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Lock and key

A lock is a mechanical or electronic fastening device that is released by a physical object (such as a key, keycard, fingerprint, RFID card, security token or coin), by supplying secret information (such as a number or letter permutation or password), by a combination thereof, or it may only be able to be opened from one side, such as a door chain.

A key is a device that is used to operate a lock (to lock or unlock it). A typical key is a small piece of metal consisting of two parts: the bit or blade, which slides into the keyway of the lock and distinguishes between different keys, and the bow, which is left protruding so that torque can be applied by the user. In its simplest implementation, a key operates one lock or set of locks that are keyed alike, a lock/key system where each similarly keyed lock requires the same, unique key.

The key serves as a security token for access to the locked area; locks are meant to only allow persons having the correct key to open it and gain access. In more complex mechanical lock/key systems, two different keys, one of which is known as the master key, serve to open the lock. Common metals include brass, plated brass, nickel silver, and steel. The act of opening a lock without a key is called lock picking.

Premodern history
Locks have been in use for over 6000 years, with one early example discovered in the ruins of Nineveh, the capital of ancient Assyria. Locks such as this were developed into the Egyptian wooden pin lock, which consisted of a bolt, door fixture or attachment, and key. When the key was inserted, pins within the fixture were lifted out of drilled holes within the bolt, allowing it to move. When the key was removed, the pins fell part-way into the bolt, preventing movement.

The warded lock was also present from antiquity and remains the most recognizable lock and key design in the Western world. The first all-metal locks appeared between the years 870 and 900, and are attributed to English craftsmen. It is also said that the key was invented by Theodorus of Samos in the 6th century BC.

'The Romans invented metal locks and keys and the system of security provided by wards.'

Affluent Romans often kept their valuables in secure locked boxes within their households, and wore the keys as rings on their fingers. The practice had two benefits: It kept the key handy at all times, while signaling that the wearer was wealthy and important enough to have money and jewellery worth securing. A special type of lock, dating back to the 17th-18th century, although potentially older as similar locks date back to the 14th century, can be found in the Beguinage of the Belgian city Lier. These locks are most likely Gothic locks, that were decorated with foliage, often in a V-shape surrounding the keyhole. They are often called drunk man's lock, as these locks were, according to certain sources, designed in such a way a person can still find the keyhole in the dark, although this might not be the case as the ornaments might have been purely aesthetic. In more recent times similar locks have been designed.

Modern locks
With the onset of the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century and the concomitant development of precision engineering and component standardization, locks and keys were manufactured with increasing complexity and sophistication.

The lever tumbler lock, which uses a set of levers to prevent the bolt from moving in the lock, was invented by Robert Barron in 1778. His double acting lever lock required the lever to be lifted to a certain height by having a slot cut in the lever, so lifting the lever too far was as bad as not lifting the lever far enough. This type of lock is still used today.

The lever tumbler lock was greatly improved by Jeremiah Chubb in 1818. A burglary in Portsmouth Dockyard prompted the British Government to announce a competition to produce a lock that could be opened only with its own key. Chubb developed the Chubb detector lock, which incorporated an integral security feature that could frustrate unauthorized access attempts and would indicate to the lock's owner if it had been interfered with. Chubb was awarded £100 after a trained lock-picker failed to break the lock after 3 months.

In 1820, Jeremiah joined his brother Charles in starting their own lock company, Chubb. Chubb made various improvements to his lock: his 1824 improved design did not require a special regulator key to reset the lock; by 1847 his keys used six levers rather than four; and he later introduced a disc that allowed the key to pass but narrowed the field of view, hiding the levers from anybody attempting to pick the lock. The Chubb brothers also received a patent for the first burglar-resisting safe and began production in 1835.

The designs of Barron and Chubb were based on the use of movable levers, but Joseph Bramah, a prolific inventor, developed an alternative method in 1784. His lock used a cylindrical key with precise notches along the surface; these moved the metal slides that impeded the turning of the bolt into an exact alignment, allowing the lock to open. The lock was at the limits of the precision manufacturing capabilities of the time and was said by its inventor to be unpickable. In the same year Bramah started the Bramah Locks company at 124 Piccadilly, and displayed the "Challenge Lock" in the window of his shop from 1790, challenging "...the artist who can make an instrument that will pick or open this lock" for the reward of £200. The challenge stood for over 67 years until, at the Great Exhibition of 1851, the American locksmith Alfred Charles Hobbs was able to open the lock and, following some argument about the circumstances under which he had opened it, was awarded the prize. Hobbs' attempt required some 51 hours, spread over 16 days.

The earliest patent for a double-acting pin tumbler lock was granted to American physician Abraham O. Stansbury in England in 1805, but the modern version, still in use today, was invented by American Linus Yale Sr. in 1848. This lock design used pins of varying lengths to prevent the lock from opening without the correct key. In 1861, Linus Yale Jr. was inspired by the original 1840s pin-tumbler lock designed by his father, thus inventing and patenting a smaller flat key with serrated edges as well as pins of varying lengths within the lock itself, the same design of the pin-tumbler lock which still remains in use today. The modern Yale lock is essentially a more developed version of the Egyptian lock.

Despite some improvement in key design since, the majority of locks today are still variants of the designs invented by Bramah, Chubb and Yale.

Types of lock

 * Bicycle lock
 * Cam lock
 * Chamber lock
 * Child safety lock
 * Chubb detector lock
 * Combination lock
 * Cylinder lock
 * Dead bolt
 * Disc tumbler lock
 * Electric strike
 * Electromagnetic lock
 * Electronic lock
 * Lever tumbler lock
 * Luggage lock
 * Magnetic keyed lock
 * Mortise lock
 * Padlock
 * Pin tumbler lock
 * Police lock
 * Protector lock
 * Rim lock
 * Time lock
 * Warded lock

With physical keys
A warded lock uses a set of obstructions, or wards, to prevent the lock from opening unless the correct key is inserted. The key has notches or slots that correspond to the obstructions in the lock, allowing it to rotate freely inside the lock. Warded locks are typically reserved for low-security applications as a well-designed skeleton key can successfully open a wide variety of warded locks.

The pin tumbler lock uses a set of pins to prevent the lock from opening unless the correct key is inserted. The key has a series of grooves on either side of the key's blade that limit the type of lock the key can slide into. As the key slides into the lock, the horizontal grooves on the blade align with the wards in the keyway allowing or denying entry to the cylinder. A series of pointed teeth and notches on the blade, called bittings, then allow pins to move up and down until they are in line with the shear line of the inner and outer cylinder, allowing the cylinder or cam to rotate freely and the lock to open. An additional pin called the master pin is present between the key and driver pins in locks that accept master keys, to allow the plug to rotate at multiple pin elevations.

A wafer tumbler lock is similar to the pin tumbler lock and works on a similar principle. However, unlike the pin lock (where each pin consists of two or more pieces) each wafer is a single piece. The wafer tumbler lock is often incorrectly referred to as a disc tumbler lock, which uses an entirely different mechanism. The wafer lock is relatively inexpensive to produce and is often used in automobiles and cabinetry.

The disc tumbler lock or Abloy lock is composed of slotted rotating detainer discs.

The lever tumbler lock uses a set of levers to prevent the bolt from moving in the lock. In its simplest form, lifting the tumbler above a certain height will allow the bolt to slide past. Lever locks are commonly recessed inside wooden doors or on some older forms of padlocks, including fire brigade padlocks.

A magnetic keyed lock is a locking mechanism whereby the key utilizes magnets as part of the locking and unlocking mechanism. A magnetic key would use from one to many small magnets oriented so that the North and South poles would equate to a combination to push or pull the lock's internal tumblers thus releasing the lock.

With electronic keys
An electronic lock works by means of an electric current and is usually connected to an access control system. In addition to the pin and tumbler used in standard locks, electronic locks connect the bolt or cylinder to a motor within the door using a part called an actuator. Types of electronic locks include the following:

A keycard lock operates with a flat card of similar dimensions as a credit card. In order to open the door, one needs to successfully match the signature within the keycard.

The lock in a typical remote keyless system operates with a smart key radio transmitter. The lock typically accepts a particular valid code only once, and the smart key transmits a different rolling code every time the button is pressed. Generally the car door can be opened with either a valid code by radio transmission, or with a (non-electronic) pin tumbler key. The ignition switch may require a transponder car key to both open a pin tumbler lock and also transmit a valid code by radio transmission.

A smart lock is an electromechanics lock that gets instructions to lock and unlock the door from an authorized device using a cryptographic key and wireless protocol. Smart locks have begun to be used more commonly in residential areas, often controlled with smartphones. Smart locks are used in coworking spaces and offices to enable keyless office entry. In addition, electronic locks cannot be picked with conventional tools.

Locksmithing
Locksmithing is a traditional trade, and in most countries requires completion of an apprenticeship. The level of formal education required varies from country to country, from no qualifications required at all in the UK, to a simple training certificate awarded by an employer, to a full diploma from an engineering college. Locksmiths may be commercial (working out of a storefront), mobile (working out of a vehicle), institutional, or investigational (forensic locksmiths). They may specialize in one aspect of the skill, such as an automotive lock specialist, a master key system specialist or a safe technician. Many also act as security consultants, but not all security consultants have the skills and knowledge of a locksmith.

Historically, locksmiths constructed or repaired an entire lock, including its constituent parts. The rise of cheap mass production has made this less common; the vast majority of locks are repaired through like-for-like replacements, high-security safes and strongboxes being the most common exception. Many locksmiths also work on any existing door hardware, including door closers, hinges, electric strikes, and frame repairs, or service electronic locks by making keys for transponder-equipped vehicles and implementing access control systems.

Although the fitting and replacement of keys remains an important part of locksmithing, modern locksmiths are primarily involved in the installation of high quality lock-sets and the design, implementation, and management of keying and key control systems. Locksmiths are frequently required to determine the level of risk to an individual or institution and then recommend and implement appropriate combinations of equipment and policies to create a "security layer" that exceeds the reasonable gain of an intruder.

Key duplication

Traditional key cutting is the primary method of key duplication. It is a subtractive process named after the metalworking process of cutting, where a flat blank key is ground down to form the same shape as the template (original) key. The process roughly follows these stages:
 * 1) The original key is fitted into a vise in a machine, with a blank attached to a parallel vise which is mechanically linked.
 * 2) The original key is moved along a guide in a movement which follows the key's shape, while the blank is moved in the same pattern against a cutting wheel by the mechanical linkage between the vices.
 * 3) After cutting, the new key is deburred by scrubbing it with a metal brush to remove particles of metal which could be dangerously sharp and foul locks.

Modern key cutting replaces the mechanical key following aspect with a process in which the original key is scanned electronically, processed by software, stored, then used to guide a cutting wheel when a key is produced. The capability to store electronic copies of the key's shape allows for key shapes to be stored for key cutting by any party that has access to the key image.

Different key cutting machines are more or less automated, using different milling or grinding equipment, and follow the design of early 20th century key duplicators.

Key duplication is available in many retail hardware stores and as a service of the specialized locksmith, though the correct key blank may not be available. More recently, online services for duplicating keys have become available.

Keyhole
A keyhole (or keyway) is a hole or aperture (as in a door or lock) for receiving a key. Lock keyway shapes vary widely with lock manufacturer, and many manufacturers have a number of unique profiles requiring a specifically milled key blank to engage the lock's tumblers.

Heraldry
Keys appear in various symbols and coats of arms, the best-known being that of the Holy See: derived from the phrase in Matthew 16:19 which promises Saint Peter, in Roman Catholic tradition the first pope, the Keys of Heaven. But this is by no means the only case. Many examples are given on Commons.

Artwork
Some works of art associate keys with the Greek goddess of witchcraft known as Hecate.

Palestinian key
The Palestinian key is the Palestinian collective symbol of their homes lost in the Nakba, when more than half of the population of Mandatory Palestine was expelled or fled violence in 1948 and were subsequently refused the right to return. Since 2016, a Palestinian restaurant in Doha, Qatar, holds the Guinness World Record for the world's largest key – 2.7 tonnes and 7.8 × 3 meters.

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Barracuda (disambiguation)

A barracuda is a predatory fish found in tropical and subtropical oceans.

Barracuda or Baracuda may also refer to:

Computing

 * Barracuda (web framework), an MVC web framework for Java
 * Seagate Barracuda, a line of computer hard drives
 * Barracuda Networks, a company specializing in e-mail spam firewalls, web filters, email archivers, and backup solutions
 * Opera Barracuda, the codename for version 11.10 of the Opera web browser

Film and television

 * Barracuda (1978 film), an American horror film
 * Barracuda (1988 film), an Australian TV film
 * Act of Piracy or Barracuda, a 1990 film
 * Barracuda (1997 film), a French film by Philippe Haïm
 * Barracuda (2017 film), an American film starring Allison Tolman
 * Barracuda (TV series), a 2016 Australian TV miniseries

Literature

 * Barracuda (comics), a villain from Marvel Comics' The Punisher series
 * Barracuda & Frollo, characters from Lion Comics
 * Barracuda, a 2013 novel by Christos Tsiolkas

Music

 * Baracuda (band), a German dance music project
 * The Barracudas, a British band from the late 1970s to early 1980s
 * Baracuda (rapper) (born 1983), Canadian hip hop artist
 * Moby or Barracuda, techno recording artist

Albums

 * Barracuda (Quantum Jump album)
 * Barracuda (Kinky album)

Songs

 * "Barracuda" (song), a 1977 song by Heart
 * "Barracuda", a song by John Cale from Fear
 * "Barracuda", a song by Jack Costanzo
 * "Barracuda", a song by Noisestorm
 * "Barracuda", a song by Afric Simone

Vehicles

 * Plymouth Barracuda, an automobile

Aircraft

 * EADS Barracuda, an unmanned aerial vehicle
 * Fairey Barracuda, a carrier-borne torpedo bomber airplane
 * Jeffair Barracuda, an all-wood experimental homebuilt aircraft design
 * Lancair Barracuda, an American kit aircraft

Ships and submarines

 * French Barracuda class submarine
 * USS Barracuda (SP-845), a patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919
 * USS Barracuda (SS-163), a submarine in commission from 1924 to 1937 and from 1940 to 1945
 * USS Barracuda (SSK-1), a submarine in commission from 1951 to 1959
 * United States Barracuda-class submarine (1951)
 * United States Barracuda-class submarine (1919) or V-boats V-1 through V-3
 * NRP Barracuda, an Albacora class submarine developed for the Portuguese Navy
 * Project 945 "Barrakuda", Soviet designation for Sierra-class submarines

Other uses

 * Barracuda (cocktail), a rum cocktail
 * Barracuda Lounge, a New York City gay bar
 * Eli Barracuda, a henchman in Evil Genius (video game) and Evil Genius 2: World Domination games.
 * FN Barracuda, a revolver
 * Saab Barracuda, a military camouflage system developed by the Swedish defense company Saab AB
 * San Jose Barracuda, an American Hockey League team
 * Acestrorhynchus or freshwater barracuda, a South American freshwater fish

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Kawakami

Kawakami may refer to:

People

 * Kawakami (surname)

Places

 * Kawakami District, Hokkaidō, a district in Hokkaidō
 * In Okayama Prefecture,
 * Kawakami, Okayama (Kawakami) was a town in the former Kawakami District
 * Kawakami, Okayama (Maniwa) was a village in Maniwa District
 * Kawakami, Nagano, a village in Nagano Prefecture
 * Kawakami, Nara, a village in Nara Prefecture
 * Kawaue, Gifu, a former village in Gifu Prefecture that is now part of the city of Nakatsugawa, Gifu, was written the same way as Kawakami (川上村).

Other uses

 * an Hydrangea aspera variety

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Locking

Locking may refer to:

 * Locking (computer science)
 * Locking, Somerset, a village and civil parish in the United Kingdom
 * RAF Locking, a former Royal Air Force base
 * Locking Castle, a former castle
 * Brian Locking (born 1938), rock guitarist
 * Norm Locking (1911–1995), National Hockey League player
 * Locking (dance), a style of funk dance invented in the early 1970s
 * Prevention of a screw thread from turning when undesired

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Kawakami, Okayama (Maniwa)

Kawakami (川上村) was a town located in Maniwa District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan.

As of 2003, the village had an estimated population of 2,372 and a density of 30.43 persons per km2. The total area was 77.94 km2.

On March 31, 2005, Kawakami, along with the town of Hokubō (from Jōbō District), and towns of Katsuyama, Kuse, Ochiai and Yubara, and the villages of Chūka, Mikamo and Yatsuka (all from Maniwa District) were merged to create the city of Maniwa.

Geography

 * Mountains: Mount Hiruzen (蒜山)
 * Rivers: Asahi River (The big-3 river through Okayama Prefecture)

Adjoining municipalities

 * Okayama Prefecture
 * Yubara
 * Yatsuka
 * Shinjō
 * Tottori Prefecture
 * Kōfu
 * Kurayoshi (Former Sekigane town)

Education

 * Kawakami Elementary School
 * Hiruzen Junior High School (Yatsuka)

Transportation

 * Expressways:
 * Yonago Expressway
 * Hiruzen Kōgen Service Area - Hiruzen Interchange
 * National highways:
 * Route 482
 * Prefectural roads:
 * Okayama Prefectural Route 58 (Hokubō - Kawakami)
 * Okayama Prefectural Route 113 (Kamitokuyama-Matano-Kōfu)
 * Okayama Prefectural Route 114 (Daisen-Kamifukuda)
 * Okayama Prefectural Route 322 (Nakafukuda-Yubara)
 * Okayama Prefectural Route 324 (Higashikayabe-Shimofukuda)
 * Okayama Prefectural Route 422 (Hiruzen Kōgen)
 * Okayama Prefectural Route 702 (Yatsuka-Kawakami cycling road)
 * Roadside Station
 * Windy House (風の家)

Notable places and events

 * Mount Hiruzen
 * Hiruzen plateau (蒜山高原)
 * Hiruzen Kōgen Center / Joyful Park (Amusement park)
 * Hiruzen Bear Valley Ski resort

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Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/May 4

Anybody have a map of the Alexander VI demarcation line? RickK | Talk 05:14, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC)
 * Such a map would look nice on the Inter caetera page. -- PFHLai 22:42, 2005 May 2 (UTC)

Kent State?
Shouldn't the Kent State shootings be mentioned on this pagelet? -- Schnee (cheeks clone) 22:05, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
 * It was there. I took it out to avoid having too much blank space on the right side of MainPage. I meant to rotate it back in some time during the day, but was too busy elsewhere to do so. .... -- PFHLai 04:20, 2005 May 5 (UTC)

It's the 40 year anniversary

Errors in Selected anniversaries/On this day
The main page now says:

 * 1970 - The Ohio National Guard shot at students in Kent State University protesting the United States invasion of Cambodia.

They more than "shot at students" - they killed four students and wounded nine students, one of whom has been paralyzed for 37 years as a result, on the campus of Kent State University. This is taking NPOV to an extreme, and in fact I believe it is misleading. These facts are not in dispute whatsoever, and they are crucial. For the first time in US history, armed soldiers were brought onto a US campus where they shot and killed four students and wounded nine, one of them for life. You do a disservice to the truth to characterize it as merely "shot at" when there were deaths and grievous injury  and  saying "students in Kent State University" which does not clearly state that the protest and shootings were on campus. I hope this can be fixed quickly, before it scrolls off. Thank you.

It should read something like:

 * 1970 - The Ohio National Guard shot and killed four students on the Kent State University campus who were protesting the United States invasion of Cambodia. Nine other students were wounded, one of whom is paralyzed for life.

Tvoz | talk 19:31, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * No matter how many bullets reached the students's bodies, this is still the first time in history when armed soldiers were brought onto a US campus to shoot at students. --74.13.126.166 20:59, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Yes, that is correct, but it doesn't say that either. All it says is they shot at students.   Killing them is worse than shooting at them, wouldn't you agree?  To not say that is a distortion of the event and of the truth. Tvoz | talk 21:29, 4 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Mentioning the 4 deaths seems okay, as there is ample room. I don't see any distortion either way. --74.13.126.166 02:01, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

Once again I've asked that '"1970 – The Ohio National Guard shot at students in Kent State University protesting the United States invasion of Cambodia." be changed to "1970 – The Ohio National Guard killed four students and wounded nine in Kent State University protesting the United States invasion of Cambodia." It is not just a detail that 4 students were killed. As I've said elsewhere, this is like saying that John Wilkes Booth shot at Abraham Lincoln. I would guess that we say that he shot and killed Lincoln. Tvoz / talk 15:01, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

Latvian independence day
4 May is Independence day in Latvia and, considering that it was made public holiday and flag day few years ago, shouldn`t this be added (in the first line, I mean) ? Xil (talk) 22:26, 30 March 2010 (UTC)

Kent shootings (moved from WP:ERRORS)
Why is there no mention of the Kent State shootings? May 4 is an important anniversary- 40 years - from the day that American National Guardsmen shot and killed 4 students on an American college campus who were protesting the expansion of the Vietnam War into Cambodia. This belongs on the front page of Wikipedia. Tvoz / talk 03:16, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Perhaps because the ITN section features so much American news? :-) -- can  dle • wicke  04:15, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Really? I see only one such American news story for May 4 - from 1886. Tvoz / talk 04:49, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see you said "ITN" - I was talking about "OTD". However, my point still holds - there is only one "American" story in On this Day today, and I fail to see what relevance that has as a determinant of whether a significant anniversary should be front-page noted. Tvoz / talk 05:06, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
 * That, and Kent State shootings currently has an 'orange'- or 'red'-level article tag. Zzyzx11 (talk) 04:22, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
 * That tag should have been removed long ago - there are 68 footnotes and a long list of sources in the "Further reading" and "External links". The tag is gone now.  More to the point - this is a significant anniversary of a significant event, and Wikipedia's front page should not be silent on it.  Tvoz / talk 04:49, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Furthermore, ZZyZZx11, please take a look at Remembrance of the Dead which is listed as the top item in today's On This Day and actually has an article-level orange tag which is far worse than the tag that had been on one section of the Kent State article; same for Greenery Day which is also a top item today in On This Day, yet also has an orange tag.  Obviously that is not the reason the anniversary of the Kent State shootings has not been listed, and I strenuously object to this.  Tvoz / talk 05:06, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Even if I hide those two holidays, there is still only room to list 5 events at a time. I'd like to field some opinions on which one should be substituted, or else we can wait until the main page needs to "re-balance" to warrant a sixth one. I'm unwilling to unilaterally remove one that is already being displayed without some type of consensus, because if the roles were reversed, and I unilaterally removed the Kent State shootings article for the sole reason to post one that is "more significant or notable" IMO, you'd probably be complaining too. Cheers. Zzyzx11 (talk) 05:37, 4 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Force me to make a choice, and I'd get rid of the Battle of the Coral Sea, but I have a hard time saying that the Kent State incident is of greater importance than any of the things listed there already. Bradjamesbrown (talk) 12:18, 4 May 2010 (UTC) (Also note that Coral Sea is a featured article, while Kent State is on the border between C and B.) 12:30, 4 May 2010 (UTC)

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Yes to Star Wars Day...
No to May Fourth Movement? 66.108.223.179 (talk) 10:02, 4 May 2011 (UTC)
 * The article has maintenance tags on it, making it ineligible. — howcheng  {chat} 04:47, 3 May 2012 (UTC)

Correct tile of Latvian independence day
Since it is protected now and I might forget later - the title of the holiday was recently changed to Restoration of Independence day, because using just independence with no restoration is considered somewhat controversial Xil  (talk) 12:26, 4 May 2011 (UTC)

2012 notes
No new articles this year. :( — howcheng  {chat} 16:34, 3 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Royal Canadian Navy (maintenance); Greenpeace (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Battle of Tewkesbury; Kent State shootings
 * Included: Inter caetera (4th appearance, last in 2010); Haymarket affair (6th appearance, last in 2010)
 * Repeats: Spanish Constitution of 1812 (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total); Battle of the Coral Sea (5th consecutive appearance, 6 total; 70th anniversary); Margaret Thatcher (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

2013 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 09:32, 3 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Deleted: William Walker (filibuster) (moved to May 3: wrong date); Greenpeace (moved to October 5: date not in article)
 * Omitted: Inter caetera; Spanish Constitution of 1812; Haymarket affair; Battle of the Coral Sea; Margaret Thatcher
 * Included: Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson (first appearance); Ancient Order of Hibernians (first appearance); Grammy Awards (first appearance); HMS Sheffield (D80) (first appearance)
 * Repeats: On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia (2nd consecutive appearance as blurb, 5 total)
 * Note: On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia (Restoration of Independence Day) removed from observances this year as the article is included in the blurbs

2014 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:03, 3 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson; Ancient Order of Hibernians; Grammy Awards; HMS Sheffield (D80); On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia
 * Included: Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (first appearance); Spanish Constitution of 1812 (3rd appearance, last in 2012; 200th anniversary); Battle of the Coral Sea (7th appearance, last in 2012); Ken Livingstone (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Manaslu (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total; 40th anniversary)

2015 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 09:23, 2 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations; Spanish Constitution of 1812; Manaslu; Ken Livingstone
 * Included: Inter caetera (5th appearance, last in 2012); Haymarket affair (7th appearance, last in 2012); Kent State shootings (4th appearance, last in 2011); On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia (7th appearance, last in 2013; 25th anniversary)
 * Repeats: Battle of the Coral Sea (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total)

2016 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 05:31, 2 May 2016 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): Parliament House (Malta)
 * Omitted: Star Wars Day (ineligible—maintenance); Inter caetera; Haymarket affair; Battle of the Coral Sea; Kent State shootings; On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia
 * Included: Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Spanish Constitution of 1812 (4th appearance, last in 2014); Ancient Order of Hibernians (2nd appearance, last in 2013); German surrender at Lüneburg Heath (first appearance); Margaret Thatcher (8th appearance, last in 2012)

Cassinga Day
May 4 is Cassinga Day in Namibia, a national holiday remembering the Battle of Cassinga in Angola. Too late or too stubby to include? --Pgallert (talk) 14:37, 3 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Too stubby, sorry. The battle article needs maintenance, so that's no good either. — howcheng  {chat} 00:20, 4 May 2016 (UTC)

2017 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 04:21, 4 May 2017 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Battle of the Coral Sea (TFA for 2017); Superga air disaster (maintenance); Grammy Award (maintenance); Kent State shootings (maintenance)
 * New articles (ineligible): Peter Minuit (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson (ineligible—maintenance); Spanish Constitution of 1812 (ineligible—maintenance); Ancient Order of Hibernians; German surrender at Lüneburg Heath (ineligible—maintenance); Margaret Thatcher
 * Included: Inter caetera (6th appearance, last in 2015); Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (2nd appearance, last in 2014); Haymarket affair (8th appearance, last in 2015); Manaslu (3rd appearance, last in 2014); Parliament House (Malta) (first appearance); Herman II, Duke of Swabia (first appearance); Audrey Hepburn (first appearance); Christian de Duve (first appearance)

2018 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:18, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations; Haymarket affair; Manaslu; Parliament House (Malta); Herman II, Duke of Swabia; Audrey Hepburn; Christian de Duve
 * Included: 1780 Epsom Derby (first appearance); Battle of the Coral Sea (9th appearance, last in 2015; rescued from Ineligible); PEPCON disaster (first appearance); Ken Livingstone (2nd appearance, last in 2014); John Nevison (first appearance); Julia Gardiner Tyler (first appearance); Kanō Jigorō (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Inter caetera (2nd consecutive appearance, 7 total)

Pardon if this is an inappropriate place to ask, but could the PEPCON disaster entrant use inflation to give listed the monetary value some context? —  fourthords  | =Λ= |  18:50, 4 May 2018 (UTC)
 * I don't think that it's necessary. The blurb here is just a teaser to get people to read the linked article, where it can be detailed. — howcheng  {chat} 17:22, 6 May 2019 (UTC)

2019 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 17:27, 6 May 2019 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): Nettie Stevens
 * Omitted: Inter caetera; 1780 Epsom Derby; Battle of the Coral Sea; PEPCON disaster; Ken Livingstone; John Nevison; Julia Gardiner Tyler; Kanō Jigorō
 * Included: Ancient Order of Hibernians (3rd appearance, last in 2016); Haymarket affair (9th appearance, last in 2017); Margaret Thatcher (9th appearance, last in 2016; 40th anniversary); Parliament House (Malta) (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Richard Graves (first appearance); Audrey Hepburn (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 90th birthday); Lillian Estelle Fisher (first appearance)

2020 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:54, 5 May 2020 (UTC)
 * New articles (ineligible): Michael L. Gernhardt (POTD for 2020)
 * New articles (unused): William H. Prescott; Walter Walsh
 * Omitted: Ancient Order of Hibernians; Haymarket affair; Margaret Thatcher; Parliament House (Malta); Richard Graves; Audrey Hepburn; Lillian Estelle Fisher
 * Included: Inter caetera (8th appearance, last in 2018); Manaslu (4th appearance, last in 2017); On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia (8th appearance, last in 2015; 30th anniversary); Ken Livingstone (3rd appearance, last in 2018; 20th anniversary); Julia Gardiner Tyler (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 100th birthday); Gotse Delchev (first appearance); Amos Oz (first appearance)

2021 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:02, 6 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Michael L. Gernhardt
 * New articles (ineligible): Tipu Sultan (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Inter caetera; On the Restoration of Independence of the Republic of Latvia; Ken Livingstone; Julia Gardiner Tyler; Gotse Delchev; Amos Oz
 * Included: Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson (3rd appearance, last in 2016; rescued from Ineligible); 1780 Epsom Derby (2nd appearance, last in 2018); Battle of the Coral Sea (10th appearance, last in 2018); William H. Prescott (first appearance; 225th birthday); Franklin Carmichael (first appearance); Carl von Ossietzky (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Manaslu (2nd consecutive appearance, 5 total)

2022 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 06:56, 5 May 2022 (UTC)
 * New articles (ineligible): Michael L. Gernhardt (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson; 1780 Epsom Derby; Battle of the Coral Sea; Manaslu; William H. Prescott; Carl von Ossietzky
 * Included: Inter caetera (9th appearance, last in 2020); Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (3rd appearance, last in 2017); HMS Sheffield (D80) (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 40th anniversary); Parliament House (Malta) (3rd appearance, last in 2019); Herman II, Duke of Swabia (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Amos Oz (2nd appearance, last in 2020)
 * Repeats: Battle of the Coral Sea (2nd consecutive appearance, 11 total); Franklin Carmichael (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)


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Craig Kilborn

Craig Lawrence Kilborn (born August 24, 1962) is an American television host, actor, comedian, and sports commentator. Kilborn began a career in sports broadcasting in the late 1980s, leading to an anchoring position at ESPN's SportsCenter from 1993 to 1996. He was later the first host of The Daily Show, which he hosted from 1996 to 1998, and succeeded Tom Snyder on CBS' The Late Late Show from 1999 to 2004. In comedy, Kilborn is known for his deadpan delivery.

Early life
Kilborn was born on August 24, 1962, in Kansas City, Missouri. His father, Hiram Kilborn, was an insurance executive, and his mother, Shirley, was a schoolteacher. When Kilborn was four years old, he and his family moved to Hastings, Minnesota, where he was raised. Kilborn was taller than his peers from an early age, eventually growing to 6 ft, becoming a standout on the playground basketball court as he got older. In the ninth grade, Kilborn was recruited by the Northside Magicians, an all-star basketball team in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He excelled with the Magicians and with the Hastings High School basketball team, ultimately earning three letters and multiple all-conference and all-state honors.

After graduating high school, Kilborn accepted a scholarship to play basketball for Montana State University, where he earned dual bachelor's degrees in media and theater arts in 1985 and has joked he "led the Big Sky Conference in turnovers" and also bench pressed 240 lb while training.

Media
Kilborn began in radio, as the CBA Savannah Spirits's play-by-play radio commentator in 1986 and 1987. He later began his television career in California as the sports anchor for Monterey County's Fox affiliate KCBA in Salinas. Some of his early on-air work included covering the Gilroy Garlic Festival and playing bocce with the locals near Cannery Row. Kilborn lived in nearby Carmel-by-the-Sea.

SportsCenter
After several small jobs, Kilborn became an ESPN SportsCenter anchor from 1993 to 1996. He was primarily the anchor of the late broadcast of SportsCenter which he coined "The Feel Good Edition". His numerous catch phrases included "Release, Rotation, Splash", "Jumanji", and "Oh, Precious". He made a return appearance to SportsCenter on August 8, 2004, when he co-hosted SportsCenter with Dan Patrick during ESPN's 25th Anniversary Celebration.

The Daily Show
In 1996, Kilborn became host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central. During his three-year tenure, The Daily Show was named "Best Late Night Comedy" by TV Guide. Kilborn was also nominated for a CableACE Award for Outstanding Entertainment Host. Some recurring features Kilborn created at The Daily Show included: "5 Questions", "Moment for Us", "Dance, Dance, Dance", and "Your Moment of Zen" (later hosts would continue to use the latter feature).

In a 1997 interview with Esquire, Kilborn made jokes regarding Daily Show head writer Lizz Winstead, saying, "To be honest, Lizz does find me very attractive. If I wanted her to blow me, she would." Kilborn apologized publicly and pointed out that the remarks were "said in jest", but he was suspended for a week.

In 1998, CBS and David Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants, selected Kilborn to replace Tom Snyder as host of The Late Late Show to run after Late Show with David Letterman. His final Daily Show episode aired on December 17, 1998, ending a 386-episode tenure. On January 11, 1999, Jon Stewart replaced Kilborn as host of The Daily Show. By the time of Kilborn's departure, only one original correspondent, Beth Littleford, stayed with Stewart. She would depart in May 2000.

On Jon Stewart's last Daily Show episode August 6, 2015, Kilborn made a cameo appearance as "Host Emeritus". It was his first appearance on the show since he left as host.

In a 2020 interview with The Athletic, Kilborn reflected on his time on The Daily Show, stating that he "had a blast" doing the show and that he was "living in New York City, hosting a comedy show, and sipping martinis at the illustrious 21 Club." He also said he "wasn't hired at Comedy Central to do a politics-heavy show, and he "would never do one — I have no interest." Kilborn credited The Daily Show for leading him to his dream job of hosting a traditional late night show. He also said, "The Daily Show was innocently set up in a different way — they didn't hire the host first – so we inherited each other. Fortunately, most of the people were a good fit and supportive. But as much as I enjoyed it, I was always a short-timer. It wasn't my show, and I wanted to do a network traditional hour format as opposed to a half-hour news parody."

The Late Late Show
Kilborn hosted The Late Late Show for five years, changing the format to appeal to a younger audience. On the show, he popularized segments such as "Yambo" and "5 Questions". He created several characters, including Sebastian, the Asexual Icon. He also narrated his own introduction and would enter to the sound of the song "Play That Funky Music" at the beginning of his show.

In August 2004, Kilborn elected not to extend his contract. In a 2010 interview with the Los Angeles Times Kilborn said, "I didn't leave to do anything else, I left to leave. I achieved my career goals and it wasn't all it was cracked up to be", and adding that he believed the late night timeslot to be "crowded", and "the formats repetitive". Kilborn later stated in a 2019 interview with the Philadelphia Inquirer, "The main reason I left The Late Late Show was creatively I lost interest in late night comedy. The other reason was that the business side of that particular show was excessively flawed so I escaped the silliness," adding that he had "developed a specific, aristocratic comedic sensibility that didn't mesh with late night."

In a 2009 interview with the Television Academy Foundation, World Wide Pants executive Peter Lassally indicated that Kilborn left the show "because he didn't get the raise he wanted." However, Kilborn stated in a 2004 interview with Daily Variety that "[The Late Late Show] was easily the greatest job I've had, and CBS was very generous in their offer to re-sign me."

Kilborn's last episode of The Late Late Show aired on August 27, 2004. The Scottish comedian Craig Ferguson took over the show on January 3, 2005."

The Kilborn File
Craig Kilborn returned to television on June 28, 2010 after six years off the air, when his new half-hour show The Kilborn File debuted on select Fox stations. The show aired for a six-week test run on a 7:00pm time slot in most markets, but was not well received. Christine Lakin was his sidekick. The show brought back many of the hallmark segments from his time on The Daily Show and The Late Late Show, such as "5 Questions" and a segment similar to "Yambo" (with some minor rule changes and a name change to "Kilbo" and later to "Kilbyashi"). The show was not renewed.

Other work
In the movie Old School (2003), Kilborn played Mark, the philandering boyfriend of Ellen Pompeo's character. In the 2006 film The Benchwarmers, he played Jerry, the bully to Jon Heder, David Spade, and Rob Schneider's nerdy roles. In 2011, Kilborn played the villain in an episode of Chuck during its final season.

Kilborn guest hosted The Artie Lange Show on November 6–8, 2013.

He appeared in a TV commercial for Kraft Macaroni & Cheese in 2016.

Since 2022, Kilborn has hosted a podcast entitled The Life Gorgeous.

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Talk:Triassic

Help fixing text
As part of project punctuation we found the following sentence in this article that lacks an ending period. I can't make sense of this sentence, though, particularly the combination of parentheses and em dashes. The 'while' at the beginning seems unresolved. Can someone who understands the subject fix it, perhaps by breaking it into several simpler sentences? Brighterorange 16:57, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 *  It seems likely then that while there was some sort of end Carnian extinction (several herbivorous archosauromorph groups died out at this time, while the large herbivorous therapsids - the Kannemeyerid dicynodonts and the Traversodont cynodonts - were much reduced, at least in the northern half of Pangaea (Laurasia))
 * Has my edit improved clarity? --Wetman 18:46, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Box
In the box, is this sequence instinctive? Doesn't it read as though Cretaceous came first? it certainly would in any human history box. Do people see that the stratigraphic sequence is being represented?Wetman 05:17, 14 Mar 2004 (UTC)

 * by convention, geological history is read from the bottom up (geological column). Yeah i know it's counter-intuitive, but the only other option is to read it from left to right M Alan Kazlev 15:00, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Help is needed in restoring vandalized text. --Wetman 18:58, 4 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Late Triassic extinction event
Robert Carroll's Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution indicates that Plesiosauria survived the Late Triassic extinction event.

 * yes, plesiosaurs were rare in the Triassic, but became common during the Jurassic M Alan Kazlev 15:00, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I think I may have accidentally deleted the (== Late Triassic extinction event ==) title, although I can not imagine how. ```` = isoptera

Plagerism??
I see some large parts of this article are exact copies from http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/mesozoic/triassic/ being a n00b to Wikipedia, what do I do about this? Edit it?05:56, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Hello and thanks for the concern. I see a fair number of phrases that seem to come from that site, but on the whole they seem to me to have been re-cast adequately, but we should do what you have done - raise the question here and see what others think.  At a minimum, it looks to me as if whoever wrote those sections should have listed the site you mention as a reference.  Can you quote some of the large parts you see?  Cheers Geologyguy 13:42, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

triassic creatures
nothosaurus placodonts plesiosaurus thalattosauria askeptosaurus icthyosaurus capitosaurus plagiosaurus metoposaurus lissamphibia temnospondyls —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.125.111.237 (talk) 01:23, 1 February 2007 (UTC).

Is this serious?
"This took the form of a giant "Pac-Man" with an east-facing "mouth" constituting the Tethys sea..." Doesn't sound very encyclopedic. Is it acurate?

 * Agreed. I changed it and added the map to illustrate. Cheers Geologyguy 15:54, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

Triassic angiosperms?
Is there a citation for this statement: "The first flowering plants (angiosperms) may have evolved during the Triassic ..."? The earliest true angiosperms I know are Cretaceous, but maybe I'm missing something. Wilson44691 (talk) 21:56, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

 * I agree that the evidence is for angiosperms arising in the Cretaceous - see Evolutionary_history_of_life and the list of sources at Talk:Evolutionary history of life. I'll remove the statement. -Philcha (talk) 22:48, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Image(s) of fauna
Can we please have at least one image of typical Triassic fauna? Right now we only have flora. Badagnani (talk) 05:04, 22 May 2009 (UTC)
 * That has been done. KnowledgeRequire (talk) 15:02, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Life
This section really needs a re-organization that separates the fauna and flora, similar to the coverage of the other geological time periods. It would really improve the accessibility of this article. KnowledgeRequire (talk) 14:52, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Section on Africa
Is the description of Africa in the Paleogeography section necessary? It doens't appear to say anything important, except that Africa, like every other current continent, was a part of Pangea. Red Vengeance (talk) 19:56, 31 January 2010 (UTC)

New addition a copyvio
The material added by an IP, which has been removed and reinserted several times, is a copy-paste of the first two paragraphs from the following webpage of UCMP Berkeley: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mesozoic/triassic/triassictect.html. J. Spencer (talk) 02:25, 23 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Oh christ...
 * I sincerely apologize for reinstating the violation.
 * You now see me with my tail between my legs.  -RadicalOne •Contact Me•Chase My Tail 02:27, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Origin of the name?
What does "Triassic" mean? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.237.95.62 (talk) 11:22, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

 * As it says in the section 'Dating and subdivisions' it derives from the Latin for three, referring to the threefold subdivision originally recognised in the German Basin, the Bunter, Muschelkalk and Keuper, see here. Mikenorton (talk) 13:43, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

Ma vs. Mya
A recent edit changed "Ma" to "Mya". According to Mya (unit), "Use of "mya" and "bya" is deprecated in modern geophysics, the recommended usage being "Ma" and "Ga" for dates Before Present," TomS TDotO (talk) 16:44, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
 * But which is most helpful to the general reader? Surely "mya"? --Michael C. Price talk 16:48, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
 * I have raised the subject here for a more centralised discussion. --Michael C. Price talk 16:55, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Although I questioned your change, I did not revert it, for I am sympathetic with the change. Please let's not do anything pending further discussion at Project Geology. TomS TDotO (talk) 17:14, 8 September 2010 (UTC)
 * So what do you think? Shall we proceed? --Michael C. Price talk 07:58, 17 September 2010 (UTC)

Revised ages of Triassic subdivisions
The current pages regarding the subdivisions of the Triassic are using age ranges from the 200r ICS timescale. However, as explained here the 2009 GSA timescale (one that seems to be followed by most recent vert. paleo. literature at least) has revised the dates, and presumably the ICS will follow suit in the future. As it stands a number of articles are becoming confused due to the different systems. Would it be acceptable to switch to the GSA as a source for the affected Triassic pages and timesclaes, at least for now? MMartyniuk (talk) 03:35, 9 December 2010 (UTC)

Coal
This section is so poorly written that I am having difficulty understanding what is meant. Can the author please edit it properly. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.197.15.138 (talk) 06:51, 9 April 2011 (UTC)

I have made one or two alterations where the meaning is clear, though badly expressed, but gave up trying to edit the section when I discovered that for the most part the meaning is impenetrable. The section should be re-written by someone who knows about the topic; I can only guess. g4oep — Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.96.60.31 (talk) 07:21, 17 July 2014 (UTC)

Were the mammalian reptiles lucky and unlucky ??? during the epochs
Were the mammalian reptiles lucky and unlucky ??? during the epochs? Not exactly. The mammalian reptiles evolved the correct proportion of gene switches and transcription factors that would create:

1. a steady stream of new small species per epoch 2. a faster adaptation rate at larger orders of magnitude

So the mammalian reptiles weren't genetically superior. Neither exists a perfect recipe, merely some best suiting recipies for a specific environment (watch Harvard lectures on YouTube).

During the early Triassic the mammalian reptiles were faster at adapting to the new environment, but this speed doesn't allow maximum quality. During great dyings that speed though is most important.

We must statistically test the positioning of gene switches and transcription factors on the bird vs the mammalian DNA. Usually it's not an issue of numbers, but of subtle nuts and bolts = DNA mechanics.

 * What I said is absolutely moronic, because it's a hypothesis. What is important is to analyze and reveal the actual data (not to interpret them, I redesign my interpretations into new tests, and when I can't, I ask others to collect data [usually East Asians]).

These data exist (not all possible tests, but some exist). Wikipedia doesn't reveal all the data on the subject! Add more data! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2a02:2149:8213:0:d52b:9765:e45b:4a51 (talk • contribs) 21:11, 28 November 2017 (UTC)

Timing question
Triassic states that it "spans 50.6 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.9 million years ago (Mya)", while Jurassic states that it "spanned 56 million years from the end of the Triassic Period". Which is correct: 56, or 50.6? Thanks – ClockworkSoul 13:42, 1 June 2020 (UTC)

Relative times
> from the end of the Permian Period 251.9 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.3 Mya

Wikipedia tries to avoid relative times because they have to be updated as pages age, but it seems tricky to avoid using relative times here. Has someone set a cronjob or other alert to remind us to update this page every 100,000 years to increment those dates? :-) AristosM (talk) 04:47, 14 December 2020 (UTC)

Notable Creature
I think Fasolasuchus should be included in this page. It was a large carnivorous predator and was pretty big. It was (as far as I know) the largest terrestrial non-theropod predator. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.86.125.130 (talk) 15:24, 12 April 2024 (UTC)

 * No... that's small compared to this 199.59.112.20 (talk) 07:50, 13 May 2024 (UTC)

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Again, welcome! - Flockmeal 05:17, Mar 14, 2004 (UTC)

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User talk:Vidocq~enwiki

I have checked the contributions for the anon you have been reverting, such as at Music of Iran. Could you point specifically to what some vandalism? I only spot-checked a few changes, but all seemed valid to me. Thanks. Tuf-Kat 03:45, Apr 9, 2004 (UTC)

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Hello,

The developer team at Wikimedia is making some changes to how accounts work, as part of our on-going efforts to provide new and better tools for our users like cross-wiki notifications. These changes will mean you have the same account name everywhere. This will let us give you new features that will help you edit and discuss better, and allow more flexible user permissions for tools. One of the side-effects of this is that user accounts will now have to be unique across all 900 Wikimedia wikis. See the announcement for more information.

Unfortunately, your account clashes with another account also called Vidocq. To make sure that both of you can use all Wikimedia projects in future, we have reserved the name Vidocq~enwiki that only you will have. If you like it, you don't have to do anything. If you do not like it, you can pick out a different name. If you think you might own all of the accounts with this name and this message is in error, please visit Special:MergeAccount to check and attach all of your accounts to prevent them from being renamed.

Your account will still work as before, and you will be credited for all your edits made so far, but you will have to use the new account name when you log in.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Yours, Keegan Peterzell Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation 03:19, 20 March 2015 (UTC)

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 This account has been renamed as part of single-user login finalisation. If you own this account you can |log in using your previous username and password for more information. If you do not like this account's new name, you can choose your own using this form after logging in: . -- Keegan (WMF) (talk) 20:14, 22 April 2015 (UTC)

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Address pool

In the context of the Internet addressing structure, an address pool is a set of Internet Protocol addresses available at any level in the IP address allocation hierarchy. At the top level, the IP address pool is managed by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA). The total IPv4 address pool contains 4 294  967  296 (232) addresses, while the size of the IPv6 address pool is 2128 (340  282  366  920  938  463  463  374  607  431  768  211  456) addresses.

In the context of application design, an address pool may be the availability of a set of addresses (IP address, MAC address) available to an application that is shared among its users, or available for allocation to users, such as in host configurations with the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP).

title: Address pool