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Rehman

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Born

Manama, Bahrain

Current location

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Current time

10:35, 20 November 2024 IST [refresh]

Interests

Astronomy
Meteorology
Sust. living

Travelling
PC Building
Photography

Hiking
Ren. energy
Archiving

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Joined

23 May 2008
(16 years, 5 months and 28 days ago)

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Birds, Dams, Energy, Geography, Infoboxes, Maps, Mountains, Rivers, Sri Lanka, Skyscrapers, Templates, Wikidata, WikiProject Council.

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Senior Editor II

Veteran Administrator III

Hello, I'm Rehman. I was born in Manama and have lived there for about a decade, before moving to my current location in Colombo, Sri Lanka. My interests include researching, photographing, writing about, and developing renewable energy (particularly solar and wind power), and limnology (i.e. dams and rivers), hence my work here on Wikipedia (and Commons) also mostly circle around these areas.

Things I enjoy include travelling, hiking, community work (cleanups, building/renovating schools, etc), building computers, photography, star gazing, and most things in between. My real-life work experience includes banking, renewable energy, and cybersecurity. Outside content writing, I work on improving infoboxes and navigation templates, attend to admin tasks on the English Wikipedia and Commons, Wikidata-related work, offline Wiki(m)pedia outreach, and other related things. Wherever needed, I also help improve policy and guideline pages, as I strongly believe that these pages need to be very simple, clear, and up to date, particularly on rapidly growing sites like Wikipedia and Commons. If you require any private assistance, including stopping cyberbullies, please feel free to email me and I'd be glad to assist in whichever way I can.

If you are interested in topics relating to, or are from Sri Lanka, do consider joining the Wikimedia Community User Group for Sri Lanka. It is an official Wikimedia usergroup for interested editors, regardless of language background or which Wikimedia project your are contributing to. We are on the lookout for more experienced hands in order to do more serious projects with wider impact (such as FOP in Sri Lanka!). Your assistance in spreading awareness of this group is also much welcomed. You may also wish to join Wikimedia-LK, the usergroup's official mailing list.

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On the last check, this user has created over 300 articles

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Personal

This is an introvert.

This user is agnostic.

This user does not drink or smoke.

This user loves to travel, and hopes to travel to at least one other country every year.

This user is an aggressive defender of the earth, and has no limits when it comes to saving what's left.

This user is fascinated by
extreme nature.

This user loves animals.

This user enjoys gardening.

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en-N	This user has a native understanding of English.

si-3	මෙම පරිශීලකයා‍ට සිංහල භාෂාව පිළිබඳ උසස් දැනුමක් ඇත.

ar-1	هذا المستخدم لديه معرفة أساسية بالعربية.

hi-1	इस सदस्य को हिन्दी का प्राथमिक ज्ञान है।

ta-1	இந்தப் பயனர் தமிழில் அடிப்படை அறிவைக் கொண்டவர்.

My work and work-in-progress
(Full list)

Lists and article groups

List of largest power stations (and linked articles)
List of power stations in Sri Lanka (and linked articles)
List of dams and reservoirs in Sri Lanka (and linked articles)

Individual articles

Individual lists (lot of pending work here)

Infoboxes

Admin tasks

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12th-century illustration of the use of Greek fire

The first Arab siege of Constantinople in 674–678 was a major conflict of the Arab–Byzantine wars, and the first culmination of the Umayyad Caliphate's expansionist strategy towards the Byzantine Empire. In 672–673 Arab fleets secured bases along the coasts of Asia Minor, and set up a loose blockade around Constantinople. They used the peninsula of Cyzicus near the city as a base to spend the winter, and returned every spring to launch attacks against the city's fortifications. Finally the Byzantines managed to destroy the Arab navy using a new invention, the liquid incendiary substance known as Greek fire (pictured). The Byzantines also defeated the Arab land army in Asia Minor, forcing them to lift the siege. A peace treaty was signed, and following the outbreak of another Muslim civil war, the Byzantines experienced a brief period of ascendancy. The siege was the first major Arab defeat in 50 years of expansion. Tales of a large-scale siege of Constantinople even reached China. (Full article...)

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Machado de Assis (1839–1908) was a Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright and short story writer, widely regarded as the greatest writer of Brazilian literature. In 1897, he founded and became the first president of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. He was multilingual, having taught himself French, English, German and Greek later in life. Machado's work shaped the realist movement in Brazil and the birth of the Brazilian republic made Machado become more critical and an observer of the Brazilian society of his time. Generally considered to be Machado's greatest works are Dom Casmurro (1899), Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas (Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas, also translated as Epitaph of a Small Winner) and Quincas Borba (also known in English as Philosopher or Dog?). In 1893, he published "A Missa do Galo" ("Midnight Mass"), often considered to be the greatest short story in Brazilian literature. This photograph of Machado was taken by the Brazilian photographer Marc Ferrez in 1890.

Rehman's travels

Experiencing the world is one of my greatest pleasures.
I'm fortunate to have been able to travel to these countries:

Spent days in:

Visited airports:

Lived in:

Idea copied from WereSpielChequers, who filched from StuffOfInterest, who lifted it from Harro5, who took it from Salsb, who stole it from Guettarda, who borrowed it from White Cat, as seen on Calton's page.

Rehman's achievements, barnstars, and featured items...

	The Original Barnstar
	Rehman is kind, patient, incredibly knowledgeable and without a doubt knows wikimedia inside out. Even though I am a complete dunce regarding wiki he helped me at every stage and I now have a wonderful page which I am eternally grateful for. I count myself so lucky to have had the assistance of Rehman. He is a brilliant editor and a real gentleman Kareenza (talk) 06:12, 21 June 2018 (UTC)

		The Real-Life Barnstar
		For your companionship during Wikimania Takes Lake Como. –Daniel Case (talk) 19:45, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

★ Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted ★
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Mouth of Deduru Oya
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★ Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted ★
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Kandalama Reservoir
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★ Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted ★
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★ Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted ★
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Victoria Dam and Reservoir, Sri Lanka
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Randenigala Dam
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★ Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted ★
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★ Your nomination has been reviewed and promoted ★
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Hydroelectric power plants in Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka power
Thank you for quality lists and articles on Sri Lanka rivers and power plants, such as List of dams and reservoirs in Sri Lanka and including projects such as Broadlands Dam, for projects maintenance and redirects, and for good memory, - you are an awesome Wikipedian!

--Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:36, 15 February 2015 (UTC)

		The Barnstar of Good Humor!
		Hello Rehman. You have signed my guestbook! Thank you very much.--Pratyya ^(Hello!) 04:27, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

On 2 February 2011, In the news was updated with a news item that involved the article Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi, which you recently nominated. If you know of another interesting news item involving a recently created or updated article, then please suggest it on the candidates page.

		The Excellent Userpage Award
		Congratulations on a very informative and beautifully presented user page! Johnfos (talk) 00:14, 8 December 2010 (UTC)

On 30 November 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article List of largest power stations in the world, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that three of the four largest power stations in the world are in South America? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

	The Working Man's Barnstar
	For your tireless contributions to improve power stations-releted templates and articles, I award to you this barnstar. Beagel (talk) 14:54, 27 November 2010 (UTC)

		The Template Barnstar
		For your innovations of Template:Infobox power station, here is a barnstar of appreciation.--NortyNort (Holla) 01:36, 18 October 2010 (UTC)

		The Secret Subpage Finder Barnstar
		This user has found Hi878's secret hidden sub page! Will you be the next one to find it? Try it here!

		The Resilient Barnstar
		I'm sorry your RfA failed, but well done for taking the criticism offered on the chin. I genuinely hope to see you back at RfA in a few months when you think those issues have been resolved. I have a failed RfA of my own, so I cna tell you it's not necessarily a bad thing! All the best, HJ Mitchell \| fancy a chat? 15:35, 25 January 2010 (UTC)

Rehman's guestbook

Click here to sign!

i love pasta dont sign me just dropped to say hi
Hello! Here is my guestbook, which you can sign if you would like! NikolaiHo^☎️ 03:50, 26 December 2017 (UTC)
Dropped by to say hi! It felt nice to meet you in person. Netha (talk) 12:08, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
Nice work on the Sri Lanka dams. Ϣere SpielChequers 11:55, 29 December 2015 (UTC)
Pending ^{Tell me I screwed up!} 21:55, 23 January 2014 (UTC)
Keep up the good work! -- œ ^™ 20:01, 2 September 2013 (UTC)
Hi there.... Sign mine? KuwarOnline ^Talk 16:15, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
Mediran wuzzz here... ! Haha... glad to sign here and nice to meet you! umm.. would you mind to sign my guestbook? Thanks, Mediran (t • c) 04:15, 23 February 2013 (UTC)
Hey, Rehman, I really like your userpage! Greengreengreen red 18:55, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
Nice page. Rehman nice to meet you also. Wanna give some time to mine??!!!--Pratyya ^(Hello!) 07:25, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
Glad to sign your guestbook. Feel free to sign my guestbook [Guestbook] Thanks R♣Muthusamy^Talk 12:29, 18 April 2012 (UTC)
Algamicagrat (talk) 21:37, 15 March 2012 (UTC)
Hello. sign mine? --Perseus8235 18:05, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
Hello philip robinson here. Ilkeston1990 22:16, 4 January 2011 (UTC)
Hey. Thanks for singing my guestbook. Returning the favor. ;) ΣПDiПG–STΛЯT 06:24, 5 December 2010 (UTC)
Care to reciprocate? And thanks for the comment on my editor review! Ks0stm ^(T•C•G) 06:37, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
Thx for signing mine! Smiley4541 (Click to Talk) 00:44, 24 November 2010 (UTC)
Knowing guy Said: Hi,thanx!! I'm new here and completely illiterate in wikiing! :D 14:22, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
NortyNort (Holla) wuz here!! 02:31, 12 November 2010 (UTC)
Here's my real signature, and an offer to sign mine! Finalius (Ecru?!) 13:13, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
Hi this is mine. Yasercs89 (talk) 11:06, 1 February 2021 (UTC)
Task complete. You're welcome! Huggums^{537_voted! (sign🖋️|📞talk)} 16:31, 21 March 2021 (UTC)
Done! Hello there! — Sundostund mppria ^{(talk / contribs)} 20:12, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

Rehman's uploads

The majority of my uploads can be classed into the below categories. Between 2019-12-01 and 2019-12-31, these files were viewed 3.5 million times, through 1,089 articles on 98 wikis. The stats exclude external usages (i.e. news articles, travel pages, etc). Source: Glamorgan.

Aerial photographs - More in this category...

2012-09-30 - Ambewela Wind Farm
2019-10-24 - Cannons of HSBC Building, Hong Kong.
2016-08-04 - Palar Dam in Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu, India.
2016-06-19 - Çamlıgöze Dam, Turkey.
2019-10-23 - Lamma Power Station, Hong Kong
2011-10-02 - Oracle Corporation, San Francisco, United States.
2019-04-01 - Silopor facility, Trafaria, Portugal.
2016-06-19 - Ticino, near Milan-Malpensa Airport, Italy.
2016-06-19 - Turbigo Power Station, Turbigo, Italy.
2018-07-25 - Shorelines.
2018-07-25 - Roads near Cape Town, South Africa.
2019-04-01 - Wind farm in Panketal, Germany.
2012-07-04 - Mosul Dam, Mosul, Iraq.
2016-06-19 - Erzincan Airport, Turkey.

Aircraft - More in this category...

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Sky and space - More in this category...

January 2020 lunar eclipse
Sunset at Hikkaduwa, Sri Lanka.
Sunset in Milan, Italy.
A double rainbow in Ampara, Sri Lanka.
Solar eclipse of December 26, 2019.
Cloud formation. Washington, D.C., United States.
Conjunction of the Moon, Venus, and Jupiter.

Watercraft - More in this category...

Submarine in Lisbon, Protugal.
Wan Quig Sha, Colombo.
Star Pisces, Hong Kong.
SLCG Suraksha, Colombo.
MSC Rafaela, Hong Kong.]]
Hercules Highway, Colombo.
47 Nasr

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