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Prince of Persia 3D

Prince of Persia 3D is a 1999 action-adventure game developed by Mindscape and published by Red Orb Entertainment for Microsoft Windows. A port for the Dreamcast was developed by Avalanche Software and published by Mattel Interactive in North America the following year under the title Prince of Persia: Arabian Nights. It is the first 3D installment in the Prince of Persia series, and the final game in the trilogy that started with the original 1989 game. Taking the role of the titular unnamed character rescuing his bride from a monstrous suitor's schemes, gameplay follows the Prince as he explores environments, platforming and solving puzzles while engaging in combat scenarios.

Production began in 1997 and lasted over two years. While series creator Jordan Mechner acted as a creative consultant and contributed to the narrative, he was mostly uninvolved. The visual design drew from Medieval Persia with added fantastical elements. A planned PlayStation port was cancelled in favour of the Dreamcast version. Reception of the title was mixed, with most of the criticism focusing on its gameplay and several bugs. Following its sale to Ubisoft, the series was rebooted under Mechner's guidance with 2003's Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time.

Gameplay
Prince of Persia 3D is an action-adventure video game. The player controls the main protagonist, an unnamed Prince from a kingdom in Persia; the Prince is navigated through fifteen levels. Environments are seen through a fixed third-person view which tracks with the Prince's movements. When the Prince is standing still, the player can take manual control of the camera to examine the environment. The Prince is guided through levels using tank controls. While exploring levels, he can jump across gaps and up onto platforms, climb up and explore along ledges, deal with traps, and swim through bodies of water. Many puzzles found during levels, which must be solved to progress, involve activating levels and triggering pressure plates and switches. Potions can be found through the environments, with effects ranging from replenishing and increasing health to turning invisible or curing poison.

While exploring, the Prince can engage individual enemies in close-range combat with three weapon types; the sword, the spear or staff, a bow and twin blades. The bow can only be used outside normal combat to shoot enemies from a distance, and can also be used in some puzzle types. The health of the Prince and their current opponent is shown along the bottom of the screen. Combat is initiated when drawing a weapon with an enemy nearby, with the camera switching to a side perspective which adjusts with the Prince's movements. While always facing the enemy, the Prince can move in any direction. During battle, the player can strike from both sides and above, block attacks, and feint a move to create an opening for an attack. If a character's blow is blocked, then the attacker is stunned for a short time and the opponent can launch a faster counterattack. Some scenarios in levels allow the Prince to either sneak past enemies or use environmental elements to kill them. If the Prince runs out of health, the game ends and must be restarted either from a save point or the beginning of a level.

Plot
The Sultan, together with the recently-married Prince and Princess, visit the kingdom of his brother Assan south of Persia. During an entertainment, Assan's guards kill the Sultan's own guard and imprison the Prince. The Sultan had previously promised the Princess's hand to Assan's son Rugnor, a vow the Sultan broke when the Prince married her. The Prince escapes captivity and makes his way to the Sultan, who unsuccessfully attempts to persuade the Prince to give the Princess up. Assan attempts to kill the Prince, but kills the Sultan when he steps between them. The Sultan asks the Prince to save the Princess before he dies, and the Prince flees as Assan accuses the Prince of the Sultan's murder. Rugnor, revealed to be a half-human half-tiger creature, kidnaps the Princess and has multiple run-ins with the Prince. When the Princess refuses to yield to Rugnor, going as far as cutting off his hand with a sword, he decides to kill her by tying her to a large gear machine in his lair to crush her to death. The Prince arrives in time, killing Rugnor by knocking him into the gears and stopping the machine. The Prince then spirits the Princess away to an unknown destination.

Development
Prince of Persia 3D began active development in 1997 at Mindscape. Preproduction had begun in April 1996 when the first proposals were made. During its production period, the Prince of Persia brand changed ownership from Broderbund after the company was purchased by The Learning Company in mid-1998, then by Mattel Interactive in December of that same year through a merger with The Learning Company. The game was published under the Red Orb Entertainment brand, which was split away from Broderbund during the buyout and continued to support Mindscape. Series creator Jordan Mechner was brought in as a creative consultant, and co-authored the scenario; the cutscene dialogue was written by John Morgan. Mechner was brought on board after finishing work on The Last Express. He never felt connected to the project, saying that it was always the brainchild of producer Andrew Pederson. He described his role as simply giving the go-ahead, and being brought in to consult on proposed mechanics. Mechner disliked the project as it evolved, seeing as little more than a clone of Tomb Raider, which was very popular at the time. He also felt a disconnect with the Prince character, as executive pressure had forced the Prince into becoming a character he barely recognised. Around 20 people worked on the game, plus a few contractors in Canada helping out on cutscenes.

During the design phase, the team put a lot of effort into creating the narrative and the environmental design. Environments and architecture, together with enemy designs, drew inspiration from the history and religion of Medieval Persia. The storyline itself was meant to emulate the style of One Thousand and One Nights. Much of the architecture was based on Persia during the 9th and 12th century, with the team consulting Mechner with incorporating "more contemporary" traps. The game's characters and enemies were worked on by artist Chris Grun, who was described by Mechner as someone who was "not Disney, not realistic, just Prince of Persia". Grun drew inspiration for his designs from the work of Danish illustrator Kay Nielsen, who created illustrations for One Thousand and One Nights, and the work of artist Edmond de Lack. In portraying different cultures, he was directly inspired by the conflicts caused by the spread of Islam through the region.

The battle sequences drew inspiration both from earlier Prince of Persia titles, and other titles including Bushido Blade. The more realistic fighting was influenced by the two weapon and fighting consultants hired for the project, one involved with weapon props for movies (Richard Pallaziol) and the other an ex-Marine. The two were filmed acting out fighting moves, which were then mimicked inside the game environment. For the Prince's athletics, the team had an Olympic gymnast perform them on camera, then they used the footage to replicate the actions in-game. This style, while not true motion capture, was a style similar to Mechner's rotoscoping technique for the original Prince of Persia titles.

The game used the third-party NetImmerse game engine, with character animation and AI behaviour handled by Motion Factory's Motivate middleware system. The team considered creating their own game engine during early production, but settled on third-party software so they could focus on game development. NetImmerse was used to manage polygon models and particle effects, while Motivate was used for animation development. Other actions and elements were otherwise handled by the in-house programming team. The engine's versatility allowed the developers to create both indoor and outdoor environments without many restrictions. Further graphical elements included warping polygon models to allow actions such as the Prince's breathing to be visible. Several different graphical options were supported, and 3D acceleration was a requirement for the title. The music was co-composed by Tom Rettig, Jonelle Adkisson and Greg Rahn.

Release
Prince of Persia 3D was announced by Broderbund in April 1998, planned for a release in "early 1999". It was later shown off at that year's E3. As part of the promotion, a developer's blog was originally operated on the game's website, although due to workload the blog was not greatly expanded. The game was released on 17 September 1999 in North America, and 1 October in Europe. This version was released for Microsoft Windows. Multiple patches were released for the game over the following weeks, focusing on fixing reported bugs.

The port of Prince of Persia 3D for the Dreamcast was developed by Avalanche Software and published by Mattel Interactive. For the port, the game was retitled Prince of Persia: Arabian Nights. The port was released in North America on 6 December 2000. A port was also being developed for the PlayStation, based on the PC version and featuring gameplay alterations to appeal to fans of action games. The PlayStation port was cancelled so staff could focus on the Dreamcast port.

Reception
The Dreamcast version received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. In retrospective opinions from Mechner and game journalists, Prince of Persia 3D is considered one of the weakest titles in the series and a key reason for a growing lack of interest from the gaming community.

IGN praised the PC version's unique score, fluid animations and well made graphics, and the jumping mechanics. GameSpot criticised the same version's rough character models, difficult camera effects, and unresponsive controls, but praised the action. John Lee of NextGen gave a positive review to the PC version of the game, but noted the controls as "sluggish" and the occasional problems with the camera. Peter Olafson of GamePro was generally positive to the PC version of the game, but was critical to the controls and camera. Later, however, Dr. Zombie called the Dreamcast version a "solid fun for Dreamcast, providing a good mix of action with challenging puzzle solving", but deemed it inferior compared to other adventure games such as Tomb Raider Revelations.

Legacy
Following the poor performance of Prince of Persia 3D, Mechner distanced himself from the video game industry, feeling burned out and disconnected from the series. In 2001, Mattel sold off The Learning Company's entertainment division, which included rights to the Prince of Persia series catalogue, to Ubisoft. At that time, Mechner retained the IP rights, and Ubisoft contacted him about rebooting the series. While Mechner was reluctant, Ubisoft won him over and he decided to start over with both the series and its lead character. That reboot, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time, was released in 2003 to commercial success and positive reviews. The game saw multiple sequels, and is cited as the reason players and critics returned to the Prince of Persia series following Prince of Persia 3D.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Down In The Alley

Down In The Alley
Lyrics, may be copyrighted, may be not, but either way, this is not an article, nor is evidence of an article-worthy subject given. Tuf-Kat Not Copyrighted (originally recorded by Mephis Minnie in 1930's). Needs explaination of back-story to lyrics to become real article (pending). peck
 * Search in Altavista for Down in the alley, just you and me We're going bowlin' till half past three Just rockin' and reelin', we'll get that feelin' Down in the alley, oh baby gee shows 37 web pages with this lyric on. This song seems to be by Elvis Presley. Anthony Appleyard 09:28, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: If it were not copyrighted, this would go to Wikisource, but it's almost certainly still copyrighted.  When in doubt, we can't take the chance.  Geogre 15:12, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. If the connection to Presley or anyone else notable can be verified, it could become a redirect, but our current Presley article doesn't mention this song. No useful content. Andrewa 15:52, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not an article... P Ingerson 00:43, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. As the guy above me said, not an article. --YixilTesiphon

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Canadian humour

 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was - kept

Canadian humour
There's probably enough material for an article on the subject, but this is pointless and not informative. Tuf-Kat 08:53, Dec 9, 2004 (UTC)
 * Eh? This is currently pointless. Delete unless someone decides to start from scratch and create a proper article in the next few days. Average Earthman 14:55, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Note that Bearcat has now done so. Samaritan 13:08, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: Shockingly obvious substub. It does remind me of what Dave Thomas and John Candy said about the origins of "Great White North" on SCTV:  the Canadian law required 2% "Canadian content," so they said, "What? A couple of guys wearing touks talking about back bacon and Molson's?"  Geogre 20:22, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * A propos of nothing, it's actually spelled tuque...oh, and my vote is to keep so that my fine fellow Canucks have a chance to actually do something with it. The potential is massive, after all: SCTV, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, King of Kensington, The Red Green Show, Royal Canadian Air Farce, Wayne & Shuster, Will Ferguson, Stephen Leacock, Miriam Toews, The Frantics, Barenaked Ladies, Moxy Früvous...want I should go on, or do you get the idea? Bearcat 02:47, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Simply getting Canadian comedians would be a long list, although I really don't think it should be kept unless there actually is something about Canadian humor that's individual. Tuque?  Wow.  (It could conceivably be about the Canadian humor industry, and I sure wouldn't include Red Green as an example of funny.)  Geogre 04:22, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Well, tuque is a borrowing from French...as English so often does, we kept the spelling but mangled the pronunciation into something more friendly to the anglophone tongue. (I mean, honestly, who looks at the word hors d'oeuvre and thinks there should be an r sound before the v?) As for Red Green, well, I don't find him all that funny, either, but unfortunately enough other people do. Bearcat 06:44, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep: I think instead of deleting it, perhaps it can be a collaborative contribution. Spinboy 21:04, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep: This page has HUGE potential. Earl Andrew 21:35, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete unless someone totally rewrites it prior to expiration of VfD. There could be an article about Canadian humo[u]r, but this isn't it and this isn't the start of one. You could have a bot generate articles like this. Here, have another one: "Dutch humor is similar to American humor. There are regional jokes and political jokes. Political jokes often reference government corruption or inaction. Brabant and Frisia can sometimes be referenced in regional jokes." Redirect to Robertson Davies? (No, not serious)... [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 21:37, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC) P. S. If anyone is going to work on it, don't forget Stephen Leacock... Keep, valid topic and some evidence that it's going to be worked on. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 17:29, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Guess I just don't have a sense of humour... P Ingerson 00:46, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Keep iff greatly expanded. Aerion 01:36, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Substub, but valid topic. -- Jmabel | Talk 01:55, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep for the topic, eminently encyclopedic and expandible, and now candidate for Canadian collaboration of the week. Samaritan 02:21, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Great, but as I read this the article is still in its useless state. At least add a "See also" section and put links to Robertson Davies and Stephen Leacock and any other blazing supernovas of the Canadian laff firmament, so that we can at least see that the article is being improved during VfD. Yeah, I'd do it myself but I'm a little tired of undermining my own "delete" votes... [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 13:59, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep and allow for organic growth. [[User:GRider|GRider\talk]] 17:14, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * [Insert pun on "Canadian humus" here]
 * Keep. Currently too small is not a reason to delete.  Let the article grow.  --L33tminion | (talk) 19:17, Dec 10, 2004 (UTC)
 * Articles do not grow, organically or not, by themselves. People write them. I changed my vote because I see concrete evidence that people are, in fact, intending to take responsibility for writing this article. [[User:Dpbsmith|Dpbsmith (talk)]] 20:03, 10 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand. If the folks north of the 48th Parallel are willing to take this on, go for it! - Lucky 6.9 02:45, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * (48th?) Bearcat 06:44, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * LOL! Yeah it is the 49th parallel that seperates the US of A and Western Canada ;) - Jord 16:52, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * AARGH! You're right!  Geez, when I do a typo, I really do a typo!  Blushing, I remain Lucky 6.9 22:49, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep - this definately needs work but it is now being vote on for Canadian colloboration of the week and I'll be adding to it whether it succeeds or not! - Jord 16:52, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep, agree with Samaritan. —No-One Jones 22:07, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * KeepAndyL 23:16, 11 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. This is a reasonable subject. Canadians have a chance to appreciate U.S. humour, British humour, and home-grown Canadian humour that most of the rest of the world doesn't know about. We should share this with the humour-deprived. Stamp out systemic bias. Jallan 03:39, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Looks like a keeper now. -- Hadal 06:26, 12 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Absolutely keep! This is one of our defining characteristics in North America. Radagast 01:05, Dec 13, 2004 (UTC)
 * keep, Canadian humour is distinct. Markaci 06:57, 2004 Dec 13 (UTC)
 * Keep it. —[[en:RaD Man|RaD Man (talk)]] 22:22, 13 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep, this could be informative for some North Americans. Sunray 02:16, 2004 Dec 14 (UTC)
 * Keep. Looks interesting enough to me. [[user:JonMoore|Jon, Conqueror of Men | (Talk!)]] 22:23, 14 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep now. [[User:Premeditated Chaos| P M  C ]] 02:27, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.


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Sarah McLachlan Live

Live is a 1992 live recording by Sarah McLachlan, not to be confused with the 2004 Live Acoustic EP. It documents a concert that McLachlan performed in September of that year in Harbourfront, Toronto, and was released on CD in October. All of the songs originally appeared on McLachlan's 1991 album Solace, except "Ben's Song", which is from her 1988 release Touch. Although labelled an EP, a format that usually has a short running time and only a few tracks, this release runs more than 30 minutes, above the length threshold of being a full album.

This album was released as a limited edition, which included a condensed version of McLachlan's 1991–1992 tour program; all copies released by the label have sold out. It is now considered a collector's item. It is the first of several live albums McLachlan has released to date.

Musicians

 * Sarah McLachlan: Vocals, acoustic guitar, piano
 * Stephen Nikleva: Electric Guitar
 * Brian Minato: Bass
 * David Kershaw: Keyboards, Background Vocals
 * Kim Linekin: Keyboards, background vocals
 * Ashwin Sood: Drums, percussion, background vocals

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Miroslav Horníček

Miroslav Horníček (10 November 1918 in Plzeň – 15 February 2003 in Liberec) was a Czech actor, writer, director, artist and theatre theoretician. He is well known in the Czech Republic for his on-stage partnership with Jan Werich, his talkshows (Hovory H ...) and many small roles in Czech movies and TV.

Partial filmography

 * Polibek ze stadionu (1948)
 * Pan Novák (1949) - Jirotka
 * Soudný den (1949)
 * Mikolás Ales (1952) - Valek
 * Mladá léta (1953) - Vaclav Svetly
 * There Was Once a King... (1955) - Beautiful prince - son of Alabaster I.
 * Z mého zivota (1955) - (voice, uncredited)
 * When the Woman Butts In (1960) - Dr. Faust
 * Kazdá koruna dobrá (1961) - Krytina
 * Neschovávejte se, kdyz prsí (1962) - farár Tadeás Hora
 * Bez svatozáre (1964) - Narrator (voice)
 * Táto, sezen stene (1964) - Father
 * Lov na mamuta (1965) - (voice)
 * Ohne Pass in fremden Betten (1965) - Mr. Jelínek
 * Smrt za oponou (1967) - kapitán Chrástek
 * Kinoautomat (1967) - Pan Novak
 * Hudba kolonád (1975)
 * Barrandovské nocturno aneb Jak film zpíval a tancil (1984) - Himself - entertainer

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Talk:AC Propulsion tzero

mentioned by George Noory on Coast to Coast AM today --Rj 08:57, Dec 9, 2004 (UTC)

tzero is supposed to have a lowercase "t"
I have in the past been corrected by ACP themselves, the "t" in tzero is supposed to be lowercase, see their own website and you will see that they don't use upper case "T"'s in it's name. --D0li0 11:40, 14 April 2007 (UTC)

absurd relation to J/km
The reported relation between watt hours per mile and J/km in the text is absurd.
 * 180 Wh/mile × 3600 s/h / 1.6 km/mile = 405000 Ws/km = 405 kJ/km, not the value 895 J/km given in the text. The discrepancy is a factor of several hundred. I checked the source document for this claim, and it is also in error. -- 99.233.186.4 (talk) 21:06, 16 February 2011 (UTC)

 * Never saw J/km. Nowadays kWh/km is commonly used in Europe. Alex42 (talk) 14:40, 30 December 2020 (UTC)

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John Faulkner

John Philip Faulkner (born 12 April 1954) is an Australian former Labor Party politician who was a Senator for New South Wales from 1989 to 2015. He was a Cabinet Minister in the Keating, Rudd and Gillard governments.

After his election to the Senate in 1989, Prime Minister Paul Keating appointed Faulkner as Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Minister for Defence Science and Personnel in 1993. In 1994, Faulkner was moved to the position of Minister for the Environment, which he held until Labor's defeat in 1996. He later served as the Leader of the Labor Party in the Senate from 1996 to 2005, and returned to Cabinet upon Labor's election in 2007, after Kevin Rudd made him Vice-President of the Executive Council and Special Minister of State. He later served as Minister for Defence from 2009 to 2010, when he retired from frontline politics. He became the Father of the Australian Senate in 2014, and retired from Parliament altogether a year later by way of resignation, and is considered by some as an elder statesman. Faulkner has since been a member of the board of the Global Panel Foundation – Australasia – an NGO that works global in crisis areas.

Background and early career
Faulkner was born in Leeton, New South Wales on 12 April 1954, attended Pennant Hills High School, and was educated at Macquarie University, Sydney, where he graduated in Arts and Education (BA, DipEd). Before entering politics he worked as a Special Education teacher in government schools from 1977 to 1979. In 1980 he was employed as a Research officer to the New South Wales Minister for Sport and Recreation, Ken Booth. Gaining prominence within the ALP, he was made Assistant General Secretary of the NSW party in 1980, serving for nine years and became a member of the ALP National Executive in 1989.

Political career
A leading member of the Socialist Left faction of the ALP, Faulkner was appointed to the Senate in 1989 to succeed the former left-wing minister Arthur Gietzelt, who had resigned mid-term. In the Keating Labor government, Faulkner was Minister for Veterans' Affairs and Minister for Defence Science and Personnel 1993–94, and Minister for the Environment, Sport and Territories, with a seat in the Cabinet, 1994–96.

After the defeat of the Keating government in 1996, Faulkner became Leader of the Opposition in the Senate, and was a member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry 1996–2004. He was at various times Shadow Minister for Social Security, Public Administration and Home Affairs. He was a key Labor strategist in the 1998, 2001 and 2004 federal elections, and was a particularly close advisor to Mark Latham during the 2004 election. In the wake of Labor's defeat in that election, he resigned his positions. Faulkner became the first Labor Senate leader who did not become Government Senate leader since Don Willesee. In October 2006 John Faulkner was elected as the National President of the Australian Labor Party until February 2008 and chaired the Labor's National Conference in 2007.

In the First Rudd Ministry, Faulkner served as the Vice-President of the Executive Council, Special Minister of State and Cabinet Secretary. In his role he introduced new rules for ministerial conduct and fundraising aimed at reducing the influence of lobbyists on government decisions. He also introduced new guidelines reducing the overt political control of government funded advertising.

On 9 June 2009, Faulkner was sworn in the Minister for Defence, replacing Joel Fitzgibbon, who had stepped down on 4 June. He retained this portfolio in the First Gillard government until the 2010 federal election following an earlier announcement that he would step down as Defence Minister and return to the backbench.

In 2014 Faulkner began a process of reforms that sought to stamp out perceived corruption and factional infighting within the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party. Faulkner proposed to include rankandfile members in decisions such as the selection of candidates for Senate and Legislative Council vacancies and party tickets, and a vote in the direct election of the New South Wales parliamentary leaders. However, Faulkner's reform proposals were mostly rejected at NSW Labor's 2014 conference. The direct election of party leader gained support with effect from after the 2015 election.

Resignation
Faulkner announced on 30 April 2014 that he would not seek re-election and would be retiring at the end of his term on 30 June 2017. On 11 December 2014, however, he announced that he would be resigning from the Senate in late January or early February 2015, creating a casual vacancy. Faulkner resigned on 6 February 2015.

Post-politics life
Faulkner has since been a member of the board of the Global Panel Foundation – Australasia – an NGO that works global in crisis areas.

Personal life
Faulkner was formerly married to fellow Labor politician Sandra Nori and they have two children.

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Talk:Pete Sampras

GREEK
It's anormal to say "greek american" he is american and later in the article his greek origin are mentioned

He has aged
He has aged terrible over the past decade. I just saw him on tv now and last viewed him play in 1999 and compared to back then he looks like an old man. Lost his youth for sure and is balding. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 149.135.97.187 (talk) 17:37, 26 November 2007 (UTC)

I feel that more could be said in certain places in this article. In 1989, Pete Sampras defeated Mats Wilander (the defending champion) in the second round of the US Open and no mention is made of this remarkable upset. Also, the article is very vague about his matches in the US Open of 1990 leading up to the final. When he defeated Ivan Lendl in the quarterfinals, it marked the first time since 1981 that Lendl failed to reach at least the final of the US Open. That's a really interesting bit of information that I feel should be added.Tyranus 22:16, 1 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Wilander gave up the ghost after 1988 - I am convinced that he sold his soul to the devil just to win those three majors and get the #1 ranking. That doesn't count. No, I'm kidding. Yeah, the Lendl thing is big. Pete was also noted as saying that he felt "relieved" that he didn't have to deal with the pressure of his title defense after he lost in the 1991 U.S. Open quarters, and there's a quote from many of his peers from around that time that widely criticized him for saying that. I think that might be a worthy addition too. I'll try to incorporate all of this ASAP.Trip to Your Heart 18:19, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

considered
Should it be "considered by some" rather than just "considered"? Remember for all his abilities he missed out on one event, the French Open, which eluded him. Mandel 08:58, Dec 9, 2004 (UTC)

 * Currently says "considered by many" which is probably the right level to pitch it at. Would be better to say "considered by many, including InsertFamousTennisPersonHere," Pcb21| Pete 20:55, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

The Man has won more Grand Slam titles than anybody else up to date. I think it would be correct to say that he is the greatest. Considerations of the people are not interesting. This is a encyclopedia based on facts. Some feel that Borg, with his four consecutive Garros and Wimbledon, wins was the greatest though he was not willing to play in Australia. People tend to compare Roger to Pete at his age etc.. All this speculation can be avoided by simply using the simple definition. The guy who has the most Grand Slam titles is simply: The greatest.

If still problematic I vote for removing the whole Greatest ... thing. If someone disagrees the "The Greatest" is then a strongly subjective matter and should not be included in encyclopedias.

It's a fairly conservative way of putting it. He IS one of the greatest players of all time, there is no rational debate about that. Whether he is the greatest of all time is certainly questionable, but the fact that he is ONE of the greatest is not. I say get rid of "generally considered to be." 70.132.14.150 18:06, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

I have to agree with you as well. Pete won 14 Grand Slams, was ranked year-end #1 for 6 years, and is the all-time leader on money earned. Rod Laver's and Bjorn Borg's articles both state that "fans consider him the greatest of all time" or something to that effect, so why not Sampras as well?

Guys...it's stupid to call him "one of the greatest". andre agassi is also one of the greatest, yet he's nowhere near Sampras. Sampras is GOAT. Greatest of all time. Not that it means his record is perfect, far from that. Even Steffi Graf, who is GOAT amnog women doesn't have a perfect record. She almost has, but not entirely.

Sampras doesn't have a perfect record, but still, his record is the best record in tennis history so far. Therefore, he's GOAT.

Sampras is the top league, along with Tilden, Budge, Laver, Borg and Federer. And among them, no one is near.

Tilden was extremly dominant in his era, but fails to back that with numbers. He skipped numerous Wimbledons, played almost only in the USA. Sure, he's won a lot and his achievements are one of the best but he has lesser pure number than Sampras.

Budge won only 6 slams, yes, 6 in a row, record, along with Grand Slam, but way to little to be GOAT.

Guys like Kramer or Gonzales, were great, but they don't qualify for GOAT contenders. Why? They won nothing (important). Kramer was prevented because of the war, and Gonzo played as a pro.

You can't transform potential which Kramer had, or pro matches that were played like exos, into slam wins.

Laver. Won Grand Slam in 1962, but the amatuer tennis was low quality back then, like never before. He played pro as well, and did well there, like Gonzales, but the pro-era is incomatible with amater-open eras stuff. Just can't give him credit for that. He did won record number od tournaments in one year in each of those hree eras, amateur, pro and open, he won also Grand Slam in each of those eras 1962-amater, 1967-pro and 1969-open Grand Slam. When discussing and looking at broader picture, he could be considered GOAT, but only he, along with Sampras.

Downsides are, he won only 5 open era slams, compared to Sampras' 14.

Borg is one of the best ever, but hardly a GOAT. People talk how Sampras failed to win RG, but Borg has won only 2 out 4 possible slams. Also, Sampras has more Wimbledon titles. More slams as well. Also, Borg spent very little timea as no1 when compared to Sampras. 2 years ended as no1. vs Sampras' 6 years. Similar stuff with weeks.

Federer is also, still short of Sampras' achievements.

So, I think in this article, Sampras should be declared the guy with best record ever, which means guy with greatest accomplishments in tennis history. He has one week spot, RG, but all other guys have not just one, but two, three or four weak spots, just like that, which makes his record the best, however unperfect it may be, but still, it's the best record in tennis history, and that record makes him the greatest player of all time.

Just take 6 most important things in tennis and look at it, Sampras holds/shares record in 4 out of 4 categories.

Wimlbledon - Sampras US Open - Connors, Sampras Roland Garros - Borg Aus Open - Agassi Masters - Lendl, Sampras (but in Lendl's time Masters was woth 0 points, while in the 90s, it was worth just as any other slam)

And #1, Sampras reigned as no one else.

Sure, never won RG, but give someone who has better record.

Connors and Mcnroe both have a better record than sampras and more singles titles.

 * "andre agassi is also one of the greatest, yet he's nowhere near Sampras". Big serves, highlighted by making the semis of the French on only one occasion. Agassi is the first Golden Slam champion and a Grand Slam champion, something only a small handful of men have attained. There's no comparison as to who was the more skilled and gifted all-round player. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.139.53.65 (talk) 09:21, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

One of Sampras' classic matches not listed
One of Sampras' classic matches not listed was in the Quaterfinals of the 1995 Australian Open when he beat Jim Courier 6-7 6-7 6-3 6-4 6-3 in 4 hours.

Animated picture?
I'm not familiar with the Wikipedia policy for animated images, can someone consult it and change (or not) accordingly? If there is no policy, I'd say to get rid of it in favor of a still image. zellin 15:25, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)

 * I agree. It is also rather heavy at more than 400KB, which I think is too much. Lovro 12:45, August 4, 2005 (UTC)

Does anyone think that maybe this article is a little too much statistics, and not enough talking about the man?

hands over face
Can someone tell me about the time he lost to a no-name and then sat in his chair for a while?
 * I don't remember this incident, but if I had to guess, I would guess it was his loss at 2002 Wimbledon to George Bastl.Atarr 14:54, 11 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Based on this description, my guess is that you're right.

T-script down
Link to transcript w/Leno is 404, may be temporary. --Doctorcherokee 04:46, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Bad link
The transcript link at the bottom of the main page (http://www.samprasfanz.com/news/020924jayleno.html) returns a file not found error.

* Transcript of Sampras' appearance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno
 * I just removed that link, it's still broken. Copied below, in case it gets fixed, but not an essential link in any case. Dze27 02:32, 8 September 2006 (UTC)

Equipment section
I have removed the entire Equipment section, as it was little more than free advertising for the manufacturers listed. If it's sourced, it can be re-added, but considerably cut down. User:Zoe|(talk) 04:03, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

 * I don't have a problem with your removing the section because I consider it fluff. But just FYI, virtually all the information about his racquet was confirmed in a Tennis Channel interview with Sampras that I saw recently.  Tennis expert 04:49, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
 * One or two sentences about his tennis racket is fine, four paragraphs raving about it isn't. User:Zoe|(talk) 02:41, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Hi, personally I really liked the article about the equipment, and i notice its loss. The racket, unlike any other, has a considerable amount of history behind it because of sampras's use of it. Because of its "cult" status/following, its featured on almost anything said about sampras, which is why it was mentioned in the tennis channel interview. I dont think its much free advertising, as the racket isn't widely available, but i think its more a tribute to sampras and his skill that he was able to use such a powerless racket to create so much. all of the information that was listed can be found at http://www.tennis-warehouse.com/Reviews/60/60Review.html throughout the various articles listed on the top, particularly the interview with Pete sampras's own stringer (proving its legitemacy) and the article on the st. vincent origins, largely based on an interview with a wilson official. thanks. chiruyuy

I never got to read the article about the racquet. I know it was a design that was implemented in 1983. I used it for a short time myself but settled on the 6.1 classic. The importance is that all this tennis technology and Sampras used the old one along with Edberg, Courier, Everett and so many others to win many Grand Slams

I really don't think that section was an advertisement. As a tennis player it's always enjoyable to read what kind of racket and modifications a professional (especially one as legendary as Sampras) made to their racket. I don't see the section as an advertisement or fluff, as information like that on professionals is hard to come by and is usually a good read. I think it should be kept.

67.163.230.132 03:14, 20 December 2006 (UTC) Andrew

Entering Wimbledon 2007?
Some reports are saying that Pete sampras would be offered a wild card into the all England championships if he wanted to enter the mens draw, anyone have anymore info on this? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 86.17.108.147 (talk) 18:52, 21 January 2007 (UTC).

He has repeatedly stated in public interviews that he will never return to competitive tennis.

DVD picture
The DVD picture looks abit out of place as there, is it appropriate to use a DVD cover as a picture anyway? Are we really that desperate? 81.168.47.139 04:49, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

this picture
is pure idiocy.

why not pick some nice picture from 1993-2000 peak sampras...maybe the one after wim 00, or something like that?

this one is really lame...bald..old..:( —Preceding unsigned comment added by 161.53.73.44 (talk • contribs) 18:15, 17 April 2007

Why
are so many tennis player articles protected ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.157.132.255 (talk • contribs) 15:00, 28 April 2007
 * Because for a while a persistent editor kept changing the agreed upon scoring format on most tennis bios. It was nasty, and it went on for weeks and weeks. Just check how many IPs and accounts the editor took on here!!! --HJensen, talk 19:06, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

Pete Fischer
Sampras's early coach's last name is spelled "Fischer," not "Fisher."

ATP Tour career earnings
The earnings do not add up to 43 million shown at the bottom. Why is that? On the pages such as Nadal's, it adds up fine.216.99.56.91 19:35, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

Runners up section - incorrect.
In the runners up section it clealry states that Sampras lost to Safin and Hewitt at the U.S Open in 2000 and 2001 respectively. However, he lost these games at Wimbledon, not the us open. 58.160.114.207 (talk) 09:34, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Actually, you are incorrect. Tennis expert (talk) 18:48, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

Trivia section deleted
I have deleted the trivia section of the article. Nothing was sourced. I copy it in here. The editors can take whatever is relevant and can be sourced, and put it back in:

Trivia

 * He modeled his game after his childhood idol, Rod Laver.
 * He used a very demanding racket, a small 85-square-inch Wilson racket that was strung at a tight 75 pounds. The high tension would presumably make his groundstrokes less powerful; yet, his strokes were among the most powerful in the game.
 * As a junior player, he was a defensive baseliner playing with a two-handed backhand. His coach, Pete Fisher, changed him to be a serve and volleyer with a one-handed backhand with Wimbledon in mind.
 * Because watching Sampras play in person made them too nervous, his parents attended only his loss to Stefan Edberg in a 1992 U.S. Open final and his victory over Patrick Rafter in the 2000 Wimbledon final. After winning Wimbledon that year -- his record-breaking 13th Grand Slam singles title -- Sampras ran into the stands to hug his parents.
 * Sampras admitted to not speaking about his condition with thalassemia minor because that would have lessened his aura of invincibility against fellow players.
 * Sampras had a rabbit named after him in the famous comedy series Father Ted.
 * During the height of his career, he claimed to sleep twelve hours every night.
 * Sampras was featured on more than one episode of The Prince of Tennis.
 * Sampras was featured on an episode of The Simpsons.
 * Sampras was referenced on a season 1 episode of Sports Night, titled "How Are Things in Glocca Morra?"
 * Sampras was referenced in an email episode of the popular cartoon website Homestarrunner.com
 * Sampras has a vibration dampener named after him, created by Unique. He used the donut shaped dampener in most of his matches.

--HJensen, talk 21:53, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

 * I have restored the section. See WP:TRIV.  Tennis expert (talk) 22:51, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

 * I don't get it. In WP:TRIV, I find the following "Trivia sections should be avoided", and "Keep in mind that no content provided for WP articles can be exempt from our rules and style guidelines. Wikipedia should not contain speculation, rumor, invented "facts", or libel — continue to follow Wikipedia:Verifiability, Wikipedia:Neutral point of view, and Wikipedia:No original research. It is best practice to cite your sources. Both Wikipedia:Biographies of living people and Wikipedia:Copyrights also apply and should be considered. If there are doubts about whether a particular item of information is suitable for inclusion, it can be placed on the talk page instead where other interested contributors can help in considering the item's inclusion and locate suitable references." which led me to remove this list of unsourced statements and indeed put it on the talk page. Sure, it also says "This guideline does not suggest removing trivia sections, or moving them to the talk page. If information is otherwise suitable, it is better that it be poorly presented than not presented at all." However with absolutely no citations or references, the material cannot stay in the article. So I have removed it per WP:VERIFY and WP:BLP.--HJensen, talk 23:27, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

 * I don't see how you can justify removing the whole trivia section instead of removing particular items that are unsuitable without sources. You have to interpret the guideline as a whole and not cherry pick.  Doing that, the guideline means don't robotically remove a trivia section but do remove particular items in a trivia section that are unsuitable for a biography because of the lack of sourcing.  Finally, you certainly have the option of finding sources for the items that are not currently sourced.  That seems like a much more productive way of addressing your concerns.  Tennis expert (talk) 23:32, 20 February 2008 (UTC)

 * There's also this that you did not yet quote from WP:TRIV: "Trivia sections should not be categorically removed.  ...  It may be necessary to perform research to give each fact some context, or to add references when needed.  ...  This guideline does not suggest the inclusion or exclusion of any information. This guideline does not attempt to address the issue of what information should be included in articles — it only gives style recommendations. Issues of inclusion are addressed by content policies."  Seems very clear to me....  Tennis expert (talk) 23:48, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
 * ... and still unclear to me, as it clashes with WP:BLP where verifiability is particularly important. So your interpretation is that one just leaves unsourced material in a biography until one has time for finding references? I don't find that productive. People constantly add peculiar unsourced stuff to biographies. It is them who should provide sources. It cannot be the job of other editors. They, on the other hand, should delete unsourced info - like this Sampras trivia; which all is unsourced and most are not notable. --HJensen, talk 00:50, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

 * No, that is not my interpretation. As I have said already in very plain and direct language, there is no cause under any of the Wikipedia policies we have been talking about for the wholesale deletion of a trivia section.  The policies we have been discussing are very clear about this.  If you have an argument for deleting particular items in a trivia section, then make your argument as provided in the substantive Wikipedia policies about biographies (WP:TRIV is not one of them).  But that is not what you are doing.  Finally, I strongly believe it hurts Wikipedia for an experienced editor like you, who clearly has the expertise to find and cite sources (which you did several times earlier today), to refuse to make the effort to find sources for items that on their face are not derogatory or libelous and that appear to have a reasonable probability of being correct.  Such "drive by" deletions are wholly and completely unproductive.  From WP:BLP:  "Unsourced .... CONTENTIOUS (emphasis added by me) material — whether negative, positive, or just questionable — about living persons should be removed immediately and without discussion from Wikipedia articles....  Editors should remove any CONTENTIOUS (emphasis added by me) material about living persons that is unsourced."  From WP:V:  "This page in a nutshell: Material CHALLENGED OR LIKELY TO BE CHALLENGED (emphasis added by me)  ... must be attributed to a reliable, published source."  We can discuss whether any items in the Pete Sampras trivia section are contentious or subject to challenge.  But you have three times deleted that entire section without alleging that even one item within it fits those criteria.  Tennis expert (talk) 06:37, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Ok, good points! Let me start by saying that I have no intentions of hurting Wikipedia by my actions. Any damage is caused by experienced editors that again and again passes by pages with tagged trivia sections with no sources without doing anything at all. I have taken action, and I did the best I could do in order to help the article from not being taken seriously by the readers. It was by no means a "drive by" deletion. It may have been a drive-by action, which I think is preferable to a drive-by non-action. I then used various policies to justify my action, but the policies clearly do not help here. I see that now. On the one hand trivia sections are to be avoided. On the other hand they should not be categorically deleted, but some can be and be placed on the talk page. (Note that I actually placed all items on the talk page - also those I think should be deleted completely; see below.) On the one hand, biographies of living persons should only use verifiable information, on the other hand only if it is contentious material. And in general, things should be verifiable, but apparently not things that "have a reasonable probability of being correct" (in your words). The last part obviously opens up for personal judgement, as such probabilities are bound to be subjective, and then any policy is void. So to conclude my rant, I once again see that the policies don't give a clear answer to anything. They are merely guidelines. Hence, I will address the issue from a contents perspective. Hopefully this will appear more productive.

 * Of the things listed, I find all of them not notable for inclusion in the article except:
 * He modeled his game after his childhood idol, Rod Laver. (This should then be sourced and put into the bio part.)
 * He used a very demanding racket, a small 85-square-inch Wilson racket that was strung at a tight 75 pounds. The high tension would presumably make his groundstrokes less powerful; yet, his strokes were among the most powerful in the game. (Some of this could go into description of equipment, but needs a source as the last part is WP:OR.)
 * As a junior player, he was a defensive baseliner playing with a two-handed backhand. His coach, Pete Fisher, changed him to be a serve and volleyer with a one-handed backhand with Wimbledon in mind. (This could go into bio part, but definitely needs sourcing.)
 * Sampras admitted to not speaking about his condition with thalassemia minor because that would have lessened his aura of invincibility against fellow players. (Again, an interesting thing about his personality, that clearly needs sourcing.)

 * But as they are now, I don't think one can defend having any of them unsourced in the article. If they were, each on their own, added by someone, I don't think I would get into any trouble by deleting them. They surely do not require inclusion just because they are a whole bunch of statements (I know you don't argue that). I will try to look at it when I have time. --HJensen, talk 17:49, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

 * Keep in mind this from WP:NNC: "Notability guidelines give guidance on whether a topic is notable enough to be included in Wikipedia as a separate article, but do not specifically regulate the content of articles.... The particular topics and facts within an article are not each required to meet the standards of the notability guidelines; instead, article content is governed by other policies and guidelines, such as the policy requiring Verifiability and the guidelines covering the use of reliable sources and of trivia sections."  Tennis expert (talk) 19:39, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Done for now. Could cite two of four. The strategic secrecy of his disease exists some places on the web, but are then taken from here (this shows the danger of putting up non-sourced things on wikipedia; they spread and becomes "truths" in themselves). I could not find the stuff on his racket (I can try more, though). And BTW by "notable" I was, given my earlier comments, not referring to wiki policies. I was just using the word to help building sentences. Maybe I should have used the word "relevant" instead. --HJensen, talk 11:41, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Weight, units
What is Pete Sampras' weight? 170 lbs or 90 kg? This is not equivalent, 90 kg is around 200 lbs, and 170 lbs are around 77 kg. According to some other websites, his weight is around 170-175 lbs, which would be converted into 77-79 kg. Could anybody please confirm that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pascualangulo (talk • contribs) 17:47, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

GRAMMAR MISTAKES
Who the hell changed the content in this page? So many grammar mistakes! Do not change the content unless you are proficient in using the english language!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.8.135.74 (talk) 08:27, 2 August 2008 (UTC)

The Playing style sub-article was a total pain to read... Did anyone change the article?? Don't tell me that this is how it was originally written... Just please, someone, fix it... 125.160.103.20 (talk) 07:12, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Request for wider input on discussion at WikiProject Tennis
There is a long, ongoing discussion at WP:Tennis about the tournament tables found in tennis articles on English-language Wikipedia (e.g., this type of table). The discussion is about whether the "official sponsored name" of a tournament - such as Pacific Life Open - or another tournament name without the sponsor - such as Indian Wells Masters - must be used in those articles. Please join the discussion here. Thanks. Tennis expert (talk) 09:29, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

split article
I would suggest making the "statistics" page a separate article.--Levineps (talk) 19:02, 15 November 2008 (UTC)

Early Life
Guys, it says that he is 75% Greek and 25% Jewish. He is actually 100% Greek. His Jewish relatives were Greek-Jews, which refers to Greeks. Jewish is a religion, not a nationality. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.167.93.101 (talk) 22:53, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
 * That's a common misconception. It's generally considered to be an ethno-religious group. Many Jewish people identify as both Jewish and agnostic, atheistic, even as an adherent of another religion, without seeing any conflict. It's comparable, somewhat tenously, to the hyphenation of the various ethnic groups in the US. An Italian-American's affirmation of heritage would be no less valid, even if that person had only one Italian great-grandparent and chose not to practise the religion that has predominated amongst that group. The acceptance varies between the different denominations but Sampras himself has described himself as part-Jewish, and his father as Jewish (in a 2006 interview in the Guardian). 92.10.138.120 (talk) 15:30, 7 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I am not sure, but I don't think his paternal grandmother was Greek. In interviews, some of which are cited in the early life section, Sampras states that his father was born in the U.S. to a Greek father and a Jewish mother. In one interview, he states "My dad... is Jewish but has a Greek father" - - implying the paternal grandmother wasn't Greek. I think she was just a Jewish American woman. All Hallow's (talk) 06:49, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

Where did all the tournament data go?
Where did all the tournament data go??? You used to be able to find the list of all the tournaments he won, and the scores from the all the finals? Statistics are an important part of his wikipedia profile (Federer, Nadal, etc have all the stats on their pages). —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.196.155.164 (talk) 01:26, 30 May 2009 (UTC)

Records
This is the former date in the grand slam record section, and below it is an explanation of my changes:

Championship/ 	               Years/ 	        Record accomplished/ 	                Player tied

1995 Wimbledon - 2000 Wimbledon/ 1995-2000/ 	8 consecutive wins in Grand Slam finals/ Stands alone

Wimbledon/ 	               1993-2000/ 	7 wins overall/ 	                Stands alone

2002 U.S. Open/ 	       1990-2002/ 	14 Grand Slam wins/ 	                Roger Federer

U.S. Open/ 	               1990-2002/ 	5 wins overall/ 	                Roger Federer, Jimmy Connors

U.S. Open/ 	               1990-2002/ 	8 finals overall/ 	                Ivan Lendl

Wimbledon/ 	               1993-2000/ 	7 finals overall/ 	                Roger Federer, Boris Becker

ATP World Tour Finals/ 	       1991-1999/ 	5 wins overall/ 	                Ivan Lendl

In the first row of the first column, I removed the years and simply reduced the term to "Wimbledon." The years are superfluous, since they are included in the second column (i.e., "years.)

I highly doubt that Sampras won 14 U.S. Open titles in 2002. In the third row of the first column, I removed the year and changed the term to "Grand Slam Singles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.36.249.18 (talk) 18:51, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

The record of 8 consecutive wins in Grand Slam finals for Wimbledon (2nd line) does not make sense. Sampras lost in the quarters in 1996 to Krajicek. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.187.73.15 (talk) 16:50, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

Poor tipper?
Should it be mentioned? I say yes. 70.83.23.68 (talk) 03:16, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Born in Maryland?
Years ago he was listed as born in Washington, D.C. Some sites still have the D.C. birth place. Where did Maryland come from?

Also, there is no mention in the article of his birth name, Petros which was later changed to Pete. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.35.161.105 (talk) 05:53, 24 November 2013 (UTC)

Greek Origin
What does it matter that he is of Greek origin? It does not, certainly not enough to mention it in the first sentence. He was born in the U.S., and so was his father. He is American, period. Later you mention who his parents were. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 148.87.13.6 (talk) 17:47, 26 January 2015 (UTC)

Records
, that "5+" means "Five or more" is not obvious at all. To me, "5+" means "More than five". It's an ambiguous way of denoting it. If you want to keep that record it would be better to reword it to remove the obvious potential for misunderstanding. Tvx1 01:08, 10 September 2015 (UTC)

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is Roger Federer now ahead of sampras as the greatest grass courter now he has won his 8th Wimbledon title
Pete Sampras has been widely considered by many tennis analysts to be the greatest male grass player of all time, due to his 7 Wimbledon victories in 8 years from 1993-2000, and being undefeated in the 7 Wimbledon finals he contested in, After Roger Federer won his record eight Wimbledon title in 2017, Pat Cash and John McEnroe lauded Federer to the greatest male grass court player of all time. Federer's stats are more impressive aren't they, he has won an Open Era record 17 grass court titles including an all-time record 9 Halle Open titles and an all-time record of 8 Wimbledon Gentleman singles titles. He reached an all-time record 7 consecutive Wimbledon finals from 2003–09, and has reached the Wimbledon finals 11 times and is the only player to achieve these feats in the Open Era. Federer has the longest grass court winning streak in the Open Era as he won 65 consecutive matches on grass from 2003 to 2008 where he was beaten by Rafael Nadal in the 2008 Wimbledon final. Surely now with the record 8th Wimbledon title he is now ahead of Sampras as the greatest grass courter now he has won his 8th Wimbledon title ?.86.163.28.129 (talk) 18:34, 11 October 2017 (UTC)
 * He is certainly one of the greatest grass-court players. But when you start talking tennis history, there are plenty of other players whose numbers are also impressive. I'd leave Federer as one of the greatest. Fyunck(click) (talk) 18:49, 11 October 2017 (UTC)

The respelling
Is is SAM-prəs or SAMP-rəs? LoveVanPersie (talk) 07:02, 16 November 2017 (UTC)

All court player
Article states he was an all court player. But was he? Sure he was excellent player so from time to time he achieved a degree of success on clay but his clay record lags behind other surfaces significantly. Nimdil (talk) 16:40, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Maybe sourcing says otherwise? It is kind of strange as I never considered him an all-court player either. Fyunck(click) (talk) 20:13, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
 * "All court" is an ambiguous term. In this case it does not refer to a player's expertise on the different court surfaces but to his/her versatility in playing styles (baseliner, counter-puncher, serve-and-volleyer). The term in the article is linked to the tennis strategy article.--Wolbo (talk) 20:56, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
 * But he was not a baseliner, and when forced to take that strategy it was usually bad for him. But I understand what you are saying about it being ambiguous. Fyunck(click) (talk) 21:32, 22 February 2018 (UTC)
 * But Sampras could certainly play from the baseline as in the 95 AO final. Anyone who thinks these guys couldn't play and win vs today's competition is sadly mistaken. And this is with much inferior rackets. Fyunck(click) (talk) 22:01, 22 February 2018 (UTC)

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Epidermoid cysts are usually diagnosed when a person notices a bump on their skin and seeks medical attention. The definitive diagnosis is made after excision by a pathologist based on microscopic appearance of a cystic lesion lined by cornified epithelium containing lamellated keratin without calcifications. They can also be seen as isointense lesions on MRI or hyperintensities on FLAIR.

Treatment
Cysts can be removed by excision.

In case of fronto-ethmoidal epidermoid cysts, surgical resection appears to be the mainstay of treatment; however, the extent of resection is dictated by adherence of the tumor capsule to the surrounding vital structures.

Hydrogen peroxide gel (H2O2) was previously recommended for cyst treatment, particularly those on body piercings. However the gel cannot adequately permeate the cyst and was not found to be effective. Hydrogen peroxide is no longer recommended for wound care by doctors as it can damage the healing tissues.

On body piercings, self treatment with a hot saline soak to help drain the cyst and the use of an antibacterial or medicated talcum powder to help dry out the bump and reduce bacterial proliferation is generally recommended until medical advice can be obtained. (Use of talc is no longer recommended due to recently discovered associations with multiple cancers.) Piercings, however, are more likely to be victims of hypertrophic scarring than a cyst. Cheek piercings seem to be the piercing most prone to cysts due to the possible interruption of saliva ducts.

Terminology
Several synonyms exist for epidermoid cysts, including epidermal cyst, infundibular cyst, keratin cyst and epidermal inclusion cyst  Epidermal inclusion cyst more specifically refers to implantation of epidermal elements into the dermis. The term infundibular cyst refers to the site of origin of the cyst: the infundibular portion of the hair follicle. The majority of epidermal inclusion cysts originate from the infundibular portion of the hair follicle, thus explaining the interchangeable, yet inaccurate, use of these two terms.

Epidermoid cyst may be classified as a sebaceous cyst, although technically speaking it is not sebaceous. "True" sebaceous cysts, cysts which originate from sebaceous glands and which contain sebum, are relatively rare and are known as steatocystoma simplex or, if multiple, as steatocystoma multiplex. Medical professionals have suggested that the term sebaceous cyst be avoided since it can be misleading. In practice, however, the term is still often used for epidermoid and pilar cysts.

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Durvasa

In Hindu scriptures, Durvasa (दुर्वासा, ), also known as Durvasas (दुर्वासस्), is a legendary rishi (sage). He is the son of Anasuya and Atri. According to some Puranas, Durvasa is a partial avatar of Shiva, known for his short temper. Wherever he goes, he is received with great reverence by humans and devas alike.

Curses and boons
The rishi Durvasa, being short-tempered, is said to have both cursed and gifted boons to several notable deities and people in the Hindu scriptures. Some of them include:

Curses
 * 1) Indra, whom he cursed to lose all his powers, after Indra's elephant Airavata threw down a rather fragrant garland given by Durvasa to Indra.
 * 2) Saraswati, whom he cursed to be born as a human because she laughed at his incorrect recitation of the Vedas.
 * 3) Rukmini, whom he cursed to be separated from her husband, Krishna, because she drank water without seeking Durvasa's permission.
 * 4) Shakuntala, who avoided Durvasa while at the ashrama (hermitage) of sage Kanva, which enraged Durvasa rishi, who cursed her that Dushyanta would forget her. Durvasa later clarified that Dushyanta would remember her when she presented his ring (that he had previously given to her) to him.
 * 5) Kandali, his wife, whom he cursed to be reduced to a heap of dust for excessively quarrelling with him.
 * 6) Bhanumati, the daughter of Banu, the erstwhile leader of the Yadavas. Bhanumati provoked Durvasa while playing at the garden of Raivata, and in response, Durvasa cursed her. She, later in life, is abducted by the Danava Nikumbha. However, Durvasa clarified (after being pacified) that no harm would come to Bhanumati, and that she would be saved go on to marry the Pandava Sahadeva.

Boons
 * 1) Krishna, whom he blessed with partial invulnerability. The Anushasana Parva, as related by Krishna to his son Pradyumna details the incident when Durvasa visited Krishna at Dvaraka, and requested that Krishna smear his own body with the payasam remaining after Durvasa had eaten. Krishna complied with this, and Durvasa blessed him with invulnerability in those parts of his body that he covered with the payasam, noting that Krishna never smeared the soles of his feet with it. Krishna would die years after the events of the Kurukshetra war by an arrow to his foot shot by a hunter who mistook it for a deer.
 * 2) Kunti, whom he taught mantras capable of summoning a deva to beget children. Karna is born to Kunti, and later the five Pandava brothers are born of Kunti's and her co-wife Madri's use of the mantras.

Origin
According to Chapter 44 of the Brahmanda Purana, Brahma and Shiva got into a heated quarrel. Shiva became violently enraged when the devas fled from his presence in fear. His consort, Parvati, complained that Shiva is now impossible to live with. Realizing the chaos his anger had caused, Shiva deposited this anger into Anasuya, the wife of sage Atri. From this portion of Shiva deposited into Anasuya, a child is born, named 'Durvasa' (lit. one who is difficult to live with). Because he is born of Shiva's anger, he had an irascible nature.

Samudra Manthana
In Vishnu Purana, Vayu Purana, and the Padma Purana, a curse that Durvasa laid upon Indra is described as the indirect reason for the Samudra Manthana. The Srimad Bhagavata and Agni Purana also mention Durvasa's involvement in the episode, without going into detail. Other sources for this story, such as Ramayana, Mahabharata, Harivamsa, and Matsya Purana, do not mention Durvasa's involvement at all and ascribe the incident to other causes, such as the devas' and asuras' desire for immortality.

According to a story in the Vishnu Purana, Durvasa, while wandering the earth in a state of ecstasy due to a vow he is observing, came by a Vidyadhari (nymph of the air) and demanded her heavenly wreath of flowers. The nymph respectfully gave the garland to the sage, whereupon he wore it on his brow. Resuming his wanderings, the Durvasa came across Indra riding his elephant, Airavata, attended by the gods. Still, in his state of frenzy, Durvasa threw the garland at Indra, who caught it and placed it on Airavata's head. The elephant is irritated by the fragrance of the nectar in the flowers, so it threw the garland to the ground with its trunk.

Durvasa is enraged to see his gift treated so callously and cursed Indra that he would be cast down from his position of dominion over the three worlds, just as the garland is cast down. Indra immediately begged Durvasa's forgiveness, but the sage refused to retract or soften his curse. Because of the curse, Indra and the devas were diminished in strength and stripped of their lustre. Seizing this opportunity, the asuras led by Bali waged war against the gods.

The gods were routed and turned to Brahma for help. Brahma directed them to seek refuge with Vishnu. Vishnu, in turn, advised them to call a truce with the asuras, and help them churn the ocean of milk to obtain the amrita (nectar of immortality), on the pretext of sharing it with them. Vishnu promised that only the devas would drink the nectar to regain their former power, so they could once again defeat the asuras. The devas took Vishnu's advice and called their truce with the asuras, and thus the gods and demons began planning their great enterprise.

Ramayana
In the Uttara Kanda of Valmiki's Ramayana, Durvasa appeared at Rama's doorstep and, seeing Lakshmana guarding the door, demanded an audience with Rama. Meanwhile, Rama was having a private conversation with Yama (the god of death), disguised as an ascetic. Before the conversation, Yama gave Rama strict instructions that their dialogue is to remain confidential, and anyone who entered the room is to be executed. Rama agreed and entrusted Lakshmana with the duty of guarding his door and fulfilling his promise to Yama.

Hence, when Durvasa made his demand, Lakshmana politely asked the sage to wait until Rama had finished his meeting. Durvasa grew angry, and threatened to curse all of Ayodhya if Lakshmana did not immediately inform Rama of his arrival. Lakshmana, in a dilemma, decided it would be better that he alone die to save all of Ayodhya from falling under Durvasa's curse, and so interrupted Rama's meeting to inform him of the sage's arrival. Rama quickly concluded his meeting with Yama and received the sage with due courtesy. Durvasa told Rama of his desire to be fed, and Rama fulfilled his guest's request, whereupon the satisfied sage went on his way.

Rama is filled with sorrow, for he did not want to kill his beloved brother, Lakshmana. Still, he had given his word to Yama and could not go back on it. He called his advisers to help him resolve this quandary. On Vasishta's advice, he ordered Lakshmana to leave him for good, since such abandonment is equivalent to death, as far as the pious were concerned. Lakshmana then went to the banks of the Sarayu, and resolved on giving up the world by drowning himself in the Sarayu river.

Mahabharata
In the Mahabharata, Durvasa is known for granting boons to those who pleased him, particularly when he had been served well as an honoured guest. An example of such behaviour is the episode between him and Kunti, the future wife of Pandu and the mother of the Pandavas. When Kunti is a young girl, she lived in the house of her adopted father, Kuntibhoja. Durvasa visited Kuntibhoja one day and sought his hospitality. The king entrusted the sage to his daughter's care and tasked Kunti with the responsibility of entertaining the sage and meeting all his needs during his stay. Kunti patiently put up with Durvasa's temper and his unreasonable requests (such as demanding food at odd hours of the night) and served the sage with great dedication. Eventually, the sage is gratified. Before departing, he rewarded Kunti by teaching her the Atharvaveda mantras, which enables a woman to invoke any god of her choice to beget children by them. Curious and skeptical, Kunti decided to test the mantra.

After invoking Surya, the sun god, she bore her first son, Karna. Fearing the fate of an unmarried mother, she placed the newborn in a basket and set him afloat down a river. The infant Karna is later found and raised by Adhiratha, a charioteer for the monarch of Hastinapura, and his wife, Radha. Soon after this episode, Kunti is married to Pandu, the king of Hastinapur, and, by invoking those same mantras taught to her by Durvasa, she bore the three eldest of Pandu's five sons. Karna would go on to become an accomplished warrior and a formidable adversary of the Pandavas. This enmity would eventually culminate in his death on the battlefield of Kurukshetra at the hands of Arjuna, his younger half-brother, who is unaware of their fraternal bond. Apart from his hair-trigger anger, Durvasa is also known for his extraordinary boons. According to the Shiva Purana, once while bathing in a river, Durvasa's clothes were carried away by the river's currents. Seeing this, Draupadi, who is nearby, gave her own clothes to the sage. Durvasa blessed her by saying that she would never lack clothes at the time of requirement, and it is due to his blessing that the Kauravas were unable to strip off her clothes in the gambling hall, thus protecting her modesty.

Another example of Durvasa's benevolent side is the incident when he granted Duryodhana a boon. During the Pandavas's exile, Durvasa and several disciples arrived at Hastinapura. Duryodhana with his maternal uncle Shakuni managed to gratify the sage. Durvasa is pleased enough to grant him a boon. Duryodhana, secretly wanting Durvasa to curse the Pandavas in anger, asked the sage to visit his cousins in the forest after Draupadi had eaten her meal, knowing that the Pandavas would then have nothing to feed him.

Durvasa and his disciples visited the Pandavas in their hermitage in the forest, as per Duryodhana's request. During this period of exile, the Pandavas would obtain their food by means of the Akshaya Patra, which would become exhausted each day once Draupadi finished her meal. Because Draupadi had already eaten by the time Durvasa arrived that day, there was no food left to serve him and the Pandavas were very anxious as to their fate should they fail to feed such a venerable sage. While Durvasa and his disciples were away bathing at the river, Draupadi prayed to Krishna for help.

Krishna immediately appeared before Draupadi, announcing that he was hungry and asked her for food. Draupadi grew exasperated, and said she had prayed to Krishna precisely because she had no food left to give. Krishna then told her to bring the Akshaya Patra to him. When she did, he partook of the lone grain of rice and a piece of vegetable that he found stuck to the vessel, and announced that he was satisfied by the "meal".

This satiated the hunger of Durvasa and his disciples, as the satisfaction of Krishna (An avatar of Vishnu himself) meant the satiation of the hunger of all living things. Sage Durvasa and his disciples then quietly left after their bath, without returning to the Pandavas's hermitage, for they were afraid of facing what they thought would be the Pandavas's wrath at their impolite behaviour of refusing the food that would be served to them.

Swaminarayan Hinduism

According to the followers of Swaminarayan Hinduism, Narayana took birth as the saint Swaminarayan due to a curse by Durvasa. The story goes that shortly after Krishna's passing, Uddhava proceeded to Badrinath, the abode of Nara-Narayana. He joined the many divine sages and saints who were there listening to Nara-Narayana's discourses. As Nara is speaking, Durvasa arrived at the assembly from Mount Kailash, but no one noticed him because they were all so engrossed in the discourse.

He waited for one ghadi (12 minutes), for someone to welcome him with the respect he felt he is entitled to, but still, no one realized that he was there. Seeing no one rise to receive him, he took this as an insult, and cursed the entire assembly, saying that they would all be born as humans and suffer insults and agony from the wicked. Nara-Narayana's parents, the god Dharma and goddess Bhakti, pacified Durvasa, who then reduced his curse, saying that Narayana himself (represented here as the Supreme Being) would be born as Dharma and Bhakti's son, and that his birth would relieve them all from the clutches of evil. Proclaiming thus, Durvasa made his way back to Kailasha.

Dharma and Bhakti were eventually born as Hariprasad Pande (a.k.a. Dharmadev) and Premvati Pande (a.k.a. Bhaktidevi). Narayana is born as their son, named Ghanshyam, who is now known as Swaminarayan. The story is limited to Swaminarayan Hinduism, and no other Hindu scriptures support the tale.

Temple
In Azamgarh, a site of pilgrimage is named Durvasa where the temple of Durvasa is located. As per the priest of the temple, Durvasa took samadhi at this place in a Shiva linga.

In popular culture
Indian filmmaker Shree Nath Patankar made Durvas Shaap (Curse of Durvasa), a silent film about the sage in 1923.

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