User:Rfl
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Rafał Pocztarski[edit]
Administrator of the English Wikipedia since 2004 (original nomination)
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Simplified ruleset: WP:SIMPLE · Policies and guidelines: WP:PG WP:POLICY WP:GUIDELINE · Five pillars: WP:FIVE WP:5P WP:FIVEPILLARS
Neutral point of view: WP:NPOV WP:NPV · Verifiability: WP:V WP:VERIFY WP:SOURCE · No original research: WP:OR WP:NOR WP:ORIGINAL
What Wikipedia is not: WP:! WP:NOT WP:WWIN
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Identifying reliable sources: WP:IRS WP:RS WP:RELY WP:RELIABLE WP:RELIABLESOURCES · Wikipedia:Notability: WP:N WP:NN WP:NOTE
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Vandalism: WP:VAN WP:VAND WP:VNDL WP:VANDAL · Warning templates · Administrator intervention against vandalism: WP:AIV WP:AIAV WP:RVAN
Abuse response: WP:ABUSE WP:AbRep · Cleaning up vandalism: WP:CUV · WikiProject Vandalism studies: WP:WPVS
Requests for page protection: WP:RFPP WP:RFP WP:RPP WP:PADLOCK · Protection policy: WP:PP WP:PROTECT
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Selected anniversaries[edit]
June 12: First day of Shavuot (Judaism, 2024); Dia dos Namorados in Brazil; Loving Day in the United States (1967)
- 1798 – Following the successful French invasion of Malta, the Knights Hospitaller surrendered Malta to Napoleon, initiating two years of occupation.
- 1864 – Union general Ulysses S. Grant pulled his troops out of the Battle of Cold Harbor in Hanover County, Virginia, ending one of the bloodiest, most lopsided battles in the American Civil War.
- 1914 – As part of the Ottoman Empire's policies of ethnic cleansing, Turkish irregulars began a six-day massacre in the predominantly Greek town of Phocaea.
- 1954 – Dominic Savio, who was 14 years old at his death in 1857, was canonized by Pope Pius XII, making him one of the youngest non-martyred saints in the Catholic Church.
- 1994 – The Boeing 777 (pictured), the world's largest twinjet, made its maiden flight.
- Æthelflæd (d. 918)
- Samuel Cooper (b. 1798)
- Eugénie Brazier (b. 1895)
- Milorad Petrović (d. 1981)
In the news[edit]
- A plane crash in Mzimba, Malawi, kills ten people, including Vice President Saulos Chilima (pictured).
- In the Indian general election, the National Democratic Alliance, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is re-elected with a reduced majority.
- The Boeing Starliner spacecraft conducts its first crewed flight, carrying two astronauts to the International Space Station.
- The CNSA Chang'e 6 completes sampling and takeoff from the far side of the Moon.
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