User:Nolabob

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Born
New Orleans
Country United States
Current locationColorado
Pennsylvania (at times)
LanguagesEnglish
Spanish (limited)
Time zoneMDT
Current timeCurrent time for UTC-6 is 01:38
Personality typeINTJ
Family and friends
Marital statusmarried
Children2
Siblings1
Education and employment
OccupationResearch scientist
Employerretired
EducationPhD
High schoolJesuit High School of New Orleans
CollegeTulane University
UniversityUniversity of California, Berkeley
Account statistics
Joined14 February 2011
Edit count10,000+

I currently reside in Denver, Colorado, in the United States. For many years, I resided in Chester County, Pennsylvania, where I lived when I first began contributions to the Wikipedia and some of its sister projects. I still spend a significant amount of time in Pennsylvania.

I earned a PhD in Chemistry at the University of California at Berkeley, which explains my particular interest in matters related to Chemistry and Materials on the Wikipedia.

I was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, which explains why I have done so much Wikipedia editing on matters related to New Orleans. I am also an alumnus of Tulane University in New Orleans with a BS in Chemistry, having graduated from Jesuit High School of New Orleans in 1974.

Lists of my major contributions to the Wikipedia are below.

In December 2019, I created my first article for Wikiquote, that on Julius Rosenwald. This link is to my WikiQuote user page which lists my original articles for Wikiquote. I also originate WikiData items, usually for subjects that might not meet the notability threshold of Wikipedia or subjects for which there might not yet be sufficient verifiable references. Perhaps I could more accurately describe myself as a "Wikimedian" than a "Wikipedian".

I participate regularly in the Wikipedia:Meetup/Philadelphia WikiSalons.

On January 1, 2022, the article I originated on the Christian Street Historic District achieved Did You Know status. The article about Curtis Imrie was a DYK on August 9, 2022.

As of February 2022, the article on Calutron Girls achieved Good Article status, an article for which I completed extensive upgrades.

In October 2022, I completed NPP Reviewer training and became an approved New Page Reviewer effective October 24, 2022.

Beginning on August 13, 2022, I began serving as a reviewer for articles nominated for Good Article status. As of August 22, 2022, I have completed three GA nomination reviews (passing two and failing one).

In October 2019, I received my first barnstar.

In August 2022, I awarded my first barnstar.

I have a test platform. Here is a user subpage with a list of tools.

My major contributions to the Wikipedia are in the collapsible tables below.

Original Articles, listed below in the order in which I wrote them. Perhaps the quality improved as I became more experienced.
Number Article Description
1 Hap Glaudi Sports journalist
2 Mel Leavitt Television journalist and historian
3 Charles L. Dufour Humorist and writer
4 Charles C. Bass Innovator in medicine and dentistry
5 Adrien de Pauger Cartographer for the original design of New Orleans
6 James A. Knight Medical ethicist
7 Abraham Louis Levin Medical innovator
8 Irish Bayou Community in New Orleans
9 Stanhope Bayne-Jones Medical scientist
10 Southern Regional Research Center Research facility for agriculture and agricultural products
11 Alexander John Drysdale Artist
12 Paul E. Poincy Artist
13 Andres Molinary Artist
14 William C. Drinkard Scientist and inventor
15 Beulah Levy Ledner Pastry chef
16 Frank Joseph Davis Writer and television journalist
17 Nylon Rope Trick Scientific demonstration
18 My Brother's Keeper Challenge Public-private partnership promoting intervention of prominent people with disadvantaged young people
19 Maria Vicenta Rosal Latin American religious leader and feminist
20 Herbert S. Eleuterio Scientist and inventor
21 Constant C. Dejoie, Sr. Civic leader and businessperson
22 Robert Bledsoe Mayfield Artist
23 Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities Non-profit organization for advancing educational causes in Louisiana
24 Eleanor McMain Leader of progressive movements
25 Barcelona Guitar Orchestra Orchestra of classical guitarists
26 Albert W. Dent Civic leader and academic administrator
27 Edgar B. Stern Sr Philanthropist and business person
28 Michael T. Dugan Academic
29 Clifton H. Johnson Historian
30 Cary 14 Spectrophotometer Scientific instrument
31 Arnold Thackray Science historian
32 Dog Aging Project On-going biological study of aging in dogs
33 Mardi Gras Doubloons Coin-like Mardi Gras throws commemorating Mardi Gras Krewes
34 Jerome LeDoux Roman Catholic priest
35 Arthur Perry College basketball coach
36 Bayou Metairie Stranded distributary in southeast Louisiana
37 Bartholomew Fussell Abolitionist
38 Edith Rosenwald Stern Philanthropist and patron of the arts
39 Charles E. Fenner New Orleans businessperson of Merrill Lynch fame
40 Nehemiah Atkinson professional tennis player and coach in New Orleans
41 Royal D. Suttkus Ichthyologist and founder of a major collection of fishes
42 New Orleans Recreation Department Civic organization
43 Historic Cemeteries of New Orleans Notable for architecture and history
44 William C. Edenborn Louisiana industrialist and inventor
45 Paul Crawford Jazz musician and historian
46 Curtis and Davis Architects and Engineers Defunct architectural firm
47 Leon C. Weiss "Huey Long's architect"
48 Schwegmann Brothers Giant Supermarkets Early big box retailer
49 Sara T. Mayo Physician and humanitarian reformer
50 Werlein's for Music Long-standing music retailer and publisher that served New Orleans
51 Christian Street Historic District aka Black Doctors' Row (Philadelphia)
52 Leon C. Megginson Academic noted for his clarifying statement about Darwinism
53 Robert W. Tebbs Architectural photographer noted for photoessay of defunct plantation homes
54 Hogan Jazz Archive Repository at Tulane University
55 Giuseppe Ferrata Composer, musician, professor, inventor
56 Elijah F. Pennypacker Abolitionist
57 Basilica of St. Stephen (New Orleans) In Uptown New Orleans
58 Curtis Imrie Pack burro racer
59 Jean-Louis Dolliole Architect who was a free person of color
60 Lory Schaff Leader in adult literacy education
61 Herman Neugass Athlete and Olympic boycotter
62 A Studio in the Woods Environmental art studio
63 Richard Koch Architectural preservationist and photographer
64 Leonard Spangenberg New Orleans architect
65 New Orleans Arts and Crafts Club Organization for modernist art & historic preservation
66 Mona Minkara Scientist and advocate for the visually impaired
67 Shipcarpenter Square Historic residential neighborhood in Lewes
68 L'Union African-American newspaper
69 Solari's Defunct gournet food store in New Orleans
70 Le Moniteur De La Louisiane First newspaper in Louisiana
71 Annabelle Bernard New Orleans-born operatic soprano
Significant Contributions to:
Number Article Description
1 George E. Burch Medical researcher
2 List of people from New Orleans Notable New Orleanians
3 William Bruce Mumford Figure in the US Civil War
4 National World War II Museum Museum in New Orleans
5 Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans Historic cemetery in New Orleans
6 Irish Channel, New Orleans Historic district
7 My Gal Sal Historic aircraft at the National WWII Museum
8 Jesuit Bend, Louisiana Community in New Orleans
9 John Churchill Chase Editorial cartoonist
10 Rachel Lloyd Scientist
11 Earl L. Muetterties Scientist
12 Wayne Mack Broadcast journalist
13 Mr. Bingle Fictional character
14 Amistad Research Center For African-American heritage
15 pH Meter Scientific instrument
16 Spectronic 20 Scientific instrument
17 Eamon Kelly Tulane University administrator
18 Explorer Wendell Phillips Archeologist and explorer
19 Albert C. Ledner Architect
20 Scientific celebrity Popularly known scientists
21 George Bissell Oil industry pioneer in the United States
22 Struble Trail Multi-use recreational trail in Chester County, PA
23 Ernie Freeman Jazz musician
24 Holt Cemetery Historic potter's field in New Orleans
25 Wilhelm Ostwald Scientist and father of the field of physical chemistry
26 Saul Hertz Physician-scientist
27 Annie Trumbull Slosson Fiction writer and entomologist
28 Chalmette National Cemetery Historic military cemetery
29 Otto Schott Inventor of high quality optics
30 Ralph E. Oesper Science historian
31 Klaus Grutzka Industrial artist
32 Antonio Neri Priest and pioneer in the science of glass-making
33 Philip P. Werlein Music publisher and retailer
34 Amelia Laskey Ornithologist and autodidact
35 Calutron Girls A group of Manhattan Project workers
36 Virginia Holsinger Food scientist
37 John Duffy Medical historian
38 Agnes Pockels Colloid scientist and autodidact
39 Walter Lear Physician and social activist
40 Joan Luedders Wolfe Environmental activist
41 Althea Sherman Ornithologist
42 Cordelia Stanwood Ornithologist
43 Henri Devaux Surface scientist and religious philosopher
44 Alan Charlton British diplomat
45 Langenstein's New Orleans grocery store chain
46 St. Frances Cabrini Church Roman Catholic Church built in modernist style
47 Sasha Suda CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art
48 Ernest Lagarde Literary scholar of Louisiana Creole descent (mostly copyediting)
49 Pine Grove Furnace Prisoner of War Interrogation Camp WWII facility in Pennsylvania
50 Christopher Drew Investigative journalist
51 Robert H. Socolow Environmental scientist
52 Edward Baquet Creole restaurateur & civil rights activist
53 Arnaud's Older, well-established Louisiana Creole restaurant

Beginning in March 2017, I volunteered to assist the Wikipedian-in-Residence at the Science History Institute. The position of Wikipedian-in-Residence at the Science History Institute ceased to exist as a result of the economic downturn from the 2020 global pandemic.

As a volunteer at the Science History Institute, I made significant contributions to, edited extensively, or originated, the articles listed in this collapsible table:
Number Article Description
1 pH meter Scientific instrument
2 Spectronic 20 Scientific instrument
3 Cary 14 Spectrophotometer Scientific instrument
4 Arnold Thackray Science historian
5 Leroy Hood Biologist, inventor of several scientific instruments
6 Carl Axel Arrhenius Early chemist, research led to discovery of several elements
7 Nils Johan Berlin Early chemist, devised means of separating rare earth elements
8 Jöns Jacob Berzelius Chemist, important in the early history of the field
9 Christian Wilhelm Blomstrand Swedish chemist who made contributions to the forerunner of the periodic table
10 Bohuslav Brauner Czech chemist who contributed to understanding periodicity, atomic weights and rare earth chemistry
11 Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran Chemist, discoverer of several elements, pioneer in the field of spectroscopy
12 Fritz Strassmann Nuclear chemist whose pioneering research led to discovery of nuclear fission
13 Harold G. Richter Nuclear chemist and environmental chemist
14 Friedrich Wöhler Early pioneer in organic chemistry
15 Wilhelm Ostwald Physical chemist

I have edited many other articles, too numerous to list here. I started contributing to the Wikipedia in February 2011. In addition, I have uploaded many photographs to the Wikimedia Commons and am beginning contributions to Wikivoyage. I usually have something under development in my sandboxes:

I have interest at present in upgrading the articles on Nina Floy Bracelin, and gas lighting, as well as several others not listed here.