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Melvil Dewey, an Uncommon card
Melville Louis Kossuth "Melvil" Dewey was an American librarian and educator who invented the Dewey Decimal system of library classification.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 70
- Power
- 139
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 71,000
Power 139 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 70 % of WikiCards cards.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was a founder of the Lake Placid Club, a chief librarian at Columbia College, founder of what would later become the Columbia University School of Library Service, and a founding member of the American Library Association.
- Although Dewey's contributions to the modern library are widely recognized, his legacy is marred by his sexual harassment of female colleagues, as well as his racism and antisemitism.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Melvil Dewey article was read about 71,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 70: each hit it takes is cut by 28 %.
How to get Melvil Dewey
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Melvil Dewey (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Pach Brothers, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
