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Hi, my name is Tom Ruen. If you'd like to contact me, try out the form at: Special:Emailuser/tomruen

I also edit from User:SockPuppetForTomruen, mostly for eclipses.

My work here

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I first came on here to edit on April 28, 2004 (20 years ago now!) It is an addicting idea to try to add to something much bigger than I could ever do. I am a little skeptical over the idea of freedom to change anything, but overall I'm very impressed by the quality of articles and I have faith good work is being done and I can add to it.

There are many quality websites out there and it seems silly to duplicate too much. I like the idea of learning about something and testing my knowledge by trying to share it. For me that motivates much of my efforts here.

Primary topics I've worked on include geometry, and astronomy.

My specialty has primarily been image generation, perhaps because I've found so many articles where useful images were absent. I try to make quality images, but I will compromise perfection for meaningful improvement. I'm happy if anyone can replace my images with better ones.

Active work and subpages

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About me

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Pictures

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EarthMoonCharonCharonNixNixKerberosKerberosStyxStyxHydraHydraPlutoPlutoDysnomiaDysnomiaErisErisNamakaNamakaHi'iakaHi'iakaHaumeaHaumeaMakemakeMakemakeMK2MK2XiangliuXiangliuGonggongGonggongWeywotWeywotQuaoarQuaoarSednaSednaVanthVanthOrcusOrcusActaeaActaeaSalaciaSalacia2002 MS42002 MS4File:10 Largest Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOS).png
Artistic comparison of Pluto, Eris, Makemake, Haumea, Gonggong (2007 OR10), Sedna, Quaoar, Orcus, 2002 MS4, and Salacia.
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Wiki news

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  • [3] Jimmy Wales is founder of Wikipedia, the self-organizing, self-correcting, ever-expanding, and thoroughly addictive encyclopedia of the future. In this presentation, he explains how Wikipedia's collaborative system works, and why it succeeds. (Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 20:47)
  • Jimmy Wales’s benevolent Wikipedia wisdom By DAVID HOROVITZ 07/01/2011
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Filipendula vulgaris
Filipendula vulgaris, commonly known as dropwort, is a perennial herbaceous plant in the family Rosaceae and closely related to meadowsweet. Found in Europe, western Siberia, Asia Minor, the Caucasus and North Africa, it has finely cut, fern-like radical leaves that form a basal rosette, and an erect stem 20 to 50 centimetres (8 to 20 inches) tall. The flowers appear in dense clusters, and the plant has an overall height of 50 to 100 centimetres (20 to 40 inches), achieved after two to five years, and a spread of around about 10 to 50 centimetres (4 to 20 inches). The plant thrives on chalk and limestone downs, and on heaths on other basic rocks, with full sun or partial shade, and is tolerant of dry conditions. This F. vulgaris inflorescence was photographed in Kulna, Estonia. The photograph was focus-stacked from 26 separate images.Photograph credit: Ivar Leidus