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Talk:Oil paint

Requested move 1
Painting oil → Oil paint – more common name. -- Kjkolb 03:37, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Voting

 * Add *Support or *Oppose followed by an optional one-sentence explanation, then sign your vote with ~

 * Support better known name --Arnoutf 22:37, 13 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. Gene Nygaard 17:02, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Support --Lox (t,c) 18:13, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Support as common sense. - brenneman (t) (c)  05:01, 11 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Support as common sense. Thumbelina 18:32, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Discussion

 * Add any additional comments

I've made some changes, but there are still sections that read as a polemic against the use of oil paint. The vague suggestions that water-miscible oils and acrylic paints are less toxic than regular oils is wrong. Perhaps the author thinks one has to use volatile spirits with true oil paints. That's not the case. Anyway, someone who understands this stuff should re-write it. 67.126.57.193 04:49, 4 June 2006 (UTC) -- Oops sorry. I was not logged in. Jive Dadson 04:51, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Should be wikified, copy edited & merged into oil painting, with a redirect. -- Jmabel 03:06, 21 May 2004 (UTC)

Actually I think this should be moved to Oil Paint and this page should redirect there. The Oil Painting page should be kept for the actual art of painting. I will do this sometime if no one objects or does somthing else before. sunja 10:14, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Most of the links are redirects from "oil paint" and some of these which are not are piped as "painting oil|oil paint" so that "oil paint" is what is displayed in the article. Gene Nygaard 17:08, 10 January 2006 (UTC)

Moved. — Nightstallion (?) 08:32, 16 January 2006 (UTC)

I'm not an artist, but how should Alkyd fit into this article? --Amillar (talk) 23:14, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Clean up
I've moved the contents around a little bit, but I've also taken a few things right out. Does anyone mind? - brenneman (t) (c)
 * Mind?! Of course not! Great rewrite, very impressed - the article looks very nice now! --Lox (t,c) 10:55, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Lead cancer to toxic
Lead is as far as I know and the wikipedia section on Lead states toxic, but not carcinogenous. Still a definite health issue; changed the sentence Arnoutf 00:53, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Good change, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency doesn't mention any carcinogenic effect of lead, though it does outline other health issues! --Lox (t,c) 11:03, 15 January 2006 (UTC)
 * My fault for just re-formatting what was there without checking the facts. Sorry.  No reason that link shouldn't go on the page as a footnote, now. -  brenneman (t) (c)  11:25, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

The main cancer causer in oil paint is cadmium from what I've read. Artblogs (talk) 08:45, 10 January 2009 (UTC)
 * Agree about cadmium, but the article read (long time ago) that lead (which was the main white pigment) was replaced because it was carcinogenic. Arnoutf (talk) 09:35, 10 January 2009 (UTC)

Proposed structure
With an eye towards this being a FAC, I propose the following structure to the article. - brenneman (t) (c)  05:19, 27 January 2006 (UTC) 1. Intro 2. History 2.1 First recorded use 2.2 Decorative/practical uses 2.3 Artistic use 3. Carrier 3.1 Characteristics 3.2 Sources 3.4 Extraction methods 3.5 Additives 4. Pigment 4.1 Characteristics 4.2 Historic 4.3 Modern 5. Modern usage 5.1 Artistic 5.2 Industrial 5.3 Domestic

The main structure sounds good. Perhaps we need to add a single section on additivies: solvents (e.g. turpentine); fillers (e.g. some modern painters have been stuff into their paints to achieve more powerful impasto effect e.g. sand); and varnish. We might also consider some about technique of using the paint (brushes, linen etc) but that may be over the top

 * If you get into the subject of supports (canvas or panels, for example), brushes, technique, and so forth, there will be a lot of misinformation and arguing, and it will never be anywhere close to complete. Jive Dadson 09:58, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

On the second level I have some issues that may confuse the issue. For example soot, is about the oldest pigment ever used (prehistoric caves), but is also a cheap and powerful modern pigment for lampblack oil paint; so the division historic modern seems a bit strange. Although I guess you consider obsolete pigments as historic and new (synthetic) ones as modern. Furhter I wonder about Domestic and Industrial use of Oil paint nowadays. Most modern industrial/domestic paints are alkyd or acrylic paint based to my knowledgde So then the strucutre would be more like this (it's only a suggestion) (c) Arnoutf 10:44, 28 January 2006 (UTC) 1. Intro 2. History 2.1 First recorded use 2.2 Decorative/practical uses 2.3 Artistic use 3. Carrier 3.1 Characteristics 3.2 Sources 3.3 Extraction methods 4. Pigment 4.1 Characteristics 4.2 Historic 4.3 Modern 5. Additives 5.1 Solvents 5.2 Special effect additives 5.3 Varnish 6. Usage 6.1 Health issues 6.2 Artistic technigues 6.2 Modern use

Perhaps we should also consider mergin the article on Water miscible oil paint into the oil paint article as this is (in my opinion) a sub article to it Arnoutf 10:50, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok, I do like having additives farmed out on it's own, and agree to the merge suggested above. - brenneman (t) (c)  06:22, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

10 July 2011, References moved from main page
I moved the following from the main page while working on the overall structure, including the reference. - Aaron Brenneman (talk) 08:42, 10 July 2011 (UTC) Many modern paint manufacturers test for lightfastness, how well a pigment retains its color when exposed to light. The results of these tests are printed on the paint tube's label, often on the back with the pigment list.

Artists can also buy empty tubes and fill them with paint. The filling is done through the bottom. Then the bottom is folded and crimped. Paint for later use is accessed through the screw cap at the other end — as usual. This can be useful for having on hand a mixed color that is found to be a good starting point for mixing a color within a commonly used range, as concerns an artist's personal preferences.

Also took out these, moving here as possible references. - Aaron Brenneman (talk) 09:09, 10 July 2011 (UTC)
 * "History of Oil Paint." Cyberlipid Center.
 * "History of Painting Mediums." Real Color Wheel.
 * "A Brief History." Sanders-Studios.com.
 * "The Evolution of Oil Color." Daniel Smith Artists' Materials.
 * “Autoxidation.” McGraw Hill Encyclopedia. 8th ed. 1997.
 * Flanders, Peggy J., How Oils Dry, 5 May 2006.
 * Friedman, Ann, et al., Painting, World Book online, 46 Stetson St. #5 	Brookline, MA. 10 May 2006.
 * History of Oil Paint, CyberLipid.org, 5 May 2006.
 * Mecklenburg, Marion, Autoxidation of Oil, 13 Jan 2006. The Painter's Handbook, Mark David Gottsegen. 11 June 2006.
 * van den Berg, Jorit D.J., (3.08 MiB), MOLART 2002. 8 May 2006

To do
I've added one per To-do list but am not to sure about how it works... - brenneman (t) (c)  05:19, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Ad-like
The copy in 20th and 21st century carriers strikes me as a bit ad-like. Reads almost like an ad for Winsor & Newton, except insofar as it mentions one other brand. What do others think? - Jmabel | Talk 01:05, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Tend to agree. Also this section is very negative on the traditional oil paint. Is the consensus really that the stuff should better be replaced (or is this more the opinion of the brands sporting the alternatives). There are probably also negative aspects of the new carriers (I could e.g. imagine that drying time is changed because of the water, or that the final layer of paint has different qualities). I think if any negative sides exist they should be discussed. Arnoutf 14:11, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

I'd welcome someone else taking this on, because it is an area where I am not expert. If I take it on, it may be just to remove the section. - Jmabel | Talk 16:07, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

 * I split up the section, retaining the valuable information (under toxidity and carrier and the new heading advantages disadvantages). I removed reference to the mentioned brands. I hope everyone agrees Arnoutf 17:56, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

 * There is still a hint that using traditional oil paint requires the use of volatile thinners and cleaners. That is not the case. One can use oil to thin the paint if necessary (perhaps a thin drying oil like walnut).  One can clean the brushes with plain soap and water.  That is exactly what I do, in fact. One of the big disadvantages of the water miscible stuff is how sticky it gets.  Some brands are like glue.  There's one brand that's recognized by a lot of people as clearly the best in that repect, but I do not think it is the one that was "advertized." Jive Dadson 09:33, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

 * I think volatile thinners (turpentine) and cleaners (white spirit or similar) are still in wide use. So they warrant discussion Arnoutf 09:38, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

 * I agree. I only take exception to the assertion or implication that one must use them to paint with and clean up traditional oil paint. I have painted many a picture without using any spirits.  I always clean my brushes with soap and water. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jive Dadson (talk • contribs)

 * Ok, I gather it is more about toning down then actual removal of claims, I can agree with that (I usually just rinse my brushes in (re-sued) white spirit to get rid of most oil and pigments after that I do the thorough cleaning with soap&water). I wonder about the relevance of talking about California health labelling for an international encyclopedia though. Arnoutf 10:13, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

/* Ad-like */ On the contrary, the article ought to contain information and comparisons on the different commercial brands available. Any true artist will know, or want to know, the differences in characteristics and performance between the brands, and which established, or famous, or historical, or successful artists use which brands, and why? Wikipedia should be exactly the place to find such objectively unbiased information, instead of this redundant and unhelpful attitude against commercial brand-naming. Though I concede that such practical information may be best placed under a separate page or heading, perhaps in the form of the results of a survey of which well-known artists use which brands. Likeamanshand (talk) 09:28, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

Animation with oil paints
I wonder if it would be possible to somehow incorporate info on paint-on-glass animation into this article. It's certainly an interesting use of the properties of oil paints, but I'm not sure how best to add it in. Esn 09:10, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Ok, I looked at it and realized that the opening paragraph was probably the best place. Sorry about this post. Esn 09:14, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Merge from History of Oil paint
The article history of oil paint is essentially a duplicate of this. I propose the content should be merged here and the page turned into a redirect to this one. I do not know anything about paint so it would be better if someone else did the merge but I'll have a go if no-one else does.--NHSavage 20:13, 31 October 2006 (UTC)

Support merge. Arnoutf 20:18, 31 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Support Definitely needs doing. CarrotMan 07:29, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

I went ahead and merged it. The former "History of oil paint" article had a ton of information about carriers and drying that was already in this article word-for-word, so I researched it and rewrote it. I'm not exactly an art expert, so I hope it's okay. IrisWings 07:59, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Historical formulas
Have those historical formulas been checked out? Through the years, many people have proclaimed to know what substances the old masters used, only to be proven wrong by science. Has science confirmed that Rubens used megilp made from walnut oil, or is there only that one ancient paper that says so? I seem to remember reading that a restorer at the Met Museum of Art said that Rubens used plain linseed oil with perhaps some turps. Jive Dadson 10:14, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

 * I agree, this section severely lack inline citations. Arnoutf 10:28, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

 * I agree. This section is hopelessly outdated and I would love to delete it until someone can write something better. For now I have added a qualification sentence "The technical history of the introduction and development of oil paint, and the date of introduction of various additives (driers, thinners) is still -despite intense research over a long period - not well understood. The literature abounds with incorrect theories and information: in general, anything published before 1950 is to be treated with extreme scepticism.". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.240.1.21 (talk) 13:36, 22 April 2010 (UTC)

New carriers
I have altered the petty comment questioning the expressive qualities of new carriers of pigment (acrylic, polyester, etc.) Different paint binders should be thought of as different mediums. - Greengoat —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.236.168.125 (talk • contribs).

Household paint
By far the biggest use of oil paint is as household gloss paint, much used on woodwork, aka alkyd paint. But not a single mention of it here. 82.31.207.100 (talk) 08:10, 14 September 2010 (UTC)
 * That is because Alkyd not Oil is the binder. Arnoutf (talk) 10:22, 14 September 2010 (UTC)

Toxicity section material removed

 * Relevant content guideline is No disclaimers in articles
 * Relevant policy Neutral point of view

I've removed the below plus a lot of unsourced text. - Aaron Brenneman (talk) 09:02, 10 July 2011 (UTC) Thinners such as turpentine and white spirit are flammable, carcinogenic, and can cause acute pulmonary distress. Some of them, particularly the poor grades of turpentine, have a strong odor, but even the more refined thinners such as odorless mineral spirits can be harmful to the health if used inappropriately. But because of the lack of adequate testing of these substances, the EPA has not made that determination, and no empirical evidence exists for this claim.

surface covering
There needs to be an increase in the coverage of oil paints for surface coverings as a protectant or interior design feature. As this type of paint has a long history of use, unlike modern alkyd or acrylic paints, there should be quite a bit to cover. I do note that some of this coverage already exists at lead paint. 70.49.127.65 (talk) 00:19, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
 * This article is about oil paint's use in the fine arts. WP:IDON'TLIKEIT is no reason for this claim of bias. See House painter and decorator for it's industrial use...Modernist (talk) 13:20, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
 * WP:IDON'TLIKEIT seems like a little strong response to say to a benign, legitimate, and welcome question. The article is about oil paint.  99.99+% of oil paint is used for surface coating. I agree with 70.49.127.65.  WP:OWN does not apply, either.--Smokefoot (talk) 13:35, 26 June 2012 (UTC)
 * So add a section on wall covering...Modernist (talk) 13:39, 26 June 2012 (UTC)

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Gower Gulch

Gower Gulch is a nickname for the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Gower Street in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.

History
Since the days of silent film, the surrounding area had contained several movie studios, including the Christie Studios (on the northwest corner) during the 1920s, then later, Columbia and Republic Studios to the south along Gower Street.

Western films at both studios were extremely popular, especially from the 1930s through the 1950s, and actual working cowboys would come to Hollywood hoping to find work in the movies. They would congregate at that particular street corner, which is how it acquired its nickname. The Columbia Drug Store, which stood on the southeast corner for several decades, was a hangout for many western film extras in hopes of finding work, knowing the casting agents from the studio could reach them there. John Wayne, Gene Autry, and Roy Rogers all got their start in this neighborhood, as did director John Ford. Columbia Studios was filming western films about every ten days for a time. The cowboy extras stood at the corner already dressed in their Stetson hats, boots, and bandannas, ready for saloon scenes, as cattle rustlers, or as members of a posse. The pay was about $5 a day or $10 for a minor speaking role.

Charlie Chaplin made some of his first movies in this area.

In February 1940, actor Jerome Bonaparte "Blackjack" Ward became involved in a homicide on Sunset Boulevard at Gower Gulch, near Columbia Pictures studios when he shot and killed stuntman and background actor Johnny Tyke.

A strip mall, Gower Gulch Plaza, "paying homage to the past" and designed in the style of an Old West backlot was built in 1976 on the southwest corner of Sunset and Gower. The name "Gower Gulch" is painted on the side of a vintage western medicine show wagon. The strip mall remains unchanged as of 2014 and has been described as "Old West kitsch".

In pop culture

 * In the Warner Bros. 1943 movie Thank Your Lucky Stars, Gower Gulch is a hilltop neighborhood in Los Angeles, where struggling actors and musicians live in caravans and cottages cobbled together from movie sets and gathered around an old house. It is located "only 4 minutes from Vine Street," according to one of the characters. The Hollywoodland sign blinks in the background on its distant hill.
 * A B-movie was released in 1950 called The Kid from Gower Gulch starring Spade Cooley. In the film, singer Red Murrell sings a song called "Gower Gulch is Home Sweet Home".
 * The November 13, 1948, episode of the CBS West Coast radio detective series Jeff Regan, Private Investigator is entitled "The Guy from Gower Gulch"; its plot revolves around a missing South American racehorse and its connections to a travelogue.
 * The name Gower Gulch also appears in the Warner Bros. 1950 cartoon All a Bir-r-r-rd. It is the name of a western-looking town Tweety's train passes through.
 * In another Warner Bros. 1951 cartoon, Drip-Along Daffy, Porky Pig sings a Michael Maltese-written song entitled "The Flower of Gower Gulch". Another version of the song is performed in the Warner Bros. animated short Nelly's Folly.
 * In the 1942 Abbott and Costello film Ride 'Em Cowboy a bus depot is identified as Gower Gulch by a hanging sign.
 * In the biopic Mank, Gower Gulch is referenced at 34' 07" in the MGM offices.

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Maurice River

The Maurice River ) is a tributary of Delaware Bay in Salem County and Cumberland County, New Jersey in the United States. The river was named for Maurice, Prince of Orange.

Watershed and course
The Maurice River, pronounced "MAW-ris," is approximately 50 miles long with a drainage area of 386 square miles (1,000 km2). It is the second longest and second largest tributary to Delaware Bay. Its watershed includes an extensive southern portion of the coastal forested wetlands known as the Pine Barrens. Its mouth on Delaware Bay is surrounded by extensive salt marshes and has provided a historically important oystering ground.

It is born at the confluence of Still Run and Scotland Run, beneath the waters of Willow Grove Lake in Pittsgrove, Salem County and flows generally south-southeast, passing 2 mi west of Vineland. At Millville it is impounded to form the Union Lake reservoir, approximately 3 mi long. South of Millville it becomes navigable, forming a 10 mi estuary that empties into Maurice River Cove on Delaware Bay. The estuary is joined from the northeast by Menantico Creek, the Manumuskin River, and Muskee Creek.

Water quality and stewardship
The river is considered especially pristine for the region, forming a critical ecological link between the Pine Barrens and the Delaware Bay systems, except that the State Of New Jersey advises against eating more than 8 ounces of fish caught in the river in any week or month, depending on the species, for the general population and advises against eating any fish from the Maurice River for the High Risk population. It is the location of one of the few stands of wild rice in New Jersey, and provides habitat for 53 percent of the species in New Jersey designated as endangered. In 1993, Congress designated 28.9 mi of the river and its tributaries as the Maurice National Scenic and Recreational River, as part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers program.

A local nonprofit organization, Citizens United to Protect the Maurice River and Its Tributaries, Inc., is a regional watershed organization that focuses its work on the Maurice River watershed, from Willow Grove Lake southward. The South Jersey Land and Water Trust focuses on the northern portion of the watershed, from Willow Grove Lake northward.

Tributaries

 * Menantico Creek
 * Manumuskin River
 * Muddy Run

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Talk:Steropodon

Comment
(No issues of copyright should exist, because the information comes from MESOZOIC MAMMALS?. The creator of that website has personally contributed data therefrom to Monotrematum and Obdurodon.)

Untitled
Is this maybe part of the Ornithorhyncidae?--216.228.163.41 02:31, 9 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Working?
"The holotype is a right mandible, which seems to work at the Australian Museum."

Um? Does the fossil... have a job, or...? DS 23:12, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Mammal? Monotreme?
(same as for the Kollikodon) I do not see any sources claiming classification of the species into mammals while the article is going into even more details putting it into monotreme mammals. I would like to see how one have proved the method of birth-giving just from few fossilized teeth.

If it is someone with a scientific reputation making assumptions based on similarities with living mammals and/or DNA-analysis, it would be fine but has to be properly stated! -- Goldie (tell me) 19:52, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

Image
The image is a coati (a relative of raccoons). It's not good image for the article. This one is. --4444hhhh (talk) 22:35, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

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steropodon image
I have uploaded a steropodon jaw image but I am not able to format it properly on the article page, it is appearing right at the bottom, not looking nice, I hope someone is able to figure out how to properly place it! THanksLilaac (talk) 19:06, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

Merger proposal: Steropodontidae
The family Steropodontidae includes only one indisputable (type) genus: Steropodon. The phylogenetic position of the second genus, Teinolophos, has never seemed to be well established, and it has recently been proposed to place it in its own family, Teinolophidae. While we shouldn't unconditionally accept any new hypotheses, I don't think it makes sense to create a separate page for such a controversial family. One could simply redirect Steropodontidae to Steropodon and explain the systematic difficulties in the last article. HFoxii (talk) 15:34, 18 March 2022 (UTC)
 * This is a reasonable request. I say go for it.--Mr Fink (talk) 16:02, 18 March 2022 (UTC)

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Grand admiral

Grand admiral is a historic naval rank, the highest rank in the several European navies that used it. It is best known for its use in Germany as Großadmiral. A comparable rank in modern navies is that of admiral of the fleet.

Austria-Hungary
The Austrian grand admirals were all members of the Imperial family, except for Anton Haus, the commander of the Austro-Hungarian Navy for part of World War I:

France
In Bourbon Restoration France, the rank was an honorific one equivalent to that of marshal in the French Army.

Germany
In the Imperial German Navy, and later in the Kriegsmarine, the rank Großadmiral was the equivalent of a British admiral of the fleet or a United States fleet admiral; as a five-star rank (OF-10). No German army equivalent. Its holders were authorised to carry a baton.

The rank was created in 1901 and discontinued in 1945, by which time a total of eight men had been promoted to it. The next most junior rank was Generaladmiral (admiral-general).

Imperial Germany
Before and during World War I, the following were made grand admirals of the Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine):

Nazi Germany
Großadmiral was the most senior rank of the Kriegsmarine, immediately senior to Generaladmiral. The rank was reintroduced in 1939 and was only awarded to the Commander-in-Chief of the Kriegsmarine.

Italy
The rank of grand admiral (grand'ammiraglio) was created by Benito Mussolini in 1924. It was established primarily to honour Paolo Thaon di Revel, who had been head of the Italian Regia Marina during World War I — he was the only person to be awarded the rank. It was equivalent to marshal of Italy in the army and also marshal of the Air Force.

Peru
In 1967 the rank of Grand Admiral of Peru (Gran Almirante del Perú) was awarded posthumously to Miguel Grau Seminario and is equivalent to the army rank of Grand Marshal of Peru.

Sweden
In Sweden the rank of grand admiral was only ever awarded twice. Once to Prince Charles (XIII), whom was given the title at birth and which was used by him as the commander of the Swedish Royal Navy and once to crown prince Oscar (I) as a courtesy title to honour his adoptive grandfather, the late king Charles XIII.

Turkey
Grand Admiral (Turkish: Büyük Amiral) is nominally a rank in the Turkish Navy. It is the equivalent of the ranks of field marshal in the Army and Air Force. Since the foundation of the Republic in 1923, no person has held the rank. It is awarded by the Grand National Assembly of Turkey to persons who are holding the rank of admiral and displayed distinguished merit in wartime.

In fiction
Among the grand admirals appearing in fiction and science fiction, one notable figure is Grand Admiral Thrawn of the Star Wars science fiction franchise.

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Hepburn (surname)

Hepburn is a family name of the Anglo-Scottish border, that is associated with a variety of notable people, eponyms, places, and things. Although commonly a Scottish name, its origins lie to the south of the border in the north of England. Specifically, the name is thought to have derived from Hepburn or Hebron in Northumberland or Hebburn in Tyne and Wear. The origins of the name are suggested to be the same as that of Hebborne from the Old English words heah ("high") and byrgen ("burial mound"). Alternatively it could mean something along the lines of "high place beside the water", as the word burn is a still widely used in Northumbrian and Scots for stream.

Next to Chillingham Castle there remains a bastle tower where the family originated. This was the seat of a line of the family until the eighteenth century when that branch died out, having left only a female heir. However, it is as the Earls of Bothwell that the Hepburn family are perhaps best remembered. This branch of the family originated in Lothian when a Hepburn was granted land having saved the Earl of March from a horse that had lost control. This family first became the Lords of Hailes before being granted the Earldom of Bothwell.

There were also Hepburns of Waughton, thought by some to have branched off from the Hailes line, thought by others to predate it. Another line was the Hepburns of Beanston, and yet another was the Hepburns of Athelstaneford. All of these families were prominent in various ways at various junctures of Scottish history, but all were primarily located around the East Lothian area.

Scottish nobles

 * Patrick Hepburn, 1st Lord of Hailes (died 1483)
 * Adam Hepburn, Master of Hailes (died 1479), son of Patrick, 1st Lord of Hailes
 * Patrick Hepburn, 1st Earl of Bothwell (died 1508), son of Adam, Master of Hailes
 * Adam Hepburn of Craggis (died 1513), son of Adam, Master of Hailes
 * George Hepburn (bishop) (died 1513), son of Adam, Master of Hailes
 * Adam Hepburn, 2nd Earl of Bothwell (died 1513), son of Patrick, 1st Earl of Bothwell
 * Patrick Hepburn, 3rd Earl of Bothwell (1512–1556), son of Adam, 2nd Earl of Bothwell
 * James Hepburn, 4th Earl of Bothwell (c. 1534–1578), son of Patrick, 3rd Earl of Bothwell, and husband of Mary, Queen of Scots
 * James Hepburn (bishop) (died 1524), Scottish prelate and administrator
 * Francis Stewart Hepburn, 5th Earl of Bothwell (before 1563–1612), nephew of James, 4th Earl of Bothwell

Politics

 * A. Barton Hepburn (1846–1922), American banker and politician
 * Bernard Rickart Hepburn (1876–1939), member of the Canadian House of Commons
 * James de Congalton Hepburn (fl. 1940s), Speaker of the Ontario (Canada) Legislature
 * Jamie Hepburn (born 1979), member of the Scottish Parliament
 * Mitchell Hepburn (1896–1953), Premier of Ontario, Canada
 * Moses Hepburn (1832–1897), American politician and businessman
 * Patrick Buchan-Hepburn (1901–1974), Scottish politician
 * Robert Rickart Hepburn Member of Parliament for Kincardineshire 1768–1774
 * Stephen Hepburn (born 1959), English Member of Parliament
 * William Peters Hepburn (1833–1916), American congressman for Iowa, author of the Hepburn Act of 1906

Academia

 * Alexa Hepburn, English social psychologist
 * Andrew Dousa Hepburn (1830–1921), president of Miami University and Davidson College
 * Charles A. Hepburn (born 1891–1971), Scottish businessman and philanthropist
 * Ian Hepburn (1902–74), British schoolmaster, botanist, ecologist and author
 * James Hepburn (1811–1869), British ornithologist
 * James Bonaventure Hepburn (1573–1620), Scottish Catholic scholar
 * James Curtis Hepburn (1815–1911), American linguist, devised a romanization system for Japanese

Arts and entertainment

 * Katharine Hepburn (1907–2003), American actress
 * Kathleen Hepburn, Canadian screenwriter and film director
 * Audrey Hepburn (nee Ruston) (1929–1993), Belgian-born British actress
 * Barton Hepburn (1906–1955), American actor
 * Dee Hepburn (born 1961), Scottish actress
 * Alex Hepburn (born 1986), British singer

Sports

 * Chucky Hepburn (born 2003), American basketball player
 * Craig Hepburn (born 1969), Bahamian long-jumper
 * Doug Hepburn (1926–2000), Canadian weightlifter
 * James Hepburn (1876–1945), Scottish-American professional golfer
 * Michael Hepburn (born 1991), Australian track and road cyclist
 * Ralph Hepburn (1896–1948), American motorcycle and racecar driver
 * Ross Hepburn (born 1972), Scottish curler

Military

 * Allan Hepburn (1896–1975), Australian World War I flying ace
 * Arthur Japy Hepburn (1877–1964), US Navy Admiral
 * Sir John Hepburn (c. 1598–1636), Scottish soldier, fought for Sweden and France

Trade Unions

 * Thomas Hepburn (c. 1795–1864), English miner and union founder

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Ginling College

Ginling College, also known by its pinyin romanization as Jinling College or Jinling Women's College, is a women's college of Nanjing Normal University in Nanjing, China. It offers both bachelor's and master's degrees. It offers six undergraduate majors: applied English, accounting, financial management, labor and social welfare, food science and engineering, and food quality and safety. Master's degrees are offered in food science, agricultural products processing, and storage, and women's education.

Ginling College traces its roots to the Christian college of the same name founded in 1913, which started operations in 1915 and was the first institution to grant bachelor's degrees to female students in China. The school was closed from 1951 to 1987, when it was reestablished on its previous site.

American architect and art historian Talbot Hamlin designed some of the buildings that were constructed in the 1919 to 1925 period.

Wu Yi-Fang, who was one of Ginling's first five graduates and earned a doctorate degree from the University of Michigan in 1928, became the first female college president in China, heading Jinling College from 1928-51 until it merged with the University of Nanking in 1951. Wu, who became a powerful figure in the People's Republic of China as a patriotic woman educator, worked tirelessly to reopen the school. However, it did not ultimately reopen until 1987, two years after her death.

During the Nanjing Massacre, the college, led by its acting principal Minnie Vautrin, harbored over 10,000 women trying to hide from the Japanese Imperial Army.

Establishment (1913~1915)
Ginling College was founded in 1913 against the backdrop of the Social Gospel Movement and the Student Volunteer Movement in the United States, and the increasing demand for women's education propelled by the Chinese Revolution of 1911. Through the efforts of a united board composed of eight American mission boards—Baptists (North and South), Disciples, Episcopalians, Methodists (North and South), and Presbyterians (North and South)—Ginling College officially opened in 1915 with six faculty and eleven students. All subjects were taught in English except for the Chinese classics. The first graduating class, consisting of five women, including future Gingling College President Wu Yifang, graduated in 1919. They became the first women in China to receive fully accredited Bachelor of Arts degrees. Matilda Thurston, a Mount Holyoke graduate who had previously been with the Yale Mission in Changsha, served as the first president of the college from 1913 to 1928. In August 1928, Wu Yifang—a Ginling graduate—was inaugurated as the next president.

During the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937~1945)
When the war broke out between Imperial Japan and China, the members of the college had to disperse to different parts of China while the Nanjing campus was turned into a refugee camp under the supervision of Minnie Vautrin. On December 8, 1937, the first 300 women and children were admitted to the Nanjing campus. Nanjing was captured on December 13, marking the beginning of the Nanjing massacre that lasted for more than a month. At its peak, the campus provided a refuge for nearly 10,000 people. Vautrin herself patrolled the campus chasing away soldiers, visited the Japanese Embassy to ask for protection, and organized the sale of rice in mat sheds that had been erected on the college grounds. She also started Bible classes, and with the help of the refugee women, created a list of missing men to present to the Japanese Embassy. The Nanking International Relief Committee supplied food and fuel for the camp. Once the refugee phase of the work became less urgent, Vautrin diverted her attention to education—opening a middle school, a day school, and a nursery school on the Ginling campus, and providing Homecraft course for “destitute women.” In April 1940, she suffered a nervous breakdown and was taken back to the U.S. The evacuated students and faculty members started “Ginling centers” as part of other missionary institutions in Shanghai, Wuchang, and Chengdu. The Ginling center at Wuchang began when Huachung University accepted thirty Ginling students as guest students. As time went on, more faculty joined the unit and taught at least one course which Huachung University was needing. In return, Ginling students were admitted to all the regular departments of the university. As the war developed, Ginling College worked together with Huachung University and Wuchang Y.W.C.A to carry on a dressing station for the wounded soldiers. However, as it became obvious that the next objective of the Japanese army would be to capture Hankou and Wuchang, many students began to leave. By the end of 1937, only a few Ginling members remained.

Under the Communist Party (1949~1951)
Under the new Communist government, Ginling's curriculum had to incorporate some political requirements. Even though these were not different from the earlier requirement of learning Party Principles under the Nationalist government, Thurston argues that the new Communist requirements were more serious because they contained “more definite challenges to Christian beliefs.” The college life went on very much as before, except for the frequent interruptions in school work for special lectures, parades, and other political functions. Religious activities also continued without any direct opposition from the government. However, as anti-American propaganda began to rise, on November 14, 1950, some students accused their American sociology professor Helen Ferris of spreading anti-revolutionary messages and of attacking the Chinese-Korean alliance. This led to widespread criticisms of not only Ferris, but of “crimes of cultural imperialism” happening in many missionary schools in China. With such hostile atmosphere, all American missionary faculty members left Ginling by spring semester 1951, either by deportation or voluntarily. Some Chinese faculty members who did not completely identify with the aggressive campaign also faced persecution. On December 17, 1950, the U.S. State Department ordered freezing of all Chinese properties in the U.S. and outlawed sending funds to China—making the Smith College’s engagement with Ginling impossible. Without its main source of the budget, Ginling accepted government funding and merged with the University of Nanking to form a public National Jinling University. Ginling College reopened in 1987 as part of Nanjing Normal University through the efforts of alumnae and Wu Yifang.

1915-1951
Jin Feng has argued that Ginling’s founders belonged to the group of “modernists” in the mission field who were more interested in preparing elite Chinese women for “Christian leadership,” than in converting the illiterate and poverty-stricken Chinese masses. Even though Ginling was in principle a missionary college, the faculty from the very beginning emphasized the importance of it being a “bona fide institution of higher education” that possessed rigorous academic standards. As a result, curricula taught at Ginling often mimicked the curriculums at elite American women's liberal arts colleges in New England. Ginling was especially strong in English, physical education, and home economics. Ginling had a reputation of strength in English and weakness in Chinese instruction because of its emphasis on English. Almost all courses were given in English, and the school also established an English Comprehensive Test that required all students to pass in the second semester of their second year. Physical education was designed around the missionary discourse of equating a healthy body with Christian moral character. Physical education including dance instructions at Ginling was what garnered the most attention but also gave it bad publicity. For instance, an incident in 1927 in which a group of Ginling students was found dancing with British naval men outraged the public, as it went against Chinese ideal of propriety and national pride. The Home Economics Department was established in 1938 in order to meet government regulations during wartime and to strengthen institutional collaboration with other missionary institutions while it was in Chengdu. All Home Economics majors were required to select teaching methodologies for home economics, and starting from the second year, students could choose from three areas as their majors: nutrition, child welfare and development, or art and dress. Even though the program itself the home economics program allowed missionaries to offer science courses to female students. Also, majors in child welfare and development often found themselves studying education in the U.S. after graduation and were able to become teachers in kindergarten and elementary school.

Today's Ginling
Ginling College currently offers 6 undergraduate majors, 5 master's programs, and 4 orientations for master's degree candidates. The college has 72 faculty and staff members on the payroll, with 58% of the full-time teachers possessing tenures, 55% holding doctor's degrees, and 50% with recent overseas study experience.

Student life
During its early years, the faculty members organized enjoyable group activities with students outside of the classroom setting to create a sense of familiarity and intimacy. These included designated social times with the students, and faculty-led naturalist walks and outings. According to Feng, such attempts at creating solidarity “not only institutionalized a family spirit at Ginling, but also expanded the trope of the family from the institutional to the national level, and thereby cultivated among their students a collective sense of Noblesse oblige toward their nation and people.” According to the official website, these traditions also came into place under the leadership of President Wu Yifang:
 * 1) Chinese and western cultures were integrated. The “Abundant Life” was interpreted as the guiding ideology for cultivating Ginling College students. It required students not only to master their basic and professional knowledge well, but also to have noble dreams. They should be diligent, tough and selfless at their posts and dedicate their lifetime to others, society and nation with their own wisdom and strength.
 * 2) Student autonomy and tutorial system were combined to manage students. There was a head teacher for every grade and a tutor for every 8 students. The tutor instructed students’ life and study with skill and patience. There was an instructor in students’ life for each dormitory building.
 * 3) The sister-class system was put into practice. Senior “sisters” gave instructions on daily studies and life of junior “sisters” and led them to adapt to the change from a middle school to a college. Therefore, the younger sisters benefited a lot and the elder sisters strengthened their sense of responsibility and pride and thus became stricter with themselves, through which they promoted each other.
 * 4) Students' physical exercise was valued. Every fresher got a health card since she entered college so that teachers could teach students in accordance with their aptitude. The 4-year compulsory PE lessons aimed at improving students’ physique. Students’ musicianship was also valued. The one-year music lessons taught basic knowledge and skills of music like producing sound and reading music. Besides, students could take courses in the Department of Music and participate in the activities held by the chorus or choir to improve their musicianship.

Academic Year Events
Founders’ Day was observed every year to celebrate the founders who did pioneer work in the education of women in China. They include: Mary A. Nourse, Sophie Lanneau, Emma A. Lyon, Katherine E. Phelps, Laura E. White, Martha E. Pyle, Mary Cogdal, Venie J. Lee. Founders’ Day was cherished even during exile, as it became a symbol of “unity of spirit” despite the dispersal of Ginling women.

The House of a Hundred Rooms (1915~1923)
Ginling's first home was an old-style Chinese residence in Embroidery Alley (绣花巷) known locally as the Garden of the Lis (李家花园) because it was previously owned by the fifth son of Li Hongzhang, the famous statesman of the Qing dynasty. It consisted of “two large, rambling, Chinese mansions set side by side, each containing four paved courts, set one behind the other, with a fifth court at the side. The buildings were all of gray brick with gray tiles and overhanging caves. Each court had about ten rooms, in most of the rooms delicately latticed windows covered the larger half of the walls. Access to adjoining courts was through moon gates—larger circular openings in the dividing walls.” American faculty members complained of the freezing days of winter, the moldy floors, and walls with cracks. Students also complained about ventilation, heating, and general lack of hygiene. Thurston points out that despite these shortcomings, there was still some beauty to be found, with a beautiful garden with a pavilion laying east of the house.

New Home
Since 1916, Thurston had been engaging in negotiations to buy land for a new site of Ginling. However, because it was difficult for women to purchase land at the time, John Leighton Stuart—the president of Nanking Theological Seminary—took over the task. In 1918, he had secured twenty-seven acres of land including eleven ponds, sixty corners, and more than a thousand graves for about US$13,000. Henry Murphy of Murphy & Dana, a New York architecture firm that had opened an office in Shanghai, was commissioned to design the buildings. He had also designed buildings for Yale-in-China and the Yenching University campus. Thurston insisted on integrating Chinese architectural elements into the new campus. The design for new buildings had a modified Chinese palace-style exterior, with overhanging curved roofs and pointed eaves. At the same time, it was equipped with modern Western conveniences. A big part of the funding came from Thurston's campaigns in America, especially from the “Seven Oriental Colleges for Women” campaign. Thurston asserted that “it was the cooperative, non-competitive promotion of projects that finally made it appeal to the women of America.” The academic quadrangle opened on the east, looking directly toward Purple Mountain. The Social and Athletic Building stood on the west side of the quadrangle, the Recitation Building on the north side, and the Science Building on the south side. The Social and Athletic Building, a gift of the Smith College Alumnae, was considered the “best example up to that time of Chinese style in architecture adapted to modern uses.” The new campus garnered attention from numerous local, national, and foreign celebrities, families and friends of the college, and students from all over the city. It soon became a landmark in Nanjing and a symbol of multifaceted significance for Ginling's different constituencies. Even though it increased institutional self-esteem, it also roused envy among outsiders. The new campus designed by an American architect and built with American funds caused a certain tension between Ginling and its Chinese observers from the outside. Some criticized Ginling students’ extravagant lifestyles and even westernized mind-sets, which, they claimed, “disqualified Ginling students from being productive and patriotic members of modern China.”

After the Japanese Occupation
During the three years that the Japanese took over the Nanjing campus in 1942, serious damages were done to the buildings. Walls were dirty and full of holes. All radiators and furnaces were gone, and so were most furniture, laboratory equipment, and library books. New alterations had been made: a new brick wall, a gatehouse complete with a prison cell, numerous wooden buildings, and military equipment were left behind by the Japanese soldiers. Dr. Davis S. Hsiung planned and supervised rehabilitation of the campus.

Sister College
Smith College located in Northampton, MA was the sister college of Ginling College, officially recognized from 1921 to 1951. Smith's relationship with Ginling began in 1916. Through the enthusiasm of Smith alumnae Delia Leavens and Frederica Mead, both of whom had spent considerable time in China, the Smith College Association for Christian Work adopted Ginling as its foreign project.

Smith College provided both financial and academic support to Ginling College. There was a Ginling representative in every Smith club, and Smith alumnae contributed at least one-fourth of Ginling's operating budget for years. Their first campus contribution in 1916 amounted to $1,000 and was made annually until 1921, when it was raised to $2,500, due to increasing interest in Ginling. During the difficult period of war, the contribution reached $4,000 a year. The Smith Alumnae Committee for Ginling was started in 1923, and Smith alumnae donated $50,000 for the construction of a recreation building in Ginling. Annual contributions to the College gradually increased until it reached a maximum of $5,500 a year.

Many Smith graduates also served as faculty at Ginling. By 1942, fifteen Smith alumnae had taught at Ginling.

Smith raised almost $2,500 as a gift to Ginling to celebrate its twenty-fifth birthday in 1940, and this money was used for repairs after the war.

Legacy

 * Nanjing Normal University was founded on the campus of Ginling College in 1952.
 * Jinling Girls' High School (金陵女子高級中學) in Taipei was founded by alumnae of Jinling Women's University in 1956.

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Honda Integra (fourth generation)

The fourth-generation Honda Integra (chassis code DC5), produced by Honda, was introduced in Japan on 13 April 2001 and produced from July 2001 until August 2006. It was introduced in North America on 2 July 2001 as the Acura RSX, the name a part of Acura's naming scheme changing the names of its models from recognizable names like "Integra" or "Legend" to alphabetical designations in order for buyers to build more recognition to the marque, and not the individual cars.

Chassis and drivetrain
In concordance with the introduction of the Integra's platform mate, the seventh-generation Civic being introduced in 2000, the Integra joined the Civic in abandoning Honda's traditional double wishbone suspension at both ends and adopted MacPherson struts in the front and trailing arm type suspension in the rear along with the new K-series engine supplanting the B-series.

The K-series engine features intelligent VTEC (or i-VTEC), which electronically adjusts valve lift and duration between separate cam profiles, as well as valve timing with the implementation of a continuously variable sprocket, giving the 2.0 L engine a flatter torque curve relative to previous VTEC implementations which only adjusted valve lift and valve duration.

Facelift
The Integra received a facelift in 2004 (MY2005). The headlight and taillight assemblies lost the "half circle" on the bottom. This made the assemblies flush with the bumpers. The interior received new trim and gauge clusters, an immobilizer and alarm became standard, the body became stiffer, the suspension springs were redesigned, and the car's tendency to bump steer was reduced.

Japan
In Japan, the Integra was introduced in two versions, the iS (later renamed Type S in the 2004 refresh) and the Type R.

The iS/Type S (not to be confused with the RSX Type-S), featured the 2.0L DOHC i-VTEC 4-cylinder K20A3 engine with an output of 160 whp and mated to either a 5-speed automatic or a 5-speed manual transmission. The 2001–2003 iS was available with 15-inch steel wheels with covers, or optional 16-inch 5-spoke alloy wheels. The 2004–2006 Type S was equipped with 17-inch 5-spoke alloy wheels shared with the RSX Type-S. The JDM Type R had reduced weight, a 2.0L DOHC i-VTEC 4-cylinder K20A engine that output 217 hp (164 kw) (Japan-only; Oceania models use an engine similar to the RSX Type-S), 6-speed close-ratio manual transmission, as well as a helical limited-slip differential (LSD), stiffer springs and shocks, high intensity discharge (HID) bulbs paired with specially designed reflector headlights (different from all other RSX models), aluminum pedal set, 4-piston front Brembo brake calipers, 17-inch 5 double-spoke wheels on Bridgestone Potenza tires, Recaro suede seats/matching interior, leather wrapped MOMO steering wheel, body trim, front strut bar, and more. The Type R lacked many of the luxury features (like vanity mirrors or side airbags) found in the Type S, true to its racing heritage. The C package on the Type R added various accessories, such as a rear wiper, remote control, and folding mirrors. The JDM iS had one interior color, Ebony, in its first year. After 2002, Titanium interiors became available for all exterior colors. The Type S had redesigned cloth and leather seats. The Type R had choices of black/blue/red interiors (including color matching Recaro seats), depending on exterior colors. The refreshed Type R had the option of either the high wing, or the trunk lip spoiler. Both the iS and Type S were available with sunroof, and navigation systems. Additional interior and exterior accessories were available from Honda's Modulo line. Modulo accessories offered include interior trim (shift knobs, decals, etc.), foglights, aero kits (front/side/rear bumper enhancements), wing spoilers, alloy wheels, push button start, upgraded speakers, and navigation.

Japan's vehicle parts road compliance regulations means many tuning parts for the Integra can be purchased from Honda dealerships. For example, M&M Honda, a Honda dealer, manages their own brand of parts. Honda tuner Mugen sells their performance parts via Honda dealers as accessories.

Oceania
In Australia, the Integra was available in four models: the base model, simply named Integra, Luxury, Type R and Type S. The base Integra was simply the Japanese-market iS, while the Luxury added accessories like leather seats and a sunroof. Australian Type Rs were different from the JDM models, as they were not equipped with all of the features of the latter. They lacked the Brembo braking system, used the 200 hp K20A2 in place of the slightly more powerful K20A, and regular 16-inch 5-spoke wheels, painted in gun metal or white, were used instead of the 17-inch, 5 dual-spokes. However, the Australian Type R does retain the JDM model's helical limited slip differential, and full Type R interior (MOMO steering wheel, aluminum pedals and shift knob, Recaro seats and color matched carpets) and aero (wing and front/rear bumper lips). The Type R was dropped in 2004, and replaced by the Type S, which was mechanically identical to the USDM RSX Type-S (though it did lack cruise control), but badged like the JDM Type S. With the Integra's refresh in 2004, the base model was dropped. The only trims available in 2006 was the Luxury and Type S. Black was the only interior color available for the redesign. For facelifted Oceanic models, extra strengthening was given to fit higher safety regulations.

New Zealand only had two models, the VTi and Type R. The VTi came standard with alloy wheels, but was otherwise the same as the JDM iS. The Type R was also replaced by the Type-S like Australia in 2004. NZDM Type R models are the same as AUDM ones, but did not have ABS.

United States

In the US, the Acura RSX was available in two models: the base model, simply named RSX and the Type-S. The RSX came standard with numerous features, such as cruise control, 4-wheel disc brakes with ABS, power windows and a power moonroof. The RSX came with the 160 whp 2.0L DOHC i-VTEC 4-cylinder K20A3 engine throughout the entire production run. Sport cloth seats were standard with optional perforated leather interior. Also available were optional 16-inch 7-spoke alloy wheels, which were very similar to those of the USDM DC2 Integra Type R (only 1 inch larger). The base model RSX was available with either a 5-speed manual or a 5-speed automatic transmission with Sequential SportShift and Grade Logic Control.

From 2002-2004, the Type-S was equipped with a 200 whp 2.0L DOHC i-VTEC 4-cylinder K20A2 engine. Beginning in 2005, the engine was replaced with a more powerful 210 whp 2.0L DOHC i-VTEC 4-cylinder K20Z1 engine

The Type-S was only available with a close-ratio 6-speed manual. The Type-S included additional features such as sport-tuned suspension, gunmetal painted wheels, 11.8-inch ventilated front disc brakes, larger sway bars and a Bose 7-speaker (including a subwoofer mounted on the spare tire) audio system with a 6-disc in-dash CD changer.

One peculiar note for the initial 2002 model year were two available options. HID projector headlights from the Integra Type R was made available to the RSX for $1500.

In 2005, the RSX and RSX Type-S received a styling refresh. On the exterior, the headlights and taillights were updated while the Type-S received an updated rear hatch spoiler. The base model received 12-spoke Enkei alloy wheels, while the Type-S came with 17-inch 5-spoke Enkei/Asahi wheels wrapped in Michelin HX MXM4 215/45/R17 tires. 17-inch Enkei J10s alloy wheels (with Acura specific fitment and center caps) were optional. The Type-S received a higher output engine which included the camshafts, b-pipe and muffler, 4.77 final drive ratio, crankshaft pulley and the intake snorkel duct from the Japanese Type R.

The "A-Spec Performance Package" was a dealer option package. The body kit is essentially a debadged JDM Honda Modulo kit, while the wing is from the Type R. The package included a sport suspension system, under-body spoiler kit, wing spoiler (with stronger hatch shocks to hold additional weight), exterior badging and 5 dual-spoke 17-inch gun metal wheels.

The RSX had numerous exterior color options but only two interior colors: Black (Ebony) and Beige (Titanium). The exterior color choice would dictate the interior color. Some colors were available in either trim package while other colors would be available in one trim level but not the other.

In 2002, color options were as follows:

In 2006, the available color combinations were as follows:

Canada
Three models were available in Canada: Base, Premium and Type-S. The base model came equipped with a cloth interior, no sunroof, unpainted side skirts and front lip and 15-inch steel wheels with wheel covers and lacked cruise control and ABS braking. The Premium model added a moonroof, 16-inch alloy wheels and heated leather seats. The Type-S came equipped with a 200-210 hp (depending on the model year) 2.0L DOHC i-VTEC 4-cylinder engine, larger front brakes, a BOSE sound system with a spare tire mounted subwoofer, stiffer suspension, an oil cooler and an upper strut tower bar. The A-Spec package was available to the Type-S models. All Canadian cars with leather seats were heated along with side view mirrors.

The refresh in 2005 brought the same updates as USDM cars. The base model now has standard alloy wheels (16-inch, 12-spoke). Sport cloth seats are standard in 2005, optional leather in 2005-2006.

Wheel types varied according to model year. 2002-2004 models had a 15-inch steel wheel with covers (Base), 16-inch 5-spoke alloy wheels in silver (Premium) or gunmetal (Type-S). 2005-2006 had 12-spoke wheels for both Base and Premium. Type-S had the 17-inch 5-spoke alloy wheels. Acura branded Enkei J10s, 16-inch old ITR, and 17-inch 5-dual spoke A-Specs were available as accessory wheels.

The CDM RSX had the same interior as the USDM RSX, however the exterior and interior colours are different. e.g. CDM Taffeta/Premium White Pearl exterior cars came with Ebony black interiors.

Safety
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has determined crash test ratings of the RSX.

Performance

 * 0-60 mph: 6.3 sec (2002–04 Type-S)
 * 0-60 mph: 6.2 sec (2005–06 Type-S)
 * Top speed : (drag limited) 145 mph
 * Standing 1/4-mile: 15.8 sec (2002–06 Base)
 * Standing 1/4-mile: 15.1 sec (2002–04 Type-S)
 * Standing 1/4-mile: 14.6 sec (2005–06 Type-S) @ 95 mph
 * 70 mph-0 mph braking distance : 181 ft
 * 300 ft skidpad : 0.86 g
 * EPA Fuel Economy: 24 mpgus city/31 mpgus highway

Awards
The RSX was named in Car and Driver 's 10 Best List in 2002 and 2003.

Racing
Acura won the Manufacturers' Championship of the SCCA World Challenge Touring Car class in 2006, running both RSXs and TSXs. RSX drivers finished in 5th and 9th in the Drivers' Championship. Kensai Racing used RSXs and TSXs in the KONI Challenge Series. Badged as a Honda, the DC5 won the British Touring Car Championship with Matt Neal in 2005 and 2006, for Team Dynamics (branded as Team Halfords after the title sponsor). When competing a K24 engine swap from an Acura TSX or installing a supercharger/turbocharger is done by many.

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Unwrapped

Unwrapped, also known as Unwrapped with Marc Summers, is an American television program on Food Network that reveals the origins of sponsored foods. It first aired in June 2001 and is hosted by Marc Summers. The show leads viewers on tours of factories and other food-related locations. Popular subjects include candy, breakfast cereal, snacks, and TV dinners. The show's spin-off, Trivia Unwrapped, is a game show also hosted by Marc Summers. In February 2015, a revival series, Unwrapped 2.0, began airing; it's hosted by Alfonso Ribeiro.

Overview
The show tapes segments with Marc Summers at many different locations across the country. Some host segment locations are: The Notz Landing Diner located in Golden, Colorado at the Heritage Square Amusement Park; The Drugstore in Pueblo, Colorado; locations within Elitch Gardens Amusement Park in Denver; and a specially built set at the Comcast Media Center near Denver.

The show is produced by the Colorado production company High Noon Productions for Food Network. Since 2006, new episodes of Unwrapped have been presented in high definition on Food Network HD.

Volume 1 of the show has been released to a three-DVD set.

Marc Silverstein hosted several 1-hour Unwrapped specials (later remade with Summers). All seasons are available for streaming on Max.

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User:Laugurinn

Gunnlaugur (Gulli) Lárusson (1976) was born and raised in the rural town of Dalvík in the northern part of Iceland. He moved to Akureyri in 1992, and from there to Reykjavík in 1995. Gulli briefly revisited Akureyri a year later, but having already tasted the rich culture of the nation’s capital, he decided to move back to Reykjavík to pursue a career in music.

Gulli co-founded the Stoner / Desert rock outfit "Brain Police" in October 1998, assuming the role of lead guitarist and later taking over all guitar duties. Gulli left the band in January 2005 after releasing three LPs and one EP.

He Joined Lights on the Highway(LOTH) in March 2005 as their second guitarist. LOTH released their self-titled debut album on the 18th of July 2005.

He left Lights on the Highway on amicable terms in 2006 and rejoined Brain Police in 2007.

He has also been making electronic music ever since he was 14 years old and got his first personal computer, a 16mhz Hyundai as a confirmation present. His alias when producing electro is Commander.

Other musical projects are Public Relations with Þorgeir Frímann Óðinsson aka Frank Murder and Darkhammer with Frank Murder and Krilli.

Also known as "Gulli", "Laugur" "Lungal" "Laugurinn" "Laugurinn sjálfur" "Lurgurinn", "Sundlaugur", "Handlaugur".

Computer description in his Windows XP reads, and is equally applicable to the man himself:

Indestructible Never Failing Self-Repairing Sturdy Gurdy.

Laugur says: Mottos to live by:

Everything in moderation.

Don't rush the river.

He also likes to play in his /Sandbox

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Manumuskin River

The Manumuskin River is a 16.3 mi tributary of the Maurice River in Cumberland County, New Jersey in the United States.

The Manumuskin River flows through a relatively pristine forested area in the southern Pine Barrens of Cumberland County, as well as Atlantic white cedar bogs and salt marshes in its lower reaches. The name is of Lenape origin.

It rises approximately 5 mi east of Vineland and flows south-southwest, joining the navigable estuary of the Maurice from the northeast approximately 5 mi south-southeast of Millville and approximately 7 mi upstream from the mouth of the Maurice on Delaware Bay.

Approximately 3500 acre of the watershed of the river are included in the Manumuskin River Preserve, established in 1983, the largest conservancy of its kind in New Jersey. Parts of the river are also designed as part of the Maurice Wild and Scenic River.

A local nonprofit organization, Citizens United to Protect the Maurice River and Its Tributaries, Inc., is a regional watershed organization that focuses its work on the Maurice River watershed, which includes the Manumuskin.

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Talk:History of the Soviet Union/Archive 5

-- Slrubenstein:

I’m looking through some of your edits. While they make for better “readability”, this is often at the cost of over-simplifying the content and at the expense of more precise wording. For instance, it’s more precise to state that under Brezhnev’s “tutelage” certain growth rates were experienced rather than under his "leadership" since he may or may not have taken any great role in some of the developments seen under his “tutelage”. Go through the section that on the nature of economic planning and you'd get a sense why. A Soviet party chief/ceremonial state president (like Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko, or Gorbachev” is a bit more like the “chairman of the board” than someone like Bush or Chirac (other strong heads of state). Also, it’s too simplistic to go through some of the conditions liked to the Bolshevik Revolution and list them together as “causes”. There is simply to much debate about the subject.

You’re also mixing up the chronology. Now the 1922 Kronstat Revolt, which is more relevant in the NEP section instead of the Bolshevik Revolution section, is being discussed before events leading up to the Bolshevik Revolution.

Noting these problems, I made some changes to the organization of the first two sections. 172

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 * Your point about Kronstadt is well-taken, thank you. As for tutelage, I realy disagree with you and have posted a complete explanation to your talk page. I am also glad you think many of my changes have increased readability. Slrubenstein

--- Rather than poor writing styles or suspected biases, the problems of the article are more clear. Due to my shortcomings, it lacks the following issues that come to my mind just to name some examples:

Titular nationalities, ethnonationalism, institutional change, the Cold War, the Sino-Soviet Split, the origins of the Cold War, the Kosygin reforms of 1965, power struggles, de-Stalinization, arts and culture, the causes of the Bolshevik Revolution, Perestroika and Glasnost, the Andropov and Chernenko interludes, foreign trade, the Warsaw Pact, Soviet subsides to foreign regimes like Cuba, North Korea, and Vietnam, the military-industrial complex in the post-Stalin years, the Cuban Missile Crisis, youth organizations, the Virgin Lands, Afghanistan, and the judiciary.

As you can see, the article is weak on the post-Stalin years. G-man had a good idea to slit the article in half, one section covering 1917-1953 and the other 1953-1991. That way we can add content without removing important content on the war, industrialization, and collectivization. It's not that I forgot all these topics, but realized that the article was already too long once I got to the point of having to address them.

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 * I agree about the need for more content, although again you have been doing a good job. Also, can you add anything on the role of anarchists in Kronstadt, and the Bolshevik repression of anarchists?

 * Anyway, I just made a few changes -- nothing to content, mostly a little switching of sentences and stuff; I hope you will again agree it makes it more readable. I did change tutelage back to leadership; please see my explanation on your talk page, 172, and also please consider taking up my suggestions there, Slrubenstein

- We can revisit Kronstadt, but we should all enter into a pact to focus on post-Stalin years, where the article is weaker. 172

I wasn’t suggesting that Bush and Chirac have more or less power than Brezhnev did, but just stressing the fact that the systems are very different. One system is based on delegated powers, the other is sort of based on informal personal influence that some top cadre accumulated over some particular institutions and compromise between committee members.

Here’s a story that will illustrate why Brezhnev and his successors were conciliatory chairmen of the board, and not dictators in the mold of Stalin or executives with strong delegated powers like Yeltsin or Putin.

I’m partial to the bureaucratic pluralist and interest groups approaches taken by Sovietologists in years past. To get a sense of where these model’s are coming from, I suggest that you take into consideration the aborted Kosygin Reforms of 1965, which called for giving industrial enterprises more control over their own production-mix, some flexibility over wages, and allowed them to put a proportion of profit into their own funds. But these reforms suggested a move away from detailed central planning and control from above, prompting the planning ministries, whose numbers were proliferating rapidly, to fight back and protect their old powers. This was not a difficult task since the Brezhnev/Kosygin collective leadership lacked the strength to counter their influence (the ministries, after all, controlled supplies and rewarded performance) in order to implement the reforms. The ministries fought back by just issuing more detailed instructions that retarded the reforms, curtailing the freedom of action of the enterprises. Nor did these economic reforms, aimed at increasing productivity by pushing aside surplus labor, necessarily appeal to workers. The constituency that stood to gain the most from the reforms was the enterprise management, but they weren’t enthusiastic either since they weren’t convinced that these reforms might last. Finally, by 1968 there was the unfortunate example of Czechoslovakia, which put the breaks on the momentum for economic and political reform. In contrast, the military sector continued to be the success story.

In the article I pointed out that the ACS system had not yet exhausted its capacity for growth by the late 1960s since it was still sustaining higher rates of growth than the Western powers, so these reforms could have been implemented at just the right time to save the Soviet Union and spare the population of the hardships of the past twenty years. By Gorbachev, in contrast, a decade of stagnation, declining productivity, and systemic problems like the ones I chronicled in the article might have been insurmountable. Perhaps the problem with Kosygin/Brezhnev was not too much power concentrated in their hands, but not enough. Forces like the ministries and the military won out, pushing the Soviet Union in a less prudent direction.

When I was describing the role of the Soviet Party chief/state president, I should’ve given Putin and Yeltsin as examples just to avoid confusion. Yes, Yelstin was more powerful within Russia than Brezhnev. Since Yelstin was a strong executive with strong formal delegated powers, he could implement radical (and unpopular) economic reforms under his leadership by executive decree and unconstitutional actions like his disillusion of the duma in 1993. Kosygin, then the Soviet Premier, however, could not get the Byzantine labyrinth of the Soviet Administrative Command System to carry out the reforms that he attempted to institute. Stalin's successors simply did not enjoy his apparatus of state terror to get things done, made possible by Stalin subverting the party's power with the secret police.

Perhaps what I just described to you should be in the article. Rather than squabbling over whether or not “tutelage” is a common enough word to belong in the article, maybe the above content could give readers a better sense of Soviet politics.

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 * As I say on 172's talk page, much of the above ought to be adapted to fit the article itself! Slrubenstein

-- I added it. The article, however, is still weak on the Gorbachv era and could also use more of a general chronology woven into it for readers who are unfamiliar with a general overview or outline of Soviet history. 172

 * thanks, Slrubenstein

I deleted "created" because it is argumentative and POV. Personally (and I am no Stalanist) I do not believe he "created" his reputation, unless you mean he created it through actual deeds. I believe he was a dedicated revolutionary and Bolshevik through the Civil War. You have a right to disagree -- my point is that neitehr your nor my position is objective NPOV. What is objective, what you and I can both agree on, is that he had a reputation. How this reputation developed and to what extent it was accurate is a matter of historical and political debate. The Stalin article should provide an account of the debate -- but in an NPOV way. Slrubenstein

--- I'm not going to get into an uproar over that change (I didn't write that paragraph), but it is well-documented that Stalin began a propaganda campaign following Lenin's death exaggerating his role in the Bolshevik revolution and his role as Lenin's anointed heir while he was pushing aside rivals on the left and the right and consolidating power. 172
 * And that campaign should be documented in the article on Stalin (if you have detailed information please by all means include it there) -- as should his real achievements prior to and during the Revolution and Civil War. He is a complicated character and virtually all talk of him has been highly partisan -- all of this should be covered, but in a balanced way, that's all, Slrubenstein

I’m content with your wording right now, but I’ll deal with that issue after adding a little information on the Stalin cult. I know that I wanted to focus on the post-Stalin years, but this topic is conspicuously absent. 172

Did you like my contribution about the causes of the USSR's break up G-Man

- Yes. It was succinct and well-written. I was also able to weave all the old text on the disillusion of the Soviet Union, which lacked analysis, into it. That was the content that the article needed the most.

Good job! 172

Attribute actions to actors with respect to the phrase:

 * The CPSU became the sole legal political party

I do not claim greater expertise on the subject than an attentive reading of Orlando Figes A people's Tragedy, but I think we could look a little less like Weaselpedia here. -- Alan Peakall 17:38 29 May 2003 (UTC)

Anyone know what makes the text appear over the image? Koyaanis Qatsi 22:15, 1 Aug 2003 (UTC)


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User talk:Brockert/MWS

$10 USD via Paypal for the first person to get me the 500 most linked articles of less than 250 characters in length, and the number of articles linking to each. Paste it here, and e-mail me the address you want the money to be paypaled to. --Ben Brockert 03:22, May 21, 2004 (UTC)
 * SQL query requests: The original challenge.
 * User talk:Brockert#The $10 Stubs Bribe: talk on my page about it.

This is from the May 22nd database dump. I've taken the liberty of excluding redirect pages from the list. I'll have $10 worth of your time expanding these articles or, if you insist, to the charity of your choice please. Shout when you want this recreated, it's a 5 minute job. - TB 17:08, 26 May 2004 (UTC) Hel is a disambiguation page for which I've cleaned up most of the links except where article writers seemed to have confused Hel (goddess) of the Norse underworld with the Biblical Hell (which gets its English name from the goddess Hel). BlankVerse 16:15, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Wow, thanks TB. I'll split the difference: $5 just went to Wikimeda Foundation, and I'll spend an extra (constructive) half hour on the 'pedia. --Ben Brockert 23:52, May 27, 2004 (UTC)
 * Please remove the entry 'EMU'. It is a disambiguation page and I've updated all pages pointing to it. -- User:Costyn 09:51, July 13th, 2004. (UTC).
 * I'm OK with you just removing it from this list. If the need arises again in the future, just explain it in the edit summary. --Ben Brockert 21:33, Jul 13, 2004 (UTC)

I removed the list, because it's old and causes false "what links here"s. If you want to see it, it is still in the history. —Ben Brockert (42) UE News  03:09, Feb 10, 2005 (UTC)

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Wikipedia talk:Scripts

Untitled
So, scripting requests got moved here, where they're even more obscure. Not that anyone was hopping to do them before, but is there any way to make these more obvious or more likely to get done? More rewarding to the runner? I'm trying cash elsewhere, we'll see how that goes. --Ben Brockert 03:25, May 21, 2004 (UTC)

 * The SQL needed to run them would help. Perhaps instructions on exactly how to get the database and what to do with it for people that have absolutely no idea where to start might encourage others to do this rather than relying on the few people that already have it set up. Angela. 05:46, May 21, 2004 (UTC)

 * I agree, i have currently no idea how to run an SQL query to get that data, but if people would post the query needed to run it maybe more people would do it. --Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason 08:34, 2004 May 21 (UTC)

mIRC script
For the mIRC script that allows you to click on Wikilinks, is there any way to make the links open in an already open tab of an already open window? Right now it opens a completely new window; I know it is possible because before I foolishly "upgraded" the script to this new version, there was a version that worked the way I want...I just don't know how to do it now. Adam Bishop 23:23, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Tools
I am currently, together with User:Sj, establishing the page Tools. The goal is to given an overview of tools for browsing and editing the wikipedia. I would like to suggest to interlinkt Scripts more closely with the new page, and hope that we manage to coordinate the contents of the two pages in a sensible way. greets, -- 217.82.181.205 23:37, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC) (that is de:Benutzer:Duesentrieb)

Original mIRC Script Not Efficient
Quoting the mIRC Scripting documentation:

In the original script, the hotlinker code actually evaluates 6 wildcard comparisons on every mousemove. Mine evaluates nothing. These are very resource intensive. Alot of the code is reductant, as my script will also accept multilingual and meta requests. Thank's to CXI for pointing this out.

Masterhomer

Wikilinks - supersedes older scripts
This script provides, to my knowledge, greater functionality with less processing than the long, inefficient script currently in place. In accordance, I have moved Wikilinks to the top of the mIRC link scripts section and refactored the description text appropriately.

If there are any problems with this, please let me know. CXI 01:51, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)

 * Looks like this does not work if the linked text has a, after it such as ARTICLE, Dalf | Talk 10:14, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Also does not seem to work in query windows. Dalf | Talk 07:26, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

Unicode numeric converter scripts - Javascript
I use Help:Special_characters for converter script upgrade. You can try it here. New code (use wikitext to copy): <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> Unicode conversion utility

Type here, and all Wikipedia unsafe characters will be converted to &#1234; codes. Input:       Sorry, this page is useless with Javascript disabled. Output (don't type here):       Sorry, this page is useless with JavaScript disabled.  document.charform.input.value=""; document.charform.output.value="Don't type here."; function revtxt { var s=document.charform.input.value; o=""; for( m=0;s.charAt(m);++m ) if (         	( (c=s.charCodeAt(m))<128 && c!=38 ) ||          	(c>=160 && c<=255 && c!=166 && c!=173 && c!=178 && c!=179 && c!=185 && c!=188 && c!=189 && c!=190 && c!=208 && c!=215 && c!=221 && c!=222 && c!=240 && c!=253 && c!=254 )         ) o+=s.charAt(m); else if (c==38) o+="&"; else o+="&#"+c+";"; document.charform.output.value=o; }   See Wikipedia:Scripts.

Wikilinks doesn't work with 2 byte character titles on ja.wikipedia.org. --Ypacaraí 07:23, 2005 Feb 19 (UTC)

wmlinksubber.py
This script seems to be very buggy. When trying to load it into Silverex X-Chat 2 on Windows XP, it crashes as soon as it encounters a WikiLink. Can someone else check it? Cctoide 21:17, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

I second this. I'm using version 0.0.8c of the script and I'm having the same problems. Landus Mikain 23:32, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

UPDATE: Try removing the C:\Documents and Settings\$user$\Application Data\X-Chat 2\.ircwikimapping.txt file if one exists.

Did that and everything fixed itself.

the Talk. Like. This. script....
I have one suggested (optional) variant. Urls often get ruined if they are the last item in a line of text. A simple isin can prevent this (for the rare times when someone includes a url). Changes in red:

on *:INPUT:#: { if (/* iswm $1) || ( http:// isin $1-) { $input } elseif (($asc($right($1-,1)) > 96) && ($asc($right($1-,1)) < 123)) || (($asc($right($1-,1)) > 64) && ($asc($right($1-,1)) < 91)) || ($right($1-,1) isnum) { msg $active $+($upper($left($1-,1)),$right($1-,-1),.) halt } }

Now, someone could of course do a search for the last space, and see if "http" proceeded it, or other more complex methods, but this is quick and easy and mostly effective. Additional parameters to seek "ftp://", "gopher://", "www.", and "ftp." (the supported mirc prefixes for auto-url clicking) could be added as well, but are less used. Thoughts? Splarka (rant) 02:21, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

 * I've updated the page to include this modification since it makes it a lot more useful. Angela. 03:10, 20 December 2005 (UTC)

 * Nice. -- 🐺Ghost .NET🐺 TALK  03:42, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

kvirc
I'd love to see one of the wikilinks scripts translated to KVirc, if possible ;] -- негідний лють  ( Reply  |  Spam Me! *  ) 10:17, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

Compare categroy to list, show differences
Do we have a script/tool that could do this? I would like to see which entries at Category:Polish nobility are not linked from List of Polish nobility, so I can make sure the list is complete (at least in the regards to category).--Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus Talk 17:15, 13 January 2006 (UTC)

IRC Recent Changes Script
Does anybody know the script that puts live Recent Changes on #en.wikipedia (irc.wikimedia.net)? I'm interested in making something similar for another wiki. - Super Sam 14:16, 1 May 2006 (UTC)

 * How about this: Simple_IRC_RC_Bot (see also: IRC_channels) Splarka (rant) 07:28, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Or, if you mean, the bots that parse and display these changes on the freenode channels, see: WP:CVU Splarka (rant) 07:34, 2 May 2006 (UTC)
 * The first link you gave me looks pretty much like what I'm looking for, except it doesn't show where to put most of the code, and it looks pretty confusing. It's close, though. - Super Sam 12:21, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
 * You just put it into LocalSettings.php and UDPserver.pl (you need access to these files to do this) Splarka (rant) 07:39, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

ENABLE
My school has everything blocked. Don't respond on my talk page, they'll find out. HOw the HELL do I enable JavaScript so I can use this damn proxy?

Central repository of scripts
For those developers who would rather put their scripts in a central repository, I have created User:Userscripts. (It seems that scripts can't be hosted anywhere outside of the User namespace.) Instructions for setting up a script there can be found on the userpage. Just FYI. Ingoolemo talk 23:10, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Read an HTML content
I would know if it is able to know the content of a page. For example, if I want to know the content of the page User:Pasqual (ca)/Status, and then order to show an icon related to the content how I can do it? Pasqual (ca) · CUT  22:26, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
 * http://javascript.internet.com/page-details/load-html.html
 * But I dont load the content, only I want to know the content and it returns its value...
 * For example:

wpCurrentStatus = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Pasqual_%28ca%29/Status if (wpCurrentStatus =="offline") { wpStatusIcon = "red"; //it would be more extended } else if (wpCurrentStatus == 'busy') { wpStatusIcon= "yellow"; //it would be more extended } else if (wpCurrentStatus = 'online') { wpStatusIcon = "green"; //it would be more extended } else { wpStatusIcon = "grey"; //case of somebody has vandalized the page, or content is unusual.
 * Pasqual (ca) · CUT  14:56, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Please, a channel on ChatZilla to contact with somebody. Pasqual (ca) · CUT  15:09, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Met's script
There's no need to chmod the script +x. Irssi will not execute the scripts the way you'd normally execute a Perl script. Sjktje (talk) 14:32, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

Not working
The scripts aren't working. Dont know why. --Efe (talk) 13:05, 17 October 2008 (UTC)

Wiki guidelines
Technically, this falls under the HOWTO charter and as such does not belong on wikipedia, even if it is of use to the wikipedia crowd of regulars. 213.46.8.238 (talk) 11:28, 9 March 2009 (UTC)
 * WP:NOTHOWTO only applies to articles. This is in the "Wikipedia" namespace. Radiant chains (talk) 07:15, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Transcription of Mongolian Cyrillic
A far-reaching change of the transciption conventions for Cyrillic Mongolian has been suggested at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Mongolian). The suggestion is kh > h, ö > o', ü > u' which might be unfortunate in view of both searchability and workload. In any case, you might want to join the discussion. G Purevdorj (talk) 06:43, 3 September 2011 (UTC)

Protection and management of scripts?
See discussion at Village Pump (policy)#Protection and management of scripts?. Relevant to Lua, userscripts, and user scripting generally. Comments appreciated.

FT2 (Talk 02:07, 20 March 2013 (UTC)

Unicode scripts
The unicode scripts at Unicode_numeric_converter_script were added when Unicode was inserted into Wikipedia using HTML entities. That is no longer necessary, nor is it likely as we have charmaps, visual editor, etc, etc. I suggest we move them from this page back to whence they came for historical purposes (Wikipedia:Unicode numeric converter script), carefully attributing the authorship of changes/additions. John Vandenberg (chat) 08:33, 26 December 2013 (UTC)

Scripts are not working for me... at all
The Wikitext/source editor appears to have changed a bit recently (see 1). Instead of being contained in a box, the wikitext fills up the whole page, and also there is no box at the bottom for the edit summary. When I try to run a script on a page (such as User:GregU/dashes.js), the source editor simply loads (as seen in 2) without implementing the changes. Another script I use is User:Ohconfucius/script/MOSNUM dates.js, and occasionally (as seen in 1) the buttons do not load up (in 2 the buttons are seen in the bottom left hand corner, under “Wikidata item”, but they are missing in 1), and when they do load up, they do not work. I believe this may have something to do with the new source editor, because I had no problem using scripts on the old one. Furthermore, if you look at my non-automated contributions to the article namespace in the past couple of weeks, virtually all of them are tagged with “2017 source edit”. I’ve checked my preferences and it doesn’t seem there is anything in them that has switched my account to edit using this editor, and I don’t know how to switch back to the old one. Is anyone else having this problem? Is there anything I can do so that it will let me use scripts again? Linguist un Eins uno 05:30, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
 * Pinging, perhaps they might be able to help. Linguist un Eins uno 08:24, 8 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I think it is most likely due to the wikitext source editor. AFAIK, the MOSNUM script is functioning properly and hasn't been changed since 6 August 2017. The dashes script has been unchanged since 2014 (other than a minor change in May). Another user of my script has noted a failure with WSE. Try disabling it and see if the script becomes normal once again. --  Ohc  ¡digame! 20:44, 9 November 2017 (UTC)
 * As it's a beta, the developer will be aware there could be issues with the feature. You should alert them to this incompatibility so that they can fix it, or if they identify a glitch within my script, they can suggest how to eliminate the source of the problem. --  Ohc  ¡digame! 20:52, 9 November 2017 (UTC)
 * I found out how to disable it and now the scripts work again, thanks! Linguist un Eins uno 21:22, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

Importation of scripts cross-wiki
An editor in another wiki wants to use one of my scripts that are housed here on en.wp. How can the user import the script into their own vector.js file (without copying/pasting the extire script, with all the intendent risks of obsolescence) for use there? What's the correct syntax to include? --  Ohc  ¡digame! 14:03, 3 December 2017 (UTC)

Loading problem
Hello everyone, a few scripts in my commons.js including pageswap.js, MoveToDraft.js, AfDclosing.js and more suddenly stopped loading after Google Chrome's latest update so is there only me or anyone else facing the same issue. GSS (talk |c|em ) 08:32, 21 September 2018 (UTC)

Group of users interested in changes to CSS
Watchers of this page may be interested in. Izno (talk) 22:07, 20 December 2020 (UTC)

Project:Scripts
Is there a bookmarklet page? Here it's non-JS scripts, so it should be there if it works at all because it is from 2005. Jack who built the house (talk) 04:57, 18 May 2024 (UTC)

Scripts not running
I came here hoping to find that editors are complaining about their scripts not running. It seems it's just my scripts that are on strike. I haven't changed anything in ages. Any pointers what might be going wrong?  Schwede 66  09:54, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

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