User:Jerrch

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

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Today's featured article Madonna (born August 16, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Dubbed the "Queen of Pop", she is the best-selling female music artist of all time. She has released fifteen studio albums; among her most commercially successful releases are Like a Virgin (1984), True Blue (1986), Like a Prayer (1989), Ray of Light (1998), Music (2000), and Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005). Her top-charting singles include "Like a Virgin", "Papa Don't Preach", "La Isla Bonita", "Like a Prayer", "Vogue", "Take a Bow", "Frozen", "Music", "Hung Up", and "4 Minutes". Madonna's works, which explore social, political, sexual, and religious themes, have generated acclaim and controversy, and have made her a culturally significant and well-documented figure. Her accolades include seven Grammy Awards and a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction. She has pursued acting—winning a Golden Globe for her performance in Evita (1996)—as well as businesses, writing, health clubs, and filmmaking. (Full article...) Recently featured: Mesklin European rabbit Ellis Wackett 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 “ → If at first, an idea is not absurd, then there is no hope for it. ” — Today's Motto of the Day On this day... August 16 San Sebastian Church in Manila 1891 – San Sebastian Church (pictured), an all-iron church in Manila, was officially consecrated. 1896 – A group including George Carmack and Skookum Jim Mason discovered gold near Dawson City, Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush. 1900 – Second Boer War: A 10,000-strong column of soldiers led by Lord Kitchener broke a 13-day siege of a small garrison. 1906 – An earthquake registering approximately 8.2 Mw struck Valparaíso, Chile, killing 3,882 people. 1986 – Typhoon Wayne formed over the South China Sea, going on to become one of the longest-lived tropical cyclones in the north-western Pacific, lasting 21 days. Ranavalona I (d. 1861) Georgette Heyer (b. 1902) Jannik Sinner (b. 2001) Dorival Caymmi (d. 2008) More anniversaries: August 15 August 16 August 17

Today's featured picture The Royal Palace of Amsterdam is a royal residence in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Opened in 1655 as a town hall, its main architect was Jacob van Campen, who designed the building in the Dutch Baroque style. Louis Bonaparte became King of Holland in 1806 and established his court in Amsterdam, turning the town hall into a palace; it has been used by Dutch monarchs since then, although their main residence is Huis ten Bosch in The Hague. The Royal Palace of Amsterdam is used for entertaining and official functions during state visits and other official receptions, such as New Year receptions. This photograph shows the facade of the Royal Palace as seen from Dam Square in 2016. Photograph credit: Diego Delso Recently featured: Keir Hardie Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Karachi Addax

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	WikiProject Taiwan		WikiProject Baseball		WikiProject Biography
	Counter-Vandalism Unit		WikiProject Military history		WikiProject The Simpsons

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Jerrch
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Party	Dem. Progressive Party

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

Awards

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.