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April O'Neil

April O'Neil is a fictional character from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comics. She is the first human ally of the Ninja Turtles.

April made her first appearance in the Mirage comic series in 1984 as a computer programmer. She was later portrayed as a strong-willed news reporter in the Turtles' first animated series, as a warrior in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures comic produced by Archie Comics, and various other personas in different TMNT media.

While depicted as a red-haired adult woman in the comic series and the 1987 and 2003 animated series, she is depicted as being a teenager in the 2012 and 2018 animated series, and also bi-racial in the latter series, its 2022 film, and the 2023 film Mutant Mayhem. Her love interests have varied, though she is typically paired with the vigilante Casey Jones.

April was voiced by Renae Jacobs in the 1987 animated series, Veronica Taylor in the 2003 animated series, Sarah Michelle Gellar in the 2007 film TMNT, Mae Whitman in the 2012 animated series, Kat Graham in the 2018 animated series and its 2022 film, and Ayo Edebiri in the 2023 film Mutant Mayhem. In film, she has been portrayed by Judith Hoag (1990), Paige Turco (1991 and 1993), Megan Fox (2014 and 2016), and by Malina Weissman as the younger version of the character in the 2014 film.

Mirage Comics
In the original Mirage Comics storyline for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, April O'Neil was a skilled computer programmer and assistant to a famous yet nefarious scientist, Baxter Stockman. She helped program his MOUSER robots but, after discovering Baxter was using them to burrow into bank vaults, she fled his workshop. Robots chased her into the sewer where she was promptly saved by three of the Turtles. The Turtles later successfully fended off a MOUSER invasion.

After leaving her job with Baxter, April decided to open an antique shop. The shop was subsequently destroyed in a battle between the Turtles and Shredder and the Foot Clan. April and the Turtles retreated to a farm house in Northampton, Massachusetts, to recover and during this time she suffered recurrent nightmares about the Foot Clan's attack. During the mid-1990s, April became romantically involved with the violent vigilante Casey Jones, and the two of them eventually raised Shadow, the child of Casey's late wife Gabrielle, as their own.

In Volume 2 of the TMNT comics, April was attacked by a huge robot controlled by the brain of her former boss, Baxter Stockman, and injected with nanobots. With the help of the Utroms, the Turtles injected April with turtle versions of nanobots to stop Baxter's plan. The intervention saved April before Baxter's nanobots could reach her brain stem and kill her. The attack rendered April sterile. To deal with the emotional strain she became a female version of "Nobody", a vigilante crime fighter, until her identity was discovered by Casey Jones. With the help of Renet, a time-traveler who took April back through time, it was revealed that April was really a living drawing brought to life with the help of a magic crystal. She was drawn by her father before his own biological daughter Robyn O'Neil was born. Although anything that the crystal's prior owner, Kirby, drew with pencil would vanish after some time, April's father used a pen, which might explain why April lived past thirty without vanishing. Questions of realness and morality were too much for April; she bid farewell to Shadow and Casey and travelled to Alaska to be alone with her thoughts. Although the trip helped April cope with her demons and led to her eventual return to New York, her family history remained unexplored.

Archie Comics
In the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures series produced by Archie Comics, April began as a carbon copy of her animated counterpart from the 1987 TV series, but the writers developed her into a competent warrior after training with Splinter. Because of her frequent adventures with the Turtles, she lost her job at Channel 6 and became a freelance reporter.

In the winter 1994 Archie Special, April was mutated into a turtle herself. This made her the first official female turtle introduced to the series, three years before Venus de Milo's debut. Archie also published two sets of three-part April O'Neil mini-series (from January through June 1993).

Dreamwave Productions
The second issue of the Dreamwave Productions series (based on the 2003 animated series) focused entirely on O'Neil, consisting of a dream sequence showing how she had been pressured into a scientific career by her family despite having an interest in journalism.

IDW
In the continuity of the IDW comics, April is a very bright science student who interns at Baxter Stockman's genetic laboratory Stock Gen, where her father used to work before a stroke rendered him paralyzed. It is there that she first meets the Turtles and Splinter (at that time ordinary lab animals subjected to an intelligence-enhancing serum) and gives the Turtles their names.

April later nearly becomes a murder victim during a nocturnal break-in by a group of ninjas (the Foot Clan), who steal the Turtles along with several samples of Stockman's secret mutagenetic projects; the attempt at her life shakes her so much that she decides to take self-defense lessons from her fellow student Casey Jones, who later introduces her to the now-mutated Turtles and Splinter. April subsequently accompanies or assists the Turtles in their adventures and battles against their enemies, in the course of which she investigates Stockman's clandestine operations and makes an important contact in the Pantheon by incurring the sympathies of one of their members, Aka. While she and Casey begin a romantic relationship, Casey's self-doubts about his ability to protect his loved ones eventually cause them to drift apart.

After the establishment of Mutant Town, following a falling out with Baxter Stockman, April decided to move to Mutant Town, and is currently working as a reporter (in a reference to her career in various TMNT Media adaptions) to help show the outside world the true face of Mutant Town.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 series)

In the 1987 cartoon series, April Harriet O'Neil was altered from her Mirage Studios character and instead was introduced as a television reporter for Channel 6 News. She had a strong nature and passion for her work, frequently expressing disagreement with her employer Burne Thompson's assignments. She also fell out repeatedly with Vernon Fenwick, the director/camera operator whose enormous ego compelled him to scoop April on her stories whenever possible. April was best friends with Irma Langinstein, the receptionist at Channel 6. She lived in an apartment in New York City, though during the course of the series she was forced to relocate several times due to a variety of Turtle-related mishaps.

April was reporting on a series of high-tech equipment thefts when she came under attack by a gang of street punks. Thinking quickly, she managed to squeeze into a storm drain and ran from the mob until she hit a dead end. The Turtles were nearby and defeated the punks. She was taken back to their sewer lair, where they explained their origins to her. At first, she believed them to be responsible for the equipment thefts, but they agreed to help find the true culprits if she kept quiet about the Turtles' existence. April quickly became their major link to the outside world since their unusual appearance effectively precluded them from functioning above ground without some sort of disguise. To communicate with the Turtles, she used a Turtlecom, a device that functioned as a two way audio-video communications system.

April's friendship with the Turtles resulted in the opportunity to record exclusive footage of their encounters with Shredder, but despite her intimate knowledge of the details of their lives, she tended to keep her professional news reports about them impersonal and mysterious. She was a vocal champion of their cause, despite Burne Thompson's opinion that the Turtles were a menace to the city, and most episodes generally showed her attempting to convince Burne and the New Yorkers that the Turtles were not criminals. By the episode "Doomquest", she finally succeeded in this by publicly exposing Lord Dregg's plans to take over the Earth via propaganda campaigns. April was frequently kidnapped by Shredder and used as bait in order to lure the Turtles out of hiding and destroy them.

April revealed her age in the Season 3 episode "Leather Head - Terror of The Swamp". In Florida on vacation, she and the Turtles found a body of water contaminated with a mutagen that made mutants feel youthful, while physically de-aging humans into four-year-old versions of themselves. Donatello did not allow April to enter the water, to which she lamented, "Oh, great! I'm doomed to be a decrepit twenty-eight-year-old hag!" Her Aunt Agatha ("Aggie"), who appeared in the episodes "Case of the Hot Kimono" and "Sleuth on the Loose", was a detective.

April was normally portrayed as a capable and independent woman. Her most important contribution to the Turtles was her access to research via the Channel 6 computers; using this information she could alert the Turtles to trouble and possible case leads. Her blue news van had classic headlights and the Channel 6 News logo on each side. April could usually be found wearing a distinctive yellow jumpsuit — modeled on that of Fujiko Mine in Lupin III Part 2 — with white boots. By the ninth season, April worked freelance for reasons never specified, and exchanged her yellow jumpsuit for a brown leather jacket. She continued to help the Turtles even after the defeat of Shredder and his subsequent exile to Dimension X.

Portrayal
April was voiced by Renae Jacobs. In the 25th Anniversary crossover TV special Turtles Forever, she was voiced by Rebecca Soler. Renae Jacobs auditioned for the role in Los Angeles in 1986. She developed her initial personification of O'Neil while preparing for the audition, having not read the comics. Her first day on set voice director Stu Rosen made it clear he did not approve of her for the role, and had waited to show her audition last, saying to her, "Every one I played, the producers said 'No, no, no, that's not April,' and finally I was out of people to show them, so I pulled your audition out and played it for them and they said 'That's April!'"

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003 series)
In the 2003 cartoon series, April, voiced by Veronica Taylor in English, got a costume change and her hair color was altered to a dark magenta tone for the new incarnation of the animated series produced by 4Kids Entertainment. However, she was no longer cast as a news reporter like in the original animated series, with her role now being similar to that of the Mirage Studios character: again, she served as an assistant to Baxter Stockman until his Mouser experiments got out of control, and after the Turtles saved her she became a faithful friend, ally, and "big sister" to them. April made much more use of her scientific expertise and she often used her computer skills to aid the Turtles. She developed a closer relationship to Donatello, who shared many of her interests. In Season 7 she sometimes helped Donatello to collect Splinter's data bits. April developed a modest knowledge of combat skills after training with Splinter. Her quick thinking was often instrumental to the Turtles' survival.

April is romantically attracted to Casey Jones, though their contrasting personalities often make them bicker. By the third season, the two seemed to have quite a serious romantic relationship. In the series finale, "Wedding Bells and Bytes", she and Casey finally got married.

The young adult April continues to learn how to defend herself against Foot ninjas and other monstrosities by undergoing basic ninja training from the Turtles. She is quite skilled in some useful firearms, and can easily go through a laser grid with no problem at all. In the seventh and final season, she dons a yellow-and-black jumpsuit based on the TMNT film and carries a tantō sword to further perfect her fighting skills. At one point, she became psionically linked with a female mermaid-like mutant who had telepathically shown her the hardships of her childhood and that the few of her kind were on the verge of extinction.

In addition to her recently developed ninjutsu skills, April is incredibly intelligent, smart and resourceful in complex scientific fields; similar to her good friend Donatello. So much that she even had worked for the eccentric Baxter Stockman as his assistant. She was able to hack into the computers of Shredder's stronghold and even breach several codes. She was seen wielding a katana in the special episode "Turtles Forever".

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 series)
Mae Whitman voices the teenage April O'Neil in the 2012 animated series. Her shoulder-length bright red hair with flowy bangs is tied with a white ponytail holder which becomes undone, at times, if she is under great stress or rage. Unlike her previous counterparts, she is a 16-year-old teenager (as opposed to being a young adult in her late twenties) and possesses exceptionally strong psychic powers, which she eventually learns to develop more and increase drastically throughout the fourth season. This is due to her being a half human, half Kraang-mutant as her mother was abducted and experimented on by the Kraang before she was born, including making her immune to mutagen. Her inherent psionic abilities are first hinted at in Episode 7, "Monkey Brains", when she had detected that a mutant-monkey was, in fact, a human scientist; merely saying that she "sometimes get a feeling about things", implying that she possesses extrasensory abilities as well. It even enabled her to hear far off sounds that Splinter, with his superhuman hearing, could not.

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2018)
April O'Neil has been changed into a streetwise teenage girl in the 2018 cartoon, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. She is voiced by Kat Graham, and is now mixed race in ethnicity. This version of April also performs a variety of odd jobs around New York while helping the turtles in any way she can. In Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie, April starts going to college studying journalism similar to previous portrayals.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990 film)
In the first live-action film, April was played by Judith Hoag. She was a television reporter working for Channel 3 news under Charles "Chuck" Pennington, doing an investigative series on mysterious thefts in New York City whose culprits vanished without a trace. One night while leaving work, she is accosted by teenage thieves in league with the Foot Clan, but the Turtles appear and save her under the cover of darkness. In the aftermath, April discovers and grabs Raphael's lost sai; Raphael soon follows her to retrieve the weapon and saves her again when she is attacked by a group of Foot Ninja in the subway. During the attack, April is knocked unconscious while trying to fight them off with her purse. Unsure what to do with her, Raphael carries her to the Turtles' sewer lair. Though afraid at first, April eventually comes to regard the Turtles and Splinter as friends, even letting them stay in her apartment after the Foot Clan discovered and destroyed their sewer dwellings.

April is fired from her news job after opting to further pursue knowledge of the Foot clan, and the Foot clan attack the turtles at her apartment, prompting April, the Turtles, and Casey Jones to retreat to her family's farmhouse in Northampton, Massachusetts. She keeps a journal documenting their forced sabbatical in addition to drawing sketches of the Turtles. She grows extremely close to the four brothers: Michelangelo, who initially confesses to having a crush on April, later addressing her as "Sis," indicating the role she has come to occupy in the Turtles' family. During their respite, April also develops a kind of love-hate relationship with Casey Jones. By the end of the film, she accepts her attraction to him and in the aftermath of Shredder's defeat as well as getting her job back (she had been fired earlier in the film), April asks Casey for a kiss.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
In the sequel, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, April was played by Paige Turco. She provides the Turtles and Splinter with a place to stay after the destruction of their lair in the previous film, and helps them research the company responsible for the mutagen that transformed the Turtles into their present state.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, Paige Turco reprised her role as April O'Neil. In the film, April is temporally transported to feudal Japan, forcing the Turtles to travel back in time to rescue her.

TMNT
April was voiced by Sarah Michelle Gellar in the 2007 CGI film TMNT. Following the continuity from the previous films, it appeared that she and Casey Jones were engaged in a genuinely close romance, living together in Casey's apartment, and working for a shipping firm. She found Leonardo in Central America at the start of the film while seeking an artifact for Max Winters. No mention was made of her past as a journalist; instead, she now appears to be involved in archaeology. April takes up several forms of ninjutsu training from Splinter, purchasing a slim black-and-yellow jumpsuit of armor from Japan, and becoming quite skilled in the use of a katana. She demonstrates her combative skills in a one-on-one fight with the far more experienced female ninja Karai.

A collectible booklet packed in with her action figure for the film implies that she had become a master of the katana. The figure itself includes a katana, tonfa, and two shoulder armored pads; this outfit was replicated for the movie. In the film's alternate ending, Casey proposes marriage to April and she accepts. This scene is absent from the final cut of the movie but can be found on the DVD.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 film)
April appears in the reboot Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles with Megan Fox playing the role. During the film, she is again cast as a reporter for Channel 6 News and it is revealed that not only was April's father involved in the creation of the turtles as his experiments created the mutagen that turned them into what they are now, but that the young April (portrayed by Malina Weissman) was responsible for the Turtles and Splinter escaping the destruction of the lab where they were created when she released them into the sewers after the lab was destroyed by her father to prevent Shredder and Eric Sacks getting access to the mutagen.

It was reported there was a filmed but unused scene of a fight within April, Vernon Fenwick, Karai, and The Foot in downtown Manhattan that was cut from the finished film. Will Arnett, who played Vernon, said his character "comes out just at the right moment [and] hits Karai with the gurney and knocks her off balance a little bit. Then April kind of finishes her off."

Fox was given a Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Supporting Actress for her bland portrayal of O'Neil.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Fox reprised her role in the sequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
April appears in the 2023 CGI film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, she is voiced by Ayo Edebiri. She is portrayed as an overweight teenage African-American girl who also wears glasses like Donatello and is the love interest to Leonardo. April is depicted as wanting to be a journalist, but is camera shy, resulting in an incident where she vomited and earned the nicknames "April O'Puke" and "Puke Girl" from her classmates. She plays a vital role in the climax where she spreads the message that the Turtles are fighting against Superfly and not with him. In the post-credits scene, she's seen attending prom with Leonardo, though clarifies she's only doing so as a friend. This is the second African American iteration of the character since the Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, produced by Nickelodeon also in this case.

Other appearances
In the two-part anime Mutant Turtles: Superman Legend, April was voiced by Emi Shinohara. April made a live-action appearance in the TMNT: Coming Out of Their Shells musical tour played by Sherie Rene Scott whose role was to incite the live audience to interact with the stage performers and encourage the Turtles when needed.

Video games
April has appeared in most of the TMNT video games, usually as the damsel in distress who has been captured by Shredder (or by Karai in case of SNES version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters ). In Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time, she kicks the story off with a brief report where Krang steals the Statue of Liberty and later appears in the game ending; she also appears onscreen in the SNES version to encourage the Turtles to fight when the player characters are idle. In Konami's series of TMNT games based on the 2003 cartoon series, April resembles her cartoon counterpart and often shows up in various cutscenes to give advice and advance the plot of the game.

April appears as a playable character in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters for the Genesis, where her game character bears little resemblance to the 1987 cartoon likeness. In TMNT: Mutant Melee, April is again a playable character and participates in multi-player battles. She is also a playable character in Ubisoft's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash-Up where she is based on the ninja April from the 2007 film. She also appears in the 2014 film-based game by Activision for the Nintendo 3DS, voiced by Julie Nathanson.

April appears as a playable character in the 2021 fighting game Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, utilizing her design from the 1987 animated series, voiced by Abby Trott. April is a playable character in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge. She was fired by Vernon Fenwick for sending in reports that confirmed her friendship with the turtles, but decided to rebel. She reluctantly saves Fenwick from Bebop in the opening level, and the two reconcile. After helping the turtles defeat the Statue of Tyranny and Super Shredder, she is rehired by Fenwick, though due to him hiding during the battle, he mistakenly gives the credit to the Punk Frogs. In September 2022, April was confirmed to be playable in Nickelodeon Kart Racers 3: Slime Speedway, once again having her likeness taken from the 1987 series. An April skin was added to the Fortnite cosmetic shop in December 2023.

Action figures
In the TMNT toy lines produced by Playmates Toys, April O'Neil has appeared in several action figure incarnations. The first of these had a limited production run, and lacked a blue stripe on her jumpsuit; it was replaced with a yellow-striped version with greater circulation. An alternate version was released in 1990, with a head sculpt closer to her cartoon incarnation, orange boots, and further modification. Another variation was released in 1993 packaged exclusively with the Channel 6 Newsman vehicle; this April had the same sculpt of the 1990 release although her jumpsuit is green and the boots yellow.

Other notable April figures include the 1992 version, dubbed simply "April" with purple accents on her jumpsuit; "April, the Ravishing Reporter", which was the first such figure to feature rooted hair; "April, the Ninja Newscaster", who came with one of each of the Turtles' signature weapons; and "Mutatin' April", part of the Mutations assortment in which April can transform into a humanoid cat (inspired by the original series' episode "The Cat Woman from Channel Six"). For the 2003 TV series, Playmates introduced two O'Neil figures; a standard sized April with bonus Mouser robots and a miniature April.

There is also an April figure based on her appearance in the 2007 film, wearing her yellow ninja outfit. NECA has released O'Neil figures based on her original Mirage Studios appearance and her appearance in the cartoon series. A figure featuring the likeness of Judith Hoag from the 1990 feature film was released in Fall 2021.

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Talk:Russell Island (Moreton Bay)

I have created the stub with a few of the facts based on similar listings for the Russell Island in Canada. Much more could be written because Russell has an interesting history and a fascinating but badly mauled wetland ecology.--Leeshipley 02:10, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Some work done to improve the quality. Three new citations, some illustrations and a some minor editions Leeshipley 07:45, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Definitely needs more work. The population of Russell Island is increasing rapidly at roughly 8% per year despite the economic downturn. Having the cheapest land in SEQ means that it is very attractive, despite the downsides of a lack of infrastructure and public facilities. An estimated 60 new dwellings will be built this year to keep pace with the population increase. I have made some changes to reflect the verifiable facts but much of the change is not being officially recorded. Fortunately, because of highly-charged protests about mainland parking facilities, the Redland City Council is focussing much more attention on the islands this year. This means we should have less guessing and more citations in the future ---Leeshipley (talk) 06:50, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

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Heroes of Might and Magic III

Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia (commonly referred to as Heroes of Might & Magic 3, or Heroes 3, or abbreviated HoMM 3) is a turn-based strategy game developed by Jon Van Caneghem through New World Computing originally released for Microsoft Windows by The 3DO Company in 1999. Its ports to several computer and console systems followed in 1999–2000. It is the third installment of the Heroes of Might and Magic series.

The game's story is first referenced throughout Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven and serves as a prequel to Might and Magic VII: For Blood and Honor. The player can choose to play through seven different campaigns telling the story, or play in a scenario against computer or human opponents.

Heroes III was released to universal acclaim by critics. The game received the expansion packs Heroes of Might and Magic III: Armageddon's Blade and Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Shadow of Death. Heroes Chronicles, a series of short introductory games based on the Heroes III engine, was also released. A special version of Heroes III titled Heroes III Complete, which included the original game and both expansion packs, was released in 2000.

On December 10, 2014, Ubisoft announced what it described as the HD "remastered" version of the game. The new version features updated graphics as well as widescreen compatibility and was released on January 29, 2015, for Microsoft Windows, iOS and Android. However, it included neither of the expansions because their source code was allegedly lost.

Gameplay
The gameplay is very similar to its predecessors in that the player controls a number of heroes that command an army of creatures inspired by myth and legend. The gameplay is divided into two parts, tactical overland exploration and a turn-based combat system. The player creates an army by spending resources at one of the eight town types in the game. The hero progresses in experience by engaging in combat with enemy heroes and monsters. The conditions for victory vary depending on the map, including conquest of all enemies and towns, collection of a certain amount of a resource, or finding the grail artifact. If a player loses all of their towns they will have seven game days to capture a new town. If they fail to do so they lose and the game ends. If a player loses all their heroes and towns, they will lose the game.

There are two "layers" to the world map: the aboveground and the underground. There are typically subterranean gateways that lead to and from the underground. Maps are filled with a huge variety of buildings, treasures, monsters, mines and so forth that reward extensive exploration. At the very least, a player must locate mines and flag them (whereupon they provide constant resources), since these resources are required to develop towns. The player must also develop their heroes' primary and secondary skills, both by battling creatures (and enemy heroes) and by acquiring artifacts or visiting special locations. Heroes are given a choice of skills to upgrade upon leveling up, as well as becoming better at combat or using magic. The skills must be chosen carefully, since they are permanent and only a limited number of skills can be learned.

The player's towns serve many functions, but most importantly they allow recruitment of creatures to form armies. Towns also provide funds, new spells and a fortified location to make a last stand against an invading enemy hero. To build new structures within a town requires gold and usually one or more type of resource. Wood and ore are needed for most structures, but more expensive buildings also require rarer resources (mercury, crystal, gems or sulfur). All factions require a disproportionate quantity of just one of these special resources, making the acquisition of a corresponding mine essential to victory. This same resource is also needed when hiring the most powerful creatures available to that faction. Each faction also has a handful of unique structures available only to them.

If a player finds the Grail artifact, they can deliver it to a town to make that town the Grail's permanent home by creating a special structure. The Grail bestows greatly increased creature growth and weekly income, in addition to a bonus unique to the town.

The eight different castles available in Heroes III are classified as good, evil, and neutral. Each town has seven basic creatures, each of which can be upgraded to a more powerful variant. Each town also features two associated hero types: one that leans more toward might (attack and defense), and one that leans more toward magic.

Plot
The game's story unfolds primarily through a series of seven playable campaigns, all set upon the continent of Antagarich. During the campaigns, the story is told from alternating points of view, giving players the opportunity to play as each of the town alignments.

Following the disappearance of King Roland Ironfist of Enroth prior to Might and Magic VI: The Mandate of Heaven, his wife, Queen Catherine, is left to rule the realm. In the meantime, her father, King Gryphonheart of Erathia, is assassinated. Without their beloved King, the kingdom of Erathia falls to the dark forces of Nighon and Eeofol. Queen Catherine returns home to Antagarich seeking to rally the people of her homeland and lead them against the evil that has ravaged their nation.

Erathia's capital of Steadwick is sacked by the dungeon lords of Nighon and the Kreegans of Eeofol. Meanwhile, the nations of Tatalia and Krewlod skirmish at the western border, seizing the chance to expand their territory. Catherine's first task is to establish a foothold in the conquered kingdom by enlisting the aid of allies. The wizards of Bracada and the elves of AvLee answer her call, and together they push towards Steadwick and eventually retake it, quickly quelling the border war in the west. Soon after, Lucifer Kreegan, a commander in the Eeofol armies, sends an envoy to Erathia claiming that Roland Ironfist is captive within their territories. AvLee invades Eeofol, but fails to rescue Roland, who is transported to their northern holdings. Afterwards, Catherine invades Nighon, pushing the dungeon armies back to their island home.

In the meantime, the necromancers of Deyja, having been responsible for the assassination of King Gryphonheart, plot to revive his corpse as a lich. They plan to use his wisdom in leading their own armies of the undead. However, King Gryphonheart's will proves too much for the necromancers even in his corrupted state, and he becomes a rogue lich. Having little other recourse, Queen Catherine is forced to ally herself with the necromancers and together they set out to destroy the lich of King Gryphonheart before he becomes too powerful.

A final bonus campaign, accessible only after the main campaigns are complete, tells the story of separatists living in the Contested Lands, a war-torn border between Erathia and AvLee. Tired of the skirmishes that bring unrest to their homelands, they join to fight for independence from the two large kingdoms. It is later implied that this rising was orchestrated by Archibald Ironfist, the antagonist of Heroes of Might and Magic II.

Release
The game was originally released for PC Windows on March 3, 1999. An Apple Macintosh port was released by 3DO, and a Linux port was released by Loki Software, both in late December that year. In 2000, a Game Boy Color port entitled Heroes of Might and Magic 2 was released. A straight Dreamcast port retaining the original title was also developed and completed, but it wasn't released due to technical issues that prevented the console running the game adequately.

Expansion packs
Two official expansion packs were released for Heroes III. The first of these expansions, Armageddon's Blade, introduced a ninth town alignment, the Conflux; a random scenario generator, a variety of new creatures, heroes, and structures; and six new playable campaigns.

The second expansion, The Shadow of Death, was a stand-alone expansion that included Restoration of Erathia and added seven new playable campaigns and a variety of new artifacts, including Combination Artifacts. Combination Artifacts were extremely powerful items assembled by collecting a specific set of lesser artifacts.

Complete edition
In 2000, a bundle containing Heroes III and both expansion packs was released as Heroes of Might and Magic III: Complete. More than just bundling the original game discs, however, this release reworked the game's installation process as well as its in-game menus to reflect a unified product.

Heroes of Might & Magic III – HD Edition
On January 29, 2015, about 15 years after the original release of Heroes of Might & Magic III, Ubisoft released a new high-definition version of the game compatible with PCs as well as Android and iOS tablets. The expansion packs were not included because the source code for those releases was lost.

Unofficial releases
The fan-made expansion  (also titled Heroes 3.5) was released in 2001. It adds new creatures, including eighth level creatures and "God's representatives", which give bonuses to heroes' primary skills. Heroes can also destroy and rebuild towns.

, another fan-made expansion, was announced in 2008 and released on December 31, 2011. It adds two new town types, a large number of new map items, new playable campaigns, a graphical random map generator template editor, among other improvements and features. Its most recent major version update was on January 1, 2024, which added a new town and a number of maps.

VCMI is an open source implementation of the engine for Windows, Linux, macOS, Android and iOS. It offers higher resolutions and extensive mod support.

Critical reviews
The original game received favorable reviews according to the review aggregation website GameRankings.

Computer Gaming World's Robert Coffey said that the game "expands upon the insanely addictive play of the previous edition, retaining the core gameplay while enhancing almost every facet of the game." He continued to say that the game is "mind-boggling in its depth", but criticized its uneven campaign pacing and "sluggish" connection speeds during online play. He concluded: "Ultimately, the rewards of Heroes of Might and Magic III far outweigh its few drawbacks. ... [This] is a game that strategy fans should absolutely be playing." Next Generation said, "While realtime strategy withers on the vine, with many recent releases lackluster at best, HoMM reminds us that turn-based play is alive and well. In fact, it's hard to remember why people said turn-based was dead in the first place."

Sales
The game entered PC Data's weekly computer game sales charts at #3 for the February 28-March 6 period. It held the position for another two weeks, before exiting the weekly top 10 in its fourth week. It was the U.S.' second-best-selling computer game of March 1999. PC Data, which tracked sales in the U.S., reported that the game had sold 185,553 units in September 2000. The combined global sales of the Heroes series had reached 1.5 million units by December 1999.

Awards
The game was a finalist for Computer Games Strategy Plus' 1999 "Strategy Game of the Year" prize, although it lost to RollerCoaster Tycoon. The staff wrote that the game "keeps this series running on all cylinders. There's nothing radically different here, but what would you change?" It was also a finalist for the "Computer Strategy Game of the Year" award during the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences' 3rd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards, which ultimately was given to Age of Empires II: The Age of Kings. The game was a runner-up for "Best Music" at GameSpot's Best & Worst of 1999 Awards, which went to Homeworld.

HD Edition
The PC and iOS versions of the HD Edition received "mixed or average reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.

Board game adaptation
In 2022, Archon Games announced that they were creating a board game based on Heroes of Might and Magic III. The game involves deckbuilding, combat units, and economic management. Each play session will have a different goal, with maps generated by placing tiles in a dynamic way.

The Kickstarter campaign received more than US$2 2022 million in its first week, and reached 2.6 million pounds in its final week, or 6000% of its £43,000 funding goal.

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Abu Zakariya Yahya

Abu Zakariya Yahya (أبو زكريا يحيى بن حفص, Abu Zakariya Yahya I ben Abd al-Wahid (1203 – 1249) was the founder and first sultan of the Hafsid dynasty in Ifriqiya. He was the grandson of Sheikh Abu al-Hafs, the leader of the Hintata and second in command of the Almohads after Abd al-Mu'min.

Life
He was the Almohad governor of Gabès and then of Tunis by 1228, having inherited this position in Tunisia from his father. And in 1228 he rebelled against his brother AbdAllah which forced him to march from Tunis to Kairouan to confront his brother in battle, but his troops deserted him and Abu Zakariya overthrew him in late June.

Abu Zakariya would again rebel against central authority after he heard that the Almohad caliph in Marrakesh al-Ma'mun, had overthrown and killed two of his brothers and that he cancelled the creed of Ibn Tumart. Additionally, al-Ma'mun instructed the Imams to insult Ibn Tumart in the mosques and cancelled the call to prayer in Berber.

Conquests
Abu Zakariya moved to expand his influence in the vicinity of his young state, and marched his army to Constantine and Béjaïa in 1229.

The Almohads were preoccupied with internal differences and sedition, the revolutions that were taking place in Andalusia and in the Maghreb, so Abu Zakaria faced little resistance in annexing the territory of the Almohads.

Independence from the Almohads
Abu Zakariya returned to Tunis after his successful campaigns and declared independence as king altogether in 1229. He subsequently annexed Tripoli in 1234, Algiers in 1235, Chelif River 1236, and subdued important tribal confederations of the Berbers from 1235 to 1238.

In July 1242 he captured Tlemcen, forcing the Sultan of Tlemcen to become his vassal and formed a series of small states between his rule and the states of the Western Maghreb.

In December of that year, caliph Abd al-Wahid II, died, leaving Abu Zakariya as the most powerful ruler of Maghreb. At this time the Hafsids also occupied the Berber emirate of Siyilmasa which they retained for 30 years. By the end of his reign, the Marinid Dynasty of Morocco and several Muslim princes in Al-Andalus paid him tribute and acknowledged his nominal authority.

Trade and architecture
Abu Zakariyya established his capital in Tunis where mosques, madrasas, souks and other buildings are built. His work was the madrasa al-Shammā'iyya and the mosque of the Kasbah.

He began diplomatic and commercial relations with Emperor Frederick II of Swabia, the Crown of Aragon, Provence, Languedoc, with Venice, Pisa and Genoa. From 1239 he approached the Kingdom of Sicily, in which he paid an annual tribute in exchange for freedom of trade and the supply of Sicilian wheat. As Tunis's maritime trade increased, it became an important economic and cultural center. In the city during his reign took refuge many fleeing the Reconquista, welcoming to his court many notables and scholars of Andalusia.

Abu Zakariyya allowed Jews who had forcibly converted to Islam in the Almohad era to return to Judaism, returning to live in relatively normal conditions. Synagogues closed or destroyed in the Almohad era were reopened or rebuilt. The Jews played a very important role in the economic policy and foreign trade developed by Abu Zakariyya.

A skillful general, his ability to utilize the military power of the tribesmen enabled him to establish a strong state. His Hafsid dynasty brought peace, prosperity, and stability to Tunisia.

His successor Muhammad al-Mustansir, proclaimed himself Caliph in 1256 and continued the policies of his father.

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Abu Zora Tarif

Abu Zora Tarif (fl. about 700) was an Umayyad general. He is best known for his participation in the Umayyad conquest of Hispania from July 710-712 AD and was near Algeciras.

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User talk:Diggerboy

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Castro station

Castro station is a Muni Metro station at the intersection of Market Street, Castro Street, and 17th Street in the Castro District of San Francisco, California. The underground station is served by the K Ingleside, M Ocean View, and S Shuttle lines. The F Market line serves the station on the street level at 17th and Castro.

Station layout and history
The station consists of two side platforms next to the tracks on the second level down with the concourse mezzanine level overlooking it. Uniquely among Muni Metro stations, the platforms are slightly curved due to the transition from the Market Street subway to the Twin Peaks Tunnel between this station and the now-disused Eureka Valley station, just southwest. At both Castro and Church, there is only one entrance on each side of Market Street leading into the station. (All other stations on the Market Street subway have entrances spread out along the length of the station.) The southern entrance is located in Harvey Milk Plaza on the southwest corner of Market and Castro, and the northern entrance and street elevator on the northwest corner of Market and 17th.

The station was constructed by BART as part of the Market Street subway. The BART Board approved the name "Castro" in December 1965. It was designed by Howard Grant AIA of Reid & Tarics Associates and was completed in 1976. Service at the station began on June 11, 1980.

Castro station features a transit plaza at the corner of Castro Street and Market Street. In 1985 it was dedicated to Harvey Milk, the slain SF supervisor and first openly gay elected official in California. In May 2016, the escalator in Harvey Milk Plaza was retrofitted with colored lights (to resemble the rainbow flag that flies above the plaza) after being rehabilitated. This test was considered a success; lights were added to 17 other escalators in the system, including the other three escalators at Castro, in 2018–19.

Muni plans to construct accessibility improvements, including a second elevator, in Harvey Milk Plaza at the south entrance of the station. A 2020 determination that the plaza is eligible for inclusion on the California Register of Historical Resources was not expected to impact elevator construction, but could stall the larger plaza project. Elevator construction began in June 2023, with completion expected in 2026.

In 2022, a new decorative railing was added on the F Market & Wharves boarding island as part of the Upper Market Street Safety Project. It features a quote from Harvey Milk's 1977 "You've Got to Have Hope" speech, as well as an illustration of streetcar #1051, which is dedicated in Milk's honor.

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Histeria

Histeria may refer to:

 * Histeria!, animated TV series
 * Histeria (wrestler) (born 1969)
 * "Histeria" (song), a 2015 song by Lali Espósito

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Category:Russian-language operas

Operas in the Russian language

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Category:LGBT organizations

LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) organizations, including organizations of or for LGBT persons, or about LGBT issues.

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The Sorceress (play)

The Witch of Botoşani or simply The Witch or The Sorceress (original Yiddish title Di Kishefmakhern) was an 1878, or possibly 1877, play by Abraham Goldfaden. Like most of Goldfaden's major works, it included music.

The play was based on popular superstition; Goldfaden would later remark, "I wrote Di kishefmakhern (The Witch) in Romania, where the populace – Jews as much as Romanians – believe strongly in witches." [Bercovici, 1998] The title role, a female character, was written to be played by a man; it was first played by Israel Grodner. The play survived into a far different era of Yiddish theater: Maurice Schwartz played it at New York City's Yiddish Art Theater in 1925. [Adler, 1999, 107 (commentary)]

Jacob Adler made his 1878 stage debut in the role of the lover Marcus, in a production in Kherson, Ukraine, in which Israel Rosenberg played the title role. [Adler, 1999, 107]

Restoration
In the Fall of 2017, the National Yiddish Theater – Folksbiene of New York staged a revival of The Witch of Botoșani (alternatively 'The Sorceress') as part of their restoration project – an endeavor that will restore lost or nearly lost Yiddish works to the canon of Yiddish culture. A table showing the dates and progress of that restoration effort is shown below.

Workshop performance
The first performance as part of the Folksbiene's restoration project ran for a sold out week from December 25, 2017 to January 1, 2018. Directed by Motl Didner, musically directed by Zalman Mlotek the cast featured Michael Yashinsky in the title role, Stephanie Lynne Mason, Pat Constant, Steve Sterner, Rachel Botchan, Chelsea Feltman, Kirk Geritano, Emily Hoolihan, Richard Lisenby, Riley McFarland, Raquel Nobile, Bruce Rebold, Gera Sandler, Kayleen Seidl, Lisa Stockman, Bobby Underwood, Tatiana Wechsler.

First full (restored) production
Two years later, in December 2019, the Folksbiene produced a full production of the restored work. Directed by Motl Didner, musically directed by Zalman Mlotek, and choreographed by Merete Muenter the cast featured Michael Yashinsky in the title role, Mark Alpert, Dani Apple, Rachel Botchan, Jonathan Brody, Rebecca Brudner, Samuel Druhora, Jazmin Gorsline, Peter Gosik, Josh Kohane, Sam Kronenfeld, Riley McFarland, Lexi Rabadi, Bruce Rebold, Hannah D. Scott, Dylan Seders Hoffman, Doug Shapiro, Steve Sterner, and Lorin Zackular.

Previews began on December 1, 2019, opening night was December 9, 2019, and closing performance was December 29, 2019.

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Operas in the Italian language

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Wilaya of Relizane massacres of 30 December 1997

The Wilaya of Relizane massacres of 30 December 1997 were probably the single bloodiest day of killing in the Algerian conflict of the 1990s. Several members of the population of four villages were killed; the exact number of casualties has varied according to source.

Background
In 1998, Algeria was near the peak of a brutal civil conflict that had begun after the military's cancellation of 1992 elections set to be won by the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS). The arid, inaccessible, poor Ouarsenis Mountains about 150 miles west of Algiers had previously experienced little or no violence. In the 1997 elections, the inhabitants had mainly voted for the pro-government FLN and RND.

On the first day of Ramadan, at about 6:15 pm, assailants, armed with axes and knives, swept down on four farming villages in the Ammi Moussa area, and killed hundreds of people as they sat down to break their fast:
 * at Kherarba or Ouled Kherarba or Khrouba or Khourba, 21 (official) or 176 (Liberté) were killed;
 * at Sahnoun or Ouled Sahnoun or Ouled Sahnine or Ouled Sahrine or Ouled Sahnine, 29 or 113 were killed;
 * at El-Abadel or Al Abadel, 73 (Liberté) were killed;
 * at Ouled-Tayeb or Oulad Taieb or Ben Taïyeb or Douar Ouled Tayeb, 28 or 50 were killed.

The attackers killed families indiscriminately in their homes, men, women, children, and babies, beheading some and butchering others. They threw babies over walls, and reportedly even butchered dogs and livestock. They left only at dawn. The assailants were dressed as “Afghans.” Survivors were quoted in the Algerian press as identifying the leader of the assailants as Aoued Abdallah, called "Cheikh Noureddine", a head in western Algeria of the Armed Islamic Group (GIA). It was also reported that pamphlets distributed in Algiers previously had announced ""We will arrive here soon. We have breakfasted in Algiers, we will dine in Oran. Signed - GIA". The massacres were followed shortly afterwards by the Wilaya of Relizane massacres of 4 January 1998; together, these events provoked a widespread exodus from the region.

The Algerian government told the UN Commission on Human Rights (E/CN.4/2000/3/Add.1) that "On 31 December 1997, a judicial inquiry was opened and on 8 February 1998 the examining magistrate ordered that further investigations be carried out. The legal proceedings continue."

Reports of casualties
As a result of the massacre: 78 people (initial official estimate), 252 people (according to Le Matin and El Watan, quoting hospital sources), 272 people (according to the Algerian government's statement to the UN Commission on Human Rights (E/CN.4/2000/3/Add.1 ) or 412 people (according to Liberté) were killed in four villages.


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Talk:April O'Neil

Artists Responsible for Different Character Designs
More than an accounting of every episode of the comics and cartoons this character has been included in, I think it would be great to know what real people were involved in creating the designs for each of the very distinct phases the character has gone through. We know that Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird were responsible for the original design in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles v1 #2 that looked like Amy Madigan in Streets of Fire, with a painted depiction of the same by Richard Corben, but beyond that everything seems to be lumped together under the label "character design" with many different artists credited.

In particular, I would like to know who designed the April O'Neil character for the 1987 cartoon. For all the different depictions, that yellow jumpsuited, Titian haired design seems to be the most iconic (recognized immediately by the general public). There are, however, eight individuals credited for character design on that first episode of the cartoon. 75.105.64.52 (talk) 22:03, 24 August 2012 (UTC)

Comment
I really doubt if this is notable but it seems to have been created early enough for to put this on WP:VfD. JuntungWu 02:16, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * April O'Neil is an integral character to one of the most signifigant pop culture phenomonas of the eighties and early nineties. Even if she wasn't a queen of Spain she is notable enough to keep an entry. If Final Fantasy gets to have every minute detail of every game in the series there then April should at least get a standard entry. If anything this needs to be redone, some parts are really redundant and poorly written and there is barely anything mentioned about the character from the source material instead this seems entirely focused on the cartoon character. Stranger Dan

Okay, I know I'm the one who suggested that the article should be expanded but this is just overkill now. This isn't supposed to be an April O'Neil fansite this is just supposed to be a simple encyclopedia entry. There are way too many images and some of them are kind of creepy. Look at some other comic book character entries or any other entry for a fictional character of other mediums. You'll see that none of them have a fan art section. This is because fan art doesn't belong here. Furthermore this obsession with the one episode furry version of her is just plain unsettling not to mention not signifigant or important to the article in any way.--Stranger Dan 17:33, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Boxer?
I don't remember seeing april boxing. Whic episode of the show was that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aslan10000 (talk • contribs) 02:28, 6 September 2011 (UTC)

1987
"In 1987, having been employed at Channel 6 for less than a year, April was reporting on a series of thefts of high-tech scientific equipment, apparently by ninja, (ostensibly components Shredder was securing for use in the Technodrome) when she came under attack by a gang of punks."

It must mean the 1987 cartoon. They never said which year it was in the cartoon. And April celebrated one year at Channel 6 during season 3 (the episode "Invasion of the Turtle Snatchers"), not during season one.

Template
This article may need a template, but the date of birth of all the characters is officially unknown. --PJ Pete

KMRG
Was KMRG the call letters of any station the O'Neil worked for? --SparqMan 19:02, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Portable Computer
In the 1987 cartoon series, her portable computer was an old one from the 80s where the screen's background is black while the wording she types in is in a certain colour when back then, computers had a colour restriction. In the 2003 cartoon series, her portable computer was a modern type where the Internet can be accessed, and the in-screen is multi-coloured. --PJ Pete

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Was April O'Neil originally Black?
I heard a rumor that April O'Neil was originally intended to be African American. I see her first original appearances she has different prominent features. Maya Levy 01:43, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

 * All TMNT comics prior to the animated series' first air date quite clearly depict a swarthy woman with features that hint at her being Black (e.g. full lips; a curly hairstyle, possibly the then-popular Jheri curl). Have Eastman and Laird themselves wrote this off on the record as purely coincidental?Kuahmel (talk) 07:08, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

 * Update: I found a blog in which the writer talks to creators Eastman and Laird about April's look in the early Mirage comics. Eastman says that he thought of her as a fair-skinned Black woman like her namesake (and his first wife) April Fisher.  The last name O'Neil and the later comic/other media look as a white redhead was Laird's vision.  Eastman's drawing was what we saw due to his being better at drawing women.  Source?  http://the-5th-turtle.blogspot.com/2007/12/pieces-of-april.html?showComment=1199129280001. Kuahmel (talk) 03:01, 20 November 2008 (UTC)

 * To add proper clarity to the myth, this post made by TMNT Entity back in 2018, when the cast reveal for Rise which points that she wasn't and shows some receipts. At the time I figured this would help settle the dispute, but seeing how the cast reveal for Mutant Mayhem just merely renewed the discourse.

 * The TL:DR version, April was conceived to be Asian and was named after Eastman's then-girlfriend April Fisher who was a biracial black woman, but was presented as white in issues #2 and #3, and in issue #4 she went to a "new wave" salon and got a perm and a tan, but eventually abandoned the look several issues later. However, issue #32 did feature her as black, but it was a non-canonical story. 73.251.43.84 (talk) 20:13, 22 March 2023 (UTC)

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Porn actress?
This is a character for a childrens tv show, should there really be a link to a page on the porn star of the same name? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.71.212.61 (talk) 08:53, 12 September 2012 (UTC)

 * Well the actress's stage name is also April O'Neil which she chose as a homage to this character. --Nikolai508 (talk) 13:51, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Regarding this issue, I believe that since Wikipedia is not censored (ie, regarding this type of content, "being objectionable is generally not sufficient grounds for removal"), and the fact that, well, the porn actress's name is "April O'Neil", the hatnote is appropriate. Canuck 89 (chat with me) 22:48, September 29, 2014 (UTC)

Rename page
Shouldn't we rename this page April O'Neil (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), and have April O'Neil link to the disambiguation page to keep in line with the other Ninja Turtles pages? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.194.218.25 (talk) 23:04, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

Requested move 7 April 2015

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

The result of the move request was: No move. Cúchullain t/ c 14:30, 21 April 2015 (UTC)

– Adding template to IP 73.194.218.25 two move proposals: (1) "Shouldn't we rename this page April O'Neil (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), and" (2) "have April O'Neil link to the disambiguation page to keep in line with the other Ninja Turtles pages?" Additionally proposed (3) restore the usual dab "pornographic" to actress, removed by non-admin participant in recent RM. In ictu oculi (talk) 20:15, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
 * April O'Neil → April O'Neil (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
 * April O'Neil (disambiguation) → April O'Neill
 * April O'Neil (actress) → April O'Neil (pornographic actress)

PAGE ]]) 20:20, 7 April 2015 (UTC) PAGE ]]) 18:04, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Weak support of (1), if moved baseline should redirect to April O'Neil (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
 * Oppose (2), believe baseline should remain the character, not the dab, or redirect to April O'Neil (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
 * Support (3), there was evidently no consensus to remove "pornographic" for a pornstar named after a children's character, and children will easily confuse April O'Neil (actress) with Jean Paige Turco the live character actress who played April O'Neil opposite the Turtles in the movie, so the pornstar named after the cartoon should go back to April O'Neil (pornographic actress). In ictu oculi (talk) 20:15, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Oppose all three. The TMNT character is clearly the WP:PRIMARYTOPIC, and the actress/pornographic actress issue was just settled. This looks like forum shopping to me. --Ahecht ([[User_talk:Ahecht|'''TALK
 * No it's a move and I didn't even propose it, the IP appears to be from New Jersey In ictu oculi (talk) 20:23, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
 * The IP didn't propose the April O'Neil (actress) → April O'Neil (pornographic actress) move, you put that in there as an "additional" proposal that has nothing to do with what this page is called. --Ahecht ([[User_talk:Ahecht|'''TALK
 * I put it in because that's how the category is dabbed, and (actress) could confuse with Jean Paige Turco. In ictu oculi (talk) 08:05, 14 April 2015 (UTC)

 * Oppose above, suggest...
 * April O'Neil → April O'Neil (fictional character) April O'Neil (character) - updating recommendation, Scal
 * April O'Neil (disambiguation) → April O'Neill
 * April O'Neil (actress) → no change, redirect already exists
 * The recommendation to change to "(fictional character)" is because no one can guarantee that the character will not appear in a non-TMNT themed production. Licensing deals and joint ventures happen all the time. Plus Viacom, who currently owns the rights to TMNT, can't sue the adult film performer because using the name in porn is a non-competing use. Whether or not they could sue a mainstream actress, even if her real name is April O'neil, for using that name because they own the non-porn rights is unclear. I just know that the union, SAG-AFTRA doesn't allow two members to have the same name. --Scalhotrod (Talk) ☮ღ☺ 20:48, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

 * Oppose all three per  — Amakuru (talk) 21:53, 7 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Support. The porn star is primary topic by an overwhelmingly margin. It's 185 views for the character compared to 46,000 (31,452 + 14,048) for the "actress." So she should be at the base name. There is no actual porn at the porn star's article, you know. If the current setup is supposed to help the wee ones avert their eyes, I'd say it's not doing a very good job. As for the TMNT character, she should be moved to April O'Neil (character). Man from Nephew (talk) 10:19, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
 * You should link to the proper statistics "April O'Neil 48991 ; not the talk page accesses. At any rate, Wikipedia is not the entire world. The porn star was recently featured in several Wikipedia process pages. The porn star is clearly not the primary topic. Google Books;Google NewsGogole clearly the TMNT character make up the majority of the results -- 65.94.43.89 (talk) 10:52, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Well, that's embarrassing. Let me try again, this time using data from March to avoid all the recent instability. I get 14,700 views for the comics article, 16,000 (9794 + 6197) for the actress. Since our pages exist to serve our readers, Wikipedia-specific data is more relevant. In any case, I assume the numbers for the comics article are mostly an artifact of it being the current primary topic. According to the Google rankings, readers are looking for either the porn star or the live action movie character. Man from Nephew (talk) 15:26, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
 * So it looks like porn is a bit more popular (by Readership) than cartoons or maybe comic books, no surprise there. As for the real world, if anyone wants to claim that porn doesn't drive the largest percentage of internet traffic on any given day or at any given moment, that's a lost cause. SO the numbers are on the side of the actress, not the character. --Scalhotrod (Talk) ☮ღ☺ 16:16, 8 April 2015 (UTC)

 * Oppose all as proposed; support alternative proposal by Scalhotrod above. Actors in pornography are actors, and should get the shorter, generic disambiguation unless there are two actors that need to be distinguished. Characters in fiction are characters, and should get generic disambiguation unless there are two fictional characters that need to be distinguished. It's not clear to me that the actress is the primary topic simply because she has recent publicity. Last of all, some comments above imply that one April O'Neil is primary because the subject to which they are related is More Important; that is not the case, and is one more reason to prefer generic disambiguation, since long specific disambiguators can be a nonneutral attempt to claim the subject for a topic that is viewed favorably or unfavorably. 209.211.131.181 (talk) 17:44, 9 April 2015 (UTC)
 * To be clear, I supported Scalhotrod's original proposal and also support his slightly updated one. 209.211.131.181 (talk) 03:44, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

 * Oppose all Porn star is named after the character and its a cartoon aimed at children, if anyone had any common sense we'd want them to hit this article first. Cue outraged porn proponents with no common sense, shouting wikipedia isn't censored and missing the point.  WCM email 16:28, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
 * actually that impression of TMNT is not entirely true. Back in the 80s when it introduced, it may have been in comic book form, but it was squarely aimed at young adults, basically the high school and college crowd in its writing and subject matter. Kevin Eastman, one of the co-creators, is also the editor of Heavy Metal magazine which is adult themed in nature. Has TMNT been conscripted into more adolescent material since, of course, but your statement that "its a cartoon aimed at children" is incorrect. --Scalhotrod (Talk) ☮ღ☺ 16:50, 10 April 2015 (UTC)
 * The proposal is to send readers to a disambiguation page first. The actress's page doesn't advocate pornography anyway. Man from Nephew (talk) 22:43, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

 * I see that Scalhotrod has updated his proposal. I support his updated scheme as the best proposal made so far. Man from Nephew (talk) 00:13, 11 April 2015 (UTC)

 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

some more illustations for different incarnations would come in handy
Also references of course, and one might create a robus reception section based even on the Internet lists and articles. --LKAvn (talk) 10:23, 15 June 2015 (UTC)

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Talk:Nitrogen dioxide

Deadly Concentration
How much NO2 would you need in the air for it to be an immediate threat?

The article says that nitrogen dioxide is an "insidious deadly poison". Does "insidious" have some kind of meaning in terms of poison/environment control? Or is this merely excessive rhetoric? If rhetoric, then "insidious" should be excised. WpZurp 02:18, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * It has a most definite meaning. If you rely on warning signs to let you know you've had too much, it might kill you. It gives no warning. "Very sneaky poison" doesn't sound so scientific. Merck Index Eleventh Edition uses the word "insidious" in its description of nitrogen dioxide. If you type "nitrogen dioxide insidious" into Google, you'll find it and its equilibrium partner nitrogen tetroxide are closely associated with the word "insidious" in the safety literature. Catbar (Brian Rock) 03:24, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Make that third sentence "It gives little or no warning." I've caught a whiff or two of it in the past, and you quickly know you probably don't want to breathe much of the stuff. I think one could choose to ignore it, though, but that's where the "insidious deadly poison" part comes in. Catbar (Brian Rock) 03:29, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Sorry, one more time. Take a look at the phosgene article for another use of "insidious" that defines it in context. Catbar (Brian Rock) 03:40, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * The "insidiousness" is due to the fact that symptoms of poisoning (lung edema, that is) appear 12 - hours after one has caught a too large dose. 82.26.171.254 03:09, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

How dangerous was this?
I remember being in a high school chemistry class in about 1997. The teacher left the room and the class clown decided to mix some reagents together in a beaker. I think there was about 30mL of concentrated nitric acid, among other things. Immediately a thick red-brown gas with a pungent ozone-like odour billowed out of the beaker. He watched it for a few seconds then washed the reagents down the sink with water. Of course we were all shouting at him not to be an idiot.

We didn't evacuate and the smell lingered for quite some time. I wonder if anyone can speculate as to how much danger we were in? -- FP 05:47, August 6, 2005 (UTC)

 * This is not dangerous if done under a fume hood. We did it all the time in my chemistry class.  In the open room, you may have been in some considerable danger. {T-Bone 18:52, 19 October 2005 (UTC)}
 * You were not in any serious danger from the nitrogen dioxide, except maybe if it triggered an asthma attack. If that particular experiment produced a lethal dose, there would be a lot fewer chemists around than there are. The conc. nitric acid is what might have caused some real, permanent damage (happily it seems not to have done). Physchim62 01:56, 24 October 2005 (UTC)

 * This gas is very dangerous. You have to keep in mind it will create Nitric acid when it reacts with water which there is no lack of inside your lungs.   30mL isn't enough to kill everyone in the room, but if you stuck your nose inside the beaker I can bet there would be some damage done.   The effect also are not instant because you mainly die from fluids cloging your lungs. -Loyal
 * Who ever thought of stucking one's nose inside the beaker? God, people, like you've never heard of the word "dosage". Oxygen is toxic, too. When administered pure, for some time.

Just smelling this gas at low concentrations (like after this experiment in the room) will not kill you nor induce wounds. In concentrations which make people cough, it still isn't so dangerous if you cover your mouth and nose with a piece of cloth. It is a corrosive like chlorine and ozone are. It's not specially toxic like HCN, for example.Endimion17 (talk) 14:42, 25 August 2008 (UTC)

 * The word "poison" should tell one that it is dangerous. Personally, I have seen brief exposure to a significantly less than 1% by volume concentration cause delayed-onset pumonary edema resulting in loss of consciousness due to hypoxia. The gas was not noticed by smell in that incident. This is not something to fool around with. Some people may be more tollerant of its vasodilation than others, but it CAN kill you at disturbingly low levels. --Rwberndt (talk) 19:42, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Please verify the data for NO2 and N2O4
The data for NO2 and N2O4 are not very consistent in literature, probably because they always exist together in equilibrium. Verification of the data is recommended before use. R6144 14:45, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

HELP!
Is Nitrogen Dioxide less dense than air?
 * no, NO2 is more dense by a factor of ca. 46/29.--Smokefoot 00:58, 21 March 2006 (UTC)

The article says density is "3.4 kg/m³, gas at 294.25 K" ... doesn't make sense. Should be approx. 46/29 * 1.2 kg/m3 = 1.9 kg/m3 ... ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.75.93.34 (talk) 08:34, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

Pictur1
why doesnt this molecule have a picture?

SID
SEASONAL RELATIONSHIP OF SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS1 TOKE HOPPENBROUWERS2, MARY CALUB, KAZUKO ARAKAWA and JOAN E. HODGMAN American Journal of Epidemiology 1981 Vol. 113, No. 6: 623-635

Outdoor carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and sudden infant death syndrome H Klonoff-Cohen1, P K Lam1 and A Lewis Archives of Disease in Childhood 2005;90:750-753

The San Diego guys where not the first and the link is brooken anyway. Pollution can cause it would be a better clue than NO2 alone.--Stone 06:43, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

created by a plasma?
Does anyone know if NO2 is created when a lit match under a globe is microwaved? This is the subject of an interesting MySpace clip (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zM6NLKY2SHk) and I just wondered if the gentleman performing the experiment knew what he was talking about (when he claimed that the process created NO2 ... "So don't breath it!" he said). JimScott 16:31, 8 June 2007 (UTC)

DiNitrogen Tetroxide (Nitrogen Dioxide)
--Jonnerrs 20:24, 30 August 2007 (UTC)In formulating metallic silver(Al)/Gold (Cu/Zn) inks and paints based on cellulose nitrate (NC - Gun Cotton)(disolved in esters), if there is a degree of water present, the cellulose nitrate will be partially reduced to cellulose and NO2=N204. Which becomes apparent as a reddish brown gas, with an astringent smell. I can only cite personal experience here.--Jonnerrs 20:24, 30 August 2007 (UTC)

Bleach
It is grouped as a 'bleach' in the bottom. But nothing is mentioned in the article? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 219.78.11.87 (talk) 09:53, 17 December 2007 (UTC)

Lewis Structures
Are these Lewis structures correct? It doesn't seem possible for NO2 to have 2 double bonds.

Kundai andrew (talk) 08:39, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

 * Yeah, they can't be right - 9 electrons round nitrogen.

 * I think the image below is the closest a Lewis structure can get to representing the bonding in NO2.

 * [[Image:Nitrogen-dioxide-resonance-2D.png|300px]]

 * Ben (talk) 11:55, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

The Image isn't showing two double bonds, it's showing a 1.5 bond. Dotted lines mean a "half bond" or a third of a bond, it happens when there are resonance structures. Havabighed (talk) 06:07, 4 July 2012 (UTC)

 * These comments refer to the article as it was on 3 October 2008, when the image File:NO2-Schema-Lewis.png was included in the chembox. --Ben (talk) 00:11, 6 July 2012 (UTC)

I think it's worth revisiting this issue again. I've made File:NO2-Lewis-resonance.png, but there's also a pair of structures with the unpaired electron on oxygen and no charges. See http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/2000-02/951452623.Ch.r.html for details. This would be a useful addition to the article if we can explain it well in the text.

--Ben (talk) 18:48, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

NO2 contributes to the formation of fine particle pollution and smog; permissible hourly and annual levels allowed by US EPA
NO2 is formed from vehicle, power plant and other industrial emissions, and contributes to the formation of fine particle pollution and smog.

Short-term exposures to NO2 have been linked to impaired lung function and increased respiratory infections, especially in people with asthma.

The EPA one-hour standard for NO2 is a level of 100 parts per billion (ppb). The annual average standard is 53 ppb.

http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/6424ac1caa800aab85257359003f5337/eb9d73686196b38e852576b60059fbd5!

OpenDocument —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ocdcntx (talk • contribs) 15:49, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Nitromethane
Is this a compound created by combustion of nitromethane with air (i.e. top fuel drag racing fuel)? I was at a drag race the other day and experienced the exhaust fumes (it's something the fans love to do, apparently). Eyes water, nose stings, throat stings, almost choking, etc.. My educated guess told me it's probably a nitrogen oxide reacting with water in eyes/mucous membranes.. Is NO2 the culprit? --24.21.133.196 (talk) 00:29, 15 July 2010 (UTC)

Wording in the NO2-N2O4 equilibrium section
"The paramagnetic monomer is favored."

Is this some sort of joke? Even after reading the introductions to paramagnetism and monomers, I have no idea which of the two molecules is being talked about. This is supposed to be an encyclopedia, not a chemistry puzzle site. Can somebody please edit it so it's actually helpful to somebody without a PhD in chemistry? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.147.85.84 (talk) 19:21, 3 October 2011 (UTC)

 * No joke. That section is talking about both. The article as a whole talks about the monomer, which predominates at standard conditions. Plasmic Physics (talk) 11:24, 4 October 2011 (UTC)

monomer = NO2, dimer = N2O4 (two molecules of NO2 bonded together). I agree the wording is probably unnecessary. Why not "NO2 is favored at higher temperatures, while at lower temperatures, dinitrogen tetroxide (N2O4) predominates. Colourless dinitrogen tetroxide (N2O4) can be obtained as a solid (melting point −11.2 °C). NO2 is paramagnetic, while N2O4 is diamagnetic." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.194.35.233 (talk) 23:48, 13 August 2012 (UTC) Oops, this was me, forgot to log in Vultur (talk) 00:56, 14 August 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes, I agree this is much clearer as the molecules are identified explicitly before describing them as paramagnetic and diamagnetic. So I have gone ahead and changed the wording, almost as you have suggested. I added that the paramagnetism is due to the unpaired electron. Dirac66 (talk) 00:13, 14 August 2012 (UTC)

Material to be added
"Between 2005 and 2011, the concentration of NO2 across the United States greatly diminished. 'The shift is the result of regulations, technology improvements and economic changes, scientists say.'"

Although someone ought to reword the second sentence so as not to plagiarize and expand on some of the technical aspects. - Sweet Nightmares  01:59, 16 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Interesting tidbit, but Wikipedia is not a vehicle for US-oriented news. --Smokefoot (talk) 02:01, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

 * You're right, Wikipedia is an encyclopedia where people can learn about things, such as the fact that NO2 pollution in the US has been diminishing. - Sweet Nightmares  16:17, 16 July 2014 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 01:19, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

Above 1600 °C (2900 °F), see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NOx#Thermal Simon de Danser (talk) 16:47, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

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Greenhouse Gas?
Is Nitrogen Dioxide a Greenhouse Gas? I can't find the answer to this any where on the internet!! - Guest30 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.221.110.175 (talk) 06:50, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

Here you go: "Neither nitric oxide nor nitrogen dioxide are greenhouse gases" see http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/mguidry/Unnamed_Site_2/Chapter%202/Chapter2C3.html Wait.... There is more.... "There are also several gases that, although they do not have a commonly agreed upon direct radiative forcing effect, do influence the global radiation budget. These tropospheric gases include carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), and tropospheric (ground level) ozone (O3)." See https://ghginstitute.org/2010/06/15/what-are-greenhouse-gases/ The factors that make up a Greenhouse Gas are it's concentration and it's absorption spectrum.

Simon de Danser (talk) 16:43, 21 November 2020 (UTC)

From the article. "Another study examined the relationship between nitrogen exposure in the home and respiratory symptoms and found a statistically significant odds ratio of 2.23 (95% CI: 1.06, 4.72) among those with a medical diagnosis of asthma and gas stove exposure.[32]"

Should this be 'nitrogen dioxide exposure' rather than 'nitrogen exposure' ? I don't have a copy of the cited reference. Wsmurdoch (talk) 01:03, 5 December 2020 (UTC)wsmurdoch

Human-caused sources and exposure?
The "Human-caused sources and exposure" section of the article refers to indoor exposure from "butane and kerosene heaters and stoves," and gives its source as ref 19, a PDF. I don't see any mention in the PDF of butane or kerosene, though, or even of stoves/ranges - all I see it talking about is "unvented gas heating appliances," which to my mind would be heaters (but not stoves/ranges) using natural gas or propane/LP gas. Butane can be in LP gas, I guess, but kerosene isn't even a gas! Is "heaters" in this PDF elsewhere defined to include stoves/ranges? Why was kerosene mentioned? Am I just being obtuse? :-) Paul314159 (talk) 17:44, 5 December 2020 (UTC)

density at STP
Its stated as 1.880 g/L but if you calculate it with it weight N (14,0067) + 2 * O (15,999) = 46,0047 g/mol. Knowing 1 mol equals 22,4 liter: 46,0047/22,4 = 2,053 g/L. Whicht is right? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 145.8.179.210 (talk) 09:41, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Only 6 of 40 refs are to chemistry/technology
The article has 40 citations. 34 are to hazards, environment, etc. 6 to technology, chemistry. One appreciates that it takes little expertise to cite hazards, environment, etc, so maybe that is the explanation for this strange emphasis on safety issues, but this ratio is out of proportion, an example of WP:UNDUE. --Smokefoot (talk) 15:17, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

75103 citations in SciFinder
75103 citations in SciFinder to the NO2, of which 48952 have appeared since the year 2002, of which 993 are classified as reviews.--Smokefoot (talk) 15:17, 5 August 2022 (UTC)

Error in NFPA 704 Fire Diamond?
Right now, the reactivity/instability marker is listed as "2," however most sources I've found list it at "0." (See: https://cameochemicals.noaa.gov/chemical/4072). I'm not sure where the rating here was obtained, as I saw no source for that (sorry if I just missed it). I'm going to go ahead and change it to match the versions I've seen elsewhere, but it may be worth someone who's more active in the chemistry areas of Wikipedia to have a look around maybe? 207.191.198.38 (talk) 20:24, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

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Non-erotica LGBT visual arts
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Forest Hill station (Muni Metro)

Forest Hill station is a Muni Metro station near the Forest Hill and Laguna Honda neighborhoods in San Francisco, California. It was originally built in 1916 to 1918 as part of the Twin Peaks Tunnel, and is the oldest subway station west of Philadelphia and east of Istanbul The station was originally named Laguna Honda; lettering with that former name is carved on the station headhouse.

Scenes from the films Dirty Harry (1971) and Milk (2008) were shot inside of this station.

Station layout and architecture
Forest Hill Station was built in a "restrained classical revival" style which has remained largely unaltered to the present. There are also a few decorative features suggestive of an Art Nouveau aesthetic, for example malachite colored accents placed over the elevator doors.

The station consists of two side platforms next to the tracks far below the surface. Forest Hill Station is located deeper underground than any other Muni Metro station; so much so that, unlike other stations, most people use an elevator to reach the platform at Forest Hill. Unlike all other underground Muni Metro stations, which feature an underground concourse mezzanine on the first level down, and the platform on the second level down, Forest Hill's concourse level is in a station building on the surface.

Forest Hill and Eureka Valley stations were originally constructed with low platforms, as streetcars of that era had steps to load passengers from street level. However, the six new Market Street subway stations, as well as West Portal station, were built with high-level platforms for speedier level boarding onto the new Boeing LRVs. With Eureka Valley permanently closed, Forest Hill was left as the only low-platform station on the Muni Metro subway. Muni later modified the station with high-level platforms, elevators for accessibility, and ventilation improvements. The $6 million project, which upgraded Forest Hill to equal the new stations while keeping its historic architecture, was completed in 1985.

The station was temporarily closed from June 25 to August 24, 2018, during the Twin Peaks Tunnel shutdown.

It was closed again from March 19 to August 22, 2020, and from August 25, 2020, to May 15, 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Talk:1795 in rail transport

This page was voted on for deletion at Votes for deletion/1795 in rail transport. The consensus was to keep it. dbenbenn | talk 02:19, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Drunken Pirates

 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. Mackensen (talk) 21:22, 23 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Drunken Pirates
A google query for "drunken pirates" +sudbury returns no hits. The article states that "Most people agree that these suburban teenagers did next to nothing that can be considered worthwhile." Non-notable. Carrp | Talk 02:20, 16 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.
 * Delete. Looks like some friends were teasing them by writing the article, or they did it themselves.  And hey, you can't argue when even the article says they haven't done anything special.  :) – Beginning 02:34, Feb 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Agreed. Nothing worthy to be saved here - whitti 02:38, Feb 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, band vanity. Megan1967 02:48, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Trilobite (Talk) 14:14, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as vanity. Wyss 20:20, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete --BM 20:33, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete -- Most of the Wikipedians who voted agree that the author of this article did next to nothing that can be considered worthwhile. Zzyzx11 00:51, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Not notable Ana Jessica 05:13, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)