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Time in its irresistible and ceaseless flow carries along on its flood all created things and drowns them in the depths of obscurity.... But the tale of history forms a very strong bulwark against the stream of time, and checks in some measure its irresistible flow, so that, of all things done in it, as many as history has taken over it secures and binds together, and does not allow them to slip away into the abyss of oblivion.

—Anna Comnena, preface to the Alexiad

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Laurinavicius Userpage (Commons) Talk (Index · Commons) Subpages Barnstars Sandboxes Contributions Guestbook Hey there! As you have probably deduced by now, I'm Laurinavicius and this is my homepage. I discovered Wikepedia several years ago, but never decided to work as an editor and writer. I decided to do so nearly two years ago and am making an attempt that seems quite successful. I live in the state of New Jersey in the United States of America. I'm currently a fifteen year-old Junior in high school, highly-regarded by my classmates, teachers, and numerous universities throughout the nation. I will (likely) be skipping my Senior year in favor of attending Harvard University, where I intend to double-major in history and political science with a minor in international relations. After graduation, I aspire to attend Harvard Law School, become a lawyer, and go into politics. My interests are very widespread, but my favorite is history, especially that which relates to the military and government. As a result, I edit articles of a wide variety in size, importance, and field: everything from the smallest Stubs and articles that off the beaten path, to the largest, most important, and controversial ones. When working on articles, I mainly copyedit and expand them. I recently made my 500th edit on Wikipedia, which was an assessment of the article Schaumburg-Lippe, which, incidentally, was brought up to B-Class from a Stub. I recently made my 750th edit on Wikipedia, which was an assessment of the article Teutonic Knights, which, incidentally, was brought up to B-Class from a Stub. I recently made my 1,000th edit on Wikipedia, which was the creation and substantial expansion of numerous sections within the article 13th Guards Rifle Division, bringing it even closer to B-Class. I recently made my 1,250th edit on Wikipedia, which was the creation and substantial expansion of an infobox within the article Mikhail Musatov, bringing it to Start-Class. I recently made my 1,500th edit on Wikipedia, which, ironically, was the request for the speedy deletion of the article Brittany hill middle school. I recently made my 3,000th live edit on Wikipedia, which, incidentally, was the fixing of a re-direct on the first page I ever edited on, Battle of Morgarten. I recently made my 4,000th live edit on Wikipedia, which incidentally, was a complete rewriting of the introductory paragraph of the first article I ever edited, Battle of Morgarten. I recently made my 6,000th live edit on Wikipedia, which, incidentally, is this edit, the one I'm making right now. I can be contacted multiple ways. If you want to talk to me about my edits, you can do so on my talk page. If there is any private information that you would like to share with me or discuss with me about, you can e-mail me at mlaurinavicius@optonline.net. It is currently Wednesday, December 18, 2024 Wikipedia ads file info – show another – #282 Tip of the day... Accuracy, quality and peer review We strive to make Wikipedia as accurate and as good as possible. If you see something you know is wrong, be bold and fix it. If you see something that seems wrong, leave a note on the article talk page and remove questionable assertions if no supporting evidence is provided. You can also use a verification template to add a citation needed tag after the text in question. Peer review for accuracy and quality happens constantly through the Recent changes page and watchlists. A review can also be solicited on Wikipedia:Peer review, Wikipedia:Article assessment, and Wikipedia:Good article nominations. If you believe an article is really good, nominate it at Wikipedia:Featured article candidates. 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"Take up and read." ” — Today's Motto of the Day |} File:Army-seal.gif "I finally came to the conclusion that he maybe he was right. Maybe there's no such thing as heroes. Maybe there are just people like my dad. I finally came to understand why they were so uncomfortable being called heroes. Heroes are something we create, something we need. It's a way for us to understand what's almost incomprehensible, how people could sacrifice so much for us, but for my dad and these men, the risks they took, the wounds they suffered, they did that for their buddies. They may have fought for their country but they died for their friends. For the man in front, for the man beside him, and if we wish to truly honor these men we should remember them the way they really were, the way my dad remembered them." James Bradley, author of Flags of Our Fathers and Flyboys and son of Iwo Jima flag raiser John Bradley, on the topic of "heroes". Userboxes Here's a list of some of the userboxes that represent me in one way or another. If you have anything in common with me or would like to discuss anything (and don't hesitate to do so), just post a message on my talk page and we'll talk about it. Please note that I am an enormous history buff and love discussing everything about pretty much every aspect of history. I also enjoy discussing (well, it's more like debating for me) politics, novels, sports, art. Articles I've Done Major Work On Battle of Morgarten Battle of Saule Battle of Nájera Battle of Zeeland Battle of Custoza (1848) Battle of Custoza (1866) Battle of Kutna Hora Urartu-Assyria War Alexander Gorbatov Edict of Potsdam Ulrich Wille Georg von Küchler Knickerbocker Group 103rd (Lancashire Artillery Volunteers) Regiment Royal Artillery Quaker Gun 102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers) Livonian Brothers of the Sword Age of Empires III Žanis Butkus‎ Constantin Brătescu Rusa I Argishti II Volkwin Byzantium under the Heraclians 13th Guards Rifle Division List of kings of Urartu First Mexican Empire And many more... Articles I've Done Minor Work On Too many to list here... Current Projects Duchy of Florence, Republic of Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, Charles X, and Louis XVIII (Work with User:Jack1755 to bring some of these articles up to GA-Class; fix GAN issues with Grand Duchy of Tuscany before renominating) Zagreb Synagogue (Work with Kebeta and GregorB to bring these articles up to GA-Class) Klis Fortress and Walls of Dubrovnik (Work with Kebeta and GregorB to bring these articles up to A-Class) Churchill Plan and Stalin Plan (Create articles) Wikipedia:WikiProject Military History (fix the minor problems with Start-Class articles so as to bring them up to B-Class status and finding and improving Stubs to Start articles through the gathering of research and transferring it to the article itself) Battle of Nájera (I have gathered all of the research necessary for a B-Class article; now I will bring the article up to Start-status soon by revamping it grammatically, then adding the references and ciations necessary to bring it up to B-Class) Wikipedia:WikiProject Former countries (I am currently working as an unofficial coordinator (seeing as the project has none) by performing those routine and daily tasks that keep the project running; simultaneously, I am working in the Assessment Department, tagging, reassessing the assessed, and assessing the unassessed articles, while simultaneously searching for B-Class articles that can immediatly or quickly be promoted to GA-status, and thus far, I have found 2, both of which are pending GA-assessment. Any help would be greatly appreciated as I am being swamped by this workload. I am also attempting to re-organize the project by gathering all members that were a part of the project before its temporary closing back together and by setting up coordinator elections and a Tag and Assessment Drive.) Byzantium under the Heraclians (Little work is needed to bring it up to GA-Class, just copyediting, adding links, fixing the punctuation around citations, and fixing the small portions of POV text.) Castello Svevo (Copyedit) 13th Guards Rifle Division (just adding references in order to bring it up to B-Class) Articles I'm Intersted in Working On As a member of the Wikipedia:WikiProject Military History (which is utterly incredible, if anyone has failed to noticed) I have found numerous articles to work and I hope to find many more in the future. Here's a short list of article I'm interested in working on. If you are reading this and suddenly decide to become interested in working on any of these articles, just post a message on my talk page, and we can co-operate in a joint effort to improve these articles. Alexander I of Macedon (gathering more information on this great king before I get start working on the article itself;project may be ended due to lack of information on Alexander; INDEFINITELY POSTPONED DUE TO LACK OF INFORMATION) Battle of Havana (1762) (fixing grammatical errors and adding paranthetical citations from the references will bring it up to B-Class, then GA-class) Erich von Manstein (a former Featured Article which I am determined to return to its previous status; suitably referenced parantehtical citations are all that's needed to bring the article back to GA-,A-, and even FA-Class) First Battle of the Stronghold (a former Featured Article that needs to be suitably referenced; once it is, then the article will certainly achieve B-Class, and may even be suggested for GA-Class Status) Rowland Rugeley (a new article about a talented Loyalist officer who served with distinction during the Southern Campaigns of the American Revolutionary War; INDEFINITELY POSTPONED DUE TO LACK OF INFORMATION ON RUGELEY) Boves massacre (I have all the information I need and the majority of the sentences and paragraphs needed have been written, but I have yet to arrange them in the best possible manner) Art If you have not yet noticed, I am quite an art freak, as I very much enjoy artistic works from numerous periods, namely: the Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo,Neoclassicism, Romanticism, and Romantic. 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