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]
July 11: Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Genocide in Poland (1943)
- 1405 – An expeditionary fleet led by Zheng He set sail for foreign regions of the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean, marking the start of Ming China's treasure voyages.
- 1846 – British soldier Frederick John White died after a flogging, leading to a campaign to end the practice in the British Army.
- 1864 – A riot broke out in Leicester, England, at the failed launching of a hot air balloon (pictured).
- 1928 – Ukrainian archaeologist Ivan Borkovský discovered a medieval skeleton at Prague Castle; competing factions claimed the skeleton as Germanic or Slavic in origin.
- 1936 – New York City's Triborough Bridge, the "biggest traffic machine ever built", opened to traffic.
- Nicole Oresme (d. 1382)
- Thomas Bowdler (b. 1754)
- Eugenia Tadolini (d. 1872)
- Lady Bird Johnson (d. 2007)
In the news[edit]
- The New Popular Front wins the most seats in the National Assembly in the French legislative election but does not achieve a majority.
- In Iran, the reformist candidate Masoud Pezeshkian (pictured) is elected president in the second round of the presidential election.
- The Labour Party wins the United Kingdom general election and Keir Starmer becomes prime minister.
- Hurricane Beryl, the earliest-recorded Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in a calendar year, leaves at least 15 people dead in the Caribbean, Venezuela, and the United States.
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