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About my health
About three weeks ago I was diagnosed with Burkitt's lymphoma, a rare type of white blood cell cancer. The diagnosis was made in the early stages, and the prognosis is relatively good (at least as cancer prognoses goes).

However, I have a long road to recovery involving surgery and chemotherapy that is expected to take multiple months. During that time, there will likely be periods where chemo has me down and I may be unavailable for extended periods of time. There will also likely be periods of time where I am feeling relatively well (like right now) and may choose to contribute to Wikipedia, as I enjoy it and they encourage chemo patients to stay mentally engaged. However, my participation and responsiveness to inquiries is likely to be very hit and miss over the next several months.

If anyone wants to, a friend and coworker set up a donation page to support my costs during treatment, but I'm not expecting anything from anyone here and already have pretty good health insurance and good support.

Thank you for your understanding, and I look forward to beating this thing.

Robert Rohde aka Dragons flight (talk) 19:13, 21 April 2017 (UTC)
 * I wish the very best to you and I hope you are able to defeat the cancer. It is completely understandable why you might have to disengage from Wikipedia for a while; when you return full time, it will be celebration for the project, as we'll have you back again, and more importantly, a celebration for yourself, as it'll mean you're well again. All the best, Dragons flight, all the best. Acalamari 22:27, 26 April 2017 (UTC)

 * Best of luck! I am lucky not to have any such personal experience, but I recall a friend that fought some cancer for decades. There were bad years, and there were good quiet decades, but she did a lot of good stuff in between - and a few not so good, don't we all? :). And she never, ever, 'was' her disease, she was always herself. That we can fight to control. I hope I can do the same if needed someday, and again, wish you all the best. - Nabla (talk) 22:50, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

 * Thinking of you with sympathy and hope. Among all your more important contributions to this project and this community, I've never forgotten the effort you made to do this. With my appreciation and very best regards and wishes. Ira Brad Matetsky, Newyorkbrad (talk) 22:59, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

 * Good luck with your treatment and recovery! I'm sure this must be a trying time for you and it's completely understandable that you would need to take some time off from Wikipedia. If there are any articles that you would like us to keep an eye on while you're gone, just ask. Hope to see you back soon! Kaldari (talk) 01:03, 3 May 2017 (UTC)

 * <3 Keegan (talk) 21:52, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

 * Sorry to hear you've been dealing with this. Strength and healing go with you, and hoping for a speedy recovery <3 - A l is o n  ❤ 22:05, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

 * Hi Robert! This is not happy news. I wish you a speedy and complete recovery! --Stephan Schulz (talk) 22:58, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, everyone. It's a slow process but I am trying to stay positive and keep my eye on the goal. Dragons flight (talk) 11:52, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

 * I wish you a speedy recovery --In actu (Guerillero) | My Talk  13:58, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

 * I am thinking of you and yours and wishing you health and fortitude. best, Keilana (talk) 18:33, 25 May 2017 (UTC)

Update
It has now been about two months since I posted about my cancer here (and about three months since the initial diagnosis).

After 2 surgeries and 6 in-patient chemotherapy treatments, I am happy to say that I am now recovering at home. Burkitt's lymphoma is one of the relatively "good" forms of cancer, and >80% patients in my position can expect to be fully cured. There will be a substantial period of rest and recovery, as well as a long period of monitoring for potential relapse, but I am optimistic about the future and being able to get on with my life.

Thank you to everyone for your support. Dragons flight (talk) 12:01, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Good to hear you are on the mend. —Th e DJ (talk • contribs) 12:41, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
 * This is very welcome! I wish you a speedy rest-recovery! --Stephan Schulz (talk) 12:43, 21 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Super news! Delighted to hear you're well on the road to recovery :) - A l is o n  ❤ 08:50, 23 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Great, hope to see you back here then.! Doug Weller  talk 12:30, 23 June 2017 (UTC)
 * Welcome home. Glad you're better.  A  Train ''talk 06:53, 7 July 2017 (UTC)

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Precious anniversary
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... and four years, with best wishes --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:44, 9 December 2018 (UTC)

... and five ... --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:55, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

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Post-Glacial Sea Level Rise
Dear Robert, if You are in fact the author of the "Post-Glacial Sea Level Rise" graph (which I have on my PC since its first publication), I now would suggest to concrete the time reference "ago" to "b2k", which You probably know from the Greenland Ice core data (which I also all have on my PC), as published by the Danish team. "b2k" naturally means "before the year 2000" and would at least roughly relate to the date of the used data, otherwise becoming more and more mistaken. The correction would make the information correct and independent of the actual date. Thanks in advance and best wishes for your health! Hans J. Holm (see academia.edu/Researgate.net/google Scholar for references). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2003:DD:F13:11E9:9C2B:CACF:CD1:DDB1 (talk) 13:26, 10 May 2018 (UTC)

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New global warming art
Hello Robert,

Today I started a new page with the objective of improving figures on the topic of climate change. I've been wanting to do this for a couple of years, but the high quality of the current images has put me off so far. However, I do feel it is important to have updates of the most important images related to global warming. If I understand it correctly, you have made a lot of the figures ten years ago. I was wondering if you want to contribute to the update of those images or give me advise on how to tackle this daunting task.

You have used a lot of data sets. Were you able to access them publicly or did you have to contact authors of papers yourself? Did you find review articles for the data or did you make an overview of available records yourself? Femkemilene (talk) 09:57, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

 * Yes, I made several dozen images 10-15 years ago. Some of those ended up in Wikipedia.  Eventually, I found that other demands on my time were too large and I stopped working on it.  (A decision that was made easier by how often Wikimedia Commons violated my copyright by reposting material without any indication of my authorship.)  More recently, I have been making some new images in the last year or two, which mostly appear on my twitter feed (https://twitter.com/rarohde).  A few of those may be relevant to Wikipedia.  I would be happy discuss updates and provide pointers.  Maybe I would even contribute materials now and again, but I'm not so sure.  I do have original materials for some of the images (but not all due to a computer failure years ago).  Most of the referenced datasets are available publicly, though there are a few where I communicated with authors directly to get copies of their published data.  I'm a professional climate scientist, so I am familiar with a wide range of data.  How I chose sources varied on a case-by-case basis and I couldn't really say in general whether I was looking at review papers or individual works.  Dragons flight (talk) 11:29, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

 * Thank you very much for your quick reply. Apparently, I was following you on Twitter already, so I've seen much of those images before. I really liked the figure on the evolution of humanities energy system. I wasn't aware that Wikipedia Commons reposts the images stored there itself, but constant violation of copyright sounds like quite a pain. I see that you use both GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 and Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported. Could you maybe tell me what the difference is?
 * Fyi: I'm going to start this project together with a climate scientist working with at the Royal Meteorological Institute. I started a PhD on climate change recently myself.
 * We'd be very much interested in original materials. I assume that the software used for the creation of these images is now obsolete, so it's best to make the figures ourselves? For many figures, it will simply be an update on the figures from 10-15 years. Since the figures will contain new data and will look somewhat differently, I assume it's best to upload them not as a new version, but instead as a new figure with a reference (proper attribution) to the old version. Femkemilene (talk) 16:35, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
 * P.S. I noticed that the external links in your template for GWArt (and GWArtOld) are not working anymore.

 * The images were mostly created in Matlab. For some I could probably find the original code and data, though in many cases it might be better to track down more recent data / sources.  If there are particular images you want to know more about and/or get code, let me know.  At the very least, I could probably answer questions about the images if something is unclear.  In some cases, the Matlab outputs were manually edited in Illustrator or other programs before the final format was created.  (Incidentally, In hindsight, I don't recommend manually editing files because it only makes things harder to update later.)

 * Several years ago, I ran a site "Global Warming Art" that hosted all of these files and more, but I found that maintaining the site was taking too much of my time. So eventually I stopped maintaining it.  That's why the external link is dead now.

 * Incidentally, I do enjoy making graphics like those, but it can get burdensome. It was mostly an unfunded side project from my grad school days, and it was hard to maintain the energy over time.  In a hypothetical world where I actually had funding to work on climate science communication, this is something I would enjoy doing more of, especially if there was a team working on it.  However, in my current life I need to focus on research, and other things.

 * Who are you working with at RMI?

 * For truly new works, I would suggest licensing as CC-BY 4.0 or CC-BY-SA 4.0. For updated works, it is probably better to use the same licensing as the existing works.  If you really want to get into licensing, I could have a long discussion about this and the various pros / cons, but perhaps not right now.  In some ways, the GFDL licensing on the images now is a legacy of the original GFDL licensing on Wikipedia, but even that is complicated.

 * As you may be aware, it is now common for most images to be hosted on Wikimedia Commons. That is typical today, though 10 years ago there was still a mixture of Commons hosted and locally hosted materials.  Unfortunately, having materials hosted on Commons makes them harder to manage from the point of view of vandalism, since changes to Commons' description pages are not visible on user watchlists on the individual projects.  Nevertheless most things have been moved to Commons (save fair use images).  Personally, I've found the Commons community annoying to work with.  People complain if your description page includes a lot of text, even though that is often necessary to describe complex figures.  People complain if your charts aren't in SVG format, even if SVG versions don't look nice.  (I've repeatedly had people create shitty-looking SVG conversions, replace all the image usages, and not even bother to acknowledge the original authorship or licensing.)  Purists complain if there is text on the diagrams (even axis labels, etc.).  I understand the argument for supporting multi-lingual versions, but I will still argue that unlabeled diagrams are harder on readers.  Not to mention that irresponsible people working on Commons have a bad habit of creating derivative works (e.g. other languages, other formats, etc.) without acknowledging the original authorship or licensing.  (Or argue that "it is just a graph" and hence authorship doesn't matter.)

 * Okay, that last part was a bit too much of a rant, but frankly I found the attitude and behaviors of some people on Commons grew to be exhausting. Even if the goal is to provide updated materials to Wikipedia, I would recommend having an authoritative version and description hosted somewhere off-wiki that reflects your personal best work.  If you have a good way to do so, and wish to do so, providing code and data could also be useful to people.  Best wishes and good luck.  Dragons flight (talk) 20:27, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

 * Thank you very much for all the information and the rant :P. Unfortunately, I'm a disaster with Matlab.
 * I've made my contribution to Commons with an update of the CO2 concentrations, including a reference to your figure in the description. The python code I made available on GitHub, with a very easy language switch, so that people that don't understand python can still make their own language version. Hope that will help in keeping the Commons community content. I think you're right that figures should include some text to make it clear immediately what the figure is about.
 * At RMI, I'm working with Lesley de Cruz. She's now involved in a project around paleoclimate, so she should have access to most interesting data. Femkemilene (talk) 12:59, 27 May 2018 (UTC)

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Nearly all uses of the template seem to ignore this. The result is a host of Volume descriptors, that are nothing but bold printed numbers. This could lead to misunderstandings and confusion among users trying to find the cited journal. For an impression of the extent of the mistaken use, look at Candide, for example. Or really any article citing lots of journals.

I'm adressing you, as you made the last major update to the template, in 2013. Perhaps you can help or direct me to the right place on WP for this. 2.247.243.131 (talk) 16:06, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

 * The examples given on the template page show clearly that a number is expected and, as is commonly the style, the volume number is intentionally in bold. This is not a mistake, as the examples make clear. Mikenorton (talk) 16:13, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

 * Are you really sure about that? Ok. Then there is no problem. Thanks. 2.247.243.131 (talk) 16:24, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

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I'm looking for a new free-use diagram showing global warming attribution/causation
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 * Update: : I've just discovered at https://science2017.globalchange.gov/chapter/3/ two "attribution" charts (probably public domain from U.S. government Fourth National Climate Assessment), similar to what I want:
 * https://science2017.globalchange.gov/img/figure/figure3_1.png (right side; has clutter)
 * https://science2017.globalchange.gov/img/figure/figure3_3.png (separate charts take up space)
 * If you know of one more similar to your earlier chart, please let us know below. —RCraig09 (talk) 22:24, 8 October 2019 (UTC)
 * Update: I've just created File:2017 Global warming attribution - based on NCA4 Fig 3.3.png. Pending other editors' comments, I think that the new chart will meet the needs for an updated attribution chart. But if you know of something better, of course feel free to suggest. Thanks, and best wishes. —RCraig09 (talk) 17:56, 12 October 2019 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Village pump/August 2003 archive

Time bubble (wrong date in contributions)
Have we hit a time bubble? Look at my contributions, right down at the bottom, with red dwarf. I made that contribution today, but it's listed as June 2002! My account didn't even exist then! CGS 20:22 26 Jul 2003 (UTC)

 * Renaming a page creates a redirect page from the old title. This page is given the date of the old page. Why? I'm not sure. But that's how it is. --Brion 07:14, 1 Aug 2003 (UTC)

We're back!
Horary! We're back! CGS 13:05 28 Jul 2003 (UTC).

 * Thanks to Jimbo, or so it is said. While we're on the topic, I vote Eloquence be given root access. -- Tim Starling 13:12 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)

 * I second that. (don't know what it means, but it sounds a good idea! FearÉIREANN 13:26 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)

 * Suggest it on the mailing list. The Wikipedia's really got its fast stripes on now everyone thinks we're down. CGS 13:27 28 Jul 2003 (UTC).

 * That, and eggs in several baskets in other ways too. -- Cimon Avaro on a pogo stick

P.S. this message brought to you via 4 edit conflicts and counting.

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New Imperialism
Please see talk:New Imperialism for discussion of whether New Imperialism (currently protected) should include a link to a temp page. Please reply and vote there rather than here, to avoid duplicating arguments. Thank you for your co-operation. Martin 17:27 28 Jul 2003 (UTC)

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Help with images
I have uploaded Image: Sanya.jpg, but its far too big for the page (Hainan), and I don't have Photoshop or any similar software. Any help trimming it down or reducing it would be much appreciated.

I've also got a lot of other images for Hong Kong and Macau-related pages which I need help with Photoshop. If anyone has the time to assist generally, please contact me - David Stewart 03:04, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Why can I not see a "Search" button? Tiles 08:15, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC)
 * Database problems. Systems slowed down dramatically on searches yesterday, so searching had to be disabled until the reason for the slow down has been found. -- JeLuF 08:35, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC)

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Decision making
Wikipedia is cool, but as an "user" more like a developer I still would like to have a chance to discuss important changes (like new TOCs). Couldn't there be something like a CfV in the Announcement section? For example, the new TOC could have been announced some weeks ago with something like "It's planned to introduce a new TOC-feature. If you want to discuss or test this feature, change over to metawiki/testwiki/whatever", so that it is possible for mere users to go into discussions about "big" changes without having to read the lists and the metawikipedia all the time? -- till we *) 10:25, Jul 29, 2003 (UTC)

 * It was announced on the wikitech mailing list, and discussed (a lot) over the past few months, and tested on the test server; however, I can appreciate that keeping up with all the various discussions going on Wikipedia is almost impossible. Perhaps a development log or somesuch?
 * James F. 10:37, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC)

I know that it was discussed a lot on mailing lists (or at least I suppose that), but what I want is exactly this: a filtered-down announcement for "big" (what ever that may be) changes early enough so that there is time for all of us to decide if we want to join that particular discussion. Big changes would be major new features (as the TOC) or the new logo or a fictional decision to kill the english edition -- and to find these I just don't want to read a technical mailing list which, I suppose, mostly argues about database tuning etc. -- till we *) 12:10, Jul 29, 2003 (UTC)

 * This was discused on the general mailing list a great deal - only the technical aspects on how to do it were discused on WikiTech-l. It has also been on the test wiki for at least a month. --mav

Okay, okay, okay -- it's not the dark cellar with leopard on the next planet. But why not make wikipedia even more user-participation friendly and inform about things like that in wikipedia proper, i.e. the announcements section, early enough? -- till we *) 12:18, Jul 29, 2003 (UTC)

 * Nice of you to volunteer for the daunting task of scanning the mailing list for relevant news and summarizing them on the wiki. I was hoping someone would do that.—Eloquence

I'm thinking about it, but wouldn't it be even nicer if someone who already scans the mailing list(s) for his/her personal use would volunteer to summarize big news? -- till we *) 12:26, Jul 29, 2003 (UTC)

 * Definitely. Feel free to ask the most active mailing list participants to do it. :-) —Eloquence

Votes in progress
There should be a page listing all votes - so that people can find them and vote. Pizza Puzzle

 * See List of ongoing votes. --Camembert

M.Becker's life story
discussion moved to Talk:Daniel C. Boyer

Edit disappeared
I attempted to edit, but my edit didn't appear on the page. My edit shows on Recent changes, but not on the page history. On Recent changes, the 'diff' links for my missing edit and the next edit have the same 'diff=' number, but different 'oldid=' numbers.

 * (diff) (hist) . . User talk:Maveric149; 12:58 . . 172 (Talk)
 * (diff) (hist) . . User talk:Maveric149; 12:58 . . Cyp (Talk) (Is page protection required?)

 * Unfortunately, it's gone. There's a known simultaneous editing bug which still hasn't been fixed..—Eloquence 13:16, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC)

 * Fortunately, it was still on my clipboard, but I retyped the edit summary, not knowing it was in recent changes... Just wanted to be sure it was a known bug... (Suppose it isn't possible to view the wikipedia source code in C/C++..?) Ксйп Cyp 13:23, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC)

 * Wikipedia is in PHP, not C or C++, but you can view the source at Software. CGS 14:16, 29 Jul 2003 (UTC).

 * I know, I was thinking more along the lines of an option to set the preferred viewing language, like the new option for the preferred date format. (I was saying what I'd prefer, not what is possible, although after thinking about it, it wouldn't surprise me if there actually did exist some PHP/C++ converter, but I'm not sure the result would be very good, especially with being translated twice...) Ксйп Cyp 09:30, 30 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Larousse problem back
I keep getting the following.

Host 'larousse.wikipedia.org' is blocked because of many connection errors. Unblock with 'mysqladmin flush-hosts'

It took 40 minutes to get on to wiki recent pages. My watchlist is inaccessible and every second page gets the above message. I am finding wiki at this stage almost unusable. FearÉIREANN 18:12, 30 Jul 2003 (UTC)

 * Yes, the database needs to be flushed. You would think this is something we could automate?  MB 18:54, Jul 30, 2003 (UTC)

 * Can't you flush through the web SQL interface? I know it's now banned, but was it possible? CGS 20:28, 30 Jul 2003 (UTC).

 * No and no.—Eloquence 20:40, Jul 30, 2003 (UTC)

 * This is a wonderful project, but I've been a contributor since July 25 and the system has been down two of the 6 days. Is this typical? Marshman 21:19, 30 Jul 2003 (UTC)

 * Price of success - number of users/editors keeps outpacing the infrastructure improvements. Somebody improves the internals, it's better for another couple of weeks, then starts bogging down again.  I believe there are more technical performance improvement projects that are awaiting hackers. Stan 21:59, 30 Jul 2003 (UTC)

It took me 41 attempts to get into this page because of this problem. I have made 19 attempts to edit one talk page. I cannot use by watchlist. I cannot get to my talk page. I cannot edit anyone else's talk page. Sorry the language but I am so frustrated. I have cleared my cache but nothing seems to work. I cannot even guarantee I will be able to save this. If this sort of problem is not sorted out soon people will just give up on wikipedia. FearÉIREANN 22:26, 30 Jul 2003 (UTC)

I'll second that I've been having the same problem, could someone explain why it's happening and whats causing it. I'v noticed the wikipedia seems to have gone haywire since the new Table of content thingies were introduced G-Man 22:39, 30 Jul 2003 (UTC)

 * It is my professional opinion that the main reason for the problems is this article. Things should calm down a little later.  Come back in a couple hours.  MB 22:48, Jul 30, 2003 (UTC)

 * Hmm, or maybe not, the site stats don't indicate an increase in traffic. MB 04:21, Jul 31, 2003 (UTC)

 * Why blame the TOC? It's been like this before the TOC thing. Don't blame TOCs or sysop queries to the database or anything else anyone doesn't like. Apologies for the censorship Jtdirl. Angela 23:35, 30 Jul 2003 (UTC)

 * Hey, it's back. The errors were happening every single time for me for the past 8 hours or so. -- Jake 03:47, 2003 Jul 31 (UTC)

 * And more than difficulty getting on or staying on. My watch list was wiped out 24.94.86.252 04:12, 31 Jul 2003 (UTC)
 * I take that back. System tells me I've logged on successfully, then drops me back to anomymous as soon as I move on from my logged in page -- Marshman 24.94.86.252 04:16, 31 Jul 2003 (UTC). How would I report this problem, or are others also unable to procede after logging on as other than anonymous?

Today's problems have nothing to do with the software updates, which made things faster. They are related to Larousse hitting an internal connection limit on Pliny, which nobody without root access could take care of. Unfortunately, we only have a couple of administrators with root access -- Brion, who is on vacation, and Jimbo, who is a bit slow. Hopefully, we will 1) get more servers and 2) get some full or at least part time employed admin once we can start taking donations (in a couple of weeks or so).—Eloquence 04:33, Jul 31, 2003 (UTC)

 * The problem, according to the MySQL manual, is some sort of network error. Apparently TCP connections between larousse and pliny are getting broken unexpectedly. I suggest setting max_connect_errors to a very large number, as a workaround -- Tim Starling 08:31, Jul 31, 2003 (UTC)

I'm giving up for now. THis is something I do not understand about the data base. I can see that others are making changes under their loged in names, but I simply get bumbed out as soon as I leave my login page. Even earlierwhen the system was essentially all but crashed, I see Recent Changes progressing. Maybe try again tomorrow. Maybe I'll get an answer or the software will be back to normal. One can only hope. Marshman

 * You've probably got cookies disabled. -- Tim Starling 08:31, Jul 31, 2003 (UTC)
 * You are exactly right. I slept on it, awoke and remembered that when the system was "down" yesterday, I tried a different security level for cookies to reduce popups.  I forgot this might impact on my performance here.  I'm back now Marshman 16:59, 31 Jul 2003 (UTC)

Could not connect to DB on 130.94.122.197 etc Angela 23:50, 31 Jul 2003 (UTC) (This is my 999th edit by the way - you can vote on what the 1000th will be)
 * Not again? Getting this on about a quarter of the pages I go to;

More (and different) search problems
I've figured out where these articles TITLED IN ALL CAPS are coming from; they're the result of a search that comes up empty. People just click "Edit this page" and away they go.

Last time we used Google for an extended period there was a search box on the empty results page that would take the search argument, add "site:wikipedia.org" to it automatically, etc., would it be possible to code that back in? At the very least though that page shouldn't be editable. - Hephaestos 07:08, 31 Jul 2003 (UTC)

 * I've changed it so that it doesn't end up with all upper case titles. Hope that helps.—Eloquence 11:12, Jul 31, 2003 (UTC)

license: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/


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United States Army Pacific

The United States Army Pacific (USARPAC) is an Army Service Component Command which serves as the Army service component for United States Indo-Pacific Command. It may also serve as a Joint Task Force headquarters. The command has forces in Alaska, Hawaii, Japan, and South Korea. It also performs missions in Southeast Asia, in the countries stretching from the Philippines all the way to Bangladesh and India. United States Forces Korea (USFK) has had operational command and control of US Forces in Korea since January 2012, and USARPAC headquarters oversees the manning, training, and equipping of US Army forces assigned to USFK.

However, subordinate units of this command sometimes perform humanitarian missions in places such as Haiti, Cuba, and the Middle East.

History
USARPAC traces its lineage back to 1898 when the United States became a major power in the Pacific. In 1921 Fort Shafter became the headquarters for the Hawaiian Department. When the United States entered World War II, the Hawaiian Department became subordinate to the Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas.

History of designations
Throughout its history the command was designated:

 * US Army Forces, Central Pacific Area (1943–44)
 * US Army Forces, Pacific Ocean Areas (1944–69)
 * US Army Forces, Middle Pacific (1945–47)
 * US Army, Pacific (1947–1974)
 * US Army Western Command (1979–1990)
 * United States Army Pacific (1990–present)

Historical summary
During the Korean War, USARPAC provided combat forces, training, and logistics.

During the Vietnam War, the command provided the same support to United States Army Vietnam. After the war the Army cut its presence in the region as there was no longer a need for such a large number of combat forces in the Pacific. Subsequently, USARPAC was eliminated as a component command and Army forces in Korea and Japan became separate major commands. In Hawaii, USARPAC headquarters was superseded by US Army Support Command Hawaii (USASCH) and a Department of the Army field operating agency, US Army CINCPAC Support Group.

In 1979 the Army established US Army Western Command (WESTCOM) as a major command and the Army component of US Pacific Command. WESTCOM took command of Army forces in Hawaii. In 1989 it added United States Army Alaska and in 1990 United States Army, Japan. In 1990 WESTCOM was renamed USARPAC. USARPAC has sent forces on multiple humanitarian missions, disaster relief, and defense support of civil authorities.

In October 2000 the headquarters reorganized as a multi-component Army service component command.

Since 9/11, the command plays a major role in the homeland defense of the United States. The command has also sent soldiers in support of the Global War on Terrorism to fill operational gaps.

The command insignia was designed in 1944. It depicts the axis of advance of U.S. forces across the pacific.

Commander's responsibilities

 * Responsible to SECARMY for execution of 10 USC § 3013(b) responsibilities
 * Admins and supports army units assigned or attached to United States Indo-Pacific Command
 * Reports to the Commander, United States Indo-Pacific Command

Current structure

 * USARPAC insignia.gif Army Pacific, Fort Shafter (HI)
 * Eighth Army, Yongsan Garrison (South Korea)
 * 2nd Infantry Division, Camp Humphreys (South Korea)
 * 19th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Daegu (South Korea)
 * I Corps, Joint Base Lewis–McChord (WA)
 * 7th Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis–McChord (WA)
 * 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks (HI)
 * 11th Airborne Division, Fort Richardson (AK)
 * United States Army Japan, Camp Zama (Japan)
 * 593rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command, Joint Base Lewis–McChord (WA)
 * 94th Army Air and Missile Defense Command, Fort Shafter
 * 8th Theater Sustainment Command, Schofield Barracks
 * 8th Military Police Brigade, Schofield Barracks
 * 130th Engineer Brigade, Schofield Barracks
 * 311th Signal Command (Theater) (Pacific)
 * 1st Signal Brigade, Seoul, South Korea
 * 516th Signal Brigade, Fort Shafter
 * 18th Medical Command, Fort Shafter
 * 9th Mission Support Command, Fort Shafter, part of US Army Reserve
 * 196th Infantry Brigade, Fort Shafter, part of US Army Reserve
 * 500th Military Intelligence Brigade, Schofield Barracks, part of Army Intelligence and Security Command
 * 5th Battlefield Coordination Detachment, Joint Base Pearl Harbor–Hickam

Former units include the U.S. Army Chemical Activity, Pacific, at Johnston Atoll, which traced some of its history to the 267th Chemical Company and the Project 112 biological warfare defense experiments. This became the Johnston Atoll Chemical Agent Disposal System, which was finally deactivated in 2001.

Command Group 2022
Source:
 * Commanding General: General Charles A. Flynn
 * Deputy Commanding General: Lieutenant General James B. Jarrard
 * Deputy Commanding General – North: Major General Chris Smith
 * Deputy Commanding General, Army National Guard: Major General Reginald G. Neal
 * Deputy Commanding General, Army Reserve: Brigadier General Timothy D. Connelly
 * Chief of Staff: Major General Peter N. Benchoff
 * Command Sergeant Major: Command Sergeant Major Scott A. Brzak

title: United States Army Pacific


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Talk:Berne three-step test

So what are the 3 steps? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.198.179.97 (talk • contribs)

Which one case?
"To date, only one case (before a WTO dispute settlement panel, involving U.S. copyright exemptions allowing restaurants, bars and shops to play radio and TV broadcasts without paying licensing fees, passed in 1998 as a rider to the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act) has actually required an interpretation of the test." Which case? There's no citation to point us in the right direction... --Thomas B♘ talk 01:33, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

Actually, there is now another case: it was interpreted by the Supreme Court of Sweden in a decision published on Apr 4, 2016.1 Should be added to the text, but I really don't know whether between writing the article and this particular case, there have been others. Also, most probably there are going to be more legal comments, which should be referenced here. --Oop (talk) 04:58, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

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It Ain't Half Hot Mum

It Ain't Half Hot Mum is a British television sitcom about a Royal Artillery concert party based in Deolali in British India and the fictional village of Tin Min in Burma, during the final months of the Second World War. It was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, who had both served in similar roles in India during that war.

Fifty-six episodes were broadcast across eight series on BBC1 between 1974 and 1981, covering a real-time historical period of approximately thirteen weeks. Each episode ran for thirty minutes. The title originates from the first episode, in which young Gunner Parkin (Christopher Mitchell) writes home to his mother in England. In 1975, a recording of "Whispering Grass" performed by Don Estelle and Windsor Davies in character as Gunner "Lofty" Sugden and Sergeant Major Williams (respectively), reached number 1 on the UK Singles Chart and remained there for three weeks.

The series, which attracted up to seventeen million viewers in its heyday, has been accused of racism, homophobia and a pro-imperialist attitude. One specific criticism has been the casting of a white actor, Michael Bates, as an Indian character, with darkening makeup that some have described as blackface.

Premise
Set in 1945, the series follows a Royal Artillery concert party during the final months of the Second World War. The main characters are performers in the base's concert party; their duties involve performing comic acts and musical numbers (similar to those seen in a music hall) for other soldiers prior to their departure for the front lines. The concert party prevents the soldiers from partaking in combat duty; thus, the soldiers love being part of the outfit. Some even daydream of becoming world-famous actors when they leave the army.

The main characters include Gunner "Lofty" Sugden, a short, pudgy soldier who wears a pith helmet and possesses a fine singing voice; Gunner "Parky" Parkin, a young recruit who, though eager, is slightly bumbling and has very little aptitude for the theatre; Gunner "La-de-dah"/"Paderewski" Graham, a bald-headed Oxbridge graduate, is the pianist; Gunner "Atlas" Mackintosh, a short-tempered Scotsman who specialises in feats of strength; Gunner "Nobby" Clark, an unintelligent soldier who does bird calls and whistling acts; and Gunner "Nosher" Evans, a soldier who does a paper-tearing act and tends to eat a lot, spraying food whenever he speaks. Rounding out the enlisted crew are Bombardier "Solly" Solomons, a soldier from London, who is Jewish and a former theatrical agent; and Gunner "Gloria" Beaumont, an effeminate, cowardly soldier who specialises in performing female roles in drag (as there are no women assigned to the concert party). Beaumont is later promoted to Bombardier after Solly is demobbed and sent back to Britain.

The soldiers are under the orders of Battery Sergeant Major Williams, a belligerent Welshman who has spent almost all of his life as a professional soldier. In turn, Williams reports to the two officers in charge of the concert party: Captain Ashwood and Lieutenant-Colonel Reynolds. Both Ashwood and Reynolds are characterised as coming from upper-class backgrounds. Ashwood, the younger officer, is rather stupid and slightly excitable, while Reynolds is older and more worldly-wise and sensible. While often bemoaning the rough conditions of Army life, both Ashwood and Reynolds realise that keeping their concert party administrative duties (and thus remaining behind friendly lines) is infinitely preferable to duty on the front lines.

A small contingent of Indian workers assists the Britons: Bearer Rangi Ram, who acts as their butler and porter, displaying an outwardly obsequious nature that hides a very savvy intelligence; he is a friend of the concert party and helps them out when they are in trouble; Muhammad, the idealistic chai wallah who, in the traditional role, carries an urn of hot tea and a box of pastries for everyone to purchase, and Ramzan, the lazy punkah wallah whose job it is to fan the officers, who is often kicked and told off by everyone.

While both the soldiers and the officers are extremely reluctant to give up their relatively cushy assignment behind the lines, Sergeant Major Williams hates being assigned to the concert party. Williams resents not only the lack of an active combat role, but also having to be in charge of men who perform what he considers to be effeminate duties (frequently deriding them as "poofs"), instead of being able to command men he considers to be "real soldiers". As a result, Williams is routinely found shouting orders at the men (both soldiers and native workers) in the manner of a drill sergeant, delighting in putting the enlisted men through endless drills, parades and physical training sessions. His ultimate goal, and the focus of many of his schemes, is to have the concert party disbanded, and the men sent off to join other troops fighting at the front. However, the soldiers usually find a way to get out of these schemes (often with the unwitting help of the two officers), and so are able to continue with their concert party duties. However, the concert party eventually finds themselves transferred to the village of Tin Min, Burma, which is located very near the front line.

The Sergeant Major is also depicted as being extremely proud of the British Empire (and blind to the fact that it is in its last days), and disgusted by the idea of Home Rule that India and Burma will gain after the war, and by Asian nationalists who dream of India and Burma being independent from British control. As such, the Sergeant Major is often abusive to the Asian workers and people, and tries his best to treat them roughly, which often gets him into trouble. Rangi, the bearer, is also presented comically as being extremely supportive of British imperialism, and considers himself British, despite his very Asian appearance, and frequently refers to his fellow Asians as "damn natives".

While Williams heaps scorn and derision upon all the enlisted men, he reserves particular contempt for Gloria (whom he considers to be the most effeminate of all), Graham (whom he mocks for having a "posh" accent and a university education, although he sometimes needs and appreciates his intelligence), and Lofty (because of his height, weight and general lack of military bearing, despite admiring his voice). The sole exception to Williams' usual callous treatment of the troops is Gunner Parkin, who Williams believes is his illegitimate son, as he had an affair with Parkin's mother many years before. When the rest of the concert party discover what the Sgt Major believes, Parkin is welcomed into the party, as the Sgt Major would want to stop it being sent into battle as long as Parkin is a member. They change Parkin's blood group on his medical file to that of Williams, so that the Sergeant Major will have "proof" that Parkin is his son. As a result, Williams routinely compliments Parkin and praises him for even the most minor of successes, and often goes to great lengths to defend Parkin to the officers whenever he bungles a task. Williams also routinely excuses Parkin from participating in any event that might be even the least bit dangerous, even when Parkin himself has eagerly volunteered to participate. At times, that means that Williams must intervene to foil a scheme that he himself came up with to disband the concert party when it becomes evident that Parkin will get into the same trouble as the rest of the men. For his part, Parkin does not take advantage of his special relationship with Williams, preferring instead to be treated as just another member of the concert party. For their part, the concert party happily keeps Parkin around because they not only consider him to be a "nice bloke" but also know that Williams will be reluctant to send the concert party into danger if his alleged son is likely to have to go with them.

Many songs of the era were performed by the cast in their re-enactment of wartime variety shows.

Development and casting
It Ain't Half Hot Mum is set in 1945 during the final months of the Second World War, in the period after the German surrender, when the Allies were attempting to finish the war by defeating Japan in Asia. The scripts make clear that the performers are members of a concert party of the Royal Artillery and are thus enlisted soldiers, rather than being members of ENSA. Initially, the British soldiers are stationed at the Royal Artillery Depot in Deolali, British India, where soldiers were kept before being sent to fight at the front lines. The series was based on the experiences of its creators during the Second World War; Jimmy Perry, aged nineteen, had been a member of a Royal Artillery concert party in Deolali, India, while David Croft had been an entertainments officer in Poona (now in the Indian state of Maharashtra).

The characters in the series were based on colleagues co-writer Jimmy Perry knew while stationed in Deolali as a Royal Artillery concert party member. Perry recalled: "I assure you that all those wonderful characters were based on real people in that concert party. They know who they are!" The character of Battery Sergeant Major Williams, played by Windsor Davies, was based on Perry's own Battery Sergeant Major; according to Perry, Davies's character was less harsh than Perry's own Sergeant had been.

George Layton left his previous show in which he wrote and starred, Doctor in Charge, to appear as Bombardier "Solly" Solomons in It Ain't Half Hot Mum. In 1975, after two series, Layton left to pursue other interests. Michael Bates, who played Indian bearer Rangi Ram, died after the fifth series had been broadcast. The part of chai wallah Muhammad, played by Dino Shafeek, was increased as a result.

Music
The theme song, "Meet the Gang", was written and composed by Jimmy Perry and Derek Taverner. Two singles were released, featuring songs performed in-character by Don Estelle and Windsor Davies. The first, "Whispering Grass", reached No. 1 in the British singles chart for three weeks from 7 June 1975. The second, "Paper Doll", reached No. 41 later that year. They also recorded a top 10 LP titled Sing Lofty.

Officers
Lieutenant-Colonel Reynolds is the most senior officer in charge of the concert party and enjoys their shows immensely. He thinks army life in Asia is very hard, while all he does is sit around sipping pink gin and dining with the elite. He is having an affair with Daphne Waddilove-Evans, whose husband, Major Waddilove-Evans, has left for the Punjab. He is a stereotypical British Army officer, with a "stiff upper lip" and prim and proper manner. Captain Ashwood's utter stupidity does occasionally infuriate him, but he is effectively good-natured and tries at all costs to avoid losing the easy life he has. Reynolds is revealed to be a solicitor in civilian life. Captain Ashwood is an even bigger fan of the concert party than Colonel Reynolds, especially when they dress up as girls. He is not very bright, and often unknowingly ruins other people's plans, especially the Sergeant Major's. His catchphrase is "It's a tricky one, sir", which he says in reply to Colonel Reynolds asking for his opinion when the concert party runs into a particular problem. He occasionally writes skits for the concert party, which they reluctantly accept, although they are, on the whole, of very low quality. He has absolutely no military bearing, which makes it very easy for the Sergeant Major and the others to manipulate him into using his authority to achieve their own ends. He is known for his stupidity, high-pitched voice, and love of gardening. He is exceptionally devoted to his wife, Fiona, though he does at one point have a fling with a local girl.
 * Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Arthur Digby St John Reynolds (Donald Hewlett)
 * Captain Jonathan Tarquin "Tippy" Ashwood (Michael Knowles)

Warrant officer
The Sergeant Major is the only professional soldier among the concert party and its officers. He is extremely bigoted in his views, making every effort to bully the Indian camp staff and remind everyone of British supremacy in Asia. He has only one goal in life: to get his soldiers posted up the jungle and into action as fast as he can. Williams has a cunning and fierce pirate-like look. He is disgusted that his soldiers "prance about" on the stage wearing dresses and make-up all the time, and frequently calls them a "lot of poofs". He is sometimes portrayed as a stereotypical "devious" Welshman, using cunning schemes to turn events in his favour. He dislikes all members of the concert party, apart from Parkin, whom he believes to be his son. He has a particular loathing for "Lah-Di-Dah" Gunner Graham, owing to Graham's university education, although Williams will praise him for it if it serves his purposes. Williams often mispronounces long words, turning "hysterical" into "historical" or "hysterectical", "misapprehension" into "mishappropriation", "education" into "heducation" and "ignorant" into "higorant". Williams also has a tendency to roar "Shut up!" when he hears something that meets his disapproval, hence his nickname, and is also remembered for his sarcastic remark, "Oh dear, how sad, never mind!" invariably delivered in a flat monotone. He plans, when at some future time he should leave the army, to marry a widow who owns a pub.
 * Battery Sergeant Major Tudor Bryn "Shut Up" Williams (Windsor Davies)

(In one episode, a letter addressed to Gunner Parkin and intended to be opened only in the event of the Sergeant Major's death falls into the hands of the Concert Party, who read that he is only being hard on the men in order to turn them into soldiers, and he actually thinks that "they are all grand lads, especially little Lofty".)

There is inconsistency over Williams's full name. In the Series 3 episode "Don't Take the Micky", Williams's thoughts are broadcast and he uses the name Tudor Bryn Williams to refer to himself, but in the final episode he reads out the name on his newly issued ration book as "B.L. Williams".

Concert party
"Solly" is a showbiz man who always plays the male leads in the concert party's shows and is also the party's producer. He is very intelligent, and often has some sort of devious plot to avoid being posted or to get one over on the Sergeant Major. His father was a pawnbroker in Bond Street, and he is Jewish. He leaves at the end of Series 2 when he is demobbed and returns to England. "Gloria" Beaumont is a very effeminate person who cannot handle the violence, heat and mosquitoes of army life in India very well. He considers himself an "artiste", and does not believe he should be in the Army, often trying to emphasise his show business angle and ignore the "soldier" parts of his job. He has a passion for show business and always dresses up as famous film stars during the concert party shows, especially Ginger Rogers. He was later promoted to Bombardier when Bombardier Solomons was demobbed. Despite Beaumont's effeminacy, he meets a nurse in the episode "Ticket to Blighty" and they announce they are to be wed. However, no more is heard of this plot line. "Parky" is the youngest member of the concert party and has tried everything to become part of them, including being a ventriloquist, comedian, and singer, although he is very clumsy and never does anything right. The Sergeant Major falsely believes that Parkin is his son (Williams had a relationship with Parkin's mother Edith in Colchester, which is why he treats him much better than he treats the others, and keeps telling him he has "a fine pair of shoulders"). He is not Williams' son, but when the rest of the concert party discover what the Sgt Major believes, Parkin is welcomed into the party, for the Sgt Major would want to stop it being sent into battle as long as Parkin is a member. In an early episode, the party get hold of Williams' and Parkin's medical records; they discover that Parkin's blood group O and Williams' is AB, so Parkin cannot be his son, but they alter the record of Parkin's blood group so that Williams will still believe he is his son. Consequently, Williams becomes very selective about Parkin's achievement – praising him when he does something right and ignoring the failure when he makes huge blunders. Lacking any talent as a putative entertainer in the concert party Parkin is appointed as the Battery Clerk, but misunderstands orders. Sergeant-Major Williams instructs him to "remove the mess by the Officers' lines", referring to a pile of old beds that were to be discarded. Instead, Parkin proceeds to have the Officer's Mess demolished. Later, Colonel Reynolds tells him to order 200 tent pegs, and he instead orders 200 tents.
 * Bombardier "Solly" Solomons (George Layton)
 * Gunner/Bombardier "Gloria" Beaumont (Melvyn Hayes)
 * Gunner Nigel "Parky" Parkin (Christopher Mitchell)

Parkin references the show's title in its first episode, when he signs off a letter to his mother with the words "I've been in India now two days, and it ain't half hot, Mum." He was born on 2 October 1924, and celebrates his 21st birthday at the end of Series 4, in the episode "Twenty-One". Gunner Graham is the concert party's pianist. His appearance – bald and bespectacled – marks him out as a stereotypical "boffin". He has a university degree in English literature (in early episodes, he claims to have attended Oxford, but later this is changed to Cambridge). He is very clever, speaking in an educated manner. This is why the Sergeant Major frequently repeats what he says in an exaggeratedly effete tone, as well as mockingly addressing him as "Mister La-De-Dah Gunner Graham". Graham often produces difficult and ingenious plans to solve the concert party's problems, but these plans never seem to work and often result in him saying "Oh well, bang goes that theory." The others (even the Sergeant Major and the officers) often rely on his intelligence to get them out of awkward situations. "Atlas" Mackintosh (nicknamed after the bodybuilder Charles Atlas) performs the strong man act in the show, which involves tearing telephone directories in half. He is rather short-tempered, especially when Beaumont calls him a "great, big, butch, hairy haggis". He is very masculine, and is a bit of a contradiction to what Beaumont thinks is right for the concert party. Nevertheless, Mackintosh always tries his best and copes with what is given to him. "Lofty" is a soldier whose appearance can be summarised by quoting the Sergeant Major: "Is it a mushroom? No. Is it a soldier? No. It's Gunner Sugden." Lofty is the diminutive, rotund lead singer of the concert party usually seen in an old-fashioned pith helmet. He has an amazing tenor voice, which even the Sergeant Major cannot resist when he sings. Unfortunately, he is always picked out by the Sergeant Major as a "volunteer" when there is a particularly unpleasant or dangerous task to be carried out. He has been married three times; his two previous wives were called Agatha and Betty. Sugden's third and present wife is mentioned as sharing a house with Betty. "Nosher" Evans does a paper-tearing act. He is always eating something (and once stayed on punishment in the canteen for four hours after he was relieved, as he was enjoying himself); this results in him spraying the contents of his mouth all around him when he speaks. "Nobby" Clark performs a whistling act in the show, and can do excellent bird impersonations. He is not particularly clever and often makes nonsense comments or observations about situations in which they find themselves.
 * "La-De-Dah" Gunner "Paderewski" Jonathan Graham (John Clegg)
 * Gunner "Atlas" Mackintosh (Stuart McGugan)
 * Gunner "Lofty" Harold Horace Herbert Willy Sugden (Don Estelle)
 * Gunner "Nosher" Evans (Mike Kinsey)
 * Gunner "Nobby" Clark (Kenneth MacDonald)

Indians
Rangi Ram is the concert party's Indian bearer and very proud to be of service to the army. The Sergeant Major shouts at him more than at anyone else, but Rangi is also the one he confides in when he wants to talk about problems. Rangi often breaks the fourth wall, providing the audience with an "old Hindu proverb" at the end of each episode, such as "There is an old Hindu proverb which say that if you see two eyes looking at you in the dark, it is not always a tiger. It might be two one-eyed tigers!" He is devious, and can often manipulate the situation for his own ends, usually financial. A frequently recurring gag connected with Rangi Ram is his continual references to "we British" and "us British" while at the same time referring to the other Indian characters as "ignorant coolies" or "damned natives". However, when asked to burn the Indian flag by the Sergeant Major, he refuses. He frequently clears his throat with a hacking sound. Following the death of Michael Bates, Rangi is written out of the series without explanation at the end of Series 5. Muhammed the char wallah walks around the camp all day, selling tea from his urn. He also sings the musical interruptions between the scenes, which are mostly American hit songs, accompanied by a sitar. At the end of the credits, he starts to sing "Land of Hope and Glory" only to be interrupted by the Sergeant Major shouting "SHUT UP!!!". After Rangi leaves, he takes on the role of Bearer to the concert party, as well as still being the Char Wallah. Ramzan the punkah wallah always sits outside the officers' quarters, pulling a string that is attached to a large fan indoors. He comments on everything in Urdu, and always adds a few words in English at the end. Rangi often tells him to "sit up straight while you are punkah-ing" (with the word "sit" pronounced with an initial "sh" sound for comedic effect) and not to "be such Clever Dickie". He is far more intelligent than the others give him credit for, and much of what he observes early on is often borne out in the end, but no one notices. He disappears without explanation at the end of Series 6.
 * Bearer Rangi Ram (Michael Bates)
 * Chai Wallah Muhammad (Dino Shafeek)
 * Punkah Wallah Ramzan (Barbar Bhatti)

Deolali, India
Mrs Waddilove-Evans is the wife of a local major, who lives in a large house near the camp in Deolali. In the earlier episodes, she is the lover of Colonel Reynolds; the two have a strong relationship, to the point when she accompanies the patrol on a journey to a nearby town. However, the group's vehicle breaks down and Rangi recommends that they spend the night in a nearby fort. The Colonel and Mrs Waddilove-Evans agree to meet at midnight and they do so. As Colonel Reynolds is distracted, Mrs Waddilove-Evans is kidnapped by a group of Pathan tribesmen and the concert party, Rangi, Muhammed and Rumzan attempt to save her. They are surprised when they meet her on a horse further on, having gained her freedom. It is implied that she escaped by granting sexual favours to the smugglers. Ling Soo is a local girl who works as a maid for Major and Mrs Waddilove-Evans. She and Sergeant Major Williams have a continuing relationship. Her father, the owner of the Deolali Chinese restaurant, arranges for Williams and Ling Soo to elope to the mountains and marry secretly. This horrifies Williams, for he would be classed as a deserter, and creates a dilemma for him; should he stay on at the camp, or should he marry Ling Soo? Eventually he reluctantly chooses his profession, and his relationship is not mentioned again. The Inspector is the head of police in Deolali, who warns Colonel Reynolds and Captain Ashwood on a few occasions when the locals are rioting, demanding that the British go home.
 * Mrs Daphne Waddilove-Evans (Margaret Courtenay/Frances Bennett)
 * Ling Soo (Yasuko Nagazumi)
 * Inspector Singh (Nik Zaran)

Tin Min, Burma
Me Thant is a Burmese smuggler, who is bribed by GHQ with twenty pieces of gold a week to keep away from, and avoid assaulting, the local British troops. Later on, he challenges Sergeant Major Williams to a test to see which of the two is more "manly". Me Thant cheats to make sure he wins the test, but his gang is infiltrated by members of GHQ, resulting in him and his gang being tied against a small plank, "Burmese style". Ah Syn is the cook for the camp later in the series, a man of Chinese ethnicity who served food that Captain Ashwood describes as "furniture stuffing". Gunner Graham in particular moans that the food is inedible and disgusting. When Captain Ashwood asks if he knows about spotted dick and toad in the hole, he misunderstands entirely and thinks that spotted dick is an illness.
 * "Pretty Boy" Me Thant (Burt Kwouk)
 * Ah Syn (Andy Ho)

Episodes
The series ran for eight series from 1974 to 1981. Each series had between six and eight episodes. In total, there were 56 episodes, and each had a duration of 30 minutes.

Missing episodes
Two episodes from the first series, "A Star is Born" and "It's a Wise Child", are currently missing from the BBC Archives, since they were wiped after their repeat broadcasts. In 1988, two off-air VHS recordings of the missing episodes were discovered in Australia by Dave Homewood, the founder of the New Zealand branch of the Dad's Army Appreciation Society. They had been recorded from Australian broadcasts on Channel 7; however, they are incomplete, since Channel 7 edited certain scenes from the episodes so that they would fit within the channel's timeslot. An estimated four minutes has been edited from these episodes.

Contemporary reception
It Ain't Half Hot Mum attracted up to seventeen million viewers during its run.

American actor John Wayne was filming in London in 1974, and caught an episode on television. Unimpressed with what he was seeing, he is reported to have said: "Well, at least the guy playing the sergeant-major has a great voice".

Spike Milligan is reported to have considered Windsor Davies' performance the most comedic he had seen.

Accusations of racism and homophobia
Unlike other sitcoms written by Perry and Croft, such as Dad’s Army, the series does not get repeated by the BBC, as it is regarded as falling short of modern broadcasting standards concerning its content. In 2014, Ed Richards, then chief executive of Ofcom, said 1970s and 1980s sitcoms with racist and offensive content "are unimaginable today", with all viewers objecting to such broadcasts. The Telegraph specified It Ain't Half Hot Mum as one of the shows to which he was referring.

Perry told Guardian journalist Stuart Jeffries in 2003, "It is without doubt the funniest series that David Croft and I wrote. Of course, it is also the show that we're not allowed to talk about any more." Jeffries reported, "It's regarded as a racist show, and banished to the televisual margin that is UK Gold". In the opinion of journalist Neil Clark, for a profile of Perry written for The Daily Telegraph a decade later, it "appears to have fallen victim to political correctness". Clark maintains the show is a classic of the sitcom genre.

The casting of the white actor Michael Bates as the Indian bearer Rangi Ram has been described as an example of blackface. In the 2013 Daily Telegraph interview, Perry rejected the accusation that Bates "blacked-up", saying "all he wore was a light tan". David West Brown wrote, in English and Empire, that the case for Bates' character rests on an assumption that his "dramatic and social functions are not derogatorily comic in the way that depictions of African diaspora identities are" in a series like The Black and White Minstrel Show. The BBC website article about the series describes Bates as having "blacked up". The show's creators had been aware of the issues around the casting of a white actor wearing darkening makeup to play one of the Indian characters, but went ahead owing to the creators' belief that there was a lack of suitable Indian actors at the time. In his 2013 Daily Telegraph interview, Perry defended the casting, commenting that Bates, who was born in India to English parents, "spoke fluent Urdu, and was a captain in the Gurkhas". Comedian and actor Sanjeev Bhaskar, who is of Indian ethnicity, stated in a 2010 interview: "I've always felt that the criticism of him was too simplistic. Michael Bates was a very funny actor ... and had great comic timing. Rather than race it was really about the class differences between the officer toffs and the sergeant major. [Bates's character] Randhi was like Bilko, he had the quick lines and I never felt that he was taking the mickey out of Indians."

Perry told an interviewer from Radio Times in 2014 about this rejection: "You might as well be in Stalin's Russia. You don't want to upset anyone". Jeffries asked Perry about the exchanges between the Battery Sergeant Major and the troupe which went "You're a load of poofs! What are you?", followed by the standard response "We're a load of poofs!". Perry commented: "People complain that the language was homophobic, and it was, but it was exactly how people spoke." He referred to the behaviour of his own Sergeant Major in the concert party in India, who told them: "'No man who puts on make-up and ponces about on a stage is normal - what are you?' 'We're a bunch of poofs!' we'd reply". Of the depiction of the Melvyn Hayes character 'Gloria' Beaumont, Croft told interviewer Simon Morgan-Russell that the character "never expressed any interest in other males" and, in fact, "was a transvestite, not a homosexual".

The series' overall tone of sympathy towards imperialism is believed to be at least partly responsible for it being no longer repeated on British television in later years, along with, according to Darren Lee writing for the British Film Institute's Screenonline website, a belief that it contains "national stereotyping and occasionally patronising humour", or in the words of Stuart Jeffries in 2015, it contained "obliging underlings sporting cheerful grins that, even when I was a boy, made me cringe." A. A. Gill wrote in The Sunday Times in 2013, "Rather than being satirical, or dramatic, or even a parable, it relied solely on English prejudice and nostalgia". According to Mark Duguid, again for Screenonline, it suffers "from its narrow stereotypes of its handful of Indian supporting characters as alternately servile, foolish, lazy or devious". Neil Clark, in a 2005 article for The Times, said the series "delightfully lampooned the attitudes of the British in India". Its perceived flaws have not stopped it appearing in several retrospectives.

Concerning the issues with It Ain't Half Hot Mum, Alex Massie wrote in January 2019, shortly after the death of Windsor Davies, that "even when judged by modern standards" the series is a "relatively minor offender when compared with programmes" such as Mind Your Language, Love Thy Neighbour and Curry and Chips.

On 16 June 2023, the series began repeats on That's TV. The intention was to screen all episodes of the series (including those retrieved from off-air recordings) in their complete broadcast form, without editing any potentially offensive material.

Home releases
All eight series have been released on DVD region codes 2 and 4. A complete collection box set, containing all eight series of the sitcom, was released on 4 October 2010 in Region 2 and re-released in 2018. No complete series boxset has been released in Australia, Region 4.

The missing episodes of the first series ("A Star is Born" and "It's a Wise Child"), although not of broadcast quality, are included as special features on both the first series DVD and the complete collection box set.

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