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User talk:Khalid hassani

Welcome to Wikipedia! Good to see more North Africans here :) I've been working on several Morocco-related articles - most recently Rif - as part of a general effort to increase Wikipedia coverage of the Maghreb. - Mustafaa 01:39, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Thanks Mustafa ! in fact I have been around for a wile, I am just too lazy !! to log in most of the time :)), I have done many modifications to Moroccan and Maghreb subjects, I am also interseted (but not exclusively) by Computer science, I also contribue a lot to the french Wikipedia. By the way I have already noticed your numerous modifications ;)

Joujouka
Hi someone is messing with Master Musicians of Joujouka page. can you revert or do something. ? How are things going best User:frankrynne

User Added
Hello Khalid. I have just added your name in the List of Moroccan Wikipedians. Do you know any other Moroccans? Fayssal 09:51, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks Khalid for your contributions and corrections on Gnawa and Raja Casablanca. You are invited to collaborate w/ me on the topic about cultures of Morocco. It can be found here on my sandbox. I believe that the section "Music" and "Cuisine" can be reduced and merged with Cuisine of Morocco and Music of Morocco. Keep in touch. Svest 14:18, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)

Hello
1) Assalamu alaykum. :)

2) Please consider voting at Conspiracy theory to restrict the use of the pejorative "Conspiracy Theory" in article headings. This phrase prejudges content in a way that is unacceptable, as witnessed in 9/11 domestic conspiracy theory

3) When you get a chance, please drop me a line at yusuf.toropov@gmail.com. I have something I would like to discuss off-line. BrandonYusufToropov 14:47, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

Al-Khwarizmi/Al-Khawarizmi [edit]
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Discussion is to be found on the sub-page linked by this section's heading.
 * 3 msgs, 05:21, 8 thru 00:41, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 2 participants: Jerzy~t ~*; Khalid hassani~t~*
 * general topics: c&p moves; title spellings; user-talk protocols

Gnawa
Hi Khalid. I hope you are doing well and thanks for your last message. I have put Gnawa under peer review. You can view comments of some wikipedians here Peer review/Gnawa/archive1. You can also help in Islamofascism. Svest 17:14, May 13, 2005 (UTC)

Morocco stubs
Hi again. I created {Morocco-stub} and {Morocco-geo-stubs} templates. You can have a look at what are the stubs that still to be included. Svest 17:24, May 13, 2005 (UTC)

Re: Compiere spamming
Sorry for the delayed reply. As you suggested, it is indeed possible to block the URL permanently: it can be added to the spam blacklist. However, only meta administrators (which excludes me) can add URLs to the list; if the spammer continues to be a problem, you can always make a request at m:talk:spam blacklist. Cheers, -- Hadal 03:24, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

User Page
Greetings, Khalid. I am in the process of disambiguating about 600 links in the Wikipedia that refer to Arabic. Most of these are references to Arabic language. In the second paragraph on your user page, you have a reference to Arabic. If you like, you could disambiguate this thus: Arabic. I do not want to edit your user page directly. Regards, DanMS 21:34, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok done, thanks--Khalid hassani 23:21, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

Morocco Portal
Hi Khalid. I've just created Wikiportal/Morocco today. I need your help in developing and keeping it updated. Cheers - Svest 05:39, August 21, 2005 (UTC)

Arab names of parties
The parties listed at List of political parties in Morocco, List of political parties in Algeria, List of political parties in Tunisia and List of political parties in Mauritania are usually only listed with the French name. Could you add the Arabic names with romanization? - Electionworld 06:48, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

Welcome back
Hi Khalid, nice to see you back to work again. Thanks for the email. Can you please take a look at talk:Morocco. The debate is heated again about the neutrality of the map. Also, you can visit Wikiportal/Morocco to see if you can help. Cheers -- Svest 18:57, 14 September 2005 (UTC) Wiki me up™

Aid moubarak said !!!
Hi, Happy to hear about Moroccans in WP, there is an interesting vote here about Western Sahara. Are you interested? Daryou 20:46, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

The Bible Unearthed
Hello. I hope you don't mind, but I renamed your article to use just the main title of the book. It's the usual convention here on Wikipedia, and I just thought the other was too unwieldy. Sorry, I ought to have checked with you first. We can always change it back if you disagree.

I'm glad you started the article. It's an important book; I read it a couple of years ago. Although not my area of expertise, I have always enjoyed studying Biblical archaeology. Regards, SDC 06:12, 18 November 2005 (UTC)

Miguel de Luna
Hi Khalid,

I was just reading Wiki's "Morisco" entry, and I tracked you down as the person who mentioned Miguel de Luna and his _Verdadera historia_. I was amazed and happy to see that someone else has read Luna's history, and especially from the same perspective that I read it. I wrote my Ph.D. dissertation on the _Verdadera historia_, and am in the process of reworking it into a book manuscript.

I was wondering if you had ever come accross a date of birth and date of death for Luna? I've been searching for that information for years, with no luck.

Again, it was nice to see someone else who knows who Miguel de Luna was! Thank you very much in advance, Safiyya 01:24, 28 November 2005 (UTC)

Moroccan Arabic
Ca fait plaisir de te voir de nouveau. Nhar kbir hada!. J'apprecie beaucoup tes additions et le style utilisé. J'ai rien trouvé pour modifier ou améliorer. Il y avait juste une redendance concernant le Rap music. Aussi, J'ai taggé {fact} pour le paragraphe mentionnant qu'elle manque de prestige. N'oublie pas que les Fassis, les Rbatis, Slaouis et aussi les Tétouanais pensent bien le contraire. Moi, je peut pas juger. C'est difficile. C'est préferable de supprimer cette section là si on aurait pas de sources adéquates. Le reste est formidable. Bravo! -- Svest 23:10, 13 December 2005 (UTC)  Wiki me up™

Accessibility in OpenDocument
Hi thre, if you mean Accessibility in OpenDocument, then yes I did put the tag on it. But I did not, however, add the tag on OpenDocument. Accessibility in OpenDocument reads: "So from that perspective, OpenDocument is at least as accessible as Microsoft Office", and "unless Microsoft decides to implement the OpenDocument standard." I would fairly regard them as slight POV. Thanks, --Kilo-Lima 18:31, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Ok, then fine, I thought that was because of the splinting, I am doing some restructuration because the article is getting rediculously long, thanks --Khalid hassani 18:34, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

Licensing page
Hi. I notice very little of the content on the OpenDocument Licensing page appears to be actually about OpenDoc Licensing - perhaps it would be better to merge it into the Microsoft Office Open XML? Morwen - Talk 13:16, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Well this entry needs to be heavily refactored anyway as the initial document OpenDocument was becoming very long. I don't belive it should be merged with Microsoft Office Open XML as this entry is about the Microsoft XML format, on the other hand former entry sould be perhaps renamed to someting like OpenDocument vs. Microsoft Office Open XML licensing ?

Republic of Morocco
Hi Khalid. I protested against the existance of such a title (that never existed), because of the content of article. I need a new title for this article. See my comments at its talk page. Cheers -- Svest 17:47, 20 December 2005 (UTC) Wiki me up™
 * In fact, I have no real grief about the name, but maybe it should be remaned to somethings Republics in Moroccan History or

sahrawi tribes
hey, i saw you edited some pages i created on sahrawi tribes (i agree with the changes). i don't have a functioning arabic script on this computer, and also i can't tell from the spanish and french transcriptions what all the arabic names are, but i've tried to give a phonetic arabic version as often as i could. would it be possible for you to write the names of the tribes in arabic script, if you know how its spelt? Arre 23:54, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Hi ! I have managed to do it for Oulad Delim, by connecting arabic letters copied from elswhere in WP, but it was cumbersome as I don't have an arabic keyboard for the moment. I'll try to the other when I have time or if I manage to find one, maybe in a Cybercafé.--Khalid hassani 00:31, 21 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I saw Oulad Delim, great! Looks much nicer. You don't have to do the rest if its a bother for you... I can also look for a keyboard :-) Arre 01:31, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Persian literature
Good comment there. I liked what I saw on your user page and hope to keep in touch. Zora 20:32, 25 December 2005 (UTC)
 * P.S. Joyeux Noël!

Viaccess
If you look at the history you originally linkedto the article French so thats why I removed it. I should have guessed it'd be at Viaccess though. --Kiand 13:50, 26 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok, sorry then, Cheers--Khalid hassani 13:58, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

Microsoft and ODF
Wow, that was fast! The idea of context in an article is that you can grasp the idea in a short paragraph at the beginning and then move on to the details. In part, also, it has to do with explaining other things. I have only a slight idea about ODF and somehow I remember that MS said it was going to support it; other readers will have no idea whatsoever. You have to consider the possibility that the reader may come across the article without reading the other, more general articles that might provide the context. You should explain what the problem is in a few lines, for example, MS having proprietary formats, ODF being developed to address such and such concerns, MS vowing to support, then refusing to support ODF, etc. Don't think of the article as a continuation of a previous article, even if it was split from a larger one. Each article must be able to stand on its own. I'd also like to know how "Microsoft wrote a letter to Massachusetts". What's this Massachusetts? The state? The state government? A court? That's more or less what I mean by context. You can remove the context tag yourself anytime you want; I'm not the "article police" but just another editor. (In fact, you can also tag articles yourself if you feel they're missing something; see e. g. Template messages/Cleanup.) Peace, --Pablo D. Flores (Talk) 14:14, 27 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks for the information, I will try to do my best :) --Khalid hassani 16:16, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Casablanca
Hi Khalid. Can you sort this out for us? We are discussing the origins and the meaning of Casablanca. See Talk:Casablanca. Cheers -- Szvest 22:37, 27 December 2005 (UTC) Wiki me up™

Re Moroccan Arabic in Spanish Wiki
Thanks Khalid for the note. The article looks so detailed. I'll jump on it and see if I can translate some of the content and bring it here especially the tables. -- Szvest 17:50, 31 December 2005 (UTC)

Category change on Avionics software
Hello there, and happy new year! I did not think your change to Avionics software improved the page. Example: Software certified to higher levels of DO-178B must: Is it OK if I (or you) revert the change?
 * consider the loader (which transfers the output from the linker to the target system)
 * verify the compiler and linker (or the outputs from them)
 * include system software such as an RTOS (or a "home-made-system") which also needs to be verified.

Petter Nordby 00:16, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

Tawhid Boys School (London)
I have presonally edited hundreds of articles during AFD. Most articles under AFD get edits, often very signficant edits during the AFD process. The is the norm. Countless editors do the same. Rarely would an article this bad, not be transformed during the AFD process. I don't expect you to be an expert on the rules, but if you don't know the rules, don't pretend to recite them. Don't accuse people of breaking them. --Rob 18:27, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Guide to deletion:
 * You and others are welcome to continue editing the article during the discussion period. Indeed, if you can address the points raised during the discussion by improving the article, you are encouraged to edit a nominated article (noting in the discussion that you have done so if your edits are significant ones).

Also, note, I removed copyrighted text. Putting that text back would actually be prohibited.

--Rob 18:39, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Parliament of Morocco
Could you have a look on the Parliament of Morocco? I just created it, it's very basic, but perhaps you could add something. Arre 00:08, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Help with Comorian franc
Dear Khalid,

We corresponded some on The Bible Unearthed article. I'm writing to get your help with the Comorian franc article. I've written most of it, but there are some things I can't do, and you can because of your knowledge of Arabic and French. Can you tell me what the Arabic writing on the coins say? Is it the Arabic language or just the Arabic script? Can you transliterate it for me? I should be grateful for any help you can offer. Thank you. SDC 16:34, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

WS
Hi, here is another vote about the WS: Talk:Flag of Western Sahara, are you interested? Best regards. Daryou 17:49, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

WikiProject Morocco
Salut Khalid. Voilà le projet (WikiProject Morocco). Il y a aussi Deeptrivia qui est intéressé. Szvest 09:01, 21 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Salut Faissal, comme promis, j'ai rajouté le draft du courrier type pour avoir le matériel d'un site, la courrier est ici User:Khalid hassani/Demande d'inclusion de texte ou d'image dans Wikipedia, ce serait bien de l'inclure par la suite dans un endroit plus visible, on pourrait aussi éventuellement le traduire en Anglais quand on aura une version définitive. Il faudrait créer une version à envoyer à des journaux comme Telquel et le le Journal et aussi éventuellement un article explicatif sur Wikipedia, mais ça je pense que ça devrait exister dans la version franophone, il suffit de le copier --Khalid hassani 12:17, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Western Sahara
Hi, here is a vote related to Western Sahara, it's about the neutrality of wikipedia in this conflict, are you interested? Daryou 18:27, 21 February 2006 (UTC)

Wikiproject Morocco
Salut Khalid! Peut-être ça va t'interesser:

J'espère on va commencer avec le projêt bientôt :) deeptrivia (talk) 04:41, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
 * Oui cela me semble intéressant, j'essaierais d'apporter ma petite pierre :)--Khalid hassani 10:52, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

Re: Slashdot question
You wanted my Wiki home page - I'm at User:SteveBaker

fr.wikipedia.org
many thanks, même si ça fait doublon... kernitou talk 21:33, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

Re: Juste un petit bonjour
Salut Khalid. Juste pour te saluer en retour:) Désolé pour le délai, je suis un peu surchargé en travail ces jours-ci.

Cette histoire du Sahara m'a un peu cassé les pieds je t'avoue. La réputation de wikipedia est trop importante comme référence fiable alors que, au vu de ce qui s'est passé, je doute beaucoup qu'elle mérite cette réputation. Le pire, c'est que ça ne concerne pas juste la question du Sahara, mais beaucoup d'autres articles sur des thèmes en relation avec les Arabes. Une solution pour peser un peu plus contre ces biais systémiques pour reprendre ton expression serait de former une catégorie commune liée à ces thèmes (si une catégorie a été créée pour soutenir le Polisario, il faut aussi une catégorie qui puisse être mobilisée rapidement pour faire contrepoids). --Yobaranut 17:30, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

Help needed!
Salut Khalid. Tu vas bien?? J'ai besoin de ton aide. Peut-tu traduire cette chanson de Cheb Khaled en anglais? Il y a des morceau dans la chanson en Hindi, dont je comprend bien, mais l'Arabe j'arrive pas à comprendre. Merci bien, et @+, deeptrivia (talk) 23:30, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

Could you help me
I need your assistance. I have been trying to get someone to write for me in arabic script the name of Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd ibn Hakam al Qurashi in the article Abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd ibn Hakam al Qurashi, in the same format as the article Abû 'Umar ibn Sa'îd. I would be very grateful for your help. --Francisco Valverde 20:58, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Random
Assalamu alaikum! Random...I forget where I saw you editing...you seem intelligent and smart...Good to see other Muslims on here. JBull12 00:52, 25 April 2006 (UTC)

Template:Islam
Hi there, The Islam template is used in all Islam related articles and it carries an image of the mosque, if you take a close look at the other religion templates they all carry an icon that actually symbolizes the particular religion. The question is what symbolizes Islam? As a muslim you would agree that we cannot Idolize any symbol as sacred as it would be Shirk. So the next question is what kind of icon would correctly represent Islam and Muslims? It is undoubtedly the Shahada, because without it we wouldn't be muslims. So I have suggested to change the template image from a masjid to a Masjid with the Shahada in it. In order to have the image in the template I need build some consense, could you kindly visit the talk page (Template_talk:Islam) and make your suggestion, lets have the template change so it will correctly represent Islam. (You do not have to support it if you dont like it). thanks in advance. « ₪ M ÿ š † í c ₪ » (T) 10:58, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

ICANN Wikipedians needed!
Hello Khalid,

We are running a wiki called ICANNwiki. As you might know ICANN is the organization that assigns the Top Level Domanins for the Internet. The ICANNwiki is documenting what is happening at the ICANN meetings.

The next ICANN meeting is the week of June 26th in in Marrakech. Would you be interested in taking notes in some of the meetings and posting them with us on ICANNwiki?

If you are please let me know at wiki@alpinepockets.com and I'll get you more information.

Thanks

Dan

Dmendell 22:18, 22 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi Khalid,

Thanks for your note.

We would really like some people to help us documentg the happenings at the ICANN conference. I can't tell you howe much I appreciate your passing this along.

Call centers are interesting, but they are alot of hard work with typically low margin. If you are still intersted in the business let me know and we can chat about it.

Thanks - Dan

Morocco
Hi Khalid. Nice to see you back. Please have a look at WikiProject Morocco. It's moving forward. Cheers -- Szvest 13:19, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

I think you are great.
I love your interests...Jungian typology, SAP, travel. I share those.

Eid mubarak Khalid
Salut Khalid! Merci pour ton message! Eid mubarak said! Je savais que tu étais occupé. Comment vas-tu? J'espère ke tout va bien. Je te contacterai dès ke je reviens à Casa. Je passe ces jours avec la famille à Tétouan. A+ -- Szvest 20:22, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

Proud to have you in ADempiere
AsSalama Sidi Khalid,

Everyone is so proud and amazed by your incessant deft touches in our ADempiereWiki. Big kudo from me as the leader of ADempiere.

- Red1 D Oon 11:25, 21 November 2006 (UTC)

AsSalama Khalid, how are you and family? Overseas or home? I wondering if you can help review our Adempiere page. Syukran!
 * - Red1 D Oon (talk) 04:58, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

Re: no more contributions
Bonsoir Khalid, merci pour votre message. Ne vous inquietez pas, il est vrai que je n'ai pas fait beaucoup de vagues recemment mais j'adore wikipedia et ne compte pas l'abandonner de sitot! C'est tout betement mon travail qui me prend tout mon temps et energie. Mais comme dirait Arnie, "I will be back". A bientot, -Angelikmeg 02:34, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Wikimania 2007
Hi Khalid hassani,

Wikimania 2007, which is being held in Taipei, Taiwan on August 3-5, is offering opportunities for travel scholarships to Wikimania for active users of Wikimedia projects from the continent of Africa. Although the original scholarship deadline has passed, please, if you are interested, you may still apply at Scholarships. Sincerely yours, Cary Bass14:38, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Gnu/communism Afd
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Hello
hello..how are you man ? nice to find a arabian wiki.hello agian.. iam from jordan..hope we still contacting about wiki bussines.--O.waqfi (talk) 18:02, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

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tangeroiseimmobilier.com and the Tangier page
You pointed out that they were linkspammers some days back, and since then I reverted them adding linkspam to the Tangier page four times. I finally managed to get their URL added to the English Wikipedia's spam block list: MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist

You mentioned that they were also active on the French Wikipedia. Does French Wikipedia have a similar spam block list? If so, perhaps you should try to get them listed. --RenniePet (talk) 12:23, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Great I was thinking about doing it myslef, I believe that the Spam-blacklist is also used by the French WP, I need to check this out, anyway here is the spammed entry : --Khalid hassani (talk) 14:58, 29 February 2008 (UTC)

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Question
Hi, can you help with my question at Talk:Moroccan Arabic? Thank you, Badagnani (talk) 01:36, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

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The Art of Charm - advertisement, notability, and conflict of interest
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 * What is it about the article that leads you to believe it is written like an advertisement, when it is merely stating a brief description of the company?
 * What is it about the article that leads you to believe that The Art of Charm is not considered notable? It has been mentioned by credible third party sources such as The Today Show, The Daily News, and the Curtis Sliwa Show.
 * How is there a conflict of interest by the major contributor, when there has only been a brief description of the company and credible third party sources were referenced?

Thank you,

EdrevEpac (talk) 17:05, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

AfD Nom
Just to let you know I have fixed your AfD nom of Quaject. Here. --  role player 00:12, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

 * Done. --  role player 00:19, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

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David X. Li entry
Hi Khalid! I noticed that you are one of a few contributors to David X. Li's wiki page and I'm curious to know if you have read WIRED's March 2009 issue. If so, did you pick up the issue at a newsstand or are you a WIRED subscriber? If you are a subscriber, how long have you been subscribing and what do you do for a living? What are your thoughts on WIRED's March issue and Felix Salmon's article? I hope I'm not being bothersome, I'm just curious because I am a longtime loyal WIRED reader and I also work for the magazine, too.

Anyway, I just wanted to send you a message because the number of page views for David X. Li's wiki page have soared since it was revised on 2/24/09, which also happens to be the day that WIRED's March 2009 issue went on sale. I think it's great that you felt compelled to contribute to updating Li's page because, clearly, a lot of people wanted to find out more about Li and this obscure copula function that Wall Street misused. I would love to hear about yourself and any thoughts you have about the story, WIRED, or the financial system. Kudos to you!

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Hi Khalid,

J'ai vu que tu as contribué à la page wikipedia sur David Hassine. Aurais-tu un lien de parenté avec lui ? --Yompedia (talk) 19:30, 26 May 2009 (UTC)

Ok. Merci--Yompedia (talk) 12:25, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

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Rigid-framed power kite

A Rigid-framed power kite is one of the power kites which consists of a single skin and a rigid frame. They are often used in the popular sport of kite surfing. Typically it has four lines and a pair of handles; or a particular style of bar, again with 4 lines. (See also kite control systems) The best known commercial kite of this type is the Peter Lynn C-Quad.

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Hello. Why are you changing "Aisin Gioro" to "Aisin gioro?" I think the former is more popular. --Nanshu 02:15, 16 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Thank you for changing it back to "Aisin Gioro." And Hong Taiji. His name seems to have been spelled so in the Manchu script though I've never found it. His name is completely blacked out in Manwen Laotang and some other Manchu documents to avoid discourtesy. But many researchers on Manchus use "Hong Taiji." --Nanshu 01:42, 20 Mar 2004 (UTC)

List of Chinese dynastic emperors
Wow, your work on those pages have been impressive. However, I would like to stress that tables of Chinese dynastic emperors are also previously placed on the pages of Chinese dynasties. Any thought of merging the lists and tables altogether? Ktsquare (talk) 03:45, 20 Mar 2004 (UTC)

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Because of the shuffling about of football pages about The Football League and the football pyramid etc.. by the anon IP the history of these pages has become disconnected from the article. Sometime (maybe later today, when I get some time) I intend to sort this out. Mintguy (T)
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I noticed you removed the 2001-02 in English football link from the Football Conference page. I know it did seem to break the consistency where it was, but surely it is better to have a page (where possible) about a football season than a year. SimonMayer 16:33, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Yea I think I've done the same thing myself a few times. It's ok. Football Conference came up on my watchlist, so I thought to add the link. I should have known to wait incase someone else was making edits. Anyway, thanks for putting the link back. SimonMayer 00:37, 14 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Three August Ones and Five Emperors
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England
So why did you move English National Football Team to England NFT ? Bob Palin 14:31, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I think NFT of England would be better. Mintguy (T) 16:50, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC)

So do I, although I see nothing wrong with English. Country names that don't have natural adjectives use the country name. Language is not an exercise in logic, it is all about usage. The team is called England and they are therefore the English National Football Team Bob Palin 18:35, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC)

I support the name English national football team or maybe national football team of England, but I think the latter is unnecessarily long. Also notice there aren't capital letters except for on England. SimonMayer 18:45, 22 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Seems like a consensus is developing around National football team of England, and I'm fine with that too. As for length, it's just an "of" longer than what we have now and I don't consider that a problem. I'm going to copy these comments to the existing page itself so others can contribute if they want. - Madw 23:45, Apr 22, 2004 (UTC)

WBA
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History of China series box
The series box to which I reverted is consistent with History of South Asia and now Template:HistoryofChina on History of the People's Republic of China, Cold War, History of the United States, New Imperialism, History of Germany, and History of Brazil. It matches the bluish-purple TOC box, which seems to be emerging as the standard color scheme on Wiki. I don't have the information to answer the rest of your question, but perhaps you might want to look at Article series and List of article series. 172 04:11, 25 May 2004 (UTC)

World Cup
To an American reader, what does FIFA World Cup mean? And more to the point what does UEFA European Championship mean? Leaving FOOTBALL in the title is more descriptive. It's also retains consistency with other sports. We don't for example say the International Rugby Board World Cup or (IRB World Cup) for Rugby. Mintguy (T) 02:10, 26 May 2004 (UTC)

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Template:Football in England
Why do you keep removing the (D1,D2,D3) links etc. They're very useful if you want to jump to another leagues without having to go to "football league" first and they don't look that messy either. Ed g2s 13:56, 4 Jun 2004 (UTC)

 * Altough having all of the sublinks would be messy, the D1, D2, D3 links I think are vital, you can't have a link to the premier league but not the first division. Personally I wouldn't mind having links to all the sub-divisions, but a half-way settlement would be the football league divisions. Ed g2s 16:01, 4 Jun 2004 (UTC)

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Ht-//Dig

ht is a free software indexing and searching system created in 1995 by Andrew Scherpbier while he was employed at San Diego State University. It can provide a search engine for a single website.

It includes three groups of files: a set of tools for indexing, a set of tools for searching, and a set of HTML files for building the user interface to access the search engine. ht works differently from most search engines as most engines use a two-step process, building an index and searching it. ht indexes pages in full, then processes the pages into a searchable form later using soundex and metaphone. ht also stores fuzzy match information instead of using a dynamic algorithm. At one time, over 500 organizations used ht to index sites they owned. Notable sites included Blizzard Entertainment, Greenpeace, and The Mozilla Foundation.

The last official release is Dig 3.2.0b6 announced on 16 June 2004. Only sporadic maintenance is in evidence since that date at the project's bug reporting page. It was used by the GNU project's website for a long time but was replaced in 2008 with Hyper Estraier.

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Great Satan

The "Great Satan" is a derogatory epithet used in some Muslim-majority countries to refer to the United States. Alongside the "Death to America" slogan, it originated in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. While it is primarily an expression of anti-American sentiment, it has occasionally been used to refer to the United Kingdom, although the term "old fox" is more popular as a dedicated expression of anti-British sentiment.

The epithet was coined by Iranian religious leader Ruhollah Khomeini, who used it in a speech on 5 November 1979, one day after the onset of the Iran hostage crisis. In the speech, he condemned the United States as an imperialist power that sponsored corruption throughout the world. Khomeini introduced the epithet as the larger of a pair, using the term "Little Satan" to refer to Israel, particularly in the context of Israel–United States relations. In the context of the Cold War, Khomeini used the related term "Lesser Satan" to refer to the Soviet Union, and asserted that revolutionary Iran should oppose the Americans and the Soviets alike.

Background
The government of the Islamic Republic of Iran has a long history of espousing anti-Western sentiment as a result of interference in Iranian affairs by the British and U.S. governments. In 1907, an agreement signed between the British and Russian empires divided Iran into spheres of influence, infuriating Iranian public opinion. 46 years later in 1953, in response to the decision by Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadeq to nationalize the petroleum industry in Iran, the CIA and MI6 organized a coup d'état to overthrow his administration in favor of a pro-Western leader, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. The Eisenhower administration was concerned that Mossadeq's nationalist aspirations could lead to an eventual communist takeover of Iran. After widespread rioting and with help from the CIA and MI6, Mossadeq was defeated and the Shah returned to power, ensuring support for Western oil interests in Iran and ending the perceived threat of communist expansion. General Fazlollah Zahedi, who led the military coup, became prime minister. The operation was code-named Operation Ajax. At first, the military coup seemed to fail, and Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi fled the country.

In 1965, Ayatollah Khomeini was exiled for criticizing the White Revolution's decision to extend the franchise to women, initiate land reforms and the Shah's unpopular Status of Forces Bill, which gave U.S. military personnel diplomatic immunity for crimes committed in Iran. By the early 1970s, many Iranians opposed the Shah's government. Khomeini eventually returned to Iran and led the 1979 Iranian revolution. During the Iranian Revolution, demonstrators commonly chanted slogans such as "Death to Shah," "Independence, Freedom, Islamic Republic," and "Death to America".

Great Satan (United States)
Khomeini is quoted as saying on November 5, 1979, "[America is] the great Satan, the wounded snake." The term was used extensively during and after the Islamic Revolution, and it continues to be used in some Iranian political circles. Use of the term at rallies is often accompanied by shouts of "Marg bar Amrika!" ("Death to America"). It is used in academic journals.

Lesser Satan (Soviet Union)
Khomeini called the Soviet Union, the principal antagonist of the US during the Cold War, the "Lesser Satan" because of its atheistic communist ideology, and he said that Iran should support neither side of the Cold War.

Little Satan (Israel)
The State of Israel was condemned as the "Little Satan" in 1979 by Khomeini when he was addressing Israel's backing of the Shah, its close ties to the US, and the ongoing Israeli–Palestinian conflict. Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi also stated that "Israel is the little Satan" in a July 1980 interview.

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USS Gambier Bay

USS Gambier Bay (CVE-73) was a Casablanca-class escort carrier of the United States Navy. During the Battle off Samar, part of the overall Battle of Leyte Gulf, during a successful effort to turn back a much larger attacking Japanese surface force, Gambier Bay was sunk by naval gunfire, primarily from the battleship Yamato, taking at least 15 hits between 8:10 and 8:40. She was the only American aircraft carrier sunk by enemy surface gunfire during World War II.

Named for Gambier Bay on Admiralty Island in the Alaska Panhandle, she was originally classified AVG-73, was reclassified ACV-73 on 20 August 1942 and again reclassified CVE-73 on 15 July 1943; launched under a Maritime Commission contract by the Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington on 22 November 1943; sponsored by Mrs. H. C. Zitzewitz, wife of Lieutenant Commander Herbert C. Zitzewitz, the Senior Naval Liaison Officer (SNLO) assigned to Kaiser's Vancouver Yard from the Navy's Bureau of Ships; and commissioned at Astoria, Oregon on 28 December 1943, Captain Hugh H. Goodwin in command.

The ship was referred to as the "Bonus Ship" by yard personnel because she was the 19th carrier delivered in 1943. The yard had originally projected 16 carriers would be delivered before the end of 1943. However, in September the Navy asked the yard to increase that number by at least two more. To rally the workers, Kaiser initiated a campaign called "18 or More by '44" to meet the new challenge; being the 19th and last Kaiser-built carrier commissioned in 1943, Gambier Bay was dubbed the "Bonus Ship". No ships of her class survive today.

World War II

After shakedown out of San Diego, the escort carrier sailed on 7 February 1944 with 400 troops embarked for Pearl Harbor, thence to rendezvous off the Marshalls, guarded by the destroyer USS Norman Scott (DD-690), where she flew 84 replacement planes to the fleet carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6). She returned to San Diego via Pearl Harbor, ferrying aircraft for repairs and qualified carrier pilots off the coast of Southern California. She departed on 1 May 1944 to join Rear Admiral Harold B. Sallada's Carrier Support Group 2 (TG 52.11), staging in the Marshalls for the invasion of the Marianas.

Gambier Bay gave close air support to the initial landings of Marines on Saipan 15 June 1944, destroying enemy gun emplacements, troops, tanks, and trucks. On the 17th, her combat air patrol (CAP) shot down or turned back all but a handful of 47 enemy planes headed for her task group and her gunners shot down two of the three planes that did break through to attack her.

The following day, warning of another air attack sounded. As her fighters prepared to take off, they found intense antiaircraft fire of the entire task group covering their flight path. Captain Goodwin called the event "another shining example of the adaptability and courage of the young men of our country". Eight pilots of Composite Squadron 10 (VC-10) did take off to help repulse the aerial attack.

Gambier Bay remained off Saipan, repulsing aerial raids and launching planes which strafed enemy troop concentrations, bombed gun emplacements, and supported Marines and soldiers fighting ashore. Meanwhile, American carriers slashed the carrier air strength of the combined Japanese Mobile Fleet and turned it back in defeat in the Battle of the Philippine Sea. Gambier Bay continued close ground support operations at Tinian (19–31 July), then turned her attention to Guam, where she gave identical aid to invading troops until 11 August.

After a respite for logistics in the Marshalls, Gambier Bay spent 15–28 September supporting the amphibious attack which drove ashore and captured Peleliu and Angaur, Southern Palaus. She then steamed by way of Hollandia (currently known as Jayapura), New Guinea, to Manus Island, Admiralties, where the invasion of the Philippines was staged. Screened by four destroyer escorts, Gambier Bay and her sister ship USS Kitkun Bay (CVE-71) escorted transports and amphibious landing ships safely to Leyte Gulf before joining Rear Admiral Clifton A. F. Sprague's escort carrier task unit on 19 September off Leyte.

The task unit comprised six escort carriers, screened by three destroyers and four destroyer escorts, and was known by its radio call sign: "Taffy 3". Under the command of Rear Admiral Thomas L. Sprague, three groups of six-carrier task units, known as "Taffy"s, maintained air supremacy over Leyte Gulf and eastern Leyte. During the invasion their planes destroyed enemy airfields, supply convoys, and troop concentrations; gave troops driving inland vital close air support; and maintained combat air patrol over ships in Leyte Gulf. While "Taffy 1" and "Taffy 2" were respectively stationed off northern Mindanao and off the entrance to Leyte Gulf, "Taffy 3" steamed off Samar.

Meanwhile, the Japanese threw their entire fleet against American naval power in a desperate gamble to destroy the large concentration of American shipping in Leyte Gulf. Powerful Japanese forces—composed of carriers, battleships, cruisers, and destroyers—attempted to converge on the Philippines in a three-pronged attack to the south, center, and north. The Japanese Southern Force met disaster before dawn on 25 October as it tried to drive through Surigao Strait to join the Center Force off Leyte Gulf. While steaming through the Sibuyan Sea en route to the San Bernardino Strait on 24 October, the Center Force was hit hard by hundreds of planes from the carriers of Admiral William "Bull" Halsey's Third Fleet. After the Battle of Sibuyan Sea, Admiral Halsey no longer considered the Center Force a serious threat, and he sent the carriers north to intercept decoy carriers of the Japanese Northern Force off Cape Engaño.

Battle off Samar

The departure of Halsey's carriers left the escort carriers of "Taffy 3" as the only ships guarding the area around Samar. American commanders were unaware of night-time movement of the Japanese Center Force toward Samar. However, shortly after sunrise on 25 October, a gap in the morning mist disclosed the pagoda-like masts of enemy battleships and cruisers on the northern horizon. Admiral Takeo Kurita's still dangerous Center Force—consisting of four battleships, six heavy cruisers, two light cruisers and 11 destroyers—had slipped undetected through San Bernardino Strait and down the fog-shrouded coast of Samar, bound for Leyte Gulf. Visibility was approximately 40,000 yd with a low overcast and occasional rain squalls which the American ships would use to their advantage in the coming battle.

"Taffy 3" was overwhelmingly outgunned by the Center Force. Immediately, an urgent call for help went out from "Taffy 3" as the escort carriers steamed eastward to launch planes before gradually turning south to seek concealment in a heavy squall. American pilots attacked the Japanese formation with torpedoes, bombs, and strafing runs until their ammunition ran out, after which they made "dry runs"—dummy attacks with no ordnance or ammunition—to break up the enemy formation and delay its advance. Smoke was laid down to cover the escort carriers' escape as the destroyers ducked in and out of the smoke and rain to engage the Japanese warships at point-blank range until ordered back to cover the escort carriers with more smoke.

Coming under heavy fire
In spite of these efforts, Gambier Bay would come under fire from multiple ships at around 8:10. The heavy cruiser Chikuma closed to 10,200 yards and fired off her eight 8-inch (203 mm) guns. Meanwhile at 22,000 yards, the Japanese flagship, the battleship Yamato, landed a hit on her first salvo as an 18.1-inch (46 cm) shell smashed through Gambier Bay's hangar bay, while at a farther range the battleship Kongō targeted the flat top as well. Chikuma succeeded in scoring numerous hits to Gambier Bay's flight deck, starting a large fire which can be spotted in numerous photographs of the ship in the battle.

The fatal hit

Around 08:20, Gambier Bay was crippled by a shell hit which flooded her forward engine room, immediately cutting her speed to 10 knots as she gradually slowed until dead in the water. The damage was initially recorded as an 8-inch (203 mm) cruiser shell, likely from Chikuma. However, Japanese records disprove this and insist the hit was scored by an 18.1-inch (46 cm) shell from Yamato from around 20,000 yards. On paper, the difference between a cruiser round and a battleship round should have been apparent, but Yamato, having mistaken Gambier Bay for a full-sized fleet carrier, was firing armor-piercing shells that over-penetrated her hull without exploding. Most photographs of Gambier Bay under fire show her under attack from six-gun salvos and white splashes, corresponding with Yamato's gun layout, firing angle, and undyed shells.

Final moments
Yamato and Kongō claimed the same hit with their main guns at 8:23 (Yamato had the correct firing angle and the shorter range, and was awarded the hit) as Chikuma closed the range, close enough to be spotted in American photographs. An attempt was made by the destroyers Johnston, Hoel, and Heermann and the destroyer escort Samuel B. Roberts to cover Gambier Bay. This achieved only partial success: Chikuma turned aside to duel Heermann at point-blank range, with both ships receiving heavy damage; Kongō contributed to Hoel's sinking, though Yamato only targeted Hoel with her secondary guns and continued to fire on Gambier Bay with her 18.1-inch (46 cm) main battery. Fires raged through the riddled escort carrier, and she capsized at 09:07 and sank at 09:11, at approximately 11.51667°N, 126.2°W. Most of her nearly 800 survivors were rescued two days later by landing and patrol craft dispatched from Leyte Gulf. 147 crewmen were killed. The Americans also lost four other ships in the battle—USS St. Lo, Hoel, Samuel B. Roberts, and Johnston. Gambier Bay was the only US Navy aircraft carrier sunk exclusively by surface naval gunfire during World War II, and one of only two worldwide (along with HMS Glorious in 1940).

Aircraft from "Taffy 2" joined in the battle off Samar. The events that followed were described by Admiral Sprague:

"'At 09:25 my mind was occupied with dodging torpedoes when near the bridge I heard one of the signalmen yell 'They're getting away!' I could hardly believe my eyes, but it looked as if the whole Japanese fleet was indeed retiring. However, it took a whole series of reports from circling planes to convince me. And still I could not get the fact to soak into my battle-numbed brain. At best, I had expected to be swimming by this time.'"

Gambier Bay's VC-10 Squadron and other ships of "Taffy 3"—aided by planes of "Taffy 2"—had stopped the powerful Japanese Center Force and inflicted significant losses. Three enemy cruisers were sunk, and much damage was inflicted on the other ships. Overall, the overwhelmingly powerful Japanese surface fleet had been turned back by the escort carriers and their screen of destroyers and destroyer escorts.

Awards
Gambier Bay received four battle stars for service in World War II and shared in the award of the Presidential Unit Citation to "Taffy 3" for extraordinary heroism in the Battle off Samar. Commanding officer Captain Walter V. R. Vieweg received the Navy Cross for his "extraordinary heroism". Executive officer Richard R. Ballinger received the Silver Star "for conscious gallantry and intrepidity".

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Order of the Smile

The Order of the Smile (Polish: Order Uśmiechu) is an international award given by children to adults distinguished in their love, care and aid for children.

History
The idea of the Order of the Smile was established in 1968 by the Polish magazine Kurier Polski, inspired by Wanda Chotomska. In 1979 (announced by the UNESCO as the International Year of the Child) the Secretary-General of the United Nations Kurt Waldheim officially recognized the Order. From then, the Order of the Smile became an international order.

In 1996, in Rabka, the Order of the Smile Museum was established on the grounds of the family park known as "Rabkoland." After the region had been given the official status of the "City of Children from around the World," an initiative was put forward to open a permanent Polish Santa's Village, which would accept letters addressed to Santa Claus from children across Poland.

In 2003 an International Chapter of the Order of the Smile session took place outside the Warsaw headquarters in Świdnica, where the Child Friendship Center was being erected. Świdnica had been officially titled the "Capital of Children's Dreams," and September 21, 2003, was declared Order of the Smile Children's Day.

Design
Chotomska's television series Jacek i Agatka announced a competition to submit a design for the Order of the Smile. The award's logo was created and developed by a nine-year-old girl from Głuchołazy, Ewa Chrobak. Using a plate as a template, she drew a sun, and added uneven rays of light. The design, one of 45,000 that had been submitted, was chosen by Szymon Kobyliński, who elaborated it into its current form.

Nomination
All candidates for the Order of Smile should be nominated by children. Nominations can come from a single child or collectively from many children. Nominations can be submitted from all around the world. The candidates should be people of extraordinary love and work for children. Nominations should be sent to the International Chapter of the Order of Smile (ICOS). Afterwards the candidates are chosen to be Laureates by the Chapter.

The Order is awarded twice a year: in spring and in fall. Laureates of the Order of Smile include now about 1000 people from almost 50 countries (state of April 2016).

Decorating
The medal - which is a badge representing a smiling sun - is awarded in Warsaw, Poland by the International Chapter of the Order of the Smile. There is a special procedure of the decoration. In special cases the decoration could be held outside Poland, in the country of the laureate. The right to use the title of the "Knight of the Order of Smile" is guaranteed only to those who were decorated at an official ceremony organized by the Chapter.

Traditionally, upon being awarded with the medal, each recipient must drink a glass or cup of lemon juice while smiling throughout the process.

International Chapter
Although most of the 59 members of the Chapter are of Polish descent, it includes representatives from other countries such as Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Romania, Serbia, Sudan, Tunisia, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States.

At the forefront of the International Chapter of the Order of Smile stands the Chancellor, Marek Michalak, who remains in this position since 19 January 2007. Previous Chancellors include: Ewa Szelburg-Zarembina (from 1968 to 1976), Radoslaw Ostrowicz (from 1982 to 1990), and Cezary Leżenski (from 1976 to 1981, and again from 1992 to 2006).

On 16 November 1992, the International Chapter of the Order of Smile was officially registered in Poland as an association.

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Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia

The Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia (also known as the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia), is a moderate political party in Nova Scotia, Canada. Like most conservative parties in Atlantic Canada, it has been historically associated with the Red Tory faction of Canadian conservatism. The party is currently led by Pictou East MLA Tim Houston. The party won a majority government in the 2021 provincial election. The Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia and the Conservative Party of Canada are two separate entities.

History
The Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia, registered under the Nova Scotia Elections Act as the Progressive Conservative Party of Nova Scotia, originated from the Confederation Party of Charles Tupper. Tupper united members of the pre-Confederation Conservative Party (who were predominantly United Empire Loyalists and members of the business elite) and supporters of Sir John A. Macdonald's national Conservative coalition. The party supported Macdonald's protectionist National Policy, nation-building, and the unification of British North America.

Canadian Confederation was initially unpopular in Nova Scotia, and the party was out of government for most of the late 19th century. It formed government for only six years between 1867 and 1956. It bottomed out in 1945, when the party was shut out of the legislature altogether.

The modern party was built by Robert Stanfield after World War II. Stanfield, the scion of a wealthy textile family, had considered himself socialist in university; though he later moderated his views, he always remained a progressive. Under his leadership, what was by then the "Progressive Conservative Party" became a moderate Red Tory organization. He was able to get the party back into the House of Assembly soon after taking the leadership. By 1956, he had built it into an organization that was able to sweep to power, winning re-election four times.

As premier, he led reforms in human rights, education, municipal government and health care and also created Industrial Estates Limited, a crown corporation that successfully attracted investment from world companies such as Michelin Tire. He worked to modernized the road system, brought in the first form of Medicare, established the first economic development agency, invested heavily in education at all levels and established the predecessor to the Nova Scotia Community College.

After Stanfield left provincial politics to become leader of the federal Progressive Conservative Party in 1967, G. I. Smith served as premier until 1970. After being elected party leader in 1971, John Buchanan was elected premier in 1978. He was re-elected in 1981, 1984 and 1988. In the 1984 election, voters served his largest majority, capturing 42 of the 52 seats in the legislature. Buchanan's government first succeeded in convincing federal government to give Nova Scotia control over offshore resources such as gas and oil, resulting in future revenue for the province through the Crown Share.

Roger Bacon became premier in 1990 after Buchanan was appointed to the Senate of Canada and until the party selected Donald W. Cameron as party leader and premier. During his term, Cameron reformed government finance practices, promoted anti-discrimination measures, introduced new government accountability measures and established the first non-partisan electoral boundaries revision commission in 1992.

The party in recent years
After six years of Liberal governments led by John Savage and later Russel MacLellan, PC leader John Hamm was elected premier in 1999. After taking office, he invested more in education and health care, implemented some tax cuts and sold or closed government-owned industries such as Sydney Steel. His government also passed tough lobbyist registration legislation, introduced smoking cessation initiatives, provided new funding for community college modernization and achieved historically high economic growth and employment numbers. His government was the first to truly balance provincial finances in 25 years in 2002. Hamm retired as Premier of Nova Scotia and leader of the PC party in 2006Rodney MacDonald was elected to replace Hamm as party leader in 2006 and subsequently became Premier of Nova Scotia. Through strategic investments in rural broadband infrastructure, MacDonald continued to expand high-speed internet access throughout the province. MacDonald's government moved to help stabilize energy costs, grow the economy and attract new investment to the province.

The 2006 election resulted in a reduced minority for MacDonald and the Progressive Conservatives were reduced to third-party status in the 2009 election. On June 24, 2009, MacDonald stepped down as leader and Karen Casey was named the interim leader.

Jamie Baillie became leader of the PC Party on October 30, 2010 after running unopposed. He led the party into the 2013 election, and won eleven seats allowing the PC party form the Official Opposition. In the 2017 election, the party retained official opposition status, and increased their seat count to 17.

On November 1, 2017, Baillie announced he was stepping down as leader. Baillie was to remain in the position until a new leader was chosen, however on January 24, 2018, he resigned after the party executive requested his immediate resignation due to "allegations of inappropriate behaviour". Following his resignation, Pictou West MLA Karla MacFarlane was named interim leader.

In 2018, Tim Houston was elected the leader of the PC party after getting a large plurality of the points in the first round.

In the 2021 Nova Scotia general election, the Progressive Conservative party won a majority government for the first time since 1999 and formed government for the first time since 2006.

Values and mission
According to the PC Party website, their mission is "to form a fiscally responsible, socially progressive government that promotes individual achievement and personal responsibility, is accountable to its citizens, listens to its people, embraces innovation, preserves the best of our unique heritage and diverse cultures and learns from the past".

Party leaders

 * James William Johnston (1843–1864)
 * Charles Tupper (1864–1867)
 * Hiram Blanchard (1867–1874)
 * Simon Hugh Holmes (1874–1882)
 * John Sparrow David Thompson (1882)
 * Adam Carr Bell (1882–1887)
 * William McKay (1887–1890)
 * Charles Cahan (1890–1894)
 * William McKay (1894–1897)
 * John Fitzwilliam Stairs (1897–1904)
 * Charles Wilcox (1898–1901) (house leader)
 * Charles E. Tanner (1901–1908) (house leader)
 * Charles Wilcox (1908–1909) (house leader)
 * John M. Baillie (1909–1912) (house leader)
 * Charles E. Tanner (1912–1922)
 * W.L. Hall (1922–1925)
 * Edgar Nelson Rhodes (1925–1930)
 * Gordon Sidney Harrington (1930–1937)
 * Percy C. Black (1937–1940)
 * Leonard William Fraser (1940–1948)
 * Fred M. Blois (1940–1945) (house leader)
 * Robert Stanfield (1948–1967)
 * G.I. Smith (1967–1971)
 * John Buchanan (1971–1990)
 * Roger Stuart Bacon (1990–1991) (interim)
 * Donald W. Cameron (1991–1993)
 * Terry Donahoe (1993–1995) (interim)
 * John Hamm (1995–2006)
 * Rodney MacDonald (2006–2009)
 * Karen Casey (2009–2010) (interim)
 * Jamie Baillie (2010–2018)
 * Karla MacFarlane (2018) (interim)
 * Tim Houston (2018–present)