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Spiderwebs (song)

"Spiderwebs" is a song by American band No Doubt for their third studio album, Tragic Kingdom (1995). It was written by Gwen Stefani and Tony Kanal, produced by Matthew Wilder, and released as the album's second single on November 19, 1995. "Spiderwebs" appears on their 2003 greatest hits album, The Singles 1992–2003. Stefani was inspired to write the song after an admirer recited bad poetry to her. "Spiderwebs" is a ska punk song with angsty lyrics responding to Stefani's potential suitors.

"Spiderwebs" received positive reviews from contemporary as well as past critics, who frequently called it as one of the defining songs for No Doubt. "Spiderwebs" was not released as a commercial single in the United States, therefore making it ineligible to enter the Billboard Hot 100 chart at the time of its release. However, it reached number 18 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart. The song failed to attain top-ten positions but charted within the top 40 in Canada, New Zealand, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.

The music video for "Spiderwebs" was directed by Marcus Nispel and released on April 17, 1996. It features No Doubt performing the song at a wedding reception with Japanese attendees. Following the bouquet toss, the party is disrupted by a large number of wireline telephones that fly into the room and begin trapping the partygoers. Stefani drew comparisons to Madonna for designing her own wardrobe in the clip. No Doubt, and Stefani individually, has performed the song in a number of live appearances, including during the group's 1995–97 Tragic Kingdom World Tour, at the 39th Annual Grammy Awards in 1997, and at Stefani's 2018–20 Las Vegas Just a Girl concert residency.

Background and release

"Spiderwebs" was written by Gwen Stefani and Tony Kanal. The majority of the songs on Tragic Kingdom, including "Spiderwebs", did not receive co-writing credits from Eric Stefani, which was unusual for No Doubt as Eric had written most of the group's songs prior to his departure due to creative differences in early 1995. Due to this, the remaining band members took up songwriting which made the songs they created more intimate and personal. "Spiderwebs" was developed differently in comparison to previous single "Just a Girl". "Just a Girl" was initially created by Gwen Stefani and Tom Dumont on a tape recorder, which was habitual for the group; Stefani and Dumont or Stefani and Kanal would work together on a recorder towards the beginning of production. However, for "Spiderwebs", Kanal collaborated with Dumont and asked him to learn the track and develop guitar parts to what Kanal and Stefani had initiated.

The entire group was highly satisfied with how "Spiderwebs" turned out. Dumont remarked: "I just remember taking that cassette tape home, and it was just Tony on bass and then Gwen singing in the bedroom, and I was like, ‘Oh my god this song is really good.’ You get that feeling like ‘This is a great song. How’d they write this?’." The original version of "Spiderwebs" contrasted majorly with what was released and included on Tragic Kingdom. Drummer Adrian Young said: "When we were first working on it, before we went in the studio, it was way slower. It was almost kind of like a funky groove song because it was so much slower."

The song was first released as a commercial CD single on November 19, 1995. Of the CDs created for the release, none of the commercial ones were distributed in the United States; however, a promotional CD single was created and sent to radio stations in that country. The first CD single was the Australian maxi single which featured the album and live versions of "Spiderwebs", the music video for "Just a Girl", and a cover of Bad Brains's "Sailin' On", written by Darryl Jenifer and Dr. Know. A two-part CD single series released in the United Kingdom in 1997 includes No Doubt (1992) track "Let's Get Back", The Beacon Street Collection (1995) track "Doghouse", a live version of Tragic Kingdom track "The Climb", the music videos to both "Spiderwebs" and "Excuse Me Mr.", and their cover of Sublime's "D.J.'s".

Music and lyrics
According to Diffuser.fm's Brendan Manley, the song is a blend of "'80s new wave and West Coast pop-punk". It incorporates "swooning horns" and reggae rhythms, taking influence from Jamaican music. Rolling Stone's Brittany Spanos described "Spiderwebs" as the "dark [and] reggae-infused opener" to Tragic Kingdom. Kenneth Partridge from The A.V. Club compared "Spiderwebs" and previous single "Just a Girl" to the material on No Doubt's previous albums (No Doubt and The Beacon Street Collection), stating that "neither was a huge stylistic departure". Mike Boehm from the Los Angeles Times disagreed, stating that "Spiderwebs" is an example of "the band's improved craft". He also wrote that it correlates well to the lyrical themes of Tragic Kingdom, in which "No Doubt depicts flawed people and relationships breaking under the test of stress". In a modern review of Tragic Kingdom, Nick Levine from Noisey wrote that "'Spiderwebs' is essentially Destiny Child's 'Bug a Boo' for the pre-cellphone era".

According to Musicnotes.com, "Spiderwebs" is set in common time and has a moderately fast tempo of 138 beats per minute. The key of the song is in B♭ major with Stefani's vocal range spanning from F3 to C5 in scientific pitch notation. The song has a chord progression of B♭–F–Gm–E♭ in the verses and in the chorus. The bridge to "Spiderwebs" was described as having a "hypnotizing" effect on the listener, contrasting with the "booming [and] punchy" outro that succeeds it.

According to the liner notes for No Doubt's 2003 greatest hits album, The Singles 1992–2003, Stefani was inspired to write "Spiderwebs" after a lonesome admirer of hers had stood outside her window reading poetry for her attention. In effort to ignore the attempts of the pursuer, Stefani sings about constantly having to screen her phone calls. Entertainment Weekly's David Browne said that with "Spiderwebs" and Tragic Kingdom album track "End It on This", the lyrics have Stefani "acknowledg[ing her] obsessions with losers and decides to break free" from them. During the song's refrain, Stefani sings with a "semi angry scrowl": "Sorry I'm not home right now / I'm walking into spiderwebs / So leave a message and I'll call you back."

Critical reception
In addition to several other tracks from Tragic Kingdom, Noisey's Nick Levine praised "Spiderwebs" for having a chorus "that will bounce round [sic] your brain for days". Tom Breihan from Stereogum praised No Doubt for managing to get radio stations to select "Spiderwebs" for airplay, writing: "kids like me still wound up thinking it was cool that ska was getting onto the radio." He also claimed that the song's "central melody [...] will get stuck in your head for days and days".

In honor of the 20th anniversary of Tragic Kingdom, a group of critics from The A.V. Club reanalyzed the album and its songs. Alex McCown felt that No Doubt "found a musical sweet spot" with "Spiderwebs", calling it one of the catchiest songs on the album. Kenneth Partridge, from the same publication, acclaimed Stefani's "beautiful and slender voice" in the track. He also stated that the lyrics of the song made it "hard to call the nineties anything else but classic". In a 2016 readers' poll compiled by Rolling Stone magazine, "Spiderwebs" was voted as Stefani's fifth-best song of all time.

Chart performance
"Spiderwebs" was not released as a commercial single in the United States and therefore was ineligible to enter the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Although the single did not replicate the success of "Just a Girl", it still managed to receive heavy airplay rotation on alternative and mainstream pop radio stations. On Billboard's Alternative Songs chart, "Spiderwebs" peaked at number five, becoming their second of five entries within the top ten and second consecutive entry from Tragic Kingdom, after "Just a Girl" which peaked at number 10. It also reached number 11 on the Mainstream Top 40 chart, surpassing "Just a Girl"'s peak of number 24. On the Hot 100 Airplay chart, a major component chart of the Billboard Hot 100, the song was ranked at number 18. In March 2021, the Recording Industry Association of America certified "Spiderwebs" platinum for combined sales and streaming figures of 1,000,000 units.

"Spiderwebs" marked No Doubt's first charting entry on Canada's RPM singles chart. During the week ending September 16, 1996, the song debuted at number 76, becoming the week's highest new entry. On the issue dated November 25, 1996, the song reached a peak of number 11 on the Top Singles Chart, during its eleventh consecutive week on the chart. In total, "Spiderwebs" spent 18 consecutive weeks on Canada's RPM chart. "Spiderwebs" also entered the Top Rock/Alternative Tracks chart, peaking at number eight, improving on the number 25 position that "Just a Girl" earned in May 1996.

In the United Kingdom, "Spiderwebs" debuted at number 16 on the issue dated October 4, 1997. It dropped to number 33 the following week and departed two week laters. "Spiderwebs" was the fourth consecutive top 40 entry from Tragic Kingdom to appear on the Official Singles Chart, succeeding "Don't Speak" and the original and reissued versions of "Just a Girl". According to the Official Charts Company, "Spiderwebs" is No Doubt's sixth-biggest song and Gwen Stefani's 14th-biggest selling combined. Elsewhere in Europe, "Spiderwebs" reached lower positions on record charts. Although it peaked within the top 40 of the charts in Scotland and Sweden, it only reached number 84 in the Netherlands on the Single Top 100 chart.

Music video
The accompanying music video for "Spiderwebs" was directed by film director and producer Marcus Nispel. The video opens with a newlywed couple engaging with the attendants of their wedding reception. No Doubt occupies a stage within the same room and begins performing "Spiderwebs" to the largely Japanese crowd. The music captures the attention of the partygoers who are preparing to participate in the bouquet toss. The bride throws her bouquet of flowers and Stefani catches it, but she pricks her finger on a thorn in the process. As a result, the video cuts to a black-and-white sequence where wireline telephones knock down the large windows in the room and begin wrapping around No Doubt and the wedding patrons and trapping them. An unexpected gust of wind travels throughout the room and disturbing the party. The band members eventually free themselves from the entanglement and then finish performing. The video ends with No Doubt departing the party and exiting through an alley behind the building.

Much like her attire in the previous music video for "Just a Girl", Stefani received attention for her outfit. In the video, she wore a white tank top, tartan pants, and a wallet attached to her pants with a chain. Much's Allison Bowsher analyzed her appearance: "Combining elements of femininity and masculinity in her look and performance, Stefani was unabashedly original." Stefani drew comparisons to Madonna for designing her own wardrobe for the video. The video was distributed for broadcast on several music-related television networks, such as MTV, on April 17, 1996. It was also featured on MTV's Buzz Bin TV series, which plays music videos from up and coming music groups. In 2004, the video was featured on No Doubt's compilation The Videos 1992–2003.

Live performances
On September 5, 1996, No Doubt returned as the musical guests on Late Night with David Letterman and performed "Spiderwebs". It was the second time the group appeared on the show within the same year, previously performing "Just a Girl" during the March 28th episode; the band remarked that a "mutual admiration [had been] established" between No Doubt and David Letterman. "Spiderwebs" was performed as the fifteenth song of their 1995–97 Tragic Kingdom World Tour. The performance of the song at the July 1, 1997 show in Anaheim, at The Arrowhead Pond, was recorded and released in No Doubt's first live album, Live in the Tragic Kingdom (1997). No Doubt also performed "Spiderwebs" at the 39th Annual Grammy Awards in 1997. During the rendition, Stefani wore a black-and-white crop top and black pants. At the ceremony, the group also received their first two Grammy nominations, in the Best New Artist and Best Rock Album categories.

For the 2002 Rock Steady Tour, "Just a Girl" was performed during the concert's final segment, in between singing "Rock Steady" and "Don't Speak". The performance of "Spiderwebs" at the November 22–23 and 29, 2002 shows in Long Beach at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center were recorded and featured on the group's second live album, Rock Steady Live (2003). In April 2018, Stefani announced Just a Girl concert residency at the Planet Hollywood Resort Las Vegas. During the dates of the show, Stefani performed "Spiderwebs" as the concert's fifth song. For the performance, the stage is set up as a house party and decorated with speakers and neon-colored objects. Stefani's look during the promotional campaign for the concert series mimics her looks from the music video for "Spiderwebs"; she wears a tank top stylized with her name in black, sports red lipstick, and her signature platinum blonde hair.

Cover versions and usage
Four Year Strong recorded a cover of "Spiderwebs" for their second studio album, Explains It All (2009). Their rendition features an interpolation of Pantera's 1992 single "This Love" towards the end. "Spiderwebs" is listed as one of the eighteen downloadable English language songs to the 2013 American video game Rocksmith 2014. It was also included on the soundtrack to the American video game NBA 2K15 (2014). At the June 6, 2015 show of Kenny Chesney's The Big Revival Tour, supporting artist Miranda Lambert performed a surprise cover of "Spiderwebs". Lambert wore a tank top displaying "I Love Joe's on Weed" in a black font and jorts. Chris Parton from Taste of Country enjoyed her cover, writing: "her regular show might come off a little more refined, but nothing can compare to the simple fun of cover songs in a cramped bar full of rowdy fans." In October 2020, Stefani performed a "countrified version" of Spiderwebs as part of a skit on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon where Fallon portrayed the character Buck Pinto promoting a fictitious album Gwen's Gone Country.

Track listings and formats
Australia CD maxi-single
 * 1. "Spiderwebs" (LP Version) – 4:27
 * 2. "Spiderwebs" (Live from KROQ) –
 * 3. "Sailin' On" – 3:36
 * 4. "Just a Girl" (Music Video) – 3:27

Europe promotional CD single
 * 1. "Spiderwebs" – 4:28

Sweden CD single
 * 1. "Spiderwebs" (LP Version) – 4:27
 * 2. "Sailin' On" – 3:36

UK CD single (Part 1)
 * 1. "Spiderwebs" (LP Version) – 4:28
 * 2. "The Climb" (Live) – 7:54
 * 3. "Doghouse" – 4:26
 * 4. "Spiderwebs" (Music Video) – 4:08

UK CD single (Part 2)
 * 1. "Spiderwebs" (LP Version) – 4:28
 * 2. "D.J.'s" (Live) – 4:10
 * 3. "Let's Get Back" – 4:13
 * 4. "Excuse Me Mr." (Music Video) – 3:30

US promotional CD single
 * 1. "Spiderwebs" (Radio Edit) – 3:50
 * 2. "Spiderwebs" (Album Version) – 4:28

Credits and personnel
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Tragic Kingdom.

 * Gwen Stefani – writer, vocals
 * Tony Kanal – writer, bass
 * Matthew Wilder – producer
 * Adrian Young – drums, percussion
 * Tom Dumont – guitar
 * Eric Stefani – keyboards, piano
 * Stephen Perkins – steel drums
 * Phil Jordan – trumpet
 * Robert Vosgien – mastering
 * David Holman – mixing
 * Paul Palmer – mixing
 * Phil Kaffel – recording
 * George Landress – recording

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Alforce Veedramon

 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. Keep 2 / Delete 8 / Merge 1 / Merge else Delete (1) -- AllyUnion (talk) 11:23, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Alforce Veedramon
Fancruft, not that notable. Luigi30 03:29, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Is there any way to be sure this is Fancruft and not a real (whatever that means) Digimon? (I'm surprised there are only 174 entries in category:digimon.  Who'd have thought they'd be that popular a subject?) RJFJR 04:48, Feb 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * "Fancruft" != "not real". Bearcat 21:07, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Going by Veemon it seems to be "real" in terms of being an actual digimon. Unless we delete the entire Category:Digimon this needs to be a Keep--ZayZayEM 08:33, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Good idea. --BM 23:22, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. The multitudes of Pokemon articles are annoying anyway, we don't need more Digimon articles. ugen 64 03:41, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable - less than 22 hits on Google, minor fictious Digimon character. Megan1967 04:00, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, My eyes! My eyes! Inter 11:19, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep there is such a Digimon & most info about is is legit as Veemon was said in bandai to have the potential to be a Veedramon.
 * Vote by anon user 68.200.81.62. It doesn't count. --Neigel von Teighen 23:14, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, cruft. Wyss 22:15, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, it's a real Digimon & here's the site to prove it. http://shiningevo.ultimatedigimon.com/encyclopedia/digimon/alforce_vdramon.html
 * Vote by anon user 209.208.108.179. It doesn't count. --Neigel von Teighen 23:14, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Should we have an article for each Digimon/Pokémon??? --Neigel von Teighen 23:10, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep (in spite of the fact that I find all the digimon stubs irritating. I'd actually like it if all the  forms of Veemon were rolled into one article and the names redirected to it, but I'm not currently willing to do the work myself, and there would be a lot of different digimons for this kind of merging to be done for). RJFJR 23:16, Feb 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * For the reasons given in Votes_for_deletion/Machinedramon: Merge the lot, or failing that Delete. Uncle G 02:43, 2005 Feb 6 (UTC)
 * Delete. We delete top professors, but want to keep every single Digimon there is? We should have one article on Digimon, and that's it, the rest is pointless - they have no relevence, influence or importance outside of Digimon. Average Earthman 11:50, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. All of these Digimon character articles should go.  See my comments on Votes_for_deletion/Machinedramon.  --BMdramon 23:19, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Bart133 (t) 02:24, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. -- AllyUnion (talk) 05:26, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge into Veemon. We may not like, it but both Pokemon and Digimon have a real impact on children, we can't just delete them all. They are notable whether we like it or not. Mgm|(talk) 13:04, Feb 10, 2005 (UTC)

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ShopRite

ShopRite is an American retailers' cooperative of supermarkets with stores in six states: Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.

Based in Keasbey, New Jersey, ShopRite consists of 50 individually owned and operated affiliates with over 300 stores, all under its corporate and distribution arm, Wakefern Food Corporation. Wakefern itself owns and operates 28 of the locations through subsidiary ShopRite Supermarkets. Several Wakefern members own and operate single ShopRite stores, while most own multiple locations. The average Wakefern member operates six stores. The Saker family owns and operates the most ShopRite stores in the cooperative (40) throughout Monmouth, Ocean & Mercer counties in New Jersey.

ShopRite has been the largest food retailer in New Jersey for close to 70 years and is also number one in the entire New York metropolitan area. Since 2011, ShopRite is also the largest retailer of food in Greater Philadelphia, pushing long-dominant Acme Markets to second place and, in 2013, to third place. , Wakefern was ranked 17th by sales among all supermarket operators in the United States. In a 2022 survey by Newsweek, ShopRite was named the “Most Trusted Grocery Retailer” in the Northeast.

Early beginnings
ShopRite originated in 1946, when a Del Monte Foods sales representative talked to independent grocers in Newark, New Jersey. The grocers were having problems getting reasonable prices for wholesale goods. The Del Monte representative suggested the grocers try cooperative buying. Seven of the grocers agreed, paying $1,000 each to launch Wakefern Food Corp., which was incorporated on December 5, 1946. In 1951 The company reincorporated in New Jersey using the trademark name ShopRite in an effort to consolidate the marketing of involved stores under one name.

In 1958, ShopRite cut prices by 10% as an alternative to giving away trading stamps, which other supermarkets in New Jersey were doing. The move was successful, drawing customers and helping create more ShopRite stores. By 1961, ShopRite had 70 members, totaling $100 million in annual sales.

The breakaway of Supermarkets General
One large member, Supermarkets General, pulled out of Wakefern in the late 1960s, halving the number of stores. The Supermarkets General stores became Pathmark in 1968. The surviving Wakefern members increased their efforts, adopting the management tenet of "one member, one vote," and actively expanded. By the late 1970s, the volume lost from Supermarkets General's departure was restored.

For many years, ShopRite and Pathmark were extremely competitive on price in the New York Metro area, and each one had its loyal customer base. A highly leveraged management buy-out in the late 1980s left Pathmark saddled with too much debt, and the supermarket chain had no cash to fix up its stores, or invest in lower prices. At the same time, ShopRite stores were being replaced and rebuilt, stealing market share away from Pathmark. On November 23, 2000, Big V Supermarkets, which operated 39 ShopRite stores in New Jersey and New York, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and announced that several ShopRite stores would close.

The Pathmark chain was sold to A&P in 2007. A&P ran Pathmark as a division, but was unsuccessful in turning around the banner's fortunes. A&P filed for bankruptcy and sold or liquidated its stores in 2015, including approximately 150 Pathmark stores. Wakefern and its cooperative members acquired nine Pathmark locations along with several other former A&P banners with the intention of opening ShopRite, Price Rite and The Fresh Grocer locations.

The "Can-Can Sale"
In 1971, ShopRite introduced their Can-Can Sale, where canned goods (and eventually other products) were placed on steep discounts, and is held in January. Until the early 1990s, the sale was held in the second and third weeks of January but expanded to the entire month. Animated commercials for this promotion feature a chorus line of cancan dancers and a French artiste, though the style changed on several occasions over the years. In 2002, ShopRite expanded that sale to twice a year when they introduced the Summer Can-Can Sale, held in July.

In 2018, the Summer Can-Can Sale was discontinued, replaced with the "Can It Get Any Hotter?" sale, which itself was discontinued in 2023.

Price Plus Club and beyond
In 1989, ShopRite introduced the Price Plus Club Card, which eventually merged with the Check Cashing Card (for those that use it for that purpose as well); it is free of charge to acquire. Having a Price Plus Card enables shoppers to receive special weekly discounts, listed in circulars mailed with local newspapers. Most sales are chain-wide regardless of owner but sometimes in a particular region, valid for all area ShopRites, however some stores choose to put special items on sale based on stock. The Price Plus Card also tracks purchases and use of rewards.

In 1996, ShopRite launched its own line (with Dietz & Watson) of deli meats, cheeses and complements with its private label, Black Bear of the Black Forest, to compete against the expansion of Boar's Head in competitor's supermarkets. In 2011, over 15 million pounds of Black Bear slicing meats and cheeses were sold at ShopRite.

Since 1999, ShopRite has offered an online grocery shopping service at select stores, under the service name ''Order. Pickup. Deliver.'' (formerly ShopRite from Home until April 2022.) For an additional fee, customers can place an order for pickup or delivery through the ShopRite website or mobile app, ShopRite employees then fulfill a customer's shopping order at a local ShopRite with options for curbside pickup.

ShopRite Stores Design

As a result of the cooperative system, there is no set format for building architecture, store layout, or color scheme of storefronts. Most stores are the product of the era in which they were opened, and the owner's style. For example, the ShopRite of West Caldwell, New Jersey, owned by Sunrise ShopRite, has a Japanese motif inside and outside of the store (including rickshaws, an exit sign reading "Sayonara" and two Japanese-style phone booths). The RoNetco family of stores (Netcong, Byram, Newton, Franklin, Sparta, Flanders, Mansfield, and Succasunna, New Jersey) have different looks on the outside (including the shopping carts and cart corrals), although the stores themselves have a similar layout. ShopRite stores that were previously other stores usually contain elements of the previous occupants. As large corporations buy up stores, recent years have brought a homogenization in building design and store layout.

The ShopRite system today
Currently, ShopRite's base stretches northeast from the Washington metropolitan area in Maryland to the Hartford area in Connecticut, extending as far north as Hudson, New York. While New Jersey is home to the most ShopRite stores, the chain also has a strong presence in the New York City suburbs, and in Pennsylvania (mostly in the Philadelphia area). In 2010, ShopRite expanded its presence in Connecticut through the purchase of 11 former Shaw's stores.

In 2011–2013, ShopRite returned to the New York Capital District after exiting the market 23 years earlier. The SRS operating division opened stores in Niskayuna, Albany, Slingerlands, Colonie and North Greenbush. The Albany store opened on April 26, 2012; the Slingerlands store opened on September 30, 2012; and the Colonie store opened on April 7, 2013. The most recent addition was the North Greenbush location, which opened in December 2017. ShopRite currently has gas stations at the Albany and Colonie locations. Plans for additional future store locations had not been announced in late 2010. In 2013, ShopRite was the only unionized supermarket in the area. In October 2023, ShopRite announced that it would be closing all 5 of its Capital Region, NY stores due to “underperforming sales” marking this the 2nd time they exited the market. All 5 stores in the region closed on November 18, 2023.

On July 20, 2015, competitor A&P filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy and announced plans to close or sell off all of its stores. ShopRite acquired 13 supermarkets in A&P's bankruptcy auction, including some that had been ShopRite locations before Supermarkets General (later acquired by A&P) broke off from the cooperative.

On January 26, 2021, ShopRite announced that it would close 62 pharmacies in its stores.

Price Rite
Wakefern also manages its wholly owned subsidiary, Price Rite, which is a limited-assortment chain of stores found only in Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Virginia, and Rhode Island. As of April 2018, there are currently 66 Price Rite stores; 63 of those are owned outright by Wakefern.

Price Rite in New Jersey
The Price Rite stores in New Jersey are operated individually by Wakefern's cooperative members; in 2014, Wakefern announced that the Price Rite banner would be made available to all of those members, so they can open and operate their own outlets. The North Jersey locations, in Garfield and Paterson, are operated by Inserra Supermarkets, while the South Jersey location, in Camden, operated by the Ravitz Family closed in 2021.

Price Rite Warehouse Clubs (defunct)
The Price Rite name was first used in the early 1990s on Wakefern's failed warehouse club concept stores.

ShopRite Garden Center (defunct)
For many years, Foodarama operated a very small ShopRite Garden Center on Route 130 in East Windsor, New Jersey. In 2004, with the construction of a massive Home Depot directly adjacent to the small store, a decision was made to close the store and Foodarama moved its garden center operations into a 55,000 sqft former Frank's Nursery & Crafts store. The store had operated as a Franks location for four years before the company was liquidated, and the large building combined 23000 sqft of interior selling space with 32000 sqft of covered outside selling area, for a total of 55000 sqft. The ShopRite Garden Center closed in 2008.

ShopRiteDelivers.com
In December 2013, Wakefern launched the ShopRiteDelivers.com website to expand their digital footprint outside of their traditional markets in the Northeast. The website, focused on electronics, bulk order baby care, specialty foods, and health and beauty, has been well received, and has shipped orders to customers in all 50 states. In April 2021, the concept of ShopRiteDelivers was discontinued, with the site now only selling ShopRite and The Fresh Grocer gift cards.

The Fresh Grocer
Wakefern acquired the trademarks of this supermarket chain, which operates primarily in the Philadelphia area when its former owner, Pat Burns, joined the cooperative as its 50th member in August 2013. At the time, the chain had eight stores: five in Philadelphia, one in suburban Upper Darby, one in Wilmington, Delaware, and one in New Brunswick, N.J. The Upper Darby store became a ShopRite, and the New Brunswick and Southwest Philadelphia stores have since closed. The Fresh Grocer stores are smaller than modern ShopRite stores and place a greater emphasis on fresh and organic foods, upscale specialty items and extensive prepared-foods offerings than regular ShopRite stores, giving Wakefern and its members a format that can work in smaller urban locations. Wakefern executives were also quoted in the press as saying that as several The Fresh Grocer stores are located near college campuses, the chain would give Wakefern "new insight into the next generation of consumers" and enable it to reach new customers.

Naming rights
ShopRite is the title sponsor for the ShopRite LPGA Classic.

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Presiding bishop

A presiding bishop is an ecclesiastical position in some denominations of Christianity.

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
The Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) is the chief ecumenical officer of the church, and the leader and caretaker for the bishops of the synods. The presiding bishop chairs the biennial Church-wide Assembly and provides for the preparation of agendas for the assembly, the Church Council and its executive committee, the Conference of Bishops, and the Cabinet of Executives. The Presiding Bishop of the ELCA is elected to a six-year term, available for re-election and is charged with initiating policy, developing strategy and overseeing administration of the entire church. The presiding bishop also serves as a figurehead and speaks on behalf of the entire church.

The ELCA's third Presiding Bishop, Mark Hanson, served two six-year terms from 2001 to 2013. Elizabeth Eaton was elected as the fourth (and first female) presiding bishop in August 2013.

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany
The Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Northern Germany (Nordkirche) is the senior (metropolitan) bishop and principal leader of the Nordkirche, a Landeskirche (member church) of Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland. In German, Nordkirche uses the title Landesbischof (literally: State Bishop). She or he got her or his see in Schwerin. He or she is the primus inter pares of the three bishops in the dioceses (Sprengel). He or she chairs the Conference of Bishops (Bischofsrat) and the Church Executive Board (Kirchenleitung). First Presiding Bishop was Gerhard Ulrich. He was retired in spring of 2019. His successor is Kristina Kühnbaum-Schmidt.

Other Lutheran churches
The Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada (ELCIC), a mainline Lutheran body similar to the ELCA, uses the term "national bishop" for a similar position. Most other Lutheran churches in North America, especially the Confessional Lutheran bodies use a congregationalist structure and call their national leaders "president." The Lutheran Churches of Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Nigeria all use the term Archbishop.

Anglican
In the Anglican Communion (the worldwide family of independent churches following the tradition of the Church of England), several churches' primates are called Presiding Bishop. Among them are the Anglican Episcopal Church of Brazil, the Anglican Church of South America and the Episcopal Church (United States); the primate of Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East is called "president bishop".

Episcopal Church in the United States
In the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, the Presiding Bishop is the chief pastor and primate of the national church and its nine ecclesiastical provinces. The Presiding Bishop is charged with responsibility for leadership in initiating, developing, and articulating policy and strategy, overseeing the administration of the national church staff, and speaking for the church on issues of concern and interest. He or she is the president of the House of Bishops and is elected by the church's General Convention to serve a non designated term. The correct clerical style for the Presiding Bishop is "The Most Reverend".

The role and importance of the office has grown over time. Originally, the Presiding Bishop was simply the senior diocesan bishop who presided over the House of Bishops. In 1919, the office was transformed into an elected one, and in the 1940s the decision was made that the Presiding Bishop should resign any other jurisdictions for which he or she might have pastoral responsibility. In this respect, the office is different from that of many archbishops found in other churches in the Anglican Communion which have diocesan responsibilities in addition to overseeing a national church. In the 1970s, the Presiding Bishop was given authority to enter dioceses for sacramental and preaching ministry, consulting with bishops, and related purposes. The Presiding Bishop was given the title of primate in 1982.

Presently, Michael Bruce Curry holds the position. Elected in 2015, he is the first African American to hold the position.

Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America
Stephen Elliott, first bishop of Georgia was the only Presiding Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Confederate States of America.

Reformed Episcopal Church
Ray R. Sutton is the current Presiding Bishop. This church claims to continue apostolic succession through George D. Cummins who left the Episcopal Church, USA in the 19th century.
 * Note: The Reformed Episcopal Church is not in communion with the Anglican Communion.

United Episcopal Church of North America
The Constitution of the United Episcopal Church of North America refers to the senior bishop as the Presiding Bishop, but within the denomination he is informally referred to as the Archbishop – a hangover from the 1981/4 version of the UECNA Constitution and Canons. The Presiding Bishop acts as Chairman of the House of Bishops and the National Council, and as primus inter pares or 'first among equals'. The Constitution and Canons were modified in 1992 (confirmed in 1996), with the title for the senior bishop reverting to 'Presiding Bishop.' However, the change of title never really caught on, and the 2011 General Convention of the UECNA codified the common custom of referring to the senior bishop as 'Archbishop' by modifying Canon 3 - Of the Presiding Bishop - to reflect this. However, the formal title remains 'Presiding Bishop' and is used in formal documents. The UECNA derives its historic episcopate from the Episcopal Church via Albert A. Chambers and the Anglican Catholic Church, and also from the Philippine Independent Catholic Church through that church's now defunct Anglican Rite Jurisdiction of the Americas. Unlike the Episcopal Church, the Presiding Bishop of the United Episcopal Church may retain his diocese after election, and does not serve a fixed term, but is expected to resign following the election of a successor at the General Convention prior to the incumbent's 72nd birthday. In the event of an unexpected vacancy occurring, the senior bishop by date of consecration having jurisdiction serves as Presiding Bishop until an election can take place. The present holder of the office is Peter D. Robinson.

Latter Day Saints
The Presiding Bishop is a role in the church hierarchy of several denominations of the Latter Day Saint movement. Each Presiding Bishop has two counselors; the three together form the Presiding Bishopric.

The position shares its origin with that of bishop. Edward Partridge was the first man ordained to the office of bishop in the early Church of Christ on February 4, 1831. Partridge became known as the First Bishop and later the "Presiding Bishop" when subordinate bishops were called in the Nauvoo period (1839–44).

After the 1844 succession crisis, the role of Presiding Bishop evolved separately in different denominations of the movement.

In the Remnant Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, a man recognized as a "literal descendant of Aaron" (or Kohanim) can, under the direction of the First Presidency, hold the role of Presiding Bishop alone, without counselors. At this time, the only man to hold the title of Presiding Bishop under these conditions is W. Kevin Romer.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
In the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, the largest denomination of the Latter Day Saint movement, the Presiding Bishop is the highest leadership position within the church's Aaronic priesthood. The three members of the Presiding Bishopric serve as church general authorities and oversee the church's temporal affairs (buildings, properties, commercial corporations, etc.) throughout the world.

Along with the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, the Presiding Bishopric is a part of the Council on the Disposition of the Tithes, which oversees and authorizes the expenditure of all tithing funds. The Presiding Bishopric is also responsible for overseeing the church's Aaronic priesthood, although most of the work in this area is delegated to the Young Men General Presidency.

Since October 2015, the church's Presiding Bishop has been Gérald Caussé.

Community of Christ
The Presiding Bishopric of Community of Christ, the second largest denomination, are the chief financial officers and trustees of the church. As such, they are trustees in trust for all church property, including local congregational facilities. They are responsible for the administration of the temporal affairs of the whole church. They lead the Order of Bishops in providing support and mentoring to the financial officers of congregations and mission centers. The Presiding Bishopric serves also as the presidency of the Aaronic priesthood and leads the Order of Bishops in providing support, training, and advocacy in empowering the Aaronic Ministers. They direct the stewardship education efforts of the church and lead financial development efforts with major donors. The Presiding Bishopric is a part of the World Church Leadership Council, along with the First Presidency and Council of Twelve Apostles. They also serve as members of the World Church Finance Board, which proposes budgets to the World Conference for approval.

The current Presiding Bishop of the church is Ronald D. Harmon Jr., with Wim van Klinken and Carla K. Long as counselors.

Church of God in Christ
The current presiding bishop of the Church Of God In Christ is Bishop J. Drew Sheard, pastor of Greater Emmanuel Institutional Church Of God In Christ located in Detroit, Michigan. The Presiding Bishop is elected every four years by the COGIC General Assembly and Board of Bishops, along with eleven other Bishops who are in charge of executing and overseeing the religious, civil, and economic bylaws and ministries of the denomination, and who work alongside the delegates of the General Assembly and Board of Bishops to provide administration over the denomination. As a result of the 2020 global COVID-19 pandemic, the Quadrennial Election (usually held before the church's Holy Convocation) was postponed till 2021, where Sheard was elected.

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Mpemba

Mpemba is an African name that may refer to
 * Mpemba Kasi, a 14th Bantu kingdom in the Kingdom of Kongo
 * Erasto B. Mpemba (born 1950), Tanzanian game warden who discovered the Mpemba effect in water
 * Parisel Mpemba (born 1978), team handball player from the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Talk:473L system

Google gives many more hits on the 473L Query language (which had a red link that I attempted to fill out by creating this). If we can't find more material on this we may want to delete this article. RJFJR 03:40, Feb 5, 2005 (UTC)

I'm not sure why there is so little on this subject. Is the name I'm searching under correct? RJFJR 03:40, Feb 5, 2005 (UTC)

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Beverley Mitchell

Beverley Ann Mitchell (born January 22, 1981) is an American actress. She portrayed Lucy Camden on the television The WB/The CW series 7th Heaven.

Early life
In 1999, Mitchell graduated from Chaminade College Preparatory School and then began studying film production at Loyola Marymount University.

Career
Mitchell's first major film role was at age 15 in The Crow: City of Angels, playing teenaged drug addict Grace. During the filming of the 1996 movie, she unsuccessfully auditioned for the role of Mary Camden in the new family drama, 7th Heaven. She then read for the part of sister Lucy and was cast.

In 2000, Mitchell had a small part in The Amanda Show as a customer in Moody's Point. In 2003, she played Erica Enders in the Disney Channel original movie Right on Track, based on the early career of the 2014 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Pro Stock champion and her sister Courtney Enders, who was played by Brie Larson. During a hiatus from filming 7th Heaven in 2005, Mitchell played Laura Hunter in the horror sequel Saw II. In 2006, she recorded her debut, self-titled country album. She co-wrote eight of the songs featured on the album, including "Angel", which is about her friend who was killed in a car accident when the two were teenagers. Mitchell starred in the 2007 TV movie I Know What I Saw, which aired on the Lifetime network.

In 2010, Mitchell took on the role of school counselor Katelyn O'Malley on the third season of The Secret Life of the American Teenager. In March 2016, she was cast in the Pop Hollywood Darlings with fellow 1990s' child stars Jodie Sweetin and Christine Lakin. The series premiered April 12, 2017.

In April 2024, it was announced that Mitchell would co-host along with her former co-stars, Mackenzie Rosman and David Gallagher, a 7th Heaven rewatch podcast named, Catching up with the Camdens!

Personal life
Mitchell married her long-time boyfriend Michael Cameron on October 1, 2008, in Ravello, Italy on the Amalfi Coast. Former 7th Heaven castmates Jessica Biel and Mackenzie Rosman served as bridesmaids. They have a son and two daughters.

Awards and nominations

 * Young Artist Awards
 * 1997: Best Performance in a Drama Series – Young Actress (7th Heaven) – Won
 * 1998: Best Performance in a TV Drama Series – Leading Young Actress (7th Heaven) – Won
 * 1999: Best Performance in a TV Series – Young Ensemble (7th Heaven) – Nominated (with Barry Watson, David Gallagher, Jessica Biel and Mackenzie Rosman)
 * 2000: Best Performance in a TV Drama Series – Leading Young Actress (7th Heaven) – Won

 * Teen Choice Awards
 * 2005: Choice TV Actress: Drama (7th Heaven) – Nominated

 * YoungStar Awards
 * 1998: Best Performance by a Young Actress in a Drama TV Series (7th Heaven) – Nominated
 * 2000: Best Young Ensemble Cast – Television (7th Heaven) – Nominated (with David Gallagher, Jessica Biel and Mackenzie Rosman)

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Talk:The Culture of Critique series

Too much criticism?
The criticism section is more than half of this article. Surely the key criticisms can be summarized more succinctly. This is an encyclopedia article after all; not a manifesto. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 190.83.227.76 (talk) 07:03, 24 April 2019 (UTC)

Indeed it looks like another Wikipedia smear piece instead of an objective article. Sad how this site has fallen in recent years. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.6.179.104 (talk) 20:12, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

I concur with the previous comments. It's absurd to describe the guy as a "conspiracy theorist" in the first place. Smack dab at the beginning of his books he writes:

"Perceptions of Jewish group homogeneity are quite possibly behind the very prominent theme of much anti-Semitic writing that despite appearances to the contrary, Jews are working together in a vast interlocking conspiracy to dominate gentiles. Such “conspiracy” theories, some of which are briefly described in Chapter 2, tend to overlook the extent to which different elements of the Jewish community have adopted different and even incompatible strategies vis-à-vis the gentile community"

His books are a defensible evolutionary psychology treatment of Jewish ethno-cultural adaptations. EO Wilson and even Bill Hamilton endorsed at least part of what he argues. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 162.129.251.105 (talk) 21:55, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

You'll notice that the criticism section of articles of things like this are always larger than the rest of the article here on Wikipedia, almost as if the article editor wishes to use the article as their own personal criticism of the subject. I'm sure there's a perfectly reddit explanation for it like sheer coincidence. 47.42.170.138 (talk) 12:26, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

 * Alternate conspiracy theory: the subject of the article is broadly discredited and a consensus among Wikipedia editors reflects this. Generalrelative (talk) 15:51, 8 December 2020 (UTC)

 * Alternate redditor theory: bias begets bias 71.80.200.46 (talk) 22:48, 27 January 2021 (UTC)

NPOV
The problem with the intro is that, rather than laying the information out for readers to draw their own conclusion, it cites some biased article to try to justify defining these books in a certain way. This is a big problem with Wikipedia as a whole at the moment: As long as you cite a source, you can make the article as NPOV as you want. For an example of what I mean, imagine if I opened the article for Gloria Steinem by saying she was a misandric. anti-white activist, and cited The Daily Stormer or Return of Kings as my sources. 12.154.111.67 (talk) 13:08, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
 * We don't summarise non-fiction books the way we do fiction, we rely on secondary sources. We can't have editors deciding which bits to quote or use in some way. Doug Weller  talk 14:02, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
 * All that does is cause editors to pick and choose which sources they want to use. So it doesn't actually solve the problem. This policy has caused Wikipedia to become incredibly biased in its articles on non-fiction and political topics. But I suspect the policy won't change anytime soon, because the higher ups on the site seem to share that bias. 12.154.111.67 (talk) 15:59, 4 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia articles are based on reliable sources. We "pick and choose" sources based on their reputation for accuracy and fact checking. Blaming "higher ups" for how reliable sources describe someone is indistinguishable from playing victim to a grand conspiracy, but it has nothing to do with reliability, or with bias. Grayfell (talk) 05:53, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia reflects the academic / cultural mainstream; that's the purpose of an encyclopedia. So if the overwhelming academic consensus is "this book promotes baseless antisemitic conspiracy theories", we have to reflect that assessment.  Ignoring that sort of consensus among the sources would violate both WP:FRINGE and WP:FALSEBALANCE.  --Aquillion (talk) 20:04, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
 * This article's second link (alleging the unscientific and baseless nature of the series) leads to a blank page on a site dedicated to the history of anti-Semitism, the third link provides no evidence that the book is badly researched or baseless, the fourth relies on the word of an author that admits he hasn't even read the books. If this is the overwhelming academic consensus everyone is talking about, I weep for the state of academia. 111.71.214.153 (talk) 19:12, 9 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Not a lot of people outside the alt-right care enough about this obvious crank to even comment. That said, a quick search revealed:
 * Steven Pinker, the Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University, wrote that MacDonald's work fails "basic tests of scientific credibility." Another scientist, John Tooby, who, along with his wife Leda Cosmides, gave the field of evolutionary psychology its name in 1992, directly challenged MacDonald's work. Tooby told Salon.com in 2000 that "MacDonald's ideas — not just on Jews — violate fundamental principles of the field." John Hartung, the associate editor of the Journal of Neurosurgical Anesthesiology and an associate professor of anesthesiology at the State University of New York, called MacDonald's The Culture of Critique "quite disturbing, seriously misinformed about evolutionary genetics, and suffering from a huge blind spot about the nature of Christianity.
 * I'll go ahead and add this to the pile I suppose. But really, what kind of person would even doubt that this work is unscientific and baseless? Wikipedia is not a safe space for Nazis. Generalrelative (talk) 01:32, 10 March 2021 (UTC)

Characterizations
Excuse me but how is it appropriate to call the author a white supremacist and a conspiracy theorist before we even state his profession "longstanding consensus"? Characterizations like these should be part of the criticism section, not the first line of the summary of this book. It is, at least according to its author, a book about evolutionary psychology. So the author being an evolutionary psychologist should be the first thing about him in the summary. 2A02:587:5468:2800:D9C4:72F8:3641:79AA (talk) 01:01, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

 * The substantive descriptions we use are not based on what subjects say about themselves but rather what the preponderance of WP:RELIABLE, WP:SECONDARY sources say. And it's quite clear that such sources highlight the author's antisemitism, white supremacism, and/or penchant for conspiracy theory whenever they discuss the book. That's why those descriptors are there. Generalrelative (talk) 01:22, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
 * But the author himself never claims to be a white supremacist or an anti-semite. Not saying he isn't one, but shouldn't those descriptors be part of the criticism against him on his own page and not the summary of his book? The only thing that matters about the author is his background as an evolutionary psychologist. 2A02:587:5468:2800:D9C4:72F8:3641:79AA (talk) 02:53, 3 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Separately—is it sort of SYNTHy to introduce him in this way? I haven't done a super deep scrape through sources, but I haven't found descriptions of the book that begin by characterizing their author as a white supremacist and conspiracy theorist. Shouldn't those characterizations be primarily directed at the books in this article, rather than the writer? Most similar articles on published works that I can find don't introduce the author in the first sentence by their commonly observed/characterized political affiliation. Zanahary (talk) 21:27, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I would be fine with first describing the books in those terms, as opposed to their author. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 21:30, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I disagree. The only reason these books are significant, at this point at least, is because of MacDonald's fringe views. They are certainly not treated as being significant works because of the specific ideas within them, for many reasons. In plain language, he pushes white supremacist conspiracy theories, and the simplest way to summarize that is to say he is a white supremacist and a conspiracy theorist. If readers need to know more than that, they can read the rest of the article, but he isn't notable for being a writer who also happens to write white supremacist conspiracy theories, he is notable because he writes white supremacist conspiracy theories. Grayfell (talk) 21:50, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I think it's plainer to say the books push conspiracy theories and antisemitism. Zanahary (talk) 23:57, 5 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I'd be open to this, given the right language. Grayfell is entirely correct about this book series' claim to notability, but that doesn't preclude a copy edit for specificity. How would you (or FFF) suggest rephrasing the opening sentence? Generalrelative (talk) 00:31, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Per sources already cited, MacDonald started from his own unfalsifiable assumptions and worked backwards, which is classic pseudoscience. Multiple sources have noted that his sloppy pseudo-scholarship reflects his racial biases in a way which ignores critical analysis or hard data, or even basic commons sense.
 * To put it another way, MacDonald pushes white supremacy, conspiracy theories, and antisemitism, and these books are only noteworthy as an example of those biases, not on their own merit. The books themselves are not taken seriously as academic works, nor is there any reason to. Making this about the books would be subtly missing the point being made by these sources. Grayfell (talk) 01:02, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I don't understand your point here. The article is about the books, not their writer. If the books are described in reliable sources as being pseudoscientific, etc., then that's what ought to be included. Are you saying these books are non-notable, and the author is instead notable? Zanahary (talk) 01:05, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Folks, let's not get bogged down in the abstract here. The best way to avoid a content dispute is very often to simply suggest some content. I'll ask you again, Zanahary: what do you think an improved opening sentence would look like? I personally have looked at it and can't think of a reasonable improvement, but maybe you can. Let's start there. Generalrelative (talk) 01:22, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
 * I don't accept that a change needs to be made, at least not for the reasons discussed.
 * As an encyclopedia, we should attempt to provide context, not just facts in isolation. The goal of the lead should be to indicate to readers why a topic is notable. This topic is not notable because of the content of the books in isolation, as the body of the article explains. The series is notable because of the context of the author.
 * An additional issue is that MacDonald and his defenders (such as Dutton and arguably Cofnas) have created a narrative that MacDonald is a legitimate academic who wrote a book that is controversial because of the conclusions it reaches. To put it simply, this is false. Reliable sources mostly see this as a cheap trick. The books are discredited because they start from flawed, unfalsifiable premises, bypass actual data, and arrive at even more flawed conclusions, and also, both the starting premise and the conclusion are morally repugnant. To focus on the books in isolation would be to accept MacDonald's narrative. Grayfell (talk) 01:43, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
 * This is all correct, Grayfell. My point is just that if Zanahary (or anyone else) can suggest an improved opening sentence that is consistent with this understanding, there will be nothing for us to argue about. Generalrelative (talk) 01:54, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
 * How about we first open the paragraph with saying its a book about evolutionary psychology and then at the end of the first summarizing paragraph, we say that the book has been widely been found to be pseudoscientific, pushing anti-Semitism and white supremacy? In this way we open objectively and proceed to close the summary of both book and author with the proper and warranted criticism. 62.74.225.38 (talk) 07:08, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

Maybe something like: It was tougher than I thought it'd be. Somehow "antisemitic conspiracy theorist" marches its way off the tongue with grace that "antisemitic cospiracy-theoretical books" cannot manage. Firefangledfeathers (talk / contribs) 01:53, 6 February 2024 (UTC)

 * I think you've nailed it, FFF. What do you say, Grayfell? Generalrelative (talk) 01:55, 6 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Sure, that's fine. I've made the change. Grayfell (talk) 19:10, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

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Will Eno

Will Eno (born 1965) is an American playwright based in Brooklyn, New York. His play, Thom Pain (based on nothing) was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 2005. His play The Realistic Joneses appeared on Broadway in 2014, where it received a Drama Desk Special Award and was named Best Play on Broadway by USA Today, and best American play of 2014 by The Guardian. His play The Open House was presented Off-Broadway at the Signature Theatre in 2014 and won the Obie Award for Playwriting as well as other awards, and was on both TIME Magazine and Time Out New York  's Top Ten Plays of 2014.

Biography
Eno grew up in Billerica, Carlisle, and Westford, Massachusetts and attended Concord-Carlisle High School. He was a competitive cyclist from the age of about 13 until his early 20s.

For three years he attended the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, but dropped out and moved to New York. He is married to actress Maria Dizzia.

Career
His plays have been produced in New York City, Off-Broadway and by regional and European theatres: the Gate Theatre, the SOHO Theatre, and BBC Radio (London); the Rude Mechanicals Theater Company, The Satori Group (Seattle); the Flea Theater, NY Power Company and Naked Angels (NYC); Quebracho Théâtre - Monica Espina (Paris); Circle-X (Los Angeles); The Cutting Ball Theater (San Francisco). Thom Pain has been produced in Brazil, Italy, Germany, France, Norway, Denmark, Israel, Mexico and other countries.

His plays are published by Oberon Books, TCG, playscripts, and have appeared in Harper's, Antioch Review, The Quarterly, and Best Ten-Minute Plays for Two Actors.

Works
The Flu Season was produced by The Rude Mechanicals Theater Company at the Blue Heron Arts Center, New York City, from January 29, 2004, to February 22, 2004. The play won the 2004 Oppenheimer Award, presented by New York Newsday, for best debut production in the previous year in New York by an American playwright.

Although some his plays were originally mainly produced in Britain, Eno has been making headway in New York City theatre ever since the 2004 debut of Thom Pain (based on nothing). Charles Isherwood, theatre critic for The New York Times, called Eno "a Samuel Beckett for the Jon Stewart generation". Thom Pain (based on nothing) was a finalist for the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Oh, the Humanity and Other Exclamations (formerly Oh, the Humanity and other good intentions), which consists of 5 short plays, premiered Off-Broadway at The Flea Theatre from November to December 2007. His play Tragedy: a tragedy had its American premiere at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, California, in March and April 2008. The play has also been produced by The Satori Group, a Cincinnati-based theatre group, in Seattle in 2009, and is usually mentioned along with another of his plays titled, King: A Problem Play.

Middletown opened Off-Broadway at the Vineyard Theatre in November 2010 through December 5, 2010, and Eno won the 2010 Horton Foote Prize for Promising New American Play. Middletown was produced by the Steppenwolf Theatre Company in 2011, Dobama Theatre of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, Third Rail Repertory Theatre in Portland, Oregon, and Actors' Shakespeare Project of Boston, Massachusetts in February 2013.

Title and Deed (a collaboration with the Gare St. Lazare Players of Ireland) made its American premiere Off-Broadway at the Signature Theatre Company from March 2012 to June 2012. The play premiered in Ireland in 2011. His adaptation of Ibsen's Peer Gynt titled Gnit had its world premiere at the 37th Humana Festival of New American Plays in March 2013.

In his Broadway debut, The Realistic Joneses began previews at the Lyceum Theatre on March 13, 2014, and officially opened on April 6, 2014, after a run at the Yale Repertory Theater in 2012. The play is directed by Sam Gold with a cast that stars Michael C. Hall, Toni Collette, Marisa Tomei and Tracy Letts. The New York Times reviewer of the Broadway production wrote: "But don't come to the play expecting tidy resolutions, clearly drawn narrative arcs or familiarly typed characters. 'The Realistic Joneses' progresses in a series of short scenes that have the shape and rhythms of sketches on Saturday Night Live rather than those of a traditional play. (Most are followed by quick blackouts.) And while the Joneses—all four of them—have all the aspects of normal folks, as their names would suggest, they also possess an uncanny otherness expressed through their stylized, disordered way of communicating. ... But for all Mr. Eno’s quirks, his words cut to the heart of how we muddle through the worst life can bring." The regional premiere was performed at Dobama Theatre of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, featuring Joel Hammer, Tracee Patterson, Rachel Zake, and Chris Richards.

In 2014 his play The Open House received its world premiere Off-Broadway at The Pershing Square Signature Center (Signature Theatre), running from February 11, 2014 (previews), officially on March 3 through March 23, 2014. The cast featured Hannah Bos, Michael Countryman, Peter Friedman, Danny McCarthy and Carolyn McCormick with direction by Oliver Butler. The play won the 2014 Drama Desk Award Special Award Ensemble; the 2014 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Play; and 2014 OBIE Awards, Playwriting and Direction.

His play Wakey, Wakey opened Off-Broadway at the Signature Theatre on February 7, 2017, in previews. Directed by Eno, the two-person cast stars January LaVoy and Michael Emerson. The play officially opened on February 27 and ran to March 26, 2017.

His audio play Life is a Radio in Dark was written specifically for actor Toby Jones and was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 in June 2023. The production has a binaural soundtrack.

Literary background
On 5 April 2014, The Economist magazine commented on the comparison of Eno to Samuel Beckett stating: "(Eno) is also quick to acknowledge Beckett's influence, less for the writer's formal inventiveness than for his 'simple human stuff'. For example, he cites the line in 'Endgame' when Hamm declares, 'Get out of here and love one another.'" In response to a query by the critic Jonathan Kalb, he wrote in 2006 that "It would be good for the theatre and for the world at large if there were more signs of [Beckett's] influence--his humaneness, invention, and humility."

Awards and honors
He is a Helen Merrill Playwriting Fellow, a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship, and an Edward F. Albee Foundation Fellow. In 2004, he was awarded the first Marian Seldes/Garson Kanin Fellowship by the Theater Hall of Fame.

Eno received the 2012 PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award.

He has received a resident playwrights award in the Residency Five program from the Signature Theatre Company, beginning in spring 2012. The participants are guaranteed three full world-premiere productions over a five-year residency.

Eno received the 2014 Obie Award for Playwriting for The Open House. The Open House also won the 2014 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play.

Eno and the ensembles of The Open House and The Realistic Joneses received a 2014 Drama Desk Award Special Award, "For two extraordinary casts and one impressively inventive playwright."

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Xerwer

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was DELETE. jni 08:49, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Xerwer
Page is in French, but it is rather obvious vanity (visit the site, for example). ugen 64 03:36, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * "Xerwer is a character created by his shadow in 1997. He has a web site: http://xerwer.wazzza.org/ . He is a permanent student in Quebec. Xerwer" Delete as non-notable/vanity. — Ливай | ☺ 03:47, 5 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, not notable, vanity, article as it stands is un-encyclopaedic. Megan1967 04:03, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, Vanity. Inter 11:20, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Supprimer, c'est à dire delete. Promotion. Andrewa 13:03, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, comme un ombre. Wyss 22:14, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, Bart133 (t) 02:24, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. -- AllyUnion (talk) 05:26, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, promotion of non-notable vanity page. Mgm|(talk) 13:12, Feb 10, 2005 (UTC)

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Lar Park Lincoln

Laurie Jill "Lar" Park Lincoln (née Park; born May 12, 1961) is an American actress. She appeared in the 1987 film House II: The Second Story as Kate, the 1988 horror film Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood as Tina Shepard, and a 1988 episode of the anthology horror series Freddy's Nightmares as Karyn. Lincoln starred in the television series Knots Landing from 1987 to 1991.

Life and career
Park was born in Dallas, Texas. She made her acting debut appearing in the 1985 made-for-television movie Children of the Night and in 1987 played the leading role in the independent comedy film, The Princess Academy. Also in 1987, she appeared in the comedy horror House II: The Second Story and following year starred as Tina Shepard in the slasher film, Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, the seventh installment in the Friday the 13th franchise. She also guest-starred on television series including Hunter, Outlaws, Highway to Heaven, Freddy's Nightmares, and Tour of Duty.

In 1987, Park was cast as Linda Fairgate, the daughter-in-law to Karen Fairgate (played by series star Michele Lee) in the CBS prime time soap opera, Knots Landing. She first appeared in the two episodes of show's ninth season, before returning with bigger role as of season eleven to thirteenth. In 1988, Park also played "Sally’s Friend" in the eight episodes of season 10 of Knots Landing. After leaving the series in 1991, she guest-starred on Murder, She Wrote, Space: Above and Beyond and Beverly Hills, 90210.

Park returned to acting in the mid-2000s, appearing in the Lifetime movie Inspector Mom: Kidnapped in Ten Easy Steps and low-budget productions. Her notable credits include comedy horror film Sky Sharks (2020), meta-slasher film 13 Fanboy (2021) where she plays a fictionalised version of herself being stalked and hunted by an obsessed Friday the 13th fan, and Rose Blood: A Friday the 13th Fan Film (2021), the unofficial fan film continuing the story of Tina Shepard, her character from Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood.

Personal life
Lincoln was married to Michael Martin Lincoln on December 5, 1981, and remained married until his death on December 4, 1995. She has two children and lives near Dallas, Texas. She has been battling breast cancer since 2008, and by 2012 had gone through numerous surgeries.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/A1 (code)

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was DELETE. jni 08:50, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)

A1 (code)
Dictionary def (from FOLDOC) but has no context and makes no sense (i.e. not even a good dictionary definition). It's been in existence for a couple of months without significant improvement. Someone added an example but that seems to be a trivial example and not particularly enlightening (with 2 red links). RJFJR 03:47, Feb 5, 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. No real info. I see no example. -- RHaworth 06:02, 2005 Feb 5 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand. Important information for Wikipedia, personally i didn't know about it. Beta_M talk, |contrib ( Ë-Mail )
 * Delete unless context can be found. Does not currently make any sense. jni 14:28, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * The definition is tautologous. The only external hyperlink is broken.  And "A1 code" fails both the Google Web and (more importantly, given the purported topic) the Google Groups tests, all hits being either Wikipedia mirrors, FOLDOC mirrors, or other submit-it-yourself listings where this very same entry has been submitted.  "Important information" my eye.  Delete. Uncle G 16:14, 2005 Feb 5 (UTC)
 * Delete. I'm not sure how this info would be useful. Carrp | Talk 20:19, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, unhelpful fragment, article explains nothing. Wyss 22:11, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. -- AllyUnion (talk) 05:26, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)