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The character Rob Wilco should have his own article instead of his habits, hobbies and interests being listed here. Darby Conley should also have his own article.
 * Working on both of these. -DynSkeet

I compleatly disagree with Rob Wilco having his own article. As much as I like the strip, he's much to insignificant.--FelineFanatic13 23:21, 12 December 2005 (UTC)
 * It's fine for him to have an article. There are much, much more vague things on Wikipedia.EgyptianSushi 03:57, 8 January 2006 (UTC)

70.165.71.229 22:51, 4 February 2007 (UTC)==Nova Scotia Duck-Tolling Retriever???== Wow. I must have missed that strip. When did they reveal that? -DynSkeet (talk) 02:51, May 23, 2005 (UTC)

 * Since I haven't seen this answered, in one of the newer books - Scrum Bums I think - Rob tells Satchel something like 'We're going to Nova Scotia because you're part Duck-Tolling Retriever', some time before they actually go to Chéticamp. Most other references, including Conley himself, say his dad's a yellow Lab. --216.76.180.157 06:15, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Thats maessed up.Satchel looks nothing like a Toller.

Monkeywhere?
Monkeywhere? jokes are awesome.
 * Wikipedia is not your personal blog. Mrmcdonnell (talk) 17:01, 25 December 2008 (UTC)

Handy?
Didn't satchel get a new watch for christmas a while back? Mr.KISS 66 07:53, 19 December 2005 (UTC) Well, that was the same watch. According to the strip, Bucky Katt fished his watch out of the sewer after Satchel's arm was run over by a bicyclist and fixed it (which explains his idiot savancy). That Christmas, Bucky gave it to Satchel.

 * Bucky gave Handy back to Satchel for Christmas, but Satchel eventually wound up getting a digital watch (Dingy/Beepy) as a present later on. I don't think there was ever actually an explanation of what happened to Handy. Conley doesn't seem to be drawing Satchel with either watch very often anymore. --216.76.180.157 06:20, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

Rob's Brother
Rob also has a brother, Tim. This is referenced more than once (notably, by their father, Francis).
 * yes, and the army vet listed as his brother is really a cousin, named will, i believe.

Marine vet, not Army.

Aside from Bucky's evil, the strip is really just old puns being put it a dog or cat's mouth. Half the strips you know what the stupid pun of the day is by the second box. It's really kind of trite; only rarely does it have a good punchline anymore.

Robs brother is actually named Roger by the way. His cousin was a marine serving in iraq when his leg was shot and had to be amputated. in an unusually serious story line Rob is talking to his father over the phone when he gets the news. Satchel ends the strip by saying "oh, we love willy". Although Rob's brother is rarely mentioned (mostly being called "your idiot brother" by francis) he can be seen in a single strip with rob and francis at a memorial service for firefighters.

Roger also comes to Robs rescue when he threw out his back. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.201.197.148 (talk) 18:35, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Proposed merges
The use of separate articles for individual characters (and one character's inanimate toy bear!) causes information about Get Fuzzy to be unnecessarily fragmented and inconvenient to access. Get Fuzzy does not have a particularly large cast of characters or involve a complicated 'universe,' and I see no reason the character descriptions couldn't be incorporated into the main article. This would allow users to get all the information we have about Get Fuzzy in one place. FoxTrot -- a strip of comparable popularity, with a larger cast of characters -- incorporates all its information into one entry and is, in my opinion, a better article for it. Let's merge all these entries and give Get Fuzzy the definitive article it deserves. Perodicticus 16:31, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Books
The copyright date of the most recent book, Scrum Bums, is listed as September 1, 2006 because most online bookstores listed that as the date it would be available. However, the copyright inside the book says 2005 (which coinsides with the original release date in November of 2005). The entry should be corrected. Kwyjibear 03:52, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Does anyone know why Scrum Bums' release was delayed for so long? Did it have to do with the Bob Lobel suit? If so, maybe that should be mentioned in the article. Perodicticus 08:56, 26 September 2006 (UTC)

Mac Manc McManx
Although he uses cockney slang, M&M&M's speech patterns don't seem to me to be cockney. Examples of cockney talk would be anything in the BBC soap opera "Eastenders" or the ITV sitcom "Up the Elephant and around the castle", though probably the best internationally known would be from "My Fair Lady". Of course, it's hard to compare a cartoon with actual speech. Can you imagine the size of as speech bubble if it had markup for accents? Would it even be readable? Assuming M&M&M's speech is close to how it would sound, though, I can't get it to fit what I know to be cockney. But there IS an accent it does seem to fit. He sounds a dead-ringer for Jasper Carrot, who is from Birmingham. Would this make sense? Well, as much as anything in this character. The Manx are from the Isle of Man, but the name is more Scottish. His mother's from Hartlepool, but his farther went to Liverpool. It's so all over the map that the idea his accent and slang come from the same place almost sounds harder to believe than a Brummie accent would. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.102.5.19 (talk • contribs)

Try reading the entire sentence. 192.251.125.85 23:47, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Points all well taken. Yet I must remind you that the strip, its author, and the majority of its audience are all American.  Although M3's accent may be every bit as bizarre as someone born and raised in New York having a backwoods Georgia accent, I honestly don't think the average Get Fuzzy reader would much notice - or care.  Jamehec 16:58, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

 * To me,the name Mac Manc McManx is more likely just a considered connection of similar sounds which have been explained. The fact that he claims to have a brother called Percy (another NE English reference) who is a dog is just one more contradiction that makes the whole.
 * I agree that M&M&M does not speak in cockney slang. But it is not Mancunian, Scouse, or NE England dialect, which you might expect from his origins ... and I don't hear Brummie in his words. Most of his speech is vanilla English and sometimes eloquent, except for the slang.  When I do see slang in his speech bubbles, they are, as mentioned above, "all over the place" geographically. I'm not a cockney, and he uses words I have had full use of over the years.  Such examples such as "shufti" come from other languages and are not specific to any area of the British Isles, but they are certainly British.
 * If it's worth mentioning at all, I believe it's worth taking the trouble to be accurate. So I have changed that part to read " British English slang " which I believe will include all the slang you are likely to see in his bubbles.Twistlethrop (talk) 00:14, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Rainbow Monkeys
Is the claim that this is a "Codename: Kids Next Door" reference substantiated? I was under the impression that Bucky was talking about baboons. Michael Podgorski 19:54, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

MacManx a Main Character?
It seems to me like he's going to become a main character, or at least a very prominent minor character (i.e. Fungo). spirobrewer October 29, 0:33 Central Time
 * I certainly hope not, as his completely inaccurate dialect drives me mad. But in any case, it's too early to tell. Perodicticus 10:56, 30 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Aw, you don't like Mac? :)  spirobrewer October 31, 18:13 Central Time

I understand M3 perfectly, actually, but maybe that's 'cause I'm familiar with British dialect. His speech isn't as bad as I thought. I like Mac, but the classic trio of Bucky Katt, Satchel Pooch, and Rob Wilco has been the main thing with Get Fuzzy since 1999, and I don't think Mac would become a main character, but perhaps an occasional add-on. —Preceding unsigned comment added by LucielleCatt (talk • contribs) 19:09, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Notable Strips
I didn't see it here but I thought that the time when all the cat dictators came into the apartment was notable. I think there was Mouseallini (sp?) and Kitty Amin and a lot others I cannot think of.

let me help you out. there was also genghis kat along with joseph catlin.

Get Fuzzy Film
Does anyone have any updates whether the Get Fuzzy film is still in production or not? I, for one, can't wait to see it if/when it comes out, but all the articles that I could find about it is dated August 2003! Has the project been stopped? If it has, I think we should update the page. ( It'd be shame if it did stop though... ) smileydude66 22:04, 19 November 2006 (UTC)

Deleted paragraph
I have removed the following passage added by an anonymous user:

 * If one were to politically and ethnically interpret the strip, it would be possible to argue that Bucky is an interesting phenomenon, namely a Black right-wing Republican: Black in a stereotypical sense because he often uses so-called Black English; far-right Republican because of his total intolerance for any of the liberal or 'humanitarian' sympathies expressed by Satchel Pooch, the quintessential do-gooder. The cartoonist, whether consciously or not, has also powerfully mocked the paranoid tendencies of the American right wing with Bucky's occasional obsessions with 'invasion' by various species, Bucky all the while covered from head to toe in soup pots, silverware, and other household objects intended to make him impervious to imagined assault.

This is unsuitable for Wikipedia on at least three counts: it's unsourced, involves original research/speculation, and is highly POV. A section on the characters' political views might be interesting, but should be based on verifiable published material. Perodicticus 11:16, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Wow, that is POV... who put that? Crowstar 00:44, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Bucky isn't black. He's a cat. He's siamese. Occasionally using ebonics does not make you black. And I can't even think of an instance of Bucky using ebonics. And never non-ironically. Also. . . the stereotype of the totally intolerant, anti-humanitarian Republican can be undone by actually meeting a few. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.160.174.24 (talk) 10:03, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Minor characters
Should some of the more common minor characters (the ones that have been featured multiple times) be included under one heading? Such as Oreo (Satchel's 'girlfriend'), Motor, I. Chihuahua, Burger, Cat Cat, etc? Not sure if they were on here before and deleted as too insignificant or not. 216.199.210.205 20:39, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Triple M Links
Mac's description feature Manchester United and Manchester City without links, so I added them. Also I fixed the word 'revealed' as it was incorrectly spelled.

Also, is that film still in production? I've got no clue. XD - John Jacques

Controversy- drug references
I've read on the internet that the most recent Get Fuzzy strips (starting with 1/23/07, I believe) have been censored in The Washington Post and the Boston Globe for drug references. The strips feature Bucky's 2008 presidential campaign posters, all of which could also be for the legalization of marijuana. Should this be in the controversy section? I don't really know too much about the censorship situation, though the strips seem rather mild to me. Lavender K 21:35, 28 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure...you can't really base a controversy on speculation. You did say, "...all of which could also be for the legalization of marijuana" so it seems to me that it's all in the way of interpretation. If it were up to me, however, I would put it in. --♥♥HOLLiSTERiSLOVE♥♥ 16:14, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

Strip title
Does anyone know why the strip is named Get Fuzzy? — Loadmaster 22:19, 14 February 2007 (UTC)

I know. It is from darby conley's brothers band. His brother had a band named the "Fuzzy Sprouts". Darby made an advertisement for his brother and it said "life's too short to be cool, Get Fuzzy"

Images
Most of the images on the main page are poor scans. They should be cleaned up. I could do it but the last time I did, it got replaced with an entirely different image (another bad scan). Which brings up another issue: the images do not need to be replaced every few months. Kwyjibear 05:03, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

LOOOOOOOOONG
This article is overly long and conveys too many details related to short story arcs. Shorten the section on Bucky and abridge the sections on inconsequential topics. (71.182.178.241 19:29, 1 April 2007 (UTC))

 * I'd like to second this. I added the bit about Bucky referencing wikipedia, but I'm not even sure that it is relevant --DarkAvenger 08:41, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

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do not shorten the article!!!! Bucky using wikipedia is relevant of course. The entire comic series is just story arcs. the comic doesnt have a long story arc. it is made of just a bunch of short ones. Thats why fans love get fuzzy. its not long. at all. Please dont shorten it 216.31.45.229 18:01, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

 * The lack of long story arcs is exactly the reason this article needs to be shorter. We don't really need a detailed history of all that has happened to each of the major characters. It's a freakin' comic strip. I could understand if there was some long, complex plot that is ongoing and continually references things that have happened before, but that's not the case here. I would say take out all the little story arcs and briefly mention the stuff that comes up again and again (e.g. "The strip has shown many times that Satchel is willing to eat non-food items.")If someone wants to list everything that has happened in the strip, put it on a fan site. 170.65.128.6 (talk) 21:26, 6 June 2008 (UTC)don't have a username, sorry.

I chopped some things in the Bucky section and continuing through the article. --rjpekol

I like the long articles for the major characters. It gives you a little back ground. I just finished adding info to Satchel and Rob's pages. LucielleCatt (talk) 19:18, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Watch out for vandalism!
Hey there, watch out for vandalism on the Get Fuzzy page. There is a user out there who will add random, non-existent characters and alter storyline information. I caught this person the first time as user:Cootcatcanine and had the account put on hold indefinitely. However, the user seemed to have re-appeared as user:Gettefuzzyonline. Please keep a look out for this... Thanks. smileydude66 03:25, 11 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Alright... now User:Gettefuzzyonline has been blocked indefinitely for his/her constant vandalism and additions of nonsense to the article. smileydude66 20:23, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Poor Bucky!
That's a very humiliating picture of the poor guy we have on this article. Can't someone find a good, royalty-free picture we can use instead? Satchel has a nice picture - why can't we do the same for Bucky? Jamehec 18:07, 13 April 2007 (UTC)

 * It also looks like Bucky is hanging himself with a piece of rope. We really do need a new picture for the chump. Konraden88 01:24, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

 * New pic made. Also, Konraden88, you misspelled "champ".  There is no letter U in that word.  ;) Jamehec 06:27, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

The pic is from a strip early on in the series. Rob put up a fly strip in the kitchen and opened the fridge. he looked up and saw bucky hanging there. Rob ends the strip by saying "you couldnt leave it for 30 seconds could you?" This apperently happens many times after that.

I agree, and Rob should get a new one too... he looks like he's in pain. Crowstar 00:00, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Even though its been about two years since the new pic has been made, I think Bucky needs a new one. It doesn't portray his cynical personality enough. Satchel and Rob had pictures? If they did, they aren't on the article anymore! We need new pictures for Satchel and Rob. It would be great if they were in color. Ribeka&Presario (talk) 14:31, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, the new picture is just as bad as the old one. Maybe we can get a picture of Bucky, hopefully in color...so it shows his actual eye color, wisteria, not turquoise. That's inaccurate. In most of the color strips, his pupils have a fogged wisteria around them, not covering his whole eyeball.LucielleCatt (talk) 19:23, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

Bucky's name
Does anyone else think that Bucky Katt could have been named after former Yankees shortstop (and infamous home run hitter) Bucky Dent? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.62.246.217 (talk) 19:47, 17 April 2007 (UTC).

 * No - Rob Wilco said the name comes from the cat's lone fang - his "buck" tooth. Since Rob is Bucky's owner, he presumably was the one to come up with the name.  Jamehec 17:48, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Actually, you're both wrong. His name is from a former Monarchs player named Buck O'Neil. He was a famous player in the Negro Baseball League. As for the reference to Bucky Dent, in one strip Bucky carried a guitar with him and Rob snapped at him for denting it. To this Bucky replied "It's only a little Bucky dent" Rob told him to never say that ever again. Presumably because he is a huge Boston Red Sox fan. 216.31.45.229 15:33, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I stand by my comment about Bucky's name coming from his "buck" tooth. Pets are named by their owners, and there is no real evidence for any of the other theories.  Bucky's upper cuspid does resemble a buck tooth, and would thence be the most reasonable inference I can think up. Jamehec 16:52, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

 * There is ABSOLUTELY evidence that he was named after Buck O'Neill. Joe tells him in one of the Sunday strips.  I'll find the date for you and post it later. JCO312 19:53, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * There isn't a date on the strip, but it's page 252 of Groovitude. JCO312 19:58, 20 April 2007 (UTC)
 * And you could realize that Bucky was named "Bucky" long before he lost his tooth to Fungo in combat. 70.130.138.41 15:35, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Aaaaand Bucky has always had only one upper cuspid (the one on the right has always been missing). The tooth that the ferret knocked out was the left one, leaving Bucky with NO cuspids for a week or so.  Really, I can't help but think that Darby Conley is the only person who can answer this one.  Jamehec 20:28, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Errr... this is a TALK PAGE to discuss the Get Fuzzy article. Crowstar 17:55, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

WHO THE HELL CARES? THEY'RE JUST HAVING FUN, SO LEAVE THEM ALONE!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.81.141.3 (talk) 17:07, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
 * OK once and for all this is the origin of Bucky's name: Joe told Bucky and Satchel that they were named after baseball players. This is untrue. Later in the strip, there was a conversation between Rob and Bucky regarding Bucky's want for a cool nickname that went like this: ROB: You do know why I named you Bucky, don't you? BUCKY: Well, I assume it's because I'm such a young buck, but... ROB: No! It's because of your tooth! TOOTH!!

So it's Bucky's tooth that got him the name...not Bucky Dent or Buck O'Neill. And if need be, I can search my Get Fuzzy books and tell you exactly what anthology it was in. --DancexwithxmexXx 17:31, 15 June 2007 (UTC)

There's proof in Loserpaloosa when they got to Canada that Satchel isn't named after Satchel Paige--atleast, not by Rob. He named himself "Satchel" when he came to the US from Canada from #8, but he could have named himself after Satchel Paige, but I dunno. I think its more likely that he named himself "Satchel" after hearing the word, rather than naming himself after a baseball player. LucielleCatt (talk) 19:19, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

 * Is he really "Bucky B. Katt"? I seem to recall his name being given as "Bucky T. Katt", with "T." presumably being for "The".

2600:1004:B147:2CC0:6034:493D:8320:D1A7 (talk) 21:33, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

Wackypedia
The April 20, 2007 strip references Wikipedia.

 * As a result, a one-day semi-protect has been enacted. --  Zanimum 16:14, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Why? -- Evilsheepy 01:11, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

Yeah? I've waited two days to correct this error. I'm not waiting any longer. Someone else can do it.

"a bunch of flannel-wearing hockey fans who mispronounced the word 'offense".

(Anyone see the missing quote?)

PO'd. 68.60.59.250 06:08, 21 April 2007 (UTC) This article makes no sense... what are you trying to do here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ukokira (talk • contribs) 20:30, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Satchel's Father
This is a bit of a non-issue, but it's quite unrealistic for his father to be a retired seeing eye dog since the nearly all of the major seeing dog schools spay or neuter their working dogs. I know it's a fictious comic strip and all, but I thought it should be brought up.

199.80.65.3 21:50, 19 May 2007 (UTC)Lucas

My conclusion to your question, User:199.80.65.3|199.80.65.3, even though it has been 3 or so years, is that Satchel's father had Satchel (and his litter) before he became a seeing-eye dog. I had thought Satchel might be adopted, but then after reading the Get Fuzzy page for the 3rd time, I figured that it must be that he and his "wife" had Satchel and his litter before he (and maybe she) got neutered (and maybe spayed, in the case of his mom). Ribeka&Presario (talk) 00:25, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Recurring & One-Time Character
That list is huge! Should we think about splitting the characters onto another page by itself? The article is REALLY long right now. smileydude66 07:08, 24 May 2007 (UTC)

i actually agree with you. the main characters should have their own page. especially bucky —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.31.45.3 (talk) 15:28, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

 * I believe making new pages is the wrong way to go, this page is huge, badly organized, talks if you look at the TOB only about the characters and nothing about the plot, and even though this is a webcomic, it has stories, and those are "Plots", and those stories are divided in time and so on...--Dwarf Kirlston 19:58, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

I edited the section on Chubby Huggs. It listed him as returning in February 2009, but if you check on comics.com that strip is a repeat from 2007. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.146.228.109 (talk) 02:06, 3 March 2009 (UTC)

I think Satchel and Bucky have their own Wikipedia pages aside from the main Get Fuzzy Page...I'm not sure. I'll let you know. Ribeka&Presario (talk) 00:27, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

What?
Under category of comics, it says this is a men's comic, which I strongly dissagree with. I am a female and I'm obsessed with Get fuzzy... Crowstar 17:58, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I am too. I loaned collections 1,2, and 4 from my cousin and have been completely in love with my these collections ever since! Ribeka&Presario (talk) 00:28, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Literally "what?" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A00:F41:58A4:D4FF:4CC7:70C4:35EA:634E (talk) 13:20, 24 November 2021 (UTC)

Quality
Does anybody else think that the strip as gone way down in the last few years? I mean, he seems to just be working off old puns half the time. If that's the best he can do, it is time to put it to sleep.

Please sign your posts, ( ~ ) and plus, that statement is POV and shouldn't be included. Also, this is a page to discuss improvements that could be made to the article, not the strip. ~Crowstar~ 18:09, 21 June 2007 (UTC)

Whoever said, "If that's the best he can do, it is time to put it to sleep', I respectfully argue that at least, unlike some comics, it does not contain pornographic jokes. Its been around for about ten years and if he gets rid of it, we'll be stuck with the more "modern" comics. Get Fuzzy is a very excellent comic and on the list of comics at the bottom of the Get Fuzzy page it was the only one in bold. Oh, and in answer to your question, NO, I do not think it has gone down in the past few years. Most people won't remember a comic from 2006 if it was a rerun in 2009.

I see "Get Fuzzy" only on Sundays and am not impressed. It's beautifully drawn, and for what it is, cleverly written. However, it's the same thing over and over and over and over and over again. One wonders why Rob doesn't use a kitchen knife to put these pets out of his misery. I'm not asking that this strip be "realistic", only that it offer some variety. Someone should find an intelligent critical review of this strip and include it. WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 13:02, 12 July 2010 (UTC)

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Get Fuzzy movie
Why was my information on this film taken out? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.81.141.176 (talk) 14:16, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Rob's living conditions
Does Rob live in an apartment building or a house? I've been reading the collections and it tends to change from strip to strip. --72.17.202.90 (talk) 14:24, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

Apartment. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.160.174.24 (talk) 10:06, 8 August 2008 (UTC)

Character sections
The sections on the characters are extremely long and opinion-based. They need to be trimmed tremendously. We don't need to mention everything the cat does or has done. --AW (talk) 16:11, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

 * I agree, as I was reading it, it came across as being poorly written, and very much unlike an encyclopedia. Need just facts to get the picture of the characters, not a lot of facts about what they have done in the strip. 66.194.118.10 (talk) 18:06, 20 September 2008 (UTC)

 * I just cleaned up Bucky's profile, cutting out most irrelevant references to the strips and rearranging a little amongst the paragraphs (and adding a jab at American nationalism that anyone is free to cut out)... It's not well done, but it's a start at least. 83.191.131.70 (talk) 13:24, 27 January 2009 (UTC)

Get Fuzzy movie?!
Is there really gonna be a Get Fuzzy movie? Ribeka&Presario (talk) 00:19, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Shakespug?
Where's Shakespug in this article? He should be listed under the minor dog characters section but he isn't. I think I saw him once in the article but, since then, he has dissapeared...Hmmm... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Shadowwolf14 (talk • contribs) 22:04, 14 September 2009 (UTC)

I'll work on that. Ribeka&Presario (talk) 01:43, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Yay! I see him now! Thanks! Shadowwolf14

NPOV weight issue
It seems to me that a "Negative Reaction" section without any "Positive Reaction" section presents an NPOV issue. Unless, of course, that the strip has received only negative reactions, or perhaps overwhelmingly negative reactions. But I don't believe that's the case. In fact, I'm fairly certain that it's mostly well received. -208.97.245.131 (talk) 19:01, 17 November 2009 (UTC)

only negative reaction because...well only the negative reactions were important. its not like obama endorses get fuzzy or like johnny depp is seen wearing a get fuzzy tshirt. and even then its not that big of an impact. the reception bit is good enough as a positive in my opinion.96.251.18.252 (talk) 05:34, 10 January 2010 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.251.18.252 (talk) 05:31, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Treasuries
Does anyone know if Darby Conley is going to release Ignorance, Thy Name is Bucky and most recently Dumbheart in a treasury? Because the collections are in color. Thanks Ribeka&Presario (talk) 01:43, 26 December 2009 (UTC)

Problems
This article practically defines fancruft and original research. Lots42 (talk) 04:30, 1 April 2010 (UTC)

 * Specifics please. BratmanGodzilla (talk) 15:05, 11 June 2010 (UTC)

Shortened Finally!
The article as finally been shortened by cleaning up the Characters list and the creation of a new article - List of Get Fuzzy characters Rajayuv (talk) 23:19, 6 February 2011 (UTC)

Bucky's Name
I don't know if this has been mentioned, or disputed, but, I remember seeing a strip where Rob was explaining to Satchel that Beaver-Hating Bucky was named after the Oregon State Beavers Mascot. Adanvdowesa (talk) 11:57, 8 February 2011 (UTC)Adanvdowesa

 * No, he gave Bucky a doll of the mascot. See the above discussion on Bucky's name origin. Apple8800 (talk) 03:40, 20 February 2011 (UTC)

Actually i have one of those books it does say he was named after that. But he also commented it was also about his tooth. Ukokira (talk) 20:32, 21 October 2011 (UTC)
 * What book and which page was it on? If thats the case it should be changed to reflect what the book says.P0PP4B34R732 (talk) 20:34, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

Eschews the setup-punchline format for humorous dialogue
There we go; I know I wasn’t the first one to notice that, so it’s not OR. —Wiki Wikardo 00:06, 16 April 2012 (UTC)
 * Technically since it is unsourced with a credible reference, it is original research even if it "could" be considered common knowledge. Ckruschke (talk) 17:16, 16 April 2012 (UTC)Ckruschke

What Happened To The Characters Article?
Under characters, there's only a redlink for a page that doesn't exist.173.218.226.123 (talk) 17:21, 3 July 2013 (UTC)

 * Looks like the entire page was deleted in May as in-universe fancruft (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/List_of_Get_Fuzzy_characters). So it appears that anyone who was going to that web page or who created it didn't care enough to fight the deletion. Since the page is GONE, I won't be able to copy/paste that info back onto this page. I'll try and go through the history to when this info was removed from the main page and restore some of it. Ckruschke (talk) 17:36, 8 July 2013 (UTC)Ckruschke

Bucky's politics
Where does anyone get the idea that Bucky's politics stem  only  from an effort to irritate Satchel and not from racism or nativism? Bucky is obviously a satire of a political reactionary, sort of like the "Steven Colbert" character of The Colbert Report, so where is the reliably-sourced evidence of this "fact"? 2600:1004:B147:2CC0:6034:493D:8320:D1A7 (talk) 21:41, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 16:12, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

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Culturama

Each year, Nevisians celebrate their heritage during Culturama. It is Nevis' answer to the diverse range of carnivals enjoyed on other Caribbean islands. Held annually in late July/early August, it celebrates Nevisians who have moved away and returned to party with their friends and family. It is a commemoration and festival enjoying the cultural traditions. There's music every night, parties, food festivals, and concerts, culminating in the early march through downtown Charlestown.

The festival started in 1974. The idea of Culturama was conceived in February 1974 during a meeting of the Nevis Dramatic and Cultural Society (NEDACS).

license: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Ballistic stroke

In handwriting research, the concept of stroke is used in various ways. In engineering and computer science, there is a tendency to use the term stroke for a single connected component of ink (in Off-line handwriting recognition) or a complete pen-down trace (in on-line handwriting recognition). Thus, such stroke may be a complete character or a part of a character. However, in this definition, a complete word written as connected cursive script should also be called a stroke. This is in conflict with the suggested unitary nature of stroke as a relatively simple shape.

In the research field of handwriting motor control, the term ballistic stroke is used. It is defined as the trajectory segment between two consecutive minima in the absolute velocity of the pen tip. The time delay between the cortical brain command and a muscle contraction is so large that the 100 millisecond ballistic strokes need to be planned by the brain, as feedback by hand-eye coordination requires a much slower movement than is the case in the normal handwriting process.

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You Are My World

You Are My World is the tenth album in the live praise and worship series of contemporary worship music by Hillsong Church. The album reached the ARIA Albums Chart Top 100.

Making of the album
You Are My World was recorded live at the Sydney Entertainment Centre by Darlene Zschech and the Hillsong team, with over 300 singers and musicians. This was the first live praise and worship album Hillsong Church recorded in the Sydney Entertainment Centre. Over 9,000 people from the newly merged Hillsong Church congregation in both the Hills and City came together to record the album.

Track listing (CD)

 * 1) "Your Love Is Beautiful" (Reuben Morgan, Raymond Badham, Steve McPherson, Nigel Hendroff) - worship leader: Darlene Zschech - 4:38
 * 2) "God Is Great" (Marty Sampson) - worship leader: Marty Sampson, b. Darlene Zschech - 4:56
 * 3) "All of My Days" (Mark Stevens) - worship leader: Mark Stevens - 5:02
 * 4) "Emmanuel" (Badham) - worship leader: Darlene Zschech - 6:48
 * 5) "You Stand Alone" (Stevens, McPherson) - worship leaders: Steve McPherson, Mark Stevens - 4:48
 * 6) "Irresistible" (Darlene Zschech) - worship leader: Darlene Zschech - 6:05
 * 7) "You Are My World" (Sampson) - worship leader: Marty Sampson, b. Darlene Zschech - 6:31
 * 8) "Everything That Has Breath" (Morgan) - worship leader: Darlene Zschech - 4:22
 * 9) "God So Loved" (Morgan) - worship leader: Darlene Zschech - 5:54
 * 10) "To You" (Zschech) - worship leader: Darlene Zschech - 7:00
 * 11) "Worthy Is the Lamb" (Zschech) - worship leader: Miriam Webster - 7:16
 * 12) "Forever" (Sampson) - worship leader: Mark Stevens - 4:45
 * 13) "My Best Friend" (Joel Houston, Sampson) - worship leader: Marty Sampson, b. Darlene Zschech  - 5:19

Track listing (DVD)
The DVD has a slightly different track order and also contains three bonus songs, "Glorious" (found on the CD compilation album Extravagant Worship: The Songs of Darlene Zschech), and reprises of "You Are My World" and "God Is Great". The outro consists of a piano accompaniment version of "God Is Great".

 * 1) "Everything That Has Breath"
 * 2) "God Is Great"
 * 3) "All of My Days"
 * 4) "Emmanuel"
 * 5) "You Stand Alone"
 * 6) "Irresistible"
 * 7) "You Are My World"
 * 8) "Your Love Is Beautiful"
 * 9) "Glorious" (Darlene Zschech)
 * 10) "God So Loved"
 * 11) "To You"
 * 12) "Worthy Is the Lamb"
 * 13) "Forever"
 * 14) "My Best Friend"
 * 15) "You Are My World" (reprise)
 * 16) "God Is Great" (reprise)

Credits

 * Darlene Zschech – worship pastor, producer, senior worship leader, senior lead vocal, vocal producer
 * Reuben Morgan – acoustic guitar, vocals, producer, worship leader, vocal producer
 * Steve McPherson – vocals, vocal producer
 * Marty Sampson – acoustic guitar, vocals
 * Miriam Webster – vocals
 * Paul Andrew – vocals
 * Tulele Faletolu – vocals
 * Donia Makedonez – vocals
 * Julie Bassett – vocals
 * Erica Crocker – vocals
 * Holly Dawson – vocals
 * Lucy Fisher – vocals
 * Michelle Fragar – vocals
 * Peter Hart – vocals
 * Mark Stevens – vocals
 * Scott Haslem – vocals
 * Ned Davies – vocals
 * Woody Pierson – vocals
 * Karen Horn – vocals
 * Tanya Riches – vocals
 * Ruth Athanasio – choir conductor
 * Russell Fragar – piano, music director, producer
 * Peter King – piano, keyboards, Hammond organ, programming, post
 * Craig Gower – keyboard
 * Kevin Lee – keyboard
 * David Moyse – electric guitar, post production engineer
 * Nigel Hendroff – acoustic guitar
 * Raymond Badham – electric guitar
 * Marcüs Beaumont – electric guitar, guitar technician,
 * Luke Munns – drums, percussion, cover art concept
 * Ross Peacock – drums
 * Rick Petereit – drums
 * Peter Wallis – bass
 * Ian Fisher – bass
 * Adam Simek – percussion ensemble
 * Matthew Hope – trumpet
 * Gary Honor – saxophone
 * Steve Bullivant – saxophone
 * Jonno Louwrens – saxophone
 * Elisha Vella – percussion ensemble
 * Peter Kelly – percussion, tympani, percussion ensemble
 * Bobbie Houston – executive producer
 * Chris Perry – artwork, design
 * George Gorga – house sound engineer
 * Tim Tickner – assistant
 * Mark Hopkins – coordination
 * Matthew Barnes – assistant engineer
 * Don Bartley – mastering
 * Jeff Todd – post production engineer
 * David Watson – production coordination
 * Paul Pilsneniks – mixing assistant, assistant
 * Matt Barnes – assistant engineer
 * Tania Paurini – assistant production engineer
 * Femia Shirtliff – photography
 * Brett Randall – engineer
 * Martin Philbey – photography
 * Simone Ridley – project coordinator
 * Trevor Beck – engineer, production coordination, post production
 * Nick Asha – assistant
 * Iwan Sujono – artwork
 * Kevin Watts – assistant
 * Cassandra Langton – coordination
 * James Rudder – saxophone, engineer, post production engineer
 * Marty Beaton – technician
 * Brent Clark – mixing
 * Donna Crouch – coordination

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Timpani/archive1

Timpani
Well written article that demonstrates the merits of Wikipedia: it goes beyond the traditional encyclopedia article by providing information for readers with different levels of musical knowledge. Comprehensive without being overly technical. – flamurai (t) 20:17, Feb 17, 2005 (UTC)

 * A joy to read. Support slambo 21:40, Feb 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Excellent Strong Support EggplantWizard 21:43, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Support: Fantastic Giano 22:22, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Object. The introduction refers to their use outside of the orchestra: "Today, they are used in many types of musical ensembles including concert, marching, and even rock bands." However, except for the early history, the body of the article is entirely devoted to an orchestral context. With respect to marching bands, needs to address how timpani fit in, since they're generally large and stationary; most marching bands use other drums instead. Examples of notable timpani use in rock would be helpful to provide that angle. --Michael Snow 23:24, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually, I'm glad you raised that objection. This was something I meant to include, but never got around to it, and eventually forgot about. I just included a section including information about timpani in marching bands and popular music. – flamurai (t) 01:28, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * And I'm glad it's there now, because this is an excellent article that I definitely wanted to support, it just needed that last bit to make it more complete. Support now. --Michael Snow 06:47, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. An excellent article that deserves to be featured. Carrp | Talk 01:50, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Support Good work. For that new section, though, I've got an additional factoid if you want to use it: Ringo Starr played the timpani on a Beatles record: "Every Little Thing" off of Beatles for Sale.  Might be worth mentioning, seeing as how the Beatles are so influential.Ryan Anderson 17:56, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I will definitely include that fact. – flamurai (t) 05:40, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Object. This article needs one or more sound samples. (Note: I'll review the rest of the article later on, but I thought this was a rather important issue). Jeronimo 08:43, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I See samples have been added. I have just one question - are there any particularly famous timpanists? The article doesn't mention any, but there web link to a page about famous timpanists. Jeronimo 08:32, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Depends on what your definition of famous is. There really aren't any famous timpanists because it's not really a solo instrument. The only one that would be known to non-percussionists is probably Vic Firth, and that's only because of his drumstick company. – flamurai (t) 08:47, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Needs information on the sound and acoustics of the timpani. Ideally this would tie in with the performance techniques, explaining why the various techniques produces their various qualities of sound. Hyacinth 16:42, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I've identified some journal articles dealing with the acoustics of timpani. Now I have to find a library that carries them. It's definitely a subject I think deserves some exposition. I myself am interested in what makes timpani produce a definite pitch, while cylindrical drums do not. – flamurai (t) 21:46, Feb 23, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Great article, pleasure to read. Raising the bar for other music instruments' articles.--Zappaz 03:58, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Support  ALKIVAR ™[[Image:Radioactive.svg|18px|]] 12:46, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Excellent article. →mathx314(talk)(email) 15:28, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree with Jeronimo - sound files are really a must-have to call this comprehensive. →Raul654 16:04, Feb 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * I added a few fair use sound clips to the page. If I think of more that illustrate other things mentioned in the article, I will add them. – flamurai (t) 22:52, Feb 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Now the article has clips and can do nothing but support. Mgm|(talk) 10:17, Feb 23, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support excellent article! Tuf-Kat 22:55, Feb 23, 2005 (UTC)


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Transportation Building (Ottawa)

The Transportation Building, 10 Rideau Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada is a historic Gothic revival/Chicago school office tower. The building stands at the intersection of Sussex Drive and Rideau Street.

It was designed by architect John Albert Ewart built by C. Jackson Booth, son of lumber baron J.R. Booth in 1916. It was across the street from Union Station, now the Senate of Canada Building, and was thus named the Transportation Building.

When Ottawa's second city hall was destroyed in a fire in 1931 the building became Ottawa's temporary city hall. Originally the city only occupied part of the building, but eventually it took over the entire structure. The city left for a new city hall on Green Island in 1958.

In 1965 it was expropriated by the federal government and became home of federal workers.

The bottom levels of the structure are today integrated into the Rideau Centre.

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Papagou

Papagou (Παπάγου or Παπάγος Papagos) is a suburban town and municipal unit in the eastern part of the Athens agglomeration, Greece. The town is named after Marshal Alexandros Papagos, a general who led the Greek Army in the Second World War and the Greek Civil War, before becoming Prime Minister of Greece. The Greek Ministry of National Defense is located in town.

Papagou was part of the municipality of Cholargos until 1965, when it became a separate community. It became a municipality in 1982. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Papagou-Cholargos, of which it is a municipal unit according to the Kallikratis Plan.

Geography
Papagou is situated west of the Hymettus mountains, 6 km east of Athens city centre. The municipal unit has an area of 3.375 km2. The eastern beltway Motorway 64 passes southeast of the town. Adjacent suburbs are Cholargos to the northeast and Zografou to the southwest.

Sports
Papagou B.C. is the professional basketball team of Papagou.

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FOT

Fot or FOT may refer to:

Arts and entertainment

 * The Fall of Troy (band), an American rock band
 * Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel, a computer game
 * False or True, a British television programme

Science and technology

 * Fast optical transient
 * Flight operations team
 * Frequency of optimum transmission
 * The Fot1 family of Fusarium oxysporum transposable elements
 * Functional operation test

Transport

 * Fo Tan station, in Hong Kong
 * Fort railway station, in Sri Lanka
 * Rohnerville Airport, in California, United States
 * FOT, free on truck, an historic form of international commercial term or Incoterm
 * Forster (Wallis Island) Airport, IATA airport code "FOT"

Other uses

 * Fot, 11th-century Swedish runemaster
 * Fót, a town in Pest county, Hungary
 * Feast of Tabernacles, part of the Jewish religious festival of Sukkot
 * Festival of Trees
 * Fotki, a photo sharing web-site
 * Future-oriented therapy, a form of psychotherapy

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List of Indiana railroads

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

Common freight carriers

 * Canadian National Railway (CN) through 3 subsidiaries:
 * Wisconsin Central (WC)
 * Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway - now part of Wisconsin Central(EJE)
 * Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW)
 * Illinois Central Railroad (IC)
 * Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) through 1 subsidiary:
 * Soo Line Railroad (SOO)
 * Central Indiana and Western Railroad (CEIW)
 * Central Railroad of Indiana (CIND)
 * Central Railroad of Indianapolis (CERA)
 * Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad (CKIN)
 * Chicago, Fort Wayne and Eastern Railroad (CFE)
 * Chicago South Shore and South Bend Railroad (CSS)
 * C&NC Railroad (CNUR)
 * CSX Corporation (CSX) through 2 subsidiaries:
 * CSX Transportation (CSXT)
 * Baltimore and Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad (BOCT)
 * Dubois County Railroad (DCRR)
 * Elkhart and Western Railroad (EWR)
 * Elkhart and Western Railway (EWRY)
 * Operates the Fulton County Railroad (FC)
 * Evansville Western Railway (EVWR)
 * Gary Railway (GRW)
 * Grand Elk Railroad (GDLK)
 * Honey Creek Railroad (HCRR)
 * Hoosier Southern Railroad (HOS)
 * Indian Creek Railroad (ICRK)
 * Indiana Rail Road (INRD)
 * Indiana Eastern Railroad (IERR)
 * Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad (IHB)
 * Indiana Northeastern Railroad (IN)
 * Indiana and Ohio Railway (IORY)
 * Indiana Southern Railroad (ISRR)
 * Indiana Southwestern Railway (ISW)
 * Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad (KBSR)
 * Also operates the Bee Line Railroad (BLEX)
 * Kendallville Terminal Railway (KTR)
 * Lake Michigan and Indiana Railroad (LMIC)
 * Landisville Terminal & Transfer Company (LVTT)
 * Louisville and Indiana Railroad (LIRC)
 * Lucas Oil Rail Line (LORL)
 * City of Madison Port Authority:
 * Operates the Madison Railroad (CMPA)
 * MG Rail (MGRI)
 * Norfolk Southern Corporation through 1 subsidiary:
 * Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
 * Ohio Valley Railroad (OVR)
 * R.J. Corman Railroad/Western Ohio Lines (RJCW)
 * R.J. Corman Railroad/St Mary's Lines (RJSM)
 * South Chicago and Indiana Harbor Railway (SCIH)
 * Southern Indiana Railway (SIND)
 * Southwind Shortline Railway (SWRX)
 * Squaw Creek Southern Railroad (SCS)
 * Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway (TPW)
 * U S Rail Corporation (USRP):
 * Operates the Kokomo Grain Company
 * Operates the Winamac Southern Railway (WSRY)
 * Vermilion Valley Railroad (VVRR)
 * Wabash Central Railroad (WBCR)

Private freight carriers

 * BP
 * City of Auburn Port Authority
 * Steel Dynamics
 * Yankeetown Docks Corporation (YDCX)

Passenger carriers

 * Amtrak (AMTK)
 * Carthage, Knightstown and Shirley Railroad (CKSI)
 * Indiana Railway Museum
 * Indiana Transportation Museum (ITM, ITMZ)
 * Operates the Hoosier Heritage Port Authority (HHPA)
 * Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District:
 * Operates the South Shore Line
 * Whitewater Valley Railroad
 * Nickel Plate Express

Defunct railroads

 * Electric

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Lineation (handwriting)

In Western handwriting, lineation is the particular spacing between the baseline and the median or mean line (a distance known as the x-height or corpus size), the height of the ascenders, and the depth of the descenders. In many teaching methods of writing at primary school, these guidelines are actually present on ruled paper to aid the child in producing well-formed characters of the proper size. In adulthood the lineation remains, virtually, and can be used in handwriting recognition by performing an analysis of the horizontal density of minima and maxima of the writing trace. The density at the baseline of handwriting will be highest, followed by the density of the corpus size. As ascenders and descenders occur only infrequently, their densities will be low, especially if a single word is considered.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Neil Rogers

 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. -- AllyUnion (talk) 12:03, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Neil Rogers
Are non-syndicated radio show hosts inherently noteworthy? 810 google hits:  GRider\talk 20:25, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, just under the bar of notability. Megan1967 02:16, 18 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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Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-02-21/Harvard coverage

College newspapers seem particularly prone to write about Wikipedia, as interest among students continues to contribute to its press coverage. In fact, The Harvard Crimson had not one but two articles last week referring to Wikipedia, one of them a full-length review of the project.

The first mention came from Alex McPhillips, who used the law of averages as the theme for a sports story last Monday about the university's women's basketball team. Leading off the article with a reference to Wikipedia as "that quintessentially laissez-faire website", the reporter then made the quintessential mistake of identifying Wikipedia as a .com rather than a .org. McPhillips went on to the law of averages article, commenting, "I... got, more or less, what I expected". (What those expectations were isn't clearly stated, but it may at least be satisfying to know that Wikipedia lived up to expectations.)

On Tuesday, however, the Crimson published a thorough review of Wikipedia by Matthew A. Gline, entitled "Citing Riots". This article takes a more obviously positive approach (and gets the .org part right), while still acknowledging some of the questions about Wikipedia's reliability.

Gline starts off his article with the question of the name for a 77-sided polygon, which is apparently heptacontakaiheptagon, as he learned from Wikipedia. Curiously enough, that article was submitted to Votes for deletion only a few days earlier, along with several other articles dealing with many-sided polygons, though Gline may not have known this, as he could have simply gotten the name from the polygon article. The submitter, Curps, argued that mathematicians would actually refer to it as a 77-gon, or an N-gon for any polygon with N sides. All of the votes have been to delete the article or merge it back into polygon.

Gline says many laudatory things: "To Wikipedia's credit, it looks, and in most cases is, fantastic. Its coverage on even the most obscure topics generally stands up to extensive critical scrutiny". In support of its trustworthiness, he mentions the many writers who have given it "de facto support" by using it as a reference, while also citing some of the critics of this trend.

Like a few other journalists, Gline discusses the possibility of errors in Wikipedia by mentioning one that he introduced himself. He relates that he changed the founding year of Harvard's rival, Yale University, from 1701 to 1702. It appears that he committed this act of vandalism back on 5 February, and did not even wait one minute to see if someone else would revert it, but did so himself. He keeps the reader in suspense somewhat longer, but clears it up at the close of the article.

In his conclusion, Gline comes out in favor of healthy skepticism and an admonition to "know thy sources." But he still ends up by encouraging the reader to use, and even correct, Wikipedia, saying that the project's momentum is too valuable to lose and people need not shy away from it.


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Massachusetts Port Authority

Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) is the port authority for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It owns and operates three airports, Logan International Airport, Hanscom Field, and Worcester Regional Airport, and public terminals in the Port of Boston.

Massport is a financially self-sustaining public authority whose transportation facilities generate more than $600 million annually; no state tax dollars are used to fund operations or capital improvements at Massport facilities. Its headquarters is located in the Logan Office Center, adjacent to Logan Airport in East Boston, Massachusetts.

20th century
The Massachusetts Port Authority was created in 1956 by the Massachusetts General Court to replace the locally controlled port commission; however, the Authority was not enabled until 1959, due to delay in bond funding. The Authority is an independent public authority, not a state agency.

In 1966, Castle Island Container Terminal was constructed for Sea-Land Corporation, one of the first intermodal container facilities. In 1971, the Authority constructed a second container port in Charlestown for the use of other shipping companies. In 1980, Sea-Land ended its exclusive lease, and the first container port was enlarged and made available for other shipping companies.

21st century
On January 1, 2010, the Tobin Bridge was transferred from the Authority to the new Massachusetts Department of Transportation.

In June 2019, by a vote of 5-to-2, Massport's board of directors selected the current port director Lisa Wieland to serve as the authority's chief executive. She will be earning a salary of $360,000-a-year and is scheduled to start the new position in September 2019.

List of executive directors

 * John F. O'Halloran: 1959–1963
 * Edward J. King: 1963–1974
 * Edward Hanley (interim): 1974–1975
 * David W. Davis: 1975–1982
 * Kenneth C. Pearson (interim): 1982–1983
 * Lou Nickinello: 1983
 * David W. Davis: 1983–1990
 * Alden S. Raine: 1990–1993
 * Stephen Tocco: 1993–1997
 * Peter I. Blute: 1997–1999
 * Virginia Buckingham: 2000–2001
 * Craig Coy: 2002–2006
 * Thomas J. Kinton Jr.: 2006–2011
 * David S. Mackey (acting): 2011–2012
 * Thomas P. Glynn: 2012–2018
 * John Pranckevicius (acting): 2018–2019
 * Lisa Wieland: 2019–2023
 * Ed Freni: 2023-present

On May 29, 2024, the port authority board voted to offer Richard A. Davey the CEO position. Should he accept the offer, he would begin his role as CEO no later than September 9, 2024.

Airports

 * Logan International Airport
 * Hanscom Field
 * Worcester Regional Airport – Formerly owned by the city of Worcester until ownership transfer to Massport was mandated by law in 2009, and subsequently completed on June 22, 2010.

Seaports and maritime facilities
The Port of Boston includes Cruiseport Boston and facilities in the Boston Marine Industrial Park in South Boston, and others in East Boston and Charlestown:
 * Flynn Cruiseport Boston (formerly the Black Falcon Cruise Terminal), One Black Falcon Avenue, South Boston
 * Paul W. Conley Terminal, First & Farragut Road, South Boston - Container port
 * Boston Autoport, Charlestown - Automobile shipping, leased to private operator.
 * The Boston Fish Pier, South Boston - Seafood processing, acquired in 1972.
 * Mystic Piers 48,49 and 50, Charlestown - Used for bulk storage and shipping of salt since the 1980s
 * Medford Street Terminal, Charlestown - Dock, office, and warehouse areas, purchased in 1986 from Revere Sugar Refinery and Somerville Lumber.
 * East Boston Shipyard and Marina - Marginal Street, East Boston - Former Navy and Bethlehem Steel site, equipped for ship repair.
 * Massport Marine Terminal (MMT)/North Jetty, South Boston - Used for Big Dig staging, berths now available. Being developed for seafood processing.
 * Fargo Street Terminal, South Boston - Storage and support activities
 * International Cargo Terminal, 88 Black Falcon Avenue, South Boston - Warehouses and office space

Massport Shuttle
The Massport Shuttle connects all terminals at Boston Logan International Airport to Airport Station on the MBTA Blue Line, as well as the water transportation dock on Harborside Drive and the Rental Car Center.
 * Route 11 serves terminals A, B, C and E
 * Route 22 serves terminals A and B, subway station and rental car center during peak hours
 * Route 33 serves terminals C and E, subway station and rental car center during peak hours
 * Route 55 serves all terminals, subway station and rental car center during off-peak hours in the early morning and late evening
 * Route 66 serves all terminals, subway station and water transportation dock.
 * Route 88 serves all terminals and the economy parking garage, along with the subway station in the inbound direction (from the garage to the terminals)

Logan Express
Massport also operates Logan Express bus service between all terminals and park-and-ride lots in Braintree (near South Shore Plaza), Framingham (Shopper's World), Woburn (Anderson Regional Transportation Center), and Peabody (164 Newbury Street). In 2014, with the closure of the Government Center subway station, Massport started running a Logan Express to the Hynes Convention Center and Copley Square in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston. Even after Government Center reopened in 2016, the shuttle service to Back Bay continues to operate, and starting in 2019 riders of that shuttle got priority in the TSA security line.

Silver Line
Massport provides financial assistance to the MBTA for operation of the Silver Line Bus Rapid Transit service to Logan terminals from downtown Boston, and contributes to the maintenance of Airport Station and ventilation of the Ted Williams Tunnel.

Massachusetts State Police - Troop F
State Police-Troop F patrols and provides primary law enforcement services for all Massachusetts Port Authority owned properties, including but not limited to Boston's Logan International Airport in East Boston, Boston's Seaport District, the Port of Boston, and Seaport Hotel and Seaport World Trade Center. Troop F is a unique force within the Massachusetts State Police. Specialized assets include a dedicated detective unit, a bomb squad, a community services unit, a marine unit and highly trained, federally certified State Police K-9 teams. All the members of Troop F are tasked to ensure compliance with airport security rules and regulations as mandated by both the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).

Until 2010, its only barracks was located within the airport. It has since moved to a building on the outskirts, allowing for more space, parking, and better access to the properties.

The Troop F Commander also serves as Massport's Director of Aviation Security.

Massport Police
The Massachusetts Port Authority maintains its own police force of sworn law enforcement officers. They work in seamless partnership with the Massachusetts State Police—Troop F who also provide law enforcement services for Massport. Massport police officers, also known as port officers, are responsible for physical security and law enforcement at the marine terminals, Boston's Seaport District, East Boston parks and various other properties and lands owned by the authority. The Massport Police Department is also responsible for the safety and security of the passengers and vessels which call on the Port of Boston through the Flynn Cruise Port and Paul W. Conley Cargo Container Terminal, in adherence with federal regulations and law enforcement requirements set forth by the Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002.

The Chief of the Massport Police Department also serves as Massport's Director of Maritime Security.

By state law, under Section 110 of Chapter 205 of the Acts of 1996, municipal police (such as the Boston Police Department) do not have jurisdictional authority on Massport property.

Massport Fire Rescue
Massport’s Fire Rescue responsibilities include aircraft rescue and firefighting, structural fire protection, hazardous materials response, emergency medical services, responding to off-shore emergencies with the Marine division, which includes the 79-foot American United fireboat, as well as fire prevention and inspections. The Fire Rescue headquarters, a Fire Rescue satellite station and a Fire Rescue boat dock (shared with the Massachusetts State Police Troop F / Marine Unit) are all located on Boston Logan International Airport’s airfield, while two additional ARFF stations exist at both Laurence G. Hanscom Field and Worcester Regional Airport. Massport Fire Rescue is part of the Massachusetts Metro Fire District and responds to surrounding communities on a mutual aid system.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jon Mayo

 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. Delete 4, Keep 1. -- AllyUnion (talk) 11:59, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Jon Mayo
Doesn't establish notability. —Korath (Talk) 20:26, Feb 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Article merely states that he is a school teacher. Average Earthman 22:26, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. After reading it, all I can say is "Who cares?" Zzyzx11 23:51, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as (in the nicest way possible) vanity page or something similar. Theaterfreak64 02:23, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, but with reservations. Article needs expansion. Megan1967 07:53, 25 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Cheapo

Cheapo is a music retail chain with 3 locations in Minnesota where customers can purchase new and used compact discs, DVDs, and, at some locations, cassettes and vinyl records. The stores' trademark is a vast selection of new, used, and local music at competitive prices. While the stores generally focus on popular music of numerous types, the locations in St. Paul and Minneapolis also feature jazz and classical music. The Minnesota locations have "the world’s largest selection of Minnesota and North Dakota music."  Used discs purchased by Cheapo first go into unsorted racks—one for each day of the week—before being sorted and placed into the general collection. There are usually a few listening stations for trying out discs. Stores may also feature an area of "top ten" selections for a regional radio station. Around 2004, ads called the company "the last authentic music store."

Cheapo Locations

 * Minneapolis - The flagship store is located 2600 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis. It sells CDs, DVDs, vinyl records and cassette tapes. Popular music is sorted into a large number of genres (modern rock, punk rock, metal, classic rock, avant garde, etc.) unlike many music stores which file a wide range of genres under "pop".
 * St. Paul - Located in the Snelling-Hamline neighborhood. All St. Paul Cheapo stores were combined into one building at 71 Snelling Ave N.
 * Blaine - A new Cheapo location opened on June 10, 2009. This replaced the Fridley store.

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Horizontal progression

In handwriting, horizontal progression is the gradual movement in the direction of writing across a paper (i.e. left to right for Western alphabets). In some theories of handwriting, it is distinguished from the movements making up individual letters. The speed of horizontal progression can vary.

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Talk:List of massively multiplayer online games

Puzzle Pirates
Puzzle Pirates should not be in the Browser category, as it is usable with no browser whatsoever, but I am unsure what other category it could go into.

Galaxylife has been cancaled so I took it off

Battlefield Heroes an MMO?
Maybe add all Battlefield series? And World of tanks, MW2-3 and many other? Its all have a same gameplay! If Battlefield Heroes MMOFPS, so and counter-stike MMOFPS! Sarcasm. I think need to exclude Battlefield Heroes — Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.202.36.245 (talk) 12:04, 28 July 2011 (UTC)

World of Tanks is not MMOG, despite they position themselves that way. It's just a marketing trick so they can advertise game on popular MMO portal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.26.197.175 (talk) 22:07, 19 September 2012 (UTC)

Americas Army an MMO?
Is this right? I looked in the article and it just comes across as your typical FPS shooter with standard online multiplay, not a Massively Multiplayer Online FPS. DarkSaber2k 10:54, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

CodeRED: Alien Arena

Combat Arms (video game)

Quake Live

FPS, yes.

MMOFPS, no.

81.79.210.120 (talk) 19:43, 7 April 2009 (UTC)

Historical/Defunct Games
Games come and go -- and those of particular note (even if not significant enough to merit their own article) need to be listed somewhere, perhaps with a brief, one-line description. Obviously "Everquest" will have its own article years and years into the future, but even minor games that were innovative, particularly good, particularly bad, etc deserve at least some remembrance.

I propose the creation of either a Historical / Defunct games article (probably best) or alternatively, a section in the existing article -- This suggestion applies to MMOG, MMORPG, etc.

Perhaps MMOG (defunct), etc as as general disambiguity naming convention.

Other comments? EggplantWizard 20:29, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * I think this is a good idea. We should start with a section in the existing article and then split it when the list starts to overwhelm the rest of the article (which probably wouldn't take long, considering how many games have been created over the years).  Notability is important, though, so I'd only suggest this for games which have had a solid fanbase (a minimum of, perhaps, 5,000 active users at a game's peak), otherwise the article would be way too long. --Josh1billion 08:25, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

Missing Genre in the list.
One area missing in the MMO List.

MMO SPORTS GAMES

There are a number of existing MMO sports games and several presently in Beta or Development. I would supply a list of Suggestions but as I work in the industry I don't want to risk breaking the rules about COI. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Empire Of Sports (talk • contribs) 17:56, 16 July 2007
 * I've added the section, and the only two examples that I know of. --McGeddon 18:13, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

Sorry about the unsigned, this is still a bit new to me :). There is also Pangya which is listed on Wiki already and has been around for a few years. -- —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Empire Of Sports (talk • contribs).
 * Added.--McGeddon 15:28, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Soldat?
I would definately not consider Soldat an mmog. I move for it to be removed.

Advert?
I noticed somebody put The Tempest Project in almost all the categories with an outside link. Could somebody please put it into one category - I haven't played it so I don't know.Lazyguythewerewolf. Rawr. 09:07, 23 August 2007 (UTC)
 * If it's an external link, it's spam - this page is a list of MMOGs notable enough to have Wikipedia articles written about them. I've removed it entirely. --McGeddon 09:39, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Red Links?
Is someone making pages on them? oh, and i added DragonFable and MechQuest to the list of browser games. I am making a page for MechQuest. Kcollis (talk) 15:52, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

GunZ: The Duel?
GunZ is a third-person shooter, not a first-person. I'd say we should change the "First-person shooters" to "Shooting games" or something along those lines. Cloudbreath9 (talk)

Removal of Red links?
Is someone doing this? I would do it but I'm not if they are meant to be there --Kiwi 05:53, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

notability
hi. why can't entries be kept on items which don't have their own articles? Often, it's precisely because an item doesn't have its own article, that it is added to a list article, in order to provide basic details and information. --Steve, Sm8900 (talk) 16:24, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

 * According to WP:SAL, each entry on a list should have its own Wikipedia article or it should be reasonable to expect an article could be forthcoming in the future. If a topic is not notable enough to have an article that would survive an AFD, it shouldn't be on a list either. This is the only thing that keeps list articles from turning into spam linkfarms. - MrOllie (talk) 16:28, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

 * Thanks, I appreciate your reply. Here's a quote from SAL:

 * When deciding what to include on a list, ask yourself:

 * If this person/thing/etc., wasn't an X, would it reduce their fame or significance?
 * Would I expect to see this person or thing on a list of X?
 * Is this person or thing a canonical example of some facet of X?

 * Ideally each entry on a list should have its own Wikipedia article but this is not required if it is reasonable to expect an article could be forthcoming in the future. The one exception is for list articles that are created explicitly because the listed items do not warrant independent articles: an example of this is List of minor characters in Dilbert.

 * The items which i tried to add meet this test; in fact, they meet it for an extremely simple and specific reason which i can easily submit to you all here. namely they are an example of a rare type of free MMOG, in that they are both browser-based, and provide full 3d rendering. for this reason, i feel that they really need to be on this list. I disagree with the articles-only policy, and am not sure why it is used here, and am not sure how it benefits us, Wikipedia or this article. thanks. --Steve, Sm8900 (talk) 16:33, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * There's also the issue that the wikilinks you put in go to articles on separate topics that happen to have the same name. If these are notable games, I'd recommend writing the articles first and coming back and inserting links to the disambiguated article names in lists and such later. - MrOllie (talk) 16:41, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I accept your last point, but I still stand by my main point; namely, that items even without their own entries should be allowed to be included in these lists. thanks. --Steve, Sm8900 (talk) 16:43, 21 May 2008 (UTC)

Quake Live?
C'mon. Who is honestly editing these. Since when is quake live an MMOFPS. It's just a browser version of quake. This is no different than the old MMOFPS list before the articles were merged. Does anyone have a source that calls this game an MMOFPS even? 69.221.252.96 (talk) 20:25, 26 April 2009 (UTC)

List criteria
I'm thinking it's time to establish the criteria for games to appear on this list. There are a few games that are simply multiplayer rather than massively multiplayer, and there are also games that support multiple players but are essentially single player in that you don't actually interact with any other players. Ideas? Wyatt Riot (talk) 08:19, 19 June 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ per WP:BOLD. Wyatt Riot (talk) 11:49, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

Happy Farm
I would like to add this to the list, but don't know where it goes. Building? Social? Please help. Anna Frodesiak (talk) 16:07, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Minecraft
I do think that Minecraft is notable, from personal reading on several gaming sites + the large numbers of reference on the Wikipedia page.

Should you add it?

Chealar (talk) 16:51, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

 * Question isn't that Minecraft is notable, as demonstrated by the existence of its article. Question is whether it's an MMO, or, y'know, massively single-player. —chaos5023 (talk) 17:14, 29 November 2010 (UTC)

 * True... Is there any discussion on what does the "MMO" term entails? Chealar (talk) 15:06, 30 November 2010 (UTC)
 * There's an article at Massively multiplayer online game. To see if it's appropriate to label any particular game as an MMO, we should ideally turn to reliable sources. However, as a shorthand, it's sometimes acceptable to look at that game's article, because the article itself should be based on reliable sources and also give an indication of how to label the game. Wyatt Riot (talk) 15:38, 30 November 2010 (UTC)

Players online
Count of players is public available in some games. It is useful to display this number in table. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.98.23.222 (talk) 17:18, 26 September 2016 (UTC) The numbers are on public webpages, but some kind of parser will be neccessary for inserting the current value to live table. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 178.41.69.175 (talk) 20:20, 26 September 2016 (UTC) Have found 6: Eve online, Minecraft, Star wars, Star trek, Elder scrolls online, Lord of the rings online. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.55.255.41 (talk) 08:37, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

Pokemon Go has probably more players online, but cannot find official number :-( — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.215.118.18 (talk) 09:09, 27 September 2016 (UTC)

World of tanks, Warthunder and World of Warships are not MMOs
Let's look at the definition of MMO from Wikipedia. "A massively multiplayer online game (MMOG or MMO) is an online game which is capable of supporting large numbers of players, typically from hundreds to thousands, simultaneously in the same instance (or world). MMOs usually feature a huge, persistent open world, although some games differ." These games can only have a few dozens of players in a lobby at once, at maximum. They can't reach the hundreds. They do not feature persistent worlds. I suggest these games are removed from this article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 206.167.112.182 (talk) 01:39, 13 December 2016 (UTC)

 * The official World of Tanks website states it is a team-based MMO. The official War Thunder website states it is a cross-platform MMO combat game.
 * If World of Tanks is a MMO game, I don't see any reason why World of Warships wouldn't be, following the same logic. Wumbolo (talk) 14:10, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
 * It's not because the game's company says their game is an MMO that it's one. Please reread the definition of MMO and then compare it to the games themselves. They feature at MAXIMUM a few dozens of players in the same instances. Also, these instances are not permanent. They only exist for less than an hour, the time to finish the match. Exactly like pretty much every other non-MMO multiplayer game out there. Therefore, WoWS, WoT and Warthunder aren't MMOs. I suspect the companies that make these games falsely label them as MMOs as a marketing strategy. The games should be removed from this list. 206.167.112.182 (talk) 22:34, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
 * Reverting this. Please see consensus from Talk:World of Tanks. 93 02:35, 9 December 2017 (UTC)


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IX Corps (Union Army)

IX Corps (Ninth Army Corps) was a corps of the Union Army during the American Civil War that distinguished itself in combat in multiple theaters: the Carolinas, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi.

Formation, Second Bull Run, and Antietam
Although the official order designating its number was not issued until July 22, 1862, the IX Corps organization dates from the expedition to North Carolina in February, 1862, under Ambrose E. Burnside and to the operations about Hilton Head, South Carolina, because the troops engaged in these movements were the only ones used in the formation of the corps. The corps was assembled by Burnside at Newport News, Virginia, from his two brigades from North Carolina and Isaac Stevens's division from Hilton Head. The corps consisted of three divisions, under Generals Stevens, Jesse L. Reno, and John G. Parke.

After a short stay at Newport News the corps was ordered to reinforce Maj. Gen. John Pope's Army of Virginia, and at Second Bull Run it fought its first battle as the IX Corps. Only the two divisions of Stevens and Reno were engaged in this action; they numbered 12 regiments and 2 batteries, fewer than 5,000 men. General Reno was in command of both divisions in Burnside's absence. The losses in this small engagement amounted to 204 killed, 1,000 wounded, and 319 missing; total, 1,523. Some of the regiments encountered a severe fire, the 28th Massachusetts losing 234 men. General Stevens was killed at Chantilly.

General Reno retained command of the corps on the Maryland Campaign, General Burnside having charge of the right wing of the Army of the Potomac, which was composed of the I and IX Corps. Brig. Gen. Orlando B. Willcox was appointed to the command of Stevens's (1st) Division, while the 2nd and 3rd Divisions were commanded, respectively, by Generals Samuel D. Sturgis and Isaac P. Rodman. During this campaign Jacob D. Cox's Kanawha Division from western Virginia was temporarily attached to the corps. The command had also been greatly strengthened by the accession of several new regiments, just organized under the recent call for troops, and its four divisions now numbered 29 regiments and 5 batteries, with 13,819 present for duty, including non-combatants.

The Battle of South Mountain was fought wholly by Burnside's two corps, the IX Corps losing 157 killed, 691 wounded, and 41 missing; total, 889. The loss in the I Corps was about the same. General Reno was killed in this action, upon which General Cox succeeded to his command. At Antietam the corps lost 438 killed, 1,796 wounded, and 115 missing; total, 2,349, out of about 8,500 in action. General Rodman was among the mortally wounded. In October, Cox's Division returned to western Virginia and its brief connection with the corps terminated. This division had made a brilliant record by its gallant services at South Mountain and Antietam.

Upon the departure of General Cox the command of the corps fell to General Willcox. General William W. Burns was appointed to fill the vacancy thus caused in the 1st Division, and Brig. Gen. George W. Getty was placed in command of the 3rd Division, formerly Rodman's. On November 5, 1862, General Burnside was made commander-in-chief of the Army of the Potomac.

At Fredericksburg, the casualty lists indicate that the corps took into action 31 regiments and 5 batteries, with a loss of 111 killed, 1,067 wounded, and 152 missing; total, 1,330. Not long after this battle Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick was assigned to the command of the corps, and General Willcox returned to the command of his division, relieving General Burns.

Western Theater
On February 5, 1863, Sedgwick was assigned command of VI Corps, and was succeeded by Maj. Gen. William F. "Baldy" Smith, and on February 12 the corps was ordered to Newport News, where it encamped for a month. General Smith's stay with the corps was of short duration, for he was succeeded in the following month by Maj. Gen. John G. Parke. While at Newport News, Getty's (3rd) Division was detached and ordered to Suffolk, Virginia, where it was subsequently incorporated into the VII Corps. It never rejoined its old command although, in 1864, one of its regiments, the 4th Rhode Island, was restored to the IX Corps.

In the meantime, General Burnside had been assigned to the command of the Department of Ohio, a district that included Kentucky and eastern Tennessee. He obtained permission for the transfer of his old corps to this field of operations, and on March 19, 1863, General Parke was ordered to proceed there with his two remaining divisions, Willcox's and Sturgis's. Just prior to the departure from Virginia, General Sturgis was relieved, and Brig. Gen. Robert B. Potter was assigned to the command of the 2nd Division. The IX Corps was stationed in Kentucky for two months, during which it served as an army of occupation. In June it was ordered to the support of Ulysses S. Grant, who was then besieging Vicksburg, and proceeding there promptly, it participated in the investment of the city, although not under fire. Upon the surrender of Vicksburg, Parke's two divisions joined the main army in its movement on Jackson, Mississippi, and became engaged in the fighting there, with a loss of 34 killed, 229 wounded, and 28 missing; total, 291. The 1st Division was then under command of Brig. Gen. Thomas Welsh, General Willcox having been assigned to duty in Indiana. The Vicksburg Campaign had been a costly one for the Corps, not due to battle casualties, but to disease. Among those who succumbed to the deadly malaria of the Vicksburg camps was General Welsh, who, soon after, went home to die.

The corps left Mississippi in August, 1863, and returned to Kentucky, where, after a short rest, it joined in Burnside's advance into East Tennessee, a movement that had already commenced. The two divisions were now reduced to about 6,000 men. General Parke having been made chief of staff of the Army of the Ohio, General Potter succeeded to the command of the corps, with Brig. Gen. Edward Ferrero and Col. John F. Hartranft in command of the two divisions.

Ferrero's Division had a sharp little fight at Blue Springs, Tennessee, October 10, 1863, and the whole corps was engaged, November 16, at Campbell's Station. This was followed by the occupation of Knoxville and the gallant defense against James Longstreet's besieging forces, terminating December 4, in the defeat and withdrawal of the enemy.

Overland Campaign
General Willcox resumed command of the corps on January 17, 1864, relieving General Potter; on January 26, Parke relieved Willcox, who then took command of the 2nd Division.

General Burnside was again assigned to duty as commander of his old corps, which was ordered to Annapolis, Maryland, for reorganization. In April, the corps was composed of the four divisions of Thomas G. Stevenson, Potter, Willcox, and Ferrero, the latter division being composed wholly of African-American troops. The corps numbered 19,331 present for duty, with 42 pieces of field artillery; but this number was soon increased, the morning reports of May 10 showing a strength of 32,708. In addition to the four divisions, with their two batteries each, there was a brigade of reserve artillery of six batteries and a provisional brigade of heavy artillerymen and dismounted cavalry. In all, there were 42 regiments of infantry, and 14 batteries of light artillery. Ferrero's Colored Division had never been under fire, while many of the white regiments in the corps were newly organized, or had served previously on garrison duty only. In the ranks of the old regiments were many recruits and conscripts.

In the Overland Campaign, Ulysses S. Grant launched a major offensive against Robert E. Lee starting in May, 1864. His command in Northern Virginia consisted of the Army of the Potomac, under Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, and the IX Corps operating separately, reporting directly to Grant. Burnside technically outranked Meade and objected to receiving commands from a junior officer. By the time of the Battle of North Anna, however, Grant acknowledged that this arrangement was ineffective and he convinced Burnside, along with General Parke, his chief of staff, to waive the question of their superiority of rank over Meade. On May 25, the IX Corps was assigned to the Army of the Potomac.

In the Battle of the Wilderness the corps lost 240 killed, 1,232 wounded, 168 missing; total, 1,640; and, at Spotsylvania, 486 killed, 2,119 wounded, 469 missing; total, 3,146; the heaviest loss at Spotsylvania Court House occurring in the action of May 12. The corps assaulted the right, eastern, flank of the "Mule Shoe" salient. General Stevenson was killed at Spotsylvania on May 10, and Maj. Gen. Thomas L. Crittenden, formerly commander of the XXI Corps, was assigned to the command of Stevenson's (1st) Division.

Petersburg and the Crater
On June 9, at Cold Harbor, General Crittenden was relieved at his own request, and Brig. Gen. James H. Ledlie was placed in command of the 1st Division. In the first assault on Petersburg, June 17, the corps made a brilliant attack, Potter's Division gaining possession of the works; unfortunately, the division was obliged to relinquish its foothold for want of proper support. The corps was engaged in a similar attempt on the following day, the losses in Potter's and Willcox's Divisions being unusually severe in proportion to the number engaged. Losses were 497 killed, 3,232 wounded, and 262 missing; total, 2,991. The dead included former Brig. Gen. James St. Clair Morton, chief engineer of the corps.

The enemy's works proving too strong for assault, the army entrenched itself in preparation for the ten-month siege that followed. On June 19, Ferrero's (4th) Division of black troops rejoined the corps, having been absent during the whole of the previous campaign, engaged on duty at the rear. Ferrero's men were now placed in the trenches with the other three divisions. The part of the line occupied by the IX Corps was very near the enemy's works, and an incessant firing was kept up during the siege, resulting in a daily loss of men, killed or wounded. While there was a comparative quiet in front of the other corps positions, the men of the IX Corps were subjected to the terrible strain of a constant watchfulness and deadly exposure. The enemy seemed to be excited to an undue activity by the presence of Ferrero's Colored Division.

The IX Corps was prominently connected with the siege because of its role in the infamous Battle of the Crater, in which a lengthy mine shaft was dug from its line to under the Confederate works. This mine, which was excavated by the coal miners of 48th Pennsylvania, Potter's Division, was successfully exploded with four tons of gunpowder, resulting in an enormous crater, but the assault that followed was a failure. Just before the assault, Grant and Meade directed Burnside to replace Ferrero's black division with Ledlie's white division, fearful of the political consequences of using black troops at the forefront of a major assault. But Ledlie's troops were not trained for the assault and Ledlie himself remained in the rear area, inebriated. The assault was a fiasco, in which Union soldiers charged into the crater, becoming trapped there, easy targets for the Confederates along the crater's rim. Ferrero's black regiments went into action in the rear and fought well, but had no chance for success. The losses in the IX Corps at the crater were 473 killed, 1,646 wounded, 1,356 missing; total, 3,475. Immediately after this engagement, General Ledlie was relieved from command of the 1st Division, and Brig. Gen. Julius White, of the XXIII Corps, was assigned to Ledlie's place.

On August 13, 1864, General Burnside was granted a leave of absence; he never rejoined the corps, but was succeeded by General Parke, who remained in command until the close of the war. At the battle of the Weldon Railroad, August 19–21, 1864, the three divisions of White, Potter, and Willcox were engaged with considerable loss, although the three combined numbered less than 6,000 muskets; casualties were 60 killed and 315 wounded. By this time the divisions had become so reduced in numbers that a reorganization of the corps became necessary, and so the regiments in White's Division were transferred to the divisions of Potter and Willcox. Under this arrangement Willcox's Division was numbered as the 1st; Potter's, as the 2nd; Ferrero's black troops were designated as the 3rd Division. But in December, Ferrero's Division was permanently detached, and most of his regiments were transferred to the newly organized XXV Corps, which was composed entirely of black troops. General Ferrero himself was assigned to a provisional command at Bermuda Hundred.

1865
The vacancy caused by detaching Ferrero's Division was filled by six new regiments of Pennsylvanians on one-year enlistments, organized into a division of two brigades, the command of which was given to General John F. Hartranft. This division rendered gallant service at Fort Stedman, and Hartranft added to his laurels by the ability displayed at that critical juncture.

The morning report for March 31, 1865, showed a corps strength of 18,153, "present for duty, equipped," and 36 pieces of light artillery. With this force the IX Corps entered upon the final campaign, taking a prominent part in the storming of Petersburg, April 2, 1865, which resulted in the evacuation of Richmond and the downfall of the Confederacy. The corps was not only among the foremost in this brilliant assault, but its flags were the first to wave over the public buildings of Petersburg. This was the last battle in which the corps participated, and on July 27, 1865, the IX Corps was officially disbanded.

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