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These lists are very incomplete.

Articles I started

 * 1) Misuse of Drugs Act 1971
 * 2) Ten Tors - dartmoor hiking challenge
 * 3) Datamation - computer magazine - stub
 * 4) Simon Reeve - author - stub
 * 5) Cube farm - stub
 * 6) Backwell - village where my parents live
 * 7) Megabus
 * 8) Slopping out - stub
 * 9) Robert X. Cringely - technology author and broadcaster
 * 10) South Central Los Angeles
 * 11) Greg Critser - author and journalist - stub
 * 12) Breadmaker - Home appliance
 * 13) Pret a Manger - UK sandwich retailer
 * 14) Jon Courtenay Grimwood - cyberpunk author and journalist
 * 15) Katie Hafner - author / journalist - stub
 * 16) Dragon Runner - military robot - stub
 * 17) Gernot Zippe - centrifuge engineer
 * 18) Zippe-type centrifuge - nuclear fuel centrifuge
 * 19) The Money Programme - finance and business affairs television programme on BBC2
 * 20) Package holiday - transport and accommodation advertised and sold together by a tour operator.

Categories

 * Category:Vietnam War
 * Category:Vietnam War operations and battles
 * Category:Vietnam War equipment
 * Category:Vietnam War aircraft
 * Category:Vietnam War films
 * Category:Vietnam War people
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 * Category:Science fiction films
 * Category:Free software
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 * Category:GNOME
 * Category:Widget toolkits
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Articles which I've improved

 * Swingometer - added mention of Peter Snow
 * Wired magazine - added Katie Hafner to list of contributers
 * updated Logarithmic timeline of current events
 * easyJet - initially telephone booking, moved to internet booking
 * British Airways - Union Flag, tail fin repaint, Margaret Thatcher
 * Wheel clamp - mention the guy with the angle grinder
 * crosslinked The Hunt For Red October and Crazy Ivan
 * Pakora - In the United Kingdom, Pakora is sold in fast food takeaways as an alternative to chips or a kebab during the evening and early morning.
 * Atacama - The European Southern Observatory operates two major observatories in the Atacama desert
 * Doogie Howser, M.D. - The show was set in Los Angeles. It was created by Steven Bochco and David E. Kelley; Trademarks of the show include Doogie's best friend Vinnie climbing in through his window, and Doogie writing his diary on his computer at the end of each episode.
 * Geek canon - Film - add Office Space
 * Near Field Communication - link to Wired article
 * Maluku link RMS to Republik Maluku Selatan
 * Toyota Prius - Bluetooth
 * Goldfish - In the United Kingdom they have traditionally been given as prizes at Fairgrounds, but new laws mean it is now illegal to give live animals as a prize.
 * Yellow - In Canada and the United States School buses are almost uniformly painted a bright yellow color (often referred to as "school bus yellow")
 * Richard Ottaway - He attended Backwell School, and studied Law at Bristol University, graduating in 1974.
 * New Journalism - added Further reading: New Journalism, Tom Wolfe, ISBN 0060471832
 * Dijon - birthplace of Charles Le Temeraire duke of Burgundy
 * Magna Carta - Ross Perot bought a copy in 1984
 * Biggin Hill - It is the home of London Biggin Hill Airport.
 * Sky News - featured in The Day After Tomorrow
 * Aircraft carrier - Aircraft carriers in fiction
 * Answering machine - Answer machines in fiction
 * Viewdata - added some text about how viewdata is used in the Travel industry in the United Kingdom
 * Foot and mouth disease - Many sporting events and leisure activities like Ten Tors were cancelled.
 * Chewing gum - Many modern chewing gums use petroleum based plastic instead of chicle.
 * Montrose, Angus - The population in the 2001 census was 10,845.
 * Blue screen of death - added a photo of a bluescreened payphone and some text about embedded systems bluescreening
 * Aloha Flight 243 - The made for TV movie Miracle Landing is based on this incident.
 * Cable spaghetti - some text + photo.
 * Camera phone - as of 2004 typically 0.3 megapixels
 * Orange Prize for Fiction - added winners for 2003 and 2004
 * Louise Woodward - wrote about the trial being shown on TV in the United Kingdom.
 * John Koza - added some more stuff about the lottery, biggest computer cluster owned by an individual and an external link

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Pitched Up Recordings
Not at all notable --Improv 15:28, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)

its the best selling american happy hardcore label. at least 1 of the label records has sold 10,000 copies. and not to mention DJ Sunrize (one of the label's artists) has a major label cd, as well as is the #1 hardcore producer in the USA who tours worldwide.... nah not notable at all Alkivar 16:55, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * If you say so, but that leaves it where? Let's look at the facts: this "article" just gives the company name and then the website.  That is the sort of nothing-but-advertising that makes it a Speedy Delete candidate, so don't get irritated that there is merely a VfD listing.  So, we have a label that has sold 10k copies of one of its records.  Good.  I mean that sincerely.  Back in my own day, my band formed its own label with a local used bookstore owner, and we sold 15,000 LP's.  That label then went on to do one more record.  It sold about 2,000.  The point is that independent labels come and go.  If this were a real article with all the facts, it would be non-notable.  However, it isn't a real article with all the facts.  A sub-sub-genre label is pretty iffy.  It's an ad.  Delete. Geogre 17:43, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * I've read the rewrite, and now it's not a speedy delete candidate, but it still looks non-notable to me. Oh, and "hardcore," to me, is Circle Jerks, Dead Kennedys, Fear, Germs, and Husker Du.  I have a feeling this "hardcore" is something completely different.  Geogre 03:10, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * common misconception Geogre. Happy Hardcore is a style of Rave Electronica... not Happy Punk. I'm used to people sh*$#ing on my prefered style of music, but there are more than 6 million fans of this music worldwide (most are just embarrased to admit they like it) sorta like boy bands heh.Alkivar 03:32, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * Delete Keep, now has useful content. Was: Delete as it stands now. Might be suitable for an article, but this is not an article.  It's just a link to a web page.  If even the author is not interested enough to say anything about them, why keep the page? Wolfman 18:34, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Independent labels come and go, and selling 10,000 copies once isn't that notable. Average Earthman 18:58, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. It may be worth an article, but this isn't it.  Could be speedied as far as I'm concerned. Tuf-Kat 20:07, Oct 16, 2004 (UTC)

for christs sake people its got more content then HALF of the record labels listed in the LIST OF RECORD LABELS entry. if you want more detail i'll add it tonight. Alkivar 22:35, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * D That doesn't make it notable, though. Especially not when the article says merely "a label based in Philadelphia" and nothing more.  Chris 23:04, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)

EXTENSIVELY UPDATEDAlkivar 23:05, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Not notable enough to have articles written about any of its major artists (as of this writing). Delete.  RickK 23:09, Oct 16, 2004 (UTC)

 * thats true for many styles of music Rick. mentioned by name in the Happy Hardcore article. then again so am I :-D Alkivar 03:34, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * what difference does that make anyway? Sunrize (one of the artists) passes the criteria for a Biography page. "Recording musicians who have sold more than 5,000 albums, CDs, or similar recordings". Alkivar 02:20, 20 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * Keep as the main article stands now, although is the discography of a label appropriate? — siro  χ  o  19:52, Oct 17, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: promo, wrong side of the line. Wile E. Heresiarch 22:17, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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Evershot

Evershot is a village and civil parish in the county of Dorset in southwest England, situated approximately 7 mi south of Yeovil in Somerset. It is the second highest village in the county at 175 m above sea-level. Evershot parish encompasses part of the nearby hamlet of Holywell, 1.25 mi east of Evershot village. Dorset County Council's latest (2013) estimate of the parish population is 210. The village has connections with the writer Thomas Hardy.

Toponymy
There are several theories on the origins of the name Evershot. One is that it derives from 'Eafor's Holt', 'eafor' meaning wild boar and 'holt' meaning wood. A similar theory places the origin at 'eafor sceat,' meaning 'wild boar thicket.' This fits in with the history of the village, but does not account for other names the village has had in the past. In 1202, the village was referred to as 'Teversict,' and in 1268 'Theuershet.' This likely refers to the colour of the soil – the Old English word 'teofor' meaning red lead. Another theory is that the name derives from 'Varia', an alternative name for the River Frome, and 'shot', the Saxon word for a brook.

History
It is hard to trace the history of the village before the Norman conquest, but it is believed Evershot began as a boar pen approximately 1,100 years ago. Due to its close proximity to the River Frome a settlement was built nearby.

The oldest remains to be found in Evershot are three standing stones named the Three Dumb Sisters, now a bench. Local legend says that these are three sisters turned to stone for dancing on the Sabbath. It is believed that they originate from a plot of land close to the village, but it is not known when they were built or moved. They are possibly Bronze Age in origin.

In 1628 Christopher Stickland founded Stickland's School "...for reading, writing and grammar... for the instruction and breeding of men children ... a schoolmaster there for ever to train up, instruct and teach the same child in good learning, true religion and the fear of God."

In the 18th and 19th centuries economic activities in the village included tanning, turnery and coopery. Local timber supplies provided raw materials for these industries, such as oak bark for tanning. Products such as tanned hides, bowls, ladles and cheese vats were sent for sale as far away as Bristol, and subsidiary trades evolved to support the village's population, which reached 600 in 1851.

In 1857 the Wilts, Somerset and Weymouth Railway (later the Great Western Railway) opened a line through the parish with a station for the village at Holywell, though difficulties were encountered in constructing a tunnel through the area's greensand.

A fire in the village in 1865 destroyed eighteen buildings and left more than a hundred people homeless. Three fire engines were required to extinguish the blaze. It is likely that, had there not been the river nearby, the entire village would have been destroyed. Not a single person was killed during the 'Great Fire of Evershot,' and a considerable amount was raised to help the homeless (£70 in two days, the equivalent of over £3000 today).

Geography
Evershot village is sited on greensand approximately 175 m above sea-level, among chalk hills of the Dorset Downs. It is the second highest village in the county, the highest being Ashmore in Cranborne Chase. The area forms the watershed between the drainage basins of the River Yeo, which flows north to the Bristol Channel, and the River Frome, which flows southeast to Poole Harbour. The village hall is the starting point for the Frome Valley Trail. Evershot is 7 mi south of Yeovil, 11 mi northwest of Dorchester and 10 mi northeast of Bridport.

Demography
Dorset County Council's latest (2013) estimate of the parish population is 210.

In the 2011 census the population of Evershot parish combined with the small neighbouring parishes of West Chelborough and East Chelborough was 334. No data from 2011 has been published for Evershot parish alone.

The historic population figures in the censuses between 1921 and 2001 are shown in the table below. Evershot parish is also shown separately for these census returns.

St Osmund's Church
The parish church of St Osmund is built on the site of an earlier chapel, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin, dating back to the time of Richard the Lionheart. The first rector of Frome St Quintin and Evershot is listed in the church simply as Herveus, in 1115. Only the font basin, chancel arch and part of the tower arch of this earlier chapel remain within the current church, which was renovated to some extent in the 15th century, again in 1765, before a final rebuilding in 1852—3 and 1864. It features a Perpendicular tower and arcades. In 1889 the organ was also restored, renovated, and added to. The church clock was gifted in 1853 by the 3rd Earl of Ilchester at a cost of £150. It was designed by Edmund Beckett Denison and built by Edward John Dent. It is hand-wound once a week. Between 1783 and 1787, the poet George Crabbe was rector of the church. The church is Grade II* listed.

The source of the River Frome is in Back Lane, close to the church. Next to it is St John's well, which was restored in 2000 and features information on local geology and history. The names of villagers were put on a plaque. The village is the starting point for the Frome Valley Trail long-distance footpath.

Summer Lodge Country House Hotel was built in 1798 as a dower house by Henry Fox-Strangways, 2nd Earl of Ilchester. It was enlarged in 1893 and in 1979 became a hotel.

The village hall was given to the village after being used by the military during the Second World War. It is mostly used for music and art events.

To the west is a prominent rounded summit known as West Hill which is 224 m high.

Thomas Hardy
Evershot has connections with the writer Thomas Hardy, who called it 'Evershead' in his fictional Wessex. The Acorn Inn featured as 'The Sow and Acorn' in several of his works, including Tess of the d'Urbervilles. Tess Cottage in the village is named after that novel's eponymous heroine, who stayed in a fictional version of it when visiting 'Evershead'.

Hardy was also an architect and in 1893 he designed an extension for what is now the Summer Lodge Country House Hotel in the centre of the village. Hardy's mother, Jemima Hand, was born and married in the neighbouring village of Melbury Osmond.

The Hardy Way long-distance footpath runs through the village.

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Wetaskiwin (federal electoral district)

Wetaskiwin was a federal electoral district in Alberta, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1925 to 2015.

Geography
In its final configuration, the riding was located south of Edmonton and was legally described as commencing at the intersection of the westerly limit of the Town of Devon with the right bank of the North Saskatchewan River; thence generally southeasterly along the westerly limit of said town to the southwesterly corner of said town (at Highway 60); thence southerly along said highway to Township Road 494; thence easterly along said road to the westerly limit of the City of Leduc; thence easterly, southerly, easterly, northerly and easterly along the southerly limit of said city to Highway No. 623; thence easterly along said highway to the easterly limit of Leduc County; thence generally southwesterly along said limit to the northerly limit of the County of Wetaskiwin No. 10; thence easterly and generally southerly along the northerly and easterly limits of said county to the easterly limit of Ponoka County; thence generally southerly along said limit to the northerly limit of Lacombe County; thence generally southeasterly, generally southerly and generally westerly along the northerly, easterly and southerly limits of said county to the east boundary of R 4 W 5; thence south along the east boundary of R 4 W 5 to the south boundary of Tp 38; thence west along the south boundary of Tp 38 to the west boundary of R 8 W 5; thence north along the west boundary of R 8 W 5 to the north boundary of Tp 41; thence east along the north boundary of Tp 41 to the right bank of the North Saskatchewan River; thence generally northerly and generally easterly along said bank to the point of commencement.

This federal electoral riding represents the County of Wetaskiwin No. 10, Ponoka County, Lacombe County, Leduc County, part of Clearwater County and the cities of Wetaskiwin and Lacombe.

History
This riding was created in 1924 from Strathcona and Victoria ridings.

Like most federal ridings in Alberta, it elected a United Farmers of Alberta MP, former Calgary labour reformer William Irvine, in 1926 and 1930. Then, in 1935 and 1940, it elected Norman Jaques of the radical monetary reform party Social Credit.

Like most other ridings in rural Alberta, Wetaskiwin veered sharply to the right after World War II. It was represented by a centre-right MP without interruption from 1935 onward: Social Credit from 1935 to 1958, the Progressive Conservatives from 1958 to 1993, Reform from 1993 to 2000, the Canadian Alliance from 2000 to 2003, and the Conservatives after 2003. Individual centrist, centre-left or left-wing candidates were usually lucky to approach 20 percent of the vote; the last time a single candidate from a non-right-wing party cleared that hurdle was the 1968 federal election.

That aside, in this riding in every election from 1925 to 1957 (excepting 1935) and in 1962, the successful candidate did not win a majority of the riding's votes. More votes went to the unsuccessful candidates than went to the successful one.

In 2003, a portion of Red Deer riding was transferred to this electoral district. These boundaries took effect at the 2004 Canadian federal election.

The riding was abolished ahead of the 2015 election. The bulk of the riding, including Lacombe, was merged with the northern portion of Red Deer to form Red Deer—Lacombe. Much of the northern portion, including the city of Wetaskiwin, was merged with Edmonton—Mill Woods—Beaumont to form Edmonton—Wetaskiwin. Smaller portions were transferred to Yellowhead and Battle River—Crowfoot.

Last member of Parliament
Its most recent member of Parliament before it ceased to exist was Blaine Calkins, a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Candidates for the 2006 election
In the spring of 2005, Dale Johnston announced that he would not be a candidate in the next federal election. A nomination meeting held in May 2005 selected Blaine Calkins as the Conservative Party candidate. Calkins was born and raised in the Lacombe area. He is a graduate of the University of Alberta, and a tenured faculty member at Red Deer College. He began his career in politics as a member of the Lacombe Town Council, and as such has been involved with the Board of Directors of the Lacombe Municipal Ambulance Society, The Board of Directors for Family and Community Support Services, The Municipal Planning Commission, David Thompson Tourist Council and the Disaster Services Committee. Calkins has been involved in the Reform/Canadian Alliance/Conservative Party since becoming a member in 1996. He served on the Candidate Nomination Committee for the Canadian Alliance Wetaskiwin Riding in 1999, and joined the Board of Directors in 2000. Since then, he has held various Board positions, including President, Vice President and Director of Communications.

Peter Crossley was the Liberal Party candidate for the 2006 election. Mr Crossley is a graduate from the University of Alberta and has an honours law degree from the University of Wales at Cardiff. He has operated his own law practice in Rocky Mountain House for the past 12 years, and has served on the Red Deer Kidney Foundation, the Rocky Kinsmen, and the Rotary Club.

Jim Graves was the candidate for the New Democratic Party in the 2006 election. Graves has 27 years of experience as a Professional Engineer, and has been a farmer-rancher since 1989.

Tom Lampman was the Green Party's candidate for Wetaskiwin in the 2006 election. Lampman was the only candidate who also ran in the 2004 federal election, where he outperformed his party's nationwide results by capturing 6.2% of the vote. Like the other candidates, he has experience with the farming industry, as he runs an agricultural consulting business specializing in dairy. One of his specific environmental concerns is thermal pollution from electric power generation. Lampman resides outside of Calmar.

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Argentine Air Force

The Argentine Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Argentina, or simply FAA) is the air force of Argentina and branch of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic. In 2018, it had 13,837 military and 6,900 civilian personnel. FAA commander in chief is Brigadier Major Fernando Mengo.

History

The Air Force's history began with the establishment of the Army Aviation Service's Escuela de Aviación Militar ('Military Aviation School') on 10 August 1912.

Interwar period
Throughout the years following World War I, the predecessor to the Argentine Air Force received various aircraft from France and Italy. In 1922, the Escuela Militar de Aviación was temporarily disbanded, resulting in the formation of Grupo 1 de Aviación ('Aviation Group One') as an operational unit. During 1925, the Escuela Militar de Aviación was reopened, and the Grupo 3 de Observación ('Observation Group Three') created, with Grupo 1 de Aviación becoming known as Grupo 1 de Observación shortly after.

In 1927, the General Aeronautics Authority (Dirección General de Aeronáutica) was created to coordinate the country's military aviation. In that same year, the Fábrica Militar de Aviones (lit. 'Military Aircraft Factory', FMA), which would play a crucial role in the country's aviation industry, was founded in Córdoba. Despite that, throughout the 1930s, Argentina acquired various aircraft from the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States.

By 1938–39, Argentina's air power consisted of roughly 3,200 personnel (including about 200 officers) and maintained approximately 230 aircraft. Roughly 150 of these were operated by the army and included Dewoitine D.21 and Curtiss P-36 Hawk fighters; Breguet 19 reconnaissance planes; Northrop A-17 and Martin B-10 bombers, North American NA-16 trainers, Focke-Wulf Fw 58 multi-role planes, Junkers Ju 52 transports, and Fairchild 82s. Approximately 80 out of the 230 aircraft present were operated by the navy and included the Supermarine Southampton, Supermarine Walrus, Fairey Seal, Fairey III, Vought O2U Corsair, Consolidated P2Y, Curtiss T-32 Condor II, Douglas Dolphin, and Grumman J2F Duck.

World War II and Immediate Post-War
The first step towards establishing the Air Force as a separate branch of the Armed Forces was taken during 11 February 1944 to establish the Aeronautical Command-in-Chief (Comando en Jefe de Aeronáutica) directly under the mandate of the Department of War. This later became the Argentine Air Force by decree on 4 January 1945, which also created the Secretary of Aeronautics (Secretaría de Aeronáutica).

At the end of World War II, the Air Force began a process of modernization. This 'golden age' (roughly 1945–1955) was ushered in by the availability of foreign currency in Argentina, an abundance of now-unemployed aerospace engineers from Germany, Italy, and France, and the British provision of latest-generation engines alongside other aircraft parts. In his first term, President Juan Perón brought teams of European engineers to the FMA, then known as the Instituto Aerotécnico ('Aerotechnical Institute'), or I.Ae., to promote aircraft technological development. The count totaled to around 750 workers, including two teams of German designers (led by Kurt Tank) and the French engineer Émile Dewoitine.

In 1947, the Air Force purchased 100 Gloster Meteor jet fighters. These aircraft were paid for by the United States to partially pay back its debt to Argentina, which had provided them with raw materials during World War II. This purchase caused the Argentine Air Force to become the first in Latin America equipped with jet-propelled combat fighters. In addition, several Avro Lincoln and Avro Lancaster bombers were also acquired.

The Air Force, with former Luftwaffe officers as consultants and with the European teams that Perón had brought, also began to develop its own aircraft, including the I.Ae. 27 Pulqui I and the I.Ae. 33 Pulqui II jet fighter prototypes. These manufactures gave Argentina the positions of the first country in Latin America and the sixth in the world to develop jet fighter technology on its own. Other Argentina-developed aircraft included the prototypes the I.Ae. 23 trainer, the bi-motor fighter I.Ae. 30 Ñancú, and the assault glider I.Ae. 25 Mañque; and the production twin-engine I.Ae. 35 Huanquero transport, the I. Ae 22 DL advanced trainer, and the I.Ae 24 Calquín twin-engine attack-bomber; as well as rockets, and planes for civilian use (like the FMA 20 El Boyero).

The Revolución Libertadora (1955)
The Argentine Air Force came into active operation for the first time on June 16, 1955, during the bombing of the Plaza de Mayo in Buenos Aires. Government loyalist Gloster Meteors fought rebel planes and attempted a failed assassination of the President in a coup d'état. The plan failed, and the rebels bombed the city and the House of Government. In the following September coup, the Air Force supported Perón's government by initiating combat operations and transporting troops and arms with a meager five aircraft defecting to the other side. After the Revolución Libertadora succeeded and the coup took place, previously mentioned manufacturing operations ceased and most foreign workers left the country, including engineer Kurt Tank who went to work in India. Despite claims that the Argentine Air Force "baptisme by fire" took place during the Malvinas War (1982), this was actually the first time it entered combat.

Antarctic Support
During 1952, the Air Force started supplying the Antarctic scientific bases using ski-equipped Douglas C-47s. Previously, President Juan Perón had created the Antarctic Task Forces (FATA, Fuerzas de Tareas Antárticas) to fulfill this purpose. In 1970, the Air Force began operating C-130 Hercules aircraft into Antarctica. The Fokker F-28 Fellowship presidential aircraft is reported to be the first jet to have landed there, in 1973. Since the 1970s, DHC-6 Twin Otters have also been deployed, with the Air Force launching Operation Transantar in October 1973. This resulted in the first trans-Antarctic three-continent flight in history when a Hercules C-130 flew between Río Gallegos; Marambio Base; Christchurch, New Zealand and Canberra, Australia.

Modernization (1960s–1970s)

In the 1960s, new aircraft were incorporated, including the F-86F Sabre jet fighter and the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk mainly used for ground-attack. During the 1970s, the Air Force re-equipped itself with Mirage III interceptors, IAI Dagger multi-role fighters, and C-130 Hercules cargo planes. A counter-insurgency airplane, the Pucará, was also manufactured and used in substantial numbers. The Air Force also had an important role in the 1976 coup which lead to a military dictatorship that lasted until 1983.

Falklands War (1982)
The Falklands War was the first war fought by the Argentine Air Force against an external enemy. Some operational aircraft were obsolete. However, the airforce came close to winning the war for Argentina. During the war, the Air Force division of the Military Junta was called the Fuerza Aérea Sur (FAS, 'Southern Air Force'), and led by Ernesto Crespo.

Air engagements began on May 1, 1982 with the UK's Royal Air Force initiating Operation Black Buck, in which the Avro Vulcan bomber XM607 attacked military air bases on the islands. The Task Force then sent Sea Harriers to attack positions at Stanley and Goose Green, where the first Argentine casualties occurred.

The Argentine Air Force reacted by sending multiple IAI Dagger, A-4 Skyhawk attack aircraft, and Mirage III interceptors into the fray. The Mirage III went into combat with the Harriers on Bourbon Island, with one Mirage lost to a Harrier. On May 21, the Battle of San Carlos ("Bomb Alley") began once the Air Force attacked a detachment of British ships involved in the landing in the San Carlos Water. The Dagger and Skyhawk aircraft sank three British ships (HMS Coventry, a Type 42 destroyer; and two frigates, HMS Antelope and HMS Ardent).

On June 8, the Air Force carried out an operation in Bluff Cove. The British were using the landing ships RFA Sir Galahad and RFA Sir Tristram to position the 5th Infantry Brigade for an assault on Port Stanley. As these ships were unloading and therefore vulnerable, they were attacked by nine A-4 Skyhawks in two waves, while five Daggers attacked the escorting frigate HMS Plymouth (F126) and four more conducted a decoy mission over the north of the islands to draw off British Sea Harriers. The Skyhawks destroyed the landing craft "Foxtrot 4", damaged the Sir Galahad so badly that it was subsequently scuttled and also severely damaged the Sir Tristram, although she survived and was later rebuilt. Fire and explosions on the ships resulted in 56 deaths and 150 wounded; the worst single loss of life for the British in the war. After their attack, three A-4s from the second wave were shot down by Sea Harriers, killing all three pilots. All the explosive ordnance deployed by the Daggers failed to explode.

On June 13, the A-4 Skyhawks of the Argentine Air Force renewed their attacks in two formations of four aircraft each and launched an attack against enemy troops and helicopters. On June 14, 1982, the Argentine command surrendered, returning control of the Falklands, South Georgia, and the South Sandwich Islands to the United Kingdom. The Argentine Air Force suffered 55 dead and 47 wounded, with 505 combat departures and 62 aircraft losses, as listed below:

 * 19 A-4 Skyhawk
 * 2 Mirage III
 * 11 Dagger
 * 2 Canberra
 * 24 IA-58 Pucará
 * 1 C-130H Hercules
 * 1 Learjet 35
 * 2 Bell 212

Post-war (1983–2003)

After the war, the UK imposed an arms embargo on Argentina. The United States, however, sold Argentina 36 A-4AR Fighting hawks, a refurbished and upgraded version of the A-4 Skyhawks. Other equipment purchased by Argentina were: 23 US Army surplus OV-1 Mohawks, 2 C-130B, and 1 Lockheed L-100-30.

Argentina started the development of brand new aircraft, including the FMA IA-63 Pampa, the combat fighter FMA SAIA 90, and the subsequent transformation of the Condor missile into a medium-range ballistic missile. Of these, only the Pampa was successfully developed.

During 1994, President Carlos Menem discontinued mandatory military service and began allowing women to serve.

Support to UN peacekeeping missions
The Argentine Air Force has been involved in United Nations peacekeeping missions, sending a contingent to Cyprus in 1994 and deploying Bell 212 helicopters to Haiti during 2005.

Early 21st Century
In early 2005, seventeen brigadiers, including the Chief of Staff, Brigadier General Carlos Rohde, were fired by President Néstor Kirchner following a scandal involving drug trafficking through Ezeiza International Airport. Kirchner cited failures in the security systems of the Argentine airports, which were overseen by the National Aeronautic Police, then a branch of the Air Force (predecessor of the today independent Airport Security Police), and cover-ups of the scandal.

2010s
, budgetary constraints continued, leading to the disbanding of the Boeing 707 transport squadron and maintenance problems for half of the C-130 Hercules fleet.

In August 2010, a contract was signed for two Mi-17E helicopters, plus an option on a further three, to support Antarctic bases.

The FAA has been seeking to replace its ageing force with more capable and more serviceable modern aircraft. The acquisition of Spanish Mirage F1Ms, IAI Kfir Block 60s and Saab Gripen E/Fs were considered, but as of February 2015, all of those deals appear to have stalled; the Mirage F1 deal was scrapped by the Spanish government in March 2014, after pressure from the UK to not assist in FAA modernization over tensions between the countries over the Falkland Islands. The UK has also managed to veto the sale of Gripen E/Fs, as 30% of the Gripen's parts are manufactured there. The deal with Israel has reportedly stalled for technical and political reasons. China has allegedly offered JF-17/FC-1's and Chengdu J-10's to Argentina. The two countries have formed a working group to look into the transfer of 14 aircraft. Russia had also offered to lease 12 Su-24 strike aircraft to the FAA, but Jane's reported that the Su-24 would not be very useful to the FAA and that "it would appear that any proposed transfer of such aircraft is likely the result of Russia playing political games with the UK over the continuing crisis in Ukraine." All Mirages were officially decommissioned on 30 November 2015. The A-4s were grounded, for lack of spares; in any case only 4–5 were airworthy with the rest in storage at Villa Reynolds. When Barack Obama visited in March 2016, Air Force One was accompanied by US Air Force F-16s because Argentina could only offer Pucarás and Pampas for air defense.

As of July 2019, the Argentine Air Force and government selected the KAI FA-50 as its interim fighter. With this act being the first step in modernizing the fighter force and replacing the Mirage 3, Dagger, and Mirage 5 fighters that have also been retired; it was also anticipated that obtaining FA-50 would help mitigate the retirement of the Martin A-4AR Fightinghawk fleet, as they were ageing and becoming difficult to maintain. As of 2020, it is reported that as few as six of the Fightinghawk aircraft remain operational. While no specific numbers of aircraft to purchase were given, the media reported that up to 10 FA-50s were considered. Despite elections coming in October 2019, the deal had been expected to go through. An Argentine delegation first visited the Republic of Korea Air Force in September 2016. At that time an FAA pilot was able to test fly the TA-50 Golden Eagle operational trainer variant of the FA-50.

However, the deal appeared to have been canceled in early 2020, leaving the Air Force without a fighter replacement. Some sources suggested that the cancellation was due to the financial pressures resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, while others reported that British intervention played a part by preventing the export of an aircraft incorporating various British components. In October 2020, Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) confirmed that since major components of the aircraft were supplied by the U.K., the aircraft could not be exported to Argentina. Britain similarly blocked the potential sale of Brazilian license-built Saab Gripen aircraft to Argentina, given that some avionics were of British origin. Argentina was now said to be exploring the potential acquisition of aircraft from Russia, China, India or Pakistan. However, even sales of Chinese aircraft reportedly encountered potential problems since the ejector seats of the aircraft were the MK6, manufactured by Martin-Baker in the UK.

2020s

Early in 2021, Russia made several proposals related to the acquisition of aircraft by Argentina including the apparent offer of MiG-35 fighters. These built on earlier offers of the MiG-29 as well as on measures being undertaken to extend the life of Mi-171E helicopters acquired by Argentina in 2010 to support operations in Antarctica.

To improve transport capabilities, two Fokker F-28 aircraft which had been decommissioned in 2019, have been refurbished and put into service, the last one (TC-53) in early August 2021.

In mid 2021, one analysis found that the numbers of operational aircraft with offensive combat capability were practically at a level of zero. In addition to only around six A-4 Fightinghawk aircraft being operational, the availability of C-130 transport aircraft was only assessed as being at six of originally 14 aircraft. However, 23 IA-63 Pampa, 12 T-6C+ Texan II and 12 EMB-312 Tucano trainer aircraft were reported operational as of 2021. In September 2021, the Government officially included funding of $664 million in a draft budget for Congress involving the purchase of new combat aircraft. In 2022, talks with China over the potential purchase of JF-17 Thunders, and possibly Chengdu J-10s, and with India for HAL Tejas fighter jets came to the fore. However in December 2022, Argentine President Alberto Fernández appeared to reject the notion of buying new fighter aircraft for air force, stating: “There are other priorities before buying weapons, definitely”. Referring to the strategic and political situation in South America he further commented that: “There are no war problems, peace is the common denominator between us.” It was simultaneously confirmed that the fighter aircraft replacement program had been stopped.

In early 2023, Argentina confirmed the purchase of six Bell 407 for the Armed Forces and plans for the modernization of its inventory of Hughes 500Ds pending the arrival of new Beechcraft TC-12B Hurons.

In June 2023, Argentina received an additional leased C-130 from the US, bringing the total number of operational C-130 to five aircraft. At the same time, the Biden administration asked Congress to approve the potential sale of former Royal Danish Air Force F-16s, as well as former Royal Norwegian Air Force P-3C Orion maritime patrol aircraft, to Argentina. While the US was reportedly supporting the sale in order to avoid the possibility that Argentina would turn to China for its fighter aircraft, it was anticipated that the United Kingdom would urge Denmark not to make the sale. It was also unclear whether the combined acquisition cost (of $447 million USD) would be considered affordable by Argentina. On 11 October 2023, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regional Security Mira Resnick confirmed to Jorge Argüello, Argentinean ambassador to the US, that the State Department has approved the transfer of 38 F-16s from Denmark. In March 2024, it was reported that the number of aircraft had been reduced to 24 but that discussions on concluding the deal would be initiated. On March 26, 2024, the Danish Defence Minister, Troels Lund Poulsen, signed a letter of intent with his Argentine counterpart to transfer the aircraft.

In early 2024, Argentina transferred both Mi-17E helicopters to Ukraine.

Organization
The Argentine Air Force (FAA) is one of the three branches of the Argentine military, having equal status with the Army and the Navy; the President of Argentina is Commander-in-Chief of all three.

The FAA is headed by the Chief of the General Staff (Jefe del Estado Mayor General), directly appointed by the President. The Chief of Staff usually holds the rank of Brigadier General, the highest rank of the Air Force, being seconded by the Deputy Chief of the General Staff and three senior officers in charge of the FAA's three Commands: the Air Operations, the Personnel, and the Materiel Command.

The Air Operations Command (Comando de Operaciones Aéreas) is the branch of the Air Force responsible for aerospace defense, air operations, planning, training, and technical and logistical support of the air units. Subordinate to the Air Operations Command are the Air Brigades (Brigadas Aéreas), the Air Force's major operative units, as well as the airspace surveillance and control group (Grupo VYCEA, Argentine Air Force). There is currently estimated to be a total of eight air brigades operational. Brigades are headquartered at Military Air Bases (Base Aérea Militar (BAMs).

Each Air Brigade is made up of three Groups, each bearing the same number as their mother Brigade. These groups include:
 * One Air Group (Grupo Aéreo), which operates the aircraft assigned to the Brigade. The Air Group is divided into a variable number of Air Squadrons. Air Groups may be named according to their primary mission, for example, an air group specialized in fighter operations receives the designation of Fighter Group (Grupo de Caza). Currently, the Air Force includes three Fighter Groups (4th, 5th, and 6th), one Attack Group (3rd), one Transport Group (1st), and three plain Air Groups (2nd, 7th, and 9th). The 7th Air Group operates all the helicopters of the Air Force, while the 2nd includes a small reconnaissance unit as well as light transport aircraft. 9th Air Group is a light transport unit.
 * One Technical Group (Grupo Técnico), in charge of the maintenance and repair of the Brigade's aircraft.
 * One Base Group (Grupo Base), responsible for the airbase itself, weather forecasting, flight control, runway maintenance, etc. Base Groups also include Base Flights (Escuadrillas de Base), generally made up of two or three liaison aircraft.

The Personnel Command (Comando de Personal) is responsible for the training, education, assignment, and welfare of Air Force personnel. Under the control of the Personnel Command are the Military Aviation School (which educates the future officers of the Air Force), the Air Force Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) School, and other educational and training units.

The Materiel Command (Comando de Material) deals with planning and executing the Air Force's logistics regarding flying and ground materiel. Materiel Command includes "Quilmes" and "Río Cuarto" Material Areas (repairing and maintenance units) and "El Palomar" Logistical Area.

Order of Battle

 * 1st Air Brigade (El Palomar Military Air Base, Buenos Aires Province) in El Palomar Airport
 * 1st Air Transport Squadron (C-130H Hercules; KC-130H Hercules; L-100-30 Hercules)
 * 2nd Air Transport Squadron (Fokker F-28; partially used for state-run internal commercial flights as of 2021 )
 * 5th Squadron (Boeing 707 retired)
 * 2nd Air Brigade (Paraná Military Air Base, Entre Ríos Province) in General Justo José de Urquiza Airport
 * 2nd Reconnaissance Squadron (Learjet 35A)
 * 4th Squadron (Fokker F27-400M retired)
 * Services Squadron (Cessna 182)
 * 3rd Air Brigade (Reconquista Military Air Base, Santa Fe Province) in Daniel Jukic Airport
 * Services Squadron (Cessna 182)
 * 14th Antiaircraft Artillery Battery (Oerlikon GAI-D01; Elta EL/M-2106)
 * 4th Air Brigade (El Plumerillo Military Air Base, Mendoza Province) in Governor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport
 * 1st Training Squadron (FMA IA-63 Pampa serie 2)
 * 3rd Search and Rescue Squadron (SA-315B Lama)
 * 4th Cruz del Sur Aerobatics Squadron (Su-29 retired)
 * Fighter School
 * 4th Antiaircraft Artillery Battery (Oerlikon GAI-D01; Elta EL/M-2106)
 * West Tactical Intelligence Squadron
 * 5th Air Brigade (Villa Reynolds Military Air Base, San Luis Province) in Villa Reynolds Airport
 * 1st Fighter-Bomber Squadron (A-4AR Fightinghawk)
 * 2nd Fighter-Bomber Squadron (A-4AR Fightinghawk) (Operational availability of Fightinghawk fleet reported in 2022 at perhaps 15-20% of 23 aircraft)
 * Services Squadron (Cessna 182; Hughes 500D)
 * 5th Antiaircraft Artillery Battery (Rheinmetall RH 202; Elta EL/M-2106)
 * 6th Air Brigade (Tandil Military Air Base, Buenos Aires Province) in Tandil Airport
 * 1st Fighter-Bomber Squadron (AMD Mirage 5P Mara retired)
 * 2nd Fighter-Bomber Squadron (IAI Finger retired)
 * 3rd Air Interceptor Squadron (AMD Mirage IIIEA/DA retired)
 * Grupo 6 de Caza (IA-63 Pampa II/III) (reported to upgrade to IA-63 Pampa III as of 2023)
 * Services Squadron (Cessna 182; Aerocommander 500)
 * 13th Antiaircraft Artillery Battery (Oerlikon GAI-B01)
 * 7th Air Brigade (Moreno Military Air Base, Buenos Aires Province) in Mariano Moreno Airport
 * 1st Search and Rescue Squadron (Bell 212; Bell 412EP)
 * 2nd Tactical Squadron (Hughes 500D)
 * 3rd Squadron (Mil Mi-171E)
 * Special Operations Group (Grupo de Operaciones Especiales, GOE)
 * 9th Air Brigade (Comodoro Rivadavia Military Air Base, Chubut Province) in General Enrique Mosconi International Airport
 * 6th Air Transport Squadron (SAAB 340B)
 * 7th Air Transport Squadron (DHC-6 Twin Otter)
 * 7th Antiaircraft Artillery Battery (Rheinmetall RH 202)
 * South Tactical Intelligence Squadron
 * Morón Military Air Base (Buenos Aires Province) in Morón Airport
 * Unknown Squadron (Piper PA-34-220T Seneca; Piper/Chincul PA-28RT-201 Arrow; Piper PA-28-236 Dakota; Cessna 182)
 * Mar del Plata Military Air Base (Buenos Aires Province) in Astor Piazzolla International Airport
 * Unknown Squadron (Roland II; Rheinmetall RH 202; Oerlikon GAI-D01; Oerlikon GDF-002; Skyguard)
 * Antiaircraft Weapons Maintenance Squadron (UAV Pegasus; UAV Tehuelche; UAV Murciélago)
 * 10th Air Brigade (re-established at Río Gallegos Military Air Base in 2022-23; reported equipping with 3 IA-63 Pampa III as of 2023 - re-deployed from 6 Brigade)
 * Unknown Radar Squadron (AN/TPS-43; may have re-equipped with RPA-170M Air Surveillance and Control radar (medium range 3D tactical air defence radar) deployed to monitor the South Atlantic region as of 2022)
 * 6th Antiaircraft Artillery Battery
 * Military Aviation School (Cordoba, Córdoba Province)
 * Glider Flight
 * Services Squadron
 * School Air Squadron (Grob G 120TP; Embraer EMB-312 Tucano; T-6C Texan II)

Commissioned officer ranks
The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

Other ranks
The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.

Argentine Military – Other Air Services

 * Argentine Army
 * Argentine Army Aviation
 * Argentine Navy
 * Argentine Naval Aviation
 * Military of Argentina

Operational Use

 * Argentine air forces in the Falklands War
 * Battle of San Carlos

Units and Related Organisations

 * Agrupación Aérea Presidencial – Presidential VIP fleet
 * Argentine Air Force Mobile Field Hospital
 * LADE – State government airline

Former aircraft

 * List of aircraft of the Argentine Air Force

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Rankings
The rankings are a bit old now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:8003:C414:8601:A109:A28A:5AC:D26 (talk) 11:47, 12 February 2022 (UTC)

Proposed merge of related article at AfD
At Articles for deletion/Burma Economic Watch, it has been suggested that Burma Economic Watch be merged into this article. Please comment there if you have an opinion on whether its content would be welcome here. —David Eppstein (talk) 20:44, 7 August 2023 (UTC)

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The Sigma Protocol

The Sigma Protocol is the last novel written completely by Robert Ludlum, and was published posthumously. It is the story of the son of a Holocaust survivor who gets entangled in an international conspiracy by industrialists and financiers to take advantage of wartime technology.

Plot
Ben Hartman is vacationing in Switzerland when he meets his old school buddy Jimmy Cavanaugh - who tries to kill him. As he dodges assassins, mysterious tails, and police while searching for a safe place to hide, he finds his twin brother, Peter, who was thought to have died in an airplane crash several years earlier. Peter describes an international corporation which was formed in the last days of World War II, composed of financiers, influential members of large corporations, and Nazi brass. He gives Ben a photo of some of the leaders, only to find out that their father was a member. Soon, Peter is killed by an assassin, and Ben escapes with his life again. He later meets up with Liesel (Peter's girlfriend).

Meanwhile, United States Department of Justice Agent Anna Navarro is recruited by a secretive group within the DoJ to investigate the deaths of a list of influential men around the world who have been dying mysteriously. Her probes turn up false leads, possible coverups, and dead ends, until she finds out that the men have been poisoned by someone using the same obscure toxin. Following the leads, she finds that the men she had been assigned to investigate are part of an international group of financiers and business moguls. She soon finds out that she has been reported "off the reservation", and the attempts begin on her life as well.

Through their own distinct investigative means, the two protagonists discover more about the shadowy group, which is called Sigma. It is learned that Sigma has grown from a simple attempt to plunder the Nazi treasury and stabilize the industrial and financial state of the world in the wake of the war, to a political and financial machine which controls as many as 75% of the world's leading companies, and has enough covert political clout to directly influence the outcome of the likes of Presidential elections. Sigma also helped some of the Nazi war criminals, including Nazi doctor Gerhard Lenz, evade capture.

Protagonists Hartman and Navarro eventually meet and form an alliance, since both are being hunted by Sigma assassins. Through their concerted efforts, they discover that Sigma is experiencing an internal struggle. The founders, who are dead or dying, believe that Sigma should disband, as it had played its role in the world; they're called the angeli rebelli, and are being hunted by the new Sigma leadership. That new leadership, an apparently philanthropic doctor named Jürgen Lenz, son of Sigma founding member Gerhard Lenz, has decided on a new direction for the group, and is determined to eliminate any internal opposition.

Navarro is kidnapped by Lenz, and Hartman tracks them to an old castle in the Austrian Alps. Successfully infiltrating the castle, he discovers Sigma's new direction: age reversal. Lenz had found a way to reverse human aging based largely on WW2 era experimentation on children with premature aging also known as Progeria, and he had been treating some of the world's elite to reverse their aging as well. Lenz was his own first successful experiment, for his real name is Gerhard Lenz - he is the Nazi doctor and a founding member of Sigma. After killing Lenz, Hartman and Navarro escape in a helicopter, while the castle is destroyed by an avalanche.

The book is based on the Bilderberg Group and the myths and mysteries surrounding it.

Film adaptation
On May 16, 2016, Universal Pictures and Captivate Entertainment announced the film adaptation will be a part of a cinematic universe of Robert Ludlum adaptations such as: The Janson Directive, The Covert One series, The Parsifal Mosaic and crossover films.

Publication history

 * 2001, US, St. Martin's Press ISBN 0-312-27688-5, Pub date October 30, 2001, Hardback
 * 2002, US, St. Martin's Paperbacks ISBN 0-312-98251-8, Pub date October 13, 2002, Paperback
 * 2002, UK, Orion ISBN 0-7528-4813-5, Pub date August 1, 2002, Paperback

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Talk:Dav Pilkey

This page needs serious work
I tried to clean it up somewhat - it was totally disorganized and littered with obviously false joke statements and NPOV interjections - but it's still pretty atrocious, and I'm not sure how much of it is true. Ugh. -Elmer Clark 04:38, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

 * May you can see id the info is right online like on http://pilkey.com/ or go on other sites. --Gemini531 22:58, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I'll try to clean it because I'm a fan of him but I'm really busy now doing other clean up. he iz so kool - Cute 1 4 u 01:39, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Couldn't really clean it up but i'll add the tag.-- Cute 1 4 u   07:32, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

 * what do u mean it needs to be givin more info. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.153.198.189 (talk) 00:30, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Hey this page is disorganized with everyone's statements but i'm leaving one too so i can't say anything but I l.o.v.e. your books and I hope you write some more cause you have a great talent no one else has! see U later! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.67.234.254 (talk) 17:24, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

Sue Denim?
Why does this article redirect from "Sue Denim"? There's no mention of it on this page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 124.87.162.208 (talk) 12:21, 3 May 2007

 * Pilkey used the pseudonym Sue Denim as the author of his Dumb Bunnies series. --Oddharmonic 04:09, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Is this right?
In the beginning of the article, it says he wrote the Captain Underpants and The Adventures of Super Diaper baby at age 12. Is this right? --Firesun 14:29, 1 August 2007 (UTC)
 * No it is not right. He started writing about Captain Underpants and "Diaper Man" at age 8. "Diaper Man" eventually became both a hero and a villain in Dav's books. He became the villainous Dr. Diaper in the first Captain Underpants epic novel and the heroic Super Diaper Baby in the epic graphic novel The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.189.10.62 (talk) 02:58, 2 December 2007 (UTC)

Release dates
Does anybody know anything about the release date of any of Dav's next books? The last C.U. book was released in 2006, and his website hasn't been updated since then. >_> 114.77.6.119 (talk) 08:40, 10 February 2010 (UTC)

That's because Dav's been taking a break for a few years, so he can help his ill father. Oh, wait and there will be a book from him that will be reasuled in August 2010--72.161.59.164 (talk) 23:48, 28 March 2010 (UTC)I got it its called The Adventures of Ook and Gluk Kung Fu Cavemen From the Future. It is cool. I got the last copy of it in the shop. Shnupbups (talk) 11:09, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Quotation from The Educational Book & Media Association
The quotation needs to be properly cited, or paraphrased. If keeping as a quote, it should be framed as a cquote. Better to paraphrase and cite the actual publication containing this quotation.Trashbird1240 (talk) 20:47, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Biography
This is Dav Pilkey. I moved to the Seattle, WA area in 1999 and NOT with Cynthia Rylant. The biographical reference cited is incorrect. The newest biography written about me has a lot of misinformation too. I also do NOT see why any past relationship with any famous person is relevant in wikipedia unless the relationship had a significant influence on the person's career (which was not the case with Cynthia Rylant, just pure happenstance that we are both authors). Wikipedia should not be a gossip page.58.92.253.234 (talk) 15:26, 14 July 2013 (UTC)Dav Pilkey — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.92.253.234 (talk) 15:16, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

 * I removed this source, because, like I pointed out in that WP:Edit summary, Answers.com is not a WP:Reliable source. And, like I noted, with this edit, it's probably an old WP:MIRROR version of this article. There also appears to be other non-WP:Reliable sources used in this article. As for what you can do about ensuring that this article is up to the standards of WP:BLP (biographies of living persons), an editor pointed you to WP:BLPCOMPLAIN. Flyer22 (talk) 18:45, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

 * Please point us to published sources (see WP:Reliable sources) that give the facts. I see that a published book by Alice McGinty about Cynthia Rylant (2004), shows quite clearly on page 76 that Pilkey and Rylant moved to Eugene, Oregon in 1990.  If you simply keep deleting cited material, you will eventually be blocked from editing.  Instead of just deleting things, why don't you list some reliable, published sources that will help us to improve the article?  -- Ssilvers (talk) 19:45, 14 July 2013 (UTC)

This was an UNAUTHORIZED biography of my life. I am Dav Pilkey. I do NOT want to use legal action to pursue this which I chose not to use against the unauthorized biography. Please delete Cynthia Rylant's name. I also moved to the Seattle, WA area in 1999. There are too many articles written about me that are incorrect. Wikipedia is a source many people turn to and I would appreciate it if this paragraph is deleted. It does not enhance the article. I am not familiar with the computer language and deleted the material without giving proper reasons. How must I prove that I am Dav Pilkey? 58.92.253.234 (talk) 00:43, 15 July 2013 (UTC)Dav Pilkey
 * See Contact us - Subjects. You can send an email to info-en-q@wikimedia.org. To Ssilvers, I don't see why that paragraph needs to be included. Just because it's cited doesn't mean it's correct. Just leave it out; let it go. Zagal e jo^^^ 05:52, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

 * Thank you, Zagalejo. I appreciate your help. I did send an email to info-en@wikimedia.org. I also appreciate your comment regarding correct information. I feel this is a huge problem these days. People do not thoroughly check their sources and feel just because it is in print, it is true. I feel the paragraph is irrelevant because Cynthia Rylant did not influence my career. It's unfortunate nowadays, if one dates someone from the same profession, it is considered, "news". How ridiculous. If she had an impact on my career whether negative or positive, it should definitely be included. She is someone I dated and I dated many other people who have had much more of a significant impact on my life. I think mentioning her in the article, leads people to believe our relationship was a lot more serious.58.92.253.234 (talk) 11:08, 15 July 2013 (UTC)Dav Pilkey

 * The problem here is that we have an anonymous IP claiming to be the subject of the article and wanting a referenced section removed. Even if the anonymous editor is the subject of the article s/he needs to provide a referenced source showing that the disputed section ahould be removed. Many times in the past we have had people with articles about them on Wiki wanting sections on Wiki removed because they did not like them or disagreed with them. Jack1956 (talk) 06:55, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Why do we need a published source to remove something like this? It's not a crucial detail. It wouldn't change people's opinion of him either way. The article could survive without it. In my experience, most of the people who claim to be article subjects are exactly who they claim to be. (The ones who are lying are usually pretty obvious, and lose interest quickly.) Zagal e jo^^^ 00:51, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

I am not familiar with how wikipedia works. I did send an email to complain. I disagree with the MISINFORMATION. It has nothing to do with disliking the material. This has become a problem, not only on Wikipedia but from other sources. How do I prove I moved to the Seattle area in 1999? I bought a condo on Bainbridge Island, WA in 1999. Do you need to see the title? I did NOT move there with Cynthia Rylant although we did date. We did not live together. The article is misleading. 58.92.253.234 (talk) 10:48, 15 July 2013 (UTC)Dav Pilkey DavPilkey www.pilkey.com

 * Would you be happy if we changed it to "they dated for a period"? Jack1956 (talk) 11:12, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

Then you need to write all of the people I dated, some people I dated for much longer. I am an author/illustrator NOT a hollywood person. Who I dated is irrelevant UNLESS she had a negative, positive or some sort of impact on my career. It really makes no sense and it does not enhance the article. 58.92.253.234 (talk) 11:21, 15 July 2013 (UTC)Dav Pilkey

 * I don't know how to send a message directly to you, but I do appreciate your interest in my biography. Unfortunately, my personal life just isn't as interesting as people would like to believe. :-) I moved to the Seattle area in 1999, not 2005. Thanks. 58.92.253.234 (talk) 11:30, 15 July 2013 (UTC)Dav Pilkey

I'm getting tired of repeating myself, but you have offered no evidence whatsoever that Dav Pilkey moved to Seattle in 1999. On the other hand, we have several published sources that agree that he moved to Eugene, Oregon with Cynthia Rylant and her son, with whom he lived for several years. Therefore, this is an important episode in Pilkey's life, and deleting it without any evidence whatsoever is whitewashing the article. It doesn't matter whether you are Dav Pilkey -- it matters that you have not offered any evidence to back up the version of the facts that you would like us to reflect. Simply deleting well-referenced material from the encyclopedia is vandalism, and you certainly shouldn't be vandalizing Rylant's article. -- Ssilvers (talk) 12:37, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I am sorry but I am not familiar with Wikipedia, so I may have not properly deleted or edited this page. The "several published" sources are incorrect. We are trying to correct misinformation only. We are not "whitewashing the article". I have the greatest respect for Cynthia Rylant and she also agrees: We never lived together. I moved to the Seattle area in 1999. You may asked Cynthia Rylant herself. I'm not sure what kind of evidence you are looking for other than the media which gets facts wrong quite frequently. I am not that famous of an author to warrant your concern. The material is not well-referenced as noted in previous discussion by previous contributors. I have written to wikipedia and I will continue to correct the dates and the fact that Cynthia Rylant and I did not live together as boyfriend and girlfriend. It harms her reputation as well. Again, I truly appreciate your concern but is this really that important to you? The only "evidence" I can offer is myself and Cynthia Rylant. Why are you looking at the media which can distort facts. I am struggling to understand what type of evidence I can offer you. I will have to update my website and show when I moved to Seattle, etc.  Again, I am not trying to "whitewash" the article. I really do feel the information is just plain wrong and I have been trying to correct the references too. It takes such a long time to prove oneself. Someone impersonated me on Facebook. I had problems with Google posting a picture of someone who was not me. It took such a long time to remove but finally, it was removed. It is a constant battle. I don't want to give people the wrong impression about me or Cynthia Rylant. I hope you will understand my frustration. Thank you for taking the time to read my post and for your patience with my inexperience with Wikipedia. 58.92.253.234 (talk) 13:41, 15 July 2013 (UTC)Dav Pilkey

 * Here is one of the pages from McGinty's book with the information: click here. Do you mean to say that you cannot point us to even *one* interview or article that shows that Pilkey did not move to Eugene Oregon with Rylant and her son for some years?  -- Ssilvers (talk) 13:52, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

The book is wrong. There are other sources that have taken from each other the same wrong information. Cynthia Rylant and I have never given a personal interview about us living together in Eugene, OR - because we never did live together or move together. We have had many, many problems in the past, with wrong information - even from our publishers. It's quite amazing what people say or do to get some sort of "story". 58.92.253.234 (talk) 14:10, 15 July 2013 (UTC)Dav Pilkey

 * The book discusses Pilkey's relationship with Rylant in some detail and mentions Pilkey on several pages, not just p. 76. It says that he went to Eugene, Oregon to look at the house in advance of their moving there.  If Pilkey's website gave an alternative account of events in the 1990s, we could cite that in this article.  -- Ssilvers (talk) 20:55, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
 * If the reliability of the Rylant book is disputed, I would be okay with removing that reference. One editor (Dav Pikey) is disputing it. I'm neutral, so far. The ORRT ref however, appears to be a good citation.
 * Propose:
 * remove the Rylant book cite
 * remove the famousauthors web cite DONE
 * retain the ORRT cite
 * retain the article text that's cited to ORRT
 * Comment re: Dav Pilkey's website. Its a promotional site for him and his work, written for children.  There's already a biographical section, but its pretty abstract. I don't think he wants to change that. One compromise might be for Dav to create a temporary page on his website written for "adults" with strictly concrete biographical material.  Wiki editors could then use WebCite to archive the page.  Dav would be free to remove or update the page afterward- once its been cited and archived.--R.S. Peale (talk) 21:16, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

 * As for the rest, whether a source is authorized or unauthorized, sanctioned or approved is irrelevant to Wikipedia.  What matters here is whether or not its a reliable source. To dispute claims by an otherwise reliable source one can only cite claims by another RS.  --R.S. Peale (talk) 21:16, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

Hi, R.S. Peale. The book by McGinty is a biography of Cynthia Rylant. McGinty is an award-winning author, and a review of the book says: "This biography is both comprehensive and engaging and written for children to understand." (search for "McGinty"). The book gets 5 stars on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Cynthia-Rylant-Library-Author-Biographies/dp/B005Q86QV8  It seems to be a very clear WP:RS. -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:28, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Thanks. That does makes it seem more supportable. Dav would be better off finding alternate sources to support his version than trying to undercut (one of) the current sources for the article.--R.S. Peale (talk) 21:48, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Alice B. McGinty's book about Cynthia Rylant had only ONE person review it and no one is really buying the book (check the rankings). If she is such an "award-winning" author, why don't you make a wikipedia page for her. Her book is incorrect. Anyone can get a book published nowadays. One can self-publish. Can you imagine what will happen if everyone uses self-published books as "sources" for writing biographies? This is very unprofessional of any person who claims to be a biographer. 58.92.253.234 (talk) 23:36, 15 July 2013 (UTC)Dav Pilkey

 * R. S. Peale, I agree with your idea above that if Pilkey added a bio page for adults to his website that discusses what he did in the 1990s, we could rely on that, under the BLP guideline, to remove conflicting information from this page. -- Ssilvers (talk) 21:58, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

I changed "lived with" to dated. This is a fact. Cynthia Rylant and Dav Pilkey never lived together. Thanks for removing the dates. The Pilkey website will be updated in the future. Just for all of your information, does not matter if you are an "award winning" author. Depends on the award and the people who gave the award. It doesn't matter if Amazon gave it 5 stars. How many people read the book and gave the 5 star review - one?? I believe Wikipedia needs to find RELIABLE sources, otherwise it becomes a place of only people's opinions -which is really what this "TALK" page is about. 58.92.253.234 (talk) 23:07, 15 July 2013 (UTC)davpilkey

I will continue to dispute McGinty's book and other sources that write incorrect or misleading information. I still do NOT believe adding the piece of information about Cynthia Rylant enhances the biographical information. In fact, it reads poorly. It reads like someone "stuck" it in there for gossip sake. Dav Pilkey and Cynthia Rylant lived in two different houses in Eugene, OR and NEVER, EVER lived together as boyfriend and girlfriend. I think the McGinty author must have assumed they lived together because they both moved there together around the same time and were dating. The biography section read much better without this paragraph. Please take in account Zagalejo's comment above. Thanks. 58.92.253.234 (talk) 23:26, 15 July 2013 (UTC)Dav Pilkey

 * The Dav Pilkey biography is currently of poor quality. It does not discuss most of the details of his life and career after his childhood, and it does not discuss or analyze his works.  It is hardly more than a stub article with a list of works.  It will improve over time, but only when someone does the research. Just so you can see what is possible in this encyclopedia, here are examples of Wikipedia's best biographies of writers: FA.  -- Ssilvers (talk) 23:40, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure exactly what you're responding to here, but as a general point, we shouldn't feel compelled to pad out the article with every detail we find. The McGinty book is clearly a biography made for children, and while I don't want to disparage the whole field of juvenile nonfiction, we should give the book the weight it deserves. We shouldn't assume it's a piece of rigorous scholarship. Zagal e jo^^^ 00:51, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

Why even insert the paragraph of Pilkey moving to Eugene, OR and then to Seattle, WA if you are not going to put a timeline of where Pilkey lived from 1966 until present. He doesn't currently live in Seattle, WA. It really seems irrelevant and awkward. Why not list all of the people he dated too. Cynthia Rylant isn't the only famous person he dated. References #4 and #5 are not properly sourced and are not qualified to be encyclopedic references. Is it to direct people Cynthia Rylant's website? In order to create a better biography, it's best to delete sources that have not done good research. 58.92.253.234 (talk) 12:26, 16 July 2013 (UTC)Dav Pilkey davpilkey

People come here to read articles which provide a reasonably detailed picture of the topic. In the case of people they want to read a bit about the life of the subject, what inspired them, what motivated them, even what moulded them. They do not want just a list of books written. I am not familiar with Mr Pilkey or his work, but I would want to know a bit about his life if I came here for his article. Obviously the person best placed to write about Mr Pilkey is Mr Pilkey. If he disputes the information in his article who is better placed or more knowledgeable about the subject to be able to provide accurate sources and references to correct the article if it needs correcting. Jack1956 (talk) 21:13, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

 * Firstly, I would like to say sorry to Mr Pilkey because I have absolutely no idea who you are, but if I had come across you then I would have wanted to know more about you and so I would have wanted to read your WP entry.  I have read this thread to its entirety and have to agree with Ssilvers.  WP is only as reliable as its sources and if there is information on here with a source thats wrong, then your issue should be with the author of the initial source. Having said that, not every source is reliable and we the editors have to follow some quite stringent policies in terms of finding reliable sources. As you will well know Mr Pilkey, a biography covers somebody's life,  that includes a private life section. If there are things within your private life you don't want discussed then you can't blame us as we are taking that information from sources provided to us by authors.  WP has an element of freedom of speech about it and as long as its not POV pushing or libellous, then anything which is deemed notable or interesting can be added as long as it has a reliable source. If the issue is still there, then another source that says contrary to that would have to be found and a comparison in terms of reliability would have to be made. --   Cassianto Talk   09:34, 17 July 2013 (UTC)

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I've reasonably authenticated via OTRS that the request made above by the unregistered user is in fact a genuine request by the subject. Agents can access the communications at. I've removed the information pursuant to WP:BLPSOURCES and WP:BLPGOSSIP. While this information has been published in a book, it is disputed by the subject and has not been independently covered in other reliable sources. The subject has agreed to add a brief biography which can then be archived for posterity, but while we're waiting for those changes I believe removal is justified. I'll update here when I have additional verification to offer. L Faraone  17:14, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
 * See http://pilkey.com/#meet-dav, archived at http://www.webcitation.org/6IBtF8KMc. L Faraone  23:53, 17 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Interesting. Compare this and this profile from Greater Dayton public television, as well as the book that was cited.  Three reliable sources vs. an SPS.  -- Ssilvers (talk) 17:52, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
 * South Coast Today said in 2002 that they dated and lived "just down the street", which doesn't really jive with the Ohio Reading Road Trip article's statement that "they moved to Oregon together". In any case, I'm frankly confused why there is such persistence in discussing the subject's dating habits. L Faraone  19:39, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Agreed with LFaraone's confusion on why there so much weight placed on inclusion of this set of details, not to mention that BLPs are not in the business of parroting everything that sources, even if they are reliable, have to say about their relations. I, Jethrobot  drop me a line (note: not a bot!) 20:13, 18 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I agree that we don't need every detail in every article. For context: it may help to see which details the two parties agreed upon in older versions of their personal websites. http://web.archive.org/web/20021206054214/http://www.pilkey.com/abdavs.htm is an older copy of Pilkey's website (from 2002) it states states 1993 was the time both moved to Oregon. I'm pointing out that Pilkey's site, Rylant's site, and secondary sources can be cross-checked here, but again we don't have to include the minutae of their moves at all: even after considering them it's OK to say the minutae is not needed. Now as for "dating habits" we don't need to list every single romantic partner that a person has. However Pilkey dated Rylant for at least 15 years, and that was a huge chunk of his life. In my opinion it would be an omission in a biography to not state that he had a long-term partner (who is a public figure due to her children's book writing, has her own Wikipedia article, and who had editing marks on a dummy proof (draft) of Captain Underpants held by a university library that has Pilkey's personal papers) I also agree with you re: not everything needs to be parroted in a biography, so it would be best to consider which information should be included and how. All I'm interested in is saying that Pilkey had Rylant as a former romantic partner. WhisperToMe (talk) 19:13, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Secondary source stating that Pilkey and Rylant moved together in 1993: - Clipping from Newspapers.com WhisperToMe (talk) 00:23, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

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Cynthia Rylant
Some may wonder why I'm mentioning that she was his girlfriend. This was actually a close relationship since: WhisperToMe (talk) 03:11, 17 August 2018 (UTC)
 * She did editing in the original Captain Underpants: https://www.library.kent.edu/dav-pilkey-papers
 * She was the rough draft reader of his books: http://www.scholastic.ca/captainunderpants/books/interview.htm - http://web.archive.org/web/20030609174312/http://pilkey.com:80/int2.php also talks about this
 * When Cats Dream was inspired by her cat Tomato http://web.archive.org/web/20030609200213/http://www.pilkey.com:80/catsdream.php
 * Dragon's Halloween was based on a birthday card he made for her http://web.archive.org/web/20031205115548/http://www.pilkey.com:80/behind-dh.php
 * In light of the previous discussion, I agree the BLP doesn't need to include every single detail. I just cited what's verifiable according to a published newspaper (that Pilkey and Rylant had a relationship), and in the case of the marriage to his wife Sayuri, to his personal website. I'll need to find published independent secondary sources (ones consistent with details from personal websites) for other details. WhisperToMe (talk) 16:43, 18 August 2018 (UTC)
 * I went ahead and added the spouse and former partner to the infobox - President of Pakistan Imran Khan and Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi have their unmarried romantic partners listed in their infoboxes too (though Khashoggi was planning to marry Hatice Cengiz) WhisperToMe (talk) 21:23, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

Concerning this edit, the page with the Dav Pilkey papers says: "Manuscripts -- The Adventures of Captain Underpants, dummy proof with editing marks by Cynthia Rylant, [1996]" - This mean she actively helped Pilkey edit the book, right? WhisperToMe (talk) 22:07, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

1. Cynthia Rylant did NOT help edit his books. This is another mistake in reporting. She proofread some of his books. Other people who have looked over his books have never, ever been mentioned. Here is a blatant case of another author or illustrator taking credit for Pilkey's independent work. It seems people want to take credit for doing spellcheck or slightly moving artwork over one space and then have their names attached to actually doing the art or helping with the editing and writing. This happens frequently to Dav Pilkey because he happens to be very kind to the people he encounters. If you correct a word that is misspelled or change minor grammatical errors, I don't think that counts as editing. This is called proofreading. If she influenced the story or changed the story or made the story better, this is called editing. Pilkey stated he was frequently misquoted and frequently misrepresented but it was because he wasn't very well known at the time and many of the reporters were sloppy in checking their story. 2. Same as above. 3. True but then you have to give credit to her cat not to her. If you are going to mention people who have actually influenced Pilkey's work, Rylant is not important. I think you should have mentioned his principal who was based on Mr. Krupp or his neighbor, who is the Paperboy (which won the Caldecott Honor). 4. NOT true. He made a card for her based on Dragon. She did NOT inspire the character of Dragon or Dragon's Halloween.

She happened to be in his life at the time his career took off with Captain Underpants. She had nothing to do with his career taking off. In fact, Pilkey has stated that she resented his success.

As per Verifiability: "Its content is determined by previously published information rather than the beliefs or experiences of editors." This means that published sources should be the basis of article content. It's possible that misquotations may happen from time to time, but without published information to the contrary I have nothing else to go on.

WhisperToMe (talk) 01:34, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
 * 1. If the university is mistaken in writing: "Manuscripts -- The Adventures of Captain Underpants, dummy proof with editing marks by Cynthia Rylant, [1996]" you should contact the university and ask them to change the page. If the page isn't changed by the university, then it stands that she made editing marks in the manuscript. In any case my objective with this isn't to highlight Rylant's role over other people's, but instead to show that she was a significant figure in his life and that her romantic relationship should be mentioned in a single sentence in a section about his personal life.
 * 2. Pilkeys quotes in both sources seem to support what the university stated on its page.
 * 3. If say information was written about the book and how it was created, the reader won't know why Pilkey chose the cat as the inspiration: he chose the cat because it was his girlfriend's cat.
 * 4. I did not say that she directly was the inspiration: I stated that the inspiration came from a birthday card he made for her, which is exactly what he stated on the page.

Publication lists
Suggest removing the lists of "Captain Underpants" and "Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot" series, but keeping the links to their respective series' main articles. This would prevent the respective redundant lists from getting out of sync with each other due to frequent new publications, which is currently the case with "Captain Underpants". Acwilson9 (talk) 04:08, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

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Bearsted

Bearsted (, traditionally ) is a village and civil parish with railway station in mid-Kent, England, two miles (3.2 km) east of Maidstone town centre.

Geography
The village was historically concentrated around Church Lane and The Green which includes The Street. The village is on the north bank of the River Len, a tributary of the River Medway at the foot of the North Downs. A stream, the Lilk, flows south into the river Len through Bearsted.

Although part of the growing conurbation of Maidstone, the centre of Bearsted retains a traditional village look with 59 listed properties, many surrounding the village green, flanked by two pubs.

The parish of Bearsted has a population of 8010 (2001 figure) and is broadly divided into two areas of development. The traditional village of Bearsted with modern development around its conservation areas lies north of the A20 Ashford Road and the Madginford neighbourhood, largely constructed in the 1960s, lies south of the Ashford Road. The area includes a small supermarket and shopping centre, a park and ride facility and primary school. The parish also incorporates part of tudor Mote Park on its western boundary. Parts of Madginford were formerly part of the parish of Otham but to avoid division have been appropriated as part of Bearsted.

Transport
The village is connected by:
 * Road: the A20 (London to Dover) trunk road passes through the village and junction 7 on the M20 motorway is 1.5 miles (2.5 km) north-west.
 * Rail: Bearsted railway station on the Maidstone Line opened with the rail line on 1 July 1884. The station was originally named Bearsted and Thurnham.
 * Footpaths: both the ancient Pilgrims' Way and the modern North Downs Way run along the North Downs north of Bearsted.

Governance
Bearsted in elections every four years elects one representative to Kent County Council; this is currently:

Bearsted elects three representatives to Maidstone Borough Council; they are currently: The parish council has 15 elected councillors with published monthly meeting dates at Madginford Hall, Egremont Road, Bearsted, Maidstone ME15 8LH or St Peter's Church Hall, Button Lane. Sometimes the finance and the planning committee meet at King George V Memorial Hall. In 2011 the parish council was elected, with elections every four years.

History
Holy Cross Church is located on Church Lane to the south of the green. A fair used to be held here on Holy Cross Day, an ancient festival traced back to 335 AD when the Church of the Holy Sepulchre was dedicated in Jerusalem. The dedication to Holy Cross appears to have been a relatively popular one for pre-Conquest foundations. It is a Grade I listed building. Its stone arch is partially Saxon, embedded with later work. On three corners of the tower are stone beasts. Many books on Kent describe the animals on the tower as bears, and say these represent the name of the village.

Hasted's History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent: Volume 5 (1798) reveals that the Anglo-Saxon name for the settlement was “Bergestede”, meaning “place on the hill/barrow”; other accounts refer to its earlier names as “Berghamstyde” and “Berghstede”. If the “Bergh” element does refer to a barrow (burial mound), this may be indicative of a church being sited on a previously revered site, in accordance with the advice of Pope Gregory to St. Augustine in 601 AD, which raises the possibility of this being a particularly early church site. It is possible that Bearsted is the “Berghamstyde” at which King Wihtred of Kent held a Council in 696AD and where he issued laws which are amongst the earliest of the Saxon written law codes.

The Green was known as the Hothe and used as common land and from the 15th to 17th centuries, a number of the buildings which provide The Green's historical character were built.

Listed buildings in the conservation areas
Within the Holy Cross conservation area are:

Within Bearsted (The Green) Conservation area, which includes part of The Street from Oliver's Cottages westward, the listed buildings with the dates of oldest sections, are:

Amenities
The village is home to a tennis club along with a cricket club, bowls club and both a Scout group (1st Bearsted The Scarlet Pimpernels, founded 1912) and a Guide unit. Other establishments include a Rifle Club and The Bearsted and Thurnham Club, a private members' club, established in 1906, which overlooks the village green.

Kent International Gateway Group Plans
In early 2007, the Kent International Gateway Group announced plans to build a large rail-freight and logistics depot in the corridor between Bearsted bounded by the railway line and the M20 motorway, an area which in use as fields and woodland. The controversial plans raised significant objections from local residents and the Campaign to Protect Rural England.

The planning application was rejected by the local planning authority, Maidstone Borough Council, and a public inquiry was held into Axa's appeal of this decision between 13 October 2009 and 23 December 2009. Following the public inquiry and review of the resulting Inspector's report, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Eric Pickles, rejected the appeal and refused planning permission for the development on 5 August 2010.

Notable people

 * Jenny Agutter O.B.E., actress, briefly lived in the village in her teens when her family moved back to Britain from Cyprus; wrote an open letter in 2009 supporting the "Stop KIG" (Kent International Gateway) protest group to help protect the character of the village
 * Paul Ashbee (1918–2009), a leading British archaeologist born in Bearsted
 * Robert Clifford (1752–1811), cricketer, lived in Bearsted
 * William Clifford (chr. 1811 – 1841), cricketer, was christened in Bearsted church
 * Nigel Donn (b. 1962), football player, resides in Bearsted
 * Geoffrey Dummer (1909–2002), electronics engineer, resided in Bearsted at the time of his death
 * Robert Fludd (1574–1637), philosopher, was born and is buried in Bearsted
 * Sir Thomas Fludd (1545–1607), of Milgate House, treasurer for Queen Elizabeth I's forces in the Netherlands, for which he was knighted
 * Alfred Percy ("Tich") Freeman (1888–1965), Kent leg spin bowler; the only man to take 300 wickets in an English season; lived at a house called Dunbowlin
 * Richard Hearne (1908–1979), actor and comedian, resided in Bearsted
 * John Litchfield O.B.E. (1903–1993), naval captain and politician, lived at Snowfield from the 40s till the time of his death
 * Thomas Mun (c. 1645 – 1692), politician, is buried in Bearsted churchyard

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