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Rover 600 Series

The Rover 600 Series was a compact executive car range that was produced by the British manufacturer Rover from 1993 to 1999.

The exterior of the Rover 600 was designed by Rover, a reskin of the European Honda Accord, also built in the United Kingdom by Honda in Swindon. The core structure and vast majority of the engineering content was sourced from Honda but the vehicles were designed at the same time, with a small Rover team on site in Japan. Colour and trim derivatives were also used to help separate the Rover from the Honda in the marketplace.

The 1.8, 2.0 and 2.3 litre inline-four petrol engines were all provided by Honda. However, the 2.0 litre turbodiesel Rover L-series engine and turbocharged T-series engines were developed by Rover itself, evolutions of units already available elsewhere in the Rover model range.

The 600's interior included wood and chrome trim, as well as relatively high equipment levels, although rear legroom was criticised by Parkers as rather constrained. The interior was similar to the Japanese built Honda Ascot Innova, except with a few cosmetic changes. Carpet was also not evident along the bottom trim of the dashboard, although it did feature there on the Innova.

The Honda derived chassis was reported to give a comfortable but unsporting ride. Given the Rover's equipment, prices were reasonably competitive in the large family car segment, and considerably lower than the price of such compact executive cars, such as the BMW 3 Series and Audi A4. Unlike the Montego, there was never an estate version of the 600 Series, with no direct replacement being launched for the estate version of the Montego when it was discontinued at the end of 1994. An estate would eventually resurface with the Rover 75 Tourer when it was launched in July 2001.

History
Launched on 19 April 1993, the 600 Series replaced the Montego saloon in the Rover range, but because the 600 was positioned considerably further upmarket in relation to its predecessor, the entry-level Montego models were kept in production primarily for the fleet market.

Production continued until the beginning of 1999, when it was replaced with the retro styled Rover 75, developed under BMW's stewardship. The 75 also replaced the larger 800 Series. The 600 had been a popular car in the compact executive sector, with a large percentage of sales being to the fleet market.

In 1984, while in the final stages of developing the Rover 800 series saloon, it was planned to sell the hatchback version from its launch a year later as the Rover 600 Series, but these plans were abandoned and instead the hatchback became part of the 800 Series when it launched in 1988.

Development
Originally, the Austin Rover Group (ARG) had intended to replace the Montego with the AR16 and AR17 concepts - these were essentially the existing Montego underpinnings and core structure reskinned with new outer body panels to mimic the design language of the Rover 800 (XX) and would have been called the Rover 400-series. AR16 was a saloon, whilst AR17 was to be a hatchback which would compete directly with the Ford Sierra and Vauxhall Cavalier. However, shortly after the restructuring of ARG and its parent company British Leyland into the Rover Group, the plan was cancelled due to a lack of funds and as a stopgap, a facelifted and revised Montego (Project AR9) was released for the 1989 model year.

In June 1989, Rover reached an agreement with Honda (its partner in a venture which had been running since 1980) to produce a new model which would share its base with the next generation Honda Accord, but would use Rover's own engines. It would be aimed further upmarket than the Montego, competing more directly with the likes of the BMW 3 Series than with the Ford Mondeo, which was launched at around the same time.

Having been unveiled to the motoring press towards the end of 1992, the Rover 600 Series finally went on sale on 19 April 1993, two months before the new Accord on which it was based, although it had been well known within the motoring press that both cars were derived from the Japanese market Ascot Innova which had launched in March 1992, therefore the engineering and interior design elements of both the 600 and European-market Accord were essentially already in the public domain almost a year before their European launch.

Its introduction saw the Montego saloon withdrawn from production after nine years, although production of the estate model continued until the end of the following year.

Rover recalled 21,634 600 Series' built between December 1994 and December 1995 in May 1996, to check a potential steering rack fault.

Versions
The 600 was available in the following versions:
 * 618i
 * 618 Si
 * 620i
 * 620 Si
 * 620 SLi
 * 620 GSi
 * 623 SLi
 * 623 GSi
 * 623 iS
 * 620ti
 * 620 SDi
 * 620 SLDi
 * 620 GSDi

Badging was determined by engine size: 618 models had 1.8 litre engines, 620 had 2.0 engines, 623 had 2.3 litre engines. With the exception of the T-Series 620ti, all petrol engines were sourced from Honda, and all diesel versions were L-series units. The Rover K-series engine was not used in the 600.

The 600 was available in a number of different trims. All models had power steering, electric front windows, remote central locking with alarm and immobiliser and tinted windows. The Si had split rear seats, Si Auto and above got a sunroof. SLi trim added electric rear windows and wooden door trim; GSi models received 15" multispoke alloys and full leather trim.

From 1994, all cars had a driver's airbag. The 623iS had half leather trim and a small lip spoiler on its boot. The ti featured a set of 16" six spoke alloys with uprated suspension, 'Torsen' gearbox and a dark half leather interior.

Run out models included:

 * 618iL
 * 618iS
 * 620iSD
 * 620iLD

S and SD models had the appearance of the 620ti, with the same six spoke 16" alloy wheels and half leather trim. L and LD models had seven spoke 15" alloy wheels and full leather trim resembling the GSi models.

The range was revised/mildly "facelifted" twice.

The first revisions were in 1996, which included a slightly revised interior, with a padded front arm rest and separate rear head rests, all models, apart from the ti, had 15" wheels, high level brake light, new alarm and immobiliser system (the alarm changed from an infra red to a radio controlled handset and the ignition key became a 'transponder key', without which the immobiliser could not be disarmed), drink holders in the front doors, electric headlight adjuster and all models from Si specification upwards receive air conditioning and 15" alloys.

At this time, the T-series changed ignition system from Distributor to 'wasted spark', pistons, Klinger head gasket, LSD and the steering was changed to Rover's Positive Centre Feel (PCF) system. United Kingdom cars which featured these revisions were all badged as "600" only, in line with most other models in the Rover range which no longer had badging by engine sizes.

The final revisions came in 1997, just over a year later, and all cars got slightly lowered suspension (~10 mm) and body coloured sills, rubbing strips, door handles and door mirror covers.

620ti

In 1994, the 620ti was launched. It had a turbocharged, intercooled, 16 valve, twin cam 2.0 litre T series engine, a top speed of 143 mi/h, and a 0-60 mph time of seven seconds, thanks to 197 bhp and 174 lbft torque. The 620ti also had uprated suspension, dark half leather upholstery, and a set of six spoke 16 inch alloy wheels.

Autocar magazine (8 February 1995) had an example on a long term test, and found it to be as quick in the mid range as a Ford Sierra Sapphire 2.0i RS Cosworth, following tests at Millbrook Proving Ground.

Reviews

 * The AA 'The Rover 600 ... has the finest power units and sweetest gearchange ... its unique aura and good looks will appeal to those who buy with their hearts not their heads. (But) the 600 costs more to buy and run. It is under equipped and takes up a lot of space outside, without offering any of the benefit ... inside.'
 * Honest John Positives: Smart looking car, best with 2.3 litre engine, Honda Accord based and the most reliable Rover of its era. Negatives: Lacklustre ride and handling, prone to inner rear wings rust, T-Series engines suffer head gasket trouble.
 * RAC 'A sound design that managed to keep the Rover image moving upmarket. If you want British luxury and quality Japanese engineering, the 600 could be just your cup of Earl Grey. Many buyers are now realising what a bargain this combination of cultures represents. Try one and be surprised – it's better than you might think.'

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Washington Township, Ohio

Washington Township, Ohio may refer to:
 * Washington Township, Auglaize County, Ohio
 * Washington Township, Belmont County, Ohio
 * Washington Township, Brown County, Ohio
 * Washington Township, Carroll County, Ohio
 * Washington Township, Clermont County, Ohio
 * Washington Township, Clinton County, Ohio
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Symbolkeramik

Symbolkeramik is a name given by archaeologists to a type of pottery found at settlements from the Spanish Chalcolithic and early Bronze Age such as the site of Los Millares.

The pottery is characterized by the use of highly-stylized designs, including the oculus motif. Another example of these stylized designs are found in Morbihan, France, on the Carnac megaliths.

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Talk:USS Chicago

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Based on this page, the CA-14 and the CA-29 were both commissioned "Chicago" at the same time (from 1931-1935).
 * Good catch, thanks! Stan 21:40, 11 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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Talk:Democracy/Archive 3

This is an archive of discussion held sometime between January to May 2004.

Czaktisto's complaints/change requests
Discussion on content of the article:

"Gender equity has been recognized in other ways in other societies, however. The Iroquois Confederacy gave a strong political role to women as far back as its origins in the 12th century, although as in 19th century New Zealand, this was expressed as support for a specific male, not the right to sit in council. However, they like many Native American societies recognized rituals to allow post-menopausal or powerful widowed women to assume the role of a man - it is likely that at some point in its long history, the Confederacy permitted a full and formal role to women using some such provision. Records and dates are however incomplete."

I suggest that this paragraph be copied to an article about the Iroquois, since it refers to specifics of the social organization of that people, not the core issue of Democracy.

"Historically, the most direct democracies would include the New England town meeting, the political system of the ancient Greek city states and Oligarchy of Venice."

This phrase is innacurate due to being incomplete and mentioning an Oligarchy as being a form of "direct democracy". A direct quote from the Oligrachy page clearly demonstrates that this edit is not correct:

"Oligarchy is a form of government where most political power effectively rests with a small segment of society (typically the most powerful, whether by wealth, military strength, ruthlessness, or political influence). The word oligarchy is from the  Greek for "few" and "rule". Many political theorists have argued that all societies are inevitably oligarchies no matter the supposed political system"

As such this phrase contains incorrect information and should be removed.

Generally the Democracy page is not written in a encyclopedial way and contains many bias (albeit contradictory, which is a form of plurality). In my opinion the Democracy page should be re-written with an NPOV stance and removing some parts that are clearly not related to the subject.

Any ideas on how to do this? Should we have a vote? ;) -- Czaktisto

 * What are your complaints, exactly? — No-One Jones (talk) 16:02, 20 Jan 2004 (UTC)

 * I have 2 specific change requests (which you listed), and 1 generic comment about the lack of NPOV in the way the page is written. The generic comment is likely to be less consensual than the 2 specific requests I have.
 * I just wrote those so that I could see if someone would object to the removal or change in the phrases that I commented. -- Czaktisto, February 3, 2004

Democracy
The term Democracy:

The essence of the term is absolute and thus not subject to qualification by other terms (i.e., direct or indirect democracy). This position is articulated in the following reference:

http://www.New-Byzantium.org / Table of Contents / An Analysis.

Mark Athanasios C. Karras

 * I understand, but disagree. Very few terms are absolute, often because the things they describe are not atomic. From infinity to unique to, indeed, the atom, the use of qualified modifiers to circumscribe the meaning of the absolute modifier is helpful, and often required for understanding. Also, these terms have widely accepted meanings, each of which could garner its own wiki article. Chrisvls 22:48, 11 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Democracy and franchise
Just one short comment to the part about retricted franchise. Note that a dictatorship is actually an extreme case of democracy, with franchise restricted to just one person. --Kpalion 22:18, 9 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Democracy definition
Democracy = majority rule, direct or indirect.

Oligarchy = minority rule by 2 or more, but less than a majority.

Monarchy = minority rule by 1 (aka dictatorships - Hitler, Stalin, etc.)

Such political regimes were all well known by the ancient Greeks.

The Congress, all State legislatures and many local governments in the U.S.A. are very dangerous elective oligarchies due to the various ANTI-Democracy gerrymanders involved, plurality nominations in about 40 States (top 2 runoff primaries in about 10 States) and plurality elections.

Just over half the votes in just over half the districts produces about 25 percent ANTI-Democracy rule in various gerrymander regimes.

The various at large systems in many local governments are also anti-democratic by not letting 49.99 percent minorities get any *real* representation.

A *democratic* legislative body exists ONLY because ALL of the Electors/voters can not assemble in person in most cases and enact legislation by majority rule.

Democracy NOW - via proportional representation -- before it is too late. NO primaries are needed with various p.r. methods.

Proposed refactoring
I suggest to refactor this article in this manner :

Definitions
A definition of what democracy means in the general sense and all other meanings.

History
A historical perspective, which should be a summary of a longer history of democracy.

Democratic systems
All types of democracy, theoretical and real. (Already plenty of that in the current article).

Democracy and politics
An explanation of what constitute a contemporary democratic system, ie, what institutions exist in a political system that call itself democratic. We could consider Robert Dahl's criteria for evaluating a democratic system:

 * 1) Equality of votes
 * 2) Effective participation
 * 3) An enlightened comprehension of the problems at hand
 * 4) Possibility to control the political agenda
 * 5) Social inclusion

And the 7 institutions needed to meet these criteria:

 * 1) Elections of officials
 * 2) Free and just elections
 * 3) Inclusive suffrage
 * 4) The right to apply for an elective post
 * 5) Freedom of expression
 * 6) Access to alternative information sources
 * 7) Freedom of association

State of democracy in the world
What democratic systems are in use in which countries right now.

What do you all think? -- Mathieugp 04:42, 2 May 2004 (UTC)

 * Yes, it is a good idea, the current article is not very good. The definition section definetly needs expansion, it even lacks mentions of procedural view of democracy (the one that concentrates on democracy as a type of government, like definitions of Schumpeter, Huntington, Lipset) and political view of democracy (aka substantial, the one that asks in whose name and for what purpose the power is held) (see works of Dahl, Gurr, Sartori). --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus 13:35, 19 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * Seems sensible. Although I would consider another section about historical patterns or strengths and weaknesses that most commentators have made about democracy.  Off the top of my head, the challenges would include:  1) The natural emergance of parties, as decried in Athens, Washington's farewell address, and more modern debates; 2) The concern of mob rule; 3) The use of public funds to sway the electorate; 4) the use of private funds to sway the electorate.  Strengths would flow directly from the attributes described above, and could include:  1) Degree of participation; 2) Directness of legitimacy; 3) Meritocracy, or at least, the demise of rule by direct family descent; 4) Ideology, and increasing practice of, equality.  Thoughts? Chrisvls 23:49, 11 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Direct Democracy
Am not a great fan of US politics in general but from what I could gather here from the problems facing Arnie, the state of California seems to practice a very direct democracy with referendums. Isn't this the best known modern example rather than citing a parish council? --(talk)BozMo 11:53, 13 May 2004 (UTC)

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Malindi

Malindi is a town on Malindi Bay at the mouth of the Sabaki River, lying on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya. It is 120 kilometres northeast of Mombasa. The population of Malindi was 119,859 as of the 2019 census. It is the largest urban centre in Kilifi County.

Overview
Tourism is the major industry in Malindi. The city is popular among Italian tourists. Notable heritage sites include the Vasco da Gama Pillar, the Portuguese Chapel, the House of Columns and the Malindi Museum Heritage Complex.

Malindi is served with a domestic airport and a highway between Mombasa and Lamu. The nearby Watamu town and Gedi Ruins (also known as Gede) are south of Malindi. The mouth of the Sabaki River lies in northern Malindi.

The Watamu and Malindi Marine National Parks form a continuous protected coastal area south of Malindi. The area shows classic examples of Swahili architecture. The majority of Malindi's population is Muslim.

Malindi is home to the Malindi Airport, and Broglio Space Centre (the previous San Marco Equatorial Range).

History
Malindi developed as part of the emerging Swahili Civilization in the 5th–10th centuries. Bantu-speaking farmers moved into the area, where they smelted iron, built timber and wattle houses thatched with palm leaves, spoke a local dialect of kiSwahili, and engaged in regional and sometimes long-distance trade. The resurgence of the Indian Ocean trade networks at the end of the first millennium led to larger settlements, increased long-distance trade, and greater social complexity. Beginning in the 11th century, the Swahili along the coast were acting as middlemen for Somali, Egyptian, Nubian, Arab, Persian, and Indian traders. They began building walled towns, coral houses, and elites converted to Islam, often speaking Arabic.

The Malindi Kingdom appears to have been formed around the 9th century AD and to have grown powerful in the two centuries before Vasco da Gama ushered in Portuguese colonization of the region, the latter leading to the decline of the civilization. The city of Malindi, founded around 850 AD, was in a somewhat more northerly location than the modern city, and appears to have been destroyed around 1000 AD. There are sparse signs of habitation for the next two centuries, then recovery and prosperity in the 1200s.

The first written reference to the present-day Malindi likely comes from Abu al-Fida (1273–1331), a Kurdish geographer and historian. He wrote that Malindi was situated to the south of the mouth of a river which began in a mountain hundreds of miles away. This mountain may be Mount Kenya, where the Galana River rises. Thus, Malindi has existed as a Swahili settlement since at least the 13th century.

Once rivalled only by Mombasa for dominance in this part of East Africa, Malindi has traditionally been a port city. In 1414, the town was visited by the fleet of the Chinese explorer Zheng He. Malindi's ruler sent a personal envoy with a giraffe as a present to China on that fleet.

The Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama met Malindi authorities in 1498 to sign a trade agreement and hire a guide for the voyage to India, when he erected a padrão known today as the Vasco da Gama Pillar. Vasco da Gama was given a warm reception from the Sultan of Malindi, which contrasted with the hostile reception he encountered in Mombasa. It is a popular tourist attraction for both local and international tourists.

In 1498 Malindi was a prosperous town with a population between 5,000 and 10,000. The majority of the population was Muslim by this period, having converted largely between the 13th and 14th centuries. Like other Mediaeval Swahili towns, the ruling class or wazee was made up of the heads of the wealthiest patrician families. Similar to other Bantu-speaking peoples, these clan leaders elected a mwenye mui or chief who spoke on behalf of the patricians. The Portuguese mistakenly titled these individuals "Kings," misunderstanding the nature of Swahili political organization. The wazee spoke both Swahili and Arabic, and claimed mythological origins from the East, most often Persia.

Malindi's main source of prosperity was the export of ivory and rhino horns as well as exporting agricultural products such as coconuts, oranges, millet and rice. In the years before the arrival of the Portuguese, Malindi was a regional power but lagged significantly behind the two greatest states, Mombasa and Kilwa. When, in 1499, the Portuguese established a trading post in Malindi that served as a rest stop on the way to and from India, they were eagerly welcomed by the wazee who sought to use the Portuguese military might to establish themselves over their rivals in Mombasa. In 1500, King Dom Manuel I offered vassal status to Malindi. Malindi supported Portugal's successful efforts to conquer Kilwa and Mombasa in 1505. In 1502 the Portuguese established a factory in Malindi, which lasted till 1593. The decline of Kilwa and Mombasa led to Malindi's flourishing. Malindi grew as other Swahili, as well as Arab, Persian, and Indian, merchants, craftsmen, sailors, and labourers flocked to newly powerful city.

Malindi remained the centre of Portuguese activity in eastern Africa until 1593 when the Portuguese moved their main base to Mombasa. This was through the help of the Segejus and the Sheikh of Malindi. As the major East African ally of Portugal along the Swahili Coast, Malindi supported Portugal's successful efforts to conquer Kilwa and Mombasa. The two Swahili city states often had feuds with each other as they fought for dominance over the trade. In his military struggles against Mombasa, the Sheikh of Malindi allied with the Portuguese and Segeju to take over the city. In 1592, the Segeju occupied Mombasa, eventually surrendering it to the Sheikh of Malindi. The Sheikh then moved his court from Malindi to Mombasa and ruled from 1593 to 1630. During this time, he invited his allies, the Portuguese, to build a Garrison and they dominated the city.

After the Portuguese departed the town gradually declined until it almost disappeared by the end of 17th century. An 1823 United Kingdom Admiralty chart of 'Melinda' declared that at that time there were 'no vestiges of the once splendid city of Melinda' apart from Vasco da Gama's Pillar. In 1845 Ludwig Krapf visited the town and found it overgrown by vegetation and uninhabited. A Portuguese chapel with a graveyard was built before 1542 when Francis Xavier visited the town. Many buildings of Swahili architecture survive, including the Juma Mosque.

Malindi was refounded by Sultan Majid of Zanzibar in 1861 and until the end of 19th century served as a centre of the slave trade. A plan of the town in 1873 indicates the area of occupation by that time. In 1890 Malindi came under British administration and slave trade and slavery were abolished. This act led to a significant decline in agricultural production. Outside agriculture there were few industries in Malindi at the beginning of the 20th century; among them were making mats and bags, crushing sesame seeds for oil and producing a Swahili drink called tembo. Malindi was officially made a town in 1903. Ten years later its population stood at around 1148 and included 843 Africans, 230 Arabs, 67 Asians and 8 Europeans.

Malindi experienced a trade boom between the end of the World War I and 1925, when a famine occurred. Exports to foreign ports grew to £26,000 by 1924. Europeans started to return to Malindi in the 1930s, buying land from Arabs. Some of them like Commander Lawford opened the first hotels, which became the foundation of the future tourist industry. During World War II Malindi was one of only two towns in East Africa bombed by the Italians. This happened on 24 October 1940, and after this event allied troops were stationed in the town until the end of the war. After World War II Malindi began developing into a resort.

Climate
Malindi has a tropical dry savanna climate (Köppen climate classification As).

Local governance
Malindi now falls under Kilifi County as per the administrative changes in the new constitution passed in August 2010. Malindi forms a municipal council with the following thirteen wards: Barani, Ganda/Mkaumoto, Gede, Gede North, Gede South, Kijiwetanga, Madunguni, Malimo, Malindi Central, Malindi North, Maweni, Shella, and Watamu Town. All of them are located within Malindi Constituency.

In popular culture
The novel “MALI D’AFRICA” (by Sara Cardelli) describes an impossible love in Malindi.

Most of the events in Andrei Gusev’s novels Once in Malindi (2021) and Our Wild Sex in Malindi (2020) take place in Malindi, Watamu, or Lamu. The novels describe the protagonists' (Russian writer Andy and his wife Jennifer, who was born in Kenya) lives in these towns in the 2010s.

The song “Yasoi Malindi” was written by Yasoy Kala Kana about the town.

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Stad

Stad is the word for city or town, used in Swedish, Danish, Dutch, Afrikaans, Norwegian and Luxembourgish, and related to German Stadt.

Places

 * Stad (peninsula) or Stadlandet, the westernmost point in mainland Norway
 * Stad, Norway, a municipality in Vestland county, Norway (established 1 Jan 2020)
 * Stad Ship Tunnel, a proposed ship tunnel through the Stad peninsula in Norway
 * Kaapstad, the city of Cape Town in Afrikaans
 * Luxembourg City, the capital of Luxembourg, which is commonly locally known as Stad.

Other

 * The Irish language word meaning "stop"
 * Science Teams Against Disease is a fund which aims to develop new treatments for schizophrenia
 * Student teams-achievement divisions (or "Student team achievement division"), a cooperative learning classroom technique

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Cash Money Millionaires

The Cash Money Millionaires (also known as The Millionaires) were a supergroup of Cash Money recording artists from New Orleans, Louisiana, formed in 1996 and disbanded in 2001. The group was composed of the Big Tymer$ (Birdman and Mannie Fresh) and the Hot Boy$ (B.G., Juvenile, Lil Wayne and Turk). The Cash Money Millionaires went on numerous tours, including tours with the Ruff Ryders and Nelly. In September 2000, the Millionaires released a soundtrack album to Baller Blockin' in which they starred. In 2001, the group disbanded due to monetary issues.

Soundtrack albums

 * Baller Blockin' (2000)

Instrumental albums

 * Platinum Instrumentals (2000)

Singles

 * "Baller Blockin'" with E-40 (2000)

Filmography

 * Baller Blockin' (2000)
 * Rich Gang The Movie (TBA)
 * Tapout (2020)
 * 50 Plates (2020)
 * The Rich Gang 2 : Lifestyle (TBA)
 * Baller Blockin' 2 (TBA)

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Awamori

Awamori (泡盛, Okinawan: アームイ, 'āmui) is an alcoholic beverage indigenous and unique to Okinawa, Japan. It is made from long grain indica rice, and is not a direct product of brewing (like sake) but of distillation (like shōchū). The majority of awamori made today uses indica rice imported from Thailand, as the local production is largely insufficient to meet domestic demand, which has risen considerably in recent years.

Awamori is typically 60–86 proof (30–43% alcohol), although "export" brands (including brands shipped to mainland Japan) are increasingly 50 proof (25% alcohol). Some styles (notably hanazake) are 120 proof (60%) and are flammable. Awamori is aged in traditional clay pots to improve its flavor and mellowness.

The most popular way to drink awamori is with water and ice. When served in a restaurant in Okinawa, it will nearly always be accompanied by a container of ice and carafe of water. Awamori can also be drunk straight, on the rocks, and in cocktails. Traditionally, awamori was served in a kara-kara, a small earthen vessel with a small clay marble inside. The marble would make a distinctive "kara-kara" sound to let people know the vessel was empty. These vessels are still found in Okinawa, but the clay marbles are often absent.

Another name for awamori used in Okinawa is "island sake" (島酒), or shima for short.

In general, the price of awamori increases with the beverage's age.

Kōrēgusu is a type of hot sauce made of chillis infused in awamori and is a popular condiment to Okinawan dishes such as Okinawa soba.

History
Awamori owes its existence to Okinawa's trading history. It originates from the Thai drink lao khao. The technique of distilling reached Okinawa from the Ayutthaya Kingdom (roughly present-day Thailand) in the 15th century, a time when Okinawa served as a major trading intermediary between Southeast Asia, China, and Japan. All awamori is made from Thai (indica) rice. The Okinawans refined the distillation process, incorporating techniques from nearby countries, making it more suitable for the subtropical climate and incorporating the unique local black koji mold. From the 15th to 19th century, awamori was sent as a tribute to Okinawa's powerful neighbors, China and Japan.

Before April 1983, awamori was labelled as a second class shochu; it is now labelled as "authentic awamori".

In 2017, facing declining sales in the home market, three of Okinawa's prominent awamori distilleries combined their efforts to introduce awamori to overseas markets, specifically to the US and Europe. The product, branded Ryukyu 1429, made its UK debut in June 2019.

Production
Although awamori is a distilled rice liquor, it differs from Japanese shochu in several ways. Awamori is made in a single fermentation while shochu usually uses two fermentations. Furthermore, awamori uses Thai-style, long-grained Indica crushed rice rather than the short-grained Japonica usually used in shochu production. Finally, awamori exclusively uses black koji mold (Aspergillus luchuensis) indigenous to Okinawa, while Japanese shochu uses white (aspergillus kawachii), black, and yellow (Aspergillus oryzae) koji molds.

Kusu
When awamori is aged for three years or more, it is called kusu (古酒). This pronunciation, which derives from Okinawan, is unique to awamori; elsewhere in Japan, the word is pronounced "koshu" and refers to aged sake. Legally, in order to earn the designation "kusu", the awamori must be aged for a minimum of three years. If a specific age is noted, then all of the contents must be of at least that age. Awamori is aged underground in constant cool temperatures in clay pots or vases. Containers of awamori can be found in the caves of Okinawa.

Before the Battle of Okinawa during World War II, 200- and even 300-year-old kusu existed, but most of the oldest kusu were lost in the battle. However, the Shikina Distillery in Shuri own 100- and 150-year old kusu which are thought to be to be the oldest surviving. There are ongoing attempts to once again produce 200- and 300- year old kusu.

Hanazake
On Yonaguni, Japan's westernmost island, the three distilleries of Donan, Yonaguni and Maifuna produce a variant of awamori called hanazake (花酒), lit. "flower liquor", which has an alcohol content of 60%. Originally intended for religious ceremonies, hanazake is traditionally consumed straight.

Etymology
The earliest known use of the term awamori (泡盛) is in a 1671 record of a gift from King Shō Tei of the Ryukyu Kingdom to the fourth shōgun, Tokugawa Ietsuna. Awamori was sent as a gift to the shogunate prior to 1671, but it was recorded as shōchū (焼酒 or 焼酎) in earlier records.

Several explanations exist for the etymology of the word awamori. The Okinawan historian Iha Fuyū believed that the name derives from the word for millet (粟, awa), compounded with a verb-derived noun meaning "heaped amount; serving" (盛り, mori). On this theory, the word was recorded incorrectly with the first character as "bubble, foam" (泡, awa) rather than the character for millet (粟, awa). Millet was a raw material used to make awamori at the time that the word was first used.

Another hypothesis is that the name comes from a method that was used in the past for assessing the quality of distilled liquors. This method was to slowly pour the liquor from a small bowl held in one hand into an empty bowl held in the other hand about one foot below. The desired result was for a large number of small bubbles (泡) to rise and swell (盛) in the lower bowl as the liquor is poured into it. Longer-lasting bubbles were also seen as desirable.

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Statue menhir

A statue menhir is a type of carved standing stone created during the later European Neolithic Period.

The statues consist of a vertical slab or pillar with a stylised design of a human figure cut into it, sometimes with hints of clothing or weapons visible.

Locations
They are most commonly found in Southern France and western France, Catalonia, Corsica, Sardinia, Italy and the Alps. A group from the Iron Age also is known in Liguria and Lunigiana.

There are two in Guernsey, La Gran' Mère du Chimquière ('the Grandmother of the Cemetery'), a highly detailed example in the churchyard of Parish of Saint Martin, and another known simply as La Gran' Mère in the Parish of Castel. The latter is an earlier, less detailed example found buried underneath the porch of the parish church.

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Lacombe, Lucien

Lacombe, Lucien is a 1974 French war drama film by Louis Malle about a French teenage boy during the German occupation of France in World War II.

Lacombe, Lucien received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Language Film, and the U.S. National Board of Review Award as one of the Top 5 Foreign Films of the Year.

Plot
In June 1944, as the Allies are fighting the Germans in Normandy, Lucien Lacombe, a 17-year-old country boy, tries to join the Resistance. The local Resistance leader, the village school teacher, turns him down on grounds of age. Lucien travels back to the town where he works by bicycle and stumbles on the hotel that is the headquarters of the Carlingue, the French auxiliaries of the Gestapo, and is taken into custody. Under the influence of alcohol, he betrays the teacher, who is brought in and tortured. Seeing that Lucien could be useful, the Carlingue recruit him into their lawless regime of extortion and terror.

He enjoys his new power and position, but falls in love with France Horn, a beautiful French-born Jewish girl living in seclusion with her father Albert, a tailor, and her paternal grandmother Bella, who left Paris in fear and are trying to cross the border into the safety of neutral Spain. Their sophistication stands in contrast to Lucien's uncouth nature and lack of education. Forcing himself into a relationship with the girl, Lucien comes to be protective of the very people targeted by his superiors. He is warned that the Allies are winning and that as a collaborator he will be killed.

Albert goes to Carlingue headquarters to see Lucien to discuss his relationship with his daughter man-to-man but is taken into custody by the head of the Carlingue and turned over to the Germans. After members of the Resistance attack the hotel, the inhabitants of the town are rounded up in retribution. Lucien and a German soldier arrest France and Bella but Lucien decides to kill the soldier. He takes the women by car toward Spain but the vehicle breaks down and they go on by foot until they find shelter in a secluded and abandoned farmhouse.

A text epilogue states that Lucien Lacombe was arrested on October 12, 1944, tried and condemned to death by a military tribunal of the Resistance, and executed.

Cast

 * Pierre Blaise as Lucien Lacombe
 * Aurore Clément as France Horn
 * Therese Giehse as Bella Horn
 * Holger Löwenadler as Albert Horn
 * Stéphane Bouy as Jean-Bernard
 * Luminița Iacobescu as Betty Beaulieu
 * René Bouloc as Faure
 * Pierre Decazes as Aubert
 * Jean Rougerie as Tonin, chief of police
 * Cécile Ricard as Marie, a hotel maid
 * Jacqueline Staup as Lucienne Chauvelot
 * Ave Ninchi as Mme Georges
 * Pierre Saintons as Hippolyte, a black collaborator
 * Gilberte Rivet as Lucien's mother
 * Jacques Rispal as M. Laborit, the proprietor

Production
Malle wrote the screenplay with novelist Patrick Modiano. Originally, they titled the script Le faucon ("The Falcon") and intended to set it in present-day Mexico, but Malle was not allowed to shoot in Mexico (nor in Chile), so he rewrote the script, giving it a wartime French setting. The script was retitled Le milicien ("The Milice Man").

The film was shot in the Lot and Tarn-et-Garonne departments, specifically in the communes of Figeac, Arcambal, Montauban and Sénaillac-Lauzès.

Critical response
Lacombe, Lucien has an approval rating of 100% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 9 reviews, and an average rating of 8.9/10.

Vincent Canby, film critic for The New York Times, gave it a positive review. He wrote, "Lacombe, Lucien is easily Mr. Malle's most ambitious, most provocative film, and if it is not as immediately affecting as The Fire Within or even the comic Murmur of the Heart, it's because—to make his point—he has centered it on a character who must remain forever mysterious, forever beyond our sympathy."

Pauline Kael wrote of her admiration for Malle's expressive camerawork and visual capabilities. Behind Lucien's blasé, almost empty visage, Kael saw a world of dialogue: "Malle's gamble is that the cameras will discover what the artist's imagination can't, and, steadily, startlingly, the gamble pays off. Without ever mentioning the subject of innocence and guilt, this extraordinary film, in its calm, dispassionate way, addresses it on a very deep level."

Film critic Dan Schneider liked the film, especially Malle's casting of Blaise. Schneider wrote, "Every so often a director makes an inspiring casting choice to not hire a real actor for a role, but go with an unknown, an amateur. Perhaps the best example of this was in Vittorio De Sica's 1952 film Umberto D ... Yet, not that far behind has to be Louis Malle's decision to cast the lead character for his 1974 film, Lacombe, Lucien with an amateur named Pierre Blaise. No actor would likely be able to capture the natural ferality that Blaise brings to the role of a none-too-bright French farm boy who unwittingly, at first, becomes an accomplice and collaborator with the Gestapo in the final months of Vichy France, in late 1944."

Film critic Wheeler Winston Dixon discussed why the film was controversial: "Louis Malle's drama Lacombe, Lucien is one of the most effective films about the capitulation of France to the Nazis during World War II, and one of the most controversial .... Louis Malle's film was daring for its time for suggesting that not every member of the French public was a member of the Resistance; that indeed, many were willing accomplices to the Vichy government, and the sting of the film remains to this day."

Accolades
Wins
 * U.S. National Board of Review: NBR Award, Best Supporting Actor, Holger Löwenadler; 1974.
 * British Academy of Film and Television Arts: BAFTA Film Award for Best Film; UN Award; 1975.
 * French Syndicate of Cinema Critics: Critics Award, Best Film, Louis Malle; 1975.
 * National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA: NSFC Award, Best Supporting Actor, Holger Löwenadler; 1975.

Nominations
 * U.S. National Board of Review: Best Foreign Language Film; 1974.
 * Academy Awards: Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film (France), 1975.
 * British Academy of Film and Television Arts: BAFTA Film Award for Best Direction (Louis Malle); Best Original Screenplay (Louis Malle and Patrick Modiano), 1975.
 * Golden Globes: Best Foreign Language Film (France), 1975.

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Hjörvard

Hjörvard was the name of several characters in Norse mythology.

 * 1) Hjörvard Ylfing, see Granmar.
 * 2) Hjörvard, who rebelled against Hrólf Kraki and killed him, see Heoroweard
 * 3) Hjörvard, the son of Arngrim.
 * 4) Hervor's name as a shieldmaiden.

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Mary Fleener

Mary Fleener (born September 14, 1951) is an American alternative comics artist, writer and musician from Los Angeles. Fleener's drawing style, which she calls cubismo, derives from the cubist aesthetic and other artistic traditions. Her first publication was a work about Zora Neale Hurston, called Hoodoo (1988), followed by the semi-autobiographical comics series Slutburger, and the anthology Life of the Party (1996). She is a member of the rock band called The Wigbillies.

Among Fleener's influences are ancient Egyptian art and the works of Chester Gould (Dick Tracy), Otto Soglow (The Little King) and Al Capp (Li'l Abner). Robert Crumb and Robert Armstrong (creator of Mickey Rat) encouraged her to create her own comics.

Her works have been exhibited at La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Track 16, David Zapt Gallery, Laguna Beach Art Museum Annex, LACE (Los Angeles), COCA (Seattle), Southwestern College, Patricia Correia Gallery, Sushi Gallery. In 2020 her work was included in the exhibit Women in Comics: Looking Forward, Looking Back at the Society of Illustrators in New York City.

She lives and works in Encinitas, California.

Early life and education
Mary Fleener was born in 1951. Her mother had worked for Disney from 1941 to 1943. Fleener attended Cal State Long Beach for 4 years where she focused on printmaking, but she disliked the art program's focus on abstract works and dropped out in 1976. In 1984, she read an article "new comix," by Matt Groening in the LA WEEKLY that inspired her to create her first comic works. She developed her aesthetic on her own, and considers herself self-taught.

Early works
She started drawing minicomics in 1984 and published her first full work, Hoodoo, four years later. Her semi-autobiographical Slutburger Stories were first published by Rip Off Press, and later by Drawn & Quarterly. Many of Fleener's short stories appeared in anthologies like Weirdo and Twisted Sisters and the all-women Wimmen's Comix; and her illustrations appeared in Entertainment Weekly. Fleener went on to create more semi-autobiographical strips that were released in 1996 in the anthology Life of the Party, published by Fantagraphics. These comix depicted the artist and a colorful cast of characters playing in rock bands, surfing, going to college, and gleefully partaking of drugs and casual sex, among other things. Fleener's art style complements her stories, which are narrated in matter-of-fact but bemused first-person dialogue.

Solo work

 * "Nipplez 'n' Tum Tum". Eros Comix, 2001.
 * "Slutburger #5". (Drawn & Quarterly), 1995.
 * "Slutburger #4". Drawn & Quarterly, 1993.
 * "Slutburger #3". Drawn & Quarterly, 1992.
 * "Slutburger Stories #2". Rip Off Press, 1991.
 * "Slutburger Stories #1". Rip Off Press, 1990.
 * "HooDoo". 3-D Zone, 1988.
 * "Fleener #1", (Zongo Comics), 1996.
 * "Fleener #2", (Zongo Comics), 1996.
 * "Fleener #3", (Zongo Comics), 1997.

Compilations
Life of the Party. Fantagraphics Books, 1996. ISBN 1-56097-261-0, a collection of an autobiographical series (as translated in German and Spanish)

Contributed to

 * The comic anthology Weird Tales of the Ramones in 2005, which accompanies the DVD/CD box set of the same name (compiled by Johnny Ramone).
 * A variant cover of IDW Books, "Popeye #13" in 2013 (comic by Bud Sagendorf).
 * Mary Fleener has been a regular contributor to Mineshaft magazine from 2007 to the present with her work appearing in issues 19, 20, 21, 22, 24 (front cover art), 27, 29, 30, 32, 33 (front cover art), 34, and 35.

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WP:ACC
OK, that sounds fine. jj137 ♠  Talk 22:16, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you for taking care of the problem on the Xavier House page. I was really shocked when I saw my name on there earlier. Vicki —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.1.3.8 (talk) 01:53, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

Sound files
Hi there! Whenever I am logged in, I notice that media boxes containing sound files have the text and the "play" button going out of the margin. Yet, when I'm logged out, they appear neatly with everything inside the margin. I'm not 100% sure, but I think it has something to do with my JavaScript. If so, could you tell me a code I could type so that it can be corrected? Please reply on my talk. Thanks! (SUDUSER)85 13:06, 10 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm using Mozilla Firefox and my monobook.js was originally blank before I tried various other js scripts but none of them fixed the situation. I don't know what elese to try. It just looks real ugly on my browser and only happens when I'm logged in. (SUDUSER)85 05:26, 11 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, it happens on all pages with the template. There are some pages like Blood Sugar Sex Magik that use this template; in these the text stay in the margin but its the same case with the play button. (SUDUSER)85 05:16, 12 December 2007 (UTC)
 * OK, here's a few examples: Dookie; Californication (album); Hybrid Theory, and other pages that use the templates on these pages. So I guess that's it huh? Thanks! (SUDUSER)85 04:12, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Admin creating account?
Hi, thank you for helping me to create my alternative account User:EdmundEzekielMahmudIsa! But may I know the difference of we create an account by ourselves with an admin creating an account? Can you please explain to me the whole procedure of how did you help me to create the account? Thank you. --King Edmund of the Woods (talk) 09:34, 16 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Normally, when you create an account, you go to the signup form, fill out your details and create the account. However, there may be a problem as you try to create the account - you might not be able to read the captcha (e.g. if you are using a screen reader or a browser that does not support pictures), or the software might prevent you from creating the account due to it containing an offensive word or being similar to another username. These filters are in place to stop people abusing the system and creating accounts to be disruptive. However, the filters are not perfect and there may be legitimate reasons why an account should be created. In these cases, the requester is linked to Request an account.
 * At this page, the requester fills out their desired username, e-mail address and optionally, an explanation of why they want the account. The requests are then listed on this page any anyone (admins or non-admins) can handle them. If the only reason why a requester had trouble creating an account was because they could not fill out the captcha, a non-admin can easily handle their request. If, however, they find that the account is prevented from creation by being similar to another username or failing the spam filters, they can post a brief explanation of what the problem is so that an admin can review this request.
 * If an account is created whilst logged on as an admin, the usual 'similar username' and spam filters don't apply. This means that the admin is able to use their judgement as to whether or not the account name would cause problems.
 * When an account is created through this page for someone else (either by an admin or a non-admin), the procedure followed is slightly different to the procedure for when you normally create an account. Firstly, you click on the 'create' link on the request. This brings up the account creation form with the username and e-mail address pre-filled. You then have to fill out all of the other fields then click 'by e-mail'. This causes the software to randomly generate a password and send this by e-mail to the requester.

 * This process is also explained in detail, along with the relevant tags, at Request an account/Administrators. Tra (Talk) 12:59, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

So do you mean that after you type a password in the form, you clicked on the "By e-mail" button so that I receive an e-mail containing the temporary pasword? --King Edmund of the Woods (talk) 13:22, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

 * Yes, but the password you received was randomly generated (i.e. the software ignores whatever password I typed in) so I never actually see what your password is. Tra (Talk) 13:27, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

So after you've clicked on that button, was the account creation done, or you still need to click on the other button? --King Edmund of the Woods (talk) 14:11, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

 * Once I've clicked "By e-mail", the account creation is done and the e-mail is sent. I can then go back to WP:ACC to tag the request with and it will be automatically archived by a bot. Tra (Talk) 14:32, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Re: User:Lucasbfr/NewMessageHeader
Thanks a lot! That's weird because I double checked. I "fixed" it and will wait a bit to see if the problem persists at next purge. And I'm gonna slap myself for not being more prudent ;) -- lucasbfr talk 16:19, 25 December 2007 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Tra

 * Thank you, and happy new year to you too. Tra (Talk) 18:30, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

WP:ACC
Hi Tra,

Please add move protection (sysops only) to this. As it was removed when the page history was deleted.

Thanks!

 The Helpful One (Talk)(Contribs) (Review) 19:46, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
 * ✅ Tra (Talk) 19:49, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

User watchlist
I installed your tool today, and it seems to work under Linux/Firefox. I'll see if I can get it working under MacOS/Safari later. A few questions: Thanks, Bovlb (talk) 20:15, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Would it be possible to filter for users added to my watchlist in some time period? I often want to check up on people I've warned recently.
 * Would it be possible to show the "top" indicator?
 * Would it be possible to filter for anon users only?
 * It's not possible to find out when a particular page was added to your watchlist so I won't be able to do your first request without completely overhauling how the watchlist interaction works.
 * Yes, it is possible to show 'top' indicators and I've just added it now, along with the 'minor' indicator which works in a similar way.
 * Anon users can be filtered, but I haven't got time to do it now since there are a fair few things required to do this (writing the filtering code, making an option available to show anon edits only and making it all link together).
 * Good luck seeing if you can get it to work under Safari; I haven't tested that browser so I don't know how successful you'll be, but it is likely that it won't work. Tra (Talk) 22:46, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks. The first blush answer is that it does not work under MacOS/Safari, and I don't have time to dig deeper right now.  Let me know if I can do any more testing for you. Bovlb (talk) 06:14, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Over six months
I just wanted to say that you've been an admin for over six months now. Thanks for being such a great candidate, and an excellent administrator. I'm proud to have been your nominator. Acalamari 00:05, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Wow, I didn't notice it was that long! Thank you for nominating me and I have enjoyed being an administrator. Tra (Talk) 17:19, 1 February 2008 (UTC)
 * You're welcome for the nomination, and yes, it has been that long. :) Regarding your work, I believe your logs and work speak for themselves. Keep up the great work! Acalamari 17:30, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Thanks
Many thanks for repairing my cut-and-pasting. :-)  AlasdairGreen27 (talk) 22:43, 2 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Your welcome! Tra (Talk) 22:46, 2 March 2008 (UTC)

Yates Racing Histroy Merge
Thanks for history merging the Yates Racing page. I'm not sure if this is possible but the 6 edits from Sept 8 2007 you mentioned at Talk:Yates Racing should be moved into the edit history of Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing as those 6 edits only deal with the IndyCar team rather than the NASCAR team. Thanks again -- Cmjc80 (talk) 02:33, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Those various racing articles seem to be quite mixed up! I've moved over those revisions you requested. Does it look all right now? Tra (Talk) 18:00, 3 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Its looking a lot better, thanks. The cut/paste move happened April 1 2007 by User:Spsorts, those original edits should stay with the active article. -- Cmjc80 (talk) 06:34, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

Your non-admin username
I've just blocked your alternative username of, then realised it is an account you intend to use when you're not using Wikipedia administrator functions. Do you edit Wikipedia from multiple locations by chance, and not wish to login as an administrator from the second location for security reasons? Usually, usernames containing the word 'admin' are blocked as per the Username policy. I thought it best to run my actions past you to determine why this second account was in fact created. -- Longhair\talk 13:39, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

 * I use that username mainly for creating accounts through WP:ACC since it allows me to see whether a username is similar to another existing account (that filter doesn't work when creating accounts as an admin). I also use it when I need to test how Wikipedia functions as a non-admin. Although I do not usually edit Wikipedia from multiple locations, it is also useful to have the account available in case I do need it as you said.
 * Although the username does contain the word "admin", I do not think it would violate the username policy, since calling it non-admin means it does not "give the impression that [the] account has permissions which it does not have". I would, therefore, appreciate it if you would unblock the account. Tra (Talk) 17:24, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

 * The reason I blocked the name was due to it being likely to set a precedent that such username's are ok. We don't want new editors running around with the string non-admin in their usernames now do we? Others may find it confusing when they require administrator assistance. I'm still not comfortable with it... Would you mind if I listed it at Requests for comment/User names to see what others think? -- Longhair\talk 10:53, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

 * No, that's fine, go ahead. Tra (Talk) 10:55, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

 * I see your good intentions, I just feel it may lead to confusion... Thanks. -- Longhair\talk 10:56, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Listed at Requests_for_comment/User_names. Your input there is welcomed. Cheers. -- Longhair\talk 11:01, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

 * I've unblocked the account pending the outcome of the discussion referred to above. Cheers. -- Longhair\talk 12:33, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

 * Thank you for that. Tra (Talk) 13:06, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
 * name = fine per rfcn discourse. -- Anonymous Dissident  Talk 08:34, 17 March 2008 (UTC)

Archive list
I must complement you on your rewrite of archive list. It's absolute genius. MrKIA11 (talk) 17:27, 30 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Tra (Talk) 17:32, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

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Another History Merge
Hi Tra, I've come across another history merge that needs to be fixed similar to the reconstruction that was applied to Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing and Yates Racing last month. The edits made to Wood Brothers Racing prior to August 14 2006 need to be moved to JTG Racing. Once that is done, the edits to Wood Brothers prior to August 14 2006 need to be moved to Wood Brothers Racing. A major problem here is that as it stands now, the Wood Brothers Racing page started as a completly different article. Thanks -- Cmjc80 (talk) 01:28, 21 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm sorry, I haven't got much free time at the moment so I won't be able to look through all of this. Your best bet for now is to add notes to the talk pages of the affected articles explaining what has happened and where the history is. Tra (Talk) 22:03, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

List of nonexistent user talk pages
Hi, I've created a copy of what was in your sandbox in my userspace here. Hope you don't mind! --RFBailey (talk) 20:10, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

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A year
Hi Tra, just a note to say that you've now been an administrator for an entire year. :) Congratulations. I hope you've had fun. Acalamari 16:38, 24 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks; it's amazing how time flies! Tra (Talk) 18:11, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Huge Village pump archive index
Hi there. I'm a little concerned about the size of Village pump/Archive index which you created on Jan 1, 2008. Curently it's 1,162,671 bytes of wikitext, and it takes a very long time to load. Linked from Village pump archive, this index looks like a trap for users with not very fast computers. And even after the page is loaded, it doesn't seem all that useful, because too many users create meaningless section headers. Mainly for this last reason, may I suggest that you unlink this index from Village pump archive and edit it so that bot will stop updating it? I already added google search links that imho are much more useful. —AlexSm 03:51, 19 September 2008 (UTC)
 * Gosh, that page has got a bit long! I've switched it off as you suggested; your method is a lot better. Tra (Talk) 22:29, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

hai tobz
i herd u liek wikipediaa lol

i want 2 bcum admin liek u lol

plz teech ma huw. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.30.31.8 (talk) 09:56, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

What links here watchlish
Hi Tra, I am pretty interested in your "what links here watchlish" script listed in WikiProject User scripts/Scripts. But it no longer functions due to the removal of query.php API. If possible, could you please fix it? Thanks a lot! --yuzhong (talk) 04:50, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I don't really have the time to get it working again. In fact, when the script did work, it had quite a few bugs in it and it would probably be best to rewrite the whole thing from scratch. If you go to WikiProject User scripts/Requests, you might be able to get someone to help you. Tra (Talk) 20:59, 28 November 2008 (UTC)

For you...

 * Thank you very much! Tra (Talk) 15:29, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Talkback
♪♫The New Mikemoraltalkcontribs 23:55, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

Hattar393
Hi Tra, thanks for your comment on my talk page regarding Hattar393.

As it happens I was already aware of the page history which I've long used routinely.

The problems with this particular user are beginning to seem quite complex and deep-rooted and I was anxious to try and keep some the history of his apparent vandalism and general antics together. By allowing tags etc to become deleted and then having to trawl through the history page causes significant fragmentation of the case. I'm looking into problems with this particular user and hoping to enlist the support of an editor with appropriate experience and authorities (including check). Alternatively I'm considering adding a summary of what I have found out so far to report on WP:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism.

If you have any recommendations or advice I'd be pleased to hear from you, though preferably here on your own talk page (which I am currently watching).

Many thanks and kind regards -- Barryz1 (talk) 20:38, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

 * I understand the page history can be a bit of a hassle to use sometimes, although you can use the fact that past versions of the page remain static to your advantage. If you note down a previous version of the page, say this one, you can be sure that whatever edits are made, you can always refer back to it for information at a later date. This way, you won't have to worry about Hattar393's edits to his talk page and Hattar can edit it to how he prefers. I hope you find this somewhat helpful and I'm sorry I haven't really got the time to look much further into the dispute. Tra (Talk) 22:34, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

 * OK thanks and no worries - what you say makes perfect sense, though in an ideal world (which of course it isn't) thinks would work more easily - but there again in a truly ideal world we wouldn't have the problem to deal with in the first place!

 * Thanks again -- Barryz1 (talk) 23:36, 6 April 2009 (UTC)

India
Calm down man! Ive got my reasons.I guess I have to apologize right? Im sorry.User:Pryde 01|Pryde 01]] (talk) 02:57, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

"Malformed POST data !"
Thank you very much for the tip about the page Media Convert.

I have converted one file without any trouble. But the second time I wanted to convert a file I got this message: "Malformed POST data !". Do you know what it means? Fanoftheworld (talk) 23:34, 21 April 2009 (UTC)
 * Try the same conversion again. It could be that perhaps the internet was being slow or something. If that doesn't work, it might be a problem with the file - perhaps it's corrupted or it includes something that Media Convert doesn't understand. You could try recreating the wma file by ripping the CD again. If you're still having problems, see if you get the same result with other tracks from that same CD. If so, there might be some kind of copy protection involved.
 * These are just guesses; I'm not sure exactly what's applying in your particular case. Tra (Talk) 18:13, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

New contributors' help page
Well, between you, ukexpat, and me, I think we answered each question 3 times. :) At least we all seem to agree. --Floquenbeam (talk) 22:06, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

that was very helpful!
I just wanted to thank you for answering my question on the help page. It's amazing how many people pitched in to answer. Don't peep, but your answer was the most helpful. cheers, Agradman (talk) 23:54, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Guernsey map
I just wanted to inform you that I've edited the Guernsey map a bit for Saint Peter Port. I hope you don't mind :). Unfortunately this means that the map on your Userpage is not your own.

Thanks,   ²wenty³   •   MESSAGE ME  •  MY CONTRIBUTIONS  •  BIGGEST NEWS  •  RECENT CHANGES  10:44, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

 * It might be better for you to upload your image under a different name, since it is very different to the existing image. The article could then be edited to use your image in the infobox instead of the existing image. Tra (Talk) 11:51, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

My own takeoff of your script
Hey,

I just wanted to let you know that I have created a script based off of your sidebar translator. Next to every language that google can translate, it puts a link to the google translation. I made it by modifying your script, so I wanted to make sure you don't mind.

My script is at User:TachyonJack/gTranslate.js. It should work regardless of whether your script is also on.

Incidentally, how does one 'publish' a script that others might be interested in. I don't remember where I found the link to yours. --TachyonJack (talk) 19:53, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

 * No, I don't mind. You can list your script on WikiProject User scripts/Scripts for people to find it. Tra (Talk) 20:59, 10 June 2009 (UTC)

Broken watchlist
Are there any plans to fix User:Tra/User watchlist? --Gwern (contribs) 13:01 6 August 2009 (GMT)
 * No, sorry. It would probably need fairly large portions of it to be rewritten in order to work again and I haven't really got the time to concentrate on it. Tra (Talk) 16:22, 8 August 2009 (UTC)

re: Template:Archive list/check25
Hey there, just came across this template you created and thought I'd bring it to your attention as it seems broken? I'm so unfamiliar with template coding :) -- œ ™ 18:51, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
 * It's not designed to be used on its own - the template only works properly when it's transcluded in archive list. I would warn you however, that as templates go, this one is fairly complicated. If you're new to templates, you might want to have a look at some simpler ones before you get to grips with this one. Tra (Talk) 23:49, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Sidebar translate duplicity
On your sidebar translate script, 'Kreyòl ayisyen' is first translated to 'Hatian', and later (this never runs because of the break) to 'Hatian Creole'. I suggest that the first case statement should be removed, leaving the second one. Thx. Manish Earth Talk • Stalk 09:25, 17 February 2010 (UTC)
 * They're not entirely duplicates. 'Krèyol ayisyen' is translated to 'Haitian' and 'Kreyòl ayisyen' is translated to 'Haitian Creole' (note the accents). I don't know these languages well enough to be able to say which is correct, but I thought I would mention that. Tra (Talk) 13:33, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees
Hello Tra.

On April 2010, Bishakha Dutta was appointed into the Board of Trustees in the Wikimedia Foundation. She has become the first Indian in this Board, and also the first woman (if I am not wrong). The source of this information is this :-. It is a reliable source. I suggest that this be added to the concerned article, as it can have significant impact on the creation of Wikipedia India.

Cheers,

Ankitbhatt (talk) 08:07, 14 April 2010 (UTC)

 * Go ahead and add her if you like, I'm not really involved with that article so I couldn't advise you on the best way to do this. I would note, however, that there have been several other women on the board before her. Tra (Talk) 22:53, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Your JS
I have your "Special:Whatlinkshere" and "Sepcial:user" watchlists in my java page and I just noticed. How do they work? Feed    back     (talk)  19:48, 28 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Hi, sorry it took me a bit of a while to get back to you as I'm not active on Wikipedia at the moment. Basically the problem is that those scripts no longer work due to them relying on a feature that was removed from the software that powers Wikipedia a while back. They used to provide a way of looking at either the contributions of several users at once or looking at the 'what links here' of several pages at once. If you like you can just remove those scripts. Tra (Talk) 10:48, 5 July 2010 (UTC)

MfD nomination of Request an account/Administrators
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Template:Archive list/check25
This template has problems... I don't know if you know. I can't do anything, if you could have a look at it please that would be good. :) Starfleet Academy "Live long and prosper." 08:34, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm aware that the template gives an error message when viewed directly - this is because it's designed to be used transcluded in the archive list template, which will pass the appropriate parameters to make it display correctly. Is that what you were asking about, or is there a case where it's not working in practice? Tra (Talk) 11:45, 27 October 2011 (UTC)

Thank you, you have got what I said. Even though I was stressed typing it. I will tell you if it doen't work in practice when I copy it. Sorry to bother you :) Starfleet Academy "Live long and prosper." 01:30, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

"User watchlist"
Hi, Tra. I noticed in my "Toolbox" to the right that there is a link, "User watchlist" that points to a subpage of yours that states it no longer works. What did the link do, and how do I remove it? I still use monobook, so here's my monobook.js page. Are there lines in here that need to be deleted? Regards, Matthewedwards : Chat  15:52, 1 November 2011 (UTC)
 * Nevermind; I found it in my monobook.js and deleted the line. Best, Matthewedwards : Chat  16:08, 1 November 2011 (UTC)

File permission problem with File:Venezolana TNCC.jpg
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Wikilove
Unfortunately I don't have access to the CSS/JS while at work due to the wonderful firewall here, so instead of this boring message assume that you got some wikilove for fixing the Rating template. 07:31, 20 February 2012 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by PuppyOnTheRadio (talk • contribs)
 * Thanks, I really appreciate it :) Tra (Talk) 07:39, 20 February 2012 (UTC)

Fireman Sam
Thanks for picking up my mistake in protecting Fireman Sam. I've corrected it. JamesBWatson (talk) 17:16, 26 February 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
-- Toshio Yamaguchi  (tlk−ctb) 17:49, 12 March 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
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Interwiki links
Hey. It appears that the interwiki link to Uncyclopedia has broken. I am guessing that something like this being removed would have required a community consensus, but I have no idea where this would be. If it is an error, who would have access to updating the API in order to add this back in? PuppyOnTheRadio  talk  02:13, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * That stuff's all handled over at meta. It was removed in August 2009 in response to this discussion. You can request that it be added back at m:Talk:Interwiki map. Tra (Talk) 07:47, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Template docs
Thanks for updating Template:Infobox school. Unfortunately the edit inadvertently removed transclusion of the template documentation; could you fix this please? --Paul_012 (talk) 03:17, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Looking again, I missed another instance of the template code that needed fixing. Could you update the template with this version please? --Paul_012 (talk) 03:25, 16 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Done, sorry. Tra (Talk) 07:34, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

Talkback
(I don't always expect people to watch interface pages) Jasper Deng (talk) 02:44, 22 March 2012 (UTC)

Plea for Assistance
Thanks for imposing some discipline on the Critical Race Theory article. I'm hoping you can help me with the challenges I face there in improving that particular Wikipedia article to be more informative to visitors, consistent with NPOV.

First of all, I'm a relative Wikipedia newbie, but I have a masters degree and am also a published author, including the book "Cyberspace: The Human Dimension," published by W.H Freeman and used as a textbook at Duke and other leading universities, so I think I'm well qualified in the area of scholarly judgment, analysis of bias, and other such matters of critical thinking.

I would think Wikipedia would value having people like me contributing, but my experience in relation to this article has been absolutely dreadful. The article when I first found it was all but useless, and as I attempted to improve it (by inserting a more helpful definition from UCLA, clarifying that it was categorized as neo-Marxist thought, and providing additional critical context for the current controversy), my attempts were met with initially positive feedback.

Then, however, some blatantly biased partisans got engaged in the process - it's easy to identify the ones who have been obviously biased by their own writings - and have made a mockery of my attempts to be civil and engage them in dialogue about how to properly present the controversy in a balanced way, with often fallacious appeal to obscure points of the Wikipedia creed (don't know what else to call it) with no consideration to what I consider the more important matters of Wikipedia's purpose and NPOV.

I know you don't have time to follow the entire history over the past two weeks, but I honestly believe my original submission was much better than the absurdity that's there now, and I also sincerely believe that my most recent attempt at a balanced revision should replace the section in question.

The problems / questions I hope you can help me with are these: 1) how can I ever hope to see consensus there so long as the biased partisans continue to attempt to bully me into abandoning this article by repeating their false assertion that it's me against everyone else, especially when others more neutral and less biased don't have the stomach for the contentious fray that it's become? 2) is there a resolution process I can appeal to where the quality of the work can be judged on its own merits without having to waste time attempting to reason with those who are not interested in being reasonable, and instead are clearly pursuing an agenda in their attempts to suppress the information I and others have worked on?

What can I do within the bounds of Wikipedia's rules and culture?

Thanks for your consideration in this matter.

All the best, Dave Whittle

Davidwhittle (talk) 00:59, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

 * There are processes for resolving disputes if discussion on the talk page hasn't worked out. They're described at Dispute resolution. One option that seems like it could be appropriate at this stage is Dispute resolution noticeboard. I'll note that I haven't used it myself before so I can't offer any experience there.

 * With regards to your other points, whilst it's great that you have a lot of experience to offer, on Wikipedia people tend not to give a lot of weight to people's qualifications. This is for a number of reasons, the main one being that it's difficult to verify them. In general, disputes tend not to be resolved by removing other people involved, unless policies have been violated, and after repeated warnings. Tra (Talk) 03:07, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Your e-mail links are broken
By the way, I tried to send that last "Talk" via e-mail, but neither of your links worked for me. Thought you might want to know. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Davidwhittle (talk • contribs) 01:01, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
 * Hmm... I just tried them and both seemed to work for me. Tra (Talk) 03:08, 23 March 2012 (UTC)
 * No wait - the second one breaks when I submit. I think I'll just remove it as it's hardly ever used anyway. Tra (Talk) 03:11, 23 March 2012 (UTC)

Invitation to events in June and July: bot, script, template, and Gadget makers wanted
I invite you to the yearly Berlin hackathon, 1-3 June. Registration is now open. If you need financial assistance or help with visa or hotel, then please register by May 1st and mention it in the registration form.

This is the premier event for the MediaWiki and Wikimedia technical community. We'll be hacking, designing, teaching, and socialising, primarily talking about ResourceLoader and Gadgets (extending functionality with JavaScript), the switch to Lua for templates, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Labs.

We want to bring 100-150 people together, including lots of people who have not attended such events before. User scripts, gadgets, API use, Toolserver, Wikimedia Labs, mobile, structured data, templates -- if you are into any of these things, we want you to come!

I also thought you might want to know about other upcoming events where you can learn more about MediaWiki customization and development, how to best use the web API for bots, and various upcoming features and changes. We'd love to have power users, bot maintainers and writers, and template makers at these events so we can all learn from each other and chat about what needs doing.

Check out the the developers' days preceding Wikimania in July in Washington, DC and our other events.

Best wishes! - Sumana Harihareswara, Wikimedia Foundation's Volunteer Development Coordinator. Please reply on my talk page, here or at mediawiki.org. Sumana Harihareswara, Wikimedia Foundation Volunteer Development Coordinator 23:31, 3 April 2012 (UTC)

Spelling at the Exodus
Hi, at the Exodus the archaeologist is called Dever, not Denver. Maybe you want to change this in the article, since you already corrected a typo therein. Tgeorgescu (talk) 22:43, 5 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Sorry I'm a bit busy right now with other stuff. I suggest you submit an edit protected request. Tra (Talk) 06:14, 6 April 2012 (UTC)

Template:Talk header
Hi. As an admin and a contributor at Template talk:Talk header, I wonder if you're able to please advise on how to proceed with implementing the proposed changes (assuming consensus approval can be clarified). Thanks. -- Trevj (talk) 08:45, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I agree it looks like there's a consensus there. The thing is, the change would be highly visible so there's a good chance of some people complaining afterwards. If I was the one to make the change then it would be my responsibility to deal with that. Unfortunately, I am very busy at the moment with revision for exams so I'm unable to allow time for that. What you can so is submit an editprotected request although those are currently a bit backlogged. Tra (Talk) 09:21, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. There was an RFC in place so people shouldn't complain too much. Anyway, do I use Dmitrij D. Czarkoff's posted code or does it need amending now? (I'm going to point him here.) Thanks. -- Trevj (talk) 12:55, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Still... even if a change has been discussed elsewhere people can and do complain afterwards. You wouldn't be able to paste the code directly as it's in diff form so it's a case of deleting some lines and adding others. Your best bet is to make the changes in the sandbox subpage of the template so they can be tested and easily copied over by the admin. Tra (Talk) 13:58, 11 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I've now tried to do that. I hope the revision's going well for you. -- Trevj (talk) 10:15, 13 April 2012 (UTC)
 * very much for sorting that out. -- Trevj (talk) 14:44, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

ConfirmAccount extension
Hey :). You're being contacted because you are involved in the ACC process, or participated in the original discussion in '08 about the ConfirmAccount extension. This is a note to let you know that we are seeking opinions on switching this extension on, effectively making the ACC process via the Toolserver redundant. You can read all the details here; I would be very grateful if people would indicate how they feel about the idea :). Thanks! Okeyes (WMF) (talk) 13:22, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

Challenges at Army Geospatial Center
Perhaps you can assist educating a new user User talk:Rebecca.a.armermann to better understand Wikipedia. She is apparently a public affairs officer at the Army Geospatial Center who works under two user names, the other one being User:AGC-webmaster, as is apparent from the revision history of User talk:Rebecca.a.armermann. I note that, at one point she tried to protect the article on AGC from further editing (see the revision history of Talk:Army Geospatial Center, until you intervened. I have tried to explain to her that in the body of the article, one links to the Wikipedia article on the Army Corps of Engineers, not to the Corps' website to achieve NPOV. I reverted once, before getting into a fruitless discussion, seen at User talk:Rebecca.a.armermann. Perhaps you can intercede and inform whichever one of us is off base how properly to proceed. User:HopsonRoad 21:22, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
 * I've given input at her talk page. After quickly scanning through her contributions I didn't see anything that jumps out at me indicating her job title. With regards to that template being added, I couldn't say if it was an attempt to protect the page or not - to me it was just a template that was incorrectly placed. Tra (Talk) 22:09, 17 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your intercession, Tra. Rebecca has since made it clear that she is a public affairs officer for AGC. She made a good-faith effort to understand the specifics of the rules, but is still new to the overall ethos of Wikipedia. Consequently, she is likely to continue editing with her AGC hat on, at least for a while. User:HopsonRoad 13:11, 19 April 2012 (UTC)

Notification of pending suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity
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 * I was surprised to see this pop up in my watchlist. I hope everything's okay for you, Tra. Best. Acalamari 07:49, 1 May 2013 (UTC)

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Request for comment
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title: User talk:Tra


text:
List of Great British Trees

The Great British Trees were 50 trees selected by The Tree Council in 2002 to spotlight trees in the United Kingdom in honour of the Queen's Golden Jubilee.

Western England

 * Tortworth Chestnut in Tortworth, Gloucestershire
 * Westonbirt Lime Tree in Westonbirt Arboretum, Gloucestershire
 * Sweet Chestnut in Croft Castle, Herefordshire
 * Royal Oak in Boscobel, Shropshire
 * The Bewdley Sweet Chestnut in Bewdley, Worcestershire

South West

 * Domesday Oak in Ashton Court, Bristol
 * Darley Oak, Upton Cross, Linkinhorne, Cornwall
 * Bicton College Monkey Puzzle in Bicton Park, East Budleigh, Devon
 * Heavitree Yew in Heavitree, near Exeter, Devon
 * Ashbrittle Yew in Ashbrittle, Wellington, Somerset

Southern England

 * Brighton Pavilion Elm in Brighton, East Sussex
 * Queen Elizabeth Oak in Cowdray Park, Midhurst, West Sussex
 * Selborne Yew in Selborne, Hampshire
 * Wellington's Wellingtonia, a Giant Sequoia, in Stratfield Saye, Hampshire
 * Tolpuddle Martyrs Tree in Dorset
 * Big Belly Oak in Savernake Forest, Wiltshire

London and the Home Counties

 * The Cage Pollard in Burnham Beeches, Buckinghamshire
 * Ankerwycke Yew in Wraysbury, Berkshire
 * The World's End Black Poplar in Roydon, Essex
 * The Great Oak, Panshanger Park in Hertingfordbury, Hertfordshire
 * Sidney Oak in Penshurst Place, Kent
 * Sweet chestnut 'The Seven Sisters Chestnut' in Viceroy's Wood, Penshurst, Kent NOTE this is not in the Tree Council’s original list.
 * Charlton House Mulberry in Greenwich
 * 'Old Lion' Ginkgo in Kew Gardens, Richmond, London
 * Crowhurst Yew in Surrey

Eastern England

 * Metasequoia at Emmanuel College, Britain's first Dawn Redwood, in Cambridge University Botanic Garden
 * Great London Plane of Ely, Britain's first London Plane in Ely, Cambridgeshire
 * Newton's Apple Tree in Woolsthorpe Manor, Grantham, Lincolnshire
 * Bowthorpe Oak in Bourne, Lincolnshire
 * Kett's Oak in Hethersett, Norfolk
 * Chedgrave Jubilee Oak in Norfolk

The Midlands

 * Morton Horse Chestnut in Derbyshire
 * Lebanon Cedar in Childrey, Oxfordshire
 * Major Oak in Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire
 * Original Bramley apple in Southwell, Nottinghamshire

Northern England

 * The Appleton Thorn Tree in Appleton Thorn, Cheshire
 * Marton Oak in Marton, Cheshire
 * Borrowdale Yew in Cumbria
 * Levens Hall Yew in Levens Hall, Cumbria
 * Holker Lime in Holker Hall, Cumbria
 * Wild Cherry in Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal, near Ripon, North Yorkshire

Northern Ireland

 * Great Yew, a pair of yews now appearing to be a single tree, in Crom Castle, Fermanagh
 * Old Homer, Kilbroney Park, Rostrevor

Scotland

 * Granny Pine, a 300-year-old Scots Pine at Glen Affric, Highlands
 * Fortingall Yew, a 2,000-3,000-year-old yew in Perth and Kinross
 * Arbutus Tree, a tree likely grown from a seed collected in North America by surgeon-botanist Archibald Menzies in the late 1700s near Castle Menzies Gardens NOTE This is not in the Tree Council’s original list
 * Parent Larch, a European Larch in the grounds of a Hilton hotel built by the Duke of Atholl in Dunkeld, Perth and Kinross
 * A Douglas-fir, in the grounds of Scone Palace where David Douglas was born, in Perth and Kinross
 * A silver fir, in Ardkinglas Woodland Garden, Argyll
 * Capon Tree, an oak in what used to be the Jedforest, Jedburgh, Borders
 * The Craigends Yew, a 600-year-old layering Taxus baccata in Houston, Renfrewshire NOTE This is not in the Tree Council’s original list.

Wales

 * Ley's Whitebeam, one of only 16 Sorbus leyana (a type of whitebeam) growing wild anywhere, in Merthyr Tydfil
 * Pontfadog Oak, with a girth of 12.9 m, the largest Sessile oak in Wales, in Pontfadog, Wrexham. The tree was blown over by the wind in 2013.
 * Llangernyw Yew, the oldest tree in Europe (Between 4,000 and 5,000 years old), a yew in the churchyard of St Digain’s, Llangernyw, Conwy
 * Defynnog Yew, Powys, Wales. A tree once estimated at 5,000 years old with evidence now suggesting a maximum of 2,500. NOTE it was not in the original list.

title: List of Great British Trees


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