User:McGhiever

McGhiever

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McGhiever at Ute Mountain Tribal Park, Colorado, USA
Born	Colorado
Pronouns	he/him
Nationality	American
Country	United States
Current location	Minneapolis
Time zone	Central Time Zone
Current time	Current time for UTC-5 is 21:25
Education and employment
Occupation	Librarian
College	Macalester College
Account statistics
Joined	June 6, 2006

McGhiever is an outreach volunteer for the GLAM-Wiki Initiative and a member of WikiProject Protected areas. As a librarian I am interested in building connections between my profession and Wikimedia projects, and making more information accessible online. As a nature lover I am interested in giving protected areas a robust presence in the online and mobile realms. Originally from Colorado, I now live in Minnesota. I am a graduate of Macalester College and work for a public library in the Twin Cities.

My major area of contribution is state parks of the United States, improving their articles and promoting consistency. I am always happy to have other users edit my text for clarity and concision. Other users also have my full blessing to remove my photographs from articles if a sharper or more colorful picture becomes available.

As a civil servant and a fan of public parks, I am of the conviction that public spending makes our country better.^[1]

See more of my photos at commons:User:McGhiever/Gallery

McGhiever This user has been on Wikipedia for 18 years and 27 days. he This user prefers to be referred to using masculine gender pronouns. This user is a librarian - information scientist. This user is a participant in WikiProject Minnesota. This user participates in WikiProject National Register of Historic Places. This user is a member of WikiProject Protected Areas.

Major contributions

NRHP descriptions needed

• Recent nomination forms
• Weekly list

Articles needing attention

• Blueberry Lake Village Site
• Indian Mounds Park (Saint Paul, Minnesota)
• Lake Zumbro Hydroelectric Generating Plant
• Tobias G. Mealey House
• Monterey State Historic Park [8]
• Point Douglas–St. Louis River Road Bridge
• St. Louis County District Courthouse
• Shooting Star State Trail
• Tettegouche State Park
• Thayer Hotel (Annandale, Minnesota)
• Oliver G. Traphagen House

New Deal

Add to Category:New Deal in Minnesota family as created

Resources

Did You Know...

A big thank you to the Wikipedians who have nominated several of my articles for Did You Know... I feel silly admitting it, but the submission process is too much for me to figure out, so I really appreciate the support.

On 11 December 2006, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Natural Bridge State Park (Wisconsin), which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Natural Bridge State Park holds the largest natural arch in Wisconsin?

On 14 September 2008, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Interstate Park, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ...that the Glacial Gardens of Interstate Park in Minnesota and Wisconsin contain the greatest concentration of glacial potholes in the world?

On 8 January 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ...that Split Rock Lighthouse State Park in Minnesota has a clifftop lighthouse (pictured) on the North Shore of Lake Superior built without roads?

On 16 April 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Judge C. R. Magney State Park, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ...that Judge C. R. Magney State Park in Minnesota contains the Devil's Kettle (pictured), a waterfall in which half of the Brule River disappears into a glacial kettle?

On 6 February 2011, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Lake Ahquabi State Park, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ...that after successful restoration efforts in the 1990s, anglers in Lake Ahquabi now catch twice as many fish as in most other lakes in Iowa?

On 16 July 2012, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Jug Handle State Natural Reserve, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that California's Jug Handle State Natural Reserve preserves five marine terraces each exhibiting a different stage of ecological succession at 100,000-year intervals?

On 17 September 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article William Sauntry House and Recreation Hall, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the William Sauntry House and Recreation Hall is a rare example of Moorish Revival architecture in Minnesota?

On 6 December 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Cokato Temperance Hall, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Cokato Temperance Hall (pictured) was the social hub of a Finnish American community even though its members had to pledge to abstain from alcohol?

On 11 May 2016, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Larson's Hunters Resort, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that the Swedish immigrants who built Larson's Hunters Resort on the western border of Minnesota initially lived in a dugout?

References

External links

• My gallery on Wikimedia Commons
• McGhiever's Travels