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= Contact information =
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I live in St. Charles, Missouri, USA, and the quickest way to get in contact with me is usually via AIM at screen-name "elonka". For more info about me, please check my homepage, at http://www.elonka.com. Specific links which might be useful include:
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==Wiki-awards==
The following are awards which other Wikipedians have seen fit to bestow upon me. Thank you. The following are awards which other Wikipedians have seen fit to bestow upon me. Thank you.
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] for her incredible defense of good manners and ], all while maintaining decorum and indefatigability. <br> &nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="green">-</font> <i><b>] ]</b></i> ] 02:22, 12 February 2006 (UTC)<small></small> ]] ] for her incredible defense of good manners and ], all while maintaining decorum and indefatigability. <br> &nbsp;&nbsp;<font color="green">-</font> <i><b>] ]</b></i> ] 02:22, 12 February 2006 (UTC)<small></small> ]]
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*AIM: Elonka
*Yahoo: SimuElonka
*Google: Elonka
*MSN: Elonka@aol.com
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(context) My father, ], was a war orphan. Both of his parents were killed in ] in September 1939 during the German invasion. Other family was arrested and sent to ]. My father and his sisters (all under the age of 6) were able to survive only through the frantic assistance of friends and relatives throughout Europe and North America. The children finally made their way to the United States with the assistance of Senator ] of ], and grew up to have families of their own. But because of the chaos of the war, much of our family history was lost. One of my projects has been to try and piece together the bits and pieces of my family genealogy and heritage. Misplaced Pages has been a good source for this, as I have been learning about some of my more famous relatives, especially from the Polish ] (noble/gentility) classes. This section provides links to those relatives who are notable enough to have their own articles.

''If you have additional information on any of these individuals, even if it's unreferenced, I am very interested in hearing about it!''

* ] (1803-1874), German botanist
*] (? - 1852) - Great-great-great-grandfather
*] (1813- ?)
*] (1815-1867), hereditary member of the ] House of Lords
* ] (1819-1890), prominent Polish poet (great-great-great grandmother)
* ] (1822-1879)
* Saint ] (1835-1907)
* Baron ] (1845-1917), ] ] to the United States
* Count ] (1870-1928), Polish agriculturalist (great-grandfather)
* ] (1878-1945), Polish Vice-Finance Minister (great-grandfather)
*] (1887-1951), member of the ]
* Count ] (1888-1964), great-uncle. Author of ''The Cruise of the ]'', 1928
*] (1892-1956) - Polish diplomat member of the ]
* ] - Papal ] to ], and leader of the Polish Order of the ]
* ] (1907-1939) (grandfather, killed during the German invasion of Poland)
* ], Pulitzer-prize-winner (cousin)
*] (1935- ) - ] Professor, world expert on various types of ], especially Croatian, cultural ], and author of several books
*] - This is a school in Vienna that was founded by one of my ancestors, ].

== Other hobbies ==

=== Admin/owner of various other wikis ===
* ] MediaWiki at http://www.igda.org/
* Personal (password-protected) MediaWiki site at http://www.wiki.elonka.com/
* Multiple ] wiki projects - OpenWiki and MediaWiki software

=== Webmistress ===
I maintain several popular websites (as of mid-2006, my elonka.com site has generated over 2 million page views). Most of the traffic is generated by the following sections:

*http://www.elonka.com/kryptos - About the CIA's mysterious Kryptos sculpture
*http://www.elonka.com/UnsolvedCodes.html - A list of the world's most famous Unsolved Codes
*http://www.elonka.com/SimuTimeline.html - A timeline with significant events in the growth of Simutronics Corporation, where I have worked since 1990.
*http://www.elonka.com/family/saint/raphael.html - About my great-great-granduncle, Saint ]


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Revision as of 06:38, 19 January 2007

My current Misplaced Pages projects

AfD Biography Categorization Lost Magic Missouri Poland Saints


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My Misplaced Pages account created September 16, 2005
My Number of edits ~22,600 as of 01:07, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
# of articles I have created ~160
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One of my 2006 author photos
Photography: Suzy Gorman

Hello! I'm Elonka Dunin, and I can be reached at elonka@aol.com, or AIM: elonka

Among other things, I am a writer, game developer, cryptologist, webmistress, world-traveller, and appreciator of all kinds of different subcultures.  :)

I've had a Misplaced Pages account since September 16, 2005, and made my 1000th edit on January 19, 2006.

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Barnstars

The following are awards which other Wikipedians have seen fit to bestow upon me. Thank you.

In recognition of excellence in editing Lost (TV series) Jtrost ( 12:56, 13 October 2006 (UTC)
The Zen Garden Award for Infinite Patience is awarded to you for extraordinary patience and perseverance in achieving a successful unanimous resolution to Misplaced Pages:Requests for mediation/Lost episodes. Thatcher131 04:12, 28 September 2006 (UTC)
I hereby award Elonka this Barnstar of Diligence for her incredible defense of good manners and Wikipolicy, all while maintaining decorum and indefatigability.
  - C. dentata 02:22, 12 February 2006 (UTC)
I hereby award Elonka this featured article honor barnstar for her incredible contributions and for making a featured article or two on the Misplaced Pages Main Page. Thank you.
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Wikipediaman123 22:45, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
I hereby present Elonka the Surreal Barnstar award. This unique Star is given to those individuals who positively add "special flavor" to the community by acting as a sort of wildcard. -- Lperez2029 23:21, 2 November 2006 (UTC)
The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
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Great editing! Thanks for you ten to fifteen thousand edits! (WOW!) Misplaced Pages will become a better place if more users like you were around. Thanks for all of you edits.


Wikipediaman123 22:38, 17 October 2006 (UTC)


Contact info
  • AIM: Elonka
  • Yahoo: SimuElonka
  • Google: Elonka
  • MSN: Elonka@aol.com
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