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Problem
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Firstly, thank you for your kind welcome, and I have a problem. English is not my first language, and so my grammar and lexicon may be a bit wrong. I recently made an article about "De Vulgari Eloquentia" in the English wikipedia, but I don't know if it is correct in the language aspect. I would appreciate an opinion, if it is no bother. Tanks again. Shert 13:23, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Hello, Shert. :) I've read over your work, which is very impressive of a recent newcomer such as yourself, especially one whose first language is not English! I made some minor corrections in grammar and style, such as capitalizations and replacing the Italian names of the saints with the English names. If you have time, please take a look at what I did and make sure that I didn't inadvertantly change the intent of any of your writings. Great work! -- User:ClockworkSoul 13:46, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)

thank you
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I really appreciated your help! I'll pay more attention to my style and grammar in the future, as to avoid mistakes, and I'll check for the names in the English Wikipedia. I read the article one more time, as you asked, and I found your corrections appropriate. Thanks. Shert 14:20, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * My pleasure! Please feel free to ask me if you have any other questions - I'm more than happy to help. -- User:ClockworkSoul 21:36, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)

De vulgari eloquentia
You didn't provide a single source for anything you said on this page... could you please correct that?--Ioshus (talk) 18:26, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

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=why= why did you revert me? Gabrielsimon 13:06, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

"critics claim" (which you spelt wrong) without any other info is a useless (and i would argue, POV) addition to an article. you could say "critics claim" after virtually any statement on a topic that controversial.

spelling errors when they are close like that are not jusitificatipon for removal, maybe fixing spelling, but not removal. as for the claim itself, i pherased it that way to try top say it in an encyclopedic manner. try looking for the article that says assume good faith. Gabrielsimon 13:13, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

if you notice, your line has been reverted by numerous other people before. therefore it should be apparent that your addition is not considered valid. the word is "claim" by the way, not "slaim".

so all your doing is jumping on other peoples bandwagons... way to show origionality! Gabrielsimon 13:18, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_terms there, i have cited the exact reason i reverted you, which is the same reason the other people reverted you. i am not "jumping on a bandwagon" i am simply editing where i see needed editing, sorry if it offended you. Feelingscarfy 13:27, July 10, 2005 (UTC)

this sort of thing is becoming comon,. and its gtting a little aggravating is all. Gabrielsimon 13:33, 10 July 2005 (UTC)

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heya, no problem. yeah i'll probly take on some more of those. copyrightwise it seems using an album cover in an article about the album falls clearly under fair use. when you upload an image to wikipedia there's a dropdown to choose the copyright status, and there's an albumcovers one you can choose which automatically attributes it correctly, really quite easy. i get my album images from amazon but i'm sure there are plenty of other places to find them. Feelingscarfy 00:49, 1 December 2005 (UTC)

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NPOV edits are important
Hi Ephestion,

Thanks for your contributions, but after a period of dormancy you suddenly appear to making a number of edits which are far from neutral in tone. These will usually get reverted. Can I encourage you to take a look at Wikipedia's policy on editing from a Neutral Point of View. NPOV is an important concept in a collaborative project like Wikipedia where many contributors have differing opinions. -- Solipsist 19:14, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Insults
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Koine in the Roman Empire
Do you have a source that states or shows that ancient Greek was far more common in the Italian, North African, Gaulic and Hispanic provinces than Latin? -- llywrch 18:08, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Seeking some sensible consensus about the Roman Empire
Hi Ephestion,

I hope you read my comments on the talk page of the Roman Empire. I have carefully read your latest revision, and I don't want to get into an edit war.

Apart from a disagreement about the lingua franca, I can't see anything wrong with the drift of the info that makes up the difference between your revision and mine. It's just in the wrong place. This is supposed to be the introduction to an article about the period of classical civilization between 31 BC and - say 500 AD. It's just not relevant to introduce material about the Crusades etc.

I agree with you on the following points:

A. During the first four centuries, I'm willing to bet that most non-historians underestimate the contuining importance of Greek in the Empire. They may be aware that in terms of high culture Romans derived most of their inspiration from Greek models, but they are probably not aware that Latinity barely touched the eastern Koine-speaking half at all.

B. Giving a date as 476 (the last emperor in the West) is wrong and 1453 is indeed the true date for the end of the Roman state. And, we have to make the continuity between the "Roman" and "Byzantine" empires very clear.

But we have to periodize, and to a certain extent we're stuck with the traditional periodization.

Having said that, I hope you will respond to a sensible reworking of the introduction without automatically reverting it. Djnjwd 18:59, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Roman Empire
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Φίλε...
i think you should use a word processor when making edits. just wanted to let you know. Project2501a 01:50, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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27 March 2006
Please refrain from adding nonsense to Wikipedia, as you did to Age of Empires III. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Kareeser|Talk! 17:30, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

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Macedonia

 * Or in other words, you will find yourself being blocked if you do that again. Please desist. -- ChrisO (talk) 15:15, 26 September 2009 (UTC)

 * The issue was decided in MOSMAC2, stop using FYROM or a number of editors will support you being blocked. (Taivo (talk) 16:47, 26 September 2009 (UTC))

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File copyright problem with File:Stavros Damianides Hyde Park Festival, Channel 9 Stage.png
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Thank you for your warning. But I am currently editing the article and it is being attacked by other users without giving me a chance to modify the page ```` Also the edits I have made have saved Wiki from any legal issues since the proposed changes would violate Greek laws. No island of the Dodecanese is allowed to fly a flag other than the Greek flag. That change was necessary for legal purposes and retain the right to continue to revert so long as users attack the page with nonsensical images of some masonic logo posing as the island's flag.

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Further warning
I have in the meantime realized that virtually all your article contributions, for the last seven years, have consisted of a slow but steady trickle of absurdly tendentious and unsourced opinion screeds, most recently seen in the very serious WP:BLP violation you tried to create at Kastellorisian, but also in edits such as this confused screed, this, this and this opinion piece, or this bit of absurd personal speculation. This goes all the way back to edits back in 2005 and 2007, like the (now deleted) addition to All Empires, the vandal-hoax Moon Landing: Ephestion, or this piece of vandalism. You have basically made no constructive encyclopedic article contributions, ever.

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You mean that edits made when I was 12 are still on the list of things I have done? Well if you harass me further by threatening me again I will ensure you are the one with a swift ban.

 * Ah, you were twelve back then? That explains a few things. However, your more recent editing is still not on a par with that of an adult. When I looked over your contributions it didn't really look to me like they were maturing much over the years; it's all a single story of disruptive editing. Fut.Perf. ☼ 19:10, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Your block will expire in about four more hours. However, if you resume edit warring after expiration of your block, you will be reblocked - and for longer.--Bbb23 (talk) 18:18, 22 January 2014 (UTC)

File:Stavros Damianides Hyde Park Festival, Channel 9 Stage.png
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Are you stalking me? I have nothing further to talk to you about. Your actions in the last few days were aggressive and over reactive. I do not want you to contact or talk to me again. Not even when you have something good to say. Unless you apologize and if not, then keep walking.
 * I'd like an answer to FP's question. I'd also like you to provide some evidence that the image is actually Damianides. In what year of the festival did he perform? I don't see any evidence that he ever did.--Bbb23 (talk) 21:49, 24 January 2014 (UTC)

What do I care what you believe? Or what you would like? I think your IP should be compared with can you do that without bias and prove that you are in-fact not the same person?

 * STOP this. They are not the same person. I'd like the answer also. Dougweller (talk) 10:04, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

 * You care "what you believe" because every time you click 'save page' or upload an image you agree to abide by Wikipedia's policies. So far it's obvious there's a distinct lack of policy-abiding here; if you want to contibute to Wikipedia, you will drop the stick, stop making accusations of stalking and sockpuppetry, and instead answer the simple, reasonable questions that have been asked about your uploads. - The Bushranger One ping only 12:18, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

Are you all school friends then eh? I don't need to reply to anything. you forget the wiki abides by us and general common sense laws around the world. I am not obliged to answer the question of how old i am not even under Wiki rules. So unless all three of you want to be reported I suggest you stop hounding, stalking and intentionally trying to create friction. All three of you have violated the Wiki rules and all three of you are liable in this instance to be reported. Asking someones age is not only against wiki rules but it can be illegal in general.

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You have been blocked indefinitely from editing for abuse of editing privileges. If you think there are good reasons why you should be unblocked, you may appeal this block by adding the following text below this notice:. However, you should read the guide to appealing blocks first. Drmies (talk) 20:30, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
 * The enumerations of disruptive edits (from personal observation to rants to vandalism) listed above by User:Future Perfect at Sunrise in "Further warning" is probably reason enough for an indefinite block, but now you're doing down the list of admins posting your screed about juvenile admins, and that's just going too far. You could conceivably regain your editing privileges (editing here is not some constitutionally granted right), but it would have to come with retractions and promises. Drmies (talk) 20:33, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

You have made a grave error because the listings provided by Future Sunrise are a small fraction of my productive contributions. The article that was deleted as explained to the admins I wished to contact was one that had been around for 15 years prior to the recent personal attacks. The deletion of the article as explained to the admins I wished to talk to was juvenile. As stated:

"Hi. I have recently come under some personal attacks by admins of Wikipedia sparked by my edits on the Kastellorizo article. As a consequence you will notice partners or the same person with alternative names, or a gang, have launched personal attacks on every article i have edited. I would like you to initiate a prtoection for the page of Stavros Damianides. He was a well known Bouzouki player in Australia and in his younger days played with the best artists in Greece. He comes from a pre-internet age and few digital sources are around. He shares a similar story to Robert Johnson in the USA where he was never professionally recorded. The other matter is that despite evidence being given of well respected sources, these particular admins have repeatedly attacked and vandalized his entry. This photo will most likely also be deleted: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stavros_Damianides_Hyde_Park_Festival,_Channel_9_Stage.png as was this one: http://image2.findagrave.com/photos250/photos/2011/130/69704596_130517932940.jpg as was this one: http://simg.rcdn.in/images/pages/348987/stavros-damianides.jpg the Admins who deleted this page have been monitoring my editing and have in the process destroyed one of the most significant pages of history for Perth Australia. The man not only played on his chin as shown in the picture, he was one of the best bouzouki player around. The article was sourced and confirmed because it was essentially part of Wikipedia for 10-15 years. I wish this page to be restored but also protected against similar juvenile admins. Ephestion (talk) 20:41, 27 January 2014 (UTC)"

The article has been attack, vandalised and deleted recently. It has had it's sources proven and ratified and numerous images exist of the musician. As far as I am aware talking to selected Admins is not disruptive and I especially chose to talk to those particular admins due to their good repute and long standing service. Yes but the problem was that Rob Johnson's recordings, which I have, were single mic solo performances that some say he was paid less than what a packet of tobacco used to cost. Stavros was a Local legend I don't think Perth has been the same without him. During the James street festival he would be playing outside one of the local Greek Souvlaki stores. Hyde Park festival, just to name a few. But popularity Drmies is not a criteria for Wikipedia. What is a criteria is a well known or established fact, that indeed was and still is the basis for both article and picture. He was a celebrity, well known to the Greek and Italian communities, he was reasonably well known by the broader Aussie and Perth community. How else would he be constantly be playing at local festivals including the Perth Wine Festival, James Street Festival and Hyde Park Festival? The media must of known him to pull gigs like that. Ephestion (talk) 22:04, 27 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Well, this guy apparently was not as well-written up as Robert Johnson, who was in fact recorded. Drmies (talk) 20:52, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

 * Hello, in the case of File:Stavros Damianides Hyde Park Festival, Channel 9 Stage.png you will need stronger information about how you made it. Did you photograph a TV screen?  Did you record this on videotape yourself? And on Wikipedia if you made the image we would have wanted you to release it under a free license, which you later attempted.

 * Talking about the extra interest that admins have in you, by posting at administrator's notice boards you have attracted their interest. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 20:50, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

Well the photograph came from a video that was made by one of the band members but since then he has given it to many people including myself. There is no copyright on the actual video that the picture was taken from. In addition to this only 1/3 of the actual video image is shown. The Walkabout magazine was a respected magazine and the writers in it are well respected in WA. There was a biographic in there about him. Plus I believe that the original article was launched by one of his family members so it may have had some biographic info shared directly from them. I do not know, I am just speculating. But overall the article was legitimate and was simply deleted as a personal attack on myself for having some interest and posting on it. But my persistence on the matter is because I feel guilty that a decent wikipedia article has just disappeared vendetta style by some lame juvenile power bending/abusing admins. The reason Future Sunshine deleted the article has nothing to do with the article but he has had some kind of vendetta as expressed clearly for attempting to edit the Kastellorizo article. To understand the degree of juvenile behaviour consider that the islands name is not Kastellorizo but Megisti that http://www.perth.wa.gov.au/council/national-and-international-relations/sister-cities clearly states it to be Megisti. But some small click of admins possibly from the island or immigrants from the island have a vendetta for trying to flush out the article and all it's known fabrications. The comments made against me and the attacks against started from one abusive admin. Which is why I wanted to contact you and some other more respected admins to consider the issue. Ephestion (talk) 21:05, 27 January 2014 (UTC)

 * Please read WP:NOTTHEM before making further unblock requests. - The Bushranger One ping only 01:18, 28 January 2014 (UTC)

Pinging properly so that he's aware of this request. However, this is certainly no rule that says only the particular admin of the blocked editor's choice will be allowed to handle this. Any qualified admin may handle this request. 17:05, 28 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I do think that there are unfounded accusations, but I do think that some people here are being too sensitive. With talk page access revoked Ephestion can no longer communicate effectively to indicate that they understand the block reason.  However if we go back to the image in question, the videographer, who was a band member is the one who holds the copyright on the image.  So that means that we need that band member to give a written permission that rights are being released as per the license that was put on the image.  We probably need to credit this band member unless they want to do a CC-0 license. Ephestion the way to get ahead on Wikipedia is to address the issues, rather than the people. So even if you feel that they have a conspiracy against you, stick to the problem about what happened to the article, rather than who did it. You may still be able to communicate via email, and I will read a message that you send to me.  You can ask me to post your message on your talk page, and I will do so if looks appropriate. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:59, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

 * With all due respect to Graeme Bartlett, I think that he is seriously underestimating the problems. He writes as though the block were for just one incident, where perhaps Ephestion may have not fully understood the situation. However, as I see it, the block is for a continual history of disruptive editing continuing over a period of years, perhaps the most prevalent being persistent attempts to impose a nationalist point of view on articles, but there are many other problems, and it seems to me to be a serious misreading of the situation to focus only on one incident. JamesBWatson (talk) 09:33, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

 * My comments are mostly about the talk page access stop. Also the idea is to turn Ephestion into a useful asset for Wikipedia, if this is possible! Graeme Bartlett (talk) 20:47, 29 January 2014 (UTC)

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Anyways ...
Whatever the reason, I'm glad you're back. All this because you lost an argument with someone? Slight  Smile  01:07, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

No. I don't care all that much for winning or losing arguments. The behaviour (particularly from admins) that surrounded the argument was what has made me decide to look elsewhere. e.g.:
 * 1) AfD is fun, it's all about getting a high score;
 * 2) deleting critical and obvious, but unsourced, information that could be easily sourced is far more important and praiseworthy than spending 3 seconds to find the source;
 * 3) The way to win any argument is to canvas offwiki;
 * 4) The people that you bring in to the argument have to loudly proclaim that you're God's gift unto editing, and that any criticism, no matter how it is spelt out, is harassment, bullying and so on (i.e., wikidrama is the best defense);
 * 5) Equally, those people that you bring in should search for and highlight as many issues with your opponents (whether they are actually issues or not), and raise them, preferably simultaneously, in as many venues as possible;
 * 6) Adminshopping is fine, if you didn't get the response you wanted the first time;
 * 7) Admins can act against a decision to IAR generated in consensus, and block away;
 * 8) Admins are above question and consensus once established by one admin once, never changes;
 * 9) Admins can decide when the dispute resolution process can be used, typically this means that it doesn't apply to them or their friends;
 * 10) Admins can call for oxymoronic "one sided interaction bans", and that's fine;
 * 11) Admins can call someone an "angry incompetent drunk" (I'll admit that I was angry), and that's A-OK, but saying that calling someone an "angry incompetent drunk" might be problematic is probably going to involve sanctions being suggested of some sort (that was pretty much the final straw);
 * 12) Admins rather deliberately misinterpreting and/or misrepresenting a situation (accompanied by baying for blo ck od) is A-OK;
 * 13) Battleground statements and polemic are acceptable on user talkpages, whatever is said in the policy (because, see point #3);
 * And, finally, the entire rulebook goes out the window if a person who is "retired" points out a problem.

Ooh. Another one:

 * 15. An RFC/U can be closed that completely ignores the considered opinions of a third of the respondents, has a dig at the initiator, and essentially rewards and endorses wikidramamongering and offwiki canvassing.

All in all, the culture here is broken. I've gone from seriously advocating for my colleagues and students to use and get involved with wikipedia to the complete opposite end of the spectrum. ˜danjel [ talk | contribs ] 05:51, 28 February 2013 (UTC)
 * As someone involved in that discussion (albeit briefly), I have to say that the ANI about misuse of the "Retired" template was so laughable it was unbelievable. I agree with some of your points, but not others, and understand why you feel aggrieved. You made mistakes, but so does everyone, and I've not really understood why everyone seemed to want your head on a stick, figuratively speaking. Luke no 94  (talk) 14:36, 28 February 2013 (UTC)

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These Old Shades

These Old Shades is a 1926 historical romance written by British novelist Georgette Heyer. The novel is set around 1755: Heyer refers to the Duke of Avon's participation in the 1745 uprising as ten years previous; in addition the Prince of Condé is said to be about 20 years old. However, she also refers to Madame de Pompadour as actively involved with Louis XV, whereas her relationship with the King ended at about 1750.

Plot summary
Fortune favours Justin Alastair, the notorious Duke of Avon, casting in his way, one Paris night, the means to revenge himself on his enemy, the Comte de Saint-Vire. Avon literally collides with an abused boy, Léon Bonnard, whose red hair, deep blue eyes and black eyebrows proclaim him a child of the Comte.

Not knowing the exact relationship between the boy and Saint-Vire, Avon purchases him from his brother, a tavern keeper. He takes the boy as his page, and as such can parade the boy throughout French high society, even at a party at Versailles held by Louis XV. The Duke displays Léon before the Comte's wife and his son and heir. He notes the resemblance of the son, Henri, to Léon's brother, Jean Bonnard, a tavern keeper. He also notes that the boy, Léon's age, prefers rural life, and wants to be a farmer. After this excursion to Versailles, the Comte becomes greatly interested in Léon and attempts to purchase him. Meanwhile, both Avon and his friend, Hugh Davenant, have realised that Léon is actually a girl, Léonie. Léonie is wildly devoted to Avon, seeing him as her saviour from a life of abuse, rather than as dissolute and scandalous, as the rest of the fashionable world views him.

The Duke journeys into Champagne, where Léonie grew up, to meet a childhood mentor, the village priest who educated her. This discussion confirms for Avon what he had suspected: Léonie is the legitimate child of the Comte and his wife and was switched at birth with the Bonnard's newborn son, who has been raised as the Comte's heir ever since, as the Comte feared his wife would not bear any other children and he was eager to prevent his younger brother Armand from becoming his heir.

The dissipated Avon has come to care for Léonie so while he continues his scheme of revenge on the Comte, he takes Léonie to England with him where he announces his intention to make her his ward. He teaches her to be a lady, while letting her be known as Léonie de Bonnard. The Comte has become increasingly desperate and kidnaps her and carries her to France. Léonie escapes from him with the help of the Duke's younger brother, Lord Rupert. The party is then joined by Fanny Marling, the Duke's sister, and her husband, Edward Marling.

Once in France, the Duke introduces Léonie into Parisian society, where she makes a big splash. A rumour comes to Léonie's ears that she is the Comte's illegitimate child—the family likeness is very striking. The Comte then persuades Léonie that her illegitimacy is destroying the Duke's reputation, as society views her as his lover. Her distress at this leads her to flee to live with the kindly village priest of her childhood.

This event spurs Avon to complete his revenge. At a large party, he tells the true story of Léonie's life, then embellishes it by adding that she has drowned herself in the Seine. This breaks her mother, whose open grief betrays the Comte's guilt. Knowing he is ruined in society, the Comte shoots himself. His despised brother becomes the new Comte.

Avon reunites with Léonie, they express their true feelings, and they marry.

Characters

 * Justin "Satanas" Alastair, Duke of Avon, age approximately 40
 * Léon Bonnard, later revealed to be Léonie de Saint-Vire, the Comte's daughter, 19 years old
 * Hugh Davenant, the Duke's friend, in his early 30s
 * Comte de Saint-Vire
 * Henri de Saint-Vire, the Comte's supposed son, approximately 19 years old
 * Armand de Saint-Vire, younger brother of the Comte
 * Jean Bonnard, a tavern-keeper, Léon's supposed older brother
 * Gaston, the Duke's valet
 * Walker, the Duke's maître d'hôtel
 * Lady Fanny Marling, the Duke's sister
 * Mr Edward Marling, Fanny's husband
 * Harriet Field, the Duke's cousin, a widow, duenna to Léonie
 * Lord Rupert Alastair, the Duke's younger brother

Sequels
The novel's title is taken from Austin Dobson's epilogue poem to his collection of essays Eighteenth Century Vignettes. Devil's Cub (1932) follows These Old Shades with the adventures of Avon's and Léonie's son Dominic, a shockingly selfish and indulged young man who elopes with a poor relation of one of his father's friends. An Infamous Army (1937) completes the family saga with the Duke of Avon's great-granddaughter, Barbara, marrying the hero of An Infamous Army. It is also a sequel to Regency Buck (1935).

These Old Shades was itself originally intended to be a sequel to Heyer's first novel The Black Moth (1921), which would redeem the devilish Belmanoir. But as The Black Moth was a melodrama and a sequel per se would not work in with the plot, she decided to make the new novel stand alone, renamed many characters and made them 'shades' of their former selves.

Precedent
After These Old Shades became popular despite its release during the 1926 United Kingdom general strike, Heyer determined that publicity was not necessary for good sales, thenceforth refusing to grant interviews. As she told a friend: "My private life concerns no one but myself and my family."

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SR Class SL

The Southern Railway (SR) in the UK gave the designation SL to the fleet of AC overhead electric multiple units used on the South London Line between Victoria and London Bridge station. These had been built by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway in 1909, but with the abandonment of the Elevated Electric service in 1928 they were converted to DC third rail units.

Construction
The SL (South London stock) units were built in 1909 for use on the LBSCR AC overhead electrified lines in South London. This stock comprised eight three-car units, originally formed Driving Motor Brake Third + Trailer First + Driving Motor Brake Third. They were built by the Metropolitan Amalgamated Carriage & Wagon Company at Birmingham and each motor coach had four 115 hp Winter Eichberg motors.

The Trailer First cars were later removed and used as locomotive-hauled stock, from when the driving cars were paired with former loco-hauled coaches converted to Driving Trailer Composite cars.

After the replacement of the AC overhead equipment by the standard SR 660 V DC third-rail system on 17 June 1928, these units were rebuilt. The Driving Motor cars were paired together again to form eight units designated 2SL. The Trailer First cars (which had been out of EMU stock for nearly twenty years) were included in this programme, and were rebuilt into Driving Motor and Driving Trailer pairs to form four units designated 2Wim, for use on the Wimbledon-West Croydon line.

Formations
The LB&SCR purchased sufficient cars for 8 permanent sets, numbered 1E to 8E. However, later Brighton practice was to dispense with fixed sets.

When the units were reformed into 2-car sets, 14 driving trailers were provided for 16 driving motor cars, because it was found that the motor cars required more time under maintenance.

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