User:Joe Roe
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Current location | Bern, Switzerland |
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Occupation | Archaeologist |
Employer | University of Bern |
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Website | joeroe |
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GitHub | joeroe |
Mastodon | archaeo |
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First edit | 2005-03-26 |
Administrator | 2017-11-30 |
Edit count | ≈35,000 |
Permissions | sysop |
Hi, I'm Joe. I mainly work on articles about archaeology and biographies of scientists. I'm also an administrator on the English Wikipedia and was a member of its Arbitration Committee in 2019–2020. In my behind-the-scenes work I try to focus on preserving good content and encouraging new editors, which has led me to new page patrol, articles for deletion, and dispute resolution.
Off Wikipedia, I'm a computational archaeologist, studing the economy and human ecology of the first farming societies in prehistoric Southwest Asia. My homepage has more information about my off-wiki work.
I have two alternate accounts: Joe Roe (mobile) (talk · contribs) for when I'm travelling and Joe Robot (talk · contribs) for semi-automated edits.
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Selected contributions
[edit]Featured
[edit]Featured content and good articles I've worked on:
Jørgen Læssøe
Lamia Al-Gailani Werr
... that Lamia Al-Gailani Werr helped rebuild the Iraq Museum after it was looted in the 2003 American-led invasion of Iraq?
Man of the Hole
2022-08-24: The Man of the Hole, the last surviving member of a people eradicated in the genocide of indigenous peoples in Brazil, is found dead.
Margaret Ursula Jones
... that Margaret Ursula Jones directed work at Mucking, the largest archaeological excavation ever undertaken in Britain, for thirteen years, while living on site year round in a small caravan?
New articles
[edit]Articles I created or expanded from a stub. Please note that the current version might be significantly or completely different from the original version I wrote.
- Titus (gorilla)
- Altan Urag
- Material culture
- Sintashta culture
- First Temperate Neolithic
- Tisza culture
- Teodor Burada
- Société d'Anthropologie de Paris
- Srečko Brodar
- Jorge R. Acosta
- Akuntsu
... that the Akuntsu tribe, victim of a massacre perpetrated by Brazilian cattle ranchers in the 1980s, currently numbers just five individuals?
- Indigenous territory (Brazil)
... that there are 672 Indigenous Territories in Brazil, covering about 13% of the country's land area?
- Mongol zurag
- Ürjingiin Yadamsüren
- Vikentiy Khvoyka (from stub)
- Hyloscirtus princecharlesi
- The World Until Yesterday
- Industry (archaeology)
- Crystal Bennett
- British Institute in Amman
... that the British Institute in Amman was founded by archaeologist Crystal Bennett in 1975 to provide a base for British archaeological expeditions to Jordan?
- Lucy Allen Smart
- Margaret Ursula Jones
... that Margaret Ursula Jones directed work at Mucking, the largest archaeological excavation ever undertaken in Britain, for thirteen years, while living on site year round in a small caravan?
- Arroyo Hondo Pueblo
- Nebelivka
- Novoarkhanhelsk
- Vera Markovna Karelina
- Paolo Biagi
- Zanna Roberts Rassi
- Stephanie Harvey
- Glossary of archaeology
- Margarida Davina Andreatta
- Jeanne Marie Thérèse Vandier d'Abbadie
- Elise Jenny Baumgartel
- Flotation (archaeology)
- Wadi Faynan
- Khirbat Faynan
- Institute of Archaeology (Oxford)
- Chris Gosden
- Peter Woodman
- Qasr Burqu'
- Department of Antiquities
- Department of Antiquities (Jordan)
- Department of Antiquities (Cyprus)
- Tania Ghirshman
- List of indigenous territories (Brazil)
- Tatiana Warsher
- Tel Erani
- Digital archaeology
- Pahargarh caves
- Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland
- List of hillforts on the Isle of Man
- Elen Feuerriegel
- Frank Hole
- Robin Dennell
- Riwat Site 55
- Kristian Kristiansen (archaeologist)
- Lesley J. Gordon
- Donald Brian Doe
- Bill Epstein
- T. Scarlett Epstein
- Bagshaw Museum
- Untermassfeld fossil site
- Howley Hall
- Michael Mortimer Wheeler
- Swanpool, Lincoln
- Sanjay Ghemawat
- Derek R. Peterson
- John Catt
- Irina Rusanova
- Yusra
- Ufuk Esin
- Marcel Martel (musician)
- Birgitta Wallace
- E. C. L. During Caspers
- Elizabeth Augustus Whitehead
- Sally McBrearty
- Andrew Hill (anthropologist)
- Gizzle
... that American rapper Gizzle worked as a ghostwriter for other hip hop artists before releasing her debut mixtape in 2017?
- Arabian sand gazelle
- Women in archaeology
- Hans Helbæk
- Caitlin E. Buck
- Angela von den Driesch
- Lamia Al-Gailani Werr
- Dana Lepofsky
... that according to research led by Dana Lepofsky, some clam gardens on the Pacific Northwest Coast are up to 3,500 years old?
- Andrew Woods (archaeologist)
- Roger Jacobi
- Rossiyskaya arkheologiya
- Joan J. Taylor
- Lodian culture
- Wadi Raba culture
- Anna Belfer-Cohen
- La Pagoda
- Robert H. Dyson
- Winifred M. Crompton
- Gary Lock
- Neolithic demographic transition
- Marion Stirling Pugh
- Vassilios Tzaferis
- Gilbert Kaenel
- Aino Kann Rasmussen
- Wadi Hammeh 27
- Hafiz Patel
- Baaz Rockshelter
- Olena Vasylivna Tsvek
- Michael Balter
- Jocelyn Orchard
- Dhuweila
- El Wad
- Mátyás Vremir
- Mads Kähler Holst
- R package
- Peter Dalgaard
- Roger Bivand
- Keith Kintigh
- Karen Marie Christensen
- Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
- Valentine Roux
- Archaeometry (journal)
- Journal of Field Archaeology
- Boncuklu Tarla
- Tony Waldron
- Hasan Awad
- Nebekian culture
- 'Ayn Qasiyya
- KPS-75
- Bullshit job
- Dorian Fuller
- Edward B. Banning
- Trevor Watkins
- Kfar HaHoresh (archaeological site)
- Netiv HaGdud (archaeological site)
- Wadi Shuʿeib (archaeological site)
- Hugh O'Neill Hencken
- Boncuklu Höyük
- Alexis Mallon
... that in 1929, the world press proclaimed Teleilat el Ghassul to be the biblical Sodom and Gomorrah, but Father Alexis Mallon, the site's excavator, disagreed?
- Shoddy
- René Neuville
- Otto E. Ravn
- The Apportionment of Human Diversity
- List of archaeology journals
- Anthony Harding (archaeologist)
- Ancient Apocalypse
- Basta, Jordan
- American Association of Teachers of Arabic
- Archaeology by country
- Hot model
- Metal Age (Southeast Asia)
Existing articles
[edit]Other articles that I have significantly rewrote or collaborated on with other editors:
- Archaeological culture
- Christopher Tilley
- Dan Sperber
- Hadza people
- Jared Diamond
- Lactose intolerance
- Paul Bohannan
- Rhye's and Fall of Civilization
- Markazi Masjid
- Sintashta
- Vinča-Belo Brdo
- Vinča culture
- Cucuteni-Trypillia culture
- Hard and soft science
- Council for British Research in the Levant
- Barbara Robb
... that Barbara Robb, a campaigner for the well-being of older people, was described by a Cabinet Minister as a "terrible danger" to the British government in 1969?
- Proto-Indo-European homeland
- Southern Levant
- Badia (region)
- Archaeological record
- Cultural evolution
- Inspector Gadget (blogger)
- Ralph de Warenne
- Cheste hoard
- Hominid dispersals in Europe
- Riwat
- Magicians of the Gods
- Archaeology of the Philippines
- Daryll Forde
- Elsie Jury
- David Graeber
- Safaitic
- Carleton S. Coon
- Julia Silge
- Amini Aza Mturi
- Jahres-Bericht über die Leistungen der chemischen Technologie
- Göbekli Tepe
- Shemuel Yeivin
- Lajia
- Founder crops
- List of archaeologists
- Tell el-Hammam
Unreferenced articles salvaged:
- Karlsburg, Winnemark
- Christmas Eve Procession
- College entrance exam
- Ferdinand Maximilian, Hereditary Prince of Baden-Baden
- List of hundreds of Sweden
- Edelsbrunner Automobile München
- Residence in English family law
- Timeline of the geologic history of the United States
- Flora of Peru
- Khorjin
- Bailer (hydrogeology)
- Birkarlarna
- Homology (anthropology)
New pages reviewed: 3734 (as of 2024-11-12[update])
Photographs
[edit]Uploaded to Commons.
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Azraq Wetland Reserve, Jordan
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Wadi Feynan, Jordan
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Edge of Black Desert near Azraq, eastern Jordan
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Old houses in the Black Desert, eastern Jordan
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Basalt pavement in the Black Desert, eastern Jordan
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View from Kef el-Kelb in the Black Desert, eastern Jordan
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Camels in the Black Desert, eastern Jordan
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Wadi Rajil near Jawa, eastern Jordan
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Jawa, eastern Jordan
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Remains of the city walls of Jawa, eastern Jordan
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Remains of the gate of Jawa, eastern Jordan
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Qasr Burqu, eastern Jordan
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Qasr Burqu, eastern Jordan
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Qasr Burqu, eastern Jordan
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Qasr Burqu, eastern Jordan
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Qasr Burqu, eastern Jordan
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Tents at Euromaidan (2014)
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Tents and stage at Euromaidan
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Barricade at Euromaidan
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Crimea tent at Euromaidan
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Donetsk tent at Euromaidan
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Lenin statue in Novoarkhanhelsk (2009)
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Empty plinth after the 2014 revolution
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Panorama of Vršac, Serbia
Maps and illustrations
[edit]Uploaded to Commons. Many of these were requests from the map workshop.
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Location of the Harrat al-Sham
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Plan of En Esur
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English Wikipedia biographies by gender
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Percentage of English Wikipedia biographies of women
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Federal court districts and divisions in Iowa
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Lactose tolerance in the Old World
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Genetic lactase persistence in the Old World
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Topographic map of the Middle East
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Tampon taxes in the US
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Topographic map of the Southern Levant
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Recusant Catholics in England, 1715–20
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Electoral democracies in the Middle East and North Africa
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Street map of Florence
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The Indo-European homeland according to the steppe hypothesis
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The Southern Levant
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Countries of the Southern Levant
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Centres of origin and spread of agriculture
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Indigenous territories in Rondônia
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The Igarapé Omerê Indigenous Territory, Rondônia
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The Vinča culture
Templates
[edit]- {{Infobox archaeological culture}}
- {{Early human migrations}}
- {{Hillforts}}
- {{Cite Atlas of Hillforts}}
- {{Neolithic Europe}}
- {{Notable apes}}
- {{Prehistoric caves}}
- {{R (programming language)}}
- {{Epipalaeolithic Southwest Asia}}
- {{Neolithic Southwest Asia}}
- {{Prehistoric Southwest Asia timeline}}
Essays
[edit]On writing encyclopaedia articles:
On Wikipedia and its culture:
- User:Joe Roe/Seven tips for new page patrolling
- Wikipedia:Notability Police
- Wikipedia:Product placement
- Wikipedia:Broken by design
- User:Joe Roe/The Wall (WIP)
On administration:
If you're interested, here's a list of other essays I like.
Barnstars
[edit](Barnstars etc. copied from my talk page)
The New Page Reviewer's Iron Award For over 360 article reviews during 2023. Well done! Keep up the good work and thank you! Dr vulpes (Talk) 02:50, 10 January 2024 (UTC)
The Barnstar of Diplomacy Thank you for such a wonderful contribution. Kioumarsi (talk) 15:00, 5 October 2022 (UTC)
What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar hank you for coming up with the idea for Administrative action review and seeing it through the RfC process. Not only is it a solution to a concrete gap in our review processes, it promises cultural change by challenging the equation of sysop and administrator. I'm looking forward to its impacts, and I'm excited to working together to ensure it succeeds. — Wug·a·po·des 19:52, 15 December 2021 (UTC)
The Mountain Of Crap Barnstar Anyone who climbs half a megabyte of AfD deserves to have something waiting for them at the top. jp×g 03:43, 3 December 2021 (UTC)
The Admin's Barnstar For taking on the challenge of closing the biggest and arguably most contentious AfD in Wikipedia history. clpo13(talk) 18:47, 1 December 2021 (UTC)
The Patience is a Virtue Award Thank you for having patience with my endless questions :) Tyrone Madera (talk) 20:01, 13 May 2021 (UTC)
A cup of tea for you! For making Winifred M. Crompton's page so fast! You deserve a nice cuppa! Lajmmoore (talk) 21:13, 9 March 2020 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar. A Gorilla told me you wrote most of an open letter. Thank you. GRuban (talk) 18:52, 1 July 2019 (UTC)
The Photographer's Barnstar. You've helped out a ton with your photos to WP! thanks! Redditaddict69 (talk) (contribs) 21:10, 10 September 2018 (UTC)
Special Edition New Page Patroller's Barnstar for completing over 100 reviews during the 2018 June Backlog Drive, please accept this Special Edition Barnstar. Thank you for helping out at New Page Patrol and keep up the good work. Cheers! — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here) 01:58, 1 July 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for your kind words and the advice that you provided to me related to the doubts that I wanted to clarify about the redirects and page moves. You have made me cool and happy with your kindful efforts. Thanks a lot and happy editing. Abishe (talk) 13:05, 1 December 2017 (UTC)
—k6ka 🍁 (Talk · Contributions) 17:42, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
Cheers! Joshua Jonathan -Let's talk! 20:39, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
- Precious #1785 for archeological culture – Thank you for quality articles around archeology and its people, such as Margaret Ursula Jones and British Institute in Amman, for Indigenous territory (Brazil), for {{Infobox archaeological culture}} and related images, maps and diagrams, for service from 2006, and now also offering admin service, - Joe, you are an awesome Wikipedian! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 17:49, 30 November 2017 (UTC)
The New Page Patroller's Barnstar. For being one of the top 100 reviewers of the past year. Thank you for your service! — Insertcleverphrasehere (or here) 22:01, 23 November 2017 (UTC)
The Special Barnstar. thank u for the information given to me. please see the question again.i will detail it more.please refer it more. Thank you anyway. jordan (talk) 14:55, 30 January 2017 (UTC)
Thanks for your help in the Teahouse. Regards from the Netherlands – Amin (Talk)
- Three barn caves for the three initiatiors and creative minds behind Template:Navbox prehistoric caves; User:Joe Roe, User:Doug Weller, and User:Wikirictor! Not archaeological though, but wow... Tisquesusa (talk) 21:35, 2 August 2016 (UTC)
The Editor's Barnstar. For brilliant editing --Saukkomies talk 16:45, 31 May 2011 (UTC)
Administrator statistics
[edit]- Members of the Fifteen Year Society of Wikipedia editors
- Wikipedia administrators
- User en-N
- User da-2
- Male Wikipedians
- WikiProject Archaeology participants
- WikiProject Women in Red participants
- WikiProject Maps participants
- Wikipedia new page reviewers
- British Wikipedians
- Wikipedians in Switzerland
- Wikipedian archaeologists
- Wikipedians with BA degrees
- Wikipedians with MA degrees
- Wikipedians with alternative accounts
- Wikipedia administrators willing to provide copies of deleted articles