User:CuriousQuail

CuriousQuail
Putting knowledge to good use.

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User Information

This account is still effectively in mothballs at the moment, as I am occupied with a great many other pursuits. But I am making an effort to ease back into volunteering.

My Particular Interests and possible areas of contribution

As a student of history, I am particularly interested in modern history, with some very specific focuses within that study. Some of my areas of interest and knowledge include:

• Soviet History
  • The Soviet Nuclear Industry
  • Soviet Firefighting Services
  • The post-Stalinist period
  • Soviet Public Art (Statues, Frescoes, Mosaics, etc.)
  • Soviet Culture
  • Soviet Civil Services
• First World War History
  • Austro-Hungarian Involvement
• Aviation History
  • Historical Aircraft
• History of California

Ongoing Projects

• Roving Edits of articles for grammar, flow, and style.

• Improve and correct biographies of Chernobyl Firefighters (Get them up to B-class quality and eventually see them into good article status. See the criteria, if you're interested
  • Add biographical information.
  • Correct incorrect information.
  • Create articles for deceased firefighters who do not have them.
  • Refocus and generally make more encyclopedic.

Chernobyl Firefighter Project Status Sheet
Project Name	Project Status
Create an improved version of the Vasily Ignatenko article.	Y Initial version complete. Expansion and revision to be continued.
Create a category for Soviet firefighters.	Y
Create an improved version of the Volodymyr Pravyk page.	Y Initial version complete. Expansion and revision to be continued.
Create an improved version of the Leonid Telyatnikov article.	Y Initial version complete. Expansion and revision to be continued.
Create an improved version of the Viktor Kibenok page.	In-future

• Adding plot summaries to short films in the Georges Méliès filmography.

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