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Talk:Wladimir Klitschko

Transliterations
We appear to have returned to the Kiev-Kyiv argument, where different Roman-script transiterations are used. (In this case English-Polish). Here we have an English-German issue. I appreciate that "Wladimir" spends much of his time in Germany, where his name is spelt that way, but since we're reading this in English, it seems absurd to me that his name is not transiterated into English as 'Vladimir'. That's how he would pronounce it. The icing on the cake is that Wikepedia transiterates his brother's name as 'Vitali' and not "Witali".
 * I am all for moving this page to Vladimir, since practically all other Vladimirs are transliterated this way. --Berkut 10:40, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Looks like he spells his name "Wladimir" on the brothers' official site. Olessi 16:15, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

This is ridiculous, he spells it as Wladimir, everyone recognizes him as Wladimir so it should be Wladimir. Although a friend I know from Ukraine says its pronounced Vlad-o-mor in Ukranian. Maya Levy 05:31, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

 * I've changed all occurrences back to Wladimir, since that's the spelling he uses on the website, even in the English version. The only exception is that for "real name" in the infobox I used the standard transliteration of his Ukrainian name, Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Klychko. —Angr 08:08, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

There is no reason to add the "criticisms" when there is no proof behind these comments and we do not know who are saying these things.

BIRTHPLACE
according to boxrec wladimir was born in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan
 * When he was born it was the USSR - hence not listed as Kazakhstan.--Stick Negative (talk) 13:22, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

His birthplace is currently listed as Kiev, Ukraine, and a source is given. But another source says he was born in Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan. I don't know which source is more reliable. —Angr (talk) 18:34, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

Here's the Boxrec page mentioned above; it also says Semipalatinsk. —Angr (talk) 18:37, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

POVERTY IN UKRAINE?
''Both brothers have formed their own charities that contribute to children in need in Africa and South America. ''

I've heard that there's a lot of poverty in Ukraine. Are the brothers indifferent to it, or is something being left out about their activities? Falange (talk) 13:08, 23 August 2009 (UTC)

In Ukraine oligarchs live over richness and everybody other (I mean ordinary average people) live under poverty. The difference between salaries and pensions of president (and Prime Minister and Members of Parliament) vs. average people is thousands times. Yes, there's a lot of poverty in Ukraine. But also there's a few people in Ukraine being multimillioners doing charity to Africa and South America. Patlatus (talk) 06:24, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

The win-loss-draw section
Howdy folks. I think we should trim down on the 'fight notes'. GoodDay (talk) 19:01, 6 October 2009 (UTC)

The fight notes are designed to provide insight to people who have not had the chance to watch each fight, so please refrain from deleting them. s52131 (talk) 23:07, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Jewish
I could have sworn I read somewhere he was Jewish? 195.212.29.92 (talk) 13:08, 7 March 2011 (UTC)

No, he is not Jewish heritage or a practising Jew. In fact, him and his brother Vitali both self-identify as Orthodox Christians. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.228.87.87 (talk) 14:41, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

 * I could have sworn I read somewhere the moon is made of green cheese: should that be in Wikipedia too? In fact, should everything that anyone could have sworn they read anywhere be added?  Wackypedia rules, eh?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.179.3.98 (talk) 18:25, 2 July 2011 (UTC)

 * Ah, come on! Everybody knows the moon's made of cheese. --188.104.157.3 (talk) 19:09, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Birthplace
Cool. Good research and double-checking! As soon as Webcitation.org is back up, I'll add archive links to the footnotes. --Tenebrae (talk) 18:56, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

 * Quick additional note: For English-language Wikipedia, when quoting a source in a different language, we need to provide both the original-language quotation and an English translation, per WP:NOENG. If you could do that, that would be great. Thanks again. --Tenebrae (talk) 18:58, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
 * But I didn't quote the source, I merely cited it. WP:NOENG says "When citing [a non-English] source without quoting it, the original and its translation should be provided if requested by other editors: this can be added to a footnote or the talk page" (emphasis added). Are you "formally" requesting me to translate the relevant passage? Even someone who doesn't know German can find the word "Semipalatinsk" on the page easily enough and put 2 and 2 together. —Angr (talk) 19:17, 16 May 2011 (UTC)

 * Thanks for double-checking — that's always the responsible thing to do given the nuances of Wiki policies and guidelines. My thought is that if I don't speak a language, I myself would never try to guess what it says for anything like an encyclopedia. Putting two and two together — drawing an original-research conclusion — can backfire, and while something may seem obvious to me, it's the seemingly obvious things that have backfired the worst. The Internet has translation engines that could do a sentence without much difficulty. The other possibility is to find an English-language source.

 * I agree with you that because of the disputed nature of the material that two reliable citations are better than one in this case. I'd be glad to help look for an English-language cite if you want — collaboration is the name of the game. --Tenebrae (talk) 22:30, 16 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Finding another source would be best, not only for the sake of finding one in English, but for the sake of finding one that isn't a gossip rag. —Angr (talk) 09:16, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Name
I would like to discuss this edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wladimir_Klitschko&action=historysubmit&diff=426347045&oldid=426199682

A Russian name (Vladimir Vladimirovich) that I had put at beginning of the article to be presented along with the Ukranian one (Volodymyr Volodymyrovych) was completely deleted by that edit.

Klichko was born in one of the Soviet republics (not the Ukraine) and lived there for ten years; his name according to the birth certificate was surely in Russian and he certainly used his Russian name in any Soviet or CIS republic he ever lived in then and ever after.

Ukrainian wasn't in use (almost at all) in the Eastern Ukraine at the time he lived and studied there. In addition, Russian language was used much more broadly than Ukrainian in Kiev at the time he studied there.

Vladimir uses a German transliteration of his Russian name (Wladimir) internationally. Even if you enter his name in YouTube in Ukrainian ("Володимир Кличко"), all his interviews you would get would be in Russian. I had no success even in finding any single one where he speaks Ukranian.

So, he practically never used to call himself "Volodymyr" neither in his career, nor in everyday life.

Use of the Ukranian version of the name instead of the Russian one at the beginning of the article and moreover complete removal of the Russian version seems to be completely wrong.

Would like to have some opinions from other people here to prevent an edit war. --eugrus (talk) 09:40, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

 * I'd say the opening should match the title of the article, because he's best known even in the English speaking world by the German spelling of his name. After that, both the Ukrainian and the Russian spellings, with their transliterations, should be given. Thus:
 * Wladimir Klitschko (Володимир Володимирович Кличко Volodymyr Volodymyrovyč Klyčko ; Владимир Владимирович Кличко Vladimir Vladimirovič Kličko; born 25 March 1976) is a...
 * Of course it's silly to pretend Russian is completely irrelevant here, since it's the Russian name Vladimir rather than the Ukrainian name Volodymyr that he uses professionally (in its German transliteration). I have no opinion as to whether Russian or Ukrainian should come first, nor to whether the more academic transliterations with č or the more popular transliterations with ch should be used. —Angr (talk) 10:32, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

 * Yes, that sounds right to me: first German, since that's the name of the article and it is (apparently—going by the sources currently cited) the name used in English-language media; then Russian and Ukrainian. There is room to debate the order of those two languages, but such debate should hinge on published sources, especially English-medium sources, rather than historical knowledge of the linguistic situation in the Khazakh Republic and Ukraine during the 1970s and 80s. Cnilep (talk) 14:42, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Regarding the sources that could be used for the choice of the order in which Russian and Ukranian names are presented I would like to mention once again that Klichko uses his Russian name (not the Ukranian version) in German latinisation for public purposes. So, while all English media calls him Wladimir or some times Vladimir (which are German and English transliterations of the same Russian name "Владимир"), it looks like we have really a lot of reliable sources. Would you agree with me on that? I suppose that the fact that Vladimir always speaks Russian in the Ukraine, even when the interview for Ukrainian language channel is made, could be considered here as well. You could see it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HZ2PvA5qt2g The report is in Ukranian, but he answers them in Russian. --eugrus (talk) 16:43, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

 * This is ridiculous. He's Ukrainian - not Russia. That he had a Russian-language Soviet passport back in the day is irrelevant to the article both in his real, legal name, and his popular use name. Inserting a Russian translation that nobody uses is entirely unjustified by any statute or style guide. Obviously the German variant should be the page title, though.--Львівське (talk) 01:22, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Just because you're a Ukrainian nationalist doesn't mean he is. He speaks Russian and uses the Russian form of his name, just like a very large proportion of Ukrainian citizens. What's ridiculous is your attempts to suppress all mention of the Russian language on this page. —Angr (talk) 07:02, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
 * A "translation" that nobody uses? :) Google knows 16 400 pages with "Vladimir Vladimirovich Klichko" and 49 pages with "Volodymyr Volodymyrovych Klichko". Analogically, 785 000 pages with "Vladimir Klichko" and 2 560 with "Volodymyr Klichko". Knowing that I even have no problem with pretending that the spelling "Wladimir Klitschko" which is on one and a half million pages has nothing to deal with Russian language ;) --eugrus (talk) 15:02, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
 * Exactly. The only "translation that nobody uses" is the Ukrainian name. Klitschko himself uses his Russian name, as does everyone who discusses him in English, German, or Russian. —Angr (talk) 19:30, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

 * Get the word "Путката" of the template name out! It means a verry dirty word. --Denis Marinov (talk) 18:57, 25 August 2014 (UTC)

wba title
Surely klitschko is the WBA super champion and the regular title is vacant? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.40.4.248 (talk) 02:39, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Ross Purity
Not a lot of commentary on this fight. I watched it again recently. He was leading the entire fight until the 11th, when he went down and they stopped it. He didn't seem to be getting hit with a lot of shots, he just seemed to run out of gas. I recall at the time there was a lot of discussion about him having some sort of blood sugar problem. I also remember them talking about this before his first fight with Samuel Peter. Anyway, he seems to be over it now. I wonder if it was an issue with his diet, his supplements, or his fitness and training regimen. -- I just reckon he plain and simple was very young and overconfident, therefore lacking the wisdom of pacing a 12 round fight, he was only 22 at the time. With most modern heavyweights peaking in their mid 30's, he was practically a kid in comparison. Cheers. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aussieswimmer (talk • contribs) 02:09, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected?
can this article please be semi-protected? Im so tired and sick of cleaning up og re-install things we have already put in the article. Just so, some punk as persons can mess it up again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by David-golota (talk • contribs) 00:20, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

Number Of Times World Champion
It should be labeled on how many times he was world champion because I don't see it. AnthonyTheGamer (talk) 21:48, 17 September 2012 (UTC) --- My friend, its because the definition of *times* world champ is a very subjective terminology. Some believe you must only lose the title in the ring or get stripped / vacated the title. Some also believe if your capture another alphabet title collectively with your own it also counts, and many believe it doesn't count. Hope that helps champ. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aussieswimmer (talk • contribs) 02:14, 30 November 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 December 2014
Wladimir Klitchko’s opponent in his April 25, 2015 fight will be Bryant Jennings, currently the “Opponent” field is blank in the “Personal Boxing Record” table for that fight.

Szigalo (talk) 19:04, 22 December 2014 (UTC)

 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: as you have not cited reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to, or changed in, any article. - Arjayay (talk) 10:52, 23 December 2014 (UTC)

Consecutive title defenses?
Why does it say that Klitschko currently has 18 consecutive title defenses, behind Louis' 25 and Holmes' 20. Isn't it 22 atm? 43-64 wins. And what about this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_reigning_heavyweight_champions 31.220.232.78 (talk) 03:49, 23 November 2015 (UTC)
 * From his first defence against Calvin Brock, to his most recent one with against Bryant Jennings—that's eighteen straight. If we combine that with his five defences in his first reign, beginning with Derrick Jefferson and ending with Jameel McCline, that brings his total defences to 23. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 04:12, 23 November 2015 (UTC)

Hello! When you google search Wladimir Klitschko's name it says his spouse was Aleksandra Klitschko which is untrue. When you go to his Wikipedia page there is not even a mention of Aleksandra so I was wondering if there was a way to remove her name from the wikipedia box on google search?

Joneto13 (talk) 16:01, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

Wikipedia google search
Hello! When you google search Wladimir Klitschko's name it says his spouse was Aleksandra Klitschko which is untrue. When you go to his Wikipedia page there is not even a mention of Aleksandra so I was wondering if there was a way to remove her name from the wikipedia box on google search?

Joneto13 (talk) 16:02, 17 October 2016 (UTC)

is this stuff true??
are you sure about these things? can you substantiate them?? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:306:333E:1F0:D1E0:8C24:AE52:34F (talk) 22:51, 2 December 2016 (UTC)

Boxing record
Several of Wladimirs losses appear to have been removed from his records by vandals.

The correct record is available here  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:184:4980:7220:8985:A0E6:B3F7:E214 (talk) 00:07, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 May 2017
Klitschko vs Joshua section. 'Rematch close' should read 'rematch clause'. DannySD (talk) 12:12, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

 * ✅ – typo fixed. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 16:00, 2 May 2017 (UTC)

One of the greatest heavyweight knockout artists
I don't doubt this, and I'm sure many boxing aficionados won't either, but I'm struggling to find good sources on that claim. So, let's find some! Mac Dreamstate (talk) 15:55, 10 August 2017 (UTC)

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Fourth lead paragraph (records, legacy, etc.)
It hasn't reached a fifth paragraph yet, which would warrant lead too long, but I'm of the opinion that there is far too much detail about his myriad boxing records in the lead. They should be shunted to a Legacy section, similar to that of Lennox Lewis and Riddick Bowe. The inclusion of Wladimir's many title reigns should be enough for the lead. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 17:45, 26 December 2017 (UTC)

In the Press
-- Green  C  17:04, 3 November 2018 (UTC)

Fraternal Exception?
I hadn’t seen this discussed anywhere, but the sanctioning boxing organizations always have rules that a title holder is required to meet a credible challenger within a certain time limit. Did the Klitschko brothers ever come up against this directive? Obviously, the federations must have some exception in the rules for close relatives, as they couldn’t very well compel the guy to fight his own brother. WHPratt (talk) 01:58, 8 December 2018 (UTC)

Height
Another unregistered user changed Wladimir's height from 6 ft 6 in to 6 ft 5 in without giving any source or reason, even though several of his most recent fights and other articles on the wiki give his height as 6 ft 6 in. Yet for some reason my edits are being repeatedly reverted, without sufficient explanation, despite me giving plenty of explanation myself. The burden of proof for this edit should rest with the user who originally changed Wlad's height to 6 ft 5 in, not me. Wladimir is well known amongst boxing fans to be 6 ft 6 in and any change to 6 ft 5 in needs a valid reason. 86.185.4.185 (talk) 20:22, 24 December 2018 (UTC)

 * The HBO ref is uncontestable (they listed him as 6' 6" for years), so simply revert any changes on sight. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 16:33, 25 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Thank you 86.169.127.198 (talk) 13:14, 28 December 2018 (UTC)

Hello, the article is currently semi-protected, so I can't make the change myself, but Wlad's height has been changed yet again to 196cm. Can someone with the ability to do so please correct this? Thanks. 81.141.23.106 (talk) 19:35, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

Theory that Klitschko was drugged in Brewster match
The conspiracy theory that Wladimir was drugged in the first Brewster fight should be presented as a minority view. It is an extraordinary claim and not a widely accepted point of view. It is currently being given more prominence than the opposing point of view, in violation of WP:FALSEBALANCE.--SaskatchewanSenator (talk) 18:23, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
 * For some perspective, here are a couple articles from immediately before the Klitschko-Brewster rematch, 3 years later:
 * Klitschko, Brewster look forward to a clean rematch
 * Klitschko keen to go one better in take two with Brewster
 * They give little weight or credence to the theory Klitschko was drugged. This article from 2014 focusing on the fight, doesn't even mention the theory.--SaskatchewanSenator (talk) 22:35, 2 April 2020 (UTC)

You're presenting just one perspective. There's plenty of non-English speaking media (mostly Russian-speaking) talking about the poisoning, there even was a documentary dedicated to the issue. Are they biased or not? That can be true, but you could say the same about any media that talked about this issue. The point is, the debate of Klitschko being poisoned is definitely not a minority view.
 * Так был ли отравлен Кличко во время боя с Брюстером?
 * Адвокат Барштейн огласил скандальные подробности боя Владимира Кличко с Брюстером
 * Как отравили Кличко
 * Владимира Кличко отравили
 * Виталий Кличко раскрыл подробности отравления брата Владимира в бою с Брюстером
 * «Дело об отравлении» Кличко расследует ФБР
 * Владимира Кличко отравили?
 * У команды кличко есть косвенные доказательства, что перед боем за титул чемпиона мира владимира отравили
 * Владимир Кличко перенес пищевое отравление
 * Владимир Кличко перенес отравление
 * 3 предыдущие поражения Владимира Кличко
 * Главные поединки в карьере Владимира Кличко
 * Сказка длиной в 12 раундов (Документальный фильм, Интер)
 * Пять поражений Кличко - Большой бокс - Интер

--IvanchukW (talk) 14:20, 24 April 2020 (UTC+2)
 * I'm interested in the other perspective, but I don't know Russian or Ukrainian. Could you please choose a couple of the best sources that show the poisoning is not a minority view and explain how they show that?--SaskatchewanSenator (talk) 19:54, 23 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I'll try my best, but it will take some time. I'm quite busy right now.--IvanchukW (talk) 14:03, 27 April 2020 (UTC+2)
 * The sources used in the section are overwhelmingly skewed towards Russian-language ones. I call neutrality into question. Mac Dreamstate (talk) 16:49, 1 May 2021 (UTC)

Accidental use of rollback
here. I intended to revert but accidentally used rollback. – 2 . O . Boxing  16:49, 18 June 2020 (UTC)

Name
Can somebody move the page back to its original title per WP:COMMONNAME? The spelling Wladimir Klitschko is indisputably used in the "significant majority of independent, reliable English-language sources". – 2 . O . Boxing  14:02, 18 September 2020 (UTC)
 * It looks like someone has already taken care of this. Red Phoenix  talk  23:41, 18 September 2020 (UTC)

wrong link/person
I have never made a correction/edit, so I do not feel comfortable doing that, but I do believe this phrase/link is wrong: "Buster Posey earned $20.8 million", as it links to baseball player Buster Posey. 206.130.140.25 (talk) 22:28, 26 March 2022 (UTC)DPeabody

More than a boxer
Wladimir Klitschko Is undoubtedly known for his boxing as you say. But not everyone follows boxing and they might come to the article from other directions. To them, boxing might be his "day job", secondary to his academic interests.

Isn't this article a biography? Few people are unidimensional. Is Wikipedia an encyclopedia or a specialist magazine? The MOS states "Wikipedia is not a manual, guidebook, textbook, or scientific journal". To that, we might add "ring guide" or "sports digest". Most athletes have interesting facets to their character other than their sport. Most people have interesting facets to their character other than what they might be best known for. The reason for their fame can change with their personal history or the interests of the reader.

Winston Churchill was a writer and a painter. So was Adolf Hitler. I am reminded of the old joke "You mean Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings?"

Nazem Kadri is more than a hockey player. He is a member of the Stanley-cup-winning Colorado Avalanche. But he is also a Muslim, a Canadian of Lebanese descent, and champion for mental health.

Dan Ackroyd is more than an actor or comedian. He's a musician and businessman. He was a reserve police officer. He is passionate about geology and paleontology.

Mohammed Ali was a boxer. He was also a black, American, conscientious objector. Ali was a spoken word artist, a writer and an actor.

Margaret Thatcher is best known as a former prime minister of the UK. But she was always proud of her education and early career as a research chemist. She was also a barrister and that might be of most interest to some people.

Lewis Hamilton is more than a racing driver. He is a Briton, he is black, and he is an Arsenal fan. He is an advocate against racism, for animal rights, and for the environment.

Ronald Reagan was an actor. He was also a politician who became president of the United States. Should his acting record be suppressed in favour of his political results? Should there be separate articles for these subjects?

Niki Lauda was an aviation entrepreneur, founder of three airlines. He was racing driver too.

Joe DiMaggio was an American of Italian descent. He was affected by interment during World War II, yet he served in the US Army. He was a husband of Marilyn Monroe, a heavy smoker and drinker. He also playing baseball.

Benjamin Disraeli was a British statesman who served twice as prime minister of the UK. He was also of Jewish heritage, a political writer and a novelist.

Wladimir Klitschko was an adjunct professor at Switzerland's University of St. Gallen. He's a golfer who speaks four languages. He is a member of his country's armed forces. Oh, by the way, he used to be a professional boxer.

Wladimir Klitschko is a whole person, just like you and me. Who is to say which portions of our personality and experience are most important, and which are secondary? In any case, significant secondary facets shouldn't have to be subordinated by prominence in some other area. I didn't go to the article about him for boxing statistics, although under other circumstances I might have done so.

Please restore my edit. Humphrey Tribble (talk) 00:18, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

 * I reverted your edit per MOS:BLP. The lead should primarily focus on what made the subject notable (MOS:CONTEXTBIO), which is boxing. His service in the defence of Ukraine has one paragraph in the personal life section which makes it's inclusion in the lead WP:UNDUE (MOS:BLPLEAD). His PhD isn't a significant aspect of his life or relevant to his notability, however, it could possibly be introduced in relation to his nickname. Something along the lines of Nicknamed Dr. Steelhammer in reference to his PhD in sports science, he... Failing that, it does not belong in the opening paragraph. – 2 . O . Boxing  02:03, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

Once a jock, always a jock. That's sad. Thank you for your explanation. Humphrey Tribble (talk) 03:26, 29 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Erm, yeah. Sure lol – 2 . O . Boxing  08:02, 29 June 2022 (UTC)

"He was friends with the late German heavyweight legend Max Schmeling.[454]"
When I saw this phrase I thought, Max Schmeling was pretty far back there. Max Schmeling died at 99 years old in 2005 when Klitschko was 29 years old. The actual article from 2005 referenced says, "Klitschko does open up about his friendship with German heavyweight great Max Schmeling." Friendship here could mean in the sense that Max Schmeling was a role model for Klitschko, not that Vladimir ever communicated or met with Max Schmeling. Max Schmeling, from all I have read, was a good person to have as a roll model. It just seems far-fetched to say he was actually "friends" referencing only that line from the article. Easeltine (talk) 20:24, 7 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Friendship here could mean...is deep into the territory of WP:ORIGINALRESEARCH. We follow what the sources say. – 2 . O . Boxing  20:45, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

Klitschko vs. Thompson II, TV viewership in Ukraine
Based on this source, in Ukraine the fight drew a 9.6 rating, audience 4+. Given that, the chances of the fight averaging 7.1 million viewers are next-to-zero. Given that the population of Ukraine was estimated to be around 46 million people and the 4+ audience was cca 44 million people, 7.1 million viewers is more likely to be the total number of viewers. Kacza195 (talk) 18:36, 23 January 2023 (UTC)

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Rufous-browed peppershrike

The rufous-browed peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis) is a passerine bird in the vireo family. It is widespread and often common in woodland, forest edge, and cultivation with some tall trees from Mexico and Trinidad south to Argentina and Uruguay.

Taxonomy
The rufous-browed peppershrike was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it in the genus Tanagra and coined the binomial name Tanagra gujanensis. The specific epithet is derived from the type locality, the Guianas. Gmelin based his account on "Le verderoux" from French Guiana that had been described in 1778 by the French polymath Comte de Buffon in his multivolume Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux. The rufous-browed peppershrike is now placed with the black-billed peppershrike in the genus Cyclarhis that was introduced in 1824 by William Swainson.

Twenty two subspecies are recognised:

 * C. g. septentrionalis Phillips, AR, 1991 – east Mexico
 * C. g. flaviventris Lafresnaye, 1842 – southeast Mexico (except Yucatán Peninsula), Guatemala and north Honduras
 * C. g. yucatanensis Ridgway, 1887 – Yucatán Peninsula (southeast Mexico)
 * C. g. insularis Ridgway, 1885 – Cozumel (off southeast Mexico)
 * C. g. nicaraguae Miller, W & Griscom, 1925 – south Mexico to Nicaragua
 * C. g. subflavescens Cabanis, 1861 – Costa Rica and west Panama
 * C. g. perrygoi Wetmore, 1950 – central west Panama
 * C. g. flavens Wetmore, 1950 – east Panama
 * C. g. coibae Hartert, EJO, 1901 – Coiba (off southwest Panama)
 * C. g. cantica Bangs, 1898 – north, central Colombia
 * C. g. flavipectus Sclater, PL, 1859 – northeast Venezuela and Trinidad
 * C. g. parva Chapman, 1917 – northeast Colombia and north Venezuela
 * C. g. gujanensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) – east Colombia and south Venezuela through the Guianas to northeast, central Brazil and east Peru
 * C. g. cearensis Baird, SF, 1866 – east Brazil
 * C. g. ochrocephala Tschudi, 1845 – southeast Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and northeast Argentina
 * C. g. viridis (Vieillot, 1822) – Paraguay and north Argentina
 * C. g. virenticeps Sclater, PL, 1860 – west Ecuador and northwest Peru
 * C. g. contrerasi Taczanowski, 1879 – southeast Ecuador and north Peru
 * C. g. saturata Zimmer, JT, 1925 – central Peru
 * C. g. pax Bond, J & Meyer de Schauensee, 1942 – central east Bolivia
 * C. g. dorsalis Zimmer, JT, 1942 – central Bolivia
 * C. g. tarijae Bond, J & Meyer de Schauensee, 1942 – southeast Bolivia and northwest Argentina

Description
The adult rufous-browed peppershrike is approximately 15 cm long and weighs 28 g. It is bull-headed with a thick, somewhat shrike-like bill, which typically is blackish below and pinkish-grey above. The head is grey with a strong rufous eyebrow. The crown is often tinged with brown. The upperparts are green, and the yellow throat and breast shade into a white belly. The subspecies ochrocephala from the south-eastern part of its range has a shorter rufous eyebrow and a brown-tinged crown, while the subspecies virenticeps, contrerasi and saturata from north-western Peru and western Ecuador have greenish-yellow (not grey, as in the "typical" subspecies) nape, auriculars and cheeks.

The song is a whistled phrase with the rhythm "Do you wash every week?", but there are extensive variations depending on both individual and range. It is often heard but hard to see as it feeds on insects and spiders high in the foliage, though it has been observed to take small lizards as well.

Behaviour and ecology
The nest is a flimsy cup high in a tree with a typical clutch of two or three pinkish-white eggs lightly blotched with brown. Like most vireos, the peppershrike ejects parasitic cowbird eggs.

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Cerro Torre

Cerro Torre is one of the mountains of the Southern Patagonian Ice Field in South America. It is located in Argentina and Chile, west of Fitz Roy (also known as Cerro Chaltén). The peak is the highest of a four mountain chain: the other peaks are Torre Egger (2,685 m), Punta Herron, and Cerro Standhardt. The top of the mountain often has a mushroom of rime ice, formed by the constant strong winds, increasing the difficulty of reaching the actual summit.

First ascent
Cesare Maestri claimed in 1959 that he and Toni Egger had reached the summit and that Egger had been swept to his death by an avalanche while they were descending. Maestri declared that Egger had the camera with the pictures of the summit, but this camera was never found. Inconsistencies in Maestri's account, and the lack of bolts, pitons or fixed ropes on the route, have led most mountaineers to doubt Maestri's claim. In 2005, Ermanno Salvaterra, Rolando Garibotti and Alessandro Beltrami, after many attempts by world-class alpinists, put up a confirmed route on the face that Maestri claimed to have climbed. They did not find any evidence of previous climbing on the route described by Maestri and found the route significantly different from Maestri's description.

Maestri went back to Cerro Torre in 1970 with Ezio Alimonta, Daniele Angeli, Claudio Baldessarri, Carlo Claus and Pietro Vidi, trying a new route on the southeast face. With the aid of a gas-powered compressor drill, Maestri equipped 350 m of rock with bolts and got to the end of the rocky part of the mountain, just below the ice mushroom. Maestri claimed that "the mushroom is not part of the mountain" and did not continue to the summit. The compressor was left, tied to the last bolts, 100 m below the top. Maestri was heavily criticized for the "unfair" methods he used to climb the mountain.

The route Maestri followed is now known as the Compressor route and was climbed to the summit in 1979 by Jim Bridwell and Steve Brewer. Most parties consider the ascent complete only if they summit the often-difficult ice-rime mushroom.

The first undisputed ascent was made in 1974 by the "Ragni di Lecco" climbers Daniele Chiappa, Mario Conti, Casimiro Ferrari, and Pino Negri. The controversies regarding Maestri's claims are the focus of the 2014 book on Cerro Torre, The Tower, by Kelly Cordes.

Subsequent ascents
In 1977, the first Alpine style ascent was completed by Dave Carman, John Bragg and Jay Wilson (USA). They took a week to summit Cerro Torre, which had taken the Italian group two months to summit. In 1980, Bill Denz (New Zealand) attempted the first solo of the Compressor Route. Over a five-month period, he made 13 concerted attempts but was driven back by storms on every occasion. On his last attempt, in November 1980, he got to within 60 m of the summit.

In January 2008, Rolando Garibotti and Colin Haley made the first complete traverse of the entire massif, climbing Aguja Standhardt, Punta Herron, Torre Egger and Cerro Torre together. They rate their route at Grade VI 5.11 A1 WI6 Mushroom Ice 6, with 2200 m total vertical gain. This had been "one of the world's most iconic, unclimbed lines", first attempted by Ermanno Salvaterra.

In 2010, Austrian climber David Lama was held responsible for around 30 new bolts and hundreds of meters of fixed rope added to the Compressor Route on the mountain (due to bad weather conditions, much of the gear was left on the mountain and later removed by local climbers). Although the bolts were drilled by Austrian guide Markus Pucher, and not by Lama himself, it was done as part of his trip sponsored by Red Bull, and many climbers regard Lama and Red Bull as responsible. Many of the bolts were drilled next to cracks, which are usually used by climbers for protection on the route. This has caused a large controversy in certain climbers' circles, as his actions are unethical according to climbing purists. Although Lama was not aware of the sheer number of bolts that were drilled, he took full responsibility for the actions. In the upcoming years, he publicly regretted what happened.

On 16 January 2012, American Hayden Kennedy and Canadian Jason Kruk made the first "fair-means" (a term used to describe a reasonable use of bolts for safety and aesthetics, "a long-accepted practice in [the Patagonian] mountain range") ascent of the Southeast Ridge, near the controversial Compressor Route, using only two of Maestri's original belay anchors on the headwall. After summiting, Kennedy and Kruk removed 125 of the bolt-ladder bolts during their descent. Colin Haley, who watched the ascent from Norwegos, estimated the climb took them thirteen hours from their bivy on the shoulder to the summit. "The speed with which they navigated virgin ground on the upper headwall is certainly testament to Hayden's great skills on rock", Haley reported. There has been much discussion concerning the removal of bolts from the compressor route by Kennedy and Kruk. However, the consensus amongst the climbing community is that of agreement for removing the bolts and it has embraced their actions as having "restored Cerro Torre's southeast ridge to the realm of genuine adventure".

In contrast to David Lama's free ascent (also "fair-means"; January 2012, together with Peter Ortner), Kennedy and Kruk used bolts, although not Maestri's, during their ascent. Lama estimated the difficulties of his free ascent, which followed a new line circumventing the bolt traverse and in the upper headwall, as grade X− (hard 8a but mentally highly demanding; e.g., climbing on loose flakes, long runouts). Lama stated that a free repetition of the original Compressor Route is virtually impossible, in particular as the rock of the last pitches comprise no climbable features.

Notable ascents and attempts

 * 1959 – Cesare Maestri (Italy) and Toni Egger (Austria) - Unsuccessful attempt of North Face. Egger died.
 * 1970 – Maestri et al. (Italy), Compressor route to 60 meters below summit.
 * 1973 – Keven Carroll (AUS) and Steven McAndrews (USA) West Face 5th ascent. Died on descent from rock fall. Earlier seen on summit ridge.
 * 1974 – Daniele Chiappa, Mario Conti, Casimiro Ferrari and Pino Negri (Italy). First undisputed ascent.
 * 1977 – Dave Carman, John Bragg and Jay Wilson (USA). First Alpine-style ascent.
 * 1979 – Jim Bridwell and Steve Brewer complete climb of Compressor Route.
 * 1981 - Tom Proctor and Phil Burke (England). Diedre, East Face to North Face and retreat below cornices.
 * 1985 July 3–8 First winter ascent by Paolo Caruso, Maurizio Giarolli and Ermanno Salvaterra (Italy).
 * 1985 November 26 Compressor route - first solo by Marco Pedrini (Swiss). Filmed by Fulvio Mariani: Cerro Torre Cumbre.
 * 2004 Five Years to Paradise (ED:VI 5.10b A2 95 deg, 1000 m) (right center on East Face): Ermanno Salvaterra, Alessandro Beltrami, and Giacomo Rossetti (all from Italy).
 * 2006 January 22 – Krzysztof Belczynski and Marcin Tomaszewski made 2nd or 3rd ascent of "Compressor" route up to the summit in alpine style, 33 hours round trip from Norwegian shelter
 * 2008 February 25 – Valery Rozov makes the first wingsuit BASE jump from Cerro Torre.
 * 2012 January 16 – First 'fair means' ascent of the Southeast Ridge (5.11 A2), without using any of Cesare Maestri's bolts on the Compressor Route, by Hayden Kennedy and Jason Kruk.
 * 2012 January 19 – First free ascent of the Southeast Ridge by a new variation, also without using any of Cesare Maestri's bolts on the Compressor Route, by David Lama; Lama and Ortner.
 * 2013 February – First free solo of Cerro Torre by Austrian alpinist Markus Pucher.
 * 2015 February 21 — Marc-André Leclerc, 22, soloed the 4,000-foot Corkscrew route (5.10d, A1) on Cerro Torre—the hardest route ever soloed on the granite tower—in a single day.
 * 2020 February 7 – First climb and fly from the summit of Cerro Torre by German alpinist and paraglider Fabian Buhl.

In popular culture
Cerro Torre was featured in the 1991 film Scream of Stone, directed by Werner Herzog and starring Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Stefan Glowacz, and Donald Sutherland.

Jon Krakauer, aside from the detailed recounting of the climb of the mountain in his book Eiger Dreams, mentions it briefly in Into Thin Air as one of his earlier difficult ascents (1992): "I'd scaled a frightening, mile-high spike of vertical and overhanging granite called Cerro Torre; buffeted by hundred-knot winds, plastered with frangible atmospheric rime, it was once (though no longer) thought to be the world's hardest mountain".

In March 2014, an adventure documentary was released following the "first ever free ascent" of Cerro Torre, featuring David Lama. Cerro Torre - A Snowball's Chance in Hell premiered at San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 2013.

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Chile deletion
Please stop vandalizing this page, while deleting relation to Chile of this Peak. It won't change the fact, that this summit is within a disputed region, where both countries have agreed to keep delimitation on hold in 1998, till both countries would treat this case in bilateral manner. Cerro Torre is probably going to remain a country seperator summit. Thanks --81.210.237.88 00:13, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Agreed, 81.210. On a side note, the film Scream of Stone (the reason this article is on my watchlist) does not mention the border dispute at all. By the way, you might want to register (see here) so other do not have to address you with "81.210" --User:Krator (t c) 00:35, 8 July 2007 (UTC)
 * you are right except for the last sentence, today Cerro Torre is not a country separator summit, that's precisely the chilean claim, hence the dispute. Cheers.

Triple Crown
The Triple Crown IS newsworthy, but requires at least one reliable source, and a non-marketing form of expression. Listing the other Triple Crown holders would be nice (I think Jay Wilson and Conrad Anker also share the honor. Ratagonia (talk) 21:08, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

Into Thin Air quotation
I doubt that the inserted the K2 comment is actually in the Krakauer source. I won't revert since I don't have a copy. Can anyone check this? -- Spireguy (talk) 02:52, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

 * unfortunately, no index in my hardcopy. I too have my doubts...  Ratagonia (talk) 03:53, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

 * Amazon Look Inside - found quote (previous editor had added editorial comment). Ratagonia (talk) 04:15, 19 August 2008 (UTC)

Lama controversy
Is the comment "This has caused a large amount of controversy amongst certain climbers' circles, as his actions are regarded as unethical according to climbing purists." really NPOV? As far as I'm aware no--one actually defended his actions so wouldn't "This has caused a large amount of controversy in climbers' circles, as his actions are regarded as unethical." be more accurate? Speekingleesh (talk) 18:15, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

Marco Pedrini
I'm surprised not to find mention of the first solo by Marco Pedrini (November 26, 1985), hence hesitate before adding it. Any comment? --Olivier Debre (talk) 12:07, 22 August 2011 (UTC)
 * That would be cool. Please provide citation to a quality source, when doing so. Thanks. Ratagonia (talk) 00:59, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I made the edit, and added references. I found probably better references in the Pataclimb page, especially articles in the American Alpine Journal, which can be found online: AAJ 1986, pp. 205, and 1987, pp. 103-108. I'm wondering which one to put, in order not to multiply redundant references. --Olivier Debre (talk) 12:18, 23 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Added some more material. The AAJ is the definitive journal, therefore the best source. Ratagonia (talk) 05:13, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
 * OK, I Moved A. Kearney book + Pataclimb references from M. Pedrini ascent paragraph to the external links paragraph, while replacing them by the AAJ citation. This way, all three references are cited. Thanks for your input, Ratagonia--Olivier Debre (talk) 12:49, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

First ascent
From: http://pataclimb.com/climbingareas/chalten/torregroup/torre/ragni.html Chiappa, Conti, Ferrari and Pino Negri made the first ascent of the peak via this route. They were part of a big “Ragni di Lecco” expedition that included Gigi Alippi, Ernesto Panzeri, Pierlorenzo Acquistapace, Sandro Liati (doctor), Giuseppe Lafranconi, Claudio Corti, Angelo Zoia and Mimmo Lanzetta (photographer). They reached the summit after nearly two months of attempts, on their very last day, as food run out. Part of team was forced to descend so that the little remaining food would be enough to give the four-man team a reasonable chance to attempt the summit.

Casimiro Ferrari was the leader of the group. This is also documented in a short movie ("Torre del Vento", see http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimiro_Ferrari). I never heard before about this supposedly Austrian-led team. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.147.83.2 (talk) 09:40, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

First ascent in 1959
Why did you delete my contribution and its reference? In 2015 Rolando Garibotti published evidence that the information provided by Maestri do not agree with respect to the alleged summit ascent. Instead the two were on the western flank of Perfil de Indio. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.247.247.240 (talk) 08:46, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

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Exi

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 * Exi (subculture)
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 * EXI Wireless
 * Exillon Energy
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Bishnupur

Bishnupur or Vishnupur may refer to:

Towns and villages

 * Bishnupur, Manipur, a town in Bishnupur District, Manipur, India
 * Bishnupur, Bankura, a town in Bankura District in West Bengal, India, noted for its archaeological importance
 * Bishnupur, South 24 Parganas a town in South 24 Parganas district in West Bengal, India
 * Bishnupur, North 24 Parganas, a census town in North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal, India
 * Bishnupur, Bara, a village in Nepal
 * Bishnupur, Mahottari, a village in Nepal
 * Bishnupur, in Shillong taluk, East Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya, India
 * South Bishnupur (South 24 Parganas), an area in Mandirbazar, West Bengal, India
 * Vishnupuri, Nanded, a village in Nanded district, Maharashtra, India
 * Vishnupur Ratwara, a village in Sitamarhi district, Bihar, India
 * Vishnupur, a village in West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh, India
 * Bishnupur, Birbhum, a census town in West Bengal, India

Administrative divisions

 * Bishnupur district in Manipur, India
 * Bishnupur district, West Bengal in West Bengal, India
 * Bishnupur subdivision in West Bengal, India

Municipal division

 * Bishnupur Rural Municipality, Saptari, a rural municipal division in Province No. 2, Nepal
 * Bishnupur Rural Municipality, Siraha, a rural municipal division in Province No. 2, Nepal

CD Blocks

 * Bishnupur, Bankura (community development block) in Bankura district, West Bengal, India
 * Bishnupur I - Community development block in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India
 * Bishnupur II - Community development block in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India

Electoral constituencies

 * Bishnupur (Lok Sabha constituency) in Bankura district, West Bengal, India
 * Bishnupur, Bankura (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in West Bengal
 * Bishnupur, South 24 Parganas (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in West Bengal
 * Bishnupur (Manipur Legislative Assembly constituency), in Manipur

Other uses

 * Bishnupur Kingdom, a mediaeval kingdom of Bankura district, West Bengal, India
 * Bishnupur gharana, a form of singing which originated in Bishnupur, Bankura

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sexy DH

 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 speedy delete. —Korath (Talk) 00:44, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)

Sexy DH
A karaoke singer. Zero Google hits for "Sexy DH" "Irene Kim". RickK 07:09, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * He did the same thing yesterday and I moved the content to his then-username User:Danny196 as a gesture before the article was deleted.--Pharos 07:18, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh, and of course delete though maybe this should be speedy as it's the same subject as yesterday's deleted article by him. Then again, yesterday I did not know about his kareoke.--Pharos 07:25, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Ah, I wasn't aware of the history. I've deleted it.  RickK 08:05, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable. Megan1967 09:44, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Windows Metafile

Windows .meta file
Windows RealPlayer may produce an accessory file with the extension .meta which contains description data for a .rv file. It should not be opened on its own, but just kept with its .rv file. provides a little but better discussion, but does not indicate the nature of the pairing. Unlike .html/folder pairs, there is no mention of any special windows handling. This wiki article leaves this (.meta file, metafile) totally ambiguous. Wikidity (talk) 23:36, 19 February 2010 (UTC)

Steve Gibson?
Can anyone cite the podcast where he made that accusation about this being a "Back Door"? Thanks!

Merger?

 * I agree with Ojcit. In fact I think this article touches to much information about the exploit.  We should probably have more information about where metafiles are used (like printing and Open Office).  ForestJay 09:37, 13 September 2006

 * I'm thinking the merger idea isn't applicable, since the subject is distinct enough to stand on its own. If we merged this one, then every Windows component would be found only under exploit articles Ojcit 21:20, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

 * The article needs to provide some useful information - in particular, what programs the user can employ in order to open a wmf format file. Tannin 07:10, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

I have removed the merge template, see Talk:Windows_Metafile_vulnerability. --Stux 18:47, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh come on, a merger? So, next Microsoft Windows will be merged with "Microsoft Windows vulnerabilities", Gnome will be merged with "lack of usability in window managers" and U.S.A. will be merged with "International Terrorism"? I have found the wmf emf article very useful and important, as that has allowed me to find out vector file formats supported by M$ Windows, which are a very crucial point of publishing scientific articles with graphics, as rasters just won't do, quality wise. If you merge this article, you will lose an important article, deserving it's own treatment. Did you know that flavors of M$ Windows are quite a widespread operating system family, with it's own supported filetypes, whether we geeks like it not. Try to see the bigger picture, please. geminga
 * I don't agree to merge too. This article is about Windows Metafiles, and it is always possible to link it to the "Microsoft Windows vulnerabilities". Hervegirod 10:47, 28 October 2006 (UTC)

So it's like a MIDI file for graphics?

 * MIDI files are also a set of instructions that tell the computer what instrument to play at what time and a what pitch. A MIDI file can be compared to an MP3 as sheet music can be compared to a vinyl record. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.25.138.179 (talk • contribs) 16:27, 3 January 2006
 * Well, MIDI format is an instrument-vectorial format. --Libero 15:03, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Software to create

 * Somebody knows about free software (GPL) to save graphics in WMF format? I'm looking for it because I want to create RTF files with pictures, compatible with MS-Wordpad, MS-Word and OpenOffice. --Libero 15:07, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Answer to myself: The OpenOffice.org Draw module --Libero 17:22, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

16-bit format
WMF is a 16-bit format introduced in Windows 3.0; a newer 32-bit version with additional commands is called Enhanced Metafile (EMF).

What does x-bit file format mean? --Abdull 18:14, 23 May 2007 (UTC)
 * the two terms have articles on wikipedia. I have linked to these articles and added a short explanation in them. Hervegirod 22:34, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

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Why so many links to things that converts files to SVG? It should have been links to thing that convert things to this type files. Helpsloose 05:28, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

PostScript in the Unix world?
I have some questions/issues with this quote from the first paragraph "It is somewhat similar in purpose and design to the PostScript format used in the Unix world." The part I have issue with is the "format used in the Unix world" part. I'm pretty sure and have not seen any references to how Unix has anything to do directly with PostScript. Unless someone has a credible reference, I intend to remove these words.

I also have issue with the entire sentence. PostScript is designed to be an exact printing layout for generic printing devices. WMF is for one specific layout engine and the exactness is not a design but more an accident of being on the one platform. I believe the sentence is giving the wrong impression to the reader to the point of being misleading. Unless someone has a credible reference or argument, I'd intend to remove this sentence.

J3gum (talk) 17:30, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
 * I Agree with you, It don't think we will be able to find any sources about it (WP:OR ?), and also this is not true. I support the removal of this sentence. Hervegirod (talk) 22:11, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

Intro Not Quite Right
The intro paragraph implies that use of WMF has declined because of the rise of the Web. This is untrue. WMF is a widely used standard graphics format which can contain both vector and bitmap information. It is a portable format used within and between most Windows applications. It also is not comparable with PostScript which is a "Page Description Language" and not a metafile format. I would like to propose a new introduction as follows - please let me know your thoughts before I proceed:

Windows Metafile (WMF) is a standard Microsoft Windows graphics file format. Metafiles are intended to be portable between applications and may contain both vector and bitmap components. Essentially, a WMF file stores a list of function calls that have to be issued to the Windows graphics layer GDI in order to display an image on screen. In contract to JPEG and GIF which are used to store bitmap graphics such as photographs, scans and graphics from painting applications such as PhotoShop, Windows Metafiles generally are used to store line-art, illustrations and content created in drawing or presentation applications. Clip-art is commonly stored in the WMF format. The native vector format for Microsoft Windows Office applications such as Word, PowerPoint, and Pubisher is also WMF. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ggeek (talk • contribs) 13:28, 30 May 2008 (UTC) Ggeek (talk) 13:32, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

 * Be bold and go ahead. - xpclient  Talk 19:10, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
 * OK, as you did not have the time to do the change, I did it myself. Feel free to change the text, as I applied it with some modifications from your proposal. However, I did not know that the native file format of MS apps was WMF, are you sure of that ? Hervegirod (talk) 22:41, 30 May 2008 (UTC)
 * yep - I'm sure. the native vector format is WMF. PowerPoint slides, line art, illustrations - anthing created with "drawing tools" in MS apps is a Windows metafile, especially at the OS layer. Thanks for making the changes for me. Ggeek (talk) 02:58, 1 June 2008 (UTC)

Applications to Add
Is there any evaluation criteria for adding applications? It seems that we should add links to WMF Viewers. Here are two to consider - www.cristallight.com/wmfviewer.htm (for the Mac, $9.95) and www.meta-fly.com/default.htm (for Windows, free on home page). Ggeek (talk) 19:17, 27 June 2008 (UTC)

Naming conventions for image file formats
Please see the discussion at Talk:Image file formats on naming conventions for articles on image file formats. Dcoetzee 00:47, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

Reference 2?
The reference for EMZ / WMZ doesn't appear to support the thing its referenced from. 150.101.115.205 (talk) 11:09, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

should EMF not have its own page?
I don't know, but my feeling is either EMF should have a stand alone page, or this article should say clearly in the first sentence it is covering both formats. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.32.183.252 (talk) 14:24, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

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Van Patten

Van Patten is a surname.

Notable people with the surname include:

 * Dick Van Patten (1928–2015), American actor
 * Don Van Patten (born 1966), American politician
 * Joyce Van Patten (born 1934), American actress
 * Philip Van Patten (1852–1918), American socialist activist
 * Sarah Van Patten (born 1984), American ballet dancer
 * Tim Van Patten (born 1959), American television director, actor, screenwriter, and producer
 * Vincent Van Patten (born 1957), American actor and former tour professional tennis player
 * William J. Van Patten (1848–1920), American businessman and politician

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John Brophy

John Brophy may refer to:

 * John Brophy (ice hockey) (1933–2016), Canadian hockey coach and player
 * John Brophy (labor) (1883–1963), United Mine Workers and CIO leader
 * John Brophy (writer) (1899–1965), Anglo-Irish soldier and novelist who wrote The Day They Robbed the Bank of England, The World Went Mad
 * John C. Brophy (1901–1976), U.S. Representative from Wisconsin

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John Shine

John Shine (born 3 July 1946) is an Australian biochemist and molecular biologist. Shine and Lynn Dalgarno discovered a nucleotide sequence, called the Shine-Dalgarno sequence, necessary for the initiation of protein synthesis. He directed the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in Sydney from 1990 to 2011. From 2018 to 2022, Shine was President of the Australian Academy of Science.

Background and early career
The brother of scientist Richard Shine, John Shine was born in Brisbane in 1946 and completed his university studies at the Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra, graduating with a bachelor of science with honours in 1972 and completing his PhD in 1975. During the course of his studies he and his supervisor, Lynn Dalgarno, discovered the RNA sequence necessary for ribosome binding and the initiation of protein synthesis in the bacterium Escherichia coli. The sequence was named the Shine-Dalgarno sequence. This was a key discovery allowing further development of molecular biology, especially genetic engineering, and was an important discovery towards understanding gene expression and regulation.

Shine undertook post doctoral research at the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). During this period he became the first person to clone a human hormone gene and was central to the cloning of the insulin and growth hormone genes. He also determined the first sequence responsible for replication of a cancer-causing virus.

Returning to Australia and ANU in 1978, he cloned the human renin and endorphin genes, going on to show that human hormones expressed in bacteria can maintain their biological activity. He also founded the Centre for Recombinant DNA Research at ANU. In 1982 he was awarded that Gottschalk Medal by the Australian Academy of Science.

Shine returned to USCSF in 1984, and worked as a vice-president at California Biotechnology Inc. from 1984 to 1986; he was a board member from 1987 to 1989. He was instrumental in the development and growth of the company, which was subsequently sold to Johnson and Johnson.

Shine returned to Australia once more in 1987 to take up a professorship in molecular biology at the University of New South Wales. He also became the deputy director of the Garvan Institute, and subsequently executive director from 1990 to 2011. He was chairman of the National Health and Medical Research Council from 2003 to 2006. As of September 2016, he was a professor of medicine and molecular biology at the Garvan Institute. He was chairman of CSL Limited from 2011 to 2018 and of the Museum of Applied Arts and Science from 2011 to 2016.

Awards
In 1994 Shine was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. He donated A$1 million to the academy in 2000 to help fund the restoration of the building, which was subsequently renamed the Shine Dome in his honour.

Shine was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1996 for service to medical research, particularly in the field of molecular biology. In 2001 he was awarded a Centenary Medal "For service to Australian society and science in molecular genetics". In 2010, Shine was awarded the Prime Minister's Prize for Science, the nation's highest scientific award. In 2017 he was appointed a Companion of the Order of Australia.

In 2020 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.

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Peppershrike

The peppershrikes are two species of passerine bird found in tropical Central and South America. They form the genus Cyclarhis, part of the vireo family.

These are heavyset birds with a hooked shrike-like bill. Although sluggish and very vocal, the peppershrikes are still difficult to spot as they feed on insects and spiders in the canopy aloft. Their cup-shaped nests can likewise be found high in the trees.

Taxonomy
The genus Cyclarhis was introduced in 1789 by the English naturalist William Swainson to accommodate a single species, the rufous-browed peppershrike, which is therefore the type species. The genus name is from the Ancient Greek kuklos meaning "circle" and rhis, rhinos meaning "nostrils". The genus contains two species.

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Talk:Ocracoke, North Carolina

world war 2 u boat issues?
i have a 5 hour long movie about world war 2 in the outer banks. a lot of u-boats were in the area at the time there have been very famous incidents. i am surprised that that was not talked about in the history section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.6.151.248 (talk) 00:53, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Fishing?
Hey Korivak. Go interview some fishermen and edit this page to tell about them. There was a big to-do when the Ocracoke ice house was about to close (which would put them all out of business) and a hastily assembled fisherman's cooperative bought it. Haven't heard anything since then, and their website has not been updated. http://www.ocracokewatermen.org/ FrederickFolger (talk) 23:42, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

An Ocracoke/Canadian
I've lived on Ocracoke Island on and off over the last decade when not living in Ottawa, Canada, and moved down to live here full time to write as of January 2005.

-Korivak

Discussing "humans"
Perhaps I'm a bit sensitive to this, but in common parlance, "populations" usually implies humanity, unless there's a reason for saying otherwise.

For example, we might discuss a Panda population, but it would usually only be in the context of a paucity of Pandas (or conversely, a large population of a certain animal).

Inserting "human" in the discussion of population sounds awkward. And in the context of a racial/ethnic discussion, it seems obviously redundant.

Jim 03:02, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

In addition, the island that makes up the Bogue Banks (includes the town of Emerald Isle) is part of the Outer Banks and IS inhabited.-JB

The Bogue Banks are not part of the Outer Banks they are south of the Outer Banks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.164.110.118 (talk) 18:36, 4 July 2009 (UTC)

British Cemetery
It's doubtful the Coast Guard Station takes care of the cemetery: the Coast Guard Station closed and has been renovated into a learning center. 842U (talk) 21:05, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Coast Guard still maintains a presence on the island. They just don't have a station anymore. Coast Guard personnel live in civilian housing and the launch trailerable boats from National Park Service Property while not taking care of the cemetary. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tugboat069 (talk • contribs) 23:44, 7 December 2009 (UTC)

Native Americans
The usual no permanent settlement before the white man blah blah..someone please fix this..if I do it it will be deleted.24.196.172.247 (talk) 04:52, 11 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Eight years after you asked, I fixed it.Smallchief (talk) 15:06, 19 June 2023 (UTC)

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Here's a profile of Ocracoke after the damage from hurricane Dorian in September 2019. I'd add it to the references, but I'm not too good with Wikipedia's formatting standards. Omc (talk) 03:20, 10 November 2019 (UTC)

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Talk:Canada–France relations

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When did Canada first establish independant (of the UK) diplomatic relations with France and vice versa? (Alphaboi867 07:22, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC))

 * Some pre-20th-century history would be great in general. Off the top of my head the French (I think) retained special rights to prepare fish off the Labrador shore from the end of New France, which should be mentioned...

 * Also during WW2 I think the Quebec government was sympathetic and had relations of one sort or another with Viche France... -- stewacide 21:55, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

 * I already heard this claim, but cannot say much about it. Both Quebec and Vichy France had governments with a Catholic, traditionalist, ruralist ideology, so this sounds quite possible. David.Monniaux 16:25, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

About the WW2 support of Vichy, there was an important public relation offensive both from Free France and Vichy France, since Quebec was the largest francophone population out of France at the time. (Paul Couture - The Vichy / Free French War Propaganda in Quebec, 1940-1942 - Historical Paper, 1978 page 209.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sir John Falstaff (talk • contribs) 02:16, 23 January 2011 (UTC)

While some historians have speculated that France under de Gaulle went so far as to set up a spy network in Canada and even give aid to Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ) terrorists in the years leading up to 1967, France's diplomatic manoeuvrings are well documented, if little appreciated at the time.

What is that supposed to mean? That some Canadian historians? politicians? journalists? speculated about spy networks sponsored by France but never brought any proof of it? David.Monniaux 16:16, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

The significant contingent of Quebec sovereignty supporters within the French government and the upper levels of the French foreign and civil services (primarily, but not exclusively, Gaullists)

Any source for the "significant" contingent?

"Minister for Quebec" This is obviously a nickname - given by whom? Jean de Lipkowski's function was secretary of state for foreign affairs.

Etc. etc. this whole section smacks of POV against Quebec independentism and De Gaulle's policies. David.Monniaux 16:21, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Oh yeah, that entry was TOTALLY unbiased....
And then people wonder why wikipedia is not considered a trustworthy academic source...

I removed a good chunk of the POV from this article although there is a considerable amount of POV left alternately favouring Canada, les independantistes de Québec, and France. If anyone else is interested feel free to clear the rest out. Basser g 02:28, 17 June 2006 (UTC)

 * To be extremely picky: les independantistes du Québec. --Saforrest 21:44, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

Oh, how my French has improved since then. :) Wow I must have been 15 when I wrote that embarrassing title... Basser g (talk) 05:25, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Inappropriate tone
It was not envisioned at the time by the federal government how much this agreement, and the doors it opened, would come to haunt them in the coming years

This is not encyclopedic tone... sounds like an editorial. David.Monniaux 17:32, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

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Lev Nussimbaum

Lev Nussimbaum (October 17, 1905 – August 27, 1942), who wrote under the pen names Essad Bey and Kurban Said, was a writer and journalist, born in Kiev to a Jewish family. He lived there and in Baku during his childhood before fleeing the Bolsheviks in 1920 at the age of 14. In 1922, while living in Germany, he obtained a certificate claiming that he had converted to Islam in the presence of the imam of the Turkish embassy in Berlin. He created a niche for himself in the competitive European literary world by writing about topics that Westerners, in general, knew little about - the Caucasus, the Russian Empire, the Bolshevik Revolution, newly discovered oil, and Islam. He wrote under the name of Essad Bey in German.

Historians and literary critics who knew these subjects well discredited Essad Bey as a reliable source. Today, historians disregard books published under this name and rarely quote him, though the topics Essad Bey chose to write about are still critically relevant. The fact that Essad Bey was so prolific calls into question the authorship of these books and whether Essad Bey was primarily operating as a broker and doctoring manuscripts and marketing them under his pseudonym, which had become famous. In 1934, his agent warned him to slow down and take a year off between books so that he would not appear to be so prolific. That year no books were published in German – only two novellas in Polish.

Life
Lev Nussimbaum was born in October 1905. He claimed that he was born in a train. Documents in the Kyiv State Archives and the Kyiv Synagogue state that Lev Nussimbaum was born in Kiev. Nussimbaum's birth was originally registered in the Kyiv Synagogue.

His father, Abraam Leybusovich Nussimbaum, was a Jew from Tiflis, in present-day Georgia, born in 1875. He later migrated to Baku and invested in oil. His mother, Berta Basya Davidovna Slutzkin Nussimbaum according to her marriage certificate, was a Jew from Belarus. She committed suicide on February 16, 1911 in Baku when Nussimbaum was five years old. Apparently, she had embraced left-wing politics and was possibly involved in the underground Communist movement. Nussimbaum's father hired Alice Schulte, a woman of German ethnicity, to be his son's governess.

In 1918, Lev and his father temporarily fled Baku because of the massacres that were taking place in the streets between different political forces. According to Essad Bey's first book, Blood and Oil in the Orient, which historians do not consider to be very reliable, the two travelled through Turkestan and Persia. Researchers have found no record of this adventurous journey except in Nussimbaum's own writings. Nussimbaum and his father returned to Baku, but when the Bolsheviks took Baku in the spring of 1920, they fled to Georgia. They stayed there until the Bolsheviks took Tiflis and Batumi.

Lev Nussimbaum, as Essad Bey, wrote his first book Oel und Blut im Orient (Blood and Oil in the Orient) in German in 1929. Although he claims that his account was autobiographical, historians in Azerbaijan and Georgia discount this claim, as there are many major factual errors in the historical description. Essad Bey describes his delight when, at the age of 14, he and his father left Azerbaijan. In the final passage of the book, he writes: "At that moment, Europe began for me. The Old East was dead."

They purportedly boarded a ship bound for Istanbul, where thousands of refugees had fled. Nussimbaum eventually settled in Berlin (1921–1933), where he enrolled simultaneously in high school and in Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität. He did not graduate from either school, but told people that he had received a Cand. Phil. degree.

In 1926, he began writing under the pen name of Essad Bey for the literary journal Die literarische Welt (The Literary World). At least 120 articles were published under this name. By the early 1930s, Essad Bey had become a popular author throughout Western Europe, writing mainly about contemporary historical and political issues.

Politically, Essad Bey was a monarchist. In 1931, he joined the German-Russian League Against Bolshevism, the members of which, Daniel Lazare remarks, "for the most part either were Nazis or soon would be". He joined the Social Monarchist Party, which advocated restoration of Germany's Hohenzollern dynasty. He also had connections to the pre-fascistic Young Russian movement, headed by Alexander Kazembek.

In 1932, Essad Bey married Erika Loewendahl, daughter of shoe magnate Walter Loewendahl. The marriage failed, ending in scandal. Erika ran off in 1935 with Nussimbaum's colleague René Fülöp-Miller. Erika's parents, who were wealthy, succeeded in getting the marriage to Nussimbaum annulled in 1937.

In 1938, when Nazi Germany annexed Austria, Nussimbaum fled to Italy and settled in the seacoast town of Positano. He died there of a rare blood disorder which causes gangrene of the extremities. This was most likely Buerger's disease, which is known to afflict Ashkenazi male Jews, rather than Raynaud's Disease, which is more prevalent in women. It is possible that Essad Bey denied his Jewish ancestry to doctors who were treating him, which led to the misdiagnosis of Raynaud's instead of Buerger's. Little was known in the early 1940s about Buerger's disease, especially that the disease could be reversed if the patient stopped smoking. Essad Bey, who was known to be a heavy smoker, died a painful death at the age of 36.

Islam
Nussimbaum had a romantic view of Islam, seeing it as part of the grand cultural heritage of "the East", to which he felt connected through his Jewish heritage, and a bulwark against the evils of Western modernity and Bolshevism. Writing about his childhood in Azerbaijan, he notes the emotional response he had in looking at the old palaces in Baku:

"I saw the broad expanse of the sandy Arabian desert, I saw the horsemen, their snow-white burnooses billowing in the wind, I saw the flocks of prophets praying towards Mecca and I wanted to be one with this wall, one with this desert, one with this incomprehensible, intricate script, one with the entire Islamic Orient, which in our Baku had been so ceremoniously carried to the grave, to the victorious drumbeats of European culture.... Throughout my entire childhood, I dreamed of the Arabic edifices every night... I do know that it was the most powerful, most formative feeling of my life."

Confusion surrounds the details of Essad Bey's conversion to Islam. There are at least three accounts that attempt to explain his alleged conversion:

(1) When Essad Bey was 17 years old, he officially obtained a certificate of conversion as "document of proof" in a declaration to Imam Hafiz Shuku (1871-1924) of the former Ottoman Embassy in Berlin on August 13, 1922.

(2) However, later accounts circulated that Essad Bey did not convert to Islam but simply reclaimed his religious identity since he had been born a Muslim.

(3) Essad Bey converted to Islam along with his family when he was eight years old.

In 1924 in Berlin, Nussimbaum helped found an Islamic student group Islamia, where he met other Muslims: Arabs, Turks, Iranians, Afghans and Indians, as well as converts like himself. They "spoke out about the wretched situation of Muslims in the colonial world." However, some Muslims objected to the way Nussimbaum depicted Islam in his writings, accusing him of Orientalism and of not being a "real" Muslim. In 1930, Mohammed Hoffman, a member of Islamia and himself a convert to Islam, accused Nussimbaum of trying "to pass for a born Muslim" and suggesting that his conversion was merely a ploy. As a result of this and similar accusations, Nussimbaum stopped attending Islamia meetings; however, he never renounced Islam or distanced himself from it. In 1934 the New York Herald Tribune ran a profile of Essad Bey which described him as an irreverent Muslim who "carries no prayer rug; he fails to salute Mecca when he prays... eats pigs and drinks wine; yet when he came to be married in Berlin he refused to abjure his creed."

Armin Wegner, a contemporary of Essad Bey who knew him in his last years in Positano, Italy, observed that Bey "kept up the comedy of being Muslim to the end."

A scathing review of Essad Bey's biography Mohammed expressed doubt that the author "had ever read the Quran, either in the original or in translation." It claimed: "Essad Bey's Mohammed is a potpourri of bad history, distorted facts and naive interpretations. It should never have been written... In fact, I am impelled to go still further and state that there is hardly a page in this 'biography' which is free from error."

Works
Despite Nussimbaum's being an ethnic Jew, his monarchist and anti-Bolshevik politics were such that, before his origins were discovered, the Nazi propaganda ministry included his works on their list of "excellent books for German minds". Among the works credited to him are early biographies of Lenin, Stalin and Czar Nicholas II, Mohammed, the Prophet; and Reza Shah of Iran. All of these biographies were allegedly written between 1932 and 1936. At one point, Nussimbaum was requested to write an official biography of Benito Mussolini. Essad Bey's works, many of which he claimed were biographies, are discredited by historians and literary critics and rarely referenced today except to note how unreliable they are.

Ali and Nino
Tom Reiss attributes the 1937 novel Ali and Nino: A Love Story, published under the pseudonym Kurban Said, to Lev Nussimbaum. In his biography of Nussimbaum, The Orientalist, Reiss argues that Said was another pseudonym of Nussimbaum's, and that Ali and Nino was written by Nussimbaum.

Reiss also debunks claims made by the heirs of Austrian baroness Elfriede Ehrenfels, who claimed co-authorship. Reiss acknowledges that she registered the book with German authorities in Austria after 1938, but suggests that this was because Nussimbaum could not have received money for publishing the book in Germany due to his Jewish ethnicity.

Other critics, however, maintain that the book is partially plagiarized. They suggest that it was adapted by Nussimbaum from an earlier manuscript. A 2011 issue of Azerbaijan International re-opened the issue of the authorship of Ali and Nino. The primary author featured in this issue, Betty Blair, states that "we are convinced" that the book was written mostly by Azerbaijani author Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli, though they also offer evidence that Nussimbaum wrote at least some portions of the book.

They argue that the folkloric and legendary passages include exact "cut and paste" passages that Nussimbaum had published multiple times in his earlier works. They also note that Nussimbaum left the Caucasus when he was only 14 years old and that he boasted that he was a Monarchist, although the novel expresses the views of someone who sought the independence of Azerbaijan. Reiss dismissed the claim that Chamanzaminli was the author behind the Said pseudonym, claiming that he looked at one of Chamanzaminli's novellas and found him to be a Muslim communalist nationalist. Blair argues, in contrast, that Ali and Nino is a "nationalist" book in a broader, non-communalist sense, since the novel is essentially about Azerbaijan's independence.

Tamar Injia published a book entitled Ali and Nino – Literary Robbery!, showing that substantial portions of the book were copied from the book The Snake's Skin by Georgian author Grigol Robakidze. Injia analyzed the two books, and found a number of similar or identical passages, and concluded that "Kurban Said" (whose real life identity she does not attempt to determine) deliberately copied passages from Robakidze's earlier novel.

Under pen name of Essad Bey

 * Blood and Oil in the Orient (1930; reissued by Aran Press in English, 1997 (withdrawn from the market by the publisher); reissued by Maurer in English, 2008, ISBN 978-3-929345-36-0, in German, 2008, ISBN 978-3-929345-30-8)
 * Twelve Secrets of the Caucasus (1930; reissued by Maurer in English, 2008, ISBN 978-3-929345-37-7, in German, 2008, 978-3-929345-33-9)
 * Stalin: The Career of a Fanatic (1931)
 * The Caucasus (1932), only in German, "Der Kaukasus".
 * Mohammed (1932), many editions available worldwide, except in English
 * White Russia: People Without a Homeland (1932) (not translated into English).
 * OGPU: The Plot Against the World (1932)
 * Liquid Gold (1933), (not translated into English)
 * Russia at the Crossroads (1933), (not translated into English).
 * Love and Petroleum (1934), novella, only in Polish (not translated into English; published originally in a pulp magazine in Poland. Translated into German and published by Maurer, 2008, 978-3-929345-35-3, together with "Manuela").
 * Manuela (1934), novella, only in Polish (not translated into English; published originally in a pulp magazine in Poland. Translated into German and published by Maurer, 2008, 978-3-929345-35-3, together with "Love and Petroleum").
 * Nicholas II: The Prisoner in Purple (1935; reissued by Maurer in German, 2011, ISBN 978-3-929345-57-5)
 * Lenin (1935), Italian only
 * Reza Shah (1936)
 * Allah is Great: The Decline and Rise of the Islamic World (1936) (with Wolfgang von Weisl) about the ascendancy of Saudi Arabian king Ibn Saud (1936) (not translated into English).
 * End of Bolshevism (1936), which appeared only in Italian as "Giustizia Rossa" (Red Justice).

Under pen name of Kurban Said
As discussed above, there is a dispute over whether or not Lev Nussimbaum is the core author behind works written under the pseudonym Kurban Said. The works written under this name include the following:

 * Ali and Nino (1937, reissued by Anchor, 2000, ISBN 0-385-72040-8, as "Ali and Nino: A Love Story").
 * Girl from the Golden Horn (1938, reissued by Overlook Press, 2001, ISBN 1-58567-173-8)
 * The Man Who Knew Nothing About Love (Unpublished, but advertised in the back pages of Annemarie Selinko's novel I Was an Ugly Girl, Vienna: Kirschner, 1937, the same year that "Ali and Nino" was published.)

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Dan Maloney

Daniel Charles "Snowshoes" Maloney (September 24, 1950 – November 19, 2018) was a professional ice hockey left winger in the National Hockey League (NHL) and NHL coach. He featured in the 1971 Stanley Cup Finals with the Chicago Blackhawks.

Playing career
Drafted 14th overall by the Chicago Black Hawks in the 1970 NHL Entry Draft, Maloney played two seasons for the Black Hawks and later played for the Los Angeles Kings, Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs tallying 192 goals, 259 assists and 451 points in 737 games over the course of his playing career. Upon retiring as a player he was offered an assistant coach position with the Maple Leafs in 1982, and promoted to head coach in 1984. He coached two seasons with the Leafs, then coached three more years as head coach of the Winnipeg Jets.

Maloney is known as having had one of the hardest right-hand punches in his day, and is considered by many hockey fans to have been the greatest fighter (along with the Flyers' Dave Schultz) in NHL history. The two finally squared off in a fight in a game in Los Angeles on January 4, 1975, with Maloney considered the winner. But Maloney was more than a fighter, as he tallied 27 goals in back to back seasons (1974–75 and 1975–76). Maloney was part of the trade that sent Marcel Dionne from Detroit to the Los Angeles Kings. Schultz was traded to the Kings a year later to replace Maloney as their enforcer.

As a member of the Red Wings, he was the third NHL player to be charged by local authorities with a crime resulting from action on the ice. In the second period of a 7–3 loss to Toronto at Maple Leaf Gardens on November 5, 1975, Maloney came to the defense of teammate Bryan Hextall by attacking the Maple Leafs' Brian Glennie from behind, flattening him with a right‐hand punch, hitting him several more times and repeatedly lifting and dropping him, face first, to the ice. Glennie sustained a mild concussion. Despite Glennie's hit on Hextall being described by The Associated Press as "a clean check," Maloney claimed the force of the contact was excessive and that he had no intention of injuring him. He was charged with assault by Attorney General of Ontario Roy McMurtry the following day on November 6, but was acquitted just under eight months later on June 30, 1976.

Personal life
During his time with the Red Wings, Maloney lived year-round in Detroit area (Southfield, Michigan). Maloney's nephew, Trenton Bourque, was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in 2017.

In his later years Maloney lived in the Barrie or Orillia, Ontario, area. Maloney died on November 19, 2018, after a period of declining health; he was 68. He would posthumously be diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).

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Ronin Warriors

Ronin Warriors, known in Japan by its original title Armor Legend Samurai Troopers (鎧伝サムライトルーパー), is a Japanese anime series created by Hajime Yatate and animated by Sunrise. The television series, co-produced by Nagoya TV, aired across Japan on the All-Nippon News Network from April 30, 1988, to March 4, 1989 for a total of 39 episodes. A manga adaptation was serialized on Kodansha’s Comic BomBom from November 17, 1988 to April 5, 1990 and the chapters collected into 2 tankōbon volumes.

Plot
Talpa, the demon lord of the Netherworld and ruler of The Dynasty, is bent on conquering the mortal world. Standing against Talpa and his four Dark Warlords are the five Ronin Warriors, each in possession of mystical armor and weapons. They are assisted by Mia Koji, a young student-teacher, and a mysterious warrior-monk known only as The Ancient.

Anime
Ronin Warriors was originally licensed in the United States by Graz Entertainment and distributed by Cinar (now WildBrain), and it was recorded by the Vancouver-based Ocean Productions cast. Ronin Warriors first aired on American television during the summer of 1995 and subsequently appeared through syndication, as well as the USA Network (1995), Sci-Fi Channel (1996) and later on Cartoon Network (1999).

The series was released on DVD in 2002, including the original Japanese version with English subtitles on the reverse side of the disc. On September 4, 2014, North American anime licensor Discotek Media announced their license of the original Japanese anime (Yoroiden Samurai Troopers), and planned to release the series on DVD in 2015. Discotek has said that on their Facebook page that they have no plans to release Ronin Warriors until they clear issues with the dub. Discotek has also licensed the OVAs and includes both Japanese and English audio as well as English subtitles. By 2021, the issues were resolved and the series' English dub had a Blu-ray release on December 28, 2021.

Crunchyroll later added the anime series for its streaming. The English dub was legally available on streaming services such Amazon Prime Video, RetroCrush, and Tubi.

The opening and ending sequences and the eyecatches were replaced with new ones, and the Japanese title cards were removed; there were no substantial cuts to the bodies of the episodes and the episodes retained most of the original music.

A line of action figures based on the anime was released by Playmates Toys in 1999, with a limited rerelease by Re:Play in 2001.

Three OVA sequels were produced: Gaiden (Side Story), The Legend of the Inferno Armor, and Message. There are numerous novels and audio dramas based on the anime. While all the sequels have been released on DVD, the manga and audio dramas have not been made available in English.

Music

 * Yoroiden Samurai Troopers Debut Album: Kimi o Nemurasenai (King Records, December 21, 1988, 4 weeks on Oricon chart). (4 weeks on Oricon chart, ranked as high as 44).
 * Yoroiden Samurai Troopers: Best Friends (King Records, June 5, 1989). (4 weeks on Oricon chart, ranked as high as 12).
 * "Stardust Eyes" is the opening theme for episodes 1-20 is while the ending theme is "Faraway". Both were composed by Mariko Uranishi.
 * "Samurai Heart" is the opening theme from episodes 21-39, while the ending is "Be Free" both were composed by Hiroko Moriguchi.
 * Gaiden would have "Stardust Eyes" and "Faraway" for its opening and closing theme for its first episode, and have "Samurai Heart" and "Be Free" for its second.
 * Legend of the Inferno Armor would have "Stardust Eyes" for its opening theme and "Samurai Heart" as its closing theme for every episode.
 * For Message, the opening theme is "Tsukamae Teite" and its solo on episode 5 is "Hoshi no Lullaby", both by Kaori Futenma.

Video game
In July 2020, a crossover with Ragnarok Mobile was launched.

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Bobov

Bobov may refer to
 * Bobov (Hasidic dynasty), a Hasidic community from southern Poland and now headquartered in the neighborhood of Borough Park, in Brooklyn, New York, United States
 * Bobov Synagogue (Kraków) in Poland
 * Bobov Dol, a town in Bulgaria
 * Bobov Dol Power Plant
 * Bobov Dol Municipality

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Breslov (disambiguation)

Breslov may refer to:

 * Bratslav, a town in modern Ukraine
 * Breslov (Hasidic group)
 * Breslov Research Institute, a publisher of classic and contemporary Breslov group texts in English

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