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Hidden Hills

Hidden Hills is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC from September 24, 2002 to January 21, 2003, during the 2002 fall line up. Based on the book Surviving Suburbia, the series was created by Peter Segal and Ric Swartzlander. The theme song was "Pleasant Valley Sunday", made famous by The Monkees. Mark Mothersbaugh (co-founder of Devo) performed the version used on the show. The show was made by Ric Swartzlander's Rude Mood Productions and NBC.

Main

 * Justin Louis as Doug Barber
 * Paula Marshall as Dr. Janine Barber
 * Kristin Bauer as Belinda Slypich
 * Stacy Galina as Pam Asher
 * Tamara Taylor as Sarah Timmerman
 * Dondré Whitfield as Zack Timmerman
 * Alexa Nikolas as Emily Barber
 * Sean Marquette as Derek Barber

Recurring

 * Cristián de la Fuente as Manolo
 * Sandra McCoy as Miss Lily

Reception
An article in The Record newspaper in New Jersey stated that "Hidden Hills features the usual sitcom theme of jealousy but tackles it with intelligent writing. And Marshall sticks with an honest portrayal that doesn't go over the top."

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User:Jovo Skordev

I am Jovo!

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User talk:Jovo Skordev

Talk to Jovo

If you have problems with the History of Bulgaria article, please raise them at the Talk page. If you just cut whole sections of the article without discussion, you will be reverted. Adam 10:59, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)

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Higginson

Higginson or Higgenson may refer to:

Surnames

 * Andrew Higginson (born 1977), English professional snooker player
 * Bobby Higginson (born 1970), American professional baseball player
 * Francis Higginson (1588–1630), colonial American Puritan and publisher
 * Francis J. Higginson (1843–1931), American admiral
 * Gary Higginson (born 1952), British Composer
 * George Higginson (1826–1927), British general and Crimean War hero
 * Harry Pasley Higginson (1838-1900), a British and New Zealand civil engineer
 * Henry Lee Higginson (1834–1919), American businessman and philanthropist; founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
 * Huw Higginson (born 1964), British actor
 * James Higginson (cricketer) (1885–1940), English cricketer
 * Jill Higginson, American biomechanical engineer
 * Stephen Higginson (Continental Congress) (1743–1828), American merchant and shipmaster from Boston; delegate to the Continental Congress
 * Stephen A. Higginson (born 1961), American federal judge
 * Teresa Helena Higginson (1844–1905), English Roman Catholic mystic
 * Thomas Higginson (Canadian politician) (born 1810), Canadian political figure
 * Thomas Higginson (soldier) (1794–1884), Canadian soldier, civic official and politician
 * Thomas Wentworth Higginson (1823–1911), American author, abolitionist, and soldier
 * Timothy Higginson, real name of Tim Wylton (born 1940), Welsh actor
 * Torri Higginson (born 1969), Canadian actress
 * William J. Higginson (1938–2008), American poet, translator and author

Placenames

 * Higginson, Arkansas, USA
 * Higginson Island, Northern Territory, Australia

Other

 * Lee, Higginson & Co., American Boston-based investment bank
 * Higginson Highway, a road in eThekwini, South Africa

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Higginsville

Higginsville may refer to the following places:
 * Higginsville, Missouri
 * Higginsville, Nova Scotia
 * Higginsville, West Virginia
 * Higginsville, Western Australia
 * Higginsville Gold Mine, a gold mine near Higginsville, Western Australia

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Cinram

Cinram International was a Toronto, Canada-based manufacturer of pre-recorded Blu-ray Discs, DVDs, CD-Audio, CD-ROMs, VHS tapes and audio cassettes. It was an affiliate of the Arizona-based Najafi Companies.

History
Cinram was established in 1969 in a Montreal basement by Isidore Philosophe and Samuel Sokoloff. The company started manufacturing pre-recorded eight-track tapes and cassettes in 1969 in the basement of a commercial building in Montreal. More than three decades later, in 2003, the company completed a US$1.1 billion purchase of the music- and movie-manufacturing assets (WEA Manufacturing) of New York media giant Time Warner. Also that year, it bought the United States manufacturing operations of EMI and, later, Universal Media & Logistics France from Universal Music Group.

Cinram opened its first CD plant in 1987, when records and cassettes were still dominant. In the 1990s, the company started investing in manufacturing operations in Europe, and in 1997, when video-store racks were still filled with VHS tapes, Cinram formed a joint venture with Pacific Ocean Post (POP) to form "Cinram DVD Center POP" and began producing DVDs for movie studios and software CDs.

Bankruptcy
The company's fortunes began to decline with the rise of online streaming services. In 2010, Cinram lost its major contract for distributing Warner Bros. movies, and its stock began to fall. In 2012, the company sought bankruptcy protection from its creditors in the United States. It was bought by private investment firm Najafi Companies. In 2014, the company ended its manufacturing operations in Toronto. That year, it bought JVC America from JVC Kenwood. In 2015, it shut its Huntsville, Alabama manufacturing plant.

On November 3, 2015, Paris-based Technicolor SA announced the acquisition of Cinram the same month.

In 2017, Cinram closed down its European manufacturing plant at Alsdorf in Germany and in 2018, it shut its Olyphant, Pennsylvania manufacturing plant.

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Joanne Fenn

Joanne Fenn (née Mersh; born 19 October 1974 in Leytonstone London), attended Connaught School for Girls and is an English singer-songwriter and is a former Olympic middle-distance runner.

Sporting career
Fenn was English schools 300m hurdles champion and later competed in the 400-metre hurdles and heptathlon. After a series of injuries she changed to the 800 metres with her breakthrough season in 2002. She was a member of the Wood ford Green with Essex Ladies athletic club.

At the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester she ran her first sub 2-minute performance with 1:59.86.

In 2004 Fenn won the 800m bronze medal at the World Indoor Championships in Budapest, Hungary. She also broke the 1000 m British Record before Kelly Holmes regained it later that same year. In the 800m at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where Fenn finished fifth in her semi-final and did not qualify for the final.

Fenn had a serious knee injury and major operation on a grapefruit-sized cyst in 2006 and split from her longtime coach in late 2007. She then spent time in Lausanne to work with Trent Sterling a Canadian middle distance coach with a view to competing in 2008 Olympic Games but she did not qualify and subsequently retired.

Fenn is a special speaker for 21st Century Legacy, a charity set up by David Hemery as part of the 2012 legacy. In this role she visits schools up and down the country to inspire and engage with children promoting the Be the Best you can Be programme.

Singing career
Fenn began her singing career in a local band, The Business, during her early career and was offered a place on the BBC talent show Fame Academy.

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Mess photo
Hi Glen,

Welcome to wikipedia and all that

Can you indicate the source of the photo of officers in mess dress please? Its likely copyrighted; a good source of images is the US military which all of its contributions are public domain because of US law

Cheers,

Dunc_Harris|☺ 16:43, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Photograph is mine taken at a mess function. Glen

Okay, would you be willing to release it under the GFDL licence, see copyrights, or alternatively make it public domain or non-commercially available. to do this you need to add an image copyright tag to the image. Dunc_Harris|☺ 16:54, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)

P.S. You can sign your name on talk pages using ~

PPS Pelase feel free to ask me any other questions.

PPPS Ah yes, they are here: Image copyright tags Dunc_Harris|☺ 16:55, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)

- Believe I have been able to do that - Glen

Image Tag
Hi, you uploaded Image:Wedding 030.jpg, Image:Wedding 011.jpg and Image:Wedding009.jpg I notice that they currently don't have image copyright tags. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use if you release it under the GFDL, or  if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much, Evil Monkey → Talk 08:08, Dec 12, 2004 (UTC)

- done - missed it when uploading - Glen

Venice photo
Hi Glen, do you still know where in Venice you made http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/1c/Venice_Street_04563.JPG ? Although I know the city very well, I am currently lost. I am particularly interested in the building in the background. Cheers Jcr2 07:28, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC) --reply on your talk page
 * Found it with the aid of the map. It is most probably Salizzada de la Chiesa at San Simeon. The building in the background is Hotel Principe, an ancient palace. You made the photo with a tele lens? Thanks, regards. Jan Jcr2 20:54, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Feb20526.JPG
the river here is the salzach, not the salz

greetings from salzburg :)
 * ops - Glen

Untersberg

Hello! Where is the source of this picture? Can I upload to Japanese Wikipedia? (see also, click here)  --Sheynhertz-Unbayg 04:51, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I took the photo while at Salzburg. Yes, please upolaad it. - Glen
 * Thank you! Sheynhertz

Alberta Legislature
Hi. In the upload you claim that this picture is taken c. 1908. Is that accurate? The information is no longer included in the summary, that's why I ask. Thanks! Peregrine981 11:31, May 9, 2005 (UTC)

 * typo - c1980

 * Thanks! That helps clear things up. I'm going to move it to commons shortly. Peregrine981 08:06, May 10, 2005 (UTC)

Question about Image:Brier_045.jpg (curling)
Beautiful photograph! Do you know which arena that one was taken in? The Air Canada Centre? Just curious. Cheers, Dsf (talk) 23:50, 1 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Edmonton, Rexall Place.

K-T Boundary Photo
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Hi Glen, Wondering if you could provide the book or other source info on the Bernadotte engraving you provided to Wiki several years ago? Best, John —Preceding unsigned comment added by Semper Liberi (talk • contribs) 17:02, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Hi Glen, Wondering if you could provide the book or other source info on the Bernadotte engraving you provided to Wiki several years ago? Best, John —Preceding unsigned comment added by Semper Liberi (talk • contribs) 17:06, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

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I add pictures such as yours to one of the following major sections of my site: 1. World section - contains information and over 10,000 images of every world country and territory. Link at: http://www.freeenglishsite.com/world/index.htm

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Cognos

Cognos Incorporated was an Ottawa, Ontario-based company making business intelligence (BI) and performance management (PM) software. Founded in 1969, at its peak Cognos employed almost 3,500 people and served more than 23,000 customers in over 135 countries until being acquired by IBM on January 31, 2008. While no longer an independent company, the Cognos name continues to be applied to IBM's line of business intelligence and performance management products.

History
Cognos was founded in 1969 by Alan Rushforth and Peter Glenister. Michael U. Potter joined Cognos in 1972, and was its chief executive officer from 1975 until 1995. It began as a consulting company for the Canadian federal government and offered its first software product, QUIZ, in 1979. During the Canadian recession in the 1980s, Cognos shifted its focus from consulting to software sales.

Originally Quasar Systems Limited, it adopted the Cognos name in 1982. Cognos is a fragment scissored off the Latin word "cognosco," which means "knowledge from personal experience". Cognos became a public company in August 1986 trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange as CSN and on the NASDAQ as COGN. Its independent existence ended on January 31, 2008, when Cognos was acquired by IBM.

In 1995, Ron Zambonini was named CEO and brought new marketing strategies. Cognos grew successful with its business intelligence products for local area networks (LAN), but new Internet technologies had come into the BI industry faster than the company had anticipated. After Cognos issued a notice informing shareholders of a slowdown in growth, many sold their shares, causing prices to fall quickly.

This prompted Cognos to build its web technology through the acquisition of other companies rather than internal research and development. In September 2007, Cognos announced that it would be acquiring Applix. It had previously acquired Right Information Systems (4Thought), Interweave (Impromptu Web Query), Relational Matters (DecisionStream), Scientific Time Sharing Corporation (LEX2000), NoticeCast, Adaytum, Frango, DataBeacon, and Celequest.

In January 2010, as part of a reorganization of IBM Software Group, software from Cognos and recently acquired SPSS were brought together to create the Business Analytics division.

On December 31, 2013, UNICOM Systems, a division of UNICOM Global  acquired the PowerHouse product line including PowerHouse 4GL Server, Axiant® 4GL and PowerHouse Web®, so Powerhouse products would no longer be part of the IBM product set.

Federal investigation
In August 2007, the Massachusetts state Information Technology Division awarded Cognos a $13 million USD contract for performance management software. This followed a 2006 $4.5 million USD state contract awarded to Cognos by the Massachusetts Department of Education. These contracts came under scrutiny from the State Ethics Commission and the office of state Inspector General Gregory Sullivan when several conflicts of interest surrounding Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Salvatore DiMasi and his accountant Richard Vitale came to light.

In the course of these investigations, a payoff from former Cognos sales executive Joseph Lally in the amount of $600,000 USD was found to have been made to Vitale's company WN Advisors. Vitale and WN Advisors were not registered as state lobbyists and did not disclose the payments, the bulk of which were apparently made on the same day that the state wired funds for the multimillion-dollar contracts to Cognos. The disposition of the funds has not been disclosed and the State has rescinded the contracts. IBM, who now owns Cognos, has refunded the improperly awarded $13 million USD paid to Cognos. A second close associate of DiMasi's, lawyer Steven Topazio, was placed on a two-year $5,000 a month retainer for unspecified purposes. This retainer stopped the same month as the second Cognos contract was awarded.

In addition to the payoffs made to close associates of DiMasi, it is known that Vitale helped arrange a below-market mortgage for DiMasi, which violated state Ethics laws.

On December 17, 2008, The Boston Globe confirmed that the State investigations were being joined by a Federal Grand Jury probe investigating the allegations and potential violations of Federal law. On June 2, 2009, DiMasi, Vitale, Lally, and Cognos lobbyist Richard McDonough were indicted "on a battery of...corruption charges" as a result of that probe.

Acquisition of Cognos by IBM
In 2007, following SAP's acquisition of Business Objects and Oracle's acquisition of Hyperion Solutions, IBM announced its acquisition of Cognos in November for $4.9 billion. It continued to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary (Cognos, an IBM company) until January 1, 2009, when it was absorbed into the IBM Infosphere product line under IBM Information Management Software brand within the company's Software Group. The software is now called "IBM Cognos Analytics" and "IBM Planning Analytics" or CA and PA.

BI market
IBM's purchase of Cognos and other business intelligence software vendors was a step in establishing IBM as a BI "megavendor" (along with Oracle, Microsoft, and SAP). This consolidation may prove beneficial for customers to have fewer vendors to deal with, but this raises concerns about integration of the software as more vendors are bought out by the big four. Another challenge is maintaining the same level of customer service. Gartner interprets the lower ratings given in "customer experience" for IBM Cognos and SAP Business Objects as a result of post-acquisition issues. Due to many consolidations in the BI industry, there are only a few independent "pure-play" vendors remaining (SAS and MicroStrategy being the largest).

Products
On October 26, 2015, at the IBM Insight conference in Las Vegas, IBM leadership announced a redesigned user experience for its flagship Cognos Business Intelligence software. The redesign will be version 11 and an upgrade from Cognos Business Intelligence 10.x. The differentiation in the version 11 release also required renaming to IBM Cognos Analytics, based on the same self-service design principles as Watson Analytics. The redesigned Cognos product also features smarter search that works in-context.

On October 25, 2010, at the Business Analytics Forum in Las Vegas, IBM general manager for business analytics and former Cognos CEO Rob Ashe announced IBM Cognos 10. A significant upgrade to IBM Cognos 8 BI, this new software brings together social collaboration and analytics for business users to gain real-time intelligence in a single, user-friendly interface — online or through mobile devices such as iPad, iPhone and BlackBerry devices.

IBM Cognos 8 BI, initially launched in September 2005, combined the features of several previous products, including ReportNet, PowerPlay, Metrics Manager, NoticeCast, and DecisionStream. There are also Express and Extended versions of Cognos 8 BI. Full features:
 * Report Studio (Professional report authoring tool formatted for the web)
 * Query Studio (Ad hoc report authoring tool with instant data preview)
 * Analysis Studio (Explore multi-dimensional cube data to answer business questions)
 * Metric Studio (Monitor, analyze, and report on KPIs)
 * Metric Designer (Define, load, and maintain metrics to be available in Metric Studio)
 * Event Studio (Action-based agents to notify decision makers as events happen)
 * Framework Manager (Semantic metadata layer tool which creates models or packages)
 * PowerPlay Studio (formerly PowerPlay Web)
 * Analytic Applications (Packaged BI Applications, built on an adaptable platform and extensible into Business Analytics)

IBM Cognos Express, launched in September 2009, is an integrated business intelligence and planning solution purpose-built to meet the needs of midsize companies. The features of Express are:
 * Cognos Express Reporter (Self-service reporting and ad hoc query)
 * Cognos Express Advisor (Freeform analysis and visualization)
 * Cognos Express Xcelerator (TM1-based planning and business analysis, with Microsoft Excel and web interfaces)

IBM Cognos also offered several application development tools (which IBM later sold to UNICOM Global):
 * IBM Cognos PowerHouse 4GL
 * IBM Cognos PowerHouse Web
 * IBM Cognos Axiant 4GL

IBM Cognos Analytics also currently offers a free trial

Recognition
IBM Cognos 8 BI has won numerous awards including the eWEEK Excellence Award in Analytics and Reporting, the LOTUS ADVISOR "Editor's Choice" Award, and TechTarget's SearchCRM.com 2005 Product of the Year.

In 2007, Cognos was named one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, as published in Maclean's magazine, one of only a handful of software development companies to receive this honour.

Prior to being acquired, Cognos had been named to the InformationWeek 500, chosen as one of START-IT Magazine's "Hottest Companies of 2006" and won "Best of Information On Demand Showcase" as part of the IBM Information Management Awards.

Cognos, now as IBM Cognos Software, continues to rank in the Leaders quadrant of Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Business Intelligence.

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Communard's (sic) Wall
I just wanted to let you know that I am going to translate page into English. I'll inform you when I'm done, so you can edit it for me. --Frenchgeek 03:13, Aug 5, 2004 (UTC)
 * Great! By the way, in English that's "Communards' Wall". ("Communards'", not "Communard's" because it is a plural possessive). -- Jmabel 16:46, Aug 5, 2004 (UTC)

translation
There is an enormous backlog at Translation into English, more than for all other languages combined. I see you are signed up at Translators_available. Would you be at all interested in taking on one of these articles? (Full disclosure: this is a bit of a "mass mailing", I'm working my way down the whole list of French-to-English translators.) -- Jmabel 00:12, Oct 10, 2004 (UTC)
 * The Slit-Scan translation is finished. I'm going to keep an eye on that page so hopefully a backlog won't happen again. -- Frenchgeek 21:29, Oct 16, 2004 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much for the Slit-Scan translation! You did a great job :) -- Gobeirne 07:42, 19 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Please feel free to do any clean-up/editing you think would be necessary. I hope everything is readable. :-) Frenchgeek 03:19, Oct 20, 2004 (UTC)

Gaston Lagaffe
Hey, thanks for taking the time to do the initial translation, that was quite a bit of effort. -- Curps 18:58, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)

new collaboration project
You'd you be interested in participating in a new Collaboration project that aims at translating good and featured articles in the French Wikipedia to English (much like the Spanish Translation of the Week)? I'm trying to see if there's enough users interested in this project before creating it. Thank you. CG 17:45, 14 December 2005 (UTC)

 * That would be excellent. I've been meaning to get into some kind of project here. I'll definitely sign up! Let me know how I can help. Frenchgeek 18:29, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your positive response about this new collaboration. An ongoing discussion is held here. Feel free to participate. CG 20:15, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Update - User:NYArtsnWords has created French Collaboration Project. I invite you to edit, change, rewrite it... For now it's a draft, before the project is finalised and launched. Thank you. CG 06:53, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

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Requesting help with French Translation
Hello! I was wondering if you would be willing to help me out by translating the French La Côte-Saint-André (http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_C%C3%B4te-Saint-Andr%C3%A9) article into English for use on the English La Côte-Saint-André (which, you can see is rather short :) ). This is going to help provide information ultimately for the Hector Berlioz page which is undergoing some serious work. Let me know if you're up to it (and it's fine if you're not) -Many thanks--Chopin-Ate-Liszt! 05:15, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

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Talk:Ozark Trail (auto trail)

Missing words?
The second sentence reads, "The roads ran more from St. Louis, Missouri, to El Paso, Texas, over a series of routes." It sounds like it might originally have read "more than X miles." If that's the case, could someone fill in the figure? Thanks! DoorsAjar 22:35, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Map
I'm working on a purpose-made SVG map for this article. No ETA yet. --Kbh3rd talk 14:00, 20 April 2009 (UTC)

 * The map is done, and it's a great map. ;-) Now this article needs some serious attention.  There are a few very interesting sites that discuss the Ozark Trail(s), William Hope Harvey, and Monte Ne.  Unfortunately I cannot find any primary sources online, though some promising sources are cited in some of the online articles. --Kbh3rd talk  00:47, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

homgi'msoexcitedfornoreason!!!!!
There's a marker for this thing like two miles from where I grew up, and it's all famous and crap as the ONLY ONE that has not been moved from its original location!!!

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But there's not much article here, which somewhat dampens my enthusiasm in spite of the rather large number of exclamation points I've employed just now. I'll work on expanding this (and maybe make the disambiguation page a little more descriptive?) after I figure out what the trail actually was. I mean, my experience with it thus far is basically just the fact that drunk high schoolers used to like to drive around the monument for it at night.

J.M. Archer (talk) 21:12, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

Map source for better Ozark Trails routings and map
The American Geographical Society library has three maps that would be very helpful for this article. I haven't obtained these as yet, but if someone has them, or does obtain them, they would be an important resource.
 * National highways map of the state of Kansas : showing thirty-eight hundred miles of national highways proposed by the National Highways Association / National Highways Association ; John C. Mulford, Chief Cartographer. File: 800-b D-Nat’l Hwy Assn 1921c; Scan map accession no. an138
 * National highways map of the state of Missouri : showing forty-three hundred miles of national highways proposed by the National Highways Association / National Highways Association ; Ozark Trails Association ; John C. Mulford, Chief Cartographer. File: 800-b D-Nat’l Hwy Assn 1921d; Scan map accession no. an139
 * National highways map of the state of New Mexico : showing twenty-nine hundred miles of national highways proposed by the National Highways Association / National Highways Association ; John C. Mulford, Chief Cartographer. File: 800-b D-Nat’l Hwy Assn 1921e; Scan map accession no. an140
 * National highways map of Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle : showing the Ozark Trails route / National Highways Association ; John C. Mulford, Chief Cartographer. File: 800-b D-Nat’l Hwy Assn 1921f; Scan map accession no. an141

— ★ Parsa ☞ talk 20:36, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Additional information and photos, southern Texas Panhandle branch
I know this part of the old Ozark Trail fairly well, and I just do not think it went through Plainview TX which is on the old Mackenzie Trail. I suppose the map mentioned by Kbh3rd is the one illustrated on the article, but from Childress TX west - it's simply incorrect. The southern Panhandle branch shadowed the Ft.Worth and Denver railroad from Estelline to Turkey, and Quitaque, but then left the railway as it followed Quitaque creek southwest up the Llano Estacado escarpment, with the motor trail heading northwest to Silverton climbing a steeper route than the steam locomotives of the time could handle. It then continued west through Tulia, Dimmitt, and Farwell - cities mentioned the article, but not on the northern branch that evolved into Route 66 and not on the map illustrated. The 149 mile section from Estelline to Bovina later evolved to become Texas Highway #86.

I think that the marker that J.M. Archer mentioned above may be the one in Tulia, but I see that he is no longer participates here. It is not the only one in its original location though, as there is one between Turkey and Quitaque at the Tampico ghost town site that has not been moved I believe. I have photos of the one in Tulia and will soon be traveling to shoot more pictures of the Tampico marker and some others I have heard still exist near their original locations along Highway #86 and several state historical markers in other towns along the way. From Farwell, I think maybe the Trail continued west to Clovis and Ft Sumner NM, then north to Santa Rosa where it rejoined the northern route that became Route 66, but I will have to do more research and maybe travel more to shoot additional photos even though I do now have a few pictures to support that belief.

I want to discuss my proposed changes before I attempt them, but it will be some time before I can travel the 400 miles I need to cover shooting photos and confirming my information. I also need to learn more about how to work with others here, add photos, and more. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Central Plains Don (talk • contribs) 07:40, 30 June 2013 (UTC)

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Canadian Utilities

Canadian Utilities Limited, a member of the ATCO Group of companies, is a Canada-based worldwide organization of companies with around $22 billion in assets and more than 8,000 employees.

Canadian Utilities has three business units:

 * ATCO Energy Systems (previously Utilities): electricity and natural gas transmission and distribution, and international electricity operations. Areas served include northern and central-eastern Alberta, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, the Lloydminster area of Saskatchewan, and international energy users. Its subsidiaries include:
 * ATCO Electric
 * LUMA Energy LLC (50 per cent ownership with Quanta Services), international electricity operations.
 * ATCO Gas
 * ATCO Pipelines
 * ATCO Gas Australia
 * ATCO EnPower (previously Energy Infrastructure): energy storage, electricity generation, industrial water solutions, renewables and 'next energy' - including hydrogen, ammonia, hydro, liquefied natural gas, natural gas, and carbon capture. Areas served include Alberta, the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Ontario, Australia, Mexico, and Chile. Its subsidiaries include:
 * ATCO Renewables (previously ATCO Power)
 * ATCO Next Energy (previously ATCO Energy Solutions)
 * ATCO Power Australia
 * ATCO Energy: electricity and natural gas retail sales, and whole-home and business solutions. Includes Canadian Utilities Limited Corporate, and Other segments.

Canadian Utilities' controlling share owner is the Southern family.

Governance and Leadership
As of 2024, Canadian Utilities' Board of Directors was composed of: * Daughter of Nancy Southern, Chair/CEO; ** Majority Share Owner and 1/3 Trustees of the Spousal Trust

As of 2024, Canadian Utilities' Executive Leadership was composed of:

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Marcel Prud'homme

Marcel Prud'homme, (November 30, 1934 – January 25, 2017) was a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Senate and the House of Commons of Canada.

Early life
Prud'homme was born in Montreal the youngest of Dr. Hector Prud'homme and the former Lucia Paquette's 12 children. Dr. Prud'homme also served as a city councillor which gave the younger Prud'homme exposure to politics.

He completed a BA in social sciences, economics and politics at the University of Ottawa in 1959, then studying law at the University of Montreal.

Political career
Prud'homme was elected president of both the Young Liberals of Canada and president of the Student Federation of the University of Ottawa in 1958. He became lifelong friends with Brian Mulroney as a result of debating him at model parliaments and student conferences. As prime minister, Mulroney would later elevate Prud'homme to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada and the Senate of Canada.

He almost entered Quebec provincial politics in the 1960 provincial election being offered the Quebec Liberal Party's nomination in Montreal-Laurier, only to be asked to step aside at the last minute for star candidate René Lévesque.

Prud'homme was first elected to the House of Commons in a 1964 by-election as Liberal MP for Saint-Denis, Quebec. He was subsequently re-elected eight times.

He served as Parliamentary Secretary from 1971 to 1974 to the Minister of Manpower and Immigration, Secretary of State for Canada, and to the Minister of Regional Economic Expansion successively.

For most of his career, however, Prud'homme was a backbencher. He was particularly outspoken in his support for Palestinian causes and in his opposition to Zionism and this may have hindered the prospects of his serving in the Canadian Cabinet. In 1989, while in Opposition, he became the Liberal Party's Critic for Arms Control and Disarmament. In 1992, he became Chair of the Quebec Liberal Caucus. On July 1, 1992, Prud'homme was appointed to the Queen's Privy Council for Canada in honour of his longstanding personal friendship with then-Prime Minister Brian Mulroney.

In 1993, Progressive Conservative Prime Minister Brian Mulroney appointed Prud'homme to the Canadian Senate where he took his seat as an independent. The Liberals saw this move as an attempt to provide a non-partisan cover to various patronage appointments Mulroney made at the end of his term as prime minister.

He resigned in 2009 at 75 as the law required.

Death
Prud'homme, who had suffered from heart and kidney ailments for several years, died in Ottawa, Ontario on January 25, 2017, aged 82, due to complications after a fall.

Honours
In 2007, he was awarded the Order of Friendship of Russia. Prud'homme was also awarded honours by Morocco, Cuba and Hungary and was granted an honorary doctorate by the University of Algiers as well as five Canadian commemorative medals.

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Talk:University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo

Could someone add, or show me to add, the image of the UH-Hilo seal? It's marked by a large V.

--BKHal2007 17:01, 5 Aug 2004 (UTC)BKHal2007

Added History and Corrected Dates
I have added a section on the unique history of UH Hilo and corrected inaccurate dates about its founding.

--Historyrus82 (talk) 05:30, 27 August 2021 (UTC)

Added Logo
I've added the UH Hilo logo to the already inserted seal of the University of Hawaii System.

Sunny Walker 19:45, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Comments about Dr. Tseng moved from article page
Most people think she is overpaid and a poor public speaker.

`Imiloa
I've added a starter entry for Imiloa, the astronomy center thingy. :) Hopefully some UHH folks will be able to add more to it than I know, and I guess it'll eventually need to be linked from the UHH entry (to which it links).

UHH and HCC campus locations?
I'm a little confused by the assertion on the page that "Until the early 1990's UH Hilo and Hawaii Community College operated almost as a single unit with students able to cross register at either campus. The campuses are located across the street from each other."

Although UHH and HCC are on opposite sides of Kawili Street, they're also about three blocks apart, and I can't envision anything near either of them that could have previously served as a campus for the other. Perhaps "down the street from each other" would be more accurate than "across the street from each other"?

Further muddling things, though... aren't some HCC classes (thinking auto shop) held on the UHH campus? And parking's all under UHH control too, yes?

Dan 20:03, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Updated Logo and Domain Name
As of late August 2010, UH Hilo has adopted a UH System-provided logo and domain name. I've updated the article to include the new logo and domain name.

The old domain (www.uhh.hawaii.edu) is being phased out in favor of the new one (hilo.hawaii.edu).

Sunny Walker (talk) 18:13, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

Conflict of interest
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Martin Spanberg

Martin Spanberg (d. 1761; Мартын Петрович Шпанберг, Martyn Petrovich Shpanberg) was a Danish naval officer in Russian service who took part with his compatriot Vitus Bering in both Kamchatka expeditions as second in command. He is best known for finding a sea route to Japan from Russian territory and for exploring the Kuril Islands. Shikotan, one of the Kurils, was renamed in his honor by the Russians in 1796.

Spanberg led three voyages in 1738, 1739, and 1742. On the first of these voyages, Spanberg left 29 June 1738 aboard the Archangel Michael (Архангел Михаил, Arkhangel Mikhail) with his own assistants William Walton (Вильям or Вилим Вальтон, Vilim Valton) and Alexander Shelting (Алексей Елеазарович Шельтинг, Aleksey Yeleazarovich Shel'ting) commanding the Sv. or St. Gabriel (Святой Гавриил, Sviatoi Gavriil) and the Nadezhda (Надежда) respectively. He charted 30 of the Kurils. On the second voyage, he gained a fourth ship—the Bolsheretsk (Большерецк)—and was the first Russian commander to visit Honshu in Japan, establishing Russo-Japanese diplomatic relations. His ships landed in a scenic area now part of the Rikuchu Kaigan National Park but, despite isolationist Japanese sakoku policy of the time, the sailors were treated with courtesy. The second and third voyages also surveyed the coasts of Japan and Sakhalin as well as the Kurils.

Works
Spanberg wrote a brief account of his travels. They pointedly failed to locate the phantom islands of Rica de Oro and Rica de Plata ("Rich in Gold and Silver") supposedly in the area. Producing the first trustworthy account of the region, Spanberg further established that the supposedly enormous Staten Island (Staten Eylandt, lit. "States Island") and Company Land (Compagnies Landt; Terre de la Compagnie) common on European maps after the 1643 visit of Maarten Gerritsz Vries of the Dutch East India Company were either nonexistent or much smaller in extent, grossly misrepresenting some of the Kurils like Urup and Iturup. This was not, however, immediately accepted, and the various phantom islands continued to appear on French and other maps for decades longer.

Honors
Shpanberg Island in the Kurils and Shpanberg Island in the Nordenskiöld Archipelago are named for him.

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Atari Panther Image
Contributor Sketch is based on same diagram that the 3D model is based on, it is not 'properly historical'. Undid your revision to the Panther article. If you'd like to discuss, the talk page has links to all the 3D models that were created based on the same diagram the 'contributor sketch' was. Please do not revert back to the outdated sketch again. Thanks. TheEmperorAnt (talk) 18:06, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

 * The sketch looks like it's an obvious sketch. The 3D model looks too much like it was a physical prototype. The article has had enough issues with fake info, even if the model is based on the same diagram as the sketch, it contains many assumptions (like color scheme) that extrapolate beyond the diagram. Frankly, I'd rather leave an image entirely. The console was never produced. It shouldn't include an image that makes it look like it was. oknazevad (talk) 21:56, 12 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Very valid opinion, and I agree with you. I was unable to get the Panther Design Diagram into wikimedia, maybe you can? I think the actual diagram would be a far better image than the sketch or the 3D model. Thanks for the sensible reply. TheEmperorAnt (talk) 22:17, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

Decay
Not trying to cause issues with you, but it is Rosemary and Havok's third reign as partners. Now granted the second reign was under a different name (and with a third "Frebird" member), but it is the third time that the two women held the titles together as partners, thus it is accurate to say this is their third reign as a team, regardless of what names they were using at any particular time. Vjmlhds (talk) 18:43, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

 * No, because the presence of Taya made it a different team. This is Decay, which is not the Death Dollz. Different name, different membership, different number of members, different team. Including in parentheses that Rosemary and Havok have held the titles their respective numbers each is Al correct, but this is only the second time that the pair of Rosemary and Havok on their own have held the titles. oknazevad (talk) 18:49, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
 * How does Taya make it a different team? Did Crush make Demolition a different team? Did mixing and matching Big E, Kofi, and Woods make New Day a different team.  The important thing is Rosemary and Havok have been championship partners three times, that is a fact.  In one of those reigns they had a third partner, true enough, but the main two were still champions together.  Doesn't matter what name they use, the main thing is the two women in question (Rosemary and Havok) have held the titles together as partners three times, regardless of gimmick, or if they had a third wheel during one of those reigns. Vjmlhds (talk)  19:03, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Makes it a different team in my mind. Only when the two of them were in Death Dollz was the Freebird rule used, so comparisons to other trios using it don't really hold up. That they were also in Death Dollz is covered by the listing if their individual numbers of reigns and the footnote at the list article. oknazevad (talk) 20:56, 14 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Meh...not a hill worth dying on. Vjmlhds (talk) 03:45, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

Re cites in Whisky
You're right, I should have dug deeper before tagging them, I was just going by the broad/strong consensus against use of blogspot - but it clearly carves out space for subject-matter experts. I do think the section is overcited, as the OED should be canonical and all that's needed; however, after looking at the talk page and some of the battleground history, I assume it's heavily cited in response to past nonsense. cheers. anastrophe, an editor he is. 20:51, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

 * Indeed. One of the things pages regarding whisk(e)y have had to deal with are the repeated addition of common urban legends and myths. Keeping things to the real facts is easier when experts are cited. It's calmed down quite a bit from even a few years ago, likely because the inclusion of the correct facts in the articles has killed some of those myths. oknazevad (talk) 22:45, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

Midway debacle
Ok so what about for games back when Midway was still publishing Arcade games.

Do we put Midway Home Enetertainment for the console versions back when they were still doing Arcade era? If you want I can change all MHE links back to Midway Games for games that were released after Midway exited the arcade business.

And bad linking really??? NakhlaMan (talk) 11:14, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

 * Ideally we'd just put "Midway" as that's what the company was commonly called during its existence; the only reason the article is at Midway Games is for WP:NATDIS purposes because there's many other meanings of "midway". In fact, I'd say what we really should be doing is formatting all links like.
 * Having one division to handle arcade machine manufacturing and distribution and another one to handle home game publishing was standard practice, one that still is used by the handful of companies that are still in both markets, like Sega. It's needlessly pedantic to list specifically the home publishing division. The company's divisional structure is too trivial of a detail for such a list, and it's not like the arcade division also published home games creating a need for disambiguation. oknazevad (talk) 12:44, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Hmmm thats not a bad idea.
 * Maybe we should just let it say Midway. Like you said which is Midway.
 * Maybe will do that instead.
 * Thanks for the reply man you just given me a great and way better idea!
 * Appreciate it! NakhlaMan (talk) 12:55, 19 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Sounds good to me. oknazevad (talk) 16:09, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

Be polite
You should apologize to me for your rudeness. be quick

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=World_Pool-Billiard_Association&diff=1209777070&oldid=1209776996

Sorry, but edit warring frustrates me. I said plainly why your edits were improper and against the guideline, and yet you kept restoring them. Please listen to experienced editors and read the guidelines before bloating the articles with unneeded and incorrect links. oknazevad (talk) 15:02, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Correct
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Conf%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_Europ%C3%A9enne_de_Billard&oldid=1209766032#CEB_Championships

this section is correct. i read guidelines. this section have not problem.

also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Union_Mondiale_de_Billard&oldid=1209731279#Events

It is not my fault that there are not many articles in English. You say you have a lot of experience, why don't you create them? Because I spent a lot of time organizing and creating links.

I have to check the rest of the returns as well. Only a small part of my edits were wrong, but you deleted them in bulk. I checked some references. I was wrong and I corrected it, but you returned it to the location of the following item:

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Asian_Carom_Billiard_Confederation&oldid=1209732061#Members

i add correct reference.

70 percent of my edits were completely correct. Part of it was problematic and I agree. Meanwhile, my work continued to complete it. I put the new reference instead of the wrong one, but it's clear that you didn't check at all and deleted everything in bulk. Return all and correct, add and delete mistakes.

 * Please sign your posts.

 * Also, please see WP:WTAF. Adding long lists of red links doesn't really help.

 * The other issues were pretty big. It doesn't help that you don't use edit summaries at all. Every addition, deletion, or reorganization needs an edit summary, or else other editors aren't going to know what your intent is. oknazevad (talk) 11:14, 24 February 2024 (UTC)

Ed Nordholm
To clear things up, here is all the Anthem top brass. Nordholm is CCO, overseeing all of Anthem's properties as a bigwig. Basically, he got promoted from just merely focusing on TNA to getting to look over all of Anthem's toys. Vjmlhds (talk) 18:27, 25 February 2024 (UTC)

 * Might be a bit if "kicked upstairs" with that. Either way, yeah, he should be listed. oknazevad (talk) 01:49, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

ignorant revision
you removed all of my edits. if you think it's redundant and messy, re-organize it. i took the liberty of restoring my version so you can do so. L Esm12 (talk) 18:20, 27 February 2024 (UTC)

 * Nothing ignorant about it. Your edits literally list in rather poor and ugly format info that's already in the article. oknazevad (talk) 01:35, 28 February 2024 (UTC)

(WWE) Universal Championship
Hey, man. I totally get your logic for the naming convention of the Universal Championship (and the mid-card championships too.) I prefer the same too. However, I am curious as to why the same logic doesn't apply to the World Heavyweight Championship and the Women's World Championship. Siladitya Dash (talk) 06:24, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

 * Because those explicitly leave off the WWE to contrast with the WWE Championship and the WWE Women's Championship. Just had been done with the 2002–2013 incarnation of the WHC. oknazevad (talk) 06:40, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

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Question about a harassment vandal
Who is this long-term vandal that harasses you and may say a name starting with D and ending with Z? An example would be a filter log for a sock of said vandal here. Feel free to explain who they are, or email me if this is private.

I may email one of the edit filter managers to create a private filter to track that vandal. Thanks, Codename Noreste  🤔  talk  21:02, 31 March 2024 (UTC)

 * Tell me why you'd like to know. oknazevad (talk) 02:35, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Mostly and strictly for anti-vandalism/patrolling purposes; since you disabled your email, feel free to email me if this is a private matter. Codename Noreste  🤔  talk  15:59, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Nothing really private; I have never actually had an off-Wikipedia interaction with the person. Just one of those things that makes me a little skittish when someone I've never interacted with and who hasn't even been on Wikipedia for a full year asks questions about. So, if you'll excuse me, I'd rather not talk about it. oknazevad (talk) 16:11, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Ok, thank you for clarifying. Codename Noreste  🤔  talk  16:24, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

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Bristol (in List of NASCAR tracks)
I have revoked your deletion. For historical reasons there is a separation between dirt and paved in the lists. For this reason, oval racing tracks such as Martinsville, Hickory, North Wilkesboro and Richmond are listed twice. In their original form, these race tracks were dirt ovals and were only later paved. Bristol is of course an exception here, as the track was initially paved / concrete and later used as dirt tracks for some time. But I think it's important to have a consistent rule here. --Mark McWire (talk) 11:53, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

 * I see what you're saying. I'm not so sure Bristol is really equivalent to those older tracks that started as dirt tracks and were later paved, because the dirt was not only not a permanent change, it wasn't even used for both races at the track those three years where it was put in place. It was a temporary surface. Heck, I'm not so sure we can't handle the change in surface for the former site tracks that were later paved with just a footnote on a single entry. oknazevad (talk) 15:08, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

 * In my opinion, the surface changes the characteristics of the racetrack a lot. Therefore, two separate entries are warranted. In the case of the old race tracks, the length of some of them was also changed. --Mark McWire (talk) 16:51, 2 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I guess. But the same argument could be made anytime a track is repaved. Just seems redundant to me to have entirely separate entries instead of just using footnotes. oknazevad (talk) 22:42, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

Trois-Rivières Aigles (2013–)
Hi, thank you for your contributions. User:70.26.114.252 is making disruptive edits, similar to those you described as a sockpuppet here. Can you tell me which SPI this is? 162 etc. (talk) 16:26, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

 * oknazevad (talk) 18:06, 10 April 2024 (UTC)

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Delta Center
Seems like the plans are changing,. But I wouldn't doubt that a new arena would be in the plans for the future... Roberto221 (talk) 00:37, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

 * Missed that bit. Fair enough. oknazevad (talk) 03:13, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

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Bourbon whiskey
Maybe there is only one labeled as such in your part of the world. Branding/labeling is not the only consideration. It is a niche Bourbon typ[e. But the sources say otherwise. WP:Verifiability should suffice. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 16:41, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

 * Yes, it should. But we need more than one source. Trendy niche stuff that has no long-term significance is a dime a dozen, and neologisms are unencyclopedic. oknazevad (talk) 19:38, 29 April 2024 (UTC)

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Port Jervis Line
Hi there.

You recently reverted my edit to Template:NJT stations navbox on 20 May 2024 about adding the Port Jervis Line onto there. I am not American, I'm from the UK, so I was unsure as if I should add it as it is operated by NJT under a contract with MNR. Shouldn't it be there if it is operated by NJT, even though it is operated under a contract with MNR? The same thing goes for the Pascack Valley Line as well as it too is operated by NJT under a contract with MNR. I was initially confused at first, sorry. Pedroperezhumberto (talk) 14:25, 20 May 2024 (UTC)

 * Although the Port Jervis Line is operated by NJT under contract, the physical trackage and stations between Suffern Yard and Port Jervis are MNR property, so they don't really belong in a navbox for NJT stations. In contrast the Pascack Valley Line is wholly owned by NJT, including the portion in Rockland County. Metro-North leases those stations from NJT and pays them to stop at those stations (conceivably NJT could skip those stations entirely while still using Woodbine Yard as they own it). So the PVL stations belong on both, but the stations west of Suffern don't belong on the NJT template. oknazevad (talk) 16:06, 20 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Ah alright, thanks for clarifying that. Pedroperezhumberto (talk) 06:17, 22 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Just a quick question: Do all of the PVL stations have to be on both, or just the NJT operated stations on one and the MNR leased stations on the other? Pedroperezhumberto (talk) 19:54, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I'd leave them all on the NJT box and maybe just the leased ones on the MNR navbox. It's not quite as easy of a break as the Port Jervis Line where the line has a definitive ownership changeover spot that also serves as a change in service pattern and name. oknazevad (talk) 22:09, 28 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Alright, thanks! Pedroperezhumberto (talk) 06:51, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

Incorrect removal of edit
why do you insist on having an incorrect origin of country on a subject. I know you have said you find it whitewashing to put the actual country of origin and that you think it gives credit somehow to imperialistic colonizers as you call them but is it not better to be factual on Wikipedia Sharnadd (talk) 10:30, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

 * Read the actual article. The fact that the version that is the subject of the article origjated in the southern US by fusing Scottish and west African traditions is well sourced. Cease vandalizing the article. oknazevad (talk) 11:28, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * The fact is that fried chicken originated in the UK. There is plenty ty of evidence of this in the article. You should not continue to refute the evidence.  It is not vandalizing the article.  If you do not want the correct country of origin on as you believe it is an insult to the people who later enhanced the item maybe you should rename the page southern fried chicken since it is currently called fried chicken and this originated in Scotland Sharnadd (talk) 12:35, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Frying chicken with a batter coating is not exclusively Scottish in origin. There are versions found in many cultures for centuries. There is a reason the list of fried chicken dishes is long and exists as a separate article. Not all of them are descended from the Scottish practice. The west African contribution was not just "enhanc[ing] the item". That's also already in the article, and you seem to be ignoring that. That's the point. It's a child of both antecedents, and yet is not specifically one or the other. It's a distinct take on the historic practice used in multiple places of frying battered chicken pieces. The topic is the specific version that originated in what's now the southern US. So would you support a move to "southern fried chicken" to clarify the scope? Because I've long thought that should be done, but such proposals have not found consensus previously, because the common name is simply "fried chicken", even though it seems pretty ambiguous.
 * All that said, I do notice a pattern to your editing wherein you seem to assert British origins of foods without warrant, such as at roast beef sandwich, barbecue sauce, pound cake, and others. Frankly, I feel like you're POV pushing, which is unacceptable. oknazevad (talk) 16:31, 25 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I suggested renaming the page in the past and you seemed to be against this. That is untrue.  Everywhere I have suggested an edit has been with historic information provided and a link to where the information came from .     It seems that some places take origin of country without actually researching the facts.  I have emailed the dispute council who suggest I make the edit to bring the topic up and we should  let other editors get involved.   Joint origin is now shown as that is more.factual Sharnadd (talk) 07:01, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

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Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 is a 2001 skateboarding video game and the third installment in the Tony Hawk's series. It was developed by Neversoft and published by Activision under the Activision O2 label in 2001 for the PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Game Boy Color and GameCube. In 2002, it was published for the Xbox, Game Boy Advance, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, and the Nintendo 64. It was the final official release for the Nintendo 64 (having been discontinued 3 months prior), the first game released for the PlayStation 2 supporting online play and was a launch title for the GameCube in North America and PAL regions.

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 received critical acclaim, with the PlayStation 2 version being tied for highest-rated PlayStation 2 game on Metacritic alongside Grand Theft Auto III, and selling over 2.1 million copies in the United States by July 2006. Pro Skater 3 is also considered to be one of the greatest video games ever made.

Gameplay

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 saw the introduction of the revert, a trick that enabled vert combos to be tied together with a manual, by tapping a button when landing in a quarterpipe; it allows for much longer combos than in the previous two games, where landing in a quarterpipe would finish a combo. It also added hidden combos. These were variations on standard tricks that could be performed as grab, flip, lip, or grind tricks. For example, double-tapping the kickflip button would make the character perform a double kickflip. This system would later be refined in Pro Skater 4.

The game stood out in the franchise for being the first title to have online capabilities. Users could connect directly to other players online on the PlayStation 2 version—even prior to the launch of the network adapter, with a USB Ethernet adapter. Due to the shut down of most Sony servers the game is no longer playable with others online, except for via programs like XLink Kai or through websites that allow users to play online through a DNS. The PlayStation and Nintendo 64 versions run on the Pro Skater 2 engine, with a different revert animation that is the same as the PlayStation version of Pro Skater 4.

The game features thirteen professional skateboarders, along with several unlockable original characters, depending on the version. Furthermore, the game features Darth Maul, Doomguy and Wolverine via licensing deals, as well as professional surfer Kelly Slater (to coincide with Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer). Additionally, the Japanese and other Asian versions feature three Japanese pro skaters.

In both the Nintendo 64 and PlayStation versions, the wooden sides on the board (around the grip tape) has colors (except Bam Margera, Jamie Thomas, and the custom skater's decks), and the game has new tricks such as the Cannonball, Wrap Around, Fingerflip, Del Mar Indy and a new animation for the Airwalk. The Xbox version has an improved frame rate over the PlayStation 2 and GameCube version, as well as an additional level, the Oil Rig.

Development
Shortly prior to release, Neversoft quickly amended some of the objectives in the Airport level due to sensitivity reasons in light of the September 11, 2001 attacks, where terrorist non-player characters were instead reskinned into pickpockets. Series producer Ralph D'Amato recalled: "When 9/11 happened, we were almost finished with Pro Skater 3. We had an airport level where the goal was to stop terrorists bombing the plane. We had to scramble and change it to stopping pickpockets".

Reception
Chester Barber of Next Generation gave five stars out of five for PlayStation 2 version, highly praising the gameplay, new tricks to perform, graphics and controls.

By July 2006, the PlayStation 2 version of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 had sold 2.1 million copies and earned $77 million in the United States. Next Generation ranked it as the 14th highest-selling game launched for the PlayStation 2, Xbox or GameCube between January 2000 and July 2006 in the country. Combined sales of Tony Hawk console games released in the 2000s reached 10.7 million units in the U.S. by July 2006. Its PlayStation 2 version also received a "Platinum" sales award from the British Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 300,000 copies in the country.

The PS2 version earned a rare perfect 10 score from Jeff Gerstmann of GameSpot (one of only 20 titles to earn this award in GameSpot's history), who stated that the game "makes everything before it almost unplayable by comparison". GameSpot named Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 the best PlayStation game, best alternative sports console game and overall second-best console game of 2001. It was also nominated for the publication's annual "Best GameCube Game" and "Best PlayStation 2 Game" awards. It was also awarded the best sports game award at E3 2001. IGN rated the game 9.7/10, stating that the game "should go down in history as one of the best twitch-fests on PlayStation 2". The game is currently the top rated PS2 game on the review aggregate website Metacritic, with an average score of 97/100, tying with Grand Theft Auto III. Famitsu gave the game a 30/40.

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 was a runner-up for GameSpot's 2002 "Best Sports Game on PC" award, which went to Madden NFL 2003. It won the publication's 2002 "Best Sports Game on Game Boy Advance" award, and was a runner-up for "Game of the Year on Game Boy Advance". During the 5th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 was honored with the "Console Sports" award by the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences; it also received nominations for outstanding achievement in "Animation" and "Visual Engineering".

Awards

 * E3 2001 Game Critics Awards: Best Sports Game
 * 2002 Interactive Achievement Awards: Console Sports Game of the Year

Sequel
A fourth game in the series, titled Pro Skater 4, was released the following year in October 2002.

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