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Paul Oakenfold

Paul Mark Oakenfold (born 30 August 1963), formerly known mononymously as Oakenfold, is an English record producer, remixer and trance DJ. He has provided over 100 remixes for over 100 artists including U2, Moby, Happy Mondays, Madonna, Britney Spears, Massive Attack, the Cure, New Order, the Rolling Stones, the Stone Roses and Michael Jackson. Oakenfold was voted the No. 1 DJ in the World twice in 1998 and 1999 by DJ Magazine.

Early life
Oakenfold was born on 30 August 1963 at Mile End Hospital. His father delivered the London Evening News. He lived in Highbury, Greenhithe, then Croydon, attending Archbishop Lanfranc School, then studied to be a chef for four years and worked at the Army and Navy Club.

Early career: 1980–1984
Paul Oakenfold describes his early life as a "bedroom DJ" in a podcasted interview with Vancouver's 24 Hours, stating he grew up listening to the Beatles.

Oakenfold's musical career began in the late 1970s, when he met Trevor Fung and began helping him DJ soul music in a Covent Garden wine bar. Here in London, he also met Rumours where he played Earth, Wind and Fire and popular British bands.

In 1981, 18-year-old Oakenfold and his friend Ian Paul moved to New York City. Oakenfold worked as a courier in West Harlem. During this time, hip-hop was overtaking dance music as the most popular sound in the area (see 1984 in music). Oakenfold and Fung used fake identification to sneak into various dance clubs, like Studio 54, where they met members of the band Maze, Bobby Womack and Bob Marley, whom they also interviewed, claiming to be NME and Melody Maker journalists.

Returning to London, Oakenfold began breaking into the mainstream, as an A&R man for Champion Records. At that time, he signed DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, as well as Salt-n-Pepa. Oakenfold appeared on the Blue Peter BBC programme for children with a breakdancing crew. He became a promoter and British agent for the Beastie Boys and Run-D.M.C. Since then, he appeared at The Project in Streatham playing soul and jazz music.

Perfecto Records and fame: 1985–1991
In 1987, Oakenfold travelled to the island of Ibiza for a week to celebrate his birthday. Trevor Fung, Nicky Holloway, Ian Saint Paul, Danny Rampling and Johnny Walker accompanied him. Oakenfold convinced the owner of a venue in England to host an "Ibiza Reunion" party after-hours. He had previously made an attempt, but it failed as the crowd was not prepared for the acid house style until 1987 when the party was successful. After that, the night became a classic and became one of the UK's major acid house nights, known as Spectrum at Heaven in Charing Cross. The party was best known for the "Theatre of Madness", as more than 1,500 people were present on Monday nights, until it went down; with the financial issues it changed its name to the "Land of Oz". Artists like Alex Paterson DJ'd in the VIP chillout area known as the "White Room", which gave Oakenfold more free time, and then he began producing music under the alias "Electra" in 1988. Members included Nick Divaris, John "Johnny" Rocca and Micky. As they continued releasing only four singles as the Balearic beat band Electra, in Full Frequency Range Recordings (FFRR Records) founded and run by Radio 1's Pete Tong, the duo created a new alias under the name Perfecto. Also in 1988 he decided to create a place where new artists could develop their careers. At that moment, Perfecto Records was born.

He collaborated with his friend Steve Osborne on various projects. In 1990, he worked with Terry Farley, Andrew Weatherall and Osborne on two remixes for Happy Mondays. The remixes of "Rave On" and "Hallelujah" were released on the Madchester Rave On EP, as well as "Step On", a cover version adapted from John Kongos' 1971 hit "He's Gonna Step on You". The song reached the top 5 position in the UK. He was invited as a guest DJ to Spike Island, a gig with the Stone Roses. Pleased with the last single, the Happy Mondays gave Oakenfold and Osborne the opportunity to produce their third studio album, Pills 'n' Thrills and Bellyaches. The album entered the UK charts at number one with pre-sales of 150,000. The album was named NME's 1990 Album of the Year, and both Oakenfold and Osborne won the 1991 Brit Award for Best Producer.

This is a tremendous record and a gauntlet chucked at all the other would-be legends in town... Wild, brash, corrosive funk rock, grimly northern and yet pan-cultural in a Tesco shoplifter kind of way.

In 1991, they remixed Massive Attack's "Safe from Harm" as well as many others.

Tours and nightclubs: 1992–2000
In 1992, when U2 released their song "Even Better Than the Real Thing", the Perfecto remix reached a higher charted position than the original song. In 1993 with the success of his last remix as Perfecto, he was hired by U2 to provide the warm-up sonics to their Zoo TV world tour, and replaced BP Fallon in the 1993 legs of Europe and Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, with more than fifty shows in Zooropa '93 and Zoomerang from 7 May to 10 December of the same year.

Also in 1993, Oakenfold and Osborne's project Grace was formed as State of Grace and featuring vocals by Patti Low, though by the time Grace had charted a number of singles in the UK charts (around 1996), it had become a 'solo fronted project' with jazz singer Dominique Atkins as the lead vocalist. The project was dissolved in 1997 as Oakenfold was touring as a performance DJ more frequently and could not commit to recording, though a remixed version of "Not Over Yet" was issued under the 'Planet Perfecto featuring Grace' name in 1999.

In September 1994 and again in 1998, he teamed up with Steve Osborne and Ben Hillier to remix the Rolling Stones song "You Got Me Rocking" and Duran Duran's "Out of My Mind". He began producing his own tracks as well, continuing to remix songs from popular artists. He began using Goa music, fusing it with similar-sounding European tracks to create his own distinct sound. He took this to the mainstream in 1994 and created a pair of two-hour sets for BBC Radio 1's Essential Mix; the first of these was broadcast in the early hours of Sunday 20 March 1994, with the second being The Goa Mix broadcast on Sunday 18 December 1994. His album Perfecto Fluoro became the No. 1 essential dance collection of Boston Beat during 1996 with Jamiroquai's Travelling Without Moving.

On 9 June 1997, Oakenfold created Global Underground 004: Paul Oakenfold, Live in Oslo (GU004) which is a double mix CD in the Global Underground series. Compiled and mixed by Oakenfold, it is the first work he created for GU. The mix was recorded live at Cosmopolite Club in Oslo, Norway, as part of the official launch of the Quart Festival. It showcased Oakenfold's eclectic taste in music at the time, as the mix combines various forms of dance music. In 1997, Oakenfold mixed one disc of the double album Fantazia Presents the House Collection 6, a UK house music compilation series. Oakenfold became Cream's resident DJ from 1997 to 1999. During this time, he began to concentrate on the release of Tranceport in 1998.

In 1998 and 1999, Oakenfold took the first place in DJ Mag's Top 100 DJs. With the two-year contract as a resident in Liverpool's Cream, it was in 1999 that he released Resident. Two Years of Oakenfold at Cream. on Virgin. Thrive Records, the US distributor for early Global Underground releases had a different numbering scheme for the Global Underground albums; due to this Global Underground 007: Paul Oakenfold, New York (GU007) was released as (GU002) in the United States only. The compilation was released on 25 May 1998, with the US release on 19 January 1999. This was the second production from Oakenfold with GU and it contained trance, drum and bass, progressive house, progressive trance, breakbeat and downtempo. This became his last work with GU.

In 1999, he became the first DJ to play on the main stage at the Glastonbury Festival for 90,000 people, which he considers his favorite gig. He became resident DJ for the opening of (short-lived) London superclub Home, a role he performed until May the following year. Also in 1999, he moved to the United States where he went on tour.

In 2000, he created fourteen tracks of jazz, soul, house and Goa based styles with Mitchell Oakenfold. Twenty-four FX and scratches loops and sounds were included too, each consisting of six seconds; the album cover says "Only for DJs and Producers" and was released on Music of Life.

In March 2000, he teamed up with Steve Osborne, Andy Gray and Bruno Ellingham to remix Moby's song "Natural Blues".

Sometime before July 2000, he teamed up with Andy Gray to write and produce the theme for the Channel 4 reality show Big Brother under the name Elementfour. The series started airing on 18 July 2000, with the theme later released as a single. The programme and theme moved over to Channel 5 from 18 August 2011 to 5 November 2018.

In September 2000, he opened the new Digital Radio station Ministry of Sound Radio with a live mix from the famous London club.

Oakenfold appeared in the intro scene of EA's Euro 2000 video game, which featured him using his turntables to activate the video game and control various players. He also composed the game's soundtrack, which featured 7 tracks including a remix of the official anthem of the tournament.

Pioneer in America: 2000–2001
After his success in Europe, one of Oakenfold's first major events in America was Fresno, California's Cyberfest on 22 July 2000. The 500 acre indoor and outdoor central California location had the biggest dance capacity ever in America. An estimated 80,000 dancers and music lovers from Seattle, Reno, Phoenix, Los Angeles, and San Diego were welcomed that day. Cyberfest 2000, also known as the "Festival Of The Future" featured other DJs such as Chemical Brothers, BT, and Carl Cox. Cyberfest 2000 paved the way for other major events in the area such as the Electric Daisy Carnival in Los Angeles in 2010.

In 2001, Oakenfold took part in the first Area Festival tour. This tour featured Incubus, Carl Cox, the Orb, OutKast, and the Roots. He later released a new compilation album, Perfecto Presents: Ibiza.

2001 also saw the release of the video game Frequency, for which Oakenfold produced one track, "See It".

Global Underground sold over 150,000 copies of Oakenfold's previous Global Underground: New York. A spokesperson for the label claimed that in the US, demand for UK dance music had been increasing in the past couple of years, and now made up over two-thirds of the label's sales. The Global Underground New York office opened in on Ninth Avenue in Manhattan. The Mekka Electronic Music Festival, otherwise known as the "electronic Lollapallooza" took place in ten cities in the United States and Canada during August and September, including New York City, Los Angeles, Toronto and San Francisco. The event featured Paul, Armand van Helden, De La Soul, LTJ Bukem, Josh Wink, Derrick Carter, Roni Size, Deep Dish, BT, The Crystal Method, Carl Craig and Überzone. Oakenfold next moved to Los Angeles to work on film soundtracks and to focus his DJing stateside. In 2001 he created the soundtrack for the film Swordfish, Swordfish: The Album contained a transformation of "Planet Rock" into a seven-minute breakbeat trance anthem. Most of the tracks are collaborations with Andy Gray, the remix of N.E.R.D.'s "Lapdance" which gained total notability from other tracks. The soundtrack was produced under Village Roadshow and Warner Bros. and distributed through London-Sire Records.

Oakenfold recorded a track with Crazy Town vocalist Shifty Shellshock at the end of the year for his new album. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Shellshock said that the track known as "Starry Eyed Surprise" was created after the pair met at a Crazy Town show.

I am a big fan of his music and we just kicked back and talked and said that we should do something. I already laid the rough vocals for it and (we are) going to go in right when I'm done with this tour and finish it.

Bunkka: 2002–2004
In 2002, Bunkka became his first official studio album when he signed to Maverick. The name Bunkka came from Peter Gabriel's studio in the UK, where the album was recorded. An extended play was released featuring live versions of four songs under Peoplesound Records. It is also Oakenfold's best selling album to date, with sales largely exceeding 1,000,000 (1 million) copies worldwide.

For the past 10 years I've been creating music under various different names, but I was never comfortable with putting out an Oakenfold record... It was, however, an idea that I'd been thinking about for a long time and Steve Osborne, my colleague in some of the production work I was doing at the time, kept putting pressure on me, saying "you should do it, you should do it". So eventually I felt it was time to make that record.

The album features vocals from Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell on "Time of Your Life" and Shifty Shellshock of Los Angeles rock and rap band Crazy Town on "Starry Eyed Surprise"; Ice Cube on "Get Em Up"; and Tricky and Nelly Furtado on "The Harder They Come". The album contains appearances by Asher D of So Solid Crew on "Ready Steady Go", and Grant-Lee Philips, founder of the '90s Los Angeles rock band Grant Lee Buffalo is also included with Carmen Rizzo's version of his song "Motion". Bunkka also provided the start to three new artists, Carla Werner on the single "Southern Sun", Tiff Lacey on "Hypnotised" and Emiliana Torrini on "Hold Your Hand". Hunter S. Thompson's spoken words are provided on "Nixon's Spirit". Pakistani musician Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan's composition was adapted in an electronic version on the tracks "Zoo York". In 2002, Q magazine named Oakenfold in their list of the "50 Bands to See Before You Die". In 2002, Oakenfold revealed he had struggled with dyslexia as a child and announced his intention to help dyslexic children.

In 2002, Oakenfold remixed David Arnold's "James Bond Theme"; the song was released under Warner Bros. Records and was followed by the album's next two singles after "Starry Eyed Surprise", "Ready Steady Go" and "Southern Sun". "Southern Sun" with Carla Werner was first issued as a B-side of "Ready Steady Go" until it was included on Tiësto's In Search of Sunrise 3: Panama compilation with his own remix of the song. "Southern Sun" became a hit as it was then released as the A-side of "Ready Steady Go" in mid-2002. "Ready Steady Go" was featured in Saab commercials, the 2003 EA Sports game Tiger Woods PGA Tour, the THQ game Juiced, the pilot for the television program Las Vegas, and as the NASCAR theme song for 2006. It appears in the video game series Dance Dance Revolution in DDR Ultramix for the Xbox, the Fastlane episode "Dogtown" and the Alias episode "Snowman". "Ready Steady Go" was also listed as the number one song that makes you drive faster by UpVenue. Also in 2003, he remixed another hit soundtrack for 'Elvis Presley' which charted fairly well after his 2003 remix of "Rubberneckin'" made the top three in Australia and top five in the UK. This remix contributed to the Elvis phenomenon of the 21st century. In an earlier episode of Radio Free Roscoe, "The Imposter", a 2005 series on The N, a character Travis Strong DJed to the song, acting as if it were his own. It has also been used in the film adaptation of Anthony Horowitz's novel Stormbreaker, The Bourne Identity and it was reproduced with Korean lyrics for the film Collateral. The song has also been used during the performances of extreme freestyle water ski jumpers, and later became the theme song for the TV show TRL Italy from 2003 till 2005. The EP The Harder They Come was released on Perfecto and featured other works from Oakenfold and other artists. At the Creamfields event in 2002 at Speke Airfield, DJs such as Oakenfold, Seb Fontaine and Paul van Dyk performed along with Dave Clarke, Jon Carter, Richie Hawtin and Felix Da Housecat. The event also featured live appearances from Basement Jaxx, All Saints, Death in Vegas and Moloko. In 2003, Oakenfold released the fourth single of his album, "Hypnotised" which became successful enough to be included on his next compilation from the Perfecto Presents... series, Perfecto Presents: Great Wall which also included the Deepsky remix of the song as well as tracks like Motorcycle's "As the Rush Comes", Björk's "Pagan Poetry", UNKLE's remix of Ian Brown's "F.E.A.R." and Oakenfold's remix of Madonna's song "Hollywood". In 2003, Oakenfold produced a remix of "Pourvu qu'elles soient douces", a 1988 hit by French singer Mylène Farmer.

With the event of Creamfields that took place in 2004, Oakenfold released a compilation of songs he played during the event as well as tracks influenced by the environment and the vibe of deejays such as Paul van Dyk, Armin van Buuren, Ferry Corsten, Judge Jules, Fergie, Tall Paul, Eddie Halliwell, Chris Lawrence, Adam Sheridan, Shan, and Alex Kidd at the Cream/Goodgreef and Mixmag Arena.

A Lively Mind, Greatest Hits & Remixes, Vol. 1 and side work: 2005–2007
In 2005, Oakenfold was contacted by the car manufacturer Toyota to create a free promotional CD available from aygo.com to promote a new Toyota car. The CD contained only seven songs which he worked on with Ian Green; the album was entitled Feed Your Mind.

I think the Hollywood Bowl was the most memorable experience. It's a very unique venue that never had a DJ play there before me. The likes of Frank Sinatra and the Beatles had performed there so it's a truly magnificent place – it holds about 15,000 – and it was a big achievement for me as much as Wembley and the Great Wall because it had never been done. After seeing that gig, Madonna's management were there and asked me to be the opening act for her on her 2006 tour, which also added to the experience!

During Oakenfold's career he has remixed a variety of songs from Madonna, like "What It Feels Like for a Girl", "Hollywood", "American Life", "Sorry" and later in 2008 "Give It 2 Me" from her album Hard Candy, Oakenfold went on tour with Madonna for two months opening her presentation in the Confessions Tour, previously he had supported her in 2004 at Slane Castle in Ireland. His sets lasted for an hour and a half, followed by Madonna's two-hour show.

Oakenfold remixed the Transformers theme as the theme song for the TV series, Transformers Cybertron. He also contributed with his single "Beautiful Goal" for the FIFA Football 2005 video game. His single "Ready Steady Go" was composed for the 2005 video game Juiced. His second studio album, A Lively Mind was released on 6 June 2006. Receiving unsuccessful reviews, the first single "Faster Kill Pussycat", a collaboration with the actress Brittany Murphy, was released on 2 May 2006; the second single was "Sex 'n' Money". Both songs stand out from the rest, as most of the album has a more trance-like feel. Gregory Jeffries from AllMusic stated the album might have been in the nominated albums of dance music in 1997 but not in 2006, as the album has guitars with disco sounds that might be only appealing to trance addicts.

In 2007, he played live at the Boston Pops which created a piece of orchestral music with electronic music. The event took place in Miami for 10,000 people with a 75-piece orchestra, he wrote a piece of music which he described as "difficult". In 2007 he was nominated to 2 International Dance Music Awards (IDMA) at the Winter Music Conference (WMC), Best Underground Dance Track for "Faster Kill Pussycat" and Best Full Length DJ Mix CD for "A Lively Mind". 2007 saw the publication of the first official biography of Paul Oakenfold, written by Richard Norris of The Grid and Beyond the Wizard's Sleeve fame. Paul Oakenfold: The Authorised Biography was published by Bantam Press on 24 September 2007. Oakenfold is a self-professed supporter of association football clubs Chelsea F.C. and Los Angeles FC. It was thought that he played a zombie in the movie 28 Weeks Later however this is incorrect, he was offered the opportunity but turned it down. He also scored the soundtrack for the 2007 Japanese CGI anime film Vexille.

In October 2007 he released his Greatest Hits & Remixes, Vol. 1 which features his best performance tracks. Oakenfold was a judge for the sixth and seventh annual Independent Music Awards. In October 2007 Oakenfold remixed Britney Spears' number one hit "Gimme More", which became the lead remix off the release. Oakenfold has created more than one hundred remixes, and has sold over 5,000,000 (5 million) long plays. He toured in British universities to promote his new album and autobiography. The tribute album was released in November in the United Kingdom with a 2-CD set and a 3 CD version with the same number of songs. It was also released in the United States with only 20 tracks in one CD; it featured some remixes from the original version but it also included two new remixes which are: Justin Timberlake's "My Love" song and his remix of Hans Zimmer's "Jack Theme Suite" which was used for the film Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. Exclusive 2008 remixes from Oakenfold were also included from Mark Ronson's "Stop Me" song, Radiohead's "Everything in Its Right Place", Eisbaer from Grovezone, "Missing" by Everything But The Girl and a remix of Paul's own "Southern Sun". Releases with Catalog#: UL 1602-2 included a DVD of live show and documentary. The compilation consists of tracks which influenced his career and musical persona, with artists such as The Cure, Happy Mondays, The Stone Roses, Massive Attack, U2, Olive, The Smashing Pumpkins, Madonna, and Underworld.

Pop Killer and film scores: 2008–2014
In 2008, he released the last single from his last studio album, Not Over. This was a new version "Not Over Yet" which he produced while working with Osborne as Grace and in collaboration with Ryan Tedder from OneRepublic. The song was covered by Klaxons as "It's Not Over Yet". In 2008, Oakenfold worked on film scores for various films and television programs such as Californication, The Heavy, Fever, The Bourne Identity, and Speed Racer. In mid-July Oakenfold ended his world tour promoting his greatest hits album. He also joined Madonna again in her Sticky & Sweet Tour in London, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. After touring, he began his residency in Las Vegas on 30 August. In the fall of 2008, he started his first Resident DJ position in the United States. "Paul Oakenfold Presents: Perfecto Las Vegas" was conceptualized specifically for Rain Nightclub, the legendary 25000 sqft nightclub and concert venue at the Palms Casino Resort known for its special effects and international headliner acts. From July to August 2009, he again opened Madonna's concerts for the Sticky & Sweet Tour in Europe. In 2009 Paul's third studio album was announced to be actually named Pop Killer, and not Decade of Dance as the article from The Sun stated.

He also worked with Madonna on her third greatest hits collection, Celebration, and her final release with Warner Bros. Records. The first single was released on 3 August 2009, it is also titled "Celebration" and was produced by Oakenfold. He also remixed a past demo "It's So Cool" from American Life, and it is included as a bonus track on iTunes.

Oakenfold remixed a song called "Firefly" from the Matt Goss album Gossy. In 2010, Oakenfold returned to the US as a DJ at Rain Nightclub.

In February 2012 Oakenfold headlined a huge one-off event for club brand Goodgreef at the famous Tall Trees venue in the UK. Later in the year, he performed alongside Californian band Train at the Google I/O June 2012 After Party at Moscone Center in San Francisco.

In 2014, Oakenfold remixed A3's single "Come with Me".

Oakenfold co-wrote a song for Cher's twenty-fifth studio album Closer to the Truth: "Woman's World". It was released on 18 June 2013 as the album's lead-single.

Oakenfold remixed a song by British pop singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor and up-and-coming new electronic project DedRekoning on their single "Only Child", released on 8 September 2014 through Oakenfold's label Perfecto Records.

2015–present
Since May 2015, Paul is heading the department of DJs and EDM vocalists at Isina, a worldwide talent search and development mentorship program. On September 25, 2020, Oakenfold launched the English-language electronic single, "The Perfect Song" featuring Mexican pop icon Fey, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of her career. His album Shine On is set to be released in 2022.

Oakenfold was the opening act for the Pet Shop Boys and New Order Unity Tour in September and October 2022.

On 2 June 2023, a lawsuit was filed against Oakenfold in the Los Angeles Superior Court by his former personal assistant, accusing him of sexual harassment.

Discography

 * Studio albums
 * Bunkka (2002)
 * A Lively Mind (2006)
 * Trance Mission (2014)
 * Shine On (2022)

Filmography

 * 2002 The Rules of Attraction (Himself)
 * 2003 Dancestar USA 2003 (Himself)
 * 2003 No Cover (Guest)
 * 2003 MTV Europe Music Awards 2003 (Himself)
 * 2004 The Club (Himself)
 * 2007 Post Military Trip (Guest)
 * 2012 Dark Hearts (2012) (Dj)
 * 2016 Sundown (2016) (Himself)
 * 2022 Who Killed the KLF? (Himself)

BMI Awards
The BMI Awards are annual award ceremonies for songwriters in various genres organized by Broadcast Music, Inc. Oakenfold won the Film Award for Music the 2001 movie Swordfish.

 * 2002
 * Paul Oakenfold
 * The BMI Film Music Award, for Swordfish
 * Won
 * Won

DJ Awards
Oakenfold has won the DJ Awards for Best Trance DJ Award two times, and received eleven nominations. He won the Best Techno DJ Award once and he was honored with an "Outstanding Contribution Award" in 2004.

 * 1999
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 * Best Techno DJ
 * rowspan="2" Won
 * 2000
 * rowspan="2"| Best Trance DJ
 * 2001
 * Nominated
 * 2004
 * Outstanding Contribution
 * rowspan="2" Won
 * 2004
 * rowspan="9"| Best Trance DJ
 * 2005
 * rowspan="8" Nominated
 * 2006
 * 2008
 * 2009
 * 2010
 * 2011
 * 2012
 * 2013
 * 2006
 * 2008
 * 2009
 * 2010
 * 2011
 * 2012
 * 2013
 * 2011
 * 2012
 * 2013
 * 2012
 * 2013
 * 2013

DJ Magazine Award
Oakenfold has been named Worlds Best DJ two times by DJ Magazine.

 * 1997
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 * World's Top 100 DJs
 * Won
 * 1998
 * World's Top 100 DJs
 * rowspan="2" Won
 * 1999
 * World's Top 100 DJs
 * 2000
 * World's Top 100 DJs
 * Won
 * 2001
 * World's Top 100 DJs
 * style="text-align:center;"| 5
 * 2002
 * World's Top 100 DJs
 * style="text-align:center;"| 6
 * 2003
 * World's Top 100 DJs
 * style="text-align:center;"| 8
 * 2004
 * World's Top 100 DJs
 * style="text-align:center;"| 9
 * 2005
 * World's Top 100 DJs
 * style="text-align:center;"| 11
 * 2006
 * World's Top 100 DJs
 * style="text-align:center;"| 14
 * 2007
 * World's Top 100 DJs
 * style="text-align:center;"| 12
 * 2008
 * World's Top 100 DJs
 * style="text-align:center;"| 14
 * 2009
 * World's Top 100 DJs
 * style="text-align:center;"| 23
 * 2010
 * World's Top 100 DJs
 * style="text-align:center;"| 51
 * 2011
 * World's Top 100 DJs
 * style="text-align:center;"| 69
 * 2012
 * World's Top 100 DJs
 * style="text-align:center;"| 69
 * 2013
 * World's Top 100 DJs
 * style="text-align:center;"| 92
 * 2014
 * World's Top 100 DJs
 * style="text-align:center;"| Exit (134)
 * colspan="4" Hiatus
 * 2017
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 * World's Top 100 DJs
 * style="text-align:center;"| Out (138)
 * 2018
 * World's Top 100 DJs
 * style="text-align:center;"| Out (129)
 * 2019
 * World's Top 100 DJs
 * style="text-align:center;"| Out (105)
 * 2013
 * World's Top 100 DJs
 * style="text-align:center;"| 92
 * 2014
 * World's Top 100 DJs
 * style="text-align:center;"| Exit (134)
 * colspan="4" Hiatus
 * 2017
 * rowspan="3"| Paul Oakenfold
 * World's Top 100 DJs
 * style="text-align:center;"| Out (138)
 * 2018
 * World's Top 100 DJs
 * style="text-align:center;"| Out (129)
 * 2019
 * World's Top 100 DJs
 * style="text-align:center;"| Out (105)
 * style="text-align:center;"| Out (129)
 * 2019
 * World's Top 100 DJs
 * style="text-align:center;"| Out (105)
 * style="text-align:center;"| Out (105)

Grammy Awards
Oakenfold has received three Grammy Award nominations.

IDMA Awards
Oakenfold has been nominated for IDMA one time.

for "Faster Kill Pussycat" shared with Brittany Murphy.
 * 2007
 * Paul Oakenfold
 * Paul Oakenfold
 * Best Underground Dance Track
 * Nominated

World Music Awards
Oakenfold has received two nominations at World Music Awards.

for "Faster Kill Pussycat" shared with Brittany Murphy for "Faster Kill Pussycat" shared with Brittany Murphy
 * 2006
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 * Worlds Best Selling DJ
 * Worlds Best Selling DJ
 * rowspan="2" Nominated
 * 2012
 * World's Best Electronic Dance Music Artist
 * World's Best Electronic Dance Music Artist

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Alejandra Guzmán

Gabriela Alejandra Guzmán Pinal (born 9 February 1968) is a Mexican musician, singer, composer, and actress. With more than 30 million records sold throughout her career, winner of a Latin Grammy Award, and nicknamed "La Reina de Corazones" (the Queen of Hearts) and "La Reina del Rock" (the Queen of Rock), she is one of the most successful Mexican female singers. She is also daughter of actress Silvia Pinal and singer Enrique Guzmán.

Early life
Gabriela Alejandra Guzmán Pinal was born February 9, 1968, in Mexico City, to her mother Silvia Pinal's third marriage. Guzmán has three siblings: two older half-sisters, actress Sylvia Pasquel and Viridiana Alatriste. Her younger brother, Luis Enrique Guzmán, is her only sibling from the same father and mother.

Guzmán grew up in the entertainment world, having two superstars as her parents. At age 14, her older sister Viridiana Alatriste died in a car crash, which affected her greatly. After her sister's passing, she became rebellious and determined to enjoy her life to the fullest. She routinely sneaked out of her house to join the vibrant nightlife of Mexico City. During those times, Alejandra met Kenny Aviles from the band Kenny y Los Electricos, who became like a mother to her. It was then that she came to realize she belonged on the stage.

Career
Guzmán began her musical career in 1988 with her first song, Bye Mamá, which she dedicated to her mother. In the 1990s, she released several of her biggest albums like Eternamente Bella, Flor de Piel, as well as Libre which launched with a signed contract to BMG Ariola. Her success placed her in being nominated to a Grammy, Latin Grammy, and her albums to be labeled Gold and Platinum.

Throughout her career, Guzmán has had success throughout Mexico and the United States. She has done duets with Franco De Vita, Mario Domm, Fonseca, and the most known Gloria Trevi. Her along with Trevi had several duets together and did the Versus Tour together from 2017-2018. Guzmán is one of the most prominent female artists of Mexico, and she has been labeled as La Reina del Rock (the Queen of Rock).

She served as judge of the second season of Va Por Ti. She also served as coach of La Voz...México. On July 5, 2018, Telemundo announced Alejandra Guzmán as a coach on La Voz (U.S.). Guzmán joined Luis Fonsi, Carlos Vives and Wisin as coaches on the Spanish-language version of NBC singing-competition The Voice. In 2020, Amazon announced her starring role in the Amazon Prime series "El juego de las llaves".

In 2021, she joined the cast of the second season of the Amazon Prime Video series El Juego de las Llaves created by Marisa Quiroga, and produced by Amazon Studios, Corazón Films, and Pantaya. Guzmán was also a featured performer on the American music TV series A Tiny Audience produced by February Entertainment. for HBO Max and aired in Latin America by DirecTV Latam.

In 2022, Guzmán appeared in the premiere episode of the music-TV show ¡LaNoche!, produced by February Entertainment and aired in the US, alongside Paulina Rubio. It was the first time the two artists shared a stage. The show included cameos by their mothers, Mexican actresses Silvia Pinal and Susana Dosamantes. In 2022 Alejandra Guzmán and Paulina Rubio embarked on a 20-city US tour. The PERRÍSIMAS US TOUR 2022 kicked off in April 2022, and included major cities such as Chicago, El Paso, New York, Miami, and Las Vegas, before wrapping up on May 22 in Los Angeles. In July 2022, La Guzmán kicked off her TUYA TOUR with a sold-out show at the Arena CDMX. She was joined by special guests Silvia Pinal, Fey, Erik Rubín, and Aleks Syntek. In November 2022, Guzmán performed a series of concerts at the Venetian Las Vegas.

Personal life
Alejandra Guzmán has had several relationships throughout her life. Her first public relationship was with Erik Rubin which did not last long due to conflict with Mexican singer Paulina Rubio over him. She later started a relationship with Pablo Moctezuma, a businessman with whom Guzmán has a daughter, Frida Sofía, born March 1992. She and Moctezuma later separated.

Guzmán married American businessman Farrell Goodman in 1998. The marriage was destroyed right after, when Goodman was arrested due to carrying narcotics in an airport in Germany. Her last public relationship to date was a little after her divorce from Goodman, with Gerardo Gómez de la Borbolla. They initially had a great relationship but things ended after she suffered a miscarriage and fell into a deep depression, during which time he also wanted to be part of her work team as well as launching a singing career of his own. Alejandra revealed years later that she ended up having an abortion from a second pregnancy with him.

In 2007 she was diagnosed with breast cancer and was able to survive due to early detection. In 2009 Alejandra almost died a few months after she had butt enhancement injections from unlicensed estheticians. She was injected with polymers which caused infections and for several years she has had over 30 surgical procedures to remove them from her body.

Since 2020 Guzmán and her daughter Frída Sofía have been estranged. In 2021 Frída Sofía caused a huge scandal by asserting that Guzmán's father Enrique had sexually molested her since she was 5. Guzmán has sided fully with her father, who denies the accusations and has stated she hopes this will be solved soon enough.

Studio albums

 * Bye Mamá (1988)
 * Dame Tu Amor (1989)
 * Eternamente Bella (1990)
 * Flor de Papel (1991)
 * Libre (1993)
 * Enorme (1994)
 * Cambio de Piel (1996)
 * Algo Natural (1999)
 * Soy (2001)
 * Lipstick (2004)
 * Indeleble (2006)
 * Fuerza (2007)
 * Único (2009)
 * A + No Poder (2015)
 * Versus (with Gloria Trevi) (2017)

Compilation albums

 * Reina de Corazones
 * 15 Éxitos
 * Fuerza (Spanish edition)

Live albums

 * La Guzmán
 * Alejandra Guzman En Vivo
 * 20 Años de Éxitos En Vivo con Moderatto
 * La Guzmán: Primera Fila
 * La Guzmán Live at the Roxy

Tours

 * Dame Tu Amor Tour (1990)
 * Eternamente Bella Tour (1991)
 * Flor de Papel Tour (1992)
 * Libre Tour (1993–1994)
 * Enorme Tour (1995–1996)
 * Cambio de Piel Tour (1997)
 * La Guzman Tour (1998)
 * Algo Natural Tour (1999-2000)
 * Soy Tour (2002)
 * Supersexitada Tour (2004–2005)
 * Indeble (2006–2007)
 * Fuerza Tour (2008–2009)
 * Unico Tour (2010)
 * 20 Años de Éxitos Tour (2011–2012)
 * La Guzman Primera Fila Tour (2013–2014)
 * Rock Recargado Tour (2015)
 * A + No Poder Tour (2016)
 * Versus Tour (2017–2018)
 * La Guzmán Tour (2019–2020)
 * Perrísimas US Tour (2022) (with Paulina Rubio)
 * Eternas Tour (2023) (with Fey) (Cancelled)
 * Reynisima Tour (2023–2024)

Awards won

 * Latin Grammy 2002: "Best Rock Solo Album" (Soy)
 * Winner of ASCAP Latin Award: Pop Balad: "Volverte a Amar" (2006) / "Soy sólo un Secreto" (2009) / "Día de Suerte' (2012)
 * "La Luna" Del Auditorio Nacional" Award: Best Live Latin Rock Performance
 * Premio Oye! 2006: " Album of the Year" and "Best Female Artist"
 * Premios Juventud 2010: Best Rock Artist
 * Premios Juventud 2012: Mejor Tema Novelero "Día de Suerte"

Honorary Award
La Musa Award 2015 Latin songwriter
 * 2013 PADRES Contra el Cancer (I Am Hope)

Nominations
Grammy Awards Latin Grammy Awards Premio Lo Nuestro Premios Juventud
 * 1991 "Best Latin Pop Album" for the album "Flor de papel"; 2004 "Latin Rock / Alternative album" for "Lipstick"
 * 2000 "Best Female Rock Vocal Performance" for the song "Algo Natural"; 2005 "Best Rock Solo album" for "Lipstick" and "Best Rock song" for "Lipstick"; 2006 "Best Rock Vocal album" for "Indeleble" and "Best Rock Song" for "Volverte a Amar"; 2008 "Best Female Pop Vocal Album" for "Fuerza"; 2011 "Record of the Year"/ "Best Short Form Music Video" for Tan Solo Tu (A Duo with Franco de Vita)
 * Billboard Latin Music Awards; 2005 "Latin Rock / Alternative album of the year" for "Lipstick"
 * 2007 "Artist of the year" / "Album of the year" for "Indeleble" / "Song of the year" for "Volverte a amar"; 2008 /"Female Artist of the Year" / "Album of the Year" for "Fuerza", "Song of the Year" for "Soy solo un Secreto"; 2012 "Rock Album of the Year" for "20 Años de Éxitos en Vivo con Moderatto"/ "Rock Artist of the Year"/ "Rock Song of the Year" for "Día de Suerte"/ "Collaboration of the Year" for "Día de Suerte" with Moderatto; 2013 "Artist of the year"
 * 2011 "My Rock Artist"

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1995 in film

This is a list of films released in 1995. The highly anticipated sequel Die Hard with a Vengeance was the year's biggest box-office hit, and Braveheart won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Highest-grossing films
The top 10 films released in 1995 by worldwide gross are as follows:

Box office records

 * The Batman franchise became the fifth film franchise to gross $1 billion with the release of Batman Forever.
 * Batman Forever is released in theaters and scores the highest-opening weekend of all time, generating a total of $52.8 million.

Context
The theatrical box office of 1994 achieved record grosses, with nine films earning more than $100million and the highest attendance (1.29billion) since 1960 (1.3billion). By 1995, however, the average cost of making and marketing a film had doubled since 1990, reaching $50.4million, making turning a profit more difficult. The rising salary cost of actors was a contributing factor; studios vied to secure popular actors such as Harrison Ford, Jim Carrey, Tom Cruise, and Arnold Schwarzenegger who could generally guarantee a minimum level of box-office success and held broad appeal outside of the United States and Canada. If notable stars were unavailable, studios were forced to pay exorbitant salaries for less-well-known stars and pay other cast lower salaries to offset costs. In 1995, theatrical box-office revenue was falling; the first quarter was about $90million lower than the same period in 1994. Markets outside of the U.S. and Canada were growing, accounting for 41% of a film's total revenue—including theatrical and home media profits—and outperformed the U.S. and Canadian box offices for the first time in 1994. Anticipated films such as Batman Forever, Crimson Tide, and Pocahontas were scheduled for release alongside Waterworld, the most-expensive film of its time.

Events

 * March 13 – The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris by Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg.
 * April 10 – Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. sells 80% of MCA Inc., owner of Universal Pictures, to Seagram Company for $7 billion.
 * May 12 – Crimson Tide is released, kicking off the Summer box office season with critical and commercial success.
 * May 19 – Die Hard with a Vengeance is released in theaters and becomes the year's highest-grossing film (Toy Story overtook it in re-releases in 2014).
 * May 24 – Braveheart is released to critical and commercial success. Directed by and starring Mel Gibson, it will go on to win 5 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director.
 * May 27 – Actor Christopher Reeve injures his spinal cord after falling off his horse in an equestrian competition. The injury paralyzed him from the shoulders down, and he depended on a ventilator to breathe.
 * June 10 – Pocahontas has the largest premiere ever for a film, premiering in Central Park, New York City, with an audience of 100,000 and free admission. The film received mixed reviews but was a commercial success at the worldwide box office.
 * June 16 – Batman Forever is released in theaters and scores the highest-opening weekend of all time, generating a total of $52.8 million.
 * November – Carolco Pictures files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
 * November 17 – After a six-year hiatus, the James Bond film series resumes with the successful GoldenEye with Pierce Brosnan as James Bond.
 * November 22 – Toy Story is released, marking the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery. Toy Story was both a commercial and critical success, and is considered by film historians as a significant turning point in film history.
 * unknown date – Trash Video, a Finnish independent film production company is established.

By country/region

 * List of American films of 1995
 * List of Argentine films of 1995
 * List of Australian films of 1995
 * List of Bangladeshi films of 1995
 * List of British films of 1995
 * List of Canadian films of 1995
 * List of French films of 1995
 * List of Hong Kong films of 1995
 * List of Indian films of 1995
 * List of Hindi films of 1995
 * List of Kannada films of 1995
 * List of Malayalam films of 1995
 * List of Marathi films of 1995
 * List of Tamil films of 1995
 * List of Telugu films of 1995
 * List of Japanese films of 1995
 * List of Mexican films of 1995
 * List of Pakistani films of 1995
 * List of Russian films of 1995
 * List of South Korean films of 1995
 * List of Spanish films of 1995

By genre/medium

 * List of action films of 1995
 * List of animated feature films of 1995
 * List of avant-garde films of 1995
 * List of crime films of 1995
 * List of comedy films of 1995
 * List of drama films of 1995
 * List of horror films of 1995
 * List of science fiction films of 1995
 * List of thriller films of 1995
 * List of western films of 1995

Births

 * January 5 – Whindersson Nunes, Brazilian YouTuber and actor
 * January 7
 * Jessica Darrow, American actress and singer
 * Leslie Grace, American singer, songwriter and actress
 * January 9 – Nicola Peltz, American actress
 * January 13
 * Natalia Dyer, American actress
 * Eros Vlahos, English-Greek actor and comedian
 * January 17 – Indya Moore, American actor
 * January 24
 * Dylan Everett, Canadian actor
 * Callan McAuliffe, Australian actor
 * January 30 – Danielle Campbell, American actress
 * February 2 – Tom Blyth, English actor
 * February 7 – Tom Glynn-Carney, English actor and singer
 * February 10 – Archie Madekwe, English actor
 * February 28 – Madisen Beaty, American actress
 * March 4 – Bill Milner, English actor
 * March 7 – Haley Lu Richardson, American actress
 * March 20 – Samantha Weinstein, Canadian actress (died 2023)
 * March 21 – RJ Cyler, American actor
 * March 22 – Nick Robinson, American actor
 * March 23 – Victoria Pedretti, American actress
 * March 30 – Simone Ashley, English actress
 * April 1 – Logan Paul, American pro wrestler, actor, and YouTuber
 * April 17 – Phoebe Dynevor, English actress
 * April 18 – Virginia Gardner, American actress
 * April 19 – Patrick Gibson, Irish actor
 * April 24 – Ludmilla, Brazilian singer-songwriter and actress
 * May 3
 * Katie Chang, American actress
 * Emma Seligman, Canadian film director and screenwriter
 * May 4
 * Alex Lawther, English actor
 * Shameik Moore, American actor, singer and rapper
 * May 12 – Sawyer Sweeten, American child actor (died 2015)
 * May 13 – Taylor John Smith, American actor
 * May 28 – Jacob Kogan, American actor
 * June 5 – Troye Sivan, South African-born Australian singer-songwriter, actor and YouTuber
 * June 6 – Jack Kilmer, American actor
 * June 8 – Harumi Sato, Japanese actress and dancer
 * June 19 – Blake Woodruff, American actor
 * June 20 – Geraldine Viswanathan, Australian actress
 * June 22 – Micheál Richardson, Irish-American actor
 * July 4 – Post Malone, American rapper
 * July 9 – Georgie Henley, English actress
 * July 11 – Blu Hunt, American actress
 * July 12 – Mason Alexander Park, American actor
 * August 4 – Bruna Marquezine, Brazilian actress
 * August 6 – Amy Forsyth, Canadian actress
 * August 7 – Sasha Calle, American actress
 * August 9 – Justice Smith, American actor
 * August 20 – Liana Liberato, American actress
 * August 22 – Dua Lipa, English singer and actress
 * August 26 – Gracie Dzienny, American actress
 * September 12 – Ryan Potter, American actor
 * September 19 – Rachel Sennott, American actress
 * September 22 – Juliette Goglia, American actress
 * September 29 – Sasha Lane, American actress
 * October 3 – Ayo Edebiri, American comedian, writer, producer and actress
 * October 24 – Ashton Sanders, American actor and model
 * November 2 – Brandon Soo Hoo, American actor and martial artist
 * November 3 – Alice Wegmann, Brazilian actress
 * November 6 – John Owen Lowe, American writer, producer and actor
 * November 7 – Sophia Ali, American actress
 * November 9 – Finn Cole, English actor
 * November 17 – Zach Barack, American actor, singer and comedian
 * November 22 – Katherine McNamara, American actress
 * November 23 – Austin Majors, American actor (died 2023)
 * November 27
 * Ricardo Hoyos, Canadian actor
 * Jamila Velazquez, American singer and actress
 * November 29
 * Liv Hewson, Australian actor
 * Laura Marano, American actress, singer
 * December 5 - Hadley Robinson, American actress
 * December 13 – Emma Corrin, English actress
 * December 25 - Charlee Fraser, Australian actress
 * December 27
 * Laurence Belcher, English actor
 * Timothée Chalamet, American and French actor
 * December 29 – Ross Lynch, American actor, singer, dancer

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Enrique Guzmán

Enrique Guzmán (born February 1, 1943) is a Venezuelan-born Mexican singer and actor. He is one of the pioneers of Rock & Roll in Mexico, along with César Costa, Angélica María, Johnny Laboriel and Alberto Vasquez, among others. He is also the father of Mexican singer Alejandra Guzmán by his former wife, actress and singer Silvia Pinal.

Life and career
Enrique Guzmán was born in Venezuela to Mexican parents. They moved back to Mexico when Enrique was 7. He studied at the then Jesuit run Instituto Patria, then after graduation, medicine at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México although he did not complete his studies.

Guzmán has been a rock star in Mexico throughout the last half of the 20th century, known primarily for his translation of 1950s rock standards, such as "Jailhouse Rock", for Spanish-speaking listeners. In 1958 he joined "Los Teen Tops", along with the Martínez brothers and piano player, Sergio Martel. In 1959 they debuted in the US on CBS radio, and they released their famous version of "La Plaga" (Good Golly Miss Molly). He also wrote several hits for himself "Pensaba en tí", "La Ronchita", and for other Latin stars.

He also appeared in films, such as Canta Mi Corazón in 1965. His hits include Spanish covers of "Put Your Head on My Shoulder", "Rolly Polly", "Bonnie Moronie" as well as the original "Dame Felicidad" ("Give Me Joy"). During the mid-1960s Guzmán formed a motion picture company and produced some films in Ecuador. In the late 1960s, Guzman and his wife, Silvia Pinal, starred in a television show called Silvia y Enrique. He has continued recording, including with his daughter Alejandra Guzmán, throughout the 1990s and 2000s. As with his ex-wife, his stepdaughter Sylvia Pasquel, and his daughter, he has his handprints embedded onto the Paseo de las Luminarias; he was inducted in 1983 for his work in the recording industry.

Family life
His first wife was Mexican actress Silvia Pinal. Singer Alejandra Guzmán and musician Luis Enrique Guzmán are their children. He is currently married to Rosalba Welter Portes Gil, niece of actress Linda Christian and granddaughter of former Mexican president Emilio Portes Gil. They have two children together, Daniela and Jorge Guzmán. Daniela has participated in theater and musicals.

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Talk:Leather fetishism

Am going to remove brackets from around [fetishistic], because that page is simply a redirect to Fetishism which starts:

Fetishism most generally refers to the belief that natural objects have supernatural powers, or that something created by people has power over people. The concept was coined by Charles de Brosses in 1757 and was originally used in the 18th century by French and German scholars to characterize the earliest stages in the evolution of religion.

and goes on to mention nothing about sexual fetish. BDSM leather subcultures are often are concerned with power, its unlikely that supernatural powers are involved. ;-0  "Stop I really mean it"  Two16

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Affair

An affair is a union of more than two people in one romantic and sexual relationship, [soul tie], passionate attachment in which at least one of its participants has betrayed their partner (regardless of formal or informal relationship status) with a third person or more people (regardless if the partner and the third person(s) were aware, not aware, and/or disagreed to having an affair).

Romantic affair
A romantic affair, also called an affair of the heart, may refer to a sexual liaison or more emotional relationship between two people who may have sex without expecting a more formal romantic relationship, an affair is by its nature a lie; it is not romance it is it's counterfeit deception, like sirens leading men to their death.

The term affair may also describe part of an agreement within an open marriage or open relationship, such as swinging, dating, or polyamory, in which some forms of sex with one's non-primary partner(s) are permitted and other forms are not. Participants in open relationships, including unmarried couples and polyamorous families, may consider sanctioned affairs the norm, but when a non-sanctioned affair occurs, it is described as infidelity and maybe experienced as adultery, or a betrayal both of trust and integrity, even though to most people it would not be considered illicit.

When romantic affairs lack both overt and covert sexual behavior, yet exhibit intense or enduring emotional intimacy, it may also be referred to as an emotional affair, platonic love, or a romantic friendship.

Extramarital affair
Extramarital affairs are relationships outside of marriage where an illicit romantic or sexual relationship or a romantic friendship or passionate attachment occurs.

An affair can continue in one form or another for years, even as one of the partners in that affair passes through marriage, divorce, and remarriage. This could be considered the primary relationship, with the marriage secondary to it. Several people claim the reason for an extramarital affair is their unsuccessful marriage where both spouses fail to please each other. This may be serial polygamy or other forms of nonmonogamy.

The ability to pursue serial and clandestine extramarital affairs while safeguarding other secrets and conflict of interest inherent in the practice, requires skill in deception and duplicitous negotiation. Even to hide one affair requires a degree of skill or malicious gaslighting. All these behaviors are more usually called lying.

Deception can be defined as the "covert manipulation of perception to alter thoughts, feelings, or beliefs". The presence of deception may indicate the degree to which the deceiver has breached fundamental conditions of fidelity, reciprocal vulnerability, and transparency. Sometimes these are explicit or assumed pre-conditions of a committed intimate relationship.

Individuals having affairs with married men or women can be prosecuted for adultery in some jurisdictions and can be sued by the jilted spouses in others, or named as 'co-respondents' in divorce proceedings. As of 2009, eight U.S. states permitted such alienation of affections lawsuits. Affairs with the consent of their significant others may not be considered infidelity or adultery.

Online affair
The appearance of computer-mediated communication introduces a new type of communication and consequently a new type of "affair". There are various kinds of computer-mediated communication that differ in some significant aspects: one-to-one or group communication formats, interrelating with anonymous or identified people and communicating in synchronous or asynchronous formats. Online affairs combine features of close and remote relationships.

Ben Ze'ef argues that an online affair is a unique kind of affair—termed "detached attachment", or just "detachment"—that includes opposing features whose presence in a face-to-face affair would be paradoxical. Like direct, face-to-face affairs, online affairs can be spontaneous and casual and show intensive personal involvement. However, online affairs can also be more of a planned discourse than spontaneous talk; like written letters, online messages can be stored and thus have a permanent presence, which is absent from face-to-face affairs.

People participating in online affairs may be strangers to each other in the sense that they have never actually met each other. However, they are also close to each other since they share intimate information. In online affairs, people try to enjoy the benefits of both close and remote affairs, while avoiding their flaws. People enjoy the highly valued products of close affairs while paying the low cost of remote affairs. As one woman wrote: 'He constantly told me that he can not provide me with what I would want and I would always respond with: "I'm not asking anything from you, but simply enjoy your company"'.

Famous affairs

 * Affair of the Diamond Necklace
 * Hamilton–Reynolds affair
 * Eulenburg affair
 * Haijby scandal
 * Iris Robinson scandal
 * Clinton–Lewinsky scandal
 * The Makropulos Affair (play)
 * The Makropulos Affair (opera)
 * Munsinger affair
 * Profumo affair
 * Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal
 * John Edwards extramarital affair
 * Mark Sanford extramarital affair

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Fiel a La Vega

Fiel a La Vega is a Rock en Español band from Puerto Rico formed in 1994. The band consisted of members Tito Auger and Ricky Laureano (vocals and guitars), who come from the northern city of Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, along with brothers Pedro and Jorge Arraiza (drums and bass), who come from the neighboring city of Vega Baja. Their hometown is what gave name to the band. Since 1996, they were joined by percussionist Papo Román, who left the band in 2006 to spend time with his family.

The band rose to prominence with their eponymous debut album, which was released in 1996. The album was a hit, spawning several hit singles like "Salimos de Aquí" and "El Wanabí", and turning the band into one of the most popular musical groups in the island at the moment. Fiel a la Vega followed their debut album with four more studio albums, three of which were released independently. Despite not having the support of a multinational record label or wide publicity, after 20 years, the band is still considered by many as "the most important rock band in the history of Puerto Rico".

In recent years, the band has left the hectic production/gigging schedule, with its members being involved in personal projects. Singer Auger has been touring the island solo, and with a musical troupe called La Banda Acústica Rodante, while guitarist Laureano has been pursuing a solo career, while also touring the island with fellow guitarist Joel Rodríguez. Brothers Pedro and Jorge continue to work as a professor and chef respectively, while also working on their own band, Los Arraiza Voladores and featuring with the acoustic cover band Good Acoustics. In October 2016 the band performed at the Coliseo of Puerto Rico to celebrate their 20th anniversary accompanied by former member Papo Román and keyboards played by Francisco "Quito" González. The concert had an attendance of 7,000 people and lasted 3 and a half hours commemorating their two decades playing music.

Early years (1994-1995)
Childhood friends Ricky Laureano and Tito Auger formed the band in 1994 after looking for success in the United States. Returning to Puerto Rico, they joined long-time friends Pedro and Jorge Arraiza (with whom they had played before in Los Arraiza Voladores) and officially started the band. After playing local gigs through the island, they started gaining the attention of the public and became one of the most sought bands in the island. Their television debut was in Voces en Función.

First Albums and Success (1996-1998)
In April 1996, the band released their eponymous album Fiel a la Vega, adding percussionist Papo Román to its line-up. The album spawned hits like "Salimos de Aquí" and "El Wanabí", both of which were released with videos. According to local newspaper El Nuevo Día, the album was among the Top 10 sellers of the year. In August 1996, the band played at Hard Rock Cafe in Old San Juan. In 1997, their first album was certified gold for selling 50,000 units.

Following the success of the album, the band held four sold-out concerts in July 1997 in the Performing Arts Center of Guaynabo. The concert was released months later as the band's follow-up album, titled El Concierto Acústico. In the concert, the band played acoustic versions of the songs in their first album as well as covers from Latin American artists that influenced them such as Roy Brown, Leon Gieco, Silvio Rodríguez, and Haciendo Punto en Otro Son.

The band continued to enjoy the success playing in front of 30,000 people at the Claridad Festival. That night an attendance record at the festival was set. That same year, they participated in the annual special show of Banco Popular dedicated to Bobby Capó. The band performed the song "Sale el Sol" in the show.

In 1998, amidst relentless touring, they released A Quien Pueda Interesar. The album was accompanied with videos for the songs "Bla, Bla, Bla", "Al Frente", and "El Panal". Following the success of this second album, they became the first Puerto Rican band to headline and sell out the Roberto Clemente Coliseum. The concert was held on June 6, 1998.

In November of the same year, they returned to the Roberto Clemente Coliseum, sharing the stage with local bands Haciendo Punto en Otro Son and Moliendo Vidrio. During the concert, the bands alternated sets performing the hit songs of each other, ending with a huge "junte" of all of the musicians singing several songs of each band. The concert was recorded and released later as an album titled Un Junte para la Historia.

Deal with EMI Latin (1999-2001)
In March 1999, the band organized a series of concerts at the Luis A. Ferré Performing Arts Center where they performed their music with a symphonic orchestra, not The Puerto Rico Symphonic Orchestra, as it is sometimes stated. In the concert, they played their hits as well as covers from Rubén Blades, Danny Rivera, Silvio Rodríguez, and Puerto Rican Salsa superstars El Gran Combo. At that time, the band finished negotiating a record deal with EMI Latin. Soon after, they released Tres being their only CD with a major label. The band produced the hit singles "Canción en la Arena", "Solamente" and "Desde el Comienzo".

In April 2000, the band toured the East Coast of the United States with shows in Miami, Orlando, New York City, and Washington, DC. In June 2000, upon returning to Puerto Rico, the band held a concert at the Rubén Rodríguez Coliseum in Bayamón. In August 2001, they collaborated with other artists in a song titled "Canción para Vieques", about the Navy-Vieques protests.

Last albums (2001-2010)
In November 2001, they parted ways with EMI Latin. A month later, they released their second live album titled El Concierto Sinfónico. They followed it with presentations in the island and in Florida, while they began to work in their fourth studio album. The album La Prosperidad was released independently in December 2002 with the single "Hay que Edificar". They supported it with a national tour through all the island finishing on May 31, 2002, with a concert at the Roberto Clemente Coliseum.

In 2005, they released a greatest hits album to coincide with the band's tenth anniversary. Desde el Comienzo: 1994-2004.

On October 11, 2006, percussionist Papo Román communicated by letter to his " friends, press, musicians and dear fieles" that he will be quitting the band after ten long years with them. He stated that, despite not regretting the time spent with the band, he needed to slow down and dedicate time to his family. Román is the father of six children, two of them teenage daughters.

In 2007, the band was selected along with several Latin rock groups to be part of a marketing campaign from Absolut Vodka. The campaign features the popular Absolut bottle silhouette using the motif of Fiel a la Vega's first album. The other bands selected were Los Amigos Invisibles (Venezuela), Charly García (Argentina), Los Jaivas (Chile) and Aterciopelados (Colombia).

In March 2007, the band recorded a live concert at the Ambassador Theater in San Juan. At the end of the year, the concert was released in a DVD titled Sesiones: 10 Años Acústicos y Eléctricos. Also, according to their website, they started working on a new album.

In April 2008, the band played at the Movistar Music Fest 2008 in Panama, with Tego Calderón, Calle 13, and Zion.

In early 2010, the band released the first single from their next album. The album, titled Equilibrio, was released on February 9, 2010. On December of that year, the band started a series of concerts on the cities of San Juan, Ponce, and Mayaguez. The concert in San Juan was supposed to be held at the University of Puerto Rico at Río Piedras, but due to ongoing strikes and protests at the university against the government, the band moved it to the Centro de Bellas Artes in Caguas. During the concert, lead singer Tito Auger heavily criticized the government for its handling of the crisis at the university and the current state of the country. "In recent years, it has been made more evident that the alleged democracy that protects us is only a mask for the media, a simple slogan. We are dominated by a plutocracy, which is an industrial, business, and political class, that is getting stronger and richer" said Auger.

Recent years
In recent years, the members have all been involved in their own projects. Singer Tito Auger has been performing with La Banda Acústica Rodante, which features fellow singers and musicians Mikie Rivera, Rucco Gandía, Walter Morciglio, and Nore Feliciano, while guitarist Ricky Laureano has launched a solo career, releasing two albums and occasionally touring under the name of Laureano & Rodríguez, along with Joel Rodríguez. Laureano explained in an interview that "saying we [Fiel a la Vega] will continue to make music together is more complicated than ever because everybody is doing his own thing. Tito and I are dedicated full-time to music, Jorge is a chef, and Pedro is a professor; so it wouldn't be impossible, but it's an uphill battle."

On October 18, 2014, Fiel a la Vega held a sold-out concert at Bahía Urbana in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in front of nearly 5,500 people. During the concert, which lasted more than 3 hours, the band played songs that spanned their 18-year trajectory. The concert was also broadcast through the Internet.

In October 2016 the band performed on the Coliseo of Puerto Rico to celebrate their 20th anniversary accompanied by former member Papo Román and keyboards played by Francisco "Quito" González. The concert had an attendance of 7,000 people and lasted three and a half hours commemorating their two decades playing music.

On August 18, 2018, they sold out hotspot venue VIVO Beach Club with a show including hits from all their albums. The show featured giant projection screens on which videos allusive to the songs were shown.

In October 2019 they sold out two shows at San Juan"s Luis A. Ferre Performing Arts Center of their acoustic show accompanied by a string quartet directed by Ricardo "Papoi" Dávila and with pianist Jorge "Bebo' Rivera.

They followed up in November 2nd with "Rocktoberfest @ VIVO Beach Club" alongside Puerto Rican rock bands Vivanativa, La Secta and Millo Torres y el Tercer Planeta. hosted by comedian Chente Ydrach. For this show Ocean Lab Brewery (located at VIVO Beach Club) produced one distinct beer for each of the bands and the host, to their specifications and those were the only beers available during the Fest. On July 27, 2020, they broadcast a live, socially distanced show over social media platforms which collected nearly half a million views in two days. In this show they played their 1998 album "A Quien Pueda Interesar" entirely. They also announced new material in the works.

In August 2023, the band released Prima•Vera, their sixth studio album and the first in more than 13 years. Guitarist Ricky Laureano said the new album represented "a musical rebirth for us and a testimony of our commitment to music".

Current members

 * Tito Auger - Vocals, rhythm guitars
 * Ricky Laureano - Vocals, lead guitars
 * Jorge Arraiza - bass guitar, keyboards, background vocals
 * Pedro Arraiza - drums, background vocals

Former members

 * Papo Román - percussion (1996–2006)

Studio albums

 * Fiel a la Vega (April 1996)
 * A Quien Pueda Interesar (May 1, 1998)
 * Tres (November 1999)
 * La Prosperidad (December 2002)
 * Equilibrio (February 2010)
 * Prima•Vera (August 2023)

Live albums

 * El Concierto Acústico (November 1997)
 * El Concierto Sinfónico (December 2001)
 * Sesiones: 10 Años Acústicos y Eléctricos (DVD, December 2007)
 * El Concierto (CD/DVD, October 2015)
 * En Vivo Desde El Teatro Ambassador (Marzo 2019)

Compilations

 * Desde el Comienzo: 1994-2004 (2005)

Other collaborations

 * Siempre Piel Canela: La Música de Bobby Capó (1997, released by Banco Popular)
 * Un Junte para la Historia (November 1998)

1997

 * Farándula Award: Best Local Rock Band.
 * Artistas Award: Most Outstanding Band of the Year.
 * Tu Música Award: Best National Rock Band.
 * Tu Música Award: Ballad/Pop Song of the Year ("El Wanabí")

1998

 * Tu Música Award: Best National Rock Band.
 * Tu Música Award: Song of the Year ("Boricua en la Luna")
 * Tu Música People's Choice Award.

2000

 * Tu Música Award: Best National Video ("Solamente")

2001

 * ASCAP Award: Best Rock en Español Song ("Canción en la Arena" written by Auger and Laureano)

Book
In 2005, writer Edgardo Soto released a biography of the band titled Salimos de Aquí: La Biografía de Fiel a la Vega. The book includes facts about the band's formation and their rise to fame in the mid-1990s.

Release Information

 * Soto, Edgardo. (2005) Salimos de Aquí: La Biografía de Fiel a la Vega. Terranova Editores; 1st Edition (ISBN 0976015897)

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Wikipedia talk:Redirect

WP:BLAR notification
WP:BLAR suggests it's good practice to add a short notice at the talk page of the target article. Is there a template (e.g. simliar to Merged-to) that we can use to satisfy this? ~Kvng (talk) 15:38, 2 January 2024 (UTC)

 * Hello, editor, the only template associated with WP:BLAR that I know of is uw-blar, which is a notice for the talk page of the blanked article's creator. For this purpose the general notice template can be installed on the target's talk page below any project banners with a short notice about the blank-and-redirect.  P.I. Ellsworth  , ed.  put'er there 18:54, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I'm interested in creating something. I wanted to first verify that it didn't already exist. ~Kvng (talk) 19:37, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Pleasure, editor ! If you do create something like Blank and redirect notice with a shortcut redirect something like blarn, please remember to mention it at WP:BLAR, so other editors will be aware of its usage. Thank you for your edits!  P.I. Ellsworth  , ed.  put'er there 19:52, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I've created the template based on Merged-from. I'm new at templates and haven't figured out how to use the sandbox yet but I have added it to a couple articles I recently WP:BLARED (see Talk:Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter, Talk:Mortiis) and it seems to be working as expected. I'll wait for any comments on my work here or at Template talk:Blank and redirect notice before updating WP:BLAR to mention this option. ~Kvng (talk) 22:32, 2 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Looks like your new template has potential! Did a little minor copy editing and such. Very good job, editor !  P.I. Ellsworth  , ed.  put'er there 03:43, 3 January 2024 (UTC)

Tagging redirects with project banners
Having project banners on talk pages of redirects like this, where the target of the redirect has a more comprehensive set of banners, seems pretty useless at best. Would it make sense for a bot to clean up banners in this sort of instance where the banner is present at the target's talk page? {{u| Sdkb  }}  talk 00:11, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

 * No cleanup required, because more and more projects have embraced the "redirect class" and sort them to categories to track them. If I'm not mistaken, editors are not supposed to create talk pages just to banner them, but if the talk page is already there, then editors are encouraged to banner them. I've been bannering redirect talk pages for nearly fifteen years.  P.I. Ellsworth  , ed.  put'er there 01:39, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Encouraging editors to banner all redirect talk pages that exist doesn't sound like a great idea. Since in almost all cases, the redirect page will require the same banners as the target, so bannering it just creates a syncing/completion/redundancy problem, where the target will always have a better set of banners than the redirect. {{u| Sdkb  }}  talk 20:07, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Adding banners seems to reduce the syncing problem by making the talk page of the redirect match that of the target. However, the real problem may be that the redirect should not have a talk page at all. Certes (talk) 20:30, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I think the idea is for project members to be able to track appropriate redirects and improve them or delete them as needed. Why would this not be a good idea?  P.I. Ellsworth  , ed.  put'er there 20:35, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
 * My thought is that a single concept (i.e. the subject of a page) should have only a single centralized record of the talk banners that apply to it, per DRY. That record already exists at the talk page of the target. Having a bunch of copies of it at whichever talk pages for incoming redirects happen to exist, rather than assuming that the same project banners apply, is what creates a syncing problem.
 * Now, there are some times where a banner might apply to a redirect but not the target. For instance, (a redirect to the university) could reasonably be tagged with WikiProject Magazines, which would not have been appropriate for the university page. That's why I proposed exempting banners which are not present at the target page.
 * But in general, we already have enough trouble keeping project tags accurate/complete/up-to-date for 6 million articles, let alone for however many articles+redirects there are. The approach I'm suggesting also aligns with how we approach redirect categorization, which we allow only when there's a category that wouldn't apply to the target. Does that help clarify? {{u| Sdkb  }}  talk 20:43, 4 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I don't think we should encourage creating talk pages only to add a banner. However, there is little downside and some potential benefits for projects to be able to track these, especially in cases where the redirect has potential to become a standalone article. older ≠ wiser 20:54, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

Notification of CfD discussion (Category:Redirects of dubious utility)
Here. Still think these should be discussed at RfD, but I'll page a notice here instead.  J 947  ‡ edits 21:21, 4 February 2024 (UTC)

Proposed new CSD criterion
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion § Improper disambiguation redirects. * Pppery * it has begun... 05:21, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

New redirect templates
R from alternative hyphenation, R from alternative punctuation, and R from alternative spacing all redirect to R from alternative spelling and the template states that "This is likely to change in the future, so please use the more specific template names.". I am planning on going ahead and creating (or making edit requests to create) those rcats, however I wanted to mention it here per suggestion of @Paine Ellsworth in case anyone disagrees with this change.

@SMcCandlish I also wanted to ping you as you created R from alternative hyphenation, even though it was back in 2012. ~ Eejit43 ( talk ) 18:32, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Sounds good to me. Subcategorization should have happened ages ago.  — SMcCandlish ☏ ¢ 😼  19:37, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion § RfC: enacting X3
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Criteria for speedy deletion § RfC: enacting X3. — a smart kitten [  meow ] 18:15, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

"Wikipedia:→" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:%E2%86%92&redirect=no Wikipedia:→] has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached. Nickps (talk) 14:29, 6 April 2024 (UTC)

Deprecation of redirecting the talk page of a mainspace redirect
A talk page is just a regular page and can therefore also be a redirect. This is sometimes done when turning a page into a redirect and always done when moving a page since that also moves its talk page. Doing this during a move is fine in my opinion but in almost every other case, redirecting a talk page is a bad practice that should be discouraged. The reason is that if someone retargets one of the redirects but forgets to retarget the other, editors who wish to discuss the redirect will do so at the wrong place. Redirecting the talk page also provides no benefit in comparison with talk page of redirect which already acts like a soft redirect that can update itself when its page is retargeted. So, my proposal is that we add this to WP:R or WP:TALK: The talk page of a mainspace redirect should not be redirected unless that was the result of a page move or as specified in WP:TALKCENT. In all other cases, talk page of redirect should be used instead. Otherwise we end up with cases like Acts of God (book) where the page itself is a redirect to Acts of God (disambiguation) but its talk page redirected to Talk:Acts of God (novel) before I. Note that the utility of talk page redirects is much higher in other namespaces. Someone who looks up WT:R probably wants to end up here instead of discussing the redirect itself. So those should be allowed but people should still remember to (not likely that WP:R will ever change but other shortcuts might). I'd also be open to the idea of having a bot sync up such redirects automatically. Nickps (talk) 13:31, 15 April 2024 (UTC)

 * Pinging participants of the previous discussion at Wikipedia_talk:Talk_page_guidelines/Archive_8: Nickps (talk) 13:34, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Also from Wikipedia_talk:Redirect/Archive_2018 Nickps (talk) 13:50, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Well, I thought about it again and I'm going about this the wrong way. I'll just ask at WP:BOTR first and if it gets declined then we should consider this. But, if someone else thinks that the change I proposed above is worth making anyway, they are free to pick this up and even open an RfC. Nickps (talk) 23:08, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Well, here goes nothing: . Nickps (talk) 23:44, 15 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I vaguely recall some cases where a talk page was kept so that its history was retained. That is, the talk discussion had some possibly useful information regarding the now-redirected associated page? Johnuniq (talk) 04:03, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Subtopic in lead: use targeted or untargeted redirect?
If a subtopic is mentioned in the lead of a page of a larger topic, is there guidance on whether the redirect for the subtopic should be:
 * Targeted to a specific section on the page related to the subtopic
 * Untargeted, where context of the subtopic's relation to the larger topic is introduced in the lead

Some examples are: —Bagumba (talk) 05:08, 26 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Kansas City Kings: Redirects to, but there is mention of Kansas City Kings in the lead
 * Travis McMichael: Redirects to Murder of Ahmaud Arbery. There is a later section, which has an overview of involved people.
 * Tou Thao: Redirects to, but there is mention of Tou Thao in the lead.

 * I don't know about any policy, guidance, or essay that answers this specific question. My answer would be to think about where the reader would like to be redirected to and point to that. An easy example is if the subject of the redirect is not mentioned in the lead. In that case, it seems pretty clear to me, you'd redirect to the section where the subject is mentioned. - Butwhatdoiknow (talk) 15:48, 27 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I would think that if there is meaningful mention in the lead, then being redirect to the top would be preferable to being dropped in the middle of a page, often with no immediate context of where and why you ended up here. —Bagumba (talk) 16:56, 29 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Linking to a section from a redirect creates more WP:ASTONISHMENT than linking to the top of an article where the linked term is mentioned (ideally in bold). The first two examples get this right. The third is a little confounding but I can't think of a way to improve it so would advocate for leaving it as it is. ~Kvng (talk) 19:20, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

Trouble making a quasi-external soft redirect
I'd like to make WP:Wikimedia Design Style Guide point to https://design.wikimedia.org/style-guide, but I don't know of any prefix that goes to design.wikimedia.org. How can I achieve this?  Sdkb  talk 21:52, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Shouldn't it redirect to https://doc.wikimedia.org/codex/latest/ since the Design Style Guide will soon be deprecated? voorts (talk/contributions) 22:09, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Ah, I didn't realize the style guide is being deprecated. Yes, that seems like a better target. But the same question still applies.  Sdkb  talk 22:52, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Judging by Interwiki map, it looks like  is the interwiki code for , so you could potentially do something like . All the best, —  a smart kitten [  meow ] 23:34, 13 May 2024 (UTC)
 * That worked; thanks!  Sdkb  talk 04:30, 14 May 2024 (UTC)

Discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Redirect § Unclear talk page scopes
You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Redirect § Unclear talk page scopes.  Sdkb  talk 21:56, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:R to sports team
Template:R to sports team has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. voorts (talk/contributions) 01:26, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Nomination for deletion of Template:R from gap in series
Template:R from gap in series has been nominated for deletion. You are invited to comment on the discussion at the entry on the Templates for discussion page. voorts (talk/contributions) 01:29, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Question on redirects with short descriptions
I have noticed that there are books (often novels) with a main space article, and the sequels to the books do not have their own articles, but rather are mentioned in a section, often named "Sequels". The redirects for the sequels often redirect to the section.

The problem is, when the name of a sequel is typed into the search Wikipedia field, what comes up prior to hitting Enter and invoking the redirect is the short description of the main space article. It would be ideal if redirects were allowed to have short descriptions that would override the main space article short descriptions in such circumstances.

So for example, we have a novel Argentina Wanderings (1971) by Juan Smith. In the Sequel section are listed novels Brazil Wanderings (1972) and Chile Wanderings (1973). When we search for Chile Wanderings we get "Argentina Wanderings 1971 novel by Juan Smith" displayed before we hit enter. Ideally we should get "Chile Wanderings 1973 novel by Juan Smith". The redirect would then function the same.

What do you think? Is there already such functionality via a different means that I don't know about? If this is not the place to propose this where would be the right place?

Thanks Tfdavisatsnetnet (talk) 15:51, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Please give real examples. – Jonesey95 (talk) 16:54, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Gave one to Liu1126 below. Tfdavisatsnetnet (talk) 21:11, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
 * The pseudo-short description I'm seeing is "redirect to [target article]". In what context is the SD of the target article shown instead?  I assume you are using the Visual Editor and start typing a link in the Wikipedia section.  When I do this for an example redirect "", I see suggestions of "According to Jim / American comedy television series" and "Billi Bruno / redirect to According to Jim".  This doesn't always work: if I try "" I just get a list of irrelevant people with similar names.  Are we talking about the same feature? Certes (talk) 17:32, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I think what Tfdavisatsnetnet is asking about is similar to redirects from songs to an album. For example, when I enter "Above the Law (Barbra Streisand song)" into the search box, the top result displays as "Guilty Pleasures (Barbra Streisand album)" and "2005 studio album by Barbra Streisand". I think the suggestion is whether it might be possible for the redirect to display something different. older ≠ wiser 17:44, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I think you are correct, though the song/album relationship is a bit too fluid to benefit from my proposal (a song can be on multiple albums). Liu1126 has a better example below. Tfdavisatsnetnet (talk) 21:14, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Best example

 * I think what you mean is when you type a redirect into the search bar (e.g. Mithridates de differentis linguis), the target page shows up in the dropdown (in this case, Conrad Gessner)? What happens when a redirect is searched for depends on the skin. In skins that do show short descriptions (Vector 2022 and Minevra Neue), when a redirect title is typed into the search bar, only the target article shows up in the dropdown. Even if a short description is added, the dropdown just won't display the redirect page. In the other skins (Vector legacy, MonoBook, Timeless), the redirect does show up, but those skins don't display the short description.
 * It might be possible to customise this by editing your own CSS and JS files (I'm saying "might" because I've never seen a user script that manipulates the search elements), but if you want to make it a sitewide standard (regardless of whether it would take a simple edit to MediaWiki:Common.css or a rewrite by the devs at server side), it might be better to start an RFC somewhere more visible, like WP:VPT. Liu1126 (talk) 17:41, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, that is what I mean, and that is a great example. I am arguing that a redirect of "Mithridates de differentis linguis" that reads
 * {short description|1555 work by Conrad Gessner} (note: I removed the second brackets for rendering)
 * "#REDIRECT Conrad Gessner"
 * would be superior to just the second line alone, provided that the Skin is set to substitute the proposed short description of the redirect ('1555 work by Conrad Gessner') for that of the article ('Swiss physician, bibliographer and naturalist (1516–1565)') - after all, Mithridates de differentis linguis is not a Swiss physician. It should be a site-wide standard. Let me know what you think! I will look into WP:VPT (but I will hold off from making a proposal for a few days as the feedback comes in here), thanks! Tfdavisatsnetnet (talk) 21:09, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
 * The can't go above the   as the redirection only works if the #redirect keyword is the very first thing in the page source. -- Red rose64 🌹 (talk) 21:37, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Yes, that is the way it is now. I am proposing that the logic be changed to allow it. BTW I am currently looking through the VLP archives to see if this has been proposed before.Tfdavisatsnetnet (talk) 22:44, 23 May 2024 (UTC)
 * It's nothing that we, as English Wikipedia, can change. It's part of the MediaWiki software, and to alter that, you need to go through . They will be wanting a very strong reason to change behaviour that has existed in that form for over 23 years - since at least April 2001, which is the very early days of Wikipedia. -- Red rose64 🌹 (talk) 16:22, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Notice of discussion at Talk:Popverse
There is currently a discussion at Talk:Popverse regarding the use of Avoided double redirect in correlation to a miscapitalization redirect pointing to the same entry. The thread is Redirect templates. The discussion is about the topic Popverse. Thank you. Trailblazer101 (talk) 23:57, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Do not "fix" links to redirects that are not broken
The issue is the "fixing" of correct piped links by making them redirects. That seems at odds with the mentioned: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Before I start a new discussion, where was this discussed earlier? The Banner talk 13:33, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

 * The most recent discussion was Wikipedia talk:Redirect/Archive 2023. older ≠ wiser 13:43, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

title: Wikipedia talk:Redirect