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The Denver Post

The Denver Post is a daily newspaper and website published in the Denver metropolitan area. it has an average print circulation of 57,265. In 2016, its website received roughly six million monthly unique visitors generating more than 13 million page views, according to comScore.

Ownership
The Post was the flagship newspaper of MediaNews Group Inc., founded in 1983 by William Dean Singleton and Richard Scudder. On December 1, 1987, MediaNews, a national newspaper chain with over 60 daily newspapers and over 160 non-daily publications in 13 states, bought The Denver Post from Times Mirror Company.

Since 2010, The Denver Post has been owned by hedge fund Alden Global Capital, which acquired its bankrupt parent company, MediaNews Group. In April 2018, a group called "Together for Colorado Springs" said that it was raising money to buy the Post from Alden Global Capital, stating: “Denver deserves a newspaper owner who supports its newsroom.”

19th century
In August 1892, The Evening Post was founded by supporters of Grover Cleveland with $50,000. It was a Democratic paper used to publicize political ideals and stem the number of Colorado Democrats leaving the party. Cleveland had been nominated for president because of his reputation for honest government.

However, Cleveland and eastern Democrats opposed government purchase of silver, Colorado's most important product, which made Cleveland unpopular in the state. Following the bust of silver prices in 1893, the country and Colorado went into a depression and The Evening Post suspended publication in August 1893.

A new group of owners with similar political ambitions raised $100,000 and resurrected the paper in June 1894. On October 28, 1895, Harry Heye Tammen, former bartender and owner of a curio and souvenir shop, and Frederick Gilmer Bonfils, a Kansas City real estate and lottery operator, purchased the Evening Post for $12,500. Neither had newspaper experience, but they were adept at the business of promotion and finding out what people wanted to read.

Through the use of sensationalism, editorialism, and "flamboyant circus journalism", a new era began for the Post. Circulation grew and eventually passed the other three daily papers combined. On November 3, 1895 the paper's was name changed to Denver Evening Post.

20th century
On January 1, 1901 the word "Evening" was dropped from the name and the paper became The Denver Post.

Post reporters include Gene Fowler, Frances Belford Wayne, and "sob sister" Polly Pry. Damon Runyon worked briefly for the Post in 1905–1906 before gaining fame as a writer in New York.

After the deaths of Tammen and Bonfils in 1924 and 1933, Helen and May Bonfils Stanton, Bonfils' daughters, became the principal owners of the Post. In 1946, the Post hired Palmer Hoyt from the Portland Oregonian to become editor and publisher of the Post and to give the paper a new direction. With Hoyt in charge, news was reported fairly and accurately. He took editorial comment out of the stories and put it on an editorial page. He called the page The Open Forum and it continues today.

In 1960, there was a takeover attempt by publishing mogul Samuel I. Newhouse. Helen Bonfils brought in her friend and lawyer Donald Seawell to save the paper. The fight led to a series of lawsuits as Post management struggled to maintain local ownership. It lasted 13 years and drained the paper financially. When Helen Bonfils died in 1972, Seawell was named president and chairman of the board. He was also head of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA). The Center was established and financed primarily by the Frederick G. and Helen G. Bonfils foundations, with aid from city funds. The majority of the assets of the foundations came from Post stock dividends.

By 1980, the paper was losing money. Critics accused Seawell of being preoccupied with building up the DCPA. Seawell sold the Post to the Los Angeles-based Times Mirror Company for $95 million. Proceeds went to the Bonfils Foundation, securing the financial future of the DCPA. Times Mirror started morning publication and delivery. Circulation improved, but the paper did not perform as well as required. Times Mirror sold The Denver Post to Dean Singleton and MediaNews Group in 1987.

21st century
In January 2001, MediaNews and E.W. Scripps, parent company of the now defunct Rocky Mountain News, entered into a joint operating agreement (JOA), creating the Denver Newspaper Agency, which combined the business operations of the former rivals. Under the agreement, the newsrooms of the two newspapers agreed to publish separate morning editions Monday through Friday, with the Post retaining a broadsheet format and the News using a tabloid format.

They published a joint broadsheet newspaper on Saturday, produced by the News staff, and a broadsheet on Sunday, produced by the Post staff. Both newspapers' editorial pages appeared in both weekend papers. The JOA ended on February 27, 2009, when the Rocky Mountain News published its last issue. The following day, the Post published its first Saturday issue since 2001.

The Post launched a staff expansion program in 2001, but declining advertising revenue led to a reduction of the newsroom staff in 2006 and 2007 through layoffs, early-retirement packages, voluntary-separation buyouts and attrition. The most recent round of announced buyouts occurred in June 2016.

In 2013, just before legalization in Colorado, The Denver Post initiated an online media brand The Cannabist to cover cannabis-related issues. First led by Editor in Chief Ricardo Baca, the online publication has surged in popularity, beating the industry veteran High Times in September 2016. Thirty layoffs were announced for The Post in March 2018, according to the Denver Business Journal.

Management by Digital First Media
On September 7, 2011, John Paton, CEO of Journal Register Company, was appointed CEO of MediaNews Group, replacing Singleton, who stayed on as the Post's publisher and CEO of MediaNews until his retirement in 2013. He remains non-executive chairman of the organization. With the move, the Post also entered into an agreement with the newly created Digital First Media, led by Paton, that would provide management services and lead the execution of the company's business strategy in conjunction with Journal Register. Paton stepped down as CEO of Digital First in June 2015, and was succeeded by longtime MediaNews executive Steve Rossi.

In the same announcement, the company said that it would no longer be seeking a sale.

In 2017, The Denver Post announced that its headquarters were moving to its printing plant in North Washington in Adams County, Colorado.

Newsroom cuts and criticism
The operation of The Denver Post by Digital First Media, under the ownership of Alden Global Capital, has come under extensive criticism from workers at the newspaper and outside the organization. The hedge fund has made "relentless cost cuts" since taking ownership in 2010, despite the reported profitability of the Post, principally by laying off the newspaper's staff. Margaret Sullivan of The Washington Post called Alden Global Capital "one of the most ruthless of the corporate strip-miners seemingly intent on destroying local journalism." Under Digital Media First, the number of journalists in the newsroom was reduced by almost two-thirds by April 2018, to around 70 people. This represents a drastic fall from the over 250 journalists which The Denver Post employed before 2010, when it was purchased by Alden Media Group. At one point before 2009, the joint-operating agreement between The Denver Post and The Rocky Mountain News boasted a 600-strong staff of journalists, before the bankruptcy of the Rocky Mountain News that year.

The announcement of 30 more layoffs in March 2018, which reduced the paper's newsroom from 100 to around 70 people, prompted a denunciation of its owners from the editorial board of The Denver Post. The editorial decried Alden Global Capital as "vulture capitalists" who were "strip-mining" the newspaper; it concluded that "Denver deserves a newspaper owner who supports its newsroom. If Alden isn't willing to do good journalism here, it should sell the Post to owners who will." The editorial board pointed out that the cuts were hamstringing the ability of the Post to provide quality coverage of the fast-growing Denver region, and compared the size of its newsroom unfavorably to those of other newspapers in cities of comparable or smaller size to Denver. Alden's "harvesting strategy" is what prompted Greg Moore, editor of The Denver Post from 2002 to 2016, to step down.

The "open revolt" of the Denver Post against its owners garnered support and praise from other newspapers and journalists, including Mitchell Landsberg of the Los Angeles Times and Joe Nocera of Bloomberg View.

In 2020, a documentary, News Matters, was released that follows the bold attempt by Colorado journalists to save the 125-year-old Denver Post while the hedge fund owner Alden Global Capital slowly drains profits from the paper and dismissing journalists.

Controversies

 * In February 2014, The Denver Post began publishing a section entitled "Energy and Environment", funded by Coloradans for Responsible Energy Development (CRED), a pro–natural gas group. The stories in the section are written by outsiders, not by DP reporters. A banner across the top of the section reads "This Section is Sponsored by CRED". Nevertheless, critics express concern that the section risks confusing readers about the distinction between advertising and reporting.

 * In January 2020, Jon Caldara of the Denver-based Independence Institute, a weekly columnist for The Denver Post, was fired after publishing two conservative articles on sex and gender. In a column arguing for greater openness in public affairs, excoriating the Colorado legislature for avoiding the legally required referendum on a new state tax by repackaging it as a “fee” — and then prohibiting hospitals from listing the fee on patients’ bills. On the same theme, he criticized the state’s educational authorities for imposing a speech code forbidding speech considered “stigmatizing”. “In case you hadn’t noticed,” he wrote, “just about everything is stigmatizing to the easily triggered, perpetually offended.” Continuing on his theme of transparency, he also complained that the schools were not doing enough to make parents aware of the contents of their sex-ed curricula. While Caldara believes his "insistence" on the existence of only two sexes was "the last straw" for his column, he emphasizes "the reason for my firing is over a difference in style." He was officially fired for failing to use "respectful language" and the lack of a "collaborative and professional manner."

Editors
Editors of The Denver Post include:
 * Arnold Miller
 * Robert W. Ritter, 1989–?
 * F. Gilman Spencer
 * Neil Westergaard
 * Dennis A. Britton
 * Glenn Guzzo
 * Gregory L. Moore, 2002–2016
 * Lee Ann Colacioppo, 2016–present

Notable columnists
Former columnists include Woody Paige in sports, Tom Noel on local history, Mike Rosen on the commentary page. Other columnists included David Harsanyi, Al Lewis, Mike Littwin, Penny Parker and Michae Kane.

Pulitzer Prizes
The Denver Post has won nine Pulitzer Prizes:

 * 1964: Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning by Paul Conrad
 * 1967: Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning by Pat Oliphant
 * 1984: Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography by Anthony Suau
 * 1986: Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for a series on missing children
 * 2000: Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting for its coverage of the Columbine High School massacre
 * 2010: Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography by Craig F. Walker
 * 2011: Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning by Mike Keefe
 * 2012: Pulitzer Prize for Feature Photography by Craig F. Walker
 * 2013: Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting for its coverage of the 2012 Aurora, Colorado shooting

References not listed below can be found on the linked pages.

National and international awards

 * 2015 and 2016: Radio Television Digital News Association's Edward R. Murrow awards, including Lindsay Pierce/“Kailyn’s Spirit” in 2016, three in 2015.
 * 2015: Pulitzer Prize finalist in Explanatory Reporting for coverage of Colorado's marijuana laws.
 * 2007: Pulitzer Prize finalist in breaking news for The Denver Post's coverage of Colorado's back-to-back blizzards.
 * 2007: Four awards for outstanding business coverage from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers (SABEW) for the newspaper's 2006 series on Colorado's mortgage foreclosure epidemic, titled "Foreclosing on the American Dream".
 * 2007: Former Post staff writer Eric Gorski was awarded first place in "Best of the West" contest in the Business and Financial Reporting category for "The Gospel of Prosperity", a look at the finances of the Heritage Christian Center.
 * 2007: Visual journalists at The Post won 10 awards in two international newspaper competitions – nine Awards of Excellence in the 28th annual Society of News Design judging and a bronze medal in the 15th annual Malofiej International Infographic Awards, held in Pamplona, Spain.

Local and regional awards

 * 2013: The Carson J Spencer Foundation "Media All-Star" award for responsible reporting on suicide.
 * 2007: The Denver Post won 22 top awards in two Colorado journalism contests, including the award for general excellence from the Colorado Associated Press Editors and Reporters (CAPER). The staff of denverpost.com was awarded top honors for online breaking news.
 * 2007: The Mountain States Office of the Anti-Defamation League presented Denver Post editorial cartoonist Mike Keefe with its annual Freedom of the Press award.

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Talk:Mount Merapi

Violent Explosion?
"On May 15, a violent erruption finally occured, blowing the cap off Mount Merapi. Lava continues to flow following the main erruption."

I've seen stories about the eruptions getting steadily bigger, but nothing like this. Can anyone confirm? Dymero 00:49, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I feel bad about those poor people that might. So sad... IThink4u 01:09, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm hoping that all will heed the evacuation order. I've read that some haven't.  Anyway, I see that the section was modified, so I guess my question was answered. --Dymero 01:43, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

I added some text ealier this evening which was removed: On May 15, deadly heat clouds containing toxic gases started tumbling down the side of the mountain.

Wetman (rv psychic predition by User:Brat32)

I don't appreciate sarcasm - it's poor communication. I'm new to this and perhaps I did not add the source correctly - I had several reliable sources e.g. http://www.antara.co.id/en/seenws/?id=12684

Brat32

 * With an event like this it's best to be pretty conservative in adding to an article. There will be constant reports of activity, some will be accurate, others will not.  It doesn't hurt to wait to see if reports are confirmed - after all, we're not trying to be a news service.  In this case, the deadly 'heat clouds' are presumably pyroclastic flows - I'd be wary of reports that invent their own volcanic terminology!  Worldtraveller 08:33, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

 * The conservativeness of this article hmmm. There are a whole range of local cultural features that really should be in this article to counter the crap that news bureaus pickup and never get corrected on.  In the 1930's the London Times articles about the eruptions focused on the dutch/european casualties, and more or less ignored the hundreds of locals killed - now in 2006 the wiki persons who lurk to keep the article clean, and leave out the socio-cultural aspects of what is a substantially symbolic and significant location in the landscape of the people who live around the volcano, maybe a separate article on volcanoes in java should be created that is not neat and "scientific" but which realises the issue of volcanoes in the minds of the javanese!!!!!!!124.178.35.222 11:48, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I live in Perth, Western Australia. Will we be getting some awesome Krakatoa-style sunsets resulting from this, or is it too small? Battle Ape 13:11, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Well you never know - should the eruption become a really big one, eject say 2 or more km³ of ash and inject a lot into the stratosphere, it could create global effects. But such eruptions are rare and no-one can possibly say whether this one will become one.  Worldtraveller 13:30, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
 * If such thing happen I think Yogyakarta will be bury in lava and lahars, isn't it? Why I don't get such sunset here in Bandung?Aditthegrat 15:49, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

The article claims a death toll of 9000 but the news reports claim no more than 5000. --168.215.251.1 02:33, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

Wikipedia main page info about eruption exagerated
I have been following the probable impending eruption of Merapi on the BBC news, and when I saw on the Wikipedia main page, today (16th May) that "Mount Merapi (pictured), a volcano in Central Java, Indonesia, erupts." I thought that it had finally blown. In fact, when I checked the latest facts from the BBC website it is in fact the opposite, http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4985086.stm.

Perhaps there are those that would argue that the current activity qualifies as "erupts", but I think there is a big difference qualitatively and quantatively between the activity of Merapi at the moment and the activity that we all anticipate will occur shortly.

I'm rather disappointed with Wikipedia for thus misreporting on the main page such things, and would (if I could edit the main page), change the wording to indicate more accurately the actual activity currently occuring. I would ask anyone with the authority to make the main page clearer to do so.

Brusselsshrek 11:17, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Unfortunately the media is misreporting it. When lava is flowing from a volcano, it is certainly an eruption, but some sections of the media are wrongly giving the impression that only when there's a big explosion will it be an eruption.  Anyway, I tweaked the entry on the main page slightly.  Worldtraveller 11:36, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks Worldtraveller! Brusselsshrek 14:11, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Misuse of Merapi as an anti-nuclear news issue
A number of Australian newspapers are running a combined story on the current Merapi activity along with the Suharto era planned Gunung Muria Nuclear Power Station proposal which has had a go-ahead by the current administration (which will no doubt create fear in Australia if anything ever went wrong, but totally ignores the approximately 50 million plus indonesian who would be in range of the Muria station well before any poor distant Australians) User:SatuSuro 15:37, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

 * I'm a lazy bastard that won't do a search. So, any link to the news report? __earth (Talk) 15:49, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Muslim Ruler at 1006?
''A very large eruption in 1006 covered all of central Java with ash. The volcanic devastation is believed to have led to the collapse of the Hindu Kingdom of Mataram, and the ensuing power vacuum allowed Muslims to become the rulers of Java.''

I've deleted this. The power in Java just shifted to eastern Java from Kingdom of Mataram to Kediri. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aditthegrat (talk • contribs)

 * This is from Decker and Decker, cited in the references, so I've restored it. Worldtraveller 10:43, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

 * The etymology of this quote quite possibly emanates from the work of Hinloopen van Labberton (or somebody sounding like that) from trawling palace archive reccords either in the 1920's or 1930's in Yogyakarta and Surakarta and making interpolations from javanese dating systems (problematic enough in itself), and since then the stories have been claims for Merapi, and other reasons. There is no proof in any way as to the reasons for the shift, assertions for an exact date and specific shift are simply conjecture.

Best way to go to is to disclaim such unprovable items and defer to the pre-eminent singaporean archaeologist John Miksic on page 63 of 'Indonesian Heritage: Ancient History' 1996 .."The historical record of central Java suddenly falls silent in 919 a.d.. By 928 a.d. the javanese rulers were based in  east java.....theories for the kingdom's eastward move range from volcanic eruptions, to epidemics, to attacks from Sriwijaya,  but no evidence has yet confirmed or refuted any of these explanations".

From Miksic and others, the aeitology of the move of power from central java to east java is so open to conjecture and lacking in hard evidence it deserves careful thought as to how to explain something we really know nothing about. Merapi eruption dates in the first millenia c.e. are not necessarily a hard fact.

Anyone making claims for an exact date of the eruption need more than just a secondary source, as I have suggested that if they derive from dutch colonial writers, dating systems are suspect. Also if any volcanology source cites 1006, that in itself is not good enough, unless dating has been done on ejectaa or strata - due to the nature of the 'derivative' use of unverifiable sources.SatuSuro 13:50, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Actually I'm not objected entire sentence. I'm objected about muslim ruler at that year. Majapahit are rule Java about 1293-1500 and they were Hindu kingdom. Maybe there are several muslim at the palace family, but they were not ruler. The rise of muslim influence is about thirteenth century. That's all my opinion.Aditthegrat 19:05, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

 * If this is indeed a good article, it should have neither the 1006 date or the conjecture about the shift of power without either careful provisos about being speculative, otherwise some very good supporting evidence flagged. I have pointed to what miksic wrote oin 1996, if someone has a better source, please place the good work up for us to see!User:SatuSuro 13:36, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

Destructive potential
This article needs a clear statement conveying just how bad a big blow of Merapi would be (I'd do it myself but I'm no authority). If the expected Big One comes, will it be another Krakatoa?; will the ash cover make summer feel like autumn in the western hemiphere?... that sort of thing. Are these potentials even known? JDG 00:48, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
 * It's really impossible to predict, and Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. The size of any upcoming eruption can only be guessed at in the broadest terms, and volcanoes generally defy prediction.  Merapi could stop erupting tomorrow, or it could undergo an enormous eruption - just no telling really.  Worldtraveller 01:27, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Really? I find that surprising. I mean, one always hears things like "...and Mt. Etna is X times more powerful than Vesuvius" and "Tambora was a world-record explosion waiting to happen". These sorts of comments seem to presuppose the validity of pre-knowledge of a given latent volcano's destructive potential. JDG 19:11, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I suspect statements like that are not coming from volcanologists! Some eruptions happen without any precursors - such as that at Galeras in 1993, which killed six volcanologists.  Some far exceed what was anticipated from the precursors, like the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.  Others pretty much live up to expectations - Mount Pinatubo for example - but they are rare and luck plays a huge part.  Other volcanoes seem to be building to a climax and then stop.  This happened at Rabaul in 1983, when the caldera floor rose by a metre and seismic activity shot up, but no eruption occurred.  All you can really say in very general terms is that eruptions on the ring of fire are explosive, and somewhere along the ring at some point another Krakatoa-sized eruption will occur.  On a much longer timescale, a Toba-sized eruption will occur.  But when, and where, no-one knows.  Worldtraveller 19:23, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't mean to contradict you, World (you're obviously an authority), but what do you make of the statements of "Subandriyo, a chief geologist at the volcano office in Yogyakarta", who is paraphrased as saying, "even a strong eruption from the 2,914-meter (9,616-foot) [Mount Merapi] would still be less powerful than other volcanic activity in the region such as Mount Galungung in West Java and Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines. In a scale of 1 to 10, a major Merapi eruption would be at around three." This is from ... So this guy at least seems to think he can judge max blast potential just by knowing the characteristics of the brooding mount... JDG 19:54, 28 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, volcanologists are always, always under pressure to make a prediction. His prediction is really very cautious - Pinatubo was the largest eruption for 80 years so saying it won't be as large as that is pretty safe!  But you just never know...  Worldtraveller 20:51, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Going back to the JDG original request for a big bad blow conjuecture, is technically impossible, and the answer is a very clear NO. If the article was as good as it claims to be, then the physical outlline of the details of the very large explosion of the older form of Merapi (which can be found in Van Bemmelen's work..) shows that the very worse case scenario could be going back to what that particular explosion did - literally blow everything out to across to Muntilan, to the west and south west to sleman, and very close to the edges of Yogyakarta. It would be a toba in that sense. But to re-paraphrase what world is pointing out - any geologist who knows about Toba and its history knows the potential lies within the statistical range (an event that might be expected within a 10,000 year probability in other words), so that any quote from a local vulcanologist about the volcano must be compared and predicated from the record of the last two hundred years events which are sufficiently dated.. (sic 1007, or should that be 1066, hmm...) and the behaviours of the volcano in that time.

Anyone who knows nothing about the history of the eruption history should be in reality guided to (a) van bemmelens detective work on the earlier volcano that did the equivalent of a massive event at some stage in the past (b)  recent ie  not longer than 200 year range of eruptive events. The patterns of behaviour within the recent eruptive record have shown the lava dome building up, collapsing, the eruption - and also a fairly predictable pattern (excepting for directions, as south west has been the most common direction of the last 80 years)  But as world points out the vitally important   when and where no-one knows.. One of the problems for a decade volcano like merapi is that the amount of attention from volcanolgists over the last thirty years has been immense, and with the recent level of monitoring utilising fairly sophisticated technology - is that the problem for the common person accessing wiki would want to think that all the foreign volcanogists who have flown in over this time would have a better go at guessing... sorry JDG it dosnt work that way, what with the separate earthquake and the merapi event, we could have a toba event tommorrow ( I hope to god it dosnt as the loss of life would exclipse the tsunami, but there's no guarantee)... all the money spent on monitoring and modelling merapi behaviour gives no one a license for prediction beyond the sun coming up tommorow. Oh well folks, pray to the god of merapi that he/she/it wants to go back to sleep..User:SatuSuro 09:23, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the answers, World and SatuSuro. I have no doubt all you are saying is so. But what I've been trying to focus on here is not the when and where, or even the how big—I've just been trying to nail down what the biggest, most destructive eruption of Merapi would be like, whether it happens today or 400,000 years from now. Can volcanologists look at a mountain, tally up its size, the likely capacity of its internal chambers, its "taproot" to the molten layer and whatever other physical parameters might be relevant, and say "the absolute worst explosion from Merapi would release X kinetic energy and X quantity of ash." Subandriyo of the Yogyakarta office appears to be making just such a statement when he says Merapi, in an all-out blow, would not exceed "a three". Is that to be taken seriously? JDG 22:26, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

Ok, you get 11 out of 9 for persistence. subandriyo is no doubt working from the very limited understanding which has been gained from the huge amount of money spent by the indonesian, french, german and other volcanologists and their sponsoring institutions to understand the "small cycle" which merapi has exhibited over the last hundred years or so. It is highly unlikely that any volcano has ever been assessed in terms that you mention, most of volcanic understanding is de facto, or otherwise broadly statistical (once every 10,000 years likely to have another tambora or toba etc etc). Imagination and statistics might be invoked when looking at the older merapi and its outer edges, but it is very unlikely that any current understanding of what is happening below would be sufficient to give indication if a toba like event was to happen, imho. However if world or someone else can come up with refs that show that models can be invoked to predict volume and or intensity - bring em on! But to nail down how big Merapi could go - the earlier volcano was very big, and it blew itself out, then the younger one started up again, and so on, similar to the krakatoa process... one can only guess, i guess... :) User:SatuSuro 00:43, 30 May 2006 (UTC) It's all a bit like watching gollum melt in the end of the lord of rings movie - you'll never know unless you're there - and it will be the end anyway!

Last Map in external links
Although still in, the last map referred to is innacurate and should not be taken literally, place names adjacent to Merapi appear to be inserted without consistency. No mention of Muntilan, Kaliurang or Selo anywhere (at least the provincial boundary is not as widely out as the map put into the article!). A very good indication of where the map is the Yogya - Magelang railway line still inserted on map, it has been removed in most places and has been out of use for decades! Be very careful when inserting any maps of the region, very few are in any way accurate! They should always be inserted with disclaimers/provisos "This map has errors and should not be used for any purpose other than... " etc User:SatuSuro 05:37, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

Constant Vandalism
There is a need for a sys op to keep tags of this art as the vandalism is too constant for an ave edit person!!!User:SatuSuro 13:35, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Delisted GA
This artcile has been delist for a number of reason include incomplete information about the volcanoes affect on the population including culturally, and instability due to the current eruptions and the changes being caused by the current events Gnangarra 16:08, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Caution
Archaeologists with extensive experience in Java and southeast asia do not accept the "precision" of the claims for the "1006" eruption and its affect upon the region. The claims do not reflect rigorous scholarship, as their is insufficient evidence to date for the claims. As a result, and to improve the quality of this article, anyone re-editing the added cautions should note any claims of accuracy about events prior to the 1600's should come up with some very good refs and cite them clearly SatuSuro 13:34, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

I agree. As of this writing, 1006 appears in two places (which I suppose proves it's not a typo for 1606 or some other century). I also object to the phrase "has erupted regularly since 1548":

1. The year 1548 does not appear elsewhere in the article, so why is it significant?

2. The adverb "regularly" is undefined, bordering on POV. At the least, a list of years suggesting a frequency of more than twice per century since 1548 (or a better watershed) should be inserted.

This article is about a mountain, and should not be confined entirely to volcanic activity:

3. Relationship of lava flows and agricultural fertility merits a paragraph or even a whole section -- after all, those outside the ring of fire might wonder why people live near "deadly" volcanoes.

4. Some comparison with other volcanoes (at least on Java, if not ring of fire) should be made in regard to "regular" activity (see point #2 above). Or a geological standard used for comparison.

Martindo (talk) 09:01, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

Trivia
I removed this from the article - WP:AVTRIV. It could be integrated into the main text somewhere maybe. 81.178.193.145 08:53, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

 * The infamous high temperature volcanic gas that is usually unloaded during mount Merapi's increasing volcanic activity is known locally as "Wedhus Gembel", which is translated as Shaggy Goat in English.

HOW MANY PEOPLE DIED? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.255.252.75 (talk) 08:27, 6 October 2008 (UTC) Ithink the safety of the people is bad because of the dteah toll there —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.255.252.75 (talk) 08:31, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

height of merapi in micrometers.
after reading the newest version of the article that mentions what height (until 3 digits behind the comma) merapi reaches now (and it is pretty high for a vulcano) i got really curious what was it's former or average/standard/minimum height. it's not in the article, perhaps it would be nice to elaborate some on that.80.57.43.231 (talk) 10:40, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

 * Bad typo, I have removed that dome data height as it is a few thousand meters higher than the mountain. That would be a scary sight indeed. I have been searching for the original source but as the Pusat Vulkanologi & Mitigasi Bencana Geologi have now got their new website up and running the temporary page they had available there on the cited date is no longer there. Now there is only info 1 Nov onwards. I am searching for a cached version. Not that it helps much in terms of the height error but if it helps answer the question ...the readings were were apparently taken using (I assume laser) range finders to 6 points around the rim. Felix 11:43, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Airbus A330-300 registration OY-VKG - engine damaged by ash on 28 oct
removed from article on 7 november : At least one Hajj flight from Solo to Batam is known to have had engine trouble related to volanic ash. reason : Airbus A330-300 registration OY-VKG operated on behalf of Garuda, performing Hajj flight GA-6010 from Solo City to Batam with 383 pilgrims and further on to Jeddah (Saudi Arabia), was about 30 minutes into the flight when a sulphuric smell was noticed in the cabin later followed by some slightly abnormal engine indications in the cockpit. The airplane continued to Batam for a safe landing on schedule. The airplane was not able to continue to Jeddah on schedule due to ashes ingested by the engines. This account contradicts the earlier reports in the Indonesian media and on aircraft/airline industry news sites that reported blade failure due to ash damage. It should be noted that the aviation advisory of that day had the ash plume travelling S/SW and Solo's Adisumarmo International Airport (SOC) is 19MN (35km) to the east of Merapi. (INFO SOURCE: Ground reports. AVIATION COLOUR CODE: RED. ERUPTION DETAILS: High level eruption observed from ground at 08Z. OBS VA DTG: 28/1215Z. OBS VA CLD: SFC/FL300 S0730 E11035 - S0835 E10935 - S0720 E10845 - S0730 E11035 MOV SW 15KT

The aircraft has a new engine fitted and experienced a known phenomemon of blade tip rubbing (as notified by RR). The smell was there and the engine stalled. Merapi had erupted and the aircraft took off from Solo. All facts which pointed towards ash ingestion except the first, which wasn't known by the crew. The engine was boroscoped and no evidence of ash found. The aircraft is again happily plying its' trade on the Hajj. Felix (talk) 12:53, 7 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I later qualified the story as best I could and then put it back in as an adjunct to the sub-section on Ash in the main article with a refer onto the 2010 eruptions article. Felix (talk) 10:15, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Etymology
It is not sure that Merapi is based on Meru and Api. Meursault2004 (talk) 19:19, 21 November 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes i know, since i live at Yogyakarta, i've been talking with local people there is no prove about merapi's name is based on Meru and Api the only truth is about Fire Mountain. Aldnonymous (talk) 00:56, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

Do not discuss about recent eruption in here
Please go to this page for discussion about 2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi. Please go this page if you want to discuss about recent eruption Talk:2010 eruptions of Mount Merapi. Aldnonymous (talk) 01:03, 12 December 2010 (UTC)

An awful mess of an article
Ah Wikipedia, sometimes great, sometimes like this. This needs to be completely rewritten by someone who can speak and write English. Antimatter33 (talk) 03:12, 23 July 2012 (UTC)

Rituals
http://en.qantara.de/content/syncretism-in-indonesia-where-islam-mixes-with-old-rituals

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/nov/15/merapi-volcano-spirit-guardian-tradition

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Isn't this just a synonym for Puncak Jaya? --84.137.4.114 10:59, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

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Hooterville Cannonball

The Hooterville Cannonball is a fictional railroad train featured in Petticoat Junction, an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from 1963 to 1970. The train was considered an "important character" by the show's producers, and producer Paul Henning hired railroad historian Gerald M. Best to make sure that the locomotive sounds used on the show were authentic to a train of the same type and age.

The 1890s-style train with a whimsical schedule gave the otherwise fanciful show a degree of authenticity; Henning said that "the train's weekly appearances on TV might set the space age back 50 years and drive train buffs insane with delight, but without it our show would lose its character image." Later, Henning admitted, "When I started Petticoat Junction, I had one aim. If people thought to themselves, 'Gee, I'd like to spend a few days at that beat-up hotel' or 'I'd like to ride that funny little railroad,' I knew we would make it."

Petticoat Junction
The most unusual "character" in the Petticoat Junction cast is the Hooterville Cannonball, an abbreviated 1890s vintage train consisting of a steam locomotive and a single combination car (with a baggage and passenger section). The train is operated more like a taxi service by engineer Charley Pratt (Smiley Burnette) and fireman/conductor Floyd Smoot (Rufe Davis). It operates on a long forgotten spur between Hooterville and Pixley that was disconnected from the railway's main line after a flood destroyed a trestle twenty years before the start of the series. It is not uncommon for the Cannonball to make an unscheduled stop in order to go fishing or to pick fruit for Kate Bradley's menu at the Shady Rest Hotel. Occasionally, Betty Jo Bradley can be found with her hand on the Cannonball's throttle, as running the train home from trips into town is one of her favorite pastimes.

With cast changes, Smiley Burnette's death at the end of Season 4 was the basis for writing Charley's death into the story line in Season 5 and having Floyd run the train alone as engineer/conductor. He was replaced in Season 6 by Byron Foulger as Wendell Gibbs. Due to Foulger's failing health, the train engineer was no longer a main character in most episodes of Season 7. However, Rufe Davis appeared as Floyd in two guest appearances, and was addressed once off-screen as an invisible character.

J. Homer Bedloe (played by Charles Lane) is vice president of the C&FW Railroad, the owner of the Cannonball. Bedloe is a mean-spirited executive, and he periodically visits the Shady Rest Hotel and attempts to end the train service of the Hooterville Cannonball (and never succeeds).

In Episode 2 of Season 1, "Quick, Hide the Railroad", the three Bradley sisters sing a tribute song to the Hooterville Cannonball while Kate charms C&FW Railroad Vice President Homer Bedloe into keeping the Cannonball in service. In Episode 31 of Season 1, "Charley Abandons The Cannonball", engineer Charley Pratt picks up his guitar and sings an ode to the train. The lyrics are sung roughly to the tune of "Wabash Cannonball".

Production
Henning said that the train was based on his memories of growing up in Independence, Missouri, which was serviced by the Air Line Railroad: "Every morning, the little old wood-burning train chugged into town. Every afternoon, it chugged out. Where did it go? We weren't quite sure, but we dreamed about climbing aboard some day, in search of adventure. Its low, mournful whistle was a siren song."

Two Hooterville Cannonball trains were used for filming. The working model was the Sierra No. 3 locomotive, and it was used to film all the exterior "long shots", including the show's opening and closing credits. The train was built by the Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works of Paterson, New Jersey in 1891. This locomotive is still operational at Railtown 1897 State Historic Park in California, after a complete restoration that was finished in 2010. Clint Eastwood was part of a fundraiser for the restoration. He was familiar with the Sierra No. 3 from his days on the western television show Rawhide, and he used it in his films Pale Rider and Unforgiven.

A full-scale prop locomotive was used for studio sound stage scenes. It was built in 1950 by 20th Century Fox for a movie called A Ticket to Tomahawk, starring Dan Dailey, Walter Brennan, Rory Calhoun and Marilyn Monroe. Built of wood, fiberglass and metal, it was a replica of a Rio Grande Southern #20, which starred in the film as a fictional locomotive called the Emma Sweeny (the Emma Sweeny is actually referenced in the fourth episode of the show when a spare part is needed to repair the Cannonball). RGS #20 was used for scenes in the film when the locomotive ran normally on the track, and the model was used for the scenes where it was off the track and being pulled by mules. The original 1950 cost of the elaborate studio mock-up was $40,000. Later in the 1950s, Fox sold the locomotive replica to Harvey Dick, who used it for the décor of the Barbary Coast Lounge in the lobby of his Hoyt Hotel, an 1890s style gas-light hotel in Portland, Oregon. Harvey Dick loaned the replica to the producers of Petticoat Junction in exchange for the prominent screen credit seen at the end of each episode, "Train furnished by Barbary Coast, Hoyt Hotel, Portland, Oregon". It was also used in the show The Wild Wild West for scenes of the engine and tender. The model can easily be distinguished on screen from Sierra #3 by its driving wheels - the model has evenly spaced driving wheels, like RGS #20, while Sierra #3 has a large gap between the second and third driver axles. The model is also considerably smaller than Sierra #3, since RGS #20 is a narrow gauge locomotive.

In the 1970s, the locomotive replica was purchased by Sacramento restaurateur/collector Sam Gordon. Gordon displayed it in the parking lot of his Sam's Stage Coach Inn (Sam's Town) along Highway 50 in Cameron Park, California, about 30 miles east of Sacramento. The replica fell into disrepair. In 1979, John Queirolo and Rick Stevenson purchased the locomotive and later gave it to the Amador County Museum in Jackson, California, where it was restored and displayed. In August 2011, the Amador County museum sold the locomotive replica to the Durango Railroad Historical Society in Durango, Colorado. The model has been restored to its original state as the Emma Sweeny, and is on public display under shelter in Santa Rita Park in Durango.

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Merge List of volcanoes in Paluweh
I suggest that the list be merged as prose into this article as its only 2 volcanoes. Gnangarra 13:33, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, this article is about one volcano, while List of volcanoes in Paluweh is a list article. Instead merging to this article, I would suggest to redirect List of volcanoes in Paluweh into List of volcanoes in Indonesia. — Indon ( reply ) — 11:37, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * My original reason for suggesting a merge to here is that Paluweh redirects to this page. I have no problem with Indons option, its a good solution. If the information is in the Indonesian list then just create the redirect. Gnangarra 11:42, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Done. :-) — Indon ( reply ) — 15:43, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Eruption caused by tsunami?
Is it correct? The biggest eruption occurred on 4 August - 25 September 1928 which was due to the tsunami and earthquake.

 * Earthquakes cause tsunamis,but do tsunamis cause eruptions? Pabobfin (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 05:27, 22 May 2013 (UTC)

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Felix505 (talk) 05:49, 10 May 2010 (UTC)felix505 The text I have added may benefit from a check over by someone familiar with the finer points of the capitalisation style guide (Felix505 (talk) 04:16, 10 May 2010 (UTC))felix505

I am concerned regarding the treatment of the emergence of Gunung Barujari (G. Baru). Some information is presented on the internet describing Gunung Barujari as first appearing as an outcome of the 1994-1995 eruptions in the caldera. This information appears in several locations and publications I have viewed on the internet.

Vulcanology sources however describe Gunung Barujari as the source of historic eruptions and activity dating back to 1847. ie: from  Global Vulcanism Program - Rinjani   »  Eruptive History: Start Date: 1847 Sep 10 	Stop Date: 1847 Sep 12 - Dating Technique: Historical Records - Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI):  2 - Area of Activity: Gunung Barujari.

Gunung Barujari is well documented in a wide range of authoritative publications as being the location of as an eruptive site prior to 1994. ie: --- In May 1994 a glow was noticed on the crater floor of Barujari cone, which at this time had undergone no significant activity since August 1966. A portable seismograph (PS-2) and telemetry seismograph (Teledyne) were put into operation on 27 May and 9 June, respectively. One volcanic earthquake event/day was recorded on 27, 28, 30, and 31 May. After 4 June, however, volcanic tremor with a maximum amplitude of 35 mm was recorded, presumably associated with the upward movement of magma. At 0200 on 3 June1994, Barujari cone began erupting by sending an ash plume 500 m high. One 8 June 1994 press report described emission of "smoldering lava" and "thick smoke," as well as ashfall in nearby villages from an ash cloud rising 1,500 m above the summit. Between 3 and 10 June 1994, up to 172 explosions could be heard each day from the Sembalun Lawang volcano observatory (~15 km NE). During this period, seismic data indicated a dramatic increase in the number of explosions per day, from 68 to 18,720. Eruptions were continuous at least through 19 June 1994, with maximum ash plume heights of 2,000 m on 9-11 June 1994.[20] --- Black-and-white reproduction of a Space Shuttle infrared photograph of Lombok Island and Rinjani sometime during 7-16 May 1992 (Figure 1). The elevation-controlled shading is thought to reflect vegetation zones. NASA photograph number STS-49-97-051 is available at:  and appears on the Global Vulcanism - Monthly Reports page for Rinjani. It is a NASA photo taken from a space shuttle overflight in 1992 and clearly shows Gunung Barujari siting in the caldera at that time. I hope that photograph will clarify the matter for any sceptics.Felix505 (talk) 04:16, 10 May 2010 (UTC)felix505

 * I cannot find a government or academic reference to an "eruption" in 1996 so I have edited the intro section to remove 1996. The section now describes: 1994-1995 instead of 1994-1996.
 * It now reads ...' 'The first historical eruption occurred in September 1847. The most recent eruption of Mount Rinjani was in May 2010 and the most recent significant eruptions occurred during a spate of activity from 1994 to 1995 which resulted in the further development of Gunung Barujari.' '

 * Please see  for a formal documentation of the history and abbreviated detail of rinjani eruptions. If anyone turns up formal documentation of an eruption event in 1996 then please post it also on the wikitravel discussion page at  to ensue the detail is not missed on that page.
 * If I am in error here and there was a formally documented eruption of rinjani in 1996 or even a news media article then please correct the history section of the page to reflect that but if anyone does so please do ensure that the source is a credible one and perhaps post a link or academic citation to the information on this discussion page to ensure clarity. Please do not refer to internet sites that are simply parroting or cutting and pasting ' ' 1994 - 1996' ' from pre-may 2010 versions of either the wikitravel rinjani page or the wikipedia rinjani page. It appears that many of the tourism information and commercial rinjani trekking pages are doing this, or just copying and pasting each others text back and forth.Felix505 (talk) 14:32, 16 May 2010 (UTC)

Nice
Good job on it. Res Mar 03:24, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

13th Century
There is a rumour that this may be the unnamed eruption described by Franck Lavigne as "the biggest volcanic eruption in 7,000 years" and dated to 1257 or 1258. --Rumping (talk) 18:35, 16 June 2012 (UTC)

Samalas
Should Samalas redirect here? See for example 1258 using this designation for the volcano. Does anybdoy know why there are two names? --Tobias1984 (talk) 10:10, 2 October 2013 (UTC)

 * I think for now we can redirect Samalas volcano to Mount Rinjani. I suggest we create a special section about Samalas in this article. From many source I can said that Samalas volcano is different from Rinjani (and they are very close). For now Samalas volcano is no longer exist, remain only caldera there. *Annas* (talk) 06:26, 25 October 2013 (UTC)

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The volcanology chapter is outdated. I know that there have been eruptions in both 2016 and 2018 which are not listed 84.147.122.220 (talk) 13:09, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

PIA26281: Rinjani Caldera, Indonesia
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New York Air

New York Air was a low-cost airline in the United States owned by Texas Air Corporation and based at Hangar 5 at LaGuardia Airport in Flushing, Queens, New York. It ceased operations on February 1, 1987, in a merger with Continental Airlines.

New York Air was well known for its onboard bagged snacks, known as "The Flying Nosh".

Foundation
In September 1980, Frank Lorenzo's Texas Air Corporation announced plans to launch a low-fare airline in the Northeast US, which would then become known as New York Air. The carrier would be the second airline to launch following the deregulation of the US airline industry, which allowed Texas Air to freely expand its operations without government intervention. New York Air would initially compete with Eastern Airlines and its Eastern Air Shuttle service, which offered hourly service between New York's LaGuardia Airport, Boston's Logan Airport, and Washington DC's National Airport, by operating a similar hourly service between the three cities, but offering lower fares than Eastern, and also offering advanced reservations and complimentary drinks and snacks, which Eastern didn't offer. The airline then planned to expand and offer service to other cities along the East Coast. Plans were also announced for a large operation in White Plains, however that never commenced. Founding New York Air president, Neal F. Meehan, had been a senior manager at both Continental Airlines and at Texas International Airlines (TI). In September, 1980, he assembled a team of airline managers; within 90 days it had hired, trained, uniformed, and drilled New York Air's flight crew, flight attendants, dispatchers, terminal, ramp and reservations personnel. Office and maintenance facilities in the hangar which had originally housed American Airlines headquarters at LaGuardia in the 1930s were thrown up rapidly, and the carrier obtained FAA certification as an adjunct to TI's certificate. In one notable vignette, New York Air managers interviewed over a thousand candidates for flight attendant, reservations, and airport jobs in one day of group interviews held at New York's famed Town Hall Theater, in November 1980.

New York Air commenced operations on December 19, 1980, with a flight from New York LaGuardia to Washington National, however only 5 of the 125 seats on the aircraft were filled. By April 1981, New York Air had an average 62% load factor, close to its break-even load factor of 65%, and had generated a $1.5 million loss. Executives described this as a 'moderate success', however subsequently raised fares on its LaGuardia flights.

Initial struggles
Following its launch, New York Air quickly expanded and established a hub operation in LaGuardia, with new service to Cleveland beginning in April 1981, as well as smaller focus cities in Boston and Washington National. However several planned destinations, such as Dayton, Pittsburgh, and service to several destinations in Upstate New York, were scrapped. A LaGuardia-Detroit service was operated for a short period, before being shifted to Newark, where the airline began a secondary smaller hub operation. By July, services from LaGuardia to Cincinnati and Louisville had also begun. By December, the airline had a fleet of 13 DC-9-30 aircraft.

The 1981 Air Traffic Controllers strike badly affected New York Air's operations and its finances. The strike led to long flight delays, encouraging passengers to avoid flying. In order to ease delays, the Federal Aviation Administration reduced the number of available slots in Northeastern airports, forcing airlines to cut flights. Larger airlines were able to counter this by using larger aircraft, such as Eastern's decision to operate 260-seat Airbus A300s on its shuttle flights. This meant that Eastern could still carry the same number of passengers per day despite the slot reductions, reducing the damage to its income. Due to New York Air's small fleet, it was unable to follow a similar tactic, and its shuttle service was heavily damaged by the slot restrictions. This, as well as Eastern's larger aircraft flooding the market, led to New York Air ending its Boston service after less than a year in operation.

To maintain a presence in Boston, the airline established a hub at Logan Airport, offering service to Baltimore and Orlando. However, these services proved to be unprofitable, and the Boston hub was closed by the end of 1982. Services to Cleveland, Cincinnati and Louisville had also been cut due to competition from larger airlines such as Eastern and United. To keep the airline afloat, Texas Air provided a $10 million cash injection, and banks provided $15 million in revolving credit. Another $15 million was obtained through the sale of 1.8 million shares. To keep the company going through winter 1981, the airline sought another $10–15 million from its banks.

Union disputes
New York Air was established as a non-union company, angering the Airline Pilots Association (ALPA), as well as staff at Texas International Airlines, also a Texas Air subsidiary, who branded New York Air as a 'runaway shop'. A week after New York Air commenced operations, a number of Texas International employees began picketing outside LaGuardia Airport, claiming that the airline was an attempt by Texas Air to get around Texas International's union contracts, and that the company was seeking to remove unionized staff by shifting operations to the non-union New York Air. Meehan denied this, stating that New York Air was "completely separate from Texas International" and would be prepared to negotiate contracts if its staff chose to unionize.

ALPA soon began a full-scale campaign with the intention of preventing New York Air from growing as a non-union airline. In July 1981, ALPA set up what it called a 'political campaign-style operation', with a call centre and volunteers mailing informational material, against the airline. Leaflets and brochures were created, describing New York Air as 'Texas Air's Bad Apple' (a play on New York's 'Big Apple' nickname, and referencing the apple icon in New York Air's logo), and containing damning statistics about the airline, such as its poor on-time record and reputation for overbooked flights. Badges with printed 'Please Don't Fly New York Air' titles on them were also produced. The materials used an edited version of the New York Air logo with a rotten apple. In August 1981, ALPA began picketing in Boston and Washington DC.

In what ALPA described as a 'desperate attempt' to gain business, the airline began offering limited-time 29 cent fares, which could only be purchased in-person. These promotional fares created large crowds of people seeking to purchase New York Air tickets. Images of these crowds were broadcast by local media, who then repeated ALPA's claims and brought attention to its campaign against the airline. ALPA picketers also handed out anti-New York Air leaflets and material to those waiting to purchase promotional fares.

Months after the campaign commenced, Lorenzo agreed to a new contract for Texas International pilots, however didn't offer a contract to New York Air pilots. ALPA planned to begin picketing at Newark Airport, however then began winding down the campaign in order to focus on supporting the 1981 Air Traffic Controllers strike.

Restructuring and expansion
In 1982, it became clear that the airline was in trouble. By the end of 1981, New York Air had lost $11 million, with an additional $8.2 million lost in the first quarter of 1982. In July 1982, Meehan resigned as president, and was subsequently replaced by Michael E. Levine, who was appointed as chairman in February. Under Levine's leadership, New York Air repositioned itself as a full-service airline and began targeting business passengers with premium service but still at fares which were typically lower than on competing carriers.

Levine first shrunk New York Air's network, and introduced new services to underserved destinations with more business demand. In August 1982, shuttle service between LaGuardia and Boston resumed, and schedules between LaGuardia and Washington National were changed so flights would leave LaGuardia on the hour, rather than on the half-hour. The airline also began offering complementary bagels on morning flights, as well as wine and newspapers, allowing the shuttle to compete more effectively with Eastern. Similar shuttle services were also added from Newark, initially only to Washington National.

In 1983, the airline began a small hub operation at Raleigh-Durham Airport, with connections to Greenville, Knoxville, Savannah, and later Orlando, as well as feeder service on Air Virginia and Sunbird Airlines. The carrier targeted the hub at passengers who would usually connect through larger Southeastern hubs such as Atlanta or Charlotte. A private boarding lounge known as the 'Apple Club' was offered to passengers connecting through Raleigh, reinforcing New York Air's new premium model. By September 1984, service to Boston, Greenville, Knoxville and Orlando from Raleigh had ceased, with remaining service from Raleigh ceasing by 1985. Raleigh briefly returned to New York Air's network as a connection from Washington Dulles in September 1986.

By the end of 1983, the airline was profitable for the first time, and began ordering larger McDonnell Douglas MD-80 aircraft to supplement its DC-9 fleet.

In October 1984, Texas Air ordered 24 Boeing 737-300 aircraft, 8 of which would be delivered to New York Air beginning in 1985. This marked the first time New York Air operated Boeing aircraft, as well as any aircraft not produced by McDonnell Douglas.

In July 1985, New York Air announced it would open a hub at Washington Dulles Airport. Construction began on a $3.6 million concourse to handle the expanded number of flights, which featured an 'Apple Club' restaurant. By the end of 1985, New York Air had 35 flights a day from Dulles, and eventually made the airport its main operational focus. The airline also continued expanding its Boston and LaGuardia operations with seasonal service to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.

Merger with Continental
Beginning in 1986, Texas Air started co-ordinating the operations of all of its subsidiaries. New York Air began code-sharing with other Texas Air subsidiaries, such as on Continental Airlines' services into Dulles. This then led to a co-operation between Continental and New York Air, branded as the 'New York Air/Continental Team'.

Also in 1988, Texas Air sold New York Air's shuttle service to Pan Am, in order to gain government approval for its planned takeover of Eastern Airlines. NYA then shifted its LGA to BOS and DCA flights to Newark. This led to the closure of New York Air's LaGuardia hub, which it had operated since the airline's 1980 launch.

In January 1987, Texas Air announced its intention to merge New York Air, along with fellow subsidiaries Frontier Airlines and People Express Airlines, into Continental. According to Lorenzo, the merger was necessary in order to ensure both Continental and Texas Air had 'the strength and size to compete in tomorrow's air travel market', and also made Continental the third largest airline in the US. New York Air's operations ceased on February 1, 1987 and its aircraft were subsequently repainted with 'Continental's New York Air' titles before gradually being repainted into the full Continental livery.

New York Air's Newark to Boston and Washington National shuttle was retained by Continental and operated with former NYA 737-300s and DC9s as a stand-alone operation for local passengers not connecting with other Continental flights, ironically from the former People Express North Terminal. Continental also operated the former People Express 727-200s between Newark, Boston and Washington from Terminal B as "system flights" which permitted connections to other former PE flights, now branded as CO at Terminal B. The Washington Dulles hub was initially retained and subsequently expanded through the acquisition of gates from Presidential Airways, as well as taking over Dulles routes from Eastern, however by 1989, Continental had closed the Dulles hub. Once Newark's Terminal C opened, the former NYC shuttle flights ceased operation from the North Terminal and were folded into the operations at Terminal C.

Cities served

 * Baltimore (Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport)
 * Boston (Logan International Airport)
 * Charleston (Charleston International Airport)
 * Cincinnati (Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport)
 * Cleveland (Cleveland Hopkins International Airport)
 * Detroit (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport)
 * Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood (Fort Lauderdale – Hollywood International Airport)
 * Greenville/Spartanburg (Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport)
 * Hartford (Bradley International Airport)
 * Islip (Long Island MacArthur Airport)
 * Jacksonville (Jacksonville International Airport)
 * Knoxville (McGhee Tyson Airport)
 * Martha's Vineyard (Martha's Vineyard Airport)
 * Nantucket (Nantucket Memorial Airport)
 * New Orleans (Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport)
 * New York City (JFK Airport)
 * New York City (LaGuardia Airport)
 * Newark (Newark Liberty International Airport)
 * Orlando (Orlando International Airport)
 * Raleigh/Durham (Raleigh-Durham International Airport)
 * Rochester (Greater Rochester International Airport)
 * Savannah (Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport)
 * St Pete-Clearwater (St Pete-Clearwater International Airport)
 * Washington, D.C. (Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport)
 * Washington, D.C. (Washington Dulles International Airport)
 * West Palm Beach (Palm Beach International Airport)
 * White Plains (Westchester County Airport)

Fleet
New York Air operated 40 aircraft painted in a red color scheme with a stylized "apple" logo on the aircraft tail, evoking New York's nickname "The Big Apple." The airline operated mostly DC-9 and MD-80 aircraft but it did utilize a small number of Boeing 737-300 aircraft.
 * 20 – McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30
 * 12 – McDonnell Douglas MD-82
 * 8 – Boeing 737-300

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Cable

Cable may refer to:

Mechanical

 * Nautical cable, an assembly of three or more ropes woven against the weave of the ropes, rendering it virtually waterproof
 * Wire rope, a type of rope that consists of several strands of metal wire laid into a helix
 * Arresting cable, part of a system used to rapidly decelerate an aircraft as it lands
 * Bowden cable, a mechanical cable for transmitting forces
 * Rope generally, especially a thick, heavy ("cable laid") variety

Transmission

 * Electrical cable, an assembly of one or more wires which may be insulated, used for transmission of electrical power or signals
 * Coaxial cable, an electrical cable comprising an inner conductor surrounded by a flexible, tubular insulating layer, coated or surrounded by a tubular conducting shield
 * Power cable, a cable used to transmit electrical power
 * Submarine communications cable, a cable laid on the sea bed to carry telecommunication signals between land-based stations
 * Fiber-optic cable, a cable containing one or more optical fibers
 * Networking cable, used to connect network devices
 * Telecommunications cable, used for telecommunications in general

Communication by cable

 * Cable television, a system of providing television programs to consumers via electrical cables
 * Cablegram, a telegram sent over a submarine telegraph cable
 * Diplomatic cable, a confidential text message exchanged between a diplomatic mission and the foreign ministry of its parent country

Places

 * Cable Street, London, UK
 * Cable, Illinois, an unincorporated community in Mercer County, Illinois
 * Cable, Ohio, an unincorporated community in Champaign County, Ohio
 * Cable, Minnesota, an unincorporated community in Sherburne County, Minnesota
 * Cable, Wisconsin, a town in Bayfield County, Wisconsin
 * Cable (CDP), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community within Cable, Wisconsin
 * Cable Building (New York City)

Music

 * Cable (British band), a British alternative rock band
 * Cable (American band), an American metalcore band
 * The Cables, a Jamaican rocksteady/reggae group

Other uses

 * Cable (surname), a surname (including a list of people with the name)
 * Cable (foreign exchange), the British pound/US dollar currency pair rate
 * Cable knitting, a style of knitting in which textures of crossing layers are achieved by permuting stitches
 * Cable length, a unit of distance related to the nautical mile
 * Cable (character), a superhero in Marvel Comics
 * TheCable, a Nigerian online newspaper
 * Cable (comic book), several comics series featuring the Marvel character
 * USS Cable (ARS-19), a US Navy rescue and salvage ship
 * USS Frank Cable (AS-40), a US Navy submarine tender
 * Cable knot, in mathematics (knot theory)

title: Cable


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Talk:Sabalan

Is it Lesser Caucasus?
First sentence said: "Sabalan (Persian: سبلان [sæbæ'lɒːn], Savalan ) is an inactive stratovolcano in the Lesser Caucasus mountain range and Ardabil Province of northwestern Iran."

If this is true, then it is highest peak of Lesser Caucasus? On Lesser Caucasus page it is written: "The highest peak is Aragats, 4,090 m (13,420 ft)."

Obviously informations doesnt match.

Crobackpacker (talk) 00:58, 31 December 2020 (UTC)

I agree, this must to change. UserXpetVarpet (talk) 12:45, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

Move to Mount Sabalan?
Should this article be moved, as per (just a few examples) Mount Baker and Mount Ararat? -- Ec5618 07:25, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

Title of the article
If it is possible, please change the title of article to "Mount Sabalan (Savalan)" like Mount Everest or Mount Damavand. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.187.109.122 (talk) 16:40, 27 October 2013 (UTC)

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Lesser Caucasus or Armenian Highlands?
Since this part is unsourced I added two sources that show its correct location. I couldn't find any source amplifying it's in Lesser Caucasus so I change this to Armenian Highlands for now. If anyone finds more reliable sources, add or replace the existing ones. UserXpetVarpet (talk) 13:34, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Random sites do not count as sources (see WP:RS). Iranica makes no mention of Sabalan being part of the Armenian highlands; "The mountain and its surroundings are part of the Armenian-Azerbaijan knot of mountains, where Pontus and Taurus mountain chains have their eastern roots and Alborz and Zagros their starting point.". Moreover, searching "Sabalan Armenian" in Jstor does bring anything up about Sabalan being part of the Armenian highlands. --HistoryofIran (talk) 14:00, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

Lesser Caucasus is completely unsourced so it needs to be removed. UserXpetVarpet (talk) 14:06, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

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Talk:Sahand

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It would not hurt to put to put some better pictures on here. It said to be beautiful mountain. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.38.144.241 (talk) 22:02, 29 August 2008 (UTC)

Name
What is your problem exactly? If the name is Latin, delete it. Arabic script of Azerbaijani language is used in Iran. example Journals, magazines, newspapers, radio and television, University and Culture and Literature Foundation.-- Samək Talk 12:18, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
 * That's still not enough reason. This is a mountain located in Iranian Azarbaijan, it has nothing to do with with Azeri people or Azeri language, and the name of mountain is of Iranian origin, not of Azeri origin. Azeri spelling is useless for readers. -- Kouhi (talk) 12:37, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
 * There is a mountain where Azerbaijani natives who live around it. Azeri spelling is useless for readers? Do you recognize this? The answer is not convincing, is most of defiance. for example write the name of the native and Latin in Sanandaj article, no problem? But for cities and regions of Azerbaijan is wrong.-- Samək Talk 15:46, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Spellings should be useful for readers. I already explained why Azeri spelling is irrelevant and useless here. It is irrelevant who live around the mountain. The mountain has no relation with "Azeri language". Mahmoud of Ghazni could be a good example here: You even can't add Turkish spelling to Mahmoud of Ghazni since this language is completely irrelevant to him even though he is of Turkic descent (another example is Persian spelling to Parthian Empire). Your sanandaj example is not an argument. I'm not responsible for every article in wiki, if there's something wrong with an article, you could fix it yourself, but thanks for mentioning that, I was almost forgetting Kurdish-related articles. -- Kouhi (talk) 16:00, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
 * Instead of living in the past Now to find out. Parthian? Now 21st Century and Turks live in North-west of Iran. They are entitled all cities and mountains and the sea and with their own pronunciations. you do not edit in Kurdish articles.....? I'll do-- Samək Talk 16:08, 3 November 2016 (UTC)
 * These are all irrelevant. You should establish a connection between this mountain and "Azeri language", by citing some reliable sources (which is impossible since the name has no connection with this language). And your Parthian argument is irrelevant. In order to add a spelling to an article, there should be a connection between that language and the subject of the article. There's no connection between Azeri language and Sahand mountain, the same way there's no connection between Parthian Empire and New Persian language. -- Kouhi (talk) 16:13, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

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text: Talk:Mount Akagi

title: Talk:Mount Akagi


text: Talk:Mount Myōgi

title: Talk:Mount Myōgi


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hashim fakher hashim

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. -- AllyUnion (talk) 08:51, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Hashim fakher hashim
A prank played on poor Hashim fakher hashim who, having a degree from "the prestigious University College London", would clearly never do something as silly as making a vanity page on Wikipedia about himself. (Unverifiable article on non-notable graduate student.) / up+land 05:37, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable. Megan1967 06:53, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Mikkalai 07:08, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, whatever. Wyss 20:33, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, despite 0 google hits, our mysteriously unlisted friend also finds himself concurrently listed among famous UCL alumni stochata 00:06, 11 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable. Carrp | Talk 13:19, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.


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Amerigo

Amerigo may refer to:

People

 * Amerigo Dumini (1894–1967), Italian fascist activist
 * Amerigo Gazaway (born 1986), American musician
 * Amerigo Paradiso (born 1962), Italian footballer
 * Amerigo Petrucci (1922–1983), Italian politician
 * Amerigo Thodé (born 1950), Curaçaoan politician
 * Amerigo Tot (1909–1984), Hungarian sculptor and actor
 * Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512), Italian merchant, explorer and cartographer after whom the American continents were named

Other uses

 * Amerigo, a 1978 LP by Italian singer-songwriter Francesco Guccini
 * "Amerigo", a song from the 2012 album Banga by Patti Smith
 * Amerigo, Sinterklaas's white horse
 * Amerigo Bonasera, a fictional character from The Godfather by Mario Puzo

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Talk:Uterus

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Double uterus

Nat Geo
Anyone know the title on english of the Nat Geo documentary about human and animal formation in the womb, it have images of the baby in formation (but idk if are real or just CGI)--ometzit<col> 23:55, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

Womb
Article gives no information on etymology of "womb" or "uterus", and thus I am having difficulty understanding what all the fuss was about in the recent edit war. — Rickyrab | Talk 20:34, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

Anatomy
As a pelvic surgeon i had to correct some of the anatomical errors.

```` —Preceding unsigned comment added by JustAnMD (talk • contribs) 04:15, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Teeth in the uterus
I have read of teeth in the uterus and seen pictures of MRIs and so forth showing this. I understand there is a term for it. Someone ought to post that infor here. --Scottandrewhutchins 15:21, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Forms
Can someone expand the "forms in mammals" section? What exactly do those terms mean? I can make rough guesses based on the word-forms, but it would be nice to have more information Nik42 (talk) 23:47, 25 April 2008 (UTC)

Menopass
Being an women how many time and how long the menopass can happen if it happens twice amonth and what will the problem  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.164.59.79 (talk) 18:12, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Hysteria?
Why does "Hystera" redirect to "uterus"? This should be changed asap if there are no objections. If this is a reference to "female hysteria", there is an entire article on that so surely that is where hysteria should be redirected (that is, if it needs to be redirected at all??) Bohemian89 (talk) 13:46, 22 February 2010 (UTC)
 * "Hystera" spelled without the "i" is an alternative transliteration of "hustera," the Greek word for uterus. It is not to be confused with "hysteria," a state of mind in which emotions are exaggerated. The Mysterious El Willstro (talk) 07:10, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

OK, folks, let's get a grip here! The English word "uterus" derives from the Latin, which itself derives from Greek ὑστέρα; <>   And yes, English word 'hysteria' is related to Greek word for womb-- ὑστέρα;  something to do with ancient believe that female hysteria was caused by the womb being in the wrong place. (ref--https://www.etymonline.com/word/uterus?ref=etymonline_crossreference). This should represent a basic knowledge of any college graduate re the English Language and its derivation. To say nothing of basics of surfing the www.StevenTorrey (talk) 14:34, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

Contents of Uterus
What is in the uterus of a human female who is just completed a menstrual period and is not pregnant? Is it air, or a salinic fluid? Somehow, the sperm "swim" through it, making me think it is filled with a salinic fluid of some kind, which is incorporated into the developing lining between the end of one period and the onset of the next menstrual period. GBC (talk) 12:45, 15 June 2010 (UTC)

Slight issue with "womb" redirect
The word "womb" should be a Disambiguation rather than a straight Redirect. Here is why.

In present-day use, "womb" is indeed a synonym for "uterus," and this has always been at least one of its uses. In archaic use, however, the word "womb" could also refer to the stomach of a female, as long as its owner was still female. I Italicized the word "stomach" because I'm referring to the actual digestive chamber, not to the erroneous use of "stomach" to describe a pregnant uterus. ("With a baby in her stomach"--Hopefully not, but people say that...)

In Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, as Romeo is about to climb into Juliet's tomb to poison himself, there is one interesting line where he personifies his upcoming suicide as a female monster who is about to eat him. He speaks of entering her "maw" (mouth) and addresses her referring to the grave as "thy womb of death" (Italics added).

I suggest that we make a Disambiguation Page where "womb" can go to "uterus" or "stomach," perhaps with a parenthetical note that the latter use is archaic. The Mysterious El Willstro (talk) 04:11, 17 July 2010 (UTC)

Item (2) on diagram
At first glance, it looks like a line leading only as far as the ovary so I made a correction (?) to the caption for (2) (was "uterus", now "ovary"). Taking a closer look it could be that the line goes farther to correctly identify the uterus. The diagram should be fixed to avoid misreading the (2) pointing to the ovary. In the meantime I will leave the changed caption because that thing up there (ovary) probably should be mentioned on a diagram like this. If someone is able to repair / clarify the diagram please also review the caption, thanks. Walkingstick3 (talk) 06:57, 14 August 2010 (UTC)

NPOV and "uterine orgasm"
I read parts of this article in passing, fixing a link out. It is loaded with unlikely and unsourced claims, such as that the uterus is required for orgasm to occur. 69.3.72.249 (talk) 19:53, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

I would also like to question that mention of "uterine orgasm." I don't believe that that is a medically recognized concept. Google Scholar turned up a few mentions postulating the existence of such a thing, mostly from sources that were either not very current or not very reputable. I suggest this sentence be removed. Audiosqueegee (talk) 01:08, 22 September 2011 (UTC)
 * As I stated at Talk:Orgasm: In the Orgasm section, it's not called a "uterine orgasm." It says "Orgasm may also be achieved by stimulation of the nipples, uterus, or other erogenous zones, though this is rarer." And it's backed to the Herbert A. Otto (1988) source New Orgasm Options: Expanding Sexual Pleasure. I don't believe most researchers have identified a "uterine orgasm," but some seem to believe that a woman can have a genital orgasm (the way an orgasm is typically defined) by stimulation of the uterus. This source, for example, says, "Four major nerves bring signals from women's genitals to their brains. The pudendal nerve connects the clitoris, the pelvic nerve carries signals from the vagina, the hypogastric nerve connects with the cervix and uterus, and the vagus nerve travels from the cervix and uterus without passing through the spinal cord (making it possible for some women to achieve orgasm even though they have had complete spinal cord injuries." Personally, since the uterus is categorized as part of the female genitals (a sex organ), I find a woman achieving an orgasm through some kind of uterine stimulation more believable than achieving it through nipple stimulation.

 * Anyway, I removed the unsourced line you two have objected to. Also seen in that link is an IP removing this barely-there section which linked to the deleted Uterine orgasm article. Flyer22 (talk) 20:57, 23 September 2011 (UTC)

Uterus?
My question is "What is the name and cause of a condition in the Uterus .When the woman has a "chunk' of fatty tissue that seems to interfere with the ability to procreate? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 136.159.208.39 (talk) 19:53, 12 March 2011 (UTC)

I propose to mention the latin phrase "extremitas uterina" in the body
Extremitas uterina connects uterus by ligamentum ovari proprium. It should be mentioned in the body too with the professional names. — Preceding unsigned comment added by SaminTietokirja (talk • contribs) 22:11, 5 June 2012 (UTC)

Gravid uterus
Can someone please add a section for "gravid uterus"? Thank you! --209.105.212.176 (talk) 15:45, 17 November 2012 (UTC)

"For twins born of different fathers, see Uterine siblings."
I understand that this hat note is because the target "Uterine siblings" is related to this article's keyword.

However, the section/article linked to is concerned with discussions of relations in general. The "twins born of different fathers" angle is almost completely lost; yes, they count as half-siblings, but that is much less specific than what the hat note "promises".

If this was about "twins born of different fathers" then a more appropriate link would be needed, one that specifically discusses the details of having two babies that aren't full siblings at the same time.

However, since this is about linking to ""Uterine siblings" we instead need a better description that more accurately conveys the subject of the link. I'll pick some language from that article to do precisely that.

CapnZapp (talk) 10:34, 30 November 2013 (UTC)

My OBGYN Dosen't test well
My OBGYN said that I had bladder issues relating to blood in my urine, but it turns out I got a second opinion and they found out that my uterus was slightly enlarged plus I have a bloody mass on the outside of my uterus and I don't know what this is related to.

Function
I don't have the time to devote to fixing it at the moment, but the "Function" section could use some work. In particular, the part about the uterus' role in sexual response is certainly incomplete, questionably accurate, and unsourced. DoctorEric (talk) 15:25, 11 August 2017 (UTC)
 * howdy! medical student here who will edit to ensure completeness and provide reliable sources for overall uterine function. anticipate having this completed within the next two weeks--Alleynad (talk) 14:22, 24 October 2023 (UTC)
 * howdy howdy! I have edited the "function" portion of the article to reflect completeness and accuracy. I have added reliable sources as references. thank you. --Alleynad (talk) 20:50, 30 October 2023 (UTC)

"Intrauterine" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Intrauterine&redirect=no Intrauterine] has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at until a consensus is reached. An anonymous username, not my real name 14:42, 19 February 2023 (UTC)

Accuracy edit
Tarsiers have bicornate uterus?

( according to another wikipedia page, no less (last paragraph, first section)) 120.21.218.12 (talk) 22:54, 16 June 2023 (UTC)

Wiki Education assignment: TCU SOM Wikipedia Elective
— Assignment last updated by Alleynad (talk) 14:21, 24 October 2023 (UTC)

Do rabbits have bipartite uteri or duplex uteruses?
Wiktionary accepts both uteri and uteruses as ways to pluralize uterus, but this Wikipedia article doesn't mention uteruses. (i have seen both Wikipedia and Wiktionary mention common spelling mistakes and usage errors, but i don't know if uteruses is one.)

Rabbit links to bipartite uterus, which redirects to Uterus.

Uterus says duplex and bipartite uteri are different, and lists rabbits as a type of animal with a duplex uterus.

Rabbit says The adult female reproductive tract is bipartite, accompanied by this diagram labeling three sections "uterus".

i think something is wrong here but i don't understand what i'm reading well enough to try fixing it. (There's an unintended pun in there somewhere about getting fixed...) Do rabbits have bipartite or duplex uteruses?

--173.67.42.107 (talk) 11:13, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

title: Talk:Uterus


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Boston Social Forum

The Boston Social Forum was the first North American social forum to use the methodology of the World Social Forum process and adhere closely to its Charter of Principles. It was held at the University of Massachusetts Boston in Boston, Massachusetts in the United States from July 23-25, 2004, and coordinated by the Boston-based labor-community network, the Campaign on Contingent Work (later renamed Massachusetts Global Action). CCW executive director Jason Pramas was the lead organizer of the forum.

Over 5,000 people from over 300 community organizations and labor unions participated in more than 550 workshops, plenary sessions, and convocations at the event--which was timed to take place just before the 2004 Democratic National Convention, also being held in Boston. The majority of attendees came from the Northeast of the United States, but a large minority came from around North America, and there were delegations from over a dozen other countries (with simultaneous translation available in as many languages).

Numerous cultural events were also part of the proceedings, the largest being a show at the famed Middle East Restaurant in nearby Cambridge featuring UK punk troubadour Billy Bragg, actor Chris Cooper, filmmaker John Sayles, and nearly 30 other acts and featured guests. In the leadup to the forum, singer Michelle Shocked, comedians Jimmy Tingle and Barry Crimmins, and many other artists and performers lent their talents to the effort--as did noted historian Howard Zinn and linguist Noam Chomsky.

Simultaneously a local and a regional social forum within the World Social Forum process, the Boston Social Forum was a place for left-wing activists to strategize and network with (and educate) each other across the spectrum of human knowledge in a convivial environment--united in the belief that "Another World is Possible".

According to its organizers:

[the Boston Social Forum] was called to help progressive activists to begin to answer some very basic questions: What kind of future do we want for Boston? For our region? For our nation? For the world? What is our vision of a better society?

Through a series of workshops, cultural events, plenary sessions, and giant convocations of the entire forum, we encouraged progressive organizations of all kinds to showcase their best analysis of the present, and their best ideas for the future, across the breadth of human knowledge—politics, economics, science and technology, culture and faith—in the context of corporate globalization.

The goals of the event were simple: encourage various social movements to exchange information, network with one another, form new alliances, and push our movements forward a bit more towards the next stage of our development.

We wanted to do our part to help progressives seize the high ground of ideas in this society, and then, having captured people's imaginations, move forward to become a more significant political force.

Like their counterparts at sibling social forums, the Boston Social Forum organizers subscribed to the idea that the corporate-driven neoliberal ideology of runaway capitalism in the economic realm coupled with growing restrictions on democracy in the political realm were quite literally destroying the planet (at least for human life. . .). They also believed that the left-wing has important ideas in politics, economics, science and technology, culture and faith that could help save the planet, and build a human-centered, democratic and ecological society that will be capable of taking our species to the next phase of our evolution.

By bringing together a broad array of left-wing activists and interested members of the public just before a large gathering of the Democratic Party--one of the two major political parties in the United States--organizers believed that the Boston Social Forum would demonstrate that the left-wing was a growing political force in the United States and worldwide, that it had good ideas, and that politically uncommitted people should consider joining its ranks.

Critics within the World Social Forum process had previously thought that it would not be possible to hold a significant social forum in the United States given its history of American Exceptionalism and because they thought that the United States, as the main imperialist power of its day, did not have large enough social movements to provide a grassroots base for a major social forum.

Boston Social Forum organizers believe they proved their critics wrong, and that their forum's success showed that the World Social Forum process could and should flower in the United States (and Canada).

title: Boston Social Forum