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Ken Osmond

Kenneth Charles Osmond (June 7, 1943 –May 18, 2020) was an American actor and police officer. Beginning a career as a child actor at the age of four, Osmond played the role of Eddie Haskell on the late 1950s to early 1960s television situation comedy Leave It to Beaver and reprised it on the 1980s revival series The New Leave It to Beaver. Typecast by the role, he found it hard to get other acting work and became a Los Angeles police officer. After retiring from police work, he resumed his acting career.

Early life
Osmond was born in Glendale, California, the son of Pearl (Hand) and Thurman Osmond. His father was a carpenter and propmaker and his mother, whom he described as "a typical movie mother," had ambitions to get him and his brother, Dayton, into acting. Osmond began going on professional auditions at the age of four, and began working in commercials. His mother took her sons to acting classes every day after school; he eventually studied dance, drama, diction, dialects, martial arts, and equestrian riding.

Early years
Osmond began in feature films working as an extra. The first he remembered was an appearance in the film Plymouth Adventure with Spencer Tracy and Gene Tierney. He had his first speaking part at age 9, a small role in the film So Big starring Jane Wyman and Sterling Hayden.

He continued to appear in small roles in feature films such as Good Morning Miss Dove, and Everything But the Truth, and made numerous guest-starring appearances on television series, including Lassie, The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Wagon Train, Fury, Circus Boy, and The Loretta Young Show. He also appeared in 1958 on the series Official Detective as Henry in the episode "The Deserted House".

In 1959, Osmond played 16-year-old "Tommy" in the episode "Dead Aim" of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series Colt .45, starring Wayde Preston. John Doucette was cast as the bounty hunter Lou Gore, and Bing Russell portrayed Jed Coy in the episode.

Osmond made a guest appearance, in 1964, on Petticoat Junction. He was in the episode "The Genghis Keane Story", as Harold Boggs.

Leave It to Beaver
In the fall of 1957, 14-year-old Osmond was called into a typical "cattle call" audition to read for the role for which he became most identified, that of Wally Cleaver's best (and worst) friend, Eddie Haskell, on the family sitcom Leave It to Beaver. After a series of call-backs to narrow down the field, Osmond eventually landed the role. The character of Eddie was originally intended to be a "one shot" guest appearance, but those involved with the show were impressed with Osmond's portrayal, and Eddie Haskell eventually became a memorable character on the series throughout its entire six-season run. He appeared in 97 of the series' 235 episodes.

Osmond's portrayal of Eddie Haskell became a cultural reference and archetype for the "behind-your-back" rebel. Teenager Eddie Haskell was polite and obsequious to grownups, but derided adults' social conventions behind their backs. He was constantly trying to involve his friends in activities that would get them into trouble. Parents like Ward and June Cleaver hoped Eddie wouldn't be a model to their children but rather someone to point out as an example of what not to do. Even today, the term "Eddie Haskell" is known to refer to an insincere flatterer or a sycophant.

During the final years of the show, Osmond was in the U.S. Army Reserve as an armorer and was granted leave to film episodes in return for personal appearances for the Army's Special Services.

Typecast
After Leave It to Beaver ended in 1963, Osmond continued to make occasional appearances on such television series as CBS's Petticoat Junction, The Munsters, and a final return appearance on Lassie in the episode "A Matter of Seconds" (1967) as a motorcycle delivery man who offers the hitchhiking collie a lift in his sidecar. He was cast in the feature films C'mon Let's Live a Little (1967) and With Six You Get Eggroll (1968). However, he found himself typecast as Eddie Haskell and had difficulty finding steady work. In 2008, Osmond told radio host Stu Shostak in a radio interview, "I was very much typecast. It's a death sentence. In Hollywood you get typecast. I'm not complaining because Eddie's been too good to me, but I found work hard to come by. In 1968, I bought my first house, in '69 I got married, and we were going to start a family and I needed a job, so I went out and signed up for the LAPD."

Law enforcement
In 1970, Osmond joined the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and grew a mustache in an effort to remain relatively anonymous among citizens, although not his co-workers. He worked as a motorcycle officer.

On September 20, 1980, Osmond was struck by three bullets while in a foot chase with a suspected car thief. He was protected from two of the bullets by his bullet-resistant vest, with the third bullet ricocheting off his belt buckle. The shooting was later dramatized in a November 1992 episode of the CBS series Top Cops. Osmond applied for a disability pension in 1984, but after an evidentiary hearing in 1986, the Los Angeles Board of Pension Commissioners denied his request by a 4–2 vote. Osmond appealed the determination to the Superior Court and in 1988 a judge overturned the Board's denial and awarded Osmond a lifetime pension, and he retired from the force.

Urban legends
In the early 1970s, a story was widely reported that Osmond had become rock star Alice Cooper. According to Cooper, the rumor began when a college newspaper editor asked him what kind of kid he was, to which Cooper replied, "I was obnoxious, disgusting, a real Eddie Haskell." However, the story ended up reporting that Cooper was the real Eddie Haskell. Cooper would later tell the New Times, "It was the biggest rumor that ever came out about me. Finally, I got a T-shirt that said 'No, I am not Eddie Haskell.' But people still believed it."

Another widely reported urban legend of the 1970s was that Osmond had grown up to become adult film star John Holmes. The story apparently began when fan magazines falsely reported that Osmond had embarked on such a career. The rumor was dispelled when a Los Angeles movie theater lit up its marquee advertising "Eddie Haskell of TV in Behind the Green Door – X-rated", prompting Osmond himself, then an LAPD officer, to go to the theater to request that the manager remove his character's name from the marquee. Osmond testified at his disability hearing in 1986 that in 1971 he was called into LAPD Internal Affairs and asked to disrobe to prove he was not John Holmes.

In the early 1980s, Osmond sued an adult bookstore in Los Angeles called "Le Sex Shoppe", which was selling an adult video starring Holmes. The video advertised that the film featured "'Little Eddie Haskell' from 'Leave it to Beaver.'" Osmond claimed that the film's advertising defamed him, but the trial court dismissed the case and Osmond appealed to the California Court of Appeals, which also ruled against him, stating that there was no evidence that the owner of the bookstore was aware of the defamatory language on the packaging and therefore had not acted with "malice" in selling the video.

Return to acting
In 1983, Osmond appeared as a game show participant and celebrity guest star on the Match Game-Hollywood Squares Hour, along with Beaver co-stars Jerry Mathers, Richard Deacon and Jeri Weil. Osmond returned to acting in 1983 reprising his role as Eddie Haskell in the CBS made-for-television movie Still the Beaver, which followed the adult Cleaver boys, their friends, and their families. The television movie was a success and led to the revival comedy series The New Leave It to Beaver, which premiered the following year. The show ran for four seasons from 1984 to 1989, starting on The Disney Channel, and later moving to WTBS. On the show, Osmond played Eddie Haskell as a husband and father, while his character's two sons, Freddie Haskell and Edward "Bomber" Haskell Jr., were played by Osmond's two real-life sons, Eric Osmond and Christian Osmond.

In 1987, Osmond was honored by the Young Artist Foundation with its Former Child Star "Lifetime Achievement" Award for his role as Eddie Haskell. He continued to make television appearances throughout the 1980s and 1990s on the shows Happy Days and Rags to Riches, and the television movie High School U.S.A., as well as cameo appearances as Eddie Haskell on such television shows as Parker Lewis Can't Lose and Hi Honey, I'm Home!. In the 1997 feature film Leave It to Beaver, Osmond played Eddie Haskell Sr., and Adam Zolotin played his son Eddie Haskell Jr. He also had a bit part in the 2016 indie movie Characterz.

Personal life
In 1969, Osmond married Sandra Purdy. They had two sons, Eric E. Osmond and Christian S. Osmond. Following his retirement from the police force, Osmond handled rental properties in Los Angeles County and made occasional personal appearances at film festivals, collectors' shows, and nostalgia conventions.

On September 18, 2007, Osmond filed a class action lawsuit against the Screen Actors Guild, alleging that SAG had collected $8 million in foreign residuals for U.S. actors but had not distributed them to the actors.

In August 2011, Osmond began appearing as a celebrity spokesman for St. Joseph Aspirin.

Osmond was the co-author, along with Christopher J. Lynch, of the book Eddie: The Life and Times of America's Preeminent Bad Boy, which was published in September 2014. The foreword was written by Jerry Mathers.

Death
Osmond died at his home in Los Angeles on May 18, 2020, at age 76, from complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and peripheral artery disease. News of his death was first announced by his son Eric in a statement through Osmond's representative.

Films

 * Plymouth Adventure (1952) – Child on Mayflower (uncredited)
 * So Big (1953) – Young Eugene (uncredited)
 * Good Morning, Miss Dove (1955) – Tommy Baker – Age 9 (uncredited)
 * Everything But the Truth (1956) – Oren Cunningham (uncredited)
 * C'mon, Let's Live a Little (1967) – The Beard
 * With Six You Get Eggroll (1968) – Duke (uncredited)
 * High School U.S.A. (1983) - Baxter Franklin
 * Dead Women in Lingerie (1991) – David
 * Leave It to Beaver (1997) – Eddie Sr.
 * Desperation Boulevard (1998) – Himself
 * Characterz (2016) – Daniel (final film role)

TV

 * Screen Directors Playhouse (1 episode, 1955) – Henry Raglund
 * Lassie (2 episodes, 1955-1967) – Motorcyclist / Ralph / Delivery Boy
 * Annie Oakley (1 episode, 1956) – Scotty
 * Circus Boy (1 episode, 1956) – Skinny
 * Fury (1956-1957) – Kenny / Johnny
 * Letter to Loretta (1 episode, 1957) – Peter
 * The Walter Winchell File (1 episode, 1957) – Joel Marisch
 * Official Detective (1 episode, 1957) – Henry (uncredited)
 * Telephone Time (1 episode, 1957) – Charlie Sharp
 * Colt .45 (1 episode, 1957) – Tommy
 * The Jack Benny Program (1 episode, 1957) – Newspaper Boy
 * Leave It to Beaver (1957-1963) – Eddie Haskell
 * Wagon Train (1 episode, 1958) – Tommy Jenkins
 * Petticoat Junction (Season 1/Episode 38; 1964) – Harold Boggs
 * The Munsters (1 episode; 1966) – John
 * Still the Beaver (1983, TV Movie) – Eddie Haskell
 * Happy Days (1 episode; 1983) – Freddie Bascomb
 * High School U.S.A. (1984, TV Movie) – Baxter Franklin
 * Rags to Riches (1 episode; 1983)
 * Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1 episode; 1991) – Eddie Haskell
 * Hi Honey, I'm Home (1 episode; 1992) – Eddie Haskell

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31st Daytime Emmy Awards

The 31st Daytime Emmy Awards, commemorating excellence in American daytime programming from 2003, was held on May 21, 2004 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, Vanessa Marcil hosted. Creative Arts Emmy Awards were presented on May 15, 2004. , it is the last Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony to have aired on NBC. The nominees were announced on May 4, 2004.

Nominations and winners
The following is a partial list of nominees, with winners in bold:

Outstanding Drama Series

 * As the World Turns
 * The Bold and the Beautiful
 * General Hospital
 * Guiding Light
 * The Young and the Restless

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

 * Grant Aleksander (Phillip Spaulding, Guiding Light)
 * Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos, General Hospital)
 * Eric Braeden (Victor Newman, The Young and the Restless)
 * Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, General Hospital)
 * Roger Howarth (Paul Ryan, As the World Turns)
 * Thorsten Kaye (Ian Thornhart, Port Charles)

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

 * Tamara Braun (Carly Corinthos, General Hospital)
 * Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis Davis, General Hospital)
 * Michelle Stafford (Phyllis Abbott, The Young and the Restless)
 * Maura West (Carly Snyder, As the World Turns)
 * Kim Zimmer (Reva Lewis, Guiding Light)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

 * William deVry (Michael Cambias, All My Children)
 * Rick Hearst (Ric Lansing, General Hospital)
 * Christian LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin, The Young and the Restless)
 * Ron Raines (Alan Spaulding, Guiding Light)
 * James Reynolds (Abe Carver, Days of Our Lives)

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

 * Kathy Brier (Marcie Walsh, One Life to Live)
 * Sharon Case (Sharon Newman, The Young and the Restless)
 * Ilene Kristen (Roxy Balsom, One Life to Live)
 * Cady McClain (Rosanna Cabot, As the World Turns)
 * Heather Tom (Victoria Newman, The Young and the Restless)

Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series

 * Chad Brannon (Zander Smith, General Hospital)
 * Scott Clifton (Dillon Quartermaine, General Hospital)
 * Agim Kaba (Aaron Snyder, As the World Turns)
 * David Lago (Raul Guittierez, The Young and the Restless)
 * Brian Presley (Jack Ramsey, Port Charles)

Outstanding Younger Actress in a Drama Series

 * Jennifer Finnigan (Bridget Forrester, The Bold and the Beautiful)
 * Christel Khalil (Lily Winters, The Young and the Restless)
 * Eden Riegel (Bianca Montgomery, All My Children)
 * Alicia Leigh Willis (Courtney Matthews, General Hospital)
 * Lauren Woodland (Brittany Hodges, The Young and the Restless)

Outstanding Drama Series Writing Team

 * All My Children
 * As the World Turns
 * General Hospital
 * The Young and the Restless

Outstanding Drama Series Directing Team

 * General Hospital
 * One Life to Live
 * Passions
 * The Young and the Restless

Outstanding Game/Audience Participation Show

 * Jeopardy!
 * The Price is Right
 * Who Wants to be a Millionaire

Outstanding Game Show Host

 * Bob Barker, The Price is Right
 * Alex Trebek, Jeopardy!
 * Meredith Vieira, Who Wants to be a Millionaire

Outstanding Talk Show

 * Dr. Phil
 * The Ellen DeGeneres Show
 * Live With Regis and Kelly
 * The View
 * The Wayne Brady Show

Outstanding Talk Show Host

 * Wayne Brady, The Wayne Brady Show
 * Ellen DeGeneres, The Ellen DeGeneres Show
 * Phil McGraw, Dr. Phil
 * Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa, Live With Regis and Kelly
 * Barbara Walters, Meredith Vieira, Star Jones and Joy Behar, The View

Outstanding Service Show

 * Essence of Emeril
 * Great Hotels
 * Martha Stewart Living
 * The Suze Orman Show
 * This Old House

Outstanding Service Show Host

 * Bobby Flay, Boy Meets Grill
 * Emeril Lagasse, Essence of Emeril
 * Kevin O'Connor, This Old House
 * Suze Orman, The Suze Orman Show
 * Martha Stewart, Martha Stewart Living

Outstanding Special Class Series

 * Animal Rescue with Alex Paen
 * A Baby Story
 * Judge Judy
 * Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls
 * When I Was a Girl

Outstanding Children's Animated Program

 * Arthur
 * Dora the Explorer
 * Kim Possible
 * Little Bill
 * Rugrats

Outstanding Special Class Animated Program

 * Duck Dodgers
 * Fillmore!
 * Ozzy & Drix
 * Rolie Polie Olie
 * Static Shock
 * Tutenstein

Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation

 * Dan Kuenster (Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks)

Outstanding Music Direction and Composition

 * Richard Wolf (Static Shock)
 * Mike Renzi, Glen Daum, Stephen Lawrence, Tony Geiss, Dave Conner, and Danny Epstein (Sesame Street)
 * Paul Jacobs, Christopher Cerf, Sarah Durkee, Thomas Z. Shepard, Fred Newman, Sharon Lerner, and Chris Cardillo (Between the Lions)
 * Michael Rubin and Nick Balaban (Blue's Clues)
 * Van Dyke Parks and Kevin Kiner (Stuart Little: The Animated Series)
 * Peter Michael Escovedo (The Wayne Brady Show)

Outstanding Performer In An Animated Program

 * Joe Alaskey (Duck Dodgers, Duck Dodgers)
 * Nancy Cartwright, (Rufus, Kim Possible)
 * Walter Cronkite (Benjamin Franklin, Liberty's Kids)
 * John Ritter (Clifford, Clifford the Big Red Dog)
 * Henry Winkler (Norville, Clifford's Puppy Days)

Outstanding Pre-School Children's Series

 * Bear in the Big Blue House
 * Blue's Clues
 * Sesame Street

Outstanding Children's Series

 * Assignment Discovery
 * Between the Lions
 * Jeff Corwin Unleashed
 * Operation Junkyard
 * Scout's Safari
 * ZOOM

Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series

 * Kevin Clash (Elmo, Sesame Street)
 * Jeff Corwin (Himself, Jeff Corwin Unleashed)
 * David Rudman (Cookie Monster, Sesame Street)
 * Lynne Thigpen (Luna, Bear in the Big Blue House)
 * Michelle Trachtenberg (Host/Narrator, Truth or Scare)

Lifetime Achievement Award
The Lifetime Achievement Award was awarded to 10 veteran soap opera performers in recognition of their many years of service to the genre:
 * 1) Rachel Ames (Audrey Hardy, General Hospital, 1964–2007, 2009, 2013, 2015)
 * 2) John Clarke (Mickey Horton, Days of our Lives, 1965–2004)
 * 3) Jeanne Cooper (Katherine Chancellor, The Young and the Restless, 1973–2013)
 * 4) Eileen Fulton (Lisa Grimaldi, As the World Turns, 1960–1964, 1966–1983, 1984–2010)
 * 5) Don Hastings (Bob Hughes, As the World Turns, 1960–2010)
 * 6) Anna Lee* (Lila Quartermaine, General Hospital, 1978–2003)
 * 7) Ray MacDonnell (Joe Martin, All My Children, 1970–2010, 2011, 2013)
 * 8) Frances Reid (Alice Horton, Days of our Lives, 1965–2007)
 * 9) Helen Wagner (Nancy Hughes, As the World Turns, 1956–2010)
 * 10) Ruth Warrick (Phoebe Tyler Wallingford, All My Children, 1970–2005)

* - Anna Lee died a week before the awards ceremony and was honored with a brief moment during the telecast. Her award was accepted on her behalf by her son, actor Jeffrey Byron.

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Physician–patient privilege

Physician–patient privilege is a legal concept, related to medical confidentiality, that protects communications between a patient and their doctor from being used against the patient in court. It is a part of the rules of evidence in many common law jurisdictions. Almost every jurisdiction that recognizes physician–patient privilege not to testify in court, either by statute or through case law, limits the privilege to knowledge acquired during the course of providing medical services. In some jurisdictions, conversations between a patient and physician may be privileged in both criminal and civil courts.

Scope
The privilege may cover the situation where a patient confesses to a psychiatrist that they committed a particular crime. It may also cover normal inquiries regarding matters such as injuries that may result in civil action. For example, any defendant that the patient may be suing at the time cannot ask the doctor if the patient ever expressed the belief that their condition had improved. However, the rule generally does not apply to confidences shared with physicians when they are not serving in the role of medical providers.

The reasoning behind the rule is that a level of trust must exist in the doctor–patient relationship so that the physician can properly treat the patient. If the patient were fearful of telling the truth to the physician because they believed the physician would report such behavior to the authorities, the treatment process could be rendered far more difficult, or the physician could make an incorrect diagnosis.

For example, a below-age of consent patient came to a doctor with a sexually transmitted disease. The doctor is usually required to obtain a list of the patient's sexual contacts to inform them that they need treatment. This is an important health concern. However, the patient may be reluctant to divulge the names of their older sexual partners, for fear that they will be charged with statutory rape. In some jurisdictions, the doctor cannot be forced to reveal the information revealed by their patient to anyone except to particular organizations, as specified by law, and they too are required to keep that information confidential. If, in the case the police become aware of such information, they are not allowed to use it in court as proof of the sexual misconduct, except as provided by express intent of the legislative body and formalized into law.

The law in Ontario, Canada, requires that physicians report patients who, in the opinion of the physician, may be unfit to drive for medical reasons as per Section 203 of the Highway Traffic Act.

The law in New Hampshire places physician–patient communications on the same basis as attorney–client communications, except in cases where law enforcement officers seek blood or urine test samples and test results taken from a patient who is being investigated for driving while intoxicated.

United States
In the United States, the Federal Rules of Evidence do not recognize doctor–patient privilege.

At the state level, the extent of the privilege varies depending on the law of the applicable jurisdiction. For example, in Texas there is only a limited physician–patient privilege in criminal proceedings, and the privilege is limited in civil cases as well.

Australia
In New South Wales, Australia, a privilege exists for "communication made by a person in confidence to another person .... in the course of a relationship in which the confidant was acting in a professional capacity". This is often interpreted as being between a health professional and their patient.

In some jurisdictions in Australia privilege may also extend to lawyers, some victims, journalists (shield laws), and priests. It may also be invoked in a public interest, or settlement negotiations, which may also be privileged.

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Army Knowledge Online

Army Knowledge Online (AKO) was a web application that provided enterprise information services to the United States Army, joint, and Department of Defense customers.

AKO was sunset in 2021. The remaining following information is historical in nature.

Enterprise services were provided to those customers on both classified and unclassified networks, and included portal, e-mail, directory, discovery, and single sign-on functionality. All members of the Active Duty, National Guard, Reserves, Army civilian, and select contractor workforce had an account which granted access to Army web assets, tools and services worldwide. All users could build pages, create file storage areas, and create and participate in discussion on the portal. AKO provided the Army with a single entry point for access to the Internet and the sharing of knowledge and information, making AKO the Army's only enterprise collaboration tool operating throughout the Department of the Army (DA) worldwide. AKO was deemed "the world's largest intranet in the early 2000's." One of every two deployed soldiers accessed the portal daily for mission and personal purposes, and in 2008 AKO recorded its one-billionth login. AKO had been expanded to the broader DoD community through Defense Knowledge Online, essentially just a rebranding.

AKO was an integrated suite of a number of commercial-off-the-shelf products, including the Appian Business Process Management (BPM) Suite technology. Appian provides the foundation for all information dissemination, knowledge sharing, process management and collaboration across AKO. Users can build custom access control lists for each piece of content they own to determine the audience allowed to see or use their content. AKO had approximately 2.3 million registered users, supporting over 350K users logging in up to a million times a day as well as receiving and delivering on average 12 million emails daily.

History and development
AKO was established in the late 1990s as an experimental outgrowth of a project of the General Office Management Office. This early project led to A2OL (America's Army Online), but legal concerns over this name and the parallelism to other commercial vendors caused the Army Project team to seek a new name. Early Project Officers for AKO were charged to develop, research and expand the portal to benefit Army Users Worldwide and to grow the system from its less than auspicious roots. The project has run through various incarnations and later project leaders, but still the fundamentals of this system apply: centralized name spacing of email (with webmail access), white pages, unification of data conduits, central capability of authentication and repudiation of credentials and the ability to remotely access content.

At the time of creation, the Army did not have a centralized portal construct. Army intranet presences on networks were not highly developed, or were more limited in capability and scope. AKO attempted to become a central portal for communication among Army (military and civilian) Service members and contractors. Efforts like "email for life" piloted by AKO was an early precursor to "Soldier for Life" initiatives in the Army. Other initiatives, such as PKI, were also piloted by AKO, prior to widespread adoption by the Army. Over time, AKO incorporated many centralized functions to improve utility as an intranet portal and central services hub.

Users
In October 2010, all active duty, reserves, and national guard soldiers were required to register an account on AKO. There are two different types of accounts on Army Knowledge Online, a full account and a guest account. Authorized full accounts did not require any sponsorship to register, and included the following:
 * Active Army
 * Army Reserve
 * Army Retired
 * Contracted ROTC Cadets
 * DA Civilian
 * Future Soldiers
 * Medical Retired
 * NAF Civilian
 * National Guard
 * US Military Academy Cadets

Unlike a full account, guest accounts require an Army sponsor with an authorized full account. Guest accounts include the following:
 * Army Volunteer
 * Contractor
 * Federal Civilian Agencies
 * Foreign Officer (attached to U.S. Army)
 * Homeland Security
 * Incoming DA Civilian
 * Incoming Future Soldier
 * Local National Employee
 * Medical Discharge
 * Military Transition
 * ROTC Cadets (MS I and II)

Features and functionality
A primary function of Army Knowledge Online was its web-based e-mail and collaboration capabilities. The process capabilities of AKO's underlying technology had been rolled out to AKO organizations for the development and delivery of Business Process Management applications. One example of an AKO BPM application is "Wounded Warrior," a case management software for the diagnosis and rehabilitation of soldiers wounded in the field.

AKO's Training function allows soldiers and DA (Department of Army) civilians to access Army online education such as Army e-learning Program, Army Learning Management System, Army Correspondence Course Program, Army transcript, US Army Reserve Virtual University, etc. These learning programs allow soldiers and DA civilians opportunities to enrich their educations, such as business courses which are free of charge. These courses can help soldiers with promotion points, and also later be transferred into college credits.

AKO's Finance function allows soldiers to access their financial records, including Leave and Earning Statement, housing allowances, Food allowances, etc. AKO's Medical function has soldiers medical records, including DNA, past physical exam, and status of deployment readiness. There are many other functions as well, including as legal, travel, benefits, family, forms, readiness, and references.

Access and security
Registering for an AKO account is mandatory upon enlistment in the Army. AKO access follows DoD security policy, and is accomplished by password or by a combination of a Common Access Card (CAC) and PIN. The requirements for an AKO password were stringent; a password must contain at least two uppercase letters, two lowercase letters, two numbers, and two special characters. Passwords expire every 150 days, and may not be replaced by any password used the previous ten times. As of this time, 8 April 2015, AKO can no longer be accessed without the use of a military CAC card or a DoD-approved PIV.

Criticism
The AKO system received some substantial criticism with regards to its speed, various areas of functionality, complex security requirements, effectiveness, and compatibility with web browsers, particularly from its daily users. Program leadership maintained that system cumbersomeness was a necessary result of securing all its information, and with increasing cyber threats. Certain required functionality, however, is available only within the AKO system. As time progressed, other capabilities, such as Cloud or SharePoint for organizations, commercial email/applications like Gmail or O365 for individuals, were used as appropriate to fill specific organizational or individual needs.

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U.S. Navy F/A-18 at transonic speed. The cloud is due to the Prandtl-Glauert singularity.


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Zatch Bell!

Zatch Bell!, known in Japan as Konjiki no Gash!! (金色のガッシュ!!), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Makoto Raiku. It was serialized in Shogakukan's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday between January 2001 and December 2007, with its chapters collected in thirty-three  volumes. The series follows the title character Zatch Bell, a mystical being called a Mamodo, who is partnered with a 14-year-old schoolboy Kiyo Takamine for a once-a-millennium tournament on Earth that determines the right to rule the Mamodo world as king. During their adventure, Zatch and Kiyo encounter and battle various Mamodo and their human partners, and meet allies who aid Zatch in his quest to become a kind king.

Zatch Bell! was later adapted into an anime television series produced by Toei Animation. The series aired for 150 episodes on Fuji TV from April 2003 to March 2006. In addition to an array of licensed merchandise, the franchise also spawned a series of video games and two animated theatrical films. Viz Media licensed both the manga and anime series for English-language localization in North America in 2005; only twenty-five volumes of the manga were published until 2009. The anime series ran in the United States on Cartoon Network's Toonami and Miguzi programming blocks from 2005 to 2007 for seventy-seven episodes, and in Canada on YTV's Bionix programming block from 2005 to 2008; in all, 104 episodes were dubbed in English.

By March 2017, the Zatch Bell! manga had over 23.8 million copies in circulation, including digital versions, making it one of the best-selling manga series. In 2003, the series won the 48th Shogakukan Manga Award for the category. The manga has received generally positive reviews from critics. It was praised for its unique characters, humor, and overall concept. The television adaptation has a more mixed reception, with criticism largely focused on the visuals, graphical violence, and voice acting.

A sequel to the original manga, titled ''Konjiki no Gash!! 2'', began digital distribution in March 2022.

Setting
The story takes place during the modern times in which mystical creatures with supernatural powers called Mamodo descend to Earth from the parallel Mamodo world. Every 1,000 years, one hundred Mamodo are sent to compete in a tournament for the kingship of their world. Each Mamodo carries a spell book that seals away their powers and requires a human companion to read aloud in order to cast them in the form of spells. Only one human is allowed to read from that Mamodo's book, whereupon he or she becomes its book owner and partner.

Spells cast by the Mamodo produce a variety of effects. Along with direct attacks and defenses, there are also spells which trigger a Mamodo's special ability that can temporarily enhance its strength, give them a secondary form for fighting, create a barrier, render the enemy immobile, or empower an object they carry, although this is rare among Mamodo. Spells in each book are typically different for each Mamodo, but there are others that produce identical spells—an example of this is Zatch Bell and his twin brother, Zeno Bell, for their lightning-based powers. The human and their Mamodo usually start out with one spell, but may unlock more through experience and hard work. Additionally, the spell book responds to the user's strong emotions, so that a spell may be generated with greater energy and fervor.

The Mamodo tournament involves eliminating opponents, which is achieved by burning their spell book. Once a spell book is burned, the Mamodo that possessed it loses all claim to the position as king and is immediately returned to the Mamodo world. The last Mamodo standing without their book destroyed becomes the Mamodo king for the next thousand years.

Manga
Kiyo Takamine is an intelligent 14-year-old junior high school student who lives with his mother in the fictional city of Mochinoki, Japan. One day, Kiyo's distant father, Professor Seitaro Takamine, discovers an unconscious child named Zatch Bell with a book at a forest in England, and sends him over to Kiyo in hopes of deciphering the book and determining the past which Zatch has no memory of. Kiyo quickly discovers that Zatch is a Mamodo and that the book causes Zatch to fire lightning from his mouth whenever a spell is read from it. Over time, Kiyo and Zatch come across other Mamodo, especially Brago and his partner, French noblewoman Sherry Belmont, who explain the ongoing Mamodo tournament. Zatch and Kiyo also discover that some Mamodo do not wish to fight or do so for the wrong reasons; namely Kolulu, who was forced to fight due to the nature of her spells. Seeing this, Zatch pledges to become a kind king and stop the battle from ever happening again. Zatch and Kiyo also find friendlier Mamodo and build up alliances with them and their human partners; chief among them are Kanchomé with Italian movie star Parco Folgore, Tia with pop idol Megumi Oumi, Ponygon with German engineer Kafk Sunbeam (although the two do not find each other until later in the series), and Wonrei with teen Hong Kong girl Li-en.

Throughout the course of the tournament, Zatch, Kiyo, and their allies work together to combat several potent, ill-intentioned Mamodo. The first adversary they face is Zofis, who commands a cadre of reanimated Mamodo that were sealed in stone tablets during the previous tournament one thousand years ago. Zofis has also bent the will of his own partner, Sherry's childhood friend Koko, into committing heinous acts such as burning down a whole village. Another enemy to emerge is Rioh, a wrathful Mamodo who wields a semi-autonomous giant named Faudo that imperils the globe. Kiyo is nearly killed in a frantic mission to thwart Rioh and avert Faudo. However, Rioh is then overpowered by Zeno Bell, Zatch's twin brother. Zeno is deeply envious of his sibling for procuring the sacred power of Bao from their father King Bell, and had removed Zatch's memories out of spite, but he soon comes around and apologizes upon seeing the error of his own ways. The last and perhaps most powerful Mamodo encountered is Clear Note, who sees no purpose in life and plans to eradicate the entire Mamodo race, including himself. Zatch and Kiyo call upon the spells of all the Mamodo they previously met to quash Clear Note and return him to the Mamodo world.

In the aftermath, Zatch manages to pull through the tournament unscathed, even though all of his allies fall and are brought back to the Mamodo world; this leaves him and Brago as the only remaining candidates on Earth. After Kiyo's school graduation, the two ilk engage in a final showdown. Zatch ultimately defeats Brago, thereby ending the tournament as the victor. As Zatch departs for the Mamodo world, he rewards Kiyo one of two options for helping him become king: either receiving a wish and forgetting about Zatch, or get nothing but retain his memories of him; Kiyo chooses the second option. Three weeks after the tournament, a letter is sent from the Mamodo to their human counterparts, with Zatch's letter stating that all is well in the Mamodo world.

Anime
While the anime adaptation covers most of the premise, it observes changes in much of the manga's narrative. These include additional subplots and characters not featured in the original story. Certain scenes and key events are also altered or chronologically rearranged. For instance, Zatch and Kiyo first learn about Zeno from another Mamodo they encounter rather than directly from Tia as in the manga, although she and Megumi corroborate the sighting later on. Ponygon also appears earlier in the anime's timeline than in the manga's. Deviations in the plot are more pronounced during the climatic fight against Faudo in the third and final season. In particular, Kiyo's death does not occur, and Zeno never repents even when he returns to the Mamodo world. As a result of the changes, some Mamodo who lose out in the manga survive up to this point. The anime skips the events involving Clear Note and leaves the demise of most of Zatch's main allies and any remaining Mamodo unresolved. Instead, the series closes with an epilogue showing Zatch and Brago preparing to battle each other as the last two Mamodo standing, with the winner not revealed.

Production
Following the ending of his previous series in Shogakukan's Shōnen Sunday Super magazine, Raiku revisited old drafts he created for new ideas for his next series. One of his first ideas was a mercenary who uses a giant sword to defeat enemies. He played with this idea for three months before deciding to abandon it and go for another idea. His next idea involved a middle school student who finds an old toy and, with the help of a noble knight, combats evil. While pitching this idea with his agent, he was advised to use a cuter character as a fighter, and so the titular character Zatch was created. After Raiku worked on the idea for a few months, it was published. Raiku said that he intended to create a "passionate story about a heartwarming friendship," and that he used the concept as a central theme while adding the Mamodo, book, and spell concepts. He cited a western magical story he read as a source of inspiration for creating Zatch's red spell book. Zatch's lightning spells allude to the fact that Raiku's name means "lightning" in Japanese. He also mentioned that he created Folgore with the words "Invincible Italian Man" as a base. Raiku went on a research trip in England while writing volumes five and six, which both take place in said country.

Zatch Bell! would be Raiku's last manga project published by Shogakukan. Once the series finished in December 2007, the company gave back his original artwork, a common practice for Japanese publishing companies. Of all the documents Raiku received, at least five drawings failed to turn up. Raiku accused Shogakukan of mishandling his artwork and, in 2007, filed a lawsuit seeking damages over the missing documents. He reached a settlement for later that year.

The house in which Raiku authored the series was unique in that it doubled as a makeshift studio. Inside was a large collection of autographs from various manga artists displayed at the foyer, which was the first thing one would see upon entering the building. His studio also featured a high ceiling to prevent him from becoming claustrophobic, and he would spend an entire day there to meet a deadline. Raiku's collection of figurines would be displayed on the wall whenever he was present in the house. Raiku admitted that most of his work actually took place at a nearby restaurant where he also did most of his storyboarding. He added that there was less distraction, since he was just surrounded by people rather than games or even the Internet. Storyboarding for a regular chapter of Zatch Bell! took about two days for Raiku to make. When the editor approved the storyboard, Raiku summoned four assistants to the house for his project, and a fifth whenever necessary. Raiku sold the property in 2016.

Manga
Written and illustrated by Makoto Raiku, Zatch Bell! was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine from January 10, 2001, to December 26, 2007. The manga ran for a total of 323 chapters, collected in thirty-three volumes, between May 18, 2001, and June 18, 2008.

The series was licensed for the English-language release by Viz Media, which also provided the alternate title. The first two volumes of the series were released on August 2, 2005. Viz Media discontinued the series after twenty-five volumes, with the last released on June 9, 2009. The manga was also published in English by Chuang Yi in Singapore.

In March 2011, Raiku released a one-shot chapter of Zatch Bell! to promote the repackaging of the manga in a new format under Kodansha. Sixteen volumes were published between March 8, 2011, and June 7, 2012. In July 2018, a digital sixteen-volume edition of Zatch Bell! was released through Birgdin Board Corp., Raiku's own publishing company. The re-releases feature newly drawn cover art, color pages from the original Weekly Shōnen Sunday serialization, and a special bonus chapter in each volume called Zatch Café, which stars characters from that volume's cover. After successful sales and demand from fans, the kanzenban edition was released in physical format in 2019.

In February 2022, Raiku announced a sequel to the manga, titled Konjiki no Gash!! 2 (金色のガッシュ!! 2), which began its digital publication on various digital book services on March 14 of the same year. The first volume was released on September 16, 2022. As of December 15, 2023, three volumes have been released.

Anime
A 150-episode anime television adaptation, titled in Japan as Konjiki no Gash Bell!! (金色のガッシュベル!!), was produced by Toei Animation, and directed by Tetsuharu Nakamura and Yukio Kaizawa, with Akatsuki Yamatoya and Hiroshi Hashimoto as the lead scriptwriters. It began airing on Fuji Television on April 6, 2003, and ran for 50 episodes per season, concluding after three seasons on March 26, 2006. The episodes were collected and distributed by Pony Canyon into three DVD series, labeled as "levels", consisting of seventeen DVDs each, totaling fifty-one sets: the first level was released from November 19, 2003, to April 20, 2005; the second level was released from May 18, 2005, to June 21, 2006; the third level was released from July 5, 2006, to March 7, 2007.

ShoPro Entertainment (then VIZ LLC's sister company, later merged to form Viz Media) acquired the license to the anime series, under the title Zatch Bell! in 2004, and announced its home video release in August 2005. The English dubbed of the series (produced at Studiopolis) premiered in the United States on Cartoon Network's Saturday night programming block Toonami on March 5, 2005. The series was also broadcast on the network's daily programming block Miguzi starting on April 3, 2006. Seventy-seven episodes were broadcast on Cartoon Network until January 20, 2007. The series also premiered on YTV's programming block Bionix in Canada on September 9, 2005, and finished with the 104th and last English-dubbed episode on December 6, 2008. Thirteen DVDs, collecting the first fifty-two episodes, were released by Viz Media between November 8, 2005, and December 4, 2007. New Video Group released a DVD box set, Zatch Bell!: The Complete Seasons 1 & 2, on December 3, 2013, which included the first hundred episodes of the English dub. All 104 episodes of the English dub began streaming on Crunchyroll in 2015. In June 2017, Starz announced that it would be offering episodes of the series for its video on demand service starting on July 1, 2017.

Films
Toei Animation produced two animated films based on the TV series, both which serve as spin-offs. The first film, Zatch Bell!: 101st Devil, was released to Japanese theaters on August 7, 2004, and to DVD on December 15, 2004. Here, a vengeful Mamodo named Wiseman seeks to illicitly enter the tournament by stealing a coveted white spell book, then baiting Zatch into the Mamodo world as a means of displacing him from the battle for king. The film also explores Zatch's home world in finer detail and how a human partner is selected for each Mamodo, with Wiseman deemed incompatible for one. The second film, Zatch Bell! Movie 2: Attack of Mechavulcan, premiered in Japanese theaters on August 6, 2005, before coming out on DVD on January 2, 2006. This movie tells of a conceited Mamodo scientist, Dr. M2, from the future who invades Earth with an army of oversized robots resembling a toy that Kiyo made for Zatch in the main series.

Discotek Media licensed both films for distribution in North America. They were released on Blu-ray and DVD with the original Japanese audio and English subtitles on March 27 and May 21, 2018, respectively.

Video games
A number of video games have been created featuring characters of the Zatch Bell! series, with all but one being action or fighting games. Three games were imported and localized in North America. Zatch Bell! Electric Arena, initially released on December 12, 2003, for the Game Boy Advance, was the very first video game for the series. The second game titled Zatch Bell! Mamodo Battles, which debuted on March 25, 2004, for the PlayStation 2 and GameCube, became the first console game installment based on the series. Lastly, Zatch Bell! Mamodo Fury was released on December 2, 2004, for PlayStation 2 and is the only North American release for the GameCube. A video card game based on the series' CCG is the only installment not featuring in-combat form of gameplay. Eighting, Banpresto, and Bandai oversaw the development and publication of the Zatch Bell! games; since the merging of Bandai and Namco in 2004, GameCube versions are published under Namco Bandai Games.

A smartphone RPG game, titled Konjiki no Gash Bell!! Towa no Kizuna no Nakama-tachi (金色のガッシュベル!! 永遠の絆の仲間たち), developed by Neowiz, is set to be released in 2023, with a closed beta test taking place in mid-September. The game is set to be released on January 17, 2024.

Other media
A toy line made by Mattel and a collectible card game, titled Zatch Bell!: The Card Battle, were released by Bandai in the United States and Japan.

Manga
Zatch Bell! won the Shogakukan Manga Award for best title of the year in 2003. It ranked 33rd of the top 100 manga series on TV Asahi's Manga Sōsenkyo poll in 2021, in which 150,000 people responded.

By June 2008, the manga had over 22 million copies in circulation; by March 2017, it had 23.8 million copies in circulation, including digital versions.

Jason Thompson from Anime News Network describes the series as "Zatch Bell! was one of hundreds of manga competing to be Number Two in the newly established genre of "heroes who fight using cute-but-violent monster/animal/pet companions." But Zatch is an extreme case because it's SO cute and SO violent, both at the same time, mixing squash-and-stretch body distortions, heta-uma ugliness, smiling faces and gushing blood". Mania.com's Jarred Pine's review of the first volume said that "The characters can look lopsided and out of proportions at times, with Kiyo experiencing Popeye arms on occasion. When the artwork gets more serious, it looks quite good, even though the added effect lines tend to make some panels feel a bit overdramatic, especially when Zatch is crying. The action work can feel quite explosive, with all the lightning bolts and flying icicles and all, which makes the Mamodo battle scenes a lot of fun. He added "The book really started off on the wrong foot with me with the introduction of Kiyo, one of the most irritating and arrogant lead characters in a manga. His attitude is not a result of any sort of disposition or a hard life, he’s just a know-it-all that looks down on others. Luckily, Zatch’s quirky and upbeat personality helps balance the scales and quickly goes to work on fixing Kiyo’s bad attitude".

Anime
In 2005, the series ranked 20th on Animage's anime popularity poll, and 64th in the top 100 anime shows in a web poll conducted by TV Asahi. Although the show's English dub fared poorly in reviews, it became notable for its voiceover cast. Debi Derryberry, the voice for Zatch, was nominated twice for "Best Actress in a Comedy" at the American Anime Awards for her role as the titular character, while Jason Spisak placed fifth in the category "best English voice actor" in the SPJA Industry Award for his role as Kiyo. Dave Wittenberg was also nominated "Best Male Actor in a Comedy" for his portrayal of Parco Folgore. Philece Sampler was also accredited for her performance as the minor character Lori.

Anime News Network's Zac Bertschy review of the anime adaptation described it as "...mind-numbingly over-the-top, so enthusiastically bizarre, that it's difficult to not get sucked into its strange little world" but criticized how it was like a "battle your way to the top while learning important lessons about teamwork and courage" anime. He commented how the "sheer exuberance and energy" saves the show from being a bland anime and how it would be the perfect show for kids. IGN's review of the series was mostly negative. IGN's Jason Van Horn criticized the animation, plot, and dubbed voice acting. IGN's JKB stated the books are more interesting than the animation. Common Sense Media describes the story as "isn't just about violence". They also say that there are always challenges, adversities, and questions of identity that the characters face especially Zatch and Kiyo. They compliment how the characters often think aloud when talking about their painful experiences or flashbacks. They applaud on how each of the characters problems in the series are not far off on what kids deal with today. They criticized how the battles uses visuals, languages, sound effects, and dramatic effects that often get drawn out and sometimes become hard to watch. Overall, they said with the graphic violence and the internal struggles that the different characters face throughout the series some parents may not find Zatch Bell! appropriate for their children under ten years old.

Other media
Bandai's The Card Battle game had sold over 300 million units by May 2004.

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 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. 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. —Korath (Talk) 22:16, Mar 12, 2005 (UTC)

Media whore
Currently libellous POV, but I'm not sure the term is worth an article. What do we think? DJ Clayworth 03:58, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, unless someone can write the article in a NPOV citing various notable and credible NPOV sources. Zzyzx11 04:35, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. Currently, the biggest problem is that it names two media personalities without providing any notable evidence. If someone can rewrite this article from a NPOV, I would be inclined to keep it. Zzyzx11 04:58, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, I would be inclined to keep and rewrite this article - especially removing those names mentioned. "Media Whore" scores 38,200 hits on Google. Megan1967 04:40, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Term has currency. Put it on the cleanup list. Wile E. Heresiarch 06:33, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete --68.239.75.16 00:09, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Article just labels Bill O'Reilly as a media whore. Maybe they're right, however is that generalization needed in a NPOV encyclopedic article? I say keep and give it a good cleaning. -- Riffsyphon1024 11:26, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and cleanup. Term is notable, article needs major work. Carrp | Talk 16:37, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, Cleanup. Commonly used term, particularly emblamatic of modern times... I'm not averse to naming names to the extent that there is support for it (i.e. "Joe Doe has been referred to as a media whore by source x, based on events y and z"). --BD2412 19:13, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Yes, the term is used often. So is "dumbass". That doesn't mean an article is warranted. It's just a general insult for somebody who is prominent in the media. Dictdef at best.   — Gwalla | Talk 04:35, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Concur with Gwalla, Delete. Radiant! 10:09, Feb 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. The term certainly has currency, and may soon be applied in entirely new ways due to current events. [wry grin] However, I think anything beyond a dictdef is necessarily going to verge on the POV and libelous, as I cannot imagine adding anything except examples and descriptions of alleged media whoring beyond the definition itself. Or, even worse, a list of WP links to those who the current author believes fills the description. HyperZonktalk 17:34, Feb 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Ditto what Gwalla said. ScottM 18:29, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC) (edit forgot to sign in)
 * Keep and clean up. I think this has enough currency to keep. Wikipedia has other articles on pejoratives such as Carpetbagger and Homophobe. At the very least we should include the definition in List of political epithets. DaveTheRed 22:52, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, cleanup. James F. (talk)
 * Comment. I removed the part about O'Reilly and Williams. The article still needs clean up and expansion, but at least it's not POV anymore. DaveTheRed 02:33, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. 42,600 Google entries on "media whore". ≈ jossi ≈ 04:20, Mar 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, but it's still a dicdef. Radiant! 08:53, Mar 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. n.  —RaD Man (talk) 04:41, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. The Recycling Troll 09:56, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep & Cleanup. Wifki 07:26, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. --Pgreenfinch 07:52, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. A dictdef at best, and that of a mostly content-free insult. How could this be expanded and cleaned-up? Media whores in history? Lists of notable media whores? Media whores around the world? Media whore neighborhoods? Media whore cooking tips? --Calton | Talk 14:00, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Calton is right. Jayjg (talk)  23:41, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Add to list of political epithets and redirect there. -Sean Curtin 03:04, Mar 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * Wouldn't it make more sense to Move to Wiktionary? Penwhale 16:44, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and clean, very commonly used term and even if a "list of media whores" is a little POV, the history of the term could be interesting. Philthecow 16:46, Mar 4, 2005 (UTC)

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Bush Doctor

Bush Doctor is the third studio album by Jamaican reggae singer Peter Tosh. It was released in 1978 on Rolling Stones Records. The album features Mick Jagger as guest vocalist on one song, while Keith Richards plays guitar on two tracks. The rhythm section featured Sly and Robbie.

Critical reception
The Bay State Banner called the album "a rather lame hybrid of rock and ska that pales beside his earlier, Jamaican releases on the Intel-Diplo label."

Track listing
All tracks composed by Peter Tosh; except where indicated

 * Side 1
 * 1) "(You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back" (Smokey Robinson, Ronald White) – 3:43
 * 2) "Pick Myself Up" – 3:55
 * 3) "I'm the Toughest" – 3:48
 * 4) "Soon Come" (Tosh, Bob Marley) – 3:54
 * 5) "Moses – The Prophet" – 3:37

 * Side 2
 * 1) "Bush Doctor" – 4:04
 * 2) "Stand Firm" – 6:10
 * 3) "Dem Ha Fe Get a Beatin'" – 4:11
 * 4) "Creation" – 6:29

 * Bonus tracks on 2002 EMI Remaster

 * 1) "Lesson in My Life" – (previously unreleased)
 * 2) "Soon Come" – (long version)
 * 3) "I'm the Toughest" – (long version)
 * 4) "Bush Doctor" – (long version)
 * 5) "(You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back" (dub version)
 * 6) "Tough Rock Soft Stones" – (previously unreleased)

Personnel
with: Technical personnel
 * Peter Tosh – rhythm and acoustic guitars, clavinet, audio harp, lead vocals
 * Robbie Shakespeare – bass, pick guitar, guitar, horn arrangements
 * Sly Dunbar – drums, gato box
 * Mikey "Mao" Chung – lead guitar, Moog synthesizer, Fender Rhodes, pick guitar
 * Robert Lyn – acoustic piano, organ, Fender Rhodes, clavinet
 * Keith Sterling – keyboards
 * Luther François – soprano saxophone
 * Donald Kinsey – lead guitar
 * Larry McDonald – percussion
 * Uziah "Sticky" Thompson – percussion
 * Karl Pitterson – arrangement on "Creation"
 * Happy Traum – autoharp on "Creation"
 * Keith Richards – guitar on "Bush Doctor" and "Stand Firm"
 * Mick Jagger – vocals on "(You Gotta Walk) Don't Look Back"
 * The Glimmer Twins – executive producer
 * Errol Thompson, Geoffrey Chung, Lew Hahn – engineer

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Talk:Kingdom (professional wrestling)

Informal tone?
I don't see what's so wrong with the tone of this article. Jeff Silvers 18:38, 4 December 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't see it either so I'm removing the tag. To whoever added the tag, please write a rationale on the talk page when you put up cleanup tags. hateless 20:13, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Deletion
It may have been obscure, but that alone doesn't warrant deletion. If anything, it was a continuation of UWF-I, and the article should exist if only to provide some viable info as to what happened to Takada's later projects. --Voievod 23:04, 3 December 2006 (UTC)

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Houghton, Washington

Houghton is one of the lakeside neighborhoods of the city of Kirkland, Washington. Consisting mostly of upscale, single-family homes, Houghton overlooks Lake Washington and is one of the wealthier districts of the Eastside suburbs of Seattle. The village was named for Willard Houghton, a local lumberman. Houghton incorporated in 1948. In 1950, Census records showed there were 1,065 people living in the town of Houghton. The city of Houghton was annexed by Kirkland in 1968 and became the first community in Washington with a neighborhood council.

The headquarters of the Seattle Seahawks were located in Houghton, near Northwest University until moving to new quarters in Renton in 2008. The main arterials running through Houghton include 108th Avenue NE, west of Interstate 405, Lakeview Drive, and Lake Street, which connects to Lake Washington Boulevard NE.

Attractions include Houghton Beach Park and Marsh Park, on the lake, and Watershed Park, adjacent to the interstate.

Houghton Shipyards
In earlier times, Houghton was home to several large shipbuilding companies, including Lake Washington Shipyards (a U.S. Navy contractor) and Anderson Steamboat Company, among others. It is located directly across the lake from Sand Point Naval Air Station, which was decommissioned in the 1970s. At one time there was a dock providing access to the Lake Washington ferries.

Stewart Heights was a residential area just east of the Burlington Northern tracks on the grounds of what became Northwest University. Many workers for the shipyards near Houghton lived there.

Today the shipyards are the site of the lakeside Carillon Point business park.

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Cacheu River

The Cacheu (Portuguese: Rio Cacheu) is a river of Guinea-Bissau also known as the Farim along its upper course. Its total length is about 257 km. One of its major tributaries is the Canjambari River.

Course
Its headwaters are near the northern border of the country, north of Contuboel and close to a bend of the Geba River. It runs west, by the town of Farim and close to Bigenè, and broadens into an estuary on whose south shore the town of Cacheu may be found. Elia Island is a fairly large island located on the right bank of the river close to its mouth. The island's western end lies east of the confluence with the Elia River with Ongueringao Island on the other bank.

The Cacheu is navigable to large (2,000-ton) ships for about 97 km in, and to smaller vessels much further; it was formerly an important route for commerce.

History
During the Portuguese Colonial War, the Guinea-Bissau War of Independence, the river served several military operations.

In 2000, a large part of the estuary of the river became part of the Cacheu River Natural Park. 68% of the park features mango trees, which forms a part of a large block of the trees in West Africa.

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Trafalgar, Victoria

Trafalgar is a town in the West Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia. The town lies on the Princes Highway and main Gippsland railway line about 10 km west of Moe. The town backs onto the foothills of the Strzelecki Ranges to the south. The township sits at approximately 70 metres above sea level. At the, Trafalgar had a population of 3,912. The town is named in honour of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805, which established the Royal Navy's supremacy at sea; allowing consolidation of Britain's Australian colonies at the time.

Trafalgar Post Office opened on 2 June 1879.

Trafalgar was noted for having a cheese factory producing award-winning cheeses. The factory was owned by Petersville from 1960 until its closure in 1990.

The town has a railway station on the Bairnsdale railway line. It also has a swimming pool, tennis courts, Scouts hall, Uniting church and town hall.

Education
Trafalgar is serviced by a number of schools:
 * Trafalgar Primary School
 * St Josephs School (Primary)
 * Trafalgar High School

Sport
Trafalgar has an Australian Rules football team, The Bloods, which competes in the Mid Gippsland Football League. In their distinctive colours of blood red with white stripes, The Bloods have had great success since joining the league in 1969, winning over 100 premierships, their latest being in 2017 when they defeated Newborough by 69 points.

Golfers play at the course of the Trafalgar Golf Club on Gibsons Road - a beautifully crafted course in a rural setting, often listed by golfing magazines as one of the best in Australia.

Trafalgar has a lawn bowling club, the Trafalgar Bowls Club with a synthetic green and a grass green, situated in Seven Mile Road. The Club officially opened in September, 1915.

Warragul Radio stations Triple M Gippsland and 3GG also service this region.

Notable people

 * Judy Hall, local musician and piano teacher in Gippsland for over 70 years.
 * Tim Forsyth, Olympic highjumper, attended Trafalgar High School
 * Harold Mitchell, Melbourne based media tycoon and philanthropist
 * Bill Collins, race-caller

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Page organisation
I don't understand why there's links to a bunch of history articles? -b 01:29, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Changed the opening to refer to the period as between wars, being WWI and WWII. Since WWI started in Europe and WWII started in several places, but also in Europe, the context is that between 2 wars can only refer to the European theatre and thus the years 1918 to 1939. I removed wording as it being known as the period between the wars as the title is obvious, which doen not go for the word interbellumPrudentia (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 05:20, 3 October 2011 (UTC).

Editorializing?
"The idea behind the creation of the League was a good idea because its primary aims still remain important in today’s society however it was badly administered."

I'm not promotign debate on whether or not the ideas behind the League of Nations were good or not, but rather pointing out that such editorializations do not belong on Wikipedia. Could be rephrased to:

"Though the League of Nations was continually undermined and ultimately dissolved, many of the original goals of the League are still pursued by the United Nations, the spiritual successor of the League of Nations."

Not only does it remove the editorializing, it also provides needed reference to the comparison between the League and the UN.

67.160.175.115 (talk) 05:10, 21 December 2007 (UTC) Mic check —Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.95.94.145 (talk) 16:10, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism by 212.85.28.237
Can someone revert this article to it's previous version, as it shows clear signs of vandalism. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 195.7.8.219 (talk) 16:42, 15 January 2007 (UTC).

hmm. interbellum
just a thought, but shouldn't that be interbella? (generally, words ending in -um have a plural ending in -a and interbellum means between the wars, which is plural.) is there an established grammatical consensus that it is indeed interbellum?

Maybe Bellum is being used in a more abstract, all inclusive fashion to mean warfare in general, so by being between two world wars, the Interbellum period is between periods of war, hence Inter-Bellum. D Boland (talk) 01:29, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

Is it anything to do with the case of "bellum"? Also - is it just american english - i'm sure i've seen it referred to as interbellum in (english) history books194.209.8.142 (talk) 13:10, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Interbellum is Latin, so it can be used in English regardless of dialect. In fact, I'm removing that reference, because it is unverified that it is exclusively used in "American English". As a speaker of British English I can tell you that it is certainly used in Commonwealth nations. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.234.15.187 (talk) 04:29, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

 * Lexical borrowing is a somewhat tricky topic, and usually the target language uses native suffixes after the word is fully adopted into the language, but may use original inflections while the borrowing still feels "foreign"; but the main rule is there's no fixed rule, and it just follows usage. (Do you say, the datum or the data?  One agendum, two agenda?  Three agendas?  You see the point.)  Back to "interbellum":  the preposition inter takes the accusative in Latin, and if you want to say the two words "between [the] wars" in Latin it would indeed be inter prep. bellan. because bella is the accusative plural of bellum (and also the nom. pl., but that's not what's called for here). Since lexical borrowing usually occurs from the uninflected version, English borrows Latin noun interbellum meaning, "between-the-wars period" we get "interbellum" in English. I personally would say "two interbellums" as I consider it fully adopted into English, but some might disagree, and it's not likely to come up much.  M-W does, in fact, list "interbella" in their dictionary, calling "interbellum" a variant. Mathglot (talk) 22:09, 14 March 2017 (UTC)

More info..
The interbella was a time of great social change. This is crucial and should be included. yeee —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.233.104.127 (talk) 14:25, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil War was one of the most important events in the period and it isn't even mentioned in the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.227.58.98 (talk) 06:52, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Good Point. this war has been added, Rjensen (talk) 07:34, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

Intrawar
I don't think it's important to include a distinction of "interwar period" from the infrequently used "intrawar" in this article. In any case, surely the lead is not where to put it. Per the nutshell statement at WP:LEAD, "The lead should define the topic and summarize the body of the article with appropriate weight." Since the brief mention of "intrawar" is never addressed again, I'm going to remove it, on second thought. Here is the last version of the text I am removing: In contrast to the interwar period, historians refer to the time of the First World War (1914–1918) and the Second World War (1939-1945) as "intrawar" periods. -Phoenixrod (talk) 05:43, 2 October 2010 (UTC)
 * This is standard disambiguation (but for not having its own topic): "intrawar" is most commonly a typo. I am also of opinion that all dictionary words should link to topics (if not to Wiktionary). But this is a continuation of a faraway conflict, as a third party says. I could stub "intrawar" if you want. JJB 16:56, 3 Oct 2010 (UTC)

 * That "third party" reasonably suggests that the conflict over "intrawar" in this article should be resolved before dealing with the fate of the redirect intrawar. User:Bridgeplayer's words at Redirects_for_discussion/Log/2010_October_2 include this statement: "The way forward is to close this RFD, copy the discussion to Talk:Interwar period and await the resolution of the edit material." I hope my link is sufficient rather than copying the full discussion. In any case, that editor's words hardly refer to a "faraway conflict", since they refer to this very article, interwar period.
 * As to your claim that "intrawar" and "intra-war" are "most commonly a typo", the fact that you spent ten minutes and found nine instances of an incorrect usage does not mean that it is usually a mistake. I'm sure there are countless correct uses of the word as well, and they are probably far, far greater in number.
 * I hope we can now return to the matter at hand: resolving what, if anything, to do with "intrawar" in this article. I don't think you are addressing my objections. I do not see the value of briefly mentioning the antonym "intrawar" in the lead of this article, especially since it is not discussed further in the body of the article. Therefore, it seems to me to violate WP:LEAD. Are there reliable sources that discuss "intrawar" as more than a dictionary definition? I have my doubts on that point, which I tried to indicate in my edit summaries to this article. Your Google link is simply a dicdef of the vaguely related term "intrawar bargaining", not "intrawar" itself. Neither Wiktionary nor Dictionary.com has an entry for "intrawar".
 * To clarify: I have no problem with intrawar having its own article/stub, as long as there's sufficient detail in reliable sources to discuss the term as more than a dictionary definition. But do you believe that can be done? I don't see how. -Phoenixrod (talk) 19:06, 3 October 2010 (UTC)

About Finland
I would add a link about Heimosodat to Finland section because it was pretty important part of Finnish Interwar period. --Fenn-O-maniC (talk) 15:06, 11 August 2011 (UTC)

Other interwar periods/events
This list seems like OR to me. Any period between wars could be so called, but I think that to avoid WP:INDISCRIMINATE and OR this list should only contain common usage as verified in reliable sources of the term "interbellum" or "inter-war period" to describe periods between wars. -- PBS (talk) 11:13, 3 October 2011 (UTC)
 * This article should be renamed, because while it's true that "inter-war period" may refer to any period between two wars, the Interwar is the one between 1918 and 1939. walk victor falktalk 14:20, 14 July 2014 (UTC)

Very poor article
For god sake, "interwar period" is just a convenient expression to denote the 20-year period between the two WWs. It's ridiculous to attempt to summarize, as this overlinked, high-school entry level article attempt to do, some political events that have occurred during those twenty years because then even a summary of political events would be at least 10 times the length of this article.

And then, why limit oneself to political events as it is done here? The expression "Interwar period" is used just as much, if not more so, in non-political contexts ("French cinema in the interwar period", "The decorative arts during the interwar period", etc.).

IMO, a broad definition of the expression would have been sufficient (avoiding pedantic references to the "Treaty of Versailles" and the "Invasion of Poland" etc. because "end of World War I" and "beginning of World War II would have been quite sufficient)..--Lubiesque (talk) 16:26, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Yup. This article would serve its purpose reduced to one sentence ["The interwar period or interbellum is the time between the First World War (1914–18) and the Second World War (1939–45)."] Srnec (talk) 15:16, 4 March 2015 (UTC)
 * the article follows the reliable sources-- especially in world history. It goes well beyond politics to sports and culture. eg "The "Roaring Twenties" highlighted novel and highly visible social and cultural trends and innovations. "  As for "interwar" see major books such as Military Innovation in the Interwar Period (1998) and RJ Overy, The Inter-War Crisis 1919-1939 (2007).  Rjensen (talk) 03:53, 5 April 2018 (UTC)

The importance of Cecil Bebb's involvement in the success of the Nationalist cause in the Spanish Civil War
Given the age of the bulk of commentary on this talk page, I think that it is unlikely that any consensus can be reached, given the lack of contributors hereon. However, as a step in the process ultimately leading to arbitration, here goes: 1) 16 Dec. 2018 - The initial contention for deleting over half of the edit made was that it was "tweaked" - BTW, the simplistic deletion of over half an edit is not "tweaking", just saying. Additionally, Rjensen made the statement "no need to mention one pilot by name" - which is editorializing of the rankest kind, especially as the "one pilot" has his own Wiki page, indicating -some- sort of importance, of which more later. 2) 11 Jan. 2019 In undoing the deletions, I stated the historical importance of this "one pilot". 3) 11 Jan. 2019 The edits were again deleted, Rjensen stating as the reason for this second deletion "need reliable secondary source that says this piloot was of major world importance". Again, "major world importance" is simply more editorializing, as "this pilot" -only- needs to be important to the Spanish Civil War, an importance which both I and the reference pointed out. 4) 12 Jan. 2019 Upon providing a second citation (Cecil Bebb's Wiki page being the first, apparently unreliable, one), the edits were again removed, because (in Rjensen's words) "he flew tourists in his little plane", a descent into patronizing condescension, and not even correct, as the Dragon Rapide was not considered a "little plane". This Rjensen follows with "the Spanish insurgents hired him for one job is all--he is not a world historic character like Franco". One "job" that was orchestrated just before the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, to bring Franco from his island exile (where he had no power) to his seat of power in Spanish Morocco, from which he and the Army of Africa made their way to Spain to support, and then take control of, the rebel forces in Spain, events which would not have occurred without this "one job". A "job" which was initiated in the UK, with the connivance of at least one active British intelligence officer. And again, Rjensen resorts to editorializing as a "reason" for deleting the edits: "not a world historic character like Franco" - an editorial which I asked for him to defend by some proof that "world historic character" was a requirement for entry onto a Wiki page. A request that has, thus far, gone unanswered. Unsurprising, given the number of people who are -not- "world historic characters" who either appear on other Wiki pages, or have their own, or both. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.246.184.114 (talk) 05:33, 17 January 2019 (UTC)
 * The Interwar article covers the entire world for two decades. The Spanish Civil War gets 242 words, and only one person is mentioned --Franco. There is no mention of his generals, or the opposing generals and politicians no matter how important. There is almost no mention of battles & military operations (it mentions numerous small battles and sieges). It would be very strange indeed to have the second person mentioned = the pilot who made one trip--and his trip itself is not mentioned here. Perhaps 98.246.184.114 thinks the pilot was a secret agent working for the British government or spy agency, for which there is no evidence.  He was hired because he ran a air-travel business from London to Spain for small groups of tourists and would not arouse suspicions. Rjensen (talk) 07:32, 17 January 2019 (UTC)

As mentioned in an earlier comment, the Spanish Civil War is one of -the- most important European events of the Interwar Period, and, as you yourself note, "gets 242 words". The fact that the article itself is lacking overall in this respect has absolutely -nothing- to do with the fact that the named person is an important trigger to such an historic event. As to your rather ridiculous attempt to cast aspersions on me ("Perhaps 98.246.184.114 thinks the pilot was a secret agent") and infer that I stated something which I did not, rather than continue with your earlier failed attempt to fault the sourced added material, I'll simply say that your ad hominem attack appears to be the final resort of someone who has not only failed to prove their point, but rather did not have one to begin with. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.246.184.114 (talk) 03:40, 27 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Hundreds of historians have explored Franco's role in tens of thousands of pages and none of them give this pilot more than a line or two. No historian of Europe mentions him at all. Wiki policy is to follor the reliable sources in their judgment of importance.  Rjensen (talk) 07:34, 27 February 2019 (UTC)

Invasion of Poland
The invasion of Poland did not take place during the interwar period; it marks exactly the end of the interwar period. Thus the phrasing, in the lead paragraphs, "The territorial ambitions of the Soviets ... led to the expansion of their domains", is highly misleading. Also the lead paragraphs, per MOS:LEAD, are supposed to be "an introduction to an article and a summary of its most important contents." There's nothing in the rest of the article about the invasion of Poland, so to mention it this particular way in the lead paragraphs is distracting and confusing.

Of course, there's nothing wrong with mentioning the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact, and related developments, in this article, especially since they led directly to the start of the war. If there were something about that in the main body of the article, perhaps in a subsection of its own, or in the subsection about German territorial ambitions, it would be normal to refer forward to it in the lead paragraphs. Bruce leverett (talk) 00:58, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

 * The M-R Pact was made in August 1939, within the “interwar period.” Soviet territorial ambitions didn’t magically coalesce the day after Nazi Germany invaded Poland. Soviet territorial ambitions were a significant contributor to WWII and/or — at the very least - to the interwar tensions, political dynamics, and alliances.
 * I don’t think there’s anything wrong with modifying the actual body of the article to touch on this. I have not, admittedly, read-through the body recently. Perhaps it needs to be addressed more clearly.
 * However, I find it highly suspect that you are so hyper-focused on removing the mention of “Soviet territorial ambitions” from the intro. Especially when, as I said, the M-R Pact — among other things - clearly indicate that the Soviets’ “imperial” aspirations were clearly extant during the interwar period. MWFwiki (talk) 09:19, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

UK was not part of "British Empire"
Encyclopedia Britannica "British Empire" article states : "British Empire, a worldwide system of dependencies—colonies, protectorates, and other territories—that over a span of some three centuries was brought under the sovereignty of the crown of Great Britain and the administration of the British government. The policy of granting or recognizing significant degrees of self-government by dependencies, which was favoured by the far-flung nature of the empire, led to the development by the 20th century of the notion of a “British Commonwealth,” comprising largely self-governing dependencies that acknowledged an increasingly symbolic British sovereignty." Rjensen (talk) 06:48, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

 * Thanks for bringing this to the talk page.
 * I do not object to the use of "Britain and its Empire" instead of "British Empire". Actually it seems counterintuitive to me to treat "British Empire" as if it didn't include Britain, but I see that our own article British Empire handles this similarly to Britannica, and this article (Interwar Period) should of course be consistent. Bruce leverett (talk) 19:50, 29 June 2024 (UTC)

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 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. 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 DELETE. jni 18:33, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Nintendo ds vs sony psp
Not encylopedic. Wikipedia is not a place for comparison of commerical products. May contain copyvios taken off a various number of online sources but not clear-cut for me to list it on WP:CP. - Mailer Diablo 04:07, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC) This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.
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 * Delete. This comparison of commercial products does not seem appropriate for an encyclopedia. Zzyzx11 05:04, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not encyclopedia material.--Firsfron 05:07, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, smacks of advertising and POV to me. --Kitch 06:11, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, as Mailer Diablo says, possible copyvio. I think it uses most of the text from, but not entirely sure. Nick04 13:18, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete -- Longhair 11:51, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, non-enyclopedic, possible copyvio, and huge POV. ✏ Oven Fresh  ²  20:00, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Unencyclopedic.   — Gwalla | Talk 04:35, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
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If you look at the page linked to by the tag, it has a better explanation of the form that articles on fictional subjects should take than I can probably give on a talk page. Phil Sandifer 02:49, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

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Hey there buddy - I noticed you got Philled recently. I think Phil is completely out of control. I've been following his recent trail of destruction - he seems to be waging a war on all things fictional. His opinion (as seen on the Wiki MoS) seems to be that "Wikipedia is about the real world, and things that happen in other worlds are of interest to Wikipedia only insofar as they provide context for things in the real world."

While I can see the point that some fan commentary can be obsessively detailed I would make two observations. First, I think the "in-universe perspective" is still a bit hazy. While it should be made clear when a plot summary is fictional, pretty much all book, television, and movie plot summaries are most easily presented from an in-universe perspective. Heck, I'd say 99% are (and the other 1% are rubbish). Second, Phil's aggressive way of trying to deal with his latest pet peeve is not particularly constructive.

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