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The Ultimate Warrior

Warrior (born James Brian Hellwig; June 16, 1959 – April 8, 2014) was an American professional wrestler and bodybuilder. Best known by his ring name The Ultimate Warrior, he wrestled for the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) from 1987 to 1992, as well as a short stint in 1996. He also notably spent a few months in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) in 1998, in which he was known as The Warrior.

After a career in bodybuilding, Warrior turned to professional wrestling. From 1985 to 1986, he would tag with fellow former bodybuilder Steve Borden, later known as Sting, as the Blade Runners. The two split when Warrior left to pursue a singles career in World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW). Under the ring name Dingo Warrior, he was a one-time WCWA Texas Heavyweight Champion.

In 1987, he joined the World Wrestling Federation, and became a two-time WWF Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion within two years. At WrestleMania VI, Warrior won the WWF Championship in a title vs. title match over Hulk Hogan, making him the first wrestler to hold both titles concurrently. Posited as the new face of the company, he would fall out with chairman Vince McMahon over a pay dispute, and unsuccessfully attempted to leave the WWF, with which he was under contract. Warrior would return at WrestleMania VIII, but by November 1992, he had been released; it was later revealed that this was due to steroid use.

In 1993, he legally changed his name to the mononym "Warrior" and was credited as a co-writer for a comic book based on his name and likeness. Warrior returned to the WWF at WrestleMania XII, but lasted four months, as he began no-showing events. Two years later, he joined World Championship Wrestling (which had tried to hire him in 1995), being used in a much-maligned storyline with Hogan, which culminated at Halloween Havoc. Warrior retired from professional wrestling and subsequently embarked on a public speaking career, but wrestled one final match in Spain in 2008.

Warrior died on April 8, 2014, at the age of 54 in Scottsdale, Arizona. On the preceding three nights in New Orleans, he had been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, appeared at WrestleMania XXX, and made his final public appearance on Monday Night Raw, returning to the promotion after an acrimonious separation in 1996.

Early life
Warrior was born in 1959 as James Brian Hellwig, in Crawfordsville, Indiana, about 50 miles northwest of Indianapolis. He was the oldest of five children and was raised by his mother (along with, later, his stepfather) after his father left his family when he was 12. His father died at 57 and a grandfather died at 52. The family moved and he graduated from Veedersburg's Fountain Central High School and attended Indiana State University for a year.

Bodybuilding career
Prior to his career in professional wrestling Hellwig was an amateur bodybuilder, competing in a number of NPC contests and winning the 1984 NPC Mr. Georgia crown. Hellwig started training with weights when he was 11 years old and described himself as "the small, insecure kid who wasn't into any sports". He moved to California where, after seeing bodybuilder Robby Robinson, he decided to take up the sport. His first contest took place in Florida, where he placed 5th. Later, while he was attending Life University in Marietta, Georgia, he won the Junior Atlanta contest and placed 5th at the 1981 AAU Collegiate Mr. America. In 1983, he won the AAU Coastal USA, before taking the Mr. Georgia title the following year. His last bodybuilding contest was 1985's Junior USAs, which was won by future IFBB Pro, Ron Love. Hellwig finished 5th.

In 1985, after spending six weeks in California training for a bodybuilding contest, he was invited to join a group of bodybuilders – Garland Donoho, Mark Miller, and Steve Borden – to form a professional wrestling team. Warrior accepted the invitation and abandoned his bodybuilding career as well as his plans to become a chiropractor.

Continental Wrestling Association (1985–1986)
Hellwig began his professional wrestling career as Jim "Justice" Hellwig of Powerteam USA, the group of bodybuilders trained by Red Bastien and Rick Bassman. Hellwig and fellow trainee Steve Borden (who later had success as "Sting"), formed a tag team called The Freedom Fighters (Hellwig was known as Justice and Borden was called Flash).

The Freedom Fighters debuted in the Memphis, Tennessee-based Continental Wrestling Association (CWA) promotion, run by Jerry Jarrett, in November 1985. The team played babyfaces at first, but fans were actually slow to take to the hulking duo in a territory that had featured sympathetic "good guy tag teams" like the Rock 'n' Roll Express and The Fabulous Ones. They were quickly turned heel under "coach" Buddy Wayne and soon afterwards manager Dutch Mantel. They left the CWA in January 1986.

Universal Wrestling Federation (1986)
In March 1986, the Freedom Fighters – now known as the Blade Runners – joined the Oklahoma-based Universal Wrestling Federation (UWF). Hellwig was "Blade Runner Rock" and Borden was "Blade Runner Sting". According to Joseph Laurinaitis (aka Road Warrior Animal), UWF owner Bill Watts created the Blade Runners and the intent was to make them a parody of The Road Warriors. They were part of Eddie Gilbert's Hotstuff International group, before disbanding in June 1986 when Hellwig left the UWF.

World Class Championship Wrestling (1986–1987)
In June 1986, Warrior debuted in the Dallas, Texas-based World Class Championship Wrestling (WCCW) promotion, where he wrestled for $50 a night. He has stated that he adopted the ring name "Dingo Warrior" after a member of the WCCW locker room remarked that he looked like "a warrior". This stood in contrast with a claim made by Road Warrior Animal, who stated that the Dingo Warrior was a recreation of Warrior's Blade Runner gimmick and was an attempt to present himself as an offspring of The Road Warriors.

Initially, Warrior was still a heel in the territory, managed by Gary Hart, although he was cheered during a heel versus heel feud with WCWA World Heavyweight Champion Rick Rude after the two fell out during a tag match. After switching managers to Percival Pringle III, Warrior turned babyface permanently after a falling out with fellow Pringle proteges Buzz Sawyer and Matt Borne after a six-man tag match. Warrior formed a tag team with Lance Von Erich, and the duo began competing for the WCWA World Tag Team Championship. On November 17, 1986, Warrior and Von Erich defeated Master Gee (substituting for champion Buzz Sawyer) and Matt Borne to win the title. They held the Championship until December 1 of that year, when they lost to Al Madril and Brian Adias.

In 1987, Warrior began competing for the WCWA Texas Heavyweight Championship, losing to Bob Bradley in a tournament final on January 12. He won the title from Bradley on February 2 of that year. The title was held up in April 1987 after Warrior left the WCCW. He was reinstated as champion upon returning, but vacated it once more upon resigning from WCCW to join the World Wrestling Federation, where he adopted the ring name The Ultimate Warrior. Warrior began appearing on house shows in June and was initially billed as The Dingo Warrior in house card promos by Gene Okerlund, but soon had his name modified. There is a dispute over who created the full Ultimate Warrior name. Bruce Prichard stated that Vince McMahon did not know what a "Dingo" Warrior was, but because there was the "Modern Day Warrior" Kerry von Erich and The Road Warriors there should not be one more simple warrior, but the Ultimate Warrior. Warrior claimed after one of his first matches, McMahon had him do a pretaped promo. It was there Vince said "we want you to do Warrior, but we don't want Dingo." The Warrior then proceeded to cut the promo and stated that he was not this warrior or that warrior, he was The Ultimate Warrior. Warrior made his final appearance with WCCW in June 1987.

Early push (1987–1988)
Hellwig joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) in June 1987. First competing on house shows under his Dingo Warrior moniker, he defeated a series of jobbers, including Steve Lombardi, Barry Horowitz and Mike Sharpe. He made his television debut as The Ultimate Warrior on the October 25 episode of Wrestling Challenge, where he defeated another jobber, Terry Gibbs. As The Ultimate Warrior character, Hellwig became known for his impassioned babbling, incomprehensible commentary and high-energy ring entrances, which featured him racing into the arena full speed, bursting into the ring, and violently shaking the ring ropes up and down. He was also known for his distinctive pattern of face paint. After several months of defeating jobbers, he was pinned for the first time in the WWF by fellow WWF rookie/future rival Rick Rude on December 28, 1987. In early 1988, Warrior entered into his first real WWF feud with fellow strongman Hercules Hernandez. The two faced off on the February 7, 1988, airing of Wrestling Challenge, where Hercules was disqualified for using his steel chain. Warrior then grabbed ahold of the chain and in the midst of a tug of war over it, the chain snapped. This led to a match at WrestleMania IV, where Warrior was victorious in his pay-per-view debut. Warrior lost twice by pinfall shortly thereafter: cleanly to André the Giant in April in Italy, and to Dino Bravo, who put his feet on the ropes for leverage, in Montreal in June. In the summer of 1988, he wrestled Bobby Heenan in a series of weasel suit matches, in which Warrior won by sleeper hold.

Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion (1988–1990)
Less than a year after his WWF television debut, Warrior, a surprise substitute for the injured Brutus Beefcake, won the Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship, defeating The Honky Tonk Man in a 27-second squash match at the inaugural SummerSlam on August 29, 1988, and ending Honky Tonk's long reign at 454 days. As champion, he captained a team at Survivor Series '88, where he was the sole survivor, pinning Outlaw Ron Bass and Greg Valentine in succession to win the match for his team.

As 1989 began, Warrior entered a feud with Rick Rude over the Intercontinental title. The feud was sparked at the 1989 Royal Rumble, where the two met in a "super posedown". After Warrior drew the support of the live crowd in their judging of the contest, Rude attacked Warrior and choked him with a steel bar. This led to a championship match at WrestleMania V, where Rude pinned Warrior to win the title with the help of his manager Bobby Heenan, who held down Warrior's foot from outside the ring as he was being pinned. At SummerSlam, Warrior defeated Rude to regain the title and become a two-time Intercontinental Heavyweight Champion. Warrior then began a feud with André the Giant, leading to a number of house shows in which Warrior defeated André in short squash matches, establishing Warrior as a main event level talent. The feud culminated at Survivor Series where the two captained opposing teams. Warrior eliminated André by knocking him out of the ring, where he was counted out. Warrior was again the sole survivor, pinning Arn Anderson and Bobby Heenan to win the match.

WWF Champion (1990–1991)
The Warrior received a push as WWF's main event level successor to Hulk Hogan, who had remained wrestling's biggest star throughout the 1980s. Following a few confrontations with Hogan, most notably at the 1990 Royal Rumble, the Warrior was written in as Hogan's opponent in the main event for WrestleMania VI at the SkyDome in Toronto. The match was billed as "The Ultimate Challenge", as both Hogan's WWF Championship and Warrior's Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship were on the line. Warrior pinned Hogan after a Warrior Splash to become the only wrestler to hold both championships simultaneously. Warrior vacated the Intercontinental Heavyweight Championship (which Mr. Perfect then won in a tournament), as WWF rules prohibited a wrestler from holding both titles.

After WrestleMania, Warrior successfully defended the championship against Haku, Mr. Perfect and Ted DiBiase. At SummerSlam, he retained the title over Rick Rude in a steel cage match. "Macho Man" Randy Savage was also introduced as a potential rival after interfering in a The Main Event IV title match at the behest of DiBiase.

Warrior was inserted into the feud between The Legion of Doom and Demolition, leading to victories for the Warrior and LOD in six-man tag team matches in house shows as well as the October 13, 1990, airing of Saturday Night's Main Event XXVIII. The feud culminated at Survivor Series, where The Warriors (Ultimate Warrior, LOD and Kerry Von Erich) defeated The Perfect Team (Mr. Perfect and Demolition). For the third consecutive year, Warrior was the sole survivor for his team. He later survived the "Grand Finale Match of Survival" with Hulk Hogan.

In January 1991, Warrior faced Sgt. Slaughter at the Royal Rumble. Slaughter's gimmick at the time was a traitor who had betrayed America by aligning himself with an Iraqi (kayfabe) military general, General Adnan. In the context of the Gulf War, this made Slaughter one of the most hated heels at the time. After rejecting an earlier request to grant a title shot to Savage, Sensational Sherri interjected herself in the Warrior's championship match to distract him. Her interference eventually led to a Savage sneak attack, where he struck Warrior over the head with a metal scepter and allowed Slaughter to pin Warrior to win the title. Warrior went on to feud with Savage, and the rivalry culminated in a "Career-Ending" match at WrestleMania VII which Warrior won, forcing Savage to retire.

Various feuds (1991–1992)
The next chapter of Warrior's career was an encounter with The Undertaker, after Undertaker and his manager, Paul Bearer, locked Warrior in a coffin on the set of Bearer's Funeral Parlor. WWF officials worked feverishly to break the casket open, finally revealing Warrior's seemingly lifeless body, and the torn fabric inside of the coffin indicating Warrior's desperate struggle to get out. Warrior was finally revived by the officials performing CPR. (It was later revealed in a 2010 interview with Bearer that, in preparation for the segment, he and his team had to remove the airtight rubber seal or "gasket" from around the coffin's lid and drill air holes in said lid to allow for breathable space, so that Warrior would not suffocate because "he had enough brain damage as it was, and we wouldn't want to give him any more", implying that Warrior had been faking his own death the whole time. ) This led to Jake "The Snake" Roberts offering to give Warrior "the knowledge of the dark side" in order to prepare Warrior to take his revenge on the Undertaker. This involved Roberts giving Warrior three "tests" shown on WWF television in consecutive weeks. For the first test, Roberts locked Warrior once again inside the same coffin as previously.

For the second test, Warrior was "buried alive" by Roberts. For the third test, the Warrior entered a room full of snakes, to find "the answer" in a chest in the middle of the room. Waiting inside the chest was a spitting cobra which bit Warrior in the face. As Warrior, weakened from the effects of the cobra's strike, Roberts made a heel turn and was joined by the Undertaker and Paul Bearer, revealing the three were working together all along. Roberts then uttered, "Never trust a snake." The stage was now set for a feud between the Warrior and Roberts. The feud never took place, as Warrior was involved in an alleged pay dispute with WWF owner Vince McMahon over the SummerSlam main event, where Warrior was teamed with Hulk Hogan in a handicap match against Sgt. Slaughter, Colonel Mustafa, and General Adnan.

On July 10, 1991, Warrior sent a letter to McMahon requesting inclusions in his new WWF contract. He wanted $550,000 for performing at WrestleMania VII, a guaranteed number of working days, travel accommodations and a higher percentage of merchandise sales. He remarked that $550,000 "was fair", and that "[Warrior] meant as much or more to the show than Hulk [Hogan]". He ended his letter with "Whatever your decision, I can and will live with it. Till then I remain home with one who cares".

The WWF responded on July 13, agreeing to $550,000 for WrestleMania VII, a higher royalty rate and promising no other WWF performer would be paid more than him on WWF pay per views. McMahon personally ended the letter by saying, "I would like to express my deepest appreciation and admiration for you as a performer, as a member of the WWF family, as a man, and as my friend".

Following WWF's annual SummerSlam event, Warrior was handed a letter dated August 26, 1991, from McMahon, saying Warrior was suspended effective immediately. Among other things, McMahon said, "You threatened to stay at home thereby not even appearing at Titan's major summer pay-per-view event SummerSlam. I had no choice but to accede to your exorbitant demands. This was a serious mistake on your part". McMahon later testified that the only reason the company agreed to the contract was to "acquiesce to his demands temporarily" to ensure Warrior would perform at the SummerSlam event.

Upon receiving the letter, Warrior refused the suspension and left the WWF. Warrior formally sent a letter of resignation to the WWF in October 1991. The WWF refused to accept the letter since Warrior was under contract until September 1992.

With Hulk Hogan about to leave WWF between mid-1992 and early-1993, McMahon contacted Warrior about returning. He made his comeback at WrestleMania VIII (to rescue Hulk Hogan from a beat down at the hands of Sid Justice and Papa Shango). Upon his return, he received a degree of creative control over his bookings. One storyline involved Papa Shango, a "witch doctor", casting a spell over Warrior, causing him to convulse and vomit in very odd colors, though Warrior says he hated that story and had no control over it. The Warrior was booked for a WWF Championship match against then-champion, "Macho Man" Randy Savage at SummerSlam in August 1992. The Warrior won the match by count-out, but not the title. In November 1992, Warrior was scheduled to team with Savage (as The Ultimate Maniacs) to face Ric Flair and Razor Ramon at Survivor Series. Weeks before the event, Warrior was released for disputed reasons and replaced by Mr. Perfect.

The initial plan for Warrior's 1992 return was to eventually give him another run with the WWF Championship. Indeed, WWF writers had originally intended that the Ultimate Warrior should be the one to accept Mr Perfect's services - up for offer to either Summerslam main event competitor - turning heel in the process of winning the title. However these plans were scrapped at a late stage due to the Warrior's refusal to turn heel after considering the collapse in merchandise sales which would have resulted. Furthermore, his return coincided with the government's crackdown on steroids in wrestling. Warrior was admittedly a heavy user of steroids during his professional wrestling career. In his book Sex, Lies and Headlocks, ESPN writer Shaun Assael stated that Canadian chemist Mauro Di Pasquale, who had been hired in June to monitor the WWF's new drug testing program and was known for being tough towards anyone who failed a drug test, nailed Warrior for steroid use in September and was able to successfully persuade McMahon, who was under federal scrutiny at the time for allegations of illegally supplying steroids to some of his wrestlers, to release Warrior from the company. However, in Warrior: The Ultimate Legend, McMahon claims that it was Warrior's experimenting with growth hormone which led to his departure; Warrior was suspended and, in return, skipped dates as he took offense to McMahon's actions. Warrior left the company on November 21, 1992, with his last match being a victory over Kamala on November 8 in Orlando, Florida.

Semi-retirement (1992–1996)
Between November 1992 and July 1995, Warrior was semi-retired. During his time away from the WWF, Warrior opened the short-lived "Warrior University", a professional wrestling school based in Scottsdale, Arizona.

In January 1993 he wrestled as the Dingo Warrior, defeating Hercules Hernandez in Billerica, Massachusetts, for Killer Kowalski's International Wrestling Federation.

In April 1993, he toured Europe for World Wrestlings Superstars in Germany and that same year he also played the role of "the swordsman" in the action movie Firepower.

On July 22, 1995, he returned to the ring for the National Wrestling Conference (NWC) promotion in Las Vegas, defeating The Honky Tonk Man. He had also wrestled a tour of Germany for Otto Wanz's Catch Wrestling Association (CWA) promotion where he defeated Ulf Herman.

On February 10, 1996, he defeated Jimmy Garvin in an independent show in Princeton, West Virginia.

Return to the World Wrestling Federation (1996)
Warrior returned to the WWF on March 31, 1996, defeating Hunter Hearst Helmsley at WrestleMania XII. He made his first appearance on Monday Night Raw on April 8, where he gave an in-ring interview and credited the "voices" of the "warriors" (his name for members of the WWF audience) for his return; he was then interrupted by Goldust. Warrior challenged for Goldust's Intercontinental Championship at In Your House 7; Warrior won the match by countout, but did not win the title. The following night on Monday Night Raw, Warrior defeated Isaac Yankem, DDS. A rematch with Intercontinental Champion Goldust, on the May 27 episode of the show, ended in a double countout, thus eliminating both men from the tournament and eventually giving Vader a bye into the semi-finals. Warrior defeated Jerry Lawler at King of the Ring, and defeated Owen Hart by disqualification on the July 8 episode of Monday Night Raw.

Warrior was scheduled to team with Shawn Michaels and Ahmed Johnson to face Owen Hart, Davey Boy Smith, and Vader at In Your House 9 later that month, but the WWF terminated Warrior's contract when he missed several house shows, taking time off allegedly to grieve the death of his father. WWF owner Vince McMahon claimed that Warrior had not seen his father in ten years and did not care much for him; therefore, he did not take Warrior's excuse for missing house shows at face value. Warrior disputes McMahon's explanation, claiming that the real reason why he did not show up to those events was a breach of contract by McMahon, in which WWF sold Warrior's merchandise without giving him a percentage. He was replaced by Sycho Sid at In Your House 9.

World Championship Wrestling (1998)
WCW signed Warrior "at great expense" in May 1998. He formed a stable opposing Hollywood Hulk Hogan's New World Order (nWo): the "One Warrior Nation" using the initialism oWn as a play on the name nWo. Highlights of the storyline included Warrior kidnapping and "converting" The Disciple and frequent instances of "magic smoke" knocking out all of the nWo members except for Hollywood Hogan and covering Warrior's movement through a trapdoor in the ring. The trapdoor was responsible for nearly paralyzing Davey Boy Smith, when he awkwardly fell on it during a match at Fall Brawl 98. Warrior's debut promo also unexpectedly lasted over 27 minutes, which was more than 20 minutes over its allotted time and forced Eric Bischoff to do a massive rewrite of Nitro on the spot, including re-adding a commercial break that was supposed to take place during the promo.

Warrior only participated in three matches in WCW. The first was the WarGames match at Fall Brawl, where he competed as a member of Team WCW, competing against 8 other wrestlers for a shot at Goldberg's WCW World Heavyweight Championship at Halloween Havoc. Diamond Dallas Page won the match by pinning Stevie Ray. On the October 12 edition of Monday Nitro, he teamed with Sting to defeat Hogan and Bret Hart by disqualification. The third was his loss to Hogan at Halloween Havoc, in what is considered by many to be one of the worst wrestling matches ever staged. During the bout, Hogan attempted to "blind" The Warrior using flash paper, but was unable to light it properly, and as a result The Warrior was forced to briefly sell the move despite the flames clearly not touching him in any way. The match came to an end when Horace Hogan hit Warrior in the back with a chair, allowing Hogan to score the pinfall.

WCW claimed that attempts were made to save the storyline though Warrior has claimed in interviews and convention appearances that the only reason he was brought back was so Hogan could get a win over Warrior in return for Hogan's WrestleMania job. Warrior's last appearance in WCW was on the November 9, 1998, episode of Monday Nitro, when he came to the rescue of The Disciple who was being attacked by members of The nWo. Warrior retired from wrestling that year.

Nu-Wrestling Evolution (2008)
After retiring in 1998, Warrior only wrestled a single match on June 25, 2008, against Orlando Jordan in Barcelona, Spain. Warrior won the match and the Nu-Wrestling Evolution World Heavyweight Championship, but immediately vacated the title.

WWE Hall of Fame (2013–2014)
On February 20, 2013, Warrior confirmed on his official YouTube channel that he would appear at "WrestleCon" on April 7, 2013. In the same clip he spoke positively about Vince McMahon for the first time on his channel. His appearance was so popular that a second print run of tickets had to be ordered.

On July 15, 2013, Warrior was featured in a WWE 2K14 game trailer and revealed he was in the roster as a pre-order bonus.

On April 5, 2014, The Ultimate Warrior was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame Class of 2014. The next day, Warrior appeared at WrestleMania XXX, and the following night delivered a promo on Raw, his first appearance on the show since his final televised WWF match in 1996. During what turned out to be his final public appearance, Warrior gave a speech to the fans and wrestlers past and present as his Ultimate Warrior character.

Personal life
Warrior married Shari Lynn Tyree on October 2, 1982. They remained together for the majority of Warrior's WWF career before divorcing on March 22, 1991, two days before WrestleMania VII. Warrior married for the second time to Dana Viale on January 31, 1999. The couple had two daughters together.

Between 1987 and 1989, he appeared in several TV ads for Westway Ford, a car dealership in Irving, Texas. Warrior interacted in full wrestling costume with Westway's wacky character, "Mean Joe Greed."

Death rumors
Warrior returned to the WWF at WrestleMania VIII after nearly eight months on hiatus since SummerSlam 1991. Due to the drastic change in his appearance (shorter, blonder hair and a smaller physique), rumors began circulating that a new wrestler was playing the role. At the time it was rumored to be Kerry Von Erich, who was then under contract to the WWF. Some said Warrior died from liver failure due to years of steroid abuse or that his signature arm tassels cut off his blood circulation. WWE claims that the theory that a different man returned to play The Ultimate Warrior at WrestleMania VIII remains "perhaps the longest standing urban legend in WWE history". WWE announcer Tom Phillips claims that the rumors likely originated from Gene Okerlund's WCW Hotline as well as the WCW debut of Warrior doppelgänger The Renegade.

Trademark and slander litigation
In 1993, Hellwig legally changed his name to the mononym Warrior. This one-word name appears on all legal documents pertaining to Warrior, and his children carry the Warrior name as their legal surname.

Warrior and the WWF engaged in a series of lawsuits and legal actions in 1996 and 1998, where both parties sought a declaration that they owned the characters, Warrior and Ultimate Warrior, under both contract and copyright law. The court ruled that Warrior was legally entitled to use the gimmick, costuming, face paint designs, and mannerisms of the "Warrior" character.

On September 27, 2005, WWE released a DVD documentary focusing on Warrior's wrestling career, titled The Self-Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior. The DVD featured clips of his more notable feuds and matches along with commentary from WWE stars past and present (most of which are unflattering), with Triple H (by this point one of WWE's top main eventers and the husband of Vince McMahon's daughter Stephanie McMahon) adding that his WrestleMania debut loss against Warrior at WrestleMania XII left him with mixed emotions, saying that Warrior "ruined the experience" for him and was "one of the most unprofessional guys" he's ever performed with. The DVD has provoked some controversy due to Warrior's own allegations of slander by WWE against him. Originally, Warrior was asked to help with the production of the DVD, but as he refused to work with WWE (citing he did not want to be associated with their promotion), there had been some resulting animosity between Warrior and WWE over the Warrior claiming bias on the part of WWE. In January 2006, Warrior filed another lawsuit against WWE in an Arizona court over the depiction of his wrestling career in The Self-Destruction of the Ultimate Warrior DVD. On September 18, 2009, Warrior's lawsuit in Arizona was dismissed.

Public speaking
Warrior formally retired from wrestling in 1999 and had a short-lived career as a conservative speaker and commentator, partnering with conservative spokesman Daniel Pinheiro, denouncing left-wing politics. In one instance, he mentioned that "queering doesn't make the world work" during a speech at the University of Connecticut. Warrior explained those comments on his website as meaning that the human race would die out if everyone were a homosexual.

Writing
In 1996, Warrior published a comic book titled Warrior, featuring himself as the main character. The series was co-written with Jim Callahan and illustrated by the Sharp Brothers.

Warrior maintained a blog on his personal website titled "Warrior's Machete", where he discussed his personal life, his personal views on politics, sexuality, patriotism, and his legacy as a wrestler, amongst other topics. There were numerous instances where Warrior used his blog to address his viewpoint on members of his wrestling past (Vince McMahon, Road Warrior Animal, The British Bulldog, Owen Hart, Hulk Hogan, Lex Luger); historical (Martin Luther King Jr., George Washington) or religious figures (Jesus). Warrior depicted celebrities who were newsworthy at the time of his blog (Heath Ledger and Paris Hilton). Warrior occasionally referenced his respect for the Founding Fathers of the United States, and also enjoyed books like Homer's Odyssey and James Allen's As a Man Thinketh. In 2012, he started selling "Weapons of Wisdom", inspirational 6×9 pieces of watercolor paper with drawings, quotes, and doodles on them by the Warrior himself. He also used the blog to post replies to letters from fans.

Death
Warrior died on April 8, 2014, in Scottsdale, Arizona. He had been inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 5, appeared at WrestleMania XXX on April 6, and made his first Raw appearance in almost 18 years on April 7, the day before his death. According to reports, Warrior clutched his chest and collapsed at 5:50 p.m. while walking to his car with his wife outside of their hotel in Arizona. He was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead at age 54. Warrior's colleagues said Warrior appeared frail during WrestleMania weekend, and said that he was sweating profusely and breathing heavily backstage.

An autopsy revealed Warrior died of a heart attack caused by atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

Legacy
Although Warrior's relationship with WWE was strained at times, more recently WWE has recognized him as one of the company's most popular legends. WWE described him as being "As devastating and intense as any Superstar who stepped through the ropes...", further saying that "The Ultimate Warrior may be the most enigmatic man to ever hold the WWE Championship." In 2011, WWE called him "one of the most recognizable" wrestlers in WWE history, praising his ability to draw power from "the WWE Universe", and further spoke of his impact as having "brought Hulkamania to its knees" at WrestleMania VI, "retired the Madness at WrestleMania VII and press slammed a slew of the greatest legends of his era".

Warrior appeared in the Mattel Legends figures line in both Series 4 and Series 6. He was also chosen as one of six legends to be included in the Defining Moments series of action figures. Most recently he was one of a number of figures in the WWE Superstars line of Mattel action figures in an assortment called "World Champions". Warrior further appears as a playable character in WWE All Stars, WWE Legends of WrestleMania, WWE 2K14, WWE 2K15, WWE 2K16, WWE 2K17, WWE 2K18, WWE 2K19, WWE 2K20, WWE 2K22, and WWE 2K23. In WWE All Stars, in which Ultimate Warrior appears as one of the "Legends", WWE stated that he was the "ultimate archetype of strength and intensity", and further stated that "without question, the Ultimate Warrior has etched his name in the pantheon of WWE greats". In 2005, WWE released The Self-Destruction of The Ultimate Warrior DVD, which portrayed Warrior in a negative light. Warrior claimed that if WWE wanted to induct him into the WWE Hall of Fame they would have "to tell the right story" opposite of the one depicted in the 2005 DVD. WWE released Ultimate Warrior: The Ultimate Collection, a 3-DVD, 540 minute-compilation of matches and stories, which portrayed Warrior far more positively, on April 1, 2014. Warrior was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 5, 2014, the night before WrestleMania XXX.

Warrior had been largely alienated from his peers in professional wrestling in the decade before his death, and was sometimes described as a bitter man on bad terms with various wrestling figures such as Vince McMahon, Hulk Hogan and Jake Roberts. Hogan even questioned Warrior's value, saying, "You gave the [WWF Championship] belt to The Ultimate Warrior... and right away the revenue went down." With Warrior's reconciling with the professional wrestling industry just before his death, some of his former adversaries offered their condolences. McMahon stated that "We are all so sad that the Ultimate Warrior has passed away. Our heart is with his wife Dana and his two daughters." Hogan said, "RIP WARRIOR. only love ... We talked, both forgave each other, we hugged, we shook hands as we told each other I love you, I am so sad, God bless his beautiful family". Roberts said that he was "Deeply saddened. We just had a great talk & buried a senseless hatchet. Talked working together. RIP Warrior. Taking solace we made peace." News of his death spread the next day on sites such as Bing, Facebook, and Twitter. It was also mentioned on ABC News, HLN and CNN. Reportedly almost immediately after Warrior's death, WWE sent two senior officials to Arizona to assist his widow in handling personal things such as grocery shopping so that she could focus on being with her and Warrior's daughters.

WWE paid tribute to Warrior on the April 14 episode of Raw with a ten bell salute and a video. The WWE Network aired a lineup dubbed "Warrior Week" in Warrior's memory. The lineup included a four-part special. A wrestling themed episode of The Goldbergs, which aired on May 6, was dedicated in Warrior's memory. The 2015 film The Flintstones & WWE: Stone Age SmackDown!, which stars The Flintstones and WWE Superstars and Divas, was dedicated to Warrior's memory.

At the UFC Fight Night 40 weigh-ins, fighter Lorenz Larkin wore an Ultimate Warrior mask, tassels and wristbands as a tribute.

Warrior was awarded a posthumous Slammy Award for Return of the Year in December 2014. A WWE-sponsored biography, entitled Ultimate Warrior: A Life Lived Forever: The Legend of a WWE Hero, was released in 2015.

In 2021, Warrior's life was chronicled on A&E's Biography: WWE Legends and Viceland's Dark Side of the Ring.

Warrior Award; Unleash Your Warrior

During his April 2014 Hall of Fame speech shortly before his death, Warrior proposed that the "Jimmy Miranda Award" should be created to honour WWE's behind-the-scenes employees. Miranda, who died in 2002, was part of the WWE merchandise department for more than 20 years.

In 2015, WWE introduced the Warrior Award for those who have "exhibited unwavering strength and perseverance, and who lives life with the courage and compassion that embodies the indomitable spirit of the Ultimate Warrior." Former WWE ring announcer Justin Roberts expressed disappointment at how WWE used portions of Warrior's Hall of Fame speech to promote the award, but left out Warrior's intentions of honoring WWE's off-screen employees. WWE responded, "It is offensive to suggest that WWE and its executives had anything but altruistic intentions in honouring Connor and his legacy with the Warrior Award", adding that "moving forward the award will be given annually to acknowledge other unsung heroes among WWE's employees and fans." As Of 2019, Sue Aitchison would be the first WWE employee to be given the warrior award.

In 2017, WWE started promoting the "Unleash Your Warrior" breast cancer awareness campaign in partnership with the Susan G. Komen Foundation, where Warrior's likeness was promoted on television by WWE wrestlers and breast cancer survivors. WWE has been criticized for using Warrior as the inspirational "emblem" of the campaign. Pro Wrestling Torch described Warrior in real-life having made public "vile, bigoted, hateful, judgmental comments about a cancer victim, Hurricane Katrina victims, homosexual people, a woman defending a gay man, and even Martin Luther King Jr." For example, when Bobby Heenan contracted cancer, Warrior said, "Karma is just a beautiful thing to behold." Vice wrote that "completely whitewashing his past and elevating his likeness to a bland symbol of corporate altruism is shockingly tone-deaf, especially for a company that's at least outwardly trying to appear progressive, inclusive and diverse". In response, WWE said that the Unleash Your Warrior campaign and the Warrior Award "recognize individuals that exhibit the strength and courage of WWE's legendary character The Ultimate Warrior. Any attempt to distract from the mission of these initiatives and take the spotlight away from the honorees is unfortunately misguided."

Championships and accomplishments

 * Nu-Wrestling Evolution
 * NWE World Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Pro Wrestling Illustrated
 * Comeback of the Year (1992)
 * Feud of the Year (1991) vs. The Undertaker
 * Match of the Year (1990) vs. Hulk Hogan at WrestleMania VI
 * Ranked No. 9 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 1992
 * Ranked. 101 of the top 500 singles wrestlers of the "PWI Years" in 2003
 * World Class Wrestling Association
 * WCWA Texas Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * WCWA World Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Lance Von Erich
 * World Wrestling Federation/WWE
 * WWF Intercontinental Championship (2 times)
 * WWF Championship (1 time)
 * WWE Hall of Fame (Class of 2014)
 * WWE Bronze Statue (2015)
 * Slammy Award (1 time)
 * Surprise Return of the Year (2014)
 * Wrestling Observer Newsletter
 * Most Embarrassing Wrestler (1998)
 * Most Overrated (1989–1991)
 * Readers' Least Favorite Wrestler (1989–1990)
 * Worst Feud of the Year (1989) vs. André the Giant
 * Worst Feud of the Year (1992) vs. Papa Shango
 * Worst Feud of the Year (1998) vs. Hulk Hogan
 * Worst on Interviews (1989–1992, 1998)
 * Worst Worked Match of the Year (1989) vs. André the Giant on October 31
 * Worst Worked Match of the Year (1998) vs. Hulk Hogan at Halloween Havoc
 * Worst Wrestler (1988, 1998)

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Mâcon

Mâcon, historically anglicised as Mascon, is a city in east-central France. It is the prefecture of the department of Saône-et-Loire in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Mâcon is home to near 34,000 residents, who are referred to in French as Mâconnais. The city gave its name to the nearby vineyards and wine 'appellation'.

Geography
The city lies on the western bank of the river Saône, between Bresse in the east and the Beaujolais hills in the south. Mâcon is the southernmost city in the department of Saône-et-Loire and the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. It is 65 km north of Lyon and 400 km from Paris. The climate is temperate with a slight continental tendency.

Climate
Mâcon features an oceanic climate (Köppen: Cfb), with warm summers, slightly too cool to be called humid subtropical (Cfa). Winters are relatively cold to French standards, but milder and more rainy than north of Mâcon. Most precipitation is in spring and autumn.

Ancient and Medieval eras
The agglomeration of Mâcon originates from the establishment of an oppidum and of a river port by the Celts from the Aedui, probably at the beginning of the first century BC. Known then under the name of Matisco, the town developed significantly during the age of the Roman Empire. This is demonstrated by the large Roman hoard known as the Mâcon Treasure that was discovered in the town in 1764, the remains of which is in the British Museum. During the 4th century, the town was fortified.

During the Middle Ages, Mâcon was the administrative center of a county belonging to the Duchy of Burgundy at the extremity of the bridge over the Saône leading to the Bresse territory belonging to the Duchy of Savoy. The town controlled access to present-day Lamartinien Valley (Val Lamartinien), where the southern end of the Côte de Bourgogne joins the first foothills of the Beaujolais hills, opening the way to the rich plains of the Loire.

On 3 June 1564, Charles IX from Chalon, stopped in the town during his Royal Tour of France (1564–1566), accompanied by the Court and the nobles of his kingdom, including his brother the Duke of Anjou, Henry of Navarre, the cardinals of Bourbon and Lorraine. The town is strategically built: it was a possible entrance into the kingdom for the Swiss or German mercenaries during the French Wars of Religion. He was welcomed by the Queen Jeanne III of Navarre, nicknamed the "Queen of Protestants", and 1,500 Huguenots.

Revolutionary and Imperial eras
On 21 October 1790, the matriarch of a prominent local family gave birth to a son who remains highly visible in his hometown, the Romantic poet and historian Alphonse de Lamartine.

In 1790, the Revolutionary government designated Mâcon as the capital (chef-lieu) of Saône-et-Loire, a newly created département within the radical restructuring of national administration.

In 1814, the town was invaded by Austrian troops and then liberated twice by French troops before being permanently occupied until the fall of the Empire. After Napoléon's return and the subsequent Hundred Days, Mâcon and the Mâconnais were again captured by the Austrians.

Second World War
During World War II, Mâcon was the northernmost town in the unoccupied zone libre between Paris and Lyon. On 11 November 1942, following Operation Anton, nearly eight hundred German soldiers settled in the city after crossing the demarcation line. From that date onwards, the Resistance was present in Mâcon. In April 1944, Jewish doctor Léon Israël was assassinated by the Milice.

The town was liberated on 4 September 1944 as part of Operation Dragoon by troops who had landed in Provence.

Sights

 * The Old Saint-Vincent in the town centre
 * Mâcon Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Vincent de Mâcon) in the town centre
 * Museum of Fine Arts (former Ursuline Convent)
 * Hôtel de Senecé (Lamartine museum)
 * Saint-Clément Catholic Church in the district of Saint-Clément
 * Church Saint-Pierre, Place Saint-Pierre, opposite the Town Hall
 * The Municipal Olympic Pool of Mâcon
 * The Maison des Vins or Maison Mâconnaise des Vins, on De-Lattre de Tassigny Avenue.
 * The Quai Lamartine (quay), the Vallon des Rigollettes, the Physical Activity Training Course (P.A.P.A) and the Marina: many places suitable for walking and relaxing.
 * The Theater of Mâcon (public theatre) close to the Maison des vins, Droits de l'Homme esplanade.
 * Château Saint-Jean, in the old commune of Saint-Jean-le-Priche annexed to Mâcon in 1972
 * Château des Perrières, on a hill overlooking the town

Parks and gardens
In 2007, the city was awarded the Grand Prix prize and "4 flowers" in the Entente Florale competition.

Transport
Mâcon is connected to neighbouring major cities through various routes:
 * Roads:
 * A6 motorway (Route: Paris-Lyon)
 * A40 Motorway (route: Mâcon-Geneva)
 * A406 Motorway (bypass south of Mâcon)
 * Route nationale 6
 * RCEA (Center-Europe-Atlantic road) which allows a direct traffic flow from Annemasse to Nantes or Bordeaux
 * The François Mitterrand Bridge is the second work of construction connecting Mâcon to the left bank of the Saône River
 * Railway Infrastructures:
 * Gare de Mâcon Loché TGV (routes: Paris-Marseille and Paris-Geneva)
 * Gare de Mâcon-Ville (routes Dijon–Mâcon–Lyon and Mâcon–Bourg-en-Bresse–Ambérieu-en-Bugey)
 * River infrastructures:
 * The Saône river which allows access to the Mediterranean Sea via the Rhône River

Public transport
Mâcon uses the urban transport service Tréma, run by the organising transport authorities, the SITUM (Inter-communal City Transport Union of Mâconnais – Val de Saône). The SITUM currently consists of 3 members: CAMVAL (Agglomeration Community of Mâcon-Val de Saône) (26 communes) and the Chaintré and Crêches-sur-Saône communes. The Urban Transport Area of the SITUM extends over 28 communes in total.

On the evening of 30 June 2009, the Mâcon Bus services ceased operation. This was due to the public service delegation contract between the SITUM and the Mâcon Bus company (a subsidiary of Transdev), operating the network since 1987, not being renewed at the last call for bids. So since 1 July 2009, the company CarPostal Mâcon (CarPostal France's subsidiary) has been providing city transport services on the network renamed Tréma.

The network Tréma, restructured on 31 August 2009, made the following bid:
 * urban lines (A to G) going through Mâcon, Crêches-sur-Saône, Sancé, Saint-Laurent-sur-Saône, central Charnay-lès-Mâcon and Mâcon Loché TGV train station on a regular basis.
 * a transport service requested by TrémA'Fil to operate in the other communes of the SITUM area, to increase the frequency of the less busy regular lines (F and G) and to offer a service for each city stop in the morning before the beginning of services for scheduled lines and in the evening after the end of the services.
 * school lines named TrémA'Scol.

Mâcon is run by the network Buscephale of Saône-et-Loire's local council.

Administration
Mâcon is a member of the Mâconnais Beaujolais Agglomération (agglomeration community), and also its seat.

Education
Mâcon has five collèges and four lycées. These establishments are in the same area in the west of the city, with the exception of the collèges Schuman (north) and Saint-Exupery (south).
 * Collèges
 * Collège Louis Pasteur
 * Collège Bréart
 * Collège Schuman
 * Collège Saint-Exupéry
 * Collège Notre-Dame (private)
 * Lycées
 * Lycée Lamartine
 * Lycée René-Cassin
 * Lycée hôtelier Dumaine
 * Lycée Ozanam (private)

Demography
Mâcon is one of the department's major employment areas which is by far the most dynamic (13.5% increase between 1999 and 2006) compared to cities such as Chalon-sur-Saône or Montceau-les-Mines which are losing jobs. This dynamism is particularly helped by the many transport links available and its proximity to Lyon.

The population data in the table and graph below refer to the commune of Mâcon proper, in its geography at the given years. The commune of Mâcon absorbed the former commune of Saint-Clément in 1856, Flacé-lès-Mâcon in 1964, Saint-Jean-le-Priche and Sennecé-lès-Mâcon in 1971 and Loché in 1972.

Town centre
Mâcon's town center of extends from Place Gardon, in the north, to the Roundabout of Europe in the south, from Place de la Barre, in the west, to the banks along the Saône to the east. The quarters of the town's centre are varied:
 * 1) The center by the town hall is the town's shopping area (rue Carnot, rue Dufour, rue Sigorgne, rue Philibert-Laguiche, rue Dombert, rue Franche, the quay Lamartine, the esplanade Lamartine and rue de la Barre). Most landmarks are in this conventional centre-ville including the Cathedral of Saint-Vincent, the Church of Saint Pierre and the town's two museums.
 * 2) The Saint-Antoine district is centred around the Place aux Herbes and the historic heart despite its relative distance from the Town Hall. This district covers the northern part of the town centre; it is crossed by the rue de Strasbourg and consists of narrow lanes. There is the prefecture (district headquarters) of Saône-et-Loire and the old Saint-Vincent Cathedral (Vieux Saint-Vincent).
 * 3) West lies the Square de la Paix, bordered by the Hôtel-Dieu, the Palais de Justice, Saint-Vincent Cathedral, plus the Vallon des Rigollettes and the Héritan district.

From the late 1990s to the early 2000s, the esplanade Lamartine underwent extensive redevelopment and upgrades. The winding car park and damaged cobblestones were replaced by an underground car park on three levels, a larger and brighter esplanade, bars, and a stage on the water (of the Saône river) which now accommodates various events, concerts and shows. The Statue Lamartine, which sits proudly on the esplanade, was completely renovated. Small gardens now brighten up the immense space that Mâcon's Esplanade Lamartine occupies. All along, one can find an extract from the famous poem by Lamartine, "Le Lac": "Time, halt in your flight... " engraved in the ground in silver letters.

North of Mâcon
The north of Mâcon is split, with the Neusdadt roundabout marking the boundary between the two sections. Flacé-lès-Mâcon, a village built in the city, constitutes the north-west of Mâcon. In addition to the adjoining Town Hall, church and small downtown area, Flacé consists entirely of residential areas. The north-east of Mâcon is composed of various residential areas and the town's sport centres (Physical Activity Training Course (P.A.P.A), public swimming pool, Centre for Sports Education, rowing, sailing and water skiing clubs, several football fields and clubs, and the Sports Palace). The residential areas consist mainly of low-rent council estates (HLM) with districts such as the priority development areas (ZUP) of Mâcon or the boulevard des États-Unis (road belonging administratively to the Saugeraies district).

South of Mâcon
The south of Mâcon is composed of three major areas.
 * 1) The first area is the Saint-Clément/Les Blanchettes block, also called Percée Sud. Saint-Clément only accounts for a small area but it is southern Mâcon's main business area with the Europe roundabout. Les Blanchettes is a district of low-rent council estates (HLM) passing through Édouard-Herriot Avenue. It is a very woody area, which includes most notably the Parc des Allumettes and its numerous games for children. The Romanesque church is in Saint-Clément, bearing the name of this town.
 * 2) The second area is the largest in this part of the town; it is the industrial area south of Mâcon (the largest metropolitan area) which is composed of the Port River at Mâcon (6 in France).
 * 3) The third and final area in the south of Mâcon is the Chanaye / Fontenailles and is southwest of the town. Fontenailles is a residential area consisting of detached houses. La Chanaye (pronounced "Chanai") is an area of low-rent council estates (HLM) bordered by the greenhouses of Mâcon. This district, along with the Boulevard des États-Unis, Saint-Clément/les Blanchettes and priority development areas (ZUP) of Mâcon, belongs to the sensitive urban zones (French ZUS).

West of Mâcon
The west of Mâcon is the least populated part of the town. This hosts Mâcon's lycées (René Cassin, Lamartine, Alexandre Dumaine and Ozanam) and most of the colleges, along with some residential areas merged with those of Charnay-lès-Mâcon, the Hospital of Mâcon and the historic working class area of Mâcon,Bioux.

Flacé
Formerly an independent commune, Flacé-lès-Mâcon was re-attached to Mâcon in 1965. It is now a residential area with a very prominent village atmosphere.

Loché
Loché is an associated commune of Mâcon. The fusion-association dates from 1972. Mâcon Loché-TGV station is in this wine-producing village.

Saint-Jean-le-Priche
Saint-Jean-le-Priche is an associated commune of Mâcon. The merging association dates from 1972.

Sennecé-lès-Mâcon
Sennecé-lès-Mâcon is an associated commune of Mâcon. The merging association dates from 1972.

Wine
The area west and north of Mâcon produces well-known wines from the Chardonnay grape. The best known appellation of the Mâconnais is Pouilly-Fuissé.

Tourism
In Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, you can see:
 * The Arboretum de Pézanin, one of the richest tree collections in France, near Mâcon,
 * The Rock of Solutré,
 * Cluny abbey of vast size and complex elevations and its medieval city of small proportions.
 * Charolles and its breed of cattle, "le boeuf charolais".
 * Paray-le-Monial with its church modelled as a smaller version of Cluny abbey, cloistered garden, basilica, museum and ornate town hall.

Economy
Mâcon holds the headquarters of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Saône-et-Loire, which manages the river port of Mâcon through Aproport, the Automotive Training Center (CFA Automobile) and the Mâcon-Charnay airport. The headquarters for the Chamber of Agriculture of Saône-et-Loire is also based in Mâcon.
 * Viticulture and maturing
 * Industrial River Port
 * Metallurgy
 * Logistics and road transport
 * Boating

Culture
The "Eté frappé" Festival, a free art and music festival, takes place every summer from June to August all over the town (notably on the Lamartine esplanade alongside the river Saône) featuring many concerts of a wide range of musical styles (classical, French song, jazz, rock, folk, hip-hop, rap), many shows (dance, comedy), open air film shows, open air plays, sporting events. In 2011, 48.000 people attended the festival.

Sports and leisure
Mâcon has 73 clubs with 55 organisations, 40 different sports to play, and 14,506 members of a sports association (42% of the population). It was elected the most sportive town in France in 2001.
 * The A.S Mâcon rugby club is now progressing to 'Fédérale 1' (the third division in the rugby union club championship). They reached the highest level in 1987–1988 (ASM appeared in the Pool league with Biarritz Olympique's Serge Blanco, the US Dax, Montpellier Hérault RC Montpellier and Lavelanet).
 * The rowing club (the Régates Mâconnaises) is a leading sport clubs in the town. Each year it organises several major events (regional, national championships) and sends many of its rowers to the biggest competitions. Similarly, each year, the Stade Nautique Mâconnais sends swimmers to the France N1 swimming championships.
 * A motor boating Grand Prix is held annually in late September (part of the speed championship of France in categories S2000 and S3000).
 * The Municipal Band of Mâcon.
 * The Mâcon Academy is extensive and nationally recognised.
 * Ski club and barefoot in Mâcon
 * UF Mâconnais is the football club of Mâcon. It was the first club of footballer Antoine Griezmann.
 * The Parc des Sports et des Loisirs is a sports and leisure park in the north-west outskirts of the city. The park contains the Stade Marie-José Perec and Espace Sportif et de Loisirs Antoine Griezmann, which is an athletics stadium and two synthetic football pitches. There are also tennis courts, archer and the bike park hurigny. Additionally, the park hosts the Association Moto Club de Mâcon (AMCM), which runs motorcycle speedway and flat track racing on the Mâcon speedway track.

Notable people

 * Jean-Baptiste Drouet (1763–1824), revolutionary who died in Mâcon.
 * Claude-Philibert Barthelot de Rambuteau (1781–1869), politician
 * Pierre Boitard (1789–1859), botanist and geologist
 * Alphonse de Lamartine (1790-1869), writer, poet and politician.
 * Antonio Damirón (1794-1875), French-Venezuelan printer
 * Antoinette Henriette Clémence Robert (1797–1872), writer of poetry, stage plays and short stories.
 * Alfred Lacroix (1863–1948), geologist and mineralogist.
 * Georges Lecomte (1867–1958), writer, novelist and playwright
 * Georges Duby (1919–1996), historian of the social and economic history of the Middle Ages.
 * Alain Digbeu (born 1975), basketball player
 * Antoine Griezmann (born 1991), football player
 * Marine Lorphelin (born 1993), Miss France 2013 and 1st Runner-Up to Miss World 2013, was born and raised in Mâcon

In popular culture

 * The Baby of Mâcon is a 1993 film directed by Peter Greenaway.
 * Mâcon is the hometown of petulant waitress Jessica (Cécile de France) in Avenue Montaigne, Danièle Thompson's 2006 film.

International relations
Mâcon is twinned with:

 * 🇩🇪 Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Germany, since 26 June 1956
 * 🇬🇧 Crewe and Nantwich, (Grande Bretagne) depuis 1957
 * 🇧🇪 Overijse, Belgium, since 28 August 1960
 * 🇺🇸 Macon, United States, since 1972
 * 🇮🇹 Lecco, Italy, since 12 May 1973
 * 🇪🇸 Alcázar de San Juan, Spain, since 15 March 1980
 * 🇭🇺 Eger, Hungary, since 11 May 1985
 * 🇫🇮 Pori, Finland, since 11 May 1990
 * Santo Tirso, Portugal, since 20 June 1992

Culinary specialties

 * Mâcon's sugary specialties are a cake made of meringue and filled with butter cream named "l'idéal mâconnais", and a sugary pâtisserie made of a very thin cigarette-shaped waffle named "la gaufrette mâconnaise" ("gaufrette" meaning "little waffle" in French).
 * Mâcon is surrounded by a vineyard of 12,355 acres which produces 49 million bottles of wine including the famous crus like Saint-Véran or Pouilly-Fuissé.
 * West of Mâcon, there is the Charolais area famous for its white-coated cattle.
 * East of Mâcon, on the other side of the Saône river, there is Bresse, famous for its white poultry, the only ones to have received an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) stamp.

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North Arlington

North Arlington is the name of two places in the United States:

 * North Arlington, New Jersey.
 * North Arlington School District
 * North Arlington High School
 * North Arlington, Virginia, an unincorporated community in Arlington County, Virginia

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North Atlanta

North Atlanta may refer to a number of places in the Atlanta, Georgia area:
 * North Atlanta, the name of an area now forming part of Brookhaven, Georgia, from 1924 until 1965
 * North Atlanta, a name used to refer to Midtown Atlanta in the late 19th century
 * The northern part of the City of Atlanta or of the Atlanta metropolitan area
 * North Atlanta High School, a public high school in Atlanta

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Claudio Sanchez

Claudio Paul Sanchez III (born March 12, 1978) is an American writer and musician best known for being the lead singer, guitarist and primary lyricist for the progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria. He is the creator of the comic book series The Amory Wars, as well as Key of Z and Kill Audio, both co-written with his wife Chondra Echert. Sanchez co-authored the novel Year of the Black Rainbow with Peter David.

Musical career
Sanchez primarily provides lead vocals and guitar in Coheed and Cambria. However, he has also used theremins, synthesizers, and harmonicas in his side projects. Early in his career, Sanchez first performed with several different bands, all of which lasted a short period of time.

After departing from the band Beautiful Loser, Sanchez went on a trip to Paris, where he began writing a story, initially referred to as The Bag.On.Line Adventures of Coheed and Cambria, named after a store near where Sanchez stayed while in Paris. Two characters named Coheed and Cambria Kilgannon live in a fictional foreign galaxy known as Heaven's Fence. In the original concept, Sanchez wrote a story about his girlfriend and himself traveling to a new, foreign place, but as the concept expanded the characters started to resemble his parents.

Sanchez was the lead singer and guitarist for Shabütie, which formed in Nyack, New York, in 1995. Shabutie released several EPs and wrote several songs which would eventually be released on The Second Stage Turbine Blade. The band broke up after Nate Kelley walked out on a performance but was later reformed with Josh Eppard replacing Nate Kelley on drums. This new band was dubbed Coheed and Cambria, named after the characters Sanchez had written about in Paris. Coheed and Cambria achieved success on the East Coast after releasing and touring The Second Stage Turbine Blade, and they gained mainstream success with the release of In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 thanks to the single "A Favor House Atlantic".

Comics
Sanchez began producing comic books in 2000, beginning with The Bag.On.Line Adventures. The Bag.On.Line Adventures lasted two issues due to problems with the artist, deadlines, and financial issues. Sanchez's next project was the graphic novel Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness. The graphic novel was released alongside the album of the same name, however, Sanchez has stated that the novel was incomplete due to financial issues.

Sanchez began anew in 2008, with the series The Amory Wars, which chronicles events album by album. The Second Stage Turbine Blade was covered in two five-part comic book limited series. Alongside Peter David, Sanchez co-wrote the novel The Amory Wars: Year of the Black Rainbow, chronicling the events of the Year of the Black Rainbow album. Sanchez also released a twelve-issue comic book series adapting In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 under the Amory Wars name. A forthcoming adaptation of the Good Apollo 1 storyline was foreshadowed at the end of the twelfth issue.

Under the Evil Ink Comics label, he has also produced Kill Audio (2009), Key of Z (2011), and Translucid (2014) with Chondra Echert.

Other work
Sanchez also performs in a side project called The Prize Fighter Inferno. The band is a concept band based on the character Jesse, a boxer known as the Prize Fighter Inferno. The story focuses on The Blood Machine, a vicious contraption that murders its victims and takes their souls. Sanchez also released a two-song 7" vinyl album titled The Beaver Records EP, which is associated with Kill Audio and The Prize Fighter Inferno.

On September 8, 2012, Sanchez released a six-song non-conceptual EP, Half Measures, under his side project The Prize Fighter Inferno.

On April 23, 2021, Sanchez released a new full-length album under The Prize Fighter Inferno titled The City Introvert.

Personal life
Sanchez is of Puerto Rican and Italian descent.

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Phascolarctos

Phascolarctos is a genus of marsupials with one extant species, the koala Phascolarctos cinereus, an iconic animal of Australia. Several extinct species of the genus are known from fossil material, these were also large tree dwellers that browsed on Eucalyptus leaves.

Taxonomy
The genus was named by French zoologist Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville in 1816.

The type species, the modern koala, was named as Lipurus cinereus by G. A. Goldfuss in 1817, later combined as Phascolarctos cinereus. Goldfuss published this name with a reproduction of John Lewin's 1803 illustration of the species in New South Wales.

An accepted synonymy of other generic names referring to Phascolarctos was published in 1988. The koala is listed in national conservation legislation as "Phascolarctos cinereus (combined populations of Qld, NSW and the ACT)", previously determined in 2012 to be "a species for the purposes of the EPBC act 1999" (EPBC). The koala was classified as Least Concern on the Red List, and reassessed as Vulnerable in 2014.

The name is derived from Ancient Greek φάσκωλος, referring to a leather pouch or bag, and ἄρκτος , meaning "bear".

Description
Phascolarctos is a genus of large arboreal marsupials that has specialised in leaves of Eucalyptus, a poor quality and potentially toxic food source that is unavailable to most other native mammals. The extinct species are presumed to have similar diet and habits to the modern koala, the largest Australian folivore, which was exceeded in size by the even more robust P. stirtoni. The tail of koalas is almost absent, an unusual characteristic for a tree climbing mammal, although other anatomical features are well suited to that habitat. They have some resemblance to the wombats, a family of large terrestrial marsupials which are allied with koalas as Vombatiformes.

The fossil material referred to the extinct species of this genus is scarce and fragmentary. Some remains are tentatively referred to Phascolarctos stirtoni, and the specimen for Phascolarctos maris, a partial lower molar, was later suggested by Karen H. Black to be an example of variance within the P. stirtoni species.

Distribution
Phascolarctos species have been discovered as fossil remains in several regions across southern and eastern Australia, in South Australia, Queensland and Victoria, and still occurs in those states and New South Wales. The modern koala is also known in the fossil record of the southwest of Australia and many other regions, but no occurrence of a living or extinct Phascolarctos species is recorded in the states of Tasmania and the Northern Territory.

The existing koala P. cinereus once had a wide range across the continent, which substantially contracted as a consequence of climatic changes that included extremes such as glacial cycles. Extinction of regional populations includes their disappearance from Western Australia after the mid to late Pleistocene, where their previous success is indicated by numerous fossils discovered in the Leeuwin-Naturaliste region. The disappearance from Southwest Australia coincided with a change in the region's fire regimes.

The temporal range of the Phascolarctus species includes fossils dated to the early Pliocene and mid to late Pleistocene. The earliest record of P. cinereus, the only species of the modern era, is dated to around 350 000 years ago. Phascolarctus is a remnant of a family that includes eight to ten genera, the Phascolarctidae, which diverged around 26 million years ago (during the Oligocene epoch).

The records for Phascolarctos yorkensis (Pledge, 1992) include occurrences in Curramulka Local Fauna in South Australia and Wellington Caves in New South Wales, possibly datable to the late Miocene.

Classification
Phascolarctos gives its name to the Phascolarctidae family, which allies a number of other genera that are now extinct. Anatomical similarities suggest the probably share a common ancestor of Vombatidae, represented by the living species of Vombatus and Lasiorhinus; the wombats are their closest extant relations among the Diprotodontia order of marsupials.

Family Phascolarctidae
 * Genus Nimiokoala
 * Genus Invictokoala
 * Genus Madakoala
 * Genus Litokoala
 * Genus Koobor
 * Genus Perikoala
 * Genus Phascolarctos
 * Koala - Phascolarctos cinereus
 * Phascolarctos maris N. S. Pledge. 1987.
 * Phascolarctos stirtoni Bartholomai 1968.
 * Phascolarctos yorkensis (Black and Archer, 1997) formerly Cundokoala, now recognised as a junior synonym.
 * Genus Priscakoala

A previously recognised arrangement of infraspecific taxa may be summarised as
 * Phascolarctos cinereus Koala
 * Phascolarctos cinereus adustus, Thomas 1923. Mundubbera, QLD
 * Phascolarctos cinereus cinereus, (Goldfuss 1817) NSW
 * Phascolarctos cinereus victor, Troughton 1935. 'Booral', Victoria

Three subspecies have been recognised within the existing species, based on specimens collected in Queensland, New South Wales and a "southern race" in Victoria. These may only represent clinal variation within the species at different latitudes, a conclusion reached by a genomic comparison in 2019 that found no support for a classification as three subspecies; the study instead supports a proposal for the population be recognised as a single evolutionary significant unit for conservation purposes.

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1994–95 snooker world rankings

The professional world rankings for snooker players in the 1994–1995 season are listed below.

Stephen Hendry retained the top ranking for the fifth consecutive year. It was the first season in the elite "top 16" for Ronnie O'Sullivan, Peter Ebdon, Tony Drago and Joe Swail. Dennis Taylor was not amongst the top 16, for the first time since 1978.

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Wikipedia talk:Cleanup/Archive 1

Various
Should there even be an "over two month old" section? In the Leftovers page, it says that articles that have "remained uncleaned after two months." Maybe we should move all of the articles currently there to Leftovers and get rid of the heading. Other suggestions? Astarael

Why do people feel compelled to create entries that are simply lists of things? Listings are unnecessary when one has a searchable database. For example, instead of maintaining a list of "authors from Norway", people should just do a search on "authors AND Norway". IMHO, the only reason to have lists is when the list is organized for a specific additional order (for instance a chronological order). Lists are archaic when a searchable database is available. What do others think?

 * Maybe this is why -- WormRunner 19:13, 4 Dec 2003 (UTC)
 * Sorry! Full text search has been disabled temporarily, for performance reasons. In the meantime, you can use the Google search below, which may be out of date.

 * And at a more basic level because 'author AND Norway' would hit lots of people who weren't authors or from Norway, and it might miss out writers from Norway. Indexes are good, though autogenerating them would be better. Morwen 19:23, 4 Dec 2003 (UTC)

 * Yeah, but I just think its sort of silly for humans to be manually indexing things in the age of computers. A manual index will miss out writers from Norway too.  A good index is great, but I'm just not convinced that manual indexing will keep up with the information being added to Wikipedia.  If I add an article on a Norwegian author, how am I supposed to know to also update "List of Authors from Norway", "List of Authors Named Lars", "List of Mystery Authors", etc.?  I'd rather just enter a good article and have the computer do the organizing.

Here's my proposal. A good, separate "list" type entry should meet two conditions: (a) the list must be "containable" and (b) the list must illustrate an additional order to the listing. For "non-containable" lists it should be clear that the list does not try to be comprehensive and is more of an example that could be included within another entry. I'm not saying these criteria would be a hard rule, but should be considered for cleanup discussions.
 * Example 1: A List of famous gay, lesbian or bisexual people is not containable -- there are estimates that at least 1/10th the population is gay so the list is potentially limitless. Just listing all the ballet dancers would be exhausting.  Such a list is futile -- it will never be complete.  My suggestion would be that under the Homosexuality entry there would be a subsection that gives examples of famous homosexuals without trying to be comprehensive.
 * Example 2: A "List of U.S. Presidents that were Homosexual" would be a much better type of list. There are only so many U.S. Presidents overall, and the ones that were openly homosexual is a small list, so the list is containable.  If the list is also put into chronological order, then it would meet my criteria that it shows an additional order to the listing.
 * Example 3: The List of matrices does not provide any additional order. It should be merged into the entry on Matrix.

One good reason to have a list page is the Related Changes function, which is useful if you want to monitor changes for say Games or Airlines. Not that I disagree with the above.

Any chance of a section specifically for articles which someone thinks might merit VfD, to give a week here for them to be expanded or redirected before they join the clutter at VfD? Should stop a quarter of VfD entries from ever qualifying and it'd be nice to work on them before lots of people spend their time judging them. JamesDay 09:21, 19 Oct 2003 (UTC)

 * How would you like to set it up? -- Cimon Avaro on a pogostick 18:15, Oct 19, 2003 (UTC)

 * After further thought I suggested a possible scheme on wikien-l during the delete discussion there. JamesDay 23:41, 25 Oct 2003 (UTC)

 * Hmm. I have been thinking about this a bit. Maybe they do not need their own section, but maybe we could just have some way of making them stand out from the rest of the entries. Like say enclose the entry withing ''' emphasis. Just a thought. -- Cimon Avaro on a pogostick 00:58, Oct 29, 2003 (UTC)

 * Sounds fine to me.JamesDay 02:14, 29 Oct 2003 (UTC)

 * Ok. Without opposition; will implement after several hours have passed. -- Cimon Avaro on a pogostick 02:38, Oct 29, 2003 (UTC)

 * Going ahead with the emphasis adding. -- Cimon Avaro on a pogostick 14:04, Oct 29, 2003 (UTC)

Maybe this isn't very important, but... why are there line breaks between the list-item '*'s and the entries themselves? That makes the list look quite ugly IMO. --bdesham 23:29, 23 Oct 2003 (UTC)

 * I think enough people have expressed they don't like the formatting of the page; so I guess it needs to be improved. But do let's try to not get into a nonproductive edit war over the matter. Maybe people could just add a sample entry or two as they would like the formatting to work, below. -- Cimon Avaro on a pogostick 01:56, Oct 24, 2003 (UTC)

 * How would this (below) look, any better? -- Cimon Avaro on a pogostick 07:05, Oct 24, 2003 (UTC)

 * That looks great. If there's no objection here after a couple of hours, I'll go ahead and change it. --bdesham 13:44, 25 Oct 2003 (UTC)

re: Sign with your sig only—no timestamp please
 * When was this added? I thought it was meant to be anonymous. Has that changed? If so, I object to the change. If not, the instructions need to be made clearer. Angela 06:34, Oct 26, 2003 (UTC)
 * p.s. I kinda like this Cleanup thing now.

 * I won't be signing my listings or comments. And compulsory signing I would resist strongly. But I am not personally going to make too big a fuss if some people like to leave their little John Hancocks in there. Maybe it livens the place up, maybe not. It seems that the habit of not signing still remains as the default. It's just extra keystrokes you don't really need. -- Cimon Avaro on a pogostick 06:53, Oct 26, 2003 (UTC)

 * It most certainly would liven the place up. That's why I object. Angela 07:00, Oct 26, 2003 (UTC)
 * I agree. See below for my comment that it is only suggested as optional for those who want notification or a time limit on deletes. I do not advocate or support it for other use and wouldn't personally use it for deletes either - but I think some would only list here with that option. I like this place nice and quiet.:) .JamesDay 22:02, 26 Oct 2003 (UTC)
 * I like the fact that no-one shouts at me for listing a stub and not for fixing it. And that I can call something unencyclopedic without having to justify the term. And that if someone I call non-famous actually is famous, the listing can just be removed rather than sitting there as a grounds for attacking me. It's much nicer. :) Angela

 * Hm. Perhaps 戴眩sv would like to explain his grounds for preferring signatures? Is it just precisely that he thinks this page needs more argumentative exchanges? -- Cimon Avaro on a pogostick 08:49, Oct 26, 2003 (UTC)

 * I frankly would feel a bit leery about calling an article, say, "POV nonsense" w/o identifying myself as the source of the opinion. -- Smerdis of Tlön 21:57, 28 Oct 2003 (UTC)

re: mailing list (why is this on the mailing list and not here anyway?)
 * it's on the list because there was an ongoing deletion redesign discusson there and I mentioned listing here first as one way of reducing VfD traffic. This place would end up getting half of the articles reworked and the VfD would never happen for them, cutting traffic and disagreements there. JamesDay 22:02, 26 Oct 2003 (UTC)

(戴眩sv said we could just use a day tag like VFD, or code timestamps that said 'early morning/ 'late night' etc.)

 * I don't think it's necessary to be too specific about the timestamps. Is anyone really going to object if something is moved from here to VfD half a day early? The alternative to timestamping everything would be just to timestamp something when you decide it should go to VfD, then it can go 1 week from that date. A lot of things on here aren't affected by that anyway as they are not being listed for deletion, just for improvement. Angela 07:54, Oct 26, 2003 (UTC)

 * I tried something new with the break-headers, it's just an experiment; feel free to comment. -- Cimon Avaro on a pogostick 08:49, Oct 26, 2003 (UTC)
 * I like it JamesDay 11:45, 27 Oct 2003 (UTC)

 * I agree about not being too specific. The tildes are convenient if someone wants to use them. month/day or month works for me. Just an option for some limit so people who want one will list here without thinking that it'll be shunted off into a corner and never dealt with. I agree with your desire for some limit (though a longer one) elsewhere as well, for the same reason.JamesDay 22:02, 26 Oct 2003 (UTC)

re: signing.

I'm the one who mentioned it on the list. I do not advocate it for all entries or suggest making it required for any. The only reason I mentioned signing was to provide a convenient way for people who though something should be deleted to both say that they wanted notification and to give a time limit it they wanted one. I do not propose or support making name or time (or day or week or month) stamp anything but entirely optional and at the discretion of the person making the entry. I do advocate it for deletion candidates only if the person wants that notification and/or time limit. Entirely optional. I'm trying to get those who list over at VfD more comfortable with using cleanup instead. I think some will want these things, even though I personally wouldn't use either. JamesDay 22:02, 26 Oct 2003 (UTC)

 * Perhaps signatures in themselves are not bad, if they don't encourage posing and or making statements instead of helpful guiding comments. I have edited the first bullet point of the preamble to state that verbose comments will be edited for brevity. I confess I removed a few signatures as well when I last formatted and cut excessive personal statements. I promise not to do it again, but I think we need to be strong about not letting rhetoric, statements about other users and such soil this page... -- Cimon Avaro on a pogostick 10:54, Oct 27, 2003 (UTC)

 * Agree about shunting. There's not so much urgency here. Just shift debate to the right talk page, say thereis one and point there for it... with luck it'll all be over before the issue escalates to VfD. JamesDay 11:41, 27 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Eh? Forgive me for being dense, but what exactly are you agreeing about? -- Cimon Avaro on a pogostick 11:54, Oct 27, 2003 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I didn't give you the context first and the first sentence didn't make sense without it. I agree about moving away the verbose things and suggest doing the same for any arguments which happen. Those could be moved to the article talk page and a link added. And this also proves that it's time for bed here...:)JamesDay 13:10, 27 Oct 2003 (UTC)

Just curious: why are some cleanup articles boldeded? Dysprosia 10:44, 30 Oct 2003 (UTC)

All those articles in imminent fear of being listed on VFD are bolded. Should probably make the fact more prominent in the intro. (for reasons, see top of this talkpage) -- Cimon Avaro on a pogostick 11:05, Oct 30, 2003 (UTC)

Moving listings from VfD to Cleanup

 * I've started to copy fresh VFD-candidates I personally think are salvageable on Cleanup, since I am not quite bold enough to just simply move them outright. But maybe it might not be a bad idea to move obviously salvageable articles there, with the note that they came from VFD, and should be returned, if no fixup was forthcoming. -- Cimon Avaro on a pogostick 11:58, Oct 31, 2003 (UTC)

 * I have no objections to that as long as it isn't simply way of preventing an article being deleted by sneakng it off to cleanup and then removing it from the page when no-one's looking. If things genuinely go back to VfD if they are not fixed (and within a short enough time span - one or two weeks) then I think it's worth trying. Angela 12:11, Oct 31, 2003 (UTC)

 * Actually I have been thinking about that a bit. That, and the problem of having somekind of timestamp so they don't stay there for ever. How about if we were to move the debate which has already taken place on the entry at VFD into a special "freezefile" (in addition to listing on Cleanup of course). That would provide a timestamp for each entry removed, would prevent cheating deletion via Cleanup, and if no one fixes the article, the debate can start where it left off previously, by copying the removed debate back to VFD. The freezefile would store the debate. No one should edit it but to move stuff from VFD, or back into it. We could probably keep a pretty darn long backlog of frozen debates there, since the majority of them would be shunted there, before much debate at all had occurred. -- Cimon Avaro on a pogostick 12:53, Oct 31, 2003 (UTC)

 * Seems a good idea to me. This will stop people complaining that something should have been put here when it was at VfD. Instead of complaining, they can just move it, and those that really dislike the Cleanup page can continue to put things at VfD safe in the knowledge that someone else will bring them over here when appropriate. Angela 13:42, Oct 31, 2003 (UTC)

"NEVER list stubs for redirection or deletion"?
Someone put this after an entry, which seems a proposed policy rather than discussion of one article, so I moved it here:

"NEVER list stubs for redirection or deletion if they have the potential to be unstubbed."

At present I disagree with that. I suspect that the vast majority of stubs have the potential to be expanded. Left on their own, however, many won't be for long lengths of time. The stubs or sub-stubs that get listed on Cleanup tend to be of the particularly poor type; for example those of less than one complete sentance, often with less data on the subject than the article they were linked from. IMO such non-articles can be of less actual use than a red link or a redirect. If no one has shown any inclination to improve or clean them up after some time, in some cases deletion or redirection may be for the best. -- Infrogmation 11:38, 2 Nov 2003 (UTC)

"Sub-Stub"
I started using this term to refer to the minimal articles of less than one full sentance (usually newbie contributed), for example Leap the full text of which at writing is "Named after a leap that O'Donovan made while fleeing English soldiers" -- not a full sentance, no wikilinks, raises more questions than it answers (where is it? Is it a town, city, river, or what? Who was O'Donovan?). Resently I've seen some other people list things as "sub-stub" when they have several sentances, but the article is still quite poor. Perhaps if were going to be using the term, we should have a general agreement as to what we mean by it. -- Infrogmation 11:47, 2 Nov 2003 (UTC)

Format of "Cleanup"
The format of the cleanup page is very unclear. There are about 4 or 5 sections called "NEW", then a few "OLD". Why can't we use actual dates like VfD? Also Cleanup is not mentioned in the Deletion policy anywhere, what is it's exact status with respect to the VfD, etc., i.e. is actively used like VfD, how many people are actually checking this page regularly life VfD?

Subpages
On Wikien-L, Jake suggested Cleanup be split into subpages. I think this is an excellent idea. Often if people want to fix something, there's going to be particular types of things they would rather fix. Here's the categories he suggests for those who don't read the list:

 * Cleanup -- lists the others, will probably be the misc dropoff
 * Cleanup/copyvio -- It's a possible copyvio.
 * Cleanup/foreign -- It's in a foreign language.
 * Cleanup/short -- It's not even a full paragraph.
 * Cleanup/rename -- The name is unworkable, and a better name is unknown or disputed.
 * Cleanup/odd -- Material seems idiosyncratic or unverifiable.
 * Cleanup/pov -- Such a POV rant, some would call it unfixable.

Obviously we already have foreign and copyvio, so I don't see a reason for duplication of effort in creating new versions of those. Also, I strongly object to Jake's notion that this should replace VfD. It should work alongside it. I see no real need right now to insist that pages be listed here first. Perhaps for some pages that would be beneficial, but not for all pages. VfD still has the advantage that it is extremely popular and people are way more likely to fix a VfD'd article than one simply listed on Cleanup. People love VfD so launching an outright attack on it will only make people resentful of the Cleanup idea. Keep both but aim to gradually bring people around to the notion of Cleanup rather than trying to force them to use it right now. Angela 18:28, Nov 7, 2003 (UTC)

Image Cleanup
There are quite a few big images (either wrong format bmp, png, or huge resolutions). Rather than list all of them here, like I was starting to do :), should these be cleaned up (i.e. resized/converted -> reuploaded -> deleted)? Perhaps we should have a Upload Cleanup page? Dori 18:43, Nov 16, 2003 (UTC)

 * Subpages are allowed in the Wikipedia namespace so Cleanup/images would seem best. Angela 19:11, 16 Nov 2003 (UTC)

 * Such a page would be quite handy for people with image-editing software (myself included) to focus their efforts on. Additionally, we could conceivably have a Cleanup/audio page, though audio files seem to be even more rare than images. -Smack 18:47, 7 Dec 2003 (UTC)

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User:Topbanana/Reports/Duplicate article title

Query last run on 8th June 2005.

No duplicate articles were found; the problem making this report nbecessary is solved. The report is therefore discontinued.


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User talk:DanBlackham

Deletions and redirects
On the VfD page, you asked what "what will happen if there is now a consensus to redirect Genital Integrity". The truth is that the VfD process works reasonably well for it's stated purpose which is deciding whether a page and all its history should be deleted or not. It does not work well for other purposes such as deciding which way a redirect should go. Those who expressed a vote to "redirect" were really expressing a vote to "keep" and just chose to express some other thoughts about the content at the same time. What should happen next is that some form of the article will be kept and that the VfD discussion will be archived on one of the Talk pages. Anyone interested in the article can continue the debate about content, proper naming of the article, page moves, etc on the articles' Talk pages. The community will eventually reach consensus.

If you haven't already seen it, I found replies to be very enlightening about how the community works and even survives when we all hold such disparate views on so many topics.

In this particular case, I would recommend stepping away from the article for a few days. Let a few people try some things then see if you can live with what they did. Remember that with the page history feature nothing is truly lost. If you feel strongly and can convince the community that it's encyclopedic, you can add anything back with a simple cut-and-paste. Have fun. And in case no one has said it yet, welcome to Wikipedia. Rossami 12:42, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Rossami, Thank you for the explanation about the vote to redirect, the suggestion to read replies, and the welcome to Wikipedia. DanBlackham 07:15, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Edgar Cayce copyright violation

 * Thank you very much for looking into this. --Jondel 00:52, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Jakew
Hi, I'd like to list Jakew for comment for his constant reverts on Foreskin fetishism (and in fact, a couple of other articles), but at least two users must have unsuccessfully attempted to solve the issue with the user on his talk page prior to listing. Exploding Boy 16:37, Nov 25, 2004 (UTC)

Pro circumcision POV pushers are attempting to censor wikipedia
Thank you for your input on the proposal to use the term intact rather than uncircumcised in the main circumcision article. I thought it was very balanced and fair. Not to sound melodramatic but its become clear that pro circumcision POV pushers are censoring wikipedia uninhibitedly, which can be seen in their attempt to remove the article Aposthia and removal of the disambiguation page at uncircumcised to eliminate any other interpretations of the word supported by the dictionary that they feel improves their political agenda. For the sake of intellectual freedom I implore you to look into these matters and make choice about how you will respond. Thanks again. Sirkumsize 03:54, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

RFM
A request for mediation has been filed with the Mediation Committee that lists you as a party. The Mediation Committee requires that all parties listed in a mediation must be notified of the mediation. Please review the request at Requests for mediation/Medical analysis of circumcision, and indicate whether you agree or refuse to mediate. If you are unfamiliar with mediation, please refer to Mediation. There are only seven days for everyone to agree, so please check as soon as possible.

Alienus 02:16, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Dan, we're waiting on you to begin this RFM, so please sign your name. Alienus 22:07, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

With the exception of Robert Blair, who's slated to be dropped, you're the only person who hasn't yet signed. Please do. Alienus 05:59, 13 April 2006 (UTC)

Just wanted to say...
From the stuff which I have read you are doing a great job and fufilling your duty as a Wikipedian perfectly.

Keep it up! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.142.200.182 (talk • contribs)

Mediation
Hi, I'm going to be mediating your case, regarding the Medical analysis of circumcision.

The mediation will take place here. If you are planning to take a wiki-break in the near-future or will be unable to partcipate in the mediation could you please let me know. --Wisd e n17 19:06, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Mediation News
I've now added my initial questions and comments on this page. I would ask that you add this page to your watchlist, as this will be where the mediation will take place.

As I've said on the page, we must keep all debate Civil, and I will not tolerate any personal attacks. In order to resolve the issue all of you must be willing to listen to each other's view. It does appear that you have debated this issue qutie extensively already, and so if we are to achieve anything we must not keep repeating what has already been said, although reference may well be needed back to previous comments you have made.

If you have any questions or comments then please either e-mail me or leave a message on my talk page. Again if you are planning to take a Wikibreak, or know you will be unable to access Wikipedia for any length of time then please do infrom me.

I look forward to working with you. --Wisd e n17 20:25, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Changes in policy suggested
After my experience with the case of Dabljuh, where you made a comment I found helpful, I suggested some changes to the policies and asked to enforce those we already have:  Socafan 18:47, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

CPS
Response on talk:Circumcision. I'll look at the BMA issue again soon. Thanks. -- Avi 01:51, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Thank you for pointing out to the pro-circ'ers that their position is incorrect with evidence they canot weasel out of Lordkazan 23:16, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Hex RfA
This is the RfA of user:Hex. I believe he would make a good and unconventional admin, so I'm running around right now, trying to encourage some of the more sensible people I know of to support him. Sub versive  09:05, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Please, just take a look at that RfA's opposition and you will understand why I am so much in favour of Hex. We need to pull together on this one, and we should tell as many others as possible. Sub  versive  13:46, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

forced circumcisions
Dan, I've put evidence on forced circumcisions in the Circumcision article. Full links and citations have been supplied. I would appreciate it if you would look at what I have added. It was quickly rejected by Avraham on grounds I consider spiteful and I have reverted it. Please look at what is happening. If it is unduly weighted, please feel free to trim it. Michael Glass 14:19, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Michael has still not answered the questions on the talk page, however. -- Avi 14:38, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

Dan, Avi's comment suggests that my right to edit the Circumcision article depends on my answers to his questions on the talk page! Is thhis in accordance with Wiki policy? Michael Glass 15:25, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Nothing to do with "right to edit", but your edits seem to be in violation of wikipedia policies of WP:NPOV, and you have been asked to justify them on the talk page, where difficult edits need to be discussed before being applied. Anyway, we should not be burdening Dan with our discussion. -- Avi 15:49, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Clarification posted on Talk:Circumcision -- Avi 15:56, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Sorry about misspelling your name :} -- Avi 04:37, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

Just David and Edwardsville
In your comment at Talk:Circumcision you said "both Just David and Edwardsvill" (sic). Note that Just David is a suspected sock puppet of Edwardsville.

By the way, I really appreciate your contributions to Talk:Circumcision -- you have a way of hitting the nail accurately on the head. --Coppertwig 16:15, 16 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I assume that Edwardsville is telling the truth when he said that he and Just David are not the same person. I have probably misspelled "definitely" the same way more than once myself.

 * Thank you for your kind words. I appreciate your effort to improve the editorial atmosphere at the circumcision article. When I have more free time I will respond to the other issues you have raised. -- DanBlackham 22:39, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Apology
I apologize for applying a certain edit to Circumcision before consensus was reached. I should have been more patient.

By the way, please comment specifically on my suggestion at Talk:Circumcision to use (only) the following quote: ''The results of this study are consistent with studies of pain response in animals and behavioural studies in humans showing that injury and tissue damage sustained in infancy can cause sustained changes in central neural function, which persist after the wound has healed and influence behavioural responses to painful events months later. Pretreatment and postoperative management of neonatal circumcision pain is recommended based on these results.'' --Coppertwig 16:39, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Also, please comment on the idea I raised that if the Taddio study were to be quoted in its entirety, then it would be appropriate to include the sentence Jakew wants to include, and that there may be some shorter summary of the Taddio article (shorter than quoting the whole thing, but perhaps much longer than two or three sentences) such that it would be appropriate to include that sentence. --Coppertwig 17:05, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

By the way, the sentence you deleted here was mostly not put in by me. Most of it was already there, and the edit I did (whose words were not composed by me) changed part of the last half of the sentence. Earlier, there had been a quote along the lines that the authors said their results were speculative. I criticized that on the grounds that it was from the 1995 study, not the 1997 study. It was removed and (shortly afterwards?) replaced by something like the sentence you removed (and Avi has put back in). --Coppertwig 17:17, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

Where is Dan?
Your keen insight is missed on Talk:Circumcision. Garycompugeek (talk) 18:10, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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Asahara

Asahara (written: 朝原 lit. "morning field", 浅原 lit. "shallow field" or 麻原 lit. "cannabis field") is a Japanese surname. Notable people with the surname include:

 * Akira Asahara, Japanese Magic: The Gathering player
 * Nobuharu Asahara (朝原 宣治) (born 1972), Japanese sprinter and long jumper
 * Shoko Asahara (麻原 彰晃) (1955–2018), Japanese religious leader, founder of Aum Shinrikyo and terrorist mastermind
 * Takuma Asahara (浅原拓真) (born 1987), Japanese international rugby union player

title: Asahara