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"Philadelphius"?
Perhaps in Latin, but in Greek it is "Philadelphia", and as the New Testament was written in Greek, and this is what is alluded to in the county's name, I question the appropriateness of this comment. Rlquall 01:10, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Merge?
Why not merge with Philadelphia, Pennsylvania? It seems to be standard Wikipedia practice to have only a single article for conterminous zones. That is, San Francisco County, California redirects to San Francisco, California; Nantucket County, Massachusetts redirects to Nantucket, Massachusetts; Kings County, New York redirects to Brooklyn. Why should Philadelphia be different? AJD 18:33, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Well thats a poor reason for a merger, so if everone else jumped off a bridge would you? If anything, their should be more added to this page.--Boothy443 | comhrÚ 05:50, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I don't follow your reasoning. Philadelphia and Philadelphia County are different names for the same thing; one thing shouldn't have two different articles about it. AJD 14:46, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I agree, merge it. I live in Philly and we never, and I have never heard it called the County of Philadelphia.--Tombombadil 3 July 2005 15:33 (UTC) merge, but boothy443 may just revert.
 * Philadelphia County isn't used in the vernacular, but that's hardly a reason to argue that it doesn't exist. Philadelphia still has a County Sheriff. Michæl 10:04, 17 July 2005 (UTC)

I lived in Philly for about 2 years and the distinction was never useful. Reflex Reaction 21:46, 25 July 2005 (UTC) Reading the comments and the articles in depth have changed my mind. The histories are separate and the articles should remain separate. It also looks like Boothy443 is doing lots of work to validate two articles. I count at least 2 people for the merge (Tombombadil and AJD) with at least 4 against the merge (Moreau36, Boothy, Mrja84, and myself). There has been plenty of time to garner support for the merge and I will remove the proposed merge template Reflex Reaction 14:31, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Although the city and county are co-existive today, that wasn't always the case, especially before the merger in 1854. The reason I think the page sh0uld not merge is because of the difference in the history side of things, when Philadelphia County had other incorporated districts and towns.-- Moreau36 23 September 2005, 0841 (EDT)

 * Chiming in to agree with Moreau36. History prior to 1854 justifies separate articles.  --CComMack 01:22, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

 * I agree with Moreau36. I have only lived in Philadelphia until I was 5, but have visited every year since family is there. I find it very useful as far as history is concern to have two different articles one for the county and one for the city. It helps add a bit more knowledge to Wiki and those that read it.

Wiki Lisiting
On this wiki page, Consolidated city-county,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_city-county

Philadelphia is listed. As such I am once again removing the county link. evrik 19:05, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Truce ?
Let's bring in a third party or put this up to a vote. evrik 20:48, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Request for Mediation
I requested mediation here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Mediation_Cabal#Philadelphia_County_and_other_Philadelphia_Pages

The city and county articles are technically different (see history sections)
The reason for a non-merger is, like I mentioned in my earlier comment, there are "two" histories between the city and county, especially before the Consolidation Act of 1854. Prior to 1854, there were other incorporated cities, districts, and townships that should be noted. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the article about the city only, especially in it's history section. If I'm not mistaken, the county came into existance before the city. --Moreau36; 0146, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Page protection
Until I added the protection tag to this page, there was little or no discussion regarding the reversions between November 2nd and January 15th on this talk page. I hope protecting the page will encourage some positive dialogue here, so for the time being, I am going to leave this page protected. I am unfamiliar with Pennsylvania related topics, so please discuss amoungst yourselves what is the best for this article. If the page still remains protected when consensus occurs, please let me know, and I will promptly unprotect the page. Provided that the repeated reversions stop, I'll also unprotect the page earlier so that other users can edit the article. -- HappyCamper 06:22, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Hmm...well, still no discussion on this page, but at least there is some improvement. The revert warring happened 3 days after protection was lifted, but I think can be much better. --HappyCamper 12:15, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Well, I get a very odd error from the software, so --protection. It would be really nice for the article if we all stopped the reversions. --HappyCamper 12:29, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Article versus category
Now that the page has been frozen.

Let the Philadelphia County article exist. The category shouldn't be separtate from the current 'city' one. For all the reasons mentioned before.evrik 06:13, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

Frozen
Why was this frozen?68.174.86.238 01:50, 16 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I guess no one had an answer for you. South Philly 01:39, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

County Seat
I have removed the sentence pointing out that the city is the county seat of the county... because it's a silly thing to say, really, given that there isn't anything else in the county. :) Savatar 04:34, 21 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah and it is just as silly to remove it considering that the city is still the seat for the county. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 05:39, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Er, um, ...yes. Should we also point out that the city has the largest population out of all localities in the county? :) Savatar 05:04, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Copy-edit request
I'll go through the page later today for copy-editing. --Happylobster 14:09, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

 * I'm gathering that the reason for the copy-edit flag is the opening paragraph with strong Christian overtones. I'm toning it down, but don't want to piss on a hornet's nest. Let me know if I'm out of line. --Happylobster 14:41, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

 * I moved the Christian language out of the intro and into the history. I think the Christian history is important, but the paragraph probably needs to be better edited. --evrik 14:51, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I moved it up one paragraph up in the section and then made revisions. Hopefully this is sufficient.--Happylobster 15:11, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Article Name
Ok dumb question why are we saying "Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania", and not "County of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania"? I know it is a little thing but don't all PA counties use the 'County of NAME' syntax? Shouldn't we use the most correct not just the vernacular?Awg1010 (talk) 23:07, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

 * The naming format is standard with all county-based articles. --Moreau36 (talk) 16:41, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

 * I also note that County of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is a redirect here. Ruhrfisch ><> ° ° 20:56, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

Coterminous with county
The article uses this phrase It is the most populous county in the United States coterminous with a municipality

Not sure what this means but at least both Brooklyn and Queens are municipalities (boroughs) and are coterminous with their counties. Given that the comment may have meant with the same name that would eliminate Brooklyn but leave Queens. Something needs to be corrected here.

It would appear that it is the largest city that is coterminous since LA, Chicago and Houston are not conterminous.

Hope to see a correction.

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-- Types of municipality --

'and, in at most two cases, towns.'

Are the only two towns allowed under Pennsylvania law? Otherwise, this should read 'and, in only cases, towns.'

GeneCallahan (talk) 11:53, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

 * There are two "towns" in Pennsylvania - the town of Bloomsburg (which is the only legally incorporated town) and the "Town of McCandless", which used to be called McCandless Township and still is a first-class township legally. There is no legal restrictions on the number of towns, although many boroughs and cities have incorporated since Bloomsburg, but no new towns. The wording in question is the same in 66 of 67 Pennsylvania county articles (or at least it used to be the same). Ruhrfisch ><> ° ° 13:07, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

New York metropolitan area
This article says that Pike County is part of the NY metro area however the NY Metro area says that it isn't? I wouldn't know since i am from neither area but perhaps a reference is needed. SoCal L.A. (talk) 02:42, 2 February 2010 (UTC)

It is superficially in the NYC TV market, although not acknowledged by NYC TV except on a weahter map, but never mentioned. It is a part of the NYC TV market only, but not the metro region. I think it is only there to boost numbers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.30.104.4 (talk) 06:47, 18 April 2012 (UTC)

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Added some tidbits about the founding of Potter County. Removed reference to Aryan Nation under history heading. This could be placed somewhere else in this article, but it doesn't qualify as history. Dincher 19:43, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

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EMAIL Subject: Our Heritage!
From: "Scott Fisher" To: xxRAUKUS@STVINC.COM, xxagins@mfire.com, xxippy2001@comcast.net, xxrisfisher@hotmail.com, xxidener92@hotmail.com, xxbmccarren@yahoo.com, xxzdz@verizon.net, xxostafy@smartassociates.com, xxaupur@netscape.com, xxxmysthunder1@yahoo.com, xxstranko@lycos.com, xxack.xtranko@alcoa.com, xxzendrosky@comcast.net, xxa3ful@losch.net CC: scottfisher

Subject: Our Heritage! Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:24:09 +0000

Hi guys there seems to be this senseless alias deleteing images here of our heritage for no reason named Boothy443 from Philadelphia. THE IMAGES AND TEXTS ARE FACTUAL. You know this. I sent him a message on his discussion page and will never return to it. I will continue our correspondence by EMAIL and continue to watch for his deletions and mis-spelled texts. Scotty

From : Jay Holstein  Sent : Friday, August 19, 2005 12:15 PM To :  scottfisher Subject : RE: Our Heritage! Scotty

I see that thanks for correcting it

Thanks

Lead paragraph
Schuylkill County is NOT also known as the "Pottsville, PA Micropolitan Statistical Area" any more than Dauphin County is also known as Harrisburg or Allegheny County is also known as Pittsburgh. 72.95.8.176 (talk) 00:47, 21 September 2013 (UTC)

Can anyone clarify the second paragraph which states: "Native American massacres were commonplace in Schuylkill County between 1755 and 1765" Does this mean massacres OF Native American peoples or does it mean massacres committed BY Native American Peoples? And, either way, could someone cite primary articles about whichever was intended?Chirdon (talk) 21:08, 28 January 2020 (UTC)

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3 Anecdotes for Sch. History
I've lived in Sch. County before and I remember three pretty important events that didn't show up on this page. 1. There was a story that Pottsville only acquired the county seat because it got the building materials for the court house first, in some versions of the story they actually stole it right off the train as it was heading to Tamaqua.

2. When the immigration of other European ethnic groups began in earnest, especially with the Irish and Italians, it resulted in ethnic tensions. There was a story I'll have to look for (unless someone else already knows of it) where on St. Patrick's feat day in Pottsville, somebody put a string of rotten potatoes around the statue of St. Patrick. This allegedly resulted in fights across town.

3. There was a bit of a cultural oopsie in Schuylkill Haven during the early 20th century. When Adolf Hitler came to power, German-descended residents organized a march. This was later forgotten, for obvious reasons.

I'm new to Wikipedia and don't want to be coming in and editing articles without some experience first. I'll look these stories up and return with any citations I can find, but I wanted to note them here on the Talk section in case anyone knows of them already.

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Commissioner and cyber schools
County Commissioner Bickhart left office in Dec. He was replaced by Peggy Chamberlain Roup. Please explain what is the problem with updating this information. The info been removed twice with no explanation. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.97.15.100 (talk) 23:29, 15 April 2010 (UTC)
 * It's been caught up with info that you've added about cyber charter schools which doesn't really belong with this county article since the cyber charter schools are state wide and not confined to the particular county. I also encourage you to register on wikipedia. You're edits are mostly useful and they add to the improvement of wikipedia. Peggy Chamberlain Roup has been restored to the article. Dincher (talk) 23:37, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

SusQ Cyber Charter School is provided by the local IU16 to students of both snyder county public school districts Selinsgrove and Midd-West. I included the explanation because there are local students attending these state wide cyber charter schools, just as there are many local children attending the local private schools which you also deleted - I provided a strong third party references for both. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.97.15.100 (talk) 23:48, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

 * I included the information SusQ school under the Public Schools heading. I think a brief mention of SusQ is sufficient for this county specific article. Dincher (talk) 23:57, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

According to the USDOE Center for Ed statistics 540 Snyder County kids attend the private schools I listed. Why are they deleted? I included a strong third party reference. I believe it provides an authentic and comprehensive picture of education in the county. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.97.15.100 (talk) 00:05, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

 * I again encourage you to register on wikipedia. The private schools have been restored. As long as the information you've added is county specific, I think it's okay to include. Dincher (talk) 00:14, 16 April 2010 (UTC)

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fix the map
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Conflicting information
The articles for Joseph Darby, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, and Jenners, Pennsylvania provide what appears to be conflicting information: the PA articles state that Joseph Darby is from Corriganville, Maryland; not CPennsylvania. Somewhere, information is false, inaccurate, or incomplete. Might someone be able to track down some verifiable information and correct the three applicable articles (and possibly also the Corriganville article, which does not mention Joseph Darby at all) such that they reflect correct information? Thanks! --Thisisbossi 10:46, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

The article states that Darby is from Jennerstown. This is false. He is from Jenners. Although roughly 4 minutes away by car, they are 2 different locales. This detail should be edited. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.80.7.169 (talk) 02:19, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Snow, 13.6" April, 22, 2012.
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Marcellus deforesting somerset paAdria McClure (talk) 13:29, 30 April 2016 (UTC)
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Population
Population: article now sez: - (2000) 6,556 - Density 75/sq mi (29/kmÂ²) But 6,556/450 = 14.6 not 75

 * Thanks, your calc is correct. I double checked with the Census page for Sullivan County and corrected the figure. Ruhrfisch ><> ° ° 20:15, 13 January 2011 (UTC)

Row officers
Are all the row officers elected?--Dthomsen8 (talk) 02:35, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

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Pop. ranking table edit (boros + t-ships)
Investigating the red link to nowhere of "Aravat" led me to discover the near-vandalism of the edit: not only was the typo introduced, but a township was added to a previously boro-only list, & the last boro (Friendsville) was bumped off the list; said bump removed too much & broke the table.

I peeped at other counties & determined that both boros & t-ships should be displayed. I grabbed the lists of the b+t from their edit pages, massaged them with some quick Python code, visited each to get the pops, & used some more Python to sort the combined list. I used the colors from the Luzerne Co. pop table, since its boro color seemed to match this one. I used my sandbox to test & fine-tune the table.

When the 2020 census figures become available, I (or you) can update the table with not too much difficulty, using the Python code; just need to update the numbers & sort. Login54321 (talk) 10:04, 4 June 2018 (UTC)

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Article needs to provide some history
The census data shows a huge 45.8% population decline from 1850 - 1860. Even by 1960, the population hadn't recovered to 1850's level. What could have caused this? (Not the Civil War, which didn't start until 1861.) Maybe someone could talk to the Union County Historical Society to find answers. 174.24.67.169 (talk) 21:37, 15 June 2012 (UTC)

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Pittsburgh?
This county isn't even part of the. I don't think we should use Ad companies definitions of geo-political boundaries. Is there any other county description that does this? I'm not aware of any. If no response in 7 days I'll change it.Tstrobaugh 21:32, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure what you are talking about? --Chris Griswold (  ☎  ☓  ) 21:50, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Sorry, it was obvious to me, it's the lead sentence "Venango County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and is part of the Pittsburgh DMA." what does this have to do with Venango Counnty? Even if there is some connection (I do not consider an Ad company to be a reliable source) should it be the lead sentence?Tstrobaugh 22:57, 23 January 2007 (UTC)
 * You're right, it should go, and I have removed it. Not sure when or why it was added. I must have skipped over the mention of Pittsburgh when I searched for it before responding because I couldn't have imagined it would be in the first sentence. --Chris Griswold (  ☎  ☓  ) 23:10, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

Titusville isn't In Venango County
The short, one sentence history of the first successful oil well is that it was drilled in Titusville. Drake's well was actually drilled a few miles outside of town, just across the Venango County border. I added that Titusville is in Crawford County, and threw in the names of Venango County towns that became oil boom towns. I live in Crawford County, just attended Oil 150 marking the 150th anniversary of the start of the oil industry, and went to both Titusville and Drake Well Park. When I was leaving the Park I noticed there was an "entering Crawford County" sign just beyond the Park boundaries. A few months ago I mistakenly changed the Venango County article to state that the first oil well wasn't in Venango County. Now I come back to correct my earlier incorrect edit. --Karenthewriter (talk) 17:09, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the fix and explanation - this is one reason why Wikipedia articles should ideally be referenced to reliable sources. I note that the the PennDOT Map for Venango County clearly shows the Drake Well is (just) in the county and is a reliable source. Ruhrfisch ><> ° ° 14:25, 4 September 2009 (UTC)

Add Drake's Well back to the Attractions, the park is in Venango- the county line is literally withing a couple hundred feet of the entrance, but it is indeed IN Venango County. (Drake's Home, on the other hand, is in Crawford.) In addition, Titusville School district should be added to the partial school districts. http://edna.ed.state.pa.us/ click "Venango", then "school Districts." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Snlogsdon (talk • contribs) 13:58, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Residents of note.
I see that we've included John Wilks Booth on the list, though he was a temproary resident, but someone has removed Nate Byham from the article. If I recall, he was listed when he was in High School as he was a top ranked HS football player. Since he is currently working for the 49ers http://www.49ers.com/team/roster/nate-byham/b80f5ee8-ec2e-455d-9fdf-b77793fed386/ I was wondering why he was removed? He Attended Franklin High School and graduated in '06. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Snlogsdon (talk • contribs) 14:02, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

Out of order? Something accidentally deleted?
The History section begins with this: "Shortly afterward, Rogers met oil pioneer Charles Pratt, who purchased the entire output of the tiny Wamsutta Oil Refinery. In 1867, Rogers joined Pratt in forming Charles Pratt and Company, which was purchased by Standard Oil in 1874."

"Shortly afterward"? After what? The intro paragraph at the top mentions the county's founding 60 years prior, but there's an unrelated paragraph that comes between those two dates, and 60 years hardly sounds like "shortly afterward." Did entire paragraphs of this history get removed? 173.62.198.231 (talk) 18:02, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

 * Awhile back, the sentence "Venango County was created on March 12, 1800" was moved from the top of the History section. There is some sorting out to correct the problem. Thanks for your observation. 〜 Adflatuss  •  talk  18:18, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

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what's happened to maps showing county location in state?
Up until maybe a few weeks ago (?), the page for each county showed the county in red located in a state map with all the counties shown in white with black borders, so you could see where the county is in the state. All of a sudden, this has vanished for a great many counties -- now there's only a red county on a plain white background, no other county lines, not even state lines, which is pretty much useless for seeing where the county is in relation to the other counties and the state as whole. This link shows what it used to be like-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_Alabama_highlighting_Autauga_County.svg -- and this link shows what it is now: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_County,_Pennsylvania

It's kind of bizarre, since this feature has been in the county entries forever AFAIK, and now, again I think in the last few weeks, it's gone. I haven't looked at all 3,243 counties, but I've seen that the maps still exist for some counties but are gone for many others. Erie County NY is shown properly, but Erie County PA is not; Multnomah County OR is shown, but Lane County OR is not. I don't think it's my computer -- just in case I turned off all extensions, but it made no difference. I'm using Chrome for Mac Version 116.0.5845.187 -- outdated, but my computer is limited to OS 10.14, and to get the latest version of Chrome I need 10.15, which would mean a new computer, which I can't afford. But I've been chugging along all this time with no possible updates, yet the maps have disappeared only recently.

So, does anybody have an idea what's going on? Thanks. Wlegro (talk) 01:49, 24 June 2024 (UTC)

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Mira Furlan

Mira Furlan (7 September 1955 – 20 January 2021) was a Yugoslav-American actress and singer. Internationally, she was best known for her roles as the Minbari Ambassador Delenn in the science fiction television series Babylon 5 (1993–1998), and as Danielle Rousseau in Lost (2004–2010), and also appeared in multiple award-winning films such as When Father Was Away on Business (1985) and The Abandoned (2010).

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Furlan was born on 7 September 1955 to an intellectual and academic family that included a large number of university professors in Zagreb, PR Croatia, which at the time was one of the six constituent republics of the former Yugoslavia. She was born to Branka Weil, a mother who was of Croatian-Jewish descent, and Ivan Furlan, a father of mixed Slovene-Croat descent.

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Furlan graduated from the Academy for Dramatic Arts in Zagreb with Bachelor of Fine Arts in theatre. Simultaneously, she took language classes at the university's Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, becoming fluent in English, German, and French.

Acting
Furlan was a member of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb and frequently appeared in Yugoslav television and films. She played Ankica Vidmar in the film When Father Was Away on Business, which won the Palme d'Or at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In the late 1980s, she performed in theater productions in both Zagreb and Belgrade.

Furlan became a member of the Actors Studio in 1992 after moving to New York City to flee turmoil in Yugoslavia. Later that year, her theater contacts in the U.S. helped her get the necessary work permits to perform with the Indiana Repertory Theatre as the lead role in Yerma.

She appeared on the stage in New York City and Los Angeles. She played the central ensemble role of Minbari Ambassador Delenn for all five seasons of Babylon 5, and some of the associated TV movies. Between 2004 and 2010 she played the recurring role of Danielle Rousseau on Lost. In 2009, she appeared on an episode of NCIS, titled "South By Southwest".

In 2002, she returned to Croatia after eleven years to take the lead role in Rade Šerbedžija's Ulysses Theatre Company's production of Euripides' Medea.

Singing
In the 1980s, Furlan briefly appeared as singer for Le Cinema, a spin-off from the rock band, Film. She was also featured as a vocalist on two tracks on the 1983 album, "Nevino srce" ("Innocent Heart") by Slovenian rock band, Buldožer. In 1998, she released an album, Songs From Movies That Have Never Been Made.

Furlan also sang in the band, The Be Five, which produced a single album in 1998, Trying to Forget.

Writing
Furlan wrote the play Until Death Do Us Part (Dok nas smrt ne razdvoji), which is set in 1970s Zagreb. A collection of her columns in the now-defunct Croatian magazine Feral Tribune was published as the book Totalna rasprodaja in 2010. Furlan chose to write her autobiography in English: Love me more than anything in the world: stories about belonging. The book is not only a self-portrait of the actress, but also a picture of the disintegration of the Yugoslavian country and its moral values.

Personal life
Furlan's husband was director Goran Gajić, who is an ethnic Serb. He directed her in an episode of Babylon 5 and in several plays, including a production of Sophocles' Antigone.

Furlan was active in the Yugoslav feminist movement in the 1980s.

Twice a month during the late 1980s, Furlan made the three-hour commute between Zagreb and Belgrade, where her husband was based, to act in theater productions in both cities. After the Croatian War of Independence began in 1991, she was fired by the Croatian National Theater for refusing to quit acting in a Belgrade theater production. An ensuing public smear campaign turned her colleagues and friends against her as she received threatening messages on her answering machine. Furlan wrote a public letter expressing her deep disappointment over the behaviour of her fellow citizens and colleagues and the threats of the nationalists against her. The couple left in November 1991, in the early days of the breakup of Yugoslavia, emigrating to New York City.

Furlan gave birth to the couple's only child, Marko Lav, in 1998.

Illness and death
Furlan died at her home in Los Angeles on January 20, 2021, at the age of 65, having suffered from complications of West Nile fever in the time leading up to her death. Upon her death, theater director Ivica Buljan of the Croatian National Theater issued an apology on behalf of the theater for their treatment of Furlan in the early 1990s. A week later, Croatian weekly Globus issued another apology for publishing three feuilletons attacking the actress in 1992 that had an essential role in the public-smear campaign.

Awards

 * 1982 Pula Film Festival Golden Arena award for Best Supporting Actress in the film Cyclops.
 * 1986 Pula Film Festival Golden Arena award for Best Actress in The Beauty of Vice.
 * 1990
 * 2013 Balkan New Film Festival Jury Award for Best Actress in The Abandoned.

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I'm a little amazed that neither this page nor the Washington, Pennsylvania page has a "History" section, considering how much went on here between the 1780s and the 1840s. The National Road? The Whiskey Rebellion? C'mon, people! Okay, I'll have to find time, even though I don't live here. :-) --Michael K. Smith 12:21, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

- I don't live there either, but I'm interested in writing a history section if someone can help me out by reviewing. My family lived there from ca 1770 to 1870 before going across the river to Belmont County, OH. I've read numerous histories of the area searching for family information. I'm new to editing in Wikipedia so I'm not sure I would follow all the policies correctly. Dionhouston (talk) 20:51, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

 * I encourage you to just go for it and start writing. I have written extensively about Lycoming County. When I started I was pretty new to it too. Like I said just go for it and I'll be glad to help! Dincher (talk) 21:10, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Ditto - it is very useful if your contributions are based on reliable sources (history books, some history websites). I would also be glad to help, Ruhrfisch ><> ° ° 22:10, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

Unsourced material
The following is unsourced information:

* Washington County is the home of the PONY Baseball and Softball International Headquarters. * WC has the largest number of covered bridges of any county in the US. * WC PA is the home of the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum
 * WC has the largest sheep flock in Pennsylvania and is the largest producer of sheep related products.
 * WC PA was the first county to bear the name Washington.

* Several of the leaders of the Whiskey Rebellion lived in Washington and many events related to the rebellion took place there.

* The Rock Shelters at Meadowcroft Village are one of the best preserved and oldest Pre-Clovis Native American dwellings in the country.

* William Holmes McGuffey was born in this county and stayed here for the first two years of his life.

While this is interesting, we can't use it unless you provide a source. Also, none of this is really trivia, as trivia by its definition is "unimportant information" - it therefore shouldn't be in a trivia section but instead the information should be incorporated into the main article. - Tbsdy lives (formerly Ta bu shi da yu) talk 05:09, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

 * While I appreciate your desire to clean things up, several of these link to wiki-articles that show either the source or the relevence. It would not be desireable to duplicate all that information in this article. So I am returning the ones that have good links with sources. Niteshift36 (talk) 13:16, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

 * I'm curious as to why you've struck "WC has the largest number of covered bridges of any county in the US." What is your source? And no, covered bridges doesn't really say this, or it's hard to find. Also, wouldn't this info be better off in covered bridges anyway? - Tbsdy lives (formerly Ta bu shi da yu) talk 02:57, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

 * I struck it out and re-wrote it to say they had a large number, not the largest number. The article on covered bridges specifically mentions Washington County as one of the highest number. So instead of saying the most, I said a lot. Another editor, however, has looked further and the article doesn't provide a source for that, so I don't care if you remove it or not. Some of the other things I re-inserted were written differently so they didn't require something specific to support them. Niteshift36 (talk) 03:39, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

 * No, see WP:V and WP:CITE. The refs should be here too. I also note that the covered bridge article does not have a ref that I saw on a quick scan backing up this claim. Ruhrfisch ><> ° ° 17:57, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

 * Why duplicate all the same stuff. The Whiskey Rebellion DID end in Washington; Pony HQ IS there, McGuffey WAS born there. Linking to the article is essentially providing a source since the article is under the same rules. Aside from the covered bridge "issue", what else do you find unsupported in the articles that are linked to? Niteshift36 (talk) 18:24, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

 * Why not add the refs? It's pretty easy to do. Dincher (talk) 18:28, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Thomas Tunnel
The Thomas Tunnel is a railroad tunnel in Hackett,Washington County, Pennsylvania. (Is there Anyone out there that wants to help complete this, then post it as an article? Pustelnik (talk) 13:22, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

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Population Figures
The population figures are really out of whack with reality. Murrysville is not the largest entity in the county. Off the top of my head, I can think of two -- which, coincidentally, aren't even listed in the population chart despite being included in the "townships" section -- that have considerably higher populations: Hempfield Township (40,648, as of 2018 Census figures) and North Huntingdon Township (30,414). The community-level population data clearly needs to be overhauled.

History
I've been assessing a number of Pennsylvania articles and, as far as geographical areas go, I'm typically handing out lower classes to areas with little historical information. Considering the plethora of history to be found in this county (and I say this as some on the east side of the Susquehanna!), I am extremely surprised that there is not even a section for it here. If I get a chance, I'll try and get some information on the mine riots up; but I welcome anyone else to beat me to it (since I suspect I'll procrastinate on this for a long time). --Thisisbossi 09:31, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Origin of County Name
What IS the origin of the county's name? Lou Sander (talk) 02:17, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

 * It's named after a county in England. Zacwill16 (talk) 00:01, 15 April 2014 (UTC)

Expansion of history section
User:Bumblemouse added a 15,455 bytes addition to the history section, which I reverted. Much of the history included topics from before the county was established, and topics which were so broad they should have been added to the state article. The addition is here. The content needs to be trimmed before reinserting. The input of others would be appreciated. Magnolia677 (talk) 15:50, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

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If anyone sees this and can take a nice picture of the Simpson Voting House for voting house, democracy and Wikipedia would thank you! It's in Derry Township/New Alexandria, maybe near Route 22. Bonus points if you get it on an Election Day LOL. TIA. jengod (talk) 16:13, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

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Are all the row officers elected?--Dthomsen8 (talk) 02:38, 10 June 2019 (UTC)
 * There are no officers mentioned in the article. It would seem you mean the office-holders listed in the "Other county offices" section; all of them are elected. —ADavidB 09:20, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

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I changed the caption to Administrative Center. The building in the picture is no longer the courthouse. Court functions moved to the York County Judicial Center in 2004.  WildWildBil (talk) 12:45, 16 June 2022 (UTC)

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When Father Was Away on Business

When Father Was Away on Business (Otac na službenom putu) is a 1985 Yugoslav film by Serbian director Emir Kusturica. The screenplay was written by the Bosnian dramatist Abdulah Sidran. Its subtitle is A Historical Love Film and it was produced by Centar Film and Forum, production companies based in Sarajevo.

Set in post-World War II Yugoslavia during the Informbiro period, the film tells the story from the perspective of a boy, Malik, whose father Meša (Miki Manojlović) was sent to a labour camp. When Father Was Away on Business won the Palme d'Or at the 1985 Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.

Plot
In June 1950, a local neighbourhood drunk, Čika Franjo, serenades field workers. He sings Mexican songs out of self-preservation, figuring it's safer for him to steer clear of songs originating from either of the two dominant global superpowers—the United States and the Soviet Union—in the current climate of the Cold War. Yugoslavia is experiencing a paranoid and repressive internal apparatus looking to identify and remove enemies of the state in the wake of the Tito–Stalin Split. The local children, including Malik, climb trees and play around. Malik's mother, Sena, tells him that his father is on a business trip, while Malik is a chronic sleepwalker. His father, communist functionary Meša, was, in fact, sent to a labour camp by his own brother-in-law, Sena's brother Zijo, who is an even higher-positioned Communist functionary. Meša had made a remark about a political cartoon regarding the Tito–Stalin Split in the Politika newspaper.

After a while, Meša's wife and children rejoin him in Zvornik. Malik meets Maša, the daughter of a Russian doctor. He falls in love with her but last sees her when the ambulance takes her away.

At the wedding of his maternal uncle Fahro, Malik witnesses his father's affair with a woman pilot. She later tries to commit suicide by using a toilet's flush cord. Sena reconciles with her brother Zijah, who has been diagnosed with diabetes.

Reception
The writer Danilo Kiš described the film as "an artistic and moral endeavour."

In The New York Times, Janet Maslin credited the film for " a humorous, richly detailed portrait" of its characters. Time critic Richard Corliss said the film was worth seeing despite the lack of glamorous settings or characters. Variety staff called it "rather witty commentary" and compared it to Czechoslovak comedy films in the 1960s. John Simon of the National Review described When Father Was Away on Business as "a film of undaunted honesty and unswerving intelligence, borne out aloft by humor, heartache, satire and compassion-an unbeatable combination".

In his 2015 Movie Guide, Leonard Maltin awarded it three and a half stars, praising it as "Captivating". In 2016, The Hollywood Reporter ranked it the 26th best film to win the Palme d'Or, citing it for depicting how "humor and the almost mystical power of family trumps all."

The Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa cited this movie as one of his 100 favorite films.

Accolades
When Father Was Away on Business marked Emir Kusturica's first time winning the Palme d'Or, the highest honour at the Cannes Film Festival. He won his second in 1995 for Underground.

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Talk:Hillary Clinton

Can you guys add New Portrait because the picture that we have is from 2016 it is 8 years old
Please 5.122.87.32 (talk) 09:40, 21 June 2024 (UTC)
 * The picture we have at Thomas Jefferson is from 1800 and is therefore 224 years old. This does not seem to be a problem. BD2412  T 15:30, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

I just searched for "deplorables" in the article
and the word is not there. That's the most consequential word she said in her life, it should be in the article. 86.31.178.164 (talk) 12:17, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
 * It's there - the page template has a link to the article, Basket of deplorables. BD2412  T 13:54, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Please specify exactly where it is on the page; I can't find it. YoPienso (talk) 14:10, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
 * In the page footer, there is a template titled "Hillary Clinton"; click [show] and it is in the template. BD2412  T 14:16, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you. So, for all practical purposes, it's not in the article; it's buried and hidden from all but the most assiduous seekers. That may be OK in the BLP, but it should be in plain view in Public image of Hillary Clinton. It's not, at present. Let's fix that. YoPienso (talk) 14:41, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Why is it important? It seems more relevant to the article about the 2016 campaign. TFD (talk) 15:10, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
 * That sounds reasonable, and there it is, in its own little sub-subsection, with a link to a full article. Thanks! YoPienso (talk) 17:55, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

WJLA: "2016 Clinton campaign, PAC skirted federal financing rules, court finds"
WJLA is the ABC News affiliate in Washington D.C. They just published an article called "2016 Clinton campaign, PAC skirted federal financing rules, court finds."

Is this the kind of subject that should be covered in this article?

Does this source meet the standards for info on living people?

https://wjla.com/news/nation-world/2016-clinton-campaign-pac-skirted-federal-financing-rules-court-finds-correct-the-record-hillary-clintons-2016-presidential-campaign-stretched-federal-financing-rules-a-washington-dc-appeals-court-ruled-tuesday

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"Despite winning the popular vote"
This phrase isn't neutral. Hillary did not lose "despite" winning the popular vote; winning the popular vote isn't actually connected to winning orl losing the U.S presidency. It's notable enough to mention, but in a more neutral phrasing like "while winning the popular vote." I notice Donald Trump's page says he "won the election while losing the popular vote." Woozybydefault (talk) 17:20, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
 * "winning the popular vote isn't actually connected to winning orl losing the U.S presidency" It is highly notable. We have a List of United States presidential elections in which the winner lost the popular vote, and this has only happened in 5 highly controversial elections. Dimadick (talk) 21:25, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

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Kilo Ali

Andrell D. Rogers (born May 1, 1973), better known as Kilo Ali, formerly Kilo, is an American rapper from Atlanta, Georgia. Kilo Ali recorded mainly bass music (described more closely to Miami bass style music), but also hip-hop tracks with a less distinctive Southern flavor. His most well known singles include "Show Me Love", "Baby Baby", and "Love In Ya Mouth".

As Kilo Ali, he released Organized Bass in 1997 on Interscope, with featured artists including George Clinton, Cee-Lo of Goodie Mob, Big Boi of OutKast, and JT Money. In 2011, Ali was released from prison after serving six years of a 15-year sentence for arson. In June 2021, Ali sued rapper NLE Choppa for copyright infringement for unauthorized use of his 1997 song, "Love In Ya Mouth".

Ali’s track "America has a problem (Cocaine)"  was sampled on Beyoncé’s 2023 single  "America Has a Problem" from her Grammy winning 2022 album, Renaissance.

Albums

 * 1991: America Has a Problem
 * 1992: A-Town Rush (No. 67 U.S. Rap)
 * 1993: Bluntly Speaking
 * 1993: Git wit da Program
 * 1994: The Best and the Bass
 * 1995: Get This Party Started (No. 57 U.S. Rap)

As Kilo Ali
 * 1997: Organized Bass (No. 173 U.S., No. 44 U.S. Rap)
 * 2010: Sa-La-Meen
 * 2011: Hieroglyphics

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Deborah Carthy Deu

Deborah Carthy Deu (born January 5, 1966) is a Puerto Rican actress, television host and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Universe 1985. She was the second Puerto Rican Miss Universe.

Early years
Deborah Carthy Deu was born on January 5, 1966, in the Santurce district of San Juan to Ramón Carthy Sanchez and Vicky Sanz Deu, of Irish and Spaniard-Puerto Rican descent. Her mother directed an academy for ballet and modeling, Academia de Ballet y Modelaje Vicky Sanz, under the name of Vicky Sanz. Her father was a photography director. At age nine she started taking ballet lessons at her mother's school and was trained as a classical ballerina. She attended a Catholic elementary school and later enrolled in the ninth grade at Commonwealth High School. From age thirteen, she spent her summers in New York City taking dance classes. She later attended the University of Puerto Rico and pursued a major in drama. At thirteen, she also auditioned for Ballet Concierto and became part of the dance company and later a soloist.

Miss Universe
While she was in college, she was selected Miss San Juan on March 22, 1985, and later Miss Puerto Rico on April 27, 1985. On July 15, 1985, she was crowned Miss Universe 1985 representing Puerto Rico in Miami, Florida.

After traveling the world as Miss Universe, she went to Argentina to play the leading character in the telenovela El Cisne Blanco. This allowed her to continue working as an actress and a model internationally, as well as a television host for both Univision and Telemundo Network.

After Miss Universe
Carthy Deu graduated magna cum laude from the University of Puerto Rico and obtained the Theater Medal, awarded to the most distinguished graduate. She majored in theater arts and education.

As an actress, she has worked both in theater and television and has earned the respect of critics for her participation, both in comedies and dramas.

She owns a modeling and finishing school, known as Deborah Carthy Deu Estudio y Agencia de Modelos, in which she helps girls and women to develop social skills and self-esteem, as well as to start careers in modeling, the arts, television and participation in beauty pageants.

Carthy Deu has hosted several television shows in Puerto Rico, New York and Miami, working for both Univision and the Telemundo network on television programs such as Noche de Gala, (Gala Night Ball) with Eddie Miró, Desde Mi Pueblo, (From My Town) with Yoyo Boing and Tony Croatto, and La Buena Vida.

She wrote a column for The San Juan Star. and had a fashion review on the entertainment magazine known Teve Guia until the publication closed.

From 2007 to 2009, Carthy Deu hosted a remake of Noche de Gala, produced by Paquito Cordero and broadcast by WIPR-TV.

Since 2003, she has been a fashion contributor for WAPA's newscast Noticentro Al Amanecer.

In December 2017, Carthy Deu helped with the aftermath of Hurricane Maria by going door-to-door with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help inspect residential damage.

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Naqoyqatsi

Naqoyqatsi is a 2002 American non-narrative film directed by Godfrey Reggio and edited by Jon Kane, with music composed by Philip Glass. It is the third and final installment in the Qatsi trilogy.

is a Hopi word (written as naqö̀yqatsi in Hopi orthography) meaning "life as war". In the film's closing credits, Naqoyqatsi is also translated as "civilized violence" and "a life of killing each other".

Synopsis
According to Reggio, the film has no screenplay per se, but three movements (like those of a symphony) with different themes:

 * 1) Numerica.com: Language and place gives way to numerical code and virtual reality.
 * 2) Circus maximus: Competition, winning, records, fame, “fair play” and the love of money are elevated to the prime values of life. Life becomes a game.
 * 3) Rocketship twentieth century: A world that language can no longer describe. The resulting explosive tempo of technology is war and civilized violence.

Production
The September 11 attacks against the World Trade Center took place very close to the film's production studio, impacting the content of the film and further convincing the crew of the importance of its subject.

While Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi examine modern life in industrial countries and the conflict between encroaching industrialization and traditional ways of life, using slow motion and time-lapse footage of cities and natural landscapes, about eighty percent of Naqoyqatsi uses archive footage and stock images manipulated and processed digitally on non-linear editing (non-sequential) workstations and intercut with specially-produced computer-generated imagery to demonstrate society's transition from a natural environment to a technology-based one. Reggio described the process as "virtual cinema".

Music
The music is more in the traditional orchestral tradition than much of Glass's work as a familiar doorway to images so disconnected from the familiar world. One instrument, the cello played by Yo-Yo Ma, plays through much of the piece. Some non-orchestral instruments are used in addition to traditional ones, including a didgeridoo and an electronically-created jaw harp.

Soundtrack.net reviewer Glenn McClanan noted that unlike the previous two films, the music is more on the softer side.

Release and reception
The film was released on DVD by Miramax on October 14, 2003.

The Criterion Collection released this as part of the Qatsi trilogy on December 11, 2012.

Rotten Tomatoes reported that 48% out of 52 reviews were positive with the average score of 5.82/10, and the consensus saying that it is "the weakest film in Reggio's trilogy".

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WAPA-TV

WAPA-TV (channel 4) is a Spanish-language independent television station in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is owned by WAPA Media Group. WAPA-TV's studios are located on Avenida Luis Vigoreaux in Guaynabo, and its transmitter is located at the WKAQ-TV (channel 2) transmission tower at Cerro La Santa in Cayey near the Bosque Estatal de Carite mountain reserve.

The station's signal is relayed across Puerto Rico through two full-power satellite stations: WTIN-TV (digital channel 14, virtual channel 4) in Ponce and WNJX-TV (digital channel 31, virtual channel 4) in Mayagüez. WTIN-TV also broadcasts two subchannels simulcast from WKAQ-TV, including its Telemundo programming, using virtual channels 2.11 and 2.21.

History
WAPA-TV began broadcasting on May 1, 1954, as the second television station to be licensed to Puerto Rico. Its callsign is a partial abbreviation of the station's original owners, the now-defunct Asociación de Productores de Azúcar, or Puerto Rico Sugar Grower's Association. During its earliest years, the station was affiliated with NBC, ABC, DuMont, and the CMQ Television Network.

The station was the first in the U.S. territory to transition to color unceremoniously in 1966, followed by WKAQ-TV in 1968. Popularly known in Puerto Rico by its assigned channel number, Canal Cuatro, the station was also known by its animated cartoon mascot during the 1970s and 1980s, a bongo-playing cat (known commonly as el gato de WAPA in Spanish) and therefore its slogan was Por el cuatro como el gato (colloquially "on four (legs) like the cat"), which rhymes in its original Spanish. Similarly, another station promo used the phrase, Hasta el gato, te-ve el cuatro and the cat itself was alternately known as el Gato de Cuatro.

Like other mascots, El Gato was seen in different situations in different on-air promos. Besides playing the bongos, he would also play the drums and was seen in one station ID as a matador. Another promo had him interacting with a cat seen in a Telemundo ad. El Gato would also sometimes be accompanied by his wife and children (one boy and one girl), where they appeared flying in a helicopter shaped like the channel's "4" logo and celebrated the holidays while playing musical instruments.

WAPA-TV's competitors include WKAQ-TV (Telemundo), WLII (Univision affiliate station Teleonce) and PBS member station WIPR-TV. WAPA-TV and WKAQ-TV have battled for the title of Puerto Rico's most-watched television station since the 1950s, with WLII entering the battle in the mid-1980s.

During the 1980s and early 1990s, the station became very successful by mixing American shows translated to Spanish with locally produced sitcoms such as Cuqui, Cara o Cruz, Entrando por la Cocina, Carmelo y Punto and Barrio Cuatro Calles. However, it still trailed behind WKAQ-TV as the second most-watched Puerto Rican station. In the early 1990s, WAPA rebranded itself with the slogans WAPA'lla! (a catchy slang variation of Vamos pa'lla, or "Let's go!") and WAPA, aqui con la gente ("WAPA, here with the people"). These slogans were accompanied by a catchy musical score and vivid, colorful graphics depicting the channel's logo. In 1994, WAPA was the first television station in Puerto Rico to use high-end graphic animations to animate a new logo, created and animated by Pixel Light Studios of New York City. This gave the station a very "American" on-air appearance. The logo, although graphically pleasing, was slowly dropped in favor of the classical number 4 logo. High end graphics were later dropped altogether for cheaper, in-house graphics.

In 1997, under the helm of former Univision executive Miguel Banojian, WAPA-TV achieved its biggest increases in viewership ever. During Banojian's tenure, the network produced more local programming than ever before, increasing its local news programming, and broadcasting several sporting events including Serie del Caribe (the Caribbean edition of the U.S. baseball World Series) and World Boxing Championship events produced in partnership (since the early 1980s) with Don King (WAPA would also sometimes broadcast fights promoted by King's rival Bob Arum and other promoters like Bob Andreoli).

In 1998, WAPA again rebranded itself with a new name and logo; Televicentro (a brand that was used previously during the 1970s and 1980s). It also regained its position as a major Puerto Rican television station, mainly due to its new focus on locally produced programming. Its new slogan, Como tú, boricua ("Like you, Puerto Rican"—a nod to the longtime colloquial nickname for Puerto Ricans) highlighted the fact that it was the only local commercial station remaining in Puerto Rico that was programmed locally. Despite the new name, local residents still referred to the station as either el cuatro or simply "WAPA". That same year, former WKAQ-TV general manager Joe Ramos was named president of WAPA-TV.

In September 2004, WAPA-TV became the first Puerto Rican station, and the seventh television station in the U.S. (including territories) to become a satellite-distributed superstation. WAPA America can be seen in the U.S. mainland through DirecTV and Dish Network, and on various cable television providers including Xfinity, Spectrum, Verizon FiOS and Optimum, but this is not the first time WAPA-TV has had any presence in the United States. In 1968, WAPA-TV had WNJU-TV (Channel 47) not only as its sister station but also as its affiliate, predating WAPA America by decades. WNJU-TV was owned by Screen Gems before selling it in 1984 to a consortium that would launch the NetSpan network, later evolving into Telemundo.

On October 19, 2006. LIN TV announced that it had entered into an agreement to sell its Puerto Rico television operations to InterMedia Partners for $130 million in cash. The sale was completed on March 30, 2007.

On December 17, 2007, the station changed its branding from Televicentro to wapa, in all lowercase letters. Following the rebrand, the station began developing a new format, changing its jingle and redesigning their website. WAPA-TV signed an agreement with Miss Puerto Rico Universe to produce a reality show titled Por la corona, which debuted on August 15, 2008, where the public is able to select which five of the participants move directly to the pageant's semifinal via text messaging votes.

On January 23, 2013, InterMedia Partners announced that it would merge WAPA-TV and WAPA America, along with its stake in Cinelatino, with the shell corporation Azteca Acquisition Corporation (which is not associated with the Mexican-based Azteca group or the Azteca América network) to form Hemisphere Media Group. 73% of the new company is owned by InterMedia.

On December 1, 2017, WAPA-TV named Javier Maynulet Montilla as president and general manager, succeeding Ramos, who spent 20 years at the station until his retirement on April 27, 2018.

On November 9, 2020, WAPA-TV named Jorge Hidalgo as president and general manager of the station effective January 1, 2021, after Javier Maynulet left the station after two years. Hidalgo currently serves as a Senior Vice President of Operations for Hemisphere Media Group.

Outages
On December 3, 2015, WAPA-TV along with WIPR-TV went off-air, due to a transmitter outage at Cerro La Santa in Cayey. The station was still watchable on Liberty, Dish Network, DirecTV and Claro TV. The transmitter was repaired and placed back on air on December 10, 2015. Repairs were made by WAPA's engineering department.

On September 20, 2017, the main transmission tower of WAPA-TV was destroyed during Hurricane Maria. This caused the station to be off-air for two days until they began transmitting through Univision-owned stations WSTE-DT (until October 30) and WLII-DT (until November 17; which was owned by Univision at the time) from their transmitter in Aguas Buenas. Since November 18, the station then began transmitting its main programming (virtual channel 4.1) through station WKAQ-TV and WAPA Deportes (4.2) through WIPR-TV.

On October 28, 2018, one year after going dark, WAPA-TV returned to the air from its new transmitter installed at the WKAQ-TV tower location, broadcasting with High Quality Doble Data HD. Repairs caused by the old transmitter equipment were made by the engineering department.

DirecTV-WAPA carriage dispute
On May 4, 2018, Hemisphere Media Group became involved in a retransmission consent dispute with DirecTV, resulting in WAPA-TV's removal from DirecTV's Puerto Rico channel lineup. The station was restored on June 14, 2018, after the two sides came to a new agreement.

Dish-WAPA carriage dispute
On October 24, 2019, at 7 p.m., Hemisphere Media Group became involved in a retransmission consent dispute with Dish Network, resulting in WAPA-TV's removal from Dish's Puerto Rico channel lineup. The station was restored on December 17, 2019, after the two sides came to a new agreement.

NotiCentro

NotiCentro (a Spanish translation of NewsCenter) is the name of WAPA-TV's news division; the station presently broadcasts 44 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with eight hours each weekday and two hours each on Saturdays and Sundays). The news operation began in 1967 with Cuban-born Evelio Otero as the sole anchorman for the 6 p.m. newscast. Soon after, Carlos Ruben Ortiz joined the news staff for the 6 p.m. broadcast. Otero remained alone on camera, until his departure from WAPA in 1980 to take the senior editor position at the Voice of America in Washington. Ortiz shared the anchor slot at 6 p.m. with then newcomer Guillermo José Torres, a former radio announcer born in Juana Diaz who has since become the longest standing news anchor on the island, with a career spanning 43 years (Torres retired on August 5, 2013). The format predated the NewsCenter format which became popular on NBC affiliates in the 1970s.

In its beginnings, NotiCentro 4 ran for only fifteen minutes in the afternoon, with a half-hour edition at 10 p.m.; there was also a weekend edition. Eventually, the program's running time was increased to a full hour. After Otero's departure, New York City–born William "Bill" Pérez became WAPA's news director (Torres held the post for a while, but eventually asked to serve only as a news anchor). In the late 1970s, Enrique Cruz, Luz Nereida Vélez, Sylvia Gómez, Luis Rigual, Cyd Marie Fleming, José Esteves, Luis Francisco Ojeda and others joined the news department.

In 1980, NotiCentro 4 inaugurated a new studio. In 1981, Pedro Rosa Nales joined the team. In 1982, Enrique Cruz, also known as "Kike Cruz", replaced Torres as show director. In 1983, Rigual died, and was replaced as main sports anchor by Rafael Bracero. Bobby Angleró joined the team of reporters as Bracero's main helper in 1983, the same year that the Coquí Satellite was inaugurated by the station. Coquí Satellite helped the station deliver breaking news quicker, and helped deliver the news on occasions such as the Challenger explosion, when Torres interrupted Ángela Meyer on her Chanita Gobernadora comedy section to break the news to the public only minutes after it had happened.

In the early 2000s, WAPA-TV began using a helicopter for newsgathering called SuperCóptero ("SuperChopper"). The SuperCóptero had mostly been used to report on traffic conditions in the metropolitan area on the 4 and 5 p.m. newscasts. WAPA-TV was the only local station to have a helicopter, but regular use of the SuperCóptero was soon discontinued due to budget cuts; WAPA now only uses the helicopter for special events such as elections and breaking news coverage.

NotiCentro ran a local cable channel, WAPA Tiempo, which featured weather forecasts for Puerto Rico 24 hours a day. Originally named El Canal del Tiempo (its name changed to avoid confusion with The Weather Channel cable network), it could be seen on all three cable companies then serving Puerto Rico at the time (OneLink Communications, Choice Cable TV, and Liberty Puerto Rico; all of them now merged as the latter); it was also broadcast on WAPA-TV digital subchannel 4.3. WAPA Tiempo was discontinued on September 1, 2012, due to WAPA Deportes (subchannel 4.2) upgrading to Full HD resolution to broadcast MLB postseason games; the channel was also dropped from Liberty cable.

WAPA-TV uses the same logo for NotiCentro (formerly NotiCentro 4), only changing the word WAPA to NotiCentro. The music package previously used for the newscast was "News Authority" by 615 Music and has been used since 2004. In the past, the station used "WNDU 1986 News Theme", "Turn to News", "Newswatch 24", "News One" and "Impact" among others. NotiCentro now uses the same music for all its segments and bumpers except for its news résumé En Una Semana ("In One Week"), which used the NotiCentro 4 graphics and music package from 1999 but now uses the current graphics and music package. Since 2012, WAPA-TV uses the "Truth" music package by 615 Music with "Truth V1" from 2012 to 2017, and "Truth V2" since 2017 for all newscasts.

On May 20, 2019, NotiCentro expanded to $1 1/2$ hours beginning at 4 p.m., renaming itself as NotiCentro Edición Estelar, with Normando Valentín serving as an anchor for the early evening newscast. Valentín has been with the station since 2003, and was morning anchor from 2008 to 2019. On February 3, 2020, Katiria Soto returns to WAPA-TV after five years working at WXTV-DT in New York, this time as a co-anchor of the 4 p.m. newscast.

Notable current on-air news staff

 * Pedro Rosa Nales – anchor and reporter
 * Luz Nereida Vélez – health reporter
 * Ángel Rosa – political analyst
 * Juan Dalmau – political analyst
 * Jay Fonseca – general assignment reporter/analyst

Local program hosts

 * Angelique Burgos – Burbu Nite
 * Melwin Cedeño – Pégate Al Mediodía
 * Junior Abrams - Pégate Al Mediodía (Host at Analisis Neutral with Eleuterio Quiñones)
 * Jailene Cintrón – Pégate Al Mediodía
 * Jaime Mayol - Viva la Tarde
 * Alba Nydia Díaz – Viva la Tarde
 * Rafael José – Viva la Tarde
 * Sunshine Logroño – Pégate Al Mediodía, El Remix (producer)
 * Marian Pabón – El Remix
 * José Vega Santana Remi - Collaborator at Noticentro Al Amanecer

Notable former on-air staff

 * Guillermo José Torres – anchorman (now retired)
 * Rafael Bracero – sports anchor (previously at WLII-DT, now retired)
 * Rubén Sánchez – (later at WJPX, WLII-DT and WTCV, now at WKAQ 580AM)
 * Juan Manuel García Passalacqua – investigative reporter (now deceased)
 * Cyd Marie Fleming – anchor/reporter (now at WLII-DT)
 * Sylvia Gómez – anchor/reporter (now at WKAQ-TV)
 * Jennifer Wolff – anchor/reporter (later at WLII-DT and WKAQ-TV)
 * Keylla Hernández – anchor and reporter (now deceased)
 * Zoe Laboy – political analyst (later at WKAQ-TV)
 * Luis Francisco Ojeda – investigative reporter (later at WKAQ-AM, now retired)
 * Carlos Díaz Olivo – political analyst (now at WKAQ-TV)
 * Josue Carrion (later at WTCV and WLII-DT)
 * Ivonne Orsini (now at WKAQ-TV)
 * Raymond Arrieta (now at WKAQ-TV)
 * Johnny Ray Rodriguez – comedian (previously at WKAQ-TV)
 * Hector Travieso (later at WKAQ-TV)
 * Kobbo Santarrosa (later at WTCV, now at WLII-DT)
 * Hector Marcano – Producer & Host at El Super Show (later at WLII-DT, WJPX, WKAQ-TV, WIPR-TV and WTCV)
 * Topy Mamery (later at WTCV, deceased)
 * Roque Gallart (later at WTCV and WLII-DT, now at La Nueva 94 FM)
 * Carmen Jovet – reporter (previously at WKAQ-TV, later at WIPR-TV, now at ABC Puerto Rico)
 * Sonya Cortes – (previously at WLII-DT)
 * Gary Rodríguez (now at WLII-DT)
 * Gredmarie Colón (previously at WLII-DT)
 * Tommy Ramos (previously at Telemundo)
 * Efren Arroyo – investigative reporter and historian (previously at WKAQ-TV, deceased)
 * Luis Rigual - sports anchor (deceased)

Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed:

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Analog-to-digital conversion
WAPA-TV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 4, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 27, using virtual channel 4.

External links and sources

 * The Museum of Broadcasting – Puerto Rico TV Profile
 * The Museum of Broadcasting – Puerto Rico TV Profile

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