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In 17:45, 16 July 2004 I was welcomed by Meelar.

AC
Don't worry about bothering me; you can do that whenever you like. ;)

If you're referring to Adriana Calcanhotto, I wouldn't worry about it; now that you've learned to use the preview button (some users never do, unfortunately), you won't seem "unprofessional" anymore. :) Only users with access to the database itself can remove individual edits (and like most administrators, I don't have such access). But don't worry, such things are entirely excusable for new users. Be bold and don't worry about your past mistakes! Such is the wiki way. :)

While I'm here, I should let you know that it's customary to sign your comments; you can do this by typing four tildes (~) after what you write, like this: ~. That way people know who said what and when. (If you don't want to leave a timestamp, just use three tildes instead of four). Happy editing! -- Hadal 06:30, 18 Jul 2004 (UTC)

The Seatbelts
Thank you for your polite note on my talk page. I'm still confused about this article, but you and others have made me doubt myself enough that I've changed my vote to abstain. With the amount of "Keep" votes the article has, it should easily survive VfD.

I didn't actually just take the first Google hit and base my decision on that. Most Google hits are for the devices installed in cars. Of the few relevant hits, there are two sites that list the band as having formed in 2048. I'm still confused about that. Could you please explain whatever it is that I'm not getting. My head hurts thinking about this one. :-) Some helpful information would be what year the band formed and also a list of its discography, by year.

I'm sorry that one of your first experiences here was a VfD listing. All I can say is that the information I had to go on (the www) made this band appear to be fictional. Welcome to the Wikipedia, and I hope to see you around. SWAdair | Talk 04:03, 20 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Children of Bodom
Well, I'm only working when in moods, but yeah, I'm watching the article anyway. -- towo 11:49, 2004 Nov 6 (UTC)

Hi; I know this is horribly belated (my apologies!), but I've gone over the Children of Bodom article as per your request. It looks fine, aside from a few minor spelling/grammar/syntax errors which I've corrected. There was some ambiguity in the second paragraph regarding who invited whom; I think I've cleared this up. The only other thing I'd bring up is the fact that you're referring to the band memebrs by their first names. While this makes the article sound warmer (more "human", I suppose), it goes against the Manual of Style which (unless my memory fails me) states that the subject(s) of the article should be addressed either by full name or last name (it's just more "professional" that way). The MoS is a set of guidelines rather than firm rules, of course, so I didn't change the names in the article. You don't have to either, but I thought I'd mention it.

If there's anything else you need a hand with, don't hesitate to ask. I'll try not to be so slow with my reply next time! Cheers, -- Hadal 03:59, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)

La Femme Nikita
Hello, I plan to do some more work on Nikita, the series, in the near future. It needs a rewrite, a lot more information could be added, and it should probably have it's own article. I you want to work on it please go ahead and we'll work on it together. I just wrote the article about Roy Dupuis yesterday, who plays Micheal in Nikita. I was very surprised there was no article about him yet. S Sepp 10:09, Nov 25, 2004 (UTC)

Hi, Just found out now how this talk page thing works. --Hypo 04:02, 28 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Anathema
I took this discussion away from the Anathema talk page.

Anyway I kinda do feel insulted by your comments. Had you carefully research you would've seen I editted quite some portions of text for other bands, incl Death, Napalm Death, Bolt Thrower. Anyway I largely decided to step out of the Wikipedia community as I grew quite fed up with many things, largely referring to vandalism, contributions of the uninformed, lack of uniformity and edit wars. I came to the conclusion that this process doesn't work w/o a good editor. O well maybe I'll keep an eye on one or two pages - or maybe I don't.

As an aside, the statistics are perhaps redundant, but are meant to give a quick overview w/o having to read the entire bio to know if you've got the right band or if they're of interest.

Spearhead 15:57, 19 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * Quit? Over that? It's your call, but that seems like somehing too minor to quit over. If you have been meaning to quit and were waiting for "the last straw", don't pin this on me. The Statistics argument is something very on-going in the Wikipedia; as you can see, about 40% of the metal bands articles use it, the rest doesn't. I am one of those that defend that they are useless. So, as the current main editor of Anathema, I feel that I have a little more saying over this, but I am nevertheless open to argumentation. Because you see, if it's not in the Wikipedia standards, it means it's optional. On stubs it might work very well, but on full-fledged articles, it's clutter. I'm still open to talk. --Sn0wflake 19:55, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * I am pasting this here for convenience: Okay, so let's evaluate what is present on the Statistics section, in four lines (from a random article):
 * Genre: Death metal, Grindcore
 * Country: UK
 * Status: Active
 * Time: 1986-
 * And now what is present on a simple textual description, four lines: English, Liverpool, deloper of doom metal, founded in 1990, original name Pagan Angel.
 * Damn, now I am left wondering wether knowing if the band is still active is all that important when you are going to read the article anyway. Do you see mine (and of pretty much ALL of the other editor's) point of view, now? --Sn0wflake 15:39, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

RCR
Thanks. I made a quick job of it. I know all those guys from way back. I was in High School band with Jim. googuse 22:52, Jan 29, 2005 (UTC)

Doro Pesch
Hey there. :) Do you think you could develop Doro a bit further? I am going to start work on Warlock sometime soon, but it would be nice if somebody could do some tweaking e expanding in her article. Cheers. --Sn0wflake 14:39, 29 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * I'll be happy to expand Doro, as thanks to your fine work with Children of Bodom, another favourite of mine. =) -- Sy / (talk) 02:43, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * Btw, I moved Doro Pesch to Doro (band). I also added the discography and some history to Warlock (band).-- Sy / (talk) 14:37, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Well, that might be a little confusing at first for people who don't know about Doro's career, and ultimately it would ideal for Doro Pesch to have a short personal biography and Doro (band) to talk about her musical career as a solo artist, but right now, take your time. I can get to that later. The article is more fitting of Doro (band) anyway. Cheers. --Sn0wflake 18:21, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * Good point! I guess Doro (band) and Doro Pesch really do need to be sorted out properly.  I'll think of something.  =) -- Sy / (talk) 05:49, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Re: Question
Hmmm. That's a tricky question to answer. User page states that all user space contributions must be GFDL-compatible, just like articles. So other than stating the image's source and copyright status, its file name shouldn't matter. As for a limit to the number of images: As long as you're not planning to use your user page as a blog or personal website (as some users have tried to), and limit yourself to a reasonable number, nobody's likely to complain. It's only when it appears a user is trying to use Wikipedia as free web hosting that eyebrows start to raise. As you've found, there's no clear-cut policy on this, so I suppose you'll have to use your best judgment. Cheers, -- Hadal 14:35, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Tagging articles
Please put semi-permanent templates like that only are useful to editors, on talk pages (the only exception I can think of would be the different stub templates). This is to Avoid self references as much as possible and make our content more useful to third party users. Thank you. :) --mav 08:57, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Reply on your talk page. To summarise: articles needing expansion are not useful to third-parties. Having a simple useful flag on the page doesn't do any harm. --Sn0wflake 16:20, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)

The Underdog Project
Since you made such a big deal about the image in The Underdog Project, could you please edit the article so the image fits correctly? Thanks Doidimais Brasil 01:36, Feb 11, 2005 (UTC).
 * Done. --Sn0wflake

Let's trim our hair in accordance with the socialist lifestyle
Thanks - Yea I saw that on the Daily Show and couldn't help but find out more and share my findings. Nrbelex 02:53, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)

AJ pic
I see that you have again changed the pic to a "fair use" pic. I'm sure that you have not had the chance to reply to my posing on fair use yet so i will give you a chance. I just wanted to let you know that the pic page still shows the old site where the free pic was. please cite where you took the pic from when you get a chance. Cavebear42 23:37, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I sincerely don't care. If you want to rv to PD, then please do so. The image is from, and thus I conclude that it's strictly promotional; I have personally never had problems with such pictures. Have a nice day. --Sn0wflake 03:56, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * PS: I didn't change it again, your reversion simply wasn't processed.

Template:Band-stub
You're welcome! To be honest, I looked for an image and couldn't find one that seemed to work. If it's going to be a photograph of a band (which is about the best I can think of), it should be an undisputedly important band (I'm thinking The Beatles), but I couldn't find any that didn't become unrecognizable at that size. If you have a better idea (or better luck), then by all means, go for it. -Aranel (" Sarah ") 23:37, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Re: Multi-stub
I've noticed people doing this too. Personally I think it's rather excessive; articles should have as little meta data in them as possible. In the case of Jupe, I believe the best solution is to cleave the two definitions into separate articles. If not that, then perhaps replace the two stub notices with a generic tag and manually include links to Category:Computer stubs and Category:Fashion stubs at the bottom. That way, even though the article contains stubby information on two topics, users searching for either fashion or computer stubs to improve will be able to find it. Does that sound reasonable? -- Hadal 03:27, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * A very bad move. The multi-stubbing is encouraged, as it serves a useful purpose. A generic "stub" tag will put an article into aone single large category (so large that it is seriously harming Wikipedia's servers), to be lost among other stubs on every conceivable subject. The subcategory stub tags are necessary to be able to (a) reduce the servers' workload, and (b) keep track of where the stubs are. By necessity, a proportion of articles fall into two categories - either they are on two separate subjects or on a subject that overlaps into two areas. Double-tagging them is the best way of ensuring that the stubs can be found easily by editors working on subjects that are related to them. If you wish to comment on this practice, I suggest you do so at WP:WSS, where it has been debated at length.  Grutness|hello? [[Image:Grutness.jpg|25px|]] 23:47, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Votes for deletion/Truelove Eyre
Nooooo. Please don't abstain. Yes, some of the points that Squibix were valid, but I have rewritten those sections and removed yet more of the unfounded assertions. The eight references that DS found appear to be independent of each other at least back to 1900, if not earlier. If it is a hoax or a conspiracy, then it's a very old one, and certainly nothing to do with the Eyre Empire nonsense. The article as it stands now is well supported by its references. GeorgeStepanek\talk  20:36, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I respect your decision, but I am getting rather frustrated by the opions expressed by people who clearly haven't taken a good look at the evidence, and who are basing their comments on the now irrelevant fact that the editor who start this article also wrote another article, which turned out to be completely spurious. They have't bothered to fairly assess the work that I have done to get this article on a sound footing. GeorgeStepanek\talk  00:42, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you! GeorgeStepanek\talk  01:19, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Philosophy of Chemistry
I received your note and appreciate the sentiment. Also, I appreciate the fact that the article in its early form was pretty much of a mess, and your skepticism, along with some others, as to whether it could be made into a real encyclopedia article was a valuable spur to those of us who thought it could be. That's how wiki is supposed to work! Doesn't it feel good when it does work out right? --Christofurio 21:15, Mar 10, 2005 (UTC)

Jupe
Hi Snowflake - you wrote: ''Could you please read the HTML comment right at the top of the article before you start editing next time? I don't mean it in a bad way, but the comment is there and it's quite clear.''
 * ... and is against stub sorting policy. If the article belongs in two stub categories, it gets either two stub messages, or is classified as a disambiguation page and gets none. In this case, it is actuually two short articles, each of which could be extended separately (and each of which can, in this way, have its individual stub template removed). I have reverted the file to the two stubs and removed the HTML message, since, as pointed out, this is not the way stubs are sorted. As to the article already being in both stub categories (which the HTML message stated), it was not. It is now, thanks to the two stub subcategory messages. Please do not change this... I don't want to have to revert it again. See also the comments at User_talk:Sn0wflake, above. Grutness|hello? [[Image:Grutness.jpg|25px|]] 23:43, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * replied. PS: I don't want to have to revert it again; please don't use that fucking tone with me. I'm not some vandal. Thanks. --Sn0wflake 03:16, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Hi again - You wrote:My bad for forgetting that the rules of the Wikipedia actively incentivate article cluttering (a general critic; nothing against you).
 * It's not an active incentive for article cluttering, it's a deliberate policy to stop Wikipedia crashing. The more articles a template is used on, the more damage it does to the servers. By adding Template: stub to the article, you added the most used template in Wikipedia (estimated to be on some 15,000 articles). The sheer number of articles with this stub is one of the primary reasons why this category is being split up. The other is to make it easier for editors to find stubs.  Grutness|hello? [[Image:Grutness.jpg|25px|]] 04:38, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)  PS - I apologise if you thought I was treating you like a vandal (although my tone was far less offensive than your response above). If you hadn't done something that looked like vandalism, I wouldn't have. Next time, do something more useful, like splitting the article into the two separate articles it deserves, rather than reverting an article that was being edited correctly.
 * Sure. That certainly looked like vandalism. Any fool can see that. I will make sure to do more productive things in the future, such as writing novel-lenght replies. Have a nice day. --Sn0wflake 03:27, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Heavy Metal genrebox
I have reverted the heavy metal genrebox back to cyan. Silver is already used for electronica.

Wikipedia's color guidlines for music genres is at WikiProject Music genres. If you want to make changes to it, please discuss them at the talk page.

Andros 1337 01:21, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Thank you for the information. --Sn0wflake 03:30, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

University of Nottingham
I am curious as to why you reverted my changes on the University of Nottingham page. Speaking as a current student of the institution, there are six faculties: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/general/schools.phtml

There are 30,000 students at the University: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/planning/statistics/summary.htm

I'm open to criticism and, as I'm pretty new to Wiki, pretty wet behind the ears too! As I'm not a registered user just yet, the name's John! -- 195.157.190.74

 * I am terribly sorry for this incident. I have replied on the Talk page of your IP. --Sn0wflake 01:44, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Edit Summary
I am starting to use edit summaries now as I have just discovered them. When i used to edit articles I just took no notice and didn't even notice it was there. However recently I have begun to use them. May I ask where you problems finding what I had done in an article or articles? - (Erebus555 16:11, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC))
 * Replied -- Sn0wflake

Thanks!
Thanks for the note, it's always nice to have people notice the work you do, I really enjoy working on this project. It's interesting to see a large group of strangers work together and get something real done in a (fairly ;) civil manner. Glad to be a part of it! Rx StrangeLove 21:12, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Shaman
Hi snowflake, i've reverted your edits to Shaman; the vast majority of people are looking for Shamanism, not the band, and regardless, the band already has an entry - Shaaman (band). (which has an explain relevance tag, btw, you might wanna fix it up.) thanks. --Heah 21:12, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
 * oh, i also put a disambig link to the band on top of the shamanism page. --Heah 21:16, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Fixed and tidyed everything. Thanks for the politeness. --Sn0wflake 23:39, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

of course! i figure this place works much better if people actually talk to each other. . . --Heah 09:18, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

Britannica
Heya, could you add the tag to articles that incorporate large parts of text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica? Thanks in advance. --Weyes 02:34, 2005 May 8 (UTC)
 * I overlooked it once. Thank you nevertheless. --Sn0wflake 02:39, 8 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I apologise if it came across as telling you off, it wasn't intended as such, merely a suggestion. I corrected the mistake, but it seemed prudent to also inform you. "… Teach a man to fish …" and all that. --W(t) 02:45, 2005 May 8 (UTC)

Mother-in-law joke
Hi, Sn0flake! I disagreed with your speedy deletion nomination of this article, so I put it on the Votes for deletion page instead. The debate is at Votes for deletion/Mother-in-law joke. Sjakkalle 07:32, 9 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Replied -- Sn0wflake

Stub pages centralisation
Hi Snowflake - I like the look of the new draft for the stub project - I've gone through it and tidied up one or two sentences here and there, and added a little bit. Mainly very minor stuff; the only real changes I made were in the unrevised section, plus the addition of one sentence in Creating and categorising stubs - "If an article overlaps two potential categories, two different stub templates may be used, but using more than two is strongly discouraged." Have a look and see what you think. Grutness...  wha?  04:54, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

User_talk:Sam_Spade#Heavy_metal_template
You certainly were offensive. Firstly you reverted nothing, have you had a look at the template history? Compare our two versions. Your change of colors was hardly a revert. It was a minor edit of my complete rewrite of an abysmal template. As far as my extremely minor (and amazingly easy to correct) mistake w Heavy metal vrs. heavy metal music... I am hardly scandalized. Start sending me a (fat) paycheck, and maybe I'll get a bit more choked up about minor errors such as that. As far as your ideas on colors, that was an arbitrary descision by a single editor, and hardly irrevocable. I suggest next time you be a bit more amiable to the person who comes in and corrects your work. Thank you for fixing that inwiki link btw, and I hope you have a nice day. Sam Spade 10:41, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

 * In hindsite I think i got a bit overly pissed off in the above. The thing is, I spent a very long time working on that template, and did a very good job IMO. Sam Spade 15:30, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Quite an answer for a terse comment. If you can't work on a group project, I suggest you create your own Wiki. That template was most certainly not my work, if that wasn't clear enough. --Sn0wflake 19:59, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

 * I've been here since 2003, and have made over 20,000 edits (#43 in total edits), so I'm unconvinced that I can't work on a group project. Cheers, Sam Spade 12:20, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Replied -- Sn0wflake

My apology
Stubs in my "subpages" - yes, sorry, I tend to forget that "stub" is now much more than just a message. (How does this page get away with having one?) Robin Patterson 05:58, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

Later - noting your reply; you didn't sound too business-like; perfectly polite and valid request. And as for my mention of your page - right this instant I can still see below this editing-box the following:

Templates used on this page:
 * Template:Stub
 * Template:Band-stub --Robin Patterson 20:07, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Replied -- Sn0wflake

Uwe Kils
Hallo Mark - thank you - keep up with your fine work - best greetings. --Uwe 68.46.71.104 03:39, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

Find and fix a stub
This page and Stub contain different information and redirecting would lose the info which is there now. Please don't revert again until we've discussed the reasons for redirecting on the talk page. Mgm|(talk) 16:13, May 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * After reading your message on SimonP's talk page, I understand your motives. Please make sure all the info from this page is presserved in the other article before redirecting again. Mgm|(talk) 16:17, May 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * In case you find something is out of place, feel free to edit the article. Cheers. --Sn0wflake 16:40, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

Re: Opeth
Hi. Regarding your recent edit to Opeth, I'm wondering why you felt the statistics section cluttered the article. Cheers—Trevor Caira 22:48, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Hello there. Yes, the Statistic section is, as I see it, the worst idea on the Wikipedia. It merely repeats what is said on the lead section, only in a less informative way. Yesterday I went through all of the articles on List of Death Metal bands eliminating the Statistic section (and merging whatever useful information I found into the lead section) and fixing the articles in the best way I could, since they were mostly on a bad shape. Do you feel the Statistics section is useful? Only one editor has told me that in the entirety of my time here, but I do respect all points of view. Cheers. --Sn0wflake 23:13, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I see your point. Good work, and thanks—Trevor Caira 16:36, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

Stubs
Hi Snowflake - you wrote: ''With the help of your tireless work on the WP:WSS project, we have finally reached the elusive goal of getting rid of generic stubs. It has been a pleasure working with you for these past months. I would also like to formally apologise for anything I said to you in the past. That lies, most certainly, in the past, but I would like that to make that completely clear. Cheers!''

I think we all got a bit heated at times - it was a very big task - and I too apologise for any harsh words there may have been on my part. The main part of the task is done now with Category:stub being virtually empty, but there is still more to do. It's been great - if hard - work over the past few months, and you and others have done immense amounts at getting the stubs sorted as far as they have been. I look forward to working with you again! :) Grutness...  wha?  02:41, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

Subject Matter Expert/Temp
Hi. Could you please explain why you removed the stub template from this page? I found your edit summary "Please do not use the stub template on User pages.)" a little cryptic. This is not a user page; it is a new article waiting for the copyvio at Subject Matter Expert to be cleared up.  Are you suggesting that this won't be a stub after it's moved? Thanks. Bovlb 03:20, 2005 May 31 (UTC)
 * Replied -- Sn0wflake

Thanks for reminding
Noticed that you'd removed the stub template from User:Sundar/Srinath Srinivasa with a friendly note. I forgot to remove the stub template when I moved it from article namespace to my user space. Thanks. -- 03:59, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * You are welcome, no problem at all. --Sn0wflake 14:45, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Heyas
Heyas, I've seen you've been randomly popping up a lot on my watchlist for some reason so I thought I'd say hello. Hope your editing is going well. Let me know if you ever need any help! Have a nice day! -SocratesJedi | Talk 04:09, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Replied, thank you very much. --Sn0wflake 14:45, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Krill
Hallo Sn0flake! can you please take a look at Featured article candidates, maybe help with some editing/formatting/vote - best greetings --Uwe Kils 20:34, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Hallo Mark! thank you for the fast response and help - the featuring is not so important for us, but the help in editing and language - keep up with your fine work for wikipedia --Uwe Kils 01:50, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

Thank you everybody
I would like to express my thanks to everybody helping in the nomination of Antarctic krill. I think 3 1/2 supports and a long long discussion are an unexpected and great outcome for a critter so remote and unknown - you should see how little and poor Antarctic krill is represented in Encarta and Britannica - this is the best reviewed and resourced general article of krill we know of - it is impossible to fullfill all wishes at the same time - this is what we did with our all product peer review stamp to qualify this stage of the article for academic exercises, especially for our dreams of a Virtual university within Wikiversity - good luck to you all Uwe Kils 21:48, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * You are welcome. --Sn0wflake 14:45, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)

A question
Hi Sn0wflake - have you ever thought of becoming an admin? I'm willing to nominate you if you like... Grutness...  wha?  23:41, 18 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Done. Now all you've got to do is go over to Requests_for_adminship/Sn0wflake and accept and answer... oh, you know the drill :) Grutness...  wha?  00:35, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thank you!
Many thanks for your support for my RfA nomination, I appreciate it! Schissel : bowl listen 02:20, Jun 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * You are welcome and congratulations on your great work on the Wikipedia. --Sn0wflake 02:23, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Thanks!
Thanks for supporting me on my RfA. It's always nice to get some positive feedback. I hope I can put my new abilities to some good use. -- grm_wnr Esc  17:35, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

My RFA
Thank you for supporting my RFA. Guettarda 00:15, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for letting me know. I'll fiddle with the page.  Guettarda 00:30, 21 Jun 2005 (UTC)

For some reason (article size?) I can't add edits at adminship page, but...
... no hard feelings at all, I think I understand your position. Just wanted to make sure I covered all the bases. Peace, BrandonYusufToropov 00:29, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Hey
Sorry about that... have fixed :-) Good luck with the RFA! - Ta bu shi da yu 03:33, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Requests for adminship/Sn0wflake
We didn't mean to be confusing with our comments at our vote at WP:RFA. There are a few Users that we follow for a refreshing and interesting perspective (which helps us with our own NPOV). Your work here is good sets a good example. We're confident of your success in this nomination and your upcoming administrative duties. Cheers, hydnjo talk 22:57, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh, and congratulations. You Administrator you. Our warmest regards,  hydnjo talk 01:47, 26 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
Hi - I noticed that you've just deleted someone's article on the Wham! song Wake Me Up Before You Go Go ... I had spotted this seconds before and noticed that it contained zero content, and so was just about to rewrite it, but then it went. A (probably stupid) question: because I know it has been deleted, do I now have to list this on Votes for Undeletion or can I go ahead and make the edits I was going to make without doing that? - SP-KP 28 June 2005 19:17 (UTC)
 * Replied -- Sn0wflake

RfA Thanks
Thank you for your support in my recent RfA nomination. I appreciate the vote of confidence you have provided me. --Allen3 talk July 1, 2005 14:25 (UTC)

Hey
That's really great, it's great to have people that dedicate time to writing large and informative articles on bands, especially heavy metal bands. -- Exsequor

Wikibooks: Secret of Mana
Hi,

I've just started a wikibook, concerning Secret of Mana. Maybe you want to join in? Shanul 7 July 2005 16:02 (UTC)
 * Great! Shanul 7 July 2005 16:36 (UTC)

Deletion
Why did you delete Penny Brown? It's a notable hoax that has been mentioned on Snopes. --WikiFan04ß 16:09, 10 Jul 2005 (CDT)
 * Replied -- Sn0wflake

Journalist
I appreciate the fact that you did not attack me the way some users did (Im not calling any names). Anyway, the only thing I did was remove the reference tag and the references because I was under the impression that we had all come to the consensus that it was not needed. For my mistake, I really apologise. That was all I did. The word 'impeccable' at her vocal profile was POV and I take that back but I still dont know how 'expansive' can be described as POV as many are arguing. Also, someone added something about her singing up to C8 and hitting an E2 in 'Whenever you call'. I changed it, but someone put it back on so now her profile is saying thst she can sing from E2-C8 (thats 5 octaves and about 5 notes). Im not gonna change it; i was told not to edit the article remember? Extraordinary Machine presented a link that showed my recent edits and it made it seemed like I deliberately tried to destroy the thing. An entire paragraph is there that looks like I deleted it or something, but I did not. As stated, I apologise for making an honest mistake. I provided a link where ref can be found,(Mariah carey archive), but no one followed it. Journalist 21:18, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * RE:Mariah carey article
 * I hope to have been of help. -- Sn0wflake

Thanks!
I appreciate your note on my talk page. I'm sure you'll agree that sometimes it can get hot in here, but believe me, I try to keep my cool whenever possible. It's just hard to do this when somebody says things like "Why don't you fools stop getting your panties in a bunch over nothing and let the article be!" (in reference to the Mariah Carey article). Extraordinary Machine 23:08, 14 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I hope to have been of help. -- Sn0wflake

CSD
Hi there! I am writing a short essay on the present CSD proposal and the reactions to it, because I think it shows some interesting thoughts that preside in the WikiCommunity, and such an essay may be an interesting article for the Signpost, or a useful read for anyone who wishes to propose anything in the future. Anyway I wanted to ask you about your comment, "There is absolutely no sense in basing a policy on a guideline". Could you please explain a bit what you mean? We have in the past created policy out of some other guidelines, e.g. the 3RR policy which used to be a guideline. Or did you mean that a policy page should not refer to a guideline page for its decisions? I can certainly understand (and sometimes agree with) people opposing an idea because of improper procedure, but if that is the case I would like to write that into the essay so that better procedures will be used in the future. Thanks for your time! Radiant_ >|< 13:01, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
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 * Okay, thanks for explaining that. Of course a rule is only as strong as its weakest link. What would you suggest to be done about it? E.g. mark the guideline as policy instead, or copy/paste it into the policy? This is not necessarily about this particular case, but it is quite possible at some point in the future that someone will want to promote a guideline to policy status. Yours, Radiant_ >|< 11:52, July 18, 2005 (UTC)
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Thanks!
Thanks for the input regarding the stub tag at the Sam Seder article. I'll remove the stub tag. =) Also, thanks for cleaning up the sentence structure and wording. I didn't like how it looked myself, but wasn't sure what would be an improvement. It looks better now. ZachsMind 11:27, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
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Articles on Bands
While I can see hat most years in discographies may be redundantly wikied, it is not always the case. The biography part does not always list the years. In any case, I do not feel stronlgy at all about this (less work on my part in any case). On the other matter, the only band that I did change the lineup was Edguy where for some reason it listed their birthdays as well, which is something I haven't seen in any other band article and in any case belongs in the artist personal article rather than on the band page. I think the best way to go about this is to have an blank band page to serve as a baseline and guide for new members. --DB0 14:16, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
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Stevey7788's RFA
I am not quite sure I understand your comment (and since this is more personal clarification than anything, I thought your talk page would be the best place to ask.) Are you saying that we should not have admins who find such things offensive? Y0u (Y0ur talk page) (Y0ur contributions) 21:10, July 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * I now understand exactly what you were saying but still stand by my vote and nomination. Also, it did seem that two of the five oppose votes (SPUI and yours "per SPUI") were on the basis of that general attitude, if not the edits them selves.  Thank you for taking the time to clarify this for me! Y0u (Y0ur talk page) (Y0ur contributions) 21:30, July 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Hello Sn0wflake, you really didn't say anything bad at all. Thanks for being concerned about what you were writing and sharing your opinion with others, which is what I really appreciated about you. Thank you again for participating in my RfA. — Stevey7788 (talk) 00:35, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

WPSS-cat
I'm sorry if I have misunderstood the proper use of WPSS-cat). I thought its mention had been accidentally removed during recent valdalism and repair of Stub. I now see you removed it delibrately. Please explain to me how you think the template ought to be used. Thank you DES 22:33, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

See this talk page. I should see a response there. DES 22:48, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Hi Mark - the purpose of the template is to simply state that the category was created by the stub sorting wikiproject, and any creation of new subcategories for it should be cleared with WP:WSS before being made. It's just an attempt to stop the proliferation of useless stub templates and categories that cause so much extra work for the project. (Oh, and thanks for your comment re AR-geo-stub. Tobias Conradi is being a royal pain, carrying his argument for the redirect onto several different talk pages) Grutness...  wha?  01:12, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

Edguy
Many thanks for wikifying the article. --jakobpr 11:29, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

 * thanks again for welcoming me, and I hope that I will soon get acquainted with the usual formats of the English Wikipedia. Normally I'm writing in the German Wikipedia (I'm from Austria), and there are some differences between the usual formats of both sites. --jakobpr 12:33, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Your deletion is overkill

 * 08:26, July 22, 2005 Sn0wflake deleted "BlockView" (content was: 'BlockView is an A9.com service that provides a Yellow Page-like directory with window-shopping images. ' (and the only contributor was 'Toytoy'))

I created this stub at about 06:20 and you killed it 2 hours later. What were you doing? And you even said "and the only contributor was 'Toytoy'". Well, do you expect other people to contribute this article in a matter of 2 hours?

BlockView is a real thing. It was mentioned in the A9.com article. If everything goes well, it'll be a very useful service (while you're deleting this article, I was testing it). Can you restrain your urge to delete? Can you do some fact-checking? -- Toytoy 17:14, July 22, 2005 (UTC)
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Thanks for the help
You are welcome :) --Witkacy 07:45, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Neopets Gameplay - Sect Stub
I guess you were right in changing cvg back to sect, but now I am beginning to wonder if it is even a stub anymore. Should we move Gameplay to its own article to avoid further lengthening the Neopets article? --Ryan 08:02, July 24, 2005 (UTC)
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RfC: Boothy443
I think he deserves an appearance there by now, and as the target of his edit summary attacks, I thought I'd ask if you'll comment. Requests_for_comment/Boothy443. Hedley 14:55, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you for bringing this up. -- Sn0wflake

Fucking Amal
The UK and Australia also used the "Show Me Love" title, as far as I know.

Also, most people in the UK, the USA, and Australia speak English. Most people in Sweden speak Swedish. Therefore, the English Wikipedia uses the English title. WhisperToMe 15:22, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

 * I'll use RFC...
 * "As far as I am aware, the Wikipedia has no rules, and is based solely on consensus. In this case, out of all the people who have expressed an opinion on the matter, only one has stated that "Show Me Love" is the ideal title. "

 * 1. There are rules that are derived from consensus, and...
 * 2. Two people, not one, expressed preference for "Show Me Love"

 * Edit: Listed it in requested moves... WhisperToMe 19:18, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

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Counts of the County of Barcelona, 801–1162.

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Talk:Citroën AX

what does mpg mean?
"In 1989 ... mpg ... gallons" Are these US gallons or imperial gallons (the values are significantly different,see fuel efficiency) Notinasnaid 14:38, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Still no takers? I feel obliged to delete the figures in that case, since they are potentially very misleading. Notinasnaid 16:44, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)

For the Talbot based on the AX, see the link. Thanks.

the specifics are not correct, succesors; space ship one etc.

On their site it says this was in 1994 and it was a diesel (i think) http://www.citroen.com/CWW/fr-FR/HISTORY/CITROENHISTORY/1990TO1999/1994.htm ("L'AX Eco bat le record mondial de la consommation avec 2,7 litres aux 100 km et marque un pas décisif dans les véhicules Diesel.")

The article needs to be cleaned up! Smelling like pensioner? Made like tin cans?

-I think someone was having a personal rant. Mine doesn't leak (much) and certainly doesn't smell of grannies. However, I would say that thier construction was more akin to crisp packets rather then tin-cans. I'd feel *safe* in a tin can. (Barnzi)

Removed the ranting as it's of no use to anyone. This is an encyclopedia and is not the place for unfounded claims and personal opinions. "Encyclopedic content must be verifiable."

 * Is it just me or should Wiki articles NOT include first person and anecdotal information? I'd take it out but I don't know what to put in its place...someone should fix this article!!

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Tolerance interval

A tolerance interval (TI) is a statistical interval within which, with some confidence level, a specified sampled proportion of a population falls. "More specifically, a $100×p%/100×(1−α)$ tolerance interval provides limits within which at least a certain proportion (p) of the population falls with a given level of confidence (1−α)." "A (p, 1−α) tolerance interval (TI) based on a sample is constructed so that it would include at least a proportion p of the sampled population with confidence 1−α; such a TI is usually referred to as p-content − (1−α) coverage TI." "A (p, 1−α) upper tolerance limit (TL) is simply a 1−α upper confidence limit for the 100 p percentile of the population."

Definition
Given
 * observations $$\mathbf{x}=(x_1,\ldots,x_n)$$ which are realization of independent random variables $$\mathbf{X}=(X_1,\ldots,X_n)$$ which have a common distribution $$F_\theta$$, with unknown parameter $$\theta$$
 * a random variable $$X_0$$ from the same distribution $$F_\theta$$ and independent of the first $$n$$ variables.

Then a tolerance interval with endpoints $$(L(\mathbf{x}), U(\mathbf{x})]$$ which has the defining property: $$\inf_\theta\{{\Pr}_\theta\left(F_\theta(U(\mathbf{X})) - F_\theta(L(\mathbf{X})\right) \ge p)\} = 100(1-\alpha)$$, without referring to a sample $$X_0$$.

This is in contrast to a prediction interval with endpoints $$[l(\mathbf{x}), u(\mathbf{x})]$$ has the defining property $$ \inf_\theta\{{\Pr}_\theta(X_0 \in [l(\mathbf{X}), u(\mathbf{X})])\}= 100(1-\alpha)$$.

Calculation
One-sided normal tolerance intervals have an exact solution in terms of the sample mean and sample variance based on the noncentral t-distribution. Two-sided normal tolerance intervals can be obtained based on the noncentral chi-squared distribution.

Relation to other intervals
"In the parameters-known case, a 95% tolerance interval and a 95% prediction interval are the same." If we knew a population's exact parameters, we would be able to compute a range within which a certain proportion of the population falls. For example, if we know a population is normally distributed with mean $$\mu$$ and standard deviation $$\sigma$$, then the interval $$\mu \pm 1.96\sigma$$ includes 95% of the population (1.96 is the z-score for 95% coverage of a normally distributed population).

However, if we have only a sample from the population, we know only the sample mean $$\hat{\mu}$$ and sample standard deviation $$\hat{\sigma}$$, which are only estimates of the true parameters. In that case, $$\hat{\mu} \pm 1.96\hat{\sigma}$$ will not necessarily include 95% of the population, due to variance in these estimates. A tolerance interval bounds this variance by introducing a confidence level $$\gamma$$, which is the confidence with which this interval actually includes the specified proportion of the population. For a normally distributed population, a z-score can be transformed into a "k factor" or tolerance factor for a given $$\gamma$$ via lookup tables or several approximation formulas. "As the degrees of freedom approach infinity, the prediction and tolerance intervals become equal."

The tolerance interval is less widely known than the confidence interval and prediction interval, a situation some educators have lamented, as it can lead to misuse of the other intervals where a tolerance interval is more appropriate.

The tolerance interval differs from a confidence interval in that the confidence interval bounds a single-valued population parameter (the mean or the variance, for example) with some confidence, while the tolerance interval bounds the range of data values that includes a specific proportion of the population. Whereas a confidence interval's size is entirely due to sampling error, and will approach a zero-width interval at the true population parameter as sample size increases, a tolerance interval's size is due partly to sampling error and partly to actual variance in the population, and will approach the population's probability interval as sample size increases.

The tolerance interval is related to a prediction interval in that both put bounds on variation in future samples. However, the prediction interval only bounds a single future sample, whereas a tolerance interval bounds the entire population (equivalently, an arbitrary sequence of future samples). In other words, a prediction interval covers a specified proportion of a population on average, whereas a tolerance interval covers it with a certain confidence level, making the tolerance interval more appropriate if a single interval is intended to bound multiple future samples.

Examples
gives the following example: "So consider once again a proverbial EPA mileage test scenario, in which several nominally identical autos of a particular model are tested to produce mileage figures $y_1, y_2, ..., y_n$. If such data are processed to produce a 95% confidence interval for the mean mileage of the model, it is, for example, possible to use it to project the mean or total gasoline consumption for the manufactured fleet of such autos over their first 5,000 miles of use. Such an interval, would however, not be of much help to a person renting one of these cars and wondering whether the (full) 10-gallon tank of gas will suffice to carry him the 350 miles to his destination. For that job, a prediction interval would be much more useful. (Consider the differing implications of being '95% sure' that $\mu \ge 35$ as opposed to being '95% sure' that $y_{n+1} \ge 35$.) But neither a confidence interval for $\mu$ nor a prediction interval for a single additional mileage is exactly what is needed by a design engineer charged with determining how large a gas tank the model really needs to guarantee that 99% of the autos produced will have a 400-mile cruising range. What the engineer really needs is a tolerance interval for a fraction $p = .99$ of mileages of such autos."

Another example is given by: "The air lead levels were collected from $n=15$ different areas within the facility. It was noted that the log-transformed lead levels fitted a normal distribution well (that is, the data are from a lognormal distribution. Let $\mu$ and $\sigma^2$, respectively, denote the population mean and variance for the log-transformed data. If $X$ denotes the corresponding random variable, we thus have $X \sim \mathcal{N}(\mu, \sigma^2)$. We note that $\exp(\mu)$ is the median air lead level. A confidence interval for $\mu$ can be constructed the usual way, based on the t-distribution; this in turn will provide a confidence interval for the median air lead level. If $\bar{X}$ and $S$ denote the sample mean and standard deviation of the log-transformed data for a sample of size n, a 95% confidence interval for $\mu$ is given by $\bar{X} \pm t_{n-1,0.975} S / \sqrt{n}$, where $t_{m,1-\alpha}$ denotes the $1-\alpha$ quantile of a t-distribution with $m$ degrees of freedom. It may also be of interest to derive a 95% upper confidence bound for the median air lead level. Such a bound for $\mu$ is given by $\bar{X} + t_{n-1,0.95} S / \sqrt{n}$. Consequently, a 95% upper confidence bound for the median air lead is given by $\exp{\left( \bar{X} + t_{n-1,0.95} S / \sqrt{n} \right)}$. Now suppose we want to predict the air lead level at a particular area within the laboratory. A 95% upper prediction limit for the log-transformed lead level is given by $\bar{X} + t_{n-1,0.95} S \sqrt{\left( 1 + 1/n \right)}$. A two-sided prediction interval can be similarly computed. The meaning and interpretation of these intervals are well known. For example, if the confidence interval $\bar{X} \pm t_{n-1,0.975} S / \sqrt{n}$ is computed repeatedly from independent samples, 95% of the intervals so computed will include the true value of $\mu$, in the long run. In other words, the interval is meant to provide information concerning the parameter $\mu$ only. A prediction interval has a similar interpretation, and is meant to provide information concerning a single lead level only. Now suppose we want to use the sample to conclude whether or not at least 95% of the population lead levels are below a threshold. The confidence interval and prediction interval cannot answer this question, since the confidence interval is only for the median lead level, and the prediction interval is only for a single lead level. What is required is a tolerance interval; more specifically, an upper tolerance limit. The upper tolerance limit is to be computed subject to the condition that at least 95% of the population lead levels is below the limit, with a certain confidence level, say 99%."

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Thomas Brussig

Thomas Brussig (born 1964) is a German writer best known for his satirical novels that deal with the German Democratic Republic.

Life
Brussig was born in East Berlin. After attending the "Heinrich-Hertz" School, he went on to train as a builder. In 1984 he finished school and training, and served in the East German National People's Army (German: Nationale Volksarmee or NVA). Brussig found it difficult to wield a weapon and had a hard time. He worked as a museum guard, cleaner and hotel porter among a variety of other odd jobs until the early 90s. In 1990 he studied sociology at the Free University of Berlin. He changed universities 3 years later to study the art of film-making. He graduated in the year 2000.

Thomas Brussig commutes back and forth from Berlin to Mecklenburg as a writer and is married.

Works
Brussig's first novel, Wasserfarben ("Watercolors") was published in 1991 under the pseudonym "Cordt Berneburger." In 1995, he published his breakthrough novel, Helden wie wir (Heroes Like Us, FSG 1997), which dealt with the fall of the Berlin Wall. The book was a critical and commercial success and was later turned into a movie. Two movies of his books have been released, "Helden wie wir" and "Sonnenallee".

Filmography

 * 1999: Sonnenallee – Dir. Leander Haußmann (with Detlev Buck, Robert Stadlober, Alexander Beyer)
 * 1999: Heroes Like Us – Dir. Sebastian Peterson

Awards

 * 2000 Hans Fallada Prize

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Arthur Kane

Arthur Harold Kane Jr. (February 3, 1949 – July 13, 2004) was an American musician best known as the bass guitarist for the pioneering glam rock band the New York Dolls. Kane was a founding member of the Dolls in 1971 and remained an integral part of the band until he was forced out in 1975, shortly after the departure of Johnny Thunders and Jerry Nolan. In 2004, after decades of estrangement from Dolls singer David Johansen, Kane rejoined the surviving Dolls (Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain) to rehearse and play a reunion concert in London, which was the subject of the 2005 documentary New York Doll. In addition to his bass playing, Kane was known for his subculture fashion sense and for uttering original aphorisms in his uniquely toned voice.

Kane's nickname, "Killer", was inspired by the first article written about the Dolls in which the journalist described Kane's "killer bass playing". Kane also said that it was inspired by the adversary of the 1930s' science fiction hero Buck Rogers, a villainous character named Killer Kane.

Early life
Kane was born in The Bronx, New York City, the only child of Erna and Harold Kane. His mother's ancestors had immigrated from Sweden. Arthur was close to his mother and her aunt, his Aunt Millie, who used to like to listen to Elvis records. The first word that he learned as a young child was "record". When Arthur was seventeen, his mother died of cancer (leukemia). His father was an abusive alcoholic and, when he quickly remarried, Arthur left home for good. He graduated from Martin Van Buren High School in Queens. He first played bass in the band Actress along with other original New York Dolls: Johnny Thunders, Rick Rivets and Billy Murcia.

Kane attended Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York as a Food Science and Management student. During his early years there, Kane socialized with art students such as Eric Marshall in the Pratt dormitory on Willoughby Avenue. Marshall was later, through association with the retro New Wave band Marbles, recruited on saxophone for fellow-Doll Sylvain's short-lived Criminals. Kane was always interested in music. By his third year at Pratt he had stopped attending classes, was sharing an apartment with Dave Trott, and wanted to start a band. At twenty-one he inherited money that he used to move to Amsterdam hoping to find like-minded musicians.

The New York Dolls
After returning home after spending about a year in Amsterdam, Kane had been noticing a charismatic figure around New York City with avant-garde hair and clothes who would shortly take on the name Johnny Thunders. Kane decided to approach him one day in front of a West Village pizzeria (accompanied by Rick Rivets, who had heard that Johnny was a musician) to ask him if he wanted to get together sometime to jam on their instruments. Shortly thereafter they all met at a rehearsal studio, where they had booked some time, located in the West Thirties area of New York City (Johnny brought along his friend Billy Murcia to play drums). Kane later wrote in his autobiography that as he was about to enter the studio space he heard Johnny's original style of playing electric guitar: "It was raunchy, nasty, rough, raw, and untamed," adding, "His sound was rich and fat and beautiful, like a voice." Kane had originally envisioned himself as being the guitar player of the band but in that moment offered to pick up a Fender bass to accompany saying, "I know exactly what to play with what you're playing on guitar. Let's hear what it sounds like." Adding, "And it sounded great to us. We had hit the nail on the head."

Sometime after that event, Kane then approached future Dolls singer David Johansen. As Johansen explains it: "Sometime in '71–72 there was a knock on my apartment door on East 6th Street. I opened it to find Arthur and Billy in platforms with Arthur a good foot and a half taller (I had to look up). He said 'I heard you're a singer.' The tone of his voice was kind of ethereal for a boy with such an imposing presence, and I have to say that I was both amused and intrigued by him, so we went to Johnny Thunders' apartment on 10th Street and started to play some music and just like that I was a New York Doll."

Killer Kane was known for his outrageous outfits such as one-piece body stockings, large bow-ties, and thigh-high, neon-colored platform boots. Kane created many original and infamous looks by scouring shops in London, "combing through Amsterdam's Waterlooplein flea market during all of 1970", and "various Brooklyn thrift shops". Mixing pop art with music, the Dolls sought to create a persona as "larger-than-life rock-and-roll comic book superheroes", or as if they were a band from outer space – concepts that were expanded upon in one form or another not much later by other bands such as KISS. In addition to his signature bass sound, Kane had a unique way of performing on stage. As rock photographer Bob Gruen explained, while playing bass Kane "moved a bit robotically, kind of like a giant Frankenstein." Throughout his tenure with the Dolls, Kane dated a succession of atypically tall women, including Stacia of Hawkwind.

The Dolls put out two studio albums, 1973's New York Dolls and 1974's Too Much Too Soon. The Dolls influenced several bands that came soon after with the emerging Punk scene such as the Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Damned, and Generation X; and were a precursor to 80's Glam metal bands such as Mötley Crüe, Cinderella, and Poison.

Their drummer, Billy Murcia, died from an accidental overdose while they were touring England in 1972. Plagued by bad management, drug and alcohol abuse, and cliques forming within the group, the band broke up in 1975 – Kane's last experience with the band that year being a shouting match in a trailer court in Florida.

Post-Dolls
After the Dolls broke up, Kane collaborated with Blackie Lawless (who would later form W.A.S.P.) on a project dubbed Killer Kane, which resulted in the single "Mr. Cool." Lawless was an old friend from New York City and had replaced Johnny Thunders during the ill-fated Florida tour in 1975.

After the Dolls, Kane was involved in several projects including: playing bass in the band formed by Sid Vicious (who had a brief solo career in 1978 after the Sex Pistols); being a member of The Idols (with Jerry Nolan), and The Corpse Grinders (with Rick Rivets); and joining Johnny Thunders on a few tours in the 1980s.

These projects failed to turn into long-term gigs, and Kane began to feel that there was no longer any place in the music business for him; that what little material success he had achieved with the Dolls was to be the high-water mark of his career. Kane saw himself living in poverty and obscurity for the rest of his life. As this bitter realization gripped him, band after band directly inspired by the Dolls catapulted to stardom, and the other members of the Dolls continued their careers. Lead singer of the Dolls, David Johansen, who Kane viewed as a rival, found success as Buster Poindexter.

As a result, Kane grew frustrated with music (although he continued playing and in fact learned harmonica during this period). He relocated from New York City to Los Angeles, but he could not escape his regrets. His envy and creative block, coupled with alcoholism and the breakdown of his marriage, led to a deepening depression. Although urban myth frames Kane as a drug addict, this was not the case; his true downfall was alcohol. After seeing David Johansen as the Ghost of Christmas Past in the comedy Scrooged, Arthur, in his depression, got drunk and jumped out of a second storey window. Although a planter box partially broke his fall, the impact caused slight neural damage and affected his speech.

In 1992 Kane was walking home from a party for the Red Hot Chili Peppers when someone attacked him and he was later found in a ditch near his apartment. His injuries were severe enough that he was in physical therapy to learn how to walk and talk again. A rumor then circulated that he was a victim of the Rodney King riots, but that was another urban legend. Nobody actually knows what happened and he might have simply been mugged by a "violent street person". For several years Kane lived in a small studio apartment in West Hollywood where he was just scraping by financially.

Kane surprised all who knew him when in 1989 he joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1998 Kane started volunteer work as a librarian assisting the public with genealogy at the Family History Center at the Los Angeles Temple. It was while browsing the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) on microfilm one day in the genealogy library that Kane discovered that his father, with whom Arthur had been estranged since the death of his mother in 1966, was deceased.

New York Dolls reunion and film
In the early 2000s, Kane met filmmaker Greg Whiteley through his work with the Latter-day Saints, and the two became friends. Whiteley commented that all Kane ever talked about was how he wished that he could somehow get the Dolls back together. Whiteley started shopping around the idea of doing a film on Kane's life. Coincidentally, in 2004 Morrissey—who for decades had been a high-profile fan of the Dolls—offered Kane an opportunity to perform a reunion show with the surviving Dolls (David Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain) at the Royal Festival Hall in London as part of his Meltdown Festival (former band members Johnny Thunders died in 1991 at age 38, and Jerry Nolan in 1992 at age 45). When Kane called Whiteley to ask for a ride to the pawn shop to retrieve his bass guitar, Whiteley asked if he could bring along a camera. From there Whiteley filmed Kane's experiences preparing for the reunion, rehearsing with the Dolls in New York, and reconciling with Johansen, culminating in two sold-out shows in London; which for Kane was all a fulfillment of a nearly thirty-year dream. Whiteley's footage resulted in the 2005 Sundance-featured documentary, New York Doll. "For thirty years I've been ignored and been living in obscurity and been told that I'm just a loser. And now, well we want to get back to that same excitement. But I have to get used to it. It's something that I haven't dealt with in thirty years."

Death and legacy
On July 13, 2004, just 22 days after the reunion concert, Kane thought that he had caught the flu in London and checked himself into a Los Angeles hospital, complaining of fatigue. He was quickly diagnosed with leukemia, and died within two hours. He was 55 years old. Johansen described Kane as "nonjudgmental, bawdy and holy."

Annual tributes to Kane's lasting memory and influence were held at the Continental in New York City until its closing in 2006. Singer-songwriter Robyn Hitchcock wrote a tribute to Kane, "N.Y. Doll", for his 2006 album, Olé! Tarantula. In 2009 Kane's autobiography was published entitled, I, Doll: Life and Death with the New York Dolls, with the foreword and epilogue written by Barbara Kane.

Kane met Barbara (née Garrison) when he was with the Dolls, and they were married in 1977. Although they were separated for many years, their divorce never became finalized. She was interviewed for the New York Doll documentary, portions of which are interspersed within the film's narrative.

In 2005 the documentary, New York Dolls: All Dolled Up, was released on DVD. The directors, rock photographer Bob Gruen, and his then wife, Nadya Beck, owned an early video camera and shot many hours of footage of the Dolls in the early 1970s. Edited down to 95 minutes, the black and white film shows the Dolls in different locales, such as backstage or at an airport, and documents several of the Dolls' live performances in New York City and California. Kane appears in some of the footage wearing a plaster cast on his left arm. This was the result of his volatile girlfriend Connie Gripp (1947–1983) attempting to cut off his thumb so that he would be unable to play bass anymore. In his autobiography, fellow bass player and Dolls fan Dee Dee Ramone mentioned Kane when discussing Connie, whom he himself later dated. Dee Dee and Connie's similarly violent and tumultuous relationship would inspire the 1977 Ramones song "Glad to See You Go".

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Double redirects
Hi Känsterle,

Like I asked you yesterday on your talk page at Dutch wikipedia, could you please solve the double redirects on Leopold William of Austria (10) and Alfred I Fürst zu Windisch-Graetz (17). I already solved the double redirect you left on Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, trying to be helpful. --Francis Schonken 08:53, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

The Winter Queen
Please take a look at Talk:Elisabeth of Bohemia. Arrigo 15:20, 1 September 2005 (UTC)

Władysław II Jagiełło vs Jagiello
Since you voted on Sigismund II Vasa, maybe you would like to vote or discuss Talk:Władysław II Jagiełło ? Juraune 08:23, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello
You put the template "factual accuracy disputed" above the Jan Kappeyne van de Coppello article, but you have not explained why. What's wrong with the article? C mon 08:25, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

You're right, I forgot. The article suggests he was the first Prime Minister, which is not the case (just check Prime Minister of the Netherlands). Känsterle 08:34, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Onterechte blokkade door jou (ferm overdreven)
Het is zo gegaan als Tuvic opmerkt: ik zou enorm graag hebben dat je me dan deblokkeert, alsjeblieft. Nota bene heeft "Limowreck" gelijk: ik wou niet provoceren => dat kopje moet apart staan, en dat staat nog altijd zo, dus mijn terechte wijziging daar blijft staan, maar jij blokkeert mij nu zogezegd daarvoor, én ik loog evenmin, want na die waarschuwing verbeterde ik niet meer. Extremely sexy 13:10, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Template: Monarchs of the Netherlands
Hi Känsterle,

I disagree with your statement that it would be nonsense to put Queen Juliana and Beatrix in the houses of Mecklenburg and Lippe. Just the fact that female inheritance of the regnal title is allowed, does not mean that the family name (e.g. the House) gets inherited the same way. In fact, on the page of Queen Beatrix herself, it says: "'Patrilineal descent is the principle behind membership in royal houses, as it can be traced back through the generations - which means that if Beatrix were to choose an historically accurate house name it would be Lippe, as all her male-line ancestors have been of that house.'" Compare with the British King Edward VII, who also was of a different House, after Queen Victoria inherited, as a female, the british throne.

However, as it also says on the page of Queen Beatrix, the House of Orange-Nassau could be seen as a cadet branch of the House of Lippe (just as it was a cadet branch of the House of Mecklenburg during the reign of Queen Juliana. Therefore you are correct to chance the template. Rysz 07:56, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

 * The name of the Dutch Royal Family is and has ever been Orange-Nassau. This so called "historically accurate house name" is not supported by any laws. Känsterle 10:00, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

 * Regarding the law, I've juse done some checking in old 'Koninklijke Besluiten' (Royal Degrees), and you're right, there is no law supporting any other house name. In fact, the name Orange-Nassau, is by law the name of the royal house. (KB 08-feb-1901). Thank you for correcting me.Rysz 12:43, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

Anne Frank Boom
Good compromise here. Thanks. User:Krator (t c) 21:22, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

Image:BeideSicilien.png listed for deletion
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Alexander of Greece
If you contest the move you should do a requested move, not unilaterally move it without discussion or any reason given. DrKiernan (talk) 08:27, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

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Certificate of Merit Medal

The Certificate of Merit Medal was a military decoration of the United States Army that was issued between the years of 1905 and 1918. The Certificate of Merit Medal replaced the much older Certificate of Merit which was authorized by the United States Congress on March 3, 1847.

History
The system of military awards and decorations presented to members of the United States Military can trace its lineage to the Badge of Military Merit. This military award, established by George Washington, was given in recognition of soldiers who displayed unusual gallantry or extraordinary fidelity. Awarded three times during the Revolutionary War, the Badge of Military Merit was not awarded again. Thus, for more than 50 years the United States Military had no official military decorations.

Original Certificate of Merit
The original Certificate of Merit was authorized by an Act of Congress related to the expansion of the US Army during the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). The legislation authorized brevets to non-commissioned officers and for privates who distinguished themselves in service "the President may in like manner grant him a certificate of merit, which shall entitle him to additional pay at the rate of two dollars per month." This was a step forward in the recognition of the individual contributions of soldiers. The first certificates were only authorized for Privates and it was not until 1854 that the Certificate of Merit was awarded to NCOs the rank of Sergeant and above. The Certificate of Merit was never authorized for officers. During this period from at least 1865 to 1904, the Certificate was used as an equivalent to the Medal of Honor. This created a dilemma for some soldiers, who applied for both awards, hoping to benefit from the pay increase included with the Certificate, in spite of the fact that military protocol restricted them to only one decoration. George Jordan is an example of a soldier who received both. It was issued to 545 soldiers during the Mexican–American War. After the war, the Certificate of Merit was discontinued.

Reintroduced Certificate of Merit
Though the Army was of the position that it no longer had the authority to award the Certificate of Merit, commanders in the field continued to recommend soldiers for the award, but the Army did not act on the nominations. Following the Battle of Little Big Horn in 1876, the Certificate of Merit was reintroduced.

In 1892, the criteria for the Certificate of Merit was changed. Adjutant General's Circular number 2 dated 11 February 1892 stated:

"Medals of honor should be awarded to officers or enlisted men for distinguished bravery in action, while certificates of merit should, under law, be awarded for distinguished service, whether in action or otherwise, of a valuable character to the United States as, for example, extraordinary exertion in the preservation of human life, or in the preservation of public property, or rescuing public property from destruction by fire or otherwise, or any hazardous service by which the Government is saved loss in men or material. Simple heroism in battle, on the contrary, is fitly rewarded by a medal of honor, although such act of heroism may not have resulted in any benefit to the United States. Where the conduct of an enlisted man, non-commissioned officer or private has been represented to merit both a medal of honor and a certificate of merit, recommendation may be made for both, either simultaneously or at different times."

Soldiers, both privates and non-commissioned officers, were eligible for award of a Certificate of Merit upon the recommendation of their regimental or corps commander. Service could be in peacetime or in time of war. These regulations remained in effect until 9 July 1918.

Certificate of Merit Medal
In 1905, a medal was created for those holding a Certificate of Merit and called the Certificate of Merit Medal. This medal was authorized for wear on a United States military uniform. It was always worn following the Medal of Honor, before all campaign medals. The first recipient of the Certificate of Merit Medal was First Lieutenant William B. Baker, who was presented medal No. 1 on 30 December 1907. Baker had received an original Certificate of Merit as a corporal during the Spanish–American War on 13 August 1898. The last act recognized by a Certificate of Merit was May 1918, when Corporal Paul Scaletta made a water rescue of soldiers in dangerous surf condition at Ocean Beach, California. The last soldier to be awarded the Certificate of Merit Medal was George Arrington for his service while a Private with the 24th Infantry Regiment in 1889. He was awarded medal No. 361, and subsequently converted it to a Distinguished Service Cross.

Conversion
The Certificate of Merit Medal was declared obsolete on July 19, 1918. Those holding the Certificate of Merit Medal could exchange their medal for the newly created Distinguished Service Medal. In 1934, Congress changed the regulation allowing the conversion of the medal to the Distinguished Service Cross, including those converted to the Distinguished Service Medal.

Appearance
The medal is bronze, 1.25 inches in diameter. The obverse depicts an eagle facing left, with its wings partially spread. The eagle is surrounded by the inscription VIRTUTIS ET AUDACIAE MONUMENTUM ET PRAEMIUM (Virtue and Audacity are Their Own Monument and Reward).

The reverse of the medal bears the word, FOR MERIT surrounded by an oak wreath of two branches, the stems joined at the bottom by a bow. Around the edge in relief are the words, UNITED STATES ARMY at the top and thirteen stars below.

The suspension and service ribbon of the Certificate of Merit Medal is red, white and blue. It has two stripes of blue at the edges with equal stripes of white. A wide central stripe of red is bisected by a thin stripe of white.

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Talk:Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem

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Animal's creator
The statement on this page: "Dr. Teeth and Animal were designed by Jim Henson, while the rest of the original band members were designed by Michael K. Frith." directly contradicts the statement on Animal's page: "He is one of the Muppets originally created by Michael K. Frith." — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bron6669 (talk • contribs) 14:04, 24 September 2014 (UTC)

Sgt Pepper
So his name seems to reference Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, "red uniform with epaulets and gold braid" sounds exactly like said cover, and being a lefty bassist recalls Paul McCartney... seriously no mention of this or has it been considered before and fallen foul of the NOR police? 176.248.44.34 (talk) 22:53, 15 August 2015 (UTC)

Attribution
References copied from Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem Muppets to Dr. John. See former article's history for a list of contributors. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 12:18, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
 * References copied from Dr. John to Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem. See former article's history for a list of contributors. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 12:37, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

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Category:Universities and colleges in Delaware

Institutions of higher education in the U.S. state of Delaware.


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Ganamukti Parishad

Ganamukti Parishad (Bengali for 'Tripura State Indigenous People's Liberation Council') is a left-wing movement working amongst the Tripuri peoples of Tripura, in north-eastern India. It is affiliated with Communist Party of India (Marxist) as its tribal wing.

Split
In March 1967, the party split into two factions:

 * Tripura Rajya Ganamukti Parishad, attached to Communist Party of India
 * Tripura Rajaer Upajati Ganamukti Parishad, attached to Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Origins
During the 1940s the royal house of Tripura tried its best to maintain its political rule over the state. However, monarchy was challenged by movements that were influenced by the Indian National Congress and the Communist Party of India. These associations proposed democratic reforms, but were met with stern resistance from the royal house. In 1946 members of Janamangal Samiti (People's Welfare Association), Janasiksha Samiti (People's Educational Association), the local cell of the Communist Party and individual left-wingers got together to form the Tripura Rajya Prajamandal (Tripura State Popular Assembly). Prajamandal proposed a form of constitutional monarchy for the state.

The Prajamandal included both communists and non-communists. In 1948 a ban on the organisation was proposed, on the ground that the organisation was under the influence of communists in East Pakistan. This spurred the non-communist leaders of Prajamandal to try to expel the communists. However, the ban was enforced before the expulsion had taken place. Leaders of Prajamandal were arrested, and many cadres went into hiding. By not differentiating between communists and non-communists in repressing Prajamandal, the royal government indirectly contributed to increasing the support for the communist within the organisation. On Independence Day Prajamandal took out a militant manifestation in Agartala. Simultaneously, the movement started activating itself in the struggle for Tiprasas land rights. Following the Partition of India, a major wave of Bengali Hindus migrated to Tripura from East Pakistan. On the Tripura countryside Bengali money-lenders started to take over agricultural land from indebted Tiprasas. Prajamandal organised resistance, a struggle that radicalized the movement.

On several sites the movement resulted in clashes with the state forces. In October police firing in Bishalgarh killed nine Tiprasa and injured twenty more. The military set up camps in the tribal areas, with the objective of rooting out Prajamandal. The Prajamandal leadership considered that it had no possibility to cope with the increasing repression, and decided to dissolve the association.

In the void that emerged after the disappearance of Prajamandal, Tiprasa leaders founded the Tripura Rajaer Mukti Parishad (Tripura State Liberation Council, generally called Mukti Parishad). Mukti Parishad raised demands of withdrawal of the DIR and freedom of expression and association. The slogan of the movement was 'Democratic Rights for the People of Tripura'.

Armed struggle
As Tripura was put under military rule in March 1949, the leadership of the Mukti Parishad went underground to escape arrests. In the tribal belts of the state armed resistance was organized by the GMP. Inspired by the advances of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the Mukti Parishad set up the Shanti Sena (Peace Army), which routed out the troops of the administration from the tribal belt. In the ‘liberated areas’ people's government was in command, with the Village Committees of GMP managing the everyday affairs. The tribals didn't have to pay any taxes to the state, nor would they turn to the courts of the state to express their queries. At the same time, a cultural revolution took place within the tribal society as abolition of child marriages, forced labour, excessive alcohol consumption, oppression of women, etc. were outlawed by the GMP.

Entry into mainstream politics
Armed resistance lasted until 1951. Then the strategies changed as a result of the changes in the political climate of the state. The Communist Party had begun to operate over-ground. In the end of 1949 the leaders of GMP had joined CPI. Now the struggle of the GMP was to be taken overground, in cooperation with CPI. In the first parliamentary elections of India in 1952 both seats of the Lok Sabha (2nd chamber of the Indian parliament) were won by the CPI. Both of the elected MPs, Biren Dutta and Dasarth Deb, were stalwarts of the GMP. Deb, the president of GMP, was at the time of election still considered as a guerrilla leader on the run by the police. The cases against him were not dropped until he was pardoned by the Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru himself after having reached the parliament premises incognito for his first session.

1967 conference
It should be mentioned that although the bulk of the leadership as well as the common members of the GMP were tribals, the GMP was not an exclusively Tiprasa organization at this time (Biren Dutta, for example was a Bengali). After the end of the armed struggle, an intense debate surged within the CPI concerning the future role of the GMP. Some considered that the GMP, whose membership was overwhelmingly agrarian, should be integrated into the peasant mass organization of the party, AIKS, and that Tiprasas and Bengali peasants should fight together since their class interests were the same. Other, such as Deb, considered that the tribals were not merely peasants but also constituted a separate sub-national entity and that the GMP should be a Tiprasa organization articulating the sub-nationalist consciousness of the tribal community.

In the beginning of the 1960s CPI suffered a severe internal division. The party was split into two camps on issues such as the relationship to the Congress party and the Sino-Soviet polemic. In 1964 the split was a fact, as two separate party congresses were held, one by CPI and the other by Communist Party of India (Marxist). The split also came to divide the Tripura unit of the CPI, with the CPI(M) soon having outmanovered the CPI in Tripura. Initially both factions agreed that the GMP ought to stay intact and that it would be spared from the split for the sake of unity of the mass organization movement, but soon competition over control over the organization started. At the GMP conference of 1967 the split had also reached the GMP, and CPI(M) formed Tripura Rajaer Upajati Ganamukti Parishad and its leader within the GMP, Deb, who were able to gather the support of the broad majority of the organization. At the same conference the GMP was re-christened as the Upajati (i.e., Tribal) Ganamukti Parishad. Subsequently, non-tribals were no longer able to obtain GMP membership. Thus Deb's thesis that Tiprasa constituted as separate subnationalist entity and needed a mass organization of their own had been implemented in the organizational practice.

Following the 1967 conference CPI formed Tripura Rajya Ganamukti Parishad, led by Aghore Debbarma.

ATPLO merger
In 1983 the All Tripura Peoples Liberation Organization of Binanda Jamatya gave up their arms and were integrated into the Ganamukti Parishad. ATPLO had surged as a splinter group of the Tripura National Volunteers, and a turf war between the TNV soon turned into a bloody fight. In the end, ATPLO found no other viable solution than to align with their former enemies and thus merge into GMP.

The organisation today
Today the Tripura Rajaer Upajati Ganamukti Parishad is affiliated with the All India Kisan Sabha, the peasant mass-organization of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)). GMP does, however, maintain its own organizational character as an entirely tribal organization. Similarly, as the GMP is an affiliate to the AIKS, the Tribal Youth Federation is affiliated to the Democratic Youth Federation of India and the Tribal Students Union is affiliated to the Students Federation of India. However at the same time as these organizations belong to different all India structures, they are organizationally interlinked. The general secretary and president of TYF are by tradition elected as members of the secretariat of the GMP. The GMP, TYF and TSU use other flags, symbols and publications than their all India bodies. The leadership of these three organizations are referred to as Central Committees, whereas the state leaderships of the AIKS, DYFI and SFI are referred to as State Committees.

By 2000 it claimed a membership of 70 000. It president is Naresh Jamatia and its general secretary is Radhacharan Debbarma.

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Cozumel thrasher

The Cozumel thrasher (Toxostoma guttatum) is a bird from the mockingbird family (Mimidae), which is endemic to the island of Cozumel off the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico. It is believed to be the most critically endangered species of bird in Mexico – if it indeed still exists, which is probable but not certain.

This bird is closely related to the long-billed and brown thrashers. It has been generally described as shy, but there have been descriptions to the contrary. It was once abundant throughout Cozumel before two hurricanes greatly affected its numbers. Invasive species are also thought to have impacted the population of the thrasher.

Taxonomy
The Cozumel thrasher was first described as Harporhynchus guttatus by Robert Ridgway in 1885. It has been described as a subspecies to its relative the long-billed thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre), but was considered a separate species when it was determined in a 1998 study that it differed genetically more than five percent from both the long-billed and brown thrashers (T. rufum). In the same study it was determined to be the basal member of the rufum group of Toxostoma thrashers. The bird is monotypic.

Description
The thrasher is 21.5 to 24 cm in length. The adult has a brown crown, back, shoulders, and rump that becomes more red in its tint on its lower back and rump. Greater and lesser coverts are a warm brown with concealed white tips, preceded with a black bar. Primaries and secondaries are grayish-brown with warm rufous-brown outer webs. The rectrices are also have a warm brown color. The lores and ear-coverts are a mottled grey brown. The chin and throat are an off-white color with a blackish partial malar stripe. The chest is a buffy-white in color with stark black teardrop shaped spots. The belly is off-white, and the flanks have larger black spots. Its vent is buffy and an underwing that is buffy-white with darker markings. The iris is yellow, the bill is grayish-brown, and the legs are brown with a dull tint. Juveniles' plumage have not been recorded, but presumably is similar in development to adulthood like the long-billed and brown thrasher.

Similar species
The Cozumel thrasher is similar in appearance to the long-billed thrasher (Toxostoma longirostre, 26.5 – in length), but is smaller, darker in color, has a blacker bill, and the markings are more sharply defined. No other thrasher species coexist on the island, but the Cozumel thrasher may be confused with the migratory wood thrush (Hylocichla mustelina). The wood thrush differs in lacking wing bars, a shorter beak, and a different shape.

Distribution and habitat
The distribution of the thrasher is restricted to Isla Cozumel which is 45 km long and 20 km wide.

The habitat preferences for the thrasher is thought to be in low and medium deciduous and semi-deciduous forests. It may have once been most abundant in forest edges adjacent to clearings.

Behavior and ecology
The thrasher is predominately terrestrial and elusive and as with all members of the genus Toxostoma, it may resort to running instead of flying when startled. Ornithologists Ludlow Griscom and Raymond A. Paynter, Jr. had noted its secretive behavior, but James Bond did not.

The song is described as a rich varied warbling, slightly scratchy with little repetition. Bond described its alarm note being similar to the brown thrasher.

Status
The numbers of this bird declined rapidly when Hurricane Gilbert hit this island on September 14, 1988. Until it was sighted in June 2004, this bird had last been seen in 1995, the same year that Hurricane Roxanne hit Cozumel on October 11, and it was widely believed to have become extinct.

It is still unclear what damage the impact of Hurricanes Emily and Wilma in 2005 caused; it seems that the bird was not found anymore during a survey in December 2006.

Inquiry from the local population had suggested that the species would likely be encountered near the Mayan ruins of San Gervasio.

The last – unconfirmed – sightings were in April 2006, where an apparent T. guttatum was sighted at the Cozumel Golf Club; in October and December 2007, thrashers were also seen but could not be reliably identified as T. guttatum. Relocation efforts continue; though at least a few birds seem to survive, the continuing existence of this species had not been verified as of January 2008.

Some scientists believe that other factors must have contributed to the bird's decline, because the Cozumel thrasher likely survived hurricanes for millennia. Introduced species, including predatory boa constrictors—which were released on the island in 1971 and are now abundant—may also have had a detrimental effect.

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Category:Universities and colleges in Alaska

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Jörg Fauser

Jörg Fauser (16 July 1944 – 17 July 1987) was a German writer, poet and journalist.

The influence of the American beat generation literature on his works is well known. Together with Carl Weissner and other colleagues he published several issues of the literature magazine Gasolin 23 which included work by William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg and the first German translations of short stories by Charles Bukowski. His later works are mostly German detective stories. "Der Schneemann" has been made into. He died when a truck hit him while walking on a motorway near Munich. Fauser's autobiographical novel, Rohstoff, a cutting look at the German counter-culture scene of the late 1960s and early 1970s, has been translated into English by Jamie Bulloch as Raw Material and published by Clerkenwell Press. His radio play Für eine Mark und Acht was adapted into the 1998 film Frankfurt Millennium.

Works

 * Aqualunge, Göttingen 1971
 * Tophane, Gersthofen 1972
 * Die Harry-Gelb-Story, Gersthofen 1973
 * Open end, München 1977
 * Marlon Brando – der versilberte Rebell, München 1978
 * Der Strand der Städte, Berlin 1978
 * Alles wird gut, München 1979
 * Requiem für einen Goldfisch, Basel 1979
 * Trotzki, Goethe und das Glück, München 1979
 * Der Schneemann, München 1981
 * Mann und Maus, München 1982
 * Blues für Blondinen, Frankfurt/M. 1984
 * Rohstoff, Frankfur/M. 1984
 * Das Schlangenmaul, Frankfurt/M. 1985
 * Kant, München 1987
 * Jörg-Fauser-Edition, Hamburg
 * Bd. 1. Romane I, 1990
 * Bd. 2. Romane II, 1990
 * Bd. 3. Erzählungen I, 1990
 * Bd. 4. Erzählungen II, 1990
 * Bd. 5. Gedichte, 1990
 * Bd. 6. Essays, Reportagen, Kolumnen I, 1990
 * Bd. 7. Essays, Reportagen, Kolumnen II, 1990
 * Bd. 8. Marlon-Brando-Biographie, 1990
 * Beiheft. Informationen und Bilder, 1990
 * Erg.-Bd. Das leise lächelnde Nein und andere Texte, 1994
 * Blues in Blond, Hamburg 1992
 * "Ich habe eine Mordswut", Frankfurt/M. 1993
 * Lese-Stoff, Frankfurt/M. 2003

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