User:GeoWriter

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I'm a geologist, specialising in volcanoes and volcanic rocks, but I'm also very interested in all aspects of geology.

I have been contributing to Wikipedia since October 2006.

Since 2009, I have been uploading photos of geology to Wikimedia Commons. My Wikimedia Commons photo gallery I also categorise geology photos and add details to geology photo descriptions and locations.

Please click here to leave me a message on my Talk page. Thanks.

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This user is a participant in
WikiProject Volcanoes.

This user is a participant in
WikiProject Geology.

This user is a geoscientist or is specializing in geoscience.

This user is interested in volcanoes.

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Earth Science.

This user has been on Wikipedia for 19 years, 6 months and 3 days.

31,000+

This user has made more than 31,000 contributions to Wikipedia.

This editor is a Senior Editor II and is entitled to display this Rhodium Editor Star.

This user has created 4 articles on Wikipedia.

This user was ranked 4101 on the list of Wikipedians by number of edits on 2026-03-08.

3,500+

This user has uploaded over 3,500 images to Wikimedia Commons.

This user has made over 53,100 edits on Wikimedia Commons.

This user participates in
WikiProject Mountains.

This user participates in
Taskforce Moon.

This user is fascinated by glaciers.

This user is interested in planetary geology.

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Articles and redirects created

Articles created

Geology of Germany - my English translation of the original article in German Wikipedia.
Quartzolite
Francesco Serao - my English translation of the original article in Italian Wikipedia - to activate a wiki link in article Lava that had been a non-existent red link for 13 years
Geology of the Canary Islands

Major revisions

major revision of Ring of Fire

Redirects created

Volcano predictionVolcano prediction - a redirect to Prediction of volcanic activity
OphiolitesOphiolites - a redirect to Ophiolite
Geologic PedimentGeologic Pediment - a redirect to Pediment (geology)
Billings VolcanoesBillings Volcanoes - a redirect to Billings Volcanos (basketball)
Hawaii Volcanoes (basketball)Hawaii Volcanoes (basketball) - a redirect to Billings Volcanos (basketball)
Boss (geology)Boss (geology) - a redirect to Stock (geology)
SilexiteSilexite - a redirect to Quartzolite
North Alpine foreland basinNorth Alpine foreland basin - a redirect to Molasse basin
Crystal fractionation (geology)Crystal fractionation (geology) - a redirect to Fractional crystallization (geology)
Antarctic Peninsula cordilleraAntarctic Peninsula cordillera - a redirect to Antarctandes
Magmatic fractionationMagmatic fractionation - a redirect to Fractional crystallization (geology)
MegafossilMegafossil - a redirect to Macrofossil
Relative dating (linguistics)Relative dating (linguistics) - a redirect to Historical linguistics
NamakierNamakier - a redirect to Salt glacier
TaphrogenesisTaphrogenesis - a redirect to Rift
Colluvial materialColluvial material - a redirect to Colluvium
Lithogenesis (geology)Lithogenesis (geology) - a redirect to Petrogenesis
Miaolingian - a redirect to Cambrian Series 3
Wuliuan - a redirect to Cambrian Stage 5
SenonianSenonian - a redirect to Late Cretaceous
PrasinitePrasinite - a redirect to Greenschist
Ata (mountain)Ata (mountain) - a redirect to Tipas
Greda (landform)Greda (landform) - a redirect to Paha (landform)
IdiomorphicIdiomorphic - a redirect to Euhedral and anhedral
Northumberland BasinNorthumberland Basin - a redirect to Northumberland Trough
French-American Mid-Ocean Undersea Study - a redirect to Project FAMOUS
Volcanic eruption forecastingVolcanic eruption forecasting - a redirect to Prediction of volcanic activity
BelomoridesBelomorides - a redirect to Belomorian Province
PyroductPyroduct - a redirect to Lava tube
Norm (geology)Norm (geology) - a redirect to Normative mineralogy
HercynidesHercynides - a redirect to Variscan orogeny
Moho (geology)Moho (geology) - a redirect to Mohorovičić discontinuity
Tephritic phonoliteTephritic phonolite - a redirect to Tephriphonolite
Sarmatian (age)Sarmatian (age) - a redirect to Serravallian
South Shetland PlateSouth Shetland Plate - a redirect to Shetland Plate
LongmyndianLongmyndian - a redirect to Longmyndian Supergroup
Laach LakeLaach Lake - a redirect to Laacher See
Contact aureoleContact aureole - a redirect to Metamorphism#Contact (thermal)
Konzentrat-LagerstätteKonzentrat-Lagerstätte - a redirect to Lagerstätte
Dolomitic AlpsDolomitic Alps - a redirect to Dolomites
Digital geological mappingDigital geological mapping - a redirect to Digital geologic mapping
Girdle of FireGirdle of Fire - a redirect to Ring of Fire
British Tertiary Igneous ProvinceBritish Tertiary Igneous Province - a redirect to North Atlantic Igneous Province
MicrogabbroMicrogabbro - a redirect to Diabase
MicrograniteMicrogranite - a redirect to Granite
Pangaean megamonsoonPangaean megamonsoon - a redirect to Pangean megamonsoon
IMA symbolsIMA symbols - a redirect to List of mineral symbols
MidlandianMidlandian - a redirect to Last Glacial Period
Reverse gradingReverse grading - a redirect to Graded bedding
DienerianDienerian - a redirect to Induan
GriesbachianGriesbachian - a redirect to Induan
Plateau lavaPlateau lava - a redirect to Flood basalt
International Geological Time ScaleInternational Geological Time Scale - a redirect to Geologic time scale
TellurbismuthTellurbismuth - a redirect to Tellurobismuthite
OceanizationOceanization - a redirect to Oceanisation
Bedding surfaceBedding surface - a redirect to Bed (geology)
NeosomeNeosome - a redirect to Migmatite
Soufrière Volcanic CenterSoufrière Volcanic Center - a redirect to Qualibou
Sediment pollutionSediment pollution - a redirect to Siltation
QuesnoinQuesnoin - a redirect to Diterpene
Volcanic edificeVolcanic edifice - a redirect to Volcano#Volcanic features
Edifice (volcanic)Edifice (volcanic) - a redirect to Volcano#Volcanic features
List of possible impact craters on Earth - a redirect to List of possible impact structures on Earth
Volcanoes of the Canary IslandsVolcanoes of the Canary Islands - a redirect to Geology of the Canary Islands
Volcanism of the Canary IslandsVolcanism of the Canary Islands - a redirect to Geology of the Canary Islands
Geology of FuerteventuraGeology of Fuerteventura - a redirect to Geology of the Canary Islands#Fuerteventura
Geology of La GomeraGeology of La Gomera - a redirect to Geology of the Canary Islands#La Gomera
Geology of La PalmaGeology of La Palma - a redirect to Geology of the Canary Islands#La Palma
Geology of El HierroGeology of El Hierro - a redirect to Geology of the Canary Islands#El Hierro
Magmatic gasMagmatic gas - a redirect to Volcanic gas
Cross-beddedCross-bedded - a redirect to Cross-bedding
CryptotephraCryptotephra - a redirect to Tephra
Lugar SillLugar Sill - a redirect to Lugar, East Ayrshire#Geology: the Lugar Sill
Chronostratigraphic unitChronostratigraphic unit - a redirect to Geologic time scale
Geochronologic unit Geochronologic unit - a redirect to Geologic time scale
Dogger FormationDogger Formation - a redirect to Cleveland Basin
PandermitePandermite - a redirect to Priceite

Useful links

Geology

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   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Whatlinkshere/xxxxxxx
                     where xxxxxxx is url version of article title 
            (e.g. List_of_rock_types) not wiki version (e.g. List of rock types)

Page views of articles created by user xxxxxxx

                https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/userviews/?project=en.wikipedia.org&platform=all-access&agent=user&namespace=0&redirects=0&range=all-time&sort=views&direction=1&view=list&user=xxxxxxx

Edit count progress

Currently, this editor has earned the Senior Editor II service award.

To get to the next level, Senior Editor III, they need to meet the editing requirement.

Progress towards the next level (by edits): [ 2408 / 4500 ]

53.5% completed

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Random things that I have learned from Wikipedia

East Anglia in England is named after the Anglia (peninsula) region of Denmark and Germany, but East Anglia is west of that Anglia. (I already knew that East Anglia is actually an eastern part of the other Anglia: Kingdom of East Anglia).
Somalia has mean daily minimum temperatures usually above 15°C but it has a national bandy association. Bandy is like (field) hockey on ice.
August seems to be a good month to observe pumice rafts.
The West Pacific Ocean is in the Eastern Hemisphere; the East Pacific Ocean is in the Western Hemisphere (because east and west are defined by the boundary between the east and west hemispheres on the other side of the world at Greenwich in London).
Geyser is an English word for an eruptive hot spring. The word is a common noun derived from a proper noun — the name of a major geyser named "Geysir" in Iceland — but the Icelandic word for a geyser is actually goshver not geyser.

Errors, misunderstandings and myths about geological subjects in Wikipedia

"Chemical elements are not minerals". This is wrong. Some elements are elements (obviously) but are also minerals.


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