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  • Hello everyone, I'm Minorax. I've been editing the English Wikipedia for slightly over 6 years now and usually patrol Special:NewPages and find files that can be moved to Commons.

    As a global sysop, I patrol small wikis and help out with administrative stuff there, typically finding x-wiki socks and reverting vandalism. For a list of other user rights, see m:User:Minorax/matrix.

    If you have any queries or require assistance on wikis that have the GS-toolset enabled, do not hesitate to contact me.

    EN-5 This user has professional knowledge of English.
    ZH-5 这位用户的中文达到专业水平。
    KO-1 이 사용자는 한국어를 조금 할 수 있습니다.
    MS-1 Pengguna ini memiliki kemahiran asas dalam bahasa Melayu.
    FR-1 Cet utilisateur dispose de connaissances de base en français.
    NAN-2 Chit-ê iōng-chiá tha̍k-siá Bân-lâm-gú ê lêng-le̍k sī tiong-kip.
    YUE-1 呢位用戶有基本嘅廣東話知識。
       NOTE: nan & yue: read & speak only.
    en-4 This user has near native speaker knowledge of English.
    zh-4 这位用户的中文达到接近母语水平
    ko-1 이 사용자는 한국어조금 할 수 있습니다.
    ms-1 Pengguna ini memiliki kemahiran asas dalam bahasa Melayu.
    fr-1 Cette personne dispose de connaissances de base en français.
    nan-2 Chit-ê iōng-chiá tha̍k-siá 閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gí ē lêng-le̍k sī tiong-téng.
    這个用者讀寫閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gí的能力是中等
    yue-1 呢位用戶有基本程度嘅粵語知識。

    Iberian lynx

    The Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) is one of the four extant species of lynx, wild cats in the family Felidae. The Iberian lynx is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula, in which it was once widespread, but it is now restricted to a small number of regions in Spain and Portugal, and is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Fossils suggest that the species has been present in Iberia since the end of the Early Pleistocene, around one million years ago. The Iberian lynx has a short bright yellowish to tawny coloured spotted fur. Its body is short with long legs and a short tail, and its head is small with tufted ears and a ruff (hairs under the neck). It preys foremost on the European rabbit for the bulk of its diet, supplemented by red-legged partridge, rodents, and to a smaller degree also on wild ungulates. The Iberian lynx marks its territory with its urine, scratch marks on the barks of trees, and scat. The home ranges of adults are stable over many years and both males and females reach sexual maturity at one year old, although they rarely start breeding until a territory becomes vacant. This wild female Iberian lynx was photographed in Almuradiel, in the province of Ciudad Real, Spain.

    Photograph credit: Diego Delso
    Paper describing Tarrare's medical history
    Paper describing Tarrare's medical history

    Tarrare was a French showman, soldier and spy noted for his unusual appetite and eating habits. Able to eat vast amounts of meat, he was constantly hungry; his parents could not provide for him and he was turned out of the family home as a teenager. Tarrare travelled around France in the company of a band of prostitutes and thieves before becoming the warm-up act for a travelling charlatan. In this act, he swallowed corks, stones, live animals, and a whole basketful of apples. He then took this act to Paris, where he worked as a street performer. At the start of the War of the First Coalition, Tarrare joined the French Revolutionary Army, where even quadrupling the standard military ration was unable to satisfy his large appetite. He ate any available food from gutters and rubbish heaps but his condition still deteriorated through hunger. He was hospitalised due to exhaustion and became the subject of a series of medical experiments to test his eating capacity. (Full article...)

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