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Talk:BEXIMCO

Neutrality
I'm not a fan of Beximco, but this article seems totally biased and one sided. This should either just state the facts, and NOT the author's views. --Ragib 08:07, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Walmart
Another article says Beximco is a large contractor for Walmart, suggesting that they also have legitimate business operations. I agree that as it is now, this article is so slanted you have to turn your head sideways to read it. 65.167.23.134 19:38, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Controvery Section
I tried to reformat the article and put the controversy about the companies actions, however, the original author added the possibly POV content again. While most of it may be true, writing that without citing any sources may amount to libel. So, I hereby request the contributor to add the reference links to support the claim. --Ragib 05:32, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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"Akash DTH" listed at Redirects for discussion
An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect Akash DTH and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 January 8 until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. MB 00:39, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

Splitting proposal
I propose that sections AkashDTH be split into a separate page called Akash DTH. The content of the current page seems too big and these sections are large enough to make their own page. Greatder (talk) 10:13, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

 * Support because Akash DTH is notable enough to have an article. Mehedi Abedin 07:09, 10 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Oppose - does not meet criteria for WP:SPLIT, plus was merged as a result of an AfD. Onel 5969  TT me 01:01, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

 * Akash DTH is clearly too large compared to beximco article. It fulfills the criteria. Greatder (talk) 08:44, 31 October 2022 (UTC)
 * It clearly does not, since it was merged as a result of an AfD.  Onel 5969  TT me 10:06, 31 October 2022 (UTC)

 * Strong support - Here I am using this website (talk) 04:42, 28 November 2022 (UTC)

 * Strong Support because Akash DTH is notable enough to have an article. I agree with @Mehedi Abedin
 * 37.111.211.95 (talk) 06:32, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

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Members of the Australian House of Representatives, 1963–1966

This is a list of members of the Australian House of Representatives from 1963 to 1966, as elected at the 1963 federal election.

 * At this time, the members for the Northern Territory and Australian Capital Territory could only vote on matters relating to their respective territories.
 * The Liberal member for Denison, Athol Townley died on 24 December 1963; Liberal candidate Adrian Gibson won the resulting by-election on 15 February 1964.
 * The Liberal member for Angas, Alick Downer, resigned on 23 April 1964; Liberal candidate Geoff Giles won the resulting by-election on 20 June.
 * The Liberal member for Parramatta, Sir Garfield Barwick, resigned on 24 April 1964; Liberal candidate Nigel Bowen won the resulting by-election on 20 June.
 * The Liberal member for Robertson, Roger Dean, resigned on 30 September 1964; Liberal candidate William Bridges-Maxwell won the resulting by-election on 5 December.
 * The Country Party member for Riverina, Hugh Roberton, resigned on 21 January 1965; Country Party candidate Bill Armstrong won the resulting by-election on 27 February.
 * The Country Party member for Dawson, George Shaw, died on 9 January 1966; Labor candidate Rex Patterson won the resulting by-election on 26 February.
 * The member for Batman, Sam Benson, was expelled from the Australian Labor Party in September 1966 over his support for the Vietnam War. He served out his term as an independent.

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Talk:Leopard 2

Cherry picked statistics
The Leopard II has a speed of 39 MPH with the L/55 gun, and 44MPH with the L/44. Yet the information panel places the Leopard II with the L/55 gun, and 45 MPH. The only model that uses the L/55 gun is the A6 and that particular model comprises less than 1/10th of the Leopard II German fleet. So unless the panel specifies what equipment belongs to what model, we must select one and represent it well, not cherry pick the most favorable statistics from each model. 65.24.242.242 (talk) 04:54, 1 December 2011 (UTC) Jade rat
 * Super Cherry Picking: Official top-speed record for the Leo 2A4 is 116 Km/h, or 73 mph. http://www.whq-forum.de/cms/27.0.html HTH, greetz from Germany --212.23.103.47 (talk) 05:15, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

Your reference is when the inhibitors are unshackled, a practice avoided because of the damage the suspensions suffer. The American M1 has a similar issue and also requires shackles to prevent it from destroying parts sooner than was acceptable. The M1 has been clocked at 122km during tests, and I belive the T-90 has similar restraints placed upon it for reliability sake.
 * 122 Km/h is not possible with standard gear box, you´d overspeed the n2 to about 180%. Impossible. 89.204.139.32 (talk) 06:35, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

Quatar
Quatar will buy up to 200 Leopard 2s. (in german).--78.43.36.236 (talk) 07:57, 29 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the link. Added under 'Operators' (Future/Pending). C.d.rose (talk) 13:16, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Saudi deal in doubt
My reference says the Saudis may drop the proposed deal to buy Leopard 2s because it is taking too long to get approved. Why is it being deleted? America789 (talk) 16:24, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I tend to agree with you. It looks like that info should be in the article to me. People are citing WP:NOTNEWS, but I honestly can't figure out about how that policy is violated by the content. Can someone please say why it violates NOTNEWS instead of just saying over and over that it does violate it. CombatWombat42 (talk) 16:46, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia is not a newspaper and does not cover current events, unless it's an article that is specifically about a current event. And we don't add mere speculations, which is what this is. What more reasons for not adding it do you need? Thomas.W talk to me  16:49, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
 * I would contest even though the event is currently happening it is not a "current event" in the way intended by WP:NOTNEWS, The question of whether the Saudi Arabian government will (be able to?) purchase Leopard 2's is of importance to this article. As for the speculation claim, the source does seem somewhat speculative so that might be a reason not to include it, but it is referencing another news source (Handelsblatt) that might provide more insight, if I read german. Could the insert be rephrased to say something different, like: "Saudi Arabia has started negotiations with to purchase M1A1's and may be dropping its attempts to purchase the Leopard 1"?CombatWombat42 (talk) 17:14, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
 * It's still just a speculation ("may be dropping its attempts"). And negotations about buying the M1A1 belong on M1 Abrams, not here. Thomas.W talk to me  17:22, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Agreed, the nature of this "news report" would be of more relevancy for inclusion on M1 Abrams than on Leo 2. -- Dave ♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫® 19:10, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

 * Just a quick question, are you familiar with WP:What Wikipedia is not? -- Dave ♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫® 16:43, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Dave1185, I can't speak for America789, but your way of saying that is rather rude. It implies that there is a clear violation of WP:NOTNEWS that should be obvious to even the dumbest editor, and like I said above I'm still not quite clear on how it violates WP:NOTNEWS. Maybe next time say something like "Can you please confirm you have read WP:What Wikipedia is not? I believe it violates that policy in the following ways: ...". CombatWombat42 (talk) 17:20, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Wow... Einstein, you can prove all that just by looking at what I've typed? Care to read first WP:Assume the assumption of good faith? -- [[User:Dave1185|Dave ]] ♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫® 18:23, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
 * First question: No it's a talk page and I was offering helpful advice. Second question: No.CombatWombat42 (talk) 18:32, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Third question: are you familiar with WP:Mind your own business? It reads: Lastly and in future, please clarify with your fellow editors if you're not sure of their intentions. When in doubt, always assume the assumption of good faith by others. -- Dave ♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫® 18:46, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Third question: No CombatWombat42 (talk) 19:56, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Please go elsewhere to troll if you're trying to get me into trouble. -- Dave ♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫® 05:54, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

Wouldn't the "pending" section of the article be considered speculation? It shows those who are interested but haven't decided formally to buy. The Saudis have shown their interest, and the possible dropping of the deal in favor of working with General Dynamics is stated, not guessed. The section as it is says nothing is finalized, and is being debated. Wouldn't something like this show the progression of trying to pass the deal, whether it goes through or not? America789 (talk) 18:43, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
 * In addition to that it's just a speculation. If/when the Saudis decide not to go through with the deal a short mention of it can be added to the article, but not while it's just a speculation. Thomas.W talk to me  16:46, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

 * Again, about what you just raised... you really need to familiarise yourself with WP:Wikipedia is not a crystal ball. -- Dave ♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫® 19:06, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

 * In short: Wikipedia is not a news reporting source, so WP:NOTNEWS, it also doesn't include speculation so WP:CRYSTALBALL, nor should it document controversy as it happens, instead taking a longer term view per WP:RECENTISM. When and if the deal is reliably reported as *actually* fallen through, it's a solid issue and should be included. This may only be in a few days time - or never. The pending section would be for future events which are certain / already scheduled.
 * I would just like to add that I recognise America789 is editing in good faith, and hope he doesn't feel too set upon. (Hohum @ ) 21:38, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

 * My text about the deal being dropped has been undone from the Leopard 2 page several times. That text put into the M1 Abrams page has been undone. This is information about a major development in a multi-billion dollar/euro arms deal that has been in the works for two years possibly being redirected to a different recipient. Everyone is clarifying WP: sources, but I cannot understand how this information isn't seen as relevant enough to be included in either Wikipedia article that it concerns. America789 (talk) 22:24, 15 July 2013 (UTC)
 * It has been explained clearly by several editors why. I cannot see how it can be explained any more clearly. (Hohum @ ) 17:26, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Highly unlikely he's from America (as he claims) or anywhere near it. Also, Republicans are not a country either. -- Dave ♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫® 18:16, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Stop it, Dave. That kind of comment only makes you look sillier than him. Everyone's allowed to edit here no matter where they come from. Thomas.W talk to me  18:39, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Silly but not stupid, think about it... everything's in plain English and yet he still doesn't get it. What? Are we speaking Jamaican/Martian English here? Even a wee scrubber can do better than that! -- Dave ♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫® 19:15, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Ever heard of WP:AGF? Thomas.W talk to me  19:18, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Yesirree but everybody has their limit, especially after some nosy body come meddling while we're trying to talk to the native confuser. -- Dave ♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫® 19:21, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
 * Go find something better to do. Such as working on your people skills. Thomas.W talk to me  19:31, 16 July 2013 (UTC)
 * At the expense of watching him defile this ENCYCLOPEDIA with his constant input of Newsy contents? I don't think so! -- Dave ♠♣♥♦™№1185©♪♫® 19:36, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

WP:CIVIL is not optional. Discuss how to improve the article, how wiki rules apply, etc, but not other editors - that is never fruitful. (Hohum @ ) 20:09, 16 July 2013 (UTC)

Indonesian Leopards
It was previously reported that the Defense Ministry had bought 153 tanks worth US$280 million from the German government, comprising 61 Leopard Ri tanks, 42 Leopard 2A4 tanks and 50 Marder tanks. The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | National | Mon, September 23 2013, 8:52 PM

So, what are the Leopard Ri?Crock81 (talk) 23:46, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Ha Ha, the Indonesian press seems to think the Leopard 2A4 Evolution armour upgrade is a different tank, and for some reason christened it Revolution. Lets hope its not an omen. Crock81 (talk) 23:53, 23 September 2013 (UTC)

Faulty Map
I removed a map (an image file depicting countries where Leopard 2 is in use) on account that it is no longer accurate and therefore contradicts the written information (and therefore goes against the WP:Rules). Apparently some editors think that the article should be used as a notice board and that the wrong map should remain in place, supposedly so that it is easy or convenient for future replacement. I don't see anywhere in WP:rules that makes an allowance for an error image file to remain on an article indefinitely until an updated image shows up. —Loginnigol (talk) 06:33, 21 April 2014 (UTC)
 * The image caption clearly said that the map showed Leopard 2 operators as of 2009. I have updated the image/map, adding Indonesia as an operator (using a very simple freeware image editor), and uploaded the new version to Commons, and also changed the image caption in the article to read status as of April 2014. Which took me about five minutes in total, that is far less time than you have spent on edit-warring over it. Thomas.W talk 09:33, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Germany receives first Leopard 2A7 MBT
Ex-A6NL converted to A7. UrbOp-Program canceled! http://www.janes.com/article/46904/germany-receives-first-leopard-2a7-mbt --178.24.63.207 (talk) 01:41, 12 December 2014 (UTC)

Turkish Army vehicles
Hi Denniss, as you can see below, the "Turkish Army vehicles" category includes the Leopard 2, as well as dozens of other foreign-sourced vehicles. The category is not military vehicles produced by Turkey, but vehicles used by the Turkish Army. You can either add that category to the Leopard 2 page, or remove all those vehicles from that category.

Best, UCaetano (talk) 22:57, 3 March 2015 (UTC)

 * Than add every single county that uses leopard 2 tanks, clearly this tab is unnecessary and mainly there to promote nationalistic agenda among nationalistic dick waving Turks. It is silly, nationalistic and stupid and totally unnecessary, if wiki can't see this than this encyclopedia might as well stop being encyclopedia and turn in to a nationalistic propaganda tool. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.151.171.98 (talk) 03:48, 7 March 2015 (UTC)

 * This page belongs in that category, as it is a vehicle used by the Turkish Army. Please be polite when discussing here. UCaetano (talk) 00:59, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

 * No, this template does not belong to the Leo 2 page for exactly the reason the IP stated. If everyone tags their vehicles this way we would have several tank articles plastered with user/usage templates. That's why we only accept templates from the original user or by-type or by timeframe templates. --Denniss (talk) 02:51, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

 * It makes no sense to add templates to articles based on marginal relevance. The Turkish military uses the Leo 2, so what? Many other countries do so as well. The connection between the two is marginal and does not warrant a navigational template. -- benlisquare T•C•E 03:33, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

 * The previous standing consensus was WITH the category, for many months. Don't make an edit away from a previous consensus and comment saying "do not revert until new consensus is reached". That is exactly the opposite of how it should be done. Anyway, if you guys feel strongly about it, leave it off, don't really care as long as several editors support this change. UCaetano (talk) 05:04, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

 * Agree with Benlisquare. This article should probably be included in Category:Main battle tanks of Turkey, but adding the Turkish vehicle template is not at all desirable or useful. We are not going to add a template for all countries that operate/d the Leopard 2, otherwise we could have 17 templates one on top of the other at the bottom of this article. I fail to see how that might be useful for the encyclopedia. It already has two useful templates. Regards, Peacemaker67 (crack... thump) 05:15, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

 * Category ≠ template. You're moving the goal posts here, UCaetano, since I never made a single mention about the category. -- benlisquare T•C•E 10:01, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Actually, the initial comment by the IP mentioned "category", though it appears they "meant" template. Cheers, Peacemaker67 (crack... thump) 11:09, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Agreed - the template has no place on this page. Imagine the size of the mess applying the practice to widely used weapons like the T-54/55 or the M1911. Parsecboy (talk) 11:57, 9 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Yeah, there was a mix-up between category and template here, don't worry. I was just reverting an unexplained edit away from a previous consensus, not edit warring here folks :) UCaetano (talk) 17:32, 9 March 2015 (UTC)

shot-trap?
The text says: "The A5 introduced a wedge-shaped, spaced add-on armour to the turret front and the frontal area of the sides. [...] it does not form a shot-trap since it doesn't deflect the penetrators outwards to hit the hull or turret ring."

It isn't obvious why the wedge-shaped armour doesn't form a shot-trap; is it because the spaced add-on armour is penetrated by all shots hitting it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.68.232.253 (talk) 22:27, 18 April 2015 (UTC)

 * Since the text also mentions "deflect", shot-trap concerns are reasonable to address, no? BP OMowe (talk)

 * It is indeed reasonable to address. The reason is twofold. First, modern anti-tank rounds (AFSDS) do not ricochet in the same way that conventional AP rounds did. Second, the wedge on the Leopard 2A5 onward is not solid armor. It's multilayer composite, that absorbs and then internally destabilizes the APFSDS rod before it reaches the final armor plates of the turret front. The shell is meant to penetrate the outermost wedge portion and then be stopped inside it. — Red XIV (talk) 01:21, 14 June 2024 (UTC)`

Fuel consumption
The stated fuel consumption doesn't really sums up. It is stated, that the tanks needs 300 l/100km, yet it reaches with about 1200l of fuel 500km of range. With my maths this it should be about 400km. So either the stated range is wrong or the stated fuel consumption. Wurelbum (talk) 21:20, 7 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Fuel consumption is given here, or here as :
 * Road: 340 l/100 km, ie 340 km range ;
 * Offroad: 530 l/100 km, ie 220 km range ;
 * Mixed: 410 l/100 km, ie 280 km range.
 * Even the German's article reported it, before it was removed since it should be even worse now (7t more weight).
 * Bundeswehr confirms (page 7) 414 l/ 100 km, ie 280 km range on road/offroad (mixed) for Leopard 2A5/A6M.
 * Seems that the data reported in this article are wrong.

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Replacement : "more importance is being placed on direct fire guns"
Huh ? please explain for civilians. Rcbutcher (talk) 14:25, 8 August 2016 (UTC)

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Turkey/Syria
I'm just trying to provide more references to this section. In December 2016, in the Al Bab offensive, IS have knocked out 10 Leopard 2 tanks (2A4s), and captured 2... it would seem to me, this would appear to be the most amount of action the Leo 2s have seen. If you have better references than I have put in there, please feel free to add. Also odd to see IS as owners of Leo 2s!. Cheers Deathlibrarian (talk) 01:24, 27 December 2016 (UTC)

One should point out that the 2A4 lacks side, front and turret armory compared to YTD 2A6 and 2A7. 2A4 is basically 30 years old. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.239.156.143 (talk) 09:55, 24 February 2017 (UTC)
 * Not only were they incredibly obsolete and unfit for the rolling hills of Germany let alone urban combat, and even worse was that they were sent in without infantry support. A2Bros (talk) 17:51, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

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Singapore numbers discrepancy
New research does not match old figured whose sources have unfortunately expired. https://www.janes.com/article/86746/idex-2019-calidus-aims-b-250-at-middle-east-north-african-market --Jurryaany (talk) 23:31, 21 February 2019 (UTC)

 * The article you listed covers the Calidus B-250 light attack aircraft. This article and this one from 2018 were the only ones from Jane's site covering Singapore denies Leopard 2 tanks. -Fnlayson (talk) 00:08, 22 February 2019 (UTC)

"the same gun currently used on the M1 Abrams"
lol This sounds as if the Leopard 2 used the M1 Abrams gun. But it's the other way round: The Abrams use the german Rheinmetall Leopard 2 gun. To be more precise: to be able to fire our caseless ammunition, invented by German Rheinmetall chief engineer Dr. Stefan Thießen. How come that you can wager your boots that English Wiki articles are always full of this sort of subtle, manipulating U.S. propaganda and jingoism, how great they were. Unbefuckinglievable.

 * I second this. Ever since I joined this community, my stance is always to shoot people like this. The M256, the gun used on the Abrams, is based on the Rh L/44 gun, but there are several differences, the most important being the bore evacuator and the muzzle reference system being changed to fit the Abrams. Thank you for bringing this up, and I will be searching for whoever wrote that. A2Bros (talk) 17:48, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

 * Check the actual article text and not assume. The full text actually says "The primary armament for production versions of the Leopard 2 is the Rheinmetall 120 mm smoothbore gun—the same gun later adapted for use on the M1 Abrams.." now.  This is clear that the Leopard 2 had it first. This wording has been in the article for at least 3 years. -Fnlayson (talk) 18:04, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

Leo 2 Imp
I put it back as a separate variant as it is the missing link between the A4 and the forked development of the A5 and strv 122. The alternative, while keeping the time line intact, would be to insert it at the end of the A4 section, but that too has its problems. BP OMowe (talk)

Unit cost
The unit cost is stated to be 5.74 million USD but the source says that these units were surplus, thus, the actual production cost will be higher. Also, the units were both the leopard 2A5 and the 2A6. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DillieKoe (talk • contribs) 12:59, 14 April 2022 (UTC)

Use in Scandinavia(Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark)
I saw a lot of sources on the use of the leopard in the nordic contries, but no discussion on it yet. How come? PisaTesting (talk) 11:20, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

Produced: 1979–present
Is there any source for that they are still being produced? I never heard about any new units expect upgrading older versions. Eurohunter (talk) 20:20, 9 January 2023 (UTC)

Ukrainian operation
With the announcement by the German government of their intention to send Leo 2's, in addition to allowing other nations like Poland and Finland to do so as well, Ukraine should be moved to the list of active operators of the type. Their crews are already training on the tanks in Poland. Brett6781 (talk) 06:22, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

 * Deliveries of Leopard 2 have not yet begun to AFU either in Ukraine or Poland. Ukraine will be moved to active operators when there is verifiable evidence of Ukranian possession and use. Reports at time of writing suggest that training is to be arranged. Atomix330 (talk) 13:29, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
 * This is still current at time of posting. Atomix330 (talk) 22:38, 23 February 2023 (UTC)
 * With Polish delivery, Ukraine is now an operator. Atomix330 (talk) 13:39, 24 February 2023 (UTC)

Sections/Pages
Should longer sections about exports, variants, and operators be 'pruned' and spun off into their own individual pages? Atomix330 (talk) 02:24, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

 * Excess details and indiscriminte info should be trimmed or summarized first. Splitting off to seperate page(s) should be more like a last resort imo. -Fnlayson (talk) 02:48, 7 February 2023 (UTC)

Image
Please, do not use the picture of 2A7+ with Trophy as the primary picture. The picture should represent the topic. Using a picture of the single-made technology demostrator is incorrect, as it doesn't represent this particular tank family. It's a very ambiguous image. Why not using AbramsX pic for M1 Abrams? Why not Panther KF51 for Leopard 2? RajatonRakkaus (talk) 14:36, 21 February 2023 (UTC)

 * @Atomix330 sorry, didn't manage to tag. I understand that quality matters. There are okay pictures of Leo 2 in Commons, it's not needed to use the photo of the tank which doesn't even look like Leo 2. RajatonRakkaus (talk) 14:41, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
 * There are other photos of the 2A7 on Commons but the one of the demonstrator is visually the clearest - a little further research shows that it is equivalent to the Leopard 2A7+ ordered by Qatar and Hungary. I have found a replacement image of a German 2A7 and I have updated the caption. Atomix330 (talk) 23:16, 21 February 2023 (UTC)
 * About that picture, it is labelled as a German 2A7, but the front of the hull looks a lot more like a 2A5, also owned by Germany. Are you sure that it is labelled correctly? Gianfilippo96 (talk) 10:40, 25 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Another reason for choosing a different photo is that the uploader of this particular photo has a history of uploading photos to wikimedia in violation of our WP:COPYVIO policies. Lklundin (talk) 16:30, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

Page is atrocious, needs to be tidied up
There's no logical flow to this entire article. Just looking at it gives me a headache. The order of topics covered starts promisingly with the development, some very precise information about the pre-series and prototypes, and then the quality of the page drops off rapidly, with cobbled together pieces of commercial marketing information from vendors proposing upgrades, to a unreasonably exhaustive coverage of ALL news related to Ukraine in the MIDDLE of the page, which then resumes with the technical details of the vehicle. Just a MESS. The layout I propose: 1. History/development 2. Technical description of vehicle/armament 3. Variants 4. Service history 5. Users, former and current. Podlesok86 (talk) 05:32, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

Adding a photo to the Ukranian section of the article
I think it would be useful to add photos to the ukranian section of the combat history. These two photos especially i would like to add: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F4wa8CaXkAAAn3-?format=jpg&name=large and this https://newsyou.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/zsu-tank-leopard.jpg, as far as i know the author of both photos is wm_blood, i think an attempt should be made at contacting him for permission to use them D1d2d3d29 (talk) 14:01, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

Pz 87–140
The page mentions the Pz 87–140 as a Swiss prototype and the source is only one single image. I found a potential source from the Military Museum Full, which says it has the prototype as an exhibit. NiciBozz (talk) 08:02, 25 September 2023 (UTC)

Remove a paragraph
> According to Ukrainian soldier Oleksandr Solonko, their ability to withstand damage is superior to Soviet tanks due to its design that stores ammunition separately from the crew to explode outward if struck, enabling crewmembers to survive hits that would be fatal in a T-72 that stows ammunition under the turret. Damaged Leopard 2s can be repaired in Poland or Germany

I think this paragraph should be removed, i don't think Ukrainian soldiers talking about western tech in western interviews are a source reliable enough that it doesn't warrant scrutiny (and i think this statement warrants scrutiny), since the interviewed soldier could be kiss assing western tech, or they could just be plain wrong (soldiers can still be very wrong, just look at all the negative sherman reviews despite it being a great tank)

There is several reasons i am doubting this statement as being credible, first of all what does it mean by "withstand damage"? Because the wording implies not just crew survivability but armor in general, and there are many soviet build (even if modernized) tanks in Ukrainian service like the T-64BV zr 2017 that as far as i am aware of have better armor then the Leopard 2A4, off course there is the Leopard 2A6 but the 2A4 makes up the majority of leopards in UA service

And also the wording implies that the T-72 is a death trap, which it isn't, the CIA actually praised it's crew survivability during the cold war, it's certainly not as survivable as, for example, the abrams with it's blow out panels and more spread apart crew, but the T-72 is still an upgrade over previous generation tanks like the M60, T-62, Chieftain and etc crew survivability wise. That's because as long as the spare turret racks aren't filled the T-72 can't be ammoracked by a hit to the turret (due to the ammo being deep in the hull), making it basically un-explodable if it is hulldown D1d2d3d29 (talk) 18:24, 3 October 2023 (UTC)

Leopard 2A4HU camouflage pattern.
I think we should add this little detail when it comes to the RAL codes for the pattern.

https://forum.htka.hu/threads/hun-harci-eszkoezoek-uj-alcazo-festese.2425/page-9

The person arcas has posted on 2022. July. 29. the following:

Nem is értem, hogy eddig egy újságirónak sem jutott eszébe, hogy a eleresszen egy e-mailt a HM-nek, hogy a sok bemutatott szinváltozat közül végül melyik lesz az, amelyet a MH hivatalos mintájának tekinthetünk ill. hogy hivatalosan miért is ilyen nagy a szórás, ha már milliárdokat ölünk "High-Tech Force"-ra.

Hozzáteszem, Tata adta meg korábban -mondhatjuk hivatalosan- a Leo2A4-ek szinkódjait egyedül:

"A festésminta hivatalos, gyári színkódjai:

1. alapszín (40-50%) a NATO-zöld (RAL 6031);

2. mellékszín (20-25%) a barnásszürke (RAL 7013);

3. első kiegészítő szín (5-10%) az antracitszürke (RAL 7016);

4. második kiegészítő szín (5-10%) a bézs (RAL 1001)."

Briefly, he states he had shot an message to the HDF with question regarding the RAL codes for the leopards and supposedly responded with this.

We have received Gidrán's with the wrong colors, when the lynx was finally put on showcase it was using Rheinmetal's camouflage, etc. This is why it became a discussion and email sent.

I aswell seen a post older than this with the same RAL codes stated, i will try my best to find it again to cite source.

Whoever could provide some useful insight / cite source is more than welcome ^^ Shotya (talk) 04:53, 19 November 2023 (UTC)

Splitting the variants section of the article to a separate article.
Hello, I noticed that the article for Leopard 2 is marked as "Too long to read and navigate comfortably" earlier when I was reading through the article. I suggest we can take the "Variants" segment of the article and make it it's entirely own article, as this would cut down quite a huge chunk of the words on the page. Trashpanda115 (talk) 03:57, 24 January 2024 (UTC)

 * I have gone ahead and created a quick draft article of what the Leopard 2 Variants page should look like. It can be found at Draft:List of Leopard 2 Variants. Please consider checking this draft out, and contributing a few necessary edits to it if you wish. As of the time of posting this reply, a few citations on the draft page are broken, and I do not know how to fix them. Trashpanda115 (talk) 23:53, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

 * There's been a T-54/T-55 operators and variants article since 2007. The variants and operators portion of the Leopard 2 article is of similar scale, so splitting the article in a similar fashion would certainly be reasonable. — Red XIV (talk) 01:25, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * This is exactly the reason I believe the Leopard 2 should have an article similar to this. Not only would it make this article more readable, but it would make it easier to read and access the list of variants, and the list of operators, IF that is added to the article in the end. Trashpanda115 (talk) 01:31, 14 June 2024 (UTC)
 * So the article was denied, Ironically with the comment "Most claims are unsourced." Which means the original variants section in this article is A, not fit for Wikipedia standards, and B, too long for the original article. Not sure what to do moving forwards since I no longer have the time to bother with any of this. Trashpanda115 (talk) Trashpanda115 (talk) 17:54, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Russia as operator
Russia has captured some leopard 2s and from what I have seen of some of captured leopards they are in no condition for operation. Additinally why would Russia operate them as they have no spare parts for them. So i suggest removing them from the operators sections and into a separate one UnfairWoodPecker (talk) 02:52, 19 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Agreed, and removed. Capture is not operation, and the source didn't support operation. (Hohum @ ) 14:57, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

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The Tokyo National Museum (東京国立博物館) or TNM is an art museum in Ueno Park in the Taitō ward of Tokyo, Japan. It is one of the four museums operated by the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (ja:国立文化財機構), is considered the oldest national museum in Japan, is the largest art museum in Japan. The museum collects, preserves, and displays a comprehensive collection of artwork and cultural objects from Asia, with a focus on ancient and medieval Japanese art and Asian art along the Silk Road. There is also a large collection of Greco-Buddhist art. As of April 2023, the museum held approximately 120,000 Cultural Properties, including 89 National Treasures, 319 Horyuji Treasures, and 649 Important Cultural Properties. As of the same date, the Japanese government had designated 902 works of art and crafts as National Treasures and 10,820 works of art and crafts as Important Cultural Properties, so the museum holds about 10% of the works of art and crafts designated as National Treasures and 6% of those designated as Important Cultural Properties. The museum also holds 2,651 cultural properties deposited by individuals and organisations, of which 54 are National Treasures and 262 are Important Cultural Properties. Of these, 3,000 cultural properties are on display at one time, with each changing for between four and eight weeks. The museum also conducts research and organizes educational events related to its collection.

The facilities consist of the Honkan, holding the Japanese Gallery; the Heiseikan and Hyokeikan, holding special exhibitions; the Toyokan, holding the Asian Gallery; the Gallery of Horyuji Treasures, holding important relics originally preserved at Nara's Horyu Temple; the Kuroda Memorial Hall, holding a collection of works by Kuroda Seiki; and the Research and Information Center. There are restaurants and shops within the museum's premises, as well as outdoor exhibitions (including the Kuromon) and a garden where visitors can enjoy seasonal views.

The Tokyo National Museum is one of four museums operated by the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage; the other three are Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum. The Tokyo National Museum is a representative museum that comprehensively exhibits Japanese cultural assets, but other national museums are more complete in specific areas, such as cultural assets from the Meiji era in the 1800s to the present. The Independent Administrative Institution National Museum of Art, operates seven museums specializing in specific fields, including those focusing on modern art and Japanese crafts and those focusing on Western art. Two museums managed by the National Institutes for the Humanities focus on folklore. The Museum of the Imperial Collections, managed by the Imperial Household Agency, focuses on cultural assets donated to the nation by Japanese imperial family.

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The museum went through several name changes. The original 1872 exhibition was known as the "Museum of the Ministry of Education". The compound in Uchiyamashita-chō was initially known simply as "the Museum" (Hakubutsukan) before becoming the "Sixth Bureau of the Home Ministry", after which it was again known as the Museum and then the "Museum of the Museum Bureau". It was renamed the Imperial Museum in 1888, reflecting its change of ownership of the imperial household. As other museums opened, this changed to the more specific Tokyo Imperial Household Museum in 1900. Following the government reforms imposed after World War II, it was renamed the "National Museum" in 1947 and the "Tokyo National Museum" in 2001. The museum is also sometimes known as the "Ueno Museum".

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The Tokyo National Museum is the oldest national museum in Japan. It considers its origin to have been the Yushima Seido or Shoheizaka Exhibition, a public exhibition of imperial artwork and scientific specimens held by the Ministry of Education's Museum Department from 10 March to 30 April 1872 during the 5th year of the Meiji Era. The items' authenticity had been ascertained by the recent Jinshin Survey, which catalogued and verified various imperial, noble, and temple holdings around the country. Directed by Shigenobu Okuma, Tsunetami Sano, and others, the 1872 exhibition expanded on an 1871 exhibit at the Tokyo Kaisei School (today the University of Tokyo) in order to prepare for an international exhibition at the 1873 Vienna World's Fair celebrating Franz JosephI's 25th year as emperor. Japan decided to honor their invitation primarily in order to raise the international standing of Japanese manufactures and boost exports; 24 engineers were also sent with the delegation to study cutting-edge Western engineering at the fair for use in Japanese industry. The most important products of each province were listed and two specimens of each were collected, one for display in Vienna and the other for preservation and display at a new museum. The 1872 exhibition, held at the Taiseiden Hall of the former Confucian temple at Yushima Seido in the Shoheizaka neighborhood, was open daily 9 am to 4 pm and ultimately admitted about 150,000 people. The 1873 exhibition in Vienna, apart from the collection of regional objects, also included a full Japanese garden with shrine, a model of the former pagoda at Tokyo's imperial temple, the female golden shachi from Nagoya Castle, and a papier-maché copy of the Kamakura Buddha. The next year, Sano compiled a report on the fair in 96 volumes divided into 16 parts. Gottfried Wagener, a German scientist then working in Tokyo, wrote its reports on "The Art Museum in Respect to Arts and Various Crafts" and "The Establishment of the Tokyo Museum", arguing strongly for the creation of a museum on western lines in the Japanese capital.

Uchiyamashita museum
While the Vienna World Fair was going on, the locally-held objects were organized by the Exposition Bureau into a temporary display at a compound in Uchiyamashita-chō (now 1-Chome in Uchisaiwai-chō), immediately southeast of the Imperial Palace, in March 1873. It opened on 15 April and was open to the public for the next 3½ months, after which it opened on the days in each month ending with the numbers 1 or 6. A special exhibition in 1874 focused on new technology in medicine, chemistry, and physics. On 30 March 1875, the museum was moved under the Home Ministry. By this time, it included seven buildings—including a greenhouse—with displays covering Japanese antiques, agriculture, and the natural sciences; the grounds had an area for livestock and a room for bears. The museum continued to be connected to industry and was closely involved with the national industrial exhibitions held in Ueno Park in 1877, 1881, and 1890.

Ueno museum
Ueno Park was founded in 1873 on land that had been held by the metropolitan government since the destruction of most of the Kaneiji Temple during the Boshin War that established the Meiji Restoration, partially following the example set by the American government at Yellowstone the preceding year. Hisanari Machida, the museum's first director, had advocated the use of the spacious park for a wide-ranging museum as early as 1873 but parts of it were used for the military and education ministries until 1875, when the Home Ministry acquired complete control. The museum's early conception was based on the South Kensington Museum (now the Victoria & Albert Museum) in London, but important changes were made. The museum collections were divided into the eight categories of fine arts, nature, agriculture & forestry, history, law, education, industry, and land & sea. The ministry gave the entire park to the museum in January 1876 but its facilities there weren't completed until 1881, when the original Honkan was completed in time for the Second National Industrial Exhibition; the smaller brick building used by the first National Industrial Exhibition in 1877 was incorporated into this as a wing. In April 1881, the museum was moved from the Home Ministry to the Ministry of Agriculture and Trade. It began construction on the associated zoo and added the Asakusa Bunko collection to the museum as its book department.

A ceremony attended by Emperor Meiji opened the museum and zoo on 20 March 1882; the library was reopened on September 30. The facilities were open to the public every day except Mondays and two days around the New Year. In 1888 or 1889, the imperial household took over ownership of the museum, focusing its operations on cultural and scientific pursuits and ending its direct involvement with trade and industry. The original Honkan was severely damaged in the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923, and exhibits were moved to the undamaged Hyokeikan. The structure having originally been promoted as having "solidity... matched by no other" in Japan, its collapse led to disillusionment with the architecture and style it represented.

Upon the marriage of Hirohito in 1924, the entire Ueno Park—along with the museum and the zoo—were returned to the Tokyo Municipal Government as a present. While the main building's reconstruction was being discussed, the natural science collections were removed from the museum in 1925 to form the separate Tokyo Museum of the Ministry of Education (the present-day National Science Museum). An Imperial Museum Innovation Promotion Committee was assembled the next year following the ascension of Hirohito as emperor, which ultimately decided to replace the former building. In 1931, they held a design contest and selected the Imperial-Crown plan from Jin Watanabe.

The present Honkan was opened to the public in 1938, having reorganized its collection to dissolve the history department and classify its holdings as art. In November 1940, the Shosoin were publicly displayed for the first time to celebrate the supposed 2600th anniversary of the ascension of the first emperor of Japan. 400,000 came to see them during the 20-day exhibit.

The museum saw attendance begin to fall after 1925; it was closed in 1945 during the final phases of the Second World War. It was placed under the Ministry of Education in 1947, the Independent Administrative Institution National Museum in 2001 (merging its administration with the Kyoto, Nara, and—in 2005—Kyushu National Museums), and the Independent Administrative Institution National Institutes for Cultural Heritage in 2007 (merging the IAINM's administration with the national institutes for cultural preservation in Tokyo and Nara).

From October 18, 2022 to December 11, the Tokyo National Museum celebrated its 150 year anniversary by displaying all of its 89 national treasures in a single exhibition for the first time.

Honkan (Japanese Gallery)
The Main or Japanese Gallery (本館) houses the museum's main display of Japanese art from prehistory to the late 19th century. It has two floors and a basement with a total floorspace of 21500 sqm. It is designed to be fire- and earthquake-resistant.

The Honkan is located on the former site of the main hall of the Kaneiji Temple, which was destroyed during the Boshin War. The first Honkan incorporated a brick structure used as the main hall for the first National Industrial Exhibition in 1877. Construction on its replacement began the next year, following plans drawn up by the English architect Josiah Conder. The two-story brick hall incorporated Anglo-Indian architecture, with two green onion domes surmounting the towers flanking the main entrance. It was completed in 1881. This building was ruined by the Great Kanto earthquake of 1923.

It was replaced by Jin Watanabe's reinforced-concrete structure in the Imperial Crown Style, with a neoclassical base and Japanese roof. It was completed from 1932 to 1938 at a cost of 7 million yen. It opened on 10 November 1938 with a ceremony attended by Emperor Hirohito. The building was designated an Important Cultural Property of Japan in 2001.

The rooms are ordered beginning with the SE corner of the second floor, passing clockwise around the second and first floor, and ending with the SW corner of the first floor.

The basement holds another educational space.

Heiseikan
The Heisei Gallery (平成館) hosts regular special exhibitions in the four large galleries on its second floor; the first floor includes the Japanese Archaeology Gallery, another space for temporary exhibits, a spacious lounge and café, an auditorium, and lecture and orientation rooms. The first floor also holds the gallery of major donors to the museum.

The Heiseikan was first opened in 1999. Its name reflects the regnal era of its creation, the rule of Emperor Akihito, which lasted from 1989 to 2019. The building was erected to commemorate the wedding of Crown Prince Hiro to Masako Okawa (now Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako) on 9 June 1993.

The Japanese Archaeology Gallery introduces the use of archaeology to date excavated objects and includes a display of various finds from Japanese sites, including Jomon linear appliqué pottery, some of the oldest pottery in the world.

Toyokan (Asian Gallery)
The Eastern Sea or Asian Gallery (東洋館) displays the museum's collections of Chinese, Korean, Indian, and Southeast and Central Asian art. It also includes a display of Egyptian objects. There is a theater in its basement and a dinner to its side.

The Toyokan was designed by Yoshirō Taniguchi, opened in 1968, refurbished in the early 2010s, and reopened in January 2013. It is three stories tall but employs its basement and a spiral arrangement of mezzanines and stairs to spread its collection over six floors.

Horyuji Homotsukan (Gallery of Horyuji Treasures)
The Gallery of Horyuji Treasures (法隆寺宝物館) is a two-story building housing the museum's collection of relics from the Horyu Temple in Nara. The 319 items were given to the Imperial Household by the temple in 1878, then placed at the National Museum for safekeeping and preservation.

The building was designed by Yoshio Taniguchi and opened in 1999.

A mezzanine between the two floors holds a Reference Room with a digital archive of the treasures, allowing visitors to view the entire collection with explanations in Japanese, Korean, Chinese, English, French, and German. There is a restaurant on the first floor.

Hyokeikan

The Congratulatory Gallery (表慶館) was opened in 1909. Its name reflects its construction in honor of the wedding of Crown Prince Yoshihito and Sadako Kujo (later Emperor Taisho and Empress Teimei) on 10 May 1900. As an example of the Western-influenced architecture of the late Meiji Era, it was designated an Important Cultural Property in 1978. It is closed to the public except during special exhibitions.

Kuroda Kinenkan (Kuroda Memorial Hall)
The Kuroda Memorial Hall (黒田記念館) holds a collection of works by the important Western-style (yōga) artist Kuroda Seiki. Its collection presently comprises 126 oil paintings and 170 drawings, as well as sketchbooks, letters, &c. Located northwest of the main museum compound, it has free admission and separate hours of operation (9:30 AM–5:00 PM, with the last admission at 4:30).

Designed by Okada Shinichirō, the hall was built in 1928 as part of Kuroda's bequest to use part of his fortune "to fund projects to promote art". In 1930, it became the headquarters of the Art Research Institute, which became the Tokyo Research Institute for Cultural Properties. The TRICP moved in 2000, with the Kuroda Memorial Hall reopening as a public gallery the next year. In 2007, its administration was transferred to the Tokyo National Museum, which renovated it before reopening it on 2 January 2015. Admission was originally restricted to two-week periods in January, Spring, and Autumn but it is presently open whenever the main museum is.

The exhibition on the second floor consists of 4 rooms: the Kuroda Memorial Room, the Reading Room, the Audiovisual Room, and the Collection Highlights Gallery. There is also a cafe on the first and second floors.

Shiryokan (Research and Information Center)
The Research and Information Center (資料館) holds books, magazines, images, and other documents relating to history, archaeology, and the fine and applied arts in Japan, Asia, and the Middle East.

The Research and Information Center was opened in 1984. The floor open to the public includes two reading rooms, an exhibition area, and counters for requesting items held in the archives on the other floors. Free access is available without admission to the rest of the museum through the compound's west gate.

Operating budget issues
The Japanese government's cultural budget is consistently low: in 2017, the cultural budget was one-fifth that of France and one-third that of South Korea. The Tokyo National Museum's annual budget is a paltry ¥2 billion, which is one-seventeenth that of the Louvre, one-fifth that of the British Museum, and one-third that of the National Museum of Korea. By 2023, the museum was struggling to delay repairs to cultural assets and pay utility bills for its facilities due to rising electricity and other costs. The museum has asked the government to increase its budget, but the request has not been granted. The museum's director often complains about its plight in the media.

Access

 * Shinkansen-E.svg      Ueno Station (with JR East and Tokyo Metro)
 * Uguisudani Station (with JR East)
 * Keisei Ueno Station (with Keisei Electric Railway)
 * Nezu Station (with Tokyo Metro)

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Talk:Humanity Declaration

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Western belief
Do Westerners think that Japanese people believed the Emperor was a deity just as some Americans still believe God created all life? --Nanshu 08:20, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * The short answer would be "yes", and I'm restoring the content you deleted. Views of Ningen-sengen in Japan and the rest of the world vary greatly, this should be covered in the article. Jpatokal 23:15, 16 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I think this is very bad idea. For one thing, in wikipedia we are not teaching the westerns about God in Japan. For another thing, is this old version accurate at all? I don't mind to examine the speech in detail, but by no means it has to be done from the views of the West, whatever it is. -- Taku 03:28, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)

 * Huh? Of course you have to account for Western views, because Japan was under occupation by the West, and the famous paragraph was forced onto the Emperor by the West! See Dower's Embracing Defeat (敗北を抱きしめて）, quite a famous book in Japan too) for lots of detail. Jpatokal 09:43, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Meaning of the word Kami
This article is about a speech forced on the Emperor by people ignorant of the culture and the language. It should at least expand on the various interpretations of the word Kami, as it can have as little meaning as `above` to as much as `almighty god ruler of heaven an earth`. I do not think the Japanese ever considered the emperor more than the leader and figurehead of his country. The speech was therefore never intended for the Japanese people who could not understand it any more than non-Japanese speakers. It was for western new agencies alone. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 58.190.216.170 (talk) 11:38, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

popular Western view?
“the speech challenged the centuries-old claim that he and those before him were descendants of the sun goddess Amaterasu”: The rescript have no mention to Amaterasu. It only said that the ties between the emperor and the people was not based on the legend and the myth. Although the rescript flatly denied the divinity of the emperor as “false conception”, it did not actually deny the legend and myth as one of Japanese cultures and traditions. Besides, was there really a speech? I always thought it was a document delivered.

“convoluted and archaic court Japanese nearly incomprehensible to the average person”: As an average Japanese, I can understand the rescript perfectly. The wordings are not really convoluted and there are not too many archaic words. Besides, you can always find the meaning of archaic words if you consult a dictionary.

"the key phrase akitsumikami (現御神), usually glossed as "divinity" in English but literally "manifest kami", is unclear.:" Akitsumikami is a “living god” and I cannot think of any other interpretation.

“he implicitly reaffirmed it by asking the occupation authorities for permission to worship an ancestress and then worshipping the Sun Goddess”: Being a living god is one thing and worshiping the ancestral goddess is quite another. You cannot say that he reaffirmed his divinity because he performed the traditional acts of worship for his ancestors.

In summary, the "popular western view" described here seems so weird to me that I cannot believe it is really "popular". I doubt it is worth mentioning in the article. Dwy

 * I've tried to clarify the text a little. Jpatokal 01:45, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

 * I've lived in Japan, and my understanding from talking to Japanese people is that the emperor is no longer regarded as a god by the Japanese. This article tries to imply that the accepted view in Japan (as opposed to the West) is that the emperor is still regarded as a god by the Japanese. I believe that this is quite misleading. Although there are no doubt some Japanese who still regard the emperor as a living god, they would be assigned by most Japanese to the right wing fringe. Why is this article trying to show otherwise?

 * Bathrobe (talk) 08:38, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

 * I don't see the article claiming anything about what the Japanese think, the bone of contention is whether the Emperor himself considered it a renunciation of divinity or not. But if you have some good sources for popular opinion on the topic, go ahead and add them. Jpatokal (talk) 08:06, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Interpretations and Facts
This article is heavy on interpretation and light on facts. As a first-time reader of the piece, I haven't really learned anything other than a notion that some wikipedia editors are offended that the declaration happened at all. It should be about the declaration, what was said, why MacArthur wanted the declaration (according to the cited sources, it was drafted by Westerners), and why Hirohito chose his revisions to the final piece; all with appropriate citations. This article should not be a place to debate the relationship between royalty and deities in Japan. Ando228 (talk) 23:10, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Comparing the text to the cited word
Could the following sentence please be clarified?

"However, the meaning of the exact contents — delivered in stilted, archaic court Japanese — has been the subject of much debate. In particular, instead of the common word arahitogami for 'living god', the more unusual phrase 現御神 was used instead."

Clearly what is being discussed here is a word that appears in the declaration. But does this word appear in the passage quoted earlier? It appears to be in the Japanese:

"朕ト爾等國民トノ間ノ紐帯ハ、終始相互ノ信頼ト敬愛トニ依リテ結バレ、單ナル 神 話ト傳説トニ依リテ生ゼルモノニ非ズ. 天皇ヲ以テ 現御神 トシ、且日本國民ヲ以テ他ノ民族ニ優越セル民族ニシテ、延テ世界ヲ支配スベキ運命ヲ有ストノ架空ナル觀念ニ基クモノニモ非ズ."

but not in the English:

"The ties between Us and Our people have always stood upon mutual trust and affection. They do not depend upon mere legends and myths. They are not predicated on the false conception that the Emperor is divine, and that the> Japanese people are superior to other races and fated to rule the world."

Not knowing Japanese, I cannot determine which word(s) in the English translation correspond to 現御神. The only thing I can think of is the word "divine", but in English that is an adjective and hardly synonymous with "living god". Could this somehow be clarified? I can see why you might not want to alter the official translation, but maybe you could change "the more unusual phrase 現御神 was used instead, as represented above by the word 'divine'," or something like that." — Lawrence King ( talk ) 00:39, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

 * Yes, the official translation glosses "天皇ヲ以テ現御神" as "the Emperor is divine", and the mismatch between the two is precisely the reason for the debate. Jpatokal (talk) 06:56, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Inclusion of dubious statements by mangaka as the final paragraph of the "Japanese view"
I have removed the following text from the article. My rationale was stated in my edit summary. If any portion of it is to be restored, consensus should be sought on the talk page. The majority of it appears to be misinterpreted content written by and then read by non-specialists. "Japanese manga artist Yoshinori Kobayashi said, 'The reason why GHQ recommended the human declaration is because it misunderstood that the Japanese believe the emperor as an .' In the late Meiji era, when American missionaries came to Japan, 'God' was translated as 'Shin' (神, しん) and Japanese people used the ancient 'Kami' (カミ) as 'God' (神) as well as China. Therefore, the mixture of 'Kami' and 'God' began around the Meiji era, and GHQ misunderstood that the Japanese believed the emperor to be 'God' (absolute god) from this mixture, so he declared humanity to Emperor Showa. However, if I dare to say that, it is a humorous act that makes 'the god of cartoons (manga)' Osamu Tezuka and 'the god of management' Konosuke Matsushita make a 'human declaration'. In addition, the emperor used to say that he was 'Akitsumikami (currently God)' but never a Western-style 'God' (absolute god). In addition, the traditional concept of 'Akitsumikami' for the emperor is physiologically as if Osamu Tezuka is called 'God of Manga', Konosuke Matsushita is called 'God of Management', soccer goalkeeper or baseball pitcher is called 'Guardian God'. It is similar to the traditional practice of Japanese people, who call extremely precious people 'God' (神様), even if they are humans. In addition, it is difficult for Westerners who know only monotheism to understand this kind of feeling of Japanese people."

Hijiri 88 ( 聖やや ) 06:24, 30 March 2021 (UTC)

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Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Crosssword Empire

I made some major edits to it. It's no longer just a small page. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.134.128.54 (talk • contribs) 08:21, 15 April 2005 (UTC).

I made this page as I was asked before what the Crosssword Empire was; and I do not see how this is vanity, the rules are:

''A page should not be cast away as "vanity" simply because the subject is not famous. There is presently no consensus about what degree of recognition is required for a page to be included in Wikipedia, and therefore, lack of fame should be completely ignored in deletion debates.''

''Furthermore, it should be noted that an article is not a "vanity" page simply because it was written by its subject. Articles about existing books, movies, games, and businesses are not "vanity" so long as the content is kept to salient material and not overtly promotional.''

It can not be "vanity on a fanfic" as it is 100% encyclopedic and the only reason I put a link to my site is the fact that no one knows about it; they seem to think I made it up and it is a "joke", it's not that at all. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.134.128.54 (talk • contribs) 10:49, 15 April 2005 (UTC).


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Great Divide Basin

The Great Divide Basin or Great Divide Closed Basin is an area of land in the Red Desert of Wyoming where none of the water falling as rain to the ground drains into any ocean, directly or indirectly. It is thus an endorheic basin, one of several in North America that adjoin the Continental Divide. To the south and west of the basin is the Green River watershed, draining to the Gulf of California/Pacific Ocean; to the north and east is the North Platte watershed, draining to the Gulf of Mexico. The basin is very roughly rectangular in shape; the northwest corner is at Oregon Buttes near South Pass, about 40 mi southwest of Lander, and the southeast corner is in the Sierra Madre Range near Bridger Pass, about 20 mi southwest of Rawlins.

History
Although the Great Divide Basin provides a relatively low and easy crossing of the Continental Divide, its aridity and endorheic nature were an obstacle to pioneers during the westward expansion of the United States; it was known as the Saline Plain around the 1870s. Consequently, the Oregon Trail detoured north over South Pass, and the Overland Trail detoured south over Bridger Pass. In contrast, during the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, the Union Pacific was laid directly across the southern part of the basin. (The original railroad map labelled one point along this route as Bridgers Pass, giving rise to the still-common misconception that the railroad followed the Overland Trail.) Roughly the same route across the basin was later taken by the transcontinental highways traversing the region, namely the Lincoln Highway, U.S. 30, and Interstate 80. The basin is also traversed in a north–south direction by U.S. 287 and Wyoming 789. Even today the basin is very sparsely populated, the only incorporated town being Wamsutter, with a population of 203 at the 2020 census.

A westward traveler on Interstate 80 crosses from the Gulf of Mexico drainage to the Great Divide Basin at about 41.788°N, -107.376°W, roughly 7 miles west of Rawlins. A highway sign marks this as a crossing of the Continental Divide, although that is a matter of interpretation. At about 41.716°N, -107.782°W is the exit for Continental Divide Road, the highest point on I-80 within the Great Divide Basin, at an elevation of 7130 ft. While this is no longer recognized as a crossing of the Divide, it was evidently considered to be just that during the days of the Lincoln Highway and U.S. 30, and a monument to Henry B. Joy, the first president of the Lincoln Highway Association, was placed just south of this point along the old highway. (It was relocated to Sherman Summit in 2001 to protect it from increasing vandalism.) Further west, I-80 crosses to the Colorado River drainage at about 41.631°N, -108.311°W. This is now recognized as the true location of the Continental Divide, although the corresponding highway sign is located about 2.6 miles away at 41.634°N, -108.261°W. (The placement of the Divide on the west rim of the basin signifies that this otherwise endorheic region would drain to the east if it were to overflow.) Having finally left the Great Divide Basin behind, I-80 continues west and at 41.275°N, -110.802°W, around 10 mi east of Evanston, enters the vastly larger Great Basin, staying within it until the crest of the Sierra Nevada at Donner Summit.

Geology
The Great Divide Basin is part of the Greater Green River Basin, separated from the Green River Basin by the Rock Springs Uplift during Late Cretaceous into the Early Eocene.

Geography
While usually thought of as a single basin, the Great Divide Basin is actually several contiguous sub-basins, most notably those centered on Circle Bar Lake, Frewen Lake, Lost Creek Lake, Red Lake, and Separation Lake. The interior ridges separating these sub-basins have led to disagreement about the correct path of the Continental Divide across or around the basin.

The Lucite Hills form part of the western boundary of the basin, featuring Black Rock Butte and Emmons Cone. Alkali Flat and Greasewood Flat are directly to their northeast. Sand dunes lie in the central western part of the basin. In the southern part of the western basin, Red Desert Flat and Red Desert Basin are the major features. These are about 25 miles northwest of the town of Wamsutter. In the northeast part of the Great Divide Basin is Chain Lakes Flat, southwest and downslope from Bairoil and Lamont.

The basin is a high desert dominated by sand dunes, bluffs and alkali flats. Flora and fauna include small trees in some ravines and the occasional shrub, along with many birds and pronghorn, mule deer, feral horses, and a desert elk herd. The basin includes uranium ore deposits and many oil and natural gas wells. There has been debate between those who wish to exploit the resources within the basin and those who wish to see at least parts of it officially designated as wilderness.

In popular culture
The British author Arthur Conan Doyle described a romanticized version of the Great Divide Basin, which the novel called the Great Alkali Plain, in his Sherlock Holmes work A Study in Scarlet (1887).

title: Great Divide Basin


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Talk:Lemon (disambiguation)

2005
This is from the "The Market for Lemons" page:

"The term "lemon," meaning a defective (typically used) car, did not enter the language of economics as a result of this paper. Instead, it came from the famous "Lemon" Volkswagen advertisement of the 1960s."

Which is correct?

TaintedMustard 08:25, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Well, it doesn't look good when one page links to another that contradicts it. I'll remove the "entered the language" part but keep the link to the article.

TaintedMustard 14:57, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I've heard that a lemon is also a Russian term for a million dollars. Is this true? And if it is, does it merit mention on this page? --137.122.200.45 (talk) 16:16, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

Edits made Mar 18 2008
Performed disambiguation clean-up as per MOS:DAB Marchije (talk) 20:18, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * Added Wiktionary link
 * Removed links to 2 songs titled "Lemon Tree"; there are already links to them on the Lemon Tree dab page
 * Also moved link for Lemon Myrtle to the Lemon Tree dab page since it seemed more logical
 * Created Lemon (surname) page and moved people with the name "Lemon" to that page.
 * Added links to Lemon (surname) and Lemon Tree to "See also" section.
 * Removed "See also The Market for Lemons" from the entry for lemon (automobile). The "Market" link is mentioned on lemon (automobile)
 * Also removed the following for they do not belong on a "Lemon" disambiguation page. These are topics which include the word "lemon", but are not senses of of the word "lemon" that correspond to encyclopedic topics whose articles could logically be titled simply "Lemon":
 * lemon battery, is a battery made using a lemon.
 * Lemon Demon, Neil Cicierega's internet band.
 * Salts of Lemon, a bleaching agent made from Potassium oxalate (and the links were both red anyway...)

Requested move

 * The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: consensus was for no move JohnBlackburne wordsdeeds 09:41, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

Lemon (disambiguation) → Lemon — Move disambiguation page to base name Una Smith (talk) 15:29, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Lemon → Lemon (fruit) Citrus limon

"Lemon" usually refers to the fruit, but Wikipedia content related to the fruit is distributed among several articles. --Una Smith (talk) 15:29, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Oppose Isn't the citrus limon the main form of lemon? The fruit is surely the primary search target. Also, if you're suggesting that Wikipedia articles are about the fruit, then the proposed taget Lemon (fruit) doesn't really make sense. 84.92.117.93 (talk) 19:03, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
 * The fruit and the article Lemon are not one and the same. I am finding way too many incoming links to Lemon that intend one of the other articles about lemons.  --Una Smith (talk) 21:59, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Oppose, the fruit is the primary use. – ukexpat (talk) 21:56, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Something was wrong with the bot ... the movereq template looks okay but the bot-generated summary is mixed up. I have fixed it, I hope.  Also, I think 84.92.117.93 is correct:  the article is about the species, not the fruit.  If (when) someone removes tangents concerning derivative products, what will remain is a species page. --Una Smith (talk) 22:11, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't completely understand. The movereq doesn't list Citrus limon, your intended target for Lemon. It's slightly weird how one of the two is listed on top in the text and another in the movereq and on WP:RM, but not sure whether that's your problem. Ucucha 22:19, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
 * The RM bot notice below suggests something is wrong, yes. I changed the movereq template now; hope that sorts things out for the bot. Ucucha 22:22, 13 January 2010 (UTC)
 * And on the merits of this: I think WP:FLORA suggests having an article about the plant on Citrus limon and an article about the fruit at lemon. It is clearly the primary topic. Ucucha 22:25, 13 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Oppose. The fruit/plant is the primary meaning.  WP:FLORA does not require separate articles for the fruit and the plant and separation not necessary in this case (the article is only 15K).  —   AjaxSmack   04:57, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Oppose the fruit is primary meaning, and whatever the incoming links say, Wikipedia is not representative of common usage, since many common topics get deleted from Wikipedia due to (A) not a recipe book (B) not a compendium of all human work and knowledge no matter how itrivial (C) etc. The use of incoming links to justify renaming the primary meaning to a dab is not supportable in ever. 76.66.197.17 (talk) 05:16, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Support - in the interests of minimising the use of pages with parenthetical explanatory bits in the article names, and per WP:FLORA naming. Casliber (talk · contribs) 05:29, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Oppose. A lemon is a fruit; that is a compelling primary use. So long as the fruit and the plant taxon are treated in a single article, the article should be at Lemon. If you want to split the article into a fruit article and a taxon article, go right ahead: but leave the fruit article at Lemon. Hesperian 06:50, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Oppose. The fruit is the primary use, and the article should be about the fruit. Citrus limon should be a separate article about the plant. If they are not ready to split, the article should be at Lemon.--Curtis Clark (talk) 14:50, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Oppose. The fruit is the primary use. Kingdon (talk) 16:35, 14 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Oppose. Intuitively obvious primary topic and no evidence presented to the contrary. older ≠ wiser 17:06, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Comment - Una Smith seems to suggest that the current article Lemon (to be renamed Citrus limon) is not an article on the fruit, which is what she wants fixed. The article certainly looks like it's about both the plant and the fruit (including culinary use). Is there information about the fruit which is only in other articles, and which should be moved to this main article? That seems a more user-friendly solution. 86.178.229.168 (talk) 19:14, 17 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Comment. I reorganized the subject headings, but left the cleanup flag intact. The changes I made do not resolve this discussion, but the page does look different. Obankston (talk) 07:41, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Oppose with an essentially "not now" reason, to start with. There seems to be some concern about organizational structure, which should be addressed prior to considering any RM's. I do hav eto say as well that the "Intuitively obvious primary topic" !votes above are fairly compelling as well. — V = I * R (talk to Ohms law) 07:56, 18 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Oppose Don't be so bloody ridiculous! How many people going into their local shop would ask for a Citrus limon?  They want lemons, which is exactly what this ludicrous proposal deserves! Skinsmoke (talk) 12:36, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Oppose A lemon is a lemon. Clear case of primary use for the fruit, although it should be noted that in the colloquial Welsh of north Wales a lemon can also mean a fruitcake... Enaidmawr (talk) 23:49, 19 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Oppose We are ordinary people. We are not biologists. --supernorton 09:09, 21 January 2010 (UTC)

 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

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Selling railway station

Selling railway station is on the Dover branch of the Chatham Main Line in England, serving the village of Selling, Kent. It is 55 mi down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Faversham and Canterbury East.

The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern.

The station and the line on which it is located were built by the London, Chatham & Dover Railway. Formerly an excellent example of country station architecture, it was destroyed by fire from unknown cause in the early 1990s, shortly before it was to be awarded listed building status. The signal box at the station end of the 'up' (London-bound) platform was closed and dismantled shortly afterwards. The box can today be seen in use at Eythorne railway station on the East Kent Railway.

The station was a filming location in the 1944 film A Canterbury Tale, where it was called "Chillingbourne". Charles Hawtrey (of the Carry On films) played the porter. The station now has few facilities.

Ticketing
The station is now unmanned but was staffed when run by British Rail and was APTIS-equipped until December 1992. Nowadays, a PERTIS passenger-operated ticket machine suffices. This issues 'Permits to Travel' and is situated at the entrance to the westbound platform.

Services
All services at Selling are operated by Southeastern using EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
 * 1 tph to London Victoria via Chatham
 * 1 tph to Dover Priory

Additional services including trains to and from London Bridge and London Cannon Street call at the station in the peak hours.

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Alcalá

Alcalá, Alcalà or Alcala may refer to:

People

 * Alcalá (surname), includes a list of people with that name

Bolivia

 * Alcalá (Tomina), a town in Bolivia

Colombia

 * Alcalá, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

Philippines

 * Alcala, Cagayan, a municipality in the Philippines
 * Alcala, Pangasinan, a municipality in the Philippines

Spain

 * Alcalá de Ebro, a town in Zaragoza, Spain
 * Alcalá de Guadaíra, a town in Seville, Spain
 * Alcalá de Gurrea, a town in Huesca, Spain
 * Alcalá de Henares, a city close to Madrid
 * Comarca de Alcalá, a comarca (district) in Madrid, Spain
 * Alcalá del Júcar, a town in Albacete, Spain
 * Alcalá de la Vega, a town in Cuenca, Spain
 * Alcalá de los Gazules, a town in Cádiz, Spain
 * Alcalá de Moncayo, a town in Zaragoza, Spain
 * Alcalá del Río, a town in Seville, Spain
 * Alcalá del Valle, a town in Cádiz, Spain
 * Alcalà de Xivert, a town in Castellón, Spain
 * Alcalá la Real, a town in Jaén, Spain
 * Alcalá de la Selva, a town in Teruel, Spain
 * La Vall d'Alcalà (Spanish: Vall de Alcalá), a valley in the Marina Alta region of Alicante, Spain

Sport

 * CD Alcalá, a football team based in Alcalá de Guadaira, Spain
 * RSD Alcalá, a football team based in Alcalá de Henares, Spain

Other uses

 * University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Spain
 * Puerta de Alcalá, a monument in Madrid
 * Calle de Alcalá, one of the main streets of Madrid
 * Alcalá 20 nightclub fire, 1983
 * Alcalá (TransMilenio), a station of the TransMilenio system in Bogotá, Colombia

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Carbenicillin

Carbenicillin is a bactericidal antibiotic belonging to the carboxypenicillin subgroup of the penicillins. It was discovered by scientists at Beecham and marketed as Pyopen. It has Gram-negative coverage which includes Pseudomonas aeruginosa but limited Gram-positive coverage. The carboxypenicillins are susceptible to degradation by beta-lactamase enzymes, although they are more resistant than ampicillin to degradation. Carbenicillin is also more stable at lower pH than ampicillin.

Pharmacology
The antibiotic is highly soluble in water and is acid-labile. A typical lab working concentration is 50 to 100 μg per mL.

It is a semi-synthetic analogue of the naturally occurring benzylpenicillin. Carbenicillin at high doses can cause bleeding. Use of carbenicillin can cause hypokalemia by promoting potassium loss at the distal convoluted tubule of the kidney.

In molecular biology, carbenicillin may be preferred as a selecting agent (see plasmid stabilisation technology) because its breakdown results in byproducts with a lower toxicity than analogous antibiotics like ampicillin. Carbenicillin is more stable than ampicillin and results in fewer satellite colonies on selection plates. However, in most situations this is not a significant problem so ampicillin is sometimes used due to its lower cost.

Spectrum of bacterial susceptibility and resistance
Carbenicillin has been shown to be effective against bacteria responsible for causing urinary tract infections including Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli, and some Proteus species. The following represents carbenicillin susceptibility data for a few medically significant organisms. This is not representative of all species of bacteria susceptible to carbenicillin exposure.
 * Escherichia coli 1.56 μg/ml - 64 μg/ml
 * Proteus mirabilis 1.56 μg/ml - 3.13 μg/ml
 * Pseudomonas aeruginosa 3.13 μg/ml - >1024 μg/ml

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Bekesbourne railway station

Bekesbourne railway station is on the Dover branch of the Chatham Main Line in England, and serves the villages of Bekesbourne and Patrixbourne, Kent. It is 64 mi down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Canterbury East and Adisham.

The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern.

The station and the line it serves were built by the London, Chatham & Dover Railway and opened on 22 July 1861. The platforms are linked by a footbridge. The country-bound platform is accessible by public footpath. Nearby is a viaduct over the Nailbourne Stream, a tributary of the River Stour.

Facilities
Bekesbourne station is unstaffed and facilities are limited. Tickets can be purchased from the self-service ticket machine at the station and there are passenger help points located on each platforms. There is also a basic shelter located on each platform.

There is also a small chargeable car park located at the station, operated by Saba Parking.

Step-free access is available to both of the platforms at Bekesbourne.

Services
All services at Bekesbourne are operated by Southeastern using EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
 * 1 tph to London Victoria via Chatham
 * 1 tph to Dover Priory

Additional services including trains to and from London Bridge and London Cannon Street call at the station in the peak hours.

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Adisham railway station

Adisham railway station is on the Dover branch of the Chatham Main Line in England, and serves the village of Adisham, Kent. It is 67 mi down the line from London Victoria and is situated between Bekesbourne and Aylesham.

The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern.

There are brick buildings on the country-bound platform, formerly in railway use but now privately occupied, and a wooden shelter on the London-bound platform. The country-bound platform is accessible by road and the London-bound by public footpath. There is a connecting footbridge.

The station is unstaffed. There is a help point on each platform, electronic departure boards were added in May 2016 and a ticket machine (accepting credit/debit cards) in October the same year.

History
The station and the line it serves were built by the London, Chatham & Dover Railway, and opened on 22 July 1861, becoming part of the Southern Railway during the grouping of 1923. The line then passed on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948 until the privatisation of British Railways.

When sectorisation was introduced, the station was served by Network SouthEast.

Services
All services at Adisham are operated by Southeastern using EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
 * 1 tph to London Victoria via Chatham
 * 1 tph to Dover Priory

Additional services including trains to and from London Bridge and London Cannon Street call at the station in the peak hours.

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Talk:Uakti

Disambig
We should consider splitting this into two pages

 * Why? Disambiguation. Hyacinth 22:02, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

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