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In My Father's Den (film)

In My Father's Den is a 2004 New Zealand film written and directed by Brad McGann and starring Matthew Macfadyen and Emily Barclay. It is based on the novel of the same title by Maurice Gee. The film was released in October 2004 to glowing reviews.

Plot
Following the death of his father Jeff (Matthew Chamberlain), renowned war photographer Paul Prior (Matthew Macfadyen) returns to his hometown in the South Island of New Zealand. Paul also reunites with his younger brother Andrew (Colin Moy), a pious local ostrich farmer, who is married to the very religious and agoraphobic Penny (Miranda Otto). Under Andrew's pressure, Paul reluctantly prolongs his stay to help sort out the sale of their father's cottage and the adjoining orchard.

Returning to the dilapidated family property, Paul revisits his father's makeshift den in the equipment shed. Jeff, who secretly harboured a love of wine, literature, and free-thinking philosophy, found solace in the den away from his puritanical wife Iris (Vanessa Riddell). When Paul as a child had accidentally stumbled upon this wondrous booklined universe, his father had shared the den with him on the condition that he did not tell anyone else.

While back in his hometown, Paul accepts a temporary English teaching position at his old high school. Paul also forges an unlikely friendship with the 16-year-old Celia (Emily Barclay), a teenaged misfit who loves writing and dreams of travelling to Spain. Celia is the daughter of Paul's former girlfriend Jackie (Jodie Rimmer), the town's butcher. It is implied that Paul believes Celia to be his daughter, and becomes a father figure for the teenager. Resenting the unwanted attentions of her mother's boyfriend Gareth (Antony Starr), Celia seeks solace in Paul's den.

Paul and Celia's budding friendship eventually comes under scrutiny from the judgmental Andrew and the envious Jackie. After Paul attacks Gareth for beating Celia, Jackie forbids Paul from having contact with her daughter. Despite the warnings, Celia continues to visit and Paul encourages her in her ambitions as a writer. In the middle of winter, Celia goes missing. Due to their close friendship, Paul becomes the prime suspect in her disappearance and endures the hostility of the town including Gareth and his teenage nephew Jonathan (Jimmy Keen), who fancied Celia.

The rest of the film is shown in flashbacks of Paul's teenage years interspersed with his interactions with Celia and final confrontation with Andrew. After Jonathan reveals that his father had confiscated his camera for illicitly photographing Celia, Paul confronts Andrew. Jeff is then revealed to be Celia's biological father through an affair with Jackie, which Paul and Iris had discovered. Grief-stricken and betrayed, Iris committed suicide, while Paul - ignoring the pleas of Andrew - left the family home at the age of 17.

Paul also learns that Andrew had invited Celia to view their late father's will; Jeff had left a third of his estate to Celia. Mistaking Celia for Andrew's mistress after accidentally viewing Jonathan's photos, and with a misunderstanding of confirmation from Andrew, an enraged Penny had pushed Celia over the balcony, killing her. To protect his wife, Andrew covered up Celia's death. After Paul and Andrew's confrontation, Jonathan calls the police, believing his father killed Celia. To continue protecting Penny, Andrew takes the blame and is arrested. Celia's body is later found in a river.

Following the funeral, Paul burns the den and reconciles with Jackie. The film closes with a flashback to the last time Paul saw Celia; they openly talk about being siblings - Paul being revealed to have known she was his half-sister all along - and they say goodbye as she walks down the road to her untimely death.

Cast

 * Matthew Macfadyen as Paul Prior
 * Emily Barclay as Celia
 * Colin Moy as Andrew
 * Miranda Otto as Penny
 * Jodie Rimmer as Jackie
 * Vanessa Riddell as Iris
 * Matthew Chamberlain as Jeff
 * Antony Starr as Gareth
 * Jimmy Keen as Jonathan
 * Geoff Dolan as O'Neill
 * Asher Emanuel as Young Paul'''

Production
Filming locations were mainly in Central Otago, New Zealand, with the town of Roxburgh standing in for the fictional Rapata Junction. Interior scenes of Andrew and Penny's house were filmed in Auckland.

In My Father's Den was the only feature film and the final work written or directed by McGann, who died of bowel cancer in 2007.

Awards
The film won the Fipresci Prize at the 2004 Toronto International Film Festival, the Mercedes Benz Youth Jury Prize at the 52nd San Sebastián International Film Festival in Spain in the same year, the Special Jury Prize at the Seattle International Film Festival in 2005 and the Grand Prix at the 2005 Festival du Film Britannique de Dinard. It became one of the top 10 grossing New Zealand films.

Critical reaction
The website rottentomatoes.com, which compiles mostly North American reviews, gives the film a 100 per cent "fresh" rating, meaning consistently positive reviews, and with an average rating of 7.2 out of 10. The latter figure is the average from seven reviews. The film also garnered acclaim in many publications. A reviewer for The Australian described the film as "one of the best films I have ever seen". Meanwhile, Empire described that "director Brad McGann reveals great skill and bravery in the way he brings the story's insular world to life".

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1919 in rail transport

March events

 * March 5 – Rebuilt Helsinki Central railway station officially opened (architect: Eliel Saarinen).

April events

 * April 12 – Ryutaro Nomura succeeds Simbei Kunisawa for a second term as president of South Manchuria Railway.

May events

 * May 28 – Official inauguration of electrified suburban railways in Melbourne, Australia, with first train from Flinders Street station to Sandringham and Essendon.

September events

 * September 27–October 6 – Railway workers in the United Kingdom stage a strike, called by the National Union of Railwaymen.

October events

 * October 17 – Madrid Metro opens.
 * October 20 – The metre-gauge railway from La Paz (Bolivia) to Cumbre opens.

November events

 * November 15 – The golden spike is driven and construction of the San Diego and Arizona Railway is completed at a cost of $18 million.

December events

 * December 1
 * The first passenger train of the San Diego & Arizona Railway "arrives" in San Diego from El Centro, California, for the official line opening ceremony.
 * The Canadian Railway War Board is reorganized as the Railway Association of Canada.
 * December 3 – The Quebec Bridge, operated by Canadian National Railways, opens to rail traffic after almost two decades of construction. It is 987 m long, incorporating the longest cantilever bridge span in the world at 549 m.
 * December 20 – Onawa train wreck: A collision on the International Railway of Maine kills 23 people.

Unknown date events

 * Ralph Budd becomes president of the Great Northern Railway and becomes the youngest (40) president of any American railroad to date.
 * The Federal Trade Commission orders Armour & Co. to sell its produce-hauling subsidiary, Fruit Growers Express (FGE), for antitrust reasons.
 * Jewett Car Company, a Newark, Ohio, producer of interurban cars and trolleys, closes after 25 years in production.

February deaths

 * February 23 - Guy Calthrop, general manager of London and North Western Railway, previously of Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway (born 1870).

April deaths

 * April 24 - Zhan Tianyou, Chief Engineer responsible for construction of the Imperial Peking-Kalgan Railway, the first railway constructed in China without foreign assistance (born 1861).

August deaths

 * August 3 - Samuel W. Fordyce, president of St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railway 1886-1889, St. Louis Southwestern Railway 1890-1898, Kansas City Southern Railway 1900 (born 1840).
 * August 11 - Andrew Carnegie, steel magnate and owner of Pittsburgh Locomotive and Car Works (born 1835).

October deaths

 * October 10 - Anatole Mallet, inventor of the Mallet locomotive type (born 1837).

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Hardy Boyz

The Hardys, also known as the Hardy Boyz, are an American professional wrestling tag team consisting of brothers Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy. They are currently performing for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA). They first began teaming together in 1993 on the independent circuit, winning the NWA 2000 Tag Team Championship in NWA and founding OMEGA Championship Wrestling, where they held the OMEGA Tag Team Championship. They signed contracts with the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE) in 1997. In 2000, they were joined by Lita, and the trio became Team Xtreme during her stay. They are the only team to have held the WWE/World, WCW, TNA, ROH, Raw, and SmackDown Tag Team Championships. They are considered one of the major teams that revived tag team wrestling during the Attitude Era. In 2012, WWE named them as one of the greatest tag teams in WWE history.

After splitting up as a team in 2002, the brothers reunited in 2006 and teamed up sporadically afterward. They also appeared in Impact Wrestling (formerly TNA) to briefly reunite in 2011 as members of Immortal, and teamed more frequently from 2014 to 2017. Both brothers left Impact in 2017, and returned to WWE, where they would go on to win the Raw Tag Team Championship at WrestleMania 33, and would team on and off over the next two years. In 2019, they won the SmackDown Tag Team Championship the night after WrestleMania 35, but would relinquish the titles three weeks later after Jeff suffered a leg injury. Jeff would then be out of action for the rest of the year, marking the last appearance of the team during their latest run in WWE, as Matt's contract expired in March 2020 and he went to AEW soon after.

Both brothers have also won singles championships, with each becoming multi-time world champions in their own right. In 2017, they held seven tag team championships from seven different companies at the same time, including the ROH World Tag Team Championship and the TNA World Tag Team Championship, being recognized as the only tag team in history to hold these titles simultaneously.

The Hardy Boyz gained fame for their innovative participation in ladder matches and Tables, Ladders and Chairs matches with The Dudley Boyz and Edge and Christian. Overall, they are 12-time world tag team champions between WWE, TNA, and ROH, having won the WWE/World Tag Team Championship six times, the Raw Tag Team Championship once, the SmackDown Tag Team Championship once, the WCW Tag Team Championship once (in WWE), the TNA World Tag Team Championship twice, and the ROH World Tag Team Championship once.

Early years (1993–1998)
The brothers formed a tag team in 1993 after Jeff's debut in the Trampoline Wrestling Federation (TWF). The promotion went by several names, and it was modernized in 1997 as the Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts (OMEGA). The duo worked in several independent promotions throughout North Carolina, holding the OMEGA Tag Team Championship and NWA 2000 Tag Team Championship. They had their first record tag team for Smoky Mountain Wrestling in July 1995.

Their first match as a team in the WWF was against The New Rockers on May 28, 1996 for the June 15 episode of WWF Superstars. Later on they wrestled against Smoking Gunns, Harris Twins, The Headbangers, and Kurrgan in a handicap match.

Rise to popularity (1998–1999)
After being signed to a contract in 1998, they were trained by Dory Funk, Jr. in his Funkin' Dojo.

The Hardy Boyz started their run as a popular tag team with a win over Kaientai (Men's Teioh and Shoichi Funaki) on the September 27, 1998 episode of Sunday Night Heat. Soon after their Sunday Night Heat win, they built up a fan base following through their high-flying tag team tactics. They started to become serious contenders for the Tag Team Championship after they became managed by Michael Hayes, formerly a member of The Fabulous Freebirds. On the June 29, 1999, episode of Raw Is War (aired July 5), they defeated The Acolytes (Faarooq and Bradshaw) to win their first WWF Tag Team Championship, but they re-lost the title to The Acolytes a little less than a month later at Fully Loaded.

They eventually dumped Hayes as their manager in August 1999, becoming villains and briefly associating themselves with Gangrel as part of The New Brood. After winning a series of matches against the team of Edge and Christian—dubbed the Terri Invitational Tournament—they won the services of Terri Runnels as their manager by winning the first ever tag team ladder match at No Mercy, and then dumped Gangrel the next night becoming faces. The fans also gave both teams a standing ovation the next night on Raw Is War. This began an over two year rivalry between the Hardy Boyz and the team of Edge and Christian. During this time, they also gained notoriety as a faction with Lita.

Team Xtreme (2000–2002)
With the addition of Lita, Matt and Jeff comprised the trio dubbed Team Xtreme, their name serving as a reflection of their "extreme" high-flying moves. In 2000, they were involved in feuds with Edge and Christian and The Dudley Boyz (Bubba Ray Dudley and D-Von Dudley) in many ladder matches and TLC matches.

They faced Edge and Christian and the Dudley Boyz at WrestleMania 2000 in a triple threat tag team ladder match. The Dudley Boyz started the match as the champions and Edge and Christian won the title. The Hardyz faced Edge and Christian for the title at Insurrextion and defeated them by disqualification, which meant that Edge and Christian retained the title. At King of the Ring, the Hardy Boyz squared off in a Four Corners Elimination match for the Tag Team Championship which included the champions Too Cool (Grandmaster Sexay and Scotty 2 Hotty), T & A (Test and Albert) and Edge and Christian. The Hardyz were able to eliminate T & A before getting eliminated themselves by Edge and Christian.

At SummerSlam, the Hardy Boyz were defeated in the first ever TLC match for the title, which Edge and Christian won, and in which the Dudley Boyz also competed. At Unforgiven, the Hardy Boyz defeated Edge and Christian in a steel cage match to win the title for a second time. They re-lost the title to Edge and Christian (who were dressed as Los Conquistadores) at No Mercy, but they won it back the next night on Raw Is War for a third time. During the match, the Hardy Boyz were dressed as Los Conquistadores, but tore off their masks after the match, revealing themselves. The team lost the title less than a month later to Right to Censor (Bull Buchanan and The Goodfather) on the November 6 episode of Raw Is War, when Edge and Christian came out and assaulted the Hardyz, allowing Right to Censor to pick up the win and the title.

The Hardyz became involved in a feud with both Edge and Christian and Right to Censor. At Survivor Series, the Hardyz along with the Dudleyz defeated Edge and Christian and Right to Censor in a Survivor Series elimination match. At Rebellion, the Hardy Boyz faced Right to Censor in a rematch for the titles but were unable to win the titles when Val Venis interfered. On the December 4 episode of Raw Is War, Dean Malenko defeated the Hardy Boyz' valet Lita to retain the Light Heavyweight Championship and earn himself a date with her three days later on SmackDown!, when Malenko took Lita on a date and received a beating from the Hardyz. The Hardyz began feuding with Malenko and his friends, The Radicalz (Eddie Guerrero, Chris Benoit, Malenko and Perry Saturn). The two teams faced each other in several tag team and singles matches on Raw Is War and SmackDown!. The two teams also squared off against each other at Armageddon with Guerrero, Malenko and Saturn taking on the Hardyz and Lita. The Radicalz won the match.

On the March 5, 2001 episode of Raw Is War, the Hardy Boyz captured their fourth WWF Tag Team Championship when they defeated The Dudley Boyz, after interference from Christian, only to lose the title to Edge and Christian two weeks later on Raw. The next month at WrestleMania X-Seven, the Hardy Boyz competed in another TLC match against Edge and Christian and the Dudley Boyz. Just as in the first TLC match, Edge and Christian were victorious thanks to help from Rhyno.

On the October 8 episode of Raw, the Hardy Boyz won the WCW Tag Team Championship from Booker T and Test. They lost the title to the Dudley Boyz two weeks later on SmackDown!. On the November 12 episode of Raw, they beat Booker T and Test again, but this time for the WWF Tag Team Championship. At Survivor Series, they lost the title to the Dudleys in a steel cage title unification match. This defeat led to a break up storyline that resulted in a match between the brothers at Vengeance. Jeff would emerge victorious after Lita, who was the special referee, failed to see Matt's foot on the rope. The storyline was dropped in January 2002 and they reunited.

At No Way Out, the Hardy Boyz participated in a tag team turmoil match which was won by the APA. At WrestleMania X8, along with the APA and the Dudley Boyz, the Hardyz challenged Billy and Chuck for the WWF Tag Team Championship in a four corners elimination match. The APA were eliminated by the Dudleyz, whom the Hardy Boyz managed to eliminate. In the end, they were pinned by the champions, therefore losing the opportunity. They then began a feud with the newcomer Brock Lesnar and his manager Paul Heyman. At Judgment Day, the Hardy Boyz lost to Lesnar and Heyman in a tag team match.

Split and departure (2002–2005)
The duo split up afterward as Jeff began a storyline with The Undertaker, while Matt was relegated to working on Heat. In the storyline, Matt then attacked Jeff due to jealousy of Jeff getting opportunities, including a match for the Intercontinental Championship. Matt was then moved to the SmackDown! brand, where he dubbed himself "Matt Hardy Version 1" and the "Sensei of Mattitude" and picked up real-life friend Shannon Moore and briefly Crash Holly as followers. He later won the Cruiserweight Championship from Billy Kidman at No Way Out in February 2003. Jeff was released from WWE on April 22 for erratic behavior, drug use, refusal to go to rehab and deteriorating ring performance as well as constant tardiness and no-showing events.

Following his release from WWE, Jeff debuted in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) in mid-2004. After no-showing several events, he was suspended in 2006 before leaving the company soon afterward. Meanwhile, in April 2005, Matt was released from WWE due to unprofessional conduct with social media after discovering Lita had a real-life affair with Edge. He was rehired just a few months later, feuded with Edge, and was eventually sent to the SmackDown! brand.

The Hardys reunion (2006–2007)
On August 4, 2006, Jeff rejoined WWE on its Raw brand. In November 2006, it was announced on WWE's official website that Matt and Jeff would team up for the first time together in over four years as members of Team DX at the Survivor Series. The Hardys, as they were now known, were first given a "warm up match" on ECW on Sci Fi, defeating The Full Blooded Italians (Little Guido Maritato and Tony Mamaluke). At Survivor Series, Team DX defeated Team Rated-RKO in a clean sweep.

On the November 27 episode of Raw, The Hardys had their first shot at Tag Team gold in five years. They took on World Tag Team Champions Rated-RKO (Edge and Randy Orton), but came up short when Edge hit Jeff in the back with a belt to get himself and Orton deliberately disqualified to retain the title. That same day, The Hardys posed an open challenge to any team for ECW brand's ECW December to Dismember which was immediately accepted by a reuniting MNM (Johnny Nitro and Joey Mercury). After a run in on the intervening ECW on Sci Fi, The Hardys defeated MNM at the event, starting a feud between all four men that spanned both brands. The Hardys got their first chance to gain the WWE Tag Team Championship at Armageddon, where the original tag team match was changed to a four team ladder match involving The Hardys, MNM, Dave Taylor and William Regal, and Paul London and Brian Kendrick. Despite coming up short, The Hardys sparked another feud with MNM when Mercury was legitimately injured. While Jeff and Nitro continued battling over the Intercontinental Championship on Raw, Matt and Mercury feuded on SmackDown!. Mercury and Nitro tried injuring both Hardys' faces as payback for what happened at Armageddon, claiming that The Hardys had ruined Mercury's 'Hollywood good looks'. The Hardys settled their feud with MNM at the Royal Rumble when they defeated them for the second time. Matt and Mercury continued feuding, however, which was finally settled at No Way Out.

On the April 2, 2007, episode of Raw, the Hardys won the World Tag Team Championship for the sixth time in their career after winning a ten team battle royal. After losing singles bouts to both Lance Cade and Trevor Murdoch, The Hardys retained their World Tag Team Championship at both Backlash and Judgment Day against the team of Cade and Murdoch. At One Night Stand, Hardyz retained the titles against The World's Greatest Tag Team (Charlie Haas and Shelton Benjamin) in a ladder match. The next night on Raw, however, the Hardys lost their championship to Cade and Murdoch, when Jeff missed a Swanton Bomb and was pinned by Cade after Murdoch pushed his foot off of the bottom rope of the ring. Cade and Murdoch attacked the Hardys with the championship belts after the match. The Hardys got a rematch at Vengeance, but was unsuccessful after Jeff was hit with a sitout spinebuster from Cade.

The Hardys once again returned to WWE on the November 13 episode of ECW to face Montel Vontavious Porter (MVP) and Mr. Kennedy, a match that was originally scheduled for the November 16 episode of SmackDown!. The Hardys were unsuccessful in their return as Porter pinned Jeff for the win. The Hardys, announced and referred to once again as the Hardy Boyz, reunited once again in 2008, on the June 23 episode of Raw in a losing effort to John Morrison and The Miz. The match occurred after Jeff was drafted to the SmackDown brand (the same brand as Matt). This loss, however, caused Matt to be drafted to the ECW brand. On the July 15 episode of ECW, The Hardys reunited in their home state of North Carolina, defeating Morrison and Miz. The Hardys then teamed up on the October 31 episode of SmackDown and on November 3 on Raw, winning both matches.

Feud and second departure (2009)
The Hardy Boyz kickstarted 2009 with a win over Edge and Big Show on the January 2 episode of SmackDown. This was the last match for the then WWE Champion and ECW Champion as a team as Matt would lose the ECW championship to Jack Swagger on the January 13 episode of ECW. Heading into the 2009 Royal Rumble, Matt was attempting to regain the ECW Championship from Jack Swagger while Jeff held the WWE Championship. After Matt lost to Swagger, he interfered in Jeff's match with Edge, hitting Jeff with a steel chair and allowing Edge to win the WWE Championship. On the January 30 episode of SmackDown, Matt announced the permanent disbandment of the tag team due to the events at the Royal Rumble and that he no longer considered Jeff as his partner or brother. Matt moved to the SmackDown brand and began a scripted rivalry with Jeff. The pair faced each other in an Extreme Rules match at WrestleMania 25, which Matt won. They later faced each other in a stretcher match, in which Matt gained his second win over Jeff. As part of the 2009 WWE draft, Matt was drafted to the Raw brand on the April 13 episode of Raw. Despite this, the brothers faced each other in an "I Quit" match at Backlash, which Jeff won. Matt also interfered in Jeff's World Heavyweight Championship match at Judgment Day, preventing him from winning the championship.

On the August 21 episode of SmackDown, Jeff (then the World Heavyweight Champion) and Matt reunited as the Hardys and teamed with John Morrison in a six-man tag team match to defeat CM Punk and The Hart Dynasty. The following week, Jeff lost a "Loser Leaves the WWE" steel cage match to CM Punk, resulting in him leaving the company. Over a year later, on October 15, 2010, WWE announced that Matt had been released from his contract, with Matt later stating that his release had been in effect two weeks before WWE made the announcement.

Immortal (2010–2011)
Jeff made his TNA return on the January 4, 2010 episode of Impact!, and went on to win the TNA World Heavyweight Championship at Bound for Glory in October with help from Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff, revealing that they and others had formed the Immortal faction. On January 9, 2011, at TNA's pay-per-view Genesis, Matt made his TNA debut as a surprise member of Immortal, and defeated Rob Van Dam. Jeff went on to lose the TNA World Heavyweight Championship to Mr. Anderson later that night. On the January 13 episode of Impact! the Hardy Brothers reunited, as heels for the first time since 1999, and defeated Van Dam and Anderson. Following the Victory Road pay-per-view, Immortal severed their ties with Jeff. On August 20, Matt was released from TNA after being arrested for driving while intoxicated.

TNA World Tag Team Champions (2014–2015)
Matt returned to TNA in mid-2014. On June 26, at Destination X The Hardys unsuccessfully challenged The Wolves (Davey Richards and Eddie Edwards) for the TNA World Tag Team Championship. On the August 14 episode of Impact Wrestling, The Hardys were defeated by Team 3D (the former Dudley Boyz). At the Hardcore Justice edition of Impact Wrestling, The Hardys and Team 3D challenged The Wolves to a three-way for the TNA World Tag Team Championship, to which they agreed. Kurt Angle later announced that all three teams would compete in a best of three series for the title with the winners of the first match being able to choose the stipulation of the next one. Team 3D won the first match and chose a Tables match, The Hardys won the second match and chose a ladder match, and The Wolves won the third match on the No Surrender episode of Impact Wrestling, tying them all at one win each. A final match to decide the series took place, and was won by The Wolves. In October, The Hardys participated in a tournament to determine the number one contender to the TNA World Tag Team Championship; they defeated The BroMans (Jessie Godderz and DJ Z), Ethan Carter III and Tyrus, and Samoa Joe and Low Ki to win the tournamanet. On February 6, 2015, at Lockdown, The Hardys unsuccessfully challenged The Revolution for the TNA World Tag Team Championship in a Six Sides of Steel match.

After The Wolves vacated the tag team championship due to an injury to Eddie Edwards, an Ultimate X match was held for the title at the March 16 Impact Wrestling tapings. The Hardys defeated Kenny King and Low Ki, Ethan Carter III and Bram, and Rockstar Spud and Mr. Anderson to win the match and the title. However, The Hardys vacated the titles due to Jeff's broken tibia.

The Broken Hardyz (2016–2017)
On the August 4 episode of Impact Wrestling, after a lengthy feud involving the "Deletion" of Jeff Hardy, Broken Matt sent Jeff, (at the time referred to as Brother Nero), on a quest to procure the Impact Wrestling World Tag Team Championship for him. On the August 18 episode of Impact Wrestling, Broken Matt and Brother Nero defeated The BroMans, The Tribunal, and The Helms Dynasty in an "Ascension to Hell" fatal four-way number one contender's ladder match for an opportunity to challenge Decay for the TNA World Tag Team Championships at Bound for Glory. Broken Matt climbed the ladder and grabbed the contract, following Nero sacrificing himself by jumping off the ladder and onto Trevor Lee. On the September 1 episode of Impact Wrestling, the Hardys invited Decay to come to their hometown compound, plotting for a sequel to "The Final Deletion" (dubbed as "Delete or Decay"). Broken Matt turned babyface during this encounter when King Maxel was almost kidnapped by Decay and when Brother Nero took a hit from Abyss' spiked bat, and Broken Matt healed him via the Lake of Restoration.

On October 2 at TNA Bound for Glory they defeated Decay to become two time TNA World Tag Team Champions. On the October 6 episode of Impact Wrestling, they retained their titles against Decay in a Wolf Creek match. On the October 13 episode of Impact Wrestling, they were attacked by The Tribunal. The Hardys would then face The Tribunal one week later, on October 20's broadcast where they were able to successfully defend their titles. However, after the match as they returned to the dressing rooms, the arena went dark, signalling the arrival of a new faction, dubbed the DCC. The DCC would use the darkness to attack and layout The Tribunal as The Hardys looked on from the ramp, thus potentially building an upcoming rivalry in weeks to comes. On February 27, 2017, The Hardys announced their departure from TNA after negotiations of a new contract fell through. Jeff and Matt left the company without dropping the TNA World Tag Team Championships.

Expedition of Gold (2014–2017)
Beginning in April 2014, the brothers reunited on the independent circuit.

In 2017, the Hardys embarked on a tour of various independent promotions—while still reigning as TNA World Tag Team Champions—which was promoted on Impact Wrestling as the "Expedition of Gold," where they sought to win other tag team titles in order to declare themselves as the "greatest tag team in all of space and time". During this tour, Matt and Jeff won the tag team titles in promotions such as Mexico's The Crash promotion, the West Virginia based All Star Wrestling, Maryland's MCW Pro Wrestling, their own OMEGA Championship Wrestling and Wrestling Superstar company based out of Chile. Footage from some of these matches was aired on Impact Wrestling.

Although some debate remains whether it was six or seven championships held at one time, the contracts of Broken Matt (Hardy) and Brother Nero (Jeff Hardy) expired with TNA Wrestling on February 27, 2017 at midnight after negotiations were stalled by the company. Having previously filmed television weeks in advance, in storylines Matt and Jeff remained the TNA Tag Team Champions as their contracts expired. They offered to drop the titles the following week on the next set of television tapings but TNA's new parent company, Anthem, declined.

On March 4, 2017, The Hardys made their Ring of Honor (ROH) debut at Manhattan Mayhem VI and defeated The Young Bucks for the ROH World Tag Team Championship. TNA still recognized them as the World Tag Team Champions (as the footage filmed for the following week where they would vacate the titles on Impact Wrestling hadn't aired yet), making them the only team to be recognized as both the TNA and ROH World Tag Team Champions simultaneously. They then lost the titles back to The Young Bucks in a ladder match on April 1 at Supercard of Honor XI, to which after the match, Jeff was noted as staying in the ring and saying "We'll fade away and classify ourselves as obsolete", paying homage to their "Broken" characters. It was also announced after the match that both Matt and Jeff Hardy's contracts had expired.

Having won the ROH World Tag Team Championship, their tag team title accoutrements equalled seven at the time. The Broken Hardy storyline was abruptly dropped without explanation following a new set of television tapings between March 2–5, 2017. The Hardys did not appear on the Thursday, March 9 airing of Impact Wrestling and there was no reference to the TNA tag team titles, but the Broken Hardys were last seen broadcast in their compound using Vanguard-1 to teleport them with the TNA World Tag Team Championship belts to their next location, only for Decay to appear through teleportation with the belts with Rosemary declaring the Broken Hardys, "deleted, obsolete, and decay!". The following week on the March 16 episode of Impact Wrestling, Bruce Prichard cut a promo in the ring and said that the tag team titles are won in the ring, not in space. Playing upon the Hardys phrase of "greatest tag team in all of space and time", he said that four teams would wrestle in two weeks to crown new tag team champions.

Return to WWE (2017, 2019)
On April 2 at, WrestleMania 33, The Hardy Boyz made an unannounced return to WWE, after hosts The New Day (Big E, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods) announced that the triple threat ladder match for the Raw Tag Team Championship which had been set by WWE before the event was now going to be a Fatal four-way match. They then began jokingly questioning the arena about who the mystery team could be, before the Hardy Boyz's made their entrance to the stage to a massive ovation from the crowd. At the event, The Hardy Boyz won the Raw Tag Team Championship, defeating the teams of Enzo Amore and Big Cass, Cesaro and Sheamus, and then-reigning champions Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson. The night after WrestleMania on Raw, they successfully defended the Raw Tag Team Championship against Luke Gallows and Karl Anderson. Afterwards on Raw Talk, Matt mentioned that the Hardy Boyz had successfully completed the Expedition of Gold after winning the Raw Tag Team Championship. They would retain the titles at Payback against Sheamus and Cesaro, but lost them at Extreme Rules in a steel cage match, and failed to regain it at the inaugural Great Balls of Fire event.

In September, Jeff suffered a torn rotator cuff and would be out of action for four to six months, leaving Matt to begin a run as a singles competitor. However, two years later, on the February 26, 2019 episode of SmackDown Live, the Hardy Boyz reunited and, on the April 9 episode of SmackDown, defeated The Usos to win the SmackDown Tag Team Championships. With this, they became the first team to win all three of WWE's world tag team championships (World, Raw, and SmackDown). However, they vacated the WWE Smackdown Tag Team Championships due to Jeff suffering a leg injury from Lars Sullivan. While Jeff was recovering, Matt was featured less on WWE television until he left WWE on March 2. and he went on to sign with All Elite Wrestling. Jeff went on to become a singles competitor before being released from the WWE on December 9, 2021.

All Elite Wrestling (2022–2024)
Matt announced on Twitter that he and Jeff would be reuniting for their 'Final Run' and wrestling a match in Big Time Wrestling (BTW). They will be facing the winner of a match between The Briscoes and The S.A.T.

Jeff debuted for AEW on the March 9, 2022 episode of AEW Dynamite, reuniting the brothers for the first time in over two years. On the March 16, 2022 episode of Dynamite, Matt and Jeff, billed as "The Hardys", wrestled in their first ever AEW match, defeating Private Party.

On April 30, 2022 in Rostraver, PA, the brothers wrestled against The Mane Event (TME) for the IWC Tag Team Championship, and successfully captured their first tag team titles in three years.

On May 29, 2022, during a successful bout the Hardys had at the AEW Double or Nothing PPV against The Young Bucks, Jeff Hardy suffered a "terrible" concussion-like injury which, according to Matt Hardy, left him "almost knocked out." On June 14, 2022, AEW owner Tony Khan would suspend Jeff Hardy indefinitely from AEW the day following his arrest for DUI, driving with a suspended license and violating a restriction that required him to keep an Ignition Interlock Device — a handheld breathalyzer that prevents users from starting their vehicle after drinking alcohol — in his car. Khan also announced that Jeff's AEW suspension would only be lifted "upon successfully completing treatment and maintaining his sobriety.” During the April 12, 2023 episode of Dynamite, Jeff Hardy returned to assist his brother during an assault thus reuniting the team. On April 8, 2024, it was reported that Matt's contract had expired and decided not to renew, effectively disbanding the team. Two months later, Jeff also departed from AEW after his contract expired.

Return to TNA (2024–present)
Matt made his surprise return to TNA on April 20, 2024 at Rebellion, reverting back to his "Broken" gimmick and attacking TNA World Champion Moose. On June 14 at Against All Odds, Matt unsucessfully challenged Moose for the championship. After the match, Jeff made his surprise return to TNA to come to Matt's aid from a post-match attack from Moose.

Other media
The Hardys appeared on the February 7, 1999 episode of That '70s Show entitled "That Wrestling Show", as uncredited wrestlers. Jeff and Matt, along with Lita, also appeared on Tough Enough in early 2001, talking and wrestling with the contestants. They both appeared on the February 25, 2002 episode of Fear Factor competing against four other WWF wrestlers. Jeff was eliminated in the first round, but Matt became the eventual winner, winning $50,000 for the American Cancer Society.

In 2001, the Hardys and Lita appeared in Rolling Stone magazine's 2001 Sports Hall of Fame issue. In 2003, Jeff and Matt, with the help of Michael Krugman, wrote and published their autobiography The Hardy Boyz: Exist 2 Inspire. As part of WWE, the Hardys appeared in the DVD, The Hardy Boyz: Leap of Faith in 2001. On April 29, 2008, WWE released Twist of Fate: The Matt and Jeff Hardy Story. The DVD features footage of the brothers in OMEGA and WWE, and it also briefly mentions Jeff's initial stint in TNA. The brothers also appear on The Hardy Show, an internet web show which features the Hardys, Shannon Moore, and many of their friends.

Championships and accomplishments

 * All Star Wrestling (West Virginia)
 * ASW Tag Team Championship (1 time)
 * The Crash
 * The Crash Tag Team Championship (1 time)
 * House of Glory
 * HOG Tag Team Championship (1 time)
 * International Wrestling Cartel
 * IWC Tag Team Championship (1 time)
 * MCW Pro Wrestling
 * MCW Tag Team Championship (1 time)
 * New Dimension Wrestling
 * NDW Tag Team Championship (1 time)
 * NWA 2000
 * NWA 2000 Tag Team Championship (1 time)
 * Organization of Modern Extreme Grappling Arts
 * OMEGA Tag Team Championship (2 times)
 * Pro Wrestling Illustrated
 * Match of the Year (2000) vs. The Dudley Boyz and Edge and Christian in a triangle ladder match at WrestleMania 2000
 * Match of the Year (2001) vs. The Dudley Boyz and Edge and Christian in a Tables, Ladders and Chairs match at WrestleMania X-Seven
 * Tag Team of the Year (2000)
 * Comeback of the Year (2017)
 * Ring of Honor
 * ROH World Tag Team Championship (1 time)
 * Holy S*** Moment of the Decade (2010s) – Hardys Show Up, Win ROH World Tag Team Gold
 * Total Nonstop Action Wrestling
 * TNA World Tag Team Championship (2 times)
 * TNA World Tag Team Championship #1 Contender Tournament (2014)
 * TNA World Tag Team Championship Tournament (2015)
 * Race for the Case (2017 – Green Case) – Jeff
 * World Wrestling Federation/World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE
 * WCW Tag Team Championship (1 time)
 * WWE Raw Tag Team Championship (1 time)
 * WWE SmackDown Tag Team Championship (1 time)
 * WWF/World Tag Team Championship (6 times)
 * Terri Invitational Tournament (1999)
 * WWF/E European Championship (2 times) – Jeff (1) and Matt (1)
 * WWF/E Hardcore Championship (4 times) – Jeff (3) and Matt (1)
 * WWF/E Intercontinental Championship (2 times) – Jeff
 * WWF Light Heavyweight Championship (1 time) – Jeff
 * Wrestling Superstar
 * Wrestling Superstar Tag Team Championship (1 time)

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Leona Brown

Leona Brown (born July 27, 1960) is a female boxer who is the WIBC world Bantamweight champion. Because of her age, many consider her to be "the George Foreman of women's boxing". Brown's nickname, "Downtown", is both a homage to actress Downtown Julie Brown, and it also serves as name play, such as in the case of "Hannah The Vegas Fox".

Career
A native of Buffalo, New York, she now lives in Wappinger, New York.

Brown was an award winning amateur boxer, winning the New York state golden gloves award before turning professional, on September 27. 1997, beating Judy Mayrand by a four round unanimous decision in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Brown proceeded to win her first seven fights as a professional, including victories over Sue Chase, Sonya Emery and Suzanne Riccio.

On her eighth professional bout, fought June 11, 1999 in Bossier City, Louisiana, she fought for a world title for the first time, losing a ten round decision to IFBA world Bantamweight champion Eva Jones. Her next bout was a six round unanimous decision loss at the hands of the noted Margaret Sidoroff.

On October 1, 1999, Brown became a world champion for the first time, when she knocked out Dee Dufoe in round ten to become the IFBA's world Super Bantamweight champion.

That short success was followed by defeat and disappointment, however, as she lost seven of her next eight bouts, beginning with a world title unification against WIBF world Super Bantamweight champion Michele Aboro on May 13, 2000. Brown lost a ten round split decision, and her IFBA world title, to Aboro in Germany. Other boxers that defeated her during this period included Alicia Ashley, Kathy Williams and Lisa Brown (twice). Her only win during those eight bouts came against Ria Ramnarine, by a knockout in round four, on July 27 of 2001.

After defeating Renee Richardt, she was given another chance at the WIBF world Super Bantamweight title, flying over to Austria, where she lost to Esther Schouten by a ten round decision, on June 9, 2002. That loss marked the beginning of another losing streak for Brown, as she lost her next three bouts as well. These included a defeat at the hands of Ada Vélez. She broke that streak with a fourth round knockout of Terri Cruz on April 23, 2004, in Denver, Colorado.

After another loss and a win, she was given another chance at becoming world champion again, and, on November 20, Brown took on Stephaney George of Guyana for the WIBC world Bantamweight title, in Poughkeepsie, New York. Brown won a world title on a second division when she beat George by a unanimous decision, on a fight that the judges saw as a one-sided affair (all three judges scored the fight 100-90 in favor of Brown).

Leona Brown holds a professional boxing record of 13 wins and 14 losses, with 5 knockout wins.

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1905 in rail transport

January events

 * January 30 - The Halifax and South Western Railway opens, connecting Halifax to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
 * January 31 - New York Central and Hudson River Railroad officially takes control of Ottawa and New York Railway.

March events

 * March 21 - Construction begins on the Apalachicola Northern Railroad in Florida.

April events

 * April - Ralph Peters becomes president of the Long Island Rail Road
 * April 1 - Nippon Railroad Line, Nippori of Tokyo via Taira Station to Iwanuma of Miyagi Prefecture route officially completed in Japan.(as predecessor of Joban Line)
 * April 26 - The San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad (which later became part of Union Pacific) signs an agreement to operate over the California Southern Railroad's track through Cajon Pass via trackage rights.

June events

 * June 11 - The Pennsylvania Railroad inaugurates the fastest freight train schedule in the world, operating between Chicago, Illinois, and New York City in 18 hours.
 * June 12 - Pennsylvania Railroad's passenger train Pennsylvania Special (which would later become the Broadway Limited) sets a speed record between Chicago and New York City, travelling at 127.2 mph (204.7 km/h).
 * June 21 - The New York Central Railroad's flagship passenger train, the 20th Century Limited, is derailed in an apparent act of sabotage in Mentor, Ohio, killing 21.

July events

 * July 1 - The three principal railway companies in Italy are brought together with a number of private operators into the nationalised Ferrovie dello Stato.
 * July 8 - Death Valley Scotty pays US$5,500 in cash to Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway general passenger agent J. J. Byrne to charter the Scott Special.
 * July 9 - The Scott Special, an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway passenger train chartered by Death Valley Scotty for US$5,500, departs Los Angeles, on its record breaking run to Chicago, in just under 45 hours.
 * July 11 - The Scott Special arrives at Dearborn Station in Chicago, 44 hours and 54 minutes after departing Los Angeles.
 * July 27 - The Hall Road rail accident near Liverpool in England kills 21 people.

August events

 * August 9 - Heath Park Halt, the terminus for passenger services on the Nickey line in England, opens.
 * August 22 - The Portland and Seattle Railway is incorporated.

September events

 * September 1 - The Witham rail crash in England kills 11.
 * September 9 - Construction begins on the Nevada Northern Railway in Ely, Nevada.
 * September 12 - Opening of the Victoria Falls Bridge across the Zambezi River as part of the projected Cape-Cairo railway.

October events

 * October 15 - Rail line completed in the Sudan from Atbara to the Red Sea at Suakin; also, the Syria Ottoman Railway's Jezreel Valley railway completing a through rail link between Haifa and Damascus.
 * October 29 (October 16 Old Style) - Circum-Baikal Railway brought into permanent operation in the Russian Empire, completing through rail communication on the Trans-Siberian Railway.
 * October 31 - Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway property purchased by Government of India.

November events

 * November 3 - The Englewood branch of the old South Side Elevated system of the Chicago 'L' opens between 59th Street junction and State Street.

Unknown date events

 * Construction begins on the Tidewater Railway in Virginia.
 * Indian Railways Board set up.
 * ALCO purchases rival steam locomotive manufacturer Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works.
 * American Car & Foundry acquires Indianapolis Car and Foundry and Indianapolis Car Company.

January births

 * January 17 - Louis Armand, French railway engineer, manager and resistance fighter (died 1971).
 * January 21 - Oswald Nock, English railway author and signalling engineer (died 1994).

February deaths

 * February 8 - Jay Cooke, American financier who built the Northern Pacific Railway (born 1821).

September deaths

 * September 4 - William Dean, Chief Mechanical Engineer of Great Western Railway of England 1877-1902 (born 1840).

December deaths

 * December 14 - Herman Haupt, American railroad civil engineer (born 1817).
 * December 29 - Charles Tyson Yerkes, American financier of rapid transit systems in Chicago and London (born 1837).

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HMS Superb (1798)

HMS Superb was a 74-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, and the fourth vessel to bear the name. She was launched on 19 March 1798 from Northfleet, and was eventually broken up in 1826. Superb is mostly associated with Richard Goodwin Keats who commanded her as captain from 1801 until his promotion in 1806. Keats famously spent only one night (in Algiers) out of the ship during four and a half years out of a home port. She also served as his flagship from early 1808 until she was paid off in 1809.

Keats's captain's orders for the ship were comprehensive and used by the fledgling US navy, being found on USS Philadelphia in 1803 and the USS President a decade later.

Battle of Algeciras Bay
In July 1801 the Superb was stationed off Cadiz and took part in the second Battle of Algeciras Bay. During the French and Spanish retreat Admiral Sir James Saumarez hailed the Superb and ordered Keats to catch the allied fleet's rear and engage. The Superb was a relatively new ship and had not been long on blockade duty. As a consequence she was the fastest sailing ship-of-the-line in the fleet. As night fell on 12 July, Keats sailed the Superb alongside the 112-gun SPANISH SHIP Real Carlos on her starboard side. Another Spanish ship, the 112-gun SPANISH SHIP San Hermenegildo, was sailing abreast, on the port side, of the Real Carlos. Keats fired into the Real Carlos and some shot passed her and struck the San Hermenegildo. The Real Carlos caught fire and Keats disengaged her to continue up the line. In the darkness the two Spanish ships confused one another for British ships and began a furious duel. With the Real Carlos aflame the captain of the Hermenegildo determined to take advantage and crossed the Real Carlos’ stern in order to deal a fatal broadside that would run the length of the ship through the unprotected stern. A sudden gust of wind brought the two ships together and entangled their rigging. The Hermenegildo also caught fire and the two enormous three-deck ships exploded. The Superb continued on relatively unscathed and engaged the French 74-gun FRENCH SHIP Saint Antoine under Commodore Julien le Roy. The Saint Antoine struck after a fierce exchange of broadsides.

Following the treaty of Amiens she was stationed in the Mediterranean keeping watch over the French in Toulon. On renewal of the wars Nelson took command of the Mediterranean fleet, including Keats and the Superb. They accompanied Nelson in the pursuit of Villeneuve to the West Indies and back. The Superb, now three years out of home port, was in a poor state, giving rise to the poem "The Old Superb" by Henry Newbolt (set to music in 1904 by Stanford in his Songs of the Sea). As early as May 1804 Nelson wrote "the Superb must be sent to England before that period [winter] arrives, as her stem and the knees of her head are loose and broke—nothing but the great exertions of Captain Keats has kept her at sea this last season". On their return to Cadiz the Superb was ordered home for a refit—which resulted in the ship, captain and crew missing Trafalgar.

Battle of San Domingo
She was the flagship of Admiral John Thomas Duckworth, with Richard Goodwin Keats her captain when they reached Cadiz after Trafalgar and were ordered to maintain the blockade of the remaining French fleet.

Duckworth abandoned the blockade in pursuit of a French squadron reported to have been in the Atlantic near Madeira. Duckworth came across another squadron in the West Indies which lead the Battle of San Domingo, (the last fleet battle of the age of sail on the open sea) in which the English destroyed or captured nearly the entirety of the French squadron, the frigates only escaping.

Copenhagen and the Baltic
On 26 July 1808, Superb, HMS Monkey (1801), and HMS Baltic (1808) captured Falck and Kline Wiloelm.

Superb was commissioned in December 1809 under the command of Captain Samuel Jackson. She went out to the Baltic as Keats's flagship, and was part of the squadron there under Admiral Sir James Saumarez. There she was engaged in convoy duties in the Sound and Great Belt protecting British merchants from the predation of Danish gun-boats.

The squadron under Keats's command, including the Superb successfully undertook the evacuation of La Romana's division of the Spanish northern army from the Danish islands, taking the port of Nyborg, commandeering 57 small boats in the harbour and transferring the men to nearby Langeland before forming a convoy upwards of 70 craft taking the 9,000 men to Gothenburg.

Superb returned to Portsmouth, and underwent repairs between September 1811 and November 1812, before commissioning in September 1812 under Captain Charles Paget.

War of 1812
Paget was appointed to command Superb as part of the Channel Fleet, and during a cruise in the Bay of Biscay he took several prizes.

On 13 February 1813 Star, which had been sailing from New York to Bordeaux, arrived at Bideford. She was a prize to Superb. Captain Paget described the prize as "the fine American brig Star, of three hundred and fifty tons, six guns, and thirty-five men."

In 1814 Superb was employed on the coast of North America under the orders of Sir Alexander Cochrane and took part in an attack upon Wareham, Massachusetts during the War of 1812.

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Vintilă Brătianu

Vintilă Ion Constantin Brătianu (16 September 1867 – 22 December 1930) was a Romanian politician who served as Prime Minister of Romania between 24 November 1927 and 9 November 1928. He and his brothers Ion I. C. Brătianu and Dinu Brătianu were the leaders of the National Liberal Party of Romania, founded by their father, Ion C. Brătianu.

Biography
Born at his family's estate of Florica, in Ștefănești, Argeș County, Vintilă Brătianu started his studies at Saint Sava High School in Bucharest. He then went to France to study engineering at École Centrale Paris from 1886 to 1890. After returning to Romania, he entered politics.

From 1907 to 1911 he was Mayor of Bucharest. During World War I, he was Minister of War (15 August 1916–19 July 1917) and then Minister for War Munitions.

After the war, he served as Finance Minister (19 January 1922–9 March 1926) in the Liberal government led by his brother, Ion. After his brother died on 24 November 1927, he assumed the post of Prime Minister of Romania until he was forced to resign a year later to allow the new National Peasants' Party government of Iuliu Maniu to take office. In November 1927 he also assumed the presidency of the National Liberal Party; he remained in that position until the end of his life.

On 22 December 1930 Brătianu was at his estate in Mihăești, Vâlcea, when he had a stroke of apoplexy which paralyzed his left side; he died that evening at the hospital in nearby Râmnicu Vâlcea. He is buried at the family estate, Florica, in a crypt where also lie his father Ion C. Brătianu and his brother Ion I. C. Brătianu, as well as his other brother, Dinu Brătianu, and his nephew, Gheorghe I. Brătianu, both of whom died in the early 1950s at Sighet Prison.

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Pinelli

Pinelli is an Italian surname, and may refer to:

It could also be a reference to:
 * Antonia Bertucci-Pinelli (died c. 1640), Italian painter of the Baroque
 * Babe Pinelli (1895–1984), American baseball umpire
 * Bartolomeo Pinelli (1771–1835), Italian illustrator and engraver
 * Dario Pinelli (born 1982), Italian jazz guitarist
 * German Pinelli (1907–1996), Cuban journalist and actor
 * Gian Vincenzo Pinelli (1535–1601), Italian humanist and botanist
 * Giuseppe Pinelli (1928–1969), Italian anarchist
 * Pino Pinelli (1938–2024), Italian painter
 * Tullio Pinelli (1908–2009), Italian screenwriter
 * the Pinelli–Walckenaer Atlas, a 14th-century atlas.

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Ludewa District

Ludewa District is one of six districts in the Njombe Region in Tanzania, East Africa. Prior to 2012, the district was one of the seven districts of Iringa Region. The town of Ludewa is the administrative seat of the district. A hospital is located in the city. The district is bordered to the north by the Njombe Rural District and Makete District, to the southeast by the Ruvuma Region and to the southwest by the country of Malawi across Lake Nyasa.

In 2016 the Tanzania National Bureau of Statistics report there were 137,520 people in the district, from 133,218 in 2012.

Geography
The district has a wide shore of Lake Nyasa with beaches in Lupingu and Manda and the mouth of Ruhuhu River. The district covers and area of 8397 km2, of which 6,325 km2 that is 75% is land, and 2,072 km2 that is 25% is water.

Economy
The primary occupations are livestock raising, subsistence farming, and fishing which encompasses 78% of peoples livelyhoods.

Mining
The Liganga iron ore mine in Ludewa is a $1.8 billion USD project to mine iron ore and manufacture steel sheets. The complex is to produce one mt/y of steel, iron, titanium dioxide, and vanadium pentoxide.

There is a small amount of artisanal mining of gold and gem quality green tourmaline.

Administrative subdivisions
Ludewa District is administratively divided into five divisions, twenty-six wards, with 77 villages, and 337 vitongoji.

Constituencies
For parliamentary elections, Tanzania is divided into constituencies. As of the 2010 elections Ludewa District had one constituency:
 * Ludewa Constituency

Wards
Below are the 26 wards as follows:

 * Ibumi
 * Iwela
 * Kilondo
 * Lifuma
 * Luana
 * Ludende
 * Ludewa
 * Lugarawa
 * Luilo
 * Lumbila
 * Lupanga
 * Lupingu
 * Madilu
 * Madope
 * Makonde
 * Manda
 * Masasi
 * Mavanga
 * Mawengi
 * Milo
 * Mkongobaki
 * Mlangali
 * Mundindi
 * Nkomang'ombe
 * Ruhuhu
 * Lubonde

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Big Splash

Big Splash could refer to:

 * The Big Splash (book), (1990) by Louis A. Frank and Patrick Huyghe
 * The Big Splash (film), a 1935 British comedy film
 * Big Splash, an alternate name for the giant impact hypothesis for the formation of the Moon
 * Jo Brand's Big Splash, a British television programme
 * Big Splash, a professional wrestling attack
 * A Big Splash, an episode of Ninjago

Places

 * Big Splash Waterpark Canberra
 * Big Splash, Singapore, a former waterpark, turned into a dining and recreation complex, demolished in 2017

title: Big Splash


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Talk:Romanian Orthodox Church

Romanian Catholic Church
Dan said when reverting:
 * Uniate is not Catholic, Bogdane, but Orthodox. Why do you confuse things so much ?)

I am quite sure "The Romanian Greek-Catholic Uniate Church" is a Catholic Church. :-) Bogdan | Talk 19:47, 13 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Oups, you picked the wrong Google: Uniate Church Any of the Orthodox Churches that accept the Catholic faith and the supremacy of the pope and are in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church, but retain their own liturgy and separate organization.

In Ukraine, despite being proscribed 1946?89, the Uniate Church claimed some 4.5 million adherents when it was once again officially recognized. Its rehabilitation was marked by the return of its spiritual leader, Cardinal Miroslav Lubachivsky, to take up residence in Lvi?v in western Ukraine after 52 years? exile in Rome. Bogdane, Bogdane, ai sā devii Gâgā dacā rǎmâi doar la prima paginā din Gâgāl :-)

"first national, first attested, and first apostolic"
To the anon, who is re-inserting: Romanians know their church to be the first national, first attested, and first apostolic (church built by the Apostles themselves) in Europe. This is a bold claim, and maybe one of those that can never be objectively be decided pro or against. Perhaps you should expand the rationale behind this claim?

Other churches having similiar claims most often back up their claim be given lists of apostilic succession from the apostles. Of course this is not a true objective proof of the fact of apostolic succession but at least of the claim of apostolic succession. See for examples: Pjacobi 10:55, 2005 Jan 14 (UTC)
 * List_of_Patriarchs_of_Antioch
 * List of Patriarchs of Babylon
 * de:Liste der Patriarchen der Armenischen Apostolischen Kirche
 * List of Patriarchs of Alexandria

Ongoing vandalism
A wise man once said that the only thing he does know is that he does not know anything. Well obviously we can not be as wise, but at least we should try. I noticed that there is one person here who intentionally promotes a POV style in this article. Although I do not disagree with most of his claims (except the with the fact that the Dacians were christianized and a few other minor facts), I do not think it is ETHICAL to impose my point of view to others. Moreover, this article is written with a lot of passion, which is not necessarily a bad thing, but it is inapropriate, considering the fact that Wikipedia is supposed to be a source of objective knowledge. Another thing that is obvious is that whenever someone tries to express their point of view, they are violently silenced by claiming that they are just novices in learning history or even by offending them. I hope you will not offend me when you reply to this message, Dr. Jâpă. It is also obvious that the aforementioned person strongly disagrees with largely accepted Wikipedia policies. Why do you still write here if you do not agree with the Wikipedia NPOV policies? A, si pe final asa, mai am o intrebare: sunteti cumva un simpatizant al Partidului Romania Mare? Ioan

Irismeister/Dan Jipa is banned from Wikipedia
Dan Jipa, formerly User:Irismeister, is currently under a one-year Arbitration Committee ban (see Requests for arbitration/Irismeister 3 and Requests_for_arbitration/Admin_enforcement_requested). Users are encouraged to revert all contributions and admins are encouraged to block all attempts at access. Furthermore, the ban timer is reset with every contribution - David Gerard 20:20, 14 Jan 2005 (UTC) (for the ArbCom)

Well, I should say it was about time. VMORO

 * The English Wikipedia is huge, so it's hard for people to know of everywhere a banned user might show up again ;-) - David Gerard 00:24, 15 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Old references
Irismeister's references, moved from the article:

 * Mircea Păcurariu, Istoria Bisericii Ortodoxe Române, Sophia, Bucureşti, 2000 (the standard text in Romanian, well updated, complete, superbly printed - an excellent reference.)
 * The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection (Translated with a foreword by Benedicta Ward, SLG), Cistercian Publications, Kalamazoo, Revised edition 1984.
 * Celălalt Noica: Mărturii ale monahului Rafail, însoţite de câteva cuvinte de folos ale părintelui Symeon, ediţie îngrijită de Pr. Eugen Drăgoi şi Pr. Ninel Ţugui, Editura Anastasia, Bucureşti, 1994 (father Rafail Noica, one of the most accomplished figures in the Orthodox spiritualiy is the "other" Noica because his father Constantin Noica is the most famous Romanian philosopher.)
 * Arsenie Papacioc Scrisori câtre fiii mei duhovniceşti (Editura Mânăstirii Dervent, Constanţa, 2000).
 * Arsenie Papacioc Duhovnici români în dialog cu tinerii (Editura Bizantină, Bucureşti, 1997).
 * Arsenie Papacioc La Mãnãstire te desfiinţezi ca personalitate omenească în personalitate îngereascã - interviu, în Epifania, noiembrie-decembrie 1997.

Dreapta credinţă
I've made the article more neutral by removing the fact that the church is most often known as Dreapta credinţă. This is simply untrue. As a Romanian, the most common way that people, both Orthodox and not Orthodox, refer to it, is "Biserica Ortodoxă" and the followers are simply "ortodocşi". Dreapta credinţă is in my view a terribly biased term. Ronline 06:30, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Boscorodirea (in Romanian)
i don't know how NPOV could this link be, being on the site of a baptist organisation with openly criticizes orthodoxism (try reading the section about orthodoxy on that site) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.77.81.53 (talk • contribs)

Orthodoxy is the right word
Let the -isms rest in peace :O) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.249.53.175 (talk • contribs)

"Uniate"
The English term "Uniate" is increasingly seen as offensive. We should reword several portions of the article to reflect current usage. CRCulver 03:22, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Articolul nu ne reprezint&#257!
Este castrat, asta este "neutralizat". Asta face "enciclopedia" unui pornocrat! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.158.124.24 (talk • contribs)
 * Thank you for the very helpful comment! bogdan 20:55, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

You are welcome! Castration and neutralization, bad taste and censorship aren't. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Rishimeister (talk • contribs)

 * Of course, I assume adding only information from trustable sources is considered castration of the imagination, right ? :-) bogdan 22:08, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

 * What in particular do you object to? Remember, this is a neutral encyclopedia that shouldn't have a pro-Orthodox point of view. [[Image:Flag of Europe.svg|20px]][[Image:Flag of Romania.svg|20px]] Ronline ✉ 06:35, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Image
The image is beautiful -- I do not know how to nominate it for use as a featured image, but I suggest it's worthy. Adamdavis 00:16, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Coronation of Ilie Stănescu as International King of the Rroma at Curtea de Argeş
You can find the discussed chapter here.

I added back this chapter, as it was a big scandal at the time.Dl.goe 18:25, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Crculver removed it:Rv non-notable

I added back the content template. The discussion is not yet finished. More opinions are needed.Dl.goe 19:54, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

Mitropolitul Banatului
A fost uitat Mitropolitul Banatului, IPS Nicolae (Corneanu) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 89.15.156.186 (talk) 17:14, 30 March 2007 (UTC).

List of Patriarchs
Following the comments on the talk page of the above, should the list be included here - or have more information on it (why the change in titles etc?)

How does the inter-patriarch-period operate - is it similar to the (Catholic) inter-papacy? Jackiespeel 16:00, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

Schools in 1947-48

 * As a result of measures passed in 1947-48, the 2300 elementary schools operated by the church were closed

I would have thought they were taken over by the state, not closed. bogdan (talk) 09:33, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

 * Good point. Ramet does say "closed", though, and she's quite an expert on religion in Romania. On the other hand, one would imagine at least some of those buildings, equipped as they were to be schools, would remain as schools. (I know of a (Catholic) school in Brăila that became a tuberculosis hospital, but that's just one example.) Anyway, that's what the source writes, but adding "or taken over by the state" would probably not be inaccurate, since the number of schools was rather large. Biruitorul Talk 04:12, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

'Unique' features
I agree that Latinate language is unique in the Liturgy in Rumania; however as I demonstrated the synod of the Church of Cyprus currently has 8 of the chorepiskopous, so it's not unique to Rumania is it? Also I have seen this mentioned for the Patriarchate of Antioch, in the Turkish bit. Eugene-elgato (talk) 21:32, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Blank spaces
In my opinion the article explores fairly well the relationship of the church with the Communist regime however mentions in no way its ties with the far-right particularly during the late thirties and the war-years. Plinul cel tanar (talk) 07:00, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Indeed, and actually at some point I'll be adding in more from Cioroianu on the Communist period. Regarding relations with Antonescu and the Guard: that's a very rich topic much deserving of our attention. I can't promise anything myself soon, but it's planned. - Biruitorul Talk 07:24, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I was wondering if we should keep the historically chronological organization or go for a criticism section. Plinul cel tanar (talk) 08:50, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * IMO, the criticism should go in the history section, not in its own section. bogdan (talk) 09:17, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * I was thinking of an article more like the one about The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. That would allow for a vaster range of criticism to be expressed: antisemitism during the last years of Miron Cristea's patriarchate, collaboration with communist totalitarian regime and the Securitate but also more recent xenophobic rhetoric, interference in politics, reluctance to return greek-catholic property, charges of corruption against notable bishops. Plinul cel tanar (talk) 12:22, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Personally, I'm with Bogdan here. "Criticism" articles/sections tend to be POV magnets (I refer you to Criticism of Traian Băsescu), and besides, what was the target of criticism is also an integral part of the Church's history. It seems odd to talk about, say, the cathedrals built in the 1930s in the "history" section and the links to the Guard in the "criticism" section - especially when some churches were built by the Guard. - Biruitorul Talk 14:24, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
 * OK, you have a point. Historical facts such as the Holy Sinod explicitly taking position in favor of depriving non-orthodox Romanians and ethnic minorities of their citizenship definitely belongs to the History section (and there is no reason to fork it into a criticism section). Plinul cel tanar (talk) 14:49, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Eastern European calendar: Naming proposal
On this glorious Easter Tuesday, united around the world, here is an update on the progress of the ballot.

 * Option 1 - Meletian calendar - 1 vote (recommended option)
 * Option 2 - New calendar (Eastern churches) - no votes (this option is not recommended)
 * Option 3 - No change - 2 votes (this option is not recommended)
 * Option 4 - "Revised" Julian calendar - no votes (this option is not recommended)

To vote by proxy, write QUICKVOTE and sign with four tildes. If you want your proxy to vote in a particular way, add the option number in brackets. Thus QUICKVOTE (1) means your vote will be cast in favour of option 1.

The tilde is the wavy line ~ sometimes placed above n (in Spanish) or a or o in Portuguese where, following the shorthand of medieval Latin copyists, it marks the omission of a following letter n.

This is not the place to vote. Click on this link Talk:Revised Julian calendar, read the manifestos and then add your vote underneath the others. 212.85.12.219 (talk) 15:28, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Uma Paschoa muito feliz a todos. O povo unido jamais sera vencido. 212.85.12.219 (talk) 15:28, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Founder
Please ad the Moldavian metropolis as a co-founder metropolis or delete the Wallachian metropolis on the "founder" tab! That'd wrongly imply that the Romanian Patriarchy has been evolved only from Wallachian metropolis.Fabricio (talk) 19:58, 3 May 2011 (UTC)

Closed seminaries
> 13 of its 15 theological seminaries were closed

I can find more than two theological seminaries being in use during the Communist era:

etc. bogdan (talk) 10:24, 23 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Seminarul Ortodox Cluj
 * Seminarul Ortodox București
 * Seminarul Teologic Craiova, graduated by this guy in 1979
 * Seminarul Teologic de la Mănăstirea Neamț, where this guy worked in 1959-1961
 * Institutul Teologic din Sibiu (graduated by Patriarch Daniel of Romania in 1970)
 * Seminarului Teologic „Kesarie Episcopul” din Buzău, graduated by this guy in 1975
 * Seminarul Teologic „Ioan Popasu” din Caransebeș (where ro:Nicolae Corneanu worked in 1958)

Locum tenens?
The article says that the patriarch is locum tenens of Caesarea in Cappadocia. That would mean that he is now temporarily doing the duty of the holder of that post while the incumbent is away or indisposed. This seems wildly unlikely. What is his actual relationship to that see? Is he, at a wild guess, its titular archbishop? J S Ayer (talk) 14:52, 29 August 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's correct. His full title, with which he is commemorated every Sunday at the Liturgy, (which is aired on a weekly basis, either on Romanian National Television [when I was younger], or on the Patriarchy's own television-and-radio station [today]), is "Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobrogea, placeholder of the throne of Caesarea in Cappadocia, and Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church". Cappadocia is a region in Turkey, and Turks obviously aren't Orthodox (or Romanians, for that matter), but the region was indeed Christian once (see Cappadocian Fathers), and the title remains, as a honorary distinction, devoid of practical meaning. — 79.113.237.42 (talk) 01:31, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

State Funding
The paragraph headed 'After 1989' includes the following: "Currently, the state provides the funds necessary for paying the salaries of priests, deacons and other prelates and the pensions of retired clergy, as well as for expenses related to lay church personnel. ... The same applies to all state-recognised religions in Romania."

Is this still the case? Does it apply to authorised ministers of the neo-protestant denominations, or even to non-Christian religious office-holders? Douglasson (talk) 11:03, 4 June 2017 (UTC)

 * Yup, except Adventists are proud and don't want state funding. Most of the funding to ROC goes to maintaining its historical patrimony. ROC is generally politically quietist, with the notable exception of the 2018 Romanian constitutional referendum. There are some Orthodox radicals, but the large majority are moderates or even nominal Christians. Or as somebody put it You can't live decently from a priest's wage. Churches have to produce money in order that priests have enough money. Tgeorgescu (talk) 14:33, 6 September 2020 (UTC)

The Missing Years
Twelve years ago I was noting on this very talk page that there were some blank spaces in the history of the Romanian Orthodox Church. "The Missing Years" conveniently covered the period 1925-1945. Well I reckon it's never too late so, today I added two paragraphs that I plan to expand over the next few weeks. I'm looking forward to any help and feedback. Plinul cel tanar (talk) 14:01, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Hello, . Are you aware of the existance of this page in Romanian Wikipedia?: Misiunea Ortodoxă Română din Transnistria. Just saying because I found what you wrote about Transnistria interesting and wondered if it could have an article of its own. Super   Ψ   Dro  12:45, 9 June 2021 (UTC)
 * Ohhhh, yes. Popa has a whole chapter about the Church's whitewashing strategy and this is tangible proof that he is right. There would be more to write about Transnistria. My plan is to tackle all the issues related to BOR and the Holocaust/Antisemtism over the next months. I intend to start here at en.wiki then move to ro.wiki, fr.wiki... etc. Plinul cel tanar (talk) 13:23, 9 June 2021 (UTC)

The article as it stands today June 10, 2021, although not perfect, suits me for the time being. I tried to make the narrative as smooth as possible from the 1920s to the early years of communist rule. It was not my intention to turn the article into an indictment of the Romanian Orthodox Church for its interwar and wartime policies but the literature is what it is. After all, as Ion Popa puts it, the facts are overwhelmingly incriminating. I didn't use all the literature available since I plan to write an extended article but I can provide additional references if needed. Looking forward to any feedback and contributions. Plinul cel tanar (talk) 15:24, 10 June 2021 (UTC)

Emblem
There is a common misconception that the Russian Orthodox cross (which is correctly called "Russian" Orthodox Cross, not to be confuseed with the Russian cross) is the "Easter Orthodox Cross". This is due to the Russian Orthodox Church making up about 50% of all eastern orthodox in the world. Also the Eastern Orthodoxy in North America template contributes to this misconception as well. Yes, other orthodox churches of the slavonic tradition use this cross as well (American, Polish, Serbian, Bulgarian, and Czechs and Slovaks), but Romanian, Albanian, Georgian and the Greek Churches (Constantinople, Antioch, Jerusalem, Alexandria, Greece and Cyprus) do not. This is why on the Eastern Orthodox wikipedia page this cross is not used as emblem and the Byzantine cross is used instead. There are very few Romanian churches (which are all labeled "russian", referring to architecture) that have this cross on their dome or bell tower and it is most certainly not the official emblem of the Romanian Church. Barumbarumba (talk) 14:40, 9 December 2021 (UTC)
 * I agree and anyway, per WP:V and WP:BURDEN, we need references, not speculation. — Biruitorul Talk 18:23, 9 December 2021 (UTC)

Concordant of 1927
There is an article on the Concordant of 1927 at ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concordatul_din_1927. Translation would be welcome. There are English articles on concordants of '26 and '27. Is there a article (not a list) that brings this together? It must have be an general movement by the Latin church? 1.159.58.220 (talk) 10:51, 4 April 2023 (UTC)

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Talk:Gondola lift

Difference between a gondola lift and an aerial tramway
someone more knowledgeable on the subject than me needs to describe the difference between a Gondola lift and an aerial tramway, preferably both in this article and the one at Aerial tramway! 12:37, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * As the aerial tramway article says, it has a fixed cable on which the cabin runs, and another cable which does the pulling. This design can usually only accommodate one or two cabins. If two, they are often counterbalanced to each other. A Gondola lift, however, has no fixed cable, just a lopped moving cable to which the cabins are affixed. dramatic 09:12, 16 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * I agree, but then, this paragraph isn't quite correct and should refer to aerial tramways, shouldn't it? :
 * Another type of gondola lift is the bi-cable gondola, which has one other stationary cable, besides the main haul rope, that helps support the cabins. Examples of this type of lift include the Cable Car in Singapore and the Sulphur Mountain Gondola in Banff, Canada. There are also tri-cable gondolas that have two stationary cables that support the cabins. - IMHO this "bi-cable" or "tri-cable" so-called "gondolas" are in fact aerial tramways. Gestumblindi 02:46, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * However, having now seen the picture of the Singapore bi-cable gondola lift this looks quite like a gondola lift to me, too. Maybe to the distinction should be added that aerial tramways use 1-2 big cabins for up to dozens of passengers, whereas a gondola lift is using several smaller, 2-8 passenger cabins? Gestumblindi 03:30, 18 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * I have now added to the bi-cable/tri-cable part: They differ from aerial tramways in that the latter consist only of one or two large cabins, moving up and down, not circulating. Gestumblindi 19:43, 21 Dec 2004 (UTC)

I would state the difference as that an aerial-tramway has only one "gondola" per (set of) cables, and that it does not rotate at the stations. Whereas a gondola usually consists of many (smaller) cabin's that rotate at their terminals (they are in series as opposed to the tramways that are parallel).

But what does one call a system with 5 12pers gondola's on close range after each other, one set to go up while another set goes down, that rotate in the station? (like the one linkins Furgg to Schwarzsee in Zermatt)
 * Sounds like a type of gondola lift to me (several cabins, rotating). Gestumblindi 23:06, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Perhaps its up to the individual operator to decide if they want to call their lift a gondola or call it a tramway or a skyway or whatever. Could someone find out the origins of using the term gondola to refer to this kind mechanism? Were they named after the gondola boats in Venice?

So basically, an aerial tramway is a funicular that runs on suspended cables instead of tracks? There is a third cable between the cars, that loops over a pulley at the top, so when one car is going down, the other is going up, the weight of the descending car helping pull the rising car upwards? I still don't get it. I doubt the difference lies in the number of size of the cars/gondolas, anyway..45Colt 04:05, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

Ngong Ping 360 Incidents (Before MTR Corporation Takeover)
I see a List of accidents. Should the article mention Ngong Ping 360 incidents of accidents into the article because it names one. Should it be included? --AOL Alex (talk) 03:19, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

Vail 1976 Gondola Incident
An incident with Vail's gondola happened in 1976 as mentioned by a Sport's Illustrated article. I would think it should be included in the list of incidences. tverbrugge — Preceding undated comment added 21:36, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

Bi/tri-cables
It's not very clear, but from the description I deduce that a bi- or tri-cable consists of two types of cables: one (or two) fixed suspension cables, that don't move, and which the gondalas weight is suspended by, probably from a wheel that rolls along the cable. The gondola is actually propelled by a second (or third), small cable that only acts to pull the gondola along the suspending cable? That's the only way I can see the bit saying that "the thickness of the suspending cables can be tailored to the distance of between various supports". If the suspending cable moved along with the gondolas, it'd have to be one thickness all the way around. If it doesn't move with the gondolas, then they must have some way of rolling along the cable. It ought to make this clearer..45Colt 04:12, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

Emirates Air Line
According to the page on the Emirates Air Line (cable car), it was NOT "built for the 2012 Summer Olympics, and the original projected date of completion was after the games were over. They managed to complete it in time to serve the games, but that does not equate to having "been built for" the games..45Colt 04:26, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

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Proposed merge of Bicable gondola lift into Gondola lift
The article is more elaborately described in detail with reliable references ~ Amkgp  ✉  17:44, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Don't merge – The bicable gondola lift article was created 3 hours ago. It is a stub at the moment because it is new, but there is plenty of information to expand it within a reasonable amount of time – Wikipedia's merging policy says "Merging should be avoided if the separate topics could be expanded into longer standalone (but cross-linked) articles". This is the case here, as has been done with tricable gondola lift. Give it some time. Tboa talk  . 19:01, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Don't merge - Expand the stub, as already suggested. Peter Horn User talk 14:07, 29 May 2020 (UTC)

Excessively detailed information
Hi everyone, I don't think that we should include the accidents that didn't cause fatalities in the list of accidents, some didn't even caused injuries. What do you think? LorenzoCau05 (talk) 08:42, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Yeah, sure, that's fine. --Historyday01 (talk) 15:49, 30 May 2021 (UTC)

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Salim Thaivalappil
Not notable. Thue | talk 12:38, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * Delete - another vanity page from a new user. --Spangineer 16:14, Dec 15, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete, vanity, belongs on user page but he's probably not registered. Wyss 19:04, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Only one google hit. Doesn't seem to be very influential for someone "writing articles [...] mainly in netzines". I see no reason for assuming that this man is notable. Sietse 20:41, 15 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete --fvw *  19:50, 2004 Dec 16 (UTC)