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Aeneas Williams

Aeneas Demetrius Williams (born January 29, 1968) is an American former football cornerback and safety who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 14 seasons, primarily with the Arizona Cardinals franchise. He played college football for the Southern Jaguars and was selected in the third round of the 1991 NFL draft by the Cardinals, where he spent 10 seasons. During his final four seasons, he was a member of the St. Louis Rams. Williams received eight Pro Bowl selections and three first-team All-Pro honors, as well as being on the second NFL 1990s All-Decade Team. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014.

Early life
Williams was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, to Lawrence and Lillian Williams. Aeneas is the youngest of 3 brothers, Malcolm and Achilles. He attended the now defunct Alcee Fortier High School, where he played football on a team with three future NFL players: Maurice Hurst, Kevin Lewis, and Ashley Ambrose. In 1985, the Fortier Tarpons went undefeated through 10 games and won the District 10-4A championship and proceeded to the Class 4A semifinals. Aeneas was selected to the all district team as a strong safety that season.

College career
Williams was not offered a scholarship when he graduated high school. He attended Southern University, the same school his brother Achilles attended, planning to simply get his accounting degree. "Our parents always expected that we would go to college and get our degree," he explained. "(Playing football) never crossed by mind, I was preparing for the rest of my life."

At Southern, he concentrated on his academics, not playing football until his junior year. Eventually, after being encouraged by his old high school teammate Maurice Hurst, he decided to join the team as a walk-on. He started out playing mostly on special teams, but made the starting lineup in the 5th game. Williams kept his involvement with the football team a secret from his family until he made the travel squad for the 2nd game of the season. In the following season, Williams was named to the All-Southwestern Athletic Conference team after leading the conference with seven interceptions. In 1990, Williams stayed on the team as a graduate student and fifth year senior in order to improve his draft status. He made the ALL SAC team again and tied the Division I-AA, (now known as the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision) record for most interceptions with eleven.

Williams finished his college career with 20 interceptions and 28 pass deflections.

Professional career
Williams's numbers impressed the then-Phoenix Cardinals enough that they selected him in the third round of the 1991 NFL draft, Williams quickly established himself with an exceptional rookie season, tying the NFC lead for interceptions. In 1994, he led the NFL in interceptions with 9. By 1997, Williams had already notched four Pro Bowl appearances and had established himself as the Cardinals' top cornerback, routinely covering the opponents' lead receivers. In the 1998 season, Williams helped the Cardinals win their first playoff game since 1947 by intercepting two passes from Troy Aikman in a 20–7 win over the Dallas Cowboys, and added another interception in the Cardinals 41–21 loss in the divisional round. Despite playing mostly for bad teams (1998 was the only time he played on a winning team during his 10 years in Arizona), Williams was recognized as one of the best cornerbacks in the league, making six Pro Bowls in all as a Cardinal. He is regarded as one of the best defenders and players in Cardinals history, as well as one of the greatest shutdown corners of all time. In 2000, he tied an NFL record, held by Jack Tatum of the Oakland Raiders, by returning a fumble (caused by Mark Maddox) 104 yards for a touchdown in a game against the Washington Redskins.

In Week 3 of the 1999 season, in a game played at Sun Devil Stadium and nationally televised on Monday Night Football, Williams delivered the hit which ultimately ended Hall of Fame San Francisco 49ers' quarterback Steve Young's career. Williams came in on a cornerback blitz from Young's blindside and scored a clean text-book tackle that launched Young backward – causing Young to slam his head against the turf. Running back Lawrence Phillips was supposed to block Williams, but missed. This left Young unconscious on the field for several minutes. Young suffered a severe concussion that effectively ended his career; he didn't play again for the rest of the season, after which the 49ers all but forced him to retire.

In 2001, Williams was traded to the St. Louis Rams on draft day in exchange for picks in the second and fourth rounds. Due to roster concerns, Williams switched to free safety. As one of the leaders of a much-improved defense, Williams got a chance to play in the postseason for only the second time in his career. In the Rams' divisional playoff game against the Green Bay Packers prior to the Super Bowl, he returned two interceptions from Packers quarterback Brett Favre for touchdowns and recovered a fumble. Then in the NFC title game, he intercepted a pass from Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Donovan McNabb, with 2 minutes left in regulation, clinching the game and ensuring the Rams' berth in Super Bowl XXXVI. However, the Rams lost that game to the New England Patriots.

After a lackluster season, in which he ended on the injured reserve list, Williams quietly retired during the 2005 offseason. Over his career he accumulated a staggering 12 defensive touchdowns (9 interceptions returned for a touchdown, and 3 fumbles recovered for touchdowns), and 55 career interceptions, cementing his place as one of the most dominating defensive backs of his era. He also recovered 23 fumbles and gained 1,075 total defensive return yards (807 from interceptions and 268 from fumbles). He was also a 4-time All-Pro selection.

Although Williams only played on a playoff team four times in 14 years (three of which were with the Rams), he made the most of his postseason opportunities when they occurred, intercepting 6 passes and recovering one fumble in his first four playoff games.

Post-playing career
Williams was inducted into the Arizona Cardinals' Ring of Honor during the 2008–2009 football season during halftime of the Monday Night Football game against the San Francisco 49ers November 10, 2008. On January 18, 2009, he was chosen to present the George Halas Trophy to the Arizona Cardinals after their victory in the NFC Championship game, resulting in the Cardinals first trip to the Super Bowl. He made his final appearance in a football videogame in NFL Street 2, which was released in 2004.

Williams is currently the founding pastor of Spirit Church in St. Ann, a suburb of St. Louis. He and his wife Tracy have three daughters Saenea (Aeneas spelled backwards), Tirzah, Cheyenne, and a son, Lazarus.

Williams was a finalist for the Pro Football Hall of Fame classes of 2012 and 2013 but did not get voted in on the final ballots both times. He was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame on February 1, 2014, and inducted on August 2.

On September 24, 2014, Williams was inducted into the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame.

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Hi, I tracked down your unsigned message to this page

I think the article was actually title backwater fever, but in any case, wikipedia is an encyclopedia - you should put simple definitions into wikitionary.

If I can be of help in future, let me know - and welcome to Wikipedia jimfbleak 04:11, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Thanks for backing me up in the discussion on copyright at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Barrington_Hall I appreciate it. --Natezomby 18:41, 2 December 2006 (UTC)

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 * A cleanup tag was added to the article today. FrankTownend, you initiated this article last month with a press release: if you care about its future, it would be a good idea to start making it encyclopedic.   –Æ.   ✉  21:50, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
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Wistaria (disambiguation)

Wistaria or Wisteria is a genus of flowering plants.

Wistaria may also refer to:
 * Wistaria Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada
 * HMS Wistaria (1915), a Royal Navy Arabis-class sloop

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National Mustard Museum

The National Mustard Museum (formerly the Mount Horeb Mustard Museum) is a museum near U.S. 14 in the heart of downtown Middleton, Wisconsin. It boasts a large display of prepared mustards. It is often featured in lists of unusual museums in the United States.

The museum was conceived and founded by Barry Levenson, former Assistant Attorney General of Wisconsin. It centers on a mustard collection he began in 1986 while despondent over the failure of his favorite baseball team, the Boston Red Sox, to win the 1986 World Series. The initial dozen jars have grown to a collection of more than 5,600 mustards from more than 60 countries, along with hundreds of items of mustard memorabilia and exhibits depicting the use of mustard through history.

The museum opened its doors in Mount Horeb, Wisconsin, on April 6, 1992. It moved across the street to a larger site in October 2000. In November 2009, the museum moved to Middleton and changed its name to the present one.

Admission is free of charge, and the museum is open between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m., though it is closed on Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day.

The museum's gift shop occupies about half of its floor space and offers free tasting of mustard samples from a refrigerated case containing scores of varieties; the museum also operates a mail-order mustard business.

Among the displays are sweet hot mustards, fruit mustards, hot pepper mustards, horseradish mustards, and spirit mustards. The collection includes a large variety of French and English mixes, but many other countries are also represented.

In 2002, the museum was showcased on the Food Network television series Unwrapped. The museum and its curator have also been featured on National Public Radio's Morning Edition broadcast of July 29, 2010, and Weekend Edition Saturday on February 18, 1995 (when it was located in Mount Horeb).

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Edwin Denby

Edwin Denby may refer to:

 * Edwin Denby (poet) (1903–1983), U.S. poet, novelist, dance critic
 * Edwin Denby (politician) (1870–1929), U.S. politician, Secretary of Navy, noted in the Teapot Dome Scandal

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Bahri Mamluks

The Bahri Mamluks (المماليك البحرية), sometimes referred to as the Bahri dynasty, were the rulers of the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt from 1250 to 1382, following the Ayyubid dynasty. The members of the Mamluk ruling class were purchased as slaves (mamluks) and manumitted, with the most powerful among them taking the role of sultan in Cairo. While several Bahri Mamluk sultans tried to establish hereditary dynasties through their sons, these attempts were ultimately unsuccessful, with the role of sultan often passing on to another powerful Mamluk.

The Bahri Mamluks were of mostly Kipchak Turkic origin. Fourteen of eighteen sultans between 1279 and 1390 belonged to the Qalawunid lineage. After 1382/1390, they were succeeded by a second Mamluk regime, the Burji Mamluks, who were largely of Circassian origin. The name Bahri or Bahriyya means 'of the river', referring to the location of their original barracks on Roda Island in the Nile (Nahr al-Nil) in Cairo, at the citadel of Al-Rodah which was built by the Ayyubid sultan as-Salih Ayyub.

History
The Mamluks formed one of the most powerful and wealthiest empires of the time, lasting from 1250 to 1517 in Egypt, North Africa, and the Levant—Near East.

Development
In 1250, when the Ayyubid sultan as-Salih Ayyub died, the Mamluks he had owned as slaves murdered his son and heir al-Muazzam Turanshah, and Shajar al-Durr the widow of as-Salih became the Sultana of Egypt. She married the Atabeg (commander in chief) Emir Aybak and abdicated, Aybak becoming Sultan. He ruled from 1250 to 1257.

The Mamluks consolidated their power in ten years and eventually established the Bahri dynasty. They were indirectly helped by the Mongols' sack of Baghdad in 1258, which effectively destroyed the Abbasid caliphate. Cairo became more prominent as a result and remained a Mamluk capital thereafter.

The Mamluks were powerful cavalry warriors mixing the practices of the Turkic steppe peoples from which they were drawn and the organizational and technological sophistication and horsemanship of the Arabs. In 1260 the Mamluks defeated a Mongol army at the Battle of Ain Jalut in present-day Israel and eventually forced the invaders to retreat to the area of modern-day Iraq. The defeat of the Mongols at the hands of the Mamluks enhanced the position of the Mamluks in the southern Mediterranean basin. Baibars, one of the leaders at the battle, became the new Sultan after the assassination of Sultan Qutuz on the way home.

In 1250 Baibars was one of the Mamluk commanders who defended Mansurah against the Crusade knights of Louis IX of France, who was later definitely defeated, captured in the Battle of Fariskur and ransomed. Baibars had also taken part in the Mamluk takeover of Egypt. In 1261, after he became a Sultan, he established a puppet Abbasid caliphate in Cairo, and the Mamluks fought the remnants of the Crusader states in Palestine until they finally captured Acre in 1291.

Tatars and Mongols
Many Tatars settled in Egypt and were employed by Baibars. He defeated the Mongols at the battle of Elbistan and sent the Abbasid Caliph with only 250 men to attempt to retake Baghdad, but was unsuccessful. In 1266 he devastated Cilician Armenia and in 1268 he recaptured Antioch from the Crusaders. In addition, he fought the Seljuks, and Hashshashin; he also extended Muslim power into Nubia for the first time, before his death in 1277.

Sultan Qalawun defeated a rebellion in Syria that was led by Sunqur al-Ashqar in 1280, and also defeated another Mongol invasion in 1281 that was led by Abaqa outside Homs. After the Mongol threat passed he recaptured Tripoli from the Crusaders in 1289. His son Khalil captured Acre, the last Crusader city, in 1291.

The Mongols renewed their invasion in 1299, but were again defeated in 1303 in the Battle of Shaqhab. The Egyptian Mamluk Sultans entered into relations with the Golden Horde who converted to Islam and established a peace pact with the Mongols in 1322.

Sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad married a Mongol princess in 1319. His diplomatic relations were more extensive than those of any previous Sultan, and included Bulgarian, Indian, and Abyssinian potentates, as well as the pope, the king of Aragon and the king of France. Al-Nasir Muhammad organized the re-digging of a canal in 1311 which connected Alexandria with the Nile. He died in 1341.

Decline
The constant changes of sultans that followed led to great disorder in the provinces. Meanwhile, in 1349 Egypt and the Levant in general were introduced to Black Death, which is said to have killed many inhabitants.

In 1382 the last Bahri Sultan Hajji II was dethroned and the Sultanate was taken over by the Circassian Emir Barquq. He was expelled in 1389 but returned to power in 1390, setting up an era where the sultanate was controlled by the Burji Mamluks.

Military organization
On a general level, the military during the Bahri dynasty can be divided into several aspects:

 * Mamluks: The core of both the political and military base, these slave soldiers were further divided into Khassaki (comparable to imperial guards), Royal Mamluks (Mamluks directly under the command of the Sultan) and regular Mamluks (usually assigned to local Amirs).
 * Al-Halqa: These primarily free born professional forces were also directly under the sultan's command.
 * Wafidiyya: Turks and Mongols that migrated to the dynasty's border after the Mongol invasion, typically given land grants in exchange for military service; they were well regarded forces.
 * Other levies: Primarily Bedouin tribes, but also on different occasions also different groups of Turkomans and other settled Arabs.

List of Bahri Sultans
Following As-Saleh, the Burji dynasty took over the Mamluk Sultanate under Sayf-ad-Din Barquq in 1389–90 C.E.

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Burji Mamluks

The Burji Mamluks (المماليك البرجية) or Circassian Mamluks (المماليك الشركس), sometimes referred to as the Burji dynasty, were the rulers of the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt from 1382 until 1517. As with the preceding Bahri Mamluks, the members of the Burji Mamluk ruling class were purchased as slaves (mamluks) and manumitted, with the most powerful among them taking the role of sultan in Cairo. During this period, the ruling Mamluks were generally of Circassian origin, drawn from the Christian population of the northern Caucasus. The name Burji, meaning 'of the tower', refers to the traditional residence of these Mamluks in the barracks of the Citadel of Cairo.

Although sultans typically designated their sons to succeed them after death, the latter rarely lasted more than a few years before being usurped by one of the powerful Mamluk commanders, usually from among the Mamluks purchased by previous sultans. Political power-plays often became important in designating a new sultan.

During this period, the Mamluks fought Timur and conquered Cyprus. Over the course of the 15th century, the sultanate was weakened by infighting and economic decline brought about by multiple factors. Although militarily powerful, they were eventually unable to compete with the more modern army of the Ottoman Empire, leading to their eventual conquest in 1517 by the Ottomans.

Establishment and early challenges
From 1250, Egypt had been ruled by the first Mamluk dynasty, the mostly Cuman-Kipchak Turkic Bahri dynasty. In 1377 a revolt broke out in Syria which spread to Egypt, and the government was taken over by the Circassians Barakah and Barquq; Barquq was proclaimed sultan in 1382, ending the Bahri dynasty. He was expelled in 1389 but recaptured Cairo in 1390. Early on, the Zahiri Revolt threatened to overthrow Barquq though the conspiracy was discovered before agitators could mobilize. Permanently in power, he founded the Burji dynasty.

Faced with a common enemy, Timur, Barquq joined with Bayezid I and Toktamish in a combined resistance and executed Timur's peace envoys. In the following months Timur was engaged in Georgia and unable to respond to Barquq's actions, while Barquq had died by 1399. In 1401, Timur invaded Syria and sacked Aleppo and Damascus. Syria was regained by Barquq's son, sultan Nasir-ad-Din Faraj, after Timur died in 1405, but Faraj continually faced rebellions from the emirs there and he was forced to abdicate in 1412.

After Faraj, the Abbasid caliph al-Musta'in was permitted to rule the sultanate in Cairo for several months, but the role of sultan was soon taken by another Mamluk, Al-Mu'ayyad Shaykh.

Apogee and decline
Under the reign of Sultan Barsbay, the Mamluk Sultanate grew to its widest territorial extent. In 1426, he invaded the Kingdom of Cyprus and forced its kings to become Mamluk vassals. However, Barsbay also introduced a number of economic policies that were damaging in the long term, such as a state monopoly on the spice trade. During Barsbay's reign Egypt's population was greatly reduced from what it had been a few centuries before, with only one fifth of the number of towns. He frequently raided Asia Minor, but died in 1438.

During the reign of Sayf ad-Din Jaqmaq an attempt to conquer Rhodes in 1444 from the Knights of St. John was repelled.

Sayf ad-Din Inal came to power in 1453 and had friendly relations with the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II, who captured Constantinople later that year, causing great celebration in Egypt. The relationship between the Ottomans and the Mamluks became more adversarial after this time. Both states constantly vied for control of the spice trade, and the Ottomans aspired to eventually take control of the Holy Cities of Islam. Under the reign of Khusqadam, of Greek origin, tensions increased. Both Khusqadam and Mehmed II supported different candidates to the principality of Karaman. After the death of Mehmed II in 1481, Sultan Qaitbay offended the Ottoman sultan Bayezid II by harboring his rebellious brother, Cem. Bayezid II later seized Adana, Tarsus and other places within Mamluk territory, but was unable to defeat the Mamluks during a prolonged war that ended in 1491. Qaitbay also tried to help the Muslims in Spain by threatening the Christians in Syria, but without effect. He died in 1496, leaving several hundred thousand ducats in debts to the great Venetian trading families.

Following another several years of political instability and succession disputes, the last major Mamluk sultan was Qansuh al-Ghuri, who came to power in 1501. While he attempted some reforms, including the introduction of the first military regiment with gunpowder weapons, he was unable to fully integrate them into the Mamluk army and he could not fix the country's economic problems.

Conquest by the Ottomans
By 1516, the Ottomans were free from other concerns — Sultan Selim I had just vanquished the Safavid Persians at the Battle of Chaldiran in 1514 —and turned their full might against the Mamluks, who still ruled in Syria and Egypt, to complete the Ottoman conquest of the Middle East. Al-Ghuri led his army to confront Selim I's invasion of Syria in 1516, but he died in the Battle of Marj Dabiq and the Mamluk army was routed.

In 1517, the Ottomans completed their conquest with the capture of Cairo on January 22. The centre of power transferred from Cairo to Constantinople. However, the mamluks continued to exist as a political and military class in Ottoman Egypt. While the governors were appointed by the Ottoman sultan, the mamluks vied for influence within the country and held many high political positions. They were finally destroyed and exterminated by Muhammad Ali Pasha during his rise to power in Egypt in the early 19th century.

List of Burji Sultans

 * Orange shaded row signifies brief interruption in the rule of Burji dynasty by Bahri dynasty.
 * Silver shaded row signifies interruption in the rule of Burji dynasty by Abbasid dynasty.

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Talk:County of Savoy

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This article need not deal with the genealogical details of the counts. It is just a brief stub. Wetman 04:20, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * I recommend that this article and article title be deleted from Wikipedia. The contents are redundant information that can be found elsewhere in Wikipedia, including articles entitled: House of Savoy and Duchy of Savoy. The Italian names for the rulers are especially pointless because they are not used in histories written in English (and they spoke French, not Italian). (If necessary, this article could be redirected to House of Savoy Charvex 08:43, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

The Duchy of Savoy only covers the area from 1416 forward. This article refers to an earlier period of the political entity. I would no more merge this with the duchy article than I would merge the Republic of Rome article with the Roman Empire article. I therefore respectfully disagree. LTC (Ret.) David J. Cormier (talk) 02:51, 16 March 2014 (UTC)

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Talk:Mitsuo Matayoshi

deletion
On 1 Aug 2004, this article was nominated for deletion. The consensus was to keep the article. See Votes for deletion/Matayoshi Jesus for a record of the discussion. Rossami 04:23, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)

This guy is a real person. He is an official candidate in Japanese national elections and his poster is displayed at election time on official billboards throughout Tokyo alongside 20 or so other election posters. He is a looney, but he is legit. He is also very distinctive, and I know first hand how annoying he is: he woke me up one morning I had called in sick. :Vincent 07:43, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)

"Matayoshi Jesus" is better
"Jesus" is better than "Iesu", since this is the English version. The article should be moved to "Matayoshi Jesus".61.46.253.55 09:33, 8 February 2007 (UTC)

Proposed move

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move to Mitsuo Matayoshi -- enochlau (talk) 10:34, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

I propose a move to Matayoshi Jesus Jesus Matayoshi, because it appears to be the most common form of his name according to Google. Below are the different Google results for various forms of his name: It can be seen that Matayoshi Jesus is the most common name. But since it contradicts MOS, we have to use Jesus Matayoshi instead. WP:MOS-JA does permit a English name to be used even if it contradicts proper Japanese romanization, if the English name is more commonly used. Please support or oppose below. Awyong J. M. Salleh 05:18, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) "Iesu Matayoshi" - Google hits: 183 total, '"Iesu Matayoshi" -wikipedia': 35 total
 * 2) "Matayoshi Iesu" - Google hits: 21 total, '"Matayoshi Iesu" -wikipedia': 10 total
 * 3) "Matayoshi Jesus" - Google hits: 1150 total, '"Matayoshi Jesus" -wikipedia': 750 total
 * 4) "Jesus Matayoshi" - Google hits: 520 total, '"Jesus Matayoshi" -wikipedia': 343 total
 * 5) "Mitsuo Matayoshi" - Google hits: 390 total, '"Mitsuo Matayoshi" -wikipedia': 296 total
 * 6) "Matayoshi Mitsuo" - Google hits: 887 total, '"Matayoshi Mitsuo" -wikipedia': 654 total

Oppose move

 * Oppose proposed move; suggest Move to Mitsuo Matayoshi instead. See below. Neier 06:54, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose and support Mitsuo Matayoshi per this site, which puts Mitsuo in furigana on his katakana anyway. Dekimasu が ? 09:11, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose and support Mitsuo Matayoshi move. John Smith's 15:30, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose and support Mitsuo Matayoshi instead, per Neier and the others. Just use his real name.--Endroit 17:48, 1 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Oppose and support Mitsuo Matayoshi move per above. ··· 日本穣 ? · Talk to Nihon joe 19:33, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

Discussion of move
Matayoshi Jesus is inappropriate for the article title given WP:MOS-JA. Jesus Matayoshi would better conform with Manual of Style. Also, google hit information posted above is not quite accurate because it doesn't filter out hits of Wikipedia mirrors using "-wikipedia". -- Exitmoose 05:55, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * OK I've included the Google numbers with "-wikipedia" in the search. I would be okay with Jesus Matayoshi as well. Awyong J. M. Salleh 06:23, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I've amended the proposal to be MOS-compliant. Awyong J. M. Salleh 06:26, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
 * The latest counts you gave only show a marginal majority for Jesus vs. Mitsuo. Not enough to invoke the pseudonym clause of WP:MOS-JA in my opinion.  And, if you ignore multiple hits for the same labeled video(s) on "-youtube" (where most of the hits on the first page come from), the counts are:
 * Matayoshi Jesus: 395
 * Jesus Matayoshi: 192
 * Mitsuo Matayoshi: 201
 * Matayoshi Mitsuo: 585
 * So, this infers that outside of a very isolated internet meme, his birth name is more popular in English than his chosen name. Besides, there is nothing that I could find on his official page which lists his romanization as "Jesus".  "Jesus" is our English translation of his Japanese translation of Iesous or Yeshua.  If his last name was Oka, I don't think we would be discussing to change the wikipedia article name to Hill.  Neier 06:54, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

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Burgis

Burgis may refer to:

 * Matīss Burģis, Latvian table tennis player
 * Edward Ambrose Burgis, historian and theologian
 * Burgis Beach, Saskatchewan, Canada
 * Thomas Burgis II House, Guilford, Connecticut
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Freeipods.com

Somebody doesn't like this website. RickK 04:44, Aug 7, 2004 (UTC)
 * Hmm. Yes, it looks like they don't like it, otoh, though, it all seems verifiable and not to far off NPOV, though could perhaps use some tidying.  As for notable, I've seen lots of advertisements for it.  So what's the reason for deleting it? For now, Keep. Someone posting negative stuff about something that is uniquely bad isn't POV, it's just true.--Samuel J. Howard 05:15, Aug 7, 2004 (UTC)
 * We really can't keep an article that attacks a website that hasn't been involved in legal actions. RickK 05:26, Aug 7, 2004 (UTC)
 * Why can't we?--Samuel J. Howard 18:58, Aug 7, 2004 (UTC)
 * You do understand the Neutral point of view, don't you?
 * Difficult: They make a compelling case and link to the US Federal watchlists on the scam in general, so it's informative rather than a rant.  I'll say that we should delete it, but not because it's an attack.  For one thing, I think that, other than "classic pyramid scheme" (which could be neutralized just by saying, "may be" or "some critics have called it"), it's not really a rant.  Instead, I vote delete because it's a site review and/or a consumer protection argument. Geogre 12:21, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * But it's not opinion, but fact about a site that seems to be fairly notable (through prolific advertising granted). It's at least a good example of its type.--Samuel J. Howard 18:58, Aug 7, 2004 (UTC)
 * For what it's worth, I don't think there are substantial POV problems. I also think that folks ought to be warned about this spammer.  I don't think that a stand-alone works, though, because of our prohibition on reviews and web guides.  Would it be possible to have a discussion of the questionable value of this site in one of the articles on the scam?  E.g. could this article, in a slightly condensed form, be "Examples" or "Current examples" of matrix scheme? Geogre 13:40, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * FreeiPods.com is a legitamate matrix scheme. It has been proven to work. Check this out for more info: . Keep. 24.58.46.3 14:35, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * a legit matrix scheme?? Did you read the article matrix scheme that you linked to, it says that they are of "questionable legality".--Samuel J. Howard 18:58, Aug 7, 2004 (UTC)
 * Not notable. Spam. Delete with extreme prejudice. - Brisby 04:02, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Even if the heart of the article is in the right place, we should still delete this article, since it encourages spam. I just delivered a warning message to User:24.186.133.51 earlier today since he was spamming both Freeipods.com and iPod with links to the freeipods.com website.  These spammers and their websites do not even deserve the dignity of a mention in our work.  --Ardonik 05:37, 2004 Aug 8 (UTC)
 * Although it's likely a scam, it's still quite notable. Just about every web forum I've visited has had posts related to this thing, and I've referred in some of my forum replies to this wikipedia article to try to convince folks not to participate. According to Alexa, it has a current traffic rank of 3838 (slashdot has 2164) and a reach rank of 2546. Keep --NeuronExMachina 20:50, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. I feel like I'm starting to sound like a broken record, but encyclopedic content means something to me. One thing that I find important for something to be of encyclopedic content is that it must be able to stand the test of time. It is a warning of a scheme. Is it a valid warning? It sounds like it. Is it an important message? Probably. Is it notable? Some seem to think so. But if the website/scheme goes away tomorrow, will the article still have any meaning? In my opinion, no. If it goes to court or the FTC takes strong legal action setting precedent, I would reconsider this opinion as those facts may be relevant for making it a good example of a scheme and the consequences. But as it stands now, I say delete due to lack of encyclopedic content. Skyler 02:13, Aug 9, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete - Tεx  τ  urε  15:31, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep Rhymeless 05:10, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. While rational and based on some facts, the article is mostly opinion/warning that will not stand the test of time. If cut back to only the encyclopedic content, it would be deleted as non-notable. We already have plenty of good articles warning of the dangers of spam, pyramid schemes, etc. Rossami 13:55, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete regretfully. A worthy cause, but not encyclopedic. Bishonen 17:36, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Postdlf 03:14, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Strong Delete- Spam. Balatant Spam. -MegamanZero 15:41, 12 December 2005 (UTC)


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Joshua Farber

Vanity. "Self-styled" indeed. --Shibboleth 04:44, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: J. Random Teacher at a high school who has designated himself a sociologist who works on "C-changes?" "Those are pearls that were his eyes/ Nothing of him that doth fade/ But doth suffer a C-change," as Shakespeare wrote (Ariel talking about coding a new cyborg of Ferdinand's father, no doubt played by Arnold). Geogre 17:38, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete, vanity page. IP scan of user verifies location in Massachusetts. Goobergunch 17:40, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. --Ianb 15:51, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC), self-styled anti-vanityologist
 * Delete. Vanity and/or simple lack of notability. Skyler 02:15, Aug 9, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete, but we can delete vanity pages without making fun of them, I hope. (No offense, Geogre.) Even though this article is written in the 3rd person--as if about somebody else--I always worry that we're merely seeing a newbie attempt to create a userpage or subpage, and that the person might come to read the things said about him/her on VdF. Apparently it's not uncommon to write one's userpage in the 3rd person on the German Wikipedia, for example, and German speaker might bring this custom along when trying to create a userpage here. Bishonen, who mistakenly created a subpage as an article a week ago, but fortunately nobody put it up on VdF 18:25, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Comment: In this case, I felt that I, anyway, sought to "lash the vice but not the man," as someone said. The person is an American teacher, and it seemed self-aggrandizing.  I do not want to turn away potential users (indeed, a function of VfD, to me, is to ensure usable content so that people aren't turned away), but the entry set me too much on edge with its malapropism on Shakespeare. Geogre 18:47, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Whatever the intentions of the author, it is NOT a user-page - so it must go: Delete Giano 06:50, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)


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World Netball Rankings

The World Netball Rankings are published by the World Netball to make it possible to compare the relative strengths of internationally active national netball teams. Initially, rankings were based on the results from the World Netball Championships, and released after the conclusion of each event, every four years. A new ranking system was implemented on 11 February 2008, wherein teams are ranked based on international tests played in the last four years. Teams appear on the rankings list once they have played eight international test matches.

Australia and New Zealand have dominated the world rankings in previous years and they are the only two netball nations to have ever held the number one world ranking since its introduction in 2009. In 2018, England became the first team to be ranked in the top two outside of Australia and New Zealand, after winning gold at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia.

Calculation
All test matches played by a team in the last four years, including matches in the Netball World Cup and Commonwealth Games, are considered in the calculation. The ranking of teams is determined by comparing teams' ratings, which is the average points earned per match in the last four years.

Teams earn points for each match, with the specific amount determined based on the outcome of the match (win or loss) and the rating of their opponents. A team's rating always increases following a victory and decreases after a loss. However, winning against a higher-ranked team increases a team's rating more and losing against a lower-ranked team decreases a team's rating more.
 * Points per match
 * In matches between teams within 40 rating points of each other, winning a game earns a team 50 more points than their opponent's current rating, while losing a match earns a team 50 points less than their opponent's current rating.
 * In matches between teams more than 40 rating points apart, an exception is applied where the rating of a team's opponent is treated as if it is exactly 40 points apart for the purpose of the calculation. That is, higher-rated team would have their opponent possess a rating of 40 points less than them, while the lower-rated team would have their opponent possess a rating of 40 above them.

In the calculation of a team's rating, the points earned for each game are weighted based on the time the match was played.
 * Weighting
 * Matches played in the two most recent years before the time of calculation are weighted at 100%.
 * Matches played three to four years before the time of calculation are weighted at 50%.

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Musha Incident

The Musha Incident, also known as the Wushe Rebellion and several other similar names, began in October 1930 and was the last major uprising against colonial Japanese forces in Japanese Taiwan. In response to long-term oppression by Japanese authorities, the Seediq indigenous group in the settlement of Musha (Wushe) attacked a school, killing 134 Japanese and two Han Taiwanese children. In response, the Japanese led a counter-attack, killing 354 Seediq in retaliation. The handling of the incident by the Japanese authorities was strongly criticised, leading to many changes in Aboriginal policy.

Background
Previous armed resistance to Japanese imperial authority had been dealt with harshly, as demonstrated by responses to previous uprisings, such as the Tapani Incident, which resulted in a cycle of rebel attacks and harsh Japanese retaliation. However, by the 1930s, armed resistance had largely been replaced by organised political and social movements among the younger Taiwanese generation. Direct police involvement in local administration had been relaxed, many harsh punishments were abolished, and some elements of self-government, albeit of questionable effectiveness, had been introduced to colonial Taiwan.

However, a different approach was used in order to control Taiwan's indigenous peoples. The indigenous peoples of Formosa Island were still designated as seiban (生蕃), and treated as inferiors, rather than as equal subjects. Tribes were "tamed" through "assimilation", the process of disarming traditional hunting tribes and forcing them to relocate to the plains and lead an agrarian existence. Further resistance was then dealt with by military campaigns, isolation and containment. In order to access natural resources in mountainous and forested indigenous-controlled areas, Governor-General Sakuma Samata adopted a more aggressive terrain policy, attempting to pacify or eradicate aboriginal groups in areas scheduled for logging within five years' time; by 1915, this policy had been largely successful, although resistance still existed in the more remote areas.

Proximal causes
The Seediq people in the vicinity of Musha village had been considered by the Japanese authorities to be one of the most successful examples of this "taming" approach, with Chief Mona Rudao being one of 43 indigenous leaders selected for a tour of Japan a few years earlier. However, resentment still lingered, due largely to police misconduct, the ongoing practice of forced labor, and the lack of respect for Indigenous beliefs and customs.

In the days immediately prior to the incident, Chief Mona Rudao held a traditional wedding banquet for his son, Daho Mona, during which animals were slaughtered and wine was prepared and drunk. A Japanese police officer named Katsuhiko Yoshimura was on patrol in the area, and was offered a cup of wine by Daho Mona as a symbolic gesture. The officer refused, saying that Daho Mona's hands were soiled with blood from the slaughtered animals. Daho Mona attempted to take hold of the officer, insisting he participate, and the officer struck him with his stick. Fighting ensued, and the officer was injured. Mona Rudao attempted to apologize by presenting a flagon of wine at the officer's house, but was turned away. The simmering resentment among the Seediq in Musha was finally pushed to the limit.

Incident
On 27 October 1930, hundreds of Japanese converged on Musha for an athletics meet at the elementary school. Shortly before dawn, Mona Rudao led over 300 Seediq warriors in a raid of strategic police sub-stations to capture weapons and ammunition. They then moved on to the elementary school, concentrating their attack on the Japanese in attendance. A total of 134 Japanese, including women and children, were killed in the attack. Two Han Taiwanese dressed in Japanese clothing were also mistakenly killed, one of whom was a girl wearing a Japanese kimono. Most of the victims were beheaded. The Seediqs had intended to kill only Japanese people.

Consequences
The Japanese authorities responded with unprecedentedly harsh military action. A press blackout was enforced, and Governor General Ishizuka Eizō ordered a counter-offensive of two thousand troops to be sent to Musha, forcing the Seediq to retreat into the mountains and carry out guerrilla attacks by night. Unable to root out the Seediq despite their superior numbers and greater firepower, the Japanese faced a political need for a faster solution. Consequently, Japan's army air corps in Taiwan ordered bombing runs over Musha to smoke out the rebels, dropping mustard gas bombs in what was allegedly the first such use of chemical warfare in Asia. The uprising was swiftly quelled, with any remaining resistance suppressed by the third week of December 1930; Mona Rudao had committed suicide on November 28, but the uprising had continued under other leaders. Of the 1,200 Seediq directly involved in the uprising, 644 died, 290 of whom committed suicide to avoid dishonour. While the Geneva Protocol of 1925 made the wartime use of chemical weapons by land, naval, and air forces a war crime, the treaty does not apply to internal disturbances or conflicts, and Japan was not a signatory to the treaty until May 21, 1975.

Due to internal and external criticism of their handling of the incident, Ishizuka and Hitomi Jirō, his chief civil administrator, were forced to resign in January 1931. However, Ishizuka's replacement, Ōta Masahiro, also took a harsh approach to controlling Taiwan's indigenous peoples: certain tribes were disarmed and left unprotected, giving their aboriginal enemies an opportunity to annihilate them on behalf of the Japanese administration. Around 500 of the Seediq involved in the Musha Incident surrendered and were subsequently confined to a village near Musha. However, on 25 April 1931, indigenous groups working with the Japanese authorities attacked the village, beheading all remaining males over the age of 15. This is known as the "Second Musha Incident".

The uprising did effect a change in the authorities' attitudes and approaches towards aboriginals in Taiwan. Musha had been regarded as the most "enlightened and compliant" of the aboriginal territories, and the colonial power's inability to prevent the massacre provoked a fear of similar nationalist movements starting in Taiwan, Korea, and Japan itself. A change in policy was clearly needed. Ching suggests that the institution of empire-building (kominka 皇民化) became the dominant expression of colonial control: aboriginals came to be seen as imperial subjects on equal footing with other ethnic groups in Taiwan, and were upgraded in status from "raw savages" to. Japanization education was intensified, promoting Japanese culture and fealty to the emperor in the younger generation.

During the Musha Incident, the Seediq under Mona Rudao revolted against the Japanese, while the Truku and Toda did not. The rivalry of the Seediq with the Toda and Truku was aggravated by the Musha Incident, given that the Japanese had long played them off against each other. Following the incident,Seediq land was ceded to the Truku and Toda by the Japanese.

In the media
The Musha Incident has been depicted three times in movies, in 1957 in the Chinese film Qing Shan bi xue (青山碧血), in the 2003 TV drama , and in the 2011 Taiwanese film Seediq Bale.

The Chinese novel Remains of Life (originally published in Chinese in 1999, published in English translation in 2017) is a fictionalized account of the aftermath of this incident.

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Talk:Sewanee: The University of the South

Requested move 6 September 2021

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: no consensus.

We have 3 editors (including the proposer) supporting a move per WP:COMMONNAME and 3 editors opposing per WP:NATURAL, so there is no consensus for the proposed move. There are also 3 editors supporting an alternative move →  with  →. That move would be procedurally incorrect per WP:RMCI: A move request about moving X to Y should never be closed in such a way as to require page Z to move if Z wasn't listed in the original move request. In any case, it isn't clear whether there's a consensus for that move. As this RM has closed with no consensus, a fresh RM may be presented for the alternative proposal, including both pages, if editors consider this would be a desirable move. (non-admin closure) Havelock Jones (talk) 07:35, 24 September 2021 (UTC)

Sewanee: The University of the South → Sewanee (university) – WP:COMMONNAME. The current name is redundant and stilted (and probably fails WP:THE). Except for very few formal contexts, the university is typically referred to by one name or the other, not both at the same time. All three people who commented on the previous RM two and a half years ago said that the common name is simply "Sewanee". As commented in 2010, "Sewanee" even appears on the university's diplomas. — BarrelProof (talk) 17:20, 6 September 2021 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Support move per nom.  O.N.R.  (talk) 22:12, 6 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose per WP:NATURAL. If this needs to be moved at all, it should be to Sewanee as the WP:primary topic, or to The University of the South, both of which are both common and natural. Station1 (talk) 07:58, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
 * No objection to →  with  → . — BarrelProof (talk) 17:45, 7 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Agree with Station1 on this. Move uni page to "Sewanee" and then DAB for other usage. GreaterPonce665  (TALK) 18:36, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose per WP:NATURAL.  Bait30   Talk 2 me pls? 02:30, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Any comment on the idea of moving this to ? — BarrelProof (talk) 13:15, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * , no opinion per se, but I do believe the dab pages of Sewanee, Swanee, Swanee River, Suwannee, and Suwanee need to be combined per WP:DABCOMBINE. Suwanee already contains entries for "Suwannee" even though that spelling has its own DAB page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bait30 (talk • contribs) 04:38, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Support. The single-word name is commonest even on its own website. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:32, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Oppose per WP:NATURAL. Jonathunder (talk) 15:34, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Any comment on the idea of moving this to ? — BarrelProof (talk) 18:00, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Not sure. "Sewanee" is clearly the most common way to refer to this institution, but so many other things are also called that. I'll wait to see what others think. Jonathunder (talk) 14:25, 15 September 2021 (UTC)
 * It seems like the other potentially confused topics have a somewhat different spelling and pronunciation or are much less prominent or are basically subtopics of this one. For example, there is a town, but it says the town is best known as the home of the university, so it seems like basically a university town that is mostly subordinate to the institution. — BarrelProof (talk) 18:47, 16 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Note: I previously closed this RM, but I have reverted myself following discussion here. {{u| Sdkb  }}  talk 21:16, 23 September 2021 (UTC)

Sewanee News
Is the Sewanee News alumni magazine still around? I'm reading a copy of it on Internet Archive from 1978 and it's quite good. It's amazing what a difference it can make when a school has a literary tradition to uphold. Most old magazines from 1978 are barely readable today, but this stands out and passes the test of time. If it is still around, maybe mention it in the article in the alumni section? Other university articles, such as Stanford, mention the alumni magazines. Viriditas (talk) 22:33, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: Academic Research and Critical Thinking
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Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration/Rex071404/Evidence

Most of those attacks were from the archives of Talk:John Kerry and the RfC page, rather than talk pages. Ambi 04:51, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)

a) What "Wikipedia Committee" is being referred to there? b) I think a permanent ban is asking a little bit too much. More appropriate (and more likely to be accepted), IMO, is a personal attack parole, a revert parole and preferably a ban on editing John Kerry. Ambi 05:20, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Rex's Facts

 * We all piecemeal editing to some extent, especially with sections of a very large article. But Rex will do literally dozens of piecemeal edits in a sitting, making it difficult to keep up with the changes in the article.  I suspect he started doing this to attempt to avoid reverts.
 * What do you mean "attempt to avoid" as if that's bad... The crux of the problem has been edit/revert wars. I feel that my new style of smaller, piecemeal edits allows the others more leeway to address their concerns without any edit/revert wars. Why is that now a bad thing? Rex071404 05:44, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * He doesn't want to mediate now, fine. But how is that not a refusal to mediate?
 * Please stop suggesting that I don't want to mediate now. You are trying to make me un-prove a negative. What I am trying to do is avoid bickering or sniping and instead focus on dialoging towards edit consensus. I see no reason to abandon early the efforts at reaching consensus. I feel we have made great progress. The other editors have stopped instantly reverting 100% of my edits and I have stopped being snide towards them. As far as I am concerned, the problems on John Kerry have for the most part, worked themselves out. Rex071404 05:44, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * And this RfA proves that these problems you cause have not "worked themselves out". Gamaliel 05:59, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * The talk page has been archived about 4 or 5 times since this mess started. What has been happening if not dialogue?  Screens upon screens upon screens of dialogue.  How can he claim that there have been no discussions?  Gamaliel 05:16, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * A significant part of the curent page is devoted to comments by JamesMLane that are directed solely at me. I have pointed out that he should put these on my Talk page instead. He has yet to do that. Also, take a look at the current state of the Kerry Talk page. In the last day or so, I have asked for and/or invited comment on several topics, but have received basically no replies from the other editors. I would think that especially JamesMLane, Wolfman and Neutrality would want to reply or comment, but they do not. See these sections on Talk page: "Cameron Kerry - the crux of the matter (all editors, please read and reply to this", "Elliot Said" and "NLF vs. Viet Cong vs. NVA - Re: 172's recent edit". Rex071404 05:35, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Umm, people have lives. We can't all check in every day; doesn't mean we're refusing to dialogue.  Just noted since you mention me specifically here, Rex.Wolfman 20:41, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * I've been following all the discussion for two weeks. There has been plenty of dialogue with you.  When you pose loaded questions attempting to steer the debate your way, you are often ignored. This doesn't mean there has been no discussion; the endless kilobytes of archived talk are evidence to that. Gamaliel 05:41, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)

The fact that you concede that my comments are "often ignored" makes my point. What we disagree on is whether or not my inquires are nothing but gratuitous muck raking. I say that they are on point, thoughtful and germane. At the same time, I suppose you are free to characterize my efforts as posing "loaded questions" in attempt "to steer the debate".

Frankly, I am pretty sure we all try to "steer the debate". That leaves "loaded questions". Which of my recent questions are you offended by, and why? Rex071404 05:49, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * You are willfully misunderstanding what I said. I said you are often ignored when you pose loaded questions.  Unless you have been talking to yourself for two weeks, you have hardly been ignored. Gamaliel 05:59, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Yes or No, are you saying that in your view, I have recently been asking "loaded questions"? And if you are saying that, have I asked any that offend you? And if I have, please tell me, which ones have I asked are you offended by? Please don't make me repeat the question for a 3rd time - it is that type of non-response which I feel detracts from the dialog. Rex071404 06:53, 10 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * Just wondering why his being offended has anything at all to do with issues regarding loaded questions in an attempt to steer debate, and others ignoring said questions. Lyellin 14:26, Aug 10, 2004 (UTC)

Re: "arbitration/Rex071404"
(copied from User talk:Rex071404

Please take note, yesterday, I posted my version of the facts on this issue as per the page's instructions: "If you disagree with some evidence you see here, please provide counter-evidence, or an explanation of why the evidence is misleading. Please do this under a seperate header, to seperate your response from the original evidence."

However, tonight, Neutrality has twice deleted my statement from that page and instead moved it to the "discussion" page.

I am trying my best to defuse the tense dynamic between Neutrality an myself, but I am at a loss as to what to do.

For example, Neutrality is again jumping all over my edits on John Kerry and deleted/reversed me me multiple times tonight wihtout discussion. I have left copious notes on that talk page explaining my edits, but Neutrality dos not dialog with me.

I really would appreciate some guidedance on getting Neutrality to give me some breathing room.

Also, please take note, although I am feeling very pressed againg by Neutrality, I am not reverting to my intial method of snide commentary.

Since Snowspinner chastized me sevral days ago with a 24hr ban, I have reconsidered and am avoiding harsh statements. That being the case, when can I expect Neutrality to be advised to leave me be and not be so agressive to me? Rex071404 01:49, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * If I understand you posted your evidence on the evidence page, Requests for arbitration/Rex071404/Evidence and user Neutrality moved it to Requests for arbitration/Rex071404/Evidence at edits and . This is improper as the Evidence page is available or all Wikipedia users who wish to present evidence.

One comment I might make though. The evidence we, the arbitrators, need is links to edits which prove or (in your case) disprove the allegations of the complaint against you. Much of your statement consists of an assertion that you have changed your approach. If you can show that through edits you have made please do that. Also, if you feel mediation is called for before arbitration, please request it at Requests for mediation and get together with those who are complaining and ask them to join you in mediation.

If you admit that you have made errors in the past it is helpful if you explain to us what you feel those were and what you have done to improve your behavior, giving some examples of "then and now". As a participant in the case, in addition to the Evidence page, you can also make statements on the main page of the arbitration, Requests for arbitration/Rex071404 as you have in the section, Statement by affected party. This can be expanded or modified.

One problem I note is that you say, neither mediation or arbitration are "ripe". I'm not sure what you mean by this as a whole bunch of folks are saying that it is time for "something to be done", which is what arbitration does, albeit slowly and weirdly. At any rate you are in arbitration. We could decide that the parties simply need to discuss matters more or that either you or the other parties have not followed Wikipedia policies. If you feel either of those appoaches are right please set forth your arguments at Requests for arbitration/Rex071404, Statement by affected party. Fred Bauder 11:35, Aug 11, 2004 (UTC)

Re: Neutrality / John Kerry
As further evidence that I am trying to work things out collegially, I cite my Request for Mediation which I asked for today and which is titled "Rex071404 requests Mediation with Neutrality". My apologies, but I do not know how to find the specific URL for this section and cannot link to it. It can be found on the request for mediation page. Rex071404 16:23, 11 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Harsh or biased comments made to or about Rex, by others on the John Kerry Talk page
This content duplicates that on the attached project page. Accordingly, I have deleted it, as it interferes with the arbitration process to scatter identical evidence in multiple places.

Thank you for your co-operation. Martin 21:52, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Responses
This counter-complaint is a vexatious one if ever I saw one.

Firstly, at the time this arbitration request was filed, all of us had exhausted all previous options. The RfC had been strongly supported, and a good faith request for mediation had been "indefinitely postponed". As the arbitrators began to draw up a temporary order, Rex suddenly reversed his position on this, presumably to save his hide - but by then, it was a bit late.

Moreover, his complaints against Neutrality are somewhat hypocritical, as at least on #2, #3 and #4, he's been just as guilty as Neutrality, if not more so. Ambi 08:15, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * I agree with Ambi. I never gave much credence to the argument that there was a "new Rex" who had learned his lesson and would become a model Wikipedian.  This counter-complaint conclusively demolishes that argument.  It will also, of course, cause yet more waste of time among people who could be doing lots of other things to improve Wikipedia.  I've been told about long-term problems caused by other users, but, if we look only at the disruption caused during a new user's first month, Rex must be a strong contender for Rookie of the Year. JamesMLane 08:51, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)

There's also one other thing that I forgot to mention. Rex has consistently tried to play the "I'm being picked on because I've got an unpopular view" card here. Yet, if this is the case, why is there no question of Cecropia's conduct, (and I believe Mbecker holds the same position, though correct me if I'm wrong)? The answer is simple - though they hold the same views as Rex, no one could claim that either of those users have been disruptive. Ambi 09:09, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * Well, Mbecker agreed with Rex on one point, but I wouldn't say he's generally aligned with Rex. Cecropia certainly seems to be though, and has been unfailingly polite and cooperative in his edits and discussion.  To my knowledge, Cecropia's edits are seldom (if ever) reverted, so Rex's complaint of being picked on for his views rings hollow.Wolfman 20:51, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)

JamesMLane's response to Rex's quotations
I haven't checked every one of these but it appears to me that Rex has quoted my words accurately. Two of the quotations need the context to be understood. First, I wasn't disparaging edit truces in general; what I said was, "The concept of 'an edit truce' is meaningless. Truce or no truce, no one can edit this page while it's protected." Second, my comment about the baby Jesus and writing skills was a joking reference to phrases that had been used by Gamaliel and Rex. Having clarified those points, I stand by every single quotation attributed to me. JamesMLane 07:56, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Gamaliel's response to the quotes

 * “"I wish you and Rex would actually try to work with us..."
 * I have no idea why this statement is inappropriate.

 * “I doubt your shrill accusations will encourage anyone else”
 * Rex challenged other editors to come up with a 1-2 paragraph compromise version of something he was angrily disputing, ignoring the fact that I had already done so several times. The quote in full:
 * “The edit history will show that I attempted several versions of a 1-2 paragraph condensed account of the VVAW issue. It was those attempts that prompted you to shout all over my talk page that I was guilty of "pro-Kerry censorship" and accused me of wanting to start an edit war. So you'll excuse me if I don't make that attempt again and I doubt your shrill accusations will encourage anyone else to do so either.”

 * "...quit spamming multiple talk pages with your nonsense..."

 * Rex leaves out all of the context to this one. I was responding to his attack on Ambienthisteria, namely Rex's insult "You aren't a bigot, are you?"  I said in full:
 * "It's exactly this sort of offensive behavior that so many of us find objectionable. We don't care what you believe about Kerry; we do care that you choose to express those beliefs by shouting at people and insulting them. You should apologize to Ambivalenthysteria for this insult and quit spamming multiple talk pages with your nonsense. Unless you are more interested in scoring cheap partisan points than cooperating on an NPOV article."

 * "I love this. You demand citations and explanations for an obvious joke and then you tell me to “please lighten up”. This is truly theater of the absurd.
 * I made the mistake of attempting to inject humor into a tense and ridiculous situation by typing in the edit summary “John Kerry is friend to all children”. This was an obvious reference to Gamera and I thought it was an obvious bit of silliness.  But then Rex demands a citation for this remark, claims it is evidence of "pro-Kerry bias",  rants on about partial birth abortion, and then tells me to “lighten up.”  Seriously, how is that not theater of the absurd?

 * "My God, you are tiresome. You had two links to the same place in the same sentence, I deleted one. I would have done the same thing to any editor in any article on wikipedia, and I consider it a minor edit under any circumstances. End of story. Gamaliel 18:18, 8 Aug 2004 (UTC)"

 * Rex had a proper link followed immediately by an external link, but that external link was to the full url of the wikipedia page the first link went to. So I deleted the second link and said “removed double link” in the edit summary.  Rex fired away on the talk page complaining I “reverted” him and said “you did do it without discussion and without a rationale explaining, detailed Edit Summary. I disagree that your action was appropriately conducted.”  After two weeks of accusations and attacks from Rex, I think I was entitled to be slightly less than cordial, especially when the dispute arose not from my actions but from his inability to understand proper wikipedia linking procedure.

 * ”You can speak bluntly without accusations and insults. Those aren't signs of bluntness and outspokenness, they are signs of rudeness and boorishness.”
 * This was in response to Rex claiming his prior negative behavior was because “I am accustomed to being able to speak bluntly.”

Gamaliel 08:58, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)

bkonrad's response to Rex's quotes
As far as I can tell, Rex has excerpted selected quotes from my comments accurately. I stand by all my comments. I feel that if they are examined in the full context of the discussion at the time made they are fully warranted. I'm really not sure what Rex expects to prove by listing them here--no one is disputing that he has upset and aggravated a lot of people through his editing tactics and boorish behavior on the talk page. older ≠ wiser 14:26, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Moriori's response to Rex's quotes
I also don't know what Rex expects to prove by listing quotes here. They may be more counterproductive for him than helpful. For instance, it is true that I wrote the following -- ''It distresses me greatly that I need to inform you that I believe you have no integrity whatsoever. I have never ever previously been motivated to say so to any wiki person''. However it is also true that I followed up with Some of the other contributors think it was a personal attack, so in that case I withdraw it (lack of integrity bit) and support your hope that we "all get along". That was posted August 13, the same date for two of Neutrality's quotes above. Moriori 02:29, Aug 15, 2004 (UTC)

This is not about Neutrality
Over the last several weeks, Rex has attempted to cast this as a conflict between him and Neutrality and cast himself as the helpless newbie victimized by Neutrality. This ignores the seven other users who signed onto this complaint and his history of insulting and having conflicts with those seven users. As far as I'm concerned, his conflicts with Neutrality are among the least significant of the conflicts he's had. The conflict between Rex and Neutrality must be considered, but I ask that the arbitrators resist Rex's attempt to frame it as the only conflict. Gamaliel 18:10, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)

 * Rex071404 can because he has had charges made against him file counterclaims against all those who have filed charges against him. If he makes his case they will be considered. Fred Bauder 18:19, Aug 14, 2004 (UTC)

 * I am not asking you to ignore Rex's charges. I am asking that you not ignore charges against Rex by users other than Neutrality. Gamaliel 18:58, 14 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Lyellin's Response to Rex's quotes
Well, I'm quoting twice. Once saying I support kerry (which ignores my attempts to rectify this matter, but hey, whatever), which doesn't seem to be a harsh comment, either made about rex or too him, but I may be wrong. The second is a statement "This is not about the facts". First, again, not harsh at or about Rex. Secondly, it ignores the second part of my quote, which I don't have in front of me, but paraphrasing, something like "it's about how to present them". Which was the arguement at the time. Also, that's right before Rex mouths off at me, about a glowing Kerry biopic, which is quoted on the evidence page that James made up. Lyellin 18:42, Aug 16, 2004 (UTC)

Additional complaints
If one desires to include oneself amongst the complainants, does one just add oneself to the list? Or must only the original complainants be included, and a separate arbitration request filed? -- Emsworth 20:28, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure. Perhaps it would be best to inquire with one of the arbitrators. Neutrality 20:57, 17 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Never mind. I'll just add evidence as a third party. -- Emsworth 02:08, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Counter-complaints
I would like to suggest that the Committee reconsider its ruling relating to the validity of counter-complaints. I feel that such complaints should only be admissible if relevant to the original charges. Otherwise, the respondent would be able to divert attention from the primary matter (John Kerry) by introducing irrelevant charges against the complainants. The respondent could just "hijack" the proceedings, and every edit made by every party would become a matter of concern to the Committee, even though such edits may have no bearing whatsoever on the original complaint. Undue complications would arise where multiple users are involved; evidence and claims not at all relevant to the original complainant's concerns would be introduced.

This scenario may, of course, seem unlikely. But it would be made more likely by allowing irrelevant counter-claims to be introduced, as, say, the statement "Rex071404 can because he has had charges made against him file counterclaims against all those who have filed charges against him" may reflect.

I do not propose that all counter-claims be dismissed. Instead, only charges, countercharges and evidence pertaining to the original complaint should be admitted. If there is a separate concern, then it should be addressed in a separate request for arbitration. Otherwise, the very subject of the arbitration—the neutrality of a particular article, the purported vandalism of a particular page—would be changeable entirely at the will of one party.

In making these comments, I specifically have in mind the charge of "anti-Christian bigotry" that has been levied.

-- Emsworth 02:28, 18 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Disruption
Well, alright. I posted teh comment, and thought.. herm, I probably shouldn't have done that, but I'll wait to be chastised by an arbcom someone, so I can make sure to hear the correct ruling on that. I felt further within my place because there are several SECTIONS that are commentary, commenting on some of rex's evidence that does not involve the person commenting. I feel even more happy that I posted, because I've been chastised by REX, of all people.

And it does involve me. I was about 5 minutes away from posting a list, just like Wolfman did. Lyellin 17:15, Aug 27, 2004 (UTC)

vote
Maybe we should just have a vote on the subject... like a VFD style thing to determine whether this rex should be banned? Is that a good idea?

 * I don't think it is. Even though a VfD is supposed to be argued on the merits, a decision is actually reached based on the numbers -- so although most of the time it works like it should, the process can be subverted to be a popularity contest.

 * I don't think we want to set a precedent for running arbitrations the same way. The result would probably be the same for Rex -- but if he was banned because a majority of people voted against him, then everyone else would be living constantly in fear of the same thing:  getting banned because a large enough number of people just decided that it should be so.

 * Rex's punishment is coming because there are certain rules that all Wikipedia editors are supposed to follow, and he has been clearly, repeatedly, and knowingly violating those rules. I believe that given the flagrancy of his trespass, the appropriate punishment is a ban.  Since he has only gotten worse in his behavior, not better, I personally don't see any reason for the ban not to be permanent.  But the point is, when the boom is lowered, it won't happen because 51% of us, 75% of us, or 99% of us didn't like Rex; it will happen because Rex knew the rules and broke them anyways.  -- Antaeus Feldspar 16:57, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)

After some thought I have come to the conclusion that he was not able to follow the rules. It seemed to him at Dedham, Mass that he was citing a reference which justified his edit, while in fact it did not. He cited a book but used no material from the book. As far as a permanent ban, we just don't do that for cases of this magnitude. As far a vote, the arbitrators, having examined evidence, will vote. Fred Bauder 17:15, Nov 5, 2004 (UTC)

Fred, you aren't seriously arguing that the edit in dispute at Dedham, Massachusetts is false are you? 216.153.214.94 18:47, 5 Nov 2004 (UTC)


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Martin Newell (musician)

Martin Newell (born 4 March 1953) is an English singer–songwriter, poet, columnist and author who leads the Cleaners from Venus, a guitar pop band with jangly, upbeat arrangements. He is also regarded as a significant figure in the history of cassette culture and DIY music.

1973–1979
In the summer of 1973, a 20-year-old Newell joined Colchester glam rock cover band Plod as their lead singer, replacing founder member Steve Greenfield. Plod was signed to London-based indie label Banjul Records in early 1975, and quickly began recording tracks for an album. However, contractual irregularities and financial problems at the label prevented the album from being finished or released, and the band broke up within a few months of being signed. In 2003, one track from the sessions ("Neo City") was released on a '70s glam-rock compilation CD titled Velvet Tinmine. This track was credited to The Plod, and remains the only officially issued work by the band.

Newell then joined Gypp, a pop-oriented progressive rock band, as lead singer. Gypp also played abroad and became popular in Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia area thanks to their live performances. Gypp issued one three-song 7-inch EP in 1978, but their music was out of step with the punk-oriented trends of the UK music scene at the time and the EP received a negative review in the New Musical Express. Demoralised, Newell left the band. By his own account, he then became a "musical recluse", staying in the studio and creating new songs but not playing live gigs for many years.

1979–1992
In the late-70s, Newell led a four-piece rock combo called the Stray Trolleys. They recorded material in 1979 and 1980, but it was not released until after the band had broken up.

In the meantime, Newell issued his first solo single ("Young Jobless" b/w "Sylvie in Toytown") on vinyl in 1980. By the end of 1980, he was collaborating with Lawrence "Lol" Elliot as the Cleaners from Venus, a band that mostly released their work on cassettes outside the traditional music distribution channels.

By 1983, the Cleaners from Venus had evolved into a band with a floating line-up that featured Newell as its only constant member. The band still primarily issued material on cassette, got signed to the West German independent label Modell Records for one vinyl album (Under Wartime Conditions) and ultimately to the German subsidiary of RCA Records, which released two albums (Going to England, Town and Country).

Giles Smith joined Newell as the only other official member of the Cleaners from Venus between 1986-1988, and in 1987, Newell returned to performing live under the Cleaners from Venus banner. As well, while regularly releasing the Cleaners from Venus material on cassette, through the 1980s Newell also occasionally released cassette singles and albums under his own name. On these solo releases he was usually the only musician.

In spring 1988, Newell and Nelson (Peter Nice) formed the duo, the Brotherhood of Lizards, self-releasing the mini-album The Brotherhood of Lizards that year, followed by the album, Lizardland, released on independent label Deltic Records in 1989. To support Lizardland the duo embarked on an eco-friendly promotional tour, cycling over 1000 miles across southern England between October 1989 and February 1990 making local radio appearances and doing local newspaper interviews, while also busking and performing gigs. The uniqueness of this "green tour" caught the attention of the mainstream media with the duo making half a dozen television appearances, and interviews with them appeared in the NME, Melody Maker, The Guardian, The Independent, The Mail on Sunday and Time Out. On completion of the tour, Nelson was recruited as the replacement bass player for the band New Model Army and the Brotherhood of Lizards disbanded.

1993–present
In 1993, Newell began working primarily as a solo artist with more conventional production values. His first non-cassette solo album, The Greatest Living Englishman, was produced by XTC's Andy Partridge, and was a critical success. Commercially, it remains his most popular and successful album. It was followed by three more albums (The Off White Album, produced by Louis Philippe, The Spirit Cage and Radio Autumn Attic) and an EP (Songs from the Station Hotel) that continued to explore the same subject matter as The Greatest Living Englishman, including the charms of rural or small-town English life and portraits of characters and scenes.

Newell has also made live appearances with the Cleaners from Venus and the Stray Trolleys in the 1990s and beyond, and has issued several post-1993 live recordings with these bands. However, studio releases credited to these groups post-1993 are actually all CD reissues of pre-1993 material previously released only on cassette. In addition, Gypp played reunion gigs in 1996, and live Gypp material – as well as Gypp demos recorded in the late 1970s – have now been officially issued on CD.

In 2004 Newell released an album of light jazz songs, The Light Programme. The album was not particularly successful commercially but his next album, A Summer Tamarind, returned to his usual style and was much more warmly received.

In late 2005, the British singer Richard Shelton released a jazz vocal album called Top Cat with five Newell compositions. Newell's songs have also been recorded by Miki Huber, the Jennifers, Kerry Getz, R. Stevie Moore and Alphaville. In 2011 MGMT covered a Cleaners From Venus song on their We Hear of Love, of Youth, and of Disillusionment EP.

Since 2010, Newell has returned to making lo-fi, self-released music under the Cleaners from Venus moniker. In 2022, he formed the Light Music Company with former Dolly Mixture member Rachel Love.

Filmography
Newell is the subject of Graham Bendel's 2019 documentary Upstairs Planet: Cleaners from Venus & the Universe of Martin Newell, the 2022 documentary The Jangling Man: The Martin Newell Story and the 2022 animated documentary short A Man for Our Time.

Literary career
Newell is better known to some as a poet and author; he has released several volumes of poetry (often in collaboration with the illustrator James Dodds) and a memoir, This Little Ziggy, about his youth and his days in Plod. In 2007, he released a volume of reminiscences, anecdotes and historical information about his beloved Wivenhoe. He is also a weekly contributor of poetry to The Sunday Express, He now writes a weekly column for the East Anglian Daily Times (for which he won columnist of the year in the EDF/ East of England Media Awards in January 2010), performs annually at the Essex Book Festival and occasionally issues spoken word recordings of his poems.

Personal life
Newell said that he has dyspraxia and Asperger syndrome.

Newell attended the Elliott School (now Ark Putney Academy) in Putney, southwest London, for two years as a teen. One of his classmates was future actor Pierce Brosnan, nicknamed "Irish"; he alludes to "the next James Bond" in 2022 song "Baby Space-Cakes", from the Cleaners from Venus album, That London.

Discography
• Barricades and Angels (1980)

• Blow Away Your Troubles (1981)

• On Any Normal Monday (1982)

• Midnight Cleaners (1982)

• In the Golden Autumn (1983)

• Under Wartime Conditions (1984)

• Songs for a Fallow Land (1985)

• Living with Victoria Grey (1986)

• Going to England (1987)

• Town & Country (1988)

• The Brotherhood of Lizards (1988)

• Lizardland (1989)

• Number Thirteen (1990)

• The Greatest Living Englishman (1993)

• The Off White Album (1995)

• The Spirit Cage (2000)

• Radio Autumn Attic (2002)

• The Light Programme (2004)

• A Summer Tamarind (2007)

• English Electric (2010)

• In Chimp World (2011)

• The Late District (2013)

• Return to Bohemia (2014)

• Rose of the Lanes (2015)

• The Last Boy in the Locarno (2016)

• Star Cafe (2018)

• Life in a Time Machine (2018)

• Dolly Birds & Spies (2020)

• Penny Novelettes (2021)

• That London (2022)

• K7 (2023)

• Lilli Bolero (2024)

Books

 * I Hank Marvinned... ("Martin Newell, c/o The Essex Festival, Department of Literature, University of Essex"; no publisher stated, 1991. no ISBN.) 16-page booklet of poems..
 * Under Milk Float. Colchester: The Greyhound Press, 1992. Illustrated by Barry Woodcock. ISBN 0-9519100-0-0. 60-page book of poems
 * The Illegible Bachelor. Colchester: Festival Books, 1996. ISBN 0-9519100-5-1. Poems
 * Poetic Licence: The Best of 1990–1996. Ipswich: Jardine Press, 1996. ISBN 0-9525594-2-0. Poems
 * Wild Man of Wivenhoe. [Wivenhoe:] Jardine Press, 1996. Illustrated by James Dodds. ISBN 0-9525594-3-9 Long poem
 * New Top Poetry. Off Licence Books, 1999. ISBN 1-85215-078-5. Poems
 * Black Shuck: The Ghost Dog of Eastern England. Hadleigh: Jardine Press, 1999. Illustrated by James Dodds. ISBN 0-9525594-8-X. Long poem
 * Late Autumn Sunlight: East Anglian Verses. [Wivenhoe:] Jardine Press, 2001. Illustrated by James Dodds. ISBN 0-9539472-3-8.
 * 2nd edition. [Wivenhoe:] Jardine Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-9552035-4-1.
 * This Little Ziggy. House of Stratus, 2001. ISBN 0-7551-0267-3. Memoir
 * 2nd edition. Wiven Books, 2008. ISBN 9780955731310.
 * The Song of the Waterlily: The Building of a Boat. Jardine Press, 2003. Illustrated by James Dodds. ISBN 0-9539472-4-6. Long poem
 * Return to Flanders. Jardine Press, 2004. Illustrated by Andrew Dodds. ISBN 0-9539472-8-9. Long poem.
 * Spoke 'n' Word. Jardine Press, 2006. Illustrated by Charlotte Bernays. ISBN 0-9552035-0-3. 19 poems about Essex. Supposedly inspired by bicycle rides in the county.
 * A Prospect of Wivenhoe. Snapshots of an English Town. Wiven Books 2007. ISBN 0-9557313-0-5.
 * Selected Poems  – A Career Best Of. Jardine Press 2008. ISBN 978-0-9552035-6-5
 * Horses Seen Through Trees. Wivenhoe: Wivenhoe Bookshop, 2010. ISBN 9780955731358. Illustrated by Charlotte Bernays, foreword by Andrew Phillips.
 * The Green Children. Jardine Press, 2015. ISBN 978-0-9926877-8-6
 * Wife of '55. Bungay, Suffolk: Nasty Little Press, 2015. ISBN 9780957300071. Poems
 * The Greatest Living Englishman. Autumn Girl, 2019. ISBN 9780957039513. Memoir

Contributions

 * Pioneer: Last of the Skillingers (One poem, "The Ballad of the Pioneer".) 2002. ISBN 0-9539472-5-4 Revised and enlarged ed. Jardine Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9539472-7-0
 * Shipshape 2001. ISBN 0-948252-10-3 (hardback) ISBN 0-948252-09-X (paperback)
 * Est: Collected Reports from East Anglia. Dunlin Press, 2015. ISBN 9780993125904.

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4D Man

4D Man (also known as The Evil Force in the UK; reissued as Master of Terror in the US) is a 1959 independent American science-fiction film in color by De Luxe, produced by Jack H. Harris (from his original screenplay), directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr., and starring Robert Lansing, Lee Meriwether, and James Congdon. The film was released by Universal-International.

Plot
A brilliant but irresponsible scientist, Dr. Tony Nelson, develops an electronic amplifier that he hopes will allow any object to achieve a fourth-dimensional (4D) state. While in this state, any object can pass freely through any other object. Tony, however, fails to pay attention to the overload, which sparks an electrical fire that burns down his laboratory. This results in the university terminating his contract. Now unemployed, Tony seeks out his brother, Scott, also a PhD, to help him with his experiment. Scott is a researcher in a plant located in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and is working on a material called Cargonite that is so dense that it is impenetrable. Scott is underpaid and unappreciated at his new job. He does not have the necessary drive to ask his employer, Mr. Carson, for greater recognition. Scott has become the driving force behind the development of Cargonite, named after Carson, who is now taking much of the credit for Scott's work. When his girlfriend, Linda Davis, falls for Tony, an enraged Scott steals Tony's experiment and starts playing around with it, eventually transforming himself into a 4D state. When demonstrating this to Tony, Scott leaves the amplifier power turned off, yet he successfully passes his hand through a block of steel. Scott can now enter a 4D state at will. Tony is amazed, but warns Scott not to reveal this ability until he can further test for possible side effects.

In the lab, Tony realizes what transpired on an earlier experiment of his, to fuse lead with gold. Tony realizes that through an extremely slow process, the two substances can merge, and his experiment was to forge them immediately, which he realizes would break down the substances. While in the 4D state (signified by a 'shimmering' sound effect), Scott can pass through any solid object. He experiments with his new abilities by shoplifting a piece of fruit through a grocery store's solid window. Scott also notices a diamond necklace on display in a nearby jewelry-store window, but decides against stealing it. When he sees a bank, however, his face breaks into a sly grin. He soon discovers, though, that the process ages him at a greatly accelerated rate. The aged Scott accidentally learns how to survive, when he visits the company doctor, who, to his horror, suddenly drops dead while examining him. He realizes that by passing any part of his body through another person, Scott can drain anyone's lifeforce, thereby rejuvenating himself. The following day, news hits town that $50,000 were stolen from the bank with no sign of forced entry, nor any video footage of the crime. Strangely, a $1000 bill was found protruding from a solid piece of tempered steel, leaving the authorities perplexed. Tony realizes that Scott is abusing his power and tries to convince the police.

Scott starts using his newfound power to acquire all the things he felt he was denied - money, recognition, power, and women. Scott confronts Carson, revealing the experiment, then taking his revenge "for the life drained from me" by literally draining Carson's lifeforce. Scott then proceeds to a sleazy bar, where he gets some street toughs to back down. When he goes to open the door, his hand goes through it even though he did not want to be intangible. With his newfound bravado, he ignores this development; combined with his victory over the toughs and his ill-gotten money, he impresses a bar girl. When they later kiss, Scott's power turns itself on again and the B-girl flees in horror now that she has rapidly aged, her blonde hair now white.

The police have to find a way to stop a man who is unstoppable. Looking very old now, Scott returns to the lab, but the police are unable to stop him, as well as a rival scientist who tried to steal Tony's work, whom Scott kills and thereby becomes less aged. Linda begs Scott to come to his senses. Scott kisses her, but unlike with the B-girl, his power is off and she has not aged. Linda then shoots Scott in solid form. Bleeding and feeling betrayed, Scott maniacally proclaims his invincibility and defiantly phase-shifts his body (albeit with difficulty) through a wall embedded with supposedly impenetrable Cargonite. "The End" appears on screen, followed a moment later by a question mark, which leaves Scott's fate undetermined.

Cast

 * Robert Lansing as Dr. Scott Nelson
 * Lee Meriwether as Linda Davis
 * James Congdon as Dr. Tony Nelson
 * Robert Strauss as Roy Parker
 * Edgar Stehli as Dr. Theodore W. Carson
 * Patty Duke as Marjorie Sutherland
 * Guy Raymond as Fred
 * Chic James as B-girl
 * Elbert Smith as Capt. Rogers
 * George Karas as Sgt. Todaman (como George Kara)
 * Jasper Deeter as Dr. Welles
 * Dean Newman as Dr. Brian Schwartz
 * John Benson as reporter

Production and release
Jack H. Harris was able to begin production of the film with the money he had received from The Blob (1958), which was also directed by Yeaworth. Backing for the film came from non-industry sources and it was filmed in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania.

It was originally planned to be filmed in CinemaScope but the plan was scrapped due to lens problems.

It was the film debut of Lee Meriwether and Robert Lansing. Young Patty Duke also makes a small cameo appearance in the film.

Reception
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 80%, based on five reviews, with a 5.5/10 average.

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