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Name
The official name of this city in Italian is not San Remo, but Sanremo. Since I don't know about the official name (if any) in English I didn't change the title of this page. San Remo will nevertheless be the mostly used spelling outside Italy (well, even in Italy it's a common mistake).

San Remo is a mistake
San Remo is a mistake — even in Italian. This article has to be redirected to SANREMO. Thanks. --Enzino 21:11, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

 * I agree and now I moved it to Sanremo. Bogdan | Talk 21:22, 8 Dec 2004 (UTC)

"San Remo" may well be a mistake in Italian, just as "Florence" would be a mistake in Italian. That doesn't make it incorrect in English – in fact, if you Google English language pages for "San Remo" and Sanremo, the spelling with the space gets 2.3 million hits compared to only about 0.7 million without. I'm necessarily not proposing to move it back – I'm generally in favor of using the local usage and spelling when there is no compelling reason not to – but to say that "San Remo" is wrong in English is, well, wrong. I've edited the page to reflect this. –Joke 22:49, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

The fact that the English pages mostly use the word San Remo does not necessarily reflect the fact that this is correct. It's true that there is always a big argument about the name of the city even in Italian, however: - frequency of spelling should not be taken into account: people make mistake. - This is clearly not a case in which in a different language the city has a different spelling. This would apply for example to London, which is Londra in Italian, Londres in French etc. It is not, in fact, one of those cases in which the letters change to "sound better" in the corresponding language or simply to follow some fonetic transcription of the name. - I guess even the English speaking people know that "san" stands for "saint", like in Spanish (San Juan, San Francisco...) and most of them would recognize it as so. The reason why it is spelled San Remo 9incorrectly) is precisely due to this, even in Italian: they think the name is the name of a saint. Since Remo is not a saint, that's the end of the question. I realize that we can of course argue forever about this, but doesn't it sound, after all, much more simple to keep the Italian spelling Sanremo even in the foreign versions? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.113.31.208 (talk • contribs).

 * Yes, I think it does. All my comment was about was that the previous version said that "San Remo" was wrong in English. Well, that is an opinion. However persuasive that opinion is, it doesn't obviate the fact that it is the most common spelling in English. –Joke 16:11, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

 * San Remo is the correct spelling in French, Ligurian... and English!! It's a shame that some towns and cities don't use the correct spelling in the different languagues. Clio64B 08:41, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
 * San Remo is not the correct spelling in Ligurian… and Clio64 tells a lot of incorrect things, even in the WP fr: (his orthography is not the best).-Enzino 22:14, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

The article says that the name "San Remo" was introduced in 1924, but it is quite a bit older in English at least. For example it appears in the Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London in 1859. Also the sentence "San Remo is actually a nonsense word ..." is original research and should be deleted unless a reliable source stating this opinion is given. (The argument given is invalid anyway, since names change over time.) --Zerotalk 12:36, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

San Remo is certainly wrong my Grandfather Sappia,of an old "famiglia sanremasca" dating back to the late 1600 always spelt it Sanremo. He should have known.erasldobuffa —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.225.108.151 (talk) 17:49, 2 July 2008 (UTC)

Using Motorway instead of Freeway
Autostrada S.p.A mostly uses the english word Motorway (and sometimes highway) but never the American term Freeway. I'll clean that up. Also I'll add some stuff about the Aurelis Bis link to Taggia. The Taggia page also needs some filling out too as its got lots of new shopping developments between Taggia and Arma Di Taggia (which has no Wikipage yet at all). It's also Transport not Transports (like Parkings and Shoppings one of those weird English words) so I'll reword to "Transport Links". Ttiotsw 02:56, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Sanremo is not all tarmac rally
(This is copy from rally d'Italia discussion.) Sanremo was not all tarmac rally. Historically, there were gravel stages as well, and the rally was well known by its great combination of the surfaces. As I remember, the drivers started the first day on gravel, and continued the second day on tarmac. If these memories are correct the portion of gravel was at least one whole day, which I whink is too much to call the rally all-tarmac or asphalt. Al 17:25, 27 September 2007 (UTC)

name
Whether or not the form "San Remo" originates from a mistake, it is the way this city is virtually always referred in English (and, seemingly, frequently in Italian as well). That there is no Saint Remus seems irrelevant to this. Is it "incorrect" that Cairo, Illinois is pronounced "Kay-ro", because it is named after the Egyptian city and that city's name is pronounced "Kye-ro"? Of course not. This ought to be moved to San Remo, as the universally used form in English. I will add on the other side, though, that the "name" section is poorly written and sourced, amateurish, and seems to be a brief for the spelling "San Remo," rather than a neutral examination of the issue. john k (talk) 18:21, 9 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Please don't move it as I like the way it is i.e. "Sanremo" article is about "Sanremo" Italy and the "San remo" page being a disambig page for all the other "San remo" pages. I use Sanremo (one word) on forms but even the commune does odd things e.g. the school meal tickets (Servizio Mensa Scolastica, buoni pasto) have a front cover which says "COMUNE DI SANREMO" and then below where you would write a date it has "San Remo,....".
 * You are right about the description - it doesn't read right. Ttiotsw (talk) 02:15, 12 January 2008 (UTC)

This page needs to be renamed
In English, it is San Remo, pure and simple. The Italian name or spelling is irrelevant, just as it is for Roma, Milano, Torino, Firenze, Venezia, Napoli, Mantova, Padova, and so on, unless you are driving around in Italy and asking for directions in Italian.

Varlaam (talk) 16:19, 27 July 2011 (UTC)

'Economy' excision
The first paragraph of the Economy section was an uncourced piece of PR fluff--and unsourced. I shortened it dramatically, stating the bare (ostensible). The claim about the evenness of the climate in the excised portion was baloney. The monthly high varies by 30 degrees. That inspired the excision. Tapered (talk) 04:31, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Requested move

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: no consensus to move the page, per the discussion below. Dekimasu よ! 22:15, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

Sanremo → San Remo – Per WP:COMMONNAME. Even this article itself has stated for years that "it [San Remo] has been the most widely used form of the name in English at least since the 19th century". Arguments for current title above are invalid or relate to usage of this name in Italian, not English. Relisted -- Calidum  14:30, 11 October 2014 (UTC) 193.40.10.181 (talk) 20:41, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Oppose - the few 21st Century results for San Remo in English Google Books are simply mistakes following the multitude of Australian and American San Remos on the dab page. And of course this is malformed request, the dab would have to move to San Remo (disambiguation), except that the Italian town is not a WP:PRIMARYTOPIC at the Australian/American spelling so the move proposal would have to be changed to propose RM to San Remo, Liguria which is pretty daft for a town actually called Sanremo, Liguria. So leave as modern sources. 193.40.10.181 I have reverted your edit to the article here as the article content about use of San Remo in the Fascist period appears to be substantially correct from the it.wp article. In ictu oculi (talk) 00:39, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Use of "San Remo" in English language sources has got nothing to do with Wikipedia's disambiguation page. Even Italian Wikipedia tells that both name variants have been used for a long time. It's just that nowadays "Sanremo" is officially preferred in Italian.
 * As for reverting, I didn't remove the fact that "San Remo" was (also) used during fascist period. I only removed the claim that it was "introduced" then (by the way, if that was true, then this name variant would still date back to pre-Wikipedia and its dab pages era :) as this conflicts with next senstences (see above comment from 2007, that I also refered in my edit comment).
 * Ok, I now realize that San Remo is currently a dab page. So indeed, maybe it should be San Remo, Italy. But the Italian town could be the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC too as it is an old town, reflected in English language sources frequently enough and has much bigger population than these newer places in US/Australia. 90.190.58.44 (talk) 20:48, 22 September 2014 (UTC)
 * I have reverted that back to stable state of article. In ictu oculi (talk) 00:00, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Er, you forget to explain in what way this clarification does the article unstable. Currently the sentences in this note really do conflict as it was explained years ago. 193.40.10.180 (talk) 06:54, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
 * It was explained above, please do not add the edit a third time. In ictu oculi (talk) 08:38, 8 October 2014 (UTC)
 * And then it was explained where you misunderstood or misread what was actually changed. I rahter ask you not to revert for a third time without looking what you revert. 88.196.241.249 (talk) 20:40, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

 * Oppose. IIO has it exactly right. Andrewa (talk) 13:22, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
 * So you also deny the fact that name variant "San Remo" has been used already on old English language maps and that both name variants have been in use even in Italian for a long time as told at Italian Wikipedia and that we are not talking about just some 21st century mistakes (see sources above)? 193.40.10.181 (talk) 19:33, 19 October 2014 (UTC)
 * No. I'm certainly not denying (or affirming) that name variant "San Remo" has been used already on old English language maps and that both name variants have been in use even in Italian for a long time as told at Italian Wikipedia, there's no point in doing so (or in affirming it) as it is irrelevant. Andrewa (talk) 10:28, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Well, IIO's argument ("San Remo" is just a mistake from modern sources), that you approve, conflicts with this. 193.40.10.181 (talk) 11:21, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Disagree. Andrewa (talk) 16:21, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
 * So you agree that "San Remo" is simply a mistake from modern sources and at the same time you don't deny/affirm that it could have been a common name already in much older English language sources. Ok, good luck with beeig a professional logician :) Usage in English language sources, both old and new, by the way isn't irrelevant as for judging on common name. 193.40.10.181 (talk) 17:01, 20 October 2014 (UTC)
 * No personal attacks please, but thanks for reading my user page. I'm afraid your paraphrases of what I say (and earlier of IIO) are consistently inaccurate in important ways, which puts me in a difficult position as to how to respond constructively. Easiest example to pin down... So you also deny... that both name variants have been in use even in Italian... (my emphasis). I denied nothing about occurrences in Italian, and neither as far as I can see did IIO. What we have both said is that they are irrelevant. Andrewa (talk) 13:31, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Now you are quoting me out of context. Argument was not about name usage only in Italian. There are also English language sources using name variant "San Remo", books and maps, old and new, some referred above years ago and some by IIO himself. I admit that there's little research on usage shares of these two name variants in contemporary English yet. It's just known that "San Remo" is common. Everyone opposing this name variant here in this talk on the other rely on a logical fallacy that it's simply a mistake. 193.40.10.181 (talk) 18:22, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
 * No, you are misquoting me. I did not say that the argument was only about name usage only in Italian, nor that your argument depends on these. But you do mention them, and they're not relevant. That's all. I gave it as the Easiest example to pin down (my new emphasis).
 * Disagree that Everyone opposing this name variant here in this talk on the other rely on a logical fallacy that it's simply a mistake, but it depends on exactly what you mean, which is not clear to me. Do you include me and IIO among those who rely on a logical fallacy that it's simply a mistake? How? I don't think either of us do.
 * And please note that word rely. It's not enough to say that we mention it. Do our arguments rely on it? It's an important distinction. Andrewa (talk) 20:23, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
 * This has gone out of hands. It has been shown that IIO can't be right by saying that "San Remo" in English is simply a mistake. My idea was that you ignore it by agreeing with IIO.
 * To be clear, earlier I referred to usage in Italian language to show that "San Remo" is from Italian as is "Sanremo" and thereof it has got nothing to do with Australian/American San Remos.
 * Also, I ask you to see this here as a practical question, other than a chance to trick with words. 193.40.10.181 (talk) 21:09, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

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Robert Taylor (Conservative politician)

Robert George Taylor (7 December 1932 – 18 June 1981) was a British Conservative politician.

Background
Taylor was born in 1932, and attended Cranleigh School. He worked in architectural ironmongery, becoming an executive with the G and S Allgood company. He served as a parachutist in the Territorial Army.

In 1964, he married Rosemary Box, and they had two children.

Parliamentary career
Taylor fought Battersea North in 1959 and 1964, but was defeated each time by Labour's Douglas Jay.

He was Member of Parliament for Croydon North West from 1970 until he died from a heart attack at his home in Surrey on 18 June 1981, aged 48, 11 years to the day after his election to parliament. In the subsequent by-election, the Conservatives lost the seat to Liberal Bill Pitt.

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Lawrence Park

Lawrence Park may refer to:

People

 * Lawrence Park (art historian) (1873–1924), American art historian, architect, and genealogist

Places

 * Lawrence Park, Toronto, Canada
 * Lawrence Park Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States
 * Lawrence Park Historic District, Bronxville, New York, United States
 * Lawrence Gardens, Lahore, Pakistan

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1985 (SR-71 song)

"1985" is a song that was written and recorded by American rock band SR-71 for their album Here We Go Again. Mitch Allan, SR-71's frontman, gave the song to American rock band Bowling for Soup, who recorded a cover version that reached number 23 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was included on the band's album A Hangover You Don't Deserve.

The song is about a middle-aged woman who is stuck in the 1980s due to being in denial that her life is zooming by so fast and the fact that she never got to live out her ideal life before settling down and starting a family.

Background
The song was originally written by SR-71 frontman Mitch Allan and drummer John Allen for the band's third album Here We Go Again. The album was initially only made available in Japan.

Bowling for Soup version
There are conflicting stories on how Bowling for Soup came to record a cover version of the track. According to SR-71's website, Bowling for Soup's Jaret Reddick heard the song and asked for permission to record a cover. However, according to Bowling for Soup's website, it was Allan that called Reddick to suggest the possible cover. In a 2010 interview with Songfacts, Reddick said that the cover materialized through the two bands’ association with producer Butch Walker.

Bowling for Soup made some changes to the lyrics of the original song. In the second verse, the reference to the film Fast Times at Ridgemont High is replaced by St. Elmo's Fire. The line "Never knew George was gay/hoped they'd hook up one day" is changed to "Thought she'd get a hand/on a member of Duran Duran."

The ending lines "Where's her fairytale? Where's her dream?/Where's the quarterback from her high school football team?/How many times will she ask herself 'What happened to me?'" are changed to "Where's the mini-skirt made of snake skin?/And who's the other guy that's singing in Van Halen?/When did reality become TV?/Whatever happened to sitcoms, game shows? (on the radio?)". The line "(The rubber broke!)" after "'What happened?'" is omitted.

Bowling for Soup added the line "And when did Ozzy become an actor?" to the bridge, referencing rock singer Ozzy Osbourne's appearance in the reality TV show The Osbournes.

Chart performance
Released on July 26, 2004, the song climbed to the number 23 spot on the Billboard 100 chart and debuted at number 1 on the Hot Digital Tracks chart, with 15,500 paid downloads.

Music video
The music video is directed by Smith n' Borin (Ryan Smith and Frank Borin). It takes place on a neighborhood street where the character of Debbie, played by actress Joey House, fixes up the cluttered lawn of her house but gets distracted by Bowling for Soup playing music in their garage across the street. The band parodies the music videos for Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" and George Michael's "Faith", as well as the acts Run-DMC and Mötley Crüe. At the end of the video, Debbie walks across the street to the band, lets her hair down, and in a nod to Whitesnake's video for "Here I Go Again", writhes around on top of a Jaguar. She continues to do this even after the song ends, until her husband calls out to ask her what she’s doing. Mitch Allan from SR-71 appears in the video as a passersby who gives the band a look of contempt.

Track listings
UK CD1 and digital download
 * 1) "1985" – 3:14
 * 2) "Major Denial" – 2:36

UK CD2
 * 1) "1985"
 * 2) "Bipolar"
 * 3) "Major Denial"
 * 4) "1985" (video)

UK 7-inch single
 * A. "1985" – 3:13
 * B. "Make It Up to You" – 3:52

Digital EP
 * 1) "1985" – 3:13
 * 2) "Bipolar" – 2:37
 * 3) "Major Denial" – 2:22
 * 4) "Make It Up to You" – 3:52

Cover versions and parodies
Christian parody band ApologetiX released a parody titled "None Too Ladylike" on the group's Wordplay album, about Jezebel from the Bible.

The Bowling for Soup version has been covered by Richard Thompson on the live album 1000 Years of Popular Music.

On July 9, 2022, Thomas Ian Nicholas released a parody cover of "1985" titled "1999".

In 2013, Jaret Reddick re-covered the song for Chuck E. Cheese's for Munch's Make Believe Band. In the segment, one of the characters references the voice of Chuck E. Cheese being the same as Bowling for Soup's front man.

On January 27, 2023, Davvn released a parody cover entitled "2002". The song was initially a 35-second Youtube Short posted on September 25, 2021, but was subsequently re-uploaded to Tik Tok the following year - where it gained traction, Jaret Reddick saw it, reached out and the song was officially released featuring Bowling for Soup.

In 2024, Kelly Clarkson covered "1985" on the 'Kellyoke' section of The Kelly Clarkson Show.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Inglemoor High School

Inglemoor High School was proposed for deletion. This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep

Inglemoor High School
Nothing on the page suggests this school is notable. Edward 01:29, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep and respectfully disagree. —[[en:RaD Man|RaD Man (talk)]] 06:47, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Nothing on the page suggests this school is not notable. Dr Zen 07:05, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable. --Improv 07:35, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Nothing on the page suggests this school is notable. Gamaliel 07:42, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Merge into Kenmore, Washington and delete -Skysmith 09:23, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep Reasons given on my user page. The Steve  11:14, Nov 30, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete: It has an IB program. That puts it in the company of 1,100 schools in the US.  It's one of the largest in WA.  That puts it in the company of others as well, and size isn't inherently notability without something to apply to (i.e. the world's largest parking lot is still a parking lot, but if the world's largest parking lot was causing a microclimatic crisis, it might be worth a mention in an article on climate).  Misnamed.  Possibly worth a discussion in its town page, where this level of detail would be good, or in a big table of Schools of Washington State. Geogre 15:55, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep, this school is notable. --[[User:GRider|GRider\talk]] 17:24, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Good school stub. - SimonP 17:41, Nov 30, 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete, article fails to establish notability. Lord Bob 22:10, Nov 30, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. High School. Merge and redirect is acceptable too. anthony 警告 23:13, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * Weak keep. The article isn't much as it stands, but that baccalaureate program might make this worth expanding. - Lucky 6.9 23:33, 30 Nov 2004 (UTC)
 * The International Baccalaureate diploma had a 100% pass rate in 2004, but only 17 out of more than 1800 students took the diploma. That would probably be only 5% of the students in the final year. It's just advertising hype. Delete. Changed vote: merge with Kenmore, Washington . Vanity. User:Simfish is sophomore at this school and likes to brag about it.  Fine, let him do so, but not in an encyclopedia.  --[[User:Tony Sidaway|Tony Sidaway Talk]] 02:47, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Please cite your reference for this statistic. [[User:GRider|GRider\talk]] 00:47, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Both figures are in the school profile on their website. "Inglemoor serves approximately 1860 students in grades 10 – 12" (School and Community, on page 1) and "IB Diploma Recipients: 17 " (Class of 2004, again on page 1).  The year size is also given there in the SAT grades, 365 students.  So only 5% of the class of 2004 took the IB Diploma and they all passed because only the brightest students were put forward for the examination.  --[[User:Tony Sidaway|Tony Sidaway Talk]] 02:38, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * What you're reporting isn't that surprising, really. The IB diploma is rather like an alternate Advanced Placement program.  I taught at a place where the only students who signed up for it were the kids beyond the AP range.  They had a 97% pass rate.  Again, not surprising.  The IB diploma is only selectively recognized by US colleges, but a number of them count IB classes as freshman year courses in college.  Public schools are very rarely a part of it (although I taught at one), because the dues paid by the school are very high.  It's not really a contributory factor in determining notability.  Geogre 03:38, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Not that it matters, but many IB schools in the US are public. I went to one, for example. Mike H 04:21, Dec 3, 2004 (UTC)
 * Merge into article on Kenmore, Washington. Not noteworthy enough for its own article. --Carnildo 00:51, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Based on these new findings, I'm changing my vote to merge with the Kenmore article and to delete this as a stand-alone. - Lucky 6.9 02:24, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete or merge. 'one of Washington's largest high schools' is stretching things--among suburban WA schools, 15-1700 is actually the low end of the range--many are well over 2000, some nearly 2500. Niteowlneils 03:51, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand. High schools are notable.  --L33tminion | (talk) 05:35, Dec 1, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable. --ShaunMacPherson 08:04, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Merge into Kenmore, Washington article - not enough of note here to warrant a separate article. Average Earthman 10:44, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * keep'. Yuckfoo 01:55, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not notable. Indrian 05:36, Dec 2, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep - "notability" STILL isn't a listed criterion - David Gerard 10:13, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Merge into Kenmore, Washington article - or Washington school list. Not notable enough to have its own article. Xander 20:46, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notablity not a deletion criteria. Intrigue 23:33, 2 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * I'm puzzled by people who repeatedly claim this. Is not triviality given as a reason for reconsidering whether a subject deserves a separate entry? Certainly the word "notability" does not appear. Perhaps those who use the phrase "not notable" should use the word given: triviality.  I hope that would satisfy the problem with the non-appearance of a particular word in the guidelines. --[[User:Tony Sidaway|Tony Sidaway|Talk]] 04:17, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * VFD is not the place to decide whether or not a subject deserves a separate entry. It's the place to decide whether or not there is consensus for an admin to delete a page.  Whether or not notability is a deletion criteria depends on what you mean by notability.  One of the problems with the term is it can mean so many things.  As far as I'm concerned, notability is not only a factor, it is the only factor.  If something is notable, then it should be kept.  If something isn't notable, then it should be deleted.  As such, saying that something should be deleted because it is not notable is redundant.  anthony 警告 04:54, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Anthony, you don't have to take my word for it. Look at the top of the VfD page, where the possible outcomes of a VfD are listed as: delete, keep, merge and/or redirect, cleanup and transwiki.  If you go to the deletion policy you will see that an entry that is "Such a minor branch of a subject that it doesn't deserve an article" should be merged.  This and no other place most definitely is where Wikipedia decides as a matter of policy whether a particular subject merits a separate entry. I agree with you on notability, although it is a pretty nebulous concept.  Notability to me just means "should be in the encyclopedia."  We'll differ on individual cases which is why a voting process is the right thing to have.  --[[User:Tony Sidaway|Tony Sidaway|Talk]] 05:17, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * People who believe that these school articles are minor branches of a subject could merge them into articles about the school district without vfding them if that was their concern. Intrigue 21:15, 3 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * VfD is like the Lord Privy Seal or the Holy Roman Empire: it shouldn't let its name interfere with its doing the role that has evolved for it. Part of its role is letting the community make some decisions that would be the subject of an edit war if we just relied on those who are now VfD-nominators to do the merge and then police it single-handed.  This is where we get a posse together, not to hang anyone, but to make the credible sign that says "Encyclopedia rapers will be hanged, by authority of the West-of-the-Pecos Citizens' Committee" so that we don't need the rope and guns so often -- and don't find that the nominator (who presently can drop a dime here by doing the nom, & get back to plowing with a clear conscience and high standards) instead sees the rape go down, trades some shots with the barbarian, and (too often) ends up saying "well, i suppose the 'pedia can tolerate a few rapes, 'cause there's no point to hanging the rapists if i'm kept from plowing and my contribution to the 'pedia starves death."
 * In a line, this is the only place where the nominator can simply say "this isn't worth its own article" and have a decent chance of WP (not them) making that stick. Making it stick amounts to it getting either deleted or merged, and putting a visible burden of proof on the child who wants an article on the biggest institution they have a sense of having a role in, with a big heading, to soothe their ego by crowding everything else off the screen.
 * --Jerzy(t) 04:01, 2004 Dec 5 (UTC)
 * But this does not force other articles off the screen. Ask yourself these two questions:
 * How many people will type "Inglemoor High School" into the search box looking for information on this school? (A small number, I think)
 * How many people will type "Inglemoor High School" into the search box looking for something else? (None, or almost none)
 * If the answer to question 1 is much greater than the answer to question 2 and that also holds true for things of the same type of the same relative level of notablity, then the article should be kept. --L33tminion | (talk) 07:58, Dec 5, 2004 (UTC)
 * Keep - current(02:42, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)) version provides notability. JesseW 02:42, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
 * Unless the system is broke, current version is 00:53, 2004 Dec 3, and it's utterly trivial, unnotable, unencyclopedic. --Jerzy(t) 03:40, 2004 Dec 5 (UTC)
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Jody Watley

Jody Vanessa Watley (born January 30, 1959) is an American singer, songwriter and producer whose music crosses genres including pop, R&B, jazz, dance and electronic soul. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, she was a member of the R&B/funk band Shalamar, who scored many hits, notably in the UK. In 1988, she won the Grammy Award for Best New Artist (as a solo artist) and has been nominated for three Grammy awards.

In 2008, she was the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from Billboard magazine, and was also prominently featured in the historic black issue of Vogue Italia in 2008.

In December 2016, Billboard ranked her as the 21st-most-successful dance artist of all time, and in 2017 Black Music Honors TV special recognized Watley as Crossover Music Icon Honoree for her groundbreaking achievements and influence.

In August 2018, Billboard ranked Jody Watley as one of the top female artists of all time, at number 53.

In March 2021, Jody Watley was named the First Ambassador of the National Museum of African American Music.

In 2022, Jody Watley received an honorary doctorate in business and Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award from Joe Biden at Jody Watley Day at Georgia State Capitol, and was inducted into Women Songwriters Hall of Fame.

In 2023, Sirius XM Satellite Radio launched "The Jody Watley Show", a monthly life, music and culture show featuring celebrity guests and classic R&B hits.

1977–1983: Soul Train and Shalamar
Watley was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Watley made her first stage appearance at eight years old with family friend and godfather Jackie Wilson. She got her start on the TV dance show Soul Train at the age of 14. At Dorsey High School she was voted 'best dancer' in her senior class poll. Documented by Ebony magazine in 1977 as a part of "The New Generation," Jody Watley was one of the most popular dancers on the show and recognized as a trendsetter for her style and dance moves. As standouts on the television show, Watley and fellow Soul Train dancer Jeffrey Daniel were selected to join Gary Mumford and become original members of the R&B group Shalamar by show creator Don Cornelius. (Mumford was shortly replaced by Gerald Brown, and Brown himself was soon replaced by Howard Hewett as lead vocalist. ) The lineup of Hewett, Watley and Daniel would be the most successful. Watley remained with Shalamar from 1977 to 1983. The trio released several albums and scored several hits on both the pop and R&B charts including "Take That to the Bank", "The Second Time Around", "Make That Move", "For the Lover In You", "Dead Giveaway" and "A Night to Remember". Because of conflicts within the group, disagreements about the artistic direction of Shalamar with Dick Griffey, and lack of payment from Solar Records, she finally left the group in 1983, prior to the release of The Look album.

After leaving Shalamar in 1984, Watley moved to England, and while there she recorded a guest vocal with British Jamaican roots reggae group Musical Youth for their album, Different Style!. She also recorded with Gary Langan, Anne Dudley and J. J. Jeczalik (who later became Art of Noise). She had a brief stint with Phonogram Records where two singles were released (in the UK, Europe and Australia—though crucially not America) under the mononym 'Jody': "Where the Boys Are" and "Girls Night Out". Also during this era, and after departing the group, she took part in Bob Geldof's Band Aid recording of "Do They Know It's Christmas?", which included Bono, Boy George, Sting, George Michael, Phil Collins, Status Quo, Paul Weller, Bananarama and other prominent Irish and British artists.

1987–1988: Jody Watley and commercial breakthrough
After two-and-a-half years in England, Watley returned to America and secured a recording deal with MCA Records, eager to establish her own identity. Her debut solo studio album, titled Jody Watley, was released in March 1987, and she co-wrote six of the album's nine songs with partner André Cymone, who also produced her first four albums. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Watley would say that she wanted to showcase her voice against "really funky hard dance tracks". The album's lead single, "Looking for a New Love", became a hit and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album peaked at number ten on the U.S. Billboard 200, number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, and sold two million copies in the United States and a total of four million copies worldwide. It produced five uptempo dance and R&B singles that charted on the Billboard Hot 100, with three peaking within the top ten: "Looking for a New Love" (#2), "Still a Thrill" (#56), "Don't You Want Me" (#6), "Some Kind of Lover" (#10) and "Most of All" (#60) Also included on her debut album was a duet with George Michael, "Learn to Say No", produced by Bernard Edwards of Chic fame.

At the 30th Annual Grammy Awards of 1988, Watley won the award for Best New Artist, and was nominated for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance. That same year, she also received nominations for two MTV Video Music Awards and three Soul Train Awards. After Shalamar she had two singles released under the name of 'Jody', without her last name even though adverts in UK pop magazine Smash Hits mentioned that she was "formerly of Shalamar". This "technicality" (no second name), allowed her controversially to be considered a "New Artist" at the Grammys, beating Breakfast Club, Cutting Crew, Terence Trent D'Arby and Swing Out Sister. Shortly after winning the Grammy, Watley would be featured in Harper's Bazaar magazine photographed by Francesco Scavullo.

1989–1990: Larger Than Life and continued success
In the spring of 1989, Watley released her second studio album, Larger Than Life, co-writing eleven of the album's twelve songs. The album sold over four million copies worldwide, reaching number 16 on the Billboard 200, and produced four singles: "Real Love" Certified Gold by RIAA (US #2, #1 R&B, #2 Dance, UK #31), a Gold-certificated single and her first Top 40 UK single since "Looking for a New Love" in 1987; "Friends" featuring Eric B. & Rakim (US #9, #3 R&B, #7 Dance, UK #21) was the first R&B, Pop, Rap, Dance collaboration to cross over Top 10 on multiple charts; and "Everything" (US #4, #3 R&B), her first ballad released as a single. The album's fourth and final single, "Precious Love", was a minor hit, peaking at number 87 on the Billboard Hot 100. "Friends" is notable for being the first multi-format hit single to include the formula of a pop star featuring a guest rapper with the custom full 16-bar verses and bridge concept, and distinguishable from the rap "Intro" by Melle Mel on Chaka Khan's notable cover of Prince's song "I Feel for You". The successful "Friends" formula would become a mainstay formula in commercial pop music and was added as a category at the Grammys under Grammy Award for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration in 2002.

During the summer of 1989, the "Real Love" video, directed by Hollywood director David Fincher, was nominated for seven MTV Video Music Awards including Breakthrough Video, Best Art Direction, Best Dance Video and Best Female Video at the 1989 ceremony. That record was held until Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson's video "Scream" received 11 VMA nominations in 1995. The next year, she was nominated for two Soul Train Awards, an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Female Artist, and a Narm Award for Best Selling R&B Female Album. While riding high on her Larger Than Life World Tour, a remix album, titled You Wanna Dance with Me?, was released in October 1989 and achieved Gold status in America. 1989 also saw Watley featured in Harper's Bazaar "Ten Most Beautiful Women" issue, photographed by Matthew Rolston. That same year Watley appeared on the cover of the Japanese high-fashion magazine SPUR for its debut issue. Watley released the million-selling "Dance to Fitness"—a first for an African-American woman and artist.

1991–1992: Affairs of the Heart and change in style
Watley would state that she was eager to change her musical range and image, and no longer wanted to be seen as just a dance diva. She was inspired toward a more introspective approach for "Affairs Of The Heart", wanting to address social concerns. In December 1991, Watley released her third album, Affairs of the Heart, described by Justin Kantor in Guide to Soul as an overlooked standout of her 1980s and 1990s output. The album peaked at No. 124 on the U.S. chart, and #21 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart.

The lead single, "I Want You," failed to crack the top 40, peaking at No. 61 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, though peaking at No. 5 on the U.S. R&B singles chart, and #17 Dance. The second single, "I'm the One You Need", reached No. 3 Dance and peaked at No. 19 on the U.S. Hot 100. The final single was the ballad "It All Begins with You", her first single to miss the U.S. Hot 100. Watley earned an invitation by President George H. W. Bush in 1992 to perform this song at the White House. Watley used the opportunity to encourage the government to provide more support and funding for public schools. Watley recorded "It's All There" for the movie Switch with the composer Henry Mancini.

1993–1994: Intimacy
Apparently undeterred by disappointing sales, Watley stated she was more concerned with broadening her creative boundaries than in having huge record sales. In November 1993, MCA released her fourth solo album, the introspective relationship-themed Intimacy. Noting that the new jack swing was popular in R&B at the time, Amy Linden wrote in People magazine that Intimacy continued the process of Watley's move toward more refreshingly adult themes and that Watley was deserving of serious attention. Watley herself said that the songs she wrote were always personal statements.

Intimacy with its songs of "romance and angst" reached No. 164 on the U.S. Top 200 Album Chart and No. 38 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart. The first single was "Your Love Keeps Working On Me", barely scraped onto the Hot 100 at No. 100 and also peaked at No. 2 Dance and No. 26 R&B/Hip-Hop. Watley added video director to her résumé for the next single, the spoken-word tune "When a Man Loves a Woman". "When a Man Loves a Woman" reached No. 11 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop and U.S. No. 8 Dance. Although not a pop hit in the U.S. or UK as well, the BBG remix of this song topped the Dance charts in the UK. The album also contained the song "Ecstasy", produced by David Morales, which became an underground hit and later appeared on her Greatest Hits collection. Like its predecessor, "Intimacy" would not be a strong seller, but would continue to give Watley better critical success.

1995: Affection
Having parted ways with MCA Records, Watley took an independent path and started her own label, Avitone Records, and released her fifth studio album, Affection, in July 1995. The album was engineered and produced by the Booker T. Jones and Angelo Earl. She aligned Avitone with the independent Bellmark Records for distribution. According to a review of the album "Affection" by Jose Promis of AllMusic, the release lacked the urgency and immediency of her dance-era hits, but was an engaging collection of slow burners, mid-tempo and jazzy R&B. The album's title track, "Affection", didn't crack the Hot 100 but became a moderate R&B hit, peaking at No. 28 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart.

1996: Greatest Hits album
In 1996, Watley played Rizzo in the musical Grease on Broadway theater in New York City, the first African-American woman to play the role. Watley was photographed by Victor Skrebneski for the Saks Fifth Avenue Defining Style Fall Catalog, where she appeared in a 15-page high-fashion layout. That fall, Watley appeared on the platinum-selling single "This Is For The Lover In You" by Babyface. The single also featured LL Cool J and Watley's former Shalamar bandmates Howard Hewett and Jeffrey Daniel, essentially reforming the group for the single. It was a remake of Shalamar's R&B hit "For the Lover In You". As the year wound to a close, Watley took a hiatus from her own Avitone label, and signed with Big Beat/Atlantic Records. The same year MCA Records released her Greatest Hits album with Watley's recordings for MCA.

1997–1998: Flower
After spending most of 1997 in the recording studio crafting her sixth studio album, Flower, Watley was back in early 1998 with its lead singles "Off the Hook" and "If I'm Not In Love". "Off The Hook" peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard R&B Singles Chart and No. 73 Billboard Hot 100 but fared much better on Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. Propelled by remixes from Masters at Work and Soul Solution, the track reached No. 1 on the dance chart, making it her first No. 1 Hot Dance Music/Club Play hit in nine years. Later the same year, a single of "If I'm Not In Love" was released, with promo mixes by Sal Dano (credited as BK Dano), Lenny Bertoldo and 95 North (Richard Payton and Doug Smith) and that song reached No. 2 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. Big Beat Records was absorbed into its parent label, Atlantic Records, which then shelved the album from a U.S. release, and left Watley in legal limbo for two years. Flower was, however, released in Canada, the UK and Japan. The critically acclaimed release was championed by many British magazines, including Blues and Soul and Echoes among others.

A previously unreleased song featuring Watley with George Duke titled "Baby Love" was included as a bonus track on The Best of George Duke: The Electra Years in 1997.

1999: The Saturday Night Experience Volume 1
It was during the time she was unable to record, that Watley says she was inspired by 4Hero, whose 1998 album Two Pages exposed her to the underground electronic dance music outside of the mainstream; she credits this inspiration for not retiring after the disappointment of how Flower was handled.

In November 1999, Jody reactivated her independent label, Avitone, and released her seventh studio album via Universal Japan The Saturday Night Experience featuring Jody Watley Vol. 1, a collection of organic club music tracks, inspired by her newfound love of electronic music. It was released exclusively in Japan along with a single, "Another Chapter," with remixes by DJ Soma. Also included on the project was the drum and bass title song "Saturday Night Experience". As Watley told music historian David Nathan, "The Saturday Night Experience was intended to be a concept album, aimed at people looking for something different." Watley stated she had no desire to release the project in the U.S. The title song of the same name was licensed to Giant Step and included on their compilation "Giant Sessions, Volume 1 Mixed by Ron Trent". The following year, MCA released 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best of Jody Watley.

2001–2005: Midnight Lounge
In 2001, Jody released her eighth studio album, Midnight Lounge in Europe and Japan. In an interview with Billboard magazine Watley would say, "An artist should always explore new frontiers." "Midnight Lounge" was a collection of tracks that combined a blend of soul, jazz, R&B and electronic club music.

After achieving moderate success in its original release, Watley arranged for it to be released in the U.S. through her Avitone imprint in a short-term license deal with Shanachie Records on March 11, 2003. Midnight Lounge was Watley's first studio album released in the U.S. in eight years, reaching Top 20 status on the Billboard Top Electronic Albums chart. Roy Ayers appeared on the Masters at Work-produced "I Love to Love", and Junior Vasquez and several other producers contributed remixes to the single release of "Whenever", bringing the track to No. 19 on the Billboard Hot Dance/Club Play Chart. One of the album's other singles, "Photographs", became notable in the underground club scene with mixes by Phil Asher and East West Connection. The music and growth of Watley would achieve critical acclaim for the project and Watley, noting she had successfully updated her sound over the years and evolved successfully into a soulful chanteuse.

In 2005, Watley made history on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play Chart when she re-released her 1987 hit "Looking For a New Love" on Curvve Recordings. The 2005 remix reached No. 1 on the Billboard Dance/Club Play chart, making her the first artist ever to take the same song to No. 1 in two different decades. Jody Watley now has the distinction of being among the few artists who have been to No. 1 on Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in all of the past three decades (the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s). The same year, Watley was invited to participate in the Force of Nature Relief Concert to aid the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. During the trip Watley and others (including the Black Eyed Peas, Lauryn Hill and Jackie Chan) were invited to the Royal Palace to meet the King and Queen of Malaysia for a special tea reception in showing their gratitude for all involved with Force of Nature.

2006–2014: The Makeover
The Makeover would bring Watley together with 4Hero and King Britt among others in an electronic musical style. Understanding the shifting paradigms in the music industry and the changing business models, Watley's Avitone Recordings arranged for The Makeover to be released exclusively to the Virgin Megastore chain in its first ever CD exclusive. It debuted at No. 1 for the retailer, and was accompanied by a Virgin mini-tour where she performed for customers and signed copies of the CD. The first single was a cover of Madonna's "Borderline". The single reached No. 2 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in January 2007. The second single, a cover of Chic's "I Want Your Love," reached No. 1 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play in June 2007.

In 2007, Watley was listed as No. 5 in the Year-end Billboard Dance Play Artists. Her single "I Want Your Love" was No. 15 and "Borderline" No. 19 according to Billboard Year End Chart Review for 2007. In January 2008, "I Want Your Love" topped the UK Dance Charts in January, giving her first UK mainstream dance hit in two decades. In 2008, she launched an online music store, while scoring another Top Five Billboard Dance Single, "A Beautiful Life," bringing the total of Top Five Singles for The Makeover to three. In May 2008, continuing over a decade of support for various charities dedicated to raising funds and awareness for HIV and AIDS, Watley performed at Life Ball, Europe's largest gala for the cause held in Vienna, Austria. In May 2009, Watley's Avitone signed a distribution deal with London-based Alternative Distribution Alliance Global.

In October 2009, an "International" version of "The Makeover' was released in the UK to positive reviews. Pete Lewis from Blues & Soul noted her evolution as an artist and performer as being showcased on the album. Further stating Watley being hailed by some, as exemplifying the 21st-century recording artist continuing to exercise her own creative path. Distinguishable from the original release, The Makeover "International Edition" featured new cover art and track listing. New inclusions featured the bossa-soul rendering of Bob Marley's "Waiting in Vain", a sparsely arranged version of Carole King's 1960s ballad "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow", Erasure's anthem "A Little Respect", and a reworking of the Diana Ross dance classic "Love Hangover". Replacing the downtempo ambient version found on the 2006 "The Makeover", Watley recorded the new arrangement originally suggested by songwriter Pam Sawyer, for Ross. Reg Dancy from Basic Soul would write that Watley was able to handpick songs and make them seem as if they had been written for her. Added to the lineup of producers which included King Britt, Mark de Clive-Lowe, 4Hero, DJ Spinna and longtime co-collaborator Rodney Lee, are remixer/producers Marco Zappala from Brazil and Craig C. from the UK.

In February 2010, Jody Watley joined Jamie Foxx onstage at a post-Grammy event for a duet performance of her signature hit "Looking For a New Love" and also appeared in the VH1 documentary Soul Train: The Hippest Trip In America. On October 27, 2012, Watley starred in the one time international humanitarian musical event Loving the Silent Tears with performers from 16 countries and cultures, created by Al Kasha, directed by Vincent Paterson and choreographed by Bonnie Story at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles

Jody Watley recorded collaborations with the electro pop duo French Horn Rebellion on singles titled "Cold Enough" and "Dancing Out" also featuring Young Empires in December 2012 and June 2013. Watley added high-profile summer concerts including Grammy All-Stars in Chengdu, China at Chengdu Sports Centre and Essence Music Festival in July 2013.

Jody Watley released a new single "Nightlife", in 2013. The song, which marked a return to disco dance, was a Top 5 British Urban Single, Top 10 Commercial Pop Single Music Week and Billboard Hot Dance Club Play Top 20 Single in 2014.

2014–present: Paradise and Shalamar Reloaded
On July 28, 2014, the EP "Paradise" was released through Watley's longtime Avitone label, digital outlets and limited-edition CD exclusively through her official website the EP contains the single "Nightlife", along with 5 new songs and collaborations with Mark de Clive-Lowe, string arranger and musician Miguel Atwood Ferguson and newcomers Count de Money (France), Luminodisco (Italy) and Soulpersona (UK). Jody Watley collaborated with music new jack pop duo French Horn Rebellion.

Also in 2014, Watley, a well-documented original member of Shalamar, became the legally registered owner, although not without challenge. Watley would state that the term "Reloaded" was to make sure the public knew this was not a reunion with past members, and that she found the challenge exciting to rebrand the group, bringing it to a new generation while finally finding a way to bring both catalogs together for a dynamic concert experience. Watley also launched a new online boutique devoted to Shalamar merchandise, in tandem with her own longstanding Jody Watley Boutique, founded in 1999. A string of new American Tour Dates in support of Paradise and introducing the newly reloaded Shalamar included Oakland, Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, San Jose, Washington, D.C. Sacramento, Atlantic City and more. media blitz to introduce the members that included television in major markets and concerts expanding in and outside of the United States and included Brazil, the Netherlands and the UK. The reloaded version of the group features renowned choreographer Rosero McCoy and newcomer Nate Allen Smith an Ohio native singer, dancer, choreographer  Shalamar Reloaded released a promotional single titled "SlowDance" on July 17, 2015, through Watley's Avitone label. The single was subsequently picked up by independent label Spectra Music Group and released on October 20, 2015, along with a new video directed by Damien Sandoval. Jody Watley and the new trademarked Shalamar was also featured in a SIRIUSXM Special "In The Groove with B.K Kirkland which aired in July 2015. The SRL trio with Nate Smith and Rosero McCoy also made television appearances on Chicago's WGN Morning News debut performance  and KTLA Morning New with Sam Rubin  It was also announced that the ever eclectic Watley would be a guest vocalist on highly acclaimed funkster Dam-Funk's second album "Invite The Light" via Rolling Stone. Jody Watley and Shalamar Reloaded continue to add touring dates in the United States. They have also had festival appearances in the United Kingdom including Let's Rock London. Jody has also taken to Shalamar Reloaded to Japan, Brazil and Netherlands and added them to Superfreestyle arena dates in America as of 2015 and 2016 announcements.  In 2016, Watley made the choice to redirect her efforts to the now formed Shalamar Reloaded, wanting a fresh start for her new group without the negativity and baggage. Shalamar Reloaded continue a quest to build a new base releasing their second single and video "O.R.I.G.IN.A.L" in May 2016, "The Mood" and continued adding a series of critically well-received concerts. In 2017, Shalamar Reloaded changed their name and all social media to a simple moniker of SRL in concerts and promotions with plans to release a debut album "Bridges". In 2017, Watley rebranded her music collective once again, opting for Jody Watley & SRL (Soul Revolution Love). All previous releases were removed from digital outlets and social media pages updated or removed completely. Re-releasing the song "The Mood" at the start of 2018 with a remix by Italian Producer Alex Di Cio "The Mood" became a Number 2 UK Soul Chart Single The follow-up "The Passion" also reached the UK Soul Chart Top 3. In the midst of that, Watley released the Bob Marley jazzy makeover of the classic "Waiting In Vain" making her first entry into Billboard magazine's Top 25 and Smooth Jazz Top 10.

Music and fashion legacy
In 1988, Watley filmed the video to "Looking for a New Love" and made a conscious decision to use fashion to help her express her vision, wearing clothes and accessories from designers such as Issey Miyake and Philip Treacy. In 1990, Watley would continue to be involved with fashion. On her second album, she was photographed by fashion photographer Steven Meisel, where she continued to make her own style statements. In the videos for "Real Love", Watley would introduce a higher fashion aesthetic blending vintage and custom designs. "Friends" mixed couture by Jean-Paul Gaultier, with an urban sensibility. She released a million-selling home video, Dance To Fitness. She was featured in the first celebrity ad campaign for Gap LA Eyeworks and in magazines such as Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, Vogue Italia, Rolling Stone, Essence and Vanity Fair. She was named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People of 1990 in People.

In the same year, she contributed a jazzy rendition of "After You, Who?" the compilation album "Red Hot + Blue", an AIDS-awareness charity recording of songs by Cole Porter produced by the Red Hot Organization. Watley was photographed by Victor Skrebneski, for the Saks Fifth Avenue Defining Style Fall Catalog, where she appeared in a 15-page high-fashion layout in 1996. In 2006, Watley would walk the runway with designer Kevan Hall for LA Fashion Week. The style icon  is also noted as an influence on contemporary designer Malan Breton, contemporary A.Potts whose Spring/Summer 2021 collection was inspired by Watley and countless uncredited trends in contemporary style.

Influences
Her early music influences are Diana Ross, Donna Summer, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, The Jackson 5, The Carpenters, Roberta Flack, Prince, Grace Jones and various jazz artists including Nancy Wilson.

Legacy
T-Boz of TLC cited Watley's song "Still a Thrill" as an example setting her vocal tone for her singing career. In a personal video, she sent to Watley (and was given permission to share on her YouTube channel) T-Boz thanked Watley for this song during her teenage years citing she was "hitting them notes" and helping her sing at a lower register to better suit her vocal range. Fellow TLC member Lisa Lopes was seen in a video pre-TLC dancing to Watley's song "Friends" which Watley acknowledged during one of her concerts.

Selena was influenced by Watley's song "Looking for a New Love" as the reason she wanted to crossover to the English-language market. Selena has also performed this song in concert which was notably documented in her Netflix bio-drama. Jody Watley is an influencer who brought high fashion mixed with street style, along with her signature hoop earrings to the mainstream, fashion magazine features, ad campaigns, a million-selling fitness video, the first Black woman on the cover of a Japanese fashion magazine and a style of branding an image now common in the music industry.

Personal life and family
Watley has two children: a daughter, Lauren, with former fiancé and music producer Leon Sylvers III and a son Arie, with ex-husband André Cymone. She is the goddaughter of Jackie Wilson. Her younger sister is singer and former pornographic actress Michele Watley, better known as Midori.

Discography

 * Studio albums
 * Jody Watley (1987)
 * Larger than Life (1989)
 * Affairs of the Heart (1991)
 * Intimacy (1993)
 * Affection (1995)
 * Flower (1998)
 * The Saturday Night Experience Volume 1 (1999)
 * Midnight Lounge (2001)
 * The Makeover (2006)

Tours

 * Larger Than Life Tour (1989)
 * The Intimate Tour (1993)
 * Colors of Christmas (2002)
 * Superfreestyle Freestyle Explosion (2015/2016)

Grammy Awards

 * || "Dead Giveaway" || Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals || Nominated
 * rowspan="2"| || Herself || Best New Artist || Won
 * "Looking for a New Love" || Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female || Nominated
 * rowspan="2"| || Herself || Best New Artist || Won
 * "Looking for a New Love" || Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female || Nominated
 * "Looking for a New Love" || Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female || Nominated

American Music Awards

 * || "Looking for a New Love" || Favorite Single (Soul/R&B) || Nominated
 * || "Looking for a New Love" || Favorite Single (Soul/R&B) || Nominated

MTV Video Music Awards

 * rowspan="2"| 1988
 * rowspan="2"| "Some Kind of Lover"
 * Best Female Video
 * Nominated
 * Best New Artist in a Video
 * Nominated
 * rowspan="6"| 1989
 * rowspan="6"| "Real Love"
 * Best Female Video
 * Nominated
 * Best Dance Video
 * Nominated
 * Breakthrough Video
 * Nominated
 * Best Direction in a Video
 * Nominated
 * Best Art Direction in a Video
 * Nominated
 * Best Editing in a Video
 * Nominated
 * Best Direction in a Video
 * Nominated
 * Best Art Direction in a Video
 * Nominated
 * Best Editing in a Video
 * Nominated
 * Best Editing in a Video
 * Nominated

Soul Train Music Awards

 * rowspan="3"| 1988
 * rowspan="2"| "Looking for a New Love"
 * Best Music Video
 * Nominated
 * Best R&B/Soul Single, Female
 * Nominated
 * Jody Watley || Best R&B/Soul Album, Female
 * Nominated
 * Jody Watley || Best R&B/Soul Album, Female
 * Nominated
 * Nominated

Billboard Music Awards

 * 2008 || Herself || Lifetime Achievement Award || Won
 * }
 * }

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The last paragraph is not quite true. It states that the Fermi gas neglects interactions by definition, so that the study of a Fermi gas reduces to the study of single particles. Even if elecron-electron interactions are neglected, the Pauli principle must be obeyed. Therefore the fermionic statistics makes the problem a bit more complicated than simply the study of single electrons. The constraint is that the total many-particle wavefunction needs to be antisymmetric under the interchange of any two of the electrons. This gives rise to the Fermi surface alluded to earlier in the article. If one was simply studying a single fermion, there would be no fermi surface. Therefore the study of many non-interacting electrons is not the same as studying one electron. 01:32, 30 November 2004 User:Tom davis

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This article needs serious work. It needs more mathematical rigor in defining the properties of a Fermi gas. It should also lead into an introduction of band theory and the nearly free electron model, and link to the relevant articles (which looks like they could use work too...). We should be careful not to reproduce effort already done on the Fermi-Dirac statistics page, however, and simply reference those results. A more in-depth (but still brief) overview of the examples cited (neutron star, metals) would also be helpful.

I'll start work on this when I have time. Deklund 08:07, 15 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Almost ten years on and nothing done. :P Hope everything is well, Deklund. Well, I agree with this comment and the one above it, that the Fermi gas is a very well-defined theoretical ideal gas of fermions. At least that's how all my stat mech books speak of it, so that seems to be the common attitude. So, I am planning to move most of the material from Fermi energy to here, and merge in some material from free electron model. Nanite (talk) 08:26, 12 February 2014 (UTC)

First paragraph
The first paragraph has the following: "...the Pauli principle acts as a sort of interaction/pressure that keeps the fermions separated and moving." This needs to be rewritten. A scientific principle does not act as pressure. The principle is a description, it is not the force itself. Typical reifying language from scientists. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.22.166.163 (talk) 00:09, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

 * Fixed - Any scientist would agree its merely a grammatical error. PAR (talk) 05:40, 10 December 2010 (UTC)

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Merge with Fermi energy
I'm proposing a merge between Fermi energy page and Fermi gas into one page (Fermi gas) as the former is a subproperty of the latter concept. This proposal also takes in fact the Fermi energy article has better equations and is better explained than the Fermi gas article so mostly the new merged article won't lose any generality. MaoGo (talk) 17:44, 4 January 2018 (UTC)

typical value of fermi momentum?
For us lazy-bones, it would be nice to have typical values for the fermi momentum too. So, for example, for metals, I think, maybe, that the fermi momentum, is more than a few inverse angstroms, i.e. less than the interatomic spacing, right? But it would be nice to know without having to whip out my calculator, and googling around. (and what about the fermi temperature? What might that be?) and out of shear curiosty, same for white dwarves, nuclei. And neutron stars? 162.204.250.21 (talk) 02:07, 12 August 2019 (UTC)

Should it be added that oganesson's electron structure might be close to a fermi gas?
I have found many articles that have stated that oganesson's electrons do not follow orbitals closely and are smeared out, with many of them saying, including Wikipedia's oganesson article itself, that oganesson's electrons come close to the limiting factor of a Fermi Gas. Should this be addressed in the article? 2601:600:9080:A4B0:E94F:A79B:8A0A:3F60 (talk) 21:28, 12 February 2023 (UTC)

"Illustration of the energy states"
The article has an image labeled "Illustration of the energy states". The diagram as captioned makes no sense to me. What does it have to do with Fermi gas? Why are some level occupied and other not? Where in the text is the diagram useful?

I propose to delete it. Johnjbarton (talk) 15:48, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Agreed. The picture was clearly described but it is not really related to a Fermi gas and it is more complicated than what it should be. Picture removed.--ReyHahn (talk) 16:59, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

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Claude C. Bloch

Claude Charles Bloch (July 12, 1878 – October 4, 1967 ) was a United States Navy admiral who served as Commander, Battle Force, U.S. Fleet (COMBATFOR) from 1937 to 1938; and Commander in Chief, U.S. Fleet (CINCUS) from 1938 to 1940.

Early years
Claude C. Bloch was born on July 12, 1878, in Woodbury, Kentucky, to a Jewish family. He went to Ogden College. He was appointed to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, in 1895 from the Third Congressional District in Kentucky.

While he was still a cadet, Bloch served aboard battleship USS Iowa (BB-4) during the battle of Santiago de Cuba. Bloch assisted in the rescue of Spanish sailors from the burning enemy ships and was subsequently awarded with the Specially Meritorious Service Medal.

He graduated from the Naval Academy on January 28, 1899, with the rank of passed midshipman.

He commanded USS Plattsburg (ID-1645) during World War I and the USS California (BB-44) from 1927 to 1929.

Navy Cross citation
The official U.S. Navy citation for Bloch's Navy Cross reads:

 * Name: Claude Charles Bloch
 * Service: Navy
 * Rank: Captain
 * Company: Commanding Officer
 * Division: U.S.S. Plattsburg
 * Citation: The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Navy Cross to Captain Claude Charles Bloch, United States Navy, for distinguished service in the line of his profession as Commanding Officer of the U.S.S. PLATTSBURG, engaged in the important, exacting and hazardous duty of transporting and escorting troops and supplies to European ports through waters infested with enemy submarines and mines during World War I.

World War II
He served as the Commander-in-Chief, United States Fleet from 1938 to January 6, 1940, as was customary holding the temporary grade of admiral. Following this assignment, he reverted to his permanent grade, rear admiral, and commanded the Fourteenth Naval District at Pearl Harbor at the time of the attack. Shortly before the attack, he and Admiral Husband E. Kimmel discussed the possibly sighting and sinking of a submarine by the USS Ward. The two ordered that another ship be sent to investigate. Bloch was cleared of any responsibility for the unpreparedness of the US forces during the attack which was blamed on Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and General Walter Short and Bloch remained as commandant until April 1942.

He later served on the General Board of the Navy from 1942, retiring from the Navy later that year with the rank of admiral. He remained as chairman of the Navy Board for productions awards until the end of World War II and retired in 1946. Bloch was decorated with a Legion of Merit for his World War II service.

He died in Washington, D.C., on October 4, 1967, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

Bloch was the highest ranking Jewish officer in the armed forces until well after World War II.

Decorations
Admiral Claude C. Bloch's ribbon bar:

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Tat

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 * Tat, short for tattoo
 * Tat Tvam Asi, a Hindu philosophical concept
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 * Turnaround time

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User:Belarius

Look close, listen close, think hard.

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Tocho towers 1 and 2. Taken on October 21, 2004 by Brian M. Chapman.

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