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Pimpinellus is derived from Pimpinella, the herb Anise, which has the botanical name Pimpinella anisum . Its odor and taste remind one of Christmas, Anise cookies and home-made Anise candies as well as the the hot herbal tea, which is good for a sore throat.
See my
Audios, Videos and Photos
!
Hello, my given name is
Burkhard
, but my name in Wikipedia is
Pimpinellus
. I live in Munich, Germany and am active in Wikimedia and Wikipedia. As such, I enthusiastically support the goal, by means of Wikipedia, to collect knowledge and to make it available to everybody.
Pimpinellus...
- …is a member of the Wikimedia-Chapters which support free information in Switzerland , in Austria and in Germany
- ...began his activities in Wikipedia at the german “Stammtisch” in San Francisco,
- ...wrote his first WP-article in the English Wikipedia,
- ...and dedicated his first article in the German Wikipedia to a californian plant ,
- ...organized, together with Doc Taxon , the initial workshop for the Munich-Wikipediaspace in cultural center of the city of Munich .
- ...established, together with colleague DerHexer , the WP Space Munich , the WikiMUC
- ...formalized the goals of WikMUC in the course of applying for support from the german WM-Chapter, the transfer was on 11. April, 2016.
- …meets with Wikipedians and new authors in Munich in the State Library , in the Alpine Museum , und in Meeting Rooms sponsored by the City of Munich,
- ...participated regularly in “Stammtischen”, most often in Augsburg , München und Innsbruck ,
- ...initiated, together with Haeferl , Beppo , Roman , Didi , Flo , in Salzburg in January 2016 the 5-country project WikiAlpenforum/WAF ,
- ...established the first Workshop of the WAF in Europe , together with Xanonymus and Wikipedians from AT, CH, DE, FR and IT in the WP editions in German , Italian , French , and English .
- ...is active in the Wikipedia film and tv-redaktion and represented together with Kurt Jansson , the Wikipedia Community at the first Round Table discussion with the Public Broadcasting System.
- ...photographs with Canon and Leica and has uploaded more than 16 000 photos and audios to Wiki Commons ,
- ...is a fan of libraries and has initiated cooperation with the Bavarian State Library and the smaller State Libraries in Bavaria ,
- …is opposed to „Paid Editing“ and started in August 2018 his rejection of any personal financial support from WMDE-e.V.,
- ...voices his opinions in "KURIER" the german WP-Hauspostille on topics which are of importance for the Wikipedia-Community, here and here also in english.
- ... generally, his contributions mostly written in cooperation with co-authors are listed here ,
- ...is happy and proud to have received from the Wikipedia-Community the Wiki Owl in recognition of his engagement.
What a serendipity! Just before the Corona pandemic struck, I returned from a 60 day expedition retracing the steps of
Alexander von Humboldt
from Cuba to Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Mexico and on to Washington, D.C.
Here is my travelreport
, in text and with photos.