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Wikipedia:In the news/Candidates/February–March 2005

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Archived discussion from In the news section on the Main Page/Candidates. — Dan | Talk 16:11, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

March 31

 * Paul Wolfowitz is unanimously approved as the 10th president of the World Bank. —Cantus… ☎   00:11, Apr 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * The Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, after 11 years, condemn the Rwandan Genocide and announced their intention of ending their civil war with the government. --Kitch 16:52, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)

March 28
The death toll from Marburg virus epidemic in Angola rises to 120 122; first case of the Ebola-like virus is reported outside Uige Province and the capital, Luanda.
 * added. dab (ᛏ) 07:02, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

March 24

 * In Wikipedia, the In the news section on the Main Page/Candidates page grows to 45 kilobytes long, while a discussion on whether to archive the discussions continues on Template talk:In the news.
 * This is definitely local news, and it's not on Current events. I won't post this, even if relevant pages are updated in detail .... :-) Seriously, we need to have a policy on how to deal with this. Please update the relevant pages, ...errr... I mean, please go to the talk page and voice your opinion.  Thanks. -- PFHLai 21:30, 2005 Mar 24 (UTC)
 * Update: The Article size is now 46 kb.
 * Tulip Revolution: As protestors storm government buildings in Kyrgyzstan and free political prisonsers, and the Kyrgyz Supreme Court declares the results of its parliamentary elections invalid, President Askar Akayev resigns and flees the country with his family by helicopter. He is believed to have gone either to Kazakhstan or Russia. --Kitch 16:12, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, that ought to be put up quick. I suggest a picture of Askayev if we can't get a good image of the protesters, or failing both of these we'll have to make do with the flag. Why is Prince Rainier considered a more important story than the toppling of the government in Kyrgyzstan? Someone had better change this quickly before our credibility as a group of people capable of organising knowledge and making sense of world events lies in tatters. "Tonight's top story: Old man is ill! By the way, there's also been a revolution in Kyrgyzstan." — Trilobite (Talk) 19:41, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I know. I'm working on it ... -- PFHLai 19:50, 2005 Mar 24 (UTC)
 * Great, thanks. — Trilobite (Talk) 20:39, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. I have to remove the part about the resignation, as per the latest update on the Askar Akayev page. -- PFHLai 20:58, 2005 Mar 24 (UTC)
 * Edit to the oil refinery story... it was actually the third-largest in the U.S. The 14 are now confirmed dead, with one unaccounted for still. --Kitch 18:10, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Confirmed death toll. -- PFHLai 19:48, 2005 Mar 24 (UTC)

March 23

 * Prince Rainier III of Monaco reportedly has gone into renal and heart failure and is on a ventilator two days after being transferred to intensive care. He has been hospitalized after a pulmonary infection for over two weeks. --Kitch 20:21, 23 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Already up there ....
 * An explosion at a BP oil refinery in Texas City, Texas, the largest oil refinery in the United States, has left over 100 injured. At least 14 are feared dead. --Kitch 02:31, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Posted. -- PFHLai 08:01, 2005 Mar 24 (UTC)

March 22

 * In the item about the Pope, could someone please change the language at the end of the paragraph? It reads "tens of thousands Catholics", which is missing the word "of".  It should read "tens of thousands of Catholics". Jpo 23:23, Mar 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * Fixed.-gadfium 23:34, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

March 21

 * The Wikipedia now has what is arguably the best, concise description of the whole issue of women leading Muslim congregational prayers:
 * Woman Imam in NYC: Amina Wadud, an African American Muslim, and a professor of Islamic studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, led a congregation of about 60 women and 40 men in the weekly Muslim Friday, or Jumu'uah, prayer, a rare public occurrence.
 * We're working on the issue of getting pictures. —iFaqeer (Talk to me!) 05:23, Mar 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * This actually took place on March 18. It's getting old. Any developments since ? There are no Newslinks related to this item on Current events.  I can't even read up from outside sources to learn about this news item.  Maybe other admins more familiar with this issue of Woman imam can look into this, please ?  Thanks. -- PFHLai 03:51, 2005 Mar 23 (UTC)

 * This isn't a suggestion, but could someone please change the link to mass on the front page to point to Mass (liturgy) as that is the interpretation of mass with respect to the Pope. Enochlau 10:26, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * done dab (ᛏ) 15:25, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

March 20

 * Iraq and Jordan recall each others' ambassadors over accusations Jordan was not doing enough to stop insurgents from crossing into Iraq to attack Iraqi and Coalition forces. --Kitch 03:33, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Please add this to Current events. And, please bold the link to the page that has been updated with the news (i.e. Which updated Wikipage is supposed to be 'featured' ?) Thanks. -- PFHLai 03:53, 2005 Mar 21 (UTC)

March 18

 * Euthanasia: The feeding tube allowing brain-damaged Terri Schiavo to eat is removed by order of Pinellas County, Florida, Circuit Court Judge George Greer in spite of subpoenas for her and her husband, Michael Schiavo, to appear before committees in both the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. --Kitch 02:37, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Isn't this limited to the US? Haven't heard about it in Danish media but there is an article on the BBC webpage. The article here is in a horrible state but I don't know if that would be a reason not to put it on the frontpage? Preisler 21:33, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Are we now excluding events simply because they take place in the US? This is a story of major importance in the US; it has been on the front page of the New York Times for the last four days in a row.  Euthanasia is a topic of importance and controversy in the US and in countries around the world.  We're currently featuring stories about government turmoil in Namibia and Kyrgyzstan, but we won't cover a major ongoing story taking place in the US?  Seems like a double standard to me. - Jpo 23:22, Mar 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree in principle, though I don't care one way or the other about this particular item. Keep in mind that we don't have Namibian current events or Kyrgyzstanian current events to exile stories to like they are for American current events. —Korath (Talk) 23:41, Mar 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * No, we are not "excluding events simply because they take place in the US", otherwise the shooting in Red Lake won't get posted. I agree that euthanasia is an important issue, and I was the one who added the Euthanasia  link to this page.  The reason why Terri Schiavo was not posted 2 days ago was that the page carried a  tag (SEE BELOW), and I don't think a page with an ongoing dispute should be featured on the MainPage.  Now that the  tag is no longer there, can someone with more news-sense than I have kindly draft the 'updated' headline, please ?  I can cut-&-paste it onto ITN to replace the item on the Pope skipping events on Palm Sunday.  Thanks. -- PFHLai 02:46, 2005 Mar 23 (UTC)
 * Not posted. 'Coz Terri Schiavo carries a tag. -- PFHLai 02:57, 2005 Mar 21 (UTC)
 * In spite of the NPOV tag, Yahoo News Full Coverage has a linking pointing to our Terri Schiavo article. Kingturtle 17:28, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

March 17

 * Scott Peterson is formally sentenced to death for the murder of his wife Laci Peterson and unborn child, following which he is transferred to Death Row at California's San Quentin State Prison.
 * Hit the headlines of most news services today upon his transfer to San Quentin -Husnock 17Mar05
 * This borderlines on being too 'local'.... (My POV !) Hmmm .... Sorry, I'll pass. Thank you for the suggestion, though. Perhaps another admin would want to take a look at this ? -- PFHLai 03:30, 2005 Mar 21 (UTC)
 * Perhaps I may be accused of "excluding events simply because they take place in the US" in this instance. It's more like I am puzzled why this murder has such a high profile .... -- PFHLai 03:13, 2005 Mar 23 (UTC)
 * Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister of Gujarat state in India has been denied a United States visa for his alleged involvement in the 2002 Gujarat violence. pamri 12:02, Mar 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Posted. -- PFHLai 03:12, 2005 Mar 21 (UTC)

March 16

 * Robert Sørlie from Norway wins the 1,161-mile (1,868 km) 2005 Iditarod dog sled race across the U.S. state of Alaska for the second time.
 * Happened yesterday right after the outage. 68.81.231.127 12:12, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Posted. -- PFHLai 14:08, 2005 Mar 17 (UTC)

March 12

 * The State Council of the People's Republic of China approves the resignation of Hong Kong's Chief Executive Tung Chee-Hwa, who then becomes Vice-Chairman of the Political Consultative Conference
 * added (should we add his picture?) dab (ᛏ) 10:49, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Probably too late now, but here it is: Image:Tung Chee Hwa.jpg

 * Cyclone Ingrid is moving away from Darwin, Australia and towards Timor as a Category 3 storm
 * added (and removed former reference) dab (ᛏ) 10:49, 14 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * The 24-day Salt March To Dandi, a historic act of non-violent protest led by Mahatma Gandhi in colonial India, is re-enacted on its 75th anniversary.
 * This is already in Current events. I added a short new section on Salt Satyagraha for updates.   If another admin agrees that this is worthy of an appearence on ITN, please post it.  (I could've done it myself, but I ain't sure if this is too 'local'.) Thanks. -- PFHLai 08:59, 2005 Mar 13 (UTC) [[Image:Maghandi.jpg|90px|right|Mahatma Gandhi]]
 * Both the Salt March and Mahatma are historically important. I've added it to the section. Mgm|(talk) 13:02, Mar 13, 2005 (UTC)

 * Tropical cyclone Ingrid has intensified into a category 5 once more as it buffets the Northern Territory coast of Australia.
 * Posted. Also added a map of Australia with Northern Territory highlighted. But how big is this news ? I have doubts .... I may regret this. -- PFHLai 08:48, 2005 Mar 12 (UTC)
 * It probably isn't all that big as news goes, but the cyclone was already in the section, so it makes sense to update it.-gadfium 19:26, 12 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Pope John Paul II leaves the Agostino Gemelli University Polyclinic 2 1/2 weeks after his tracheotomy and returns to Vatican City. --Kitch 23:32, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

March 11
(see for more) 80.126.139.83 11:04, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * BBC Television viewers pledge £37 million to charity on Red Nose Day in the UK. (Belfast Telegraph), (BBC)
 * Unless the money raised is to be used to help people around the world, there is probably not enough international relevance. Is the £37 million a record-setting amount ? -- PFHLai 09:09, 2005 Mar 13 (UTC)
 * It's for the UK and Africa, but I didn't add it myself because it's not of international interest. violet/riga (t) 23:36, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * You need a picture that is relevant to this news item, not the lebaneese flag. Here is a picture of Garry Kasparov: [[Image:Gary_Kasparov.jpg|100px|right]]
 * Garry Kasparov retires from professional chess
 * He retired after winning the Linares Chess Tournament in Spain. --Kitch 17:39, 11 Mar 2005 (UTC)\
 * added.

March 10

 * CeBIT fair opens in Hanover, Germany -- world's largest technology and telecommunications gathering. Stern 12:49, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * added. dab (ᛏ) 16:03, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Far more people have died in Darfur during the two-year conflict than previously admitted. Stern 22:03, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Perhaps make this "Darfur (Sudan)" for the more geographically-challenged of us.-gadfium 22:26, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I suggest updating the wikipage Darfur conflict, which is a more relevant article. The one sentence added to Darfur since Feb.25  reads like the POV of Jan Egeland -- elaboration and sources/references would be helpful. This is an important issue and deserves to be posted, but I don't think there are enough updates in the relevant pages yet. -- PFHLai 23:00, 2005 Mar 10 (UTC)

March 9

 * Update on Carlos Mesa story: The Congress of Bolivia votes almost unanimously rejecting an offer by President Carlos Mesa to resign. —Cantus… ☎   03:31, Mar 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Updated. I need an excuse anyways to replace the pic of Mt. St. Helen -- from 1982 ? too old ..... (See Image talk:Sthelens2.jpg.) -- PFHLai 12:19, 2005 Mar 9 (UTC)

 * How about adding the metric equivalent of 25,000 ft (about 7,600 m) to the Mount St. Helens bit? — Ливай | ☺ 10:13, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * However, Reuters is reporting 11 km (about 36,000 ft). Hmm... — Ливай | ☺ 10:14, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Updated and added metric equivalent. -- PFHLai 12:27, 2005 Mar 9 (UTC)

March 8

 * The metropolitan council of Pretoria, the executive capital of South Africa, announced the approval of a plan to rename itself Tshwane, after the metropolitan area it is in, pending final approval by the South African Geographic Names Council in October. Under the plan, the city center wound retain the name Pretoria. --Kitch 15:38, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * If the name Pretoria is still in use. How big a change is this to the rest of the World ? Please elaborate. -- PFHLai 12:43, 2005 Mar 9 (UTC)

March 7

 * Hans Bethe, Nobel Laureate in Physics, discover of stellar nucleosynthesis, key participant in development of atomic and hydrogen bombs, outspoken critic of nuclear arms race and nuclear testing, died on March 6 at age 98.
 * Posted. I've kept it short, though. -- PFHLai 06:55, 2005 Mar 8 (UTC)
 * Italy prepares a funeral for the agent Nicola Calipari who died in Iraq protecting released hostage Giuliana Sgrena.
 * I posted an unused draft I had 2 days ago. I tried not to mention the shooting as there is conflicting info out there... maybe I was over-cautious.  If someone wants the funeral mentioned on ITN, please update Nicola Calipari's Wikipage.  Thanks. -- PFHLai 06:38, 2005 Mar 8 (UTC)

March 6

 * President Carlos Mesa of Bolivia announces his resignation, effective March 7.
 * This should be posted on ITN as soon as Mesa's Wikipage gets sufficiently updated. -- PFHLai 03:30, 2005 Mar 7 (UTC)
 * It looks updated to me. What would you consider sufficient? —Korath (Talk) 03:51, Mar 7, 2005 (UTC)
 * If adding one line since Feb.27th is enough for you, go for it.  I was hoping for more info to become available in the morning (Bolivian time). The name of the successor and his reason to quit, etc. would be nice.  Never mind, it's up there on ITN already. Let it be. The page will get updated more quickly this way. -- PFHLai 05:57, 2005 Mar 7 (UTC)

March 5
The 33rd annual 1,049-mile Iditarod dog sled race started Anchorage, Alaska in the U.S. 68.81.231.127 23:50, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * The "1,049-mile" is a symbolic number (1,000 miles + 49th state), not an actual measured distance, so converting it to metric is inappropriate. 68.81.231.127 23:50, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * With all due respect, this is not sufficiently important to be a main page 'In the news' candidate. This is a human interest story. The Steve Fossett story probably should not have been in this section for the same reason, but it did make worldwide headlines. Most people outside the US probably don't know that dog sled races exist. It might be a candidate for 'Did you know'.-gadfium 01:36, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, I added the human interest story because it seems to be a recurrent theme :). The real story is that the race started, so I edited it to reflect that. I'm still not sure if the Iditarod itself is sufficiently notable, but it's probably less local than you think: There have been competitors from more than a dozen different countries, though (I think) only four countries are still represented in among the current racers (there were more, but they withdrew before the start of the race), including the Norway's Sorlie, who won in 2003. The race is probably at least as popular in Canada and Norway (and maybe Italy, this year) as it is in the continental U.S., so it has some international appeal. But either way is fine. And no, it doesn't qualify for DYK. :) 68.81.231.127 02:34, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Over the decades, Iditarod has an international following in the Arctic communities -- Canada, US & Scandinavia, and possibly Russia. True, it's not well known in places where it never / rarely snows. :-) This should not be the top news on ITN, but this is a better story, not to mention a better Wikipage, to feature on the MainPage than Steve Fossett. How should we phrase the line ? I suggest mentioning that it's the '33rd annual' race this year. -- PFHLai 13:39, 2005 Mar 6 (UTC)
 * Maybe we can announce the winner when it's over in a few days ? -- PFHLai 06:39, 2005 Mar 8 (UTC)

March 4
The U.S. occupation forces in Iraq killed Nicola Calipari who managed to rescue kidnapped journalist Giuliana Sgrena. This is important news. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Iraq.html -- Toytoy 23:59, Mar 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * The above suggestion was copied from Template talk:In the news. -- PFHLai 10:12, 2005 Mar 5 (UTC)
 * The Giuliana Sgrena article is no longer so stubby now. And the Italian Parliament is expected to have a big fight over this terrible incident this coming week. I think we may run this story. -- Toytoy 03:02, Mar 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * I like this story. Please draft the line for ITN. Don't forget NPOV. I'm trying to write a line without "pointing fingers", but couldn't. -- PFHLai 03:14, 2005 Mar 7 (UTC)

 * Homo sapiens, not homo sapien, right? --Xiaopo ℑ 01:07, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * This typographical error has been taken care of. Thank you for pointing it out. -- PFHLai 10:12, 2005 Mar 5 (UTC)

March 3

 * In Indonesia, Abu Bakar Bashir of the Jemaah Islamiyah was found guilty in his involvement in the 2002 Bali bombing, and was sentenced to two and a half years of imprisonment. (Reuters)
 * Not sure if this photo is good enough for the MainPage. Not PD. -- PFHLai 19:11, 2005 Mar 3 (UTC)
 * Posted without the photo. -- PFHLai 12:39, 2005 Mar 4 (UTC)
 * Steve Fossett, is piloting aboard the GlobalFlyer, across the Pacific Ocean as he attempts successfully completes the first solo, non-stop, non-refueled aerial circumnavigation of the globe. - Jpo 00:30, Mar 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * I think we should wait till he completes his (fun) trip. -- PFHLai 01:59, 2005 Mar 3 (UTC)
 * Considering the content in Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer and FAI's definition of circumnavigation, one may wonder if this circumnavigation is valid .....
 * Posted, anyway. -- PFHLai 12:39, 2005 Mar 4 (UTC)

March 1
Image:Tabare Vazquez.jpg
 * Tabaré Vázquez of the leftist Broad Front coalition takes office as President of Uruguay.
 * I added this. The problem is that, despite my efforts to beef it up as much as I can, the main article is rather stubby. But something has to be added to fill up the blank space on the right side on the MainPage..... -- PFHLai 08:32, 2005 Mar 2 (UTC)

February 28

 * In the latest drug-industry scare, Biogen Idec and Elan Pharmaceuticals have pulled their new multiple sclerosis drug from the market after two patients came down with a serious brain condition, one of whom died. It would be nice if somebody could write an article on Elan.  In contrast to the Vioxx debacle, the companies acted within a few weeks of learning of the problems, and the two patients involved were on an experimental combination therapy for two years, so it's not clear whether this will have a long-term impact on the marketability of the drug.  I did see at least one news-service article raising questions of insider trading on the part of Biogen Idec executives.  18.26.0.18 03:16, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Writing such an article requires the specific knowledge and expertise in medicine and biochemistry, and perhaps some ethics and business law. May wanna try WikiProject Clinical medicine to start.  Those WikiDocs over there are all nice fellas. ...  When an updated article is ready to be featured here in 'In The News', please let us know.  Thanks. -- PFHLai 03:29, 2005 Mar 2 (UTC)

 * ITN currently has an odd bit of syntax "<!--Feb-28-->" (looks like an attempted HTML comment) visible at the top of the list. Could an admin remove this please?  - Jpo 20:59, Feb 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * This is gone now - thanks. - Jpo 22:40, Feb 28, 2005 (UTC)

 * Halle Berry's Golden Raspberry award should be removed. No major news organizations give equal headline space to the Ocsars and the Razzies. Taco Deposit | Talk-o to Taco 16:54, Feb 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * I second this motion. The Academy Awards item belongs on the Main Page (for today, anyway); the "Golden Raspberry" award does not.  Could someone get rid of this, please? - Jpo 20:24, Feb 28, 2005 (UTC)

 * The topic dealing with Israel and the Islamic Jihad should include the fact that it was all due to friday night's suicide bomb explosion in the "stage", Tel Aviv. furthermore, I truely don't see why it should be on the main page, I think that there are things more important and interesting than that that should be on the main page.--82.80.39.195 17:25, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * This is on Current events, and is surely Main Page-worthy: — Ливай | ☺ 20:19, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Following week-long public protests (in the wake of Rafik Hariri's assassination) and a no confidence vote, the entire government of Lebanon resigns.

February 27

 * The World Health Organization's Framework Convention on Tobacco Control comes into effect in 57 countries, restricting tobacco advertising and sales.
 * Was about to add this but it seems that it's not particularly large news, according to most sources, and I think the article should be moved to a better name before its inclusion. But then the pope waving at a window is the top story for many sources. violet/riga (t) 12:22, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * A single killer in Kansas is wholly unremarkable in world affairs and reflects a huge geographic bias. 119 06:14, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Totally agree - removed it. violet/riga (t) 12:22, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * It's back. Taco Deposit | Talk-o to Taco 22:01, Feb 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * And gone again, thanks. violet/riga (t) 22:28, 28 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Back again. Taco Deposit | Talk-o to Taco 01:39, Mar 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * Removed - template talk:In the news. violet/riga (t) 01:43, 1 Mar 2005 (UTC)

February 26

 * For the first time in his 26-year papacy, Pope John Paul II, who is ill, will not bless the faithful at the weekly Angelus prayer service and will instead follow the service from his hospital room, Vatican officials report.
 * Reuters, Calcutta Telegraph, The Guardian

February 24

 * President George W. Bush and President Vladimir Putin are holding private conversations at the Slovakia Summit in Bratislava. (Image:Bush putin logo.jpg)

February 22

 * An earthquake registering 6.4 on the Richter scale hits city of Zarand and several villages in southeast Iran at 02:25 (UTC), leaving at least 546 dead and more than 1000 dead. (See 2005 Zarand earthquake)
 * Going up as we speak. -- user:zanimum
 * A map of Iran with Kerman province highlighted has replaced the EU flag. -- PFHLai 11:56, 2005 Feb 23 (UTC)
 * Death toll chenged since the initial reports. Can someone update it? --Pouya 20:08, 26 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Just added: "The ISNA reports a death toll of 790, with 1,423 injured." -- PFHLai 18:59, 2005 Feb 27 (UTC)

 * Two prominent authors died Monday: Hunter S. Thompson and Guillermo Cabrera Infante.
 * All honesty, we shouldn't have obits on the front, unless they are world leaders or close to it. -- user:zanimum

February 20
Spain becomes the first country to go to the polls in a referendum on the proposed European Constitution. Voters approved the constitution by a landslide, but on a low turnout. Both the government and the main opposition party had campaigned for a "yes" vote.
 * I don't know how much non-European readers hear about the Constitution but it's an ongoing major news story for half a billion of us. This first referendum on ratification is a significant development. BBC News Online's international edition has it as the top story . — Trilobite (Talk) 14:02, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Final results are in. The "yes" campaign won with 77% of the vote on a turnout of 42%. Details in the article. — Trilobite (Talk) 23:13, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

José Sócrates the leader of the Socialist Party wins a landslide victory in the Portuguese Parliament election according to the latest forecasts.

February 19
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 * Former US Presidents Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush visited and toured areas of Thailand that were ravaged by the 2004 Asian Tsunami.Romeoslion 02:06, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * What updated page(s) will be featured ? -- PFHLai 13:52, 2005 Feb 20 (UTC)
 * Northern Bank robbery: sounds like a fascinating story, and already in Current events. If we post the story on USS Jimmy Carter and ITN looks too US-centric, maybe we can post this UK story as well, just to balance things out a bit .... -- PFHLai 21:28, 2005 Feb 19 (UTC)
 * Suggested format:
 * One of the largest joint PSNI and Gardaí police investigations ever seen in Ireland continues, concerning the Northern Bank robbery, with over £2.3 million uncovered in searches. The Provisional IRA are accused of large-scale criminal activities surrounding the incident.
 * Added but got reverted. Please see the edit summary of User:Golbez. -- PFHLai 03:34, 2005 Feb 20 (UTC) Should've mentioned yesterday that I agree with the reversion ... More updates needed... -- PFHLai 13:52, 2005 Feb 20 (UTC)

 * Former US President Jimmy Carter is on hand to christen The 3.2 billion dollar USS Jimmy Carter, the last of the Seawolf class submarines ordered during the Cold War.The attack sub has a 100 foot extention for special operations and can reportedly tap undersea cables.
 * Not found in Current events, which needs some immediate fixing... sigh.... -- PFHLai 21:04, 2005 Feb 19 (UTC)
 * I was adding this, but ran into an edit conflict -- see above edit by User:Golbez. -- PFHLai 03:34, 2005 Feb 20 (UTC)
 * Added. --Slowking Man 04:14, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)

 * In a 13 hour operation, doctors in Egypt successfully remove the second head of a baby suffering from the rare disease craniopagus parasiticus. This is the second such operation to take place in a year. The previous operation, in the Dominican Republic, was not successful and resulted in death.
 * Good topic, but (1) Craniopagus parasiticus needs to be expanded from a stub, or at least updated, (2) not found in Current events. -- PFHLai 21:04, 2005 Feb 19 (UTC)

February 18

 * Tsunami resulted from the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake uncovers an ancient city from the Pallava period, near the coastal town of Mahabalipuram in India. (AP via Yahoo!)
 * a fun item already in Current events, but articles need updating. -- PFHLai 21:50, 2005 Feb 19 (UTC)
 * Mahabalipuram has just been updated with a paragraph about the archaeological find. I hope this is good enough for ITN. -- PFHLai 07:43, 2005 Feb 21 (UTC)
 * The guideline says there should be 3 to 5 topics, and we have only 3 up, with quite some blank space at the bottom right on the MainPage. I've added this for now. -- PFHLai 11:55, 2005 Feb 23 (UTC)

February 16

 * The Kyoto Protocol comes into effect.
 * The Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty on global warming, comes into effect – done. violet/riga (t) 12:11, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), states there is no evidence to suggest Iran is developing nuclear weapons. (Washington Post)
 * Iran's nuclear program could use an update.
 * Added. --Slowking Man 04:14, Feb 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman announces the cancellation of the 2004-05 season because of the ongoing lockout. It is the first time a North American professional sports league has cancelled an entire season due to a labor dispute. (TSN)

Plurality v. majority in Iraq
The use of 'plurality' (48 percent of the vote) seems to confuse the issue of the make-up of the assembly, where the largest coalition won a majority (140 of 275 seats). There are headlines in the media that contradict each other (some saying the Shiites failed to win a majority, others than they won a slight majority). We could use:

 * Results in the 2005 Iraqi legislative election are announced. The Shiite Muslim United Iraqi Alliance coalition wins a slight majority of the seats in the Iraqi National Assembly.

Or perhaps (but it's too long):

 * Results in the 2005 Iraqi legislative election are announced. With 48 percent of votes cast, the Shiite Muslim United Iraqi Alliance wins a slight majority of the seats in the Iraqi National Assembly.

Or the very preceise, but even longer:

 * Results in the 2005 Iraqi legislative election are announced. With a plurality of 48 percent of votes cast, the Shiite Muslim United Iraqi Alliance wins a slight majority of the seats in the Iraqi National Assembly.

Or dodge the whole plurality/majority altogether:

 * Results in the 2005 Iraqi legislative election are announced. The Shiite Muslim United Iraqi Alliance wins 48 percent of the seats in the Iraqi National Assembly.

My $0.02. --Chris vLS 20:27, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

The term "plurality" is virtually unknown in British English. A majority in British English means "highest number of X" (votes/seats/whatever). Having enough votes/seats/whatever to outvote all other parties together is termed an "absolute majority." Sorry this doesn't make it easier, but that's the way it is. I think I like Chrisvls's last one best; a lot of readers aren't going to know the meaning of plurality. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 22:56, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Grammys

 * The 2004 Grammys are held in Los Angeles. The most honored musician of the night, Ray Charles who died in June, receives eight awards for his album Genius Loves Company.
 * Sorry, red links are never good candidates to feature on the MainPage. -- PFHLai 17:54, 2005 Feb 14 (UTC)
 * Grammy Awards of 2005 has all the winners listed, but it looks a little 'dry'. Would it be better to update Ray Charles, and show his picture ? ... Another issue would be whether we allow entertainment news in 'ITN'. I dunno .... -- PFHLai 17:46, 2005 Feb 14 (UTC)

If you say that entertainment news is never presented please let me refer you as far back as December 2000 to this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2000. Wikipedia has covered the Miss World pageant before and this is of such a higher caliber. Ray Charles was an international superstar, and let us not forget that he was blind. This can also prove news worthy to those sympathetic to disabilities.
 * Please don't put words in my mouth, User:67.112.27.84. I didn't say 'never'. I was just asking my fellow admins what we want to do in 'ITN': Are entertainment news items in or out ? People weren't 100% pleased when I posted the SuperBowl .... (see below.) -- PFHLai 18:50, 2005 Feb 14 (UTC)

Sorry, I didn't mean to put words in your mouth. However, if you refer to American Football, or Tom Brady, or the New England Patriots in some countries they may or may not know what you are talking about. In many parts of the world Football is Soccer. The international language of song is very powerful and Charles was on the top and bottom of that power from one time to another. I don't mean to ruin anything for anybody but American sports, even if they call themselves the World Series and consider themselves the pinnacle of sport are not that. American Music is word renowned just as music from other countries is well known in the United States. The Grammys are the best of American Music and at this point Ray Charles is in the News, as a movie and as an honored musician

 * Hmmm... but people in other countries may equally "not know what you are talking about" when it comes to American music. To some in India / Japan / Korea / Liberia / Mongolia / Norway, etc., Ray Charles could simply be the guy at the piano in an old softdrink commercial. The beauty of Wikipedia is that it's a place to learn about Ray Charles, the New England Patroits, Arthur Miller (I love the edit summaries in ITN, guys !), Rafiq Hariri and Baby 81 (another worthy topic not on ITN yet).... anything. And, everyone has a different opinion on what is newsworthy.
 * I'm asking the same question: Are entertainment news items in or out ? I would like to hear from other admins on this. I'd like to see this story featured, but the relevant wikipages as well as Current events need to be updated before it goes on 'ITN'. -- PFHLai 20:03, 2005 Feb 14 (UTC)

 * Yes, entertainment items can appear on ITN but obviously not all of them. The Michael Jackson trial verdict may be worthy, but the results of an award ceremony is not.  It's all down to the interpretation of the importance - note that I didn't want Arthur Miller to appear. violet/riga (t) 20:12, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * 2005 Hudson Valley Mall shooting incident -- Is this too much of a local news item ? I'm suggesting its removal . -- PFHLai 01:34, 2005 Feb 14 (UTC) I've hidden it for now, 'coz it's not in Current events yet. -- PFHLai 01:43, 2005 Feb 14 (UTC)

February 13

 * Results in the 2005 Iraqi legislative election are announced. As expected, the shiite-coalation wins, with 47% of the vote.
 * When the article is updated this should certainly be added. violet/riga (t) 13:46, 13 Feb 2005 (UTC)

February 10

 * Saudi Arabia starts its first nationwide municipal elections.
 * This topic is newsworthy, but is the page too stubby ? -- PFHLai 11:14, 2005 Feb 10 (UTC)

February 9

 * Prime Minister of Denmark Anders Fogh Rasmussen is reelected for a second term. —Cantus… ☎   06:16, Feb 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Added, replacing Thai elections (now three days old). --Slowking Man 07:22, Feb 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Please fix current template. The first item about the truce has no article bolded; this isn't standard. Also remove "(pictured)" from the second item. Sigh. ?Cantus… ☎   06:20, Feb 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Someone fixed it. --Slowking Man 07:22, Feb 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * The photo changed, please fix the Pictured again!!! Grrrrr. It's ridiculous to have this protected because of vandals. ?Cantus… ☎   10:12, Feb 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * It's even more ridiculous, not to mention damaging to our public image, when hello.jpg is a thousand readers' first introduction to Wikipedia. Patience, grasshopper. —Charles P. (Mirv) 10:33, 10 Feb 2005 (UTC)

February 8

 * Ellen MacArthur breaks the non-stop solo round the world sailing record. She crossed the finishing line between France and England at 22:30 on February 7 after a gruelling 71 days 14 hours 18 minutes and 33 seconds. -- SGBailey 10:45, 2005 Feb 8 (UTC)
 * Added violet/riga (t) 13:03, 8 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * The Al Aqsa Intifada ends, and a truce is declared between Israel and the Palestinian National Authority by Abu Mazen, the Palestinian leader, and the leader of Israel, Ariel Sharon during a four-way summit which also included Jordan and Egypt at Sharm al-Sheikh. -- Evil Monkey∴Hello 22:08, Feb 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Added. --Slowking Man 22:45, Feb 8, 2005 (UTC)

February 7
Image:SuperBowlXXXIX.png
 * The New England Patriots win Super Bowl XXXIX, defeating the Philadelphia Eagles with the score 24-21 in Jacksonville, Florida. -- PFHLai 02:43, 2005 Feb 7 (UTC)
 * PFHLai - you are an admin. Please just add this when the time comes, Current events and the article are updated. --mav 02:50, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Of course ! It wouldn't go on the MainPage till relevant pages are updated accordingly. Right now, it's merely a suggestion. -- PFHLai 03:01, 2005 Feb 7 (UTC)
 * I don't think American sporting events are sufficiently relevant to appear here. Just my opinion.-gadfium 03:46, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, like it or not, it's a big event on the mind of many Americans. To exclude it would be like "censoring out" American culture, which I don't think is a good idea.  However, I don't think it deserves to be the top news.  As such, I'll switch the order, move the item on the Thai election back to the top and show the picture of the Thai PM instead of the SuperBowl logo. I think the page on Thailand legislative election, 2005 was better updated and has more international relevance than Super Bowl XXXIX, anyway.... -- PFHLai 04:58, 2005 Feb 7 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the compromise.-gadfium 05:29, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * You are welcome. :-) -- PFHLai 16:53, 2005 Feb 7 (UTC)

February 6

 * Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra of Thailand declares victory in the 2005 legislative election for an unprecedented second term in office. (Thaksin Shinawatra could use an update, though.) -- PFHLai 00:11, 2005 Feb 7 (UTC)

 * After the death of President Gnassingbé Eyadéma, the military of Togo suspends the constitution and names his son successor.
 * Updated. violet/riga (t) 19:45, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * "suspend" to "suspends" in that, please. —Korath (Talk) 19:47, Feb 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * PFHLai sorted that silliness, thanks. violet/riga (t) 19:52, 6 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * You are welcome. :-) -- PFHLai 16:53, 2005 Feb 7 (UTC)


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Category:Ancient Greek generals

This category contains military leaders of Ancient Greece.

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Happy Valley, King, Ontario

Happy Valley is an unincorporated rural community in King Township, York Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada.

Geography
Happy Valley Forest is a 6.48 km2 provincially significant ecological area located near the settlement. It is classified as an Area of Natural and Scientific Interest by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources.

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User:Sbp

User:Sbp is an academic from the United Kingdom. Find out more about him if you like.

This account was [ created] on 14 March 2005 at 08:24.

Articles created

 * A Mathematician's Lament
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 * Eiffel Forum License
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 * Open Sans
 * Port an Eilean Mhòir ship burial
 * Samuel Schoenbaum
 * Scar boat burial
 * Thomas Nash

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User talk:RapidEye

Welcome!

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and vote pages using three tildes, like this: ~~~. Four tildes (~~~~) produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! --JYolkowski 16:13, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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User:Slenderneck

Im mostly a lurker around here, but I use the US HIstory pages quite frequently, and update band/music pages a lot.

Slenderneck arose from the general population's comments that my neck is pretty small, but long (slender).

Posthardcore forever.

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Talk:Franklin D. Roosevelt

Which mom?
"In 1903, Franklin proposed to Eleanor. Following resistance from Roosevelt's mother, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt were married on March 17, 1905."

They both had the same last name, so it's unclear who's mother resisted the marriage. 50.202.229.150 (talk) 16:13, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
 * This meant Sara, and I've changed "Roosevelt's" to "his" accordingly. It would be impossible for that to be Anna when she already had died long before the couple got together. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 17:18, 3 April 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 May 2024
There should be two [t]'s in the name [Elliott] throughout; currently, there is one instance (in the sidebar) where it's misspelled as [Elliot]. Abrenner2 (talk) 20:51, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

 * ✅. Thanks for noticing that! My real namm  (💬talk · ✏contribs) at 21:31, 8 May 2024 (UTC)

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Change: “ The attack on Pearl Harbor raised concerns among the public regarding the possibility of sabotage by Japanese Americans. This suspicion was fed by long-standing racism against Japanese immigrants, as well as the findings of the Roberts Commission, which concluded that the attack on Pearl Harbor had been assisted by Japanese spies.”

To: “…This suspicion was fed by long-standing racism against Japanese immigrants. Though there was no evidence in the Robert’s Commission, established to investigate the attack on Pearl Harbor, to support media speculation and racist, anti-Japanese political rhetoric from politicians like California Governor Cubert L. Olson, the Commission report was co-opted to falsely legitimize anti-Japanese sentiment and racial oppression.” VAGRANTPLATYPUS (talk) 09:34, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the template. Seems like a drastic tone change that will definitely be controversial. ABG (Talk/Report any mistakes here) 09:40, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Wrong name
I can’t change it but in the marriage section of the page it says princess Märtha of Norway when it links to and should be princess Märtha of Sweden Varst912 (talk) 18:34, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

 * Thanks for commenting. I looked this up, and in the source cited, Franklin and Eleanor: An Extraordinary Marriage author Hazel Rowley says she was Norwegian. I think the link will take you to page 242, where she is first mentioned. YoPienso (talk) 03:07, 3 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I looked into this a little more and from I can tell we’re both half-right she was born in to the Swedish royal family and married into the Norwegian royal family Varst912 (talk) 19:09, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
 * But yes the title is correct in the article and doesn’t need change Varst912 (talk) 19:10, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Ah, yes, I see the confusion. Thanks for getting back with me. I see this has been debated at her bio. Cheers! YoPienso (talk) 15:21, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

Polio survivors category
Snuggums, I don't understand why you removed the polio survivors category from the article. There are some 200 articles in the category. FDR didn't die of it; he survived it. You do get cured of polio--it's an illness, a virus, that produces headaches, fever, and general misery during its short course. It leaves some patients weakened and/or paralyzed in varying degrees. Am I missing something? YoPienso (talk) 20:24, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

 * Oh yes, and some patients don't survive polio. They die. YoPienso (talk) 20:50, 7 July 2024 (UTC)

 * In case this wasn't already clear, I removed it because as far as I know, there isn't any evidence FDR got cured of polio. The page certainly doesn't cite anything that suggests he did, and we would need to implement that for the category to be warranted. SNUGGUMS (talk / edits) 04:16, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
 * The category is "Polio survivors," not "People cured of polio." Whether or not he was "cured" of polio--whatever your definition of that may be--he survived polio, and that's what the category is for. Please restore it. YoPienso (talk) 04:35, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
 * How is surviving something not the same as being cured of that? They sound synonymous to me. SNUGGUMS (talk / <b style="color:#009900">edits</b>) 11:07, 8 July 2024 (UTC)
 * How can you not see that Roosevelt survived polio? He had it but didn't die from it; he kept living, albeit with impairments. Twenty-four years later, he died of a stroke.
 * survive
 * verb
 * US /sɚˈvaɪv/ UK  /səˈvaɪv/
 * to continue to live or exist, especially after coming close to dying or being destroyed or after being in a difficult or threatening situation YoPienso (talk) 15:27, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

 * As an aside, it's important to note that while FDR was diagnosed with polio, he may have actually had Guillain–Barré syndrome. See Paralytic illness of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Jessintime (talk) 17:34, 8 July 2024 (UTC)

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Harold Williams (geologist)

Harold Williams MSc PhD FRSC (14 March 1934 – 28 September 2010 ) was one of the premier field geologists in the history of Newfoundland geology and the foremost expert on the Appalachian Mountains of North America. An expert on the evolution and tectonic development of mountain belts, Williams advanced the theory of colliding super-continents in the 1960s and 1970s by helping to transform the notion of continental drift into the theory of plate tectonics.

Background
Williams was born in St. John's, Newfoundland and attended Memorial University of Newfoundland earning a diploma in Engineering and a B.Sc degree (1956) and a M.Sc degree (1958) on a Dominion Command scholarship. He earned a Ph.D from the University of Toronto in 1961.

Career
He thereafter joined the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC), where he gained the reputation of being an expert field geologist and outstanding scientist. He left the GSC in 1968 and joined the faculty at Memorial University of Newfoundland, where he was the first to receive the prestigious title of University Research Professor (1984) and the first to be appointed Alexander Murray Professor (1990). He was the first to win both the Past President’s Medal and the Logan Medal of the Geological Association of Canada.

Groundbreaking work
He was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada at age 38, a very rare accolade, and 15 years later was awarded the Miller Medal by its Academy of Science. First winner of the R.J.W. Douglas Medal of the Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, he was also the first geoscientist to be awarded an Isaac Walton Killam Memorial Fellowship and the first scientist of any kind to hold this award for four full years. He has over 250 publications to his credit and for several years in the past three decades has been the most cited Canadian geoscientist in the world.

Williams was among the first to describe the evidence for the existence of the Iapetus Ocean, the predecessor of the modern Atlantic Ocean. A sampling of these rocks is preserved and protected in Gros Morne National Park of western Newfoundland, which has qualified for UNESCO World Heritage Site recognition under his advocacy. Williams is perhaps best known for producing the world's first tectonic lithofacies map and the first geological map of the entire Appalachian Mountains in the U.S. and Canada in 1978.

Awards

 * Governor General's Medal, Memorial University of Newfoundland (1956)
 * Dominion Command Scholarship, Memorial University of Newfoundland (1956,1957)
 * Fellow, Royal Society of Canada (1972)
 * Past Presidents Medal, Geological Association of Canada (1976)
 * Izaak-Walton-Killam Research Fellowship (1976, 1978)
 * R. J. W. Douglas Medal, Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, First Recipient (1980)
 * University Research Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland, First Recipient (1984)
 * Miller Medal, Royal Society of Canada (1987)
 * Logan Medal, Geological Association of Canada (1988)
 * James Chair Professor, St. Francis Xavier University (1989)
 * Alexander Murray Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland (1990–1995)
 * Honorary Research Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland (2005–2010)
 * Member, Canadian Mining Hall of Fame (2017)

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David Culver

David Michael Culver, (December 5, 1924 – February 6, 2017) was a Canadian businessman and former Chairman and CEO of Alcan Aluminum Limited from 1979 to 1989.

Early life
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Culver attended Selwyn House School and Trinity College School. He received a Bachelor of Science from McGill University in 1947, an MBA from Harvard University, and a Certificate from the Centre d'Études Industrielles in Geneva.

He was a first cousin once removed of Conrad Black; his father’s sister was the maternal grandmother of Black.

Career
Culver began working at Alcan in 1949, eventually rising to CEO in 1979. From 1986 to 1989, he was Chairman of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives.

In 1989, he became a founding partner of CAI Private Equity, a firm specializing in leveraged buyouts, restructurings, acquisitions, and recapitalizations. He was a co-founder and Canadian Chairman for 11 years of the Canada-Japan Business Committee. He was the chairman of iLiv Technologies Inc. (iLiv.com). He was a member of the Augusta National Golf Club.

Culver was the author, with Alan Freeman, of Expect Miracles: Recollections of a Lucky Life (McGIll-Queen's University Press 2014).

In 1983, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 1988. In 1990, he was made an Officer of the National Order of Quebec. He also joined the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Grand Cordon, of Japan. Additionally, in 1990, he was awarded Concordia University's John Molson School of Business Award of Distinction.

Death
Culver died on February 6, 2017, aged 92.

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Derek Benfield

Derek Benfield (11 March 1926 – 10 March 2009) was a British playwright and actor.

He was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, and educated at Bingley Grammar School. He was the author of the stage farce Running Riot and played Patricia Routledge's character's husband in Hetty Wainthropp Investigates (1996–1998).

Arguably, Benfield's best known character portrayal was as transport company foreman Bill Riley in the UK television series The Brothers in the early 1970s. Before this, he starred as Frank Skinner in the 1970 cult sci-fi series broadcast on UK ITV, Timeslip. Some of his other television roles included Walter Greenhalgh in Coronation Street (1961–1969), Albert the Clerk in Rumpole of the Bailey (1978–80), and characters in Breakaway (1980) and First of the Summer Wine (1988).

His film credits include small roles in Crossplot (1969), I Don't Want to Be Born (1975) and Lifeforce (1985). His plays included the farces Post Horn Gallop and Wild Goose Chase, both about the fictional exploits of the eccentric Lord and Lady Elrood and visitors to their castle.

He also appeared with Colin Baker as John Hallam in the Doctor Who audio play Catch-1782 produced by Big Finish Productions.

Benfield died on 10 March 2009, aged 82, the day before his 83rd birthday.

Plays

 * The Young in Heart, 1953
 * The Way the Wind Blows, 1954
 * Champagne for Breakfast, 1954
 * Wild Goose Chase, 1955
 * Running Riot, 1958
 * Out of Thin Air, 1961
 * Fish out of Water, 1963
 * Down to Brass Tacks, 1964
 * Third Party Risk, 1964
 * The Party, 1964
 * Post Horn Gallop, 1965
 * Murder for the Asking, 1967
 * Off the Hook, 1970
 * A Bird in the hand, 1973
 * Panic Stations, 1975
 * Caught on the Hop, 1979
 * Beyond a Joke, 1980
 * In for the Kill, 1981
 * Look Who's Talking, 1984
 * Touch and Go, 1984
 * Flying Feathers, 1987
 * Bedside Manners, 1990
 * Toe in the Water, 1991
 * Don't Lose the Place, 1992
 * Anyone for Breakfast?, 1994
 * Up and Running, 1995
 * A Fly in the Ointment, 1996
 * Two and Two Together, 1999
 * Second Time Around, 2000?
 * Funny Business, 2005
 * In At the Deep End, 2005
 * Over My Dead Body, 2005?
 * First Things First, 2007

Personal life
Benfield was married to actress Susan Lyle Grant from 1953 until his death in 2009. They had two children together and two grandchildren.

Death
Benfield died of Stomach cancer on 10 March in 2009 at the age of 82 the day before his 83rd birthday.

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User talk:Charlesesmith~enwiki

Captain class frigate
Thanks for your note.

1. Putting everything in a single column gives room to either expand the list with a brief account of the career of the vessel (cf Revenge class battleship), or else to decorate the list with illustrations (cf Flower class corvette).

2. Some ships got lost in one of my edits. I put them back. Sorry about that.

3. My comment "not a Royal Navy frigate" is bit pedantic. What I meant was, "the article is about a class of frigates, not about a frigate as such." This is relevant because the category structure under Category:Ships at the moment contains only articles about individual ships. Thus Category:Royal Navy frigates contains only articles about individual Royal Navy frigates. Of course, each category page should have an introduction linking to the article about the class or type of the ships in that category, for example Category:Revenge class battleships has a link to Revenge class battleship. The ship class articles themselves belong in Category:Ship classes. This is the way lots of other Wikipedia categories work; for example List of aircraft carriers is in Category:Lists of ships, not in Category:Aircraft carriers.

At the moment Category:Ship classes has no further structure. It would certainly make sense to start subdividing it along the lines of Category:Ships, so that Captain class frigate would belong in Category:Royal Navy frigate classes and so on. Like many tasks, this is waiting for someone to be enthusiatic enough to do all the work! Gdr 16:16, 2005 Apr 11 (UTC)

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Picturehouse Cinemas

Picturehouse Cinemas is a network of cinemas in the United Kingdom, operated by Picturehouse Cinemas Ltd and owned by Cineworld. The company runs its own film distribution arm, Picturehouse Entertainment, which has released acclaimed films such as Hirokazu Kore-eda's Broker and  Monster,  Scrapper,  Corsage, Sally Potter's The Party, Francis Lee's God's Own Country and The Wife. A previous iteration of this distribution arm, which focused largely on alternative content, was sold in 2017 to Howard Panter and Rosemary Squire and rebranded as Trafalgar Releasing.

The first cinema in the chain, Phoenix Picturehouse, opened in Oxford in 1989, but many of the others operated independently before then: the Duke of York's Picture House in Brighton, for example, opened in 1910 and is Britain's longest continually operating cinema.

On 17 March 2020, Picturehouse and all other movie cinema companies in the UK temporarily closed their UK cinemas, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, reopening them on 31 July. A second closure took place from 9 October 2020 until 17 May 2021, due to an insufficient amount of new film releases and a second wave of the pandemic closing indoor venues.

In 2022 their parent company Cineworld filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States, but on July 31 2023, the company and certain of its subsidiaries successfully completed their financial restructuring process and emerged from their Chapter 11 cases.

Current

Industrial action
In 2014, Cineworld was subject to industrial action owing to its refusal to pay the London living wage to its staff. Started by workers at the Ritzy Cinema, Brixton, the resulting Ritzy Living Wage campaign attracted the support of Eric Cantona and Terry Jones.

Industrial action resumed in October 2016 over the issue of the Living Wage, as well as recognition of the theatre union BECTU, parental pay and sick pay, and spread to six Picturehouse cinemas, making it the biggest strike action ever by cinema workers in the UK. Staff at the Ritzy Cinema were represented by BECTU while other cinemas were represented by the Picturehouse Staff Forum, a company union set up by management in 2003 and later run by Picturehouse staff.

Strikes continued into 2018, when workplace reps were found to be unfairly dismissed and were instructed to be reinstated, meanwhile Picturehouse claimed that they were one of the highest paying employers in the UK cinema industry.

In 2019, following a membership vote, the Staff Forum (run by Picturehouse management) was dissolved and later removed by the Certification Officer from the official list of trade unions. BECTU also called off the company boycott, stating "BECTU members have now agreed to suspend our Living Staff Living Wage campaign and call off the public boycott to focus on fighting for equal pay at the Ritzy and continuing to challenge the dismissal of other members. We won't rest until Ritzy and Picturehouse follows suit with other cinema employers we have successfully worked with and treats all its workers fairly." As of 2022, Picturehouse cinemas still do not pay their frontline staff living wage.

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San Francisco del Rincón

San Francisco del Rincón is a city and municipality in the western part of the state of Guanajuato, Mexico. The city serves as the municipal seat for the municipality of San Francisco del Rincón. The city lies at the extreme northwest corner of the municipality.

The settlement was founded as San Francisco del Tule on January 21, 1607 by a group of families of the Purépecha and Hñähñu (Otomi) ethnicities. It was declared a villa (town) on September 6, 1865 and a city on March 27, 1867. It is located at 21.02278°N, -101.86°W,

at an approximate altitude of 1,721 meters.

The population of the municipality in the 2010 census was 113,570 people, of whom 71,139 lived in the city of San Francisco del Rincón. The municipality has an areal extent of 415.73 km2 (160.51 sq mi). The city is the sixth-largest community in the state in population.

The city is home to Atlético San Francisco football club. The Vicente Fox Center of Studies, Library and Museum lies within the municipality.

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Nudi

Nudi may refer to:

 * Nudi - means language; speech; talk in Kannada
 * Nudi (software), a computer program to type in Kannada script
 * Nudi, Iran, a village in Ardabil Province, Iran
 * Mario Nudi (1912–1945), Italian soldier and police officer

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Eternal Buddha

In East Asian Buddhism, Shakyamuni Buddha of the Essential Teachings (Chapters 15-28) of the Lotus Sutra is considered the eternal Buddha. In the sixteenth chapter of the Lotus Sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha reveals that he actually attained Buddhahood in the inconceivably remote past. The Eternal Buddha is contrasted to Shakyamuni Buddha who attained enlightenment for the first time in India, which was taught in the pre-Lotus Sutra teachings.

The belief in the Eternal Buddha transcends through time and is commonly associated with Shakyamuni Buddha, but can also refer to both his past and future incarnations. However, no exact definition of the Eternal Buddha is defined in the Lotus Sutra, which was also revealed by Siddhartha Gautama; thereby making open interpretations to various religious groups.

Lotus Sutra and tathagatagarbha doctrine
In east-Asian Buddhism, the Buddha of the Lotus Sutra is regarded as the eternal Buddha. The Tathagata's "Lifespan" chapter (ch 16) of the Lotus Sutra portrays the Buddha as indicating that he became awakened countless aeons ("kalpas") ago. The sutra itself, however, does not directly employ the phrase "eternal Buddha".

In China the Lotus Sutra was associated with the Mahaparinirvana Sutra, which propagates the tathagatagarbha-doctrine, and with the "Awakening of Faith". The Mahaparinirvana Sutra presents the Buddha as eternal and equates him with the Dharmakaya.

The Lotus Sutra itself does hardly seem to accept the tathagatagarbha-teachings. According to Paul Williams, this association may be explained by the systematization of the Lotus Sutra teachings by the Tiantai school, using teachings from other schools "to equate the Buddha of the Lotus Sutra with the ultimate truth and to teach a cosmic Buddha."

China
The Chinese Tiantai scholar Zhiyi (538–597) divided the sutra into the "trace teaching" about the historical Shakyamuni Buddha (ch 1-14) and the "origin teaching" (ch 15-28) revealing the original Buddha of inconceivable life span. Zhiyi viewed Shakyamuni Buddha of Chapter 16 of the Lotus Sutra as a unification of the three Buddha bodies, possessing all three bodies, whereas other sutras are taught from the standpoint of a single Buddha body.

Japan
The Nichiren Shu, Rissho Kosei Kai and Kempon Hokke schools of Nichiren Buddhism revere Shakyamuni of Chapter 16 of the Lotus Sutra as the eternal Buddha. They also regard Shakyamuni of Chapter 16 as a "Unification of the Three Bodies", as taught by Tiantai. Other Buddhas, such as Amida of the Jōdo and Jōdo Shinshū Schools, and Mahāvairocana of the Shingon School are seen as provisional manifestations of the Original Buddha Shakyamuni.

In Jōdo Shinshū or Pure Land Buddhism, Amida Buddha is viewed as the eternal Buddha who manifested as Shakyamuni in India and who is the personification of Nirvana itself.

Shingon Buddhism sees Vairochana Buddha as the personification of the dharmakaya, and hence as the eternal Buddha, and some within Shingon, following Kakuban, equate Vairochana and Amida.

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HMS Guardian

Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Guardian:

 * HMS Guardian (1784) was a 44-gun fifth rate launched in 1784, and converted to a transport ship in 1789. She struck an iceberg in the Southern Ocean that year, but was successfully beached, before being wrecked in a hurricane.
 * HMS Guardian (1932) was a net-laying and photographic ship launched in 1932 and scrapped in 1962.
 * HMS Guardian (P245) was a support ship bought for service in the Falkland Islands. She had originally been the civilian Seaforth Champion. She was sold in 1987.

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