User:HopsonRoad

Biographical

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  I wrote the article on
  Helen Hartness Flanders
  ballad collector from Vermont
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  I expanded the article about
  Ralph Flanders
  industrialist, policy advisor, U.S. Senator from Vermont and husband of Helen Hartness Flanders.
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  I expanded the article about
  James Hartness
  machine tool innovator, early aviator, one-term governor of Vermont and father of Helen Hartness Flanders.
  
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  I originated the article about
  Edwin R. Fellows
  Whose innovation in gear cutting made automobile transmissions possible to mass-produce.
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  I expanded the article about
  Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy
  noted social philosopher, who taught at Dartmouth College.
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  I expanded the article about
  Freya von Moltke
  wife to Helmuth James Graf von Moltke and chronicler of the Kreisau Circle.
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  I expanded the article on
  László Fejes Tóth
  Hungarian mathematician.
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  I expanded the article on Jeffrey Jones, actor.
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  I expanded the article on John H. Caldwell, cross-country ski authority.
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  I substantially expanded the article on Bob Perelman, poet.
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  I initiated an article about Peter C. Goldmark, Jr., environmentalist and publisher, who was also a teacher at the Putney School, my alma mater.
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  I created an article about Marion Pritchard, who rescued Jews from the Nazis in the Netherlands.
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  I created an article about Martha Rockwell, cross-country ski champion in the early days of the women's U.S. team.
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  My OSHER class and I created an article about Maria Bogner, the developer of stretch pants.
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  I created a short entry for Elena Jahn, a Monhegan Island artist (no image available).
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  I created an article on John Westell, sailboat designer and designer of the 505 sailing dinghy.
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  I created an article on Gil Cohen, aviation artist.
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  Substantially expanded the article on Keith Ferris, "Dean of Aviation Artists".
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  I assisted another editor in the development of an article on Lothar Wallerstein, a noted opera director.
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  I substantially expanded the article on American rower, John Biglow.

Technical

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  I have rewritten the article on
  Frost heaving
  and provided a photograph for clarity.
  
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  I contributed substantially to the article on
  Permafrost and created a new one on Syngenetic permafrost growth.
  
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  I substantially rewrote the article on Potholes.
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  I substantially rewrote the article on Washboarding.
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  I substantially reorganized the article on Meteoroids.
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  I helped another user develop an article on micrometeorites.
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  I restored Snow to Good Article status.
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  I created the article, Snow science.
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  I substantially rewrote and expanded the article on cold-weather warfare.
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  I substantially rewrote the article, Classifications of snow.
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  I substantially rewrote the Tire and Snow tire articles.

Skiing

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  I substantially expanded the article on cross-country skiing.
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  I substantially expanded the article on cross-country ski racing.
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  I substantially rewrote the article on ski waxes.
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  I rewrote the article on ski bindings.
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  I expanded the article on the Kiandra Snow Shoe Club.

Nautical

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  I substantially rewrote Wind-powered vehicle—That's me on the ice boat!
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  I substantially rewrote the article on forces on sails.
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  I substantially rewrote the article on catamarans.
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  I substantially rewrote the article on iceboats.
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  I rewrote the article on high-performance sailing.
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  I rewrote the article on sailing.
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  I rewrote the article on tacking a sailboat.
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  I initiated the article on Hodgdon Shipbuilding.
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  I substantially rewrote the articles on superyachts and yacht tenders.
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  I substantially expanded Sailing ship.
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  I rewrote the articles on Iron-hulled sailing ships and Windjammers.
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  I substantially rewrote and expanded the article on sails and a sister article on sail components.
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  I substantially expanded the article on sailing yachts.
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  I rewrote and expanded the article on yachts.
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  I rewrote the article on Sailing rigs.
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  I wrote a new article on Sail plans.
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  I created an article on Austronesian vessels.

Other

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  I have added articles about several of Rosenstock Huessy's books.
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  I greatly expanded the article on the
  Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory,
  the institution from which I retired.
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  I expanded the article on the
  Vermontasaurus
  a sculpture at Post Mills Airport and took the photos, chronicling its history.
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  I substantially rewrote the article on the Saab Granturismo—a car that I would love to own again!

Other links

Some links any editor should read: WP:NPOV, WP:V, WP:OR; WP:OWN; WP:CON; WP:CIVIL, WP:NPA, WP:AGF, WP:EQ Template:Wikipedia policies and guidelines, Wikipedia:NPOV tutorial and Wikipedia:Controversial articles. Links to Useful Wikipedia Editing Guidance.

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This user resides in the U.S. State of Vermont.

This user is a participant in WikiProject Vermont.

This user has helped promote 3 good articles on Wikipedia.