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not proper
That is not the proper way to add a link to a web site. Hence, the revert. Rlquall 04:56, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

does this college teach evolution at this point? --84.47.121.144 21:28, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Bryan College's Department of Biology website states: "Our major objective is to provide strong and rigorous academic courses that are integrated with Biblical truth without compromising the content of our courses. We provide courses exploring various theories of evolution and creation in the course Origins and History of Life." So I guess they teach both creationism and evolution in the same course. I'd be very interested in getting a recording of one of that course's lectures.
 * --Cohen the Bavarian 08:19, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

I took a course at Bryan College called "Physical Origins" in which we learned about specific aspects of the Big Bang theory and plate tectonics. The various stages of the Big Bang were presented as fact, however the professor (Dr. Kurt Wise, who has since left the school) employed a delibrately schizophrenic teaching style, presenting material from what he considered a mainstream scientific perspective (not his own) for the first half of the semester. Wise was sort of famous on campus for this approach, but in our class (near the end of his time at the school) he seemed less interested in role-playing than in simply getting through the semester's material. I don't remember him announcing a switch from mainstream scientific theory to "Biblical Truth," although most of the students knew such a switch was to be expected at mid-semester. Biological questions like the origin of animals were treated in a companion course called "Biological Origins," which I did not experience. So yes, Bryan College taught evolution as of 2004, but not in a conventional way at all. I would be interested in helping with this aspect of the article. Does anyone have requests or advice as to what would be beneficial?

I could perform personal interviews to flesh out this information, but would those "sources" meet Wikipedia's verifyability and no original research policies? Daviddrp 04:38, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

NCCCA or NAIA
In the NCCCA article it says Bryan College competes with them. Yet on this page it says they compete in the NAIA conference. Which is it?Professor Davies 17:04, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I believe you meant NCCAA. Bryan College competes in both the NCCAA an the NAIA conferences in different sports. I full update to Bryan College's Wikipedia page is coming soon. David Beisner (talk) 14:20, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

New updates
I'm a student at Bryan and working on updating the content to bring it all up to date and make it accurate. You'll see lots of edits over the next few weeks. David Beisner (talk) 18:55, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Requested peer audit assistance from rlquall to maintain neutrality of article. The following was posted on rlquall's talk page on 10 June 2008:

Hello rlquall, I'm a student at Bryan College and I'm trying to update the Bryan wiki page to make it more accurate and complete in its information. But I want to make sure I don't appear biased toward the school in any of my postings. I saw that you have posted on the talk page for Bryan College and wondered if you had any interest in keeping an eye on my edits and letting me know via the talk page if I write anything that seems biased towards the college. My goal is to write a purely informational encyclopedia entry with good sources and references. Thanks! David Beisner (talk) 15:46, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

Requested peer audit assistance from orlady to maintain neutrality of article. The following was posted on orlady's talk page on 10 June 2008: Hi Orlady, do you have any interest in keeping an eye on the Bryan College page? I noticed that you're involved in pages in Tennessee, Chattanooga, and Dayton. I'm a student at Bryan and I'm trying to make the page for my school more accurate and up to date, but I want to be careful to maintain neutrality. I'm new to wikipedia and would love some help from someone who seems to be not only an old pro, but someone who is interested in the surrounding area. Any comments on neutrality issues or general content would be greatly appreciated! David Beisner (talk) 16:11, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

 * David,
 * I think that the main issue is with the first paragraph. Stuff like "nationally competitive" and "best colleges" really shouldn't go in.  Perhaps make the US News stuff into a Accolades or rankings section?  That would work better and feel  more neutral. OurGodlivz (talk) 13:24, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

 * While the lead section was the big tip-off, there are plenty of other issues here, including a full listing of majors and degree programs, which isn't at all necessary unless they're being advertised here. It also needs to be standardized and wikified with a real infobox. While I won't revert the removal of the ad tag, I won't do so mostly because I finally have time to make some adjustments myself. --Aepoutre (talk) 18:28, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Thanks, Aepoutre, for your input... I'm new at Wikipedia still and don't have that much experience with it. I was out of the country and didn't see your previous comments until today. Would you be willing to give me some tips on doing infoboxes? I've been trying to learn about how to properly do these articles by reading the articles for other colleges and universities around the country and have not seen any infoboxes anywhere for major/minor listings, while I have seen a number of other college's and university's programs listed out like I did here on Bryan College's page. --David Beisner (talk) 19:35, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

By the way, since last fall when I did the initial work on this page, I have finished as a student here and am now in the employ of the college. That said, I will be doing little to no editing of the page in order to preserve NPOV and COI. I'll keep an eye on the page for any factual, grammatical, or other minor edits, but I will no longer be doing any major edit work to the page. David Beisner (talk) 19:45, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

 * Dave, no worries! I think that you can have a personal attachment and still do a good job if you put the interests of the encyclopedia first! You sound especially interested in hearing others' opinions, which is key. Check out the message I left on your talk page; I hope it helps (although it seems you may have already read some of it)! :) As for the programs listing: I know a lot of colleges have that, but they've actually been removed from articles I've written, and let's face it: really good wiki articles are few and far between. If you think about it, it really is 1) a list and 2) ad-like. There's really no reason to add all the "offerings" like that unless it's to "offer" them! That said, if there are particularly notable things, like the "Aspire program", those are good to keep (with sources and neutral tone, of course). Additionally, it's helpful to have general information, like whether a college has graduate degrees, a bent toward the sciences, &c., but not a list of everything available and certainly not minors. Thanks for inquiring as to my edits; I really respect that attitude, and aspire to do the same. --Aepoutre (talk) 19:53, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Just a note that I have edited primarily two items. For one added information from a Time news article that I was able to locate, giving us a good source for some of the purpose statements, and removed the column aspect for the presidents as at least of FF it was not rendering correctly. OurGodlivz (talk) 21:23, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

 * That's great. I was focusing mainly on the cleanup without doing any further research. HU, I removed the quote from the lead, as that section is more of a summary rather than a place to be quoting and citing. Had it needed to be kept, I would've named the reference for an "a" and a "b", but it's better situated in just the history section. Well done, keep checking things like the Times if you can. --Aepoutre (talk) 17:03, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the double check. OurGodlivz (talk) 18:28, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Improper rating?
Rated by User:DavidBeisner as GA-class, up from Stub-class, on 6 June 2008. No information on article summary page. Can anyone comment as to the ranking of this article as GA-class? Above comments show that User:DavidBeisner requested review from User:Rlquall and User:Orlady, but there were no responses and User:DavidBeisner changed rating four days before requests. No formal nomination seems to have been made, and a nomination must be made. It reads like an ad to me, and I'll be tagging it as such with Template:Advert. Since I'm challenging its WP:NPOV and we may have a case of WP:COI, its GA-class status might be revoked. In the meantime, I'll attempt some cleanup. --Aepoutre (talk) 02:49, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
 * No response to post or ad tag yet. Changed to start class. --Aepoutre (talk) 17:12, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

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Talk:In Praise of Folly

In Praise of Nobishness: On formatting images
A recent "correction" replaced the image at the righthand side of the article, under a misapprehension about placing images on the page, with the pronouncement "images go on right". I offered the editor the following tips from my Userpage, while keeping in mind Thoreau's remark, A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines. Consistency is important within pages and among closely connected pages, but its only purpose is to serve the reader.

Not all Wikipedia pages need have identical formats, with the first illustration squared top right, though more than one Mediator is convinced this is a requirement. Some images are neutral in their format possibilities, others not:

 * 1. Images need to face into the page.
 * 2. Vanishing points need to lie on the page.
 * 3. Sources of light in an image need to come from the center of the page.

Even if one has never thought about page layout, a moment's reflection will demonstrate the reasonableness of these three axioms, practiced by all professionals. --Wetman 04:49, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

The following remark was left at my personal page, where the poster vandalized the layout, ostensibly to make his "point": "It is better to place an image at the top right of a page because the top left is where the reader expects to see the text. I for one do not want to see a picture, and then have to go looking for the text.  As an example of how silly it is, see above. DunceHarris"

a visual illiterate's edit, based on such an untutored point-of-view, be permitted at Wikipedia, simply because the person is as aggreessive as this? --Wetman 19:53, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Since this work by Erasmus is one of satire and good humor I have to admit that I have a hard time keeping a straight face about this dispute. The conflict between Lilliput and Blefuscu of course comes to mind. But before the two of you start throwing eggs at me for my impertinence, I have to state that I am acting here in innocence as well as with some natural "editor's interest" since I have started and contributed regularly to articles which now have images on both sides of the page, through no intervention of my own but also with no interference from me. To begin with I would very much like to know where it says, anywhere in any of the Wikipedia suggestions or lists of rules, that top images must absolutely, irrevocably be on the right. In other words, on what textual basis "more than one Mediator is convinced this is a requirement"? It would seem to me that the person who has done the initial change would have the motivation and energy to find this text. Thank you for your kind attention. --AlainV 01:20, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * That was I who stated "more than one Mediator [I meant Administrator] is convinced this is a requirement"— from dreary personal experience: it was a biography entry I recall, with the image left staring vacantly off the page, like Folly. There is a broader lesson here, aside from the self-evident Formatting 101 axioms above: Let us make no unnecessary "guidelines", for they will surely be enforced by authoritative fools. An excellent motto at Wikipedia (I wish I could always follow it myself): | Avoid unnecessary interference. It seems a pity to see a page so pointlessly disfigured, nevertheless, and by someone who has made no contribution to this article.  --Wetman 06:12, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Why shouldn't it be on the right? --Dd42 07:01, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

For a layout with images in a strip down the right, see Eiffel Tower --Wetman 19:48, 16 May 2005 (UTC)

original language?
what was the original language and whatever it was, why is the title given in so many traslations in the opening section? 140.180.166.176 (talk) 08:25, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
 * The original language was Latin. Note the picture with Holbein's marginal sketch. There were numerous translations. BibleBill talk 13:22, 16th of the 10th, 2009

audio recording
Librivox has just added a free audio recording of John Wilson's English translation of The Praise of Folly to their collection: http://librivox.org/the-praise-of-folly-by-erasmus/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.251.58.44 (talk) 17:25, 23 November 2008 (UTC)

Date of publication?
The Erasmus article says that the work was published in 1511; this article says 1512. Alpheus (talk) 00:41, 27 December 2009 (UTC)

Folly's father is Plutus not Pluto
Folly's father is Plutus the god of wealth not Pluto the god of the underworld. "I didn't have Chaos, Orcus, Saturn, Japetus, or any other of those out of date mouldy old gods for a father, but Plutus, god of riches himself...' (Praise of Folly, Penguin Classics,1993 pg 15)

Title
Can we reach a consensus about whether the preferred rendition of the title in English, for the purposes of this article, is The Praise of Folly, In Praise of Folly, or just Praise of Folly? I appreciate that there's no "correct" answer, and that all three variants are used in reputable sources, but at the moment it just looks silly having one variant as the article title, and another in bold at the head of the lede. GrindtXX (talk) 20:59, 12 May 2016 (UTC)
 * No comments on this, so I'm going to standardise as In Praise of Folly, and move the article to that. GrindtXX (talk) 12:46, 6 September 2016 (UTC)
 * As a native English-speaker now aged 65 I've only ever heard of the translation 'In Praise of Folly' - 'Praise of Folly' might do, but surely not 'The Praise of Folly'. So I agree with the previous contributor that we should stick to 'In Praise of Folly' - as far as I can see the only place where there is any serious dispute about this is this talk page! And some of the other translations may, as so often on Wikipedia, have been provided by non-native users of English.213.127.210.95 (talk) 16:23, 8 February 2018 (UTC)

Requested move 13 February 2018

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

The result of the move request was: moved. Seems to be little resistance to the proposed title, as well as no participation since before the first relist, so it is time to close this in favor of the nom's proposal. Happy Publishing! (closed by page mover)  Paine Ellsworth   put'r there 00:55, 7 March 2018 (UTC)

The Praise of Folly → In Praise of Folly – Most usual form of the title in English, and used consistently throughout article. GrindtXX (talk) 23:44, 13 February 2018 (UTC) --Relisting. TonyBallioni (talk) 01:23, 21 February 2018 (UTC) --Relisting. ToThAc (talk) 16:16, 1 March 2018 (UTC)
 * Support - and what about the claim in the lead sentence "sometimes translated as In Praise of More"? Really? Johnbod (talk) 01:11, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
 * Ok, rejigged. The article is pretty poor, isn't it? Johnbod (talk) 01:52, 14 February 2018 (UTC)
 * WP:BB – just do it! – S. Rich (talk) 04:13, 14 February 2018 (UTC)

 * Comment. We need to see evidence about which form is most common. The Norton Critical Edition has it as "The Praise of Folly".--Cúchullain t/ c 19:40, 20 February 2018 (UTC)

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War Skrull
Minor Marvel Comics villain(s). Not notable. Firebug 05:00, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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Why is this protected? It shouldn't be deleted. I want to rv it to the pre-GeneralPatton version, then delete Blomberg-Fritsch Affair, then move this there to merge page histories. Niteowlneils 05:01, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Judd Apatow

Judd Apatow (born December 6, 1967) is an American director, producer, screenwriter and comedian, best known for his work in comedy films. He is the founder of Apatow Productions, through which he produced and directed the films The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005), Knocked Up (2007), Funny People (2009), This Is 40 (2012), Trainwreck (2015), The King of Staten Island (2020), and The Bubble (2022).

Through Apatow Productions he produced and developed the television series Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000), Undeclared (2001–2002), Funny or Die Presents (2010–2011), Girls (2012–2017), Love (2016–2018), and Crashing (2017–2019).

Apatow also produced the films The Cable Guy (1996), Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004), Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006), Superbad (2007), Pineapple Express (2008), Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), Get Him to the Greek (2010), Bridesmaids (2011), Begin Again (2013), Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013), and The Big Sick (2017). Throughout his career, Apatow has received nominations for 11 Primetime Emmy Awards (three wins), five Writers Guild of America Awards (one win), two Producers Guild of America Awards, one Golden Globe Award, and one Grammy Award.

Early life and education
The middle of three children of Maury Apatow, a real-estate developer, and Tamara Shad, who ran the music label Mainstream Records founded by her father, Bob Shad, Judd Apatow was born in the Flushing neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens, and raised in Syosset, New York, on Long Island. His family is Jewish, but nonreligious. Apatow has an older brother, Robert, and a younger sister, Mia. Their mother died in 2008. His maternal grandmother, Molly, co-starred in his film This Is 40.

When Apatow was 12 years old, his parents divorced. Robert went to live with his maternal grandparents, and Mia went to live with her mother. As a child, Apatow lived mainly with his father, and visited his mother on weekends. Apatow's mother spent a summer working at a comedy club, which is where Judd was first exposed to live stand-up comedy.

Apatow's deep interest in comedy dates back to his childhood; his heroes were Steve Martin, Bill Cosby and the Marx Brothers. Apatow got his comic start washing dishes at the Long Island East Side Comedy Club, and while attending Syosset High School, he played jazz and hosted a program called Comedy Club on the school's 125-watt radio station WKWZ which he created as a way to meet and learn from the comedians he looked up to. He cold-called comedians he admired during this time, managing to interview Steve Allen, Howard Stern, Harold Ramis and John Candy, along with emerging comedians such as Jerry Seinfeld, Steven Wright, and Garry Shandling.

1985–2003: Stand-up and early work
Apatow began performing stand-up comedy at age seventeen, during his senior year of high school. In the September 1985 issue of Laugh Factory Magazine, he is listed as an associate editor. After graduating from high school in 1985, he moved to Los Angeles and enrolled in the screenwriting program at University of Southern California. While at USC, he organized and hosted a number of on-campus "Comedy Night" events, featuring headliners such as Saturday Night Live performer Kevin Nealon. Apatow introduced the acts at these events with short standup routines of his own. He also began volunteering at (and later producing) benefit concerts for HBO's Comic Relief and performing and seeing standup at the Improv in Hollywood. He dropped out of college during his second year and later moved into an apartment with comedian Adam Sandler, whom he met at the Improv. He competed in the Johnnie Walker Comedy Search in 1989 directed by Saturday Night Live short film producer Neal Marshad.

Shortly thereafter, Apatow was introduced by manager Jimmy Miller to Garry Shandling which resulted in Apatow being hired as a writer for the 1991 Grammy Awards that year, which Shandling hosted. He went on to co-produce comedy specials by Roseanne Arnold, Tom Arnold, and Jim Carrey. In 1992, Apatow appeared on HBO's 15th Annual Young Comedians Special and shortly afterwards went on to co-create and executive produce The Ben Stiller Show for Fox. Apatow had met Stiller outside of an Elvis Costello concert in 1990, and they became friends. Despite critical acclaim and an Emmy Award for Apatow and the rest of the writing staff, Fox canceled the show in 1993.

Apatow went on to join HBO's The Larry Sanders Show in 1993 as a writer and consulting producer, and he later served as a co-executive producer and director of an episode during the show's final season in 1998. He credits Shandling as his mentor for influencing him to write comedy that is more character-driven. Apatow earned six Emmy nominations for his work on Larry Sanders. During this same time, he worked as a consulting producer and staff writer for the animated show The Critic, starring Jon Lovitz.

In 1995, Apatow co-wrote (with Steve Brill) the feature film Heavyweights. Around the same time, Apatow was hired to produce and do an uncredited re-write of the script for the movie The Cable Guy, which was released in 1996 to mixed reviews. It was during the pre-production of the film that Apatow met his future wife, actress Leslie Mann. Apatow did uncredited re-writes on two other Jim Carrey films: Liar Liar and Bruce Almighty. His next script was titled Making Amends, which had Owen Wilson attached to star as a man in Alcoholics Anonymous who decides to apologize to everyone he has ever hurt. However, the film was never made. Apatow did uncredited rewrites of the Adam Sandler films Happy Gilmore and The Wedding Singer. He was also featured in four tracks on Sandler's 1996 comedy album "What the Hell Happened to Me?"

In 1999, Apatow created Sick in the Head, a multi-camera sitcom pilot starring David Krumholtz as a psychiatrist on his first day on the job, Amy Poehler as a suicidal patient, and Kevin Corrigan as Krumholtz's slacker roommate. The show was not picked up by Fox, which freed up Apatow to serve as an executive producer of the award-winning series Freaks and Geeks, which debuted in 1999. He also wrote and directed several episodes of the series. After its cancellation, Apatow was the executive producer and creator of the series Undeclared, which reused Seth Rogen in the main cast and other Freaks and Geeks cast members in recurring roles. Although both shows were quickly canceled, USA Today media critic Susan Wloszczyna called the shows "two of the most acclaimed TV series to ever last only one season".

In 2001, Apatow created North Hollywood, a pilot that featured Jason Segel, Kevin Hart, Seth Rogen, Phil Hendrie, and Judge Reinhold (playing himself). The pilot was not picked up by ABC. In 2002, he co-wrote (with Brent Forrester) a Fox pilot titled Life on Parole, starring David Herman as a dissatisfied parole officer whose roommate happens to be one of his parolees; it was not picked up. Apatow has screened and introduced them at "The Other Network", a festival of un-aired TV pilots produced by Un-Cabaret.

2004–2008: Career breakthrough
In 2004, Apatow produced the feature film comedy Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, starring Will Ferrell and directed by Adam McKay. The film was a box office success. Apatow co-produced the 2013 sequel, Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. He made his feature directorial debut in 2005 with the comedy The 40-Year-Old Virgin, which he also co-wrote with the film's star, Steve Carell, for Universal Pictures. The film opened at number one at the box office and grossed more than $175 million globally. The comedy garnered numerous awards and nominations, including being named one of AFI's Top Movies of the Year, as well as taking home Best Comedy Movie at the 11th annual Critics' Choice Awards. The 40-Year-Old Virgin also earned Apatow a nomination for Best Original Screenplay from the Writers Guild of America and received four MTV Movie Award nominations, including a win for Carell for Best Comedic Performance. In 2005, Apatow co-wrote with Nicholas Stoller the feature film comedy Fun with Dick and Jane starring Jim Carrey and Téa Leoni. The film went on to gross $205 million worldwide.

His second film, the romantic comedy Knocked Up, was released in June 2007 to wide critical acclaim. Apatow wrote the initial draft of the film on the set of Talladega Nights. The story concerns a slacker and a media personality (Rogen and Heigl, respectively) whose one-night stand results in an unintended pregnancy. In addition to being a critical success, the film was also a commercial hit, continuing Apatow's newfound mainstream success.

In August 2007, Apatow produced the film Superbad, which was written by Seth Rogen and his writing partner Evan Goldberg. A concept Rogen and Goldberg had created as teens, Apatow convinced Rogen to write the film as a vehicle for himself in 2000. Rogen and Goldberg finished writing the film, but were unable to find a studio interested in producing it. Apatow then enlisted Rogen and Goldberg to write Pineapple Express, a stoner action movie that he felt would be more commercial. After the success of Anchorman and The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Apatow was still unable to sell both Superbad and Pineapple Express; it was only after he produced the commercial hit Talladega Nights that Sony Pictures Entertainment decided to produce both.

At this point, Rogen was unable to play the lead for Superbad, as he had grown too old to play the part of Seth. Subsequently, he was cast in a supporting role as a police officer and friend Jonah Hill took his role as the high school student. Apatow credits Rogen for influencing him to make his work more "outrageously dirty".

In August 2007, Superbad opened at No. 1 in the box office to critical acclaim, taking in $33 million in its opening weekend. Industry insiders claimed Apatow was now a brand unto himself, creating movies geared toward older audiences, who would watch his movies even when the films delved into the teen genre.

Apatow served as producer and co-writer along with director Jake Kasdan for the biopic spoof Walk Hard starring John C. Reilly, Kristen Wiig and Jenna Fischer, which was released in December 2007. While the film received positive reviews, it did poorly commercially. In 2008, he served as producer for Drillbit Taylor starring Owen Wilson and Leslie Mann and written by Seth Rogen, which opened in March and earned negative reviews.

For the rest of 2008, Apatow produced the comedy films Forgetting Sarah Marshall starring Jason Segel and Kristen Bell; Step Brothers, which reunites Talladega Nights co-stars Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly; and Pineapple Express starring Seth Rogen and James Franco, both of whom originally starred on Freaks and Geeks. In addition, he served as co-writer for the Adam Sandler comedy film You Don't Mess with the Zohan, which Sandler and Robert Smigel also co-wrote and went on to gross $204 million at the worldwide box office.

He tries to keep a low budget on his projects and usually makes his movies about the work itself rather than using big stars. After his success in film, he hired the entire writing staff from Undeclared to write movies for Apatow Productions. He never fires writers and he keeps them on projects through all stages of productions, known colloquially as "the comedy wheel". Apatow is not committed to any specific studio, but his projects are typically set up at Universal and Sony, and in 2009 Variety reported that Universal had signed him to a 3 picture directing deal. Apatow once vowed to include a penis in every one of his movies. He explained his position as, "I like movies that are, you know, uplifting and hopeful...and I like filth!"

2009–2015: Established stardom
In 2009, Apatow served as producer for the biblical comedy film Year One; the film was not well received. He also released his third directorial feature on July 31 that same year, titled Funny People. Apatow wrote the film, which starred Adam Sandler and Seth Rogen as a pair of standup comedians, one of whom has a terminal illness. Other co-stars included his wife Leslie Mann and Eric Bana, who was a comedic actor in Australia before appearing in American films. The film contained more dramatic elements than Apatow's previous directorial efforts. Although the film was not financially successful (grossing $54 million domestically), the critical reception was primarily positive, with David Denby of The New Yorker magazine including the film on his top ten films of 2009, calling Funny People "a serious comedy about a funny man's brush with death" and stating that the film "is Apatow's richest, most complicated movie yet—a summing up of his feelings about comedy and its relation to the rest of existence." New York Times critic A.O. Scott, reflecting on summer films of 2009, opined that Funny People was "a movie about growing up, feeling sad, facing death—a long, serious film whose subject is the challenge of maturity. Which may be why, in the face of a softish opening weekend, various interpreters of box office data were quick to declare Funny People a flop. The summer is no time for grown-ups."

In 2010, Apatow served as producer on the Forgetting Sarah Marshall spin-off Get Him to the Greek with Russell Brand reprising his role and Jonah Hill returning from the original film, albeit as a different character. Released by Universal, the film did well at the box office, grossing $92 million. In 2011, Apatow produced Bridesmaids which grossed $288.4 million worldwide and received Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actress (Melissa McCarthy) and Best Original Screenplay (Annie Mumolo and Kristen Wiig), as well as two Golden Globe Award nominations and two Screen Actors Guild Award nominations. Bridesmaids also won a Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Comedy Movie, a People's Choice Award for Favorite Comedy Movie and was named one of AFI's Movies of the Year. That same year, he produced Girls after seeing Lena Dunham's 2010 film Tiny Furniture. The series ran from 2012 to 2017 and generating criticism over its depiction of sexual assault, male ejaculate, and Dunham's frequent on-screen nudity. In a January 2013 interview in Fast Company, Apatow and Dunham discussed the creative process of working on the show, saying that "this type of show is an auteur's vision. It isn't collaborative in the same way as other shows. We are probably closer to Curb Your Enthusiasm than we are to something like Friends."

Apatow produced Wanderlust (2012), starring Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd as a married couple who leave New York City and live in a hippie commune. He also produced The Five-Year Engagement (2012), featuring Jason Segel and Emily Blunt as a couple who have a rocky five-year engagement.

Apatow's fourth directorial effort, the Knocked Up spin-off This Is 40, was released by Universal Pictures on December 21, 2012, starring Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann as the characters Pete and Debbie (reprising their roles from Knocked Up) and had original music by Graham Parker and The Rumour (who play themselves). The film received mostly positive reactions from critics, with The New Yorker's Richard Brody writing that This Is 40 is "the stuff of life, and it flows like life, and, like life, it would be good for it to last longer."

In 2012, Entertainment Weekly reported that 22 years after writing an episode of The Simpsons, Apatow's script ("Bart's New Friend") was being developed into an episode that would air in 2015. Apatow co-produced Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues, which was released December 18, 2013, with the plot focusing on "Ron Burgundy's struggle to find his place in the rise of new media and the 24-hour news cycle". Apatow produced Begin Again (2013), starring Keira Knightley who plays a singer-songwriter who is discovered by a struggling record label executive (played by Mark Ruffalo) and collaborates with him to produce an album recorded in public locations all over New York City. Writer-director John Carney first pitched the film in 2010 to Apatow, who produced the film alongside Tobin Armbrust and Anthony Bregman whose production company Exclusive Media financed the film's US$8 million budget.

Apatow's fifth directorial feature was the 2015 romantic comedy entitled Trainwreck. Amy Schumer wrote and starred in the film as "a basket case who tries to rebuild her life" by attempting to commit to a serious relationship with a sports doctor (Bill Hader), after a string of one-night stands with different men. The Atlantic Christopher Orr opined that "this is a film that belongs not to its director but to its star, who, if there is any justice in the world, is about to ascend from cult icon to mass phenomenon." The film received an 85% on Rotten Tomatoes. Produced on a budget of $35 million, Trainwreck grossed $140.8 million worldwide.

In November 2017, Apatow returned to stand-up after a long hiatus to headline a show in New York City's Carnegie Hall called Judd Apatow and Friends. He announced over Twitter that the show would benefit Everytown for Gun Safety, a non-profit organization founded by Michael Bloomberg which advocates for gun control and against gun violence.

2016–present: Career expansion
In 2016, he created the Netflix television comedy series Love, on which he also serves as a writer and executive producer. The series followed a young couple navigating the thrills and agonies of modern relationships, and ran on Netflix for three seasons. Later that year, HBO picked up Crashing, a semi-autobiographical television series which follows Pete Holmes as he tries to become a stand-up comedian after his wife cheats on him. It's only with the help of other famous comedians (playing fictional versions of themselves) that Pete is able to learn the ropes of the stand-up comedy world. The series was created by and stars comedian Pete Holmes, and executive produced by Apatow. It was first reported in 2010 that Apatow would be producing a new Pee-wee Herman film starring Paul Reubens that would be written by Rebuens and Paul Rust. The film, Pee-wee's Big Holiday, was released by Netflix in March 2016.

Apatow made his first documentary piece in 2016, Doc and Darryl, which documents the career and relationship of New York Mets players Dwight "Doc" Gooden and Darryl Strawberry. It aired as part of ESPN's series of sports documentaries 30 for 30 in July 2016.

In 2017, he produced the romantic comedy The Big Sick. The film stars Kumail Nanjiani as himself, a stand-up comedian who comes from a Muslim Pakistani background and falls in love with an American woman, based on Nanjiani's real-life wife Emily V. Gordon. Produced on a budget of $5 million, it grossed $56.4 million worldwide. A New York Times review described the movie as "a joyous, generous-hearted romantic comedy that, even as it veers into difficult terrain, insists that we just need to keep on laughing" while revitalizing "the often moribund romantic comedy subgenre with a true story of love, death and the everyday comedy of being a 21st-century American". In 2018, the film was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of best Original Screenplay. Additionally it won Best Comedy at the Critics' Choice Awards and received an AFI Movies of the Year Award from the American Film Institute. The film also received two Screen Actors Guild nominations and a NAACP Image Award nomination. Apatow was nominated for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures award by the Producers Guild of America, alongside producing partner Barry Mendel.

Earlier that year, Apatow produced Chris Gethard's HBO comedy special Career Suicide, an hour and a half long monologue about Gethard's experience with depression, therapy and search for fulfillment. The program was described as being able to "articulate intense and often ineffable emotion" while still remaining "brazenly candid...and packed with great jokes". In a review for The A.V. Club, Erik Adams wrote "There is a feeling that somewhere, somehow, someone is going to stumble-upon Career Suicide, and it's going to make them feel less alone."

Apatow also starred in his first stand-up special, Judd Apatow: The Return, in December 2017. The special was recorded during the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal, Canada the previous July and released through Netflix. Apatow also had a cameo role in The Disaster Artist (2017), which chronicles the making of the film The Room. The New Yorker critic Richard Brody felt the role was a "reminder" that Apatow should play a lead in one of his own films. Along with documentarian Michael Bonfiglio, Apatow co-directed the documentary May It Last: A Portrait Of The Avett Brothers, which chronicles the making of the titular band's album True Sadness. It aired on HBO in January 2018 and later won the SXSW Audience Award at the SXSW film festival.

Later in 2018, he directed another HBO documentary, The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling, exploring the life and legacy of comedian Garry Shandling, one of Apatow's idols and a close friend. After editing together video packages for Garry Shandling's memorial service, Apatow realized that the material was worthy of a full documentary. NPR's David Bianculi called the documentary, "a deeply affecting TV show about the meaning of life – right up there with the final TV interviews by mythologist Joseph Campbell and British TV writer Dennis Potter. In his comedy, Garry Shandling always was in pursuit of the truth and contemplating real life. With this two-part HBO special, he and Judd Apatow achieved that very beautifully one last time." In September 2018, Apatow took home the outstanding documentary or nonfiction special award at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards for his work on the documentary.

In June 2020, Apatow's seventh directorial film, The King of Staten Island, co-written with and starring Pete Davidson, was to be released in theatres but due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic it was instead released to video on demand on the 12th of June to positive reviews from critics.

In 2022, Apatow, Joshua Church, and Nicholas Stoller co-produced Bros, the first major studio rom-com with an all LGBTQ cast. The film stars Billy Eichner, Luke Macfarlane, Ts Madison, Monica Raymund, Guillermo Díaz, Guy Branum, and Amanda Bearse.

Apatow memorialized the friendship of comics Bob Newhart and Don Rickles in Bob & Don: A Love Story -- a 2023 short documentary film featuring interviews with and home movies of both families.

Criticism
In 2007, New York magazine noted that former Apatow associate Mike White was "disenchanted" by Apatow's later films, "objecting to the treatment of women and gay men in Apatow's recent movies", with White quoted as saying of Knocked Up: "At some point it starts feeling like comedy of the bullies, rather than the bullied." In Apatow's comedies, characters had frequently used demeaning words against the LGBTQ community, words such as "tranny", and "faggot".

Actress Katherine Heigl said in 2007 that though she enjoyed working with Apatow on Knocked Up, she found the film itself "a little sexist" and felt it "paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight, and it paints the men as lovable, goofy, fun-loving guys." Apatow responded, "I'm just shocked she used the word shrew. I mean, what is this, the 1600s?" Apatow said the characters in the film "are sexist at times... but it's really about immature people who are afraid of women and relationships and learn to grow up."

In 2012, Alyssa Rosenberg of ThinkProgress quoted Apatow as saying, "I got bored of penises. I said, 'enough of that.' No, I just like immaturity, I like to show people struggle and try to figure out who they are. I'm a guy and so it leaned guy for a while. But one of the projects I'm most proud of is Freaks and Geeks, which is about a woman in high school struggling to figure out which group she wants to belong to, so for me, it goes back and forth."

Personal life
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences rejected his first application for membership, even though he was sponsored by Academy Award-winning screenwriters Akiva Goldsman and Stephen Gaghan. Seth Rogen claimed Apatow "just wanted the free DVDs". He became a member in 2008.

Marriage and children
Apatow met actress Leslie Mann on the set of the 1996 comedy film The Cable Guy, where he served as producer and she was cast as the girlfriend of Matthew Broderick's character. They were married on June 9, 1997, in Los Angeles, and have two daughters, Maude and Iris. Mann has appeared in Freaks and Geeks, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, Drillbit Taylor, Funny People, and This Is 40. Both daughters appeared in Knocked Up, Funny People, and This Is 40, as Leslie Mann's character's daughters, and Maude was nominated at the 34th Young Artist Awards for Best Performance in a Feature Film – Supporting Young Actress for This Is 40. Apatow and his family live in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles.

Philanthropy
Apatow's philanthropic work includes supporting the literacy organization 826LA, the Bogart Pediatric Cancer Research Program, and Children's Cancer Research Center at Children's hospital. He edited the book I Found This Funny published by McSweeneys to benefit 826LA. Additionally, Apatow's book, "Sick in the Head", in which he interviews comedy icons such as Jerry Seinfeld and Jay Leno, benefitted the 826LA organization. Apatow has also received several high-profile awards for his advocacy and support of women in Hollywood, as well as victims of sexual assault. In 2015, he was honored by the Rape Treatment Foundation, who later released a statement on Apatow's contributions, describing him as "a powerful voice for the truths about rape and an advocate for respectful treatment of victims". Apatow has positioned himself at the forefront of the #MeToo and #TimesUp online movements, encouraging alleged victims to come forward while also criticizing people accused. Apatow had strong words for people like Bill Cosby and those who gave Cosby a platform to continue to perform and speak.

In 2017, Apatow was awarded the ACLU Bill of Rights Award, for being "an outspoken and tireless advocate on behalf of women in the arts".

Apatow regularly performs stand-up at the Largo at the Coronet, a comedy venue in Los Angeles, as part of his Judd Apatow and Friends series. Guests have included Adam Sandler, Zach Galifianakis, Ryan Adams, Beck, David Spade, Garry Shandling and Jackson Browne. Each show benefits a charity of Apatow's choosing and past charities have included St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 826LA and Alzheimer's Association.

Awards and nominations
During his work on the Larry Sanders Show, Apatow was nominated for five Emmys, as well as a Critics' Choice Television Award. In 2007, he was nominated for a Grammy for co-writing the song "Walk Hard" (nominated for Best Song Written for Motion Picture). Apatow's work was also nominated for Outstanding Comedy Series at the 2012 and 2013 Primetime Emmys for Girls and was also nominated at the Critics' Choice Television Awards for Girls. In 2012, Apatow received the Hollywood Comedy Award at the 16th annual Hollywood Film Awards presented by the Hollywood Film Festival. Additionally in 2012, Apatow was presented with the Herb Sargent Award for Comedy Excellence from the Writers Guild East.

In 2015, Apatow's film Trainwreck was nominated for 2 Golden Globe Awards, including a nomination for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy, the first film directed by Apatow to achieve this feat. The film was also nominated for 3 Critics' Choice Movie Awards, including Best Comedy. In 2016, Apatow was awarded the Generation Award at the Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal for his contributions to comedy.

Recurring collaborators
Apatow has worked with a group of actors on an ongoing basis, including Steve Carell, Paul Rudd, Seth Rogen, Jonah Hill, and Jason Segel, and also tends to work with his close friends and family. He has frequently worked with producers Shauna Robertson and Barry Mendel. To date, Seth Rogen has been involved with eight of Apatow's projects, as an actor, writer, and/or producer. Apatow's wife Leslie Mann has starred in five, Will Ferrell has starred in five, Paul Rudd has starred in nine, Jonah Hill has starred in seven, and Jason Segel has starred in four (as well as written two). Apatow has produced four projects written by Adam McKay and Will Ferrell. Saturday Night Live and Bridesmaids star Kristen Wiig has appeared in five Apatow movies and, alongside Mann, is Apatow's main female collaborator.

Kristen Wiig, in a speech presenting Apatow with the Herb Sargent Award for Comedy Excellence in February 2012 said that he was an "incredible collaborator and supporter" In a 2011 interview with Elle, television actress and writer Lena Dunham, who has collaborated often with Apatow said of his work, "Knocked Up is really about love. [...] His movies are about people trying to get closer to themselves. He's the perfect match for a story about being 25, because that's all 25-year-olds are interested in. The other problems they encounter—money issues, conflicts at work—don't matter."

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tenth Anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing

The tenth anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing does not need its own Wikipedia article. This article contains only two sentences, both of which are already in Oklahoma City bombing. - Brian Kendig 05:04, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge any content into Oklahoma City bombing. Evil Monkey∴Hello 05:20, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. All useful materials are already on the Oklahoma City bombing page. -- PFHLai 07:31, 2005 Apr 22 (UTC)
 * Delete. Yeah, you're right. AngryParsley 00:08, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete or Merge with Oklahoma City bombing. -- Elisson | Talk 00:10, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete cuz apparently it's already merged. This has the potential to be expanded, it got national (US) media attention, but if nobody writes it then it's not worth having as a stub. SchmuckyTheCat 00:13, 7 May 2005 (UTC)
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Melinda and Melinda is a fantastic Woody Allen Movie. By far the greatest of his movies since the 80s, possibly one of his best. Popular review claim that Will Ferrell is the "weak link" and does a "poor job portraying the 'Woody Allen' character." I, on the other hand completely disagree. I believe that Will Ferrell does a fantastic job. He delivers all of his lines with the "Woody Allen Enthusiasm" and even adds some of himself to the character. The result is a lovely comedy. However on the tragic side of the story, the "Woody Allen" character, if you can call him that, Lee, does a horrible job. His acting was very amateurish and less than impressive. But I do have faith in Woody Allen and believe that he wanted Lee to act that way. Radha Mitchell who plays Melinda in both sides of the story does an outstanding job and Chloe Sevigny lights up the screen in the tragic side of the story. The screenplay was near flawless in my opinion. The only real criticism I do have is the tragic side can be a bit boring, however in the end I realized what Woody Allen was creating and thought it wonderful. The narrators were unneccesary, I believed. Or maybe that was just because they all did a horrible job, all except Wallace Shawn-who can pull off anything. The only woman at the table had a total of ten lines, and she couldn't have done worse if they were her first words. Luckily, these four were only in the movie briefly. The other actors dominate the movie and make it an extremely pleasurable experience. The two stories together create a masterpiece, in my opinion. Both, in reality, could stand alone. I would recommend this movie to everyone! Also, seeing it twice is much better as you pick up subtle parallels between the stories. So go and see this movie. Highly Recommended!

 * Thanks a lot for the personal note, Woody!  -71.112.11.220 04:45, 2 November

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I agree, even though this is just our pov, and i am removing "whose films are generally considered to have been below par in recent years." phrase from the article, because there certainly is no general consecus on this.

The universally praised performance that wasn't
Prior to my removal of it, the article previously contained a sentence describing the lead actress's performance as "universally praised". Here are some links to the contrary: Critic: Wesley Morris Source: Boston Globe; Critic: Desson Thomson Source: Washington Post; Critic: Stephen Hunter Source: Washington Post. All these critics are considered "Top Critics" by Rotten Tomatoes - cited in this article.--71.241.239.17 (talk) 00:53, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

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Constitution Day (Denmark)

Constitution Day (Grundlovsdag) is observed in Denmark on 5 June. The day honours the Constitution of Denmark, as both the first constitution of 1849 and the current constitution of 1953 were signed on this date of their respective years. Denmark is one of only a handful countries in the world not to have an official national day, but Constitution Day is sometimes considered the equivalent of such a day, and a day for celebrating Danish democracy.

Though it has never been an official national holiday, Constitution Day was a half-day off work from 1891 until 1975. Since then, collective labour agreements have usually given workers a half-day or the whole day off on Constitution Day. Stores with an annual turnover of at most 43.4 million kroner can stay open on Constitution Day, but most stores must keep closed.

The day is widely celebrated throughout Denmark with church congregations, associations and political organisations meeting for what are essentially "secular services". These services include the raising of the Dannebrog (the Danish flag), a short speech by a local politician or celebrity, and collective singing (fællessang).

The date

Following the Danish Constituent Assembly of 1848 and 1849, the first constitution (which established Denmark as a constitutional monarchy) was signed by King Frederick VII on 5 June 1849. The constitution was completely rewritten in 1866, 1915 (when women's suffrage was introduced), and most recently in 1953, the latter two rewritings also on 5 June.

5 June is also Father's Day in Denmark. It was introduced in 1935, and until 1956 it fell on the second Sunday of November, placing it at the opposite end of the year from Mother's Day on the second Sunday in May. Father's Day was later moved to its current date since Constitution Day was a half-day off work.

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Talk:Bell X-2

I replaced this photograph with another one of higher quality. I'm archiving it here in case it can help anyone in the future. Triddle 05:13, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Can somebody confirm the "Starbuster" name? I've never seen it before, & I thought I knew my X-planes... Trekphiler 00:07, 6 December 2005 (UTC)

 * NASA Dryden identifies it as the Bell X-2 Starbuster. The Dark 22:50, 17 February 2006 (UTC)

Starbuster was the nickname given the airplane by Pete Everest for his max speed flight. Later Ivan Kinchelo had another nickname. Neither was used by any serious person until very recently when a model maker started publicizing the 'Starbuster' name. I would recommend removing all reference to 'starbuster'. p.s. NACA never received the aircraft, Nasa Dryden has no clue. Mark Lincoln (talk) 18:04, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

It sounds a bit "after-the-fact" to me. Like trying to call the F-106 the "Lockheed-Martin" F-106. Ain't NO way! ("Convair" it will always be!) Phyllis1753 19:50, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

#2
In "Operation" it is stated that aircraft #2 was lost in 1953. Later it is stated that there are more tests with the #2 plane. --DrJos (talk) 21:15, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Also, first paragraph of "Operation" says first flight in June, contradicting caption on initial photo of crash on first fllight in April......--Grant..

I'm flyin', here
"completed the first powered flight in the #1 airplane" Is that "1st powered flight in type" or "1st powered flight of a/c #1"? TREKphiler  hit me ♠  08:44, 18 November 2009 (UTC)

The #2 aircraft 46-675 never made a powered flight.Mark Lincoln (talk) 18:02, 27 May 2010 (UTC)

The pilots are not listed....
The pilots are not listed, as they should be, and as they are for the X-15. It is well-known that Chuck Yeager flew the X-2 in breaking Scott Crossfield's air speed record. Crossfield barely reached Mach 2 in the Douglas D-558-II Skyrocket at Mach 2.0005, but Yeager soon shattered this one at Mach 2.44 in the X-2 !47.215.183.159 (talk) 00:35, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

No, Chuck Yeager reached Mach 2.44 in the Bell X-1A.

Mach 3
The article currently states that Mel Apt was the first person to reach Mach 3, albeit at the cost of his own life. However, a quick series of calculations involving the speed of sound at the altitudes where the X-2 flew suggests this may not have been the case. Pete Everest took the X-2 to an unofficial speed record of 1,957 mph. Given the altitude at which this took place, is it plausible that Everest may have reached Mach 3, and done so before Apt did? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.71.166.188 (talk) 05:19, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

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Renaissance literature

Renaissance literature refers to European literature which was influenced by the intellectual and cultural tendencies associated with the Renaissance. The literature of the Renaissance was written within the general movement of the Renaissance, which arose in 14th-century Italy and continued until the mid-17th century in England while being diffused into the rest of the western world. It is characterized by the adoption of a humanist philosophy and the recovery of the classical Antiquity. It benefited from the spread of printing in the latter part of the 15th century.

Overview
For the writers of the Renaissance, Greco-Roman inspiration was shown both in the themes of their writing and in the literary forms they used. The world was considered from an anthropocentric perspective. Platonic ideas were revived and put to the service of Christianity. The search for pleasures of the senses and a critical and rational spirit completed the ideological panorama of the period. New literary genres such as the essay (Montaigne) and new metrical forms such as the Spenserian stanza made their appearance.

The impact of the Renaissance varied across the continent; countries that were predominantly Catholic or Protestant experienced the Renaissance differently. Areas where the Eastern Orthodox Church was culturally dominant, as well as those areas of Europe under Islamic rule, were more or less outside its influence. The period focused on self-actualization and one's ability to accept what is going on in one's life.

The earliest Renaissance literature appeared in Italy in the 14th century; Petrarch, Machiavelli, and Ariosto are notable examples of Italian Renaissance writers. From Italy, the influence of the Renaissance spread at different times to other countries and continued to spread around Europe through the 17th century. The English Renaissance and the Renaissance in Scotland date from the late 15th century to the early 17th century. In northern Europe, the scholarly writings of Erasmus, the plays of William Shakespeare, the poems of Edmund Spenser, and the writings of Sir Philip Sidney may be considered Renaissance in character.

The development of the printing press (using movable type) by Johannes Gutenberg in the 1440s encouraged authors to write in their local vernacular instead of Greek or Latin classical languages, thus widening the reading audience and promoting the spread of Renaissance ideas.

Major authors
Significant writers and poets associated with the Renaissance literature are:

Italian: Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Jacopo Sannazaro, Niccolò Machiavelli, Ludovico Ariosto, Michelangelo

Portuguese: Jorge de Montemor, Luís de Camões

Spanish: Baptista Mantuanus, Miguel de Cervantes

French: François Rabelais

Dutch: Erasmus

English: Thomas Wyatt, Edmund Spenser, Philip Sidney, William Shakespeare

German: Georg Rudolf Weckherlin

Literature by century

 * 15th century in literature
 * 16th century in literature

Poetry by century

 * 15th century in poetry
 * 16th century in poetry

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Interstate 640

Interstate 640 (I-640) is an east–west auxiliary Interstate Highway in Knoxville, Tennessee. It serves as a bypass for I-40 around Downtown Knoxville and is also an alternative route for traffic passing between I-40 and I-75. All trucks carrying hazardous cargo through Knoxville are required to use I-640. It has a total length of 10.80 mi and runs approximately 3 mi north of downtown through the northern neighborhoods of Knoxville.

For its first 3 mi, I-640 has a concurrency with I-75, although exits along this segment are numbered according to the former's mileage. For the rest of its length, the Interstate maintains an unsigned concurrency with U.S. Route 25W (US 25W). Both of these highways were rerouted from their original alignments upon I-640's completion.

The route that is now I-640 was first planned by the city of Knoxville in 1945 and initiated by the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, along with most of the Interstate Highway System. Initial construction work began in the early 1960s, and for many years, only 2 mi of the highway was open to traffic. Work on the remainder of I-640 began in 1977, and the last section was completed in 1982.

Route description
I-640 has three lanes in each direction for its entire length, in addition to auxiliary lanes between some interchanges. In 2022, annual average daily traffic (AADT) counts ranged from 70,244 vehicles per day at the highway's eastern terminus to 104,064 vehicles on the western leg. Unlike the other Interstate Highways in Knoxville, however, I-640 rarely experiences severe congestion.

I-640 begins west of Downtown Knoxville at a semi-directional T interchange with I-40 and I-75, where the latter continues onto a concurrency with I-640. Along this section, I-640 is treated as the primary route, with exits numbered according to its mileage. Initially heading northwest, the Interstate immediately passes under State Route 169 (SR 169, Middlebrook Pike) without an interchange. A short distance beyond this point, the highway turns north and crosses a CSX railroad mainline, intersecting with SR 62 (Western Avenue) in a partial cloverleaf interchange a short distance later. It then veers northeast into the southern fringes of Dutch Valley, running along the northern base of Sharp's Ridge. About 1.5 mi later, I-640 reaches an unusual three-level combination interchange, commonly known as the Sharp's Gap Interchange, with US 25W (Clinton Highway), I-75, and the northern terminus of I-275. A series of towering radio masts on Sharp's Ridge dominate the view to the south here.

At this interchange, I-75 splits off, heading north towards Lexington, Kentucky, and US 25W and SR 9 begin an unsigned concurrency with I-640. Also at this interchange, SR 9 continues onto an unsigned concurrency with US 25W north to Clinton. The highway then shifts slightly east-northeast and, a few miles later, has a partial cloverleaf interchange with US 441 (Broadway). A short distance later, I-640 crosses a Norfolk Southern Railway mainline. Some distance later, the freeway turns almost directly east. It then reaches an interchange with Washington Pike and Millertown Pike; access between the two is provided via frontage roads on both sides of the Interstate. The highway then gradually shifts south and, a few miles later, crosses another Norfolk Southern mainline and US 11W (Rutledge Pike) without intersecting this route. I-640 then reaches its eastern terminus at a semi-directional T interchange with I-40 on the eastern outskirts of Knoxville. Here, US 25W and SR 9 continue onto a brief unsigned concurrency with I-40, heading eastward toward Asheville, North Carolina.

Planning and construction
The highway that is now I-640 had its origins in a plan commissioned by the city of Knoxville in 1945, which recommended that a series of expressways be constructed throughout the city to relieve traffic on surface streets. It was initially known as the Dutch Valley Loop during its planning phase and roughly followed its current alignment. Planners intended these freeways to be integrated into the then-proposed nationwide highway network that later became the Interstate Highway System, which, at the time, was expected to eventually be authorized by Congress. After the passage of the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, which initiated the Interstate system, the highway was designated as I-640 by the American Association of State Highway Officials (AASHO) on November 12, 1958.

Construction on the interchange between I-640, I-75, I-275, and US 25W began in February 1961, as part of the project to build the segment of I-75 (now I-275) directly south of this interchange, which had begun construction in March 1958. It was completed in November 1962 and dedicated on January 3, 1963. On December 4, 1964, what is now the interchange between I-40/I-75 and a short segment of I-640 extending north to SR 169 (Middlebrook Pike) was opened to traffic, providing access between both routes to local motorists. The connecting segment of I-40/I-75 was also opened to all traffic at the same time. Work on the 2.2 mi segment between I-75/I-275/US 25W and US 441 began in October 1968 and was completed on December 15, 1970.

The remainder of I-640 was initially delayed by disputes over its final alignment and disagreements between the city of Knoxville and the state over the improvement of nearby surface streets. In addition, new requirements imposed by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 required that an environmental impact statement (EIS) be prepared for the remaining segments. Environmental studies took place between 1973 and 1978, with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) approving the EIS for the western leg in November 1975 and the EIS for the eastern leg in March 1978. Construction of these sections was then funded as part of a $250 million (equivalent to $ in ) multiphase improvement project on multiple roads in the Knoxville vicinity that was conducted in preparation for the 1982 World's Fair.

Construction on the section between I-40/I-75 and I-75/I-275/US 25W began in October 1977, and work to modify the Sharp's Gap Interchange, which included construction of two new flyover ramps, began in August 1978. This section opened to traffic on December 23, 1980. At this time, I-75 was rerouted onto this section, and the part of I-75 between I-640 and I-40 in downtown Knoxville was renumbered I-275. This was done in an effort to divert through traffic on I-75 away from the World's Fair. Work on the final section, located between US 441 and the eastern terminus with I-40, began in July 1979 and was opened to traffic on December 21, 1981. Final signage, lighting, and landscaping work was completed in April 1982, and the flyover ramp from I-40 eastbound onto I-640 at the eastern terminus opened on July 1, 1983. Then-Governor Lamar Alexander officially opened both sections by leading a walk along their entire lengths dressed in his red plaid shirt that he famously wore during both of his campaigns for governor. I-640 was the last Interstate Highway to be completed from the original 1956 allocation for the East Tennessee Grand Division.

Later history
A new exit ramp from I-640 eastbound to Gap Road was constructed just east of the Sharp's Gap Interchange between December 18, 1985, and August 6, 1986, providing direct access to US 25W from the eastbound lanes for the first time. The section of I-640 between the Sharp's Gap Interchange and US 441 was the only section of the route that was originally four lanes. It was widened to six lanes between January 2000 and June 2003. During this project, the interchange with US 441 was also reconstructed, eliminating a loop exit ramp from I-640 eastbound and reconfiguring parts of the other ramps.

Between May 1, 2008, and June 12, 2009, through traffic passing on I-40 through Knoxville was required to use I-640 to bypass a complete closure of I-40 through downtown. This was conducted as part of a larger project called "SmartFix 40" to reconstruct and improve this section of I-40. During this time, the ramps at both termini of I-640 carrying this traffic were temporarily widened to three lanes to facilitate the extra volume.

Between April 2016 and July 2019, the interchange with US 441 was further modified. The exit ramp from I-640 westbound was lengthened, and a new loop entrance ramp from US 441 northbound onto I-640 westbound was constructed. On October 21, 2019, the speed limit on I-640 was increased from 55 mph to 65 mph, along with the speed limits on sections of other Knoxville-area Interstates, after the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) determined that the air quality had greatly improved in the area over the previous 15 years and that the vast majority of drivers were exceeding these limits by large margins.

TDOT is currently reconstructing the mainline surface of I-640 in a two-phase project. The first phase, which took place in 2021, resurfaced the stretch between the Interstate's western terminus and the Sharp's Gap Interchange by removing one layer of asphalt and replacing it with two main layers and a binding layer. The second phase, which began on July 10, 2022, involves reconstructing the stretch between the Sharp's Gap interchange and the eastern terminus by removing the asphalt surface and rubblizing the original underlying concrete surface to provide a base for a new asphalt surface. The deterioration of the underlying concrete had made this stretch of roadway susceptible to forming cracks and potholes, and had been patched and repaired multiple times. This project was initially slated to be finished by November 30, 2023, but has been delayed until August 31, 2024, due to the discovery of higher-than-expected grades along the route and potholes on bridges.

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Damodar River

Damodar River (Pron: /ˈdʌmoˌdaː/) is a river flowing across the Indian states of Jharkhand and West Bengal. The valley is rich in mineral resources and is known for large-scale mining and industrial activity. It was also known as the Sorrow of Bengal because of the ravaging floods it caused in the plains of West Bengal. The construction of several dams on the Damodar and its tributaries has helped control some of the flooding.

Etymology
Damodar means "rope around the belly", derived from Sanskrit दाम (dama) "rope" and उदर (udara) "belly". Damodar is also another name given to the Hindu god Krishna because his foster-mother, Yashoda, had tied him to a large urn.

Course
The Damodar is a rain-fed river. It originates in Khamarpat Hill on Chotanagpur Plateau in Jharkhand. It travels 368 miles before joining the Hooghly River.

Tributaries
Damodar River has a number of tributaries and subtributaries, such as Barakar, Konar, Bokaro, Haharo, Jamunia, Ghari, Guaia, Khadia and Bhera. The Damodar and the Barakar trifurcate the Chota Nagpur plateau. The rivers pass through hilly areas with great force, sweeping away whatever lies in their path. Two bridges on the Grand Trunk Road near Barhi in Hazaribagh district were torn down by the Barakar: the great stone bridge in 1913 and the subsequent iron bridge in 1946.

River of Sorrows
The Chota Nagpur Plateau receives an average annual rainfall of around 1400 mm, almost all of it in the monsoon months between June and August. The huge volume of water that flows down the Damodar and its tributaries during the monsoons used to be a fury in the upper reaches of the valley. In the lower valley it used to overflow its banks and flood large areas.

Damodar River was earlier known as the "River of Sorrows" as it used to flood many areas of Bardhaman, Hooghly, Howrah and Medinipur districts.

The floods were virtually an annual ritual. In some years the damage was probably more. Many of the great floods of the Damodar are recorded in history — 1770, 1855, 1866, 1873–74, 1875–76, 1884–85, 1891–92, 1897, 1900, 1907, 1913, 1927, 1930, 1935 and 1943. In four of these floods (1770, 1855, 1913 and 1943) most of Bardhaman town was flooded.

In 1789 an agreement was signed between Maharaja Kirti Chand of Burdwan and the East India Company wherein the Maharaja was asked to pay an additional amount of inr 193721 for the construction and maintenance of embankment to prevent floods. However, these ran into dispute and in 1866 and 1873, The Bengal Embankment Act was passed, transferring the powers to build and maintain embankment to the government.

So great was the devastation every year that the floods passed into folklore, as the following Bhadu song testifies:

 * We have sown the crops in Asar
 * We will bring Bhadu in Bhadra.
 * Floods have swollen the Damodar
 * The sailing boats cannot sail.
 * O Damodar! We fall at your feet
 * Reduce the floods a little.
 * Bhadu will come a year later
 * Let the boats sail on your surface.

Damodar Valley
The Damodar Valley is spread across Hazaribagh, Ramgarh, Koderma, Giridih, Dhanbad, Bokaro and Chatra districts in Jharkhand and Bardhaman and Hooghly districts in West Bengal and partially covers Palamu, Ranchi, Lohardaga and Dumka districts in Jharkhand and Howrah, Bankura and Purulia districts in West Bengal with a command area of 24235 km2.

The Damodar valley is rich in coal. It is considered as the prime centre of coking coal in the country. Massive deposits are found in the central basin spreading over 2883 km2. The important coalfields in the basin are Jharia, Raniganj, West Bokaro, East Bokaro, Ramgarh, South Karanpura and North Karanpura.

The Damodar Valley is one of the most industrialised parts of India. Three integrated steel plants (Bokaro, Burnpur and Durgapur) of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and other factories are in the valley.

Damodar Valley Corporation (D.V.C.)
Several dams have been constructed in the valley, for the generation of hydroelectric power. The valley is called “the Ruhr of India”. Damodar Valley Corporation, popularly known as DVC, came into being on July 7, 1948, by an Act of the Constituent Assembly of India (Act No. XIV of 1948) as the first multipurpose river valley project of independent India. It is modeled on the Tennessee Valley Authority of the United States. The initial focus of the DVC were flood control, irrigation, generation, transmission and distribution of electricity, eco-conservation and afforestation, as well as job creation for the socio-economic well-being of the people residing in and around areas affected by DVC projects. However, over the past few decades, power generation has gained priority. Other objectives of the DVC remain part of its primary responsibility. The dams in the valley have a capacity to moderate peak floods of 250000 to 650000 ft3/s. DVC has created irrigation potential of 3640 km2. The first dam was built across the Barakar River, a tributary of the Damodar river at Tilaiya in 1953. The second one was built across the Konar River, another tributary of the Damodar river at Konar in 1955. Two dams across the rivers Barakar and Damodar were built at Maithon in 1957 and Panchet in 1958. Both the dams are some 8 km upstream of the confluence point of the rivers. These four major dams are controlled by DVC. Durgapur Barrage was constructed downstream of the four dams in 1955, across the Damodar river at Durgapur, with head regulators for canals on either side for feeding an extensive system of canals and distributaries. In 1978, the government of Bihar (that was before the formation of the state of Jharkhand) constructed the Tenughat Dam across the Damodar river outside the control of DVC. It proposes constructing a dam across the Barakar river at Belpahari in Jharkhand state.

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ZBB

ZBB is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below:

 * Zero Bug Bounce, a measure of software quality assurance
 * Zero-based budgeting, an alternative to traditional budget planning
 * Zac Brown Band, a country music band founded out of the heart of Atlanta
 * Zompist Bulletin Board, a forum for constructed worlds and languages

ZBB may also be:
 * the IATA code for the Esbjerg Rail Station operated by DSB in Esbjerg, Denmark
 * part of CZBB, the ICAO code for Boundary Bay Airport in British Columbia, Canada
 * the call sign of a 2 kW navigation beacon on 396 kHz that was located on South Bimini Island within the nation of The Bahamas.
 * the postcode of Żebbuġ, Gozo, Malta

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Talk:Ronnie Wood

I'll Strum, You'll Sing
Are there really any plans for the album "I'll Strut, You'll Sing" to be made with Rod Stewart? I've been hearing about this for years with no apparent progress.

Don't think it is gonna happen since he has been in rehab or touring with the Stones. Not much time to spare inbetween. Kaiketsu 15:02, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

 * seven months later ... (sorry for the bold print, but i'm aiming to be visible here!)
 * i've just changed the prospective title of this still-awaited album in the article - as far as i know the proposed title is the same as the track on Crossexion, which is of course "You Strum and I'll Sing", with no strutting involved. :] if that's incorrect, i apologize, but ... do we have a citable source for whatever the proposed title was/is? thanks Sssoul (talk) 18:08, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

Marriages and children?
There is much info about marriages and children of the other 3 members of the Stones, but nothing about Ron. Can someone fill in the blanks? --rogerd 21:04, 27 May 2006 (UTC)

Requested move
I think the article should be called Ronnie Wood. Even his official website is www.ronniewood.com - Deathrocker 02:49, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

My perception is that he is called Ronnie in Britain and by the press, but generally is known as Ron outside Britain. Kaiketsu 23:37, 30 May 2007 (UTC)

 * and my perception is that at least in the last decade or so he consistently prefers "Ronnie". i agree with the idea of changing the main title of the article to Ronnie Wood. Sssoul (talk) 13:45, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

I also think the title should be changed to Ronnie Wood. This is how most people refer to him. Aliencrash (talk) 20:10, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Enough guitars!
We don't have to mention every guitar he has been playing throughout his career in the infobox. It's better to create a section instead. One section for his instruments (and instrument setup) and one section for his style of playing. Kaiketsu 15:02, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Take a look at this, too.. : Ron showing a small collection of guitars just for touring!--leahtwosaints (talk) 01:31, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

The Thirst
Just how significant are they? I get minimal ghits for them and the reference here reads like spam. What does anybody else think? BTLizard (talk) 12:41, 9 February 2008 (UTC)
 * They aren't. It's just nn trivia and someone trying to get free advertising from an association. It has no place in this article. 156.34.213.177 (talk) 13:26, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

changing one "citation needed" moment
after pondering it a while, i decided to remove the tagged statement about Ronnie being a significant contributor to the Stones - i don't know why it was tagged, but the impression it made on me was "has someone said otherwise?!" sometimes stating something sort of suggests the opposite, you know? and after all the entire article reflects what a major Stone he is. at first i thought of replacing it with the statement that he was made a fully-fledged financial partner in 1990, but that wouldn't fit the "1970s" heading, so i duly moved that to the "recently" section. i hope that's some help. if i find anything more references i can add i will. Sssoul (talk) 15:44, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

about that Zentgraf website reference ...
http://www.nzentgraf.de/books/tcw/works1.htm is one of the best-researched reference sites about the Stones so i sure hope everyone agrees it's worth citing. the tricky part is that to locate the information about Ronnie's pre-Stones career, you have to go into "site map" then choose "Wood buttons" for each year - i can't figure out a way to make the references refer directly to the "site map" or the "Ronnie 1957-75" index. if someone else can figure out how to do that it would be very worthwhile - thanks! Sssoul (talk) 17:15, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

some link removal
after consulting with some wiki-admin people i decided to delete some links: one was freezing up firefox, which is just a drag; three were for art galleries that seemed too much like adverts (especially since i added a link to Ronnie's own gallery [Scream], where his artwork can be admired); two (or three? i forget, sorry!) were for music sites that are awfully pop-up laden, and i think Ronnie's official site does a much more elegant job of providing information about his career, recordings, etc. i hope that makes sense to people. Sssoul (talk) 19:54, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

the "recently" section
this part doesn't read very well - it's too choppy; and considering that it falls under the "career" heading, the parts about Ronnie's struggle with alcoholism and his Top Gear lap time don't really fit, do they. i propose splitting it into two sections for the 1990s and the 2000s and then rearranging/adding to it to make it flow more smoothly as a piece of writing. i can try to see what i can come up with, but if anyone else has any feelings about it, it would be cool to hear from you ... thanks ... Sssoul (talk) 23:25, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
 * update: okay, i've followed a few of my own suggestions above, and i think it's an improvement. some points that need more help:
 * ~ the 1980s and 1990s need filling out.
 * ~ should Shine a Light (the film) be mentioned, either in the 2000s or under Books, Films & TV Appearances? on the one hand it's "just another Stones concert film"; on the other hand it seems to be considered "important" as a film ...
 * ~ with all due respect i don't know if 3 tracks on a Beverly Knight album is worth leaving in - after all we've skipped his whole tour with Bo Diddley, as well as miles of guest appearances both on stage and on records.
 * ~ similarly: with all due respect, is Clapton's 1973 Rainbow Concert really worth mentioning? i'm removing the bit about Clapton's heroin addiction - that belongs in the Clapton article.
 * Sssoul (talk) 13:54, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Here is a reference for the Ronnie Wood joining PJ on stage, I don't know how to add citations and don't feel like spending ten minutes figuring it out: http://www.xfm.co.uk/news/2009/pearl-jam-we-werent-happy-with-ten 68.37.6.213 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 20:21, 30 September 2009 (UTC).

Not enough guitars!
if the "notable instruments" section of the infobox is to be restricted to just a couple of particular models, i think the Duesenberg should be eliminated - it's flashy, but he never used it *that* much, and recently it's been "deposed" by other "boutique guitars" like the Versouls and the new Zemaitis models - on the Bigger Bang tour i think he used the Duesenberg about twice in three years. i guess "various boutique guitars" isn't a very informative thing to list, even though Ronnie *is* pretty notable for supporting small companies this way ...

at the same time, is it worth being more specific in the info-box? for example: Zemaitis disc-front and metal-front models - which are certainly the ones he's used the longest and is most strongly "associated with"? and/or the fact that the ESPs he actually uses are equipped with b-benders (which i believe isn't standard-issue for the RW Signature models)?

meanwhile: it would be 100% great to have a section in the article devoted to his guitars. i know some about them, and am willing to work on it, but i don't have access to many citeable references and don't want to put stuff up that's just going to attract a lot of "citation needed" labels. is anyone around who could help out with sources, please and thank you?

and: the youtube link that Leahtwosaints posted in the "enough guitars" section above, with a "guided tour" to Ronnie's Licks Tour guitars, is on Ronnie's official myspace page, which is run by Ronnie's management (yes, i doublechecked and it really is): http://www.myspace.com/ronniewoodofficial it's the last clip under "my interests" on the left ... the clip was produced by rollingstones.com, and i take its presence on Ronnie's myspace page as an indication that they condone its presence on youtube. the clip is interesting, relevant, etc, so is it all right to put it among the "external links"? Sssoul (talk) 10:53, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

bbc1 "newsbeat" quote
just for the record: the "Ronnie Wood facts" box here has clearly consulted wikipedia: http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music/newsid_7313000/7313426.stm glad someone's paying attention - other versions of the story called Ronnie a "legendary bassist" 8) Sssoul (talk) 08:41, 30 March 2008 (UTC)

Ronnie leaves wife for an 18-year-old
See http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,380961,00.html. Verklempt (talk) 04:04, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

 * yes, there are different versions of the story making the rounds. most of them seem to say he hasn't "left his wife", but that he's been on a drinking binge with this teenager.
 * here's the Sun article which i believe "broke" the story: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article1408174.ece
 * here's one from the Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1034293/Rolling-Stone-Ronnie-Wood-61-runs-away-18-year-old-Russian-cocktail-waitress.html
 * and a "follow-up" from the Sun: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article1414252.ece
 * they're not the most coherent articles i've ever read, and a bit too full of "is said to be" and unnamed sources to seem real reliable to me, but ... well, there it is. maybe the actual facts will emerge soon.  meanwhile all the best to all the Woods -  whatever is going on it's surely not an easy time. Sssoul (talk) 13:09, 13 July 2008 (UTC)

 * one more from the Sun, which includes a statement that the girl is 20, not 18: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article1417707.ece Sssoul (talk) 10:50, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

 * Is a mention of this young woman really necessary? It seems kind of trivial in the long run. THe relapse I can understand, but the rest seems like pure tabloid material. Stan weller (talk) 21:13, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Needs a good copy-edit
Lead is inadequate; prose glitches; stubby paragraphing further down. Anyone able to attend to it? Tony  (talk)  03:51, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

collaboration on Ronnie's 2007 autobiography
changing this article to assert that Robinson was the ghostwriter, not a collaborator, without reliable sources to support that statement is against Wikipedia policies - see WP:V and WP:BLP. thanks Sssoul (talk) 15:37, 23 February 2010 (UTC)

Lead needs changing
I was quite surprised when I saw the lead here.. mentioning first and foremost that Wood is well-known for his "characteristic" slide guitar playing. That's not what I think of when I consider Wood's body of work throughout his career. While it's true he plays slide and steel guitars- I think that's best handled in the text and not the lead! Please revisit WP:MOS. --Leahtwosaints (talk) 19:45, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

Sad n Ruin
This section reads too much like fandom and is in shorthand ... lots of grammar and spelling issues. I would try to tidy it up however I don't know the subject well enough to edit. Can someone with better knowledge than me try? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Matrixmania (talk • contribs) 08:13, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

Birds/Thunderbirds & Schools
When he joined the Birds they were known as the Thunderbirds, becoming the Birds to fall in with what most local fans called them.

I believe St Stephens was an Infant school and St Matthews a Primary school. I'm pretty sure Wood attended Evelyns Secondary school which served Yiewsley. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.13.92.51 (talk) 19:44, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

Notable instruments
Whatever the merits of adding all his guitars, is Slideonron.com really a reliable source? Looks like something created for a school project.--Egghead06 (talk) 07:23, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

former member of the Faces
Lede says, "former member of the Faces". Former or current? Faces page lists him as current. -- HLachman (talk) 08:47, 4 September 2014 (UTC)

Emphysema
Does he have emphysema? (165.120.240.180 (talk) 09:10, 9 June 2016 (UTC))

When did Ron Wood become "Ronnie Wood?"
Can someone document when this happened, or the period when public references of him transitioned from "Ron to "Ronnie?"

Romani ancestry
The bio says he was the first generation born on land of a bargee or water Gypsy family. The categories as well as the List of Romanichals article say that he's a Romanichal gypsy but there are no sources. I found two articles, one on the Independent website, the other on the Guardian one saying he's a Gypsy but I'm curious if these are confusing "water Gypsy" with "Romani Gypsy" as these groups are different. Whilst some Bargees may have Roma origin, not all do so saying he's Romanichal based upon this isn't very sensible. As a result I've removed the category until it can be proven 100% that he is of Romani heritage. UaMaol (talk) 22:32, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

Merger proposal
I propose merging The Ronnie Wood Band into Ronnie Wood. The former is a stub and seems to be mostly notable for Ronnie's presence in it, and the coverage of the band appears to heavily focus on Ronnie Wood himself.Moriwen (talk) 16:36, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Support Sensible. -- Jayron 32 17:48, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, makes sense. I have high confidence we can fit all three sentences from The Ronnie Wood Band into Ronnie Wood — JohnFromPinckney (talk / edits) 17:41, 7 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, for sure. YouCanDoBetter (talk) 03:32, 9 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, I have to agree here (as currently written). -- The SandDoctor Talk 02:14, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I disagree. They are both their own subject and deserve different pages. 2600:6C5D:0:B94:1DD6:90D8:248D:9D3C (talk) 05:06, 5 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Get a life 82.27.50.28 (talk) 15:19, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Everyone is welcome to their own opinions, 82.27.50.28. Personal attacks are not tolerated. -- The SandDoctor Talk 15:58, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Support merge The very short article would fit easily in the 1990s-2010 section. Joyous! Noise! 02:26, 25 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Support - Seems like a no brainer. -  FlightTime  ( open channel ) 02:56, 25 July 2023 (UTC)

 * ✅ Klbrain (talk) 15:48, 30 September 2023 (UTC)

Incorrect photo
This is a photo of Keith Richards NOT Ronnie Wood. I can’t seem to change it, can someone else manage it please?

many thanks Alice Trethowan (talk) 11:12, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

 * Isn't this a photo of Keith at the same gig? Martinevans123 (talk) 11:22, 13 December 2023 (UTC)

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Branding
I hope you don't mind, but I added an entry for station branding. In my opinion, stations are more likely to change the slogan more often than the on-air branding. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pentawing (talk • contribs) 19 January 2006

Analog signal/digital signal
Are totally the wrong articles to link to - completely out-of-context. Analog television and digital terrestrial television are the suitable target articles, which I'm going to change the template to using. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kiand (talk • contribs) 4 January 2006

Recommending "Sister Stations" Entry
May I suggest that an entry for sister stations be added to this Infobox? This would come in handy for a station that is part of a duopoly or LMA (such as WNYW and WWOR in the New York City market), or to show the relationship between TV and radio stations under the same ownership in the same city (such as WTMJ-TV with WTMJ-AM and WKTI-FM in Milwaukee). The Radio Station Infobox already has a "Sister Stations" entry, so adding one to this Infobox would be complimentary. Thanks in advance.

Possibly adding the NavHide feature onto the infobox...
Is there a chance of adding the NavHide codes onto the layout and if so how will it be done??? WIKIVUE Detroit (talk) MON SEP 03 2007 11:20 PM EDT


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