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User talk:Kevin Baas/Archive3

This is a matter between VV, Gz, and the mediators.
Please let us handle it. Thanks. [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (talk)]] 20:04, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I am not an "active contributor" to the George W. Bush article - in fact, I never want to see the damn thing again. Also, mediation requests are not about one particular user's actions. That is what the Arbitration Committee is for. [[User:Neutrality|Neutrality (talk)]] 20:17, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Source Information on 2000 Election page
All that source information now seems to apply to the Florida Voter File that has been spun off into its own article. Any chance you can delete/archive/generally clean up all that source information that's no longer needed? I'm going to try and condense the talk information to be only about things currently being discussed/disputed soon. Thanks! Rbsteffes 20:28, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Personal Attacks
I see you said this: "The allegations you made against Gzornenplatz on VV's talk page are completely unsubstantiated" on Neutrality's talk page. Hmmm, so I guess it is true that Neutrality sometimes cries "personal attack" when there is none.... 03:03, 4 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I don't know what you're referring to. If Bush, then stop reverting my edits. V V 00:49, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)

And I have explained to you my different perceptions of the claims of "consensus". Yes, Gz is also reverting. Now quit the posturing, it's just lame. V V 01:08, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * VV, regarding "versions of consensus". Yes, we clearly have a different understanding of what consensus means.  You think that consensus means your opinion, regardless of what anybody else thinks.  I think that consensus means each person's opinion is given equal weight.  It is clear that these two definitions are incompatible.  But perhaps Game theory might provide some insight. Kevin Baas | talk 17:27, 2004 Sep 6 (UTC)

Regarding VV
Let me butt in here >> Kevin Baas: I disagree with that you are saying to VV. I think there is an entrenched pro-Kerry cabal here which goes out of its' way to slander Bush and make editing difficult for those who don't toe the dem/liberal party line. My observations of the edits over at George W. Bush lead me to believe that VV has been under inordinate pressure to capitulate to this cabal and yet, in the face of that, he has kept of a high measure of good form. Frankly KB, I am appalled at your heavy handed lambasting of VV. I think you need to learn how to have more plyability (if not flexibility) in dealing with editors who you've targeted as being in a minority. 22:04, 6 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I do not characterize people as being pro- or anti-, rather I accept info from people from an unbiased critical perspective. Characterizing people, or communities, for that matter, as "cabals", and such conspiracy theoretic - thinking, distorts one's vision of reality, and obstructs one's ability to engage in civil and productive discussion, so I keep away from it as much as possible. I do not target anyone as a minority, I treat every person the same. If Gzornenplatz was conducting himself the same way as VV, I would treat him the same as VV. Kevin Baas | talk 23:56, 2004 Sep 6 (UTC)

 * Perhaps you don't make distinctions, and kudos to you if you are able to live viably without doing that. However, distinctions in and of themselves are not a problem. Rather, its adverse treatment, meted out solely on the basis of a pre-conceived distinctions (bias/bigotry) which is a problem among people. Personally, I feel there is a bias against certain conservative and/or Christian editor's viewpoints among some loose confederacies of editors here. I may be wrong, but that's how I've seen it so far. [[User:Rex071404|Rex071404 [[Image:Happyjoe.jpg]] ]] 02:06, 7 Sep 2004 (UTC)

VeryVerily
Do you have an explanation for why you keep reinstating VeryVerily's archived listing on Requests for comment? The page has not had any real activity for weeks, so the discussion is quite stale. I recognize that you still have a personal dispute with him, but I don't think there is anything to be gained from that listing at this time. I would suggest you try and work within the mediation process. --Michael Snow 06:05, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * I know that the dispute is still ongoing, but the RfC listing itself is stale. Other than Rex071404, who sided with VeryVerily, nobody new has joined that discussion in over a month. I still suggest you focus your attentions on the mediation process. --Michael Snow 16:46, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * The practice has generally been to archive listings when discussion has petered out. While in theory it might be nice to keep a listing as long as the dispute continues in some form, in case new input helps to resolve it, in practice too many people see the RfC listings merely as a sign that so-and-so is a problem user. This sometimes exacerbates the dispute and may even create new ones elsewhere. I think I understand your reasoning, and would happily operate that way in a world where people are less judgmental and have thicker skins, but I hope you also understand my reasons for deciding to archive the listing. --Michael Snow 17:35, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I am willing to mediate the dispute over George W. Bush -- Please Reply at RfM
I am willing to mediate the dispute over George W. Bush listed at Requests_for_mediation if I am an acceptable choice.

Please indicate if I am an acceptable choice. If not, please indicate specifically who would be, and we can begin.

Thanks, BCorr | Брайен 14:24, 8 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Anti-American sentiment
I strive for staying away from articles where VeryVerily is engaged. My experience is that he fights for his delusions with more jealousy than wit. This last attempt seemed initially a bit more successful, and I carried a hope that both of us should somehow have matured. Well... maybe not. I retract to my personal defence of disengagement.

But I did notice, not without a certain relief, that you and others found at least some of my proposed wordings worth to put back again.

(See also: Requests for adminship)

regards! --Ruhrjung 19:34, 2004 Sep 8 (UTC)

Rex
Thanks for calling my attention to the RfC. I was in the process of writing up the incident for submission as evidence in the pending ArbCom proceeding against Rex.

I've tried to be tolerant with him. Now I've completely had it. He's currently under a temporary block from editing three specific Kerry-related pages. Not enough. He should be permanently hard-banned, just expelled completely from the project. I realize that getting to that point will require huge additional amounts of wasted time in pursuing the matter. Not pursuing it will result in huge additional amounts of wasted time dealing with Rex. What a situation. The RfC? Nice idea, but I predict it will have zero effect on Rex's conduct. Frankly, I don't know what to do. JamesMLane 21:12, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * You could try treating me like a person, instead of slug. You could try asking and understanding why I sometimes take issue with the JML/Neutrality/KB cabal. [[User:Rex071404|Rex071404 [[Image:Happyjoe.jpg]] ]] 21:25, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * Kevin, FWIW, I've added this incident to the evidence in the ArbCom proceeding: . I've also added my support to the RfC. JamesMLane 22:26, 9 Sep 2004 (UTC)

My talk page policy
a.k.a.

My talk page of today
(my dialog is copied from Rex's talk & indented)
 * I thought you might be interested in knowing my talk page policy, it's pretty simple: append only. I've had personal insults and so forth on my talk page.  I leave them there.  They ultimately harm the other person's reputation more than mine.  I have found this policy to work out fine. Kevin Baas | talk 03:48, 2004 Sep 10 (UTC)

You do know that I deleted those (subject now of RfC) comments from my talk page 1st today and only modified them into increasingly worse taunts when others kept reverting me on my own talk page, yes? If you read the page history and the edits, you will see this quite plainly. And while my actions there today are regrettable, I am really tired of Neutrality butting in on me and being snide to me. He knows the tense state of the dynamic between us and in that context, he was totally off base to be putting snide comments on my talk page and then also restoring them after deletion. What do you say about that? 03:53, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * I'm not fully aware of the dynamic between you and N., but I believe you that it's tense. I see how "uhh.. ok" feels snide.  It's certainly not very communicative.  What I think he meant to say is that he feels the actions Pritcha was describing were not against policy or ettiquete, and were not unethical, and the conclusion that he draws is not logically substantiated by them.  In other words, he sees Pritcha's comment as a stretch to disrepute him, with little rhetorical potency.  He does not appreciate that - he percieves it as hostile.  So in response, he meant to say all this, though he did in a somewhat sarcastic tone, showing that he didn't feel he needed to defend himself because he didn't feel that Pritcha's comments would affect a critical mind.  Yet he drew attention to his concerns - he was a putting up a little watch flag, just in case.  I think his response was meant to be defensive, but I understand how it was irritating.

 * We restored the comments because we believe that everyone has a right to be heard clearly, and represented fairly. Kevin Baas | talk 04:13, 2004 Sep 10 (UTC)

Then in light of that, consider what went through my mind when I saw those comments restored again and again. I felt that I was being subjected to tag-team harrasment 04:16, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * Considering this, I can understand how you would feel that way. I'm sorry you felt harrased, it was not my intention to harrass you.  Also, I assure you that I operated independantly and without bias.  I would do the same for you as I did for N.  It's just my policy; my version of justice - "everyone has a right to be heard clearly, and represented fairly".  It was not directed at your person, but at the specific actions taken. Kevin Baas | talk 04:30, 2004 Sep 10 (UTC)

 * And might I add that I find Nysus' recent comment on TfT belittling, and think that he should have been more considerate. Kevin Baas | talk 04:33, 2004 Sep 10 (UTC)

I accept your apologies. I will be less quick to "draw swords" on you in the future.

 * Thanks. So will I. Kevin Baas | talk 04:36, 2004 Sep 10 (UTC)

Better apology
Here 19:05, 10 Sep 2004 (UTC)

I would like taht you show me exactly where that supposed new policy is, because I cannot find it. I believe it would be a major change in policy, given that it would mean that sysops could from now on protect their favorite version; before, protecting sysops had to be neutral and avoid being involved in the conflict. If this has so drastically changed, I would like to see the policy proper and find how this was decided and for which benefits compared to neutrality. I do not think a COP should take sides in a conflict. SweetLittleFluffyThing

Alert Re: Central Voter File
Someone has messed with this: "Florida Central Voting File" The talk history is gone and the page has been moved. 06:00, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Further explanation
here 20:06, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Your (2) TfT polls of the editors answers
Please review your (2) answers to anti-Rex polls here. From my vantage point, your answers conflict. I'd be interested to know what your current views are on this. 17:23, 12 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Arbitration
Thanks for your statement of support. In terms of the "feelings" issue, I have told the ArbCom that the proposed finding of fact "is not even close to a correct statement of what I, as one of the complaining witnesses, felt (or feel)." (Wikipedia talk:Requests for arbitration/Rex071404/Proposed decision). One concern I have is that I may have gone into too much detail about specific edits (Kerry crewmembers, Nicaragua), so that such basic points get buried. Nevertheless, I felt that the only way to counter the generalized accusation of POV editing was to examine specific edits. JamesMLane 21:22, 13 Sep 2004 (UTC)

a separate page for the crisis in German-American relations?
I just restored the latest version of anti-American sentiment after the "usual" revertion by VV, including a removal of the category:persecution that imho really wasn't fitting. I guess no-one is happy with the state of that article, and that this has proved an unexpected test of Wikipedia's NPOV dogm. To me it seems as the part on Germany under the heading American arrogance might fit equally well under some other headings, and I'm not sure if this is the preferable location, neither if the length of the text is proportionate to its importance. Maybe a separate page on this crisis in the German-American relations would be a good idea? /Tuomas 06:50, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Accepted. Though I do hope you've looked at the evidence objectively before endorsing. None of those so far signing have a "spotless" record. -- Netoholic @ 18:12, 2004 Sep 17 (UTC)

 * Re: your question to Rex about a page name. Check 'my contributions' at the top of your screen to see what you have edited. The page name you want should be there. Wolfman 18:18, 18 Sep 2004 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Central_Voting_File

19:53, 18 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Current Events
Do you really think that the Current Events page is appropriate for large articles with in-depth quotes which can just as easily be found in the articles they're linked to? RickK 18:17, Sep 19, 2004 (UTC)

 * No. I don't think that. Kevin Baas | talk 18:20, 2004 Sep 19 (UTC)

 * That's how I read your comment on User:Mateo SA's Talk page. Please see Talk:Current events.

 * I don't know how you got "large articles with in-depth quotes which can just as easily be found in the articles they're linked to" out of "a brief paragraph". Kevin Baas | talk 18:37, 2004 Sep 19 (UTC)

Mateo SA insisted on including this item on the Current events page:
 * U.S. presidential election: At a campaign stop in Hamilton, New Jersey, a heckler is arrested after disrupting a speech by First Lady Laura Bush. Sue Niederer, the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq in February, is charged with defiant trespassing. Niederer describes the arrest as a violation of her right to freedom of speech, claiming she had a ticket to the event. One Republican Party volunteer describes how volunteers like her had been trained to deal with such disruptions, saying that "if anybody acts up, I just start chanting, 'Four more years!'" (CNN.com) (CBS News)

I twice deleted the last two sentences, and he restored them twice, claiming that I was censoring him. I then wrote on his Talk page what I wrote, which you objected to. Please tell me how else I am supposed to interpret what you wrote. RickK 18:41, Sep 19, 2004 (UTC)

 * Independently of percieved infractions by others, firstly. For a fuller explanation of my position on the matter, see my post on Talk:Current events. Kevin Baas | talk 19:23, 2004 Sep 19 (UTC)

 * I only restored the sentences that RickK deleted once; a previous deletion of the entire article was reverted by Cyprus2k1. I should note that in restoring the deletion, I was in part reacting to RickK's assertion that the sentences were "POV"; I don't see any bias in those sentences, as they simply reported events that had taken place (and in the case of the Republican volunteer, were bragged about). Mateo SA 23:35, Sep 20, 2004 (UTC)

VV edit war
I'm curious about the reversion back & forth about Bush popularity. The only significant difference I see between the versions is in the first sentence -- significantly v generally, & compared to Kerry. Are there other substantive disagreements that I'm missing here? Wolfman 14:52, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * Just to clarify, I'm aware that this is a long standing issue. I'm also aware that VV is quite insistent on his version, contrary to popular taste.  But what I'm trying to nail down is the substantive difference between the versions.  It seemed to me like a lot of the differences are pretty trivial, with the real action being in the first sentence.  It's hard to keep track of every point in the diffs, since things are re-arranged.  But, it seems like every point in your version is also in VV's.  I'm mostly asking if that's true, or am I missing something? I read the links you provided, but am still unsure of the answer.  Thanks. Wolfman 16:00, 20 Sep 2004 (UTC)

KB, this comment of yours: "I am more obstinate than VV" is not something to brag about. Also, your application of this: "No one will get their way by force in this forum" is flawed. The editors who oppose VV at George W. Bush are in fact refusing to accomodate his views at all. In taking that passive aggressive stance against him, they are not engaging in Consensus decision making with him. The entrenched editors are indeed getting their way by force. It's a passive agressive force, but it is force nonetheless. In fact, the very word "obstinate" with which you describe yourself does indeed connote a meaning of an unmovable posture. Looking at the laws of thermodynamics, it's clear that you must have tremendous inertia in order to remain so unmoveable. Hopefully you won't try to deny that intertia is a passive force. It is indeed, if it were not, no force would be rquired to overcome it. My observations lead me to believe that you are more interested in defeating VV than reaching agreement with him. This approach, coming from someone as smart as you are, really surprises me. 20:53, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * Let me say this, then: each bit of information will have one bit of representation, each unit of force will have one unit of effect, and each person will have one voice. Consensus is reached when these principles are understood by all of the users.

 * I will match each unit of force by an equal unit of force, so that there is balance. I don't see how anyone should expect any different.  If they behave a certain way, why shouldn't others behave the same way?  What if all people behaved a certain way?  Tit-for-tat.  When I said I am more obstinate than VV, I did not mean that I am more obstinate in preferring a specific version, rather I meant that I am more obstinate in enforcing rules of conduct that are functional and conducive than VV is in trying to get his way all of the time, without cooperative discussion or regard for reasoned objection, which is neither functional or conducive. Kevin Baas | talk 22:19, 2004 Sep 21 (UTC)

Properly understood and implimented, consensus editing would entail the majority understanding and subsuming the views of the minority. Anything else is merely mob rule with perfume on it. KB, what you have described to me is a "tit-for-tat" system, not a consensus building one. 22:31, 21 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * True, when I was discussing how I enforce policy (majority understanding and incorporating the views of the minority), I was describing a tit-for-tat system. It has been shown, mathematically, to be the most effective system.  I hope it will become clear to VV soon, that, on this page at least, if not the other pages that he is engaged in revert wars on, his policy of no mutually receptive discussion, but indefinite reversion to get his way, does not, and will never, work.  His conduct does not lead to majority understanding and incorporating the views of the minority, it leads to absolute dictatorship, and the total frustration of other contributions.  Unlike many of the editors on this page, I am not frustrated, and I will not learn to tolerate this disruptive behavior.  Kevin Baas | talk 22:46, 2004 Sep 21 (UTC)

But you miss the larger point: Follow my logic here; If VV's edits were "correct" according to the group, they would not be opposed. It's only his edits which are wrong according to the group, which are opposed. This is precisely why the group itself is wrong. By failing to interpolate VV's ideas into the master version, the group is not appreciating and allowing for the presence of minority views. Only allowing those edits which the majority approves of, is mob rule. Consensus editing means looking for ways to include not finding votes to exclude minority views. I am simply amazed that you insist on fighting over one word such as "significantly vs. generally". Who cares if VV is "wrong". Neither one of these words should really matter. Unless of course the majority is indeed pushing a POV and needs a particular word to make its exact point. KB, I know I am right on this and I don't have a dog in the fight on this article. You really should stretch your mind here and try to hear what I am saying. 00:53, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * Your "logic" is certainly not Aristotelian or propositional logic: Your assertion that you are inherently "right" is inconsistent with your assertion that other people are inherently "wrong": nobody can be right if everybody is wrong. That is logic.  As to consensus: To me, incorporating the views of the minority means being receptive to eachother.  VV is not being receptive to others.  I have been receptive to VV where opportunities were presented, and I have certainly been receptive to others, including, as I hope you'll concede, you.  (for example, the recent ordeal with RFA)  To me, building consensus does not mean that the minority rules the majority (or vice versa), it means being receptive to each other.  Incorporating the views of the minority means not acquiring hubris; not reasoning that the minority is wrong simply because they are the minority - this does not logically follow - and protecting oneself from developing such a prejudice.  This prevents self-reinforcement of the wills and beliefs of the majority, i.e. mob rule, which I am as opposed to as you.  But I do not believe, as you seem to have expressed that you believe, that the majority is inherently "wrong" and that the minority is inherently "right", or even that you, as you suppose, are inherently "right", anymore than I believe that I am inherently "right", which I don't.  This is logical: it remains consistent when you apply it from the point of view of another person, or indeed, every person.  Kevin Baas | talk 01:32, 2004 Sep 22 (UTC)

KB: It's true that my system of logic is simplistic compared to yours. It's more like "Paper, Scissors, Rock". Rock always crushes scissors, etc. In other words, the group mandate to subsume the sincerely offered edits of the minority is always present. If you are not doing this, you are "wrong". And if I am telling you that you should, I am "right". Please don't read too deeply into this. I am only pointing out that the current majority at George W. Bush is failing in their always present duty to interpolate the opposing views where possible. Frankly, you have no idea if VV is daft or what - so why you oppose his edits based on how he offers them (unilaterally) rather than what the edit is, baffles me. If it's just a word that doesn't matter - let it go - because it obviously matters to him. In fact, were you to let him get his way sometimes, you'd have a stronger justification to oppose those unilateral edits he might make which you can't stand. At it is now, the majority and VV are at loggerheads and that's dumb. Take a cue from the mocking anon IP tweak against me below and go see how I reached consensus with the editorial crew over at Lawrence v. Texas. Of course, I still had to fight with Neutrality there, but he's the one who chose that path, not me or the others. Rock always crushes scissors. Editors always have a duty to try to let the other guy get his view in too. If you are not doing that, it's not Consensus decision making - it's mob rule or fratricide. And neither of those are "right". 04:00, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * Rex: "I am simply amazed that you insist on fighting over one word" (see also, Talk:Lawrence v. Texas & hypocrisy) (this comment left anonymously by 68.6.82.11)

 * There are two things that I have been trying to make clear, that apparently have not yet been made clear:
 * My contention is not over wording, or content at all, for that matter, but process, i.e. conduct.
 * Judging each user independantly only on the basis of their process and conduct, without regard to "majorities" or "minorities" - as I strongly feel is the proper way to judge them - I think that the evidence would show, to an impartial observer, that I have worked more towards Consensus decision making than VV, by any reasonable measure that is irrespective of the distributions of opinion or the opinions themselves, as such measures should be. Kevin Baas | talk 17:07, 2004 Sep 22 (UTC)

 * Such a view presumes that everyone involved has "good" manners. This is a faulty presumption. This is why you ought to also look at the edits themselves - in order to bypass disputes about who's "misbehaving" whenever posible. [[User:Rex071404|Rex071404 [[Image:Happyjoe.jpg]] ]] 17:38, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * I reserve the right to be concerned about a person's behavior more than content, as their long term behavior has an affect on an indefinite amount of content. The functionality of this encyclopedia depends solely on the behavior of it's contributors.  Kevin Baas | talk 21:07, 2004 Sep 25 (UTC)

 * What you say is true and that's precisely why those who can devise a resolution to a stand-off should. If you have the greater capacity to resolve disputes (owing to a less problematic system of behavior) then you ought to do all you can to utilize your superior abilities - and work towards creative solutions. [[User:Rex071404|Rex071404 [[Image:Happyjoe.jpg]] ]] 21:53, 25 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * True, and clearly expressed. Complex problems require creative solutions.  I think me and VV are finally making some progress, not absent the aid of creativity.  And I am now implenting a new strategy of straightforward, if somewhat excessively specific and detailed, assertively confontational dialogue. (an example of which can be seen on the popular GWB talk page) I hope that this is more effective at resolving disputes while at the same time encouraging more conducive behavior.  Thank you for your pleasent dialogue and your helpful advice. Kevin Baas | talk 23:50, 2004 Sep 25 (UTC)

FYI to anon IP (68.6.82.11): I didn't start the revert war at Lawrence v. Texas, Neutrality did. I was only defending my edit. Those who keep reverting VV's edits at George W. Bush are doing the same to him as Neutrality did to me - revert unilaterally. More so, Neutrality did not even dialog, but I did. And, there was no "majority" supporting Neutrality's actions against me. Neutrality vs. me is a consequence of him pursuing a personal animus against me across several articles. The VV issue is a matter of a group ganging up on VV. Therefore, please look more carefully and you will see that the issues are not the same. This is especially true because the two words in the battle at GWB have no editorial distinction to speak of. The words in dispute between me and Neutrality were radically different. Also, through dialog and flexiblity with other editors, I was able to reach group agreement and resolved the editing issue. The GWB people vs. VV have been unable to do that. 03:46, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

 * 68.6.82.11 here -- why do you say KB reverted VV, rather than VV reverted KB? 68.6.82.11 05:08, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

68.6.82.11, unless you've been following this in detail as I have, you would not understand. Suffice it to say, the typical pattern is that VV makes a non-agreed-upon edit, the others revert him and a revert war results. 17:40, 22 Sep 2004 (UTC)

CyborgTosser
Hi,

I'm not sure if you've ever visited the Request for adminship page, but users can vote on which users get to be admins.

One vote going on now is Requests for adminship/CyborgTosser. I opposed his adminship because he doesn't have as many edits as most people need before getting to be admin (and much of them are things like 150+ edits of his own user page). But more importantly, I haven't seen him interacting much, and certainly have not seen him try to resolve something contentious like a Israel/Palestine page or something like that. Anyhow, if you're interested, give it a look. Ruy Lopez 19:25, 21 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Mistake on popular vote2.gif, Kerry Won Washington State
Hey thanks for the images over on the election pages but I believe kerry won washington state so it should be either some shade of blue or white, right?

Zen Master 05:27, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC)

US Election issues
Do you and maybe a couple of others working on this article want to meet on say wiki IRC, to discuss it, so we can try and mutually agree a consensus on its progress? FT2 00:19, Nov 11, 2004 (UTC)

OK, short answer. go to (I use this one because I know it works and the Java code is good). Get onto that IRC network anyhow you can. When you are connected, typing in the command: /server  irc.freenode.net will zap you over to wikipedia's IRC, the command /nick  Kevin_bass will fix the nick, and the command /join  #wikipedia will join the channel.

Pennsylvania prof's analysis
That link is already included in the external links section at the bottom, perhaps we should create an "Independent Analysis" section on the page somewhere? I increasingly don't like the "list of complaints" section, we should move all that stuff to the relevant sub sections. Zen Master 20:05, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Netoholic's comment
I restored the comment because I thought that, although it was unnecessarily sharp, it wasn't so bad as to call for deletion. Obviously, this is a judgment call. I'll admit my bias is generally in favor of inclusion. In my experience, it's often a choice between letting a comment sit there, as evidence of the caliber of its author's participation, or removing it, and letting the author turn the focus to "censorship" instead of to the original comment.

After putting up with Rex for all these months, though, I certainly understand your feeling about having to waste time on nonsubstantive matters. JamesMLane 20:30, 12 Nov 2004 (UTC)

2004 Election Data
Are you the guy with archived CNN exit poll data?

I analyzed the Slate data to figure out which states (of 19) had the most significant variation. I'd really like to see (or do) the same analysis on all 49 exit poll states... See dnamining.com/exit

Bill Bruno

 * Here's my excel file. There's also an excel file on Ohio there.  I can email these, too, if need be. Kevin Baas | talk 17:08, 2004 Nov 15 (UTC)

Thanks for the comment - more sources on the way! -- RyanFreisling @ 20:07, 16 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Temporary injunction
Gzornenplatz, Kevin Baas, Shorne, and VeryVerily are banned from reverting any article more than twice in one 24 hour period whilst Arbitration is on-going. Sysops are hereby authorised to enact 24 blocks for violations of this.

See Requests for arbitration/Gzornenplatz, Kevin Baas, Shorne, VeryVerily. --mav 11:47, 15 Nov 2004 (UTC)

/temp

reply
A scattergraph with X axis showing 100-0 on the left, 50/50 middle and 0-100 right, and Y axis showing % growth +/- in voting ration would be intersting FT2 00:41, Nov 30, 2004 (UTC)

The 1st graoph is the important one Not the 2nd. the 1st is clearer to me, and the 2nd redundant To make it strike home, add 2 tags "More republican counties" at the left and "more democrat counties" at the right

Summary Graphic from the Globe
Oh Map-Meister, would you create a summary graphic akin to the Boston Globe graphic,based similarly on EIDS and the Presidential Election Atlas?

image:BostonGlobe-04ElectionIssues.gif

You would rock, I think it really helps set the context for the article, and we'd avoid more Neto-esque sniping and poaching. -- RyanFreisling @ 18:00, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * Lovely. Thanks! See my talk page for comments. -- RyanFreisling @ 21:32, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC) Indeed. Super-lovely! -- RyanFreisling @ 22:14, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Data mining for 2004 election
Want to look at this link?

Or similar links, and see what comes up in Groups, News or Web? I dont have time the next week to review these, I'm kinda hoping you will be able to instead :) FT2 21:33, Dec 4, 2004 (UTC)

Sorry I missed you. I meant - here is a search with some interesting articles. Skim trhough them, see if any catch your eye, is all. FT2 01:32, Dec 5, 2004 (UTC)

irc chat
i'm down, i'm actually at my girlfriend's house now so I may be around tommorow if you're not on right now. --kizzle 23:15, Dec 4, 2004 (UTC)

Image:Cuyahoga.png
Thanks for uploading Image:Cuyahoga.png. I notice it currently doesn't have an image copyright tag. Could you add one to let us know its copyright status? (You can use if you release it under the GFDL, or  if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks so much,   – Quadell (talk) (help)   01:20, Dec 6, 2004 (UTC)

Think before you type.
Here, I'll make this as simple as possible for you: I did not make any allegations against any other user. I said the last VfD was bloated with invalid votes and this gave some people the impression that it was "overwhelming" when it wasn't (particularly since some people don't seem to take into account "merge and redirect" votes). Do not come onto my talk page screaming at me and telling me I'm "wrong" when I haven't done anything! Do not call me a liar and a slanderer when I have not lied or slandered anybody! You do not have that right. You, your actions, and your words are WRONG. They are simple WRONG. How does that feel? Not so good? Didn't think so. Reene✎ 00:58, Dec 7, 2004 (UTC)

 * You have made allegations against the people who, according to you, were given the impression that it was "overwhelming" because of invalid votes, and now also merge or redirect votes. The allegations being that their impressions were formed in the manner that you accord to them.

 * You have also made numerous allegations against all of the contributors to the articles, as well as allegations against specific contributors, and non-contributors. Perhaps you are not aware of them.

 * It shouldn't feel good when you doing something wrong. It doesn't feel good to be lied about and/or slandered.  It shouldn't feel good to slander someone, though unfortunately it often does, and therefore people do it. Kevin Baas | talk 01:10, 2004 Dec 7 (UTC)

 * Oh, as you can probably tell, I've removed your comments from my talk page as well. Your comments were even more inflammatory than zen master's. At least he knows when to drop it and how to conduct himself in a relatively appropriate manner. Reene✎ 00:59, Dec 7, 2004 (UTC)

 * you (Reene) claimed the vote was not overwhelming because of "invalid" user's votes meaning it was not an "overwhelming" vote to keep during the first VfD. I believe the vote record indicates there were 61+ "valid" user's that voted keep and 6 that voted delete, 10 to 1 in my mind is "overwhelming", you can disagree as always.  I think some leeway should be given to Kevin baas being new to the way you (Reene) make claims, move on, and then outlandishly label all evidence that completely dubunks your claims as "personal attacks".  But again, I consider the matter dropped without resolution.  zen master 01:05, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Actually, saying something like "If you do not, then you are lying and slandering a person, and that is WRONG. Do you hear me? It is just plain WRONG." (excessive use of bold and italics removed) is not merely "asserting". It's being quite aggressive and extremely rude as these comments were based upon absoloutely nothing. Ta Bu made a (what I felt to be) misleading statement on a VfD page; I responded to it (and notice that he's not throwing a fit about my response to his statement, possibly because he (rightly) feels that each and every person deserves a fair say without being harassed). I made no accusations against anybody. Do you hear me? Absoloutely none, zilch, zero. Both you and zen seem to have some huge problem with me though, perhaps because I don't share your POVs and perhaps because I've made it quite clear to zen that I have no interest in speaking to him (since you two seem to be friends or at the very least willing to back eachother up). That said I'd like you to stop posting on my talk page now. Your only interest seems to be to attempt to badger me into doing something and that is not something I will allow you to do. Goodbye. Do not comment on my talk page again on this issue. You've said enough and so have I. Reene✎ 09:00, Dec 7, 2004 (UTC)

 * I've told you that I do not make demands. I likewise do not take them.  I share feelings and explanations, and respect other people's feelings and ask that mine respected as well.  I have also told you that I am soon to stop talking with you, as it seems to be futile.  It is now clearly so.  As you can see (if you have checked back here), I posted my reply here and not your talk page, so as not to upset you further, as I can see that you are already very upset.  I agree that we have both said enough.  I will refrain from reiterating once more.  You are welcome to discuss things with me on my talk page as much as you like. Kevin Baas | talk 09:33, 2004 Dec 7 (UTC)

Reputation exactly (Reene)
But again, she doesn't have to do anything. Just look at the other, non recent, outlandish and undefended comments she has made on my user talk page. I am use to her making unsupported claims and then moving on. I do consider the matter dropped without resolution, but now more people know to be on the lookout for unsupported claims by User:Reene. zen master 00:58, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Clint affidavit sketchy?
You really think the programmer Clint's affidavit and story checks out? I am skeptical, if he testifies at the hearing today or tomorrow then ok. zen master 17:00, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

ExplorerCDT
Thanks for signing my RfC on ExplorerCDT. Would it be correct to say that your only post on his talk page was to post the URL of the Arbitration request, and that prior to this you didn't approach him directly? If so I think you should move your signature to the "Users who endorse" section rather than the "certify" section, otherwise add your evidence of trying and failing to resolve the dispute (short of the arbitration request, which is normally considered the last step) to the appropriate section. I want to do this right. Thanks again. --[[User:Tony Sidaway|Tony Sidaway|Talk]] 17:20, 7 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Personal attacks
Your response on the NPOV tag of the elections controversies page was rude and uncalled for, and contained no argument against what I had stated. Please try to keep your emotions in check and respond to criticism with well thought out responses. It is exactly that kind of action which demonstrates the reason why that article need a NPOV tag. DreamGuy 22:28, Dec 8, 2004 (UTC)

 * (from [Talk:2004_U.S._presidential_election_controversy_and_irregularities]:) I want to make you think about it, instead of telling you the answer, because it is more pedagogical. The problematic phrase is: "votes were reported as problematic". Kevin Baas | talk 22:39, 2004 Dec 8 (UTC)

 * You construe that as a personal attack? I was making an objective statement, that applies to anyone equally.  I would not consider it a personal attack if you did the same to me, I would consider it a logical fact that is indisputable.  The point of making the statement was to draw a critical focus onto a certain part of your comment.  I intentionally refrained from making an argument against what you said, so that you could re-consider it yourself.  I ask you to keep your emotions in check and respond to criticism with well thought out responses.  Regarding NPOV tag and action, I do not see any logical connection. Kevin Baas | talk 22:48, 2004 Dec 8 (UTC)

US election map
Red/blue map used in main election article, is this any use in the controversy article?

Article Licensing
Hi, I've started a drive to get users to multi-license all of their contributions that they've made to either (1) all U.S. state, county, and city articles or (2) all articles, using the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike (CC-by-sa) v1.0 and v2.0 Licenses or into the public domain if they prefer. The CC-by-sa license is a true free documentation license that is similar to Wikipedia's license, the GFDL, but it allows other projects, such as WikiTravel, to use our articles. Since you are among the top 2000 Wikipedians by edits, I was wondering if you would be willing to multi-license all of your contributions or at minimum those on the geographic articles. Over 90% of people asked have agreed. For More Information:
 * Multi-Licensing FAQ - Lots of questions answered
 * Multi-Licensing Guide
 * Free the Rambot Articles Project

To allow us to track those users who muli-license their contributions, many users copy and paste the " " template into their user page, but there are other options at Template messages/User namespace. The following examples could also copied and pasted into your user page:

 * Option 1
 * I agree to multi-license all my contributions, with the exception of my user pages, as described below:

OR
 * Option 2
 * I agree to multi-license all my contributions to any U.S. state, county, or city article as described below:

Or if you wanted to place your work into the public domain, you could replace " " with "  ". If you only prefer using the GFDL, I would like to know that too. Please let me know what you think at my talk page. It's important to know either way so no one keeps asking. -- Ram-Man (comment| talk)

 * You heard correctly that the GFDL 2.0 may become closer to the CC-by-sa license. The details of this need to be hashed out with the FSF, so we'll have to wait and see.  Nevertheless, the issue of dual-licensing can still matter even with an improved GFDL 2.0, because I am not trying to change Wikipedia's license, but instead trying to make Wikipedia content available under more than one license, specifically for usage with WikiTravel and other CC-by-sa projects.  So don't consider my request to be an attack on the GFDL per se, just that I need your permission for additional use outside of Wikipedia.    – Ram-Man (comment) (talk)   19:46, Dec 13, 2004 (UTC)

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G'day mate
Just a quick question: what's the source of Image:2004 us per 1000004.png? And the copyright? - Ta bu shi da yu 12:15, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * I thought so, but just wanted to check :) Excellent work on the election article, incidently. With a bit more cleanup I reckon it'll be perfect! - Ta bu shi da yu 20:13, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Four more years
Mwhahahahaha!
 * Isn't it past your curfew? Kevin Baas | talk 00:18, 2004 Dec 14 (UTC)

 * What a douchebag. 5 bucks says he's a 30-year-old virgin living with his mom. --kizzle 10:49, Dec 14, 2004 (UTC)

Little Present
Since you haven't been able to chew on some hard stats for a while, check out Florida's recent inspection, and the interesting mathematical patterns in the deltas: report DU discussion -- RyanFreisling @ 07:02, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

And this

Redundant image uploads
Instead of uploading images like Ohio_recount3.jpg, Ohio_recount4.jpg, etc., you may want to consider reuploading under the same name - this lets people easily see the image's history without having to guess at the names of previous revisions, keeps the namespace clear of numerous orphaned images, and obviates the need to edit any pages that link to it. --Korath会話 01:20, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Ohio recount status map
Bravo! -- RyanFreisling @ 23:20, 17 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Good confirmation site for recount info
If you haven't already, check the Cobb site. They have the election recount reports there.-- RyanFreisling @ 01:26, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Page-move vandalism
Kevin: thanks for your attempt to correct the vandalism at U.S. presidential election, 2004. However, please be aware that copy-and-paste is not the proper way to correct such problems. It is imperative that the page history be preserved, so you could simply have moved the page back where it belonged, rather than pasting the content and making a redirect. It was all sorted out in the end, but there is still a problem by which the page history was duplicated. Please be more cautious in the future. Rdsmith4— Dan | Talk 03:04, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Page move fixing.
When undoing a page move, please do not cut and paste the article. This leaves the history behind. You should instead use the move function to move it back to the original location. This will work provided the redirect created by the first move has not been edited. -- Cyrius|✎ 03:05, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * All logged-in users can move pages. An administrator is only needed if there's something in the way. As for Cologne Blue, the move option is on the left in the "Edit" section. -- Cyrius|✎ 03:37, 19 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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F. Ross Johnson

Frederick Ross Johnson, OC (December 13, 1931 – December 29, 2016) was a Canadian businessman, best known as the chief executive officer of RJR Nabisco in the 1980s.

Early life and education
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, on December 13, 1931, into a lower-middle-class family, Johnson used a military cadet scholarship program to attend the University of Manitoba, where he graduated in 1952 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree and was President of the fraternity Phi Delta Theta. He went on to earn an MBA from the University of Toronto in 1956.

Career
Johnson first worked as an accountant for General Electric in Montreal and as a vice-president of merchandising for the T. Eaton Company before being named president of Standard Brands Ltd.

Johnson negotiated a merger between Standard Brands and Nabisco with Nabisco CEO Bob Schaeberle in 1981. Soon after, Schaeberle left Nabisco, and Johnson took the helm, replacing many Nabisco executives with ones from Standard Brands. After growing restlessness, he went into talks that led to the Nabisco-RJ Reynolds merger in 1985. He was soon appointed president and CEO of RJR Nabisco. Johnson appeared on the December 5, 1988, cover of Time magazine under the headline "A Game of Greed". After dismal stock performance following the 1987 stock market crash, Johnson decided to put the company in play. Originally, he planned to execute a management-led leveraged buyout with Shearson Lehman Hutton. Events quickly escalated into a takeover contest.

He was extensively profiled in the book Barbarians at the Gate: The Fall of RJR Nabisco by Wall Street Journal columnists Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, and in the movie of the same name made for HBO. In the film, Johnson was portrayed by James Garner.

Following the RJR Nabisco takeover by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. led by Henry Kravis, Johnson started his own private investment company, RJM Group, Inc., based in Atlanta, Georgia. Until he resigned in March 2009, he was chairman of AuthentiDate Holding Corp., a United States publicly traded company. He served on the board of directors of several companies including Bentley Pharmaceuticals. Johnson also served on the advisory board of Power Corporation of Canada.

Personal life
Johnson maintained homes in La Jolla, California and Jupiter, Florida.

He was made a trustee of Duke University and served on the advisory councils of several universities. The Distinguished Visitors Program at the University of Toronto Centre for the Study of the United States was endowed by Johnson in 2001.

Death
Johnson died on December 29, 2016, at his home in Jupiter, Florida, seventeen days after his 85th birthday from pneumonia.

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El Monte

El Monte (Spanish for "the Mountain", also in archaic Spanish for "the wood") may refer to:

 * El Monte, California, United States, a city
 * El Monte, Chile, a city

title: El Monte


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Anacrusix

Anacrusix was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was DELETE

Non-notability, thy name is Anacrusix. Unsigned band that might or might not release a number of singles at some unspecified time in the future -- Ferkelparade π 17:17, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * "Wyld Horizon," eh?  Someone's been watching too many reruns of "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure!"  Delete as totally unnotable. - Lucky 6.9 21:38, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Del. Whole one google hit! Wow! --Wikimol 23:27, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete, so where's the music? Wyss 23:49, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable group which has not released any songs.  [[User:GRider|GRider\talk]] 17:24, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Comment: User:195.92.168.174 has been blanking this page, removing vfd tags, and commiting other acts of vandalism. This should be looked into.  [[User:GRider|GRider\talk]] 17:25, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Another one from the Garage Band Gremlin? Delete. Alphax (talk) 05:15, Dec 22, 2004 (UTC)

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Christopher Hampton

Sir Christopher James Hampton (Horta, Azores, 26 January 1946) is a British playwright, screenwriter, translator and film director. He is best known for his play Les Liaisons Dangereuses based on the novel of the same name and the film adaptation. He has thrice received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay: for Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Atonement (2007) and The Father (2020); winning for the former and latter.

Hampton is also known for his work in the theatre including Les Liaisons Dangereuses, and The Philanthropist. He also translated the plays The Seagull (2008), God of Carnage (2009), The Father (2016), and The Height of the Storm (2019). He also wrote the books and lyrics for musical Sunset Boulevard (1995). He received two Tony Awards for Book of a Musical and Best Original Score.

Early life and theatrical debut
Hampton was born in Faial, Azores, to British parents Dorothy Patience (née Herrington) and Bernard Patrick Hampton, a marine telecommunications engineer for Cable & Wireless. His father's job led the family to settle in Aden, Yemen, and Cairo and Alexandria in Egypt, and later in Hong Kong and Zanzibar. During the Suez Crisis in 1956, the family had to flee Egypt under cover of darkness, leaving their possessions behind.

After a prep school at Reigate in Surrey, Hampton attended the independent boarding school Lancing College near the village of Lancing in West Sussex at the age of 13. There he won house colours for boxing and distinguished himself as a sergeant in the Combined Cadet Force (CCF). Among his contemporaries at Lancing was David Hare, later also a dramatist; poet Harry Guest was a teacher.

From 1964, Hampton read German and French at New College, Oxford, as a Sacher Scholar. He graduated with a starred First Class Degree in 1968.

Hampton became involved in the theatre while at Oxford University. The Oxford University Dramatic Society (OUDS) performed his original play When Did You Last See My Mother?, about adolescent homosexuality. He drew from his own experiences at Lancing. Hampton sent the work to the play agent Peggy Ramsay, who interested William Gaskill in it. The play was performed at the Royal Court Theatre in London, and soon transferred to the Comedy Theatre; in 1966, Hampton was the youngest writer in the modern era to have a play performed in the West End. Hampton's work on screenplays for the cinema also began around this time. He adapted this play for Richard Attenborough and Bryan Forbes, but a film version was never made.

Stage plays and other works
From 1968 to 1970, Hampton worked as the Resident Dramatist at the Royal Court Theatre, and also as the company's literary manager. He continued to write plays: Total Eclipse, about the French poets and lovers Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine, was first performed in 1967 and at the Royal Court in 1968, but it was not well received at the time. The Philanthropist (1970) is set in an English university town and was influenced by Molière's The Misanthrope. The Royal Court delayed a staging for two years because of an uncertainty over its prospects, but their production was one of the Royal Court's more successful works up to that point. The production transferred to the Mayfair Theatre in London's West End and ran for nearly four years, winning the Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Comedy. It reached Broadway in New York City in 1971.

His agent told him after this success: "You've got a choice: you can write the same play over and over for the next 30 years" or, alternatively, "you can decide to do something completely different every time". He told her that he was writing a play about the "extermination of the Brazilian Indians in the 1960s". Savages, set during the period of the military government and derived from an article "Genocide in Brazil" by Norman Lewis, was first performed in 1973. His first produced film adaptation, of Ibsen's A Doll's House (1973), was directed by Patrick Garland, and stars Anthony Hopkins and Claire Bloom.

A sojourn in Hollywood led to an unproduced film adaptation of Marlowe's play Edward II and the original script for Carrington. This period also inspired his play Tales from Hollywood (1982). This is a somewhat fictionalised account of exiled European writers living in the United States during the Second World War. (The lead character is based on Ödön von Horváth, who died in Paris in 1938). The play also explores the different philosophies of Horwath and the German playwright Bertolt Brecht (who lived in the United States in the 1940s). Hampton told The Guardian critic Michael Billington in 2007: "I lean towards the liberal writer, Horvath, rather than the revolutionary Brecht. I suppose I'm working out some internal conflict". The play was commissioned by the Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles; the Group first performed it in 1982. The play has been adapted in different versions for British and Polish television.

Later works
Hampton won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for his screen adaptation of his play Dangerous Liaisons (1988), directed by Stephen Frears and starring Glenn Close, John Malkovich, and Michelle Pfeiffer. He worked on Carrington (1995) for 18 years, writing multiple drafts. The play explores the relationship between painter Dora Carrington and author Lytton Strachey. Hampton went on to direct the feature film Carrington, starring Emma Thompson and Jonathan Pryce.

He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1999 Birthday Honours for services to literature.

Hampton both wrote and directed Imagining Argentina (2003), his adaptation of the 1987 novel by Lawrence Thornton. It explores society during the military dictatorship of Leopoldo Galtieri, when the government conducted a Dirty War against opponents, killing many in "forced disappearances." It starred Antonio Banderas and Emma Thompson. According to Hampton, this period of Argentinian history had not inspired a dramatic work before. "I decided to do something which it would be difficult to finance at a time when, for once, I was bombarded with offers. In 2007, Hampton was nominated for a second Academy Award for his screenplay and adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel Atonement, directed by Joe Wright and starring James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, and Saoirse Ronan.

Since the 1990s, Hampton has created the English translations of the works of French dramatists Yasmina Reza and Florian Zeller. Reza's Art ran for eight years in the West End, and was also produced in the United States. Hampton translated Reza’s God of Carnage, which was the third-longest running Broadway play in the 2000s, playing 24 premieres and 452 regular performances. God of Carnage garnered six Tony nominations and three wins in 2009. God of Carnage actors James Gandolfini and Marcia Gay Harden, joined Philip Glass, Phillip Noyce and a host of other artists in a short documentary celebrating their Tony Award success and Mr. Hampton's 50 published plays and screenplays.

Hampton's translation into English of Michael Kunze and Sylvester Levay's Austrian musical Rebecca, based on Daphne du Maurier's novel of the same name, was supposed to premiere on Broadway in 2012, directed by Francesca Zambello and Michael Blakemore. The production did not open, with the producers, Ben Sprecher and Louise Forlenza, relinquishing the rights.

In 2012, Hampton joined forces with Tiana Alexandra-Silliphant to form Hampton Silliphant Management & Productions, which presented the play Appomattox at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The play concerns itself with historic events in the United States, 100 years apart in time: the historic meetings between Generals Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee, as well as Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass in 1865, and the later machinations of Lyndon Johnson, J. Edgar Hoover and Martin Luther King – which ultimately led to the passing of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Appomattox was also performed as an opera with Philip Glass at The Kennedy Center in 2015.

In 2020, Hampton served as screenwriter and executive producer for The Singapore Grip, an international TV mini-series exploring the Japanese invasion of Singapore during WWII. Adapted from the novel by J.G. Ferrell, the story portrays the intrigues and ultimate upheaval of British colonialism at the time of the Fall of Singapore.

The same year, Hampton co-wrote The Father, starring Anthony Hopkins and Olivia Colman, with Florian Zeller (based on Zeller's 2012 play Le Père), who directed the film in his feature directorial debut. The film received critical acclaim, and both Hampton and Zeller won a BAFTA and an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and received a Golden Globe nomination, while the film was nominated in the Best Picture categories.

Hampton was knighted in the 2020 New Year Honours for services to drama.

In March and April 2021, it was announced that Hampton and Zeller will co-write the adaptation of The Son (which serves as Zeller's and Hampton's follow-up to The Father) with Zeller directing, and Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern attached to star in the film.

The Son was directed by Florian Zeller from a screenplay by Zeller and Hampton. It is based on Zeller's 2018 stage play Le Fils. The film stars Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern, Vanessa Kirby, Zen McGrath, Hugh Quarshie, and Anthony Hopkins.

The Son had its world premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival on 7 September 2022, and is scheduled to be released in the United States on 11 November 2022, by Sony Pictures Classics.

Plays

 * 1964 – When Did You Last See My Mother?
 * 1967 – Total Eclipse
 * 1969 – The Philanthropist
 * 1973 – Savages
 * 1975 – Treats
 * 1982 – Tales From Hollywood
 * 1991 – White Chameleon
 * 1994 – Alice's Adventures Under Ground
 * 2002 – The Talking Cure
 * 2012 – Appomattox
 * 2019 – A German Life

Musicals (book and lyrics)

 * 1993 – Sunset Boulevard with Don Black (music by Andrew Lloyd Webber)
 * 2001 – Dracula, the Musical with Don Black (music by Frank Wildhorn)
 * 2012 – Rebecca (translated from German) (music by Sylvester Levay, original lyrics by Michael Kunze)
 * 2013 – Stephen Ward the Musical with Don Black (music by Andrew Lloyd Webber)

Adaptations

 * 1982 – The Portage to San Cristobal of A.H. from the novella by George Steiner
 * 1983 – Tartuffe by Molière
 * 1985 – Les Liaisons Dangereuses from the novel by Choderlos de Laclos for the Royal Shakespeare Company
 * 1993 – Sunset Boulevard for Andrew Lloyd Webber (book for the musical, based on the Billy Wilder film)
 * 2001 – Dracula, the Musical for Frank Wildhorn
 * 2006 – Embers from the novel by Sándor Márai
 * 2009 – The Age of the Fish (in German Jugend ohne Gott) from the novel by Ödön von Horváth
 * 2024 - ''Visit from an Unknown Woman

 * 2024 - '' ===Films (written and/or directed)===
 * 1973 – A Doll's House (adaptation of the Henrik Ibsen play, directed by Patrick Garland)
 * 1977 – Able's Will (screenwriter; directed by Stephen Frears) for the BBC
 * 1979 – Tales from the Vienna Woods (screenwriter; directed by Maximilian Schell)
 * 1981 – The History Man (adaptation of the Malcolm Bradbury novel for the BBC)
 * 1983 – The Honorary Consul (adaptation of the Graham Greene novel)
 * 1986 – The Wolf at the Door (screenwriter)
 * 1986 – Hotel du Lac (adaptation of the novel by Anita Brookner)
 * 1986 – The Good Father (screenwriter) based on a novel by Peter Prince
 * 1986 – Arriving Tuesday (producer)
 * 1988 – Dangerous Liaisons (play author/screenwriter/co-producer) directed by Stephen Frears)
 * 1989 – The Ginger Tree (adaptation of the Oswald Wynd novel for the BBC)
 * 1992 – Tales from Hollywood (adaptation of his play for the BBC)
 * 1995 – Carrington (screenwriter/director)
 * 1995 – Total Eclipse (play author/screenwriter/actor: The Judge) directed by Agnieszka Holland)
 * 1996 – Mary Reilly (screenwriter) based on the Valerie Martin novel about Dr. Jekyll's housemaid, directed by Stephen Frears and starring Julia Roberts and John Malkovich
 * 1996 – The Secret Agent (adaptor/ director, based on the Joseph Conrad novel)
 * 2002 – The Quiet American (adaptation of the Graham Greene novel)
 * 2003 – Imagining Argentina (screenwriter/director)
 * 2007 – Atonement (adaptation of the Ian McEwan novel)
 * 2009 – Chéri (screenwriter)
 * 2011 – A Dangerous Method (play author/screenwriter) based on Hampton's The Talking Cure, adapted from the John Kerr non-fiction book A Most Dangerous Method. Directed by David Cronenberg.
 * 2013 – The Thirteenth Tale for the BBC
 * 2013 – Adoration adapted from Doris Lessing's novella The Grandmothers: Four Short Novels
 * 2016 – Ali and Nino (screenwriter) adapted from Kurban Said's novel Ali and Nino. Announced as screenwriter on 9 January 2012.
 * 2020 – The Father (adapted from the Florian Zeller play)
 * 2020 – The Singapore Grip (adaptation of Booker Prize winner J.G. Farrell's 1978 novel)
 * 2022 - The Son (adapted from the Florian Zeller play)

Translations

 * The Seagull
 * Uncle Vanya
 * Hedda Gabler
 * Don Juan by Molière
 * 1973 – A Doll's House
 * 1977 – Tales from the Vienna Woods, by Ödön von Horváth
 * 1978 – Don Juan Comes Back from the War, by Ödön von Horváth
 * 1989 – Faith, Hope and Charity, by Ödön von Horváth
 * 1996 – Art by Yasmina Reza
 * 1998 – Enemy of the People
 * 2000 – Conversations After a Burial by Yasmina Reza
 * 2001 – Life x 3 by Yasmina Reza
 * 2008 – God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza
 * 2009 – Judgement Day, by Ödön von Horváth
 * 2010 – Rebecca (musical) by Michael Kunze
 * 2014 – The Father by Florian Zeller
 * 2015 – The Mother by Florian Zeller
 * 2016 – La Vérité (play) by Florian Zeller
 * 2017 – The Lie by Florian Zeller
 * 2017 – Christmas Eve by Daniel Kehlmann
 * 2018 – The Height of the Storm by Florian Zeller
 * 2019 – The Son by Florian Zeller

Librettos

 * 2005 – Waiting for the Barbarians, music by Philip Glass
 * 2007 – Appomattox, music by Philip Glass
 * 2014 – The Trial, music by Philip Glass

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The Cabinet (professional wrestling)

The Cabinet was a professional wrestling stable that was part of World Wrestling Entertainment's (WWE) SmackDown! brand. It was created by John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL) shortly after he won the WWE Championship at The Great American Bash in 2004.

The future of the Cabinet seemed to be in doubt in mid-2005 after the firing of Amy Weber and the resignation of the Basham Brothers (who were then split in the WWE draft lottery). The stable had dwindled down to just JBL and Orlando Jordan. With both men seemingly concentrating on their own singles careers, it seemed like the end of the Cabinet, but on the September 16, 2005 edition of SmackDown!, after JBL lost to Rey Mysterio, he hired spin doctor Jillian Hall in order to fix his career. Though seemingly adding a publicist to the stable, there was no mention of the Cabinet until December 9, 2005, when Jordan assisted JBL in a match. This led to General manager Theodore Long announcing that JBL and Jordan would team up for a match at the end of the night.

The return of the Cabinet was later fueled when Hall accompanied Jordan to the ring for a match taped for Velocity on December 16. Hall was fired by JBL, Jordan was released from WWE, and JBL retired from (and subsequently returned to) professional wrestling, but has then retired fully. Today, Layfield is the only member of the stable employed by the WWE.

Members
The group was organized like a presidential cabinet. The trademark of the group was the "Longhorn" pose, where each member raised their arms at an angle and positioned their hands flat resembling JBL's Texas longhorn symbol.

 * President/Leader – John "Bradshaw" Layfield.
 * Image Consultant – Amy Weber; left WWE, but was fired on-screen (kayfabe) by JBL.
 * Co-Secretaries of Defense – The Basham Brothers (Doug and Danny Basham); quit on the June 16, 2005 episode of SmackDown!.
 * Chief of Staff – Orlando Jordan; quietly stopped appearing with JBL after losing the United States Championship.
 * Publicist/Fixer – Jillian Hall; fired.

Titles
John "Bradshaw" Layfield won the WWE Championship at The Great American Bash, and kept it until WrestleMania 21. During this time, he set up The Cabinet. This reign lasted nine months, and consequently JBL was the longest-reigning WWE Champion of the decade, a reign which was broken by John Cena. JBL defeated many established main event stars during his reign, including Eddie Guerrero, The Undertaker, Booker T, and Big Show.

Orlando Jordan won the United States Championship, after picking up a controversial win over former champion John Cena on March 3, 2005. This was his first title reign of any kind since his debut. Jordan and JBL later destroyed Cena's "Spinner" belt.

While Co-Secretaries of Defense, the Basham Brothers picked up their second reign as WWE Tag Team Champions on the January 13 edition of SmackDown, when they eliminated Rob Van Dam and Rey Mysterio in a fatal four-way elimination match that also included the teams of Mark Jindrak and Luther Reigns, and Booker T and Eddie Guerrero.

For a short time, the group had dominated all the male-based championships in the SmackDown! brand, with the exception of the WWE Cruiserweight Championship (1996–2007).

Championships and accomplishments

 * Pro Wrestling Illustrated
 * PWI ranked John "Bradshaw" Layfield No. 5 of the 500 best singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2005
 * World Wrestling Entertainment
 * WWE Championship (1 time) – John "Bradshaw" Layfield
 * WWE United States Championship (1 time) – Orlando Jordan (1)
 * WWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – The Basham Brothers
 * Wrestling Observer Newsletter
 * Best Gimmick (2004) – John "Bradshaw" Layfield

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City of Cambridge

Cambridge can refer to four cities:

 * Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England
 * Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
 * Cambridge, Maryland, United States
 * Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

City of Cambridge can refer to:
 * City of Cambridge Rowing Club, a rowing club based in Cambridge, England

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Hat (disambiguation)

A hat is an item of clothing worn on the head.

Hat or HAT may also refer to:

Film

 * The Hat (film), a 1999 short film by Michèle Cournoyer
 * The Hat, a 1912 film by Rollin S. Sturgeon
 * The Hat, a 1963 film by Faith Hubley and John Hubley

Mathematics

 * Hat matrix, a mathematical operation in statistics
 * Hat operator, notation used in mathematics
 * Hat function, alternate name for the triangular function
 * A solution to the einstein problem, a shape nicknamed the "hat"

Organisations

 * Handball Association of Thailand, governing body of handball in Thailand
 * Hutchison Asia Telecom Group, a business division in telecommunications
 * Hellenic Aeronautical Technologies, a Greek aeroplane manufacturer
 * Helicopter Air Transport, a defunct American helicopter operator

People

 * Jack McVitie (1932–1967), known as Jack "The Hat", English gangster
 * Les Miles (born 1953), known as The Hat, American football coach
 * Jan Åge Solstad (born 1969), known as Hat, former vocalist for the Norwegian black metal band Gorgoroth

Places

 * Hať, Moravian-Silesian Region, Czech Republic
 * Hat, Azerbaijan
 * Hat, Nepal
 * Hat, Berehove Raion, Ukraine
 * Hat District, Al Mahrah Governorate, Yemen
 * Hat Island (disambiguation)

Science

 * Human African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness)
 * HAt, symbol for hydrogen astatide
 * Histone acetyltransferase, an enzyme class
 * HAT medium, used in microbiology and immunology, for example in culturing hybridoma cells
 * Hungarian-made Automated Telescope, used in the HATNet Project

Technology

 * Hardware Attached on Top, expansion board format for the Raspberry Pi computer.
 * Hashed array tree, in computer programming.
 * Help authoring tool, software for "help" documents.

Other uses

 * Handwoordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal, an Afrikaans dictionary
 * Haitian Creole language, with ISO 639-2 and 639-3 code
 * Hat, slang for the caret (computing) (^)
 * Hat, slang for the circumflex (ˆ)
 * Hat (Davy Graham album), released in 1969
 * Hat. (Mike Keneally album), released in 1992
 * History Aptitude Test, an admissions test at Oxford University
 * The Hat, a Southern California fast-food restaurant
 * The Hat (book), a children's book by Tomi Ungerer
 * "The Hat", an episode of Homicide: Life on the Street (season 4)
 * Hi-hat (instrument), a standard part of a drum kit
 * Short for hatnote - WP:HAT (disambiguation)

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Disney Music Group

Disney Music Group (DMG) is the music recording and publishing arm of Walt Disney Studios, a division of Disney Entertainment, which is owned by The Walt Disney Company. It is located at the studio's headquarters in Burbank, California. The division's subsidiaries consist of two owned record labels—Walt Disney Records and Hollywood Records—along with Disney Music Publishing, the publishing entity that administers the company's music, as well as Disney Concerts. Disney Music's Vevo account on YouTube is currently one of the most-viewed YouTube channels as of June 2023.

Background
From the founding of The Walt Disney Company in 1923, music has been key to the success of the organization. Both public-domain and original music were used for the initial cartoons, but, since neither Walt Disney nor Roy O. Disney had any music industry experience, the studio had to rely on outside music publishers. In 1928, Walt Disney released the first Mickey Mouse motion picture, Steamboat Willie, which became the first animated short-subject film with sound. Two other unreleased Mickey Mouse shorts had been previously produced and were subsequently given soundtracks prior to their eventual premieres. In 1929, Walt Disney and Carl Stalling wrote "Minnie's Yoo-Hoo", the first song from the Walt Disney Studios, for Mickey's Follies. On December 16, 1929, the Disney Film Recording Company, Limited was incorporated as a subsidiary of Walt Disney Productions.

Saul Bourne at Irving Berlin Music approached the studio after seeing Three Little Pigs with interest in the publishing rights for its theme song, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?". With Disney partnering with Bourne and Berlin, this partnership led to the song being recorded twice by the Don Bestor Orchestra (released by Victor Records) and Bill Scotti Orchestra (released by Bluebird Records). The song was a hit and a Depression era anthem.

Walt Disney Productions then began licensing out its music with the record company either selecting its own or Disney's talent to record the music. Until 1936, no one had issued an actual song track recording on disc. RCA's HMV label released a selection of Disney short film music in England with the US release a year later. The Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs soundtrack album released by Victor was the first feature film soundtrack. Disney had sold its rights to the Snow White music to Bourne Co. Music as they needed more funds to complete the film.

In 1938, Fantasound—the first Surround sound system—was designed and tested by Walt Disney Productions for the release of Fantasia. In 1943, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences nominated Walt Disney Productions for two Academy Award categories in recognition of Bambi; Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture and Music, Best Song for its song, "Love is a Song".

In addition to Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Disney also sold the music publishing rights to Pinocchio and Dumbo to Bourne. To date, all attempts to reacquire the music rights to the three films had failed. After Bambi, the effects of World War II reduced the production of new feature length animation, with Disney either making feature length live films with some animation or themed short film into anthology films like Make Mine Music. The latter films contain the bulk of the more commercial music which was done by recording stars thus released by their record company.

In April 1947, the Walt Disney Music Company (WDMC) was incorporated, with Fred Raphael putting the company together in late 1949 to publish and license songs from Cinderella. Cinderella records appeared in stores along with other merchandise in 1949 before the 1950 release of the movie. The original RCA 78 RPM multi-disc-album release was number 1 on the Billboard magazine pop charts and as a result, Disney Music was moving rapidly into the Big Business category. While WDMC did not produce the records, Raphael did handle the selection, performance and recording.

James Alexander "Jimmy" Johnson, Jr., a fired Disney publicity staff member who wanted to stay at Disney, moved through a series of jobs there in the traffic department, and then accounting. After a stint in the military, he became assistant to the corporate secretary, then handled merchandising issues among other additional duties. With Roy Disney's split of the merchandising division from Walt Disney Productions, Johnson became head of the merchandising division's publication department in 1950 and took on managing business affairs for the Walt Disney Music Company.

Raphael took the WDMC into creating original non-film music. WDMC had several successful songs outside of the films, including Mule Train by Frankie Laine, "Would I Love You (Love You, Love You)" by Patti Page and "Shrimp Boats" by Jo Stafford, however for every non-film hit there were a score more that flopped. While Alice in Wonderland was a first run failure, its songs became evergreen for the music company with multiple stars performing the music. Raphael moved his office off lot to Hollywood and opened a WDMC in New York.

Walt Disney Productions formed the Wonderland Music Company in 1951.

Disney's next push into music came from The Mickey Mouse Club as eight 6-inch 78 RPM records for the show hit shelves the week it premiered on television. Normal 7-inch 45 RPM versions were cut and released later, both through manufacturing partners of the Walt Disney Music Company. After a year, Golden Records and Am-Par Records turned over production of the show's music back to Disney, leading to the creation of the Disneyland Records label in 1956.

History
The Walt Disney Company traces the Disney Music Group back to the founding of Disneyland Records on February 4, 1956. In that year, the Walt Disney Music Company's Disneyland Records record company was founded on the strength of Fess Parker's 1954 hit recording of the "Ballad of Davy Crockett" using the Disneyland label, which was licensed to Columbia Records. The Disneyland label issued its first album, A Child's Garden of Verses. Also, Disneyland Records issued Parker's "Wringle Wrangle" single from the "Westward Ho the Wagons!" film within a year of starting operations; the single became a hit.

In 1959, Walt Disney Productions founded Buena Vista Records as a Disney-endorsed sub-brand without the "Disney" name; the inaugural release from the label was "Annette", the self-titled album featuring vocalist Annette Funicello.

In November 1989, The Walt Disney Company founded Hollywood Records after acquiring the valuable Queen catalog.

The Lyric Street Records label was founded in July 1997 as a division of Hollywood Records. In August 1997 Mammoth Records was purchased for $25 million to act as an independent music label within Disney.

Buena Vista Music Group
The industry recognized founding of the group was in March 1998 with the reorganization in Disney that brought all Disney music labels into one unit, Buena Vista Music Group, in the Walt Disney Studios. The group consisted of Hollywood Records, Buena Vista Records, Lyric Street Records and Mammoth Records with Walt Disney Records and Disney Music Publishing transferred out of Disney Consumer Products.

In September 2005, BVMG signed with EMI for distribution of its albums in the UK, Europe, South Africa and the Middle East replacing Warner Music Group. In November 2006, Disney Music Publishing and Warner/Chappell Music Inc. agreed to a licensing agreement for Europe and South America major markets. In 2006, BVMG launched a concert production arm, Buena Vista Concerts starting with The Cheetah Girls: The Party's Just Begun Tour and High School Musical: The Concert.

Disney Music Group
In April 2007, Disney decided to semi-retire the Buena Vista brand from the group's name. In November 2008, Disney Music Group formed the Disney Pearl label in conjunction with a multi-part deal with Yanni.

Lyric Street launched a subsidiary label, Carolwood Records, in October 2008 which was soon shuttered in November 2009. On April 14, 2010, Disney Music Group announced the closure of the Lyric Street label with some bands transferred to other branches of Disney Music Group and others dropped altogether.

On January 31, 2012, DMG chair Bob Cavallo retired with Ken Bunt succeeding him as head of DMG with a promotion to executive vice president from his post as senior vice president of marketing. Bunt became president on March 27, 2013. A unified licensing department was formed with in Disney Music Group by December 2012 under vice president of licensing Dominic Griffin.

Lucy Hale signed with Hollywood Records' Lyric Street sublabel in June 2012 indicated a return to country music changed to DMG Nashville with her single release "You Sound Good To Me" in the 2nd quarter of 2014.

In February 2016, Disney Music Group, in collaboration with Philips Lighting, launched LightVibes. In January 2017, DMG acquired the distribution rights to the entire Star Wars music catalog from Sony Classical; the soundtrack albums were then released by Walt Disney Records in digital formats the same day. Disney digitally remastered and reissued the original Star Wars soundtrack albums in physical formats on May 4, 2018.

In early April 2017, DMG and Universal Music Group Nashville relaunched Buena Vista Records as a joint venture label for country music and worldwide country music genre projects with the label's first signed act of CB30 duo of brothers, Christian and Brody. The company and DigiTour Media formed in June 2017, RMI Recordings, a new label for "digital-first" talent.

During American Idol's Disney Night on April 29, 2018, DCappella, Disney Music Group's new a cappella singing group, made their debut. On Friday, August 23, 2019, Disney Music Group debuted their first podcast, For Scores, a composer interview series, and kicked of at D23.

Walt Disney Records
Walt Disney Records, the flagship record label of the group, was founded on February 4, 1956 as Disneyland Records, so that Disney would not have to release through third-party labels not associated with the studio, such as RCA Victor or Capitol Records, which had issued Disney albums in the past. Under the Disneyland label, among its other recordings, the studio also released new soundtrack LP's of some of the animated Disney films, including, a 3-LP album set in monophonic sound of all of the classical music heard in Fantasia, perhaps the first soundtrack album containing virtually all the music from a feature-length film. (The "Meet the Soundtrack" intermission segment and the jam session were not included, and Deems Taylor's commentary was also omitted.) Disneyland Records released cover versions (rather than soundtracks) of the songs from some of the other animated films, such as Lady and the Tramp. In 1989, the label was renamed to its current branding and now releases a broad range of Disney-branded music, such as soundtracks to films from Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar, and Lucasfilm, original studio albums from Disney Channel artists, and compilations albums by Radio Disney.

Hollywood Records
Hollywood Records, primarily focuses on pop, rock, alternative and country genres, as well as film soundtracks from Marvel Studios, 20th Century Studios, Searchlight Pictures, and Hulu, as well as 20th Television's television series and Disney's cable networks. Originally, the label was primarily a soundtrack label for non-Disney branded releases from Touchstone Pictures and Hollywood Pictures, with few major artists, like Queen. The label now releases music from a roster of major artists such as: Breaking Benjamin, Sofia Carson, Olivia Holt and Shawn Hook.

DMG Nashville
DMG Nashville, is the label used by Hollywood Records to specialize in country music. Patrick Joseph Music and DMG Nashville signed a co-pub agreement with songwriter Melissa Peirce in 2012 with an extension in May 2015. In June 2012, Lucy Hale was signed to Hollywood Record formerly defunct country sublabel, Lyric Street, for a single and album due in 2013. In June 2013, Patrick Clifford was named Vice President of Music Publishing and A&R for Disney Music Publishing in Nashville with responsibility for the A&R functions for Disney Music Group in Nashville. In November 2013, DMG and Bigger Picture Group signed an agreement for DMG to handle music licensing for Bigger Picture. After Bigger Picture's closure in 2014, DMG Nashville released its first studio album, Lucy Hale's Road Between, on June 3.

Disney Music Publishing
Disney Music Publishing, controls the publishing rights to music from Disney's film, television, theater and theme park divisions. Imprints include Walt Disney Music Company, Wonderland Music Company, Agarita Music, Bantha Music, Buena Vista Music Co., Falferious Music, Five Hundred South Songs, Fuzzy Muppet Songs, Holpic Music, Inc., Hollywood Pictures Music, Mad Muppet Melodies, Marvel Comics Music, Marvel Superheroes Music, Pixar Music, Pixar Talking Pictures, Seven Peaks Music, Seven Summits Music, Touchstone Pictures Music & Songs, Inc., Utapau Music, and Wampa-Tauntaun Music.

Disney Concerts
Disney Concerts, formerly Buena Vista Concerts, is themselves involved in the holding, production, distribution and sponsoring of concert events related to Disney.

Buena Vista Records
Buena Vista Records, a label founded in 1959 largely devoted to authentic soundtrack albums of mostly live-action Disney film musicals, such as Mary Poppins, The Happiest Millionaire, Summer Magic, and Babes in Toyland, as well as recordings by actors then under contract to Disney, such as Annette Funicello and Hayley Mills. Often, at the same time that Buena Vista Records released a genuine soundtrack album of one of the Disney movies, Disneyland Records, another, less expensive Disney label, would release a cover version of the songs from that film. Buena Vista Records also operates as an imprint of Walt Disney Records and most recently has been employed to serve as a pseudonym for certain releases by Walt Disney Records such as the more adult-oriented Almost Alice and non Disney-branded releases, as well as releasing traditional albums for Walt Disney Records adult artists such as Billy Ray Cyrus and Nathan Pacheco.

Buena Vista Records was relaunched as a country music label in April 2017, as a joint between DMG and Universal Music Group Nashville. The label's first signed act was the brotherly music duo, CB30, whose track "Marina" has a Luke Bryan appearance.

RMI Recordings
RMI Recordings, a new label formed in June 2017 to sign "digital-first" talent. It was formed with the founders of DigiTour Media, which produces live events with social media artists. The first talent signed to the label was Max & Harvey, a pair of UK twins, in April 2018.

S-Curve Records
In June 2021, Steve Greenberg announced he would be relaunching his record label S-Curve Records under a new partnership with Disney Music Group. Artists with releases as a part of the partnership include Andy Grammer and Netta.

Former labels
Disney Pearl, also as Disney Pearl Series, was an imprint of Disney Music Group for adult contemporary and pop music launched in November 2008 with a deal with Yanni for Yanni Voices albums including a Buena Vista Concert extensive tour, two Yanni PBS specials and deals for the album's four vocal talent, Nathan Pacheco, Chloe, Ender Thomas and Leslie Mills. The label released albums, including from Kenny Loggins and Brian Wilson, until 2012.

Lyric Street Records, was an American record label specializing in country music. President Randy Goodman, formerly a general manager for RCA Records, founded the label in 1997. Among its first artists were Lari White, John Berry, Aaron Tippin, SHeDAISY and extremely popular Rascal Flatts. Carolwood Records was a short-lived subsidiary label of Lyric Street launched in October 2008. In April 2010, the label was folded into Hollywood Records.

Mammoth Records, the formerly independent record label was founded by Jay Faires in 1989. In 1993 it became part of a joint venture with WEA-owned Atlantic Records but hit the market again in 1997, when it was bought by the then Buena Vista Music Group, up until which it was based in North Carolina. It had a very successful alternative artist roster including acts such as Antenna, Blake Babies, Chainsaw Kittens, Dash Rip Rock, Dillon Fence, Frente!, Fun-Da-Mental, Fu Manchu, Jason & the Scorchers, Joe Henry, Juliana Hatfield, Kill Creek, Machines of Loving Grace, the Bats, the Melvins, My Friend Steve, Seven Mary Three, Squirrel Nut Zippers, the Sidewinders, Vanilla Trainwreck, and Victoria Williams. In 2003, the label was folded into Hollywood Records.

Touchstone Records was a record label formed as a joint venture between Buena Vista Records and Touchstone Pictures in 1986. It was folded into Hollywood Records in 1998.

For Scores podcast
On Friday, August 23, 2019, Disney Music Group debuted their first podcast, For Scores, produced with Treefort Media and longtime Disney Music executive Maria Kleinman and kicked of at D23. The podcast is a composer interview series with the composer working in film, television and games and hosted by journalist Jon Burlingame. The first set dropped has four episodes interviewing Henry Jackman, Pinar Toprak and Alan Silvestri. A second set is slated for October 2019 and a third for early 2020.

Distribution
Originally, Disney Music Group did not have its own distribution network, either in its native market of the US or internationally. It had a licensing deal with Warner Music Group from 1995 to 2005. and BMG in Europe and Australia. Furthermore, Sony Music Entertainment was also a distributor of Hollywood Records' releases in mainland Asia. After the agreement with Warner expired, Disney engaged in distribution negotiations with other third-party companies.

In 2005, Disney relied mainly on Universal Music Group and EMI Music, given the territory. UMG's Universal Music Distribution was responsible for distribution in the United States, Canada, India and other territories across North America, South America, Asia and Japan. Meanwhile, EMI conducted distribution in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and several other territories across Europe, Africa and the Middle East. In both agreements, Disney handled its own marketing and other similar functions.

In September 2012, Universal Music Group acquired EMI and initially pledged not to renew EMI's European distribution license with Disney. However, in March 2013, Disney Music Group renegotiated their agreement with Universal Music Group, in which distribution and marketing rights were expanded on a worldwide basis, as a method of incurring collaboration between Disney's record labels and artists with Universal's production department. This allows DMG access to Universal's large roster of award-winning music producers and songwriters. In return, UMG now will have access to Disney's extensive marketing entities (including ABC, Radio Disney, Disney Channel, ABC Radio etc.).

Seoul Records, now Kakao M – South Korea's biggest music distributor – formerly handled the Disney music catalog in the 1990s. The catalog was later acquired by S.M. Entertainment. (Universal Music Korea currently handles the Disney music catalog in South Korea.)

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Talk:Heat-shock protein

Style question:

Should the term 'heat shock protein' be hyphenated? A quick survey of PubMed suggests that the hyphen is usually absent in published works...any thoughts?

--TenOfAllTrades 17:24, 20 Dec 2004 (UTC)

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Marianna

Marianna may refer to:

 * Marianna, Arkansas, USA
 * Marianna, Florida, USA
 * Marianna, Pennsylvania, USA
 * An English spelling for Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil
 * 602 Marianna, an asteroid, number 602 in the minor planet catalog
 * Marianna (given name), with a list of people of this name

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Talk:Billy Idol

Brighton Polytechnic?
Surely that should be Sussex University (East Slope is a section of the University of Sussex campus, not Brighton Poly). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.241.229.204 (talk) 10:25, 27 April 2013 (UTC)

filmography
Where's his filmography? I notice on the pages of music stars they usually list it on a separate wiki page, but can't seem to find his. Would a new page have to be created or do we just put a box on this one? --Stevehim (talk) 15:49, 11 July 2013 (UTC)

Missing info
In the section Whiplash Smile there is mention of a person called Lister that is written as though previous mentions have been made but, if they were, they have been removed. The section also has no citations. 86.139.160.211 (talk) 18:48, 3 October 2014 (UTC)

Why?
"In 1958, when Idol was two years old, his parents moved to Patchogue, on Long Island, New York, United States. The family returned to the UK four years later with Idol and a younger child Jane (who had been born in the United States), settling in Dorking, Surrey"

Why? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.77.148.100 (talk) 03:19, 12 September 2015 (UTC)

First of all, you don't block someone when they first edit sources on the site. I am trying to make this only better. So don't mention me in a text, so everyone could see. Ok? This site has been wrong for the last 5 years. I got tired of all the invalid info, so I joined. Not trying to be mean. Ok?

Thanks for reading, Lucajeter — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lucajeter (talk • contribs) 02:21, 4 December 2016 (UTC)

Billy Idol a Baby Boomer, not Gen X
Removed reference to Idol as Gen X, since as someone born in 1955 he was clearly a baby boomer (1945-60) although he may have influenced Gen X youth culture and may have even coined the term.

 * Gen X is his band name, not the generation he belongs to. Cranberry Wood (talk) 13:32, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

"William Idol" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has asked for a discussion to address the redirect William Idol. Please participate in the redirect discussion if you wish to do so. Ivanvector (Talk/Edits) 18:06, 16 March 2020 (UTC)

"whiskey and pills" and likeness 2022
his likeness, or, i guess, himself (named as Billy Idol in the game) - appears in the German video game Elex 2 performing his song "Whiskey and Pills" at a festival. 73.38.115.144 (talk) 00:06, 13 May 2022 (UTC)

Anglican
Is there any proof that both Billy's parents were Anglicans? His mother was O'Sullivan from Cork in Ireland? MairiC (talk) 14:55, 22 July 2022 (UTC)

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Orlengate

Orlengate (Afera Orlenu) was one of the biggest political scandals in modern Polish history. Disclosed in 2004, the scandal began with the arrest of Andrzej Modrzejewski, former CEO of PKN Orlen on 7 February 2002 by the UOP. In 2004, Sejm initiated an investigatory committee to investigate the scandal.

Modrzejewski was arrested as per the order of the attorney general's office. The arrest was a source of controversy from the beginning, carried out on the eve of a board of directors meeting. Two hours before the meeting, Modrzejewki was released and the board removed him from his position.

Former Treasury Minister Wiesław Kaczmarek stated in an interview with Gazeta Wyborcza that the real purpose of the arrest was to provoke Modrzejewki's dismissal and to block the signing of a contract for oil worth 14 billion USD. According to this interview, the decision to arrest Modrzejewski was taken during an unofficial meeting of the Prime Minister's cabinet with Leszek Miller, Minister of Justice Barbara Piwnik and Chief of the UOP, Zbigniew Siemiątkowski. Kaczmarek, who also participated, disclosed the purpose of the meeting to avoid possible future accusations of misconduct during his term as Treasury Minister.

For their part in the scandal, Ryszard Bieszyński and Zbigniew Siemiątkowski were arrested in 2012 and 2013 respectively.

PKN Orlen investigation commission
After the publication of the article, the Katowice attorney general began their investigation into the scandal. Sejm's official Committee for Special Services started an independent investigation and found that the UOP put pressure on the attorney's office. The ABW, the UOP's successor, denied it. In April 2004, Sejm proposed a special investigative committee. This decision was taken by the Sejm on 28 May, and the first session happened on 6 July.

The commission discovered new threads in the case, and on 21 October 2004 it published notes from the Intelligence Agency describing a meeting between Jan Kulczyk and Władimir Ałganow in Vienna in July 2003. Kulczyk allegedly mentioned his influence on president Aleksander Kwaśniewski, who could enable a privatization of the Gdańsk refinery on advantageous conditions for the Russians.

On 10 November 2004, the committee obtained transcripts of 160 wiretapped calls of lobbyist Marek Dochnal from the ABW. Dochnal allegedly negotiated the sale of important energy firms with Treasury Minister Zbigniew Kaniewski. Dochnal was allegedly referred to the Minister by SLD member Andrzej Pęczak, who was working with Dochnal in exchange for a luxurious car. Calls between Pęczak and Dochnal's coworker, Krzysztof Popenda were recorded, where the member negotiated the details of the car's equipment.

In July 2006 the court acquitted Modrzejewski of charges relating to sharing of confidential information to Grzegorz Wieczerzak, and in December 2006 the court acquitted Modrzejewski and Wieczerak of other charges.

In 2012, Ryszard Bieszyński was convicted in relation to the case, along with Zbigniew Siemiątkowski in 2013. In the verbal justification of the judgement, the judge pointed towards the attorney general's assistance of the UOP and the coordinated, extra-legal activities of the UOP and the Prime Minister Leszek Miller's office.

The commission did not reach a conclusion. According to public opinion, it was considered a political tool of the right-wing opposition (Law and Justice, Civic Platform, League of Polish Families) to destroy the presidential aspirations of Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz.

Commission members

 * Józef Gruszka, Polish Peasant Party (PSL) - chairman
 * Roman Giertych, League of Polish Families (LPR) - vice-chairman
 * Zbigniew Wassermann, Law and Justice (PiS) - vice-chairman
 * Andrzej Aumiller, Labor Union (UP) - vice-chairman
 * Bogdan Bujak, Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) - member
 * Andrzej Rożański, Democratic Left Alliance (SLD) - member
 * Andrzej Grzesik, Self-Defence of the Republic of Poland (SRP) - member
 * Andrzej Celiński, Social Democracy of Poland (SDPL) - member
 * Konstanty Miodowicz, Civic Platform (PO) - member
 * Zbigniew Witaszek, Federated Parliamentary Club (FKP) - member
 * Antoni Macierewicz, Catholic-National Movement (RKN) - member

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