User:Gregorydavid

Picture of the day[edit]

The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, stealth multirole combat aircraft designed for air superiority and strike missions; it also has electronic warfare and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance capabilities. The aircraft descends from the Lockheed Martin X-35, with development funded principally by the United States, with additional funding from program partner countries from NATO. Its first flight took place in 2006 and it entered service with the United States Air Force in 2015. Its first combat operation was in the 2018 Operation House of Cards by the Israeli Air Force. The F-35 Lightning II has three main variants: the conventional takeoff and landing F-35A, the short take-off and vertical-landing F-35B, and the carrier-based F-35C. This photograph shows an F-35C conducting a test flight over Chesapeake Bay in 2011.Photograph credit: Andy Wolfe

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Question of the day[edit]

Will Wikipedia ever be what it is going to be?
Are Wikipedians divided into "exoteric", which are under review, and "esoteric", which have performed well enough to be admitted into the "inner" circle?

Uncyclopedia[edit]

Follow link to see: Uncyclopedia's logo, which is made from a potato named Sophia to parody Wikipedia's globe logo Uncyclopedia's

My IP is SAIX[edit]

My IP is Telkom South Africa's SAIX.

Previous blocked IP addresses:
- 198.54.202.234
- 196.25.255.210

Portal matrix[edit]

User:Kevin baas/box template1

from: User:SeanMack see: User:SeanMack/sandbox3

Tip of the day[edit]

Tip of the day...

Screenshots

If you need to illustrate an article about software or a website, a good tip is to take screenshots.

In Microsoft Windows, a screenshot of the entire monitor, complete with taskbar, can be copied to the system clipboard by pressing the Prt Sc key. Alternatively, pressing Alt+Prt Sc will copy just the active window to the clipboard. You can then paste the clipboard into a program like MS Paint or Paint.NET using Ctrl+V, and then save it as an image file (for uploading to Wikipedia, for instance).

In Mac OS X, simply prepare your screen to how you want it to look, then hit ⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+3 (not the number pad 3) simultaneously. The new image will appear as a PNG on your desktop. Additionally, if you only want to capture part of the screen, you can hit ⌘ Cmd+⇧ Shift+4, click and drag over the part of the screen you would like to capture and release, also saving it as a PNG on your desktop.

When uploading, be sure to use an appropriate copyright tag, such as web-screenshot.

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My Wiki toolbox[edit]

Mapping[edit]

Map projection[edit]

Map projection

Mercator projection[edit]

Mercator projection

Nautical chart[edit]

Nautical chart

Examples[edit]

Greenwich is located at 51°28′38″S 00°00′00″E / 51.47722°S 0.00000°E / -51.47722; 0.00000, a latitude and longitude of 51° 28' 38" N and 0º 0' 0" E/W (by definition).
Cape Point is located at 34°21′26″S 18°29′51″E / 34.35722°S 18.49750°E / -34.35722; 18.49750, about 2.3 kilometres (1.4 mi) east and a little north of the Cape of Good Hope on the south-west corner.
Cape Agulhas is the southernmost point in the continent of Africa. It is located at 34°49′43.39″S 20°00′09.15″E / 34.8287194°S 20.0025417°E / -34.8287194; 20.0025417, in a rural area 170 kilometres (105 mi) south-east of Cape Town. Google satellite map
Namibia border 27°00′00″S 20°00′00″E / 27.00000°S 20.00000°E / -27.00000; 20.00000, 28°00′00″S 20°00′00″E / 28.00000°S 20.00000°E / -28.00000; 20.00000 and 29°00′00″S 20°00′00″E / 29.00000°S 20.00000°E / -29.00000; 20.00000

Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates[edit]

Wikipedia:WikiProject Geographical coordinates

The Earth[edit]

Diameter:

Equatorial 12,756.270 km
Polar 12,713.500 km
Mean 12,745.591 km

Circumference:

Equatorial 40,075.004 km
Meridional 40,007.849 km
Mean 40,041.455 km

Python[edit]

Python programming language

Popups[edit]

Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation popups
Implemented by User:Gregorydavid on 22 March 2006
User:Lightdarkness/monobook.js something to look into.

Referencing[edit]

Unencyclopedia

My Wiki sandbox[edit]

Railways

East Coast Main Line

Legend

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					Brookmans Park
					Potters Bar
					Hadley Wood
					New Barnet
					Oakleigh Park
					New Southgate
					Hertford Loop Line
					Alexandra Palace
					Hornsey
					Harringay
					Finsbury Park
					Northern City Line
					London King's Cross

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