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Hey!
Good to see you back, such as it is. Your contributions have been sorely missed.--Cúchullain t/ c 19:21, 23 August 2010 (UTC)

Hello Nick! The reason I included a list of notable Ancient Romans is because I wanted to give the reader a list of Romans who significantly changed Roman history. The Romans I have added are great Generals, lawmakers and emperors. The reader when studying these individuals will have a full grasp of the entire history of Rome. I am aware of the list of ancient Romans, but most are insignificant to the casual reader and of little value to the professional historian. Per82 (talk) 13:24, 26 September 2015 (UTC)

Mabinogion
nice work Decora (talk) 14:53, 12 February 2011 (UTC)

Hind 2007
If you enable e-mail in your preferences, I'd be glad to send you a temporary link for access. I can't take the time to look at this myself, though Haploidavey seems not to have ruled it out. Wareh (talk) 22:05, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

 * A queue! - it makes me feel quite at home. Nicknack, please let me know (here would be fine) if you need more than the single access - or even, once I've read the Hind article, a second opinion on the particulars. Haploidavey (talk) 22:44, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

 * I have the article saved, and will read it at my leisure. As for now, it's late, and I'm going to bed. --Nicknack009 (talk) 22:49, 19 May 2011 (UTC)

 * Okay, I've summarised Hind's argument. Still don't think it makes political sense - it would be like the US, after the first Gulf War, appointing an Iraqi dignitary as the new ruler of Kuwait. (I also think the best solution for the westward crossing is that the main invasion force sailed from the Rhine, one of the four departure points for Britain mentioned by Strabo and the easiest route for the four legions from their previous stations to the coast, not that they landed at Chichester.) --Nicknack009 (talk) 09:46, 20 May 2011 (UTC)

Grant Morrison photo
Hi. Your opinion on what would be the best photo for the Infobox in the Grant Morrison article is requested here. If you could take the time to participate, it would be greatly appreciated, but if you cannot, then disregard; you don't have to leave a note on my talk page either way. Nightscream (talk) 01:31, 21 July 2011 (UTC)

Good to see you! and Irish language stuff
At Badb I put in the OI of "The Morrígan's Prophecy" from CELT: Cath Maige Tuired: The Second Battle of Mag Tuired. The English translation has been shared around for years, with a variety of people tweaking it. I think it's pretty straightforward, but would appreciate someone with more Irish to check it. What had been there previously was a modern English version that, while creative and poetic, had been translated from a Modern Irish variation, and hence diverged pretty significantly from the original Irish. Stay in touch, K? Go raibh maith agat, - Kathryn NicDhàna  ♫ ♦ ♫ 20:55, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Julius Caesar Edit
Hi. I recently edited the Julius Caesar article to remove a sentence that I thought was misleading, but you undid the edit. I had created a section in the Julius Caesar talk page about why I think that sentence is incorrect. Could you please just post a reply in that section to explain why you think the sentence should remain?

Thanks, IBrow1000 (talk) 11:46, 20 March 2012 (UTC)

Conn Cetcathach
Hi, you expressed a concern over my edit which you reverted so I've amended slightly. The problem is that 'historical tradition' a phrase that many would see as an oxymoron. asnac (talk) 18:42, 21 August 2012 (UTC)

John Constantine
Forgot to put the citations for factual accuracy, made it and hope this'll help — Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.212.120.29 (talk) 00:29, 15 October 2012 (UTC)

liberti and libertini
For a brief explanation, see Roman Empire. You seem to be unaware of how these terms were actually used in Latin authors, and that in fact they tend to not be distinguished once we get deeper in the Imperial era. Please check the sources cited there, but a dozen others could easily be cited. Cynwolfe (talk) 14:44, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

 * I should also note that so basic a source as the Oxford Latin Dictionary defines libertinus as "a member of the class of freedmen, a freedman (w. ref. only to social and leg. status)" and libertus as "a freedman (w. ref. to the manumitter or patron)." As is pointed out in Mouritsen and elsewhere, however, these distinctions are often hard to discern in the actual usage of Latin texts. Cynwolfe (talk) 14:52, 27 October 2012 (UTC)

Brigantes
I see you have been struggling to try to communicate with Rheton. You may or may not know that he/she has reported you to Administrator intervention against vandalism. Naturally, I have declined the report, as the suggestion that your edits are "vandalism" is absurd. However, you should be careful about edit warring: it would be a pity if you were blocked for your efforts. As you probably know, the standard edit warring warning template says "Do not edit war even if you believe you are right." Please do feel welcome to contact me if the disruptive editing continues, and I will take administrative action if it becomes necessary. JamesBWatson (talk) 13:41, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

Celts
I'm not sure what was wrong with the edits you reverted at. Obviously they weren't minor, & I think there was a slight grammar problem, but what else? Dougweller (talk) 06:08, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

 * I've reverted. For some reason I thought they were a removal of content rather than an addition. Sorry. --Nicknack009 (talk) 10:26, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

 * Been there, done that. No problem. Dougweller (talk) 10:59, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

Julius Caesar
Don't know how much you want to work on that article, but in regard to this edit, I also don't think we need the gallery currently at Julius Caesar, since that is what Cultural depictions of Julius Caesar is for, and the article is already illustrated with too many busts. However, I do think we need some kind of summary section there covering legends/legacy/"depictions". Cynwolfe (talk) 16:22, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

Talk:Boudica
Hi, there is discussion concerning the spelling of Boudica's name, during which a comment of yours from 2006 has been referenced. If you have any additional information about the issue, your input would be appreciated. Paul B (talk) 16:23, 21 June 2013 (UTC)

Template
What's the problem with the new template structure if the content is unchanged? You are acting as if it is your own property.--95.233.79.61 (talk) 15:15, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

 * The content is not unchanged. Everything is now framed in religious terms, not mythological ones. --Nicknack009 (talk) 16:15, 23 July 2013 (UTC)

Amergin Glúingel
Ran into this name in a new edit to Druid. I'm struggling with it. Can't find him mentioned here under that name, but she does say:

Amairgin (Amargcn, Amhairghin, Amairgin, Amairgein, Amorgin) Irish hero. This name, which means "wontlrously born" or "song-con- ception" is borne by two legendary poets: • Amairgin, son of Mil and the first great poet of Ireland, was reputed to have lived in the sixth century c.e. When the tuatha de danann, who then had control of Ireland, blew up a magical storm to keep the invading milesians from landing, Amairgin's magical words calmed the storm and allowed his peo- ple to land, with Amairgin himself becoming the first of his race to set foot on Irish soil. As he did so, he recited his most famous poem, the "Song of Amairgin," in which he describes himself shape-shifting into a salmon, a sunbeam, a flower, a spear; similar poems...

No Gluingel here, and no Druid (and later than the classical Druids).

Brief mention in Llewellyn's Complete Book of Names. And of course but that doesn't say he was a Druid or even mention Druids. The article is pretty vague about where he is mentioned. Where is he called a Druid in Irish mythology? Dougweller (talk) 11:07, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

 * He has the epithet Gluingel in Lebor Gabála (for example here, page 33 paragraph 387). I can't turn up any reference to him as a druid - I must have copied that over when the article Amergin was converted into a disambiguation page - although his opponents are called druids. The reference to Amergin supposedly living in the 6th century CE is just wrong - the invasion of the Milesians was supposed to have taken place in the deep pre-Christian past. Having said that, druids are not uncommon in medieval Irish literature, down to St Patrick's time. --Nicknack009 (talk) 12:27, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

 * Yes, I've seen that Gluingel, but I'm not convinced we should use that as the title as his common name. I've removed the claims he was a Druid. Dougweller (talk) 18:04, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Conquered
There was Celt in al-Andalus and Ottomans went as far as Vienna thus covered some Celtic regions.. Furthermore, Judaism was quite prominent in some parts. Pass a Method  talk  08:18, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

 * None of those regions had been Celtic since the Roman conquest, and none of them contributed to the Mabinigion. Go away. --Nicknack009 (talk) 08:55, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Tony Harding
And thanks for adding Lefty! Sadtoseeitsmorning 14 February 2014. —Preceding undated comment added 17:23, 14 February 2014 (UTC)

Not a problem :-) -- ChrisTheDude (talk) 20:21, 11 February 2014 (UTC)

Hi Nicknack. Thanks for your tweaking of the page. I have all the info but I'm not so hot on the ways of Wiki! Tony was my father so I have access to loads of his old comics such as Action, Bullet, ROTR, Victor Scoop etc... I'd like to upload an example of his comic artwork to the wiki page, maybe something from Look Out For Lefty? Would appreciate your help with this. Also I have another obituary from the Guernsey Press (which I have referenced). Cheers! Antony. Sadtoseeitsmorning 13 February 2014.

High King of Ireland
The thing is, it doesn't matter who is right here. Please read WP:3RR - you are in breach of this and need to step away for a short while or you will probably end up blocked as your reverts aren't covered by the exemptions. This isn't the way to deal with problems like this. You really don't want a block on your record. Dougweller (talk) 12:13, 9 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Looks like you are getting some helpful advice. I see you misunderstood 3RR, no problem. Dougweller (talk) 21:00, 9 April 2014 (UTC)

List of druids and neo-druids
Could you take a look at this article and the talk page? Some of the articles linked may have problems also, I already spotted one. Thanks. Dougweller (talk) 14:08, 19 April 2014 (UTC)

Erasmus Augustus Worthington
Thanks for your detective work. As a final nail in the article's coffin, I have used Tineye to locate the photograph here - it is one John Tregerthen Short. I have nominated the page at Articles for deletion/Erasmus Augustus Worthington. Regards, JohnCD (talk) 19:55, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

August 2014 - Annals of Ulster question
Nicknack009

I received your note about the Annals of Ulster changes. Okay, let me explain my edit that you changed back here, so we can discuss my concern in this forum. Apologies on my part if I saw the wrong link. I've been concerned that some of the entries involving Ulster-related articles are being edited to rewrite a historical narrative to suit narrow-minded political agendas. I will give you the benefit of the doubt that you are not doing that.

My concern was that the link I followed didn't seem to make sense. Can you please provide me the link you intended to use, or are you using, in a reply below perhaps, so I can just follow it to see? I have looked on the web and I have tried to follow your link and I cannot find anywhere that validates the name of the Annals being what you are showing. Annala Uladh was the only name I had previously known about. If you could provide that, it would be appreciated. Otherwise, I have to ask that we omit the name until we have some kind of scholastic verification that the annals were ever known by that name. I cannot find the Four Master's reference to the annals as being referenced to a progenitor chieftain, or to any single individual, but always saw them referenced as the Annala Uladh. Thank you for your consideration of this request. I look forward to seeing the link. Maybe the link Wikipedia provided was not the one you intended. Thanks again.

Oghmatist (talk) 15:42, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

 * Have replied on your own talk page. Basically, you're not editing the article you think you are. --Nicknack009 (talk) 17:15, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

Read your reply. Thank you. Will you consider using this link to further educate the researcher that wants to validate the name history of this Cycle? Your current link leads to a search page that is not immediately user-friendly. Here is the considered link:

http://www.ainm.ie/Tag.aspx?Type=opus&SubType=book&Valyoo=An%20R%C3%BAra%C3%ADocht

As you will see, this link provides an author, date, and title that allows the researcher to do further reading. Thank you for the talk. Oghmatist (talk) 20:00, 17 August 2014 (UTC)

Re. The Hill of Tara
Hi I was just wondering why you reverted my addition to the page The Hill of Tara. I though my edit was useful and I had cited an article on the subject. I dont mean to question you judgement but I would just like to know where I went wrong. dickscawed — Preceding undated comment added 00:09, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

 * It's a trivial incident involving non-notable people. --Nicknack009 (talk) 11:39, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

While I acknowledge it may be obscure I wouldn't go as far as calling it trivial. The event was part was part of The Gathering which was in itself an event of international significance. The fact that the hill of Tara was chosen also makes the event relevant as it reflects how the hill has developed into a modern tourist attraction on account of it's historic roots. Whether the people involved are non-notable is a different matter. dickscawed

 * I called it trivial because it is. Tara is a monument of historic significance. Occasional tourism publicity stunts are insignificant and don't belong in an encyclopedia. --Nicknack009 (talk) 18:36, 8 February 2015 (UTC)

Conor / Conchobar
Hello, I noticed you reverted this merge. These names are different spellings of the same thing. On the article Donald for instance, Domhnall and Donal (as well as other spellings) redirect there, for a centralised discussion on the name. What would be the purpose of having several articles on the same name when they can be brought together efficiently? Claíomh Solais (talk) 10:26, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

 * I disagree. They are distinct names, and there is no overlap between them, so the two articles refer to distinct sets of people. Modern people with the name Conor are not called Conchobar, and medieval people with the name Conchobar are not called Conor, so a reader looking up "Conchobar" is not looking for people called Conor, and vice versa. --Nicknack009 (talk) 10:36, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

 * How is there no overlap between them when Conor is just an Anglicisation of Conchobar? Otherwise, "Conor" would just be jibberish word, without it's Irish context of "lover of hounds". I suppose you could make an argument that Connor is the most commonly searched in English so that might be a better centralised location, as the article on Donald is for example, which I would be open to. Look at articles like John (given name) or Paul (name) for example which gives an overview of the name and then discusses within it derivatives in other languages. Claíomh Solais (talk) 10:47, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

 * There is no overlap because they are used in different periods and in different languages. The medieval Irish kings listed under Conchobar are never referred to as Conor. The modern people listed under Conor are never referred to as Conchobar. Conor is not "just" an Anglicisation of Conchobar, it's now an English name in its own right. There are lots of names like that, and there is no "one size fits all" rule for how Wikipedia is to treat them. Different forms of the same name are not interchangeable. See, for example, William and Wilhelm for an example of two forms of the same name that have separate articles. Equally, Juan and Seán are eqivalent to John, but have separate articles. In fact, there is a disambiguation page for alternate forms for the name John, with links to dozens of separate articles. --Nicknack009 (talk) 11:06, 11 February 2015 (UTC)

Legendary characters
I searched the WPBIO archives for 'legendary' and read the very few relevant hits --only four relevant, in contrast to the sense in which Charles Darwin is a legendary scientist.

Last October you notified ... and concluded, "I shall start removing legendary characters from the project." Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Biography/Archive 49.

Did you complete that? --P64 (talk) 22:55, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

 * , that was a while ago. I think I completed it with the Irish characters, but I don't think I did anything with characters from other cultures. --Nicknack009 (talk) 11:06, 13 June 2015 (UTC)

RfC: Renaming the Derry article
Hi Nick, are you able to respond to my question |here. Please help me out here. I'm trying to engage on this in a sensible manner so sarcastic comments aren't helpful. TY. Dubs boy (talk) 15:22, 18 June 2015 (UTC)
 * Not being sarcastic. You asked me what policy was being followed. I linked you to that policy. As I explained to you before, the current naming is an agreed compromise. It's something a broad consensus can live with. But you do not appear interested in that - you want to win. All that would achieve would be to reopen a very tedious argument. Now, I have made my position on this issue clear more than once, please do not keep asking. --Nicknack009 (talk) 16:51, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

Druid
Thanks. Reported this to RPP. Doug Weller (talk) 06:26, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Disputed
Whilst the section you moved the information too I feel is probably better for it and so won't argue about that, may I ask why you felt that the factual accuracy of the section was disputed? Everything that needed cited was cited and is in the sources attributed. The pre-existing literature section however does have issues that need addressed yet isn't tagged, but I'll get that to bit eventually. Work in progress ad all that. Mabuska (talk) 10:28, 4 September 2015 (UTC)
 * I just seen that you opened a talk page discussion of it at the article page. Mabuska (talk) 10:30, 4 September 2015 (UTC)

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To scholars...
I see only one source that state that he was real. There are many other scholarly sources doubt this. Due weight must be given and better detail given over the controversy over the issue. Then again the article ignores the reality that many scholars doubt the "fact" that all of Nialls sons are so. Mabuska (talk) 19:14, 27 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Opened up discussion on the talk page. Mabuska (talk) 19:38, 27 October 2015 (UTC)

Thanks for reverting me
Morning Nicknack009, Thanks for reverting my edit on Category:Medieval Irish poets - do not know what I was thinking Icarusgeek (talk) 09:05, 8 March 2016 (UTC)

Lugaid Mac Con Roi
Hi, I see you've made a load of edits on the page for Lugaid Mac Con Roi...I'm new to Wikipedia so I'm not entirely sure if you added this particular piece of information or not, but it made me curious... "He took Lugaid's head and set it on a stone, but his blood melted the stone and the head sank right through it." I've never seen that anywhere but on this Wiki page, and was wondering where you read it (if you were the one to actually add it) Thanks! Nightpassing (talk) 19:11, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

 * I don't remember if I added that or not, but it's in The Death of Cú Chulainn in the Book of Leinster. I have the edition/translation by Bettina Kimpton in the Maynooth Medieval Irish Texts series, published by the School of Celtic Studies, National University of Ireland, Maynooth, in 2009. It's on page 46. --Nicknack009 (talk) 19:49, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, I'll try that edition! Nightpassing (talk) 20:19, 19 April 2016 (UTC)

Celtchar
Your revert to poor english, is reverted.  WurmWoode  T   13:56, 6 June 2016 (UTC)

Welsh kings
thanks for the information re: bio tags. these were good faith edits. sorry for the extra work.--FeanorStar7 10:46, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

Nomination of The Drama of the Lost Disciples for deletion
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Comment removal
Hello. I thought you might like to know that somebody is trying to delete your comments - and mine too - on the Cunobeline talk page. I have tried to engage with the editor, but he has now deleted these comments three times. I have reverted twice and will do so again if necessary. As far as I can see, an editor is not allowed to remove comments from a talk page in most circumstances. WallHeath (talk) 19:42, 23 April 2017 (UTC)

Non-minor revert
Hi Nick,

I saw this revert to virtue signalling. I think it was probably right to undo the IPs edit but I wouldn't have marked it as minor and I would have given an explanation. The IP edit appears to be good-faith and the IP has given an explanation.

The easiest way to achieve the above is to use 'undo' instead of 'revert'.

Yaris678 (talk) 07:43, 17 June 2017 (UTC)

Notices
Just a heads up, I neither need nor want deletion or merge notices, especially nor for anything less than an AFD. I keep track of articles I make so there's really no need to waste time informing me about it. I want my talkpage to be about actually discussing things, not cluttered up with notices about stuff.★Trekker (talk) 09:34, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Don't want everyone time
It's completely unneeded.★Trekker (talk) 11:47, 10 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Apparently I can't request the deletion of an article I made because it has an AD on it, why???? That doesn't make any sense. It will just take more time and effort than needed now.★Trekker (talk) 11:53, 10 July 2017 (UTC)
 * In the length of time it took for me to compose a reply, the article was deleted. No need for any fuss - the system works. --Nicknack009 (talk) 11:57, 10 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Deletion discussions usually takes days as far as I've seen. If anything it seems like it got deleted faster because I made a fuss, either way, I still don't get why they didn't just let me delete it like I have done other things in the past.★Trekker (talk) 12:13, 10 July 2017 (UTC)

Apology
Hi, I just want apologies about how I acted recently. I know I kinda freaked out and got really confrontative, that was very childish and immature of me. I know I have some issues sometimes with my anger but that really is no excuse. I hope I did not cause any major disruption in your regular wikipedia editing enjoyment and work. Looking back now just a few days afterwards I feel pretty embarrassed by some of my comments. I know very well that you (just like me and any other decent editor) just want to hold the site to a good standard and follow guidelines (for example about what should be included and what not), I did not follow guidelines when I became uncivil and I hope you can forgive me for that. I'm trying to get better, but at times I fail, sometimes pretty hard. I'm sorry.★Trekker (talk) 15:30, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

 * No worries. I know it's hard not to take things personally sometimes. --Nicknack009 (talk) 16:25, 12 July 2017 (UTC)

Your Judge Dredd PRODS
I thought they were good nominations. Please ping me if you decide to take them to AfD. Argento Surfer (talk) 12:49, 26 July 2017 (UTC)
 * Cheers. Coverage of Judge Dredd-related stuff here on Wikipedia is horribly bloated with stuff that clearly falls short of the notability requirements, and so much of it is really badly written "in-universe" fancruft. I really only scratched the surface. I may take it to AfD, but I'm not optimistic. Even when you do go to AfD no admins seem prepared to apply Wikipedia policy. They're only interested in "consensus", so the fancrufters are easily able to talk it out. When I have a bit more time to devote to it, we'll see. --Nicknack009 (talk) 12:59, 26 July 2017 (UTC)

Tuatha Dé Danann
Hi,

Please read carefully: A Brief Guide to Celtic Myths and Legends, section 5, see here: "Tuatha Dé Danann who constitued a pantheon of gods whose attributes appeared in a number of forms across the 'Celtic world'". So it's sourced. If you think it can be discussed (and it can be), just provide another source, but don't write it isn't sourced. Thanks. GraemeKad (talk) 12:36, 30 December 2017 (UTC)

Boudica
I think that is this editor editing logged out. Doug Weller talk 12:02, 25 March 2018 (UTC) Maybe not though, maybe there's a fan attempt. Doug Weller talk 12:04, 25 March 2018 (UTC)

Cuchulain of Muirthemne
Please read Cuchulain of Muirthemne - quote :

 *  With the help of Sean Connolly, she undertook an experiment in translation. Connolly, an Irish speaker, translated a section of the legend into spoken Irish, which she then returned, literally, to English.

It's a translation into english from the spoken irish.

Also just removing the citation, when you could have moved it to "other literature" seems impolite.5.198.10.236 (talk) 15:42, 13 August 2018 (UTC)

 * It does not say Connolly made a translation of Táin Bó Cúailnge. Táin Bó Cúailgne is not a synonym for "the legend of Cú Chulainn". It is a specific text telling a specific story. Lady Gregory's Cuchulain of Muirthemne is a collection of a variety of stories of Cú Chulainn, paraphrased from Irish. It is not a translation of Táin Bó Cúailnge in particular. Please learn the difference. --Nicknack009 (talk) 20:10, 13 August 2018 (UTC)

 * (It does not say Connolly made a translation of Táin Bó Cúailnge  - I never said that - read it again - the text says Lady Gregory translated.)

 * The Tain is not a specific text though is it? What constitutes the Tain depends on what (medieval) source you use. The modern "Tain" is contains many stories of the Ulster Cycle - some versions don't even include the pillow talk...

 * The Tain as it stands eg the most modern tranlsations is 90% the adventures of Cuchulain, plus 10% the actually cattle raid.

 * But this is not the point - you are not the judge here - the choice is made by what published sources say - not your opinion - in practically every translation of the Tain I have ever read Lady Gregory's work is given as an early, good translations of the stories therein.

 * Lady Gregory's work is a translation and is relevant to the history of translation of the Tain. The sources already given confirm that. Your edits seem to be based on opinion.5.198.10.236 (talk) 20:21, 13 August 2018 (UTC)

 * This is from Thomas Kinsella -  "I emerged with the conviction that Lady Gregory's 'Cuchulian of Muirthemne', though only a paraphrase, gave the best idea of the Ulster stories" 5.198.10.236 (talk) 20:29, 13 August 2018 (UTC) - Yes her work also contains the Deidre story - it's practically an incomplete Ulster Cycle - and the Tain is a subset of that -- again I note that of all the older translations modern translators such as Kinsella found Gregory's translation of note and worthy of general praise in the introductions to their own translations. 5.198.10.236 (talk) 20:29, 13 August 2018 (UTC)

 * You don't even understand that what you're quoting DOESN'T SUPPORT YOU! Kinsella says, LITERALLY, that Cuchulain of Muirthmne is a "paraphrase", NOT a translation, of "the Ulster stories", NOT the fucking Táin! Get it into you thick skull: the Táin and the Ulster Cycle are NOT THE SAME THING! --Nicknack009 (talk) 20:46, 13 August 2018 (UTC)

Please be concientious
Please be careful when reverting edits in articles - you removed a source for Standish Haynes O'Grady's translation (in a compilation by E.Hull) in a recent edit - this was referenced twice in the article, using harvard referencing. Without the source those links do not work.

I assume you accidentally removed it from "Further Reading" by mistake when you meant to remove the Lady Gregory source ?

Xoool (talk) 16:17, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

 * No, I removed it intentionally from "texts and translations" because it's neither a text nor a translation of Táin Bó Cúailnge, it's a compilation of stories about Cú Chulainn, containing a partial translation of the Táin. I explained this in my edit summary. People are playing very loose with the definition of "text" and "translation". (I think the Harvard citation style is a bad move for Wikipedia because it makes it nearly impossible to edit, thereby removing the point of its existence, but that's another point.) --Nicknack009 (talk) 17:14, 14 August 2018 (UTC)

A goat for you!
Thanks for noticing and reverting my unintentional edits. I'm translating this page bit-by-bit for the Irish wiki (https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leabhar_na_hUidhre) and mistakenly edited the English version, too. Sorry! Marcas

Marcas.oduinn (talk) 16:30, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

Defeat of Boudica
Nicknack009, you took part in discussions about the page of "Battle of Watling Street". I thought you would like to know I've changed the title as above. Best. WillE (talk) 22:06, 25 October 2018 (UTC)

Macha
Can you please tell me why you keep reverting my changes to the macha page and why you think it is wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Marinararara (talk • contribs) 21:44, 6 April 2019 (UTC)

 * Because it's bone-headed vandalism. Go away. --Nicknack009 (talk) 08:44, 7 April 2019 (UTC)

Why are you acting so hostile, i was never hostile to you, i just wanted to fit in something to the page explaining that the reason there is a connection to christian mythology was due to that

Drusus
Thanks, learn something new every day. Tarl N. ( discuss ) 23:33, 26 May 2019 (UTC)

re: Judge Dredd-related PRODs
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Why you undo my editing? Germans exist since 1871, the Germanic tribes exist since 1000 BC. They were no germans in this time. Phillipm0703 (talk) 09:19, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

 * I explained in my edit summary. National names are not dependent on the existence of states. There were Germans long before the unification of Germany in 1871. --Nicknack009 (talk) 09:30, 15 August 2020 (UTC)

 * Then I think, you should read history books. In German language we have "Deutsche" (German) and "Germanen" (Germanic). That's a big difference. Not all Germans are Germanic and not all Germanics are German. Btw, the Germanic tribe don't call themself "Germanic" nor "German". So it would be better to use the tribe name, and not a name Julius Caesar invent. Phillipm0703 (talk) 14:03, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

 * "Germanics" is not a word in English. There is no on-to-one relationship between words in one language and words in another, and words can have a range of meanings. Trying to impose distinctions that exist in German but not in English on an article written in English is absurd. Also, the passage in question is discussing Caesar's usage of the term "rex Germanorum", so using a tribal name would be misleading. You can't coreect what Caesar said when you're discussing what Caesar said. --Nicknack009 (talk) 15:16, 16 August 2020 (UTC)

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Any idea what article they were complaining about? If so, maybe I can find out if they are a sock. N Doug Weller  talk 09:13, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

 * I reverted an edit on Garth Ennis changing "Northern Irish" to "British". --Nicknack009 (talk) 11:10, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I doubt I can figure out who this is. The IP geolocates to Brazil, but I doubt that's any help. I looked at the range and the edit to your talk page wasn't there. Doug Weller  talk 11:16, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

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Hi, apologies if this isn't how wikipedia works. I don't quite know where I am supposed to disscuss this with you.

You said 'British' should stay because it is a geographic term. It isn't. It is a nationality and ethnicity. Regardless, even if it was meant to denote geography it would not make sense contextually because it is describing him as 'British' not describing him as being from Britain.

Also, the reason behind not changing 'British' to 'Welsh' being that he might have been of Cambro-Norman descent doesn't make sense if you call him British, which historically would also have excluded Cambro-Normans. It would refer only to Bretons, Cornish, and Welsh. However, like I said the general reader won't understand the difference between the historical use of British to refer to Britons and will instead anachronistically understand it as British in the modern sense of the word. Which I think is your goal, but that is irrelevant. Evsboi (talk) 22:27, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

 * To add to this, I think Brythonic in this context makes clear that he was likely either Breton or Welsh without being specific to either one. Evsboi (talk) 22:31, 11 January 2023 (UTC)

 * It does not, because it is a piece of technical jargon that means nothing to the general reader of an encyclopedia. It's not informative. Indeed, it's a word that you don't understand. It is not an ethnic term, it's a linguistic one, and the idea that language groups are races or ethnic groups, as if people are fucking dog breeds, is long discredited and should have long died of embarassment. The only language we know Geoffrey wrote in is Latin. "British", here, means "from Britain". It says nothing about his ethnicity. His ethnicity does not matter for the purpose of the article. It is not informative. What is informative is where he came from. Your apparent insistence that everybody has to be categorised by race is futile, and, frankly, disturbing. And your apparent belief that geographic terms do not exist outside of politically constituted states is just wrong. --Nicknack009 (talk) 07:39, 12 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Yikes, this is a embarassing response and a tough read. You need to learn how to interact with people, because this is not it.
 * It is a both a linguistic term and an ethnic one. Brythonic celts are Cornish, Welsh and Bretons - the Celts that speak Brythonic languages. I have absoultey no idea how to respond to your absolutely wild rant about breeding and races, especially considering race and ethnicity are not the same thing and thus this isn't about race at all. His ethnicity does matter, to me and you. You reason you want him to be "British" is because you refuse to accept that he was a Celtic person. It's typical British imperialism. Everyone who reads that article will associate British with the modern British ethnicity not the historic Britons (which Geoffrey was).
 * You so clearly have no idea what you're talking about and shouldn't be in a position to police this article. You keep conflating race and ethnicity like a bumbling fool. In your quest to be anti-Racisim you're upholding centuries old British imperialist tactics.
 * When you saying "was a British cleric" nobody reads that and goes oh he lived in Britain, they go oh he was ethnically British. That is what you want though. Evsboi (talk) 14:02, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

The appropriate place to discuss this is on the article's own talk page (see WP:BRD), where other editors may wish to join in. I am therefore copying the discussion over there. GrindtXX (talk) 14:49, 12 January 2023 (UTC)

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With your revert on Boudica, what do you mean with "inappropriate for the period"? Marcocapelle (talk) 02:31, 27 August 2023 (UTC)

 * I mean that we don't know anywhere near enough about how kingship worked in Iron Age Britain to apply that sort of category to it. We're not talking about medieval European monarchy where lines of succession and descent are well-documented and well-understood. We don't even know that Boudica would have been considered a queen - she's not referred to as one in the sources, merely as the wife of a king. We don't know if she was born royal or married into royalty. We know medieval Irish kingship was not strictly heriditary and didn't have queens who held power independently of their husbands - it's possible British kingship was similar. We don't know enough to know that a category like "queen regnant" even applied in Iron Age Britain, and if it did we don't know whether it would apply to Boudica. --Nicknack009 (talk) 09:57, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Ok, so does that mean that Category:Ancient queens regnant is also wrong? Marcocapelle (talk) 21:21, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, it is. I've removed the category. --Nicknack009 (talk) 07:19, 28 August 2023 (UTC)

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Neurotic Outsiders

Neurotic Outsiders was a British-American rock supergroup founded in 1995, consisting of Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols, Matt Sorum and Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses, and John Taylor of Duran Duran. The first line-up featured Billy Idol and Steve Stevens (together with McKagan and Sorum) but they were soon replaced by Jones and Taylor.

Originally a gathering of friends jamming together at the Viper Room in Los Angeles, they eventually released one eponymous album on Maverick Records in September 1996, and briefly toured Europe and North America. The album was followed up by the Angelina 5-song EP in 1997, which was a Japanese-only release.

The band was originally named Neurotic Boy Outsiders after an article in The Guardian Taylor had read in the 70s. The "Boy" was dropped at the request of Sorum and McKagan.

They reunited briefly in April 1999 for three shows at the Viper Room.

This was not the first time that Guns N' Roses members and Steve Jones had collaborated. Axl Rose from Guns N' Roses, and Ian Astbury, Billy Duffy, and Mickey Curry, all from The Cult - which Matt Sorum played with both before and after Guns N' Roses - all also made guest appearances on the Steve Jones solo album Fire and Gasoline.

This would also mark the first of two collaborations between Steve Jones and John Taylor. The second collaboration was on Duran Duran's 2015 album Paper Gods.

Former members

 * Last lineup
 * Duff McKagan – guitar, bass, lead and backing vocals
 * Matt Sorum – drums, backing vocals
 * Steve Jones – guitar, lead vocals
 * John Taylor – bass, lead and backing vocals

 * Previous members
 * Billy Idol – lead vocals (1995)
 * Steve Stevens – guitar (1995)

Track listing for album
All tracks composed by Steve Jones except where indicated
 * 1) "Nasty Ho" – 4:32 (lead vocals: Steve Jones)
 * 2) "Always Wrong" (John Taylor) – 3:25 (lead vocals: John Taylor)
 * 3) "Angelina" – 2:55 (lead vocals: Steve Jones)
 * 4) "Good News" – 3:32 (lead vocals: Duff McKagan)
 * 5) "Better Way" (Steve Jones, John Taylor) – 4:22 (lead vocals: Steve Jones & John Taylor)
 * 6) "Feelings Are Good" (John Taylor) – 3:23 (lead vocals: John Taylor)
 * 7) "Revolution" – 3:48 (lead vocals: Duff McKagan)
 * 8) "Jerk" – 4:10 (lead vocals: Steve Jones)
 * 9) "Union" – 4:29 (lead vocals: Steve Jones)
 * 10) "Janie Jones" (Joe Strummer, Mick Jones) – 1:53 (lead vocals: Steve Jones & Duff McKagan)
 * 11) "Story of My Life" – 4:10 (lead vocals: Steve Jones)
 * 12) "Six Feet Under" (Steve Jones, Duff McKagan) – 4:00 (lead vocals: Duff McKagan)

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Twins (1988 film)

Twins (rendered in its title sequence logo as TWiiNS) is a 1988 American buddy comedy film produced and directed by Ivan Reitman. The film is about unlikely fraternal twin brothers (Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito) who were separated at birth. The core of the film is the contrast between the streetwise Vincent (DeVito) and the intelligent but naive Julius (Schwarzenegger).

The film was a commercial success, grossing $216 million worldwide. Instead of taking their usual salaries for the film, Schwarzenegger, DeVito and Reitman agreed with the studio to take collectively 40% of the film's box office and rental returns; this resulted in them receiving the biggest paychecks of their film careers.

Plot
In 1953, Julius and Vincent Benedict are twin brothers, the result of a secret experiment carried out at a genetics laboratory at Los Alamos, New Mexico to combine the DNA of six fathers to produce the perfect child. To the surprise of the scientists, two fraternal embryos formed and the non-identical twins were born. The mother, Mary Ann Benedict, was told that Julius died at birth, and not told about Vincent at all.

Vincent was placed in an orphanage run by nuns in Los Angeles and believed his mother abandoned him. With no one but himself to rely on, Vincent seduced a nun, escaped from the orphanage, and later became an indebted, small time criminal. Julius was raised on a South Pacific island by Professor Werner, one of the scientists from the experiment, who put him through intense physical training and extensive study. Both believed Mary Ann died during childbirth.

In 1988, each twin is unaware of the other's existence. On Julius' 35th birthday, Werner finally tells Julius about Vincent. With Werner's blessing, Julius proceeds to Los Angeles to find his brother. Julius eventually tracks Vincent down in jail, where he is being held for unpaid parking tickets and driving with an expired license.

Julius bails Vincent out, but Vincent does not believe his story and abandons him in a parking lot. Julius pursues Vincent to his workplace and finds him being beaten up by Morris Klane, one of three loan shark brothers that Vincent owes $20,000. Julius subdues Morris, earning Vincent's trust and respect. He later meets Vincent's girlfriend Linda Mason and enters a romantic relationship with her sister Marnie.

Over dinner, Vincent shows Julius a document he stole from the orphanage that shows their mother is still alive, but believing that she abandoned him at birth, Vincent shows no interest in finding her. Believing that their mother may have also been lied to, Julius tracks one of their six fathers to the address on the document. The father directs Julius to Dr. Mitchell Traven, Werner's colleague, in New Mexico.

Vincent steals a late model Cadillac from a parking garage run by his buddy (to sell to a chop shop) and finds a prototype fuel injector in the trunk that was to be delivered to industrialist Beetroot McKinley in Houston, in return for $5 million. Vincent decides to pose as the delivery man, Mr. Webster, and deliver the fuel injector himself so he can collect the money and pay off his debts. He reluctantly allows Julius, Linda and Marnie to accompany him to New Mexico to find Traven, while Webster begins pursuing Vincent. In the process, he encounters the Klane brothers and shoots them in the legs as a warning to keep away from Vincent.

In New Mexico, Traven reveals the truth to the twins, pointing out that Julius resulted from the best genes, and spitefully denouncing Vincent as having come from the "useless" genetic material, leaving Vincent distraught. After Julius threatens him, Traven directs them to Santa Fe, where their mother lives in an art colony. Julius convinces Vincent to regain his spirits and they continue their journey.

On the way to Santa Fe, the twins are accosted by the Klane brothers, but they fight them off for the last time. At the art colony in Santa Fe, a gardener informs Julius and Vincent that their mother has died. They leave, unaware that the gardener was in fact Mary Ann herself, who did not believe their story, having been told she only had one son who died at birth.

Abandoning Julius and the girls in New Mexico, Vincent heads to Houston alone to deliver the prototype to Beetroot. Julius chases after Vincent, sensing his whereabouts thanks to twin telepathy, and finds him seconds after the exchange with Beetroot. Webster appears and kills Beetroot and his bodyguard, demanding the money from Vincent. Julius intercepts Webster, allowing Vincent to escape, but Vincent returns and agrees to give Webster the money to save Julius. Webster decides to kill them anyway for seeing his face, but Vincent, at Julius' subtle prompting, kills him by dropping a heavy chain onto him and burying him.

Julius and Vincent return both the prototype and $4 million (with Vincent skimming $1 million) and use a $50,000 reward to pay off Vincent's debts and start a consulting firm. Their publicity reaches the art colony, and Mary Ann learns that her sons are alive. She violently confronts Traven for concealing the truth and then tracks Julius and Vincent down to their workplace, where they share a warm reunion.

Sometime later, Julius and Vincent marry Marnie and Linda. Both marriages produce twin children, and the couples are last seen meeting their mother and Professor Werner on an outing.

Production
The original music score was composed by Georges Delerue and Randy Edelman. Edelman has scored three more films for the director (Ghostbusters II; Kindergarten Cop; and Six Days, Seven Nights) whereas this was Delerue's only work for him.

Notably, this was Arnold Schwarzenegger's first time starring in a major comedy. Because the studio viewed this as a significant risk compared with having Schwarzenegger make another profitable action film, Schwarzenegger voluntarily took no salary in exchange for a share of the film's profits. Co-star Danny DeVito and director Ivan Reitman made similar deals. When the film was a major financial success – box office of $216M against an $18M production budget – the three together earned a significant share of the overall profits. In a 2016 interview with Graham Bensinger in which Schwarzenegger recounted this story, Schwarzenegger stated that the decision to "invest in myself" by trying comedy and forgoing the salary in exchange for a share of the film's profits was one of the best decisions of his entire life.

Filming
Many of the outdoor scenes were filmed in northern New Mexico, providing backgrounds including the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge near Taos, the San Francisco de Asis Mission Church in Ranchos de Taos, St. Francis Cathedral in Santa Fe and buildings in Los Alamos.

Soundtrack
A self-titled song performed by Philip Bailey and Little Richard rose to No. 82 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1989.

Box office
The film was a commercial success, opening as the number one film in the United States earning $11 million on its opening weekend. It retained the top spot for the next two weekends and went on to gross $112 million domestically, being the fifth biggest grossing film in the United States released in 1988. The film was released in the United Kingdom on March 17, 1989, and topped the country's box office that weekend. It grossed $216 million worldwide.

Following the film's success, Reitman and Schwarzenegger teamed up again for Kindergarten Cop (1990) and then again for Junior (1994), which also starred DeVito.

Critical response
Twins received mixed reviews from critics upon release. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 42% approval rating based on 43 reviews, with an average score of. The consensus states: "Though it offers a few modest pleasures for undemanding viewers, Twins leans too heavily on the wackiness of its premise to overcome its narrative shortcomings." On Metacritic the film has a score of 53 out of 100 based on reviews from 13 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.

Roger Ebert gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, calling it "engaging entertainment with some big laughs and a sort of warm goofiness".

Vincent Canby of The New York Times gave the film a negative review: "In Twins, which is supposed to be funny, the former Mr. Universe and pint-sized Danny DeVito play twins, the result of a genetic experiment that went awry. To the extent that Twins is carried by anybody, it is carried by Mr. DeVito. Mr. Schwarzenegger is dead weight."

Cancelled sequel
In March 2012, Universal announced the development of a sequel titled Triplets with Schwarzenegger and DeVito due to return with Eddie Murphy as their long lost triplet brother. Reitman was set to co produce.

In April 2015, it was announced that plans for the film were put on hold. In March 2018, Schwarzenegger confirmed that the script for Triplets was finished and that Murphy was officially attached to the film. Schwarzenegger briefly discussed how Murphy's character became the triplet brother of his and DeVito's characters saying "funny thing that happens in the mixing of the sperm". It was unknown if Reitman would still be involved in the film, as originally announced in 2012.

In September 2021, it was announced filming will commence in January 2022 in Boston, with Ivan Reitman directing, Schwarzenegger and DeVito reprising their roles as Julius and Vincent Benedict, and Tracy Morgan replacing Eddie Murphy as Schwarzenegger and DeVito's long lost triplet brother. However, Reitman died in February 2022, leaving the status of the film unclear. In May 2023, Schwarzenegger confirmed that a sequel would not be made, as Reitman's son Jason put the idea to an end following his father's death.

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I'd like some help with remote viewing, specifically your statement that the govt. has made its position clear. The article needs more sources. Just zis Guy you know? 11:27, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

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List of films with similar themes and release dates AfD
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Bojang of Goguryeo

Bojang of Goguryeo (died 682; (r. 642 – 668)) was the 28th and last monarch of Goguryeo the northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. He was placed on the throne by the military leader Yeon Gaesomun. His reign ended when Goguryeo fell to the allied forces of the southern Korean kingdom of Silla and the Chinese Tang dynasty.

Background
The period of his rule over Goguryeo is recounted in the final two books of the annals of Goguryeo in the Samguk Sagi. Bojang's given name was Jang, though he was also known as Bojang. Bojang was the nephew of the previous king, king Yeongnyu and son of Go Dae-Yang. In 642, the general Yeon Gaesomun carried out a coup d'etat and killed Yeongnyu and many of his supporters. Bojang was then placed on the throne.

With the aim of inducing Goguryeo to join an expedition against Baekje, Silla dispatched Kim Chun-chu to request the commitment of troops but Goguryeo did not consent.

For most of his reign, Bojang was a puppet, giving a veneer of legitimacy to Yeon Gaesomun's military rule. For example, at Yeon's instigation he supported Taoism and issued edicts repressing Buddhism in the country, which had formerly been officially Buddhist.

Goguryeo experienced many natural disasters during his reign.

Reign
Goguryeo continued battle against the southern Korean kingdom of Silla, in alliance with the third of the Three Kingdoms, Baekje. Silla was further isolated by Goguryeo's restored relations with the Wa of Japan. In 642, Silla sent Kim Chun-chu to negotiate a treaty, but when Yeon Gaesomun demanded the return of the Seoul region, talks broke down, leading Silla to eventually ally with the Tang dynasty.

In 645, the Emperor Taizong of Tang led a major expedition against Goguryeo by land and sea, but Yeon Gaesomun and Yang Manchun repelled the invasion, as well as subsequent smaller attacks by the Tang. In 654, Goguryeo attacked the Khitans, who were allied with the Tang. In 655, Goguryeo and Baekje attacked Silla.

The Baekje kingdom finally fell to Silla-Tang in 660. Yeon Gaesomun defeated major invasions of Pyongyang in 661 and Sasu River in 662, but Silla and Tang were now free to focus and intensify their attacks against Goguryeo. In 663, the Baekje revival movement ended as its leader Buyeo Pung retreated to Goguryeo.

After the death of Yeon Gaesomun in 666, Bojang was unable to gain control over the country, which instead was wracked by a succession struggle between Yeon's sons.

Fall of Goguryeo and after
As internal struggles continued in Goguryeo, Yeon Namsaeng defected and 40 castles near the border surrendered to the Tang, while Yeon Jeong-to, Yeon Gaesomun's brother, defected to Silla.

The Goguryeo capital fell to Silla-Tang forces in the ninth lunar month of 668, and King Bojang was captured. He was appointed to the minister of public works (工部尚書) by Tang Gaozong.

Tang faced increasing problems ruling the former inhabitants of Goguryeo, as well as Silla's resistance to Tang's remaining presence on the Korean Peninsula. In 677, the Tang insisted on crowning Bojang as the "King of Joseon" and put him in charge of the Liaodong Commandery of the Protectorate General to Pacify the East.

However, Bojang continued to foment rebellions against Tang in an attempt to revive Goguryeo, organizing Goguryeo refugees and allying with the Malgal tribes. He was eventually banished to Sichuan in 681, and died the following year.

Because Bojang was the last ruler of Goguryeo, he did not receive a temple name after his death. There was a brief attempt at Goguryeo restoration made by Anseung, who ultimately surrendered to Silla.

One of his sons Go Yak-gwang settled in Japan in 666 where he founded the Koma clan and became known as Koma no Koshiki Jakkō.

Go Deokmu was a prince of Goguryeo and founded Lesser Goguryeo. He was the third son of King Bojang.

Family

 * Father: Prince Daeyang (대양, 大陽)
 * Grandfather: King Pyeongwon (평원왕, 平原王)
 * Sons from first wife:
 * Go Bok-nam (고복남) – last Crown Prince of Goguryeo.
 * Go Im-mu (고임무) – last Magniji of Goguryeo.
 * Go Ryeon (고련)
 * Go Deokmu (고덕무)
 * Go Yak-gwang (고약광, 高若光) "Jakkō" – ancestor of the Koma clan in Japan.
 * Son from second wife:
 * Anseung (안승, 安勝)
 * Inseung (인승, 仁承) – ancestor of the Hoengseong Go clan (also known Goguryeo Go Clan) royal family of Goguryeo in Korea.
 * Grandsons:
 * Go Bowon (고보원) – Go Bok-nam's son.
 * Go Jin (고진) – Go Ryeon's son.
 * Koma no Ieshige (高麗家重) – Go Yak-gwang's son in Japan.

In popular culture

 * Portrayed by Kil Yong-woo in 2006–2007 KBS TV series Dae Jo-yeong.
 * Portrayed by Ahn Shin-woo in the 2012–2013 KBS1 TV series Dream of the Emperor.
 * Portrayed by On Joo-wan in 2013 KBS2 TV series The Blade and Petal.
 * Portrayed by Ham Ji Sung in the 2017 KBS TV series Chronicles of Korea

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Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence

The Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence (PACE) is a United States based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that promotes high school quiz bowl and runs the National Scholastic Championship (NSC), an end-of-year national tournament for high school quiz bowl teams. PACE was founded in 1996 by a group of quiz bowl players and coaches who were dissatisfied with the quality of high school quiz bowl at the time. The NSC has been run in the June of every year since 1998. Beyond running the NSC, PACE offers advice and staff assistance to high schools and colleges who run high school quiz bowl tournaments. PACE does not currently supply questions for regular season tournaments or offer a collegiate competition program, unlike NAQT or Questions Unlimited.

In addition to running a national tournament, PACE awards the Benjamin Cooper Academic Ambassador Award each year at the opening ceremony of the NSC. The award is chosen by PACE members to honor "a high school academic competition team member, advisor, or organization whose character best promotes the spirit and honor of quiz bowl competition". It is named for Ben Cooper, who, as the captain of the It's Academic quiz bowl team at Georgetown Day School, worked with the PACE founders to provide a player's perspective on the plans for the inaugural NSC. Ben Cooper died in an automobile accident just before the start of his senior year. In 2004, PACE expanded its recognition program to include a "Young Ambassador" Award to recognize individuals or recent alumni from high school or college quiz bowl programs for "valuable and significant contributions to the high school academic competition community".

National Scholastic Championship
PACE runs the National Scholastic Championship, a tournament for high school quiz bowl teams. Teams that attend the PACE NSC are mainly from schools in the United States, with teams from Canada and Singapore having also attended. Teams qualify by placing well at a PACE-certified tournament. There are three levels of qualifier events, with higher levels allowing more teams to qualify from that event. A number of teams can also qualify via a wild card bid. There is no limit to the number of teams from a single school that can qualify or attend. In order to qualify multiple teams from one school, multiple teams must concurrently qualify at the same tournament.

On March 18, 2020, PACE announced that the 2020 NSC would be cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic.

Format
The tournament takes place over two days during the weekend. On Saturday, teams are grouped into pools for preliminary rounds and play a round robin within that group, then are regrouped for playoff rounds based on their win–loss record in their preliminary group. On Sunday, teams are again regrouped into "superplayoff" brackets. Usually, a final will be played between the top two teams, though specific circumstances can make a final match unnecessary. Following the final rounds, an All-Star game featuring the top individual scorers is played and the closing ceremony is held.

Each round consists of two halves of ten tossups and ten bonuses. Tossups are worth 10 points for a correct answer, though 20 points may be awarded if they are answered early. Teams are not penalized for incorrect answers. Bouncebacks are allowed for bonuses. In the event of a tie, a sudden death tossup is read.

From 1998 to 2009, the NSC used a slightly different gameplay format that was distinct from most other quiz bowl tournaments. The old format had three rounds with varying gameplay, the Related Tossup-Bonus round, the Category Quiz round, and the Stretch round.

Other ventures
In March 2009, PACE organized the second annual "The Weekend of Quizbowl", a regular season invitational tournament at George Mason University that drew teams from across the United States. Part of the tournament ran on a custom question packets set that was also sold to other invitational tournaments. PACE did not run the tournament the following year. In 2014, PACE created an outreach fund to give monetary grants of up to US$200 to high school quiz bowl teams.


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Eddie Johnson (racing driver)

Eddie Johnson (February 10, 1919 – June 30, 1974) was an American race car driver.

Born in Richmond, Virginia, Johnson grew up in Los Angeles, where he was a high school acquaintance of 1950 Indianapolis 500 winner Johnnie Parsons. He drove in the AAA and USAC Championship Car series, racing in the 1950–1952 and 1955–1966 seasons with 33 starts, including the Indianapolis 500 races in all of those years but the first two. He finished in the top ten 9 times, with his best finish in 3rd position, in 1959 at Trenton. Late in his career, Johnson frequently came to Indianapolis without an assigned car only to be signed on to a team which needed a driver to put a struggling car in the race. In 1965, Johnson became the last person on the track in the Indianapolis 500 mile race with a naturally aspirated Offenhauser in a roadster. Johnson was flagged to finish in 10th place.

Johnson died in a plane crash near Cleveland, Ohio. The National Transportation Safety Board ruled the probable cause was pilot error, specifically attempting to fly visually in unsuitable weather and structurally overloading the airplane.

Indianapolis 500 results
* shared drive with Jim Rathmann

** shared drive with Rodger Ward

 * During his Indy career, Eddie Johnson drove 4,825 miles without leading a lap. Only Chet Miller and Dick Simon completed more laps at Indianapolis without leading a lap.

World Championship career summary
The Indianapolis 500 was part of the FIA World Championship from 1950 through 1960. Drivers competing at Indy during those years were credited with World Championship points and participation. Eddie Johnson participated in 9 World Championship races and scored 1 World Championship point.

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Tsz Wan Shan

Tsz Wan Shan is a residential area in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Located below Temple Hill, it is administratively part of Wong Tai Sin District. Temple Hill is also called Tsz Wan Shan, but Tsz Wan Shan usually refers to the area.

It is a densely populated residential area, consisting of several large public housing estates. The old Tsz Wan Shan housing blocks (64 buildings in total) were demolished between late 1980s and mid 1990s.

Features
Po Kong Village Road Park is located at 140 Po Kong Village Road. There are elevated cycling track (about 1 kilometre in length), cycling area and skater park. Three vertical rams of different difficulty levels are constructed for co-use by players of extreme sports, namely freestyle BMX, skateboarding and aggressive inline skating.

In the very north of the district, a steep path leads to a Kwun Yam temple. The path goes to Temple Hill, part of the Ma On Shan Country Park and then joins the MacLehose Trail and the Wilson Trail, reaching across the New Territories.

Education
The first school village in Hong Kong was established in 2002 at Po Kong Village Road, Tsz Wan Shan. It is the only school village in Hong Kong. There are five schools including International Christian Quality Music Secondary and Primary School, Tsz Wan Shan Catholic Primary School, Po Leung Kuk Grandmont Primary School, St. Patrick's Catholic Primary School (Po Kong Village Road) and Po Leung Kuk Celine Ho Yam Tong College.

Tsz Wan Shan is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 45. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money); no government primary schools are in this net.

Transport
Buses: No. 2F, 3B, 3C, 3D, 5C, 15A, 116. Specific time services for 3X, 5P, 5X, 302, 302A, A23, E23 & E23A.

Minibuses (Scheduled Services / Green Minibus): No. 18M, 19, 19M, 19S, 20, 37A, 37M, 66S (Night services only), 73.

Minibuses (Red Public Light Buses): From Mong Kok, Tsuen Wan, and Jordan Road. Specific time services from Wan Chai, Causeway Bay, North Point, and Castle Peak Road, Kowloon.

Due to the height and the steep inclination of the mountain, there are no railway connections at Tsz Wan Shan. In February 2008, during a site inspection for the Sha Tin to Central Link, the then Secretary for Transport and Housing, Eva Cheng, said the hilly terrain and geological conditions in Tsz Wan Shan made it technically difficult and risky to build a station in this location, despite strong requests from Wong Tai Sin District Council and many local residents.

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Talk:The Luck of Barry Lyndon

Untitled
Thackery's novel first appeared serialized in Frasier's Magazine in 1884 under the title "The Luck of Barry Lyndon." When it was later published as a novel it was re-titled The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon, Esq. Written by Himself. Project Gutenberg has it on file http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext03/brryl10.txt as plain old Barry Lyndon, which is probably how it should be referenced here.68.118.61.219 09:35, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)

"alcoholism-related illness"
That is rather vague. How does the novel describe it? Varlaam (talk) 02:49, 27 May 2011 (UTC)

 * "he had lived nineteen years an inmate of the Fleet Prison, where the prison records state he died of delirium tremens." JohnHarris (talk) 12:42, 6 May 2022 (UTC)

Title?
The work as first published in Frasier's Magazine was The Luck of Barry Lyndon, but when Thackeray revised the text and published it in book form, he retitled it The Memoirs of Barry Lyndon. (The Oxford World's Classic edition has a note on the text explaining these things.) It is not immediately obvious to me why the author's choice for the title of the novel as he finalized it should not be respected. --Tbanderson (talk) 20:38, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

 * Hopefully in 2024 someone else can point this out as well. -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 14:09, 21 August 2016 (UTC)

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Ink Flag

The Ink Flag (דֶּגֶל הַדְּיוֹ, Degel HaDyo) was a handmade Israeli flag raised in March 1949 during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War to mark the capture of Umm Rashrash. The flag’s display in what later became the city of Eilat was replaced two hours later by an official flag when the Golani Brigade arrived.

History
On 5 March 1949, Israel launched Operation Uvda, the last military maneuver of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. On 10 March, the Israeli Defense Forces reached the shores of the Red Sea at Umm Rashrash, west of Aqaba in the area of biblical Elath, and captured it without a battle. The Negev Brigade and Golani Brigade took part in the operation. A makeshift flag created from a white sheet inscribed with ink was raised by Captain (later General) Avraham Adan, company commander of the 8th Battalion of the Negev Brigade.

The improvised flag was made on the order of Negev Brigade commander Nahum Sarig, when it was discovered that the brigade did not have an Israeli flag on hand. The soldiers found a sheet, drew two ink stripes, and sewed on a Star of David torn off a first-aid kit.

In Eilat, a bronze sculpture by Israeli sculptor Daniel Kafri commemorates the event, unveiled on 28 February 1996. This historical place was already declared a National Heritage Site on 19 January 1994. The photo of the raising of the Ink Flag, taken by the soldier Micha Perry, bears resemblance to the 1945 American photo Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima.

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Rosier (demon)

Rosier, according to the occultist Gustav Davidson in A Dictionary Of Angels (1967) is "a former lesser-rank angel of the order of dominations.", the cited source being Sebastien Michaelis' Admirable History of the Possession and Conversion of a Penitent Woman (1613).

Admirable History of the Possession and Conversion of a Penitent Woman is in public domain. Rosier exists on page 325 and is described as "the second in order of Dominations, and by his sweet and sugared words, he tempteth men to fall in love. His adversary in heaven is Basil, who would not listen to amorous and inchanting language.".

Rosier does not appear in the Bible or Apocrypha, and is not mentioned in the Catholic Encyclopedia or Britannica, but following Davidson's work of 1967. Rosier has been picked up in other occult books and in some popular culture.

In popular culture

 * Rosier features in the novel Mr Mee (2000) by Andrew Crumey, as creator of an esoteric work titled Rosier's Encyclopaedia. Crumey's subsequent novels Mobius Dick (2004) and The Secret Knowledge (2013) feature the Rosier Corporation, which is responsible for sinister experiments using quantum computers. The Secret Knowledge includes other characters with surnames from the Michaelis' classification of demons, e.g. Verrier, Carreau, Verrine and Oeillet.
 * One of the main characters of Kaori Yuki's manga Angel Sanctuary is called Rosiel (also spelled Rociel, ロシエル in the original), and is named after the fallen angel (as stated by the author in a side note to volume 1). The different desinence is due to the uniformity of the [l] and [r] sounds in Japanese. However, there are other ideas as to why the name is spelled with an "l" rather than an "r". Rosiel, in Kaori Yuki's manga, Angel Sanctuary; the name difference due to Yuki ending the names of most angels with "el", meaning "god". When an angel turns away from god, he/she normally abandons the "el" in favour of "er".[See Volume 1]
 * Rene Rosier is depicted as an incubus and is lord of the incubi in the Cassandra Palmer series by Karen Chance.
 * "Rene Rosier the Fallen" is the religious hero of the evil religion "Ashen Veil" in the Civilization 4: Beyond the Sword fantasy mod "Fall from Heaven 2". However, he is a human religious fighter who abandoned the good counterreligion "The Order".
 * Evan Rosier was a Death Eater in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. Druella Rosier was the mother of Bellatrix Lestrange, Andromeda Tonks and Narcissa Malfoy.
 * Rene Rosier is a character in The Eternal Ones by Kirsten Miller.
 * Rene Rosier is the name of a demon of obsession in Big Finish's audio drama Dark Shadows: Tainted Love. He is able to possess people through their obsessions in order to try to break into our reality.
 * Rosier is the main character in the story Santanic Rituals of the Greater Butler County Area on The No Sleep Podcast episode 16 season 13.
 * Rosier is mentioned in the maudlin of the Well song, "The Curve that to an Angle Turn'd".

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Talk:U.S. Air Force Reserve

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This article was originated from an overly biased point of view in favour of the US Air Force Reserve. It has since been somewhat editied, but I believe it still reeks of excessive POV.

I agree. It reads very much like a recruiting document.

This article should be merged with Air Force Reserve Command. In 1997, the Air Force Reserves (AFR) merged with the air force and became Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC). But I do agree, it needs to be rewritten. Mikeb 13:39, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Merged
Merged to Air Force Reserve Command. I believe I adequately addressed the POV issues in the process of the merge, but if you anyone wants to take another pass at it there, feel free.

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Films About Ghosts (The Best Of...)

Films About Ghosts (The Best of...) is a compilation album by American rock band Counting Crows. It was released by Geffen Records on November 2, 2003. The album contains songs from their first four studio albums. The album takes its name from a line in "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby": "If dreams are like movies, then memories are films about ghosts."

Track listing
Later versions of this disc include "Accidentally in Love", the Crows' hit single from the soundtrack of DreamWorks Animation Studios' Shrek 2 (2004). The Dutch version of this album includes a new version of "Holiday in Spain", recorded as a duet with Dutch band Bløf. The single, in English and Dutch, went number one in the Netherlands, as did the album after the success of the single.

The original British version contained the song "Blues Run the Game", a cover of a Jackson C. Frank song and later pressing have a version of "Four White Stallions" from New Amsterdam: Live at Heineken Music Hall February 4–6, 2003. The South American version contained the latter and Enhanced CD data.

This album was released twice in Australia, the second release containing a DVD of live performances. A version with a second disc containing the Music-Video-Edited versions of "American Girls", "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby", "Angels of the Silences", "Round Here", "Daylight Fading", "A Long December" and "Mr. Jones" was also released in the United Kingdom.

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Iron Sunrise

Iron Sunrise is a 2004 hard science fiction novel by British writer Charles Stross, which follows the events in Singularity Sky. The book was nominated for both the Hugo and Locus Awards in 2005.

Singularity Sky depicts a future where human societies have been involuntarily taken from Earth and widely distributed across the Milky Way galaxy, seemingly at random, in the wake of a technological singularity which has led to the onset of strong AI, in the form of the Eschaton.

The events in both novels take place consecutively some time after the immediate aftermath of the singularity.

Plot summary
Martin Springfield and Rachel Mansour return to Earth to recuperate following the events of Singularity Sky. However, Rachel is quickly called upon to explain the administrative expenses she incurred during her previous assignment. Shortly thereafter she finds herself negotiating with a lunatic believing himself to be a reincarnation of Idi Amin and in possession of an armed nuclear device which, in the black humor typical of the series, he has threatened to detonate after receiving an eviction notice from his apartment.

Meanwhile, a young and hopeful planetary civilization is murdered by the apparent use of a causality violation device which causes their sun to explode without warning (the "iron sunrise" of the title), and their defense systems to deploy automatically against the homeworld of the suspected perpetrators of the atrocity.

Rachel and Martin set off to investigate these events and prevent the assassination of the remaining members of the murdered civilization's leaders, who can abort the retaliation strike. In the background the Eschaton continues to play its own game.

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Hans Fischer

Hans Fischer (27 July 1881 – 31 March 1945) was a German organic chemist and the recipient of the 1930 Nobel Prize for Chemistry "for his researches into the constitution of haemin and chlorophyll and especially for his synthesis of haemin."

Early years
Fischer was born on July 27, 1881, in Höchst on river Main, now a city district of Frankfurt located in Germany. His parents were Dr. Eugen Fischer, Director of the firm of Kalle & Co, Wiesbaden, and Privatdozent at the Technical High School, Stuttgart, and Anna Herdegen was his mother. He went to a primary school in Stuttgart, and later to the "Humanistisches Gymnasium" in Wiesbaden, matriculating in 1899. He read chemistry and medicine, first at the University of Lausanne and then at Marburg. He graduated in 1904 obtaining his chemistry degree, 2 years later in 1906 he licensed for medicine and in 1908 he qualified for his M.D. which he applied to the University of Munich.

Career
He worked first at a Medical Clinic in Munich and then at the First Berlin Chemical Institute under Emil Fischer. He returned to Munich in 1911 and qualified as lecturer on internal medicine one year later. In 1913, he became a lecturer in physiology at the Physiological Institute in Munich. In 1916, he became Professor of Medical Chemistry at the University of Innsbruck and from there he went to the University of Vienna in 1918.

From 1921 until his death, he held the position of Professor of Organic Chemistry at the Technical University of Munich. Fischer's scientific work was mostly concerned with the investigation of the pigments in blood, bile, and also chlorophyll in leaves, as well as with the chemistry of pyrrole from which these pigments are derived. Of special importance was his synthesis of bilirubin and haemin. He received many honors for this work, and received the Nobel Prize in 1930. The lunar crater Fischer was named after him (and Hermann Emil Fischer) in 1976. Hans Fisher had mapped the composition of a hem group. In 1929 Fischer succeeded in producing the substance and proving that its ring has a central atom of iron, as he also continued studying other pigmented substances of a biological importance of biochemistry such as chlorophyll, the color that plays part in a plants photosynthesis. Fischer also unraveled the bile pigments biliverdin (which causes the yellowish color characteristic of bruised skin) and bilirubin (which yellows skin in jaundice cases), and synthesized them in 1942 and 1944, successively. He conducted microanalyses of more than 60,000 chemical substance, and had won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1930. The person that sparked Fischer's interest was von Muller, his former professor and supervisor whom interests were in pyrrole pigments by inviting Fischer to work with him at the well-known Second Medical Clinic in Munich in 1910. Under Muller, he began to examine the composition of the bile pigment bilirubin, something he would continue to be engaged in during the decades that followed. Fischer's succession also came with difficulty's as many of his experiments seemed to have failed but with time Fischer was able to perfect his acknowledgement with is failed attempts.

Personal life
Fischer married Wiltrud Haufe around his 50's in the year 1935. Fischer was a man who was dedicated almost "exclusively" to his work. He continued his scientific research during Germany's Nazi era, and committed suicide on Easter Sunday in 1945, after his laboratory and life's work had been destroyed by the bombing in the last days of World War II.

Honours

 * Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (1919)
 * Privy Councillor (1925)
 * Liebig Memorial Medal (1929)
 * Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1930)
 * Honorary doctorate, Harvard University (1936)
 * Davy Medal of the Royal Society of London (1937)

title: Hans Fischer