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KZTV

KZTV (channel 10) is a television station in Corpus Christi, Texas, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by SagamoreHill Broadcasting, which maintains a shared services agreement (SSA) with the E. W. Scripps Company, owner of dual NBC/CW+ affiliate KRIS-TV (channel 6) and low-power dual Telemundo affiliate/independent station K22JA-D (channel 47), for the provision of certain services. The three stations share studios on Artesian Street in downtown Corpus Christi; KZTV's transmitter is located between Petronila and Robstown.

After one of the longest hearing processes for a TV station to that time, channel 10 was founded as KSIX-TV in September 1956 and changed its call sign to KZTV at the end of 1957. For its first 46 years of operation, it was owned by Corpus Christi businessman Vann Kennedy alongside KSIX radio. The station ran as a comparatively bare-bones effort: for 30 years, the newsroom and studio were in separate buildings, and Kennedy consistently underinvested in technology and appearance. It operated as a "teaching affiliate", with many reporters in their first or second job out of college. The station began broadcasting from its present studios on Artesian Street in 1986, though by that time, it was already a distant third in local news coverage.

Kennedy put KSIX, KZTV, and KVTV in Laredo up for sale in 2001, at the age of 95. The stations were purchased by Eagle Creek Broadcasting, a Michigan-based firm related to the Northwest Broadcasting group. Eagle Creek led a top-to-bottom overhaul of the news department, including new equipment, a news set, and personnel. In 2008, Eagle Creek reached a deal to sell the KZTV physical plant to Cordillera Communications, owner of KRIS-TV, while transferring the license to SagamoreHill. The deal was delayed by objections, but Cordillera began operating KZTV under contract for Eagle Creek in 2009; SagamoreHill became the licensee the next year. Scripps acquired Cordillera in 2018 and continues to provide services to KZTV.

A long hearing
The end of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s multi-year freeze on television station awards set off interest among multiple applicants in bringing stations to Corpus Christi. The FCC allocated two channels in the very high frequency (VHF) band, 6 and 10, and two in the ultra high frequency (UHF) band, educational 16 and 22. Between April 15, when the commission lifted the freeze, and July 1, when it started taking grants, applicants began to prepare bids. On July 1, the commission received a channel 10 filing from radio station KEYS. Later that month, Superior Television filed for the channel; it was owned by Jack Wrather and Helen Alvarez and was related to KOTV in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and KFMB-TV in San Diego. By the time the commission slated comparative hearings in June 1953, there were four applicants. KEYS and Superior were joined by the Corpus Christi Television Company, formed by three Texas oilmen, and K-SIX Television, Inc., a subsidiary of local radio station KSIX. KSIX had been founded in 1946 by Vann Kennedy, a longtime Texas journalist. From 1931 to 1942, Kennedy founded and ran the International News Service bureau in Austin, where he hired a young Walter Cronkite as a reporter; Cronkite worked for Kennedy for a year.

Corpus Christi Television Company dropped out within a month, leaving three applicants to contest the channel. Oral hearings were held by the commission between November 1953 and January 1954. FCC hearing examiner H. Gifford Irion issued his initial decision on January 21, 1955. He recommended K-SIX Television over the KEYS and Superior proposals; both losing parties announced their intention to appeal the examiner's findings, which lauded KSIX radio's record of community service and its proposed integration of ownership and management. The FCC's Broadcast Bureau also objected to the initial decision; it criticized the examiner's opinion of KSIX radio's local programming and said Superior should not only have been not selected but adversely found against based on statements made by Alvarez. The case, one of the longest in FCC history at the time, accumulated nearly 5,000 pages of testimony by September 1955, when the FCC heard final argument on the various appeals.

During this time, one Corpus Christi station got on the air by opting not for one of the two VHF channels and filing for UHF channel 22: KVDO-TV. However, across the country, UHF stations were having trouble competing in the same markets as VHF outlets. KVDO lobbied the FCC in November 1955 not to award either of the two VHF channels in Corpus Christi until it decided whether to continue mixing VHF and UHF locally or to make local television exist entirely on one band or the other. At the time, radio station KRIS was the only applicant for channel 6 but had yet to receive its permit. On December 7, the commission denied this request and approved KRIS-TV to begin broadcasting on channel 6.

Vann Kennedy ownership
On July 13, 1956, the FCC granted channel 10 to K-SIX Television; Kennedy opted to hold off on large construction in case any further appeals were filed. With the grant in hand, Kennedy recognized that a challenge from KVDO-TV was likely forthcoming; the UHF station had filed for relief against the new KSIX-TV, as it had done unsuccessfully against KRIS-TV. The FCC of the day generally did not act favorably on petitions to halt the progress of stations that were already on the air. As a result, beginning in early September, Kennedy resolved to build KSIX-TV as soon as possible. Engineers came from all over Texas and beyond, while tower work took place around the clock. On September 25, KVDO-TV filed a new petition with the commission challenging the KSIX-TV grant. Even though a part was missing from the station's tower, KSIX-TV went on the air on September 30, 1956. It took the CBS affiliation from KVDO-TV, which became an independent station as a result; KVDO-TV left the air a year later and did not reappear until 1964, when its backers were successful in a bid to move it to VHF channel 3 as KIII. The very next day, its attorneys informed the FCC that the challenge was moot because the station was on the air.

The station's call letters changed to the current KZTV on December 31, 1957, with the new designation debuting on air the next day. Though KZTV was touted as a shorter designation than KSIX-TV at the time, the designation also eliminated confusion with KRIS-TV on channel 6.

KZTV's first news director was a woman, Judy Wright; she had been running KSIX's radio news operation since 1950 and expanded her responsibilities to include television when channel 10 began. Initially, the news department showed strength; channel 10 had the highest-rated evening newscast in the market for 18 years, and in 1965, the Texas Association of Broadcasters recognized KZTV as having the best large-market newscast in the state.

The Kennedy media group expanded twice in the 1970s. KSIX-FM 93.9 began broadcasting on January 16, 1970; in 1985, the FM station, renamed KEXX-FM, was sold to the American Wireless Company, a Dallas-based investor consortium, and separated from KSIX radio and KZTV. A second television station joined the group in 1973, when KVTV was built in Laredo. The station originally rebroadcast most of KZTV's newscasts; the news was read from Laredo, and viewers joined KZTV for weather and sports. In the early 1980s, KVTV introduced full news programs originating in Laredo.

For decades, the station operated from two sites. The offices and newsgathering operation were downtown, first in the Showroom Building and then in the Wilson Building. The studio was at the transmitter site in Robstown, an arrangement that had been described as "temporary" when the station launched but persisted for decades; employees had to drive from Corpus Christi to Robstown to present the newscasts. Kennedy's conservative style of news presentation eschewed visuals; consequently, KZTV's newscasts began to sink in the ratings as KIII and KRIS offered more engaging newscasts while KZTV continued with its approach of using "less showmanship". In a 1981 article on changes to the newscasts at KIII and KRIS, Kennedy told the Corpus Christi Caller-Times, "We will continue to use our news veterans and keep our efforts on the content of the news rather than the cosmetics."

In 1986, a new studio and office complex was built in downtown Corpus Christi on Artesian Street. The 41352 ft2 facility provided two studios for news and commercial production as well as space for KSIX radio and equipment to improve the station's picture quality. Even then, little changed at KZTV. The station was the first in town with a satellite truck until Kennedy sold it, finding it was used too infrequently to justify its cost. The news programs lacked substantial local stories and relied on reports from CBS affiliates in other Texas cities. The station's logo remained untouched from the early 1980s to 2002; promotions were recycled because of a lack of staff to create new ones. Into the 1990s, the weather presenter read the current condition from dials, shown on the air, instead of a computer readout. Because the station paid less, it typically attracted entry-level employees, such as recent college graduates; it was a "teaching affiliate" for young journalists. The evening ratings reflected these resources: while KIII dominated and later battled KRIS for first, KZTV had one-fourth to one-fifth the viewership. However, the station continued to lead the ratings at noon, when veteran anchor Walter Furley read the news. Former station employees went as far as to tell the Caller-Times that they believed Kennedy would drop the news operation if CBS would let him.

In 1993, Kennedy and his counterparts at KIII and KRIS led a months-long dispute with cable systems in the market over retransmission consent payments for their signals, known locally as the "cable wars". The cable providers were not willing to pay a per-subscriber fee for the stations' programming: Kennedy told The New York Times, "To borrow from Ross Perot, that great sucking sound you hear is money being sucked out of this area and sent to Denver", in reference to the headquarters of Tele-Communications Inc., and characterized the dispute as an intellectual property matter. The dispute lasted six weeks and was the longest of its type after the introduction of retransmission consent; in addition, the Department of Justice brought an antitrust lawsuit against the affiliates, which was settled.

Eagle Creek ownership and rebuild
In February 2001, Vann Kennedy—at the age of 95—put his media properties up for sale, citing his advancing age and his wife Mary's recent heart attacks. Mary Kennedy died in December 2001. In January 2002, Michigan-based Eagle Creek Broadcasting purchased KZTV, KSIX, and KVTV for $11.5 million. The three-investor consortium included Jim Withers, a partner in local radio station owner Pacific Broadcasting, and Brian Brady, who was president of Northwest Broadcasting. Eagle Creek immediately sold KSIX to Pacific Broadcasting; it had not planned to keep the radio station.

Eagle Creek conducted a top-to-bottom overhaul of KZTV's news department. Furley delivered his final newscast on May 31, 2002, ending a 45-year career with the station. The relaunched CBS 10 News debuted on October 21, 2002, after a $2 million investment in new equipment and a new news set which featured two levels and a revolving desk. It was the station's first set overhaul since moving into the Artesian Street facility. Ratings did not rise: in the February 2003 Nielsen sweeps, KZTV attracted 5% of the 10 p.m. news audience compared to the market leaders, KRIS and KIII, which had 35 and 31 percent. In 2005, the station changed its brand again to Action 10 News, though it remained a distant third.

Operation by KRIS-TV
On July 28, 2008, Eagle Creek announced that it had sold most of KZTV's assets and physical plant to Cordillera Communications. To comply with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) rules, the license would instead be sold to SagamoreHill Broadcasting; the two transactions totaled $20 million. McKinnon Broadcasting, owner of KIII, objected to the sale. This objection held up the deal until August 24, 2009, when Eagle Creek announced a shared services agreement (SSA) with KRIS-TV; Cordillera acquired all station assets with Eagle Creek owning KZTV's broadcast license. Several KZTV employees were laid off.

SagamoreHill finally assumed ownership of the KZTV license on May 19, 2010. In September, KRIS-TV moved its newsgathering operations from its prior studios on Staples Street into KZTV's building on Artesian, though business functions had been migrating to the KZTV facility since the prior January.

On October 29, 2018, Cordillera announced the sale of its entire station group, including KZTV's SSA partner KRIS-TV, to the E. W. Scripps Company; the SSA involving KZTV was included in the deal. The sale was completed on May 1, 2019. As of September 2023, the station aired $19 1/2$ hours a week of local newscasts.

Beginning in October 2023, the dedicated newscasts for KZTV were replaced by simulcasts or replays of KRIS's newscasts.

Subchannels
The station's signal is multiplexed: {{legend|#E6FFF7|Simulcast of subchannels of another station}}

Analog-to-digital conversion
KZTV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 10, on June 12, 2009, the official date on which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal relocated from its pre-transition UHF channel 18 to VHF channel 10 for post-transition operations.

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Talk:Spam in blogs

I was the first to sell blog comment spam
I was hoping someone could add me to the history section of the "blog comment spam" wiki article? My name is jon waraas and I was the first (recorded) to sell blog comment spam. My team and I started it all. Please check the article below :) https://problogger.com/buy-blog-comments-a-sick-new-comment-spam-service-launches/ Waraas (talk) 21:49, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

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Category:Astrology by type

This category is for specific applications of astrology such as natal astrology, horary astrology, etc. Not to be confused with Astrology by tradition.

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Thanks for the message on my talk page. Sorry, I'd rather not be interviewed, but I'm interested in what you hope to find from your study - it is not at all clear (either from your request or from the web page) whether you are looking at, say, demographics, or psychology, or something else. But thanks for asking.

In case you have not seen, your survey is being discussed on the Village pump. Just above the discussion is a request from a journalist for interviewees - his article (if and when it is published) may make interesting reading. -- ALoan (Talk) 10:33, 15 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * Thanks for your response. My study is not so much about demographics as much as looking at the Wikipedia as a community.  I would like to begin to understand how people become involved with it and how they perceive their work on the Wikipedia.  I suspect that more research questions will reveal themselves as I interview Wikipedians, but that’s basically my starting point.  Ikenindy 23:11, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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Talk:Queen's College, Hong Kong

The first sentence is still confusing - was it the first secondary school founded by a government anywhere, or just in Hong Kong? - RedWordSmith 17:17, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)

First one by the colonial government of Hong Kong. It was I think also the first English grammar school founded in Asia but I have to check on this.
 * The first English grammar school is perhaps St. Paul's College. — Instantnood 15:47, Apr 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * I've reworded the introduction. Hope it's clearer now. Aranherunar 07:47, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Number of As
May I know if there is any sources providing number of As per student by year for secondary schools in Hong Kong? — Instantnood 15:47, Apr 30, 2005 (UTC)

what about A-level? and the # of As from 1975-1990. I believe QC also has the most 9A then.

Section "Brief History"
I suggest changing it to "History". "Brief History" sounds like a thing that existed only for a few months - Queen's College has been around for over a century. Aranherunar 07:36, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

Misleading subtitle
I think 'commited crime' is quite misleading. I suggest 'criticism' instead. Yfjonas

 * Thanks for the suggestion, but I think 'commited crime' is a record subtitle in a historical way. So I think changing it into "Student's Crime History" would be more appropriate and prevent any misleading. Narold 13:39, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Nice suggestion. How is it criticism that the students committed crimes? Did they attack the herbalist to criticise the school? Aran|heru|nar 15:37, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

 * I think all kind of school history should be included. Whatever is about the good or the bad side. We should base on neutral standpoint to make it clear. Narold 06:31, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Position of the paragraphs about criminal/suspected criminal incidents
In my honest opinion, those paragraphs about the crminal/suspected criminal incidents are part of Queen's College's history. Therefore, they should be placed under the heading "Brief history". However, there are some users (e.g. Archduke 2007 and Von thunen (Part of my statement was retracted by me, sorry to Von thunen for my mistake!)) who keep moving those parts to insignificant position of the article. That's why I raised this discussion.

I think we should not "hide" those parts just because they are "bad sides" of the school per WP:NPOV. They are objective facts widely reported by the mass media in Hong Kong. - INTELer 10:12, 5 April 2007 (UTC) (Revised by INTELer 17:56, 8 April 2007 (UTC), apology to Von thunen)

Thanks a lot for starting the discussion INTELer. How about we keep it as the way it is until we arrive a conclusion. --Cyktsui 10:26, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

As a matter of fact, the original contributors who wrote those parts put them at the top of the page (You can check this by looking at the history.). I agree with their actions since those incidents are part of the school's history. But there were some vandals (some of them were banned afterwards) who moved them to the bottom. I think we should keep it as the original way. Thanks! - INTELer 10:32, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

One more argument to put those parts in question to the top. They are SOURCED, in other words, they contain material that has been published by reliable sources. However, the other parts of the article do not cite sources. - INTELer 10:51, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

I just wonder what is the relation between students criming crime and the school. Besides, one of them is suspected only. Also, The position of two articles is doubtful. They are just are some incidents happened recently, but not the history of the school itself, such as the foundation year, the changes of school campus, etc. You can treat them as trivia, and put it at the bottom, but not in the history. Also, to INTELer, please don't abuse the word of "vandalism", as I believe wikipedia is a platform for everyone to edit. Everyone should have the a say on this article. Please don't suffocate our freedom of press. Thanks. By Von Thunen

In my opinion, the two articles are unjust to the school. The school holds no responsibility on the students that commit crimes. As criming crime is only a sole responsibility on that individual, it is unjustified to put the blame on the school. I don't mean to hide anything, but please do think about what is the relation between their behavior and the school. I do agree with Von thunen that the school history should refer to what Von thunen have mentioned. So it is inproper to put this articles on the school history part. --61.18.170.144 10:33, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

 * First of all, I have to apologize to Von thunen, sorry that I have mistaken you as a vandal. I am glad to see that you guys can discuss about the article here objectively, that's the reason why I started this discussion (Personally, I think that freedom of speech is inviolable so even if I disapprove of what you say, I will defend to the death your right to say it. Concerning about the article, I do agree with your point that we should treat the incidents as trivia so it should not be in the part of history. On the other hand, those parts should nevertheless STAY in the article per consensus made above. Sadly, it seems that some user removed them so I'll add them back under the heading "Trivia". Thanks~! - INTELer 06:06, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

The two parts in question has been relocated to "Trivia" part of the article. Feel free to add more information to them, thanks~! - INTELer 06:23, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

It seems that you two doubted the position of the 2 paragraphs only, please let me know if you oppose the presence of those parts. In my opinion, those parts are notable enough to make them into the "Trivia" part, at least. Unfortunately, there are some users who keep removing them, I think it's better to have a consensus so that appropriate means can be devised to deal with those removal acts. Thanks~! - INTELer 17:56, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Agree, we need to discuss if those incidents should be included before we get into edit war. Personally, I don't have a problem of including them, despite the fact that I don't think they are significant for Queen's College. If you take an university as an example, it has so many students, it would be difficult to include all incidents... --Cyktsui 09:24, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

I just want to ask what is the purpose of posting the two articles up? No doubt they are facts. But, as Cyktsui said, there are so many students in Queen's College, it would be impossible for the school to control every stuedent and their behavior. Again, it is unfair to put the blame on the school as student's behavior is on his own responsibility. Besides, the Form 7 student is now having his advanced level examination. I think the incident had caused great hit to him already. This high-sounding post which included his full name will cause further blow to him mentally, let alone he is still in criticial time now. He is still assumed to be innocent until he is finally convicted by the court. Some people in Hong Kong may consider Queen's College as one of the prestigious school in Hong Kong. The public may put high expectation on the school. Therefore, this incident was exaggerated by the mass media as it had high "news value". Or some poeple may think the school doesn't deserve its name. They want to make up of this incident to censure the school. Finally, I appeal to delete the post as it is unfair to the school, to that Form 7 student and upset the schoolmates much. --Kianss 17:31, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

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Activities & achievements
The final paragraph reads: QC old boys are traditionally well-represented in many of the world's best universities, including those in the People's Republic of China, the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Japan; while most other Form 7 graduates enroll in local univerisites such as University of Hong Kong, Chinese University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. I find the construction a bit ambiguous and potentially non NPOV, and would depend on who exactly the "other form 7 graduates" are.... Ohconfucius 09:10, 20 August 2007 (UTC)

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GHQ India

General Headquarters, India was the headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief, India, who commanded the British military forces in India, including the British Indian Army, after the Kitchener Reforms of 1903. It succeeded Headquarters, India which was the term in use initially after the three Presidency armies had been amalgamated into one force. The Commander-in-Chief answered to the civilian Viceroy of India.

Confusingly, in the official Volume II: India's Most Dangerous Hour, Major-General Stanley Kirby et al., 1958, the term "India Command" was repeatedly used. "India Command" was not defined, but Stanley Kirby et al. appeared to be referring to the British Indian Army in India; the British Army in India; and GHQ India, the three together, as a whole. A more correct term for these three entities together would have been the Army in India.

Early history
GHQ India succeeded Headquarters, India which was the term in use initially after the three Presidency armies had been amalgamated into one force in 1895. "The C-in-C India’s HQ was known as the General Headquarters (GHQ India) and acted as the superior HQ for all services to fulfil their requirements."

The Commander-in-Chief's chief of staff was the Chief of the General Staff. It was based in Calcutta and Simla (the winter capital of the Raj) until the seat of power moved to New Delhi in 1911. In addition to India, as the [British] Indian Army garrisoned the waystation Aden Settlement (later Aden Colony) the Commander-in-Chief was also responsible for troops in Aden. Later Indian troops were also sent to Iraq and Persia).

The 1906 Birthday Honours and 1922 Birthday Honours list officers on the staff of Headquarters, India; by the 1942 New Year Honours the listing had become General Headquarters, India (Colonel, Acting Major-General Rob Lockhart).

For significant periods before the creation of South East Asia Command (SEAC) in 1943, the C-in-C India was also responsible for Ceylon and Burma. The Commander-in-Chief, India, had some 2,000 officers and 2.5 million troops under his command in 1945. GHQ India was redesignated Army HQ in 1947 when India was partitioned.

Second World War
Following a review by the British Chiefs of Staff in late 1939, operational control of troops in Iraq passed in early 1940 to Middle East Command although the provision of troops and their maintenance remained for the most part GHQ India's responsibility. In March 1941, in the period before the Anglo-Iraqi War, the C-in-C Middle East General Archibald Wavell, who was preoccupied with existing problems in his theatre, gained approval for Iraq to come under India's operational control again but once hostilities commenced in May Wavell was obliged by London reluctantly to reassume responsibility. In June 1941, after cessation of hostilities, control reverted once more to GHQ India. India finally relinquished responsibility for Persia and Iraq in August 1942 when a separate Persia and Iraq Command was created.

After the dissolution of ABDACOM in February 1942 the C-in-C India also became responsible for Ceylon. During this period, some Chinese and American units also came under C-in-C India. These responsibilities remained unchanged until the creation of South East Asia Command (SEAC) in August 1943. With the creation of SEAC there were three geographic theatres and a further operational command. The China Theatre was under the command of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. SEAC was an Anglo-American command under a Supreme Allied Commander, Lord Mountbatten, who was responsible for operations in Burma, Ceylon, Malaya and Sumatra. General Auchinleck as Commander-in-Chief, India, was responsible for the development of India as a base, for internal security in India, and the defence of India's North West Frontier. His responsibility included the training, equipping, maintenance and movement of operational forces assigned to SEAC. The American operational theater, China Burma India (CBI), operated in all three geographic areas. It was not subordinate to SEAC.

On 24 November 1944, G.H.Q.(I) passed on to the Headquarters Allied Land Forces South East Asia "..proposals made by the Burma Government-in-exile for the evaluation of the men released in 1942, either returnees or deserters." "The Burma Government proposed to raise administrative units to screen personnel who had remained in Burma, and operational units for internal security duties. ..Within General Headquarters, India, the department responsible for the administration of Burma Army units in India and Burma, known as Burma Section, also asked for the immediate raising of a second administrative unit." A.G. (BURSEC) was an integral part of GHQ India until it was established with Headquarters Twelfth Army.

Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck served as the last C-in-C, India from 1943. He was reappointed on 15 August 1947, and became Supreme Commander of India and Pakistan. He oversaw the division of the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force between the two new countries. In the process, GHQ Pakistan was established to serve the newly independent Pakistan, at Rawalpindi. Auchinleck served in this capacity until November 1948, when the role of Supreme Commander was abolished.

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Talk:Account (bookkeeping)

Initial comments
"Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop." - from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter 12.

Wikipedia has lots and lots of excellent material on accountancy, but without wanting to be disparaging, also some that is downright old-fashioned and typical of the misconceptions common among laypeople and even older accountants! The pre-refactor article was an excellent example.

I can't find a suitable Wikiproject, we probably need one. Some relevant discussion at Companies, Corporations and Economic Information. Andrewa 17:18, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Removed text: ...for anything that one puts something in. This overgeneralisation is one thing that the refactor was explicitly intended to remove. Examples: a bucket, a suitcase, a leyden jar and the ITER all meet the description I have removed! Andrewa 20:04, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Disambiguation link to Wikipedia space
Suggest this page should show a link to "Wikipedia:Why create an account?". It took me a long time to find 'reasons to register' - searching on "account" (taken from "create account") did not help. 81.129.151.236 10:19, 10 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Good suggestion. I've added a link at Account (disambiguation).  This page links to that one ("For other uses ..."), and policy is that articles should cross-reference to as few other pages (for disambiguation purposes) as possible.  -- John Broughton  (♫♫) 20:26, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

Excellent article
This is a simple and well written article. More authors need to follow this example. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.147.241.247 (talk) 16:13, 4 February 2011 (UTC)

Steel wool
Steel is evil 2601:1C0:407F:1870:88E2:1649:23A4:AC6E (talk) 06:50, 31 July 2023 (UTC)

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Bardufoss Air Station

Bardufoss Air Station (Bardufoss flystasjon) is a military air station located at Bardufoss in Målselv Municipality in Troms county in Northern Norway. It is the location of the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) 139 Air Wing and two helicopter squadrons; the 337 Squadron operating Lynx MK 86 for the Norwegian Coast Guard and the 339 Squadron equipped with Bell 412SPs. It is also the base for the RNoAF Flight Training School. In addition, helicopter Squadron no. 334 is currently under establishment as it will be operating NH90 NFH helicopters. The delivery of the NH90 helicopters just started. 334 Squadron will only have its command post and maintenance facilities at Bardufoss, as the helicopters will be stationed on the new Fridtjof Nansen class frigates when they arrive.

The air station is co-located on the same site as the commercial Bardufoss Airport. The airbase is also used by the civilian community: Norwegian Aviation College (NAC) is located at the airport, and there is also a flying club (Bardufoss Flyklubb) and a parachute jumping club. Norwegian Air Shuttle currently operates three daily flights with Boeing 737 aircraft from Bardufoss Airport to Oslo Airport, Gardermoen.

History
The first plane to land at the air station was a de Havilland Tiger Moth on 26 March 1938, making it the country's oldest air station still operational. During World War II, RAF Gloster Gladiators (No. 263 Squadron RAF) and Hawker Hurricanes (No. 46 Squadron RAF) operating from Bardufoss played a vital part in keeping the Luftwaffe at bay during the fighting on the Narvik front in the April–June 1940 Norwegian Campaign. After the Allied withdrawal from Norway, the airbase was taken over by the Germans and mostly used as a base for fighters, bombers and reconnaissance planes operating against the Murmansk convoys. Fighters from Bardufoss also had the task of providing aerial support for naval operations in the area.

When British Avro Lancasters began to bomb the battleship Tirpitz on 12 November 1944 in Operation Catechism at Håkøya near Tromsø, calls to Bardufoss failed to save the ship. The fighters failed to scramble in time and Tirpitz was sunk in ten minutes by two Tallboy bombs. Luftwaffe ace Heinrich Ehrler was originally stripped of command and sentenced to three years in prison because of this. He later died in combat when he rammed an American B-17 Flying Fortress over Germany.

The 339 Squadron was moved to Bardufoss in 1964 while the 337 Squadron arrived in 1983.

The Royal Norwegian Air Force Flight Training School was moved to Bardufoss from Trondheim Airport, Værnes in 2003.

2024: The Air Force uses the Underground hangar at the air station, after 40 years, to receive F-35 fighter jets.

Squadrons

Two squadrons of helicopters are stationed on this airfield: 337 operating Lynx MK 86 (since 1983) and 339 with Bell 412SP (since 1964).

The 337 Squadron operates six Lynx MK 86 helicopters, which were delivered in 1983. Their purpose is to operate onboard Coast Guard ships. They will be replaced with eight new NH-90's.

The 339 Squadron operates twelve Bell 412SP, primarily used as support for the Royal Norwegian Army. The Bells were delivered in between 1987 and 1990. Previous to their delivery, the squadron operated UH-1's bought used from the USA: some of those machines were received with minor battle damages and bullet holes, having seen action in the Vietnam War. The Royal Norwegian Air Force's six remaining Bells (making a total of 18) are stationed at the 720 Squadron at Rygge Air Station.

In addition, the RNoAF Flight Training School is located here. The school operates the Saab Safari.

UK Royal Naval Commando and Royal Marine units have used Bardufoss as a training base for many years. It is also used as a base for cold weather training for Royal Air Force, British Army and Royal Navy helicopter crews. During the Cold War, training was especially concentrated during the winter with repair parties during the Norwegian summer. These operations were given the title of "Clockwork".

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Falealupo

Falealupo is a village in Samoa situated at the west end of Savai'i island 20 mi from the International Date Line used until 29 December 2011. The village has two main settlements, Falealupo-Uta, situated inland by the main island highway and Falealupo-Tai, situated by the sea. The road to the coastal settlement is about 9 km, most of it unsealed, from the main highway. The village's population is 545.

Due to its location in the west of the country, and because Samoa was just to the east of the International Date Line, Falealupo has been described as "the last village in the world to see the sunset of each day". This has now changed, as the Samoan government has moved the International Date Line east of the country in 2011.

Families have moved inland for the convenience of living by the main road near public transport, as well as the extensive damage to the coastal village from cyclones in the early 1990s, which left behind old church ruins along the coast. There are rock pools, caves, and sandy beaches in the area. Falealupo-Uta has small shops and facilities for Western Union money transfer while there are beach fale accommodation and a shop at Falealupo-tai.

The settlement is part of Falealupo Electoral Constituency (Faipule District) which forms part of the larger political district of Vaisigano.

Roman Catholic Cardinal Pio Taofinu'u (1923–2006), the first Polynesian bishop and cardinal, was born in Falealupo and attended the village school.

Myths and Legends
Falealupo is mentioned in different myths and legends in Samoan mythology.

In the sea at the farthest point of the peninsula, the Fafā-o-Sauali’i, an outcropping of volcanic rocks, is said in legend to be the gateway to the underworld Pulotu, where aitu, the spirits of deceased persons, reside.

The ruler of Pulotu is Saveasi'uleo, the father of Nafanua, a goddess of war from Falealupo. Another legend tells that Nafanua's mother is Tilafaiga, who brought the art of Samoan tattoo with her sister Taema from Fiti. The village is also associated with the legend of Moso.

Nafanua, the goddess of war, fertility, and tattooing, is revered as the protector of her home village of Falealupo in Samoa.

The History of the Tātau It is believed that the tatau, a traditional form of Samoan tattooing, was introduced to Samoa in the village of Falealupo. The origins of the tatau in Falealupo are steeped in legends and stories, passed down through generations of Samoans. The tatau was introduced to Samoa by two sisters, Taema and Tilafaiga, who brought it over from Fiti. Their story is often recounted in the Tatau Samoa Song, which tells of how they travelled to Samoa and sang a song that emphasized that only women should receive the tatau, not men. However, upon reaching Falealupo, they spotted a large clam and dived to see it. When they resurfaced, their song had changed to indicate that men, not women, should receive the tatau.

House of Rock The phrase "e au le inailau a tamaitai" originates from an ancient Samoan legend that tells a story of the village people of Falealupo; a group of women completed the thatching of a fale's roof before the men did. This proverb exemplifies the strong work ethic of Samoan women and their resolute commitment to accomplishing their goals, no matter the challenges they may face. It underscores the value and importance that Samoan society places on the contributions of women, portraying them as skilled and determined members of their communities.

Falealupo Rainforest conservation
Falealupo land include large tracts of lowland rainforest. Most of Samoa's land is locally village owned under customary land governed by family matai, the chiefly heads of extended families. In 1990 the Samoan government gave the remote village of Falealupo an ultimatum to build a better school or teachers would be removed and their children would not be educated. Education in Samoa is a partnership between villages and the government, and with most of the land under customary ownership, villages provide land and school buildings with the government providing teachers and the curriculum. Most of the island's economy is based on subsistence living from plantations and fishing and with no other source of revenue, the villagers sold logging rights to their rainforests. Before the logging could take place, however, Seacology co-founder and chairman Paul Alan Cox, an American ethnobotanist who had lived with his family in the village, discovered that the pristine rainforests surrounding the village of Falealupo were to be logged. Cox worked with the village chiefs and promised to raise the funds for the school in exchange for a covenant protecting the 30000 acre rainforest. The Falealupo Rainforest School was constructed, and the village bestowed matai titles on Paul Cox, Ken Murdock, and Rex Maughan. In recognition of his achievement, in 1997 Cox together with the late High Chief Fuiono Senio shared the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize. Cox donated his share of the prize to Seacology, which uses the funds to maintain the Falealupo Rainforest Canopy Aerial Walkway, dedicated in 1997. Seacology funded the walkway, which is owned and operated by the village, in order to help the community generate revenues from eco-tourism. At the ceremonial dedication, it was announced that the village would extend the 50-year covenant and promised to protect the rainforest in perpetuity.

In 1989, Cox was bestowed a matai chief title, Nafanua, by Falealupo in honour of his work. The title is registered with the Samoan Lands and Title Court.

In 1999, the village announced that beginning 1 January 2000 monthly tourist revenues from the aerial canopy walkway would be used to fund a modest retirement fund for village elders. In February 2008, the canopy walkway was closed due to rot in the 10m wooden tower leading up to the aerial rope walkway and platforms in a giant banyan tree. Seacology funded and constructed a new aluminium tower which was completed and opened on 10 June 2010.

Entry to the Falealupo rainforest walkway is about 2 km from the main road, on the way to the Falealupo Tai. A modest fee is charged by the village to visitors who wish to ascend the walkway.

Notable Samoans from Falealupo
Notable Samoans from Falealupo include;
 * John Schuster, a former All Black (rugby union national team of New Zealand).
 * Leo Lafaiali'i, a player for Manu Samoa (rugby union national team of Samoa) and a former Auckland Blues player.
 * King Kapisi, a hip hop artist in New Zealand. The chief title of his family in Falealupo is A'eau. The grave of King Kapisi's great grandfather Aeau Fa'aloaga is behind the new church in Falealupo-tai. In 1999, King Kapisi filmed his music video Reverse Resistance at Falealupo as well as Fagamalo, Safotu and at the Taga blowholes in Savaii. The opening shot in the video starts at the old church ruin in Falealupo (now the new church) and the closing shot is a sunset at Falealupo beach with children from his family. The song became the first hip hop song to win the prestigious APRA Silver Scroll Award in New Zealand.
 * Aleni Smith - Olympic judoka who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics.
 * Pio Toanfinu'u - Archbishop of Somoa- Apia, First Somoan Cardinal.

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Category:Astrology by tradition

While tradition may carry historical connotations, this category is for any differentiated system of astrology, historical or otherwise. Not to be confused with Astrology by type which is for astrology's various applications.

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User talk:Kneeowe

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Copac

Copac (originally an acronym of Consortium of Online Public Access Catalogues) was a union catalogue which provided free access to the merged online catalogues of many major research libraries and specialist libraries in the United Kingdom and Ireland, plus the British Library, the National Library of Scotland and the National Library of Wales. It had over 40 million records from around 90 libraries as of 2019, representing a wide range of materials across all subject areas. Copac was freely available to all, and was widely used, with users mainly coming from Higher Education institutions in the United Kingdom, but also worldwide. Copac was valued by users as a research tool.

Copac was searchable through with a web browser or Z39.50 client. It was also accessible through OpenURL and Search/Retrieve via URL (SRU) interfaces. These interfaces could be used to provide links to items on Copac from external sites, such as those used on the Institute of Historical Research website.

Copac was a Jisc service provided for the UK community on the basis of an agreement with Research Libraries UK (RLUK). The service used records supplied by RLUK members, as well as an increasing range of specialist libraries with collections of national research interest. A full list of contributors is available including the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Middle Temple library and Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Library.

In July 2019, Jisc replaced COPAC with Library Hub Discover.

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User talk:Isdias

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User talk:Passw0rd

Hi

Language
Please try to keep a more civil tone on Wikipedia (I refer particularly to the discussion on User_talk:Qatarson --Improv 15:03, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Image
Adding that image to the article was offence for the point of offence. While I am strongly opposed to removing the other image, you do your side no favors by flying off the handle. Hipocrite - « Talk » 17:38, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Genomic library
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 * Per discussion in Talk:Gene library, this redirect should be deleted so that Gene library can be renamed "Genomic library". "Gene library" will then be redirected to Library (biology).

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User talk:Sam Burne James

ClockworkTroll 17:28, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of There's Only One F in Fulham

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A WikiProject you may be interested in...
Hi there! I notice you're from Surrey - please take a look at WikiProject Surrey, which I started earlier this afternoon. Cheers.--Vox Humana 8' 21:32, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

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User talk:Hooverbag

ClockworkTroll 17:29, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Cheers.
Thanks for cleaning up my spelling mistakes on the father jack thing. i know enough, but i can't spell for shit, ha ha. Cheers bud, If you ever need owt, i'll try and help.--Crestville 13:09, 17 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Possessive Apostrophes...Not My Fault!
The Rolls-Royce plc article was not touched by me except to add the fate of Cooper Rolls.Any disappearance of apostrophes must have been a software glitch.--Louis E./le@put.com/ 12.144.5.2 03:06, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * OK, I'll let you off then, just this once ;-) --hooverbag 07:54, 2004 Dec 1 (UTC)

The Humungous Image Tagging Project
Hi. You've helped with the WikiProject Wiki Syntax, so I thought it worth alerting you to the latest and greatest of Wikipedia fixing project, User:Yann/Untagged Images, which is seeking to put copyright tags on all of the untagged images. There are probably, oh, thirty thousand or so to do (he said, reaching into the air for a large figure). But hey: they're images ... you'll get to see lots of random pretty pictures. That must be better than looking for at at and the the, non? You know you'll love it. best wishes --Tagishsimon (talk)

Gosford
I'm intrigued — where is it, exactly? Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 17:15, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks; I'll have to look out for it. Most of the places I've added I know, or at least have passed through a few times, but I must admit that Water Eaton went in becuase I quite like the name, and I'd already added Wood Eaton... Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 19:48, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Oxfordshire category
Hi from a fellow Oxford resident.

You may be interested to know that a Wikipedians in Oxfordshire category has been created, so feel free to add your name to it. I saw your name on the list of people who had edited the article on Kidlington (where I spent most of my childhood), and I hoped you wouldn't mind me stopping by. Regards Brodders Talk to me|undefined 21:16, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

Cat
I added |Hooverbag to the Category:Wikipedians in Oxfordshire on your user page, so you list under H instead of U (for User: ) hope that's ok. Alf melmac 13:52, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Emily booth portrait.jpg
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First ever Oxford Wiki Meetup
You are invited to the first ever Oxford Wiki Meetup which will take place at The Four Candles, 51 George Street, Oxford, OX1 2BE on Sunday 4 November 2012 from 1.00 pm.

I hope as many people as possible will be able to attend so that we can make this a regular event. If you have never been to one, this is an opportunity to meet other Wikipedians in an informal atmosphere for Wiki and non-Wiki related chat and for beer or food if you like. Experienced and new contributors are all welcome. This event is definitely not restricted just to discussion of Oxford related topics. Bring your laptop if you like and use the free Wifi or just bring yourself. Even better, bring a friend! Click the link for full details. Looking forward to seeing you. Philafrenzy (talk) 10:11, 25 September 2012 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Dominique Pinon

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User talk:James Paige

ClockworkTroll 17:30, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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User talk:Ajmiller

ClockworkTroll 17:30, 9 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Mens Mental Health
I have listed that article as copyvio. It actually appears that you may have mixed copyrighted text with personal opinion in places. Could you provide the source for that article? Thank you. SWAdair | Talk 10:22, 10 Oct 2004 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your response. It sometimes happens that an original author contributes their own work and someone (me, in this case) marks it as copyvio.  I copied your comment to the listing at Copyright problems so that the admin who checks into the article's status will see it.  Ahh, now that I check, I see you've noted the same on the article's talk page.  Do you own the copyright to the article submitted to Mental Health Today, or do they?  You might want to add that information to your note on Talk:Mens_Mental_Health.  I apologize for any inconvenience I've caused you.  We are pretty conscientious about protecting copyrights.  It is much more common for someone to improperly submit copyrighted material than for an original author to contribute material they've previously written, and I'm afraid this caused your submission to get flagged.  I hope you continue to contribute, and if there is any way I can help you, please let me know.  SWAdair | Talk  03:42, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I have tried to wikify the article, but have gotten no where. Can you plase take a look at it and edit it accordingly? Thanks! --Girish 06:36, Nov 17, 2004 (UTC)

Belated Welcome
I just realized I hadn't welcomed you properly. Let me rectify that. Welcome to Wikipedia. As a new member of Wikipedia, you might like to start by reading the tutorial and introducing yourself at the new users page. Two useful tips are that you can sign your name using four tildes ( ~ ) and you can practice editing by using the Sandbox. You can regularly find new tips on the Community Portal. I look forward to reading your great articles and I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian. If you have any questions, you can ask at the help desk or on my talk page. :-) SWAdair | Talk 08:12, 12 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Hearing Voices Movement
Welcome Ajmiller,

Unfortunately, we can't keep the article you created on Hearing Voices Movement, because it violates another person's copyright. We aren't legally allowed to directly take other people's work; however, it is fine to research topics on other sites. See Copyrights for details.

But don't get discouraged – try writing your own articles! For help on writing articles, you can check out the FAQs, especially on contributing and editing. There's a lot to know, but one of the cool things about Wikipedia is that others will edit your contributions to make them better! Have fun, -- Solitude 12:28, Oct 14, 2004 (UTC)

 * Hello again, if Hearing Voices Movement is original work by you and you hold the copyrights to this work as well, then by all means let's keep it. The remaining issue I have with this article is that it is written in a scientific style and does not fit Wikipedia as it is, I have therefore added the cleanup tag to the article (restored to your version). Best would be to rewrite the article according to our manual of style. Best of luck, -- Solitude 13:42, Oct 14, 2004 (UTC)

 * Don't worry your article did not disappear, it's right here: Hearing Voices Movement. If you still see the copyright violation message, try to refresh the page. Good luck, -- Solitude 14:00, Oct 14, 2004 (UTC)

 * Did you try clicking this link: Hearing Voices Movement. This should lead you to the article you wrote, then just press "Edit this page" to edit the page. -- Solitude 14:35, Oct 14, 2004 (UTC)

Where did it go?
The article is still there. I think it may just be that you're not yet used to how things are archived here. The copyright notice is still displayed at Mens Mental Health and you can work on the article at Mens Mental Health/Temp. If you're looking for the original text, you can find it here. You might want to copy/paste the original text into the Temp version so you can work on it.

The way to find a previous version of an article is to first go to the article (in this case, Mens Mental Health, then click the "history" tab at the top of the page. A page will be displayed showing each version of the article that has ever existed.  You can then click on the date/time link of the version you want to see, and it will pull up that version.  WARNING! If you directly edit an old version and save, you will erase all modifications to the article that have been made since that version.  If you want to see how this works, feel free to mess with the sandbox.  You can pull up an earlier version, play with it, save it, see what happens, etc. and not worry about anything.  The sandbox is meant for experimentation.  SWAdair | Talk  02:56, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)

 * Yes, the listings are supposed to be minimum of seven days before a decision is made, so someone should be looking into it in the next day or two. The note that you left on the article's talk page should cause someone to contact you.  It shouldn't be long, now.  SWAdair | Talk  10:39, 16 Oct 2004 (UTC)

One more day
It is interesting that you contacted me today. I've been thinking about you, and that article, recently. There is a backlog of items listed at Copyright problems and they are supposed to be handled only by admins. Last week I was nominated for adminship. The voting lasts a week. Unless a slew of people suddenly vote against me before midnight tonight, I will become an admin tomorrow. I will make it my first priority to get that article out of limbo. Thank you for being so patient and polite. Only one more day and I will personally take care of it for you. SWAdair | Talk 09:16, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Done! IANAL, but I did a lot of reading on Fair Use to make absolutely sure I had a good understanding.  I believe the manner in which you quoted the Mind article qualifies as fair use.  It might be a good idea to link directly to any online sources you drew from (see Fair_use and Fair_use) in a "References" section.  One last thing -- please realize that although you are the original author, the article has been released under the GNU Free Documentation License.  Expect it to be edited mercilessly.  Thank you again for being so patient.  SWAdair | Talk  08:39, 3 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Psychology Wiki
Hi there,

I noticed that you are a clinical psychologist, and thought you might be interested in this project which I am involved in, The Psychology Wiki.

I won't say too much, as I'd like you to judge it for yourself, but you should find that it is different from Wikipedia, because approximately 90% of our contributors so far are psychologists, either professionals like yourself, academics, or students and trainees.

Its hosted by a company called Wikia, which was founded by Jimmy Wales and Angela Beesley. There are Google Ads on the site, but we dont make money from the project, they're just to pay for the bandwidth, storage and technical support that Wikia give us.

Have a look and see what you think

Mostly Zen 23:00, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

early psychosis is now live on wikipedia
have a look at early psychosis and clinical formulation and need help with psychosis

any help appreciated Earlypsychosis (talk) 09:28, 16 March 2009 (UTC)

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User talk:Flammifer

Salut
Salut Flammifer! Vous etes en Chine! Normalement je n'aime pas la cuisine Chinoise mais c'est simplement parce que je suis une < > insensible :) Tiens, je ne suis pas en accord avec cet avis de Nicholas... bon courage! Wyss 8 July 2005 09:35 (UTC)

 * Tiens, salut Wyss ! pour la cuisine chinoise, j'avoue que le restaurant universitaire tous les jours, c'est pas le pied :-P Ah, manger de nouveau avec une fourchette ! ... Flammifer 8 July 2005 09:57 (UTC)

Very clever. We are conversing in French now, are we? --Nicholas 8 July 2005 09:50 (UTC)

 * Well, we're not saying anything very mean, just saying hello and talking about chinese food ... Wyss also said "Hmm, I don't agree with the opinion Nicholas just expressed", and that's it. Flammifer 8 July 2005 09:57 (UTC)

Je comprends. Mais mercis de la traduction.--Nicholas 8 July 2005 09:59 (UTC)

Voila! Tout ensemble et content! C'est cool! :) Wyss 8 July 2005 10:03 (UTC)

Ritual violence
Hello! I don't feel I really know much on the subject, but maybe in a couple months I'll know more since I'll be taking an anthropology class with someone who will probably lecture on the topic. Also I don't want to spend too much time since I am trying to limit my Wikipedia contributions to quick-and-dirty stuff like copyediting in order not to avoid my thesis work too much. But I did just want to point it out. A less Western point of view on that page would help a lot. One thing is that there is a difference between violence and pain (female genital mutilation probably falls more under the category of pain) which I don't think it being made on the page. It would probably have helped resolve the issue on the Talk page. Bonne chance. C'est un sujet qui risque de causer beaucoup plus de controverse à l'avenir. Mona-Lynn 03:35, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
 * OK :) I wasen't there yet during the big "is genital mutilation violence ?" war, and apart from that I don't think it's such a controversial issue. I hope you'll bring some stuff from your anthropology course :) Flammifer 03:45, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Flammifer, I understand that we have had our disagreements in the past and I hope that we can call it water under the bridge. Hopefully, from this experience, i can learn to moderate my contributions with evidence based argumentation.
 * I'm no longer interested in contributing toward the postmodern music article, although i stand by the basic content of my argument. It's a shame that Mr Newbury would not work with me.
 * Maybe you could do me a favour and contribute something to the RfC? Say whatever you like about me; but please rest assured that i am not a troll, nor a vandal. I have a bona fide interest in wikipedia and the mutual construction of knowledge.
 * By the way, thanks for your comments in the discussion so far.--Nicholas 17:06, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Bible Students
Thanks Flammifer for creating this much needed article. Hopefully it will enable the Charles Taze Russell article to deal more with his life and less the post-death controversy. --K. 23:31, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

Seconded. It's interesting that the biblestudents.net FAQ has a refreshingly clarity about the historical timeline and doctrinal connections between Bible Students and Jehovah's Witnesses. I wonder if that's why himself kept deleting the link? Tearlach 18:14, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Bible Students in Germany
I hope that this answer can help: Discussion:Freie Bibelforscher --Bibelforscher 15:47, 20. Aug 2005 (CEST)

RE: VOTE!! - HDI in country infobox/template?
Hi! Thanks for your comments. I've placed the notice to vote on any pages where human development issues/HDI may be relevant (usually, but not exclusively, where links are present) and -- as well -- on the Information page, as the HDI (on the Country template page) was challenged as not being 'information'; maybe that's obtuse and if I erred, I apologise. My purpose is is to garner as wide -- and relevant -- a consensus as possible to support or deny the HDI's inclusion in the infobox. Make sense? Feedback? Thanks again! E Pluribus Anthony 03:41, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Hi! Thanks for the feedback.  It goes to the nature of what data should be included in a Wikipedia infobox; as purveyors of information here, we should have a concern.  I would not have placed it on the Information page per se had it not been referred to initially.  Also note, though, that it was another user who restored the survey to that page ... to each his own.  Thoughts?  Thanks! E Pluribus Anthony 05:40, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

Still testing?
Sandbox Watchlist Test junk Rich Farmbrough 12:08, 26 September 2005 (UTC)

Vote for JW structure
Please vote for or against the adoption of the proposed structure for WikiProject Jehovah's Witnesses on the talk page and sign your name with ~. Thanks! --K. AKA Konrad West TALK 01:15, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Editing Jehovah's Witnesses articles
Because of the volatile nature of religious opinion in general and opinions about Jehovah's Witnesses in particular, I am making it my goal to recommend to new and existing editors interested in JW articles to review (or re-review) Wikipedia's policies:
 * WP:NOR - no original research: your findings on Scripture have no place here
 * WP:V - verifiability: your references must be commonly verifiable
 * WP:NPOV - neutral point of view (this one is critical to JW pages edits especially): present opinions as opinions, facts as facts
 * WP:AGF - assume good faith: even if an edit is wildly divergent from what you are accustomed to, are comfortable with, or want to see in a particular article, don't assume bad motives on the part of the editor. They could be inexperienced, or have access to information that you may very well have never seen before.  This means giving the benefit of the doubt to the largest extent possible.
 * WP:CIV - Civility - "We cannot always expect people to love, honor, obey, or even respect another. But we have every right to demand civility."
 * WP:SOCK - No Sock puppets - do not use multiple accounts to bolster support for your edits, or to avoid personal attacks (see next point for how to deal with personal attacks)
 * WP:NPA - No personal attacks: calling into question someone's character, intelligence, or integrity by means of insults or condescendingly toned jabs simply because you don't like their edit or their position is unacceptable. If you keep making negative comments on the editor and not the edits, you could be banned (see WP:BAN.)
 * WP:VAND - Vandalism: what it is, what it is not, and how to deal with it.

As Wikipedia is a serious academic endeavor, it is not the place for proselytizing or promoting (or detracting from) issues of a religious or spiritual nature. Discussing the validity or failings of a particular religious viewpoint are both wastes of your time here, as they are opinions that do not contribute to the desired end result. It is expected of every editor to contribute positively, abide by the rules of the forum and stick to the facts. This will help us not only keep these articles and the discussions behind them free from ineffective and off-topic banter, but present a respectable product that addresses all sides in their proper perspectives.

It is best to ignore insults and off-topic discussions, addressing only the pertinent points so as to reach a consensus regarding the content of these pages. If you must address them, it's best to simply cite the Wikipedia standards and redirect your focus to content and format. I hope my suggestions help. Happy editing! - CobaltBlueTony 15:01, 28 December 2005 (UTC)

Disambiguation
Hi Flammifer, thank you for your efforts to disambiguate links. I just thought I'd bring this to your notice: you accidentally removed nearly half an article while disambiguating Objectivist metaphysics:. I've returned the article to its proper state (and have reinstated the disambiguation). Be careful with that edit button! ;) Cheers, Tangot a ngo 12:20, 24 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Haha, sometimes I get that senstation too :) (Just kidding) -- Tangot a ngo 12:27, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for your constructive comments on the Great Disappointment talk page. I really appreciate the outside view. -- Jeff3000 15:52, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for rewriting segregate (taxonomy)
I admit I didn't know what a segregate was before I encountered it while researching for another article. So input from a specialist was greatly needed! :) Flammifer 08:16, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Thank you. Probably there is more to be said on the topic. Brya 08:19, 9 May 2006 (UTC)

Split between Gundeshapur city and Academy
Both articles look OK. There is a lot of duplication between them, but I suppose it can't be helped. At least the organization is logical now :) Thank you for the work. Zora 09:37, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Already have an article
We have an article called Arabic name. You may want to take a look at that. Zora 20:43, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

Banu Musa
Hi there, I noticed you created Bana Musa brothers but I have to tell you that Banu Musa brothers (redirect) and Banu Musa already exist. I am pretty sure Banu Musa is the correct transliteration so I suggest changing Bana Musa brothers into a redirect. Green Giant 00:35, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

 * You are welcome. :) Green Giant 22:52, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

User:Futureobservatory
Hi Flammifer, I wanted to let you know that I posted about User:Futureobservatory on the Admin's noticeboard: Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard#User:Futureobservatory.27s_edits. --F a ng Aili 說嗎? 16:15, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

Mumia Abu-Jamal
Thanks for your comments and edits on this and associated articles. Anyway, cool name, brings up memories of Latin class and reading Cicero et al. :)  -- Deville (Talk) 14:46, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I'm glad as well. It started out that Steven Argue was adding stuff straight off of webpages, and I was reverting that and trying to get him to engage on the talk page. But for a while he wasn't saying anything, and I thought he was just going to ignore me.  But now that he has responded I think we can make this work.  And, anyway, for the record, "flamma" means flame (surprise!) in Latin, so your name is something like "carrier of the torch", which is solid. -- Deville (Talk) 16:13, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

Randomness
You had proposed last year to merge some random number articles. Not sure if the ones you suggested can be done, but there are others in the category. WikiProject Integration Cwolfsheep 19:50, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Help
Would you please help in writing this article ? Thanks.--Welondekaw11:06, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

RFC
Please see Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (Arabic). I noticed that you previously contributed to the discussions on Arabic. thanks. Cuñado  -  Talk  01:39, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

House of Wisdom
--ragesoss 18:06, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Article to be deleted
HELP. This article to be deleted in id.wiki. Can you help me to SAY KEEP in its Talk page, in Indonesia Wikipedia. I don't know why they don't appreciate Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, and Assembly. Thanks for your support. Mikhailov Kusserow (talk) 09:18, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Jehovah's Witnesses project
I have started a discussion regarding the content wikipedia has regarding the Jehovah's Witnesses at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Jehovah's Witnesses. Seeing that you are listed as a member of that project, I would appreciate any responses to the material there you would like to make. Thank you. John Carter (talk) 14:41, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Wikiproject for Ultima related topics created. Please join us.
Since you are a fan of the Ultima series, I thought I'd contact you ask if you were interested in our new WikiProject dedicated to improving all Ultima related articles on Wikipedia. If so, please sign up at WikiProject_Video_games/Ultima  D r e a m Focus  15:58, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

Wikipedia Campus Ambassador needed
Hi! My name is Annie Lin - I'm the Campus Team Coordinator at the Wikimedia Foundation. I'm contacting you because you're listed as a resident of San Francisco, and we're currently looking for a friendly Wikipedian to teach students in a University of San Francisco class how to use/edit Wikipedia. This is a role titled the "Wikipedia Campus Ambassador," and you'll basically be doing in-class presentations about Wikipedia, running Wikipedia labs/workshops, and in general providing face-to-face Wikipedia help for the professor and the students in the class. The time commitment is about 3-5 hours a week (with variations throughout the semester), and for this particular University of San Francisco class, most of the workload will be between March and May.

Please let me know if you're interested!

Thanks. Annie Lin (Campus Team Coordinator, Wikimedia Foundation) (talk) 19:09, 25 January 2011 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Cristiano Castelfranchi

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Hofstede (surname)

Hofstede is a Dutch toponymic surname. A hofstede is a farmhouse with its lands (i.e. a farm). Variant forms are Hofsté, Hofstee and Hofsteede. Notable people with the surname include:

 * Albert Hofstede (1940–2016), American politician
 * Arthur ter Hofstede (born 1966), Dutch computer scientist
 * Bernard Hofstede (born 1980), Dutch football midfielder
 * Bregje Hofstede (born 1988), Netherlands journalist
 * Cornelis Hofstede de Groot (1863–1930), Dutch art collector, art historian and museum curator
 * Geert Hofstede (1928–2020), Dutch organisational psychologist and anthropologist
 * Henk Hofstede (born 1951), Dutch pop rock singer and lyricist
 * Lennard Hofstede (born 1994), Dutch racing cyclist
 * Peter Hofstede (born 1967), Dutch football striker
 * Peter Hofstee (born 1962), Dutch physicist and computer scientist
 * Petrus Hofstede de Groot (1802–1886), Dutch theologian
 * Tim Hofstede (born 1989), Dutch football defender

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User talk:Klingon234

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