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User talk:Falcon Kirtaran

I received a message telling about Sockpuppet investigation. I have just one account as editor with my personal email (atlas@atlas.fun).

I asked the help to Worldofentertainment to start the article Michele Northrup. After I saw an warning on the article that could be deleted because it wasn't on the Wikipedia rules.

I made the modifications on the article by myself, without anymore help. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Atlascortecero (talk • contribs) 01:09, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Archival
The previous contents of this page have been archived.

 * Start to June 11th 2005
 * June 11th 2005 to June 25th 2005
 * June 25th 2005 to August 15th 2008
 * August 15th 2008 to September 15th 2016

Dallas Taylor (vocalist)
You sent me a message, and said to leave you a message on this page, but i do not see a section for it, i had made a change to Dallas Taylors (vocalist) page concerning his marriage, the statement on there now, saying his marriage ended because, he was sleeping with other women, is absolutely false, im his best friend, he is recovery from a horrible atv accident(which is written on his page) and he saw this written on his page, it is very harmful, and very untrue, please change it, thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.85.103.204 (talk) 23:57, 5 October 2016 (UTC)
 * You're welcome to remove unsourced disparaging concent from biographies of living persons - see WP:BLP. I only reverted your edit because it added unsourced content and looked suspicious due to the lack of an edit summary.  Please also be familiar with our conflict of interest policy when editing pages concerning people you are closely connected to.  For now, I've removed the offending paragraph.  FalconK (talk) 23:08, 7 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Actually, someone else removed it while I was typing this. Stet, I suppose.  FalconK (talk) 23:10, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

Why do you think the Auth0 page should be deleted?
I gave my rationale on its AfD discussion page. FalconK (talk) 23:13, 7 October 2016 (UTC)

AFD vs. CSD
See this. Thanks. VegasCasinoKid (talk) 08:17, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
 * That is fine. It might be a little hasty, but I did look for sources for a moment.  FalconK (talk) 08:33, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I was trying to improve the article as best I could, but when AFD snowballs to deletion then the AFD was a good idea. It will be less likely the article will be recreated without the proper sources in the future.  I've CSD'd the redirect citing the AFD's closure.  VegasCasinoKid (talk) 09:00, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

Why did you revert Ban Ki-moon?
I showed references! 211.36.139.46 (talk) 08:43, 1 October 2016 (UTC)
 * What you have cited are opinion pieces, and the statement that he is the worst secretary-general of the UN is not a factual one. I'm not going to toll WP:3RR over this, but please undo your edit.  FalconK (talk) 08:56, 1 October 2016 (UTC)

I am just proveing a point to a friend. -Buzz

Removal of Mauritius Case
Hi

This is a close family friend of Mr. Eduardo Gil talking. I need to remove the article the case about Mr. Gil's involving fraud case in Mauritius as this was completely irrelevant information. He won the fraud case and I have a proof to show you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by IvanAbrenica (talk • contribs) 11:42, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
 * If that is so, why don't you change it to say that he was charged and then won the case, and cite a source? FalconK (talk) 11:44, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

Aleppo Offensive 2016
I have clearly explained, pretty adequately, why I removed the subject. in case you missed it: "(Only western point of view included, I am keeping this section away from the article until Russian and/or Syrian rebuttals are included as well. Only can that be considered neutral, as per Wiki's policy, by having all points of view being included.)"

Your restoration of this portion is a disgrace to neutrality, not only did you restore it without understanding the intentions behind the removal, you probably do not even know the history behind this removal. Ekograf have been submitting biased, baseless accusations towards Russia and Syria from western sources without submitting the relevant rebuttals from Russian and/or Syrian sources. I have already warned him that it wasn't neutral if only one point of view was included, he not only restored the post, but added more biased and baseless accusations despite the warning. he also have the cheek to mention, I quote: (ALL points of view need to be presented by all parties per WP's policy on neutrality.), despite only submitting ONE point of view. He is clearly not interested in neutrality at all and you should be ashamed of yourself for not investigating further before trying to lecture me.

I WILL remove that section until he adds ALL points of view.

42.61.144.223 (talk) 11:58, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

 * To me, it looked like the removal of sourced content. Those doing the accusing may be biased, but information that accusing was done isn't.  Why don't you add the opposing points of view yourself, with appropriate citations?  FalconK (talk) 12:01, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

 * Why should I be the one adding it when the rebuttals by Russia are in those very articles? It's obvious that EkoGraf have no intention of being neutral and by removing his content is the only way to force him to carry out the very neutrality he has the cheek to stuff into my face. 42.61.144.223 (talk) 12:07, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

 * Because it would be the most productive way to resolve the conflict. All you need to do is write a couple lines taken from facts in reliable sources about what others have said.  This would be a billion times faster than trying to force User:EkoGraf to do it by removing content, and wouldn't draw ire from RC patrollers.  FalconK (talk) 12:12, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

 * First, I am not biased against Russia and Syria as you accuse me off. If anything, I am for Russia and Syria since they are fighting the jihadists that my own father died fighting in Bosnia. So I find your accusation a bit offensive. However, I know how to keep a neutral stance in editing Wikipedia, without letting my emotions dictate what I write here. Second, per WP policy, all of the cited sources are reliable media outlets. And per WP policy we are obligated to write what they report on. The section is called reactions, and we wrote the reactions of the US, France and UK. As Falcon Kirtaran says, you can feel free to insert Syria's and Russia's denials of the accusations. I myself don't have time to do everything because I'm following and updating a dozen articles on Wikipedia. However, I should warn you that removing properly sourced information along with its sources in the way that you did is non-neutral point of view pushing which is not allowed on Wikipedia. Also, you should stick to Wikipedia's policy on Civility and Assuming good faith from your fellow editors. Cheers! EkoGraf (talk) 13:01, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

Proof of Mauritius Case
I'm working out about the issues regarding with Mr. Gil. I personally knew Mr. Eddie Gil but I want to know where your information came from that Mr. Gil did the wrong doings and against the law. We will file a case against you if you're going to put the article again. So please don't put an information regarding him if you don't know him personally — Preceding unsigned comment added by IvanAbrenica (talk • contribs) 12:59, 3 October 2016 (UTC)
 * It's not me your quarrel is with! However, Wikipedia does have a policy about editing while making legal threats at WP:NLT.  FalconK (talk) 13:05, 3 October 2016 (UTC)

Religion in Malaysia
Hi, just wanted to let you know that you reverted | this edit in Religion in Malaysia, but the editor was onto something -- they were noting that the previous edits were vandalism. I've undone the vandalism and | let the editor know that they were on the right track, but they were just tackling the problem in the wrong way. Just thought I'd let you know in case something like it comes up in the future. :) Thanks, Somno (talk) 01:42, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

CMU SV
CMU SV does not have the post of director any more. Please refer here. You won't find Martin Griss since he has resigned. Also, the Provost is same as that for CMU (refer here). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.136.152.214 (talk) 05:57, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Cool! I've restored it for you, and added a citation.  FalconK (talk) 06:04, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

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Can you give me the space and time to work on this article ! its my first article on Wikipedia and i'm aiming to make a positive addition. so appreciate your comments and recommendations. Alfarhat (talk) 07:21, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
 * You must not remove Articles for Deletion templates from articles until the discussion on them is closed. I recommend you go to Articles_for_deletion/Mazen_Khaddaj to discuss the article there instead.  FalconK (talk) 07:24, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

Editing Energy policy of China (section)
Hi there, I hope you are well! The information that I removed is 9 years old and the quote that China is building 562 coal power plants and at a rate of 2 per week is very very out of date. This was precipitated thought a conversation on reddit. It is a fact that China and the US lead the world with investment in renewable energy http://www.techinsider.io/top-renewable-energy-investments-by-country-2016-3/#2-united-states-441-billion-9.

It is hard to demonstrate how many they may still be building per week, but the rate is not out pacing the coal power plants that they are closing. I have provided some links that demonstrate that emissions have peaked in China and that coal power has begun to decrease. http://www.energypost.eu/chinas-electricity-mix-changing-fast-co2-emissions-may-peaked/ And under the problems section https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_China — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.108.56.40 (talk) 07:53, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Oh, OK! As long as you cite something, feel free to write it like it is!  FalconK (talk) 07:54, 4 October 2016 (UTC)

i wrote this message before since were not religious scholars we should remove it
 * Hey! thank so much. I think removing the section works well and the accurate info is started below on the topic of coal production. I just noticed that the parts I deleted were in the context of building power plants and not coal production/mining which is what the section is discussing, so that kind of puts another tick why it should be removed. Anywho! Thanks again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.108.56.40 (talk) 08:03, 4 October 2016 (UTC)
 * Yeah, looking at it more, I definitely agree with you. I've gone ahead and restored your version (with the outdated ephemeral information removed).  Just FYI, if you leave an edit summary explaining what you're doing, it's a lot less likely that anyone will think it's just indiscriminate removal of content.  FalconK (talk) 05:50, 6 October 2016 (UTC)

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Your GA nomination of Buffer overflow
Hi there, I'm pleased to inform you that I've begun reviewing the article Buffer overflow you nominated for GA-status according to the criteria. This process may take up to 7 days. Feel free to contact me with any questions or comments you might have during this period. Message delivered by Legobot, on behalf of Maury Markowitz -- Maury Markowitz (talk) 21:40, 20 October 2016 (UTC)

Rendering places of birth or death where the political geography has changed.
It has been my understanding that a person's birthplace is rendered in their Bio Box according to political geography of the time. For instance, George Washington's birthplace is listed as "Bridges Creek, Westmoreland County, Virginia, British America," noting British America and not the modern U. S. The edit in question regards the page of Comanche chief Quanah Parker, who was born in the present-day state of Oklahoma, albeit when the region was known as Indian Territory. A fellow editor has alleged that these birthplace notations are "for modern readers to locate," though most examples I have seen do not reflect this. A closer example would be Chief Sitting Bull, whose page denotes his birthplace as Dakota Territory rather than any modern state in the American union. In the interest of avoiding needless editing conflict, what is the correct policy on this? Sethzel (talk) 20:14, 7 November 2016 (UTC)
 * If I was involved in that article at all, it was only to revert vandalism. However, I refer you to Template:Infobox person for the documentation if not necessarily the consensus: for both places of birth and of death, the name of the place at the time of the vital event is the one that should be used.  FalconK (talk) 21:21, 7 November 2016 (UTC)

 * No, this did not involve you; you were my introductory greeter to Wikipedia, so I defaulted to you for the proper guidelines. The other user in question has continued to alter the birthplace with emphatic insistence they are in the right. I do not think it is intentional newcomer biting, however. Sethzel (talk) 03:27, 8 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Aah, welcome again! Hopefully this helped.  FalconK (talk) 04:27, 8 November 2016 (UTC)

Your GA nomination of BitLocker
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Your GA nomination of Buffer overflow
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Nomination of Vampire lifestyle for deletion
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French People
The changes I made to French People were simple rewordings removing the idea that had not been stated in Mr Renan's Statements, that racism was a quote "inherent" and immutable part of Colonialism. No references should be needed to remove content that says Colonialism is always racist as it is the removal of an opinion/personl viewpoint and not the insertion of new information. HalalSquad (talk) 06:31, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Oh! I wonder if I misread my screen while RC patrolling, and thought you'd added what you'd removed.  Sorry about that, carry on!  FalconK (talk) 06:36, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

Syntax edit war
Hi Falcon,

All the information I posted is true and I have links and documents to prove it. WinterMage42 called me on the phone and we spoke for 2 hours, my telephone number is public on syntaxband.com/facebook syntaxtheband. WinterMage42 was impressed at all of the information I have in my criminal investigation file as 3 members of US Syntax worked for the IRS in 1983-1986. WinterMage42 said he would let me add the information to the wikipedia Syntax band page and he would leave it up this time. He wanted me to include even more of the information in the Syntax back story we discussed on the phone on to the wikipedia page. Much of the information comes from the book I am writing on the subject called "Syntax - The Grayson Incident". You can see I am the owner of uspto trademark 4639300 and through this exchange we can bring both Mike Touriner and Jan Burton back from what the trademark infringement settlement with Sony/CBS has done to their lives. WinterMage42 claims to have conversations with Jan Burton and has been shown photo ID to prove his identity and is interested in Licensing the trademark from me so they can record again. WinterMage42 is checking with Jan Burton to see if his Sony Contract will allow him to record under the name "Syntax". If you check the page on Kerry Livgren you will see Sony did not allow him to even record outside the Christian market. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dhmartens (talk • contribs) 07:00, 18 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Howdy! There are very few exceptions to the WP:3RR (the 3 revert rule), and adding content to articles doesn't fall under any of them - even if the content is true.  I have a couple suggestions, though.  For starters, if you want to add content, please make sure it complies with the manual of style -- it can't, for example, be written in the first person.  Disputes about the content should be resolved on the article's talkpage, not by constantly reverting one another's edits.  Otherwise, you two could revert each other to kingdom come and the only thing that would come out of it is extra work for people who review recent changes.  FalconK (talk) 07:06, 18 December 2020 (UTC)

Rollei 35
There was an easy and obvious fix to the Rollei 35 article. Merely reverting what I did was not productive. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 115.189.100.224 (talk) 08:38, 19 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Your edit was reverted because you added "GET ON WITH IT". In the future, your edits are less likely to be reverted if you just make your intended change; commentary added to articles is generally considered vandalism.  FalconK (talk) 09:00, 19 December 2020 (UTC)

New page reviewer granted
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Prods & CSD's
Greetings, and welcome to NPP. Thanks for taking the time. Just a head's up, but a couple of years ago, NPP decided that articles that have been tagged for Prod, or CSD, should not be marked as reviewed. You can mark those which have been sent to AfD, but not the other two. You can see the discussion here: Wikipedia talk:New pages patrol/Reviewers/Archive 30. Thanks. And don't hesitate to ask questions, either on the NPP reviewer talk page, or to other editors who do work on NPP.  Onel 5969  TT me 12:43, 28 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Interesting; thanks. FalconK (talk) 19:21, 28 December 2020 (UTC)

Articles for Deletion - Ibrahim Amir
Hi, this is with regards to your nomination to delete the articles Ibrahim Amir and Ahmed Amir. I have included additional sources from Haveeru Daily, Mihaaru and Dho. Could you please have a look and confirm if the articles now deserve to be included in Wikipedia main space. If the articles are voted to be kept, I will work on expanding the career part since I am "swimming" through the archives searching for other reliable sources too. ShappeAli (talk)

AfD comments
Hello, I noticed and commented on Articles for deletion/Are You Ready (Hannah Montana song). As part of an ongoing cleanup of non-notable songs articles, I'd very appreciate if you can comment on Articles for deletion/Red Hot Kinda Love, as the discussion has stalled for quite a bit now. Thank you, and I hope you a prosperous year ahead after passing this one hell of a year that is 2020, HĐ (talk) 16:31, 30 December 2020 (UTC)
 * No problem. I've chimed in.  FalconK (talk) 00:55, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

Nick Barrotta
Why did you nominate his page for deletion? A. Julian 10:02, 3 January 2021 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by A.JulianEditor (talk • contribs)

 * I explained my rationale at the AfD page. Feel free to chime in there.  A review of the relevant notability guidelines may help, particularly WP:ENT and WP:ANYBIO.  FalconK (talk) 10:06, 3 January 2021 (UTC)

Good Job
I just observed this tag, if it is contested please do alert me. I intend to take it to AFD. That’s blatant COI if I i have ever seen one, can’t tell how that evaded scrutiny for so long. Celestina007 (talk) 21:13, 3 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I have a small personal project to root these out whenever I have time to.  Will let you know if it escalates!  FalconK (talk) 00:41, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

AfD comments (yet again...)
Hello, thank you so much for your comments on the last AfD for Red Hot Kinda Love. Your argument was very well constructed and certainly helpful. I was wondering if you could also comment on some recent AfDs... including Harajuku Girls (song) and Complicated (Rihanna song)? Sorry for bothering you this way, it's just that I think you may have some pieces of wisdom that the current editors lack in their rationale to keep/delete/redirect the articles. Thank you, and I hope you have a fulfilling year ahead (pretty sure nothing can get worse than last year, I suppose). HĐ (talk) 03:17, 4 January 2021 (UTC)

Article that shouldn’t be deleted
The article I created, GSU Soccer Complex, should not be deleted. There is no reason to delete it, as there are articles that I’ve seen that should be deleted but they aren’t. GSU Soccer Complex is an important part of college soccer, and should be kept as an article. Ajax.amsterdam.fan (talk) 15:25, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
 * I suggest you participate in the AfD discussion linked from the article then. But do take a read of WP:OTHERSTUFF.  FalconK (talk) 19:40, 18 January 2021 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter September 2021
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LMR
I am new to Wikipedia. I entered my companies name LMR and mentioned it is initials meaning Leo M Roy. And also stated my main dba's Drain Works and Vanda World.

Why was that wrong. I've owner LMR since 1995 and legally registered on USA and Canda Vandaworld (talk) 07:33, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

 * Hello! I reverted it because the fact isn't significant to the disambiguation page and the targets (Mr. Roy or any of those companies) don't seem to meet the notability standard.  Also check out WP:NOTDIRECTORY and WP:PROMO.  FalconK (talk) 07:38, 10 January 2022 (UTC)

WP:SERIESA
Nice. I might start linking to that. I'd give ya a barnstar thingy if I thought it'd mean something to you!  HighKing++ 21:19, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks! FalconK (talk) 21:53, 17 January 2022 (UTC)
 * What do you think about a version of the Source Assessment Table but tuned towards NCORP requirements?  HighKing++ 13:17, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

That would probably be a great idea. So much of that part of AfD concentrates on the reliability of the source, and not the independence or whether the coverage is substantial. FalconK (talk) 07:05, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

I'm sorry
Sorry I made a mistake my bad!!

Donald Trump 2024 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:589:4B00:1260:11CD:EDA8:8D89:F786 (talk) 00:48, 27 January 2022 (UTC)

Removal of edit
Hi Falcon. I received a message saying you had removed my edits to Global Hotel Alliance, as you thought it "less than neutral". I'm curious as to what part made you feel like that. All of the content is factual and informative. I don't see where any part of it is opinion. Can you please clarify. I am happy to revise if I understand the issue (nb this is my first contribution). Thanks & regards. — Preceding unsigned comment added by PointsNplaces (talk • contribs) 00:17, 30 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I believe what tipped me off during recent changes patrolling was the phrase "bespoke local experiences". It's important to avoid taking a promotional tone in the article.  I hate to ask, but you're not affiliated in any way with the hotel chain I hope?  FalconK (talk) 00:24, 30 January 2022 (UTC)

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Can You Explain what's non-constructive
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New Page Patrol newsletter May 2022
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At the time of the last newsletter (No.26, September 2021), the backlog was 'only' just over 6,000 articles. In the past six months, the backlog has reached nearly 16,000, a staggering level not seen in several years. A very small number of users had been doing the vast majority of the reviews. Due to "burn-out", we have recently lost most of this effort. Furthermore, several reviewers have been stripped of the user right for abuse of privilege and the articles they patrolled were put back in the queue.

Several discussions on the state of the process have taken place on the talk page, but there has been no action to make any changes. The project also lacks coordination since the "position" is vacant.

In the last 30 days, only 100 reviewers have made more than 8 patrols and only 50 have averaged one review a day. There are currently Special:ListUsers/patroller New Page Reviewers, but about a third have not had any activity in the past month. All administrators have this permission, but only about a dozen significantly contribute to NPP.

This means we have an active pool of about 450 to address the backlog. We cannot rely on a few to do most of the work as that inevitably leads to burnout. A fairly experienced reviewer can usually do a review in a few minutes. If every active reviewer would patrol just one article per day, the backlog would very quickly disappear.

If you have noticed a user with a good understanding of Wikipedia notability and deletion, do suggest they help the effort by placing on their talk page.

If you are no longer very active on Wikipedia or you no longer wish to be part of the New Page Reviewer user group, please consider asking any admin to remove you from the list. This will enable NPP to have a better overview of its performance and what improvements need to be made to the process and its software.

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New Page Patrol newsletter June 2022
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At the time of the last newsletter (No.27, May 2022), the backlog was approaching 16,000, having shot up rapidly from 6,000 over the prior two months. The attention the newsletter brought to the backlog sparked a flurry of activity. There was new discussion on process improvements, efforts to invite new editors to participate in NPP increased and more editors requested the NPP user right so they could help, and most importantly, the number of reviews picked up and the backlog decreased, dipping below 14,000 at the end of May.
 * Backlog status

Since then, the news has not been so good. The backlog is basically flat, hovering around 14,200. I wish I could report the number of reviews done and the number of new articles added to the queue. But the available statistics we have are woefully inadequate. The only real number we have is the net queue size.

In the last 30 days, the top 100 reviewers have all made more than 16 patrols (up from 8 last month), and about 70 have averaged one review a day (up from 50 last month).

While there are more people doing more reviews, many of the ~730 with the NPP right are doing little. Most of the reviews are being done by the top 50 or 100 reviewers. They need your help. We appreciate every review done, but please aim to do one a day (on average, or 30 a month).

A backlog reduction drive, coordinated by buidhe and Zippybonzo, will be held from July 1 to July 31. Sign up here. Barnstars will be awarded.
 * Backlog drive

Many new articles on schools are being created by new users in developing and/or non-English-speaking countries. The authors are probably not even aware of Wikipedia's projects and policy pages. WP:WPSCH/AG has some excellent advice and resources specifically written for these users. Reviewers could consider providing such first-time article creators with a link to it while also mentioning that not all schools pass the GNG and that elementary schools are almost certainly not notable.
 * TIP – New school articles

There is a new template available,, to show the current backlog. You can place it on your user or talk page as a reminder:
 * Misc

There has been significant discussion at WP:VPP recently on NPP-related matters (Draftification, Deletion, Notability, Verifiability, Burden). Proposals that would somewhat ease the burden on NPP aren't gaining much traction, although there are suggestions that the role of NPP be fundamentally changed to focus only on major CSD-type issues.

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NPP July 2022 backlog drive is on!
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Felixstowe Ferry
You keep deleting family history from the felixstowe ferry page. I have now lived there for a mere 37 years after being born in a house there. I believe I know much more about it's history than you. Gbrspratt (talk) 17:22, 24 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Hello! Looking at the history, I haven't touched it since January.  But when I did revert your changes, I left you an explanation.  For example, when I saw this edit of yours, I was doing recent changes patrol.  I noticed that your edit did not include a citation, and that is why I reverted it - no matter how much you may personally know about the area, all content in Wikipedia must be verifiable, which generally requires a citation to a reliable source.  If you can find some - local histories, especially if digitized, are an excellent resource for this - you're welcome to add the content back.  As an RC patroller I'm not personally interested in the article, and it's unlikely I'll interact with it again unless it shows up in the queue.  FalconK (talk) 21:45, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter August 2022
Hello ,

After the last newsletter (No.28, June 2022), the backlog declined another 1,000 to 13,000 in the last week of June. Then the July backlog drive began, during which 9,900 articles were reviewed and the backlog fell by 4,500 to just under 8,500 (these numbers illustrate how many new articles regularly flow into the queue). Thanks go to the coordinators and, as well as all the nearly 100 participants. Congratulations to who led with 880 points. See this page for further details.
 * Backlog status

Unfortunately, most of the decline happened in the first half of the month, and the backlog has already risen to 9,600. Understandably, it seems many backlog drive participants are taking a break from reviewing and unfortunately, we are not even keeping up with the inflow let alone driving it lower. We need the other 600 reviewers to do more! Please try to do at least one a day.

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Nomination for Deletion
Hello @Falcon Kirtaran. How are you? I am fine. I was notified of the lack of independent sources for the article Adetola Nola, This is my first artcle as wikipedian for many years *Life Happened, Lol.) I did my research on the topic and I referenced sources which I believe they are independent sources, are these sources not considered enough? Since its my first article, I would appreciate if you can help me point out where I could improve this article. @Falcon Kirtaran I would love you to help me point out what to do to improve the article . Regards.  Thisiswhyiambroke (talk) 08:52, 3 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I nominated this article for deletion because I'd previously proposed its deletion for notability reasons (see WP:BLP and WP:ANYBIO), it was deleted, and now it's back. In general if all we can say about someone is they've started successful businesses and appeared on a Forbes list, it's not likely that person is notable.  The problems with the sources you've cited when it comes to establishing notability (not facts) are generally that they're either dependent or don't cover the subject in adequate depth.  Remember that we need significant coverage in multiple independent reliable secondary sources to justify an article; this is intentionally a very high bar and not everyone mentioned in the press should have an article.  The two Vanguard sources are interviews; sources that rely mostly on the subject for their information are dependent sources, and this couldn't be clearer if the article is an interview transcript.  The articles have to be about the subject of the biography; the Punch article is about Lagos Business School and its training of real estate professionals.  The source in the Guardian is marginal; it generally meets the criteria, but it's a list of profiles, so whether it's significant coverage is debateable.  It also relies heavily on quotes from the subject.  That addresses the theme.  We generally expect that biographical articles about businesspeople be written after the businesspeople are in the news for different things over a period of time; if it's just publicity that attaches to being a company founder, an article is not appropriate.  FalconK (talk) 09:15, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

I appreciate your feedback on this article. It will help me greatly in improving the article. I will do more research on the subject and try to improve the article.

Permit me to add you to my mentor's list and how I can also help grow this community by learning from you. Thanks Thisiswhyiambroke (talk) 10:27, 3 September 2022 (UTC)

October 2022 New Pages Patrol backlog drive
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WP not Crunchable, Great Essay!
Hi, I read your essay the other day as a result of you commenting on the AfD for William R. Assoc. and really enjoyed it. It was very helpful and clear. It's particularly valuable given the fact that I don't really think there is enough discussion of where the line of significant coverage is and in my limited experience that is where a lot of the issues arise. Thanks again! Jtrrs0 (talk) 09:57, 11 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm really glad to hear this! Thank you!  FalconK (talk) 18:28, 11 October 2022 (UTC)

New Page Patrol newsletter October 2022
Hello , Much has happened since the last newsletter over two months ago. The open letter finished with 444 signatures. The letter was sent to several dozen people at the WMF, and we have heard that it is being discussed but there has been no official reply. A related article appears in the current issue of The Signpost. If you haven't seen it, you should, including the readers' comment section.

Awards: Barnstars were given for the past several years (thanks to ), and we are now all caught up. The 2021 cup went to for leading with 26,525 article reviews during 2021. To encourage moderate activity, a new "Iron" level barnstar is awarded annually for reviewing 360 articles ("one-a-day"), and 100 reviews earns the "Standard" NPP barnstar. About 90 reviewers received barnstars for each of the years 2018 to 2021 (including the new awards that were given retroactively). All awards issued for every year are listed on the Awards page. Check out the new Hall of Fame also. Software news: and  have connected with WMF developers who can review and approve patches, so they have been able to fix some bugs, and make other improvements to the Page Curation software. You can see everything that has been fixed recently here. The reviewer report has also been improved. Suggestions:
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Backlog: Saving the best for last: From a July low of 8,500, the backlog climbed back to 11,000 in August and then reversed in September dropping to below 6,000 and continued falling with the October backlog drive to under 1,000, a level not seen in over four years. Keep in mind that there are 2,000 new articles every week, so the number of reviews is far higher than the backlog reduction. To keep the backlog under a thousand, we have to keep reviewing at about half the recent rate!

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Hi I reopened that Afd. I don't know if you want to comment on it.  scope_creep Talk  12:19, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

Oh! Thanks for letting me know FalconK (talk) 12:53, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

New Pages Patrol newsletter January 2023
Hello , The October drive reduced the backlog from 9,700 to an amazing 0! Congratulations to who led with 2084 points. See this page for further details. The queue is steadily rising again and is approaching 2,000. It would be great if <2,000 were the “new normal”. Please continue to help out even if it's only for a few or even one patrol a day. won the 2022 cup for 28,302 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 80/day. There was one Gold Award (5000+ reviews), 11 Silver (2000+), 28 Iron (360+) and 39 more for the 100+ barnstar. led again for the 4th year by clearing 49,294 redirects. For the full details see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone!
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New Pages Patrol newsletter June 2023
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Redirect drive: In response to an unusually high redirect backlog, we held a redirect backlog drive in May. The drive completed with 23851 reviews done in total, bringing the redirect backlog to 0 (momentarily). Congratulations to who led with a staggering 4316 points, followed by  and  with 2868 and 2546 points respectively. See this page for more details. The redirect queue is steadily rising again and is steadily approaching 4,000. Please continue to help out, even if it's only for a few or even one review a day.

Redirect autopatrol: All administrators without autopatrol have now been added to the redirect autopatrol list. If you see any users who consistently create significant amounts of good quality redirects, consider requesting redirect autopatrol for them here.

WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team, consisting of, and also some patches from , has been hard at work updating PageTriage. They are focusing their efforts on modernising the extension's code rather than on bug fixes or new features, though some user-facing work will be prioritised. This will help make sure that this extension is not deprecated, and is easier to work on in the future. In the next month or so, we will have an opt-in beta test where new page patrollers can help test the rewrite of Special:NewPagesFeed, to help find bugs. We will post more details at WT:NPPR when we are ready for beta testers.

Articles for Creation (AFC): All new page reviewers are now automatically approved for Articles for Creation draft reviewing (you do not need to apply at WT:AFCP like was required previously). To install the AFC helper script, visit Special:Preferences, visit the Gadgets tab, tick "Yet Another AFC Helper Script", then click "Save". To find drafts to review, visit Special:NewPagesFeed, and at the top left, tick "Articles for Creation". To review a draft, visit a submitted draft, click on the "More" menu, then click "Review (AFCH)". You can also comment on and submit drafts that are unsubmitted using the script.

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New page patrol October 2023 Backlog drive
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New pages patrol newsletter
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Backlog update: At the time of this message, there are 11,300 articles and 15,600 redirects awaiting review. This is the highest backlog in a long time. Please help out by doing additional reviews!

October backlog elimination drive: A one-month backlog drive for October will start in one week! Barnstars will be awarded based on the number of articles and redirects patrolled. Articles will earn 4x as many points compared to redirects. You can sign up here.

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November Articles for creation backlog drive
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New pages patrol January 2024 Backlog drive
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New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024
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Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to, who led with over 2,300 points.

Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.

Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion.

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2023 Awards won the 2023 cup with 17,761 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 50/day. There was one Platinum Award (10,000+ reviews), 2 Gold Awards (5000+ reviews), 6 Silver (2000+), 8 Bronze (1000+), 30 Iron (360+) and 70 more for the 100+ barnstar. led on redirect reviews by clearing 36,175 of them. For the full details, see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone for their efforts in reviewing!

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Organ stop

An organ stop is a component of a pipe organ that admits pressurized air (known as wind) to a set of organ pipes. Its name comes from the fact that stops can be used selectively by the organist; each can be "on" (admitting the passage of air to certain pipes), or "off" (stopping the passage of air to certain pipes).

The term can also refer to the control that operates this mechanism, commonly called a stop tab, stop knob, or drawknob. On electric or electronic organs that imitate a pipe organ, the same terms are often used, with the exception of the Hammond organ and clonewheel organs, which use the term "drawbar".

The term is also sometimes used as a synonym for register, referring to rank(s) of pipes controlled by a single stop. Registration is the art of combining stops to produce a certain sound. The phrase "pull out all the stops,” which once only meant to engage all of the voices on the organ, has entered general usage, for deploying all available means to pursue a goal.

Mechanics
Organ pipes are physically organized within the organ into sets according to note and timbre. A set of pipes producing the same timbre for each note is called a rank, while each key on a pipe organ controls a note which may be sounded by different ranks of pipes, alone or in combination. The use of stops enables the organist to selectively turn off ("stop") certain ranks in order to produce different combinations of sounds, as opposed to hearing all sounds simultaneously. A stop may be linked to a single or multiple ranks. While nowadays one speaks of "drawing" a stop to select a particular rank or set of ranks, the earliest organs were constructed with all ranks "on" by default.

The mechanism for operating the stops varies widely, but the principle is the same: the stop control at the console allows the organist to select which ranks of pipes will sound when a key is pressed. When the organist desires a rank to sound, they operate the corresponding control at the console, allowing wind to flow to the pipes. Likewise, the organist can deny wind to the pipes by operating the same control in the opposite direction. Common stop controls include stop knobs, which move in and out of the console, and stop tabs, which toggle back and forth in position.

Some organs, particularly smaller historical organs from England, Spain or Portugal, feature divided registers, in which there are two stop knobs for certain ranks. One stop knob will control the upper portion of the keyboard, and the other will control the lower portion of the keyboard. This arrangement allows the upper portion of the keyboard to sound a different registration than the lower portion, which lends a greater versatility to smaller organs, especially those with only one manual.

Ranks which are neither divided nor extended (see below Unification, borrowing and extension) generally contain as many pipes as there are keys on the keyboard to which they are assigned: in most cases 61 pipes for a rank assigned to a manual and 32 pipes for a rank assigned to the pedal.

Methods of actuation
Over the course of the history of the pipe organ, there have been several different designs by which stops are actuated. In the longest-standing design, known as the slider chest, there is a strip of material (typically wood) called a slider which fits underneath a given rank of pipes. The slider has small holes drilled in it, one for each pipe in the rank. When the stop is set such that pipes are inactive, the holes are misaligned with the pipes, preventing the air from flowing up into the pipes above. When the stop is set such that the pipes are active, the slider moves over, aligning the holes with the pipes, allowing air to reach them. Because the slider chest was developed before the advent of electricity, it is inherently mechanical in nature. Many organs originally built with mechanical actuators have been retrofitted with electric actuators.

Other common designs include the spring chest, the cone valve chest, and the Pitman chest.

Unification, borrowing and extension
The term unification refers to the practice of expanding the tonal resources of an organ without adding more pipes by allowing several different stops to control the same rank of pipes. For example, an 8′ Gedeckt may also be made available as a 4′ Gedeckt, either on the same or a different manual. When both of these stops are selected and a key (for example, C3) is pressed, two pipes of the same rank will sound: the pipe normally corresponding to the key played (C3), and the pipe one octave above that (C4).

Borrowing or duplexing refers to one rank being made available from multiple stop knobs, often on different manuals or pedal. Extension refers to the addition of extra pipes to the high and/or low ends of a rank in order to allow that rank to be borrowed by higher and/or lower stops. Unification and borrowing (duplexing) is mostly related to pipe organs with physical pipes; however, some (older) electronic organs also used unification and duplexing to expand the tonal resources of a limited number of synthesized virtual ranks.

While unification and extension increase the tonal resources and flexibility of the organ, greater care needs to be taken by the organist in registering the organ, particularly when the composition requires many notes to sound at the same time. In a non-unified organ, voices are scaled for their intended job. As an example, the octave (4′) diapason is generally of a smaller scale and softer than the corresponding 8′ diapason rank, whereas in unification they would be of the same strength due to using the same set of pipes. Straight reed choruses (16′, 8′ and 4′) have the luxury of ranks with different timbres, whereas a unified reed chorus has voices that are identical.

Playing with all stops out on a heavily unified/duplexed organ may result in chords that sound thinner or emphasize higher harmonics on some notes more than others, due to notes in different octaves using the same pipes instead of having their own. Part of an organist's training is to detect unification and duplexing and to create registrations that take them into account. Nonetheless, heavy unification can create issues for visiting artists with limited practice times, or those improvising compositions.

Borrowing between manuals occurs in English organs from about 1700, but extension of pipe ranks for the purpose of borrowing at different pitches is a relatively recent development. Extension and unification are heavily used in theatre organs to produce the maximum number of voices from a minimal number of pipes. It is still typical to see a significant amount of unification and duplexing in practice organs and small church organs. Traditionally, less use has been made of extension in large church organs and those designed for classical music, with authorities tending to regard borrowing in general and extension in particular as things to be avoided if possible, except in a few cases where space for pipes is limited, making extension and/or unification necessary. Borrowing 16′ manual ranks for the pedal division is more widely employed because of the expense and space requirements of 16′ stops and the versatility this allows.

Pitch and length
The pitch produced by an organ pipe is a function of its length. All else equal, longer pipes produce lower-pitched notes, and shorter pipes are higher in pitch. An organ stop uses a set (rank) of pipes of graduated lengths to produce the range of notes needed. Stops with pipes tuned to sound the pitch normally associated with the keys (i.e. the pitch of the same keys on a piano) are called "unison stops". Other stops use pipework that is longer or shorter than that of unison ranks to speak at a fixed interval above or below unison pitch ("octave pitch" or "mutation pitch").

The pitch of a rank of pipes is denoted by a number on the stop knob. A stop which speaks at unison pitch, or "native pitch", is known as an 8′ (pronounced "eight-foot") stop. This nomenclature refers to the approximate length of the longest pipe in a rank of open pipes. In a rank of stopped pipes, the lowest pipe is about 4 feet long, but because it sounds at unison pitch, it is also known as an 8′ stop.

Octaves
The octave sounded by a given pipe is inversely proportional to its length (half the length = double the pitch), meaning that a 4′ stop speaks exactly one octave higher than an 8′ stop. Likewise, a 2′ stop speaks one octave higher than a 4′ stop. Conversely, a 16′ stop speaks one octave below an 8' stop; and a 32′ stop speaks one octave below a 16′ stop. Octave pitch lengths used in actual organs include 64′, 32′, 16′, 8′, 4′, 2′, 1′, $1/2$′, and $1/4$′.

Example:

Mutations and resultants
Ranks that do not speak at the unison or some octave of the unison pitch are called mutation stops, or sometimes "aliquots". They are rarely used on their own; rather, they are combined with unison stops to create different tone colors. A typical and distinctive sound of the organ is the cornet, composed of a flute and ranks making up its first four overtones, sounding 8′, 4′, $2 2/3$′ (labeled 3′ on some German and Swedish organs), 2′, and $1 3/5$′ (or $1 1/2$′ on some German organs).

The sounding length of a mutation stop gives the answer as to what pitch the rank sounds. For example, a stop labeled $2 2/3$′ (or one-third of 8′) has three times the frequency; i.e., the interval of a twelfth above unison pitch. This third harmonic (G) (twelfth, quint, qvinta, rorkvint, or nazard [nasard]) is the most-common pitch, followed by the fifth harmonic (E) (tierce [terz or ters on some organs]) ($1 3/5$′) and sixth (G) (larigot, nasat) ($1 1/3$′), with rarer examples from higher in the series, such as the "septième" or "septima" ($1 1/7$′) and "none" ($8/9$′). There's also an $8/15$′ Major 7th which when C$4$ is played sounds a B$7$ below the top C$8$ of a piano.

Mutations usually sound at pitches in the harmonic series of the fundamental, and except when derived from unified ranks, are always tuned pure. Some organs contain mutations that are overtones of 16′ or 32′ to create difference tones, e.g., quint-bass $10 2/3$′. Such "helper ranks" that sound at the fifth just above or fourth below the fundamental (e.g., Bourdon 16′), can create the impression of a stop an octave lower than the fundamental (e.g., Bourdon 32′), saving the space and money otherwise needed for larger bass pipes; such an effect is termed a resultant.

This is a list of some mutation stops.

Mixtures
Certain stops called mixtures contain multiple ranks of pipes above unison pitch, usually octave and fifths. The number of ranks in a mixture is denoted by a Roman numeral on the stop knob; for example, a stop labeled "Mixture V" would contain five pipes for every note. So, for every key pressed, five different pipes sound (all controlled by the same stop). A mixture made of octaves and fifths is called a 'quint mixture', while a mixture made of octaves, fifths, and a major third is called a 'tierce mixture'. As a rule, the fifths and thirds of mixtures are tuned pure in relation to the fundamental. For thirds, the 14 cent discrepancy between the just and equal tempered interval is large enough to introduce noticeable beating in chords, and tierce mixtures became uncommon with the abandonment of meantone temperaments.

Mixtures have numbers that correspond to the pitch they make. For example, a mixture configured as: 12.15.19.22 contains, at its lowest note, the following ranks: $1 1/2$′, 2′, $5 1/3$′, 1′.

Mixtures usually have 'breaks' to prevent the inconvenience to the builder of making very small pipes at the top of the compass. A common configuration for the breaks is that for every octave the mixture lowers by a fifth.

Cornet
A cornet organ stop is similar to a mixture, but they are primarily used as solo voices, though their sound is not imitative of the orchestral cornet. A cornet will always contain the fifth and major third, and, depending on the number of ranks, may contain octaves, and more rarely the minor seventh, and ninth. Cornet pipes are made of metal and voiced as flutes; the 8′ rank is usually made of stopped metal pipes. The ranks will be justly tuned to reinforce the fundamental.

The most common configuration of ranks for an 8′ fundamental is as follows: II = 12.17; III = 12.15.17; IV = 8.12.15.17; V = 1.8.12.15.17.

Cornet stops do not usually play the full compass; they generally play from either Middle C, or Tenor C, to the top. In British and French organs before the Victorian period, this allowed the Cornet stop to be raised up within the case relative to the other pipes of the Great organ around it for better projection; this is known as a 'Mounted Cornet' in English and 'Cornet Séparée' in French. Though used throughout Europe, the Cornet is especially associated with French organ builders, who used Cornets with particular regularity especially through the Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries, since French chorus reed stops (Trompette, Bombarde, Clairon) are very strong in the bass (having un-weighted tongues) but, when on low wind pressures, comparatively weak further up the compass; the Cornet was therefore used to strengthen the treble ranges of these chorus reed stops. A characteristic example of this use is the classic French registration known as the 'Grand Jeu': a combination of Trompettes, Clairons and Cornets, together with the Prestant (by contrast the 'Plein Jeu' does not include cornets).

In French organs, when an 8 ft Bourdon was used with 4′ and 2′ stops plus a Nasard and Tierce the resulting ensemble was known as a 'Cornet Décomposée' (often confused with the 'Cornet Séparée' described above) since it had the same composition as a standalone Cornet stop.

Occasionally Cornets are supplied based on a 16′ fundamental (16′, 8′, $2 1/2$′, 4′ and $3 1/5$′), though the individual ranks are more usually configured as separate stops (for example the Grande Tierce $2 2/3$′ and Grand Nasard $1 3/5$′ supplied by the Isnard brothers at St Maximin, Provence). Cornet stops in 32′ are also known, as they are able to approximate the sound of a 32′ reed stop without the using pipes of the same bulk or expense (as used for example by John Compton at Wakefield Cathedral, England).

Sesquialtera
A Sesquialtera (or Sexquialtera) is similar to a Cornet in that it always contains a fifth and major third (justly tuned), though they normally extend to the whole range of the compass. They also rarely go beyond IV ranks, the most common being found at II or III ranks. They are not necessarily as uniform in configuration as the Cornet and so the quint and tierce ranks can be placed anywhere in the configuration. For example, the configurations: 15.17.19, 17.19.22, and 19.22.24 are all equally valid as the configurations for a Sesquialtera.

Sesquialtera stops can be solo or chorus stops. The British Victorian Sesquialtera was often the only Mixture stop on a given department (usually the Great or Swell organ; rarely the Choir organ), typically starting at 17.19.22 and then breaking back to 12.15.17 further up the compass and intended to be used in the chorus to help blend reed and flue stops together. By contrast, the Dutch, German and Scandinavian Sesquialteras of the seventeenth and eighteenth century were solo stops (typically 12.17), often (though by no means exclusively) found in the Rückpositiv division, from whose gallery-edge case position they could project a solo line well into acoustic space against an accompaniment using stops in the main organ case; such Sesquialteras are therefore particularly associated with Lutheran chorale-based organ repertoire.

Sesquialteras are often distinguished from Cornet stops because whereas Cornets (especially French examples) use wide-scaled, flute-toned pipes, Sesquialteras were generally made from narrower, principal-toned pipes (though this distinction is somewhat less widely observed in 20th-century organs than earlier organs). Sesquialteras therefore often have a sharper sound than Cornets.

Nomenclature
Pipe ranks have particular names, which depend on a number of factors ranging from the physical and tone attributes of the pipes in that rank, to the country and era in which the organ was manufactured, to the pipes' physical location within the organ. Each stop knob is labeled with the name of the rank it controls. In general, that label gives the organist two vital pieces of information about the rank of pipes in question:
 * which octave of pitches the rank is natively tuned to
 * which tone quality the rank possesses (principal, trumpet, flute, etc.)

This is an example of a pipe organ stoplist, showing both common stop names and conventional formatting. Within each division, flues are listed before reeds, then low to high pitch, then louder to softer stops within a pitch level. Separate celeste stops are next to their corresponding normally-tuned stops. Reed stops are often labeled in red on stop knobs or tabs.

GREAT

Prestant 16′

Prestant 8′

Gemshorn 8′

Chimney Flute 8′

Principal 4′

Harmonic Flute 4′

Twelfth $1 1/3$′

Super Octave 2′

Mixture IV

Trumpet 8′

Clarion 4′

Tremulant

Swell to Great

SWELL

Bourdon 16′

Open Diapason 8′

Stopped Diapason 8′

Salicional 8′

Voix Céleste 8′

Octave 4′

Röhr Flute 4′

Nazard $1 1/7$′

Block Flute 2′

Tierce $8/9$′

Cymbale III

Contra Fagotto 16′

Trompette 8′

Hautbois 8′

Vox Humana 8′

Tremulant

PEDAL

Subbass 32′

Open Diapason 16′

Subbass 16′

Lieblich Gedeckt 16′

Octave 8′

Bourdon 8′

Choral Bass 4′

Rausch Quinte II

Posaune 16′

Tromba 8′

Great to Pedal

Swell to Pedal

Classifications of stops
Organ pipes fall into five broad categories:
 * Principal or Diapason
 * Audio example
 * Principal stops are non-imitative; that is, their sound does not attempt to imitate that of a particular instrument. The Principal sound is the most characteristic sound of the pipe organ; it is the sound which comes to mind in the context of traditional church music (such as hymns). While spellings and names vary by language and era, here are some common examples:
 * Principal (or Diapason, Open Diapason, Prinzipal, Montre)
 * Octave (or Prestant)
 * Super Octave (or Fifteenth, Doublette)
 * Quint (or Twelfth; sometimes in the Flute category)
 * Mixture (or Fourniture, Plein Jeu, Cymbale, Scharf; followed by a Roman numeral indicating the number of pipes that play simultaneously for a single note; example: Mixture III, or Fourniture IV–VI)
 * Flute
 * Audio example
 * Flute stops attempt to imitate (to one degree or another) the sound of flute-class woodwind instruments, such as the transverse flute and piccolo. Common examples:
 * Flute (or Flûte, Flöte)
 * Gedackt (or Gedeckt)
 * Bourdon (or Bordun)
 * Subbass (or Soubasse)
 * Stopped Diapason (or Stopped Flute) — despite its name, the Stopped Diapason is a flute-class stop
 * Flûte Harmonique (or Harmonic Flute, Flûte Octaviante)
 * Concert Flute (or Flauto Traverso)
 * Piccolo
 * Rohrflöte (or Chimney Flute, Flûte à Cheminée)
 * Nachthorn (or Cor de Nuit)
 * Quintaton (or Quintadena)
 * Nazard (or Nasard, Nasat)
 * Tierce (or Terz)
 * Larigot
 * String
 * Audio example
 * String stops attempt to imitate (to one degree or another) the sound of stringed instruments, such as the violin and cello. Common examples:
 * Gamba (or Viola da Gamba, Viole de Gambe)
 * Voix Céleste
 * Violin (or Viola, Viole d'Orchestre)
 * Violoncello
 * Violone
 * Reed
 * Audio example
 * Reed stops attempt to imitate (to one degree or another) the sound of brass instruments such as the trumpet and tuba, reed instruments such as the clarinet and oboe, and even the human voice. Common examples:
 * Trumpet (or Trompete, Trompette, Clarion, Trompette en Chamade)
 * Posaune (or Trombone)
 * Oboe (or Hautbois)
 * Fagotto (or Basson)
 * Clarinet
 * Tuba
 * Cromorne (or Krummhorn)
 * Bombarde
 * Vox Humana (or Voix Humaine)
 * Dulzian
 * Cornopean
 * Ophicleide
 * Hybrid
 * Audio example of Gemshorn (flute + string)
 * Hybrid stops contain one rank of pipes which attempts to combine the tone qualities of two other classifications of stops, such as Principal + String, String + Flute, or Principal + Flute. Common examples:
 * Combination of String + Principal:
 * Geigen Principal (or Violin Diapason)
 * Salicional
 * Dulciana
 * Combination of String + Flute
 * Gemshorn
 * Spitz Flöte
 * Erzähler

Percussion stops (often referred to as "toy counters" or "toy stops"), unlike other organ stops, are not aerophones, but actual embedded percussion instruments (although they may still be actuated by the wind supplies of an organ). Both tuned and untuned percussion stops exist (for instance, marimba and snare drum, respectively). They are commonly designed to imitate orchestral or band instruments, or to imitate non-musical sounds (for instance, thunder), or to produce unique sounds (for instance, zimbelstern). Percussion stops are particularly common in theatre organs, which were generally made to accompany silent films.

Notable examples

 * The loudest organ stop in the world is the Grand Ophicleide located in the Right Pedal division of the Boardwalk Hall Auditorium Organ. It stands on 100” wind pressure and is described by Guinness World Records as having "a pure trumpet note of ear-splitting volume, more than six times the volume of the loudest locomotive whistle." A former organ curator warned the stagehands when the Grand Ophicleide was going to be used, because of the volume.
 * The mixture stop with the largest numbers of pipes, called Ple, can be found in Santanyí (Majorca), Spain. It has 22 ranks in the left hand and 25 in the right.
 * There are only two true and complete (acoustic, non-digital, going down to C−1) 64′ stops in the world: the Contra-Trombone 64′ in the Sydney Town Hall Grand Organ (click here for a sound sample), and the Diaphone-Dulzian 64′ in the Boardwalk Hall Auditorium Organ (click here for a sound sample). The lowest note of these stops has a frequency of 8 Hz. Because of the limitations of most loudspeakers and the limitations of human hearing, the listener will not be able to hear the lowest frequencies in the sample, but may "feel" them and hear the harmonics above them.
 * Many large organs have a 64′ stop in their stoplist, but nearly all of these are either digital, acoustic imitations (32′ combined with a $8/13$′ extension creating a 64′ resultant impression), upper pipes in the octave, or else a sound sample of a higher-pitched stop electronically altered to sound one or more octaves lower. The Boardwalk Hall Auditorium Organ is capable of creating a resultant 128′ stop by combining its 64′ and $8/19$′ stops.

Other types of stops

 * Vogelgesang (also known as rosignolo), is a bird-imitating organ stop.

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Cindy & The Saffrons

Cindy & The Saffrons was a UK vocal group, comprising Joanne Whalley as "Cindy" and Lindsay Neil and Sally Stairs as The Saffrons.

In 1982 at Abbey Road Studios, they recorded a cover of the Shangri-Las' song "Past, Present and Future". It peaked at #56 in the UK Singles Chart in January 1983. The same year their version of "Terry", originally by Twinkle, was released. The group split up soon thereafter, and Whalley concentrated on her career as an actress.

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