]
+*[[User:Maralia/Esso Maracaibo II]]
+*[[User:Maralia/HMS De Braak]]
+*[[User:Maralia/USNS Algol (T-AKR-287)]]
+*[[User:Maralia/MSC|my Military Sealift Command stuff]]
+===WP Ships revamp===
-On [[August 8]] [[2004]], a group of youths broke into the centre and attacked and bludgeoned a crocodile with a ladder and pool equipment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-97417815.html|title=Juveniles bludgeon croc in Alice Springs reptile park|publisher=[[Australian Associated Press]]|date=2004-08-08|accessdate=2008-10-10}}</ref>  A 13 year old boy was charged with the attack, and received a two month [[suspended sentence]] and was placed on a [[good behaviour bond]] for two years, a sentence seen as overly lenient by the zoo's director.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/australia/nt/alice/200410/s1221011.htm|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|title=Reptile park owner criticises teen attack sentence|date=2004-10-15|accessdate=2008-10-10}}</ref>  A second youth, a 12-year-old boy, had his six month jail sentence reduced to a month on appeal.  The crocodile suffered cuts and broken teeth, but survived.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/australia/nt/alice/200505/s1367121.htm|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]]|title=Court snaps boy's sentence for attacking crocodile|date=2005-05-12|accessdate=2008-10-10}}</ref>
+*{{tl|invite ships}} {{tl|welcome ships}}
+*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Ships/Tasks|tasks]] {{tl|Ships tasks}}
+*[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Ships/New articles|new articles]] [[User:AlexNewArtBot/Ships|ruleset]] [[User:AlexNewArtBot/ShipsLog|logs]]
+*To do: convention discussion pages, linked to prior discussions in talk archives. Subjects: abbrevs for knots and nautical miles, she vs. it, displacement vs. tonnage, ship name & class name italics, ensigns vs jacks, coordinates in infoboxes vs. header.
-===2008===
+===Pages to develop===
+*[[SS Great Eastern]] - close to B
+*[[Bell Rock Lighthouse]]
+*[[Huntley Meadows Park]]
+*[[Benjamin White Norris]]->disambig, add the Navy Cross recipient of the same name [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/n6/norris.htm]
+*[[Wade Line]] [[New York and Cuba Mail Steamship Company]] [[John Roach & Sons]] [[Luckenbach Steampship Company]]
+* [[USS Schurz]], formerly [[SMS Geier]] collision off North Carolina [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s7/schurz.htm DANFS Schurz] [http://www.ecu.edu/maritime/pro_sc2.htm History of the USS Schurz] [http://www.discoverydiving.com/wreck_desc.htm Dive info] [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/germany/pages/cruisers/sms_geier_1894.htm specs]
+* [[USS William Rockefeller]] torpedoed off North Carolina [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/w9/william_rockefeller.htm DANFS]
+* [[Benwood (ship)]] [http://www.indiana.edu/~r317doc/trail/benwood.html Indiana.edu]
+* [[Maple Leaf (ship)]] [http://www.mapleleafshipwreck.com/Book/other/contents.htm book]
+* [[HMS Fox (1780)]] [http://www.anthro.fsu.edu/research/uw/research/ships/dog_island/fox_tigre.html fsu.edu] [http://www.anthro.fsu.edu/research/uw/research/ships/dog_island/history.html fsu.edu]
+* [[Golden Venture]] [http://www.dixiediver.com/shipwreck.htm Dive info] [http://www.goldenventuremovie.com/facts.php Golden Venture movie]
+* [[Henrietta Marie]] [http://magma.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0208/feature4/index.html?fs=www7.nationalgeographic.com natgeo] [http://www.melfisher.org/henriettamarie.htm melfisher.org]
+* [[1944 Great Atlantic Hurricane]]: [[USCGC Jackson (WSC-142)]] [http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/webcutters/Jackson1927.html], [[USCGC Bedloe (WSC-128)]] [http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-cp/history/webcutters/Bedloe1927.html], [[Lightship Vineyard Sound (LV-73)]] [http://www.uscg.mil/history/weblightships/LV73.html] [http://archive.southcoasttoday.com/daily/09-99/09-14-99/c01lo216.htm] [http://www.uscglightshipsailors.org/vineyard_sound_lightship_lv_73_wal503.htm] [http://www.mass.gov/czm/buar/shipwrecks/ua-vslightship.htm] [http://www.vsv.cape.com/~harharb/lightships.html], [[USS YMS-409]] [http://www.navsource.org/archives/11/19409.htm] [http://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/9827.html] [http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq82-1.htm]
+*[[USCGC Tampa (1912)]] [http://www.uscg.mil/lantarea/cutter/tampa/History%20Images/history.htm]
+*[[Mike Healy]] -> disambig, add "the first commissioned African-American officer of the United States Government  and the first to command a U.S. warship" [http://www.uscg.mil/history/FAQS/Healy.html]
+*[[MT Syneta]] [http://wrecks.softwaredoc.org/news/trib8601.htm]
+==other links==
-On [[October 1]], [[2008]], a seven-year-old boy went on a rampage attacking animals in a zoo at the Centre.  The boy, whose name was not released, was accused of breaking into the zoo while it was closed.  He was captured on [[surveillance video]].
+*[[User:Maralia/monobook.css]]
+*[[User:Maralia/monobook.js]]
-animals were killed, including a 20 year old 5'9" (1.8 m) [[Perentie goanna]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081003/wl_nm/us_australia_zoo|title=Australian boy wreaks zoo havoc while feeding croc|publisher=[[Reuters]]|date=2008-10-03|accesdate=2008-10-10}}</ref>, a [[turtle]], [[bearded dragon]]s, and [[thorny devil]]s<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/10/03/australia-zoo.html|title=Boy, 7, goes on animal killing spree in Australian zoo|date=2008-10-03|accessdate=2008-10-10|publisher=[[CBC.ca]]}}</ref>.  Some of the animals were bludgeoned with a rock, and thrown over the fence to feed Terry, a [[saltwater crocodile]].<ref name="bbc">{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7649876.stm|title=Boy fed zoo reptiles to crocodile|date=2008-10-03|accessdate=2008-10-10|publisher=[[BBC.co.uk]]}}</ref>
+<!--place these links somewhere later
+*[[User:Maralia/FAC Reviewers]]
-The attacks lasted 30 minutes.  The boy refused to cooperate during interrogation after he was caught by the police.<ref name="bbc"/>  He was able to break in without tripping the alarm system,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/10/03/australia.zoo.carnage.ap/index.html|title=Boy feeds Aussie zoo's animals to croc|date=2008-10-03|accessdate=2008-10-10|publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref> and was reported to be expressionless during the rampage.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/03/australia.animalwelfare|last=Batty|first=David|date=2008-03-10|accessdate=2008-10-10|publisher=[[The Guardian]]|title=Australian boy feeds zoo animals to crocodile}}</ref>
+*[[User:Maralia/Happystuff]]-->
+[[Category:User en]]
-The attack was widely reported in the press, in a number of countries including Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States, Italy, and other countries.  Under Northern Territory laws, the 7 year old boy is too young to be charged with a crime, but the zoo director indicated that his parents would be sued.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-as-australia-zoo-carnage,0,233921.story|title=Australian boy breaks into Outback zoo, bashes lizards, feeds animals to giant crocodile|publisher=[[South Florida Sun-Sentinel]]|date=2008-10-03|accessdate=2008-10-10|last=Gelineau|first=Kristin}}</ref>  The animal species lost are said to be difficult to replace.<ref name="bbc"/>
+[[Category:Wikipedian new page patrollers]]
+[[Category:Wikipedian recent changes patrollers]]
-==References==
+[[Category:WikiProject League of Copyeditors participants]]
-{{reflist}}
-==External links==
-*[http://www.reptilecentre.com.au/ Official Website]
-[[Category:Zoos in Australia]]
-[[Category:Reptiles]]
-[[Category:Alice Springs]]

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