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Edward Clancy (cardinal)

Edward Bede Clancy AC (13 December 1923 – 3 August 2014) was an Australian Catholic bishop and cardinal. He was the seventh Catholic Archbishop of Sydney from 1983 to 2001. He was made Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Vallicella in 1988.

Early life and ordination
Clancy was born in Lithgow, New South Wales, on 13 December 1923. He said that he wanted to be a priest from an early age and pretended to celebrate his first Mass while still a child, to the amusement of his brother and sisters. After completing his studies at Marist Brothers College, Parramatta, he was ordained to the priesthood in 1949, on the same day as the future Australian cardinal Edward Cassidy.

Priest and bishop
In 1953 Clancy earned a Licentiate in Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum). Clancy continued his education, eventually earning his doctorate in theology in 1965. He then started as a teacher and later accepting the position of chaplain at the University of Sydney. He also served as the official spokesperson for the archdiocese at this time and became very well known on that basis.

On 19 January 1974, Clancy was consecrated titular Bishop of Árd Carna and Auxiliary Bishop of Sydney.

Archbishop and cardinal
On 24 November 1978, he was appointed Archbishop of Canberra (and Goulburn). In the little over four years that he was Archbishop of Canberra and Goulburn, Clancy was respected by the people of Canberra Goulburn as a very friendly and approachable archbishop who was also very supportive of his people and his priests. He had a great rapport with young people in the archdiocese.

On 12 February 1983 he was appointed Archbishop of Sydney and on 28 June 1988 he was elevated to Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Vallicella. He also continued his education career throughout this time, becoming the chancellor of the Australian Catholic University in 1992.

A notable event in the life of his tenure was the beatification of Mother Mary MacKillop, conducted at the Royal Randwick Racecourse on January 15, 1995. Pope John Paul II referenced Clancy in his homily when he said: "We are celebrating an extraordinary event in the life of the Church in this land: the beatification of Mother Mary MacKillop, the first Australian formally declared to be among the Blessed in heaven. I rejoice with all of you: with Cardinal Clancy and my Brother Bishops, with the priests, Religious, all of you, lay men and women, families, young people and children, who offer a radiant and authentic sign of the Church's vitality. I give thanks to God for being able to celebrate this Beatification right here on Australian soil." The Pontiff ended his homily by saying: "The Pope for today, Cardinal Clancy for tomorrow. Praise be the Lord!"

Major work on St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney, took place under his episcopacy. In 1999 a substantial new pipe organ was built by Orgues Létourneau Ltée of Montreal, Québec. In the year 2000 the spires of the cathedral were finally completed.

During his term as archbishop the neo-Gothic diocesan seminary of St Patrick's at Manly (founded by Cardinal Patrick Moran in 1889) was closed and the heritage listed building leased to an international hospitality school. A new seminary, the Seminary of the Good Shepherd, was opened in the inner-western Sydney suburb of Homebush.

Clancy was a fellow of Warrane College, University of New South Wales.

Retirement and death
Clancy retired as Archbishop of Sydney in 2001 and was succeeded by Archbishop George Pell. In the period from 21 October 2003 (when Pell was made cardinal) until Clancy's own 80th birthday on 13 December 2003, there were three Australian cardinal electors (had a papal conclave become necessary); Clancy, Pell and Edward Cassidy.

Clancy's health began to decline after his retirement and he died on 3 August 2014, aged 90, at the Little Sisters of the Poor nursing home in the Sydney suburb of Randwick.

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Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Color

color article input requests
Looking for some input for the following color articles: Curran919 (talk) 14:05, 8 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Talk:Color_theory
 * Talk:Standard_illuminant

A request for efforts on Wikisource..
Anyone able to help get: s:Index:NBS Circular 553.djvu Transcribed? ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 00:55, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

 * To be honest I don't really see the point. Anyone curious can just look at the scan. It can even be OCR'd. If you wanted to make this useful for modern times, you could try to put all of the color names into a database of some kind, but Wikisource isn't capable of hosting something like that. –jacobolus (t) 01:31, 18 February 2024 (UTC)
 * Ideally, the transcription should ultimately also be into Wikidata, assuming someone is able to convert the color references into RGB triplets or xyY values. ShakespeareFan00 (talk) 09:11, 18 February 2024 (UTC)

List of flags containing the color purple listed at Requested moves
A requested move discussion has been initiated for List of flags containing the color purple to be moved to Purple in heraldry. This page is of interest to this WikiProject and interested members may want to participate in the discussion here. —RMCD bot 19:22, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * To opt out of RM notifications on this page, transclude, or set up Article alerts for this WikiProject.

Sorting color shades
The organization of colors on Shades of red, Shades of blue, etc. is seemingly random. Would it be appropriate to sort these all alphabetically? This came up because I was considering where to merge the content of Ruby (color) and Sapphire (color). Recon rabbit  18:05, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

 * These articles are mostly an unencyclopedic mishmash of unsourced trivia. The infoboxes, with their coordinates made up by one or another random Wikipedian or found online somewhere, take up an absurd amount of space. To try to fix them though would be a huge amount of work, especially finding better semi-consistent sources, getting accurate measurements of these various named colors and then properly explaining where the names came from and what range of colors they apply to. Ideally there'd probably be some classification by color (e.g. ISCC–NBS designation). –jacobolus (t) 18:38, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I will probably go for that then. If we are to go by ISCC-NBS designation, should "pinks" even be on the "shades of red" page? I am tempted to just blank the more arbitrary of these listings, such as all the Crayola colors that don't have a single non-primary source. (Edit: I've noticed that at least on Shades of blue, the colors claim to be sorted by highest value in HSV terms, but this is obviously not true as evidenced by the first three entries in the list.) Recon  rabbit  18:53, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
 * Whether pink fits with red or not is a bit arbitrary. My impression is that the word "pink" was originally just a shorthand for light red. For better or worse, in recent years it is also often used for much more purplish colors. –jacobolus (t) 19:47, 17 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I've already started removing Crayola pencil and crayon colors that have duplicated entries at List of Crayola crayon colors or List of Crayola colored pencil colors . I believe this to be in line with the discussion in Summer 2022 here. If unwarranted feel free to revert me. Recon  rabbit  19:46, 17 June 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:List of flags containing the color purple
There is a requested move discussion at Talk:List of flags containing the color purple that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. Safari Scribe Edits! Talk! 19:16, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

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Tales from the Leather Nun

Tales from the Leather Nun was an American underground comic published by Last Gasp in 1973. It was a one-shot anthology of bizarre, violent, and perverted stories featuring nuns by Dave Sheridan, Robert Crumb, Spain Rodriguez, Jaxon, Roger Brand, and Pat Ryan.

The complete Leather Nun adventures by Dave Sheridan were reprinted in Dave Sheridan: Life with Dealer McDope, The Leather Nun, and The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers (Fantagraphics Underground, 2018).

In popular culture
Deborah Harry is seen reading the comic in the 1991 movie Intimate Stranger.

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Wakinosawa Station

Wakinosawa Station (脇ノ沢駅) was a JR East railway station located in Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture, Japan. The station, as well as most of the structures in the surrounding area, was destroyed by the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and has now been replaced by a provisional bus rapid transit line.

Lines
Wakinosawa Station was served by the Ōfunato Line, and is located 88.3 rail kilometers from the terminus of the line at Ichinoseki Station.

Station layout
Wakinosawa Station had a single side platform, serving traffic in both directions. The station was unattended.

History
Wakinosawa Station opened on 15 December 1933. On 23 May 1960, a tsunami caused by the Great Chilean earthquake submerged both this station and neighbouring Otomo Station, making the line temporarily impassable until the water is removed. The station was absorbed into the JR East network upon the privatization of the Japan National Railways (JNR) on April 1, 1987. The station was one of six stations on the Ōfunato Line destroyed by the 11 March 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. Services have now been replaced by a BRT.

Surrounding area

 * Fumon-in temple

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Personal seat license

A personal seat license, or PSL, is a paid license that entitles the holder to the right to buy season tickets for a certain seat in a stadium. This holder can sell the seat license to someone else if they no longer wish to purchase season tickets. However, if the seat license holder chooses not to sell the seat licenses and does not renew the season tickets, the holder forfeits the license back to the team. Most seat licenses are valid for as long as the team plays in the current venue.

As each PSL corresponds to a specific seat, the venue operator can charge different prices for each individual seat. From the fan's perspective, having a specific seat removed the necessity of searching for an open seat in a filled stadium. Newly built sporting venues often offer PSLs to help pay the debt incurred during the construction of the venue. Opponents of PSLs see this as another way to increase the price that fans must afford to attend the venue.

Seat licenses have been given various names. In North America, they are primarily called personal seat licenses or permanent seat licenses, while in Europe they are usually called debentures.

Origin of seat licenses
There are varying accounts as to the origin of the personal seat license.

According to one account, the first personal seat license plan was developed in 1986 at Stanford University by legendary tennis coach Dick Gould. Seeking financing for a new tennis stadium, Gould came up with the idea of selling the rights to seats, a licensing plan under which purchaser's name is engraved in the seat, and the purchaser owns the right to have first choice for tickets for any event held in the stadium.

According to a second account, the permanent seat license was invented by a Columbus, Ohio architect, Rick Ohanian, in January 1987. Ohanian described his plan in a Letter to The Editor of the Columbus Dispatch, published on March 2, 1987, entitled "Ticketbond is Answer to Financing Proposed Facility".

According to a third account, the permanent seat license was invented by Charlotte sports marketing agent Max Muhleman, in 1993. Muhleman is credited as the founder of the first PSLs at Charlotte's then Carolinas Stadium. The idea began as "Charter Seat Rights”, an idea Muhleman suggested to Charlotte Hornets owner George Shinn as a way to reward those who bought season tickets and helped Shinn get the team in the 1980s. The Hornets' season ticket holders received these rights for free, but people sold them like a commodity. This gave Muhleman the idea to use a similar concept, which fans would pay for, to finance the stadium.

In 1969, the Dallas Cowboys used stadium bonds to finance the construction of Texas Stadium in Irving. The purchase of the bond entitled the bond holder to purchase season tickets for the Cowboys.

Others cite similar programs that were in existence among many college fund raising activities prior to 1987. However, the early programs were tax-deductible donations to a scholarship fund, in which case the main "quid-pro-quo" was between the donation and the resultant deduction, not between the donation and the actual seating rights.

Sports teams and organizations employing seat licenses
Some of the teams that have seat licenses include:

Automotive racing

 * Auto Club Speedway PSL
 * Circuit of the Americas PSL
 * Kentucky Speedway PSL
 * Texas Motor Speedway PSL

Major League Baseball

 * Arizona Diamondbacks Legacy Club Seat Licenses
 * Minnesota Twins Legends Club Memberships (effective at Target Field only)
 * San Diego Padres Founders Club Memberships
 * San Francisco Giants CSL Charter Seat Licenses
 * St. Louis Cardinals Ballpark Founders Club Seat Licenses

National Basketball Association

 * Charlotte Hornets PSL
 * Golden State Warriors Membership
 * Instituted in 2017 for all season tickets at the team's future home of Chase Center, opening in 2019. The Warriors became the first NBA team with a broad-based PSL. The PSL, which runs for 30 years, can either be given back to the team or transferred at any time, although it cannot be sold for more than its face value, prorated for the number of years remaining on the license. At the end of the license period, the face value of the license will be returned to the original owner (or heirs) if it has never been transferred. If the license is transferred, the team must be notified of the price; if the price paid falls short of the full price less payments already made, the team will return the difference to the original owner at the end of the license period. The PSL operates as an interest-free loan to the team.
 * Toronto Raptors PSL
 * Used only for the best seats at Scotiabank Arena; also provides rights for Maple Leafs tickets.
 * Utah Jazz PSL
 * Instituted in 1987 by then-owner Larry Miller only for courtside seats at the Salt Palace, with the upfront money used for team expenses. Not used at the team's current home of Vivint Smart Home Arena.

National Football League

 * Atlanta Falcons PSL
 * Baltimore Ravens PSL
 * Buffalo Bills PSL (starting in 2026)
 * Carolina Panthers PSL
 * Chicago Bears PSL
 * Cincinnati Bengals COA (Charter Ownership Agreements)
 * Cleveland Browns PSL
 * Green Bay Packers as a User Fee
 * Dallas Cowboys SL (Seat Licenses) (Effective at AT&T Stadium only.)
 * Houston Texans PSL
 * Los Angeles Chargers SSL (Stadium Seat License)
 * Los Angeles Rams SSL (Stadium Seat License)
 * Las Vegas Raiders PSL
 * Minnesota Vikings SBL (Stadium Builder Licenses) (U.S. Bank Stadium only)
 * New York Giants PSL (Effective at MetLife Stadium only. Buying Giants PSL does not give ticket rights for the Jets.)
 * New York Jets PSL (Effective at MetLife Stadium only. Policies differ from the Giants. Buying Jets PSL does not give ticket rights for the Giants.)
 * Philadelphia Eagles SBL (Stadium Builder Licenses)
 * Pittsburgh Steelers SL
 * San Francisco 49ers SBL (Stadium Builder Licenses)
 * Seattle Seahawks CSL (Charter Seat Licenses)
 * Tennessee Titans PSL

National Hockey League

 * Columbus Blue Jackets PSL
 * Toronto Maple Leafs PSL

National Rugby League

 * Gold Coast Titans PSR (Personal Seat Right)

PSL Lawsuit
In 2019, a U.S. District Judge ordered Stan Kroenke and the Los Angeles Rams to issue a partial refund to personal seat license holders of the former St. Louis Rams, under the terms of a settlement reached in June 2019. The Los Angeles Rams moved from Los Angeles to St. Louis in 1995 and issued personal seat licenses.

Disputes over the condition of the leased venue, and disputes between Rams ownership and St. Louis City leadership ultimately led to the Rams returning to Los Angeles. Fans who had purchased a personal seat license still had 9 years left on their original contract, and filed a class action lawsuit in February 2016.

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Basketball at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Basketball competitions at the 2006 Commonwealth Games were held between Match 16 and 24, 2006.

The 2006 Commonwealth Games was the first Commonwealth Games at which the sport of basketball was played. It was one of the sports that took the Games to regional Victoria, with games being played in a number of regional centres including Traralgon, Bendigo, Ballarat, and Geelong. The finals were played in Melbourne at Melbourne Multi Purpose Venue.


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The Skinner Box Effect -- Sexual Addiction and Online Pornography

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. – ABCD 02:09, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

The Skinner Box Effect -- Sexual Addiction and Online Pornography
What makes this book different from any other scare book out there? "Skinner Box Effect" and "Grundner" (the author's name) together get just 461 hits on Google. Nearly the entire text of the "article" is simply the text off the back cover, and the about-the-author blurb, verbatim, which means that if it isn't a copyvio, it's less an article about the book, and more about the book's jacket. Delete the current article and it's not necessary to create a new one until someone can demonstrate that this book is in some way different from the thousands that have and will come out chanting the same "OMG Internet pornography SO BAD even more dangerous than other kind OMG OMG" refrain. -- Antaeus Feldspar 11:44, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Looks like a book review by someone who hasn't read the book. Sjakkalle 13:11, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as copyvio. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  13:35, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Amazon sales rank is ~140,000 DDerby 08:50, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete ...a book? It's not Lord of the Rings. It's not very noteworthy. Plus I'd say Wiki's own Sexual Addiction and Online Pornography related article(s) would be more readily accessible to visitors than some single-run book would be. Good luck finding this in your local bookstore! EDIT: note they only discuss the front/back/inside cover, something you could find scans of on Amazon etc. If you're going to make a page about a book, at least READ THE THING, even if it's only borrowed from a library. Master Thief Garrett 05:35, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Hubbert peak

Hubbert peak
Another great-looking article that I just stumbled upon after a Pump question on when the oil will finally run out. Nothing to do with me - well done everyone. -- ALoan (Talk) 11:47, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comments. Close to supporting. I made a lot of copyedits, hopefully all good. There are a couple things left that I couldn't resolve quickly and wanted to discuss. 1) The Non OPEC, Non FSU graph seems to be horribly POV. It has great data, but after the vertical line where their data is actually, the severe downturn is pure prediction. That is possible, but certainly not indisputable. The data up to that line show little to no actual overall decline. It shows lots of individual declines, but overal increase primarily. That is worrisome POV. If a graph were available adding in OPEC and the former Soviet countries, then that could possibly balance the POV properly. Or maybe a graph showing much later prediction for the peak point or a slower decline, or even a graph of past predictions that did not come to pass. 2) The structure works really well for the table fo contents, but when reading through the fact that alternatives to oil is one of the major possible implications of a world peak is entirely missed until you get to that section. I think what is needed is a short section in the implications section stating more clearly that increased use of alternatives is a serious and even highly likely scenario. 3) Putting "Catastrophe" as the first implication of peak oil seems to be stating that as a fact instead of one potential option. Maybe title the section potential implications or something to balance that out. - Taxman 14:25, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment: Need to look at tenses. A number of things are suggested as happening in the future but have already passed - for example "In 2004, world consumption of crude oil is expected to surpass 82 million barrels per day". There's a similar problem in the summary, which says that the peak year will only be known once it has passed and then has 2007 as one of the suggestions. --194.73.130.132 14:43, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Object for now - Seems to be oversectioned (one paragraph stub sections are hardly ever appropriate) and as a result the TOC is overwhelming. Consider either combining sections and/or make the 'Implications of a world peak' section into its own article and leave a 6 to 10 paragraph summary of that here. Dividing like that will allow for further expansion of the stub sections at the new article. --mav 16:43, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Negative. This article needs extreme editing. It's bloated with off-topic information, speculation, and opinion. Less is more. We don't get paid by the word, people. Mirror Vax 22:40, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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Oreshak, Lovech Province

Oreshak (Орешак) is a village, situated in the middle part of the Balkan Mountains in Troyan Municipality, Lovech Province, Bulgaria. There is a famous ethnographic complex very close to the Troyan Monastery — one of the biggest monasteries in Bulgaria. In 2024, the village had a population of 1,927 (2021 census). The late Bulgarian Patriarch Maxim was born in Oreshak on October 29, 1914, and was buried at Troyan Monastery after his death in November 2012.

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Goh Tat Chuan

Goh Tat Chuan (born 6 February 1974) is a former Singapore football player. A midfielder, he spent most of his time at Woodlands Wellington and was the 10th captain of the club.

He graduated from St Joseph's Institution and the Nanyang Technological University and was one of the few players in the Singapore national soccer team to have a degree. During his time in the S-League, his passing skills and ability as a holding midfielder earned him a reputation as one of the best midfielders in the league and even in the region.

Goh retired from professional football on 6 January 2007 to concentrate on his career as a commercial engineer.

Club career
A software engineer, Goh pursued his football passion on a part-time basis by making his S.League debut in 1996 with Sembawang Rangers.

When Jurong FC entered the 1997 S.League, Goh made the switch over to the Cobras where he played for three seasons. It was his convincing performances in the middle of the park for Jurong which prompted Singapore coach Barry Whitbread to call him up to play for the Singapore national team in 2001.

Having made his name as a no-nonsense anchorman at Jurong FC, Goh moved to rivals Woodlands Wellington in time for the 2002 S.League season together with fellow Cobra A. Siva Kumar.

It was at Woodlands where Goh's career really flourished. Following the departure of Simon Clark at the end of the 2004 S.League season, Goh was handed the captain's armband, becoming the tenth captain in Woodlands' history i the process. He continued to play for Woodlands and made a total of 138 appearances for the Rams until his retirement in early 2007.

International career
A player with impeccable vision on the field, Goh made his international debut for the Singapore Lions on 22 May 2001 in a friendly against New Zealand.

He played in both the 2002 and 2004 Tiger Cups and was notably sent off in the second group match against Laos in 2002. Singapore was subsequently knocked out at the group stage of the tournament. However, he redeemed himself in the 2004 edition after forming a remarkable partnership in central midfield alongside Hasrin Jailani as Singapore won the tournament that year.

In 2006, he had a feud with national team coach, Radojko Avramovic, after he was dropped from the national team after failing to observe a curfew together with his Woodlands Wellington teammate, Masrezwan Masturi. This cause a huge uproar as the two players were dropped two days before the Asian Cup qualifying round opener against Iraq.

Because of his refusal to give Avramovic a public apology, he was never picked to play for the national team again since that incident.

International
Singapore
 * ASEAN Football Championship: 2004

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Category:Schools in China

See also Category:Schools in Taiwan and Education in the People's Republic of China.

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User:Prendy

Welcome!

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Talk:Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria

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Is the Maria Valera bridge across the Danube linking Esztergom in Hungary and Slovakia named after the Archduchess?

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The bridge was hand over Sept 28, 1895 at first time; and it's really name for Archduchess Marie Valerie with Franz Josef's permission. The bridge is between Esztergom in Hungary and Párkány in Slovakia. Its lenght was 496 meter in 1895, now it's 514 meters.

A dubious statement
Valerie's solemn renunciation of her rights to the Austrian throne, which was necessary for the marriage to proceed, took place on July 16, 1890 at the Hermes Villa.

I seriously doubt this is true. First of all, the Archduchesses had no succession rights to the Austrian throne. Also, her husband was an Archduke of Austria himself and was in the line of succession. I don't see why the renunciation was necessary, is she had any succession rights at all. Surtsicna (talk) 21:24, 7 December 2008 (UTC)

But it's true. Marie Valerie had done the renunciation and wrote about it in her diary. There are some pictures about the renunciation, which took place in June 1890. --62.47.184.101 (talk) 15:57, 17 January 2012 (UTC)


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Eivind

 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 transwiki. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 02:41, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Eivind
This has been speedy deleted once, but someone has recreated it. I say delete because Norwegian first names do not make good encyclopedic topics. (I believe there is a policy for this one.) Sjakkalle 11:53, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Feel free to delete it. I recreated it because i believed i just had made a mistake on the first one. Sorry for the inconvenience. --Forconin 12:03, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Move to Wiktionary. They're happy to take entries for given names. —Korath (Talk) 12:14, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Forconin if you want to make an article on a given name, its original language and meaning, and its etymology, please go directly to Eivind and do so, right now if you like. You'll save us the hassle of transwikification by submitting your content directly to Wiktionary.  (A list of people with that given name is just padding, by the way.  You don't need that padding to justify a dictionary article on a name.)  You can even then list it on Wiktionary:Wiktionary Appendix:First names male e.  Here on Wikipedia, articles on names are either navigational aids (Madonna, Cher) or articles about people/things commonly known by only one name (Houdini, Dannii, Britney).  We tend to discuss the people/places/concepts/things that the names represent here in the encyclopaedia, and the words themselves in the dictionary.  (Compare cher with the above, for example.)  Hopefully presupposing that you will make a contribution to Wiktionary directly, I'm voting Delete. Uncle G 19:29, 2005 Apr 13 (UTC)
 * Wiktionary. Megan1967 07:02, 14 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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Warning shot

In military and police contexts, a warning shot is an intentionally harmless artillery shot or gunshot with intent to enact direct compliance and order to a hostile perpetrator or enemy forces. It is recognized as signalling intended confrontations on land, sea, and air.

As an analogy, a "warning shot" can be used to describe any action of declaration, especially a demonstration of power, intended or perceived as a last warning before hostile measures.

Navy
During the 18th century, a warning shot (in nautical terms, often called a shot across the bow) could be fired towards any ship whose "colours" (nationality) had to be ascertained. According to the law of the sea, a ship thus hailed had to fly her flag and confirm it with a gunshot. Warning shots may still be used in modern times to signal a vessel to stop or keep off and may be fired from other ships, boats, or aircraft.

On October 27, 1962, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, American forces dropped practice depth charges on the Soviet submarine B-59 as a form of signaling. The captain and political officer of the B-59 opted to respond with a nuclear torpedo, but the third man required to authorize a nuclear attack, executive officer and flotilla Commodore Vasily Arkhipov, refused.

Air force
Warning shots are also used in military aviation, to demand some action of an unresponsive and presumed hostile aircraft; the most common demand would be for the aircraft to change course. The ostensible justification for firing shots is that tracer rounds are very bright and would immediately gain the attention of a crew whose radio is non-functioning, or who might not have noticed radio transmissions. The objective of warning shots is to demonstrate the ability to shoot, and threaten the crew of the unresponsive aircraft that they will be shot down if they do not comply.

Army
Warning shots may also be used by ground forces, to disperse crowds or to warn perceived threats to withdraw. Certain militaries mandate warning shots in attempt to de-escalate situations. For example, according to the Israel Defense Forces' rules of engagement, soldiers under threat of death are required to fire two warning shots into the air prior to resorting to firing their weapons to non-lethal areas.

Law enforcement
Police officers may use warning shots from their sidearm in specific circumstances to de-escalate dangerous situations. Such a shot is typically only used late in the use of force continuum and analogous to the appliance of outright lethal force, as firing warning shots bring certain inherent risks. A key consideration for the officer to make before firing a warning shot is that a shot fired horizontal or at the ground may ricochet off hard surfaces in unpredictable ways, whilst a shot in the air may travel far away and strike in an unpredictable place; both may cause danger to property and bystanders. In addition to these risks, a warning shot may have an escalating effect rather than a de-escalating one: if the target perceives the shot not as a warning but a deliberate but failed attempt on their life, they may return with force. Other officers in the area may too perceive the warning shot as a deliberate shot and act in response. Verbally communicating the officer's intent to the target and other officers mitigates the risk of escalation.

Whether warning shots should be used by law enforcement agencies is a point of debate. Proponents argue that the warning shots can prevent deaths and injuries in police shootings by allowing a final intermediate step and last chance at de-escalation before the application of deadly force in the use of force continuum. Research has shown that situations where warning shots were used had a largely de-escalating effect. Terry Cunningham of the International Association of Chiefs of Police commented that warning shots give officers more wiggle room in the case of a threat, commenting "We're kind of entering into this new environment in use of force where everybody is trying to learn how to better de-escalate". Opponents of warning shots point towards the inherent risks, as well as argue that the possibility of firing warning shots complicates the decision making process for police officers of whether to use deadly force. The situations that call for warning shots already warrant that lethal force be applied immediately.

Various agencies, such as the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and National Police of Paraguay specifically forbid the use of lethal firearms to fire warning shots. Other agencies such as the Lower Saxony State Police, Dutch National Police, and the constabularies of England and Wales allow the use of warning shots in a cautious manner that does not endanger persons.

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Jesmond Parish Church

Jesmond Parish Church is a parish church in the Church of England situated in Brandling Village in the Jesmond suburb of Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, England. The church's official name is the Clayton Memorial Church and is unusual among Anglican parish churches in not being named after either a saint who appears in the church's calendar or a person of the Trinity. This reflects the church's conservative Evangelical roots. It is a grade II listed building.

History
The church had a slightly unusual beginning. 1856 saw the death of the Rev Richard Clayton, Master of St Thomas' Church in Haymarket and a local Evangelical luminary. In his place the church authorities wished to appoint Clement Moody, a high church successor who was out of sympathy with Clayton's Reformed Evangelical principles. A large number of the congregation of St Thomas's were deeply unhappy. A committee was formed with the intention of planting a new church nearby, which "will form a central point for the maintenance and promulgation of sound scriptural and evangelical truth in a large and populous town." At the time, much of the land around the site was open fields; the building was designed by the architect John Dobson and consecrated in 1861. A vestry was added in 1874.

The church's original designation was "The Clayton Memorial". Over the vestry door is an inscription: "This church, consecrated to the Glory of God, 14th January, 1861, was erected to the memory of the Rev. Richard Clayton, M.A., who was for 30 years Master of the Hospital of St. Mary Magdalene, and the faithful minister of St. Thomas's Church, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. He died 8th October, 1856, aged 54 years." To friends of Rev. Moody, however, the church was known as St Spite's.

Present day
Jesmond Parish Church is a conservative evangelical Anglican church of approximately 1,100 people. Currently the leadership team of the church includes David Holloway (vicar since 1973), Jonathan Pryke, Jonathan Redfearn, Ian Garrett and Alan Munden. The church is noted for its preaching, which aims to be expository and evangelistic.

Liturgically the church is conservative, adopting the north side position at services of Holy Communion. ASB Rite A (Prayer Book Pattern) is used. Services of Morning and Evening Prayer are based on the Series 3 forms. Hymns are from Hymns for Today's Church, published by the evangelical Anglican "Jubilate" group.

The church has a close relationship with the Christian Institute whose national headquarters are also in Newcastle. David Holloway is a prominent member of the institute. Both organisations take a strong stance against homosexual practice, in more recent times in relation to the legislation on civil partnerships, which has led to the church's services being picketed on a number of occasions by gay rights activists. In October 1999 the church was vandalised with graffiti opposing the church's stance on human sexuality.

Jesmond Parish Church is a member of Reform, a network of evangelical churches within the Church of England which includes some of the largest Anglican churches in UK. Other churches with similar theology include:

 * St Andrew The Great, Cambridge
 * St Ebbe's, Oxford
 * St Helen's Bishopsgate
 * Christ Church, Fulwood, Sheffield

On 2 May 2017, Jonathan Pryke, a minister of Jesmond Parish Church, was consecrated a bishop by Glenn Lyons, the Presiding Bishop of the Reformed Evangelical Anglican Church of South Africa (REACH-SA). This was controversial due to REACH-SA's status outside of the Anglican Communion, and because the consecration occurred "without the knowledge of the diocese or its Bishop" (the Bishop of Newcastle).

List of vicars

 * 1861-1882 Canon Berkeley Addison
 * 1882-1888 Canon Somerset Pennefather
 * 1889-1894 Theodore Charles Chapman
 * 1894-1897 Edwin Savage
 * 1898-1907 Canon Thomas Brocas Waters
 * 1907-1916 Canon James Inskip
 * 1916-1927 Canon George Oakley
 * 1927-1947 Canon George Goddard
 * 1947-1959 Harry Bates
 * 1960-1972 Roger Frith
 * 1973–present David Holloway

Organ
The church houses a pipe organ by the notable builder James Jepson Binns of Leeds which dates from 1913, although it has fallen into severe disrepair and is no longer played. It contains pipework from an organ by T. C. Lewis of 1895. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

List of organists

 * Charles Chambers 1882-1890
 * John Murray 1890 - ????
 * Claud H. Hill
 * J.E.Hutchinson 1903- 947
 * George Henry Sutcliffe 1947-1978 - ????
 * Chris Foy
 * Chris Edwards 1996-2011

List of assistant organists

 * Clifford Harker 1928-1930
 * Graham Steed 1934-1941
 * Miles Cragg 2006–present

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Bass reflex

A bass reflex system (also known as a ported, vented box or reflex port) is a type of loudspeaker enclosure that uses a port (hole) or vent cut into the cabinet and a section of tubing or pipe affixed to the port. This port enables the sound from the rear side of the diaphragm to increase the efficiency of the system at low frequencies as compared to a typical sealed- or closed-box loudspeaker or an infinite baffle mounting.

A reflex port is the distinctive feature of this popular enclosure type. The design approach enhances the reproduction of the lowest frequencies generated by the woofer or subwoofer. The port generally consists of one or more tubes or pipes mounted in the front (baffle) or rear face of the enclosure. Depending on the exact relationship between driver parameters, the enclosure volume (and filling if any), and the tube cross-section and length, the efficiency can be substantially improved over the performance of a similarly sized sealed-box enclosure.

Explanation
Unlike closed-box loudspeakers, which are nearly airtight, a bass reflex system has an opening called a port or vent cut into the cabinet, generally consisting of a pipe or duct (typically circular or rectangular cross section). The air mass in this opening resonates with the "springiness" of the air inside the enclosure in exactly the same fashion as the air in a bottle resonates when a current of air is directed across the opening. Another metaphor often used is to think of the air like a spring or rubber band. The frequency at which the box/port system resonates, known as the Helmholtz resonance, depends upon the effective length and cross sectional area of the duct, the internal volume of the enclosure, and the speed of sound in air. In the early years of ported speakers, speaker designers had to do extensive experimentation to determine the ideal diameter of the port and length of the port tube or pipe; however, more recently, there are numerous tables and computer programs that calculate, for a given size of cabinet, how large the port should be and how long the tube should be. Even with these programs, however, some experimentation with prototypes is still necessary to determine if the enclosure sounds good.

If this vent air mass/box air springiness resonance is so chosen as to lie lower in frequency than the natural resonance frequency of the bass driver, an interesting phenomenon happens: the backwave of the bass driver sound emission is inverted in polarity for the frequency range between the two resonances. Since the backwave is already in opposite polarity with the front wave, this inversion brings the two emissions in phase (although the vent emission is lagging by one wave period) and therefore they reinforce each other. This has the useful purpose of producing higher output (for any given driver excursion compared to a closed box) or, conversely, a similar output with a smaller excursion (which means less driver distortion). The penalty incurred for this reinforcement is time smearing: in essence the vent resonance augments main driver output by imposing a "resonant tail" on it. For frequencies above the natural resonance of the driver, the reflex alignment has no influence. For frequencies below the vent resonance, polarity inversion is not accomplished, and backwave cancellation occurs. Furthermore, the driver behaves as though suspended in free air, as box air springiness is absent.

When speakers are designed for home use or for high-volume live performance settings (e.g., with bass amplifier speaker cabinets and PA system speakers and subwoofers), manufacturers often consider the advantages of porting (increased bass response, lower bass response, improved efficiency) to outweigh the disadvantages (port noise, resonance problems). The design is popular among consumers and manufacturers (speakers cabinets can be smaller and lighter, for more or less equivalent performance) but the increase in bass output requires close matching of driver, the enclosure, and port. Poorly matched reflex designs can have unfortunate characteristics or drawbacks, sometimes making them unsuitable for settings requiring high accuracy and neutrality of sound, e.g. studio monitor speakers for use by audio engineers in monitoring facilities, recording studios etc. However it is possible to design a bass reflex system that mostly overcomes these drawbacks; and quality bass reflex designs are commonly found in demanding environments across the world.

Comparison with passive radiator
Passive radiators are similar in operation to ported bass reflex systems, and both methods are used for the same reason: to extend the system's low frequency response. A passive radiator is the use of one or more additional cones (diaphragms) in a cabinet instead of ports. These passive diaphragms do not have a magnet or voice coil and are not connected to a power amplifier. Acoustically, they behave largely the same around their tuning frequency as a port, as they also act as a Helmholtz resonator excited by the rear side of the bass driver's diaphragm. Passive radiators can be tuned independent of their dimensions by adding or removing mass from the diaphragm of the passive radiator. This makes them useful for smaller enclosures with the same box tuning where an equivalently tuned port would be impractical. They also sidestep the midrange pipe resonances that can be an issue on ported enclosures in full range systems. However, to be effective, they require a much greater surface area on the cabinet exterior than a port. They are also considerably more expensive than a port tube, as they are effectively a speaker driver minus its voice coil and motor magnet.

History
The effect of the various speaker parameters, enclosure sizes and port (and duct) dimensions on the performance of bass reflex systems was not well understood until the early 1960s. Subsequently, pioneering analyses by A.N. Thiele, J.E. Benson  and Richard H. Small    presented the theoretical foundations for the synthesis of bass reflex loudspeaker systems to meet specified low-frequency performance criteria were developed into a series of "alignments" (sets of the relevant speaker parameters) that allowed designers to produce useful, predictable responses. Keele extended the design options by presenting a new set of 6th-order vented-box loudspeaker system alignments. All of these results made it possible for speaker manufacturers to design bass reflex loudspeakers to match various sizes of enclosures, and to match enclosures to given speakers with great predictability. Due to the physical electromechanical constraints, it is not possible to have a small speaker in a small enclosure producing extended bass response at high efficiencies (i.e., requiring only a low-powered amplifier). It is possible to have two of these attributes, but not all; this has been termed Hofmann's Iron Law after J. Anton Hofmann of KLH's summary (with Henry Kloss) of Edgar Villchur work years earlier. The sound pressure produced depends upon the efficiency of the speaker, the mechanical or thermal power handling of the driver, the power input and the size of the driver.

Advantages
Novak concluded that a bass reflex enclosure can have greater acoustic output for a given amount of distortion, lower total harmonic intermodulation, and transient distortion than a completely closed-box of similar size. Such a resonant system augments the bass response of the driver and, if designed properly, can extend the frequency response of the driver/enclosure combination to below the range the driver would reproduce in a similarly sized sealed box. The enclosure resonance has a secondary benefit in that it limits cone movement in a band of frequencies centered around the tuning frequency, reducing distortion in that frequency range. Ported cabinet systems are cheaper than a passive radiator speaker with the same performance; whereas a passive radiator system requires one or two "drone cone" speakers, a ported system requires only a hole or port and a length of tubing.

Limitations

Compared to closed-box loudspeakers, bass reflex cabinets have poorer transient response, resulting in longer decay times associated with the bass notes. Some example step responses for various high-pass filter functions are shown in the relevant figure, where each filter has an identical −3 dB cut-off frequency of 50 Hz. In that figure, (a) represents the step response of a conventional B4 vented box alignment, while (b) represents the step response of a B2 closed-box alignment with Q = 0.7071. The transient response of a vented-box loudspeaker can be improved by choosing a QB3 alignment similar to (c), which results in a more well damped transient response than that produced by the B4 alignment. However, a C4 vented-box alignment similar to (e) results in a less well damped transient response.

In order to achieve their bass output, ported loudspeaker enclosures stagger two resonances: one from the driver and the boxed air, and another from the boxed air and the port. At the vent tuning frequency, the output from the port is the primary source of sound output, as the displacement of the woofer is at a minimum. This comprises a more complex, higher-order system than an equivalent closed-box loudspeaker enclosure. The interaction between the two resonances results in a system that possesses less damping and increased time delay (increased group delay). Due to the latter, a flat steady-state bass response does not occur at the same time as the rest of the sonic output at higher frequencies in the operating region. Instead, it starts later (lags) and the lag increases, accumulating over time as a longish resonant "tail" arriving behind the main "body" of the acoustic signal. As a result of their electrodynamic characteristics, ported enclosures, which are well approximated as 4th-order high-pass filter systems, generally result in poorer transient response at low frequencies than do closed-box loudspeaker systems, which are 2nd-order high-pass filter systems.

Another trade-off for this augmentation is that, at frequencies below the vent tuning frequency, the port unloads the cone and allows it to move with very large displacements. This means the speaker can be driven past its safe mechanical operating limits at frequencies below the tuning frequency with much less power than in an equivalently-sized sealed enclosure. For this reason, high-powered systems using a bass reflex design are often protected by a high-pass filter that removes signals below the vent tuning frequency. Unfortunately, electrical filtering adds further frequency-dependent group delay. Even if such filtering can be adjusted not to remove musical content, it may interfere with sonic information connected with the size and ambiance of the recording location or venue, information that often exists in the low bass spectrum.

Whether or not the effects of these in a properly designed system are audible remains a matter of debate. A poorly designed bass reflex system, generally one whose vent is incorrectly tuned too high or too low in frequency, tends to produce excessive output at the tuning frequency relative to the rest of the pass-band of the loudspeaker system. This behaviour can add a "booming" one-note quality to the reproduction of the bass frequencies. Although some may consider that this is due to the port resonance imposing its characteristics to the note being played, it is simply the result of a non-maximally flat frequency response function. If such a peak in the bass response of a bass reflex enclosure coincides with one of the resonant modes of the room, a not unusual occurrence, the effects will be further exacerbated. In general, the lower in frequency a port is tuned, the less objectionable these problems are likely to be.

Ports often are placed on the front baffle, and may thus allow transmission of unwanted midrange frequencies reflected from within the box into the listening environment. If it is undersized, a port may also generate "wind noise" or "chuffing" sounds, due to the turbulence around the port openings at high air speeds. Enclosures with a rear-facing port mask these effects to some extent, but they cannot be placed directly against a wall without causing audible problems. They require some free space around the port so they can perform as intended. Some manufacturers incorporate a floor-facing port within the speaker stand or base, offering predictable and repeatable port performance within the design constraints.

Port compression
Port compression is a reduction in port effectiveness as sound pressure levels increase. As a ported system plays louder, the efficiency of the port reduces, and distortion emitted by the port increases. This can be reduced by port design, but not totally eliminated. Asymmetrical loading of the driver cone during high level usage can be reduced by placing a baffle at the inside end of the port tube. This baffle can also serve as a stiffening structural element of the enclosure.

Applications
Subwoofer cabinets used in home cinema and sound reinforcement systems are often fitted with ports or vents. Bass amp speaker cabinets and keyboard amp speaker cabinets, which have to reproduce low-frequency sounds down to 41 Hz or below, are often built with ports or vents, which are typically on the front of the cabinet (though they are also placed on the rear). Even some expensive hi-fi speakers have carefully designed ports.

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Scalloped oak

The scalloped oak (Crocallis elinguaria) is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Carl Linnaeus in his 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

Distribution
This common species can be found from Europe to eastern Siberia.

Habitat
This species inhabits a wide range of habitats, including mixed and deciduous forests, bushes, heaths, scrub, hedgerows, bogs, parks and gardens.

Description
The wingspan is 32–46 mm. This is a distinctive species, usually with yellow-tan forewings with a broad orange-brown band and a pointed apex. Females are usually paler. There can be considerable variation, with the central band sometimes the same colour as the rest of the forewing, ranging from pale yellow to orange brown. Melanic forms are also known. There is always a blackish discal spot on the forewing in middle of band towards the costa. The thorax is hairy. The hindwings are plain whitish. Last instar caterpillars have a brownish or yellowish colouration. On the dorsum there is a dark brown line which is extended at the segment incisions. There are sometimes some dark spots or slashes on the sides. Characteristic are two small pointed warts on the eleventh segment. This species is rather similar to Crocallis albarracina. Prout describes some forma

Biology
It is an univoltine species. The adults fly at night from July to September and are attracted to light, sometimes in large numbers. The larva, grey and twig like, feeds on various trees and shrubs (see list below) and is omnivorous and cannibalistic, feeding also on smaller larvae. The species overwinters as an egg.

 * 1) The flight season refers to the British Isles. This may vary in other parts of the range.

Recorded food plants
Recorded host plants include:

 * Alnus - alder
 * Betula - birch
 * Calluna - heather
 * Corylus - common hazel
 * Crataegus
 * Lonicera - honeysuckle
 * Populus - aspen (Populus tremula)
 * Prunus - bird cherry (Prunus spinosa, Prunus domestica)
 * Quercus
 * Rhamnus - buckthorn
 * Ribes - currant
 * Rosa - rose
 * Rubus - raspberry
 * Salix - willow
 * Sorbus - rowan
 * Syringa - common lilac
 * Tilia - lime
 * Vaccinium

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Wikipedia:Talk page templates/vote

This vote is now over but is retained here for reference

The vote for template standardisation ended Sunday 1 May 2005 at 23:59 (UTC). When voting the primary consideration was the design and layout of the template – the exact text was to be debated upon individually after a winner was chosen.

You could vote for as many or as few candidates as you wished and the winner was chosen by approval voting – if only one submission gets over 75% it will be chosen, otherwise there would have been a run-off for the top candidates. You may have supported a candidate with a specific condition if, with a minor alteration, you would have found it acceptable.

A simple comparison page was also made to show all of the submissions.

"Violet"
Support Conditional support
 * 1) violet/riga (t) 23:06, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) ALoan (Talk) 21:15, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Allen3 talk 23:13, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Joyous 00:23, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Bishonen | talk 00:48, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Bratsche talk random 02:34, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Alphax τεχ 17:23, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

"Earthy colours"
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 * 1) ALoan (Talk) 21:15, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Carnildo 01:26, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Talrias (t | e | c) 09:03, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Radiant_* 14:08, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Noisy | Talk 17:24, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Phil | Talk 16:05, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)

Conditional support

"Earthy colours (paler pink/red colours)"
Based on the above design and not entirely implemented

Support

Conditional support

"Strong monochrome"
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 * 1) violet/riga (t) 23:06, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Allen3 talk 23:14, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Conti|✉ 23:30, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Joyous 00:23, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Talrias (t | e | c) 09:03, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Radiant_* 14:05, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) R. S. Shaw 22:02, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Circeus 16:18, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Alphax τεχ 17:25, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) The Press source template should also have a link to other sources to the left like FACs and the like. I prefer another warmer color for this one. Mgm|(talk) 09:37, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)

"Classico"
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 * 1) ALoan (Talk) 21:15, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Neutralitytalk 22:22, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Joyous 00:23, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Burgundavia 00:49, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Carnildo 01:26, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) r3m0t talk 09:53, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) ClockworkSoul 15:47, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Alphax τεχ 17:26, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Evil Monkey∴Hello 02:59, Apr 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) John Fader (talk | contribs) 13:00, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)

"Border free"
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 * 1) violet/riga (t) 23:06, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Talrias (t | e | c) 09:03, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) r3m0t talk 09:53, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Alphax τεχ 17:29, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) If FA pic and others like it are downsized. Mgm|(talk) 09:38, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)

"Death to colorful boxes"
Support Conditional support
 * 1) ALoan (Talk) 21:15, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Joyous 00:23, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Korath (Talk) 13:45, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) JRM · Talk 13:03, 2005 Apr 30 (UTC) It's not going to make the cut, but I feel a statement is necessary.

"Monochromat"
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"Serif"
Support
 * 1) Conti|✉ 23:30, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Dmleach 16:24, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) R. S. Shaw 21:52, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Conditional support
 * 1) see "strong monochrome" reasoning. Mgm|(talk) 09:39, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)

"ClockworkSoul's Coffee Roll"
Winning design

Support Conditional support
 * 1) violet/riga (t) 23:06, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) ALoan (Talk) 21:15, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) — Matt Crypto  23:15, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) BrokenSegue 23:20, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Conti|✉ 23:30, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) →Raul654 23:34, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Burgundavia 23:38, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) ABCD 23:59, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Lochaber 00:13, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) Spangineer ∞ 01:02, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 11) Carnildo 01:26, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) Paul August ☎ 02:05, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 13) Thryduulf 10:15, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 14) Zeerus (ETCWFD) 12:09, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 15) Radiant_* 14:02, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 16) Zscout370 15:34, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 17) ClockworkSoul 15:43, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 18) Noisy | Talk 17:24, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 19) Bevo 23:58, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 20) Bratsche talk random 02:37, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * 21) JDG 13:57, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 22) --JuntungWu 14:45, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 23) Alphax τεχ 17:32, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 24)  —thames 17:47, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 25) M e r o v i n g i a n  (t) (c) 02:16, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * 26) Full support! By far the best. Mgm|(talk) 09:41, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * 27) [[Image:Flag_of_Australia.svg|30px]] plattopustalk 13:26, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * 28) Deathphoenix 04:09, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 29) Full support, (IMHO, a border: 1px #000000; would be a nice enhancement)  G u y M / L V  (praise) 06:20, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * 30) * The templates aleady have a border: 1px solid #C0C090;. I'm not sure that a black border would really look much better... – ClockworkSoul 12:12, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 31) Phil | Talk 16:05, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * 32) — Dan | Talk 02:20, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 33) Evil Monkey∴Hello 03:00, Apr 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * 34) Thue | talk 09:29, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 35) JRM · Talk 13:06, 2005 Apr 30 (UTC)
 * 36) John Fader (talk | contribs) 13:10, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 37) Zzyzx11 (Talk) 15:12, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 38) Greg Robson 16:47, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC) Much more professional.
 * 39) Oleg Alexandrov 22:04, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 40) Andre ( talk ) 18:41, Apr 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * 41) SimonP 22:40, Apr 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * 42) Talrias (t | e | c) 19:47, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 43) r3m0t talk 21:07, May 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Only if the images are modified to have a background matching that of the background of the text - I know they are transparent PNGs, but this doesn't work in IE and therefore looks bad. Issue addressed - full support now! Talrias (t | e | c) 09:03, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) * Issue was addressed on 26 Apr. – ClockworkSoul 23:16, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Same as Talrias. Copy the images if necessary. :( r3m0t talk 09:53, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC) to full support
 * 4) * I switched over to IE, and yes, you're correct. I uploaded some scaled-down images with colored backgrounds to addess this issue, and it seems good to me now. – ClockworkSoul 05:25, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) * Issue was addressed on 26 Apr. – ClockworkSoul 23:16, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) * Moving vote. r3m0t talk 21:07, May 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) (change to full support) JDG 12:48, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC) : Full support if these images can be downsampled nicely to about 35px square. Otherwise I fear developers will come along and remove images due to server load.
 * 8) * I uploaded some pre-transformed 50px images that should do, and fixed the background issue in the process. 50px is the size that they were being transformed to before the change, and is alot smaller than many of the original images. – ClockworkSoul 05:25, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, a while ago a developer blew away images that were being resized in markup to 50px. But let's go with this now and see if anyone can eventually really miniaturize these. JDG 13:52, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Image:Xmag.png, Image:Knewsticker.png, and Image:Important.png are available as 16x16. Is that small enough? Otherwise, they could be 48x48, 32x32, or 22x22. I'm quite happy to talk about it, as well as some other images that could be used. Alphax τεχ 17:38, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I already downsized the images from 64px to 50px. I really would prefer not to go any smaller than that for fear of losing image quality. The images currently in use are modifications of the originals (to compensate for the IE PNG transparency issue), so any downsizing would require modification of the images in place. If the developers do decide to remove the images, we'll deal with it then. Worst case scanario is that we put temporary lower-quality images in the templates until the image server load is resolved. – ClockworkSoul 13:34, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Alphax, your comment led me to check out the icon situation. It's interesting that we have access to such high-quality sets like Nuvolo, at so many dimensions (although I see we still need to upload anything at the really tiny sizes, or maybe I missed them). I'm tempted to push for something like these (made from scratch to look good at these micro dimensions), but in the case of these templates people here have managed to scale down some larger images and retain a surprising quality. If the developers complain about these (roughly) 50px square images, we'll know we have some good alternatives ready at 32px square. But for now let's see how these fly. JDG 11:06, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Indeed, very few icons have been uploaded - ATM, WYSIWYG. I'm slowly uploading more, but there are so many... Alphax τεχ 13:11, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Comments
 * If I win, should I give Jimbo's user page a makeover in the same style as my user page? – ClockworkSoul 13:39, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * No, because your user page is too wide, and people have to scroll to the right to see the whole thing. Make you columns liquid, or get rid of one column. It does look nice though --texttonic 13:53, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * I run at a high resolution, so it looked fine to me. I jumped down to a lower res and yes, you're right, there is some scrolling. I shrunk the "stress bar", which was throwing things off a bit, so it should look better now. What do you think? – ClockworkSoul 18:36, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * your page looks better, but as Deathphoenix said, Jimbo doesn't want his page messed with. I would ask him anyway. I think it's a good idea. --texttonic 18:01, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * No, because Jimbo's made it pretty clear that he wants his page to look more like Angela's. --Deathphoenix 04:09, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * on another note, I personally think Angela's page looks horrible. The colors are too bright for me. --Zeerus (ETCWFD) 15:19, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * He says that he wants it to "look as perfect as Angela's", not necessarily 'look like Angela's". – ClockworkSoul 21:16, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * In that case, I say edit it. Besides, you've already won this. Unless, by some unimaginable coincidence everybody decides to change their vote in favor of another template. I would change it now if I were you. --Zeerus (ETCWFD) 21:23, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * There's probably still going to be a run-off, so I don't want to just assume that I've won just yet. – ClockworkSoul 22:35, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * So, what do you guys think? Do you think that he would like it? – ClockworkSoul 03:24, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Simple. Clear. No endless variety of pastel shades to revile me. JRM · Talk 13:06, 2005 Apr 30 (UTC)

"Cadet Grey"
Support
 * 1) violet/riga (t) 23:06, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) — Matt Crypto  23:16, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Allen3 talk 23:16, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Conti|✉ 23:30, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Talrias (t | e | c) 09:03, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Alphax τεχ 17:34, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Conditional support

"Cadet Grey II"
Support Conditional support
 * 1) Allen3 talk 23:17, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Spangineer ∞ 01:00, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Bratsche talk  random

"Cadet Grey II (blue)"
Support
 * 1) ALoan (Talk) 21:15, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Allen3 talk 23:17, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Conti|✉ 23:30, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Spangineer ∞ 01:00, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) R. S. Shaw 22:13, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Bratsche talk  random 02:35, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)

Conditional support
 * 1) Bishonen | talk 00:56, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC) The Featured text needs grammar editing.
 * We are choosing the style not the text. BrokenSegue 02:58, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * 1) Carnildo 01:26, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC) The sidebars need to distinguis between FA, FAC, and FARC.

"Cadet Grey II (gold)"
Support
 * 1) ALoan (Talk) 21:15, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Phil | Talk 16:05, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)

Conditional support

"Obvious"
Support
 * 1) violet/riga (t) 23:06, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) ALoan (Talk) 21:15, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Neutralitytalk 22:22, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Lochaber 00:15, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Bishonen | talk 00:58, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) r3m0t talk 09:53, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) ClockworkSoul 15:46, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Alphax τεχ 17:39, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Deathphoenix 04:09, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) Phil | Talk 16:05, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * 11) Thue | talk 09:27, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) John Fader (talk | contribs) 13:22, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 13) Oleg Alexandrov 22:05, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 14) Tomhab 03:44, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 15) Dmcdevit 03:54, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

Conditional support
 * 1) JDG 00:11, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC) : Full support if these images can be downsampled nicely to about 35px square. Otherwise I fear developers will come along and remove images due to server load.
 * See Nuvola. Alphax τεχ 17:39, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

"Simple"
Support Conditional support
 * 1) violet/riga (t) 23:06, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) ALoan (Talk) 21:15, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Neutralitytalk 22:22, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) BrokenSegue 23:14, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Conti|✉ 23:30, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) — Matt Crypto  23:45, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Korath (Talk) 13:49, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Dmleach 16:28, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC) (As a suggestion, I'd really like to see this template with the Georgia font used in some of the other candidates)
 * 9) Dystopos 20:50, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) --JuntungWu 14:46, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 11) Alphax τεχ 17:40, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) Localhost 10:21, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 13) Evil Monkey∴Hello 03:00, Apr 30, 2005 (UTC)

"Titlebar"
Support
 * 1) Conti|✉ 23:30, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Joyous 00:23, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Talrias (t | e | c) 09:03, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Noisy | Talk 17:24, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) R. S. Shaw 22:13, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) shoecream 04:17, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Phil | Talk 16:05, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)

Conditional support

"Developed solution"
Support Conditional support Comments
 * 1) violet/riga (t) 23:06, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) — Matt Crypto  23:16, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Allen3 talk 23:20, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Conti|✉ 23:30, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) ABCD 23:57, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Bishonen | talk 00:59, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Spangineer ∞ 01:03, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Korath (Talk) 13:50, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) R. S. Shaw 22:13, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) JRM · Talk 13:06, 2005 Apr 30 (UTC)
 * 11) Dmcdevit 03:50, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) Sean κ. ⇔ 15:33, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) I've only voted for this one, and I'd like to comment why I strongly support it. I feel this one is clearest to people who are not used to Wikipedia because it keeps the title of the template seperate from the text.  Also, I feel the fact that it stacks perfectly (i.e., there are no gaps when two are put on top of each other) is aesthetically pleasing. —Sean κ. ⇔ 15:41, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

"Simplistic"
Support Conditional support
 * 1) ALoan (Talk) 21:15, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) BrokenSegue 23:18, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Korath (Talk) 13:50, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)

"Tick ToC"
Support
 * 1) ALoan (Talk) 21:15, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Allen3 talk 23:21, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Conti|✉ 23:30, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) ABCD 23:59, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) Spangineer ∞ 01:01, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) ClockworkSoul 15:41, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC) (Even though the author stole my work ;) )
 * 7) Noisy | Talk 17:24, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) R. S. Shaw 22:13, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 9) Bratsche talk  random 02:37, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) JDG 00:56, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 11) Paul August ☎ 07:54, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) — Matt Crypto 17:55, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 13) Carnildo 19:58, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 14) r3m0t talk 22:37, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * 15) John Fader (talk | contribs) 13:23, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 16) Oleg Alexandrov 22:06, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 17) Dmcdevit 03:54, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

Conditional support
 * 1) Now unconditional support...support vote copied above. If...the blue areas surrounding the icons were made all the same horizontal width. — Matt Crypto  23:17, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Issue addressed. Noisy | Talk 17:24, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm still seeing a difference for the blue area around the "todo-list clipboard". — Matt Crypto 17:58, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Is that better? I'm not up to editing images, so I'm afraid I can't handle the transparency problem on IE.  :-(  Noisy | Talk 18:42, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorted, cheers. — Matt Crypto 18:55, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Same as above. Carnildo 01:26, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Full support --Carnildo 19:58, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) If the images are modified to have the same colour background as the background specified (again for IE transparency reasons), and a gap is added between templates. Talrias (t | e | c) 09:03, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Thinking about these comments ... Noisy | Talk 17:24, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Don't have the technical skills to deal with the first request (read:too lazy to learn them). As to the second request to add a gap between the templates ... that is one of the few distinguishing features that my offering has from ClockworkSoul's (who looks as if he'll run away with the contest anyway).  Obviously if there's a runoff, and I have to do anything to scrape a few more votes, then your request will be the first to be implemented!  [[Image:Watchmensmiley20.gif]] Noisy | Talk 19:47, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Same as Matt Crypto. Also increase the margin to the right of them slightly. r3m0t talk 09:53, Apr 25, 2005 (UTC) Moved to support. r3m0t talk 22:37, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * Will do. Noisy | Talk 19:47, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Support only if images get transparent background. Mgm|(talk) 09:44, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * While IE (the most commonly used browser) doesn't support transparent sections of an image, we should use a coloured background. This displays equally well in both IE and in browser which do support transparent PNGs. Otherwise it just looks tacky in IE and part of this redesign is to make the templates look good. Talrias (t | e | c) 10:14, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Really? I've been using IE and have yet to get a problem with transparency. The other transparent images linked above show fine for me. Mgm|(talk) 09:20, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * You're probably right, but a large part of me thinks that if transparent images don't work properly in your browser, then you should upgrade to a better browser. ;-) — Matt Crypto 07:23, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I know this is a "ha ha only serious" comment, but while I don't see anything wrong with encouraging people to use a better browser (I do use Firefox myself), but since a majority of people aren't using a browser which supports transparent PNGs we should not make it look bad in their browser. Many people who use IE won't know anything about transparent PNG support and will likely think that Wikipedia looks tacky. To MGM; I was using IE and each image had a white background - maybe you're using a different version. Talrias (t | e | c) 13:05, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Sure — I do agree with you here (albeit reluctantly!) Of course, if the colours of these templates were controlled by style-sheets and were tweakable by users, then there'd be a strong argument to use transparent PNGs, and IE be damned (Muhahahaha!). — Matt Crypto 13:17, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) If the icons are transparent or the theme was changed to CoffeeRoll's colours for the side (retaining the white for the text area background). violet/riga (t) 18:19, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * As stated above, I believe the icons are already transparent under certain circumstances, and what needs to be done is to actually change the icon background colour to match the chosen scheme. The background is not actually white, but the pale blue of the toccolours class, and the icon background is actually chosen to fit with that.  Again, if it comes to a bunfight for backing in the next round, then the customer comes first, but the colour theme matching other template and footer schemes is what I was trying to achieve.  Noisy | Talk 19:47, Apr 29, 2005 (UTC)

"Grey Georgia"
Support

Conditional support

"Grey Times"
Support

Conditional support

"Simplistic Georgia"
Support

Conditional support

"Simplistic Times"
Support

Conditional support

None of the above
Vote on this option for the existing system.

Support
 * 1) I oppose the concept of this poll and therefore support the status quo. Each of the templates should be worked on individually to come up with a look and feel that is correct for that template - which is the process that is  done right now - and I see no need to change it. -- Grunt 🇪🇺 23:39, 2005 Apr 24 (UTC)
 * 2) I like the current ones as well.--JuntungWu 14:47, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) I see no need to change the template, especially with the choices offered. -- Mattfast1 19:55, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Template designs should be settled on a case-by-case basis, rather than with a sledgehammer. jdb ❋ (talk) 06:03, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) There might be some benefit to standardizing templates, but a vote isn't the way to decide this. JYolkowski // talk 15:37, 1 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Lots of suggested standards are presented and we're choosing the most favoured one - how can that not be the best way? violet/riga (t) 22:05, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

Conditional support
 * 1) I second Grunt's argument for templates that deal with information content. I think standardizing the proposed templates (except perhaps Template:Chemistry) is worthwhile.
 * Comment made by Dystopos who has since been lectured about signing posts. Dystopos 00:23, 1 May 2005 (UTC)

Templates included
Current process
 * Featured article candidate: FAC
 * Remove from featured: farc
 * Current peer review: peerreview

Metadata flags
 * Featured article: featured
 * Cited in press: onlinesource2005, authoronlinesource2005

Old status
 * Survived VfD
 * Had peer review: oldpeerreview

Other
 * WikiProject Chemistry chemistry
 * Comment comment

title: Wikipedia:Talk page templates/vote


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Khumbu Icefall

The Khumbu Icefall is located at the head of the Khumbu Glacier and the foot of the Western Cwm. It lies at an elevation of 5,486 meters (17,999 feet) on the Nepali slopes of Mount Everest, not far above Base Camp and southwest of the summit. The icefall is regarded as one of the most dangerous sections of the South Col route to Everest's summit.

Overview
The Khumbu Glacier moves an estimated 0.9 to 1.2 m down the flank of Mt. Everest every day. Ice entering the fall takes approximately 4.3 years to emerge at the base, which is 2000 ft lower and 1 mi away horizontally. The speed of ice flow and the precipitous elevation drop create a bergschrund (ice berg shoulder), characterized at the top by massive transverse blocks that calve off the upper glacier, creating gaping crevasses (of order 100 m deep and often over 50 ft wide). As these massive initial glacial segments descend the fall, they are slowly twisted and crushed by the churning pressure of glacial flow, generating increasingly tortuous crevasse fields in the middle of the fall and a chaotic maze of smaller blocks toward the bottom of the fall.

Due to constant glacial motion, snow bridges concealing crevasses and overhanging ice blocks (called seracs), ranging in size from several tons to thousands of tons, can open or collapse with little warning, generating extreme danger for climbers. Crossing the Khumbu Icefall is so dangerous that even extensive rope and ladder networks installed by professional guides cannot prevent loss of life.

The official Himalayan Database records 44 deaths in the icefall between 1953 and 2016. No deaths were recorded between 2017 and 2021.

Prudent climbers place emphasis on avalanche and crevasse-fall survival and rescue techniques prior to entering this terrain. Most climbers try to pass through the icefall before sunrise, when it is usually more immobile due to freezing in the nighttime cold. As sunlight warms the area, ice-melt causes friction within the structure to decline, which increases the rate of flow and hence, crevasse opening and ice-block or serac collapse. The most dangerous time to cross the fall is generally mid-to-late afternoon. Experienced, acclimatized climbers can ascend the icefall in a few hours, while inexperienced or non-altitude-acclimatized climbers may take 10–12 hours to complete the passage. "Camp I" on Everest's South Col route is typically slightly beyond the top of the Khumbu Icefall.

2014 avalanche
Around 6:30 am local time on 18 April 2014, 16 Nepalese climbers were killed by an avalanche in the Khumbu Icefall. Only 13 bodies were recovered. Nine others sustained blunt trauma injuries. The climbers were preparing the route through the dangerous icefall for the spring climbing season when the avalanche engulfed them.

title: Khumbu Icefall


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User:Violetriga/Templates

"Violet"

The original suggestion for template standardisation. The idea is to have ongoing discussions highlighted more than old/archived ones, and have FA status shown most strongly. The bars at the sides bring them all together to show greater consistency.

title: User:Violetriga/Templates


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The Gauntlet (film)

The Gauntlet is a 1977 American action thriller film directed by Clint Eastwood, who stars alongside Sondra Locke. The film's supporting cast includes Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney, and Mara Corday. Eastwood plays a down-and-out cop who falls in love with a prostitute (Locke), to whom he is assigned to escort from Las Vegas to Phoenix for her to testify against the mob.

Plot
Ben Shockley, an alcoholic cop from Phoenix, is given the task to escort witness Augustina "Gus" Mally from Las Vegas. His superior, Commissioner Edgar A. Blakelock, says she is a "nothing witness" for a "nothing trial". Mally protests that they are both set up to be killed in a hit, which a jaded Shockley doubts. Mally reveals herself to be a belligerent prostitute with mob ties and is in possession of incriminating information concerning a high figure in society.

Her suspicions are confirmed when the transport vehicle is bombed and Mally's house is fired upon. Shockley and Mally are then pursued across the open country with no official assistance and with the police force regarding them as fugitives. They kidnap a local constable, whom they then let go, as Mally knows there will be another hit. The constable is killed at the hands of several men armed with machine guns. They eventually run into a gang of bikers, whom Shockley threatens with his revolver, then confiscates one of their motorcycles and takes off on it with Mally.

Blakelock is revealed to want the pair dead because Mally understands about Blakelock's secret life. Assistant District Attorney John Feyderspiel is involved with the plot to kill Shockley and Mally. They are also the prime suspects in the murder of the constable.

The two ride into a town where Shockley and Mally are ambushed by a helicopter filled with cops sent by Blakelock, who pursues the two onto the open road, firing at them from above with a rifle. During the high-speed pursuit, the helicopter flies into a set of power wires and explodes. The two abandon the damaged motorcycle and hop on a train, on which, coincidentally, the same two bikers whose machine they had "borrowed" are riding. The bikers attack and assault Shockley and attempt to rape Mally. The wounded Shockley grabs hold of his gun and subdues the bikers, knocking them and their girlfriend off the train. Shockley and Mally both realize that going back to Phoenix will be suicide, but it is the only way to prove their innocence.

The two hijack a bus and outfit it with a crude set of armor made from scrap steel. They are about to enter Phoenix when Maynard Josephson, an old friend of Shockley's, warns the two of a gauntlet of armed police officers that Blakelock has set up to "welcome" them. Josephson convinces Shockley to turn himself in to Feyderspiel, whom he thinks is an honest broker. As the pair follow Josephson out of the bus, Josephson is shot dead by snipers from a nearby building, and Shockley is hit in the leg.

With no other option, the two return to the bus and enter the town. The bus is shot at as it runs the titular "gauntlet" of hundreds of armed officers lining both sides of the road, until it reaches the steps of City Hall, finally immobilized. The two emerge from the riddled bus and surrender, but Shockley uses Feyderspiel as a shield, to have him confess that Blakelock and Feyderspiel are both corrupt. The enraged Blakelock opens fire, killing Feyderspiel and wounding Shockley. Blakelock is then killed by Mally. Realizing Blakelock's crime and having witnessed his wanton killing of Feyderspiel, the rest of the assembled officers watch as Shockley and Mally walk away safely from the gauntlet.

Cast

 * Clint Eastwood as Detective Ben Shockley
 * Sondra Locke as Augustina "Gus" Mally
 * Pat Hingle as Detective Maynard Josephson
 * William Prince as Commissioner Edgar A. Blakelock
 * Bill McKinney as the Constable
 * Michael Cavanaugh as Assistant District Attorney John Feyderspiel
 * Carole Cook as The Waitress
 * Mara Corday as Jail Matron
 * Jeff Morris as Desk Sergeant
 * Doug McGrath as Bookie
 * Roy Jenson as Biker
 * Dan Vadis as Biker

Production
Written by Dennis Shryack and Michael Butler, the film was originally set to star Marlon Brando and Barbra Streisand; Brando subsequently withdrew and was replaced by Steve McQueen. However, differences between McQueen and Streisand ultimately led to their joint departure in favor of Eastwood and Locke. Some preproduction discussion occurred regarding transforming the Ben Shockley role into a fourth Dirty Harry portrayal. The Gauntlet was filmed in Phoenix, Arizona, and Las Vegas, Nevada, as well as in nearby deserts in both states. The set for the house scene was built at a cost of $250,000 and included 7,000 drilled holes that would include explosive squibs for its demolition. The helicopter chase scene included a helicopter that was built without an engine for the crash sequence. To simulate the gunshots from the gauntlet of officers at the end of the film, the bus was blasted with 8,000 squibs. From the total budget of $5.5 million, $1 million was spent on the various action sequences.

Promotion
Frank Frazetta painted the super-stylized promotional billboard poster for the film. The poster features a "muscled colossus Eastwood, brandishing a pistol, and scantily clad Locke, her clothes teasingly shredded, clinging onto her hero".

Box office
The Gauntlet grossed $35.4 million at the box office, making it the 14th-highest grossing film of 1977.

Critical response
Although a hit with the public, the critics were mixed about the film.

Roger Ebert gave the film three stars out of four and called it "classic Clint Eastwood: fast, furious, and funny. It tells a cheerfully preposterous story with great energy and a lot of style, and nobody seems more at home in this sort of action movie than Eastwood." Vincent Canby of The New York Times called it "a movie without a single thought in its head, but its action sequences are so ferociously staged that it's impossible not to pay attention most of the time." Arthur D. Murphy of Variety wrote, "At the very least, Eastwood periodically tries something different, and if the price of that is a run of formula programmers, let it be." Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film one-and-a-half stars out of four and stated, "This is a very stupid movie. Supposedly, it's all meant to be in good fun. And true, the script does have the dialog of a comic book. But there is not one bit of wit in the film." Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times declared, "Until it overreaches in its final minutes, Clint Eastwood's 'The Gauntlet' succeeds in making the fantastic credible. Indeed, the getting there is so outrageous and witty that those who admire Eastwood's laconic style behind the camera as well as in front of it are likely to overlook that flawed finale. At any rate, there's plenty going on at all times to please action fans." Gary Arnold of The Washington Post wrote, "If 'The Gauntlet' improves on Eastwood's customary box-office success, I hope it will be ascribed to the glimmers of old-fashioned romantic devotion and the expressions of support for middle-class stability and respectability that have been allowed to mitigate the usual nihilistic mayhem." Judith Crist of the New York Post thought that the film was "a mindless compendium of stale plot and stereotyped characters varnished with foul language and garnished with violence." David Ansen of Newsweek wrote, "You don't believe a minute of it, but at the end of the quest, it's hard not to chuckle and cheer."

The film has a score of 75% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 28 reviews.

Soundtrack
The film score was composed and conducted by Jerry Fielding featuring soloists Art Pepper and Jon Faddis and the soundtrack album was released on the Warner Bros. label in 1978.

Reception
The AllMusic review by Donald A. Guarisco states: "All in all, The Gauntlet is a strong, consistently engaging album that is well worth a listen for any soundtrack buff whose tastes lean toward the 'crime jazz' sound".

Musicians

 * Art Pepper - alto saxophone
 * Jon Faddis - trumpet
 * Unidentified orchestra conducted by Jerry Fielding

title: The Gauntlet (film)


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Talk:Johnson & Wales University

Greek life
This part of the article is largely unsourced; the references are only to other lists and don't convey information of encyclopedic value. There are Wikipedia pages which list Greek life at any given university or college; this is not the place for them. I propose deletion. -- Melchior2006 (talk) 06:00, 18 May 2023 (UTC)
 * Since no one chimed in on this one, I will go ahead and streamline. --Melchior2006 (talk) 03:44, 1 June 2023 (UTC)

title: Talk:Johnson & Wales University


text: User talk:81.157.5.177

title: User talk:81.157.5.177


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Alūksne District

Alūksne district (Alūksnes rajons) was an administrative division of Latvia, located in Vidzeme region, in the country's north-east, 202 km from the capital city Riga. The district had international borders with Estonia (border 103.8 km/64.35 miles) and Russia (border 46.4 km/28.77 miles), and internal borders with the districts of Valka (51.7 km/32.05 miles), Gulbene (98.1 km/60.83 miles) and Balvi (57.4 km/35.58 miles). The main city in the district was Alūksne.

After the administrative-territorial reform of 2009 the Alūksne District was divided between Alūksne Municipality and Ape Municipality.

Cities and parishes in the Alūksne District

 * Alūksne town
 * Ape town
 * Alsviķi parish
 * Anna parish
 * Gaujiena parish
 * Ilzene parish
 * Jaunalūksne parish
 * Jaunanna parish
 * Jaunlaicene parish
 * Kalncempji parish
 * Liepna parish
 * Maliena parish
 * Mālupe parish
 * Mārkalne parish
 * Pededze parish
 * Trapene parish
 * Veclaicene parish
 * Vireši parish
 * Zeltiņi parish
 * Ziemeri parish

title: Alūksne District


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Serac

A serac (from Swiss French sérac) is a block or column of glacial ice, often formed by intersecting crevasses on a glacier. Commonly house-sized or larger, they are dangerous to mountaineers, since they may topple with little warning. Even when stabilized by persistent cold weather, they can be an impediment to glacier travel.

Seracs are found within an icefall, often in large numbers, or on ice faces on the lower edge of a hanging glacier. Notable examples of the overhanging glacier edge type are well-known obstacles on some of the world's highest mountains, including K2 at "The Bottleneck" and Kanchenjunga on the border of India and Nepal. Significant seracs in the Alps are found on the northeast face of Piz Roseg, the north face of the Dent d'Hérens, and the north face of Lyskamm.

Incidents

 * On a 1969–1970 Japanese expedition to Mount Everest, Kyak Tsering was killed by a falling serac.
 * In 1990, an earthquake caused a block of serac to fall off Lenin Peak, triggering an avalanche which hit a camp, killing 43 people.
 * In the August 2008 K2 disaster, the collapse of large seracs was responsible for at least 8 of the 11 mountaineers' deaths.
 * The April 2014 Mount Everest ice avalanche responsible for the deaths of 16 climbers was caused when a large serac broke off.
 * In October 2018, nine climbers from South Korea were killed at Mount Gurja basecamp in Nepal from a gust of wind, driven by falling seracs and snow.
 * On 3 July 2022, a serac collapse on the Marmolada Glacier in Italy killed eleven people and injured eight others.
 * On April 12, 2023 three Sherpas died from a collapse of a serac in the Khumbu Icefall section of the South Col route of Mt. Everest.

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Gogmagog (band)

Gogmagog were an English hard rock and heavy metal supergroup based in Chipping Barnet assembled in 1985 by the record producer Jonathan King. The band's lineup featured former Iron Maiden vocalist Paul Di'Anno and drummer Clive Burr, former Gillan and future Iron Maiden guitarist Janick Gers, former Def Leppard guitarist Pete Willis, and former Whitesnake bassist Neil Murray.

Together for only a short time, Gogmagog originally released a three-song E.P. on the small independent Food For Thought label in 1985 entitled I Will Be There. Two of the songs recorded were written by producer King ("Living in a Fucking Time Warp" and "It's Illegal, It's Immoral, It's Unhealthy, But It's Fun"), with the title track being composed by longtime KISS collaborator Russ Ballard, and originally released on his 1981 solo album Into the Fire. Ballard wrote several huge hit songs including Rainbow's Since You've Been Gone and Santana's Winning. The band members did not write any original material.

Originally, King attempted to put together a supergroup revolving around Whitesnake vocalist David Coverdale, bassist John Entwistle of The Who, and veteran drummer Cozy Powell, all of whom were keen on the project. Cozy Powell said he thought the Ballard song was "the best he's ever written". Entwistle was very excited - the concept was originally his idea - but this early line-up "wasn't working out" according to Di'Anno. Being little more than a contrivance concocted by producer Jonathan King, the band quickly fell apart once he lost interest. Vocalist Di'Anno was completely dismissive of both the group and producer, referring to the failed project as "...nothing. That was some fucking idiot who got us doing that shit." But drummer Clive Burr said "the others may not admit it but this is some of the best stuff any of us has done". He wrongly predicted it would sell more than Iron Maiden ever did.

But it has become a cult classic for rock fans and the tracks are being released in the winter of 2022 as a 13 minute medley and an example of OWO - Old Wave Of British Heavy Metal.

The two King-penned songs appeared in the soundtrack to the 2011 film Me Me Me, also written by King. On some websites, the original members of the band are listed as appearing in the cast; however, the band Falling Red were recruited to perform as Gogmagog in the film.

Former members

 * Paul Di'Anno – lead vocals
 * Pete Willis – guitars
 * Janick Gers – guitars
 * Neil Murray – bass
 * Clive Burr – drums, percussion

Discography

 * I Will Be There EP (1985)
 * 1) "I Will Be There" – 4:35 (Russ Ballard)
 * 2) "Living in a Fucking Time Warp" – 3:14 (Jonathan King)
 * 3) "It's Illegal, It's Immoral, It's Unhealthy, but It's Fun" – 3:30 (King)

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