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User talk:GringoInChile

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Hello from Chillán!
Hi, I just wanted to say hello, I am new in the editing world of Wikipedia but happy to be here. I read your profile and noticed you teach English, maybe at UdeC? Do you know Pamela Cortés? Anyway, if you need any help with some tasks I'd be happy to help!, best regards, Felipe --User:Fcarvajalbrown 10:35, Mar 23, 2022 (UTC)

Spanish Translation of the Week
I would like to revive this project. I noticed that you've added yourself to the list of available Spanish-to-English translators. Are you interested in working on Spanish Translation of the Week? — J3ff 06:29, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Untagged Image?
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Sign Your Comments Please
Dude, don't forget to sign your comments on talk pages such as Talk:Puka (animal) (I added it for you there). Just press the signature-looking icon above the text window and it will add it for you. --Hoovernj 04:49, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

Reply ex Conce
Hi GringoinChile, Got your message. Sorry about delay in replying. I had spotted you on Wikipedia previously and was going to contact you but you beat me to it. Yes, I would love to meet up. Will contact you shortly.

Paul. Conce 01:14, 2005 August 31 (UTC)

New SPATRA
 You showed support for Spanish Translation of the Week. This week Capernaum was chosen to be translated from es:Cafarnaúm. Hope you can help. Cast your VOTE to select next week's translation! Nominate a good Spanish article

Inverse SPATRA
 You showed support for Spanish Translation of the Week. This week es:Ataque a Pearl Harbor was chosen to be translated from Attack on Pearl Harbor. Hope you can help. Cast your VOTE to select next week's translation! Nominate a good Spanish article

Monterey Pine
Out of curiosity - don't people in Chile call it "Pino radiata", rather than "Radiata Pine"? (interestingly, for comparison, it is "Pino insigne" or "Pino de Monterrey" in Spain) - MPF 17:04, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

WikiProjects
Hi GringoInChile, I saw your userboxes and noticed that you ahve a interest in Rugby and Cricket. There is always help needed at WikiProject Cricket and WikiProject Rugby union. Wikipedia is especially weak in the New Zealand areas. Thanks  Da Gizza  Chat (c) 10:53, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Yay!
Are you watching the cricket series against Sri Lanka. New Zealand's winning 3-0 so far. We're halfway through the 1st innings.... Bye. Spawn Man 01:41, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

Grand Slam (Rugby Union)
Thanks for all the disambigs, much appreciated.GordyB 09:58, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

Spanish Translation of the Week
 You showed support for the Spanish Translation of the Week. This week es:Acueducto de Segovia was chosen to be translated to Aqueduct of Segovia. Cast your VOTE to select next week's translation! Nominate a good Spanish article

Image Tagging Image:MonumentRodriguez.jpg
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Tri Nations Aggregate
Hi Gringo, I just want to clear up the ituation regarding the template. I submitted the champions page to the FLC, and a reviewer suggested that the template should be deleted as it is only in that article. So I went through the steps of nominating it for deletion as the reviewer suggested. But, I then realised it was on the ABs page, and I then saw your message on the main talk page about using it on other pages and how it only has to be updated once. So I removed the deletion tag quickly!! Sorry about that! Hope its all good. Cvene64 11:25, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks I'm glad you like it, another user (from the Featured List Candidate) changed the one on that page, so I though I'd give the colspan look a try on your template as well. Nice work on all the tables in the individual tournaments, the Tri Nations articles are shaping up quite nicely in time for the 06 Series! Cheers. Cvene64 14:45, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

User:MILH
Hi there. User MILH is really a case study. He's spreading his POV throughout several articles related to Chile (Augusto Pinochet, Paulina Lyon incident, Juntas de Abastecimientos y Precios and Machuca) and adding irrelevant information to Michelle Bachelet. Can you help me out on this one? Thanks. ☆ CieloEstrellado 23:14, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

"Squashed" image
Thanks for putting in the English names on the Mesoamerica caption, that looks great. I'd be happy to help you with your "squashed" image problem, but I'm not sure exactly what you mean. Could you enlighten me? - Draeco 17:33, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Please do not edit or remove the signed comments of other users, as you did on Articles for deletion/Ice Age 3. Some users consider this to be a failing in etiquette at best, or vandalism at worst. Thanks you. 81.104.165.184 19:01, 4 June 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for your support
Thanks for voting on Featured list candidates/Super 12 Champions. Maybe you might be interested in voting on Featured list candidates/Super 14 champions?-- HamedogTalk|@ 13:27, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

new Spanish translation
 You showed support for the Spanish Translation of the Week. This week es:Conquista de Hispania was chosen to be translated to Conquest of Hispania/Translation. Cast your VOTE to select next week's translation! Nominate a good Spanish article

thanks for your help on the trade agreements
much appreciated. todddc

Edit Count
I agree to the edit counter opt-in terms

Miss World winners list
I just created the article, no need to get excited over deleting it. I'm following the layout of the Miss Universe article, and hence, that article is necessary. Joey80 08:26, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

AfD
When you create a Wikipedia:Articles for deletion item, you must tag the article in question with {{subst:AfD}}. -- RHaworth 08:48, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

38 Acres and Speedy deletion
Hey -- I declined your speedy deletion request here and replaced it with a WP:PROD. Speedy deletion (for db-band and db-bio) applies strictly only to articles that don't even explain why the subject should be important. In this case, the band is described as having an album out, and having been on tour, and is described as "popular." That isn't much for a band, but it's enough that the accuracy of those statements could use verifying. We do have WP:BAND, but articles that don't describe how their subject meets that guideline are not necessarily deletable via speedy deletion. Speedy deletion is only for article with no description of importance whatsoever. Mango juice talk 13:37, 31 August 2006 (UTC)

Tri nations
I am satisfied that the move request is going nowhere and therefore have no objections to you starting a new move request. Whether this is correct protocol or not is another matter.GordyB 12:37, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
 * You could contact an admin. I'd suggest one of the two who closed move requests one and two or somebody in the union project with admin status as Stormie has IIRC. Personally I'd leave it as it will get closed in a few days and it isn't urgent.GordyB 14:12, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Too quick on the move trigger finger
Just want to inform you that your move of Axel Rappe (born 1838) to Axel Rappe was not justified, as the person in question had a son with the exact same name (that info is included in the article). Please hold your horses for at least a few minutes before performing such a move to give me a chance to actually create the disambiguation page and describe why the (born xxxx) addition was needed. Best wishes – Elisson • Talk 19:47, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

New Page Patrol
Howdy! I'm patrolling new pages with you today, and wanted to remind you to leave a message on the creator's talk page when you nominate an article for speedy deletion. (Remember: don't bite the newcomers!) You can find a list of warnings at WP:TT. Keep up the good work! -- Merope Talk 19:58, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Unspecified source for Image:Manuel Rodriguez.jpg
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f Tahmesabi
Hi there; I hope you dont mind; I changed your db:nonsense to a db:repost, and put a final warning on his talk page.--Anthony.bradbury 22:40, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

John Frothingham
Might not meet speedy criteria if he worked on the Manhattan Project ? exolon 21:58, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Surrealtriad
Thanks GringoInChile, for your useful comments. About the Jacknife article, no problem, i would have done the same.

Attack pages
Howdy! I saw that you tagged an attack page for speedy deletion. The tag you want to use is db-attack, not db-disparage. The latter tag is used for templates that are "divisive and inflammatory." Not a big deal, since I zapped it right away, but I thought you'd want to know. Cheers! -- Merope  13:58, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
 * And you're doing fine! You might want to look at WP:CSD; there are a list of the tags used for each criterion.   -- Merope  14:06, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Caroline Grigsby
Is Caroline Grigsby really a personal attack? It's a fictional character. Unless her negative comments were directed to the author herself, I don't see how it can be considered an attack page. -WarthogDemon 20:30, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the suggestions and help. I'm a bit new to this so I'm still figuring a lot of stuff out. Sorry if I'm causing any problems! ElentariAchaea 22:20, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

Italian article
Of course! Be my guest. :) - Lucky 6.9 06:37, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Survey Q
Have you ever been to the southern hemisphere, click here to reply.AstroBoy 01:46, 11 November 2006 (UTC) Deadline for entries is December 15th

NPWatcher
You've been approved to use NPWatcher. When you log into the program, wait a few seconds while it queries wikipedia before screaming at your PC for crashing (unless you see an error, of course). Please give me any feature requests, bugs, etc. Before you run the program, please check the changelog on the appliction page to see if I've made a new release. Finally, enjoy! M a rtinp23 01:36, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
 * New release - please download from the same link as before! Thanks M a rtinp23 20:51, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Is this information appropriate?
Hey, I'm trying to get information about the company I work for on Wiki. It's been deleted twice and I have read the guidelines of Wiki postings (and I do agree that my first post was "blatant advertising" However, I would like to see our company listed in the Wiki, so can you please take a look through the following text and let me know if it is appropriate for posting?

Thanks

Here's the info I would like to post:

MTS Driver Recruiters LLC was founded in January of 2000 by Ken Walker (CEO) and Greg Walker (CFO) to meet the growing needs of transportation companies for qualified, commercially licensed truck drivers.

MTS has placed many thousands of drivers throughout the U.S. Clients range from small private fleets to large commercial trucking companies throughout North America.

Categories
Hi, I was wondering if you could give me some help with categories, since you've been such a big help in the past. I was trying to make a subcategory for the Category:National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology schools called 'The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science,' pages to include MSMS and Southern Voices. It didn't work out quite like I'd planned. Any suggestions on how to fix this? Thanks! ElentariAchaea 15:39, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Untagged image
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All Blacks and announcements template
Hey, several editors have been contributing to All Blacks lately, was wondering if you could help look over it for any problems with regards to submitting as WP:FAC. As well, I've created a template for WP:RU members userpages. You may want to take a look? Thanks. - Shudda talk  05:14, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Your edit to the entry for "empanada"
Could "carmelated" have been a misformulation of "caramelized," do you think? Just curious - I'm only familiar with the Panamanian variety of empanada. - HiramShadraski 16:23, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

Super 14 peer review
Hi, I was wondering if you could comment on the Super 14 page at it's peer review here. I would really appreciate the input. Thanks. - Shudda talk  22:32, 14 January 2007 (UTC)

All Blacks copy-edit
Hey, thanks for your copy-editing. The lead has been redone, could you have a look at it? Are you going to do a thorough copy-edit of the article? If so, could you please post something in the FAC review page when done. That may sway some people to post their support for FAC. Thanks a lot! - Shudda talk  10:47, 18 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks for doing that, I really appreciate it. Getting it to FA was a group effort, I know I was the main one pushing it, but I would never have been able to do it alone. I'll read over the article later tonight. Thanks again. - Shudda talk  02:48, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Just stole sumthin
As another gringo in chile I stopped by to say Hi and stole your places idea to which I added a few modifications. If you're curious you can see them on my user page. --J A X HERE | T a l k 14:02, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

 * In reply to your note, I'm usually around Villarrica. Been  around here since '97.  Actually I guess I should have put NZ on my list.  We made friends with a student Dr. who came to Chile from there to do part of her internship here in the mid '80s. Afterwards she went to practice in northern Australia and it's been a long while since we've heard from her.  Which University do you teach at?  Do you also hold workshops to understand the NZ accent?  ;-)  I think the most fun part of knowing Raewyn (the Dr.) was trying to figure out what she was saying.

 * What do you think of the Chilean Universities' practice of charging graduates to get a certificate of their degree? I have a daughter graduating and was appaled when I was informed of this.  I'd never heard of anything like this in Canada.  Do they do anything like that in NZ?  --J A X HERE  | T a l k 12:56, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

 * I rather suspected that you'd be working for San Sebastian. That's the same Uni. which my daughter is graduating from but in Puerto Montt.  Well, it's nice to make your acquaintance.  We'll probably bump into eachother from time to time ... I am doing a lot of work on chilean articles, too.  If you're ever visiting Villarrica, let me know and I'll treat you to a coffee, in the meantime it will have to be a virtual cup J A X HERE  | T a l k 17:24, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Original All Blacks
Hey, yeah I'm going to work on it a little bit. The great thing about this article is that there are many books on the subject, a lot of them publisher last year. I am also looking at the 1981 Springbok Tour and the 1995 Rugby World Cup, however both of those have less resources out there. I'm trying to get a collaboration at WikiProject New Zealand together for the 81 Tour, need more votes though (go here and vote!). My aim at the moment is GA status for all of them, FA is still a wee way off. Any help on any of these would be greatly appreciated! - Shudda talk  19:09, 22 January 2007 (UTC)

Fiji Rugby
Hi I was interested in asking you if you would like to be part of a project WP:RUFR, started by me but revamped with the help of Shudda. Its basically a workgroup regarding Fiji Rugby and it would be a great pleasure 2 have you Abroad.Just click on the above link and sign up..Thanx..ø~Cometstyles~ø  (talk)|undefined

Chilean edits
Hello,, since you have made several edits to articles about Chile, you may be interested in looking at the Chile-related regional notice board to pick up on other topics that need attention, or to express needs which you perceive pertaining to Chile. J A X HERE | T a l k 01:29, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

Crusaders peer review
Hi, I've requested a peer review for Crusaders. Could everyone please take a look and help out? I'm trying to get the article up to Featured Article standard, and would like any feedback I can get. You can add any comments here. Thanks a lot! - Shudda talk  03:34, 26 January 2007 (UTC)

commons:User:GringoInChile
I assert to be the same user as commons:User:GringoInChile GringoInChile 13:47, 1 February 2007 (UTC)

Crusaders copy-edit
Hey, was wondering when you would be able to do the copy-edit of Crusaders (rugby)? I think that the article is better written then All Blacks was, but it's the minor things that need looking at. Thanks. - Shudda talk  02:11, 26 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Thanks, really appreciate your work! - Shudda talk  01:37, 27 February 2007 (UTC)

Hey, if this is a pain feel free to tell me to bugger off. I know you havn't been contributing much lately, but if you have some spare time would you mind a copy-edit of Waisale Serevi? Most of the important info is there, just needs another pair of eyes to look over it. Thanks. - Shudda talk  14:04, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Chile city naming convention poll
You are invited to participate in a poll at Wikipedia talk:Chile-related regional notice board. Please express your opinion there. Jespinos 17:27, 6 May 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Colocolo.jpg
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France national rugby union team FAC
As of time of posting there have been no comments at the France national rugby union team's FAC even though it's been an FAC for over a week. So i'm asking for some comments from some people that have commented on Rugby union FAC's before. Please comment here. A support or oppose (with reasons) would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. - Shudda talk  00:30, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Ken Catchpole
A "" template has been added to the article Ken Catchpole, suggesting that it be deleted according to the proposed deletion process. All contributions are appreciated, but the article may not satisfy Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and the deletion notice explains why (see also "What Wikipedia is not" and Wikipedia's deletion policy). You may contest the proposed deletion by removing the  notice, but please explain why you disagree with the proposed deletion in your edit summary or on its talk page. Also, please consider improving the article to address the issues raised. Even though removing the deletion notice will prevent deletion through the proposed deletion process, the article may still be deleted if it matches any of the speedy deletion criteria or it can be sent to Articles for Deletion, where it may be deleted if consensus to delete is reached. KenWalker | Talk 18:47, 1 July 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject Rugby union national team Improvement Drive

 For the 2007 Rugby World Cup WikiProject Rugby union is launching an Improvement Drive for national rugby union teams; specifically those participating in the Rugby World Cup. We need your help! Here is what you can do: The World Cup is fast approaching and these articles are going to get a lot more hits during the tournament. It would be great if we could have them at a high standard!
 * Adopt a national rugby union team article and collaborate with other members to improve it.
 * Find, create and upload free images that will help improve these articles.
 * Copy-edit, reference, and expand articles when and where you can.
 * Promote the project and encourage others to join.

For more information see the discussion on the WikiProject Rugby union talk page here. Shudde talk  05:14, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

England national rugby union team
How far off do you reckon this article is from FA? - Shudde talk  01:26, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Yeah I think it's best to use 9–3 instead of nine to three. You may want to have a look at WP:DASH as well. I think the main thing is that it's consistent. I've probably got to add one more section on club vs country which I'm going to get done asap, but after that I think she'll be ready to go to FAC. - Shudde talk  02:20, 31 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I have now added a section on club versus country. The only other thing I can think to do is better reference the Six Nations Championship section. That won't take very long though. Let me know when you are done copy-editing it. Thanks. - Shudde talk  04:31, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

I have now nominated it (nomination page here). Thanks a lot for the copy-edit. Makes my life much easier. It's very hard to copy-edit your own writing (its possible, but takes ages). Thanks again. - Shudde talk  02:53, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

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Could you please explain?
Could you please explain to me why you thought the article Wonderland Resort was spam? I believe that it may help me make the article better. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ben Boldt (talk • contribs) 14:16, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the explanation. I'll do my best to make this article better when I can find some time to do a little research. Ben Boldt 01:27, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

All Blacks versus France at rugby union
This article is now a Good Article and I've put it up for peer review. I would like to nominate it for Featured Article some time in the next few weeks, and would appreciate any feedback. Please have a look then comment on the peer-review page! Thanks. - Shudde talk  03:10, 25 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Would you be able to copy-edit this article? Please let me know. Thanks. - Shudde talk  04:24, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

League of Copyeditors roll call
Melon ‑ Bot  ( STOP! )  18:32, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Highlanders (rugby) peer review
Hey. I've been struggling to get any comments at my requested peer-review of Highlanders (rugby). I was wondering if you would be able to spend a few minutes reading through the article and adding any comments or suggestions here? Thanks. - Shudde talk  06:09, 21 January 2008 (UTC)

Encuentro de Wikipedistas en Concecpión
Hola. Este sábado 23 de febrero, a las 11 de la mañana, realizaremos un Encuentro de Wikipedistas en Concepción, en el edificio del Gobierno Regional del Biobío. Los detalles se encuentran en la página del encuentro, pero te anticipo que conversaremos sobre diversos temas relacionados a Wikipedia y Wikimedia y a la hora de almuerzo realizaremos un asado para poder desconectarnos un poco de los wikis :-) ¡Sería muy bueno que pudieras asistir a este primer wikiencuentro en el sur de Chile, así que te esperamos! --Zuirdj (talk) 15:49, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

NZFlag Userbox
Kia Ora! I've recently done an update of userboxes relating to NZ Politics. I've noticed several users, including yourself, have included a userbox displaying a desire to change to NZ Flag (a belief I share with you) by including raw code rather than a template. I've used this raw code to create Template:User_NZFlag, so for ease of use feel free to use instead of the entire raw code. Cheers! =) Gialloneri (talk) 02:36, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

The Latin-American Wikipedia Meeting

Tosão (talk) 20:00, 22 December 2008 (UTC)

super rugby
Hello, i would like to inform of a discussion on in the WikiProject Rugby Union discussion page about the format to be used through the season articles of the super 12, super 14 and super rugby seasons. Please click the link below and have your opinion, thank you. JaFa 01 (talk) 05:24, 19 September 2010 (UTC)

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SPATRA reactivation
Hello, I notice that you were involved in the project Spanish Translation of the Week a few years ago. However I also notice that here has been very little activity since 2007. This is a project I'm particularly interested in and would love to see it revived. I've taken the bold step of identifying an article requiring translation and I'm in the process of inviting collaboration. The article History of Puerta del Sol could really use your help. In addition, I'd welcome any ideas you may have to help revive this project so that there is greater collaboration among ES>EN translators on en.Wikipedia. I'm identifying various contributors from whom the SPATRA project may benefit. If you have any recommendations then feel free to contact them directly or submit there usernames to me via my talkpage. I look forward to your participation. Gratefully - EagerToddler39 (talk) 02:29, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

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Talk:List of cities in Connecticut

Criteria
What is the criteria for inclusion on this list? It can't be geographical size, because Hartford is known for being quite small. It can't be population, since towns like Shelton and Ansonia (to name just a couple) certainly wouldn't appear on such a list. What are we basing this on? Beginning 00:53, Dec 9, 2004 (UTC)

 * Surely it is based on those municipalities which are incorporated as cities. In Connecticut, there are cities and towns (and perhaps a few boroughs).  All of the places listed are cities.  This has nothing to do with population size, necessarily. john k 04:38, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * Revisiting an old issue here, but I removed East Hartford, Manchester, and Willimantic since they are not cities. East Hartford and Manchester, regardless of population, are incorporated as towns.  Willimantic is a borough of Windham, which is also a town.  Beginning 00:58, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

Merger
A list of principal cities has been created in the Connecticut article. Other than its inclusion of several towns, it's essentially a prettier version of this list. I don't think the information should be duplicated in both places.--Elipongo (Talk 04:32, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Against the proposal. Don't change this list. It is a list of statutory cities of Connecticut. Don't conflate cities and towns. See List of towns in Connecticut. Also see New England town and New England town for more background. Better, for your purposes, is to make a new page, which is general, and cares not about the form of government, entitled municipalities. Then cite the new municipalities page, with populations on the Connecticut state page, and then you can remove the tedious list from the Connecticut page. -- Yellowdesk 05:53, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
 * See this example: List of municipalities in Massachusetts by population (Massachusetts has a similar problem: some cities are smaller than other towns.)

Agree yes that does make more sense. Thank you for suggesting it. I will change the proposal.--Elipongo (Talk 09:20, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Defunct cities
Why are they not included in this list? I made the mistake of adding South Norwalk which was incorporated as a city in 1871 then consolidated with the Town of Norwalk (as was the City of Norwalk, which was a Borough before 1893) in 1913 to form the current larger City of Norwalk. Nowadays South Norwalk is considered a neighborhood within the city of Norwalk, CT so I suppose it is not completely defunct. I note that the article on Borough (Connecticut) does list defunct boroughs, but this list of cities does not list defunct cities. Would it be harmful to start listing defunct cities here? 67.86.73.252 (talk) 04:33, 16 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I don't think that is harmful. In fact, it would be helpful to include them in my opinion. The only issue is it might not be so easy to get reliable, current population data. If you have information on these, please go ahead and add them. --Polaron | Talk 18:16, 16 March 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the suggestion. I do not see a place to post population figures on this article (as opposed to the List of municipalities of Connecticut by population article) so I presume you could accept some population estimates here on this discussion page for this article. The state of Connecticut posts historical census data at http://www.sots.ct.gov/RegisterManual/SectionVII/SecVIITOC.htm with census data for the whole Town of Norwalk posted at the two specific URLs listed in the specific pages cited in the table below. From those census data it should be possible to estimate the population of the City of South Norwalk if we could estimate the fractional population of the City to Town. To do that I note that on pages 172 and 173 of the book by Deborah Wing Ray and Gloria P. Stewart (1979) (3rd printing 2004). Norwalk: being an historical account of that Connecticut town. Norwalk, CT: Norwalk Historical Society. ISBN 0-914016-56-3; wherein the proportional represention of SoNo was 2 council members out of 7 yielding a fraction of 0.2857. A rough check of that ratio can be done by noting the ratio of votes for (2256) to against (1606) the consolidation referendum in 1913 was 1.404. Assuming (an admittedly politcally naive) 100% for or against voting pattern within geographic areas of the Town, and noting that Wing-Ray and Stewart mention that SoNo and East Norwalk voted against that ratio, assuming further that all other ares voted for we would obtain a ratio of (2+1+1)/(2+1) = 1.333 which is not far from the for/against consolidation vote ratio. In other words, it seems the South Norwalk population can be taken to be approximately 2/7 of the population of the whole Town of Norwalk. I can estimate the population of the City including the time just before incorporation (1870) and 7 years after consolidaton (1920) as the figure in the right hand column of this table adapted from the one in the article on History of Norwalk, Connecticut:

I hope these population estimates prove adequate to allow mentioning the 1871 to 1913 duration of the City of South Norwalk in the List article. 67.86.73.252 (talk) 00:14, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

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Here is a more explicit proposal. I suppose this could be implemented as a separate table: 67.86.73.252 (talk) 00:25, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Defunct cities
The following is a list of cities that no longer exist as cities in Connecticut

This looks good. Do you happen to have a list of all such former cities at hand? I can probably dig them up over the next few days but if you have a complete list, go ahead and add it to the article. --Polaron | Talk 00:36, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

 * No I do not. In looking at Category:Defunct cities in Connecticut I have taken a quick look at the article on Rockville (Vernon) and I cannot find anything that indicates it was ever incorporated as a city.  Similar comments obtain for the article on Winsted, Connecticut.  The lead sentence asserts it was an incorporated city but I am not not certain of the dates for its incorporation.  Also in the category is Putnam District which is now a CDP in Windham County.  Was Putnam District incorporated as a city?  I am not sure.  67.86.73.252 (talk) 00:48, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Oops - I see that this article already lists Winsted and its 1917 incorporation. The article on Winchester, Connecticut also mentions that Winsted is incorporated as a city.  Hence it does not belong in the defunct city table and should stay in the existing city table.  Now I wonder if it should no longer be in the Category:Defunct cities in Connecticut. 67.86.73.252 (talk) 00:59, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I managed to find the date of disincorporation for Rockville. The town of Vernon page at http://vernon-ct.gov/aboutvernon.html mentions that "In 1965, the Town of Vernon consolidated with the City of Rockville and the Vernon Fire District and assumed all assets and liabilities of the two governmental units.".  I am still looking for the date of incorporation.
 * Ah, I should have checked the categories. Anyway, this 1917 publication lists the existing cities at the time. Apparently Rockville was incorporated in 1889 while Putnam was incorporated in 1895. Will try to look for the disincorporation date for Putnam. --Polaron | Talk 01:24, 5 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Here we go. This Census Bureau publication says 1984 is when Putnam was disincorporated. Note that Putnam and Rockville are also now CDPs similar to Willimantic. --Polaron | Talk 01:32, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Regarding Winsted, the only reason it is included in the main list is that it is still isted in the current State Register and Manual. Apparently, it still exists legally. --Polaron | Talk 01:51, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

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Luciano Figueroa

Luciano Gabriel "Lucho" Figueroa Herrera (born 19 May 1981) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Club career
Figueroa was born in Santa Fe. He began his professional career with Primera División club Rosario Central, where he formed a partnership with César Delgado. In the 2003 Clausura, Figueroa finished as Argentina's leading goalscorer with 17 goals, which included five in the last match of the season against an under-strength Boca Juniors. This was his last season at Rosario Central. Both he and Delgado transferred overseas in the summer of 2003; Figueroa joined English Premier League club Birmingham City for a fee of £2.5 million.

Controversy arose when Spanish club Osasuna claimed that Figueroa had signed a contract with them before his move to Birmingham, thereby invalidating the transfer. At the end of August 2003 FIFA ruled provisionally in Birmingham's favour, but it was not until October that this ruling was finally confirmed. Figueroa had been close to joining Rangers earlier that summer but the Glasgow club pulled out of the deal.

Though Figueroa was scoring freely for Birmingham's reserve team, manager Steve Bruce believed he would struggle in the Premiership due to his physique. After only one League appearance, as a late substitute in a 2–0 defeat of Portsmouth, and one outing in the League Cup, his contract was annulled, and he signed for Cruz Azul of the Primera División de México, where he was reunited with former teammate Delgado.

After a slow start, Figueroa returned to his old form with Cruz Azul, scoring 9 goals in the last 7 games of the 2004 Clausura. He maintained his form in the 2004 Apertura, scoring 10 goals in 14 games for the club.

Villarreal
His exceptional performances for Cruz Azul led to a transfer to Spain, where he signed a five-and-a-half-year contract with Villarreal in November 2004. The transfer fee was officially undisclosed, but was estimated in the media as €3 million.

Figueroa made less of an impact at Villarreal. Even so, he helped the club to a third-place finish in La Liga in the 2004–05 season, and scored their first ever Champions League goal, against Everton in the third qualifying round of the 2005–06 competition, but had left the club by the time they reached the semi-final.

In January 2006, apparently concerned that his lack of playing time would adversely affect his chances of selection for Argentina at the 2006 World Cup, Figueroa returned to his home country. He joined River Plate, who bought 50% of the rights to the player. He started well there, scoring three goals in his first seven games of the 2006 Clausura, but on 5 March 2006 he suffered a cruciate ligament injury which effectively put an end to his career with River.

Genoa
On 1 August 2006, Villarreal sold Figueroa to Genoa of Serie B for a reported $13 million fee. He signed a four-year contract with the club. Though still not fully recovered from his injury, medical opinion was that Figueroa should have been able to play again by mid-October. However it became clear that the knee reconstruction had not been completely successful and that another operation would be needed. It was predicted that this further surgery would keep him from playing that season.

Figueroa eventually made his debut for Genoa, by this time in Serie A, on 28 October 2007 as a second-half substitute against Fiorentina, and scored his first goal for the club some six weeks later, a stoppage-time consolation in a 3–1 defeat at home to Siena.

Figueroa was loaned from Genoa to Boca Juniors in October 2008. He played an important role during the Torneo Apertura by scoring important goals as the title race was between Boca Juniors, Tigre and San Lorenzo, who were level on points at the top of the table. Eventually, Figueroa's performances helped Boca to win the Torneo Apertura.

Rosario Central
After Genoa released the player, he returned to his first club, Rosario Central. After passing a medical examination on his knee, he signed a two-and-a-half-year contract on 20 January 2010.

Panathinaikos
On 6 February 2013, he was released on a free transfer by Emelec and joined Greek club Panathinaikos until the end of the season. He made his debut in a crucial game against AEK Athens that Panathinaikos won 2–0. On 9 March 2013 he scored his first goal for the Greens, with a successful penalty kick against AO Kerkyra. He scored a goal in an away match against Olympiacos in a match that ended 1–1.

It was reported in June 2013 that Figueroa was to sign for Brazilian Série A side Náutico, but the deal fell through.

On 12 September 2013, Figueroa signed once again with Panathinaikos for one year.

Johor Darul Ta'zim
Figueroa signed a three-year contract, reportedly worth $1.5 million annually, with Malaysia Super League team Johor Darul Ta'zim in December 2013. The transfer fee was $1 million. Figueroa scored his first goal in the 88th minute after a through pass from Safiq Rahim to give Johor Darul Ta'zim their first win, 2–0 against Perak FA in the season opener. His previous experiences with clubs in Europe and South America helped Johor Darul Ta'zim to win their first league title in the 2014 season with 11 league goals (22 goals overall).

On 22 August 2015, he won his second league title with Johor. On 31 October 2015, Figueroa won the club's first ever AFC Cup title after defeating Istiklol 1–0 in the final.

After his playing contract with Johor Darul Ta'zim ended in 2015, Figueroa decided to retire as a football player. In 2017, he returned to become the new Johor Darul Ta'zim football club ambassador, and came out of retirement in November of that year to play for Johor Darul Ta'zim in the 2018 Malaysia Super League. In May 2018, he returned to his ambassadorial role and retired again as a professional football player. In August 2018, Figueroa was appointed as the team manager of Johor Darul Ta'zim. Club owner Tunku Ismail Ibrahim later also announced Figueroa as head coach of JDT, with JDT II head coach Benjamin Mora as his assistant.

International career
Figueroa has appeared for the Argentina national football team while playing for Cruz Azul and Villarreal, performing impressively in the Copa América 2004 and the 2005 Confederations Cup – where only the Brazilian Adriano outscored him – and was part of the gold medal-winning Argentina team at the 2004 Summer Olympics. At international level, he boasts a strike-rate of 60%, with 9 goals from 15 appearances, the same stats as Martín Palermo. The cruciate injury deprived him of the chance to represent his country at the 2006 World Cup.

Player
Boca Juniors
 * Primera División: 2008 Apertura

Johor Darul Ta'zim
 * Malaysia Super League: 2014, 2015, 2018
 * Malaysia Cup: runner-up 2014
 * Piala Sumbangsih: 2015, 2018
 * AFC Cup: 2015

Argentina
 * Olympic Gold Medal: 2004
 * CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament: 2004
 * Copa América: runner-up 2004
 * FIFA Confederations Cup: runner-up 2005

Individual

 * Primera División Argentina top scorer: 2003 Clausura
 * PFAM Player of the Month: July 2015
 * FAM Football Awards Best Foreign Player: 2015

Manager
Johor Darul Ta'zim
 * Malaysia Super League: 2019, 2020
 * Malaysia Cup: 2019
 * Piala Sumbangsih: 2019, 2020

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Nobody's Perfect (2004 film)

Nobody's Perfect is a 2004 American short film directed, produced, written and starred by Hank Azaria.

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Professor Weston

Professor Weston (full name Edward Rolles Weston) is a Satanic character in C. S. Lewis's The Space Trilogy. He is introduced in the trilogy's first book, Out of the Silent Planet (1938), as an eminent physicist who has invented space travel. He is defeated by the novel's protagonist Elwin Ransom on Mars (known to its inhabitants as "Malacandra"). Weston returns in the second book, in an attempt to wreak havoc on Venus (Perelandra), the "new Eden".

Imperialism on Malacandra
In Out of the Silent Planet, Weston first appears with his accomplice, Dick Devine (the future Lord Feverstone in That Hideous Strength), attempting to abduct a mentally impaired young man named Harry, whom Weston considers subhuman and disposable. They plan to take him to Malacandra (Mars) as a human sacrifice to Oyarsa, its ruling angel. It is then that they are surprised by a chance visit by Elwin Ransom, the main character of the novel, who is an old schoolmate of Devine. Ransom grows suspicious of their activities, and Devine persuades Weston to abduct Ransom instead.

Shortly after landing on Malacandra, Weston and Devine attempt to drag Ransom to the servants of Oyarsa, but a particular incident distracts them, and Ransom escapes. In the course of his adventures on Malacandra, Ransom learns that the Oyarsa, the being to whom he was supposedly to be sacrificed, wanted only to speak with a human to learn of the conditions on Earth, the 'Silent Planet'. The "civilized' Weston cannot understand this, expecting only savagery from "primitive" cultures.

It is eventually revealed that the immediate purpose of Weston's and Devine's journey to Malacandra is to mine Malacandra's abundant gold. This is the only motive of the mercenary Devine, but Weston's plan is to open a new age of space colonization to ensure the eternal survival of the human race, an idea borrowed from Stapledon's Last and First Men. The seeming humanitarianism of Weston's scheme is corrupted by his contemptuous and colonialist attitude towards all other forms of life, including the humane and intelligent Malacandrans.

Colonising Eden, in the name of Universal Spirit
In Perelandra, the sudden arrival of Weston's spaceship on Venus is a great surprise to the self-doubting Ransom, who himself has been sent by an oyarsa to counter a mysterious threat. Weston has undergone a philosophical conversion since his near-death in returning from Mars: he considers his former devotion to the human race as "a mere prejudice", and now wishes to spread "Spirit ... the blind, inarticulate purposiveness" which drives emergent evolution. In his personal theology, Weston has come to the fatal misunderstanding that God and the Devil are one, and that his great work is guided by this syncretic Spirit. Indeed, Weston calls Ransom to join him, since "nothing now divides you and me except a few outworn theological technicalities with which organised religion has unhappily allowed itself to get incrusted. But I have penetrated that crust."

But under Ransom's probing, Weston's new philosophy proves as self-aggrandizing as the old: "In so far as I am the conductor of the central forward pressure of the universe, I am it ... I, Weston, am your God and Devil. I call that Force into me completely ...." As he opens his soul, Weston is possessed by the Devil and lost as an independent personality, his frozen features suggesting that "either he was in no pain or in a pain beyond all human comprehension." Ransom leaves to look for the Lady of Perelandra, and when he returns Weston is gone.

Death
When Ransom finds him again, surrounded by ripped-apart frogs, Weston is no longer human: "He did not look like a sick man: but he looked very like a dead one.The face which he raised from torturing the frog had that terrible power which the face of a corpse sometimes has of simply rebuffing every conceivable human attitude one can adopt towards it.... It looked at Ransom in silence and at last began to smile... The smile was not bitter, nor raging, nor, in an ordinary sense, sinister; it was not even mocking. It seemed to summon Ransom, with a horrible naïveté of welcome, into the world of its own pleasures, as if all men were at one in those pleasures, as if they were the most natural thing in the world and no dispute could ever have occurred about them. It was not furtive, nor ashamed, it had nothing of the conspirator in it. It did not defy goodness, it ignored it to the point of annihilation. Ransom perceived that he had never before seen anything but half-hearted and uneasy attempts at evil. This creature was whole-hearted. The extremity of its evil had passed beyond all struggle into some state which bore a horrible similarity to innocence."The evil spirit possessing Weston works to corrupt the newly created race, subtly tempting the Lady of Perelandra (the new Eve) into disobeying the commands of Maleldil (God), while Ransom pleads with her to resist the Un-man (Ransom's name for the possessed Weston). Eventually Ransom, realizing that he cannot defeat the Un-man with argument — and prompted by Maleldil — physically attacks the Un-man, and both are badly wounded in the ensuing fight, but neither can prevail. In an interlude, Weston's consciousness appears to resurface, dismaying Ransom with the confused horror of Hell: "[Death] is the real universe.... That’s what it all means.... That’s why it’s so important to live as long as you can. All the good things are now—a thin little rind of what we call life, put on for show, and then—the real universe for ever and ever. To thicken the rind by one centimetre—to live one week, one day, one half-hour longer—that’s the only thing that matters.... Picture the universe as an infinite globe with this very thin crust on the outside.... We are born on the surface of it and all our lives we are sinking through it. When we’ve got all the way through then we are what’s called Dead: we’ve got into the dark part inside, the real globe. If your God exists, He’s not in the globe ... from His point of view, we move away, into what He regards as nonentity, where He never follows. That is all there is to us, all there ever was.... Reasoning itself is only valid as long as you stay in the rind. It has nothing to do with the real universe.... You try to connect things and can't. They take your head off...and you can't even look back on what life was like...because you know it never did mean anything even from the beginning."However, it is impossible to distinguish whether anything he says is Weston or the Devil working through him. Indeed, Ransom concludes:

Ransom finally kills Weston in the tunnels beneath Perelandra and rolls his body into a volcanic abyss.

Ransom, having carved a monument to the great physicist into the wall outside the caverns, makes his way up to a mountaintop, to meet the grateful Lady and the King of the new planet.

Lifespan
According to Ransom's epitaph, Weston lived from 1896 to 1942 (Perelandra, chapter 15). However, the notion that he died at the age of 46 conflicts with Weston's explanation in Chapter 7 that he had neglected the study of biology "until I reached the fifties".

Possible influences
Weston may be a caricature of Cecil John Rhodes (1853-1902) an English South African businessman and imperialist politician. Like Rhodes, Weston, while supremely capable, is racist, amoral, and rapacious, and hates God and religion. In a passing comment in That Hideous Strength, it is said that Great Britain has produced both heroes and villains, that for every King Arthur, there is a traitor Mordred, for every Sydney (the Renaissance poet), there is a Cecil Rhodes. In "Perelandra", Weston mentions his liking of the book of which Rhodes said "it made me who I am”: Winwood Reade's The Martyrdom of Man, which expounded the ideology of secular humanism. Professor Weston may also stand for the scientific elitism that despises all other types of knowledge.

There is a glancing allusion to George Bernard Shaw: Weston's speech on Malacandra, like Back to Methuselah, ends with the words "It is enough for me that there is a Beyond", and Weston shares Shaw's (and Henri Bergson's) belief in the Life Force. Another possible influence is that of Nietzsche's, the goal of whose philosophy was the advent of the overman. He may also be based on influential eugenicist J. B. S. Haldane.

Weston is said by Bob Rickard to be similar to the fallen wizard Saruman from J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, although he precedes The Lord of the Rings.

The choice of the name "Weston" might be more than accidental, considering that in his speech in Out of the Silent Planet he presents himself very much as the proponent of "Western Civilization" in its most expansionist and aggressive mode. (The names of the main villains in That Hideous Strength, "Wither" and "Frost", are clearly meant to reflect their characters.)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Baron pluroon

Baron pluroon
Apparent hoax, not very amusing though. Names don't google, and I don't think there were any Prussian territories in the Congo in 1704. Kappa 00:58, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * Delete. - Mustafaa 01:18, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete Better than 90% probability this is a hoax. I can't find any reference to any name or event mentioned. Wyss 01:23, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete - fictional, non-historic events. (Quick history lesson, BTW - they held the Gold Coast in modern Ghana and an island off, I think, Mauritania in that period; nowhere else, really, until they'd become Germany in the late c19th. The really surprising colonial power was Courland, just up the Baltic coast from them, though...) Shimgray 01:42, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: The contributor tossed a welter of Prussian-themed articles all at the same time, and they looked fishy.  He or she also wrote Otto von Ziechtzel, although in that article it was "March to the Sea" and not "March through the Sea."  Shimgray, is that one bunk too?  Geogre 04:43, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Looks like nonsense to me; "a war that devestated southern Prussia in the late c17th" is more than plausible, the Swedes and the Poles were all over the place then, but I've never heard of this "spiritual leader", historical overviews don't back it up, and the Congo thing is certainly bunk. Fails the sniff test, I'd say. Shimgray 16:53, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete, for same reasons as above. — [[User:Knowledge Seeker|Knowledge Seeker দ (talk)]] 08:27, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. If the experts say it's a hoax, I'll go along with them. P Ingerson 23:58, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)


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List of Georgia railroads

The following railroads operate in the U.S. state of Georgia.

Common freight carriers

 * Adams-Warnock Railway (AWRY)
 * Athens Line, LLC (ABR)
 * Augusta and Summerville Railroad (AUS), operated by CSX and Norfolk Southern
 * Chattahoochee Bay Railroad (CHAT)
 * Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad (CIRR)
 * Chattooga and Chickamauga Railway (CCKY)
 * Columbus and Chattahoochee Railroad (CHH)
 * CSX Transportation (CSXT)
 * First Coast Railroad (FCRD)
 * Fulton County Railway (FCR)
 * Georgia and Southern Railway (GASR)
 * Georgia Central Railway (GC)
 * Georgia and Florida Railway (GFRR)
 * Georgia Northeastern Railroad (GNRR)
 * Georgia Southwestern Railroad (GSWR)
 * Georgia Woodlands Railroad (GWRC)
 * Golden Isles Terminal Railroad (GITM)
 * Golden Isles Terminal Wharf (GITW)
 * Great Walton Railroad (GRWR)
 * Hartwell Railroad (HRT)
 * Heart of Georgia Railroad (HOG)
 * Louisville and Wadley Railway (LW) (Out of Service)
 * Norfolk Southern Railway (NS) including subsidiaries Alabama Great Southern Railroad (AGS), Central of Georgia Railroad (CG), and Georgia Southern and Florida Railway (GSF)
 * Ogeechee Railway (OGEE)
 * Riceboro Southern Railway (RSOR)
 * St. Mary's Railroad (SM)
 * St. Mary's Railway West (SMW)
 * Sandersville Railroad (SAN)
 * Savannah Port Terminal Railroad (SAPT)
 * Valdosta Railway (VR)

Private carriers

 * GAPS
 * Georgia Power

Passenger carriers

 * Amtrak (AMTK)
 * Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
 * River Street Streetcar
 * Atlanta Streetcar

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Wikipedia talk:Selected anniversaries/December 12

I think Paul Martin's becoming Prime Minister of Canada in 2003 is worthy of mention here, afterall their have only been 21. I think it is more noteworthy than the Panay Incident, which I had never heard of until reading here, though I had heard of the other three items. Thoughts on this? I'd like to change this before December 12 if there is no objection. - Jord 00:58, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * I'll pass. It remains to be seen if Martin is going to be a notable PM in Canadian history or not. And we should avoid featuring him while he is campaigning for the federal election. -- PFHLai 08:37, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

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needs to add observation: "Hanukkah ends at sunset (Judaism, 2007);" Some thing 21:55, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Seems reasonable. Done.  Proto ::  ►  11:49, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

2011 notes
--  howcheng  {chat} 00:46, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible for maintenance reasons: USS Cairo, Clapham Junction rail crash
 * Swapped out: Battle of Nineveh (627), Guglielmo Marconi, Border Campaign (Irish Republican Army), Arrow Air Flight 1285
 * Swapped in: Yuan Shikai (7th appearance, last in 2009), Flag of Estonia (first appearance), Reich Chancellery meeting of 12 December 1941 (2nd appearance, last in 2009), Bush v. Gore (4th appearance, last in 2009)
 * Left in: Our Lady of Guadalupe (7th appearance, 2nd consecutive)

Clapham Junction rail crash
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clapham_Junction_rail_crash

Any reason why this deserves less merit than the others listed? It was a while ago (but so were the others listed) but it was one of the worst in the UK and I believe it has merit to be listed still. 87.194.84.44 (talk) 13:50, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * It doesn't have enough footnotes. See WP:OTD #8.  howcheng  {chat} 20:07, 12 December 2011 (UTC)
 * I've rewritten it, but I suggest that it's run in 2013 as this is the 25 year anniversary. Edgepedia (talk) 18:00, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

2012 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:24, 11 December 2012 (UTC)
 * New articles (unused): Lebensborn
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Clapham Junction rail crash (save for 2013, the 25th anniversary)
 * Omitted: Our Lady of Guadalupe; Flag of Estonia (ineligible—maintenance); Reich Chancellery meeting of 12 December 1941; Bush v. Gore
 * Included: Battle of Nineveh (627) (2nd appearance, last in 2010); HMS Duchess (H64) (first appearance); Operation Winter Storm (first appearance; 70th anniversary); Jomo Kenyatta (8th appearance, last in 2009; rescued from Ineligible)
 * Repeats: Yuan Shikai (2nd consecutive appearance, 8 total);

2013 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 07:03, 11 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Battle of Nineveh (627); Yuan Shikai; HMS Duchess (H64); Operation Winter Storm; Jomo Kenyatta
 * Included: Our Lady of Guadalupe (8th appearance, last in 2011); USS Cairo (first appearance; rescued from Ineligible); Guglielmo Marconi (7th appearance, last in 2010); Lebensborn (first appearance); Clapham Junction rail crash (2nd appearance, last in 2008; rescued from Ineligible; 25th anniversary)

2014 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 08:40, 11 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Omitted: USS Cairo; Guglielmo Marconi; Lebensborn; Clapham Junction rail crash
 * Included: Battle of Nineveh (627) (3rd appearance, last in 2012); HMS Duchess (H64) (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 75th anniversary); Jomo Kenyatta (9th appearance, last in 2012; 50th anniversary); Bush v. Gore (5th appearance, last in 2011)
 * Repeats: Our Lady of Guadalupe (2nd consecutive appearance, 9 total)

Centennial of Frank Sinatra's birth
I am not sure of the proper manner in which to make this nomination, but the 100th anniversary of Frank Sinatra's birth (December 12, 1915) occurs this year. Based upon his accomplishments as an entertainer, he seems to be a viable candidate for listing in this year's OTD/SA. --Allen3 talk 14:25, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
 * FYI, DYK has organized an effort to fill the December 12 sets with Sinatra hooks. --Allen3 talk 21:56, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
 * OK, we'll leave Sinatra out then. Thanks. — howcheng  {chat} 03:21, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
 * DYK is not specifically mentioning the anniversary under the suggestion that it is more suited to OTD? Is there an issue with it running in tandem? --Errant (chat!) 11:43, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Usually we don't duplicate efforts between sections. If a subject is featured in TFA/POTD, we wouldn't list it in OTD either. I would think the same rule applies to DYK, but I don't remember having done this before. — howcheng  {chat} 16:53, 10 December 2015 (UTC)

2015 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 04:10, 10 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Battle of Nineveh (627); HMS Duchess (H64); Jomo Kenyatta; Bush v. Gore
 * Included: Yule Lads (first appearance); USS Cairo (2nd appearance, last in 2013); Yuan Shikai (9th appearance, last in 2012; 100th anniversary); Lebensborn (2nd appearance, last in 2013; 80th anniversary); Arrow Air Flight 1285 (2nd appearance, last in 2010; 30th anniversary)
 * Repeats: Our Lady of Guadalupe (3rd consecutive appearance, 10 total)

2016 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 08:31, 11 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Guglielmo Marconi (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Kenya (ineligible—maintenance); USS Cairo (ineligible—maintenance); Yuan Shikai (ineligible—maintenance); Lebensborn; Arrow Air Flight 1285
 * Included: Oaks explosion (first appearance; 150th anniversary); Reich Chancellery meeting of 12 December 1941 (3rd appearance, last in 2011; 75th anniversary); Border Campaign (Irish Republican Army) (2nd appearance, last in 2010; 60th anniversary); Clapham Junction rail crash (3rd appearance, last in 2013)
 * Repeats: Our Lady of Guadalupe (4th consecutive appearance, 11 total)

2017 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 17:08, 12 December 2017 (UTC)
 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Xi'an Incident
 * Omitted: Battle of Nineveh (627); Our Lady of Guadalupe (ineligible—maintenance); Reich Chancellery meeting of 12 December 1941; Border Campaign (Irish Republican Army); Clapham Junction rail crash
 * Included: Delhi Durbar (first appearance); Operation Winter Storm (2nd appearance, last in 2012; 75th anniversary); Jomo Kenyatta (10th appearance, last in 2014); Bush v. Gore (6th appearance, last in 2014); Edvard Munch (first appearance); Henrietta Swan Leavitt (first appearance); Yasujirō Ozu (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Oaks explosion (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2018 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 18:10, 12 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Border Campaign (Irish Republican Army) (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Delhi Durbar (ineligible—maintenance); Operation Winter Storm; Jomo Kenyatta; Bush v. Gore; Edvard Munch; Henrietta Swan Leavitt; Yasujirō Ozu
 * Included: Battle of Nineveh (627) (5th appearance, last in 2016); Shuliavka Republic (5th appearance, last in 2016; moved from December 11); Xi'an Incident (first appearance); Clapham Junction rail crash (4th appearance, last in 2016; 30th anniversary); Geoffrey (archbishop of York) (first appearance); Stand Watie (2nd appearance, last in 2006; previously appeared on June 25); Doris Blackburn (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Oaks explosion (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

2019 notes

 * Rescued from Ineligible (unused): Delhi Durbar
 * Omitted: Oaks explosion; Shuliavka Republic; Xi'an Incident; Clapham Junction rail crash; Geoffrey (archbishop of York); Stand Watie (deleted—already appears on death anniversary); Doris Blackburn
 * Included: Our Lady of Guadalupe (rescued from Ineligible); Lordship of Argos and Nauplia (first appearance); HMS Duchess (H64) (3rd appearance, last in 2014; 80th anniversary); 1979 Tumaco earthquake (first appearance; 40th anniversary); Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2 (first appearance); Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood (first appearance); Gustave Flaubert (first appearance); Evelyn S. Lieberman (first appearance)
 * Repeats: Battle of Nineveh (627) (2nd consecutive appearance, 6 total)

2020 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 16:22, 14 December 2020 (UTC)
 * Moved to Ineligible: Delhi Durbar (maintenance)
 * Omitted: Our Lady of Guadalupe (ineligible—maintenance); HMS Duchess (H64); 1979 Tumaco earthquake; Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2; Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood; Gustave Flaubert; Evelyn S. Lieberman
 * Included: Greek case (first appearance); Bush v. Gore (7th appearance, last in 2017; 20th anniversary); Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (first appearance); Edvard Munch (2nd appearance, last in 2017); Doris Blackburn (2nd appearance, last in 2018; 50th anniversary)
 * Repeats: Battle of Nineveh (627) (3rd consecutive appearance, 7 total); Lordship of Argos and Nauplia (2nd consecutive appearance, 2 total)

2021 notes
— howcheng  {chat} 04:30, 13 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Omitted: Battle of Nineveh (627); Greek case; Bush v. Gore; Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke; Edvard Munch; Doris Blackburn
 * Included: Oaks explosion (4th appearance, last in 2018); Shuliavka Republic (6th appearance, last in 2018); Reich Chancellery meeting of 12 December 1941 (4th appearance, last in 2016; 80th anniversary); Arrow Air Flight 1285 (3rd appearance, last in 2015); Johann Christoph Gottsched first appearance); Gustave Flaubert (2nd appearance, last in 2019; 200th birthday); Henrietta Swan Leavitt (2nd appearance, last in 2017; 100th anniversary)
 * Repeats: Lordship of Argos and Nauplia (3rd consecutive appearance, 3 total)

 * Hi @Howcheng, do you know who added Musikhjalpen to today's top of the box? I would like to object to its inclusion on the grounds of significance and poor article quality. QueensanditsCrazy (talk) 16:30, 12 December 2022 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I'm not really involved in OTD anymore. — howcheng  {chat} 18:50, 13 December 2022 (UTC)


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User talk:JimR

The Humungous Image Tagging Project
Hi. You've helped with the WikiProject Wiki Syntax, so I thought it worth alerting you to the latest and greatest of Wikipedia fixing project, User:Yann/Untagged Images, which is seeking to put copyright tags on all of the untagged images. There are probably, oh, thirty thousand or so to do (he said, reaching into the air for a large figure). But hey: they're images ... you'll get to see lots of random pretty pictures. That must be better than looking for at at and the the, non? You know you'll love it. best wishes --Tagishsimon (talk)

Sorry but I'm strictly a text person, not an image one :-) I hope to get more time to help with tidying things up one day though. JimR 06:33, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

From other new user
Hi JimR, Thanks for the praise on Deep ecology, I too am a new user, so initially making changes were quite daunting! After all the changes I now feel 'ownership' on the article, but that is starting to fade nicely as I see that other's changes are complementary rather than destructive. Muxxa 04:07, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Bucky
JimR - in answer to your question - OPERATING MANUAL FOR SPACESHIP EARTH was published by E.P. Dutton & Co., New York. copyrighted 1963 and 1971, (paperback). Alf 07:49, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Nice work Jim. It's coming along nicely, definitely saved that one. Alf 08:22, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

Synergetics
May I draw your attention to this article, now in AfD at Articles for deletion/Synergetics, thanks. Alf melmac 20:23, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

spencerk
hi jimr,i removed my criticism until i can word it better

Ayenbite of Ulysses
Thanks for the reference - I've worked it into the article. Not just interesting: a connection to the 20th century gives the article that nice little touch of relevance that may just save it from mortal dullness. ;)

— Haeleth Talk 14:21, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

Anti-glob writers
Sure.That sounds much better.In fact I too was thinking along the same lines.--Sahodaran 11:58, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

ref usage
You might have better luck with Gulf Stream if you use ref and note for all refs which don't need ref_label/note_label. Use the ref_label/note_label only for links other than the first one, and let "#" ahead of the References to provide automatic numbering of the list. Then when a new note is inserted in References the numbering will adjust and only the ref_note numbers will need adjustment; the links will still work although ref_note numbers will be wrong. (SEWilco 07:46, 10 December 2005 (UTC))
 * When I mentioned "#" I meant that in the References section you should replace "*" with "#" ahead of the ref-linked entries, so a numbered list can create the reference numbers. (SEWilco 15:58, 10 December 2005 (UTC))

Crispin_Wallace-Ingersoll
I was able to come up with a little bit of info on this, but unfortunately the one thing I found doesn't necessarily support or discredit the article. Entries about minor works of authors like this are hard to research via the web alone. Are you familiar with Borge's story Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius? In short, the narrator of the story recalls an encylopedia entry about a country named Tlon. When they go to find the article in someone else's copy of the enclodedia set, it's not there. They unravel huge "academic" conspiracy" to create fictitious worlds. Fascinating read. Jasmol 20:33, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

Our Fathers
Ta for your revision and clean-up on Our Fathers. I am not sure about the localities of Ayrshire and Glasgow. But we shall agree that much of the story also took place in Glasgow. MarkBeer 04:27, 10 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your considerate editing. My reading of Our Fathers is way consigned to oblivion. I obviously flunked Geography, having had thought Glasgow a part of Ayrshire. Anyway, the memory of double-A (alcoholic & abusive, as they always coincide) father is still fresh. Meseems O'Hagan's stopped writing!? MarkBeer 04:58, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

Cognitive Therapy with Children and Adolescents
Yes, I will dig up some references and post those. regards SamDavidson 18:26, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

Power law stuff
Jim — what you say is true. Basically I'm getting ahead of myself because I was intending some rewrites of the page, for which those articles would be references. :-) —WebDrake 11:17, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Disambiguation of talk pages
I understand what you're saying (and what Wikipedia itself is saying) about not editing talk pages, but I may have found an instance where editing a link on a talk page might be acceptable. I'd like you to give me your feedback on it, though.

Once upon a time, there were pages called Arrested Development (rap) and Arrested Development (hip hop crew). Those are both now redirected to  Arrested Development (hip hop group) . Would changing the links to point directly to the current page, instead of to a redirect page, be acceptable? This is a one-for-one substitution; I can't imagine that this would change the meaning or intent of the writer, unless someone feels the evolution of "(rap)" to "(hip hop crew)" to "(hip hop group)" would be important and that users would notice the "redirected from" notice at the top of the page.

There is also an Arrested Development page about the TV series with a link for the hip hop page at the top of its page. If the user put in the link  Arrested Development  and it's obvious that the intention was for the link to point to the hip hop group page, wouldn't that be an acceptable fix? The user might not test the link as long as it didn't show up red—s/he would see that it worked and conclude that they had linked correctly. Thoughts?  —Chidom  talk   08:17, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks, Jim. I was pretty sure that was the case; was just trying to make really sure. The history of the Arrested Development page is a twisted path, for sure! Thanks for the assist. — Chidom   talk   08:42, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia talk:Talk page guidelines
You might like to check this out, as the previous post here that you appeared to be responding to was a troll post from a banned sockpuppet, which I have deleted. Tyrenius 00:12, 5 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Unless I'm missing something (or, most likely, am just confused as all get out), according to the history of this page, my response to Jim is the "previous post" to this one. I am not now, nor have I ever been, a sock puppet, and no one has deleted me, nor should anyone try to do so. :-P When deleting a sock puppet, do all the posts that they made also get deleted and erased from the history of a page as well? — Chidom   talk   01:12, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

I wasn't talking about this talk page! I was talking about Wikipedia talk:Talk page guidelines page and this diff, where there seemed no point in retaining an obvious troll post from banned sockpuppet Wikipalooza2006. Apologies if you thought it referred to you — it doesn't. As for whether all posts from (abusive) sockpuppets get deleted, I think that should be played by ear. Tyrenius 15:17, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I was joking about being deleted; you might have missed the ":-P". Sorry I was unclear that it wasn't this page you were referring to; but I'd still like clarification on something.
 * If you delete a sock puppet, do all their posts automatically get deleted as well? So if you delete Master Sockpuppet, every post s/he has made anywhere on Wikipedia gets deleted along with their User ID? And if so, does the history of those pages not retain a record that they posted to the page? (I can't imagine this to be the case, but just wondering if it's a "mass delete" situation.) Still learning, thanks. — Chidom   talk   18:58, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Your work with External Links policy
Hello, I have been looking into WP:EL and I see a point that you made with which I agree here. I'm taking from this that you feel that some links are still valuable as background even though they do not (or cannot) be found to be verifiable?

I ask because I am discussing the inclusion or exclusion of a certain link on Derek Smart. My personal take is that some links, while they may not be proper for citations and basis for statements of fact in articles, they are still viable as an exposition of varying points of view on the subject of articles. If specifically noted as such, it seems they should be permitted via policy. Indeed, as you said, excluding them would eliminate large numbers of (I feel) valuable information. Can I have your thoughts?

- (Nuggetboy) (talk) (contribs) 17:49, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks for your comment on my user page. It hits home. While my opinion is still the same on external links, looking to effect policy change whilst in the middle of a debate (which feels more and more petty to me as I further involve myself) is probably not the best course of action.  You're right, it seems personal. - (Nuggetboy) (talk) (contribs) 12:49, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

New power law article
Hi Jim,

Good to be working with you again!

As you can see I'm taking my time a bit over the rewrite (mainly due to having a PhD defence to look forward to in the near future:-) so if you want to run ahead and put your own ideas into the revision, you'd be very welcome. Of course in my usual fashion I may completely change everything several times over, but that was the idea anyway and two brainstorming writers will be better than one.

If you need a copy of the two bibliographic references, I'll be happy to send them to you.

Best wishes,

—Joe aka WebDrake 15:17, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Attempted killing of Wayback functionality
Some editors are trying to kill off this template Notifying you because you helped add it.
 * Wikipedia talk:Dead external links
 * Wikipedia talk:External links

DG and a few other exclusionists/deletionists have basically taken over WP:EL for months now (they just wear out anyone who tries to discuss things with them). We could really use some Wikipedians with more common-sense over there..... frustrated (talk) 21:35, 6 September 2008 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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Hainburg

Hainburg may refer to the following places:

 * Hainburg an der Donau, Lower Austria, Austria
 * Hainburg, Germany, Hesse, Germany

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Jaguar D-Type

The Jaguar D-Type is a sports racing car that was produced by Jaguar Cars Ltd. between 1954 and 1957. Designed specifically to win the Le Mans 24-hour race, it shared the straight-6 XK engine and many mechanical components with its C-Type predecessor. Its structure, however, was radically different, with innovative monocoque construction and slippery aerodynamics that integrated aviation technology, including in some examples a distinctive vertical stabilizer. Engine displacement began at 3.4 litres, was enlarged to 3.8 L in 1957, and reduced to 3.0 L in 1958 when Le Mans rules limited engines for sports racing cars to that maximum. D-Types won Le Mans in 1955, 1956 and 1957. After Jaguar temporarily retired from racing as a factory team, the company offered the remaining unfinished D-Types as street-legal XKSS versions, whose perfunctory road-going equipment made them eligible for production sports car races in America. In 1957 25 of these cars were in various stages of completion when a factory fire destroyed nine of them.

Total production is thought by some to have totaled 71 D-Types, including 18 for factory teams and 53 for privateers (plus an additional 16 D-Types were converted into road-legal XKSS versions). Jaguar is quoted as claiming it built 75 D-Types.

Design

The design applied aeronautical technology, revolutionary at the time. The "tub", or cockpit section, was of monocoque construction, mostly comprising sheets of aluminium alloy. Its elliptical shape and comparatively small cross-section provided torsional rigidity and reduced drag. To the front bulkhead was attached an aluminium tubing subframe for the engine, steering assembly, and front suspension. Rear suspension and final drive were mounted to the rear bulkhead. Fuel was carried in the tail and the designers followed aviation practice by specifying a deformable Marston Aviation Division bag in place of a conventional tank.

The aerodynamic influence was partly the work of Malcolm Sayer, who had joined Jaguar following a stint with the Bristol Aeroplane Company during the Second World War and later worked on the C-Type. The D-Type required a minimal frontal area. To reduce the XK engine's height dry sump lubrication was developed, and it has been said that the car's frontal area was also a consideration in canting the engine at 8½° from the vertical (which necessitated the offset bonnet bulge). Philip Porter, in his book Jaguar Sports Racing Cars, says that "[a] more likely reason was to provide extra space for the ram pipes feeding the three twin-choke Weber carburettors." Reducing underbody drag contributed to the car's high top speed; for the long Mulsanne Straight at Le Mans, a fin was mounted behind the driver for aerodynamic stability. For the 1955 season, factory cars were fitted with a longer nose, which lengthened the car by 7½ inches and further increased maximum speed; and the headrest fairing and aerodynamic fin were combined as a single unit that smoothed the aerodynamics and saved weight.

Mechanically, many features were shared with the outgoing C-Type. Its front and rear suspension and innovative all-round disc brakes were retained, as was the XK engine. Apart from the new lubrication system, the engine was further revised as development progressed during the D-Type's competition life. Notably in 1955, larger valves were introduced, together with asymmetrical cylinder heads to accommodate them.

Elements of the body shape and many construction details were used in the Jaguar E-Type from 1961 to 1969.

Competition history
Jaguar D-Types fielded by a team under the leadership of Jaguar's racing manager Lofty England were expected to perform well in their debut at the 1954 24 Hours of Le Mans race. In the event, the cars were hampered by fuel starvation caused by problems with the fuel filters, necessitating pit stops for their removal, after which the entry driven by Duncan Hamilton and Tony Rolt speeded up to finish less than a lap behind the winning Ferrari. The D-Type's aerodynamic superiority is evident from its maximum speed of 172.8 mph on the Mulsanne Straight compared with the 4.9 litre Ferrari's 160.1 mph. Three weeks later the D Type won the Rheims 12 hour endurance race.

For 1955 the cars were modified with long-nose bodywork and engines uprated with larger valves. At Le Mans, they proved competitive with the Mercedes-Benz 300 SLRs, which had been expected to win. Mike Hawthorn's D-Type had a narrow lead over Juan Manuel Fangio's Mercedes when another Mercedes team car was involved in the most catastrophic accident in motorsport history. Driver Pierre Levegh and more than 80 spectators lost their lives, while many more were injured.

Mercedes withdrew from the race. Jaguar opted to continue, and the D-Type driven by Hawthorn and Ivor Bueb went on to win. Mercedes withdrew from motorsport at the end of the 1955 season, and Jaguar again entered Le Mans in 1956. Although only one of the three factory-entered cars finished, in sixth place, the race was won by a D-Type entered by the small Edinburgh-based team Ecurie Ecosse and driven by Ron Flockhart and Ninian Sanderson, beating works teams from Aston Martin and Scuderia Ferrari.

In America, the Cunningham team raced several D-Types. In 1955, for example, a 1954 works car on loan to Cunningham won the Sebring 12 Hours in the hands of Mike Hawthorn and Phil Walters, and in May 1956 the team's entries for Maryland's Cumberland national championship sports car race included four D-Types in Cunningham's white and blue racing colors. Driven by John Fitch, John Gordon Benett, Sherwood Johnston and team owner Briggs Cunningham, they finished fourth, fifth, seventh and eighth, respectively.

Although Jaguar withdrew from motorsport at the end of the 1956 season, 1957 proved to be the D-Type's most successful year. 3.8-litre engine Jaguar D-Types took five of the top six places at Le Mans, and Ecurie Ecosse, with considerable support from Jaguar, finished first and second, the best result in the D-Type's racing history.

Rules for the 1958 Le Mans race limited engine sizes to three litres for sports racing cars, which ended the domination of the 3.8-litre D-Type. Jaguar developed a 3.0 litre version to power D-Types in the 1958, 1959 and 1960 Le Mans races, but it proved unreliable, and by 1960 no longer produced sufficient power to be competitive.

The D-Type never again achieved a podium finish at Le Mans. Its success waned as support from Jaguar decreased and cars from rival manufacturers became more competitive, although from 1960 the D Type continued for a further three years or more to be one of the cars to beat in club racing and national events.

XKSS

After Jaguar temporarily retired from racing as a factory team in 1956, the company offered the remaining unfinished D-Types as XKSS versions whose additional road-going equipmentincluding a passenger seat, passenger-side door, side windows, full-width framed windscreen and windscreen wipers, trimmed interior, folding hood, and bumpersmade them eligible for production sports car races in America.

On the evening of 12 February 1957, a fire broke out at Jaguar's Browns Lane plant and destroyed nine of the 25 cars that were in various stages of completion. With the requisite jigs and tooling also destroyed, this effectively ended production of the XKSS version, although Jaguar later converted two additional D-Types that had not been part of the intended XKSS production run.

In March 2016, Jaguar announced that it would be completing the original 25 XKSS order by hand-building the remaining nine XKSS roadsters to the exact original specification, and assigning them the chassis numbers of the destroyed cars. The "continuation" reproductions were expected to sell for more than £1 million each.

Jaguar D-Type continuation
Jaguar announced the planned production of 25 D-Type "continuation" vehicles to be hand-built at the Warwickshire, UK workshop to complete Jaguar's original goal of producing 100 D-Type based cars (the last twenty-five of which were to be turned into road-legal XKSS versions). Available options include 1955 short-nose or 1956 long-nose bodywork.

Given that Jaguar originally intended to build 100 D-Types, and allocated 100 chassis numbers for them, the combination of the 75 Jaguar claims it already built in the 1950s,  plus the 25 XKSS conversions (built in two installments, 16 in 1957 and 9 more starting in 2016 ), accounts for all 100 original chassis numbers. It is unknown what numbers were to be assigned to the 25 additional "continuation" Type-D's. The vehicle was unveiled in Salon Rétromobile 2018 in Paris.

Value
A 1955 model was sold at a RM Sotheby's auction in Monterey in 2016 for $21,780,000 (£16,641,143). This is the most expensive Jaguar ever to sell at auction.

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Cascade Highway

Cascade Highway may refer to:

 * Cascade Highway (Washington), a portion of U.S. Route 2 through the northern Cascades in Washington, U.S.
 * Cascade Highway (Oregon), a portion of Oregon Route 213 running from Silverton to Stayton in Oregon, U.S.

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Luis Ernesto Pérez

Luis Ernesto Pérez Gómez (born 12 January 1981) is a Mexican former professional footballer and current manager.

Club career
Pérez debuted in the Primera División with Necaxa in the 1999 Invierno season, playing his first game 21 September in a 3–1 victory against Santos Laguna. Pérez finished the season having played in 11 games, and by the beginning of the next year had a firm grip of the starting position. Pérez was named rookie of the tournament at the end of the season. Pérez played the next four years with Necaxa, until, to the surprise of many, was sold to Monterrey for the Clausura 2003, where he led Monterrey to win the championship by defeating Morelia at Estadio Morelos in Morelia. In the championship season, Pérez appeared in 23 matches, scored two goals and registered an assist. As with Necaxa, Pérez has been in the Monterrey lineup since his arrival.

In 2009, he wore the captain armband as he and his team won the Apertura 2009 tournament by beating Cruz Azul at Estadio Azul in Mexico City. In the championship season, Pérez appeared in 18 matches, scored three goals and registered two assists. He also won the 2010 InterLiga with Monterrey, beating América in penalty kicks, that qualified Monterrey into the 2010 Copa Libertadores. On June he became property of Guadalajara, by an agreement between the manager of Monterrey and the sporting director of Chivas, Michel Leaño. On 7 July he scored his first goal with Guadalajara.

On 13 December 2016, Pérez announced his retirement from professional soccer.

International career
Perez made his debut with the senior national team on 17 November 1998 in a friendly against El Salvador in Los Angeles. Uncapped through the next two years, he reemerged in 2000. His first official tournament was the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup, where Mexico did not win any matches. Pérez made appearances for the team in the Gold Cup in 2003, and playing for the U-23 team in the 2004 Summer Olympics. Pérez appeared in the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup where he played in all five matches, including assisting Jared Borgetti in a losing effort against Germany in the third place match. Pérez was included by then coach Ricardo Lavolpe in the 2006 FIFA World Cup squad. He came on in the 45th minute for Gerardo Torrado in the first match against Iran. Pérez did not appear in the second match against Angola, which Mexico and Angola drew 0–0, however he started the third match against Portugal, but he was sent-off in the 61st minute. Mexico lost the match 2–1. He was banned for the round of 16 match against Argentina because of his red card against Portugal. He was called up for the friendly against Bosnia and Herzegovina on 9 February 2011, and was subbed on for Javier "Chicharito" Hernández in the 80th minute. He played the rest of the match which Mexico won 2–0. He was called up for the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup but had to withdraw due to an injury.

Managerial career
After retiring from playing, Pérez became assistant coach of CD Toledo in Spain's Tercera División.

In August 2020, Pérez became head coach of the under-17 national team, following the departure of Marco Antonio Ruiz.

International goals

 * Scores and results list Mexico's goal tally first.

Player
Monterrey
 * Mexican Primera División: Clausura 2003, Apertura 2009, Apertura 2010
 * CONCACAF Champions League: 2010–11, 2011–12

Mexico U23
 * CONCACAF Olympic Qualifying Championship: 2004

Mexico
 * CONCACAF Gold Cup: 2003

Individual
 * Mexican Primera División Best Rookie: Invierno 1999
 * Mexican Primera División Best Attacking Midfieleder: Clausura 2003, Apertura 2005
 * Mexican Primera División Best Defensive Midfieleder: Apertura 2010
 * CONCACAF Gold Cup Best XI: 2005

Manager
Mexico U20
 * Revelations Cup: 2021

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Talk:Wind River Experimental Forest

Images
It looks like we could use images from this archive as long as we give an acknowledgment. -- Jmabel | Talk 01:11, Dec 9, 2004 (UTC)

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Cost function

Cost function

 * In economics, the cost curve, expressing production costs in terms of the amount produced.
 * In mathematical optimization, the loss function, a function to be minimized.

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User:Tancred

Random Notes to Myself

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The Bremer Institute of TAFE

The Bremer Institute of TAFE was a training provider in Queensland, Australia. It had six campuses, located at Bundamba, Goodna, Ipswich, Inala, Springfield and Boonah.

The Bremer was one of Australia's Technical and Further Education (TAFE) Institutes. The Bremer won Large Training Provider of the Year in 2004 and 2006 at the Queensland Training Awards and went on to win the prestigious Large Training Provider of the Year at the Australian Training Awards in 2006.

The Institute was merged with Southern Queensland Institute in 2013 and became TAFE Queensland South West.

title: The Bremer Institute of TAFE