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Mary Ann Horton, a Common card
Mary Ann Horton, is a Usenet and Internet pioneer.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 64
- DEF
- 40
- Power
- 104
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,300
Power 104 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 45 % of WikiCards cards.
Mary Ann Horton quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Mary Ann Horton card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Horton is a computer scientist and a ______ educator and activist.
Answer
transgender. Horton is a computer scientist and a transgender educator and activist. From the Mary Ann Horton article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Horton contributed to Berkeley UNIX, including the vi editor and terminfo database, created the first email binary attachment tool uuencode, and led the growth of Usenet in the ____s.
Answer
1980s. Horton contributed to Berkeley UNIX, including the vi editor and terminfo database, created the first email binary attachment tool uuencode, and led the growth of Usenet in the 1980s. From the Mary Ann Horton article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Mary Ann Horton. Mary Ann Horton 64 · Sergei Winogradsky 60 · Donald H. Peterson 56 · List of ambassadors of South Africa to the United States 53 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- Horton contributed to Berkeley UNIX, including the vi editor and terminfo database, created the first email binary attachment tool uuencode, and led the growth of Usenet in the 1980s.
- Horton successfully requested the first transgender-inclusive language added to the Equal Employment Policy in a large American company, and championed the language and insurance coverage of transgender health benefits at other companies.
- Horton is a computer scientist and a transgender educator and activist.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Mary Ann Horton article was read about 6,300 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 64 and blocks with 40: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
How to get Mary Ann Horton
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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The cards just above and just below Mary Ann Horton in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Liao ChengzhiCommon · History · ATK 64 DEF 40
- Coastal geographyCommon · Science · ATK 58 DEF 46
- Donald H. PetersonCommon · History · ATK 56 DEF 48
- Masahiro HasemiCommon · Society · ATK 71 DEF 33
- Yanka KupalaCommon · History · ATK 60 DEF 44
- Lima BarretoCommon · Arts · ATK 62 DEF 42
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Mary Ann Horton (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Gazotz, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
