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User talk:Gunslinger47/Archive 1

List of OOtS comics
I went ahead and adding the List of the Order of the Stick comics link to the OOtS main page. A lot of times, people look at the "what links here" as a way to determine if an article should stay or be deleted. I figured that if the list is linked from the main article, it would be less likely to be deleted. Also, if people see the list linked from the main article, they may be more likely to edit it and contribute to the list. I hope my reasons make sense, and if you feel I am incorrect, go ahead and remove the link. It's good to see another OOtS fan out here! Amalas  =^_^=  14:18, 2 June 2006 (UTC)
 * (( Update: the list has since been moved to The Order of the Stick (index). ))

Vandalism reversion
Thanks for reverting the vandalism on my user page. Gdo01 06:18, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
 * No problem. I had it on my watchlist, since I was talking to you earlier. –Gunslinger47 17:04, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Shippūden
Hey again! One last thing about the title is that you put "lit..." after the Japanese...this kind of takes away the purpose of not including an English title. We don't want to tell people what something is called until it has been officially announced, in this case, in English. And, "lit." wouldn't be Hurricane Chronicles, the literal translation of those three characters would be Swift Wind Legend.....not HC, which I'm sure, you're very fond of :)Shao-Yoshi 00:39, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Shippū is the Japanese word commonly used for hurricanes. They're not referring to merely "swift" or moderately blowing winds, so "gale" and "squall" and other words are out.  They're obviously meaning the word in a spiraling sense, which leaves us with hurricane, typhoon or cyclone.  Cyclones are called teikiatsu, typhoons are called gufū.  Hurricanes are called shippū, as well as gufū, obviously, since hurricanes are typhoons.  As such, in this case, "hurricane" is a literal translation of shippū, and the only appropriate one.
 * The -den suffix is used to express that the noun is some communication on the subject. So, a story, or a tale, a legend, or whatnot.  The other senses of -den are inappropriate to the context.  Chronicle is a possible choice, though it lacks the explicit meaning of active communication.  We'd not be able to make this choice ourselves if it were not for existing, first-party precedence.  Looking at Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles (うずまき忍伝), see the use of the word in official translations. Technically, it would have been the Uzimaki Ninja Chronicles, but they committed the nin-.
 * So, in short. Not only is Hurricane Chronicles one of many valid literal translations, it is the most valid one given context and precedence.  But, anyway.  Regardless of what is or what is not...  Fans are calling it Hurricane Chronicles for the moment.  We need that somewhere in the article, and placing it as the literal translation for Shippūden seems acceptable. –Gunslinger47 01:17, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

 * For someone who says he does not know Japanese, you cite sources well :). The most common word for hurricanes in Japanese is actually the English word ハリケーン (Harikeen). There have been many previous titles with ~den after them that have been officially translated as Legend by professional translators. Most of these were mythological ones, and since Naruto takes much from Japanese mythology it could be surmised that could be ONE possible title. But, let's agree that Shippuden is fine for now. Just that, citing from forums isn't really a good source.Shao-Yoshi 01:39, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

 * I can agree with the use of Shippūden. My blurb above was just to point out that Hurricane Chronicles can be called a literal translation.
 * The only sources I'm citing are Japanese-to-English dictionaries and texts on the Japanese language. Harike~n is derived from the word hurricane itself (which in turn is derived from huracán) and is probably the most common word used, but that's beside my point.  I'm simply asserting that hurricane is a valid, literal translation of shippū given the context. –Gunslinger47 17:32, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Not sure what to call this

 * (( regarding Talk:Naruto/Archive 5 ))

Look man I take offense to what you said on the Naruto Talk Page "All I can tell from your user page is that you're an angry Jewish fellow who owns a dog and likes sarcasm. If that's the case, you'll like this you really ought to add  to your user page if you difficulty understanding English." I am not a imagrate from Isreal my great grandparents came from The former Soviet Union to escape prosecution. I've lived in the U.S. for all my life I live in Indiana, I go to a middle school, I get all A's, I'm in an honors class, I undertstand basic English, I'm just not good at spelling, I'm not an angry person infact I don't like being angry but when people get on my bad side I get a little irratable (you have to remember I love to make jokes so when I make one it's not my bad side talking). Name a way I'm a troll. I'm thinking of leaving Wikipedia because of people like Someguy 0830. Reply sooner than latter.Sam ov the blue sand 02:15, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Oh now you remove the troll refrence be a man put it back I know you think of me that way and reply I know your there don't ignore me. Please reply.Sam ov the blue sand 02:33, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

 * I was indirectly calling you a troll by placing the reference there, and I'm sorry for that. It was really uncalled for and I hoped to replace it with the Civility link before you saw it.
 * The "Jewish" reference was in response to your userboxes that clearly say "This user is Jewish". I'm in no way confusing you as an Israeli.  Your user boxes also state that "This user is angry".
 * The en-1 comment was clearly labeled sarcasm, which your user boxes say you appreciate. "This user believes sarcasm is the highest form of wit." I've edited my comments there even further to help you understand my meaning.  That said, you do seem to have difficulty with your reading comprehension. –Gunslinger47 02:54, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Remember what I said about my bad side well he's out. If you would have read the entire user page you would have seen I'm halve Cacholic and halve Jewish buddy you actually remind me of Someguy 0830 (heard of him he's a pest). I actually like how you don't hide your fealings about me (unlike Someguy 0830). but you didn't tell me why I'm a troll so tell me. And I don't have difficulty with my reading comprehension you, aghhh no I won't use curse words here. Reply Soon.Sam ov the blue sand 03:19, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

 * The word I used earlier was "belligerent". If you've yet to look it up, I meant it in the sense of being goading; willing to fight.  Your responses seem designed to provoke equally aggressive responses.  In a moment of oversight (roughly 13 minutes in duration), I presumed to guess your intentions as being deliberately disruptive.  I was not assuming good faith, and for that I'm sorry. –Gunslinger47 03:37, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Give me an example (a link if you will).Sam ov the blue sand 19:21, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

 * An example of your hostile tone?
 * You think we're stupid or something we read the same manga you do. I think most of us know this already The great kawa just made a mistake when he posted, so don't go around saying you know every thing about NHC because you know just as much as us.Sam ov the blue sand 04:05, 26 November 2006 (UTC)
 * That's from Talk:Naruto. This is one example of the generally angry tone.  It wasn't my first choice of links (unfortunately), but I really do recommend that you read Civility.  This is an official guideline and deals with how you should communicate during a dispute.  One piece of advice that I often find useful is to avoid the word "you" and the like.  Do not speak directly to others, instead direct your comments towards the general public.  As Someguy loves to point out: this is not an Internet forum. –Gunslinger47 00:39, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

 * I see your piont I was angry that day and I have read Civility. But how am I to direct my comment to everyone, I don't want to affend anyone like Iriseyes did to me. Please don't bring up Someguy I'm having a bad day with him.Sam ov the blue sand 00:58, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

 * It's impossible to control what people are offended by, sadly. All you can do is try not to be offended yourself, or calmly explain your feelings to your offender, or just ignore them as best you can.  –Gunslinger47 01:10, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

 * I see (says the blind man) what you are talking about, thankyou. But you see the subject of some contreversity is my jokes all I try to do is lighten up the mode around these Naruto related articles, is that so wrong.Sam ov the blue sand 02:58, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

 * When you are angry and try to make a joke, it comes off as jeering. It does the opposite of lightening the mood.  You have to be careful when speaking ironically online, as people tend not to "get it".  As a rather personal example, you didn't understand me when I said you should put Template:User en-1 onto your page.  That was a joke on your recent misunderstandings, in the context of my user box references, which were in the context of you saying that I should have looked at Iriseyes' userpage.  ^_^
 * My suggestion? If you're joking, place a smiley face or something.  If people know your general mood, it can help them decipher your meaning more accurately. –Gunslinger47 03:20, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks how do you put a smiley face when I want to? Never mind I figured it out thankyou I have changed for the better now.Sam ov the blue sand 23:53, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Unconquerable Infidelity

 * (( regarding: User talk:213.112.137.177 ))

The ways of the Wikipedia community are inefficient and inferior. 213.112.137.177 17:02, 7 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Inefficent, but functional and adaquate, at least. It has taken us this far, as we've learned of no better way.  If you feel that the deletion policy should be changed, you can make your case on Wikipedia talk:Deletion policy. –Gunslinger47 01:11, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

RE: Rukia

 * (( regarding: User talk:Tjstrf ))

It works for me. You just forgot to purge your cache. Add ?action=purge onto the end of the Rukia page's url and then load it, that shoudl fix it. --tjstrf talk 03:21, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Time index 00:39

 * (( regarding: Bleach: Memories of Nobody ))

How are you certain that the scene shown there is not from the movie. It seems that the scene is the same one as in the normal Rolling Star intro but there is no way you can know that that scene in the intro is not from the movie. Given that the original Rolling Star intro contained spoilers maybe that orange sky scene was a spoiler from the movie. Gdo01 04:06, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

 * As the movie isn't released yet, we can't know precisely what scenes are from the movie. It's safe to say that nearly all of the scenes in the new opening sequences are from the movie (the pattern is pretty obvious), however the one scene at 00:39 stands out. It was in the previous sequence, as you mentioned.  This adds the tiniest bit of reasonable doubt, which extends doubt to the Rukia scene as well.  Further, remember that the recent opening sequences have contained "one-shot" stills that contained content from Part II.  Now, this was not a still, but for all we know, it could be replaced by some other Part II spoiler next week.
 * Anyway, sorry for rambling on. The point is, there is reasonable doubt, and thus we cannot state it as fact with absolute certainty. –Gunslinger47 04:19, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Well my argument is that you cannot say with absolute certainty that the clip at that point is not from the movie. I think the "The opening sequence contains at least one more scene that is not certainly from the movie, at time index 00:39" part of the note should be deleted. I think it is sufficient without it and there is no proof its not in. Gdo01 04:56, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I am not firmly set against removing the note, but I'm afraid I have to argue with your logic. We can't, on Wikipedia, assert a fact when the only evidence is that there is nothing that disproves it.  Would you like to take this to Talk:Bleach (manga) so we can get input from the others? –Gunslinger47 05:17, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
 * What's wrong with the note just saying "While it is strongly suggested, it is not certain if this scene comes from the unreleased movie." That way there would be no assertion about how the scene at 00:39 is probably not in the movie. Gdo01 05:20, 8 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Ah, I understand what you're getting at. I mentioned 00:39 because it was was some evidence to backup by doubt.  I felt I had to explain my uncertainty.  I'll remove it now as you request. –Gunslinger47 05:26, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

hey i read the article you helped edit
hey i read the article you helped edit and i watch the show alot but i missed a bunch recently and you helped me catch up —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Naruto2366 (talk • contribs).

 * I don't know exactly what you're referring to, but I'm glad that I could be of help. –Gunslinger47 16:05, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Please
I am trying to put this as politely as possible, please stop following my acoount and/or my ip adress and "shooting down" everything I write on talk. I do not mean to insalt you, but I personally find it kind of creepy and annoying.--Uber Cuber (( User:68.43.180.69 ))

 * I reviewed your contributions because your IP has a tendency to make inappropriate edits. I wanted to ensure that no messes were overlooked.  While I was in the neighborhood, I replied to your unanswered questiones on the various talk pages. –Gunslinger47 04:37, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Babel

 * (( regarding: User talk:Sins ))

hoew can i register in babel ? --sins 01:02, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

 * Firstly, what is your native language? I can show you a page that will help. –Gunslinger47 01:13, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

 * spanish --sins

 * Then you can see here for instructions: es:Wikipedia:Babel –Gunslinger47 01:22, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

 * I altered your userpage. I added the Babel template.  You can make changes to it now, or delete it, if you wish. –Gunslinger47 04:17, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

 * hey thanks for helping me! --sins

 * You're welcome. –Gunslinger47 09:06, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Re-Images

 * (( regarding: User talk:Tyar ))

Thanks! Tyar 00:59, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thank you for your help with User:SummerThunder. I also accept your criticism of my own incivility. I can usually take insults directed at me, but I really don't deal well with seeing people attack others. --tjstrf talk 04:07, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

 * I'd never take an uncivil tone! I'm a saint! [[image:SConfident.gif|19px]]   –Gunslinger47 04:17, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Hehe, I remember chuckling at the 2nd of those two when I first saw it from my watchlist. --tjstrf talk 04:42, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your admonish
User:SummerThunder has been vandilized in chinese wikipedia for more two weeks ,please see this page. Maybe my edit summaries is inappropriate, Thanks for your admonish. zh:User:Jasonzhuocn 10:52, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Browns-Steelers Rivalry
Dude, that Danny guy is a jackass. Why did my article get deleted? I did it perfectly and spend a lot of time on it to learned how to write an article. I keep improving it and it still got deleted. I keep getting people around to help me, and it still got deleted. What the hell, man? You seem like a nicer guy than most jackasses in here, so tell me why it got deleted? —Preceding unsigned comment added by French Bodybuilder (talk • contribs)

 * User:Danny Lilithborne nominated your entry for deletion. After that, there was a deletion debate where people were invited to show their support or opposition for the deletion.  Here is a link to the debate: Articles for deletion/Steelers vs. Browns.  I see that you did not contribute to the debate, which you were entitled to.

 * Anyway, if you look at the list, it appears that a total of sixteen different users all supported the article's deletion, including the original nominator. No one spoke in its defense.  Everyone explained their reasons for their positions.  Here is a quick overview of them.

 * Delete because it's original research. (6 vote):This term gets tossed around a lot, and it is often applied incorrectly. In many cases, this confusion is just due to a lack of references.  See No original research for more on the subject.

 * Delete because of indiscriminate information. (5 vote):Articles generally need to be more than just a collection of information. If statistical information is added to a subject's article, it should assist in the overall discussion of the subject and not be the main focus itself.  See WP:NOT for a little bit of help on the subject.

 * Delete because it's unreferenced. (3 vote):Deleting an article solely because it has no references is controversial, but it is a contributing factor. See Citing sources for more help.

 * Delete because it's unencyclopedic. (5 vote):Different people have different notions of what qualifies as "encyclopedic". For information about content not suitable for Wikipedia, see What Wikipedia is not.

 * Delete because it's non-notable. (6 vote):What is and is not notable is a point of great debate. Often smaller subjects should be included within a higher-level article.  Such as within sports rivalry or significant rivalries in the NFL, for example.  Notability tries to define this subject.

 * Delete because it's fancruft. (2 vote):This is a slightly derogatory term. What it means in this context is that the subject has no importance outside of the interests of a small fan community.  Basically, it is a claim to non-notability.  See Fancruft.

 * So, the consensus appears to be... Your article provided statistical information as its primary focus.  The topic of the article itself wasn't discussed sufficiently, and within the content that was present, there were unreferenced claims, possibly acquired from your personal experience.  Furthermore, not only does the rivalry have little significance outside of its own context, but even within the context of the NFL it doesn't stand as one of the more notable rivalries.  Discussion on the subject should be placed into higher-level articles such as sports rivalry or significant rivalries in the NFL, if anywhere at all.

 * Please note that the above is the combined opinion of those people who deleted your article. I only had a moment to glance at your articles, so I can't make an educated judgement on the subject myself.  –Gunslinger47 05:29, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

IamCool316

 * (( regarding: User talk:IamCool316 ))

Did you see what he said about you on his talk page(?), he called you an old man, doesn't go against No Personal Attacks, and with the amount of profanity he's been using why didn't you block him longer?Sam ov the blue sand 04:11, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

 * As I stated at Talk:Naruto, I might have accidentally provoked him. Regardless, the situation has been resolved for some time now and he was already advised of the rules he broke.  At this point, harping on him with a hostile, authoritarian tone might upset him and have the opposite effect as intended. –Gunslinger47 04:47, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Bleach songs comment

 * (( regarding Talk:Bleach media and materials ))

I moved your comment on the Bleach songs from Talk:Bleach (manga) to Talk:Bleach media and materials. I think he is a very new editor and he will be more likely to see it there, since that's where he made his request. Hope you won't be offended - よろしく. Dekimasu 05:35, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Not a problem. –Gunslinger47 07:40, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

Dispute
When ya can, see the respective talk page for your opinion. Thanks! PL(DB) 17:53, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

Ulquiorra

 * (( regarding User talk:Someguy0830 ))

I like that one. I trimmed the sapce off it. – Someguy0830 (T | C) 03:07, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Can we talk
Can we talk about some of my problems, you're the only one who is nice about it. Sam ov the blue sand 00:08, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

 * If you submit a contribution that decreases the quality of an article, you are making work for other editors. Someone will be forced to choose between reverting your edits or spending time cleaning up the mess you created.  Spelling mistakes are only a smaller part of this; there are many things in a contribution that could decrease the overall quality of the article in the process of adding new information.

 * Have you been taught how to write essays and research papers? They tried to teach me how to write several times through my years of schooling, but I only managed to pick up the basics.  Stuff like sentence and paragraph flow... and stuff, but I still write no good so perhaps I'm not the one to be giving advice on the subject. :)

 * For a mechanical solution, try this: Download and install the Google Toolbar. I don't know about IE, but with Firefox, you don't have to use the entire toolbar, and can just take a single one of its buttons and place it on your existing toolbar.  This is what I do, and I only use the spellcheck button.  If you click it, it'll spellcheck all the text fields on a webpage and underline spelling errors.  Click on the underlined text and a drop-down list box will appear with possible corrections. –Gunslinger47 00:46, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

 * 1. How do I get Firefox?
 * 2. But sometimes what I think I'm editing is a good edit.
 * 3. Yes I have learned that stuff.
 * 4. And is there anything wrong with just wanting to be at the talk pages rather than making edits? Sam ov the blue sand 02:52, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * http://www.getfirefox.com The GoogleToolbar will work with IE, however.
 * So do I, but I am also reverted from time to time. Be bold, but don't take it personally someone reverts you.  Listen to what they say, try to work with them, then try again with a different approach.
 * Then you've learned more than me! :)
 * Nothing's wrong with just participating on the talk pages, assuming you keep civil and otherwise follow the rules. Remember that the end goal of all edits to talk pages is to improve Wikipedia articles.
 * Is there something else specific you wanted me to comment on? –Gunslinger47 03:05, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Holy mother f***er! I had spell check on my Google toolbar the entire time! Thanks for the help again, you should become an admin. Sam ov the blue sand 03:48, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Sharpe's Triumph

 * (message moved from User talk:MsHyde)

I've reviewed your debate over Sharpe's Triumph (novel). MsHyde, unless you can provide a specific case where the plot summary either adopts a significant point of view or makes a strong interpretation, there is absolutely no reason for any tags whatsoever, let alone ones calling for references beyond the core material.
 * "if book refs itself, the whole plot summary is OR by Wiki author--needs reviews, etc."

You said this, and it's incorrect. Assuming that we know the source material, gathering information never falls under Wikipedia's concept of OR, only the interpretation of said information can. I don't mean "interpretation" as in understanding a coherent and straightforward plot either. If, for example, you wanted to discuss how the chess game in the Philosopher's Stone is a metaphor for the series as a whole, you'd need to provide a reference to published speculation. Without any speculation, a plot summary is just a chronological list of facts.
 * "plot summaries can be subjective"

While true, you really ought to assert that a plot summary is subjective prior to tagging it as such. Explaining precisely what your contention is can also help greatly when calling into question the quality of someone else's work.
 * "Wikipedia articles are not supposed to consist of plot summaries..."

A common misunderstanding. After WP:NOT describes its purpose, it goes on to give a number of examples. These examples are used to further explain WP:NOT#IINFO and are not specifically intended to condemn the points in question. Regarding plot summaries, for example... if one can justify why the inclusion of plot details is pertinent, and thus not indiscriminate, then they are acceptable. Usually this justification is that an the included plot summary is subsidiary to the article, or group of articles as a whole. I'm not saying that the plot summary in Sharpe's Triumph passes this test, by the way. I'm just saying that your statement is a straw man argument against plot summaries in general, and is irresponsible. –Gunslinger47 21:58, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
 * (conversation continued at User talk:MsHyde)

MsHyde

 * (regarding User talk:Saga City)

It seems that User:MsHyde was a confirmed sockpuppet of the banned User:Cindery. –Gunslinger47 03:13, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

 * Many Thanks for the info; I suggested as much within 24 hours of his/her setting up shop. Unsubtle name too - for every MsHyde there has to be a DrJekyll? Saga City 09:25, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

 * I tried mediating a dispute that MsMyde, in hindsight, likely had provoked. Wasted breath, I suppose, which is sad. :( –Gunslinger47 10:02, 13 February 2007 (UTC)

Vasto Lorde
I didn't really see the need to catch the whole thing, considering its torso doesn't really add much. The helmet is the only really important part. Whatever works, though, as it's always nice to have the full profile. — Someguy0830 (T | C) 06:58, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

To me, gunslinger!
Hey, just wanted to invite you to check out the new Dark Tower WikiProject, a place to organize working on Dark Tower related articles. If interested, please add your name to the member list and check out the project pages. Feel free to change anything or make suggestions. An immediate task I think we should do is tagging all the appropriate articles with the project notice, and assessing them so we can get an idea of the project size. Long days and pleasant nights, --Mus Musculus 17:16, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Despite my handle, however, I'm not really that interested in expanding Dark Tower articles.  This was my name long before I came to Wikipedia.  I edited the core article recently, but only because it was such a mess when I read it. –Gunslinger47 01:29, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Do the Naruto characters have super strength, super speed, etc.
There's been a dispute between me and Someguy0830 about whether I should add the two superhuman categories to the characters. Someguy0830 says that "one flaw/inconsistency does not make a precedent move". I say, if a character like Naruto or Kakashi can perform a "Body Flicker Technique" (where a ninja goes 'poof') then why not add the superspeed category to the character's main page or include it in Category:Naruto characters? Know what I mean? Also, some of the characters have superhuman strength also, right? Why can't I add that category to some of the Naruto characters also? Someguy0830 continues with his "One mistake doesn't make a precedential move" - what the hell is that supposed mean, right? There are no mistakes in the manga/anime (probably in filler) when it comes to a character using a super ability at least once in the series that us humans in real-life can't perform. Anyways, we (or I) really need another person's opinion on this. Thanks! Power level (Dragon Ball) 21:20, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm back! So, you feel that it's innapropiate to add the super categories to any of the Naruto characters, even though some of them can do thinhs humans can't do? Power level (Dragon Ball) 00:15, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks! I get it now. Power level (Dragon Ball) 17:45, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Regarding
User:Ancientanubis asked me for a good reason why I deleted his post, which I gave him. I was not being incivil. Please refrain from removing other editors' comments on talk page. Thank you. PeaceNT 10:51, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Your comment contained a judgmental tone by calling his contributions "nonsense". Further, your jeering cough made your comment potentially quite offensive given the context.  As for my actions, removing uncivil comments is an acceptable way to keep the peace in such a situation. –Gunslinger47 11:05, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I would never regard a contribution as "nonsense" unless it actually is. Further, I only replied to Ancientanubis in the **cough** tone that he seems to be fond of, which is why it cannot strike him as being offensive in this particular situation. As for your actions, well, thanks for your input, but I had no intention of disturbing the peace here. PeaceNT 12:17, 22 February 2007 (UTC)
 * I see where the confusion came from. I was pretty sure that thread was talking about this diff, where his entire chat thread was removed, and not your most recent revert.  Your comment was spaced as if it was a direct reply to my own comment, so I thought you were commenting on the same subject.  Sorry for the confusion. –Gunslinger47 12:38, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Bleach
Konnichi-wa, Gunslinger-san! I proposed a Bleach WikiProject at Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Proposals and thought that you might be interested in voicing your thoughts since you seem to have an interest in Bleach. I'm willing to hear any and all criticism, comments, and ideas to help improve the project. Sadly, though, support for the project seems to be lacking and not many people wish to respond to my desperate cries requests for help. Well thank you for your time, no matter what your answer may be, and happy editing! // Decaimiento Poético  18:14, 25 February 2007 (UTC)

Speculation
I was going to do that but I had to go. Did you take care of it already? Sam ov the blue sand 02:03, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Never mind, but I added a welcome thing to his page. Sam ov the blue sand 02:06, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

manga scans
ya i figured that after lookin through them after a while:P

but thank you, and im not doin bleach im doin 666Satan

if your interested in helpin its a nice simple 66 chapter read(simple for me anyway:P)

peace,
 * Ancientanubis 23:51, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Archiving Help
This time I'm trying to archive my talk page myself (Someguy did it last time) but I keep messing up and I have no clue about what they're talking about in Wikipedia page about archiving (then again everyone knows I'm horrible with directions). Can you help me out? Sam ov the blue sand 23:34, 11 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Thanks, I get it now. ^_^ Sam ov the blue sand  01:50, 12 March 2007 (UTC)

recent edits
Thanks for the clarification at ... that's not one I cited ... no worries though! Have a good night. Keesiewonder talk 04:44, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Regarding Gaara
Because of sudden changes in my schedule I'm not able to finish the work I set out to do, specifically the Gaara cultural influences within the Gaara Article. I'm interested in deleting my discussion AD so as to not cause any confusion, as I won’t be here for a while to respond to any inquiries. I would like to ask that you please along with me delete your message's that are directly responding to the subject matter -I would appreciate it. Sagato 09:13, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

???
ok was you being a smart ass or not?--Tatshro Satou 16:06, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Here? Yes, apologies. ^_^  My other response was serious, though.  Our WP:AGF policy states that you should assume good faith in all cases where it's possible for the editor to have innocent intentions. –Gunslinger47 16:20, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Thank you
Thank you very much about your information about Hayley. I changed all of the Hayley pages accordingly. Thanks again. Hmwith 16:17, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

My comment
I have no problem with anyone removing my comments, as long as they have a good reason and becuse you had a good reason I don't care. Sam ov the blue sand, X please passover. 02:32, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Do have anything to put on my page to say I'm on vacation? I'm going to France in a little while so could you put it up for me? Please and Thankyou. ^_^. Sam ov the blue sand, Talk 18:09, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Wikibreak. –Gunslinger47 18:34, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

my edit comments
yeah a recent wave of idiots editing bleach has struck. i'm tired of reverting orb of distortion and other such faggotry. i call them idiots cuz thats what they are acting like, i'm not known for patience lol. my bad on that. the comment on the removal of bunshichi's nicknames wasn't disrespectful imo, and that wasn't the intent. the 3rd wasn't being a dick i really wanted to know where he got that shit from, cuz i have the entire manga and don't recall any more detailed explanation of ishiyumi's gate. it could be some extra shit from ultra jump (its happened before...see the trivia bullet on Katsumi Kabuto's name.)

i cuss a lot, some people take it as being pissed or rude in text format...i don't intend that, its just reader bias. if someone has a problem with it they can say so on my talk page and i'll explain it to them, or cease to curse when its in regards to their edits and such. don't think cuz i'm cursing i'm trying to be a dick or something. --Grimjaw 04:30, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Kamoebas
Accepted. I do know what has happened; the article "Kamoeba" existed as duplicates with different spellings; The one I dfeleted was short and rubbish, but clearly it's talk-page redirected to the real article. It was a mistake, and I will restore it (unless someone already has).--Anthony.bradbury 19:01, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

InvaderSora
I know I am in no position to do so, but I feel that, while he violated WP:SOCK maybe an indef. block is too much. He obviously wants to contribute productivly. Isn't there some form of probation on Wikipedia? Quatreryukami 02:19, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Are you under the impression that this user was given an indefinite block for violating WP:SOCK alone? He was already blocked indefinitely prior to this violation.  As for probation, this user has been given plenty of chances.  Let me step you through it.
 * January 20, 2007: Toajaller3146 blocked for 12 hours due to 3RR
 * January 22, 2007: Toajaller3146 blocked for 24 hours due to 3RR
 * February 25, 2007: Toajaller3146 blocked for 48 hours due to 3RR
 * March 10, 2007: InvaderSora blocked for 48 hours to do 3RR
 * March 14, 2007: InvaderSora blocked for 1 week for repeatedly removing an AFD template
 * March 17, 2007: InvaderSora's 1 week block is reset for repeatedly posting unblock
 * March 19, 2007: InvaderSora's 1 week block is reset for block avoidance with IP account
 * March 31, 2007: InvaderSora blocked indefinitely for 3RR
 * April 5, 2007: Toa Mario blocked for 24 hours due to 3RR
 * April 8, 2007: Toa Mario blocked for 48 hours due to 3RR
 * April 8, 2007: Toa Mario blocked for 1 week for repeatedly posting unblock
 * He "obviously" wants to contribute productivly, you say? I'll have to respectfully disagree. –Gunslinger47 02:57, 15 April 2007 (UTC)
 * My apologies, you must understand I don't know how to access block logs, or even if non admins can. Sorry to bother you! :DQuatreryukami 01:22, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
 * You can access the logs at Special:Log. –Gunslinger47 02:14, 16 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks Quatreryukami 15:53, 16 April 2007 (UTC)

Pink eye
Honestly, I just couldn't think of a better way to describe it. Might come off as speculative. I added it figuring someone would have a better way of saying it. — Someguy0830 (T | C) 02:43, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: Multi-uses
Yeah, I had meant to mention something there, but I got side-tracked with other things. Anyway, I've compiled a list of images used only in the episode lists and the subsequent episode articles. I probably could have replaced some of these as well, but not all the Naruto images on Wikipedia source what episode they're from, and I otherwise couldn't figure out which episode a specific image belonged to. So, do with the list what you will. ~SnapperTo 03:41, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

??
where did you learn to read japanese... Is it hard?Lightning Sword 00:18, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I know how to look up kanji by their radicals, but it's still too difficult to be of much practical use. Japanese helped me somewhat. –Gunslinger47 01:09, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Re: Orphans
Wow, that was stupid of me. I copied the tag I placed on an old image and forgot to fix the date. Sorry about that. ~SnapperTo 17:52, 26 April 2007 (UTC)

About Naruto
So is it completely true that naruto will reach volume 27 by the end of this year and what about the anime?66.68.245.197 00:31, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * The article doesn't mention the anime. –Gunslinger47 00:32, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

If the North america anime continues to air 1 new episode every week, the first part should conclude by early 2008. Is there a possibility that Viz will skip the fillers and move on to shippuden? 66.68.245.197 01:33, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Anything's possible. You can hope.  –Gunslinger47 01:36, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Screenshot capture
when I capture screenshots, I play my videos in Media Canter. I never really bothered thinking about the resloution. did I do something wrong?Verde830 15:34, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Got any thing for me to do
I'm looking for something to do on the naruto pages but I don't want to wikify the episodes. Can you think of anything? Sam ov the blue sand, My Talk ,  And if you feel like spying on me  21:35, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

 * I've been working on images lately, and there is still much to do. My current task is to go through Verde830's uploads and scale them all down to 288p.  He had the unfortunate habit of uploading screenshots at 1280x1024.  While I'm scaling them down, I'm also giving them full summaries and fair-use justifications.  See Image:Asuma's Trench Knives.JPG for an example of my current work.  Another thing to do is to check through all of the Category:Naruto images again looking for orphans.  Much of the orphans were deleted yesterday, but recent changes have likely orphaned a whole lot more.
 * Finally, one thing I'm thinking of doing is placing all images in Category:Naruto anime screenshots and sorting them by the episode number of their source. –Gunslinger47 22:28, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Ahh, oh well. I just wanted to convert the format real quick-like. 02:44, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Hmm.. thanks I think I'll try the images out. As you can see I've been here for awhile (personal stuff to sort out, I almost got my ass kicked) and alot of stuff has changed around the Naruto pages and doesn't looked like anyone missed me (sadly). Thanks for the sugestions. ^_^ Sam ov the blue sand,  My Talk ,  And if you feel like spying on me  21:03, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Oh and do you think I should change my sig? Sam ov the blue sand,  My Talk ,  And if you feel like spying on me  21:03, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

 * At 486 characters, you are over twice the 200 character figure discribed as excessive in Signatures. The length guidelines suggest against signatures that take up more than one line in the editing box (100+ characters). –Gunslinger47 21:15, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

 * How about this? Sam ov the blue sand,  My Talk ,  My crap  21:22, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

 * It's the length of the code that the policy is talking about. If you want to cut it down, I suggest getting rid of the Talk and Contributions links.  Unless you're an administrator, it's not usually worth it to have them there.  Besides, I use WP:POPUPS so they're entirely useless for me. –Gunslinger47 21:25, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

 * The recent non-free image jihad appears to have cut down the work needed on Naruto images greatly. We've gone for 800 images to what will probably end up being around 100. –Gunslinger47 21:25, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Fine you win. Sam ov the blue sand  21:36, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Movie 3
You have impecable timing. I'm in the middle of doing so. — Someguy0830 (T | C) 23:43, 2 May 2007 (UTC)

Image
I can't place the image it came from, but one need only compare it to Sasuke's article to see that it's unquestionably copyvio. You could probably speedy it with a comparison link. — Someguy0830 (T | C) 00:22, 11 May 2007 (UTC)

Image:1992 Rapture.jpg
Thanks for the input on Image:1992 Rapture.jpg. I'd be worried about marking it PD-because, just because of the ambiguity surrounding that. Certainly, the tag that's been put there requesting a smaller version makes sense, and I'll scale it down for that reason. But yes, you have the general idea of what happened. This was part of a Korean cult movement that happened around 1992, and for some reason had a strong offshoot in New England in the U.S. These posters appeared all over the area, and lasted for a long time (in some cases, more than 10 years). The original creator of the posters is probably not something we can find out, so I presumed that we need to treat this as a case of fair use. Is there a policy somewhere that suggests that that's not the case? -Harmil 20:49, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Sora Inoue
As for Sora Inoue in the manga, what page number states the made-up name Kakei? Which volume? WhisperToMe 01:06, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Unknown. I read scanlations, not Viz. Sorry. –Gunslinger47 01:25, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Ah - I wanted to see if it was changed since Sora was known - VIZ did that with Might Guy (the name was prev. rendered as "Maito Gai" WhisperToMe 05:36, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Gaara image
It's around that number. To be honest, I just sorta guessed at it for the image. Gaara's position limits the possible choices. — Someguy0830 (T | C) 05:28, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Ah, it's 48. Should be at least. — Someguy0830 (T | C) 05:37, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

 * It's gotta be in that battle block somewhere. If not 48, then it's a shot of him in the stands. — Someguy0830 (T | C) 06:05, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Screenshot
The orange hue is wrong. Should be red. Can't believe I didn't notice it before. — Someguy0830 (T | C) 03:52, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

Need I Point Out

 * (deleted comments moved from User talk:SanchiTachi&oldid=133546107 for completeness)

Regarding this edit, this is in line with the current understanding of Non-free content. Images that serve primarily as article decorations (especially on lists, as of late) fail fair use justifications. The covers of the individual graphical novels alone is pushing it. –Gunslinger47 23:56, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

 * [Need I point out] that your above two contributions to your talk page shows a conflict of interest regarding the non-compliancy of fair use? Furthermore, the images were there and are vital to educational purposes. It complies 100% with fair use. "establish context" That is the purpose of fair use. Educational value is only attained when providing a connection between both comic and minature, as the page is designed 100% for that purpose. SanchiTachi 00:02, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

 * "[Need I point out] that your above two contributions to your talk page shows a conflict of interest regarding the non-compliancy of fair use?"
 * I dislike the recent hysteria on Wikipedia and am having difficulty understanding it all. You see, fair use law does not equal Wikipeida fair use policy.  It is not intuitive, so I'm tripping up on all the rules written only in as abstract consensus on talk pages.  This doesn't mean that I'm going to ignore them, however.  I'm not going to disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point.
 * "Furthermore, the images were there and are vital to educational purposes. It complies 100% with fair use. "establish context" That is the purpose of fair use. Educational value is only attained when providing a connection between both comic and minature, as the page is designed 100% for that purpose. SanchiTachi 00:02, 26 May 2007 (UTC)"
 * You didn't make your intention clear in your fair use justification for your images, so misunderstandings are understandable. If your intention was to express a visual connection between the world of comics and miniatures, you'll need to state so explicitly.  Under resolution 4 of Wikimedia:Resolution:Licensing policy, images lacking correct rationals are subject to deletion.  Until you explained yourself here, I had assumed that you uploaded the miniatures to demonstrate the characters in question.

 * While we're on this subject, the article as you envisioned it, User:SanchiTachi/Graphic Novels, does not explain this "connection between both comic and minature" that you mentioned. Is this an academic connection, or as connected as, say, Lord of the Rings and a Frodo action figure? –Gunslinger47 00:50, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

 * The Liscencing used is the standard for all Warhammer Promotional Miniatures. We have already attained admin approval and the issue was already discussed and verified. Please try not to interfere with things you know nothing about. Thanks. SanchiTachi 01:05, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

 * I'm not speaking of the licensing tag. It is appropriate, but your fair use rational (on Image:Leonatos.jpg, for example) is unacceptably vague.
 * SanchiTachi, my intention is not to interfere, but to help. I see that you are having difficulty with other users (Someguy in particular) and I have some experience in successfully mediating such disputes.
 * The fact is your miniature images are currently not on the list of Warhammer 40,000 graphic novels and this has noticeably upset you. Wouldn't you like me to help you understand why consensus is against you?
 * As a side note, this is your second use of ad hominem against me in as many posts. –Gunslinger47 01:35, 26 May 2007 (UTC)
 * As a side note, this is your second use of ad hominem against me in as many posts. –Gunslinger47 01:35, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

 * (above comment was deleted, prompting this reply)

Is the statement on your userpage meant to be ironic? I offer friendly aid and you slap me? Please participate in a respectful and civil way. Do not ignore the positions and conclusions of others. –Gunslinger47 01:53, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

 * I have already pointed out that your prior relationship with the user above shows that you are unable to be unbiased or operate in the manner that you suggest. This is significant cause to justify you not using my talk page, as I do not wish it and further response from you will be seen as aiding him in his current harassment. Thanks. SanchiTachi 01:56, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

This is in case…
This is in case you did not get the other one thanks for answering my sock puppet question i forgot to sign in and ask it o well Mansa1king 00:00, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes, I say that. You're welcome. –Gunslinger47 03:33, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

RFC
As you were previously involved I thought you may wish to take part Requests_for_comment/Mark_Kim.--Crossmr 04:07, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I've made some comments on the talk page. My response to Mark Kim was simply because he put a solution to me to solve the issue which I thought was both unworkable and unreasonable. As well I clarified the purpose of the RfC, because his response seemed to completely miss the mark as he indicated he felt it was about individual issues and not his behaviour overall.--Crossmr 20:40, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

AN/I issue
I appreciate your response to my complaint. I replied as follows:

"While he might be interpreting that correctly, it doesn't need to come with 10 pounds of Angry in a 5-pound bag, which is what the complaint is about (and not whether he is right about how 'citation needed' tags are to be used). It's one thing to point out when someone does something a little bit wrong; its quite another to turn it into a series of personal attacks. I would ask that you maybe look a little bit deeper?"

My complaint was not questioning the proper usage of cn tags, but rather as to the vitriol with which ThuranX responded. I didn't feel it was either necessary or conducive to a polite editing environment. he was called on his behavior by another editor, and I even apologized for whatever slight I may have done him, and he turned that into an attack as well. The user just seems angry all the time, and while I used to like the guy, I am seeing this curtness as a little more unbalanced han the norm. - Arcayne   (cast a spell)  19:47, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Bleach pics
thanks for the nonfree-link, it's clear to me now. if the others would have told me that in the beginning instead of deleting without saying anything it would make things a lot easier >.< i'm kinda new here so i still have to figure out these things :) tnx, greetings --Twsl 19:12, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Someguy0830 can be a little short with people at times, but he means well. Welcome to Wikipedia. :) –Gunslinger47 21:06, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

deidara
why dont you want to put deidara under the former members. In his article it says that "As a last resort, Deidara has an additional mouth on his chest that, once being unsealed and provided with clay, turns himself into a living bomb that destroys everything in a 10 kilometer radius". Even in the chapter he says in the new chapter that death will transform me into a work of art. Not only that we seen him transform in to that black bomb thingy.

 * Take it up on Talk:Akatsuki (Naruto) where they're discussing it. It seems they want to wait a week for certainty, though there is admittedly little hope of Deidara surviving this.  –Gunslinger47 21:07, 14 July 2007 (UTC)

stupid question
considering how long I've been here and all I find this to be a stupid question: how do I upload pictures, just give me a page or something to read from. Sam ov the blue sand 01:00, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

 * There is a link to it in your toolbox labeled "upload file". That takes you to Special:Upload. For more information, see Uploading images. –Gunslinger47 01:05, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Another stupid question: what's an editer review? Sam ov the blue sand 01:43, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Editor review? –Gunslinger47 02:38, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

 * little late, I'm on Editor Review!. Sam ov the blue sand 03:09, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

 * Umm I think you meant Nov 2006 not 2002. Sam ov the blue sand 04:20, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Orphaned non-free image (Image:Yurakb4.jpg)
Thanks for uploading Image:Yurakb4.jpg. The image description page currently specifies that the image is non-free and may only be used on Wikipedia under a claim of fair use. However, the image is currently orphaned, meaning that it is not used in any articles on Wikipedia. If the image was previously in an article, please go to the article and see why it was removed. You may add it back if you think that that will be useful. However, please note that images for which a replacement could be created are not acceptable for use on Wikipedia (see our policy for non-free media).

If you have uploaded other unlicensed media, please check whether they're used in any articles or not. You can find a list of 'image' pages you have edited by clicking on the "my contributions" link (it is located at the very top of any Wikipedia page when you are logged in), and then selecting "Image" from the dropdown box. Note that any non-free images not used in any articles will be deleted after seven days, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. Thank you. BetacommandBot 18:10, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Akatsuki leader picture
I have found a better akatsuki leader picture.the URL is http://saiyanisland.com/images/details.php?image_id=14810&sessionid=adb7eb2fc24cc86e615b0248c620a821.this was posted 7/18/07 Veda123 23:46, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Mediate
If you're not too busy can you mediate an argument I'm having with that guy Artist I don't want you to chose i side i just want this discussion to end. Here it is. Sam ov the blue sand, Editor Review 00:34, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

 * I don't see a serious problem there. If Whocares was not able to convince you of the need to keep the article, raising an AfD might move the conversation forward.  Either way, the debate would end in a few days. –Gunslinger47 01:19, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

 * HA like it matters no on posted one my editor review for 2 days. I don't like Whocares at all, he's so full of himself and thinks he's all that just because he made one article and convinced people to split of the Akatsuki article. And I don't like to be talked down to and that was exacly what he was doing. But I do plan on merging Itachi into that article because I don't see why he's exempt from every other member. Although it could be the drugs talking (antibiotics that is) I do feel dizzy and light headed so I'm going to bed and hopefully I'll be able to think straight tommorrow. Sam ov the blue sand, Editor Review 04:16, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

 * I'm having problems with Artist agian but that's not why i'm here to ask you. How do I get alot of reviews so far all I have are 3 and that tells me nothing about what would make me a better editor. Sam ov the blue sand, Editor Review 23:15, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

 * I know nothing of editor reviews. There is probably a talk page somewhere that you can ask questions on. –Gunslinger47 22:26, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Synopsis
The synopsis section for Bleach characters are not needed, we should have Bleach chapters summaries instead, this had been suggested in the talk page. Hartebeest 23:38, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Talk page for List of Bleach characters. Hartebeest 23:42, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Talk:List of Bleach characters Hartebeest 23:48, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

name change
I'm thinking of changing my name because I want to have all my names for my online accounts to be the same so I'm not confused. What do you think of ColonelGubitz? Sam ov the blue sand, Editor Review 20:56, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

 * Does it mean anything? –Gunslinger47 22:58, 11 October 2007 (UTC)

 * Sorry I've been gone awhile, I've changed my mind. I use ColonelGubizt for every thing else (Xbox live, Play Station network, youtube account, ect), Gubitz is my last name.  Sam ov the blue sand, Editor Review 22:44, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Hello
hey Gunslinger47. I just wanted to ask you why many articles are being erased and many others are being made completely useless. Like for example the dragonball z article is now essentially useless. In a few months, wikipedia is becoming more strict and less helpful. I just wanted to know why? Thanks for reading, I'll check up later.Bye for now. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.226.63.30 (talk) 23:13, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
 * As I understand it, this is because, while the DBZ articles were very useful for researching Dragon Ball, this is not what Wikipedia is meant for. You'll probably be interested in DragonBall, which is meant exactly for that.  –Gunslinger47 01:06, 11 November 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks 4.226.66.82 19:19, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Rather important discussion
Is here. Most of his changes are good, and should be implemented. Discussion is important to hammer out the details though. Your input would be highly appreciated. Thanks, Sephiroth BCR  ( Converse ) 02:11, 17 November 2007 (UTC)

4chan vandalism
Yeah, I know, it happens to me all the time, sadly. Some people really need to get a life. J Milburn (talk) 23:59, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

Hey!!
Look I knew what I was talking about on that talk: Naruto Akatsuki article! I was wondering why they never changed Madara's article to include the fact that he fought not only team 7, but also team 8! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Battoubro (talk • contribs) 04:09, 18 March 2008

Sonic 06
Alright, then if you could go in and make those improvements to the current version (without deleting almost every quote, lol,) it would be great. Thanks for the help. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Info845 (talk • contribs) 04:28, 19 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks, good job. Looks a lot better. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Info845 (talk • contribs) 05:55, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Haha thanks. I wasn't sure how to do anything but a blanket revert in that situation, though, but I prolly should have found a way around it. Yeah, I just played the game myself and felt like I HAD to update its...reception, lol, to put a clear picture across. (Pretty bad game, unfortunately.) I've been doing some "reception" sections for games and movies lately, it's fun stuff. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Info845 (talk • contribs) 16:33, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Got it. And that sentence about Famitsu wasn't added by me, someone else created that one. He tried to spin the "Reception" section more positively and I removed most of those but left the Famitsu section in there just...because. But yeah, I have no problem if you change that.

Info845 (talk) 23:26, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

Hello Gunslinger. I realize i have been vandalizing Sonic 06 lately. I appologize, its just that the game (to me) should be given a little bit more gratitude. Very stupid of me.us I am really sorry.KENNYPWNAGE (talk) 05:40, 29 November 2008 (UTC)
 * Welcome to Wikipedia. Everyone makes mistakes and no one expects new users to understand every last rule and policy the moment they hit the site, so don't feel bad. –Gunslinger47 16:09, 29 November 2008 (UTC)

Thanks. I really don't want to get in trouble so i won't try doing anything to anymore articles. unless some info might be missing that i know.70.17.160.132 (talk) 04:08, 30 November 2008 (UTC)

Sonic 06
Stop add that text to the presentation of this game, please. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.227.240.2 (talk) 14:39, 13 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Why should that text be removed? –Gunslinger47 20:14, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

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Minamoto no Noriyori

Minamoto no Noriyori (源 範頼) was a Japanese samurai lord of the late Heian period, who fought alongside his brothers Minamoto no Yoritomo and Minamoto no Yoshitsune at a number of battles of the Genpei War. He was the sixth son of Minamoto no Yoshitomo.

Early life
As children, he and his brothers Yoritomo and Yoshitsune were spared by Taira no Kiyomori in 1160, following the death of their father, Minamoto no Yoshitomo, after their mother Tokiwa became Kiyomori's concubine.

Genpei War
Noriyori seemingly disappears from any record until 1180, when he served his brother Yoritomo in Kamakura. Beginning in 1184, four years into the Genpei War, he was sent out from Kamakura by Yoritomo, and made his way to the Taira strongholds of Shikoku. Noriyori helped defeat the wayward Minamoto no Yoshinaka, his cousin, at the Second Battle of the Uji and the Battle of Awazu, before moving on to play a central role in the Battle of Ichi-no-Tani. The Taira were pushed back, and the war fell into a lull for about six months, during which Noriyori returned to Kyoto.

Noriyori was sent out once more, in September 1184, to secure the provinces of the Chūgoku region, and then to move on into Kyūshū. He played a major role in the Battle of Kojima. However, attempting to push further, he ran into difficulties of a lack of supplies, and the fact that the Inland Sea was controlled by his enemies. He wrote to his brother in Kamakura, and was told that supplies were on the way, but that the Taira were watching, so any shipments had to be done very carefully. Noriyori finally managed to get rice, other supplies, and a handful of war junks from a magnate in Suo Province. He moved on into Kyūshū as planned, and remained there, playing no role in the decisive Battle of Dan-no-ura.

After the Genpei War was over, Noriyori returned to Kamakura, where he was rewarded by Yoritomo for his services. However, there was now a feud for dominance of the clan between Yoritomo and Yoshitsune. Yoritomo ordered Noriyori to arrest their brother; after unsuccessfully trying to convince Yoritomo to change his mind, Noriyori simply disobeyed outright.

Death
In May 1193, when Yoritomo held a grand hunt on Mount Fuji, an incident occurred in which two brothers of the Soga clan killed Kudo Suketsune, an enemy of their father. A rumor spread that Yoritomo had been killed. Yoritomo's wife, Hōjō Masako, was worried, but Noriyori comforted her, assuring her that even if Yoritomo were killed, he would be there for her and for the clan. These words caused Yoritomo to doubt his brother, who confined Noriyori to Izu Province.

In 1193, Yoritomo had Noriyori killed on charges of conspiracy.

Family

 * Father: Minamoto no Yoshitomo
 * Mother: Iwata no Tsubone

license: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Lidzbark (disambiguation)

Lidzbark is a town in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland.

Lidzbark may also refer to:

 * Gmina Lidzbark, an urban-rural gmina (administrative district) with seat at Lidzbark
 * Lidzbark-Nadleśnictwo, a settlement in Gmina Lidzbark
 * Lake Lidzbark
 * Lidzbark Warmiński, a larger town, also in Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship
 * Gmina Lidzbark Warmiński, a gmina with seat at Lidzbark Warmiński
 * Lidzbark County, a larger administrative district also with seat at Lidzbark Warmiński

title: Lidzbark (disambiguation)


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Rural municipality (Canada)

A rural municipality, often abbreviated RM, is a type of municipal status in the Canadian provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Prince Edward Island. In other provinces, such as Alberta and Nova Scotia, the term refers to municipal districts that are not explicitly urban, rather than being a distinct type of municipality.

History
Unlike Eastern Canada or the United States, the Prairies have never had counties.

The Municipal Ordinance of 1883 was enacted by the then North-West Territories to incorporate and empower municipalities in areas of four or more townships, establishing the offices of Treasurer, Assessor, Collector, and Auditor; departments for roads, animal control, and police; and a judiciary depending on the size of the municipality. The Ordinance also established the category of "statute labour", wherein each male inhabitant of working age in a municipality was liable for at least one day of labour for property up to and including $300, and an additional day for each $300 value increment; these days could be paid off either by performing labour on the days or paying $2 per day. The Government continued this with the Statute Labour Ordinance (1897), which established sets of statute labour and fire (SLF) districts or statute labour districts in areas not under any municipality. Prairie fires in the 19th century were devastating affairs; fire districts were precursors to local improvement districts (LIDs).

Saskatchewan and Alberta became provinces in 1905. In Saskatchewan, discontinuance of local improvement districts in favour of smaller rural municipalities began on December 13, 1909. Typically, a rural municipality consists of about nine townships, each six miles by six miles in area. Settled areas of denser populations could form urban municipalities such as villages, towns and cities. In northern Saskatchewan, the large Northern Local Improvement District was replaced by the Northern Saskatchewan Administration District in 1972, and was not subdivided into smaller rural municipalities.

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change text to illustration
in several places, the words 'cartoon drawing' are used. the word illustration is succinct and accurate. Rqpaine (talk) 16:38, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

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Does anybody know where the best information for EAPs regarding their generator capabilities is?

Poymer not the only type
There should be a link to Pneumatic artificial muscles either from this article or on an Artificial muscle disambiguation page. Of course, mechanical prostheses using cord, levers, etc. have been in use forever. Egmonster 08:07, 7 July 2007 (UTC)

 * artificial muscles (EAP elements) totally differ from Pneumatic artificial muscles. Maybe there should be a "not to be confused" link.--Infestor (talk) 20:39, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

 * The problem is that the generic category "artificial muscles" links to this. There should be a separate article for that since there are a number of things, like Pneumatic artificial muscles that would fall in that category. The ways things are set-up now is totally screwed-up. 75.61.97.29 (talk) 23:34, 17 May 2012 (UTC)

Visual
this article greatly lacks of visuals.--Infestor (talk) 14:22, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Wrong citation
As the name implies, these gel actuators can also be made with bucky balls instead of nanotubes[8]. but ref. [8] is not on bucky balls (or fullerene) and to my knowledge a bucky gel actuator with fullerene instead of carbon nanotubes was never presented. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.251.200.3 (talk) 12:42, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

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Il matrimonio segreto

Il matrimonio segreto (The Secret Marriage) is a dramma giocoso in two acts, music by Domenico Cimarosa, on a libretto by Giovanni Bertati, based on the 1766 play The Clandestine Marriage by George Colman the Elder and David Garrick. It was first performed on 7 February 1792 at the Imperial Hofburg Theatre in Vienna in the presence of Emperor Leopold II.

Performance history
Cimarosa's only work still to be regularly performed, it is arguably one of the greatest 18th century opera buffa apart from those by Mozart. Its premiere was the occasion of the longest encore in operatic history; Leopold II was so delighted that he ordered supper served to the company and the entire opera repeated immediately after without the orchestra, with the composer accompanying on the harpsichord.

The Italian premiere of the opera was given at La Scala in Milan on 17 February 1793 with Maria Gazzotti as Carolina and Vincenzo Del Moro as Paolino. On 23 May, the same year, it arrived at the Teatre de la Santa Creu in Barcelona. England saw the work for the first time on 11 January 1794 at The King's Theatre in London and the following 6 August it was performed for the first time in Portugal at the Teatro Nacional de São Carlos in Lisbon with Domenico Caporalini as Carolina and Luigi Bruschi as Paolino. The French premiere was given by the Théâtre-Italien in Paris on 10 May 1801 with Teresa Strinasacchi Avogadro as Carolina and Gustavo Lazzarini as Paolino.

Il matrimonio segreto was first performed in the United States at the Italian Opera House in New York City on 8 January 1834. The Metropolitan Opera presented the work for the first time on 25 February 1937 with Muriel Dickson as Carolina, George Rasely as Paolino, Natalie Bodanya as Elisetta, Julius Huehn as Robinson, and Ettore Panizza conducting.

Synopsis
We are in the household of Geronimo, a wealthy citizen of Bologna; he has two daughters, Elisetta and Carolina, and a sister Fidalma, who runs the household. He also has a young secretary, Paolino, who is secretly married to the younger daughter, Carolina. The time is the early eighteenth century.

Act 1
Paolino is working to arrange a marriage contract between Elisetta and his patron, Count Robinson, hoping that as soon as Geronimo's older daughter is well married, his marriage to the younger one will be acceptable. Count Robinson has written a letter expressing interest – tempted by Elisetta's substantial dowry – and Geronimo is thrilled to think that his daughter will be a Countess ("Udite, tutti udite"). Fidalma confesses to her niece that she is in love, too, but only reveals in an aside to the audience that she has her eye on Paolino ("È vero che in casa").

When the Count arrives he is disappointed to find that it is not Carolina who has been offered to him ("Senza tante cerimonie"). He tells Paolino that he will be content with a smaller dowry and sends him off to arrange the match. Carolina does not dare tell the count that she is married, so when she admits she has no lover it excites him further; she tries to convince him she has no desire or qualification to be a countess ("Perdonate, signor mio"), but he continues to pursue her. Elisetta accuses them both of betraying her, and the commotion attracts Fidalma who joins Carolina in trying to calm Elisetta ("Lasciatemi, signore"); everyone tries at once to explain his or her feelings to the confused and exasperated Geronimo ("Orsù, saper conviene").

Act 2
Geronimo insists that the Count must honor his contract and marry Elisetta, but the Count refuses. When he offers to accept a smaller dowry with Carolina's hand instead, Geronimo is delighted to save face and money – as long as Elisetta agrees.

Paolino is distraught, and throws himself on Fidalma's mercy, but is stunned to find that she hopes to marry him; he faints, giving her the idea that she returns his emotion and making Carolina think she has been betrayed, but he promises that they will leave the house at dawn and take refuge in the house of a relative.

The Count tells Elisetta all his bad habits and physical defects, hoping she would reject him, but she stands firm – and he finally confesses that he cannot abide her. Geronimo can not persuade her either. Fidalma suggests sending Carolina to a convent, and Geronimo agrees. Carolina is broken-hearted and tries to confess her predicament to the Count, but they are interrupted by her sister, her aunt and her father who are gleeful at having caught them together, and Geronimo sends Paolino off with a letter to the Mother Superior.

After a brilliant and farcical finale Paolino and Carolina finally confess they have been married for two months; Geronimo and Fidalma are furious, but the Count and Elisetta advise them to forgive the newlyweds, adding that they (the Count and Elisetta) will marry after all.

Recordings

 * 1951: Alda Noni, Ornella Rovere, Giulietta Simionato, Cesare Valletti, Sesto Bruscantini, Antonio Cassinelli – Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Manno Wolf-Ferrari – (Warner Fonit)
 * 1956: Graziella Sciutti, Eugenia Ratti, Ebe Stignani, Luigi Alva, Franco Calabrese – Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Nino Sanzogno – (EMI)
 * 1978: Arleen Auger, Júlia Várady, Julia Hamari, Ryland Davies, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Alberto Rinaldi – English Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim – (Deutsche Grammophon)
 * 1991: Susan Patterson, Janet Williams, Gloria Banditelli, William Matteuzzi, Petteri Salomaa, Alfonso Antoniozzi, Orchestra of the Eastern Netherlands, Gabrielle Bellini – (Arts Music)
 * 1992: Elżbieta Szmytka, Jeannette Fischer, Anne-Marie Owens, Tracey Welborn, François Le Roux, Angelo Romero, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne, Jesús López-Cobos – (Cascavelle)
 * 2008: Cinzia Forte, Priscille Laplace, Damiana Pinti, Alberto Rinaldi, Aldo Caputo – Orchestra & Chorus of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Giovanni Antonini – (Dynamic)
 * 2021: Renata Girolami, Donato Di Stefano, Loriana Castellano, Klara Ek, Giulia Semenzato, Jesús Álverez, Orchester der Academia Montis Regalis, Alessandro De Marchi – (cpo)

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Hillsborough, New Hampshire

Hillsborough, frequently spelled Hillsboro, is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 5,939 at the 2020 census. The town is home to Fox State Forest and part of Low State Forest.

The main village of the town, where 2,156 people resided at the 2020 census, is defined as the Hillsborough census-designated place (CDP), and is located along the Contoocook River at the junction of New Hampshire Route 149 with Henniker Street and Main Street. The town also includes the villages of Hillsborough Center, Hillsborough Upper Village, Hillsborough Lower Village, and Emerald Lake Village.

History
The town was first granted in 1735 by Jonathan Belcher, colonial governor of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, as "Number Seven", one in a line of nine Massachusetts towns set up as defense barriers against Indian attacks. The towns were renamed after the border between the two provinces was fixed in 1739, placing the towns in New Hampshire. Settled in 1741, the town was granted in 1748 by Governor Benning Wentworth as "Hillsborough", named for Sir Wills Hill, Earl of Hillsborough. It would be incorporated in 1772 by Governor John Wentworth.

Hillsborough was the birthplace of Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States and the only president from New Hampshire. The Pierce Homestead was built in 1804 (the year of his birth) by his father, Benjamin Pierce, a general in the Revolutionary War, and twice governor of New Hampshire. Restored in 1925, the home was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the house is today a museum owned by the state and operated by the Hillsborough Historical Society.

A cluster of five stone arch bridges built during the 19th century in Hillsborough is designated as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.

Railroad service was supplied to Hillsborough by the Boston and Maine Railroad from 1878 to 1972. Rail service north to Henniker ceased in 1942, and Hillsborough became the end point on a line that once stretched in an arc from Nashua to Concord, New Hampshire. The rails in Hillsborough were torn up in 1979. Hillsborough was once home to an iconic railroad covered bridge and a curved wooden trestle. The bridge burned due to arson in 1985, and the trestle was dismantled shortly thereafter. The Hillsborough Branch now ends at Bennington; the line from Bennington to Hillsborough is a rail trail.

Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 115.8 km2, of which 113.2 km2 are land and 2.6 km2 are water, comprising 2.24% of the town. The town center, or census-designated place, has a total area of 5.0 km2.

The highest point in Hillsborough is Thompson Hill, at 1768 ft above sea level, in the northern part of town. Hillsborough is drained by the Contoocook River and its tributaries, Beards and Sand brooks. Part of Franklin Pierce Lake is in the southwest. The town lies fully within the Merrimack River watershed.

Adjacent municipalities

 * Bradford (north)
 * Henniker (east)
 * Deering (southeast)
 * Antrim (south)
 * Windsor (west)
 * Washington (northwest)

Demographics
As of the census of 2010, there were 6,011 people, 2,392 households, and 1,614 families residing in the town. The population density was 137.9 PD/sqmi. There were 2,896 housing units at an average density of 66.4 /sqmi. The racial makeup of the town was 96.4% White, 0.6% Black or African American, 0.3% Native American, 0.6% Asian, 0.03% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, 0.3% some other race, and 1.8% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.4% of the population.

There were 2,392 households, out of which 34.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.2% were headed by married couples living together, 11.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.5% were non-families. 24.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% were someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.51, and the average family size was 2.98.

In the town, the population was spread out, with 24.8% under the age of 18, 7.4% from 18 to 24, 27.1% from 25 to 44, 29.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.3 males.

For the period 2007–2011, the estimated median annual income for a household in the town was $54,386, and the median income for a family was $67,621. Male full-time workers had a median income of $43,583 versus $32,030 for females. The per capita income for the town was $23,232. About 7.1% of families and 11.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.5% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.

Education
Hillsborough is part of School Administrative Unit (SAU) 34. Public schools serving the community of Hillsboro include:
 * Hillsboro-Deering Elementary School
 * Hillsboro-Deering Middle School
 * Hillsboro-Deering High School

Sites of interest

 * Contoocook Mills Industrial District
 * DAR Museum Room, in the Fuller Public Library
 * Five Stone Arch Bridges
 * Franklin Pierce Homestead (1804)
 * Railroad Bridge (1903–1985)
 * Union Chapel (1887)

Notable people

 * Christopher Columbus Andrews (1829–1922), soldier, diplomat, newspaperman, author, forester
 * David Bailey, abolitionist in Abraham Lincoln legal case Cromwell vs. Bailey and militia officer in the Black Hawk War (1832)
 * Wilson Bethel (born 1984), actor
 * James Frankland Briggs (1827–1905), politician
 * Benjamin Pierce Cheney (1815–1895), a founder of American Express
 * James Hill (1825–1897), member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate
 * Benjamin Franklin Keith (1846–1914), vaudeville theater owner
 * Timothy G. O'Connell (1868–1955), architect
 * Benjamin Pierce (1757–1839), governor of New Hampshire and father of President Franklin Pierce
 * Benjamin Kendrick Pierce (1790–1850), United States Army officer, son of Benjamin Pierce, brother of Franklin Pierce
 * Franklin Pierce (1804–1869), 14th President of the United States
 * John Butler Smith (1838–1914), manufacturer, 44th governor of New Hampshire
 * Gertrude Bass Warner (1863–1951), art collector, pioneer of museum studies

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Scared Straight (disambiguation)

Scared Straight! is a 1978 documentary film and a type of juvenile rehabilitation program named for it.

Scared Straight may also refer to:

 * Scared Straight (band), an American punk band, now known as Ten Foot Pole
 * Scared Straight (album), a 1996 album by New Bomb Turks
 * "Scared Straight", a 2003 song by the Long Winters from When I Pretend to Fall
 * "Scared Straight" (Beavis and Butt-Head), a 1993 television episode
 * "Scared Straight" (Saturday Night Live), a recurring sketch on Saturday Night Live

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H. B. Acton

Harry Burrows Acton (2 June 1908 – 16 June 1974) was an English academic in the field of political philosophy, known for books defending the morality of capitalism, and attacking Marxism-Leninism. He in particular produced arguments on the incoherence of Marxism, which he described as a 'farrago' (in philosophical terms). His book The Illusion of the Epoch, in which this appears, is a standard point of reference. Other interests were the Marquis de Condorcet, Hegel, John Stuart Mill, Herbert Spencer, F. H. Bradley, Bernard Bosanquet and Sidney Webb. Acton also endorsed a version of negative utilitarianism, according to which the reduction of suffering has unique moral importance.

He had teaching positions at the London School of Economics, Bedford College, the University of Edinburgh where he occupied the Chair of Moral Philosophy, and the University of Chicago. He was editor of Philosophy, the journal of the Royal Institute of Philosophy, of which he was for a time Director. He was president of the Aristotelian Society from 1952 to 1953.

He is buried in Grange Cemetery in Edinburgh close to the main entrance.

Works

 * The Illusion of the Epoch: Marxism-Leninism as a Philosophical Creed (1955)
 * The Philosophy of Language in Revolutionary France (1959) Dawes Hicks Lecture of the British Academy
 * What Marx Really Said (1967)
 * Philosophy of Punishment (1969) editor
 * Kant's moral philosophy (1970)
 * The Morals of Markets: an Ethical Exploration (1971) essays edited by David Gordon and Jeremy Shearmur. 2nd edition (1993), Liberty Fund, ISBN 978-0-86597-106-6
 * The Right to Work and the Right to Strike (1972)
 * The ethics of capitalism (The Company and its Responsibilities) (1972)
 * The idea of a spiritual power: 1973 Auguste Comte memorial trust lecture (1974)

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Group transfer reaction

In organic chemistry, a group transfer reaction is a class of the pericyclic reaction where one or more groups of atoms is transferred from one molecule to another. Group transfer reactions can sometimes be difficult to identify when separate reactant molecules combine into a single product molecule (like in the ene reaction). Unlike other pericyclic reaction classes, group transfer reactions do not have a specific conversion of pi bonds into sigma bonds or vice versa, and tend to be less frequently encountered. Like all pericyclic reactions, group transfer reactions must obey the Woodward–Hoffmann rules. Group transfer reactions can be divided into two distinct subcategories: the ene reaction and the diimide reduction. Group transfer reactions have diverse applications in various fields, including protein adenylation, biocatalytic and chemoenzymatic approaches for chemical synthesis, and strengthening skim natural rubber latex.

Mechanism
A defining feature of the group transfer reaction is that it is a concerted reaction, in which a bond is broken and formed in one step. The concerted reaction occurs due to the orbital overlap between the alkene and the allylic enophile. The electrons in the highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) of the ene are transferred to the lowest occupied molecular orbital (LUMO) of the enophile.

Ene Reaction
The ene reaction is one of the most common forms of group transfer reactions, where an allylic hydrogen is transferred to an alkene in a cyclic concerted mechanism. The ene reaction reaction is further divided into subgroups including intramolecular ene, metallo-ene, and carbonyl ene reactions. The reverse reaction, commonly called the retro-ene reaction, can occur under high temperatures.

Reductions with Diimide
Reductions with diimide is another class of group transfer reactions, in which alkenes and alkynes are reduced concertedly with diimide as the reducing agent. In the generic mechanism of a reduction with diimide (Figure 3), nitrogen gas is lost as a result. The diimide reduction displays a higher selectivity for the symmetrical homonuclear C=C double bond compared to the heteronuclear C=O double bond. Along with a preference for reducing the least conjugated double bond, showcasing the precision of reductions with diimides in targeted organic synthesis.

Protein Adenylylation
Group transfer reactions are prevalent in many biological mechanisms. One example is protein adenylylation, where adenosine triphosphate (ATP) transfers an adenosine monophosphate group to another protein at threonine or tyrosine residues. Adenylylation protein modification adds a negative charge to the protein and thus changes its protein function. Protein adenylylation is especially documented in bacterial modification of GTPases, since this modification of GTPases via adenylylation prevents the host cell’s ability to prevent infection.

Biocatalytic and Chemoenzymatic Approaches for Chemical Synthesis
The application of the ene reduction can be observed in both biocatalytic and chemoenzymatic approaches for chemical synthesis. The capacity of ene reduction to catalyze diverse reactions with high selectivity renders it a valuable tool in the synthesis of complex and stereospecific compounds. Ene reduction plays a role in the production of fine chemicals, pharmaceutical compounds, agrochemicals, and biofuels. Highlighting the functionality of ene reductases emphasizes their crucial role in catalyzing a variety of reactions. One example is the ene-reductase Old-Yellow-Enzyme (OYE) which can reduce a carbon-carbon double bond (C=C) with a catalytic amount of NADH.

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Kunitake Andō

Kunitake Andō (安藤 国威, Andō Kunitake; born January 1, 1942) Chairman of BJIT Limited, became president of Sony Corporation in June 2000, having been an employee of the company since 1969. On March 7, 2005 it was announced that he would step down to become an adviser, with Ryōji Chūbachi succeeding him as president. Andō is from Aichi Prefecture and graduated from University of Tokyo.

He first served on the board from 1994 to 1997, when he was removed as part of the massive reduction in the size of the board initiated by Sony president Nobuyuki Idei. He did not return to the board until he succeeded Idei as president, even though he was named Executive Deputy President and Chief Operating Officer in April, 2000. His secondary title was altered to Group Chief Operating Officer in 2003 and to Global Hub President in 2004.

He currently serves as Chairman of The University of Nagano in Nagano, Japan.

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Zeno machine

In mathematics and computer science, Zeno machines (abbreviated ZM, and also called accelerated Turing machine, ATM) are a hypothetical computational model related to Turing machines that are capable of carrying out computations involving a countably infinite number of algorithmic steps. These machines are ruled out in most models of computation.

The idea of Zeno machines was first discussed by Hermann Weyl in 1927; the name refers to Zeno's paradoxes, attributed to the ancient Greek philosopher Zeno of Elea. Zeno machines play a crucial role in some theories. The theory of the Omega Point devised by physicist Frank J. Tipler, for instance, can only be valid if Zeno machines are possible.

Definition
A Zeno machine is a Turing machine that can take an infinite number of steps, and then continue take more steps. This can be thought of as a supertask where $$\frac{1}{2^n}$$ units of time are taken to perform the $$n$$-th step; thus, the first step takes 0.5 units of time, the second takes 0.25, the third 0.125 and so on, so that after one unit of time, a countably infinite number of steps will have been performed.

Infinite time Turing machines

A more formal model of the Zeno machine is the infinite time Turing machine. Defined first in unpublished work by Jeffrey Kidder and expanded upon by Joel Hamkins and Andy Lewis, in Infinite Time Turing Machines, the infinite time Turing machine is an extension of the classical Turing machine model, to include transfinite time; that is time beyond all finite time. A classical Turing machine has a status at step $$0$$ (in the start state, with an empty tape, read head at cell 0) and a procedure for getting from one status to the successive status. In this way the status of a Turing machine is defined for all steps corresponding to a natural number. An ITTM maintains these properties, but also defines the status of the machine at limit ordinals, that is ordinals that are neither $$0$$ nor the successor of any ordinal. The status of a Turing machine consists of 3 parts:

 * 1) The state
 * 2) The location of the read-write head
 * 3) The contents of the tape

Just as a classical Turing machine has a labeled start state, which is the state at the start of a program, an ITTM has a labeled limit state which is the state for the machine at any limit ordinal. This is the case even if the machine has no other way to access this state, for example no node transitions to it. The location of the read-write head is set to zero for at any limit step. Lastly the state of the tape is determined by the limit supremum of previous tape states. For some machine $$T$$, a cell $$k$$ and, a limit ordinal $$\lambda$$ then

$$ T(\lambda)_k = \limsup_{n\rightarrow \lambda}T(n)_k $$

That is the $$k$$th cell at time $$\lambda$$ is the limit supremum of that same cell as the machine approaches $$\lambda$$. This can be thought of as the limit if it converges or $$1$$ otherwise.

Computability
Zeno machines have been proposed as a model of computation more powerful than classical Turing machines, based on their ability to solve the halting problem for classical Turing machines. Cristian Calude and Ludwig Staiger present the following pseudocode algorithm as a solution to the halting problem when run on a Zeno machine.

begin program write 0 on the first position of the output tape; begin loop simulate 1 successive step of the given Turing machine on the given input; if the Turing machine has halted then write 1 on the first position of the output tape and break out of loop; end loop end program

By inspecting the first position of the output tape after $$1$$ unit of time has elapsed we can determine whether the given Turing machine halts. In contrast Oron Shagrir argues that the state of a Zeno machine is only defined on the interval $$[0,1)$$, and so it is impossible to inspect the tape at time $$1$$. Furthermore since classical Turing machines don't have any timing information, the addition of timing information whether accelerating or not does not itself add any computational power.

Infinite time Turing machines however, are capable of implementing the given algorithm, halting at time $$\omega$$ with the correct solution, since they do define their state for transfinite steps. All $\Pi_1^1$ sets are decidable by infinite time Turing machines, and $$\Delta_2^1$$ sets are semidecidable.

Zeno machines cannot solve their own halting problem.

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Jerome Ambro

Jerome Anthony Ambro, Jr. (June 27, 1928 – March 4, 1993) was an American military veteran and politician who served three terms as a member of the United States House of Representatives for New York from 1975 to 1981.

Biography
Ambro's father was New York assemblyman Jerome G. Ambro. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he attended Brooklyn public elementary schools and graduated from Grover Cleveland High School, Queens, New York, in 1946. Ambro earned a B.A. from New York University in 1955. He was married on June 11, 1955, to Helen McCooey, with whom he had three children, Cathleen Ambro DeRolf, David Ambro and Richard Ambro. His second wife was Antoinette Salatto.

Military service
During the Korean War, Ambro served in the United States Army as a member of the Military Police from 1951 to 1953 where he attained the rank of sergeant.

Early political career
Ambro served the town of Huntington as a budget office and purchasing and personnel director from 1960 to 1967. Later, he served on the Suffolk County, New York Board of Supervisors from 1968 to 1969. From 1968 to 1974 he served four terms as Supervisor for the town of Huntington. He was simultaneously chairman of Huntington's Urban Renewal Agency, as well as president of Freeholders and Commonalty of the Town of Huntington.

In 1970, Ambro challenged Basil Paterson for the Democratic nomination for Lieutenant Governor of New York, but was defeated in the primary election.

Congress
Elected as a Democrat to the 94th, 95th and 96th United States Congresses, Ambro served from January 3, 1975, to January 3, 1981. He led the Democratic Party to its first sweep of Huntington elections in 35 years. While Ambro was in office, the town of Huntington became the first municipality to ban the use of the pesticide DDT.

During his first term in the House, Ambro was elected president of his 82-member freshman class. Ambro served on the Public Works and Transportation Committee and was elected chairman of the House Science and Technology Committee Subcommittee on Natural Resources and the Environment. Ambro played a major role in winning the preservation of wetlands in Massapequa, New York, and having Brookhaven National Laboratory designated as the site of a high-energy reactor.

In 1980, Ambro authored an amendment to the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act (Section 106(f)) to require that the disposal of dredged material into Long Island Sound from any federal project, or from any non-federal project exceeding 25,000 cubic yards (19,000 m³), comply with the environmental criteria for ocean dumping under the MPRSA, in addition to the requirements of Section 404 of the Clean Water Act.

He was defeated for re-election in 1980 by Gregory W. Carman

After leaving Congress, he worked as a lobbyist and was a governmental and legislative consultant.

Death and legacy
Ambro died from diabetes in a hospital at Falls Church, Virginia, on March 4, 1993 (age 64 years, 250 days). He is interred at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia.

The East Northport, New York, post office building was renamed the Jerome Anthony Ambro, Jr. Post Office Building in 1998. The Town of Huntington named the Jerome Ambro Memorial Wetlands Preserve in honor of Ambro's conservation efforts.

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