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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Russian constitutional crisis of 1993

Russian constitutional crisis of 1993
(Contested -- July 6)

Self-nomination. Wikipeida's articles on post-Soviet Russia are dreadfully underdeveloped. Perhaps this is the one article in this area that's complete enough to go through the featuring process. I hope that a feature will act as an impetus encouraging some much-needed substantial work on recent Russian history and politics. 172 09:22, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * Images need source information at the very least. Morwen - Talk 09:40, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Oppose. NPOV. Please be careful with using phrases such as "this brutal episode" over and over again. Let the readers form their own impression. While I do not necessarily disagree with any of the views expressed, I believe that the text as it stands is far too tendentious to be featured. Please put in greater analysis of Yeltsin's motivation, instead of setting him up as the straw man for your own theses. It is not for Wikipedia to state that Russia is or is not a democracy, whatever that overflogged word may mean. The trick of hiding potentially difficult points in the footnotes is old and, excuse me, cheap. WITHDRAWN -- see below. 68.148.211.161 17:25, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC), i.e. A. Shetsen 17:38, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * So the references and notations make the article less credible? Come on. There are no "difficult points" hidden in the footnote that belong in the main body of the text. Yes, it's called a brutal episode in a passing remark, but the sparing use of emotive references in this article is evident when compared to, say, the article on the Tiananmen Square crisis. 172 16:38, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * No, the existence of the footnotes is not the problem. The problem is the basic assumption in the article that the (brutal) episode "proves" anything.  Since I've begun to review, it would be entirely inappropriate for me to make changes -- but I would suggest the following points be considered:
 * The basic fight was over whether Russia was to be a presidential system or a parliamentary system. It was not proven, but rather made the outcome, that Russia is to be a presidential system.
 * Yes, while tremendous power was effectively concentrated in the hands of the president, in theory Russia is not a presidential system but rather a dual executive system along the lines of the French Fifth Republic. The constitution calls the president head of state but not head of government. Although the president's nominee for prime minister (the head of government) must be confirmed by parliament, the president can appoint and remove deputy prime ministers and other ministers without needing parliamentary consent. These decisions are, nonetheless, to be made upon the proposal of the prime minister. On this point the president's power is the same as that of the French president, and the language of the relevant provisions of the two constitutions the same. As in France, therefore, the Russian constitution seems to allow a good deal of room for variation in the possible relationship between a president and a prime minister. The key difference is that the power-sharing arrangement does not really work in Russia, with its weak party system. Although the sentences that you're calling into question can e clarified, they are statements of the discrepancies in real and nominal presidential powers. 172 00:23, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * Consequences of the crisis included the present constitution, the present system of economy, and -- quite important -- the contiued weakness of political parties in Russia.
 * The first of the three can be addressed in detail in this article, and it is toward the end of the entry. The second and third points are better addressed in history of post-Soviet Russia and politics of Russia, as they are.
 * Prvatization was allowed to come in the fashion then favoured by the USA (which strongly supported Yeltsin's actions at the time). 172 00:23, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Again, this is addressed in history of post-Soviet Russia, and politics of Russia. 172 00:23, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * The other comment I have is about the general style of the article. It reads like telejournalism, with Yeltsin being the villain of the hour.  Not for something ten years old, surely.  No generalizations of it can yet be proven, but may I suggest restructuring the article on the following top-level sections:
 * background (political, economic, external pressures)
 * events (internal: event/reaction, external reaction)
 * consequences (political, economic, external relations)

And please, please, don't make villains of anyone.
 * The content on the background and consequences is there; you seem to be ignoring everything but the middle part of the article on the shelling of the White House. The first section clearly establishes this as a two-way power struggle, so you can't say that someone is being picked out to be "made a villain" in the article. 172 00:41, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I should say that the text is quite as exciting as not-bad telejournalism -- that's a plus -- but I still have doubts on its impartiality. A. Shetsen 16:40, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * "Telejournalism" is now a term of derision? I usually get attacked for not following "news style" (by User:Maveric149, a strong advocate of news style, in particular). But now I'm getting attacked for following news style? At any rate, go look through the other English-language overviews of the crisis online, and you won't find anything better: you'll only find worse examples of "telejournalism." Just about everything else online is going to be a hell of a lot more slanted than this article-- the only difference is that it's slanted against the parliament, painting it as a another hardline communist coup attempt (like 8/91), not the mutual power struggle that it really was. I make no apologies for not bothering to spew the Yeltsin propaganda line as matter-of-fact. 172 00:23, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * "Now I'm attacked" - this is about the article, not about you personally. That's an important distinction to keep in mind, particularly on FAC - David Gerard 09:19, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * With all due respect, you make it sound worse by cherry-picking this line out of the context of the more complicated point that I'm trying to make. I'm not taking the criticism personally, as you strike me as suggesting. But I was suggesting that critiques of the styles of articles might be based on personal stylistic preferences.
 * Fair enough. Sorry.
 * For example, one user criticized Origins of the American Civil War for not following news style. But on this article the text is being criticized for following news style. Some users simply prefer news style; others do not. When it comes to articles like these, there is probably no way to please everyone. 172 10:18, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Welcome to FAC, here's your accordion ;-) - David Gerard 11:49, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * Support - Great lead section and summary of events! There are some NPOV issues but I don't think they are bad enough to block featured status. Oh and 172 - I support summary style, not news style and I've never attacked you. Summary style, BTW, allows the reader to have a choice between different sized summaries; short vs long. People who want the short summary will read the survey article whose sections ideally all contain a short summary and a 'Main article' link. People who want a complete article on the topic that the survey section covers can go directly to the article on that topic. And so on and so on until a topic is very thoroughly covered without overwhelming users with too much detail up front. That way both user types are served. --mav 08:59, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * It's great that the article's getting support from the user who taught me news sytle summary style, which is definitely the best way to approach recent history on WP, I'm finding. BTW, I meant that you criticized the article because of stylistic concerns, but I might not have been clear. 172 12:46, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * Until (1) all mentions of "illegality" are put into neutral language (not "something is illegal", but "something contravened article xxx of yyy", (CHECK!) (2) all mentions of "brutality", etc are eliminated (and replaced with figures, presented in neutral language, "XXX wre killed"), (CHECK!) (3) the legal aspects of both the parliament's position as well as the presidents's are dealt with in the same way ("supported by xxx, opposed by yyy", where xxx and yyy are (a) laws, (b) internal entities, (c) external entities, (CHECK!) (4) longer-term consequences are analysed, as close as possible to the present day (or, if not analysed, fully linked to), my objection remains. WITHDRAWN - see below. A. Shetsen 19:54, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * I fail to see where the article makes emotive references to the street fighting (BTW, the word "brutal" no longer appears in the article). Once again, the article's prose is quite plain spoken in this regard next to that of Tiananmen Square crisis of 1989. And it already explicitly states a couple of times that 187 had died in the conflict and 437 had been wounded, according to Russian police figures released on 10/8/93. Longer-term consequences are also already analyzed. There is an overview of how the government is structured under the constitution passed in 1993 and the strong presidential system toward the end. The crisis certainly laid the groundwork for Yeltsin's privatization scheme in the mid-1990s and the further weakening of parties, but this broader view is more appropriate for the articles on post-Soviet Russian history and politics, to which this article is linked. 172 04:38, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * To achieve NPOV, you must not say that "A proves B" or "A serves to prove B": political history is not mathematics. Everywhere you are tempted to say it, QUOTE somebody saying it.  Not that it will necessary make the article balanced (I note others have chimed in), but it would be enough.  Since history did not end in 1993, Fukuyama notwithstanding, you'd better put in a little about what the longer term effects were.  If you think well, two sentences should suffice.  Too bad such conclusions can't be written news-style.  Do that and I'll swallow the objection if not all of my reservations.A. Shetsen 04:58, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * I couldn't agree with you more. (As a historian, BTW, I have tried to argue countless times myself that 'A does not prove B' in history to often deaf on Wikipedia-- and I'm sure that Mav, among others can attest to this. And no one has ever insinuated that I buy into Fukuyama's thesis.) Moving on from this digression, there were indeed a couple of sentences suggesting that the crisis was emblematic of executive-legislative balance in what observers like Guillermo O'Donnell call "delegative democracies." They were indeed hastily and poorly worded and misleading (keep in mind that I was trying to make this understandable and accessible to the broadest audience possible), but they were already revised/removed thanks to your observations. I also agree that two sentences written in news style do not suffice when it comes to analysis of the longer term effects. That's why the article goes into the longer term consequences in far greater detail than you suggest and links to several articles that can offer this broader view (economy, history, politics of post-Soviet Russia). 172 05:26, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * OK. Fair enough.  OBJECTION WITHDRAWN.  A. Shetsen 05:44, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * Object. Some nitpicks: 1) The "Yeltsin's suspension of parliament" and "Origins of the crisis" section need one or two more subsections to break up the lengthy text. 2) "After ten days, Yeltsin fell back on his support in the army seized the White House by force." — currently doesn't quite make sense; not sure what the intended meaning is otherwise I'd correct it myself. 3) There are a batch of one or two-sentence paragraphs in "The shelling of the Russian White House"; could these be merged into larger paragraphs? Comment: After a naive reading of this article, I get the impression there's an anti-Yeltsin POV, but since I know nothing about Russian history or politics I won't sustain an objection over it. — Matt 01:51, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the observations. I took a look and was able to make some changes. 172 04:00, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Thanks — the subsections make it quite a bit more accessible. — Matt 02:04, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Oppose. 1. There is no "References section." I noticed at least one external link in the middl of the article; this, in my opinion, should not appear in the middle, but rarther at the end. 2. Sections should not have just a single subsection. The subsection "December 12, 1993 Duma elections" should be merged with "Yeltsin's consolidation of power." Perhaps all sub-subsections of "The intensifying executive-legislative power struggle" can be merged as well, but this is not required. -- Emsworth 15:27, Jul 15, 2004 (UTC)
 * Good observations. The notes (renamed notes and references), though, is a references section. IMHO, this is better than just listing the references, as it allows a reader to look up the sources point by point, making it much easier to verify. The external link in the middle of the article was integrated into the notes. 172 17:42, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)


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Anne Diamond

Anne Margaret Diamond (born 8 September 1954) is a British journalist, broadcaster, and children's health campaigner. She presently hosts the weekend breakfast show on GB News with Stephen Dixon as her co-presenter. She hosted Good Morning Britain for TV-am and Good Morning with Anne and Nick for BBC One, with Nick Owen. In 2023, she was made an OBE for her service to children's health and is the first non-medic to hold the Royal College of Paediatrics College Medal.

In 1991, following the death of her third son Sebastian, Diamond successfully campaigned for research into cot death. The campaign, which she co-founded, is reported to have cut the UK's incidence of cot death from over 2,000 a year to approximately 300.

She has also worked for LBC, Radio Oxford, BBC London, BBC Berkshire, and is a regular columnist for the various UK newspapers. Since 2003, she has made regular appearances on Channel 5's topical discussion show The Wright Stuff and now its successor, Jeremy Vine.

Early life and career
Diamond was born on 8 September 1954 in Birmingham, Warwickshire. Her parents were of Irish ancestry, although her father was brought up by his mother in Greenock, Scotland after his father went to Canada. She was brought up in Malvern, Worcestershire, and she attended Worcester Grammar School for Girls.

Diamond worked at a Butlins holiday camp as a redcoat and chalet-maid. She then began her career as a journalist on the Bridgwater Mercury and Bournemouth Evening Echo.

Television
Diamond began her television career with BBC West in Bristol, before moving over to ATV Today as a reporter and newsreader in 1979. When ATV became Central Television in 1982, she was paired up with Nick Owen, to present the new East Midlands edition of Central News. The launch of the Nottingham-based service was initially delayed for a month, but then postponed indefinitely. With no end in sight to the dispute,  Diamond left to join ITN before re-joining the BBC, becoming a reporter on the nightly programme Nationwide and a presenter on BBC News After Noon.

On Monday 6 June 1983, Diamond joined TV-am. Greg Dyke, the newly appointed programme director, spoke with Nick Owen about replacements for sacked presenters Anna Ford and Angela Rippon. Owen suggested Diamond, and later that evening they met in a pub. Six weeks later Diamond joined the station.

Diamond left TV-am in 1990, to work full-time on TV Weekly, first produced by TVS and later by Topical Television, which she had presented since 1989. The programme looked behind the scenes of various television programmes and interviewed various personalities from in front and behind the camera. Diamond was rejoined with Nick Owen to present the BBC daytime show Good Morning with Anne and Nick,  which ran four years against ITV's This Morning from 1992 till 1996.

In 2002, Diamond took part in the second series of Celebrity Big Brother, and was the second person to be evicted.

In 2003 Diamond became a regular panellist and stand-in presenter on The Wright Stuff, and from 2018 on its successor  Jeremy Vine. On occasion Diamond’s role on the show has caused confusion with one caller believing her to be a fish and chip shop owner and subsequently proceeded to attempt to place an order.

During 2008, Diamond became involved in co-developing a jewellery range, which she marketed on shopping channel QVC under her own name brand. She joined ITV's lunchtime chat show Loose Women as a regular panellist on 14 October 2016 after impressing bosses when she previously appeared the week before as a guest. She departed the show in August 2018, in line with her new role as the sole stand-in presenter for Jeremy Vine. In 2018, she appeared in Channel 5's Costa Del Celebrity.

Diamond was a regular reviewer of the newspapers for Sky News on Sunday mornings.

In 2022, Diamond joined GB News to host the weekend breakfast show with Stephen Dixon.

Radio
In the late 1990s, she presented the breakfast show on the London radio station LBC, variously with Nicholas Lloyd and Tommy Boyd. After a few months presenting her own lunchtime show in 1999, she left the station.

In 2001, she spent a week on The Wright Stuff, and was welcomed back in 2003 after Celebrity Big Brother and has been there to the present day. In 2002, she also returned to television, appearing in Celebrity Big Brother. In October 2004, she joined BBC Radio Oxford, presenting the weekday breakfast programme. In 2006, she left BBC Radio Oxford, presenting her last breakfast programme on 17 March 2006, her replacement being Sybil Ruscoe. Much had been made on the breakfast programme of "Diamond's Dieting Buddies", a scheme whereby Diamond and listeners to the station in 2006 who wanted to lose weight would give one another moral support.

Diamond presented the mid-morning programme on BBC Radio Berkshire and kept a regular blog on the BBC website until 2015.

Pantomime
Diamond has appeared in pantomimes including playing the Wicked Queen in Snow White at Stoke-on-Trent in 2005, alongside Ken Morley and Sooty. She said that she thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

Cot death
Diamond became involved in raising awareness of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS, also known as "cot death"), after her son Sebastian died from the syndrome in 1991. She fronted "Back to Sleep", a campaign telling parents to ensure that babies slept on their backs. Since then incidents of SIDS in the United Kingdom fell from more than 2,000 per year to around 300, a drop which has been attributed to the campaign. Diamond was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, the only time it had been awarded to a non-medic.

Diamond spoke out over the cot death and baby-swap storyline in the BBC One soap opera EastEnders, featuring characters Kat Moon and Ronnie Branning. "I think it's crass what they've done," she told ITV's Daybreak breakfast programme, calling the plot "tacky sensationalism". There were many complaints about the episode after it was broadcast on New Year's Eve.

FSID named Diamond as their Anniversary Patron for their 40th anniversary in 2011.

Video game violence
On 28 March 2008, in an article for the Daily Mail tabloid newspaper, Diamond contributed to an article concerning violence in video games where she is quoted as saying that the game Resident Evil 4 "shouldn't be allowed to be sold, even to adults".

Leveson Inquiry
Diamond has been featured in numerous stories in the British tabloid press since the mid-1980s. On 28 November 2011, she gave evidence at the Leveson Inquiry into the culture, practice and ethics of the press. She gave detailed accounts of intrusion by journalists into her life and her dealings with tabloid newspapers.

Honours
Diamond was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2023 New Year Honours for services to public health and charity.

She is the first non-medic to be awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.

Personal life
Diamond began an affair with Mike Hollingsworth in the mid-1980s while he was married to his first wife. They married in 1989 following the birth of their second child, and went on to have three more children together. Their third child, Sebastian, died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) when he was three months old. Diamond and Hollingsworth separated in 1998 after he had numerous affairs, and divorced in 1999.

Diamond is a railway modeller.

In June 2023, Diamond announced that she had been diagnosed with breast cancer. As part of her treatment, she underwent a double mastectomy and was having "intensive radiotherapy".

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Talk:Virtue word

what are freedom fighters?

Surely "God" is only a virtue word when directed at certain audiences? I doubt many Stalinists see "God" as a good thing.
 * Depends on which ones you talk to.

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60 Squadron SAAF

60 Squadron SAAF is a squadron of the South African Air Force. It is a transport, aerial refuelling and EW(electronic warfare)/ELINT(electronic intelligence) squadron. It was first formed at Nairobi in December 1940.

In 1943 the 60th Squadron was a part of the North African Photo Reconnaissance Wing, which later became the Mediterranean Allied Photo Reconnaissance Wing. In several flights during 1944 Mosquitos took many of the later discussed pictures of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camps, in which the Holocaust was visible but was not recognized.

During its first years the squadron flew the British Aircraft Double Eagle, Martin Maryland, de Havilland Mosquito, and the Lockheed Ventura. The squadron was reequipped with Boeing 707s in 1986.

While it was based for a long period at AFB Waterkloof, Pretoria, due to ongoing runway and taxiway repairs at that base, the squadron operated temporarily for a period out of Johannesburg International Airport.

Operations wound down with the last operational Boeing 707 flight flown on 10 July 2007 to Bujumbura, Kinshasa and Kindu. The squadron appears to be in limbo, with conversion to the Airbus A400M Atlas cancelled.

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Members of the European Parliament (2004–2009)

This is a list giving breakdowns of the members serving in the European Parliamentary session from 2004 to 2009, following the 2004 election. For a full single list, see: List of members of the European Parliament 2004–2009.

MEPs

 * MEPs for Austria 2004–2009
 * MEPs for Belgium 2004–2009
 * MEPs for Bulgaria 2007–2009
 * MEPs for Bulgaria 2007 (delegation)
 * MEPs for Cyprus 2004–2009
 * MEPs for the Czech Republic 2004–2009
 * MEPs for Denmark 2004–2009
 * MEPs for Estonia 2004–2009
 * MEPs for Finland 2004–2009
 * MEPs for France 2004–2009
 * MEPs for Germany 2004–2009
 * MEPs for Greece 2004–2009
 * MEPs for Hungary 2004–2009
 * MEPs for Ireland 2004–2009
 * MEPs for Italy 2004–2009
 * MEPs for Latvia 2004–2009
 * MEPs for Lithuania 2004–2009
 * MEPs for Luxembourg 2004–2009
 * MEPs for Malta 2004–2009
 * List of members of the European Parliament for the Netherlands, 2004–2009
 * MEPs for Poland 2004–2009
 * MEPs for Portugal 2004–2009
 * MEPs for Romania 2007–2009
 * MEPs for Romania 2007 (delegation)
 * MEPs for Slovakia 2004–2009
 * MEPs for Slovenia 2004–2009
 * MEPs for Spain 2004–2009
 * MEPs for Sweden 2004–2009
 * MEPs for the United Kingdom 2004–2009

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vonne Robertson

Vonne Robertson was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was to delete.

Vanity. Johnleemk | Talk 13:49, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * bad vanity at that. Or someone taking the mickey. Delete. Ianb 14:13, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)

This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like other '/delete' pages is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion or on the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.
 * feeble joke, I'd say. Delete. - DavidWBrooks 15:26, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: It's either a joke or the worst actor substub ever. Geogre 17:54, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Nah, the coveted title of "Worst Actor Substubs Ever" goes to the ones made by the "B-Movie Bandit." Although I have to admit...this one's close.  Delete this and his little dog Humph, too! - Lucky 6.9 18:00, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)


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85 Combat Flying School SAAF

85 Combat Flying School is a unit of the South African Air Force (SAAF). It is a jet flight-training and combat operations school, it was first formed in 1982 at AFB Pietersburg (It was known as Advanced Flying School from 1967). It relocated to AFB Hoedspruit on 1 January 1993 due to the closure of AFB Pietersburg. The school also has a wartime reserve role, although it has publicly been stated that the school will not be used operationally unless a very urgent need arises.

Aircraft used previously :
 * Mirage IIIEZ/DZ/D2Z
 * Canadair Sabre Mk.6 1975 - 1980
 * Atlas Impala Mk.I/II 1972 - 2005

The school has been relocated to AFB Makhado from AFB Hoedspruit into a new purpose-built facility with state-of-the-art computer-aided flight training instruments. The school shares this facility with the SAAF Gripen community.

During October 2007 there were several pilots that went solo on the Hawk Mk.120.

The squadron also participated in the annual South Africa National Defence Force preparation exercises and fired live cannon rounds and dropped live bombs. They also had a successful weapons deployment exercise to AFB Bloemspruit in 2007.

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User talk:Quadell/Archive 1

Welcome
Again, welcome! - UtherSRG 15:41, 8 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Chris said. ..
Great job Quadell. I am myself to be non biased and provide accurate info for people on the presidency. I applaud your actions and urge you to keep up the good work. ChrisDJackson 23:07, 12 Apr 2004 (UTC)

dic def solutions
Answer on my talk. - UtherSRG 13:47, 13 Apr 2004 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the help! Good advice.

Belgian Shepherd Dogs
Thanks for taking a look at the list of dog breeds, but we deliberately didn't combine the belgian shepherd dogs because they're separate breeds in some registries. I wouldn't object to there being a generic Belgian Shepherd Dog page that basically makes observations about the group and how they're sometimes considered to be variants of the same breed & sometimes different, with links to the individual breeds. We've done the same for others, such as Corgi and Fox Terrier. BTW, I saw that you uploaded an image of belgian shepherd dogs. Could you fill in the copyright info on the image page so we know it's valid to use it on a public-domain site? You'll need to specify the image's source and its copyright status; see Image_use_policy and Image_copyright_tags for more info. If you have questions, feel free to contact me (although I'm gone this weekend) or User:Sannse, who is also familiar with the dogs page. Elf | Talk 02:00, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)

From a personal page--I wish it were that easy to just assume it's OK! But noooo-- You could certainly ask that person & explain what it's going to be used for; if it's really their picture (as opposed to something that *they* took from somewhere else), they'll need to agree to release it under the Gnu Free Distribution License, text at Text_of_the_GNU_Free_Documentation_License. Wikipedia is getting very careful about images that it uses and making sure that they're legally usable.

BTW, you can sign your name using or use four ( ~ ) to include the date, which is what most of us do. Thanks for verifying, and welcome to Wikipedia! See you next week. Elf | Talk 03:22, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)

 * Thanks. It seems like uploading images is generally too much trouble for a non-dedicated newbie to bother with, unless they're pictures you take yourself. *sigh*.
 * I think some of the other pictures I uploaded are unkosher. I'll have to back and pull them. *sigh again*.

Hi Quadell. We have some GFDL images available for three of the Belgian Shepherd breeds (taken by me). Those would be better to use than images that are not free use, those may cause future copyright problems (even if the site you got them from did not mention copyright). The photos are:

 * Image:Belgian Groenendael 600.jpg
 * Image:Belgian Laekenois 600.jpg
 * Image:Belgian Tervuren 600.jpg
 * Image:Belgian Tervuren bitch 600.jpg

Sadly my picture of a Malinois didn't come out. I hope to get one in the future though. Hope this helps -- sannse (talk) 09:05, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)

 * Wow! These are great! Thanks.

Nice job on the Belgian Shepherd pages! Thanks. Nice to have another person interested in the dogs. Elf | Talk 01:37, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Tears
Good work on Tears !! Jay 05:44, 17 Apr 2004 (UTC)
 * Thanks! *grin*

Pickle
Great pickle pic! jaknouse 17:55, 20 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Images
Thanks about the editing at Garden of Eden. (I just did a little editing at Cheryl Bentov you'll approve of too.) I do respond to symbols and myth, it's true. So... if I'm so smart, how come I don't grasp the process for downloading public-domain images, uploading them at Wikipedia and formating them? There's so much that is crying out for illustration, where entries hardly make sense without images... Wetman 14:36, 21 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Operation Mockingbird
I have proposed Operation Mockingbird for deletion. Nothing personal. Do you have some sort of cite?

Excuse me, I have to get to work, I will check back this afternoon. PaulinSaudi 02:58, 26 Apr 2004 (UTC)]] Please feel free to join the deletion debate. PaulinSaudi 11:54, 26 Apr 2004 (UTC)]]
 * Exceptional claims demand exceptional proof. I would like to see a cite that Harry Truman was involved in a plan to influence American newspapers.

My Lai
Good job on fixing up My Lai Massacre. That article's bugged me but was a mess I didn't even want to try to start on. -- VV 19:30, 3 May 2004 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Quadell 19:35, May 3, 2004 (UTC)

hi Quadell- i noticed your post regarding "Yoga Sutra". can you give me a hint about the material you have in mind that needs to be combined. thanks --robert_wh 15:25, 2004 May 4 (UTC)

thanx for the input on the Yoga Sutra page. i agree with your comments. next time you're in Livingston KY stop in at LEAP. they make same great sorghum-ky whiskey bon bons among other goodies. ;-) robert --robert_wh 05:52, 2004 May 5 (UTC)

John Michell
Hello Quadell. For what it's worth, I have reverted the edit you made to John Michell on April 22, as it appears to be text copied verbatim from. I didn't see a notice on that page which suggests that it's OK to copy it, and I didn't see something in the article history or edit history which suggests you obtained permission to do so. If you know it's OK to copy that text, then feel free to restore it, but you might consider putting the permission notice on the talk page or something so other editors know it's OK. Thanks for your help & happy editing, Wile E. Heresiarch 06:39, 14 May 2004 (UTC)

 * No problem. I had moved the info from another Wikipedia page (here) without knowing it was a copyvio. User Jheise had made this addition. Thanks for keeping up with this! Quadell 12:40, May 14, 2004 (UTC)

 * OK, thanks for the update. Regards, Wile E. Heresiarch 13:56, 14 May 2004 (UTC)

"Scandal"
I just want to be really, really, really perfectly clear... that, whatever you may think of my changing "Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal" to "Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse reports," my intention in doing this was that I am offended by the trivialization implied by the word "scandal." The issue is war crimes, not Rumsfeld's embarrassment or Lynndie England's disgrace.

You may feel that my change had the effect of whitewashing or minimizing the matter, but that was absolutely not what I meant to do.

I see that you've worked on the My Lai article. Well, suppose the article had been entitled "My Lai scandal"... what would you have done? Dpbsmith 16:27, 19 May 2004 (UTC)

You wrote:

 * To me, a scandal is when a bunch of people are upset about an embarrassing controversy. In my view, the My Lai atrocity came first, then the cover-up, and then, when the story broke, there was a scandal. In the Lewinsky affair, there was a scandal but no atrocity. The Russian rape of Berlin was something akin to an atrocity without a scandal.

 * Very nicely put. Dpbsmith 19:28, 19 May 2004 (UTC)

Dog genetics
Thanks for adding the dog DNA stuff from today's news. I didn't have time to pursue it all; I have been wanting to add a detailed article on "dog breeds" and what that means but also haven't had the energy. I was amused by the version of the story that reported something like "despite the AKC believing that the Belgian Shepherd (Groenendale) and Belgian Tervuren were different breeds, this info shows that they are identical." I laugh because, if you see the article on Belgian Shepherd Dog, they *are* the same everywhere except in the US, where the AKC is stubbornly trying to *make* them different breeds. This has caused problems for people importing, say, a brown Belgian from Canada who had one black parent--AKC won't recognize it. Elf | Talk 03:32, 22 May 2004 (UTC)

Photo resizing
Hi. I saw that you have reduced the size of tne photo of Jonathon Prandi. Thanks! I didn't know how to do it, therefore it was posted in that big size./Builder

General
Hello. Found you from what links to Leopold Poetsch page. From your biography you sound quite interesting. Are you a vegetarian or a Vegan? Do you believe the Japanese generals in World War 2 were true Buddhists as they allowed and directed suffering?

 * Thank you! I eat vegan most of the time, but occasionally I eat things that have egg or milk products. So I guess I'm in between. About the generals, I honestly didn't know that any of the Japanese generals called themselves Buddhists. I guess I would say that they were very bad Buddhists, since "right profession" would seem to rule out directing a war, and "right effort" would proscribe attacking civilian targets. But then again, people have long used teachings of the "Prince of Peace", Jesus, to justify all kinds of attrocities. Quadell (talk) 15:39, May 26, 2004 (UTC)

Cowboy
The Wikipedia article Cowboy hasn't been updated since April 16, and you have been the last one to update it. Please see Talk:Cowboy for a good update to this article. Any comments?? 66.245.6.21 23:33, 27 May 2004 (UTC)

Dashes

 * Don't use fancy dash characters in the wiki-text; their display may be problematic. (and by this, I mean the ? character.)
 * Please don't call reversion of the replacement of such dashes (as on Agriculture) vandalism. - Fennec (さばくのきつね) 18:46, 4 Jun 2004 (UTC)
 * Excuse me. You were referring to the spam at the bottom of the page. Please don't call spam vandalism. :) - Fennec (さばくのきつね) 18:51, 4 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Mexican politicians

 * I noticed you alphabetized names with Á as if they had simply a. Was this intentional?

Yes, absolutely. And thanks be given for the possibility to do that by means of the |piping command in the Category box. It wouldn't make much sense to have Ávila Camacho listed at the end, on his own, after Zedillo, under "Á", rather than alongside Miguel Alemán – particularly when it's only the odd pedant like myself that insists on putting the accents on capitals. They should tweak the sorting algorithm so that accented letters are sorted as if they were the unaccented variants (and I think that holds for all languages) but meantime, the piping hack (|Avila Camacho) is a good way round it. –Hajor 15:13, 9 Jun 2004 (UTC)

"Pali Canon texts"
Are you sure the Dhammapada is a canonical text? I thought it was extracanonical. -- कुक्कुरोवाच|Talk‽ 20:38, 9 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Never mind, I'm clearly smoking crack. -- कुक्कुरोवाच|Talk‽ 20:41, 9 Jun 2004 (UTC)

"Old Testament" is NOT a Jewish name for Jewish texts, it's Christian
Hi. See my comments at Talk:1 Maccabees. IZAK 08:01, 11 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Coke C2
For future reference, please do not move pages by cutting and pasting. There's a page move function explicitly for doing this. Cut and paste moves leave behind the page's history, which we need to fulfill certain legal requirements. I have repaired the minor damage this caused. -- Cyrius|✎ 05:32, 24 Jun 2004 (UTC)

Khalid bin Mahfouz
Hi pleased to meet you. Lawyers acting apparently acting for Khalid bin Mahfouz have contacted the site owner Jimbo Wales about possible inaccuracies in the Khalid bin Mahfouz. See User_talk:Jimbo Wales and Talk:Khalid bin Mahfouz. Some major newspapers appear to have published retractions about similar material. As you wrote much of the original article, I thought you ought to know, and encourage you to respond to Jimbo's point at that talk page. We need to get the page in a state we are happy with in the light of the lawyers comments as soon as possible. Thanks. Pcb21| Pete 18:07, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)

What's your e-mail address?
Hi. If you give me your address I will explain what I meant when I opposed your application for admin. Contact me at moriori@hotmail.com. Moriori 03:32, Jul 10, 2004 (UTC)
 * I have e-mailed you, and look forward to your reply. Quadell (talk) 20:14, Jul 12, 2004 (UTC)
 * I wish you would have explained your opposition. Perhaps it could have been resolved. Quadell (talk) 13:15, Jul 13, 2004 (UTC)
 * I thought e-mail discussions remained in e-mail. Am I wrong? Moriori 09:19, Jul 19, 2004 (UTC)

post-Libertarian
What is a post-Libertarian? I have made a transition from an orthodox Libertarian to a pragmatic libertarian myself, but have never heard of a post-Libertarian. --H. C HENEY 04:38, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * I made the term up myself as I was writing my brief bio. I was orthodox Libertarian in the past, and even ran for office as a Libertarian for a local election. I have since then found many situations in which the pragmatic option that seems more Libertarian was actually no more Libertarian than the pragmatic option that seems more socialist. (For example, should we keep parts of Alaska a federally-owned nature preserve and forbid drilling, or should we create a tax-payer-funded pipeline and enforce a local monopoly on the oil extraction in the region? Neither option is truly open-market, and protecting the wilderness trumps drilling for oil, in my view.) I'm not an ex-Libertarian -- I still see issues through a Libertarian perspective -- but my conclusions are almost as likely to disagree with the Libertarian Party's suggestions as they are to agree. Quadell (talk) 15:06, Jul 12, 2004 (UTC)

 * I think the perfect comment was made by Michael Moriarty, the actor, who characterized himself as a libertarian, "but too much of a libertarian to join the party." :) -- Cecropia | Talk 02:53, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Sysop nomination
Hi Quadell, I had to remove your nomination since the time was past and consensus was not reached. I hope you remain interested both in Wikipedia and adminship because I feel your work more than merits it and I also feel you will be shown to have acted appropriately on the disputed article. Cheers! Cecropia | Talk 05:03, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * "Consensus" for RfA has been pretty much hashed out to no less than 75% to 80% support. You were a bit under 2/3. The "neutrals" are not counted at all right now, but are informational for other voters and could be advisory in a tight race. With your permission, I will post a new nomination for you in a month's time, and I am comfortable that will succeed. You have dealt with this matter with level-headedness and dignity, which I'm sure will be noted next time around. Keep up the good work! -- Cecropia | Talk 15:31, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Quadell, I have heard from Jimbo on this matter. He is mostly supportive and I want to restore your nomination for the amount of time since the original critical posting (about 3 days). Is this all right with you? Or, if you prefer, I could post it as a new nomination (7 days, votes wiped). -- Cecropia | Talk 15:57, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * Wow. I'm honored. I don't feel bold enough to venture an opinion on the best way to proceed, but I'll happily accept whatevery action you wish to take. Quadell (talk) 16:30, Jul 13, 2004 (UTC)

Thank you for the support of my nomination. What a broad range of heroes and interests you have. Keep up the good work! Robin Patterson 00:51, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)

You're welcome
Thank you for your kind note on my talk page yesterday, Quadell. Changing my vote and apologizing after the matter had been clarified was the least I could do. I'm glad we've resolved that matter, and I hope you win. As things stand now, I expect that you will:-) David Cannon 13:53, 15 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I've switched.
I've changed my vote to support you. Thanks. Neutrality 03:54, 16 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Administrator
Congratulations! You are now an sysop. I suggest you read Administrators' reading list and Administrators' how-to guide. Warofdreams 16:53, 16 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Now that you're an administrator
Can you do me a favor and delete Sino-Japanese so that I can move Sino-Japanese language there? As far as I know, this should be totally uncontroversial, because Sino-Japanese has pretty much no history. - Nat Krause 06:39, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * It's done. Quadell (talk) 14:05, Jul 19, 2004 (UTC)

 * Thanks. - Nat Krause 17:40, 19 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Islamophobia article
Please help if you can. The user RK keeps vandalising the article by putting his POV in. He has now accused me of being racist and is, I feel, attempting to bully his point of view into being accepted and me off Wikipedia. I have attempted to discuss the issue with him but he keeps reverting and being abusive. I have accepted his idea of Islamophobia being a neologism and included this in the article. Thanks.

 * Hello Quadell. I have put a lot of workand research into this article and have tried to accommodate RKs opinions. He has now restarted a revert war and I regard this as vandalistic. Regretfully I want to request that you protect my current version. RK has also accused me of anti-semitism, a charge which baffles me and has resorted to abuse rather than discussion. John Ball 28/07/04. 10:15.

John Ball

My response is on your talk page. Quadell (talk) 14:07, Jul 28, 2004 (UTC)

 * Thanks for that. Hopefully RK will have time to cool off. I am fairly new around here, what can be done with someone who is perpetually disruptive?

Daniel Pipes
Hi, just got your note. If you want to unprotect Daniel Pipes, go ahead, but it may need to be protected again. The problem is an extremely tenacious anon editor who persists in trying to turn the page into a hagiography. -- Viajero 22:14, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Holocaust
Rewriting Holocaust has been on my to-do list for some time, but I keep getting distracted by the need to earn a living etc. I am currently travelling in Thailand and away from my references, but I will get back to it sometime in the next few weeks. Adam 06:28, 22 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Protection
As you were informed a few times, the article Anti-Semitism is currently being looked at by mediators. Cimon avaro agreed to take the case and it would benefit all of us if you discussed your concerns with him before going ahead with your suggestions. -- Simonides 23:43, 22 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Are you interested in moderating anti-Semitism with Uncle Ed?

Hi. While I refuse to repeat the fights that I had in the past over anti-Semitism, I'd be happy to help you out with any academic sources you might need. I have access professionally to most anything you might need. Lemme know if I can help. Danny 19:11, 24 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * Thanks. I understand. No point in giving yourself ulcers over others' rudeness. I'll probably be asking you things from time to time. (My strength in the article is my even-handedness. I don't actually know that much about anti-Semitism. I had never heard of the Pale of Settlement or host desecration before reading the article, for instance.) Thanks again! Quadell (talk) 00:33, Jul 25, 2004 (UTC)

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Hey - I note you added a bit about Zarqawi going to Afghanistan in time to catch the tail end of the jihad and that he edited an Islamist newsletter - any idea what the name of the newsletter was? Graft 21:49, 26 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Peak Oil changes complains
There are some things that I do not understand. I know that the article Peak Oil was meant to be merged with Hubbert Peak, and I never opposed that change. But I keep asking myself how happened that this merge was done in such an unprofessional way:

1 - The history of Peak Oil is gone 2 - It has been moved into Hubbert Peak 3 - Which means the history of Hubbert Peak is gone

The way to do it is as follows:

1 - Redirect Peak Oil to Hubbert Peak. Do *not* delete Peak Oil, just add an edit with a redirect in it. 2 - Do the merge into Hubbert Peak, by adding an edit to it. Do *not* delete the history of Hubbert Peak.

And that's it: now you have the two articles merged, but you still are able to look at the history of both articles independently. History is important, you know? It lets you spot changes, mistakes, and divergence in opinion.

(It took me a while to discover what had happened; another prove that it was lousely done)

Besides, the way you merged the information in Peak Oil into Hubbert Peak was, to say the least, a very _interesting_ one. Most of the text and notes are gone. If you had no time to do it, you needn't to.

RFC Wigdor
Hi Quadell

I have reviewed the RFC listing and don't wish to certify.

Wigdor's behavior leaves much to be desired, true. He is not especially polite or subtle.

However, I think he is making a genuine effort to make the articles better, albeit in a clumsy and unhelpful way. The surrealism-related articles have up until now been primarily the work of a single editor who is himself prone to edit wars and who has given the articles a POV that is at odds with mainstream sources. Most if not all of the articles listed on the RFC page are presently of very poor quality. Some should just be deleted, IMO.

Many of Wigdor's edits are valid based on factual grounds. Much of the material he is removing does not belong in the articles, or at best needs to be better sourced and kept in perspective.

I myself have sufficient knowledge of surrealism to see that there are problems but not enough knowledge to fix them, let alone to fix them and defend the fixes.

If the RFC were limited to behavior rather than content disputes, I would support.

UninvitedCompany 18:10, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * Two points: whatever might be said about many of the edits the individual(s?) some people are thinking may well be Wigdor, if such persons do indeed share such identity, the inclusion of Keith Wigdor in the main surrealism article, as if he is of some level of significance to the movement in general, while failing to note that he is an extremely controversial figure in (to whatever extent he may be said to be in it, Eric Bragg amongst others having called him a "false surrealist") surrealism, not only is questionable in terms of the article, but may lead one to question UninvitedCompany's characterisation of his motives.

 * In talking about "at odds with mainstream sources," I have cited a number of such sources including the Grove Dictionary of Art. Encyclopedia Britannica also had Franklin Rosemont create online content for it containing many of the same assertions that are in these "poor quality" articles.  Furthermore, I have not been able to get an answer on why we should ignore all actually surrealist sources (from Breton's Manifesto of Surrealism up till 2004) in favour of secondary sources that have themselves been proven to be very poorly sourced and to contain numerous inaccuracies, or tertiary sources largely based thereon (Mary Ann Caws, for example).  --Daniel C. Boyer 20:45, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I really don't have any dealings with this user other than a couple of reverts. I'd rather sit out the RFC. RickK 18:41, Jul 29, 2004 (UTC)

Replied on my talk. —No-One Jones 23:15, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Certified. I don't have much time, but I recall his edits on the surrealist poets page to be arbitrary and in the face of google's returns on searches for poets he deleted. Good luck. --Tagishsimon 20:22, 30 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Picture of Khaled al-Harbi
What is the source on this photo? It isn't the Osama video as your new caption claims. Isn't it an Arab network video after his surrender? Why else the news microphones. I don't read Arabic so I can't tell what the microphone says. Rmhermen 22:02, Jul 29, 2004 (UTC)

Re Echeverría orthography
Thanks for the message. I made the changes in the orthography ..... probably mistakenly, it sounds like. Is there a convention I don't know about (i.e. one that prefers the markup-style "&;" orthography to the "ready-made" kind)? I never know which to use, so I'm trying to learn to be consistent. I'll switch them back if "&;" is preferred. ffirehorse 23:30, 29 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Ziad Jarrah
I find this the most puzzling of the hijackers. The article doesn't look too bad. I took out one line which said he returned to the US in 2000 because there was no mention of why or how long and I think no mention of him being in the US previously. Also I beleive we have to put the source on the image description page when using fair use pictures (and it is encouraged for other types). Rmhermen 15:08, Aug 4, 2004 (UTC)

26 Most Wanted Saudis
Saudi Arabia claims to have captured another person off its top 26 most wanted terrorists list. I have never been able to find this list. Have you ever seen one? Rmhermen 17:22, Aug 6, 2004 (UTC)

Internet democracy
(Thank you)^2 for protecting Internet democracy. The group of us who monitor this article are really growing tired of this anonymous prick (pardon my language, but he deserves it) named Gale who refuses to abide by any rules or answer any reasonable questions thrown at him. By the way, Greetings from a fellow Louisvillian! :)

Guaifenesin protocol fixup
Can you take a look at your article Guaifenesin protocol, please? There was an initial typo that got fixed incorrectly, but it looks as if it doesn't really make a lot of sense anyway. I was hoping you could fix it up.

Tughra
is not "the signature of Ottoman Sultan Abdu Hamid". It reads: "Muhammad Sabri, the scribe (Calligrapher)". The smaller writing on the right reads: "al-hilali". It's most probably post-Ottoman so I wouldn't be to shure about the copyright either. --Baba66 14:05, 22 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * Thanks! My response is on your talk page. Quadell (talk) 15:07, Aug 22, 2004 (UTC)

 * Please seek further information on the source of this image from the site I've mentioned on the image descrption page or from whatever the actual source was. It appears quite possible that it is a copyright infringement but also quite likely that if asked politely the source may be willing to license this and other helpful images. Jamesday 00:33, 24 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Padua
Your thank-you set me to work, because I didn't deserve it. Wetman 18:40, 26 Aug 2004 (UTC)

"Encyclopedia" links on talk pages
I'm not sure Google would approve of what you are doing on various talk pages. We disapprove of this kind of behavior when others promote their products, we should do the same for attempted promotion of Wikipedia. Your efforts are likely to get us penalized as a link-farming site: many copies of near-similar text (i.e. Wikipedia mirror sites) all linking to the same page. Please let natural processes promote Wikipedia instead. -- Karada 23:23, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)
 * I replied on your talk page. Quadell (talk) 13:37, Sep 1, 2004 (UTC)

9/11
I don't see the problem here; There is this link, and all I do is tell the viewer what that link is about. Now, you can say there are people who think things have not been covered up, but it's been proven that they are, in fact, FYI, this is exactly what 911truth emphasizes: ''We carefully review the articles, books, videos, sites and other resources published and linked at 911Truth.org. Of the many works about 9/11 now in circulation, we strive to promote the best. We urge everyone to fact-check, engage in due diligence, and research the issues from all angles. It is important to expose mistakes, and we are happy to correct our own when these occur. Some works about 9/11 forward ungrounded claims based on misinterpretations, distortions or even fabricated evidence. Others reveal racist or extremist biases. We avoid both types of distraction by focusing on the most promising lines of inquiry and bodies of evidence; those that have stood up to the scrutiny of peer review, have been subjected to expert analysis, and as a result are winning in the court of public opinion. Beyond issues of factual content, we prefer to disengage from individuals who employ vitriol or highly-charged rhetoric. We value positive and sober approaches over heavy-handed ones that might alienate potential allies.''

Julius 23:12, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Binladens
You're 100% correct - they do have a lot of influence, but the purpose of that sentence seemed only to advance the Michael Moore theory and didn't do much else for the article. Graft 13:45, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Arnold
See this

Pics copyright tags
Hi, thanks for adding images to Illegal prime and DeCSS; good work in thinking up a suitable illustration! I don't suppose you'd be willing to indicate precisely what the copyright status of those images is, e.g., ... etc? It'd be most helpful, cheers! — Matt 12:32, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Thanks! — Matt 21:40, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)

User 66.93.166.174
As you've noted, this user has been making highly POV edits to Arab-Israeli conflict and Israeli-Palestinian conflict (some of which you've reverted). This editor has been extremely persistent, so I've protected the articles for now; what should be done next? Any advice or guidance would be helpful, I'm quite new at this. Jayjg 18:45, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)

great job!
Thanks for the vfd rescue of cocaine anonymous. I am quite impressed and it is this kind of impression that makes me want to continue learning as a new wikipedian.--Jpittman 00:18, 14 Sep 2004 (UTC)

title: User talk:Quadell/Archive 1


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87 Helicopter Flying School SAAF

87 Helicopter Flying School is a unit of the South African Air Force. It is a helicopter flight training school.

The Helicopter Conversion Unit was established at Ysterplaat on 1 February 1968 to fulfill the helicopter pilot and flight engineers training role. The present unit was formed on 9 April 1968 by redesignating Training Flight, 17 Squadron at AFB Ysterplaat. The unit, equipped with Alouette II and III's, took over responsible for Helicopter Conversion Training of SAAF pilots and training of Flight Engineers for the SAAF.

The Helicopter Conversion Unit became an autonomous unit in 1971 and in January 1973 the units name changed to 87 Advanced Flying School. In 1973 the Alouette II's were retired and transferred to the Rhodesian Air Force. "B" Flight, 16 Squadron, also stationed at AFB Ysterplaat, took responsibility for advanced helicopter training from 16 September 1974 to January 1975.

title: 87 Helicopter Flying School SAAF


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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Tank/archive1

Tank
(Contested - July 5)

Seems stunningly complete, dealing with form, history, usage doctrines, relationships to other types of military unit and ammunition types, and practical considerations going beyond the theory. 81.168.80.170 18:48, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * Could do with images. Will look around at other Tank articles and see if I can find any. Morwen - Talk 19:17, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * http://www.army.mil has some great ones. They're all modern U.S. tanks, unfortuately, but better than nothing.  Added two photos. Any PD/GFDL sources for foreign/older tank photos? [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 21:07, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * I added one, still US but it's older at least --Taak 00:01, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Comment about images, US tanks are lovely, but do not represent a good cross-section of tank history. Images of the first tanks, Da Vinci's "tank" and others will have passed into PD by now. Oppose until we can get some other pictures here. Burgundavia 00:36, Jul 6, 2004 (UTC)
 * I have added 1 WW1 one. Burgundavia 07:54, Jul 6, 2004 (UTC)
 * 1 WW2 image as well
 * Current status: there are three images on the tank page: an M1A1 Abrams posing, a British WWI tank with its German captors posing, and a Sherman tank in the act of firing. To me this seems like an adequate selection, though pictures of reasonably modern (WWII or later) tanks from other nations would make good additions.  There are also five pictures in "tank history", of which only one is post-WWI, a Sherman.  I think those five should stay there.  Any more images of pre-WWII tanks also should go in the history article.  81.168.80.170 20:26, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * Comment: The captions could use some editing (see Captions). -- ke4roh 21:24, Jul 5, 2004 (UTC)
 * Made them more descriptive. OK now?  81.168.80.170 20:26, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Support: Superb! Thanks -- ke4roh 02:02, Jul 13, 2004 (UTC)

 * The article seems well written and complete, but where are the references? Exploding Boy 07:23, Jul 6, 2004 (UTC)

 * The history of the tank is far more varied than just what is presented. Oppose until this is expanded. Burgundavia 07:54, Jul 6, 2004 (UTC)
 * Yes I have found the History of Tanks article, which I kind of missed, oops. However, the history section on Tank still needs a rewrite to include all of tank history, not stop at 1916. Burgundavia 08:04, Jul 6, 2004 (UTC)
 * I've added a summary history from 1918-present. (Does that make this a self-nomination?  I'm the same user as 81.168.80.170.)  I think the material I've added needs some more editing, and some of the WWI material should move to tank history .  195.167.169.36 12:13, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Looks better now, thanks. Burgundavia 08:25, Jul 7, 2004 (UTC)
 * I've done the editing I wanted to and now I'm happy with the history section. 81.168.80.170 19:38, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * If you want to place the tank article as a featured article real soon, then the section on the types of tanks should be moved out to the tank History article because it mostly deals with tank types of the 1930s and 1940s There should be a section on tank types in the tank article but it should be more generic, and a bit more modern as is the case with the other sections. AlainV 08:38, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * I've moved the section into tank history wholesale. Tanks now being much more homogeneous than they used to be, is there still a need for discussion of tank classes in the context of modern tanks?  81.168.80.170 19:22, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * Objection: Modern Tanks should be merged into the history of tanks section. Burgundavia 08:25, Jul 7, 2004 (UTC)
 * Done. 81.168.80.170 19:22, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * Object. It has nothing on targeting and other internal equipments or engine and the armor section should have something about armors that are added on to a tank. Revth 03:10, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * Object - lead section needs expanding. Jargon like MBT needs to be re-introduced in each section since not everybody will read the article from section 1 on. Could also use some further reading and external links. Other than that, this is a really good article. --mav 05:42, 11 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Expanded lead section. "MBT" now expanded in each section.  195.167.169.36 11:07, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * I remove my objection and add my support. --mav 01:58, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Object. Liked the article, but nitpicks: 1) The "mobility" section is unwikified. 2) Image:Sherman-korea.jpg could do with some image editing to remove the caption at the top. 3) I think some more photos could still be used to illustrate this article; e.g. closeups of the tracks or the gun or the interior of a tank. — Matt 00:11, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Mobility section now contains links. 195.167.169.36 09:42, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)


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Ridawiya Library, MS 5229

MS 5229 is a 13th-century (7th century Hijra) manuscript, 210 folia (420 pages), kept in Astane Quds Museum (موزهٔ آستان قدس رضوی), Mashhad. It was discovered in 1923 in Mashhad by Turkic scholar Ahmed Zeki Validi Togan. It contains a collection of medieval Arabic geographical treatises, most notably the 10th-century account of Ibn Fadlan of his embassy to the Volga Bulgars.

Contents

 * Ibn al-Faqih: aẖbar al-buldan "Exploration of the lands" (p. 1)
 * Abu Dulaf: ar-risalatu-l-ūla "First relation" (p. 347)
 * Abu Dulaf: ar-risalatu-ṯ-ṯnaniat "Second relation" (p. 362)
 * Ibn Fadlan: ma šahidat fi baladi-t-turk wa al-ẖazar wa ar-rus wa aṣ-ṣaqalibat wa al-bašġird wa ġirham "Account of the lands of the Turks, the Khazars, the Rus, the Saqaliba, the Bashkhirs" (p. 390)

Editions and reproductions

 * Togan, Ahmed Zeki Validi, Ibn Fadlan's Reisebericht (Leipzig: Kommissionsverlag F. A. Brockhaus, 1939) [edition, from Razawi Library MS 5229, and German translation, of Ibn Fadlān's text]
 * Kovalevskii, A. P., Kniga Akhmeda Ibn-Fadlana o ego Puteschestvii na Volgu 921-922 gg (Kharkov, 1956). [Includes photographic reproduction of Ibn Fadlān's text in Razawi Library MS 5229.]

title: Ridawiya Library, MS 5229


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Talk:PARIS21

My name is Gérard CHENAIS and I am a staff member of PARIS21 Secretariat see http://www.paris21.org/htm/contact.htm.

There is no copywright on the text I proposed for the page PARIS21.

Sincèrement

Copyvio? No!
Discussion moved from Copyright problems (July 20, 2004):

 * PARIS21 from - Lucky 6.9 21:42, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Author has responded on this article's talk page, claiming no copyright violation. Blorg 10:27, 25 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * I'll send an e-mail and try to verify this. Lupo 12:11, 2 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Got the following reply from M. Chenais:

From: "Gérard CHENAIS" Subject: Re: Wikipedia: article sur PARIS21 Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 11:53:23 +0200

Je confirme avoir proposé d'ajouter le texte sur PARIS21 et que ce texte ne comporte pas de droits d'auteurs.

Gérard CHENAIS

Secrétariat de PARIS21.

Translation: "I confirm to have proposed adding the text on PARIS21 and that this text is not subject to copyright."

Consequently, I'm un-copyvioing the article. Lupo 10:54, 4 Aug 2004 (UTC)

title: Talk:PARIS21


text:
SLS

SLS may refer to the Space Launch System, a launch vehicle developed by NASA. It may also refer to:

Education

 * Stanford Law School, California, U.S.
 * Sydney Law School, Australia
 * Symbiosis Law School, India
 * Same language subtitling, of TV

Places

 * Sim Lim Square, a shopping centre, Singapore
 * SLS Las Vegas, a hotel and casino, US

Politics

 * Former Samostalna liberalna stranka (Independent Liberal Party (Kosovo))
 * Former Srpska liberalna stranka (Serbian Liberal Party)
 * Slovenska ljudska stranka (Slovenian People's Party)
 * Slovenská ľudová strana (Slovak People's Party, SĽS)
 * Students for a Libertarian Society, an American student organisation

Science and technology

 * Selective laser sintering, an additive manufacturing technique
 * Sea level standard conditions
 * Sodium lauryl sulfate, a surfactant
 * Static light scattering, a technique to measure molecular weight
 * Standard linear solid model, of a viscoelastic material
 * Streptolysin S, a bacterial exotoxin
 * Swiss Light Source, a synchrotron

Computing

 * Scalable Lossless Coding, an MPEG-4 Audio extension
 * Select-String or sls, a Powershell cmdlet
 * Single-level store, in computer storage
 * Softlanding Linux System, a Linux distribution

Transport

 * Cadillac Seville Luxury Sedan, an automobile
 * Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, an automobile
 * Stephenson Locomotive Society, UK, founded 1909
 * Space Launching System, a 1960s USAF rocket program
 * Space Launch System, an American super heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle under development by NASA since 2011
 * Space Launch System (Turkey), a project to develop the satellite launch capability of Turkey

Other uses

 * Street League Skateboarding, a tournament
 * Sign language in Singapore (ISO 639 language code: sls)
 * Shit Life Syndrome, a term used by physicians
 * Somaliland Shilling, currency of the Republic of Somaliland

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Three Cliffs Bay

Three Cliffs Bay (Bae y Tri Chlogwyn), otherwise Three Cliff Bay, is a bay on the south coast of the Gower Peninsula in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. The bay takes its name from the three sea cliffs that jut out into the bay. Pennard Pill, a large stream, flows into the sea in the middle of the bay.

The beach is an important asset for locals and visitors and routinely qualifies for Blue Flag status. Dogs are allowed on the beach all year.

Inland about 500 yd from the main beach on high ground above Pennard Pill is Pennard Castle. It was built in the early 12th century, and is imbued with legends of fairies. It is also the only locality in Britain known for yellow whitlow grass (Draba aizoides).

Individual beaches that make up this bay have their own names, including Pobbles Bay to the east of the Three Cliffs, and Tor Bay to the west. The beaches are separated at high tide but are accessible to each other at low tide on foot over the sands. Paths lead north to Pennard Burrows, east to Pobbles, and west to Tor Bay. Pobbles and Tor Bay are also accessible from the beach at low tide. Three Cliffs Bay is effectively part of the inlet of Oxwich Bay. At low tide, Three Cliffs Bay forms a continuous sandy beach with Oxwich Bay beach to the west. They only exist as separate beaches at high tide.

The sea cliffs are limestone, about 20 m high, and are a popular destination for rock climbers with 20 climbs in the lower grades, including Scavenger (VS 4b) - often considered a national classic. The largest of the Three Cliffs is easily climbed if approached from the grassy base.

In June 2006 the BBC Holidays at Home programme declared Three Cliffs Bay to be Britain's best beach. In a recent programme broadcast in the UK the view over Three Cliffs Bay was nominated for "Britain's Best View".

Three Cliffs Bay appears in a music video for Red Hot Chili Peppers made by Swansea film company, Studio8. It was used in the opening titles of the 80's TV sitcom Me and My Girl featuring Richard O'Sullivan and Joanne Ridley.

Three Cliffs Bay has been used in Channel 4's Skins and was shown in an ITV advert: 'The Brighter Side'.

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Olympic Games/archive1

Olympic games
(Uncontested -- July 8)

Self-nomination. My (personal) objective is to have this article featured on the main page the day the 2004 Olympics start in Athens, 13 August. There should be plenty of time to resolve objections. I think the current article gives a sufficiently detailed overview of the Olympic Games, and I've already provided links to other articles for more details (some of them do not exist yet). There's still several "dead" links, which I hope to fill with at least stubs in the next few days/weeks. Jeronimo 20:33, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * Object for now. Sorry to get so nitpicky, but this will get a lot of readers. All the best, [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 23:19, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * The table at the bottom of medal winners needs formatting; the number of golds runs into the year.
 * No mention of the "amateur" requirement, or famous controversies over it, or why it was dropped
 * No mention of criticisms of the Olympics (i.e. cost, doping, etc.)
 * The section on "Summer Olympics" and the stuff about the founding of the Winter Olympics should be folded into a section called "Modern Olympic History", and the Summer Olympics should then have another page describing them (what sports go on, etc.)
 * Inconsistent capitalization, esp. of "De Coubertin". Which is correct, de or De? You learn something every day
 * No please, get nitpicky, we need that to get good articles. I will look into your objections. A few remarks: 1) I included a section on amateurism, but it disappeared, probably because I was edited the page concurrently myself. It should be back right now. 2) I'll look at the capitalisation, but if I'm not mistaken, it is normal use in France to capitalise "De" when the name is used without a given name ("De Coubertin"), but use lower case for the full name ("Pierre de Coubertin"). (This is also the case in my native language, Dutch). If this is incorrect, or if I should not use the French method, let me know. 3) As for your fourth point, I'm not sure what to do. I could make the Summer/Winter sections subsections of a new "Modern Olympic History" section. Would that accomplish what you envision? Jeronimo 06:34, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Well, people I know generally use lower-case 'd' in all cases (so, "John de Smith" and "de Smith, John"). Maybe this is a British thing? There's some recent discussion of this in the MoS... James F. (talk) 10:40, 11 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Yes, that would be a start. Currently, the section on "Winter Olympics" is almost all history, except for one paragraph beginning with "The sports conducted...", while the "Summer Olympics" section is almost all history as well.  These two sections could be merged into a new section, called "modern olympic history". Then, perhaps, general details about the actual summer and winter games could go into one smaller section, perhaps called "summer and winter olympics", which would compare the two and draw in some details from the relevant articles.

 * Also, the table does need formatting--unfortunately, I don't know table markup. Also, there probably should be a section called "Criticisms and scandal"--no article on the Olympics would be complete without those East German swimmers. Brrr. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 13:07, 9 Jul 2004 (UTC)

 * I think I've addressed all your above points now. 1) I slightly reformatted the table. 2) I've added a section on doping and one on criticism on the IOC; there was already a part on the costs in the modern history section. 3) I have refactored the organisation of sections on the modern history. – Let me know if you think I have addressed your concerns sufficiently, or if they still require work. Jeronimo 10:01, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC)

participants in 1904, 80% had been American  and great public interest, thereby marking the beginning of a rise in popularity and size of the Games." Em dashes (—) would conform to standard practice more. 3. The article makes awkward use of certain words: for instance, "The perhaps darkest chapter" as opposed to "Perhaps the darkest chapter." One sentence ends in "however", which sounds rather unusual: "Most contemporary Olympic historians consider them to be official Olympic Games, however." (Not an objection: To be pedantic, some sentences begin in "however"; these howevers can also be reworked into the middle of sentences.) 4. The article rather inconsistently uses "Olympics," "Olympic games," etc., as both plural and singular: "The first modern Olympic Games were a success ... it was the largest international sports event ever." One should consistently employ the plural; this involves using "they" rather than "it." Also note the sentence "Many athletes have become celebrities or heroes in their own country, or even world-wide, after becoming Olympic champion." 5. The article uses both "while" and "whilst"—one could just employ the latter. 6. The table could perhaps use solid borders. - - Emsworth 02:38, Jul 11, 2004 (UTC) subjective), so I haven't changed it. You're welcome to change it if you like. Jeronimo 08:28, 11 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. A much better article now.  Oh, and good use of images.  That said, I hope that Revival of the Olympic Games gets made into an article by the time this gets on the front page. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 17:18, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Object. 1. The article uses "Baron Pierre de Coubertin" and "Pierre de Coubertin"—both of these should be replaced with "Pierre, Baron de Coubertin." The article also uses just "Baron de Coubertin" without the definite article - this does not sound correct, for it is like suggesting "Contrary to what Baron of Coubertin had hoped"; obviously, in such cases, the sentence sounds better with "the Baron" rather than "Baron." Also, the article uses "De Coubertin" in the middle of sentences. To summarise my reccomendations on the naming: for the first reference and as the caption for an image, use "Pierre, Baron de Coubertin," with the capital B. For all subsequent references, use either "Pierre, Baron de Coubertin" or "de Coubertin" (with the small D, except of course at the beginning of sentences). One could easily avoid "the Baron de Coubertin," the "Baron," etc. 2. The article uses inappropriate dashes (for instance: "Either way, the 1906 Games again attracted a broad international field of
 * I would like to note that small grammar fixes can usually be done by the person objecting. Snowspinner 05:21, Jul 11, 2004 (UTC)
 * I went through Emsworth's remarks, but I have some notes: 1) There are two issues here. First, the formal name is indeed "Pierre, Baron de Coubertin". However, as far as I know, it is perfectly acceptable not to use this formal form at every occurrence. The name "Pierre de Coubertin" is used commonly in both English and French; both in books sources and the internet; I think we can safely use it here as well. Second, de vs. De. I explained my view on this in my answer to Meelar above. If you disagree, let me know. Changes made: first occurrence/image caption changed to "Pierre, Baron de Coubertin", changed "Baron de Coubertin" usage. 2) Done. 3) Done. 4) Done, although the occurrence you mentioned is the only one I could find. 5) I've replaced whilst by while, but as far as I know English (not a native speaker), there's nothing wrong with using them both. Whilst is just a British alternative for while, right? 6) This is actionable, but I don't see why this makes the table better (I guess this is pretty
 * My objection is based on the article's inconsistency. Both "whilst" and "while" are acceptable, but the article should use one or the other, not both. -- Emsworth 14:35, Jul 11, 2004 (UTC)
 * I've looked up the Baron de Coubertin on Encarta: it appears that the correct reference is just "Coubertin," not "de Coubertin." This assertion is consistent with the rule that "de" is used for collation purposes only when the surname includes one syllable.  -- Emsworth 14:42, Jul 11, 2004 (UTC)
 * Comment: I took a shot at improving the captions, and while I was there, I noticed many passive sentences throughout. Active sentences would help, though when I try to fix them, I sometimes presume an incorrect actor. -- ke4roh 00:15, Jul 13, 2004 (UTC)


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Kohima

Kohima (Angami Naga: Kewhira ) is the capital of the Indian state of Nagaland. With a resident population of almost 100,000, it is the second largest city in the state. Kohima constitutes both a district and a municipality. The municipality covers 20 km². The city lies on the foothills of Japfü section of the Barail Range located south of the District (25.67°N, 94.12°W) and has an average elevation of 1261 m.

Originally known as Kewhira, Kohima's history goes back to a time when it was a village of the Angami Nagas. It became an urban centre in 1878 when the British Empire established its headquarters of the then Naga Hills District of Assam Province. It officially became the capital after the state of Nagaland was inaugurated in 1963. Kohima was the site of one of the bloodiest battles of World War II. The battle is often referred to as the Stalingrad of the East. In 2013, the British National Army Museum voted the Battle of Kohima to be Britain's Greatest Battle.

Etymology
Kohima was originally known as Kewhi–ra. People from different places and directions came in search of a place to settle down and formed a homogenous group that necessitated the establishment of a village. They named it Kewhira which is derived from the Tenyidie word "kephfükewhi" which means to meet and assemble together and ra means village with its area jurisdiction. The people of Kewhira are called Kewhimia (mia means people) who are the indigenous inhabitants and hereditarily owned the land of Kewhira. Kohima village is said to be more than 700 years old and is believed to be the second largest village in Asia.

Medieval era
According to oral history, the historical founder of Kewhira Village was Tsiera (stone defender). The village is divided into four large clans (thinuo): Tsütuonuomia, Lhisemia, Dapfhütsumia and Pfüchatsumia (T, L, D, and P Khel respectively).

Colonial era
The East India Company Administration started to expand into Kohima beginning the 1840s.

Battle of Kohima

In 1944 during the Second World War the Battle of Kohima along with the simultaneous Battle of Imphal was the turning point in the Burma Campaign. For the first time in South-East Asia, the Japanese lost the initiative to the Allies, which the Allies then retained until the end of the war. This hand-to-hand battle and slaughter prevented the Japanese Army from gaining a base from which they might have easily gone into the plains of India.

Kohima has a large cemetery known as the Kohima War Cemetery for the Allied war dead; it is maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The cemetery lies on the slopes of Garrison Hill, in what was once the Deputy Commissioner's tennis court, which was the scene of intense fighting known as the Battle of the Tennis Court. The epitaph carved on the memorial of the 2nd British Division in the cemetery has become world-famous as the Kohima poem. When You Go Home, Tell Them of Us and Say,

For Your Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today. The verse is attributed to John Maxwell Edmonds (1875–1958), and is thought to have been inspired by the epitaph written by Simonides to honour the Greek who fell at the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC.

1963–present
When Nagaland became a full-fledged state on 1 December 1963, Kohima was named as the state capital.

Killings of Kekuojalie Sachü and Vikhozo Yhoshü
On 20 March 1986, two students Kekuojalie Sachü and Vikhozo Yhoshü were killed in indiscriminate firing by Nagaland Police when they participated in a peaceful protest called by the Naga Students' Federation (NSF) to rally against the state government's decision on the introduction of Indian Police Service (IPS) cadres and the extension of the Disturbed Area Belt from 5 to 20 km along the Indo-Myanmar (Indo-Burma) border. The event was so tumultuous that it led three Cabinet ministers and five State Ministers of Nagaland to resign.

1995 Kohima Massacre
On 5 March 1995, when a convoy of the 16th Rashtriya Rifles of the Indian Army was traversing through Kohima, a tyre burst from one of the convoy's own vehicle led the armed troops to mistake the sound of the tyre bursting for a bomb attack. The troops reacted immediately and started firing at civilian populace. A total of 7 were killed and 36 were left injured. The incident is widely referred to as the 1995 Kohima Massacre.

2017 Nagaland protests
On 2 February 2017, the office building of the Kohima Municipal Council was burned down by a mob as part of the boycott of the Civic Elections. The fire significantly damaged adjoining government and private buildings. On 19 February, in response against the backdrop of widespread protests and civil unrest in the state, T. R. Zeliang announced his resignation as the Chief Minister of Nagaland.

2023 Kohima fire
On 27 February 2023, a massive fire broke in Mao Market and NN Market, one of the biggest commercial areas in Kohima, causing complete damage to the markets.

Topography
Kohima is located at 25°67' North, 94°10' East, in the southern part of Nagaland. It lies north of the Japfü–Barail intersection with Pulie Badze to the southwest overlooking the city.

Climate
The city experiences a subtropical highland climate (Köppen: Cwb), with greater contrast between summer and winter than in other continents due to the monsoons but mild temperatures even for latitude and altitude. The months of June to September concentrate much of the precipitation.

Water supply and availability
Most Wards in Kohima experiences severe water shortages during the dry seasons. The current water resources from the reservoirs of Zarü River and the streams from the slopes of Pulie Badze do not fulfill the needs of the rapidly growing population of Kohima. With the augmentation of the Zarü River project and several other upcoming water projects to be supplied from Dzüko Valley and others. The water supply is expected to cover more wards.

Administration
The Kohima Municipal Council (KMC) was established in 2005 under India's Constitution (Seventy-Fourth Amendment) Act, 1992. It has waste management, drainage and trade licensing and other responsibilities.

Other departments of the state government, which sit in Kohima, also have a role in the administration of Kohima. The "City Development Plan" for the town, for example, was written by state Urban Development Department.

Wards
Kohima is divided into nineteen sectors with a total of thirty-three administrative wards under the authority of the Kohima Municipal Council, covering an area of about 35 km². Each ward has its own council government and handles many of the functions that are handled by city governments in other jurisdictions. • Agri Farm Ward

• Bayavü Hill Ward

• Daklane Ward

• D. Block Ward

• Dzüvürü Ward

• Electrical Ward

• Forest Ward

• Jail Ward

• Kenuozou Hill Ward

• Keziekie Ward

• Kitsübozou Ward

• Lerie Ward

• Lower Mediezie Ward

• Lower Chandmari Ward

• Lower Police Reserve Hill Ward

• Lower PWD Ward

• Merhülietsa Ward

• Middle PWD Ward

• Midland Ward

• Naga Bazaar Ward

• Naga Hospital Ward

• New Market Ward

• New Ministers' Hill Ward

• New Reserve Ward

• Old Ministers' Hill Ward

• Peraciezie Ward

• Police Reserve Hill Ward

• Sepfüzou Ward

• Thegabakha Ward

• Tsiepfü Tsiepfhe Ward

• Upper Mediezie Ward

• Upper Chandmari Ward

• Upper PWD Ward

Police and law enforcement
The Kohima Police of the Nagaland Police is the police force responsible for maintaining security, law and order in the Kohima Metropolitan Area. It is headed by a Superintendent of Police (SP). Kevithuto Sophie is the current SP of Kohima.

In 2020, the Kohima North Police Station became the first police station and a government facility in the entire North Eastern Region of India to receive the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001 Certification for quality management system.

Census data
As of 2011, Kohima had a population of 99,039 of which males and females were 51,626 and 47,413 respectively. Kohima has an average literacy rate of 90.76%, higher than the national average of 76.55%.

Religion
The major religion in Kohima is Christianity which is practised by 80.22% of the population. Other religions includes Hinduism (16.09%), Islam (3.06%) and Buddhism (0.45%).

Tourism
Tourism plays an important role in the city's economy. The number of tourists visiting Kohima has been increasing significantly each year.

Historical sites

 * Kohima War Cemetery

Kohima War Cemetery is a memorial dedicated to soldiers of the 2nd British Division of the Allied Forces who died in the Second World War at Kohima in April 1944. There are 1,420 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War at this cemetery.

Parks

 * Sakhrie Park

Sakhrie Park is a recreational park located at Middle Tsiepfü Tsiepfhe Ward (Middle AG) located between the Asian Highway 1 and the Tsiepfü Tsiepfhe Road (AG).

 * Sokhriezie Park

Sokhriezie Park is a centrally located lake that sits below the PHQ Junction.

 * Kohima Botanical Garden

Kohima Botanical Garden is located at New Ministers' Hill Ward and is looked after by the Nagaland Forest Department.

Cultural centers
The Kohima Capital Cultural Center is a cultural center which has a multipurpose hall that provides various facilities for its citizens. The Regional Centre of Excellence for Music & Performing Arts (RCEMPA) is a contemporary arts and music centre located in Jotsoma, about 6 km west of the city centre.

Events and Festivals

 * NAJ Cosfest

The NAJ Cosfest is an Otaku-based cosplay festival held every year in the month of July. The annual event was started in 2013 and is organized by the Nagaland Anime Junkies. The cosfest is one of the biggest cosplay festivals in North East India.

 * Hornbill Festival

The Hornbill Festival is the biggest annual festival in North East India. The festival is held every year from 1 to 10 December with the purpose to promote the richness of the Naga heritage and traditions. The main venue is located at the Kisama Heritage Village, located 12 km south of the city centre.

Fashion
The inhabitants of Kohima have been historically characterized as "fashion-conscious". Numerous fashion stores are located across the city and a number of fashion related events are held annually. The southern wards starting from Main Town and beyond are the most fashionable areas of Kohima.

Museums
The Nagaland State Museum is located in Bayavü Hill and displays a comprehensive collection of artefacts including ancient sculptures, traditional dresses, inscriptions of the Naga people.

Religious sites

The Kohima Jain Temple, the oldest Jain temple in North East India was established in 1920.

Media
The most widely circulated newspapers in Kohima are The Morung Express, Nagaland Post, Eastern Mirror, Nagaland Page and the local newspaper Capi. The city was also home to the now defunct Kewhira Dielie, the first modern newspaper published from Nagaland.

State-owned All India Radio has a local station in Kohima, which transmits various programs of mass interest like AIR FM Tragopan, etc.

Transportation
The major public transportation in Kohima are buses and taxis.

Rail
Kohima is not connected with the rail network. The nearest railway stations are the Chümoukedima Shokhüvi Railway Station and the Dimapur Railway Station. An extension of the railway line from Dimapur to Kohima was proposed and surveyed in 2009. Due to a dispute over land acquisition the track was resurveyed and an alternative alignment was proposed in 2013 and is expected to be completed by 2026.

Cycling
Regardless of its hilly terrain, cycling has become an increasingly popular way to get in and around Kohima. A bicycle-sharing system was launched in September 2020.

Wrestling
The Naga wrestling enjoys widespread popularity in Kohima with people from all over Nagaland coming to witness the Naga Wrestling Championship held every two years at the Khuochiezhie Local Ground located in the heart of Kohima. The first Naga Wrestling Tournament was held in Kohima in 1971.

Official sites

 * Official website
 * Kohima Smart City (Official website)

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Test Flight and Development Centre SAAF

The Test Flight and Development Centre is a unit of the South African Air Force. It is a test flight and evaluation organisation.

Due to South Africa's apartheid policies of the 1960s, a number of countries instituted an arms boycott against it. This forced the SAAF to create an indigenous flight testing and development capability to research new technologies and methods and update old ones, and in this light a former graduate of the Empire Test Pilots' School (ETPS) was appointed the SAAF's Chief Test Pilot in 1967 and tasked with improving and expanding the air force's test flying and evaluation capabilities. In 1974 another ETPS graduate took over, and was tasked with creating a specialised test flying and evaluation unit within the SAAF. The result was that the Test Flight and Development Centre was officially established on 10 August 1975 at AFB Waterkloof.

Over the next few years until the imposition of the mandatory United Nations arms embargo against South Africa in 1977, additional pilots were sent to the ETPS and to EPNER in France to gain flight test experience and expertise. By 1979, the TFDC had grown large enough to merit the allocation of one of the hangar complexes at AFB Waterkloof, and in 1980 it established a satellite unit at Van Ryneveld Airfield in Upington to conduct weapons release tests. Once the Denel Overberg Test Range near Bredasdorp on the southern Cape coast had been completed, the TFDC moved to an adjacent airfield, now known as AFB Overberg.

Aircraft Fleet
As of July 2011 TFDC's permanent fleet consists of:
 * 1x Agusta 109 LUH - #4006
 * 1x SAAB Gripen D - #3901
 * 1x BAe Hawk - #250
 * 1x Atlas Oryx - #1200

Other aircraft are operated on temporary detachment from squadrons as well as manufacturers such as Denel.

Hawk trainer
The TFDC's largest running project was the operational evaluation of the BAe Hawk Mk.120 and certification of its Adour 951 turbofan engine. Weapons integration was also performed, with the SAAF's series of pre-fragmented bombs. The programme is now largely complete, with one Hawk airframe remaining on strength with TFDC, for further tests. Hawk has entered SAAF service as of 2006.

Taurus missile
In 2001 and 2002 it assisted the German Air Force in the testing of the Taurus stand-off missile, for which two Panavia Tornado aircraft deployed a number of times to AFB Overberg from Germany with the help of a SAAF Boeing 707 aerial tanker. In 2009 the Spanish Air Force performed integration tests of the Taurus missile on their F-18 Hornet fighters at TFDC.

Gripen
The TFDC received the SAAF's first JAS 39 Gripen in 2006. The aircraft is flown through an extensive test programme, integrating weapons and SAAF specific avionics etc. During November 2007, the Gripen was shown publicly taking off loaded with eight 'dumb' bombs during weapons integration trials.

Luftwaffe Kormoran Anti Ship missile firings
During 2006 the German Air Force deployed six Panavia Tornado aircraft to TFDC for live Kormoran anti ship missile firings with a German Navy task group in joint exercises with South African forces.

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Calvin and Hobbes

Calvin and Hobbes
(Uncontested -- Jul 5)

Self-nomination, though the best work is done by others. Images are of book covers so they fall under fair use. Alanyst 06:11, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Pretty good article, but something needs to be done with the organization of the cover images. Everyking 06:24, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * I think I managed to do something nicer with them; it's actually really cool to have all of them in the article. (Nominator/uploader should tag them with fair use and rationale though) [[User:Sverdrup|❝Sverdrup❞ ]] 15:43, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. Oppose, for several reasons. Image overkill. Possibly too short, if you take out the images. Thirdly, if it stopped being syndicated in 1995, why? Ambivalenthysteria 06:27, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Good points. I'll try to add some more background on the strip's history, Watterson's issues with syndication, etc.  I have concerns about copyvio for some of the images added recently, so unless we can get those resolved I might have to withdraw the nomination.  Alanyst 23:39, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * I have resolved the copyvio concerns and the article is longer with more information on syndication. Ambivalenthysteria, can you revisit your objection to see if it still holds?  Thanks. Alanyst 02:22, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * It's looking much better. It's a much more interesting read now. I've changed my vote, but still two small suggestions. Firstly, the "Needed to have complete collection" header overlaps with the picture column in my browser (Firefox), and it looks icky. Secondly, how about spreading the images throughout the article, rather than having them in a heap at the bottom? Anyway, these are just small gripes, and I'm supporting this nomination now. Ambivalenthysteria 15:43, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * All intro, no article. There's several paragraphs of text and a pile of images and lists. Where's the article? - David Gerard 13:52, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * In all fairness, there's not terribly much that can be said about the topic, so I think that's a bit harsh. Still, it's not quite up to feature standard. Ambivalenthysteria 13:54, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Surely there is. A vastly popular cartoon strip that ran for many years? I want to read the article I'd like to see ;-) - David Gerard 14:01, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * It could do with a bit more analysis as to whether Hobbes is real. ISTR he was sometimes seen doing stuff that Calvin couldn't possibly have witnessed. Morwen - Talk 14:43, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * I've reorganised things, which I think helps a lot, but I I didn't add much contetn. Morwen - Talk 20:50, 5 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * David Gerard, do you see any improvement in the content now? I've added quite a bit more on the background of the strip.  Is this the article you'd like to see?  Alanyst 08:40, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * I do think it is. Thank you :-) - David Gerard 00:26, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. Oppose. While I think that this article has grown considerably, I have copyright concerns about all of the new images.  I don't think that fair use can just be thrown around to justify use of any images, particularly considering that Bill Watterson has been very diligent in prosecuting copyright violations of Calvin's image in the past. If the images' copyright status are cleared up or if alternate images can be found I will change to support. - DropDeadGorgias (talk) 15:07, Jul 6, 2004 (UTC)
 * "Any" images is a bit strong; after all, the book covers certainly seem to fall under fair use. I have removed the individual character images because I think they were indeed copyright violations.  As of right now, I believe the article is in compliance.  Alanyst 15:56, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * I misspoke, I just meant any of the new images. I'm changing to a support, but I wouldn't mind some more content.  C&H was kick-ass.  - DropDeadGorgias (talk) 21:14, Jul 6, 2004 (UTC)
 * Neutral for now. Oppose, a number of subsections are short and list-like. -Sean Curtin 21:53, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Could you be a bit more specific: which subsections? how should they be improved? Just because they're short and list-like doesn't necessarily mean they're bad; a list of concisely written items can often be much more readable than lengthy prose.  I'm not sure your objection is actionable at this point; please enlighten me.  Alanyst 02:20, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * The lists of characters are recurring themes really don't need to be sections - microsections like that for Coach Lockjaw ("Runs the school baseball team. Rarely seen.") don't need to be flagged up from the table of contents. Rearranging some of the subsections like that of the "Calvin's Alter-Egos" section would help in that regard. Also, the history and style sections would make the article flow better if they were moved to the beginning. -Sean Curtin 17:49, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * I've combined the less frequently seen supporting characters under one section per your suggestion, and it does seem better. I've also re-ordered the sections to put history and style at the front of the article.  I think it makes the continuity better.  Any more objections? Alanyst 19:48, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * The use of "we" should probably instead say "the reader" or something similar. -Sean Curtin 01:10, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Done. Alanyst 01:26, 8 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Suppose. With all the work that's been done since this was nominated, it deserves featured status. [[User:Meelar|Meelar (talk)]] 23:41, 6 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Well, it can still be unworthy of featured status no matter how much work has been done, but I appreciate the sentiment. Am I to understand that you meant to say "support" rather than "suppose," or were you being purposely ambivalent? :-) Alanyst 02:20, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Support after the recent changes. Anarion 08:40, 7 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Strongly object - TOC is overwhelming (even at 1600 x 800 I couldn't see see the body until I replaced some heads with ; ), lead section is way too short for an article this size (3 good sized paras needed), and the article triggers a page size warning (but that is probably OK due to the size of the books table). Many of the sections are also stubs - there is little reason to give each paragraph a title (the result is rather inflexible and jarring). Instead I suggest combining many of the stub sections into larger sections (of say several paragraphs). The ==Recurring themes== section needs this badly. --mav 07:26, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * I fixed the Recurring Themes section so the sub-heads are definition-style. The TOC is much more manageable at this point.  I also added to the intro section.  I will work on the more stub-like sections to address that objection. Alanyst 00:07, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Better - enough for my mild support. --mav 02:03, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. Object (easily resolved though) - In the opening paragraph, Intellectual and witty, the strip changed the way Americans viewed comic strips is not backed up by anything in the prose. How did it change the way Americans viewed comic strips? It sounds ethnocentric, too - did it not change the way anyone else in the world viewed comic strips? Is the fact that it was (sometimes) intellectual and (often) witty a first in American comic strips? (I'm sure Garry Trudeau and Berke Breathed would have something to say about that). Delete the whole phrase, IMHO. Mention the wit and cleverness some other way. -- mjb 07:44, 10 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * I've removed it for now. It didn't really add much.  Will look for an attributable quote to describe it.  I suppose what we want is comic book artists saying it had an influence on their work.    Morwen - Talk 17:17, 11 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Looks good to me. -- mjb 08:58, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Support. A fine article about a superb comic strip. I still miss 'em. Denni ☯ 22:15, 2004 Jul 11 (UTC)
 * Object; 1) agree with User:Maveric149 that the lead section is too short. 2) However, I think most of the "stub sections" are probably OK, because they're in a "definition" style, but that "Style and influences" and "Trivia" are too short to warrant an entire section to themselves. 3) I think we have too many images; the "Calvin and Hobbes books" section suffers for it, and they don't really add anything that just one or two images wouldn't convey. 4) In the "Calvin and Hobbes books" table, the month dates are red links; are we linking to the right place for these? — — Matt 17:45, 12 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * I have addressed (1); I'll work on the others in the next few hours. Alanyst 00:07, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Thanks, that's a great lead. — Matt 00:13, 13 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * The others, (2) thru (4), are now addressed. Better?  Alanyst 08:05, 14 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * Yes, thanks; I've squeezed the images back into the "Calvin and Hobbes books" table more neatly than before, undoing your "spreading out" work from before — I hope you agree that it's an improvement.