User:RP459
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Charles Darwin (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist, and biologist, widely known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended from a common ancestor is now generally accepted and considered a fundamental scientific concept. In a joint presentation with Alfred Russel Wallace, he introduced his scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution resulted from a process he called natural selection, in which the struggle for existence has a similar effect to the artificial selection involved in selective breeding. Darwin published his theory of evolution with compelling evidence in his 1859 book On the Origin of Species. By the 1870s, the scientific community and a majority of the educated public had accepted evolution as a fact. However, many scientists initially favoured competing explanations that gave only a minor role to natural selection, and it was not until the emergence of the modern evolutionary synthesis from the 1930s to the 1950s that a broad consensus developed in which natural selection was the basic mechanism of evolution. Darwin's scientific discovery is the unifying theory of the life sciences, explaining the diversity of life. Darwin has been described as one of the most influential figures in human history and was honoured by burial in Westminster Abbey. This photograph of Darwin by Julia Margaret Cameron was taken around 1868.Photograph credit: Julia Margaret Cameron; restored by Adam Cuerden
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- Wikichecker (Has an interesting scatter plot of time edited... It turns out I do most of my editing on Saturdays and Sundays during the day...)
- Template:Uw-sofixit
- Special:OldReviewedPages pages that need reviewed
Mistakes (non-exhaustive list)
[edit]- Novato mistake see Apprentice user box to the right
- I stand by the ref removal but should not have yelled (I do not touch type and missed that the caps was on...)
- Revert to a user page that I made
- oppose on an RfA where I got annoyed by an answer by a candidate and did not read the whole RfA
Nifty things on Wikipdia
[edit]- User_talk:156.34.142.110
- User_talk:99.149.84.135
- Wikipedia:Flagged_revisions_petition
- [1]
- WP:OMGWTFBBQ
- Jimbo Blocklog
- [2]
Articles I am working on or contributing to...
[edit]- Glider pilot license
- Pilot licensing in Canada
- United States Naval Aviator
- List_of_post-nominal_letters_in_Canada
- Bettsometer
Articles I created
[edit]Awesome admins
[edit]Barnstars Issued
[edit]Awards Recieved
[edit]Things That Make Me Sad
[edit]Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Dr_Dec
Cool Pictures
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Committed identity: 163a1ef2969aba8eb3d7a6c84a39445f13d6180a2467c4674336d277feb186755387125d34c97b65c0ca8ee4963c3e9821b904212ff0d907735dc714d934ade9 is a SHA-512 commitment to this user's real-life identity.