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offtopic:benkarnell [2016/05/25 12:38] – [Works] petikeofftopic:benkarnell [2022/05/31 07:41] (current) – Wikia admin max_sinister
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 ====== False Dmitri ====== ====== False Dmitri ======
  
-An [[USA|American]] board member from [[Illinois]], formerly known as "Benkarnell" (this is more or less his real name, i. e. Ben Karnell).+An [[USA|American]] board member from [[Illinois]], formerly known as "Benkarnell" (this is more or less his real name, i.e. Ben Karnell).
  
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 ==== Works ==== ==== Works ====
  
-Along with [[offtopic:Marc Pasquin]], he contributed greatly to the growth of the **[[timelines:Ill Bethisad]]** worldbuilding project before both of them joined AH.com. Some of his many contributions to IB include the alternate sport [[http://ib.frath.net/w/Whummlin|Whummlin]] (a kind of hybrid of curling and chunkey) and the socio-economic concept of [[http://ib.frath.net/w/Glossary#A|aeolification]].+Along with [[Marc Pasquin]], he contributed greatly to the growth of the **[[timelines:Ill Bethisad]]** worldbuilding project before both of them joined AH.com. Some of his many contributions to IB include the alternate sport [[http://ib.frath.net/w/Whummlin|Whummlin]] (a kind of hybrid of curling and chunkey) and the socio-economic concept of [[http://ib.frath.net/w/Glossary#A|aeolification]].
  
 On AH.com, he spends much of his time posting flags, roundels, and coats of arms, despite not being a terribly skilled graphic artist.  On AH.com, he spends much of his time posting flags, roundels, and coats of arms, despite not being a terribly skilled graphic artist. 
  
-His one (unfinished) timeline is called //**[[timelines:Ethelred the Pious]]**//, based on the idea of a Viking England. It was first developed on the infamous AH Wikia site, where it continues to [[http://althistory.wikia.com/wiki/Ethelred_the_Pious|find a home]] to this day. +His one (unfinished) timeline is called //**[[timelines:Ethelred the Pious]]**//, based on the idea of a Viking England. It was first developed on the infamous [[alternate_history:althist_fandom_wiki|AH Fandom Wiki]] (ex-wikia), where it continues to [[http://althistory.fandom.com/wiki/Ethelred_the_Pious|find a home]] to this day. 
  
 A long-term leisure project of his is the North American timeline //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=214279|Affiliated States of Boreoamerica]]**//. A long-term leisure project of his is the North American timeline //**[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=214279|Affiliated States of Boreoamerica]]**//.
  
 +An admin on the [[alternate_history:althist_fandom_wiki|Alternate History Fandom Wiki (ex-wikia)]].
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 He was a member of //**[[shared worlds:Map Continuation III]]**// before it gradually died. He was a member of //**[[shared worlds:Map Continuation III]]**// before it gradually died.
  
-gew years ago, he made up his mind to leave AH.com, but was enticed to stay, in turn, by the //**Rising Empires**// nations game and the beginnings of a career in politics.  He left the former when he found he could not keep up with the pace of the game (which had, by the time he left, already led to the beginning of the era called in-game the "Decline of Genoa").+few years ago, he made up his mind to leave AH.com, but was enticed to stay, in turn, by the //**Rising Empires**// nations game and the beginnings of a career in politics.  He left the former when he found he could not keep up with the pace of the game (which had, by the time he left, already led to the beginning of the era called in-game the "Decline of Genoa").
  
 In 2012, he participated in the [[alternate history:turtledove awards|Turtledove Award]] winning map game //**[[shared worlds:Countries of An Alternate World Two Asterisks|Countries of An Alternate World 2*]]**//. In 2012, he participated in the [[alternate history:turtledove awards|Turtledove Award]] winning map game //**[[shared worlds:Countries of An Alternate World Two Asterisks|Countries of An Alternate World 2*]]**//.
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 ==== AH.com politics ==== ==== AH.com politics ====
  
-He had become interested in politics in the run-up to the [[offtopic:alsace-lorraine_vicariate_estates_election_2009]], briefly joining the [[offtopic:boring_bureaucrats_party]]. However, he joined the [[offtopic:escutcheonist_party]] soon thereafter, being named one of its two Members of Parliament for 2009.  Known as a "moderate" in Parliament, he resigned from this position as well, during the early stages of the implosion of the political system, though he remained a member of the ESP and a citizen of Lesser Latvia and Lesser Lithuania until both were shut down by Ian. Unfettered from these two time bandits, Benkarnell's activity level has dropped off considerably, but he has not left for good, as he had once planned to do. +He had become interested in politics in the run-up to the [[Alsace-Lorraine Vicariate Estates Election, 2009]], briefly joining the [[Boring Bureaucrats Party]]. However, he joined the [[Escutcheonist Party]] soon thereafter, being named one of its two Members of Parliament for 2009.  Known as a "moderate" in Parliament, he resigned from this position as well, during the early stages of the implosion of the political system, though he remained a member of the ESP and a citizen of Lesser Latvia and Lesser Lithuania until both were shut down by Ian. Unfettered from these two time bandits, Benkarnell's activity level has dropped off considerably, but he has not left for good, as he had once planned to do. 
  
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 ==== In AH.com Fiction ==== ==== In AH.com Fiction ====
  
-In //**[[stories:AH.com Enterprise]]**//, the eponymous character of False Dmitri is a master artist and Doctor of Vexilology of The Guild of Vexilologists and Iconographers, as well as a crew member of the Guild mothership //Texture//+In //**[[stories:AH.com Enterprise]]**//, the eponymous character of False Dmitri is a master artist and Doctor of Vexillology of The Guild of Vexillologists and Iconographers, as well as a crew member of the Guild mothership //Texture//
  
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 ==== Navigation ==== ==== Navigation ====
  
-**[[Member List]]**+**[[member list#f|Member List]]** 
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