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Erastus Corning 2nd

Erastus Corning 2nd (October 7, 1909 – May 28, 1983) was an American politician. A Democrat, Corning served as the 72nd mayor of Albany, New York from 1942 to 1983, when Albany County was controlled by one of the last classic urban political machines in the United States.

Corning hailed from a prominent Albany family. His great-grandfather, Erastus Corning, was an industrialist who founded the New York Central Railroad and served in Congress and as Albany's mayor from 1834 to 1837. Another great-grandfather, Amasa J. Parker, was a member of Congress and prominent judge. Corning's father, Edwin Corning, was Lieutenant Governor of New York from 1927 to 1928. His uncle, Parker Corning, served as a member of the United States House of Representatives. His brother, Edwin Corning Jr., served as a member of the New York State Assembly. Corning was educated at The Albany Academy, Groton School, and Yale University (class of 1932). The Corning family was involved in several Albany-area businesses, and Corning started an insurance agency after his college graduation. While he served as mayor, his agency did not do business with the city of Albany, but did do business with Albany County, which Corning argued presented no conflict of interest, since he was not a county official.

Corning's father was one of the leaders of the Democratic Party organization formed by Daniel P. O'Connell, which wrested control of Albany city and county from the Republican organization led by William Barnes Jr. in the early 1920s. The O'Connell machine proved so durable that it still largely controlled Albany County until the early 1980s, one of the last such organizations to remain viable. Corning entered politics at an early age as an affiliate of the O'Connell organization, winning a seat in the New York State Assembly in 1935. After serving in the Assembly during the 1936 legislative session, Corning won election to the New York State Senate, where he served from 1937 to 1941. Corning was elected mayor in 1941. He continued to win election every four years until 1981, and served from 1941 until his death in 1983. Corning was drafted for World War II and served in the United States Army's 2nd Infantry Division during combat in Europe. In 1946, he was the Democratic Party's unsuccessful nominee for lieutenant governor. In the 1970s, Corning teamed with Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller to finance construction of the Empire State Plaza, a large state government office complex near Albany's downtown area. The plaza's tallest building, Erastus Corning Tower, was named in Corning's honor.

In the early 1980s, Corning's health began to deteriorate. In January 1983, he was moved to University Hospital in Boston, where he died on May 28. Corning was buried at Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands, New York. At over 41 years, Corning's tenure makes him Albany's longest-serving mayor,

Early life
Erastus Corning 2nd was born in Albany, New York on October 7, 1909, the son of Louise Maxwell and Edwin Corning. Corning's mother was born to American parents in Cawnpore, India, where her father Allan was serving as a missionary. After the 1890 death of Allan Maxwell, her mother Ellen became a successful novelist and married U.S. Navy admiral Albert S. Barker.

Corning's father was from an Albany-area family prominent in business and politics. Corning was educated at The Albany Academy and Groton School. In 1928, he began attendance at Yale University. Corning graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1932 and was a member of the Chi Psi fraternity, Wolf's Head senior society, and Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society.

Early career
After graduating from college, Corning started an insurance company and soon entered politics. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Albany Co., 1st D.) in 1936; and of the New York State Senate (30th D.) from 1937 to 1941, sitting in the 160th, 161st, 162nd and 163rd New York State Legislatures. He resigned his seat on August 1, 1941, to seek the Democratic nomination for Mayor of Albany.

Corning won the first of his 11 terms as mayor in November 1941, easily defeating the Republican candidate, Benjamin R. Hoff, by nearly 46,000 votes. Corning took office on January 1, 1942.

Shortly after his first term began, the newly elected Governor Thomas E. Dewey had the powerful Albany Democratic political machine, run by "Boss" Daniel P. O'Connell, investigated. The investigations proved largely unsuccessful and left Corning and O'Connell unscathed. This political machine proved to be one of the most durable in American history, even outlasting the Daley family machine in Chicago.

Military service
After having been previously classified as ineligible for military service during World War II, in 1944, Corning's draft status was changed and he was found eligible. Opting not to apply for an officer's commission or specialty training in a field such as civil affairs, he joined the United States Army as a private. During his absence, Frank Harris, a member of the city council, served as acting mayor.

Corning underwent training as an Infantryman at Fort Dix, New Jersey, and Camp Blanding, Florida. Assigned to the 38th Infantry Regiment, a unit of the 2nd Infantry Division, he arrived in France with his unit in October, 1944. In France, Corning was initially attached to an organization that performed rebuilding duties in towns and villages that had been liberated from German occupation. During late 1944 and early 1945, he took part in the Battle of the Bulge and the Western Allied invasion of Germany and attained the rank of private first class.

In the fall of 1945, Corning was discharged and returned to Albany. His awards included the Combat Infantryman Badge, Bronze Star Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with two battle stars, World War II Victory Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, and the Presidential Unit Citation, which was awarded to Corning's battalion.

Post-World War II career
At the New York state election, 1946, Corning ran for Lieutenant Governor of New York on the ticket with James M. Mead for governor, but they were defeated by the incumbent Republicans Dewey and Joe R. Hanley.

Corning served ten full consecutive terms as mayor after his return from the war. His insurance firm profited from being the sole bidder on Albany County insurance contracts for many years. Corning defended this apparent conflict of interest by noting that he himself was not a county official.

Corning was re-elected in landslides for most of his career. The most notable exception was 1973 when a prominent businessman and reform candidate, Carl Touhey, ran a well-financed Republican campaign and came within 3,500 votes of defeating him. In 1977, Corning faced a primary election challenge from State Senator Howard C. Nolan Jr., defeating him by a comfortable margin.

Corning's last mayoral re-election came in 1981, when he defeated Charles Touhey (the son of 1973 mayoral candidate Carl Touhey) by a two-to-one margin. During his final term in office, his health deteriorated. He died in office in 1983.

Personal life
In 1932, Corning married Elizabeth Norris Platt (1912–1993). They were the parents of two children, Erastus Corning III and Bettina Corning Dudley.

Corning's extended family was prominent in Albany-area business in politics for several generations. In addition to his father Edwin, who served as lieutenant governor, Corning's family included: Erastus Corning (great-grandfather); Amasa J. Parker (great-grandfather); Parker Corning (uncle); and Edwin Corning Jr. (brother).

Dorothea "Polly" Noonan—a onetime secretary to Corning, a vice chairwoman of the Democratic State Committee, and a longtime president of the Albany Democratic Women's Club—was Corning's "closest confidante". According to author Paul Grondahl, the lives of Corning and Noonan were "'inextricably linked through politics and personal devotion'". Author William Kennedy recalled in his book “O Albany!” that at Corning's funeral, members of the media were asked not to "'focus undue attention'" on Noonan. According to The New York Times, Corning, "in effect, disinherited his wife and children. He left the Noonan family his insurance business, which generously sold policies to anyone who wanted to do business with the government".

Corning referred to himself as "Erastus Corning 2nd", preferring it to "Erastus Corning II" or "Erastus Corning Jr."

On May 28, 1983, following a year-long illness, Corning died of cardio-pulmonary failure at University Hospital in Boston. He is interred at Albany Rural Cemetery.

Legacy
The Erastus Corning Tower, the tallest building in Albany and the tallest in the state outside New York City, is named for him, as is the Corning Riverfront Park, a nature trail and fishing site on the western banks of the Hudson River in Albany. The tower is part of the Empire State Plaza, a 98 acre, 11-building state government office and cultural complex. Some believe that the building was named after Corning because it has 42 floors (which is the same as the number of years he served as mayor), but the building actually has 44 floors with an observation deck on Floor 42. Completed in 1973, the skyscraper was dedicated to Corning upon his death in 1983.

Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands named Corning an officer of the Order of Orange-Nassau, the country's highest citizen honor, in gratitude for his aid to Nijmegen following World War II.

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Atlanta Bread Company

Atlanta Bread Company is a privately owned American chain of bakery-café fast casual restaurants with 18 locations in 4 states. Its headquarters are in Smyrna, Georgia, a suburb northwest of Atlanta. Offerings include bakery items, pasta, salads, sandwiches, soups, and specialty drinks.

Aside from the bakery section, Atlanta Bread has a regular menu for dine-in or takeout including: flatbreads, paninis, salads, sandwiches, side choices, and soups, as well as coffee, espresso drinks, frozen drinks, fruit smoothies, hot chocolate, iced drinks, lattes, lemonade, and tea. Despite the similar name and type of outlets, Atlanta Bread carries no relation to the American bakery-café chain Panera Bread.

History
Atlanta Bread was founded by Robert and Richard Auffenberg in 1993, in Sandy Springs, Georgia (part of the Atlanta metropolitan area), where it started as a single restaurant. In 1994, Jerry Couvaras moved to Atlanta and discovered the restaurant. That year, he joined the company as the manager of a restaurant location in Marietta, Georgia. Couvaras was born and raised in South Africa, and had previously worked as an investment banker. Couvaras was appointed as the Atlanta Bread Company's president and chief executive officer (CEO) in 1995, while his brother, Basil Couvaras, became the chief operating officer (COO) that year. By that time, the Couvaras brothers were selling franchises under the Atlanta Bread Company name.

By 1995, the owners began franchising and expanding across the country.

In 1999, Atlanta Bread Company was among the fastest-growing franchises in the United States, with plans to rapidly double its number of restaurant locations. That year, the Couvaras brothers settled a lawsuit filed by the Auffenbergs the previous year which alleged that they unfairly gained control and ownership of the business. The settlement required that the Couvaras brothers pay the Auffenbergs millions of dollars in royalties over the next 15 years.

In March 2004, Jerry Couvaras was arrested in Johannesburg, South Africa and was charged with fraud after approximately 2,000 South Africans lost a total of $5.54 million as part of an alleged investment scheme that failed in 1993 after the liquidation of two investment companies. The charges were unrelated to the Atlanta Bread Company. Basil Couvaras was appointed to run the company while Jerry Couvaras – who remained as president and CEO — stayed in Johannesburg until the charges could be resolved. Basil Couvaras was later charged in the case as well.

In November 2004, Jerry and Basil Couvaras pleaded guilty to a banking violation and agreed to pay fines, while remaining fraud charges against them were dismissed. Jerry Couvaras said, "It was disappointing when it happened because we felt we had not done anything wrong. Unfortunately we had to plead to something. We felt the fine would be the quickest way to get back to doing our business." Company officials stated that the charges were related to a decade-old lawsuit that had previously been settled; Jerry Couvaras further stated, "I think people can really see through what's happened here. People can see what this was really about. I think it was really old animosity."

In 2004, Atlanta Bread Company had 5,000 employees and was one of the largest cafe and bakery chains in the United States, with 170 restaurant locations in 25 states. Sean Lupton-Smith was one of the company's most financially successful franchisees, with five locations that generated profits of nearly $2 million per year. In January 2007, Lupton-Smith sued the company for $12 million, alleging that the company wrongfully terminated his ownership of the restaurants. Revenue and store locations decreased significantly after 2004, partially because of poor locations and issues with franchisees that included legal problems; the company had sued franchisees or had been sued eight times between 2001 and 2011.

In 2010, the company had a revenue of $122 million.

In 2011, the company had 74 locations in 20 states, including 13 company-owned stores; 44 stores had been closed since 2008, when the Great Recession began. Jerry Couvaras stated that the store closings were primarily part of a business strategy in order to gain revenue to remodel existing stores that were left open. Between 2001 and 2011, 66 loans from the Small Business Administration (SBA) were made to Atlanta Bread Company franchisees. Half of the loans failed, totaling $32.8 million, with a loss of $5 million for the United States federal government. As of 2011, Atlanta Bread Company ranked at number 11 on the SBA website's list of the 25 worst-performing large franchises.

Atlanta Bread Company has also received accolades over its history, including being ranked in the Top 100 of Fast Casual’s Movers & Shakers in 2011.

As of November 2020, there are only 18 restaurant locations in six states.

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Robert Aske (political leader)

Robert Aske (c. 1500 – 12 July 1537) was an English lawyer who became a leader of the Pilgrimage of Grace uprising against the Suppression of Religious Houses Act 1535 in 1536. He was executed for treason against King Henry VIII on 12 July 1537.

Life
Aske was a younger son of Sir Robert Aske of Aughton near Selby, of an old Yorkshire family. Aske was well connected: his mother, Elizabeth Clifford, was a daughter of John Clifford, 9th Baron de Clifford, and his wife Margaret Bromflete (only daughter of Sir Henry Bromflete; and Henry Clifford, 2nd Earl of Cumberland, was his first cousin once removed. Queen Jane Seymour was also his third cousin, also through his mother.

Aske became a barrister and was a Fellow of Gray's Inn. A devout man, he objected to Henry's religious revolt, particularly the Dissolution of the Monasteries. When rebellion broke out in York against Henry VIII, Aske was returning to Yorkshire from London. Not initially involved in the rebellion, he took up the cause of the rebels and headed the Pilgrimage of Grace. By 10 October 1536, he had come to be regarded as their "chief captain". Most of Yorkshire, and parts of Northumberland, Durham, Cumberland, and Westmorland were in revolt.

Nine thousand insurgents marched on York, where Aske arranged for the expelled monks and nuns to return to their houses; the King's tenants were driven out and religious observance resumed.

On 13 November 1536, Aske treated with the royal delegates, including Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk, and received an assurance of an audience and safe passage to the King. Among the insurgents' requests was punishment of heretical bishops and of the King's evil advisers, recall of his anti-ecclesiastical legislation, prosecution of his "visitors", Lee and Layton, and a parliament in the North. He travelled to London, met Henry VIII, and received promises of redress and safe passage.

As he began his journey back north, fighting broke out again. This renewed fighting caused Henry to change his mind, and he had Aske arrested and brought to the Tower of London. Aske was convicted of high treason in Palace of Westminster and was taken back to York, where he was executed on 12 July 1537, on a scaffold erected outside Clifford's Tower.

Portrayals
There are no known surviving portraits of Aske. All that is known of his physical appearance is that he was blind in one eye.

Aske was played by Sean Bean in the television serial Henry VIII (2003) in which he is inaccurately portrayed as a violent former lieutenant of Henry's army.

Aske was also portrayed by Gerard McSorley in the third season of Showtime's The Tudors. At the time of filming, McSorley was twenty years older than Aske was when he died. The series also shows Aske with a young family; while, in fact, he was not married.

The circumstances surrounding Aske's life feature prominently in C. J. Sansom's novel Sovereign and H. F. M. Prescott's novel The Man on a Donkey.

The events surrounding the Pilgrimage of Grace, its instigators and its outcomes form a significant episode in Hilary Mantel's novel The Mirror and the Light. The novel looks at the rebellion through the thoughts and actions of Thomas Cromwell in his capacity as a chief adviser to Henry VIII.

The actor Graham Turner portrayed Aske in David Starkey's 2009 documentary series Henry VIII: The Mind of a Tyrant.

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Daniel Chamier

Daniel Chamier (1564–1621) was a Huguenot minister in France, founder of the Academy of Montpellier and author.

Life and work
Chamier was born at the castle of Le Mont, near Mocas and west of Grenoble. His father was from Avignon and a Protestant convert, a pastor at Montélimar. Daniel studied at the now defunct University of Orange (1365-1793) and at Geneva under Theodore Beza and Antoine de la Faye (1540–1615), in the period 1583 to 1589. He was ordained minister at Montpellier, and about 1595 succeeded his father at Montélimar.

His provincial synod appointed him deputy to the National Synod at Saumur, and the gathering at Loudun in 1596. He was involved in drafting the Edict of Nantes, and brought the Edict to the Synod of Montpellier in 1598. In 1601 and 1602 he took part in discussions at Montpellier with the Jesuits Pierre Coton and Gaultier. In 1603 he presided over the National Synod at Gap, France, where an article was added to the Reformed Confession of faith declaring the Pope to be the Antichrist.

In 1607 Henry IV of France granted him permission as representative of the Church of Dauphiné to establish an academy at Montpellier, and he became professor there. Chamier returned, however, after a short time to Montélimar. In 1612 he became pastor and professor at Montauban. When Louis XIII besieged the city in 1621, Chamier sent his students to the walls, and was mortally wounded during the defense.

Family
He was married, his wife's name being Portal. They had a son, Adrien, and three daughters.

English actor Daniel Craig is among his descendants (link partially broken by John Ezechiel Chamier who was born under surname Deschamps but requested to be changed by his uncle Anthony Chamier and ended with Georgette Grace Chamier who married John Charin Wroughton and only Chamier sibling with children)., as well as Anthony Chamier, George Chamier, Frederick Chamier, Edward Chamier and John Adrian Chamier.

Works
He was a supralapsarian but differed from John Calvin concerning Christ's descent into hell and angels. He wrote:

 * Dispute de la vocation des ministres de l'Église reformée (La Rochelle, 1589);
 * Epistolæ jesuiticæ (Geneva, 1599);
 * La confusion des disputes papistes (1600);
 * Disputatio scholastico-theologica de œcumenico pontifice (1601);
 * Panstratia Catholica, seu Corpus Controversiarum adversus Pontificios (Geneva, 1606);
 * La Honte de Babylone (Sédan, 1612);
 * La Jésuitomanie (Montauban, 1618);
 * Corpus Theologicum, seu Loci Communes Theologici (Geneva, 1653);
 * Journal du voyage de M. D. Chamier à Paris et à la cour de Henri IV. en 1607 (ed. C. Read, Paris, 1858).

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Aerauto PL.5C

The Aerauto PL.5C was a roadable aircraft developed in Italy in the early 1950s. It was a high-wing two-seat monoplane whose wings could be folded to quickly transform it into an automobile. It was different from many such projects in that it used its pusher propeller (powered by a Continental C85) for propulsion not only in the air, but on the road as well. Development was abandoned in 1953.

Designed by aircraft engineer Luigi Pellarini, the Aerauto was built by Carrozzeria Colli in Milan.

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Annes Varjun

Annes Varjun (18 August 1907 – 6 June 1986) was an Estonian artist who worked in ceramics. His works are on display in the Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design and in the Tallinn Art Hall.

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Mission Dolores Park

Mission Dolores Park, often abbreviated to Dolores Park, is a city park in San Francisco, California. It is located two blocks south of Mission Dolores at the western edge of the Mission District.

Dolores Park is bounded by 18th Street on the north, 20th Street on the south, Dolores Street on the east and Church Street on the west. The northern end of Dolores Park is located directly across the street from Mission High School. On its eastern, southern and western sides, the park is surrounded by residential buildings of two to four stories, in various architectural styles. South of the park is a hillside area known as "Dolores Heights," while The Castro neighborhood is located a short distance to the west. The park's topography is characterized by a strong slope from the southwest down to the northeast, offering an unobstructed northeast-looking view of downtown San Francisco, in particular from the southwest corner.

Dolores Park offers several features including many tennis courts, a basketball court, a multi-purpose court, a soccer field, a pissoir, a children's playground, and a dog play area. The southern half of the park is also notable for its views of the Mission district, downtown, the San Francisco Bay and the East Bay. The Muni Metro J-Church streetcar line runs through the park along its western border.

The park lies east of Twin Peaks in the warm and sunny microclimate of the Mission neighborhood, which was named one of the coolest neighborhoods in the world in 2016. As of 2016, Dolores Park was attracting up to 7,000–10,000 people on a sunny weekend day.

History
Native Americans of the Chutchui village of the Yelamu tribe inhabited the area prior to the arrival of Spanish missionaries, who founded nearby Mission Dolores in 1776.

The park site consists of two plots, Mission Blocks #86 and #87, formerly owned by Congregation Sherith Israel and Congregation Emanu-El and was used as a Jewish cemetery, which became inactive in 1894. The cemetery was moved to San Mateo County when San Francisco land became too valuable for the dead and burial within the city limits was prohibited. The graves were moved to Colma (via Southern Pacific railroad), where they still rest today at Hills of Eternity and Home of Peace Cemeteries.In 1903, over 1,000 property owners from the southern side of San Francisco formed the Mission Park Association, which introduced a ballot measure to buy the former Jewish cemetery area and turn it into a park. It passed by 73.9% later in the same year, initiating the creation of what was back then named "Mission Park". In 1905, the City of San Francisco bought the land for $291,350 (equivalent to about $4 million in 2004).

In 1906–07, the park served as a refugee camp for more than 1600 families made homeless by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire. Camp life after the earthquake ended in the summer of 1908. Some people kept their temporary shacks as houses and a few still survive today scattered across western San Francisco. In 1917, the J-Church streetcar line, which runs along one side of the park, began service.

Until after World War II, the Mission District was largely inhabited by European Americans, which from the 1950s to the 1970s were replaced by an influx of Latino immigrants. Partly as a symbol of this transformation, on September 16, 1966, a replica of the “Mexican Liberty Bell”, presented by Mexican president Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, was installed in the park near a statue of Miguel Hidalgo, the father of Mexican independence, which had been erected four years earlier. The "Mexican Liberty Bell" (today located in the National Palace in Mexico City) is a church bell that Hidalgo rang in 1810 in the Mexican city of Dolores Hidalgo, in what became known as the "Cry of Dolores" (El Grito de Dolores) that launched the Mexican War of Independence. In 2014, the replica was relocated by around 25 feet during the renovations of Mission Dolores Park.

In subsequent decades, the park also became popular among LGBT residents from the nearby Castro district (an area near the park's south-west corner has been dubbed the "gay beach") and among young professionals who moved to the area to work at Internet tech companies. In 2009, the San Francisco Chronicle observed that "as the wide variety of park visitors indicates - from Latino families to young hipsters to Castro gays - it sits at the intersection of a number of San Francisco demographic groups. And it always has." Dolores Park has hosted political rallies, festivals, Aztec ceremonial dances, Cinco de Mayo celebrations, San Francisco Mime Troupe performances, and an annual "Hunky Jesus" competition on Easter by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. In March 2014, the San Francisco Recreation & Park Department began a two-stage $20.5 million renovation project made possible by the 2008 Clean & Safe Park Neighborhood Bond to upgrade the park. Community-driven meetings lead to the conceptual design of the improvement project. Input from local community members, neighbors, merchants, the San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department, the San Francisco Department of Public Works, and other major stakeholders shaped the final design. The park was fully reopened in January 2016 with a light-up event. To address trash issues in the park, a Leave No Trace campaign was also launched encouraging park users to "pack it in, pack it out." In the years up to 2016, according to a SF Rec & Parks spokesperson, "Dolores Park [had] seen an exponential increase in the number of visitors: On a sunny Saturday, it can host between 7,000 and 10,000 people."

According to a 2011 historical study commissioned by the city, "between 1967 and the present, Mission Park gradually acquired the vernacular name 'Dolores Park,' presumably in recognition of its association with both Mission Dolores and Dolores Street. Today, the name Mission Park has been completely superseded". The park's official name as of 2016, is "Mission Dolores Park".

In an informal annual tradition that had become known as the "Dolores Park Hill Bomb" by 2018, hundreds of skateboarders gather on Dolores Street across from Dolores Park every July for an impromptu hill bombing event. There have been some injuries and at least one death associated with the event. The city has made repeated attempts to prevent the event from happening, e.g. by installing Botts dots in 2020, using kettling and mass arrests in 2023 and by blocking off streets and part of the park in 2024. However, skaters returned in spite of those.

Facilities

Dolores Park is served by the Church and 18th Street and Right Of Way/20th St stations of the J Church Muni Metro line, which operates in a private right-of-way on the park's west side. There are six tennis courts and one basketball court; two soccer fields, a playground, and a clubhouse with public restrooms. In 2010, it was announced that the park was to be closed throughout 2011 as part of massive renovations and a construction of a new playground. In spring 2012, the new Helen Diller Playground opened in the park, featuring two large slides, two swing sets, a granite climbing structure, a sand box and climbing nets. The playground is accessible to children with disabilities. As of 2014, there were plans for two off-leash dog play spaces in the park, but these plans were stalled by an environmental appeal from a local resident who felt that the space should be left open to allow more room for children to play, with the goal of reducing childhood obesity.

Up to 2016, more than $20 million were spent on the park's first upgrades in six decades, including the installation of additional toilets to address problems with public urination. Following the renovations, the park contains six tennis courts, a multi-use court, a basketball court, a sports field, the Helen Diller Playground, a pissoir, two off-leash dog areas, improved irrigation, and two public restroom areas.

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Talk:Audi Q7

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Is the Q7 the A7? I hadn't heard that they were one and the same... --SFoskett 00:30, Sep 27, 2004 (UTC)

No they are not. The A7 is a coupe. I didn't see it mentioned in the article, though. Bok269 23:11, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Is Audi watching this article or something?
Ahem? According to this article, the MMI is a "user-friendly" interface. Nevermind that Car & Driver and Consumer Reports both reviewed the system throughly and said it was nothing short of demonically possessed.

Worse, I have the MMI in my A8, and its demonically possessed as well (nevermind the gearbox).

I think this article needs clean-up, besides "user-friendly" is a subjective term anyway so it must go.

 * the idrive, mercedes' thingy, and the MMI are all "user-friendly".. thats what the companies call them, but many say they are not.. i agree, we should remove it.. ??

Hello, of course this is a big Audi advertising :)

Stef

--World arm lamp 20:42, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Pedestrians safety
Hello

Please, in this article there is detailed information about a aluminium interior trim and nothing about the drivers visibility and pedestrians safety.

what is more important ??.

I do not own this car but sometimes i have to deal with it in the traffic.

Stef

--World arm lamp 20:27, 23 July 2007 (UTC)

Infobox is wrong
The manufacturer is the Audi AG, not Volkswagen. See http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_Q7 Can anybody fix it? Thanks 'n' regards from Gool Old Germany —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.97.199.168 (talk) 18:09, 21 August 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ - Thanks for the tip off, i corrected "Audi" to "Audi AG" as someone already changed it from VW  J e n o v a  20 11:49, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Audi Q3?
This article says there will be no other Q-series Audi. What about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_Q3 ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.213.156.53 (talk) 13:53, 18 August 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ - not taking credit as i didn't do this, but it's done  J e n o v a  20 11:46, 24 November 2011 (UTC)

Safety ratings
Let's take this debate once and for all.

This article revision shows tables with safety ratings by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and IIHS, apparently for model year 2015 : 2015 Audi Q7 (NHTSA) and 2015 Audi Q7 Large SUV / 2008 Audi Q7 (IIHS), but they are based on older crash tests : IIHS says "Ratings shown are the latest available for this model year" and "Applies to 2007-15 models". For NHTSA, 2011-2015 show same roll-over rating but no reference, whereas 2007-2010 all reference the same 2007 Side Crash document number #5852, 10MB for rollover.

It is common; see these other examples of ratings spanning multiple years from the same test : Mercedes E 2014-2016, Buick Regal 2012-2016, 2016 Infiniti QX60 2014-2016 (set up newest and oldest test in separate windows side by side to compare document numbers)

Audi (and other car manufacturers) pay for the tests, so they only perform the tests when necessary. When new test is not necessary, they carry results over from year to year rather than pay for a new test with the same result. Q7 and Cayenne has not been crash tested in USA after 2011, perhaps piggybacking on the 2011 Touareg test as they share the same PL71 platform. IIHS has chosen to explicitly display 2008 result for 2015 model, NHTSA indirectly so.

Whatever the case, Wikipedia goes by Verifiability, not truth; all content must rely on reliable sources, not opinions by individual WP editors. NHTSA and IIHS are generally considered to be very reliable sources. If NHTSA has made a mistake, it is up to Audi to contact them. Until then, NHTSA shows Q7 with a rollover risk of

Long story short; NHTSA and IIHS are reliable sources, and they say the 2015 Q7 has these ratings. If you have reason to believe otherwise, please supply source. TGCP (talk) 10:53, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

 * The 2015 model year Audi Q7 is the first generation not the second generation, the data applies only to the first generation and does not belong in the second gen section. Also the results carry over year to year within a generation, they do not carry over to the next generation.  As of now the IIHS and NHTSA have not published results for the second generation Q7.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lolipopprag (talk • contribs) 11:00, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Let me spell that out for you again: NHTSA and IIHS *have* published results for 2015 Q7 : 2015 Audi Q7 (NHTSA) and 2015 Audi Q7 Large SUV / 2008 Audi Q7 (IIHS) "Applies to 2007-15 models" - read the sources; it says so right there. It is the choice of Audi and IIHS to carry over results. TGCP (talk) 11:13, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Okay, the results go in the first gen, I will fix that. TGCP (talk) 11:16, 3 October 2015 (UTC)

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Audi Q7 great example
Hi everyone, I hope you are all having a Merry Xmas and a happy new year !!

I was going through a few edits and found that in some articles such as List of sport utility vehicles, there happens to be (in my honest opinion) an image that does not look up to par. Ok now this is my personal opinion, however I have found a nice assortment of images which I would like to discuss with everyone, more importantly, , and. Look, I know we have reach consensus as per WP:CONSENSUS, however this was a 2 way only discussion, and to ensure reduced bias, I have decided as per this and this one (This is however a different issue altogether) discuss with everyone. I will however not replace the current version (Vauxford's) for the front and rear, because for mine, I did the front view shot (I did the rear but it was damaged, so chose not to upload). I've identified the faults of the images, so therefore it would be nice to rank them from best to worst. I've listed the faults below, based on my opinions.

 * This would make life a lot easier and also would be good examples. I would like to do that. I hope thats ok with everyone :), , how about that? I think it'd be for the better and to prevent the discussion from going out of control. I want to settle peace, but that'd only work with a compromise. Besides the majority voted on the Australian image, so shouldn't that be the one that we use? Also whoever created the photo doesn't matter, what matter is the image is higher quality, which I know mine is out of a lot of examples I have found on Commons. Besides even if I were to replace your examples for the stubs on the foreign Wikipedia, you will still have your image in use because unlike your one, the rear is good so don't need to retake whilst I did only the front view so it should be a compromise we split the use of the images as I suggested underneath the image -- Eurovision Nim  (talk to me)(see my edits) 08:31, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
 * , I've edited the page a few hours ago. I've relocated the pictures from their respective infoboxes to their new spot. And it's fine if the photo that Vauxford shot will be used in Foreign Wikipedia. VictorTorres2002 (talk) 12:05, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I confused you didn't I ? No, I mean't my image is going to be used in articles like Audi, List of sport utility vehicles & J-segment. I would like your opinion before replacing it. There will be no further reverts after this, unless its been approved on this discusson page, along with the wikidata infoboxes and the Simple Wikipedia article on Audi Q7. Is that good enough to explain? Like this, this, and the other ENWP articles along with this. -- Eurovision Nim  (talk to me)(see my edits) 12:08, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
 * , In my opinion, Your pictures are quite better than Vauxford's pictures because the pictures you've tooked are totally high-quality and very highly detailed (the latter goes to Vauxford's pictures which looks great also especially the license plates are censored). But I've both liked your and Vauxford's pictures. VictorTorres2002 (talk) 13:30, 26 December 2018 (UTC)
 * I really want to compromise. I am happy 😃 with the photos however i mentioned it firmly that I think to be fair with each other, I think we can use mine for the EnWP, Simple Wikipedia and Wikidata infoboxes, whilst Vauxford’s can be used for the foreign Wikipedia’s which I don’t have interest in. It’s a deal which would work for everyone and I think we can close it up and do so. — Eurovision Nim (talk to me)(see my edits) 13:39, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

 * I don't like this "compromise" of yours. I think the images are fine as they were. They are still being used some way or another. --Vauxford (talk) 16:47, 26 December 2018 (UTC)

 * Unfortunately, your image is very grainy as seen by your Audi Q5 photo. This way by laying out a comrpomise, we are able to use both images which are of equal quality. I'm not going to really continue much anymore editing, as I don't see the value of my images being used. I cannot focus on Australian cars exclusively, as then you'd be having more of a chance. Thats my only concern and also the bollards. The majority have decided the Australian Audi was the better example, so I want to use that as suggested. Please do not make any further reverts when I replace it back as this was discussed as a majority. If everyone agreed with yours, then I would end the discussion and leave as is. -- Eurovision Nim (talk to me)(see my edits) 00:12, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

No, the "majority" haven't agreed with yours, only at least one, which was Victor. The rest either picked a different one or at this point doesn't care because at this point is futile. --Vauxford (talk) 00:18, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

 * Umm, that also includes . So thats 3 votes. In respect, why do you believe yours is better? Please explain. -- Eurovision Nim (talk to me)(see my edits) 00:20, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

 * You do not count because it your own photo! This was before he knew this was going to spiral into yet another argument, this is no where near reached a consensus. --Vauxford (talk) 00:23, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

 * Look, I am not going to be continuing this argument. I think for the best of everyone here, its best I retire. I don't see how I can contribute much with the limits you are restricting me. -- Eurovision Nim (talk to me)(see my edits) 00:24, 27 December 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protection of page
So, I noticed that a wave of (possible) sockpuppets have been changing the size to mid-size. IT'S A FULL-SIZE. But no matter how many times I revert their edits they keep on carrying on. So I was wondering if you could semi-protect the page for a few months so this whole thing can stop. 73.2.129.126 (talk) 13:12, 26 April 2021 (UTC)

Absurd "mid-sized" claim
This is one of the largest passenger cars on the road anywhere that isn't the US or Canada. It is objectively enormous. Calling it "mid-sized" is an insult to reader's intelligence. The fact that a Boeing 747 is smaller than the Spruce Goose doesn't make the 747 a medium-sized plane. Reliable sources call it "huge" (and those were just the first three I grabbed off of Google) because that is an objective description of its size. If I was being "subjective and unencyclopedic" I would skip the reliable sources and call it "a buffoonishly-large zeppelin on wheels". HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 17:58, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Not really taking any sides, but just to offer an insight, the "mid-size" claim is coming from U.S. publications:
 * https://www.forbes.com/wheels/cars/audi/q7/ "Audi Q7 has remained a benchmark in the midsize three-row luxury crossover SUV segment..."
 * https://www.edmunds.com/audi/q7/ "The 2023 Audi Q7 is a midsize three-row SUV..."
 * https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/audi/q7 "The 2022 Audi Q7's #7 ranking is based on its score within the Luxury Midsize SUVs category..."
 * https://www.kbb.com/audi/q7/
 * Also a bulk of Q7 sales were coming from the U.S. (source 1, source 2). Again, just offering an insight.
 * - Andra Febrian (talk) 18:07, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Sources can be cited with in-prose attribution regarding how large they think it is, but it seems the article cannot make any claims regarding the size in wikivoice. Personally I think we should be doubting the reliability of any source that doesn't call it at the very least "large", however. Such a claim gives the impression of a writer that has not actually seen a Q7 in person or even just looked up its dimensions. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 18:24, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I reverted the adjective "huge" as inappropriate for an encyclopedia. I would prefer the industry-standard terms of full-size, mid-size or large, whichever reliable sources state. Personally, I would be in favor of removing that description completely. Bahooka (talk) 18:55, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
 * The Guardian and the Sunday Times both call the first-generation model "vast". I'm not sure where you're going to find more reliable sources than those. HumanBodyPiloter5 (talk) 19:28, 25 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Personally I think we should be doubting the reliability of any source that doesn't call it at the very least "large", however. - I have a problem with this. I think it boils down to where the publication is based on, not the reliability of the publication. To U.S.-based publications, SUVs in this size are mid-size SUVs because the "full-size" distinction is reserved to gigantic SUVs over 5.2 m in length, which Europe doesn't have, so over there it is called large. Andra Febrian (talk) 07:38, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Metroid Comparisons

Metroid Comparisons 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 delete

This is unencyclopedic and conjectural. I might even call it fancruft or original research. Delete it, and maybe mention in one sentence in Metroid that it was influenced by the Alien series. – Andre ( talk ) 00:31, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete - agreed. I was last to edit and that was a re-direct correction. Hobie 00:38, 2004 Sep 27 (UTC)
 * Delete this page, but merge the "Metroid and Alien" comparison back into Metroid. The Metroid-Alien link is valid anecdotal material, though indeed it should be incorporated into the descriptions of the games (or placed in a "trivia" section) instead of being presented as if it constitutes a stand-alone subject. Fredrik | talk 00:42, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Fancruft. --Improv 00:56, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Merge the "Metroid-Alien link" bit and redirect to Metroid. -- [[User:Bobdoe| Bob Doe ]] 01:08, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Why would you redirect something like this? Nobody's going to search for "Metroid Comparisons."  – Andre ( talk )  01:10, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * To keep in terms with the GFDL is the only reason I'm voting that way. If someone want to add the edit history of Metroid Comparisons to Metroid, then delete away. -- [[User:Bobdoe| Bob Doe ]] 02:08, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * There's no need to do that. The text was originally in Metroid and was later moved to this page. Fredrik | talk 08:15, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: subtrivial fancruft. Wile E. Heresiarch 05:12, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unencyclopedic.   — Gwalla | Talk 18:58, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Even if it was encyclopedic, I see no reason for something so specific to be in its own article. Doozer 01:03, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete The page was first created by 24.119.220.58. I thought they had a whole list of insightful and interesting metroid comparisions, and was just a work in progress, so I moved the metroid and alien section from metroid to here, on the though that this article would fill up. However it seems that there isn't much info on the topic, so it's kinda pointless. ____Ebelular 16:19, 28 Sep 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete - original research. -- Cyrius|✎ 23:36, 3 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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Boo Hewerdine

Mark "Boo" Hewerdine (born 14 February 1961) is an English singer-songwriter and record producer. His work includes lead singer and creative force behind The Bible, formed in the 1980s, and reformed in 1994, as well as solo recordings and work for film. He has also produced records by several artists, including a long association with Eddi Reader. He has been described as "one of Britain's most consistently accomplished songwriters".

Early life and The Great Divide
Born Mark Hewerdine grew up in North London, before moving to Cambridge while still a child, and as a teenager formed the short-lived band Placebo Thing with a friend. He worked in the warehouse of Andy's Records in Bury St Edmunds, where he was exposed to a wide range of music. He joined The Great Divide in 1983, and the band were signed to Cambridge independent label Wimp Records by local entrepreneur David Gowar, and recorded and released their debut single "Who Broke the Love Bank" in 1982. They were heard by Mike Scott of The Waterboys, who recommended them to Ensign Records, who bought out their contract with Wimp, and they subsequently cut three commercially unsuccessful singles on Ensign.

The Bible
In 1985 Hewerdine, working once again in a record shop in Cambridge (The Beat Goes On), formed The Bible with jazz drummer Tony Shepherd, later recruiting former Great Divide bandmate Kevin Flanagan. They released an album of songs in 1986 through the independent Norwich label Backs Records called Walking The Ghost Back Home.

The Bible became a fairly successful independent band, with a cult following spread mostly through word of mouth and live performances. Two tracks from the first album, "Graceland" and "Mahalia" were released as singles, but failed to bring them commercial success. The album however was very well received by music pundits, and this brought the band to the attention of Chrysalis Records. Signing to Chrysalis at the end of 1986, "Graceland" was re-released as a single, and reached number 86 in the UK singles chart. A new album, the Steve Earle-produced Eureka followed, but failed commercially. A new version of "Graceland" gave the band their biggest hit (number 51) in 1989. In 1990, Hewerdine decided to leave the group and pursue solo projects.

Solo
At around this time Hewerdine was introduced by a label A&R man to US "new country" singer Darden Smith, and this set him off in a new direction. Working together, he and Smith wrote the album Evidence in around nine days. The album was released in 1989 to critical acclaim. The two went on to tour together in 1996. Hewerdine also worked on new solo songs, largely based on his earlier traumatic experiences in London. Eventually these were distilled down to produce his debut solo album proper, Ignorance, released in 1992. Invited by Tori Amos to play support promoting these songs, Hewerdine managed to find a new audience and Ignorance and a single from the album, "History", did relatively well commercially.

As Hewerdine's star rose, he started to write for other artists, among them Eddi Reader, Clive Gregson and Christine Collister. The Bible reformed in 1993 for a tour the following year and also released an EP of new material (The Dreamlife EP) and an album of b sides and extra's called Random Acts of Kindness. The band split again in December 1994 and a new album remained unreleased (the title was used for a later compilation), although songs from the album were re-recorded by Hewerdine on his John Wood-produced 1996 album Baptist Hospital, which featured contributions from Eddi Reader and Richard Thompson. Thanksgiving followed in 1999, which featured a guest appearance from Martha Wainwright and was described by Allmusic writer Rick Anderson as "sometimes very pretty in a Beatlesque way and sometimes moving", and Anon in 2002.

In 2001 Hewerdine was invited to act as 'songwriter in residence' at the Performing Rights Society's The Song's the Thing concert series in London, also performing at one of the concerts.

Harmonograph was released on MVine/Red Grape Records in February 2006, a collection of his songs originally recorded by other artists such as Eddi Reader and Hepburn, recorded by Hewerdine for the first time, with accompaniment from another former member of The Bible, Neill MacColl. The Toy Box nos. 1 and 2 EPs were released in 2008. God Bless The Pretty Things, was released in 2009. Recorded in Glasgow, with a band including John McCusker, Alan Kelly, Ewen Vernal, and Heidi Talbot, the album was described by the BBC as "timeless songs for all seasons" and "an album of unusual class and sensitivity". Scotland on Sunday gave the album a four-star review, calling it "exceptional, an album of superior Anglo-Saxon Americana".

In 2010 he appeared with Chris Difford and Justin Currie on BBC Four programme Songwriters' Circle.

State of the Union
Hewerdine first performed with Cambridge-based American guitarist Brooks Williams in 2010 after adding him to the bill of his annual Christmas show in his home town of Ely at the last minute when guests Chris Difford and Barry McGuigan were unable to attend due to weather conditions. In 2011, Hewerdine teamed up with Williams to form the band State of the Union. Their plan was to record an album using vintage microphones and equipment live at Kyoti Studio with Mark Freegard Glasgow studio in just five days, although they completed the album in only a day and a half. They followed the album with the EP Rent, the title track of which (a cover version of the Pet Shop Boys' song) was performed on The Andrew Marr Show in December 2012.

State of the Union played their first gig at the 2011 Ely Folk Festival, and played at the Celtic Connections festival in January 2012. The album was released in April 2012 on Reveal Records and was followed by a tour.

Film and television
Hewerdine was invited by Nick Hornby to write music for the soundtrack of the 1997 film adaptation of his book Fever Pitch. With Neill MacColl he also wrote music for the soundtrack of Shane Meadows' Twenty Four Seven and David Evans' television film Our Boy, both also from 1997. He also had a track included in the soundtrack of Christine Lahti's My First Mister (2001), and in 2003 his "Different God" was used in the film Intermission.

Hewerdine's song "Bell, Book and Candle" (from Thanksgiving) has been used in several television dramas, including an award-winning death scene in Emmerdale.

Production and writing work
Hewerdine collaborated over several years with Eddi Reader, as producer, songwriter and guitarist in her band. His song "Patience of Angels", originally written for The Bible, was recorded by Reader for her self-titled 1994 album, which featured several Hewerdine compositions, and was a top 40 hit in the UK Singles Chart when released as a single. Hewerdine also co-produced Eddi Reader's 1999 album Angels & Electricity and her 2003 album Sings the Songs of Robert Burns.

His other production work includes albums with The Corrs, Heidi Talbot, and Laurie Freelove. He co-wrote and produced Chris Difford's 2008 album The Last Temptation of Chris.

He has also written songs recorded by K.d. Lang ("Last Cigarette"), Paul Young, Melanie C, Marti Pellow, David McAlmont, Brian Kennedy, Kris Drever, Sarah Jane Morris, Alex Parks, and Natalie Imbruglia.

Awards and recognition
"Patience of Angels" brought a nomination for the Ivor Novello Award for Hewerdine in 1995.

In a 2009 review of his album God Bless the Pretty Things, the BBC described Hewerdine as "one of Britain's most consistently accomplished songwriters". Nick Coleman of The Independent on Sunday described Hewerdine as "one of the best songwriters we have". The Birmingham Evening Mail described him as "one of the country's finest lyricists".

Discography
For his releases with The Bible see The Bible (band)

Albums

 * Ignorance (1992), Ensign/Compass
 * Baptist Hospital (1996), WEA
 * Thanksgiving (1999), Compass
 * Anon (2002), Haven
 * Harmonograph (2005), MVine
 * God Bless the Pretty Things (2009), Navigator – reissued in 2012 by Reveal Records as a 2-CD set including both Toy Box EPs
 * Open (2015), Reveal
 * Swimming In Mercury (2017), Reveal
 * Before (2019), Reveal
 * Understudy (2022), Reveal

 * with The Great Divide:
 * Money and Time (2007), Gott Discs

 * with Darden Smith:
 * Evidence (1989), Chrysalis/Capitol

 * with State of the Union:
 * State of the Union (2011) (with Brooks Williams), Reveal
 * Snake Oil (2012) (with Brooks Williams), Reveal
 * The Saltwell Sessions (2017) (with Brooks Williams), Reveal

 * Compilations:
 * A Live One (2002), Madan
 * My Name In The Brackets (The Best Of Boo Hewerdine & The Bible) (2014), Reveal

EP's

 * History (1992), Ensign
 * 59 yds (1992), Ensign
 * Extras (2001), Shellshock
 * Ontario (2005), MVine
 * Toy Box No. 1 (2008), Navigator
 * Toy Box No. 2 (2008), Navigator
 * Born (2016), Reveal
 * A Letter To My Younger Self (2018), Reveal

 * with State of the Union:
 * Rent (2012) (with Brooks Williams), Reveal

 * with Kris Drever
 * Last Man Standing (2015), Reveal

Singles

 * "World's End" (1995), Blanco y Negro
 * "Joke" (1996), Blanco y Negro

 * with The Great Divide:
 * "Who Broke The Love Bank" (1982), Wimp
 * "Whispered In Heaven" (1983), Ensign
 * "It's Got To Be Love" (1984), Blue Murder
 * "Money And Time" (1984), Ensign

 * with Darden Smith:
 * "All I Want Is Everything" (1989), Ensign

 * with Eddi Reader and Clive Gregson:
 * "Wonderful Lie" (1993), Haven

Compilation appearances

 * Rubber Folk: A Folk Tribute to the Beatles (2006), Gott Discs: "What Goes On" (Boo Hewerdine & Eddi Reader)

DVD

 * Transatlantic Sessions 2 (2011) – Various Artists DVD

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User:Jelly441

Jelly441 is a 19 year-old guy from the United Kingdom.

There is nothing of interest to note about him except his very newfound addiction to Wikipedia.

His name is a contraction of Jellyman, one of his internet names (which came about due to his friend's suggestion of it as a band name) and the juggling siteswap 441.

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Talk:Dick Pound

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Why was this page moved? He is almost always known as Dick. - SimonP 00:32, Sep 27, 2004 (UTC)

Pound has taken on a lot of criticism lately and yet recent results have proven that he is justified in the statements that he has made. You cannot realistically claim that he has lost credibility based on the NHL tests seeing as the players had more than 6 months notice to clean up their act if they were cheating. More and more "athletes" are being found guilty of doping (see the Tour de France 2006 debacle as well as Gatlin in Track) as Pound has indicated (including more Americans). Pound has been extremely vigilant in drawing out the cheaters in all sports and his track record prior to WADA has indicated that this is not a man who is in the habit of making cavalier statements that are potentially harmful to those that he is accusing. I think we should shine a brighter light on the man as I feel that there will be even more proof going forward that he is absolutely correct in his assessment of the sporting world and will make a significant impact in helping to clean this industry up. Louhabs 23:50, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

He may indeed be “correct in his assessment of the sporting world” however, making false, baseless, damaging,and unsubstantiated accusations is not only inappropriate, but smacks of McCarthyism and to say the least, is very damaging to not only himself, but the very agency he represents. His latest oral indiscretion has landed him in hot water in Austria were he is facing libel proceedings that could apparently land him in jail for up to one year. http://www.eurosport.com/alpineskiing/torino/2005-2006/sport_sto945840.shtml

 * What is libelous is the article. That everyone and his mother accused of doping bitches and moans is no surprise. Fact is that more likely than not, it's because they know WADA is correct in its findings. The fact that he faced a libel suit means precisely nothing. I think there's just a bit too many people on Wikipedia who buy any crap Armstrong and Landis tell them. --84.46.9.51 05:58, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Controversies?
I suggest cleaning up the so-called controversies. By the "standards" applied now, we could include just about every case of doping Pound presides on, taking the bitching and moaning of the culprits as "Controversy". This really is a seriously POV section. --84.46.9.68 05:26, 17 July 2007 (UTC)

 * I would be cautious about major changes. The thing is, he is probably best known for taking on Armstrong and Landis, and the reader would be badly informed if info on them is not there.--Wehwalt 12:22, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
 * There's more than Armstrong and Landis in there. The Mayer part is absolutely ridiculous, suggesting that there actually might have been substance to the lawsuit when in fact, Mayer was just slinging mud in a clear case. As for Armstrong and Landis, it's unfortunately that their fanboys are running amok on Wikipedia -scientifically, both cases are pretty much clear. --84.46.9.199 05:56, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

 * I try to avoid those article. I do keep this article neutral in tone.--Wehwalt 10:08, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

cracked.com
Will the editor who keeps posting the cracked.com entry please explain why, in his view, it does not violate WP:TRIVIA? It is completely irrelevant to Pound himself. It might be relevant to an article about Pound as a last name, but it is meaningless here. I'm not going to get into an edit war, but I am confident if I call in a third opinion, the opinion will be that it should go.--Wehwalt (talk) 17:43, 18 October 2008 (UTC)
 * If he were an adult film star or something like that, I could see it, but this is just a humor article collecting an assortment of men with strongly (in their estimation) male names. Yes, it should stay out.  There's no particular reason Cracked.com seems to be a reliable source, either. Jclemens (talk) 20:32, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Hopefully the anon editor will respect your opinion.--Wehwalt (talk) 21:29, 22 October 2008 (UTC)--Wehwalt (talk) 21:29, 22 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm not the editor, but I have to agree that the Cracked article deserves at least a mention. 75.118.170.35 (talk) 14:35, 12 November 2010 (UTC)

most people who search dick pound come after reading the cracked.com article.--201.230.3.70 (talk) 14:30, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Comments
The 2006 winter olympics took place in Torino not Turin Skiracerdude (talk) 21:25, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

 * Same place, and Turin is the most common English name for it.--Wehwalt (talk) 21:33, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Although it is more commonly said, as on all merchandise, torino Skiracerdude (talk) 01:10, 23 April 2009 (UTC)

Dick Pound is no longer the Chancellor or McGill. A new Chancellor (Arnold Steinberg) was appointed 1-July-2009 (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Arnold_Steinberg)--63.64.43.102 (talk) 23:18, 11 July 2011 (UTC)

Swimming career
Can someone add his swimming career? The article is protected -- 76.65.131.160 (talk) 07:23, 5 August 2012 (UTC)
 * http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/olympics/dick-pound-revels-in-brent-haydens-success/article4459147/
 * http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/po/dick-pound-1.html
 * http://olympic.ca/team-canada/richard-w-pound

Altering a dangerously unsubstantiated claim
At the time of writing this, the World Anti-Doping Agency section says, in pertinent part, "The commission released its report in November 2015, accusing Vladimir Putin of being complicit in illegal doping...". A quick scan of | WADA's November 2015 report for Putin's name shows it was used only once in the report and twice in footnotes; none of these references, nor anything else in the report, accuse Vladimir Putin of being complicit in illegal doping. In addition to the names of many athletes and officials, the report levels accusations at the "Russian state", "the FSB", "Russian law enforcement agencies" and uses the phrase "state influence", but never accuses Putin of any complicity in illegal doping (or any other wrong doing). The | media source cited in support of the offending Wikipedia paragraph does not use Putin's name at all (except in a caption to a picture which does not accuse him of being complicit in illegal doping). The article does say WADA issued "a devastatingly critical report accused the country’s [Russia's] government of complicity in widespread doping and coverups" and also that "[t]he commission accused the Russian state of complicity", but does not accuse Putin of being complicit in illegal doping. I am therefore changing the Wikipedia article to "The commission released its report in November 2015, accusing the Russian state of being complicit in illegal doping..."79.76.126.240 (talk) 17:59, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
 * You obviously did not use the cited source, since it was cited to CNN and properly referenced. Go and watch the TV episode. -- 70.51.44.60 (talk) 19:23, 11 November 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, I did use the | National Post source that was properly cited, but you are correct that I did not watch the CNN TV episode - because simply citing "CNN Newsroom. CNN. 10 November 2015" is not specific enough to be able to FIND the material referenced. Quickly perusing CNN's vast website, it looks like a program called CNN Newsroom is on seven times a day here in Europe, and perhaps five times a day in the US (and I suspect there are other editions for Asia). Which one was cited? Even if past episodes are available on-line (which I have yet to find), it's not practical to wade through twelve hours (or more) of video. If it's un-findable, and therefore unverifiable, it's a totally useless citation. If a link to a specific video or a transcript were provided it may be a verifiable citation, but as is, it's only slightly more useful than "As seen on TV." 79.76.126.240 (talk) 07:37, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
 * CNN (and not CNN International, etc) has one CNN Newsroom, and the others are CNN Newsroom with Poppy Harlow or CNN Newsroom with xyz, etc. CNN Newsroom repeats the same episode over and over again on the same day. And per the references guidelines, there is no requirement for any reference to be online. You can call CNN up for a transcript. -- 70.51.44.60 (talk) 05:48, 13 November 2015 (UTC)
 * The article text in question is compliant with the policies of WP:BLP and has a citation to an accessible source. I'm happy to leave it there. 79.76.126.240 (talk) 17:44, 13 November 2015 (UTC)

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Asterius of Cappadocia

Asterius of Cappadocia (Ἀστέριος; died c. 341) was an Arian Christian theologian from Cappadocia.

Few of his writings have been recovered in their entirety; the latest edition is by Markus Vinzent). He is said to have been a pupil of Lucian of Antioch, but it is unclear to what extent this was the case. He is said to have relapsed into paganism during the persecution under Maximian in 304 and thus, though received again into the church by Lucian and supported by the Eusebian party, never attained to ecclesiastical office. He was present at the synod of Antioch in 341.

His extant works include a Commentary on the Psalms made up of 31 sermons, a letter to Eusebius, the Syntagmation, and a few fragments. Fragments of his Syntagmation are preserved by Athanasius of Alexandria and Marcellus of Ancyra.

Asterius was a firm defender of Arianism and Eusebius of Caesarea's theology, emphasising the derivative nature of the Son as a spontaneous manifestation and generation of the Father's will.

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Talk:Metroid Fusion

Going to upload scanned box art...
I'm going to scan my box of Metroid Fusion, since the article seems to be missing one. (Cipher Destiny 15:29, 3 September 2006 (UTC))
 * The template for the image is already in the editting section, and I've re-added once, but for some reason, it disappeared from the main page itself.Abodos 00:59, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Developer?
Do we know for sure Intelligent Systems developed Metroid Fusion? All the info I've found says "developed by Nintendo." I know Intelligent Systems is part of Nintendo, but it seems that IS, unlike EAD, like to have their name in the games they make.

pretend you dont know anything about videogames. then read the first sentence of this article. sounds odd? well, i think it does. please consider rewriting   some  of it   so  that people    who are   not   familiar with 'platform' 'gameboy', etc,  can   have  an idea  what is  going on here. thank you.

 * I've added in "video game", but I'm afraid that's all I can think of. Have you any more specific suggestions? Anyone who wants to learn about Game Boys or video games can just click those wikilinks, you know.  – Andre ( talk )  00:41, 27 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I added in fourth game in the series and first GBA...

Merge from SA-X
The VfD on SA-X decided to merge it here. I'm putting the text in the talk page, in the hope that someone else will add whatever is appropriate to the article itself.
 * The SA-X is an X parasite that infested Samus Aran's Power Suit (see Samus Aran and Metroid Fusion) and the beginning of Metroid Fusion for Game Boy Advanced, and was then surgically removed. The rest of the X parasites were then destroyed by a Metroid vaccine and the infected Power Suit was sent to a B.S.L. (Biologic Space Labs) Space Station. But soon after Samus awoke, she found out that a myserious explosion had occured at the station, in the Quarentine Bay. ***Warning: game spoilers ahead*** After Samus investigated, she found out the SA-X was responsbile for the explosion. The SA-X's main weapon is the Ice Beam, which hurts Samus massively and can kill her. The SA-X also uses Power Bombs and Super Missiles, which he destroys doors with. But finally, the SA-X is destroyed, along with the Omega Metroid (see Omega Metroid), and Samus escapes on her ship.

 * The SA-X in all is a clone of Samus (its name means 'Samus Aran - X) and is trying to make the X parasites spread across the galaxy to end galctic civilization.

dbenbenn | talk 18:01, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * Actually, can you think of anybody who doesn't now what a Gameboy is?--Skullhuntr--71.145.162.231 17:04, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

I can. I know somebody apparently on the hrwiki who never even heard of a green mushroom being a 1-Up. In closing, I'm not creating an account.

 * Um...Actually, one NORMALLY would think of green mushrooms as meaning death. Skullhuntr71.145.208.158 22:36, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Removed image
This image seemed to be a bit too big of a spoiler for this article. I'll make a new, nonspoilerific, screenshot in short order. -- Bobdoe (Talk) 02:23, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, I think there is a spoiler warning there so it may be alright.--Zxcvbnm 03:10, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Still, it's the last boss of the game! Surely one of the earlier bosses would demonstrate the gameplay just as well. -- Bobdoe (Talk) 04:01, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I wonder if that image might be good over at the Metroid (video game species) article, though. Just the same, yeah; an earlier boss would be better for this article. --Sparky the Seventh Chaos 07:59, Apr 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * It probably would illustrate that article well. -- Bobdoe (Talk) 19:28, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Why not put in a picture of that awful Spider guy? The one you get Space Jump from? Or a picture of getting chased by the SA-X. Like after you beat the spider. --RedZ--

I've added a new boss image: one of the X shell things. It seems fairly appropriate for the paragraph on equipment. -- Bobdoe (Talk) 19:28, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, that is good also, i like it. It would be cool to have the Nightmare in there though =) but no complaints--Zxcvbnm 19:48, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Looks good to me. And they're called either "Core X" or "Core-X". :) --Sparky the Seventh Chaos 22:34, Apr 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * Lol I fixed the caption before you posted that =)--Zxcvbnm 22:48, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

new links
What is metroid fusion doing in IMDB????--Zxcvbnm 14:04, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * The IMDb lists a lot of video games, though not at the quality most of us would like. Dread Lord C y b e r S k u l l ✎☠ 10:03, 2005 July 30 (UTC)

Easter Egg for Metroid Fusion
[Metroid Easte] some fool, came up with this cool stuff...
 * It is a picture, of a Air Purifer, in Metroid Fusion (DUH!)

At the top Left of it, shows a mini picture of the Gamecube,,, the colour matchs the green Air Pruifer,
 * If the person thinks, it looks like what he/she thinks...it is not

Because it shows the black section in the middle of the console, just like the console This can be added to the article, but the problem is...we don't know any other Trivia/Easter Eggs:P >x<ino 01:25, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
 * The middle white section (for putting the controllers in
 * and the Hanld at the back...all this can be found on the Air Purifer

 * There is another easter egg, which was mentioned in the article until someone removed it on November 11. Fredrik | tc 06:10, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

If there is another, then we can find more, and i will put up the Easter Egg, from that fool that removed it:P >x<ino 10:02, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

Are you sure, there was an Easter Egg!? >x<ino

 * Yeah, I saw it too. That has gotta be delibrate. Dang! Those marketing folk have us every way we turn!--ICan'tSpell--71.145.162.231 17:07, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

If you guys are looking for easter eggs why don't you include the shinespark one? It's Mentioned on the Metroid series page but not here, I wonder why... - Mit kebes T  04:11, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

Only one sequence break?
I thought there was definitley more than one. For example, one Energy tank in the fire sector is in a secret room that is three blocks high. The only way to get to the Energy Tank is to use the Space Jump near the end of the game-unless you are proficient with the Shinespark. Maybe I am mistaken.

But isn't there a large period at the end where you can use tunnels to different sectors in order to grap the remaining tanks? The sequence says you should go straight to the main sector.

Many parts have alternate paths. For example, in the SAX encounter after the Power Bomb, you have two options. One is to jump behind the pillar, then wait for SAX to start walking away, then plant a Power Bomb. Then you quickly jump into the upper tunnel and run quickly into the next room. The other option is to ball jump and plant a regular bomb at about the top of your jump. Then cntinue this process until you reach the end.

I thought a few other sequnce breaks, but I can't recall them. I have a launchday copy of Fusion, I should try that Ice Missile thing. But won't that make me permanently unable to get Diffusion Missiles?

 * Sequence-breaking is difficult to call out in games like this, because the linearity of the game is always in question. Generally speaking, though, going out of your way to get energy tanks is not sequence breaking, as those powerups are usually optional anyway.  However: If you can grab, say, the Ice Missile powerup and encounter the final boss directly from the first level, that would be an obvious sequence break.  Previous Metroid games have had cases where that sort of thing was possible by exploiting flaws in the game's design, and Fusion has programming in place to try to specifically prevent that sort of thing from happening. — KieferSkunk (talk) — 18:39, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

First Sentence
What does this " billion divide by seven" thing mean?

Critical acclaim
Okay, Super Metroid got critical acclaim. Well, why don't you say that Fusion did too? IGN gave it a 9.7 and GameInformer gave it a solid 10. That, my friends, is critical acclaim. If you don't believe me, go play it.--RedZion--71.145.162.231 17:11, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Super Metroid was considered better than Fusion and one of the best games of all time (see article)--Zxcvbnm 01:16, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I never said that Super wasn't good--In fact, it's possibly one of the best I've played in my entire life. I'm just saying that Fusion was really awesome. It wasn't 'True' Metroid, but it had that nice twist that made it really stand out. --RedZion--71.145.151.142 01:52, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

Don't care...this game is sick:P
 * >x<ino 06:59, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

 * The only thing sick about it is when Samus dies.--RedZion-- 10 May 2006 (UTC)

I don't know if you said sick in bad context, but it looks like it. Anyway, when she dies it isn't sick, it's simply different than other games. I don't care what other people think. Super Metroid WAS awesome, but not very big on replay value. Plus, you couldn't go to different environments like in Fusion (I think) and besides, Fusion has a great cinematic kind of quality that I and a lot of other people REALLY like. Start thinking rationally, or post comments on something else.

 * I never said that I didn't LIKE fusion *slaps forehead*. If I had to rate Fusion I'd probably give it a perfect 10. And yes, I have to agree with that cinematic quality thing you were talking about--the game has a sort of flair that none of the others manage to replicate, except maybe Prime 2. I just mean that the ending animation is, in my opinion, unneeded. Not bad, but unneeded. I was just annoyed because I'm used to a plain old 'game over' screen with discordant death music. Oh, and in Super Metroid you COULD go to other environments, actually. Meridia, for one (The music the Lower Sector 4 AQA in Fusion is a remix of the Meridia tune), and of course Brinstar (caverns), a ruined spaceship (metal), Norfair (Lava), and some other stuff too.--RedZion-- May 12 2006

Merge with Adam Malkovitch
I saw this at Adam's page and thought I would put down my vote for supporting the merger. NP Chilla 20:10, 7 May 2006 (UTC)

Why is sequence breaking being discussed in the opening parapgraphs?
Remove it. The opening paragraphs should describe the game not game exploits. Buzda 05:03, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Agreed, done. Recury 14:40, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Redirect from Octolith
There was an article about the octoliths that was suggested for a merge to here. The info there seemed too detailed to fit well here, but if you want to try to salvage anything, it is in the history of that page. Recury 14:40, 11 August 2006 (UTC)

Praise and criticism section
This section needs rewriting. Not a single source, and a lot of "fans", "widely considered", and "some people". If not fixable, remove altogether and just do a full rewrite.

Samus-Federation Connection Question
Where did the idea that Samus was formerly a member of the Federation Police come from? I have been hearing it a lot, but is there an official source referring to it?

Project Metroid IV
Is it just me or is there a lot of useless information in this article? I have decided to create a "project" to try and remove all the information/facts/opinions that do not belong in an Encyclopedia. (that's what wikipedia is, remember that) If you do not like my changes, please just don't go edit it and start a edit war, please post your concerns here. If your edits are small or are actually relative I'll probably let it go.

*Note: I'm not trying to "take over" this article, I just see it's in very poor shape and needs an update. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by -starter- (talk • contribs) 22:24, 12 December 2006 (UTC).

Power Suit
I'm changing the claim that Samus regains her power suit after absorbing the SA-X, because this is simply not true. Her fusion suit gains the color scheme of the power suit, but they remain two distinctly different suits. See a screenshot of the Metroid Fusion ending here. --24.117.122.78 16:19, 28 December 2006 (UTC)

Boss List
Is a list of all the bosses in the game needed? I don't get why we need to have it...66.82.9.57 14:35, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

I'd say so, I've found wikipedia to be a reliable source of information on everything and bosses need to be named somewhere. Some FAQs have strange names for bosses so we could do with names here.
 * Yeah, but then you run into all the people who go "Wikipedia is not a game guide!", and listing the bosses seems to be regarded as "game-guide" material in many cases. (Personally, if they take these "Wikipedia is NOT" policies and guidelines much further, all the game articles will just say "This is a game made by a company in some year for some system. End of line.") — KieferSkunk (talk) — 18:28, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Intentional sequence break removed - here's why
I originally added a note to the Plot/Gameplay section discussing the "intentional" sequence break in the game's plot. This is where Samus finds a Federation powerup before being told about it by her CO, and the CO then reprimands her for getting it out of sequence. I realized more recently that, while it can be considered an "intentional" sequence break (as in, one that the developers were aware of and accounted for), in this case it's actually a required step in the game's linear plot - you CANNOT progress through the game (by legitimate means) without going through this step (the developers didn't provide an alternate path to this powerup). By that justification, this becomes a plot detail that doesn't need to be discussed in the article. — KieferSkunk (talk) — 18:45, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

Hard Mode
Is it worth mentioning that the japanese version of this game features a hard mode, unlocked on completion of normal (like zero mission does), but that this was removed from the US/Europe versions of the game? Xmoogle 23:13, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Seems the Japanese version came later so hard mode wasn't *removed* I guess but still... Xmoogle 18:06, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Plot Summary Needs Re-write
I'm not real pleased with the state of the plot section at the moment. Several paragraphs mention information that should go under game-play, and hardly any major plot points are mentioned; when they are, it's done in such an unusual order, going back between the plot itself and game-play specifics.Abodos 01:51, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

I agree. There is almost no information regarding the plot in the section, besides that regarding Adam and the intro storyline. It doesn't even mention that SA-X, in the battle with the Omega Metroid, saves Samus, which I personally think is one of the major plot twists. Furthermore, the plot information that the section does cover isn't very descript anyway, so overall the whole section is junk. It needs a re-write. 24.15.53.225 (talk) 01:10, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

More of Reviewers' Opinions
The "Reception" subsection needs a lot more information on reviewers' opinions. I noticed that the reviews of the game from IGN and Gamespot are referenced, but none of the specific points are mentioned at all in the article. For a few more reviews, look for the review diaries for Metroid Fusion at the Metroid Database. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Abodos (talk • contribs) 01:06, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Based off Wario Land 4 engine? Lacking evidence...
The claim that Metroid Fusion is based off the Wario Land 4 engine (added 2007-09-25) is backed only by this forum thread, and this YouTube video. Here's a summary of the forum thread: Metroid Fusion's debug room uses the same sprites for blocks as those used in Wario Land 4, so the former must be based off the latter's engine. Seems like a big jump in logic to me. For all we know, the block graphics may have just been imported as placeholders. The claim has been removed from the article, unless a more reliable source can be presented. Poiuyt Man talk 01:12, 20 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I know this was written back in 2008... but there is more evidence that has come to light that MF might be based off of the Wario Land 4 engine. WL4 contains a debug mode that can be enabled with a cheating device. Within this mode, there is a free movement mode which allows the player to move Wario and the camera basically anywhere. A MF prototype was leaked (in 2013 I believe) that had a free movement mode enabled by default that is remarkably similar to the free movement mode of WL4. So if you combine the leftover/unused sprites from WL4 with the free movement mode in MF then it does appear that MF was, in some way, built off of WL4.

--Cuber456 (talk) 11:39, 16 January 2015 (UTC)
 * http://tcrf.net/Wario_Land_4#Debug_Mode
 * http://tcrf.net/Proto:Metroid_Fusion/0911_Prototype#SECTION
 * It is very feasible that the Fusion was based off of Wario Land 4's engine, but we need something better than fan-edited Wiki to verify the claim per WP:RS and WP:SYN. I am not saying the claim is garbage, but it needs a proper source if we were to include it in this article. Something along the lines of an excert from a magazine article, interview from a developer, or section in a book would be ideal. I found an interview with the game's dev's supporting the claim, but it's from a fansite. --  StarScream1007  ►Talk  00:06, 17 January 2015 (UTC)
 * That same interview you found is from the official Nintendo site in Japanese. Metroid Database translated interviews to English; they also translated the Prime 3 interview from Iwata Asks. Probably, we can use the ones from Nintendo websites over those from fansites, can't we? --  Hounder4  18:22, 17 January 2015 (UTC)

WP:VG Assesment
I've looked over the article for assessment as requested and although some great progress has been made it still needs some work. I've included some help below on how the article can be improved further. I'll hold on assigning it a new grade for now in order to let you have a chance to respond.

It's easy to see that a lot of work has gone into this article and I'm happy to help with any questions you might have. As I said, I'll hold off on the re-grade for now until you get a chance to respond. Keep up the great work! Gazimoff (talk) 21:47, 22 March 2008 (UTC)
 * The lead section at the top of the article needs to be filled out some more. Ideally it should be three paragraphs long, with the first containing information about release dates and development (who it was made by etc), the second about gameplay and the third about reception and any legacy the game had.
 * The gameplay section needs expanding. Perhaps explain each of the seven differing regions - is there a theme for each? However you decide to expand it, focus on the unique points about the gameplay, particularly items that were picked out as novel during reviews.
 * The Synopsis section could possibly be renamed to Plot. I'd have a look at removing the subheadings, as it breaks up the flow of the text a lot. Where possible, have plot elements referenced, either to sections of dialogue from the game, or walkthroughs, or possibly reviews.
 * In the development section it's worth adding information about when the game was announced, who developed it, who the main people that were involved were and when it was released. You mention that it was shown at E3 - what did people think of it as an unfinished game? Was there any pre-release information, discussion and so on? You mention in the external links that a soundtrack was released - include more information on it here.
 * For reception look at having the opinions of several different reviewers, such as web based ones like Gamespot and IGN, as well as magazines like Edge if you can. Include a template using Template:VG Reviews to hold all your scores with references next to the scores. Also, pick out common themes from the reviews - what did they like, what did they dislike? How was the audio received? You can be fairly in depth here, ringing in common themes from a range of articles. Include the sales figures (which you already have - great stuff!) in a separate paragraph at the end.
 * In the external links section, I'd suggest trimming it down to just the official site. Any reviews or faqs that you reference in the article should be under your references, instead of external links.
 * As it's been over a week, I'm leaving this as is for now. Please let me know if you feel that the statements above are settled and I'll take another look. Any questions, please ask. I'll be happy to re-review before relisting if you like.Gazimoff (talk) 12:49, 31 March 2008 (UTC)

Pictures
The gameplay images seem too crowded. Perhaps one, (maybe the first?) should be moved to the plot section or removed altogether. --haha169 (talk) 23:18, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * But they both refer to things mentioned in the Gameplay section. I don't think it's that crowded anyway.--ZXCVBNM [ TALK] 23:41, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I'm still working on the article. I usually work on images near the end as they are linked to what exists in the prose. Gary King  ( talk ) 23:51, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

=A bit of constructive nitpicking= Gameplay - Core-X's don't always appear after defeating a boss (the first encounter with the B.O.X.), and one specific boss does not let you download the powerup until later (the SA-X keeping the Ice Beam from you until the Omega Metroid battle, the only one time in the game you ever use it). In addition, the Core-X's that give beam upgrades are different from regular Core-X's, in that they have an eye-like structure that periodically appears and shoots a beam with the upgrade it holds, and Samus must fire missiles into the "eye" to destroy it, instead of just shooting x-number of missiles at it.

Plot - Definately needs spoiler tags before mentioning the Restricted Lab or the Omega Metroid. Also, it's worth noting that her abilities are all lost, with the exception of basic jumping, ducking, and using the basic beam, due to losing her Power Suit, and that she must recover her abilities before she can defeat her archrival, the SA-X.

I'll go ahead and add the spoiler warning, as I believe there will be no dispute over it. The rest, I'm not sure if we want the rest in the article or not, so I'll leave it as is and allow discussion here first. Edit: Decided against the spoiler tags, seeing as how no other games in the series have them. Mego (talk) 09:06, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Plot summary plagarism
I reverted the plot summary to the way it was as of 00:53, 17 June 2014, plus the additions I recently made, i.e. about the ship's computer. What's happening to it is old news, but this is because I found that the latest version of the plot summary is over-detailed and is comprised with a large wall of text with 12 paragraphs. All this was done was by copying text from other sources and pasting onto Wikipedia. From an edits summary from an IP (from this revision from 17 July 2014, when the summary was changed), they said that they don't intend to plagarise, and they only want to "fix" it by taking a plot summary from "another website" (turns out to be the game's page from Wikitroid) and put it onto the Wikipedia article to make it "better" and accurate. This reminds me of that same thing just happened last year to Jak II article, but by a different user, by copying text from Jak and Daxter wiki. With all this, this is a good example on how not make a plot summary, so copying and pasting plot from a fan wiki to Wikipedia and making it "better" and "accurate" is nothing but absurd. --  Hounder4  15:05, 19 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Agreed, the plot section should be kept short and abide by the guidelines set in WP:WAF. Though the content on Wikitroid is freely licensed under a CC-SA agreement, an overly detailed summary does not belong on this encyclopedia. A very Good catch. --  StarScream1007  ►Talk  01:45, 20 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Even if content on Wikidroid is freely licensed we are still not allowed to copy paste it blatantly and seems it had been? I was shock at first when seeing the changes, but you did a good job cutting it down, and indeed to stop the violation. NathanWubs (talk) 09:06, 20 December 2014 (UTC)

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