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Talk:Laurence Olivier

Olivier's first performance and falling flat on his face
his first stage appearance was in a sketch called The Unfailing Instinct at the Brighton Hippodrome in August 1925. He tripped and fell on his face during the performance.(underlined was removed)

This detail was added by me on 17 December during this discussion about the start date of Olivier's career. There were several other editors who massaged the text, it went back and forth, but this detail was ultimately included for 3 months, until today, when @SchroCat/HJ Mitchell removed it. (also pinging other original discussion participants Nemov and RL0919). I think it's overall a pretty good case for WP:STATUSQUO. It's also clearly WP:DUE for the body of the article, as it is mentioned in detail in numerous high quality reliable sources:

Donald Spoto's 1941 biography (page 44):

 * After four weeks on tour with this trifle in Manchester, Liverpool and Brighton, his salary of two pounds was slightly augmented when he was asked to be assistant stage manager and play the silent policeman in a melodrama, The Ghost Train, in which ‘Miller had scored a great success in London. No such success was Olivier’s: the Brighton drama correspondent alluded to him only to note his unintentionally dramatic entry onstage.. Heedless of the stage manager’s warning about the set’s raised doorsill, Olivier reduced a tense scene to giddy farce as he tripped, sliding precariously toward the footlights. He fared no better in his next employment..."

Anthony Holden's 1947 biography (page 326):

 * Twenty-two years his junior, Joan Plowright was young enough to be Olivier's daughter, precisely the role she played at the Palace Theatre, taking over the part of Jean Rice from Dorothy Tutin....Though she too was married - to the actor Roger Gage - there followed a "euphoric" progress through Glasgow, Edinburgh and Oxford to the Brighton Hippodrome - the scene of Olivier's first professional stage entrance, flat on his face, over thirty years before."

John Cottrell's 1975 biography (page 34):

 * "That summer Olivier made his first professional stage appearance since leaving drama school, and he literally fell flat on his face. The occasion was a sketch called Unfailing Instinct, put on as a curtain- raiser before a Brighton Hippodrome production of Arthur Ridley's new play The Ghost Train. Again and again the eighteen-year-old novice had been warned about the importance of lifting his feet as he came on stage via a door built into the scenery on a wooden base. It made not a dime's worth of difference. On the cue for his entrance he stumbled stupidly into the base of the door frame and plunged head- first into the footlights with sufficient impact to earn his first, brief notice as a pro: "Mr. Laurence Olivier made a good deal out of a rather small part."

Francis Beckett's 2005 biography (page 16):

 * "[His first performance was also] one of the most dramatic: he fell headlong, his face coming to rest in the footlights. There was a torrent of laughter from the packed house, and when he eventually left the stage, they gave him a round of applause."

Terry Coleman's 2006 biography (Pages 25, 485):

 * "The first time he appeared on stage as an actor, in public, was at the Brigthon Hippodrome at a charity gala at the beginning of August 1925, and it was in music hall, and he fell flat on his face...Olivier was in the one straight act of the evening, a short curtain-raising sketch called The Unfailing Instinct.""

It's also mentioned prominently in this New York Times review of Olivier's 1985 Autobiography Confessions of an Actor:

 * "In 1925 he made his first appearance on a professional stage, on a variety bill in Brighton, and he made his entrance by tripping over the sill of a door in the scenery. He sailed through the air right into the footlights, and the accident provoked the largest laugh he has ever received in his life as an actor."

All of this adds up to a detail about Olivier's early career that is clearly WP:DUE inclusion in the body, in a short sentence as above. There are numerous other details in the article currently which are not mentioned in so many biographies. It's an interesting fact that Olivier often mentioned to his biographers, and is especially notable as an actor with such great stage presence and poise as a dramatic leading man, who had such a clumsy foible in his first professional role. — Shibboleth ink  (♔ ♕) 14:16, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Trivia. We are not writing a book-length biography, we are writing a summary of his career. Trying to compare full biographies with a summary is like comparing apples and spark plugs. Looking at summaries of Olivier’s life (ODNB and the Encyclopaedia Britannica, neither of which mention this triviality. SchroCat (talk) 16:05, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Our entry is quite a bit longer and more detailed than either of those sources. The NYT review does, however, mention it. And saw it as important enough in a much shorter format. — Shibboleth ink  (♔ ♕) 17:01, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Just because our article is slightly longer, it doesn’t mean we have to fill it with trivial fluff. Does it explain anything about Olivier, his career, his approach to acting or anything at all? Are readers enlightened in any way about him for the inclusion of this nonsense? SchroCat (talk) 17:06, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I found it an interesting and insightful 10 words which highlighted the difference between Olivier at the very beginning of his career compared to the end. But that's all irrelevant nonsense. Our personal opinions of Olivier are not the point of WP:RSUW. — Shibboleth ink  (♔ ♕) 17:10, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * "Interesting" does not equal encyclopaedic. And if you are trying to make a comparison from beginning to end, that’s Unclear to the point of ridiculous. - SchroCat (talk) 17:12, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I concur with SchroCat. Our job as editors is to try to boil down to a few thousand words the key contents of 500-page biographies. Tempting though it may be to add amusing incidental anecdotes they are not what an encyclopaedia article is about.  Tim riley  talk   17:27, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I also agree with SchroCat. It is neither possible or necessary to include every trivial detail on a subject’s life. Jack1956 (talk) 18:36, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Note: This discussion has been listed at the NPOV noticeboard, WP Actors and Filmmakers, and WP Theater. — Shibboleth ink (♔ ♕) 17:45, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * (from NPOVN) That a legendary actor tripped and fell in his first stage appearance is not trivia, it's obviously a salient detail of his career, as evidence by the inclusion of this detail in what appears to be every biography, including those that are shorter than ours. Of course, my mind would be persuaded if someone showed me six biographies of equal quality that did not mention this detail. But based on these sources: include. Levivich (talk) 18:50, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Shall we refer to every other occasion he bumped into furniture? This is about as trivial an incident I can think of and is not encyclopaedic in any way. Can you provide a link to a biographies that are short than ours that include this vital piece of information? - SchroCat (talk) 19:00, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * He dedicated 5 of 330 pages  in his autobiography to the incident (~1.6% by word count). The NYT includes it in a 60-word mention in a review that's only 1780 words (3%). We can manage to include 10 words. — Shibboleth ink  (♔ ♕) 19:02, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Can you not interrupt the flow with non sequiturs? I have asked a question of someone else to provide information: you are providing ridiculous numbers that prove or mean absolutely zero in this context. Writing biographies entries by statistics? No wonder things like Rylance and the misrepresentation of sources happen. Turgid rubbish. SchroCat (talk) 19:34, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Shib is showing the "weight proportional to its treatment in the body of reliable, published material"... it's kind of a key part of figuring out if something is WP:DUE for inclusion or a WP:MINORASPECT. Levivich (talk) 19:38, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Not every other occasion, we should treat each occasion with a weight proportional to its treatment in the body of reliable, published material on the subject. In other words, it doesn't matter at all if you think it's trivial or not, it matters how much coverage it receives in RS biographies of Olivier. So, all the bumps and falls the RSes cover. But to cut the bullshit, you're being disingenuous by pretending you don't see why a famous actor falling on stage in his first performance would be a detail people would include in a biography of that actor. To treat that as just bumping into furniture is transparently disingenuous. You're not stupid and we know it. :-) Levivich (talk) 19:32, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the slur - that's very kind of you. I am waiting for the supposed biographies (plural) that are shorter than ours and still contain this crucial piece of information that somehow enlighten or explain something about Olivier - can you do that? At some point the penny may drop that WP:NOTEVERYTHING should actually mean something. - SchroCat (talk) 19:34, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * What slur, "disingenuous" or "not stupid"? The NYT autobiography review linked above. Levivich (talk) 19:41, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * That's a review in a newspaper, not a biography; there is a considerable amount of difference between newspaper copy and an encyclopaedic article. Now, can you provide the biographies (plural) that are shorter than this that include this crucial piece of information? - SchroCat (talk) 19:46, 12 March 2023 (UTC)

 * Keep it in. I'd say. Johnbod (talk) 19:17, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Seems like there's a enough coverage of it happening to warrant an inclusion, but it should remain short if included. Nemov (talk) 19:48, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * If this seems indispensable to some editors, we could at a pinch treat it as we do another amusing anecdote, viz the dog Roger and his fascination with Olivier's genitals, and put it in a footnote. See footnote k for Roger and Olivier's private parts. I remain unconvinced that a one-off onstage accident needs inclusion, but if there is a consensus to add it, I recommend we add it in a footnote.  Tim riley  talk   19:53, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Which biographies about Laurence Olivier cover that detail about Roger the dog and in how much proportional detail do they cover it? I don't see it in any of the above linked sources. Seems it's a fact about Nöel Coward, not Olivier. Not sure why it's in the article since it doesn't appear in a cursory search of sources about Olivier. This fact about Olivier's first professional on-stage role seems quite a bit more DUE. Talk about "trivia". To put these two pieces of information on the same level in any way is bizarre. —  Shibboleth ink  (♔ ♕) 20:56, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I can see both sides. It is fairly trivial in such a long and distinguished career. On the other, it's widely mentioned in the source material. I'm loathe to disagree with the authors of such an excellent FA, but if there was a consensus for inclusion I could support a brief mention. We could re-cast the sentence slightly so that the fall is not the main subject and uses fewer words. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 20:55, 12 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I would leave it out. It may be amusing to note that a famous actor tripped during his maiden outing on stage, and it may help to sell a memoir or biography, but it doesn't give the reader any enyclopedic information about his life or career. -- Ssilvers (talk) 01:49, 13 March 2023 (UTC)

Proposal: to meet above compromises
In Olivier's first professional stage appearance in a sketch called The Unfailing Instinct at the Brighton Hippodrome in August 1925, he tripped and fell on his face.

That's 7 words versus 10. Any other suggestions? I would ref this to the sources which best summarize the incident, Cottrell and Beckett.— Shibboleth ink  (♔ ♕) 15:25, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Still unencyclopaedic trivia. Again, what do these seven words add to the understanding of Olivier, his work or his life? - SchroCat (talk) 17:06, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
 * See above. If you think a footnote about an imaginary dog in someone else's biography is encyclopedic, but this fact isn't, then I don't know if there is anything I can say to convince you otherwise. — Shibboleth ink  (♔ ♕) 18:18, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Are you going to answer my question? - SchroCat (talk) 19:18, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I explained my answer above in short, and in detail over at WP:NPOV/N: . To repeat, I think this detail adds an understanding of how much Olivier's stage presence evolved over the course of his career, from extremely humble beginnings to being perhaps one of the greatest such actors in our time, with an incredible presence. I provided sources to back up this interpretation, and I also described how I would elaborate on it if necessary. My best guess is that you don't consider those answers satisfactory. And as I said, if that's true, then I'm not sure anything I could say would be. — Shibboleth ink  (♔ ♕) 19:30, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't think you're likely to get a consensus one way or the other, Shibbolethink. But if it is to be included, I'd suggest reframing the sentence so the fall isn't the subject, like Olivier's first professional stage appearance was in a sketch called The Unfailing Instinct at the Brighton Hippodrome in August 1925, during which he tripped and fell. I don't think "on his face" adds anything, though now I see it without that I'm leaning more towards excluding the whole thing. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:32, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't think you're likely to get a consensus one way or the other, Shibbolethink If that's true, then the article should revert to the WP:STATUSQUO which, most recently, was inclusion (for 3 months). — Shibboleth ink  (♔ ♕) 19:33, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
 * STATUSQUO is an essay and this is a featured article so, barring major developments in the subject matter or major new sources, we should take the version that passed FAC as the consensus version. HJ Mitchell | Penny for your thoughts? 19:50, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
 * You think those seven words expresses exactly what? That this was in the same city where Olivier and his wife “spent their golden years”, to quote you. How exactly does it do that, and what exactly does it add? - SchroCat (talk) 20:00, 15 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Whatever you think about Shibbolethink's judgement you have to acknowledge his persistence. Nonetheless, I think we can now conclude that there is no consensus to alter the agreed FAC text in the matter under consideration.  Tim riley  talk   23:37, 18 March 2023 (UTC)

Infobox image
The present image is a little disturbing. I kind of prefer reverting it back to the one with Olivier in old age. I'm also open to other suggestions. Yourlocallordandsavior (talk) 07:55, 20 August 2023 (UTC)

 * What makes you think the current image is disturbing? Ollieisanerd  (talk • contribs) 09:55, 20 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Yourlocallordandsavior and Ollieinsanerd, what do you think about this image? 88.29.165.207 (talk) 09:49, 28 August 2023 (UTC)
 * It’s probably the smile, although I myself think it’s okay. Dantus21 (talk) 04:26, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
 * I prefer the old lead image too. It's in colour, is higher resolution than the current lead image, and was taken by a famous photographer. 𝕱𝖎𝖈𝖆𝖎𝖆 (talk) 08:37, 30 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Laurence is too old in that photography, as the infobox photo should feature the individual (Olivier) in its prime. 88.28.10.208 (talk) 13:12, 1 September 2023 (UTC)
 * The current image works in that he's at his most recognisable. Ultimately that's the aim for an infobox image. We already have an image of him as a much older man (photographed by Allan Warren) in the appropriate section. Duffy BT (talk) 16:44, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

 * I've put back in the 1972 picture: it's a higher resolution and there isn't a consensus for change. Given his career was a long and rich one, to try and claim the b&w one is "in his prime" is a bit questionable, given the Warren one was in '72, the same year he was in Sleuth (1972) and before he appeared in Marathon Man (1976) and The Boys from Brazil (1978): he was nominated for Oscars for those three films, which suggests he was still pretty much in his prime. Feel free to open an RfC to discuss the options if you wish. - SchroCat (talk) 16:17, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

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Civil War Fantasy

Civil War Fantasy is an album by Altamont, which was released in 1998 through Man's Ruin Records.

Track listing

 * 1) "Civil War Fantasy" (Altamont) – 2:57
 * 2) "Ezy Rider" (Jimi Hendrix) – 4:38
 * 3) "Bitch Slap" (Altamont) – 4:19
 * 4) "Whips" (Altamont) – 4:49
 * 5) "My One Sin" (Altamont) – 2:33
 * 6) "Makers Mark" (Altamont) – 2:50
 * 7) "Black Tooth Powder" (Altamont) – 3:57
 * 8) "Up River" (Altamont) – 4:56
 * 9) "Downwind" (Altamont) – 3:30
 * 10) "Smoke" (Altamont) – 6:34

Personnel

 * Dale Crover - Guitar, vocals
 * Joey Osbourne - drums, vocals
 * Dan Southwick - Bass
 * Billy Anderson - Organ, vocals, Engineer, Producer
 * George Horn - Mastering

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Chevrolet S-10 Blazer

The Chevrolet (S-10) Blazer and its badge engineered GMC (S-15) Jimmy counterpart are compact/mid-size SUVs manufactured and marketed by Chevrolet and GMC from the 1983 through 2005 model years, over two generations – until the early 1990s alongside these brands' full-size SUVs with near identical nameplates, but lacking removable hardtops. From the 1992 model year, GMC's full-size Jimmy had become the "Yukon", and so, the S-15 prefix was dropped on the smaller GMC Jimmy. Starting with the 1995 second generation, the large Blazer was rebranded as the Chevrolet Tahoe, and these mid-size SUVs were simply launched as the "all-new Chevrolet Blazer".

Upon launch, these models were 14.5 in shorter and 14.9 in narrower than the full-size K5 Blazer, sometimes leading to the nickname of "baby Blazer". Like their full-sized counterparts, the S-series Blazer and Jimmy were originally offered only in a two-door body style. In 1991, four-door versions were added, with a 6.5 in (17 cm) longer wagon body.

The S-10 Blazer and S-15 Jimmy were based on the Chevrolet S-10 and GMC S-15/Sonoma pickup trucks and were manufactured in Pontiac, Michigan; Linden, New Jersey; Moraine, Ohio; Shreveport, Louisiana; and São José dos Campos, Brazil.

In the United States, retail sales of four-door Blazer models ended in 2004, though production of two- and four-door models for fleet sales continued into 2005. In the Canadian market, four-door models of the Blazer and Jimmy were sold until the 2004 model year and until the 2005 model year for the two-door models of both.

The Brazilian variant, based on the second-generation S-series, continued in production in Brazil through 2012 with its own sheetmetal stampings which were also used on the Chinese, Indonesian, and Russian versions. In North America, the Moraine, Ohio, plant produced only 4-door vehicles, with both 2- and 4-door models being produced at Linden, which was the main assembly plant after the switch (for the 1995 model year) from Pontiac West Assembly in Pontiac, Michigan, which closed in 1994.

First generation (1983–1994)
In 1982, General Motors introduced the Chevrolet S-10 Blazer, and its rebadged GMC S-15 Jimmy variant, as 1983 models. They were based on, and co-developed, with the 1982 Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck, introduced one year prior, to replace the Isuzu-based Chevrolet LUV truck. Similar to the pickup models, these versions are sometimes internally referred to as the S/T series to denote two- and four-wheel-drive models respectively (similar to the full-size Chevrolet C/K trucks) despite all versions being badged with "S" nomenclature.

The S-series Blazer and Jimmy did not feature removable hardtops, like their full-size K5 counterparts, and were for a long time, like them, only offered in a two-door bodystyle. Only in March 1990, four-door versions of the S-10 Blazer and Jimmy were introduced as 1991 models, with a 6.5 in greater wheelbase and length. While significantly smaller in all dimensions than the K5 Blazer, interior space was comparable or larger thanks to better packaging – the luggage area, for instance, was 21.0 cuft rather than the 20.1 cuft of the older, larger model. Base power was provided by GM's 2.0L OHV gasoline inline four-cylinder engine, producing up to 83 hp. A 2.8L 110 hp V6 was offered as an option (coincidentally, this engine was also used in Jeep's competing Cherokee until 1987). Due to emissions laws, a 1.9L gasoline inline-four built by Isuzu was offered as the base model engine in California in place of the 2.0L engine, while an Isuzu 2.2L diesel engine (also used in the S-10/S-15 pickups) producing 58 hp was offered as an option.

The 1.9L, 2.0L gasoline, and 2.2L diesel engines were dropped after 1985, replaced by the larger 2.5L Iron Duke engine. The V6 was refitted with a throttle-body fuel injection system for 1986 in order to improve performance and fuel economy.

In order for it to keep being competitive, the Blazer and Jimmy received a new 262 cuin V6 option for 1988 (also used with the S-10/S-15 pickups, Astro/Safari vans, G-series vans, and C/K 1500 and 2500 trucks), based on the Chevrolet small-block V8 engine, producing a respectable 150 hp. Power output was increased to 160 hp for 1989, while the four-cylinder engine was dropped. The 2.8L V6 was discontinued after 1989, making the 4.3L the sole available engine. A 5-speed manual transmission (Getrag 290/Hydramatic 290/5LM60, sourced from the GMT400) was added to the option list, replacing the Borg-Warner T-5.

In March 1990, 4-door versions of the S-10 Blazer and Jimmy were introduced as a 1991 model; the 4-door had a 6.5 in longer wheelbase (2-doors had a 100.5 in wheelbase, six inches (152 mm) longer than the Ford Bronco II) and a one-piece front grille with a painted black insert (1990 two-door S-10 Blazers and Jimmys had the three-piece grille). This new grille also did away with the separate metal filler panel under the grille, since the grille is taller and took its place. Early production models between March and August 1990 were initially available as 4WD models only; 2WD versions commenced production thereafter. This came just months ahead of the introduction of the Ford Explorer, which replaced the Bronco II; six-and-a-half years after the segment-leading Cherokee debuted with four doors.

The upscale Oldsmobile Bravada appeared later in the year featuring an All-Wheel-Drive package called "Smart-Trak" (using a BorgWarner 4472 transfer case, shared with the AWD Astro/Safari).

For 1992, the S-10 Blazer and Jimmy received an updated rear back glass (which does not have any trim to which two black buttons serve as the back glass strut mounting points) and front grille (chrome shell with argent silver inserts). The interior was a carryover from 1991 with the exception of the center console and steering wheel (X-bar style similar to the one used in the GMT400 trucks). Also, the "S-15" name was dropped from the Jimmy. The S-10 Blazer also introduced an upscale Tahoe and Sport trim packages, the Tahoe LT, which was rebadged as the LT in 1995 while the Tahoe package was rebadged as the LS. The Tahoe LT had its own exterior décor with faded lower body lines on the lower rockers along with Tahoe LT badges; this also included an overhead console and remote keyless entry. The sport package had bigger sway bars, slightly modified suspension, and 30×9.5" or optional 31×10.5" tires. Body trim included also black plastic fender flares, front fog lights, and spare tire carrier on the tailgate.

1992 was the first model year the S-10 Blazer and Jimmy was available with an NP233 electronic transfer case. This deleted the manual gear range selector with a three-position switch located to the left of the gauge cluster in the place of the rear defrost button found on other models (the defrost button assembly on models with the electronic transfer case is positioned below the headlight switch). The electronic transfer case added luxury; however, there was no neutral position with the electronic transfer case, so the owner's manual stated that the drive shaft had to be removed when the vehicle was being towed. The fuel lines, which were routed on the driver side frame rail to the TBI fuel injectors, were redesigned where the fuel inlets entered the rear of the engine (same as the GMT400). This was phased in because of the L35 option which used a similar fuel line setup. The serpentine accessory drive for the 4.3L engine was modified where the air pump was eliminated and further lightened.

From at least 1991 onward, all S-10 Blazers and Jimmies came with four-wheel anti-lock brakes as standard equipment. The first two years of the ABS system had axleshafts with pressed-on ABS toner rings, which were eliminated during the latter half of the 1993 model year (rear ABS control was now done via the vehicle speed sensor). A five-speed manual transmission remained standard through 1994, but only with the TBI engine. Only the two 262 cuin engines were offered as options, the base TBI and the CPI (introduced in 1992 for the S-10/S-15 and Astro/Safari vans; the latter had the "Vortec" logo on the intake plenum).

1993 had a few changes; the S-10 Blazer was renamed "S-Blazer" while the full-size Blazer became just "Blazer." The center console was raised (with a dual cup holder), and the 4L60E transmission replaced the 700R4. The grille (alongside the S-10 pickup) was revised (which was a chrome-plated version of the base work truck grille found on base S-10 pickups), along with the addition of optional five-spoke alloy rims on 2WD models (which were basically a copy of the third-generation Camaro Z28 15" alloy rims).

Although the second generation S-10/S-15 pickup debuted in 1994, the S-Blazer and Jimmy continued unchanged for that year, with the only significant changes being a third brake light and the discontinuation of the rear spoiler. 1994 was a transition year for many automakers when it came to switching from R-12 Freon to CFC-free R134a refrigerant. The redesigned 1994 S-10 and Sonoma pickups used R134a refrigerant. Despite being nearly identical to the 1993 models, the entire 1994 model year full-size pickup and SUV lineup (C/K, Sierra, Suburban, Yukon) also used R134a. The 1994 S-Blazer and Jimmy seem to have used R-12 until the end of their production run.

Second generation (1995)
The all-new Blazer was introduced in 1994 as a 1995 model year. This time, it lost the S prefix for simpler identification, as the full-size Blazer was discontinued and renamed the Tahoe. (The Tahoe package which was the base trim for past S10s was redesignated as the LS.) Exterior and interior size were increased, bumping it up to a mid-sized SUV. The Blazer was Playboy Magazine's Truck of the Year for 1995 and was also the unanimous winner of the Motor Trend 1995 Truck of the Year. The 1995 Blazer was also awarded North American Truck of the Year at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

The second-generation Blazer was available with the 4.3L V6 engine only, and most models featured four-wheel drive via an electronic transfer case; 1997 was the last year a manual transfer case (with floor-shifter) for four-wheel drive was offered. A driver-side airbag came, but a passenger-side airbag was not immediately introduced.

In 1998, the interior and exterior received some cosmetic changes. The makeover offered a new dashboard with larger buttons and more ergonomically correct driving controls, as well as larger door handles, and headrests for the rear bench. A passenger airbag is now standard. A front grille similar to the Chevrolet C/K pickup line's stacked-headlight system replaced the older single-headlight system, similar to the full-size GMT400 trucks. Four-wheel disc brakes became standard equipment, fitted with aluminum dual-piston calipers: the front disc brakes were redesigned with the dual-piston calipers and 11" diameter brake rotors (steering knuckles now have sealed hub assemblies), while the truck models continued to use single-piston disc brakes. The folding mirrors received a refresh for 1999, while 2000 saw new front bumpers and the trim running along the sides and bumpers was removed. For the 2001 model year, the truck received a new center console.

Another upscale model was the 1998 GMC Envoy. It used the same engines and had many of the same upgrades as the Bravada. The 1998 model Envoy featured an optional upgrade to High Intensity Discharge headlamps, and several other visual modifications. To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Jimmy nameplate, the Jimmy Diamond Edition was launched. Not too different from the Envoy, it featured leather seats with a diamond pattern, special diamond logos, and an aluminum silver plate along lower sides of the SUV.

In 1999, Chevrolet introduced a limited edition TrailBlazer appearance package that was available as an upgrade to the LS and LT trims. The package featured gold-accented alloy rims and trim along with several interior/exterior modifications and upgrades and was marketed until the introduction of the GMT360 series for the 2002 model year. The TrailBlazer's headlamps, which featured daytime running lamps, would be available on various Blazer models until production ended. Upon introduction of the 2002 Chevrolet TrailBlazer and the GMC Envoy, production continued after their successors came to the market, with the Jimmy being sold only in Canada and, in the 2005 model year, 4-door models sold to vehicle fleets.

At the same time, a Blazer Xtreme (only on the 2-door model) was added to the lineup, based on the S-10 Xtreme. This sub-model lasted until 2004.

The second-generation Blazer was officially sold in Taiwan, between 1995 and 1996.

The ZR2 Package

The ZR2 package was only offered on the 2 door Blazer as the 2 door had the shorter wheelbase. It had a wider ladder-type frame which made its track approx. 3.9 inches wider. It also lifted the Blazer about 3 inches which made it be able to clear 31×10.5" tires on 15 inch wheels. Enhanced front (7.25" ring gear) and rear (8.5" ring gear) axles with a 3.73:1 rear-axle ratio, larger wheels and axle bearings, a stronger front anti-sway bar, skid plates, and Bilstein shocks were also added. This package cost a little over $1,000 and was first introduced on the S-10 pickup in 1994 and carried over to the Blazer in 1996.

In Canada, a ZR2 version of the GMC Jimmy was also offered.

IIHS gave a P for poor in the frontal offset crash test.

Right-hand-drive model

The right-hand-drive Blazer has been assembled in Indonesia since 1995. In 1998, General Motors launched the right-hand drive version to be built in the United States for the export to the countries with left-hand rule of road. The S-10 Blazer destined for the Japanese market had some modifications to suit the Japanese people: turn-signal stalk moving closer to the steering wheel, external rear-view mirrors electrically folding in to fit through the narrow streets, brake pedal changing its angle for easier reach, larger wheel arches, and a few miscellaneous changes.

The right-hand-drive dashboard was also used for Holden Suburban with the passenger (left) side stretched to fit the wider Suburban.

Second generation engines

 * 1995: 262 cuin Vortec 4300 L35 V6, CPFI, 200 hp/260 lbft (VIN W)
 * 1996–2002: 262 cuin Vortec 4300 L35 V6, CSFI, 190 hp/250 lbft (VIN W)
 * 2002–2005: 262 cuin Vortec 4300 LU3 V6, MPFI, 190 hp/250 lbft (VIN X)
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Indonesian engines

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 * 134 cuin DOHC 16-valve, GM Family II engine (Z22XE) I4, MPFI, 142 hp/205 Nm (LT)

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 * 2001–2011: 145 cuin, GM Family II engine I4, MPFI, 128 hp/158 lbft
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 * 2001–2005: 262 cuin, 'Vortec 4300' V6, 192 hp/250 lbft
 * 1996–2011: 170 cuin, MWM Sprint 2.8 Turbo Diesel I4, 140 hp/250 lbft

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He isn't United Methodist,but a protestant. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.106.204.227 (talk) 08:19, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

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I guess you hang around more on the Hebrew Wikipedia, judging from "[he:...]" you added to Newton's method. I have a small request. Is it possible to put an edit summary when you make changes to an article? For example, a subject line like "+he" would be very helpful to us, the other people who have the article on the watchlist. Thanks! Oleg Alexandrov 19:38, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
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Running angle

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 * $$\phi(t) = \arctan\left(\frac {\Delta Yt} {\Delta Xt} \right) .$$

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Talk:Fark.com clichés

Fark's Clichés need to be recorded as an integral part of Internet culture. Eventually, Domokun, etc from the main Fark.com article should be moved here.EggplantWizard 19:40, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC) Please elaborate on the mustard man...
 * Pointy Knees? Should "She has pointy knees" be added to the list?

Please don't remove clichés...
just because you don't think they belong. Make them relevant or if you must remove one, have a specific reason and state it so.

I always thought the "Moran Guy" picture was actually from the end of Office Space when they're trucking off the main character to jail. The guy holding the sign is the macho neighbor guy, isn't he?

No way. Absolutely not.

Besides, when was the last time you watched that movie? The main character was never trucked off to jail. Get thee to the video store!

Your Dog Wants Steak
Doesn't the "Your Dog Wants Steak" thing derive from The Simpsons? I seem to remember an episode with a pet store clerk pretending to be psychic and reading Santa's Little Helper's mind, saying the immortal line, but I haven't watched in years, so I can't be sure. --HBK 17:39, 9 December 2005 (UTC)

wasn't there briefly a cliche concerning a missing marine?

You know.. marine kidnapped, not kidnapped, found but a hoax... thingy

Categorization
As the list is growing (thanks to the tireless work of myriad Farkers), it seems to me that it is about time to organize the clichès in categories, rather than list them alphabetically. Anyone have any suggestions?

I'm thinking along the lines of: Safety 16:03, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Internet (geek) references (Ninja Burger, Icy Hot Suntaz)
 * Culture references (american: "Duke sucks", japanese: domo-kun, french: Melissa Theuriau)
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 * Fark-centric - originated only on fark (Black baby head(?), Squirrel nuts, "I work for...")
 * Picture references (Ha Ha man, Mustard man)

Whence 'o'?
Can someone please add an entry explaining the persistent singling-out of the letter O in the first post of every Photoshop contest? —Psychonaut 22:25, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

It's a reference to the 'o'riginal image, generally posted before any submissions have been made. Sometimes it's a mirr'o'r of the original.

Slashes
Anyone else think that the slashes might owe something to fake-html tags like </sarcasm> (which generally lack an opening tag) --Random|[[User talk:Random832|832]] 03:39, 2 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I think it owes everything to it. I've never seen the explanation given by this article. It's a closing tag, for sure. 66.35.138.9 09:52, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Merge this with Fark.com
This desperately needs to be merged with Fark.com and it needs to be cleaned up. I'll begin this process in a few hours when I get some time. Wikipedia isn't the place to document or chronicle inside jokes on other websites, especially when a reader of this article wouldn't get most of it. It's my opinion that this should be documented as a phenomenon only. --BWD 20:04, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

 * Unfortunately, you are wrong.

 * Any particular reason he's wrong? I agree that this and Fark.com filters ought to merged into Fark.com. There's no need for seperate articles. Kerowyn 03:29, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I agree. We don't need a separate article on this, and Wikipedia is not for the documentation of in-jokes.  Go get 'em, BWD.  Madman 14:33, 14 January 2006 (UTC)

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Model 500 telephone

The Western Electric model 500 telephone series was the standard domestic desk telephone set issued by the Bell System in North America from 1950 through the 1984 Bell System divestiture. The successor to the model 302 telephone, the model 500's modular construction compared to previous types simplified manufacture and repair and facilitated a large number of variants with added features. Touch-tone service was introduced to residential customers in 1963 with the model 1500 telephone, which had a push-button pad for the ten digits. The model 2500 telephone, introduced in 1968, added the * (asterisk) and # (pound) keys.

The model 500 telephone series and its derivatives were very popular and common among North American businesses and households throughout the latter half of the 20th century. The development of new simpler telephone set designs, the advent of mobile phones, and the decline of traditional landlines into the 21st century led to the decline of the model 500 series and its derivatives, and most sets still in use are primarily kept by seniors and phone enthusiasts for familiarity, collecting, and nostalgia. However, the model 2500 is still produced by several manufacturers as of the early 2020s, with modernized components to ensure compatibility with modern Bluetooth and voice over IP telephony systems.

History
The Western Electric 500-type telephone replaced the 300-type, which had been produced since 1936. The model 500 line was designed by the firm of industrial designer Henry Dreyfuss, the product of several years of research and testing in collaboration with Bell Laboratories and Western Electric. Development started in 1946 with early sketches by Bell engineer and Dreyfuss associate Robert Hose, leading to pre-production units in 1948 and field trials with 4000 telephone sets in 1949. AT&T announced the new telephone publicly in 1949 and communicated the first availability of approximately 23,000 sets in the second quarter of 1950 to the Bell System operating companies on May 1, 1950. Third and fourth-quarter production was estimated at 49,000 and 93,000, respectively. Including 20,000 units of a special purpose set (501B), approximately 183,000 units were produced by the end of the first production year.

In the following years, the systematic replacement of 25 million 300-type telephones commenced because of the new model's much improved electrical and acoustic efficiency. This efficiency permitted the new model to be used on long rural loops, which previously required special sets with local batteries to power the transmitter, not just on urban short loops because it contained a self-adjusting gain control. This also permitted the use of thinner loop wires and thus delivered cost savings in the build-out of the network. A 1953 Western Electric ad noted that the “500” phone “has already been introduced on a limited scale and will be put in use as opportunity permits, in places where it can serve best.”

The replacement of 300-series telephones with 500-series sets created large stockpiles of 300-type components that had not reached their intended service life. The accelerating demand for new telephone service in the 1950s created pressure on the manufacturing facilities, which the Bell System alleviated by reusing these older components to refurbish used 302 telephone sets with a new modern housing that had a look-alike appearance to the 500 models, but were electrically identical to the older 302 telephones. This program commenced in 1955, and the converted set was labeled as the model 5302 telephone. It was produced until the mid-1960s in the refurbishing shops of each Bell Operating Company, not on the assembly lines of Western Electric factories.

From the 1949 field trials until 1953, only black sets of the 500-type telephone were manufactured. Telephones in color were introduced in several stages from 1954 until 1957, as manufacturing capability was refined and material selection processes were completed.

In the 1960s, after the introduction of touch-tone service in November 1963 in various locations of the telephone network, the basic 500-type chassis was retrofitted with a new housing and face plate, and a ten-key push-button keypad. This was designated as the model 1500 telephone, and a twelve-button model 2500 was introduced in 1968.

The 1970s brought the conversion to modular connector technology, replacing the hard-wired cords with cords terminated on both ends with 4P4C connectors for the handset cord and 6P4C plugs for the line cord.

Ownership and AT&T divestiture
As with most telephones in the United States, the 500-series telephones were owned by the local Bell Operating Company and leased on a monthly basis to customers. Choices for telephone styles and colors were limited. AT&T, the principal owner of the operating companies and Western Electric, strictly enforced policies against buying and using telephone sets by other manufacturers on their network to ensure the technical integrity of their network and avoid competition. Most phones made by Western Electric, starting in about 1968, carried this disclaimer molded into their housing: "BELL SYSTEM PROPERTY--NOT FOR SALE." Telephones were also sometimes labeled with a sticker or ink stamp marking the operating company's name that owned the phone. After consumers started buying telephones from other manufacturers, in the wake of legal developments not favoring AT&T's ban against third-party equipment, AT&T changed its policy for the Design Line telephone series by selling customers the telephone housing but retaining ownership of the electrical components, so customers were still required to pay AT&T a monthly leasing fee.

In 1983, after the court ordered the Bell System divestiture, AT&T started selling telephone sets outright to the public through its newly created American Bell division. Many customers were offered the option to buy the leased telephones they had in service. AT&T closed its USA consumer telephone manufacturing plants in 1986 and moved production offshore to Singapore, China, and Thailand, and in the 1990s to Mexico; this let them produce telephones at a lower cost.

Design features
The Western Electric model 500 improved upon several design features over the earlier telephones. While the 302 had the dial and hook switch mounted directly on the metal or plastic housing, all operational parts of the 500 telephone were mounted on the base plate, and the housing only contained two plungers to activate the hook switch when the handset was lifted from the cradle. Thus, the phone could be tested and serviced easily without the housing. This design improved manufacturing and servicing efficiency. The earlier 302 had been equipped with an enamel-coated dial plate that displayed the numerals and letters through the holes of the rotary finger-wheel. Years of use caused the lettering and numbering, and even the porcelain coating, to wear off. The design of the 500 improved this by molding the characters into the plastic through a double-injection molding process. This design was carried over to the 1500 and 2500-series telephones and was used in the touch-tone keys to eliminate wear. The numbers and letters on the 500 were moved to the circumference of the dial plate to make them visible from a wide range of viewing angles even while the dial was spinning back to its resting position. Dots were placed in the center of the finger holes as targets to help position the finger quicker for dialing of the next digit while the wheel was still spinning back. After extensive testing, this arrangement had the benefit of reducing dialing errors and increasing the speed of dialing each digit by fractions of a second. The 500 series replaced many metal parts, especially in the dial, with much more durable Nylon components.

The Dreyfuss design later adapted itself well to touch-tone service, first announced in 1963. The earliest experimental touch-tone phones used the original Dreyfuss design almost unchanged; the keypad, in varying layouts, was placed in a roundel in the dial opening, with the subscriber number label in a small window below. The 1500 and 2500 models adopted a more angular design style; the curves of the original design gave way to raised borders forming a lip around the finely-ribbed faceplate, in the middle of which the keypad and number window was centered.

Electrically and acoustically, the 500-series telephones had better efficiency and gain characteristics than their predecessors. The transmission efficiency was 5 dB higher, and the receiver efficiency was 2.5 dB better on long loops than on the 300-series telephones. A significant improvement was the use of equalization circuitry to achieve automatic gain adjustment. The sets could be deployed with equal performance on short or long local loops from the central office. The G-type handset was newly developed to help realize this efficiency. The older F series handset was already operating at the peak of its acoustic and electrical design efficiency. The G handset remains the standard handset on many phones, including public payphones.

For the initial years, from 1950 to 1953, the 500 was available only in black with a metal finger wheel. In 1954, color telephone sets were available in ivory, green, dark gray, red, brown, beige, yellow, and blue. Gray, blue, yellow, and red sets were initially assembled with black dials until the colored parts became available by 1955. So-called two-tone color varieties were available, which consisted of a black set having the housing substituted with a color plastic part. They were offered as an attractive color combination for a reduced fee from the price of a full-color telephone. In 1957, gray, blue, beige, and brown sets were replaced with lighter pastel hues in light gray, aqua blue, light beige, white, and pink colors. Issuance of brown sets continued for multi-line business sets for several years. Turquoise sets were added in 1964, and several colors, including pink and light gray, were discontinued in the late 1960s.

By 1955, all color 500s were produced with clear finger wheels, while black sets retained the metal finger wheel until about 1964 when a new dial design was released.

Construction
The 500-type telephone consists of a rotary dial, a handset cradle, switch hook, and a handset (sometimes called the receiver) wired to the base and has a molded plastic housing covering a steel chassis. The user interface consists of only the dial and switch hook buttons. No other components, switches, or controls are necessary, except a loudness control for the ringer, which is accessible on the bottom of the phone. The handset cradle is a molded part of the housing, formed of two U-shaped chairs that cradle the handset's handle between the receiver and the transmitter cups. Each side of the cradle has a round plastic plunger positioned above a pair of levers connected in a spring-loaded yoke that operated the hook switch; pressing the plungers down, end the call, and place the phone on hook. The plastic face of the dial under and surrounding the finger wheel is a part of the dial assembly and is exposed through the circular opening in the housing. On the bottom, the flat steel plate of the chassis is exposed. The handset cord exits from the left side of the housing at the base, and the line cord emerges from the rear at the base.

The telephone contains circuitry composed of many passive electrical, electronic, and mechanical components. The set does not require a separate power supply as it is receiving transmitter current from the telephone line; when it is on hook and not ringing, it uses no power, as the ringing bridge includes a capacitor for blocking direct current (DC) from the local loop.

The most complex part is the rotary dial mechanism, an assembly of gears, cams, springs, and electrical contacts which mechanically generate a timed train of line loop-break pulses when the dial finger wheel is released after windup. During the period of dial windup and return, the receiver is shunted to avoid hearing the dial pulses.

The electromechanical ringer consists of two bell gongs of slightly different dimensions to produce different pitches and a striker between them that is driven by a solenoid; when the solenoid is energized by alternating (AC) ringing current, typically about 90 V at 20  Hz, it strikes the two gongs alternately, producing a distinctive effect of two superimposed sounds. In telephones with a ringer loudness control, one gong is mounted off-center on the loudness control wheel; turning the wheel moves the gong toward (quieter) or away (louder) from the striker. The model 500 ringer was fairly loud and could be heard a few rooms away. The ringer could not be turned off by the user but could be disabled by an internal adjustment.

The model 500 telephone was designed for long service life. Telephones in the Bell System were owned by and leased from the telephone company, which was responsible for keeping them in good condition. The telephones were rugged and reliable and intended to last for decades with little maintenance. The 1940s-era technology of the 500 made extensive use of metal components and point-to-point wiring, and most components were modular and easy to remove and replace. The wiring system employed wires terminated with crimped spade lugs and slotted-screw terminals; most electrical connections inside the set could be disconnected or reconnected with a standard screwdriver.

In the original design, the line cord and handset cord were secured by screw-down terminals at both ends, with a strain relief anchor. Both cords had matching colors, but most color sets initially were produced with neutral, dark gray cords, with exception of the ivory and brown sets. Starting in 1955, all sets, except dark blue were equipped with color-matched cords as dyes and manufacturing methods became stable. By 1973, line cords were changed to a neutral gray color and from a round to a flat cross-section. As a customer option, telephone sets could be ordered for portability with four-prong plugs, but most sets were hard-wired to wall connection boxes. In the 1970s, much smaller modular connectors were introduced for both ends of the line cord as well as the handset cord to facilitate standard connection methods for third-party equipment within the FCC registration system.

Development
Several telephone models were derived from the basic model 500, using some of the same components. The model 554 was a wall-mounted version. Other special-purpose models included additional features. This included phones with dial lights (500U), party line sets (501), keysets (540 and 560 series), call directors, panel phones (750 series), industrial and outdoor phones (520 and 525), and automatic dialers (660).

Starting in 1963, the Dreyfuss design adapted itself well to the newly announced Touch Tone® service. For the trial period, the dial was replaced with circular closure containing a keypad and a telephone number label. The 1500 and 2500 models adopted a more rectangular design style; the curves of the original design gave way to raised borders forming a lip around the finely-ribbed faceplate, in the middle of which the keypad and number window was centered.

Standard touch-tone telephones generate twelve DTMF signals in a grid of three columns and four rows of buttons. In contrast, some special purpose telephones are equipped with a fourth column of keys for the A, B, C, and D DTMF signals for service priorities in the AUTOVON system. Original sets used a transistor oscillator; newer phones use an integrated circuit. The model 1500 only had push buttons for the ten digits, while the model 2500 used 12 keys and included the '*' and '#' DTMF signals to allow for extra signaling needed in advanced service features, such as voice response systems and call management.

Other manufacturers
Beginning in the early 1950s, 500-style phones were also made under license by ITT Kellogg (now Cortelco), who continued manufacturing the original rotary design, marketed as the Cortelco ITT-500AS (desk phone) and Cortelco ITT-554AS (wall phone), until discontinuation on January 1, 2007. The design was also produced in Canada by Northern Electric, which eventually became Northern Telecom. Cortelco continues to produce a non-dial version of the model 500, known as the Model 89001047PAK; this phone is available only in bright red color. Stromberg-Carlson (now part of Siemens) also made the phones from the 1950s-1980s.

Some contemporary replicas of the 500 model are available. While faithful from a cosmetic point of view, they are internally very different from the original, including a rotating tone dialer based on optical technology.

Model 1500
The Western Electric model 1500 telephone adapted the 500 design for touch-tone dialing with a push-button pad for the digits 0 through 9. It was produced from 1963 to 1968. In addition to the basic single-line model 1500D, the 1500-series included many related variations and special purpose models with additional features. This included sets with a headset jack, 2-line sets (1510F), key sets (1560), call directors, panel phones (1750), industrial phones (1520), and automatic dialers (1660).

Model 2500
By the late 1960s, interactive response systems in some industries required additional signaling beyond the ten digits. In 1968, the push-button dial pad was extended with two additional keys, the * (asterisk) and # (pound), which marked the introduction of the 2500-type telephone. The additional keys were located on either side of the 0 button to fill the matrix of 4-by-3 keys. These keys were initially unused by most customers but would later be used for vertical service codes and voice mail menu navigation. In 1974, when modular connectors were introduced, the 2500 telephone was fitted with modular connectors on handset and line cords, resulting in type designations suffixed with M, e.g., 2500DM.

In addition to the basic single-line model, the model 2500-series included many related variations and special purpose models with additional features. This included sets with a headset jack, 2-line sets, keysets (2560), call directors, panel phones (2750), industrial phones (2520), automatic dialers (2660).

Though less common than it was in its heyday, modernized model 2500 sets are still produced by several companies as of 2024, primarily Cortelco, in numerous variants including basic sets and those with hook flash and message-waiting indicator features.

In popular culture
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Talk:Bountiful, British Columbia

Expanded description
I've expanded the description to include the fact that Bountiful is a polygamous community, and that it's located in the Creston Valley. I also replaced the two external links (which were both to news articles) with one link to a more general piece on the community.

Perhaps it is simply due to lack of interest, but I can't find any category (other than Category:British Columbia communities, of course) to put this community in. There don't seem to be any existing categories relating specifically to polygamy or polygamous communities.

The article is still very much a stub. I'll try to add more information later. --Azkar 19:41, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Wells
Were his 2005 visits before or after the local church split with the FLDS? MrZaius talk  20:21, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

Cleanup/expansion/focus
There's something wrong with the first sentence in the second paragraph; I'm not sure what the author is trying to say. Also, I don't think an article about a BC town should have 1/3 of its content taken up by an American former fugitive. Bountiful is not Warren Jeffs, and even though his apprehension is fascinating, it shouldn't make up such a large part of this article. Anchoress 16:56, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

Content on the FLDS
Right now, the Bountiful article is very heavy on Church information, and the main FLDS article is very thin on information regarding the BC branch, so I have posted a request for guidance on condensing the BC article and expanding the main FLDS article. Any input/help is welcome. Anchoress 10:30, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Population
The article states that only one third of Bountiful are members of the polygamous group. I wonder what their source is, because it is heavily implied in other online sources that the entire town is part of the church. And one of the sources cited in for this article is this one that says most if not all the residents belong to the church. So that's something that definitely has to be straightened out.

What seems strange to me is that Bountiful doesn't seem to exist in anything that we would normally call on as a reliable source when we're writing a BC community article. There's no results on google maps here. There's no postal code apparently. Good thing for BCGNIS or I wouldn't have even found the coordinates. . But even BCGNIS's info is at odds with the article's. BCGNIS says it was settled in the late 60's by Joseph Blackmore. The article say 1947 and doesn't mention Joseph Blackmore. Ci ndy Bo talk  19:30, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Can we confirm the BCGNIS coordinates with another source? I really thought they would be more isolated. --maclean 05:58, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * The coordinates do seem wanky, but they should be in the ballpark and I can't find another source so far. Ci ndy Bo talk  21:41, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I updated the coordinates based on this video: 66.244.192.10 (talk) 21:21, 24 July 2017 (UTC)

 * I know that in the many documents I read about the group last year, it was suggested that the town was pretty much run by non-members (although whether it was Bountiful or Lister they were referring to I don't know), but that the group exerted a great deal of influence over non-members in positions of power (police, town council etc). The (pejorative, although possibly accurate) term used was that the town governors and police were 'owned' by the FLDS. Anchoress 22:29, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Town probably isn't the best way of describing Bountiful. Town implies there are services such as commerce, government, etc. But it looks to be more of a settlement, just a group of people living close together in the rural area. Their "police" is the 12-officer Creston RCMP detachment who cover nearly 14,000 people, their "government" consists of the Director of the Regional District of Central Kootenay's Electoral Area 'B' (who has about 5000 people in his jurisdiction around rural Creston and sits on a Board of 19 other Directors). By influence they probably meant that they are successful at being left alone. --maclean 05:58, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Lister, British Columbia
Okay, I started a stub on Lister, British Columbia. I kind of suspect that there is a bit of confusion here and that the population stats mentioned in this article are about Lister. One third of Lister's population of 500-1000 people being members of a polygamist group seems to ring true and in several sources online, Lister is mentioned as being home to the group. I'll poke around. I didn't put anything about Bountiful into Lister yet. Ci ndy Bo talk  21:20, 7 August 2007 (UTC) Here's a source that says "In the mid-1940s, a small group of excommunicated Mormons from Utah and Alberta bought land in Lister, B.C" . Ci ndy Bo talk  21:29, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Here's another source, the Vancouver Sun, which says that the group unofficially changed Lister's name to Bountiful . So, I guess we can safely say that Lister is the official town and that Bountiful is the name of the commune? Ci ndy Bo talk  21:57, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Grrr, I don't know. I wish the Vancouver libraries weren't closed because of the strike. Info on the group from the article says that they bought up a large packet of land on the outskirts of town, so I wonder if it would be accurate to say that Bountiful is an unincorporated community within the city limits of the town of Lister? Anchoress 22:26, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * As an unincorporated community Lister would not have any political (or city or town) boundaries. Using political boundaries, it would be accurate to say that Bountiful is an unincorporated community within RDCK's Electoral Area 'B'. --maclean 06:05, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm sure that would be close to the mark. One problem is there's very little on Lister either and it seems to just be another unincorporated settlement. I haven't found out for sure yet. There's very little on Lister at BC Archives even. All the information seems to be in the news stories and there's a pile of recent ones, many from the States, but their facts are all on the polygamy issues, not on the facts about the community itself. Ci ndy Bo talk  22:52, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Pleasant surprise. I just checked our library here in PG, and they have Keep sweet : children of polygamy and hopefully it will have the details. I'll go get it. Ci ndy Bo  talk  22:59, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Yesterday, I poked around and made a few phonecalls and emails doing that no-no original research and confirmed that Lister and Bountiful are definitely considered two separate entities but are located next to eachother (and perhaps overlapping), I know that my poking around isn't citable... but I wanted to find out if we are on the right track. Anyhow they do need separate articles and as Maclean says there aren't official "town boundaries" to worry about or mention. Also, roll of drums, please the book Keep Sweet Children of Polygamy has some of the history... phew thank goodness. Someone with reliable citable facts! The gist of it is this: while it is argued (locally) whether Bountiful is part of Lister or Huscroft, they are not part of either and shouldn't be portrayed as such. The polygamist community itself was settled by Harold Blackmore in 1946 and more arrived in the following years. The group took the name of Bountiful after Winston Blackmore became the Bishop in the 80s. Ci ndy Bo talk  20:20, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Peck recommendations
fyi - the article could be updated about the special prosecutor's recommendations to ask the courts about the constitutionality of Canada's polygamy laws. Canuckle 23:17, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

 * And this update as well: Anchoress 14:19, 21 August 2007 (UTC)

Bountiful, centerfold in legal ruling
See B.C. court to rule whether polygamy is constitutional -Legaia (talk) 05:15, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

 * "Soon to rule on legality" is not all that useful to this article; once we get to the "has ruled on" situation, then perhaps we should look into incorporate something into the article. -- 208.81.184.4 (talk) 22:42, 22 November 2011 (UTC)

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Updates to Blackmore / Oler convictions
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Talk:Bolyeriidae

Is it a stub? Which?
Funny that this looks like an edit war, even though the reversion was by the same user who introduced it. A pity 52736941 didn't write edit summaries.

Anyway, Phlebas, I'm happy that you as a biologist take the time to participate. When you wrote "sorry SebastianHelm, but I feel it's a biosci-stub (it's a family of snakes)", did you mean that biosci-stub fits better than animal-stub (which is what I proposed)? Why? It seems to me that biosci-stub is meant for biological articles that are not specific to zoology or botany. (Unfortunately, this is not explained in (Heck, I can't even link to that page!).)

Another question is if this article is indeed a stub. I'm not a biologist, so I don't know how much we know about Bolyeriidae. Since they only contain two extinct species, my impression was that this article was relatively complete. In your opinion, what would be necessary for this article to shed its stub skin? Sebastian 19:42, 2005 Feb 17 (UTC)

 * Well, to be honest I am not a snake specialist. It's the first time I ever heard about Bolyeriidae. You are right by saying biosci-stub is for non-animal - non-botany articles, or in other words for general biology. If you take a look at the biology stubs indeed, there are no systematical articles included.

 * On the other hand, systematical zoology articles should not be tagged with, because it deals about groups of animals. Let's say Vertebrata is still a stub. It deals about animals, but because of its scope, it ought to be a biosci stub. Treating all organism groups as biosci is consequential. In the Henophidia article, for instance, it should get mentioned someday what characterizes this group (their synapomorphies). This is something only a systematist can do or a dedicated amateur. It may sound elitist, but leave animal articles to the amateurs, and attract professionals with  . Or better yet, a systematics stub should be made or change  to  , to be more inclusive.

 * I was a little irritated by the way all the Henophidia articles were written, that's why I changed them to biosci. I wrote a short stub about Loxocemus bicolor and look, it's an animal stub (and a biosci one, haha). But I don't want an edit war for such a futility, so it really doesn't matter now I've said my opinion, but leave this and all other Henophidia articles (except Boidae) a stub.
 * Really, they are far from finished. Characteristics/are there fossils found/Why the hell do they only live(d) on a tiny island/Systematical relationships etc. And besides, who says the information is correct at this time?

Are both Extinct?
Phlebas, why did you (@ 18:06, 2005 Feb 16) delete the genus name Bolyeria from the second paragraph? This paragraph now sounds as if both genera were extinct. Sebastian 22:04, 2005 Feb 17 (UTC)

 * (small note: scientific names in italic, even if there is no English equivalent). I was a little to fast because I can't read incoherent texts. Phlebas 15:40, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Hi Sebastian. I asked about our disagreement on Wikipedia_talk:Template_messages/Stubs, requesting a zoology-stub.

Critically endangered?
Do you think that the status bar should be changed from Critically Endangered to something else? It says in the article that the species is believed to be extinct. ~ S h  i  p  p  i  n  a  t  o  r  M  a  n  d  y  (For best results, use twice daily.)

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Smooth operator (disambiguation)

"Smooth Operator" is a 1984 song by Sade.

Smooth operator or smoothing operator may also refer to:

 * "Smooth Operator" (Big Daddy Kane song), 1989
 * "Smooth Operator", a song by Sarah Vaughan released in 1959
 * "Smooth Operator", a song by Dorothy Dandridge recorded in 1958 but not released until 1999
 * A smoothing operator, used to remove noise from data
 * A mathematical operator, whose Schwartz kernel is a smooth function (i.e., infinitely differentiable)
 * The nickname given to Carlos Sainz Jr. by many Formula One fans

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Paul Rosbaud

Paul Rosbaud (18 November 1896 – 28 January 1963), was a metallurgist and scientific adviser for Springer Verlag in Germany before and during World War II. He continued in science publishing after the war with Pergamon Press in Oxford, England. In 1986 Arnold Kramish revealed the undercover work of Rosbaud for the British during the war in the book ''The Griffin. The Greatest Untold Espionage Story of World War II''. It was Rosbaud who dispelled anxiety over a "German atom bomb".

Education
Paul Rosbaud was born in Graz, Austria. He was an illegitimate son. His mother taught piano lessons, and Paul's brother Hans Rosbaud became a famous conductor. Rosbaud served in the Austrian army during World War I from 1915 to 1918. After the war ended his unit was taken as prisoner of war by British forces; this experience ended up giving him a liking of the British. He studied chemistry at Darmstadt Technische Hochschule beginning in 1920. He continued his studies at Kaiser Wilhelm Institut in Berlin. For his doctorate, Rosbaud studied metallurgy with Erich Schmid at Berlin-Charlottenburg Technische Hochschule and in 1925 wrote with Schmid "Über Verfestigung von Einkristallen durch Legierung und Kaltreekung" (translated title:"On strain hardening of crystals by alloying and cold stretching"), a frequently cited article. Rosbaud then became a "roving scientific talent scout" for the scientific periodical Metallwirtschaft. In 1932 he began to work for Springer Verlag.

Spy for Great Britain
Through his work at Springer Verlag, Rosbaud knew much of the scientific community in Germany, and as a presumed Nazi, he had sources of vital intelligence relating to weaponry. In 1935 he began to work for the journal Naturwissenschaften. In 1938 he had his Jewish wife Hilde and their only daughter Angela sent to the UK to keep them safe from Nazi harassment. Rosbaud was also invited to stay in the UK, but he decided to keep working in Germany to undermine the Nazi regime. In addition to his own, Rosbaud helped a number of other families flee the Nazis, including that of the well known Jewish physicist Lise Meitner. He was assisted in his work saving Jews by the fact that he was run as a British agent by Frank Foley, the MI6 station chief in Berlin.

Eric Welsh and presumably also Foley were Rosbaud's contacts in SIS/MI6. Before the outbreak of war, Rosbaud hurried into print Otto Hahn's work on nuclear fission in the German science journal Naturwissenschaften in January 1939. Rosbaud realized the vast destructive potential of what Hahn, Strassmann and Meitner had discovered, and he was acutely conscious that the fundamental research had been done in Germany. He wanted the rest of the world to know of the significance of the work at least as soon as the Nazi planners did. By rushing into print with Hahn's manuscript he was able to alert the world community of physicists.

Rosbaud was in Oslo from August 26 to September 16, 1939, a few days before Frank Foley abandoned Berlin and transferred to Oslo. There he visited Victor Goldschmidt, a geologist who studied the properties of uranium and "super-uranium" (plutonium). In Oslo Rosbaud also met Odd Hassel, an old acquaintance. Goldschmidt and Rosbaud were friends and when the persecution of Jews in Germany intensified in 1935, Rosbaud helped Goldschmidt abandon Göttingen and return to Oslo. In late autumn 1939 Rosbaud again visited Oslo and urged Hassel to warn Norwegian authorities about a likely German invasion of Norway.

During the German occupation of Norway, Rosbaud visited Oslo in German uniform and met Professor Tom Barth, who had connections with the resistance movement.

Among the reports Rosbaud supplied to the British was that Germany was producing rockets (V2) and that the German project for a nuclear bomb was not successful. Rosbaud has also been connected to the "Oslo report", a detailed list of new German weapons systems, but this seems to have been the work of Hans Ferdinand Mayer, technical director at Siemens.

Many of his reports were smuggled out of Germany by couriers working for the Norwegian intelligence organisation XU. Norwegians who were studying at technical schools in Germany, such as Sverre Bergh, linked up with Rosbaud and transported the intelligence to occupied Norway, and from there it was sent to neutral Sweden. One daring route involved a flight from Berlin to Oslo, with airport mechanics at each end helping to hide microfilms on the plane.

Rosbaud supplied Moe Berg and Horace Calvert with a list of scientists in the Russian sector of Berlin when scientists were sought to join the victors after the war.

Pergamon founder and editor
After the war, Rosbaud took up residence in England. He worked for Butterworth-Springer, a company set up in response to a Scientific Advisory Board that included Alfred Egerton, Charles Galton Darwin, Edward Salisbury, and Alexander Fleming. When the Butterworth Company decided to pull out of the English/German liaison, Robert Maxwell acquired 75% while 25% rested with Rosbaud. The company name was changed to Pergamon Press; the partners, with their considerable language skills, cooperated in establishing new academic journals until 1956. After a disagreement, Rosbaud left. Maxwell said Rosbaud "was an outstanding editor of the European type from whom I learned some of the trade in the early days".

In 1961 the American Institute of Physics presented Paul Rosbaud with the first John Torrence Tate Medal, an "award for service to the profession of physics rather than research accomplishment".

Notes and references

 * Michael Smith (1999) "Foley: The Spy Who Saved 10,000 Jews", Hodder & Stoughton. Now republished by Politicos ISBN 1-84275-088-7

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By Your Side (Hillsong album)

By Your Side is the eighth album in the live praise and worship series of contemporary worship music by Hillsong Church. It was recorded live at the Hills Christian Life Centre building (now known as the Hillsong Church Hub auditorium) by Darlene Zschech and the Hillsong team. The album reached No. 21 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Christian Albums Chart.

Album design
By Your Side cover artwork features the title using the font Trajan Pro. The title uses different versions and weights of the font. This album cover shows images of Darlene Zschech and is also the first to show Reuben Morgan on the cover (he appears five times more on For This Cause, Blessed, Hope, For All You've Done, Mighty to Save, and A Beautiful Exchange as well as the back cover of Saviour King).

The majority of the songs were written by Reuben Morgan & Darlene Zschech

Marty Sampson, Russell Fragar, Raymond Badham, Miriam Webster, Luke Munns & Aran Puddle contributed to songs also.

This is the first official Hillsong Live Album to feature songs contributed from Hillsong United. "My Redeemer Lives" and "Your Unfailling Love" were also on the Hillsong United album "One".

Track listing

 * 1) "My Redeemer Lives" (Reuben Morgan) — 04:09 worship leader: Darlene Zschech b. Reuben Morgan
 * 2) "Great In Power" (Russell Fragar) — 03:25 worship leader: Darlene Zschech
 * 3) "I Feel Like I'm Falling" (Raymond Badham) — 05:29 worship leaders: Mark Stevens & Darlene Zschech
 * 4) "Your Unfailing Love" (Reuben Morgan) — 06:28 worship leader: Darlene Zschech b. Reuben Morgan
 * 5) "Dwelling Places" (Miriam Webster) — 05:06 worship leaders: Darlene Zschech And Miriam Webster
 * 6) "What The Lord Has Done In Me" (Reuben Morgan) — 05:00 worship leader: Miriam Webster
 * 7) "Sing Of Your Great Love" (Darlene Zschech) — 08:26 worship leader: Darlene Zschech b. Steve McPherson
 * 8) "By Your Side" (Marty Sampson) — 04:48 worship leader: Marty Sampson
 * 9) "In Freedom" (Aran Puddle) — 03:27 worship leaders: Darlene Zschech And Marty Sampson
 * 10) "You Said" (Reuben Morgan) — 04:34 worship leader: Darlene Zschech
 * 11) "Stay" (Luke Munns) — 08:28 worship leader: Darlene Zschech
 * 12) "Eagle's Wings" (Reuben Morgan) — 06:30 worship leader: Mark Stevens & Darlene Zschech
 * 13) "Free To Dance" (Darlene Zschech) — 04:16 worship leaders: Lisa Young & Darlene Zschech
 * 14) "This Is How We Overcome" (Reuben Morgan) — 03:49 worship leader: Darlene Zschech

 * b. = lead backing vocal

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WJFK-FM

WJFK-FM (106.7 MHz "106.7 The Fan") is a commercial radio station licensed to serve Manassas, Virginia, and serving the Washington metropolitan area. WJFK-FM airs a sports radio format and is owned and operated by Audacy, Inc.

WJFK-FM's studios are located on Half Street SE near the Navy Yard in Southeast Washington. The transmitter is located in Falls Church, Virginia, near the intersection of Lee Highway (U.S. Route 29) and the Capital Beltway.

WJFK-FM broadcasts in the HD Radio format. It carries two co-owned local sports stations on its subchannels, WTEM and WJFK (AM). WTEM simulcasts WJFK-FM part-time on weekends.

Programming
On weekdays, WJFK-FM has local personalities hosting sports shows in morning drive time, middays and afternoons. Late nights and weekends, Infinity Sports Network programming is heard.

WJFK-FM is the flagship radio station for the Washington Capitals hockey team and Washington Nationals baseball team, and was formerly the flagship for the DC Defenders of the XFL. For college sports, WJFK-FM carries Virginia Tech Hokies football and men's basketball as well as Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball. It also has an agreement with the Washington Commanders to air programs with players and coaches, although sister station WTEM is the flagship station for the NFL team.

WPRW-FM and WEZR
On April 4, 1961, the station first signed on as WPRW-FM. It was owned by the Prince William Broadcasting Company and was the sister station to AM 1460 WPRW (now WKDV). The two stations simulcast their programming, directed mostly to listeners in and around Manassas and Prince William County. WPRW-FM broadcast with an effective radiated power of 30,000 watts, but only using a 160-foot tower, so it was unable to cover the larger Washington radio market. In 1966, the transmitter was moved to the AM site west of Manassas. In 1967, WPRW-FM was sold to Radio Fairfax-Prince William, a Fairfax-based firm that owned WEEL radio in that city. The transmitter was moved to Fairfax and the call letters changed to WEZR, airing 15-minute sweeps of beautiful music, mostly instrumental covers of popular songs, including Hollywood and Broadway showtunes. Ultimately, the entire company renamed itself EZ Communications later in 1968, later going on to buy other stations nationwide and apply the format there. A further power boost to 50,000 watts, improving coverage in the Washington market, was approved in 1973.

While WEZR and its sister stations remained successful into the 1980s, the easy format was seen as attracting older listeners, while most advertisers were seeking a younger demographic. In 1982, EZ tweaked the format used by its three remaining music outlets—WEZR, WEZS in Richmond and WEZC in Charlotte—to add more vocals.

Top 40 and new age
On January 1, 1985, the station flipped to Top 40 as WBMW "B106". It was positioned against two other Washington-area Top 40 stations: WRQX, owned by ABC, and WAVA-FM, owned by Doubleday Broadcasting. WBMW was acquired by New York City-based Infinity Broadcasting in April 1987.

Infinity, at first, flipped WBMW to an adult rock format, but it only lasted a few weeks. On May 8, 1987, WBMW switched to new-age music, a forerunner of the smooth jazz format. The station simply called itself "106.7 WBMW". The playlist included jazz-influenced instrumentals and some soft rock titles, with limited chatter from the DJs. This format lasted about a year and a half.

Rock and hot talk
On October 3, 1988, the station flipped to an album-oriented rock format as WJFK, with the new call sign named after John F. Kennedy. The station became the Washington affiliate for the syndicated Howard Stern Show. This marked Stern's return to the market for the first time since he was let go from rival rock station WWDC in 1982.

Over time, WJFK began adding other talk shows targeted at young men, similar to Stern. Eventually, WJFK had switched over to a full-time hot talk format. Programs on the station during this era include Stern, Don and Mike, Opie & Anthony, G. Gordon Liddy, The Greaseman, Bill O'Reilly, Ron & Fez and the Sports Junkies. In 1991, Infinity began to simulcast WJFK programming on co-owned AM 1300 in Baltimore. That station switched its call letters to WJFK, so 106.7 added an FM suffix and became WJFK-FM. From 1995 to 2005 WJFK-FM was the flagship radio station for the then-Washington Redskins (now Washington Commanders).

Howard Stern departed his terrestrial network of stations in 2005, including WJFK-FM, when he left for Sirius Satellite Radio. WJFK-FM rebranded as "Free FM" in October 2005, as part of Infinity's plans for a nationwide hot talk network. (Two months later, Infinity was renamed CBS Radio.) The Sports Junkies would move from the midday slot to replace Stern as WJFK-FM's morning hosts. However, the Free FM format did not attract enough listeners, and many of those stations switched to other formats. The "Free FM" branding was dropped by WJFK-FM in 2007, even though it continued a while longer as a hot talk outlet under the slogan "Washington's Talk Superstation".

Sports radio
On July 20, 2009, WJFK-FM became "106.7 The Fan". With WJFK-FM's changeover to "The Fan", The Junkies (who would later change their name back to "The Sports Junkies") were retained, while The Big O and Dukes Show and The Mike O'Meara Show were dropped.

WJFK-FM acquired the rights to Washington Wizards basketball and Washington Nationals baseball. It also began sharing some Washington Capitals hockey games with WFED. For college sports, WJFK-FM became the Washington area home of Virginia Tech Hokies football and men's basketball.

On March 8, 2009, WJFK-FM signed on the nation's first HD4 subchannel, carrying co-owned sports station WIP-FM from Philadelphia. This fourth HD subchannel was later dropped, leaving WFAN in New York City on the HD2 subchannel and WJZ-FM from Baltimore on the HD3 subchannel. On June 21, 2021, WJFK (AM) flipped to a sports gambling format, branded as "The Bet Washington", with programming from the co-owned BetQL Network and CBS Sports Radio (now Infinity Sports Network). With the flip, WJFK AM shifted its HD simulcast to WJFK-FM-HD3.

On January 22, 2010, WJFK announced that it will air a weekly D.C. United soccer show on Sunday evenings.

On September 9, 2015, WJFK announced that the station would become the new flagship station for Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball games.

On February 2, 2017, CBS Radio announced it would merge with Entercom. The merger was approved on November 9, 2017, and was consummated on the 17th. On December 30, 2020, it was announced that Steve Czaban would be working a Saturday morning show, replacing his weekday afternoon show on WJFK's Entercom sister station, WTEM.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Ink Trace

 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 10:35, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Ink Trace
Pointless; we might as well have a "ASCII/Unicode Text on White Backgroud" article. Borderline BJAODN material. Szyslak 19:52, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep or transwiki to Wikipedia . This is a valid term, has potential for growth and expansion, and is in need of cleanup.  See also: http://home.howstuffworks.com/pen5.htm -- GRider\talk 20:19, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Change of vote: transwiki to Wiktionary, do not keep on Wikipedia. GRider\talk 00:27, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. Pointless breakout of some fairly technical term which makes no sense outside of its context. The example cited by GRider is not an example of the term as defined in the article, but merely an ordinary English phrase containing the two words "ink" and "trace" in their ordinary dictionary meanings. Dpbsmith (talk) 20:28, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. Dicdef of a very specialized term.  --Carnildo 20:39, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Concur. Delete Radiant! 12:27, Feb 18, 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.
 * Um, yeah. Since it's incomprehensible, I don't really know how to vote.  So why am I writing this?  RickK 23:25, Feb 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Concur with RickK. Barno 23:52, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Note that the second definition of Patent nonsense is "Stuff that, while apparently meaningful after a fashion, is so completely and irremediably confused that no intelligent person can be expected to try to make head or tail of it." Dpbsmith (talk) 00:26, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Cleanup and Transwiki. Megan1967 00:13, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Useless definition. Delete, don't move to Wiktionary. - Mike Rosoft 17:03, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)


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Category:New Zealand Twenty20 International cricketers

As of 15 February 2009, thirty-eight men have played at least one Twenty20 International for New Zealand. This is a complete category.


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Our Darling

Our Darling is an album by Altamont, which was the last record released was by Man's Ruin Records in 2001.

Track listing

 * 1) "Saint Of All Killers" – 4:42
 * 2) "Short Eyes" – 2:20
 * 3) "Our Darling" – 4:37
 * 4) "Pirate Love" (Johnny Thunders) – 3:23
 * 5) "Chicken Lover" – 3:05
 * 6) "Dead Car" – 3:26
 * 7) "Swami" – 3:51
 * 8) "Peace Creep" – 3:05
 * 9) "Stripey Hole" – 5:47
 * 10) "Young Man Blues" (Mose Allison) – 9:01
 * 11) "Hell's Angel Lullaby" – 2:06

Personnel

 * Dale Crover – Organ, Bass, Guitar, Percussion, Baritone, Vocals
 * Joey Osbourne – Drums, Music box, Vocals
 * Dan Southwick – Bass
 * Tim Green – Engineer, Producer
 * Sandris Rutmanis – Photography
 * John Golden – Mastering

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hypergravy

 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 09:59, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Hypergravy
This neologism fails both the Google Groups and the Google Web tests. Uncle G 19:54, 2005 Feb 17 (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.
 * Delete as trivial nonsense. GRider\talk 20:16, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, neologism. --Carnildo 20:34, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, neologism. Simon 22:48, Feb 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. It looks like neologism until I see some evidence to the contrary. Zzyzx11 23:48, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, although my first thought was "Mmmm, hypergravy! Sounds delicious!". Meelar (talk) 02:23, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Neologism, apparently an in-joke from somebody's IRC conversation or something of the sort.   — Gwalla | Talk 01:23, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)