User:Jerrch

Jerrch, a Taiwanese contributor of the English Wikipedia. 10,730 contributions in English

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Today's featured article German reconnaissance picture of Sovetsky Soyuz The Sovetsky Soyuz class was a class of battleships begun by the Soviet Union but never brought into service. They were designed in response to the German Bismarck-class battleships, and would have rivaled the Imperial Japanese Yamato class and America's planned Montana class in size, although with significantly weaker firepower. Only four hulls of the fifteen originally planned had been laid down by 1940, when the decision was made to cut the program to only three ships to divert resources to an army-rearmament program. Construction of the first four ships was plagued with difficulties as the Soviet shipbuilding and related industries were not prepared to build such large ships. One battleship, Sovetskaya Belorussiya, was cancelled after serious construction flaws were found. Construction of the other three ships was suspended shortly after Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union in June 1941. All three of the surviving hulls were scrapped in the late 1940s. (Full article...) Recently featured: Europejara Zombie Nightmare John Adams Contributions Main articles: /Pages and /Did you know Articles GA-class content Chai Trong-rong Chen Chi-mai Hsu Tain-tsair B-class content Economic history of Taiwan Shanhua, Tainan C-class content Chiang Peng-chien Sub-pages /Did you know /Pages /Photo gallery /Sandbox /Vandalism count

Motto of the Day “ → The very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. ” — Today's Motto of the Day On this day... November 2 Ngô Đình Diệm 1943 – World War II: A U.S. Navy task force turned away an Imperial Japanese Navy formation at the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, thus protecting the landings at Cape Torokina. 1963 – South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm (pictured) was arrested and assassinated in Saigon, marking the culmination of a coup d'état led by Dương Văn Minh. 1984 – Velma Barfield, a convicted serial killer, became the first woman to be executed in the United States since 1962. 2008 – Lewis Hamilton overtook Timo Glock in the final corners of the Brazilian Grand Prix to become the Formula One World Drivers' Champion by one point. Matilda of Flanders (d. 1083) James Dunn (b. 1901) Bill Mosienko (b. 1921) Harriet Bosse (d. 1961) More anniversaries: November 1 November 2 November 3

Today's featured picture Mõdriku is a village in Vinni Parish in Lääne-Viru County, northeastern Estonia. It is the location of Mõdriku Manor, a house that was first mentioned in 1470, and belonged to several Baltic-German families, including the family of the Russian general and explorer Alexander von Kaulbars. His ancestor R. A. von Kaulbars, reputedly a great patriot, put up the column commemorating the French invasion of Russia in 1812 that is still visible in the manor park. The building dates partly from the 17th century, with substantial alterations in the 1780s and 1890s. During the 20th century, it was used by various schools. This photograph shows the facade of Mõdriku Manor in 2012. Photograph credit: Ivar Leidus Recently featured: African blue flycatcher White Zombie Danell Leyva

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Jerrch
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Rank	Language	Pages	Edits
1	English	70	10 730
2	Chinese	1	270
3	Spanish	2	15
4	Japanese	0	5
5	Italian	1	0

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I, Folic Acid, award this Republic of China Barnstar to Jerrch for his tireless work in expanding and updating all Taiwan-related articles. Keep up the good work! I, The4325, award you this barnstar for your contributions.	I, Loren, award you, Jerrch, this Cool Cucumber for maintaining your cool in difficult debate situations.