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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Judeofascism

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. — Xezbeth 18:31, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)

Judeofascism
Neologism of utterly minor use (fewer than 60 non-dictionary, non-Wikipedia hits) --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 00:19, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge what little in here is NPOV and non-repetitive into Zionism. Nothing in the article suggests another application of the term. -- 8^D gab 01:24, 2005 Apr 17 (UTC)
 * Merge, delete, no redirect. Neologism. Mikkalai 01:30, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * The problem with breaking out sections from List of political epithets is, the articles encourage the ranters and loonies and bigots to carve out their own little POV forks. (Just look at how Islamofascism is turning into an even more biased take on Islamism.) Merge this article back to list of political epithets, or else move it to "Zionazism", which is a more common slur with very similar intent and meaning. —Charles P. (Mirv) 01:57, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Forget the move. A separate article under either title would be inherently POV and would probably attract original theses about the Revisionists' admiration for fascism, the Elon Plan and Lebensraum, and so forth. Merging back to list of political epithets is the only way to handle this. —Charles P. (Mirv) 13:14, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Non notable racist neologism. Only 153 google hits. I might add this is really all part of User:Islamist atempt to clobber Islamofascism. He creates an objectionable article for the bogus neologism Judeofascism and then claims that the article on Islamofascism, a real word with 62,500 hits, must share the same fate (Merge and Protect/Deletion) as his obvious VfD fodder. This level of bad faith and intellectual dishonesty would make Noam Chomsky proud. I am somewhat saddened that VfD is being manipulated, for bad ends.  Klonimus 02:21, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * But this includes mention in the mainstream antiwar.com. I see no harm in a redirect in case someone reads it on that site and decides to look it up. El_C 04:05, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * 153 google hits is non notable. 129.10.244.130 23:15, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Gamaliel 02:24, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete this shit. Neutralitytalk 03:25, Apr 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Negative, redirect to list of political epithets and permanently protect. El_C 03:44, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree with El C: redirect/protect. Samaritan 05:54, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to Zionism. Megan1967 05:33, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. --Vladko 14:49, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Zionism. A noble attempt to counteract and highlight anti-Arab, pro-Israeli bias, but our policy says Don't disrupt Wikipedia to illustrate a point, so it has to go.  — Helpful Dave 15:35, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Such a redirect would be inherantly POV. But I'm sure you knew that. --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 02:36, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * I didn't find that comment very Helpful Dave. Jayjg (talk) 03:06, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * The redirect is pejorative since it implies, that Judeofascism is a synonym for Zionism. Klonimus 07:56, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Either Delete or Redirect to List of political epithets. Firebug 17:40, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. WP:POINT that gets almost no Google hits.  If delete fails, the Re-direct to list of political epithets. Jayjg (talk)  20:05, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - aside from the fact that the term begs the question, it doesn't even make any sense. --Leifern 02:28, 2005 Apr 18 (UTC)
 * Delete. It is imaginable the term is used by someone (I'd need to see citations) and hence there could be a topic here. However, in the present article, it is just a nasty synonym for Zionism, and no citations are given for anyone using this nasty synonym. There is absolutely no value in keeping this. -- Jmabel | Talk 03:12, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * A decent case can be made for remving it on the list of epithets, since 153 hits aint very notable. Klonimus 07:56, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Lack of notability. *Merge and redirect to List of political epithets. --Viriditas  | Talk 07:39, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge and Redirect to List of political epithets, and probbly protect the redirect. Delete I am not even sure this is a real epithe, and seems to be a violation of WP:POINT Dalf | Talk 05:00, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete this junk term, it is a Term of disparagement and is on the political epithets list where it belongs only. See: List of political epithets. IZAK 05:14, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect. If people can show legitimate mainstream citations by notable commentators, I'll change my vote, as per Islamofascism. Meelar (talk) 05:18, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. For the reasons IZAK listed.  --Goodoldpolonius2 05:44, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of political epithets, again. - Mustafaa 06:04, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete or Redirect to List of political epithets.  ←Humus sapiens←Talk 07:14, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is WP:POINT, attempting to create a parallel with Islamofascism. It's POV, bad-faith editing. SlimVirgin (talk) 07:18, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to List of political epithets and permanently delete the POV commentary of this article, which is nothing more than an opinion piece, masquerading as an encyclopedia entry. NOTE:  Clean up the definition at List of political epithets!  (In brief reference to that entry, I don't find Zionazism to be either derogatory or offensive...I find it, instead, to be an undeniable indication that people who hate Jews are (1) stupid beyond belief, as confirmed by the fact that they (2) don't take the time to learn how to says "Zionism"...)  This term is emotionally charged, not only for me, as a Jew, but for pretty much all Jews for whom I'm not permitted to speak as well as for all peoples who have suffered under real fascism...I refer, of course, to the Republicans under Francisco Franco and the opposition under Benito Mussolini.  If "Judeofascism" does exist, it is not exemplified in the policies of the state of Israel, nor is it condoned by any Jewish leadership of which I'm aware.  That said, I fall back on the Wikipedia definition of Fascism:
 * exalts nation and sometimes race above the individual
 * uses violence and modern techniques of propaganda and censorship to forcibly suppress political opposition
 * engages in severe economic and social regimentation
 * engages in corporatism [1] (http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=219369)
 * implements totalitarianism
 * Let me review these points one at a time:
 * (1) "exalts nation and sometimes race above the individual": The Jewish nation is exalted above others only in the fanatical imagination of Jew-haters who incorrectly assume that the claim of "chosen-ness" indicates a claim of superiority.  Such a claim has never been made by any Jewish scholar (and Jewhaters everywhere, despite their ignorance and unmitigated stupidity, will immediately admit the preponderance of scholars among Jews...), nor is there anything in mainstream Jewish literature to indicate that the notion of chosen-ness has anything to do with national or "racial" superiority.  Second point in this vein, only non-Jews would ever be so ignorant or foolish (or almost inconceivably idiotic) as to assert that there is anything even remotely "racial" about being Jewish.
 * (2) "uses violence and modern techniques of propaganda and censorship to forcibly suppress political opposition": While this may be characteristic of the current government of Israel, its forcible suppression of political opposition by "violen[t] and modern techniques of propaganda and censorship" is employed exclusively against Jews who oppose its policies.  For the naysayers in the crowd, let me make clear:  Fascism suppresses discontent from within.  Oppression of the putative Palestian "national" dissent is irrelevant in this context, and takes on the same status (perhaps, although only in the grossest misinterpretation of international law) as Kurdish dissent in Syria, Turkey, Iraq, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Iran.  ...  I can't help noticing however, that there are no articles on Syrian fascism, Turkish fascism, Iraqi fascism, Armenian fascism, Azerbaijani fascism or Iranian fascism--articles for which, in every case, there is much greater encyclopedic foundation.  This leads me to the almost inescapable conclusion that whoever created this article holds Israel and Jews to impossibly higher moral and legal standards than those to which they hold Christians and Muslims, indeed, that they are trying to prey upon an obscene sort of lexical intellectual dishonesty in order to spread their own personal views and hatred against Jews beyond the limited scope to which they are presently privy.
 * (3) "engages in severe economic and social regimentation": Nothing about Jews as a whole, nor about Judaism as a religion, lifestyle or worldview, nor even about Jewish predominance in Israel (which I assume is the source of the  major gripe of the miniminded person who created this article) can even remotely be described as fomenting, supporting or promoting "severe economic and social regimentation".  Judaism as a religion tirelessly condemns social stratification, on whatever basis.  Israel is the only country that is even remotely democratic (with the marginal exception of Turkey) in not only the Middle East, but throughout what the Muslims like to think of nostalgically (and through the perpetuation of historical ignorance) as "darussalam".  In any case, the perception among so many Jewhaters that Jews are "rich" and that it's as a result of "Jewish greed", let me spell it out for you:  YOU ARE WRONG.  While perhaps prominent Jews are rich, or while more rich people are Jews than non-Jews, the vast majority of Jews are, like me, POVERTY STRICKEN, depending on the charity of the so-called "rich Jews" to get by from day to day.  Also, if you study charitable donations, you'll find that Jews are far more generous in their donations, as a proportion of the population, than non-Jews, not only to Jewish charities, but (sometimes to the gross detriment of Jewish-oriented charitable organizations) to non-Jewish charities.  Let me be as POV about this as possible:  YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
 * (4) "engages in corporatism": The only portions of the Jewish population with any power to do so that could ever be accused of "engaging in corporatism" are the socialists who founded the kibutzim...and the extent of their interests in engaging in such corporatism were limited to their individual kibutzim.  That said, a number of Jews, some of them quite noteworthy or even famous, have wished to do such things on a grand scale...but they have done so not as Jews, but as socialists who happened to be Jews.  With such a tenuous relationship, I fail to see how the article can stand on supposed merits all its own without the existence of articles on Sinofascism, Russofascism, Germofascism, Francofascism, Norgefascism, Danofascism, Svecofascism, Spanofascism, Italofascism, Wallacofascism, Bulgarofascism, Magyarifascism, Czechofascism, and any number of other -fascisms.
 * (5)"implements totalitarianism": This is almost ludicrous. Anyone who knows anything about the situation in Israel, beyond the unceasing propaganda spewed by CNN and the ISM and their ilk, knows that the only totalitarianism implemented by Jews, is in Israel, and there, it is implemented against Jews.  This is, of course, the one point on which Judeofascism has a leg to stand as a legitimate term...but ironically, the people who like to fondle the term like a starving kitten in need of attention think it means totalitarianism against non-Jews...which is the exact opposite of what is required to give the term "Judeofascism" any legitimate currency.  Small minds, of course, are wont to latch onto any small crust of legitimacy, no matter how moldy, in this case, their arguements are truly rotten—displaying in full view that their actual agenda is Jewhatred, not any legitimate gripe against Jews...and in so doing, they undermine every legitimate criticism of Israel and Israeli policy wrt the so-called "Palestinians".
 * That said, I think someone should nominate Islamofascism for deletion as well, a debate into which I'll happily insert my 2 agorot.
 * Tomer TALK 07:31, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete Non-notable neologism. --Mrfixter 11:47, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Neologism created exclusively to counter Islamofascism. Tone of page is POV.--Briangotts 15:02, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Neologism, and we should be careful about having artilces on ethnic slurs that are themselves slurs. Slrubenstein  |  Talk  15:51, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Neologism. No evidence provided of significant real use. Dpbsmith (talk) 23:32, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * delete this if you will Yuckfoo 06:36, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to list of political epithets --AladdinSE 09:16, Apr 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * delete with no-redirect Where does this end? Islamofascism -Christofascism -Anglofascism -Eurofascism -liberalfascism -Wikifascism -Francofascism - .... ?? --Doc Glasgow 19:00, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - Non-notable neologism - Redirect to List of political epithets and Protect, as El C suggested - prevents the page from being recreated, so we avoid the Jewish ethnocentrism debacle from replaying itself. (Better yet, delete List of political epithets, List of ethnic slurs and a dozen other inherently offensive articles). Guettarda 20:48, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Ejrrjs | What? 23:02, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete a really stupid and misleading neologism. Wikipedia does not exist to establish counterpoints that are not widely represented in the real world. — Sesel wa  23:49, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Neologism, minor use. ObsidianOrder 03:10, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Term invented here. Pavel Vozenilek 02:13, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Deeply bogus, pseudo-poli-sci rhetorical arrow. BrandonYusufToropov 15:12, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Term invented for Wikipedia probably Chunkyhoyo 12:30, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * User:Chunkyhoyo is a sockpuppet, just compare his user page to that of User:UDoN't!wAn* He has just committed acts of vandalism on a number of articles. --Chammy Koala 13:50, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.


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Josh Wink

Joshua Winkelman (born April 20, 1970), better known by his stage name Josh Wink, is an American electronic dance music DJ, label owner, producer, and remixer. He is a native of Philadelphia, United States. A pioneering DJ in the American rave scene during the early 1990s, Wink was the most prominent exponent of the tribal forms of techno and house in the U.S. In 1995, he released several hits, including "Don't Laugh" (as Winx), "I'm Ready" (as Size 9) (which hit number one on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart), and "Higher State of Consciousness," which topped the dance charts in Europe. He has had many club hits such as "How's Your Evening So Far?" (samples Lil Louis's "French Kiss") and "Superfreak (Freak)" and has also gained much attention for his remixes of Stabbing Westward, FC Kahuna, Paul Oakenfold, Moby, Towa Tei, Ladytron and Depeche Mode, among others.

Early life
As a youth, Wink studied the piano for three years and took clarinet lessons as a teenager. His interest in DJing began as a 13-year-old, when he became apprentice to a friend, a radio station and mobile DJ in Philadelphia. It was at this time that Wink also became a vegetarian, following in the footsteps of his mother and brother. As a teen, he taught himself how to mix beats. By 1988, Wink had met fellow DJ King Britt, and the two began creating original tracks together. After he turned 18, he started working as a DJ in nightclubs.

Style
Wink's style is a mixture of breakbeat, acid house, drum and bass, and experimental music. In interviews, he has stated that his music is "built around tension", and that his work is often influenced by "mistake theory, which is: I use a lot of things that you and I might consider mistakes....by (experimenting) with effects, with filters, with percentages in my sampler, and just doing stuff that you wouldn't ordinarily do."

In 1996, Rolling Stone writer Frank Broughton observed that "a Josh Wink record takes a series of sampled noises, then twists and warps them through a barrage of sound processors, resulting in a spiraling blend of acidic bass lines and trippy break beats." Kerri Mason of Billboard referred to Wink's Profound Sounds album series as "sensual techno, rendered as a whole composition rather than a collection of individual, flavor-of-the-month tracks."

Wink has acknowledged the music of Kraftwerk, 1980s synthpop and late 1980s Chicago house music as major influences on his style. He is a strong supporter of new DJing technology, most specifically utilising, demonstrating and advocating the Final Scratch application.

Recordings
In 1994, Wink founded his own record label called Ovum Recordings with King Britt. He also has worked with poet Ursula Rucker and Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. All of the below albums were released on his Ovum imprint with the exception of the first two. Josh Wink has also recorded some releases as Wink, Winc, Winks, Winx, The Crusher, E-Culture, and Size 9.

Artist albums

 * A Higher State of Wink's Work (1996, Manifesto) – compilation of Wink's early 12 inch singles
 * Left Above the Clouds (1996, Nervous/XL)
 * Herehear (1998, Ovum)
 * 20 to 20 (2003, Ovum)
 * When a Banana Was Just a Banana (2009, Ovum)
 * When a Banana Was Just a Banana (Remixed & Peeled) (2010, Ovum)

In addition to his artist albums, Wink has released many DJ mix albums, three of his most well-known being Volumes 1, 2 and 3 of the Profound Sounds series. Profound Sounds Volume 3 is notable in that it contains Wink's popular remix of the Radiohead song "Everything in Its Right Place", which despite becoming a favorite of DJs as a bootlegged mp3, Wink was able to license exclusively for his album through negotiations with Radiohead along with their management and publisher.

In December 2010, a remix by Josh Wink of "On Melancholy Hill" by Gorillaz was revealed to those who had completed an internet scavenger hunt.

In celebration of Ovum Recordings 25th birthday, Josh Wink released "Aries In Mars" on December 14, 2018, which serves as the label's 300th track.

Personal life
Wink pursues a vegan lifestyle.

license: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Roose

Roose or Roosecote is a suburb and ward of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England. The word 'roose' is Celtic for "moor" or "heath" and the suffix 'cote' of Roosecote means "hut" or "huts" (the word 'cottage' is derived from 'cote'). Before the building of Roose Cottages and the arrival of the Cornish miners Roose was pronounced with a hard S, as in goose; now it is locally pronounced 'Rooze', due to the Cornish accent. Roose is served by Roose railway station, one of the few remaining stations on the Furness Line in the Barrow area.

The ward of Roose also encompass the settlements of Rampside and Stank, as well as Piel Island and Roa Island, it extends as far north as Abbot's Wood Nature Reserve.

The ward itself will be combined with Risedale ward in April 2023 following formation of the new Westmorland and Furness Local Authority.

History
Roose has been in existence since at least 945 AD. Roose is mentioned in the Domesday Book as one of the townships forming the Manor of Hougun which was held by Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria. Roosecote and Roose were originally two separate entities. Roosecote was founded by Michael le Fleming (of Aldingham) some time between 1107 and 1152. By 1157 both Roose and Roosecote were granges belonging to Furness Abbey. In 1537 with the dissolution of that abbey they returned to the Crown along with the rest of the abbey's lands. Roose is mainly used to refer to the 19th century settlement of Roose Cottages, which consists of two main streets of terraced housing—North and South Row. These were built when the area was developing as an important mining centre, with newly opened mines in Stank and Yarlside. Many were originally inhabited by Cornish tin miners that were recruited to the area. In the 1881 census the majority of the population had birthplaces in Cornwall (70%). The Cottages were built by the owners of the mines, the Haematite Mining Company, between 1876 and 1878.

Roose was also home to a workhouse built between 1878 and 1879 and opened in February 1880. It had around 300 inmates. It later became Roose Hospital but was closed in the 1980s with the opening of Furness General Hospital, and later demolished. The site is now mostly a housing development.

Roose today
A modern expansion of Roosecote is the Holbeck or Yarlside estate which has some early twentieth century housing but has mainly been developed and expanded from the 1960s onwards by building on land of the Holker estate. The area is bound by Yarlside Road to the west and Leece Lane to the south. Streets named after trees predominate throughout.

There is a dairy works in Roose and historically there were several farms in the area, Roosecote farm is still active, and Roose Farm is now a private dwelling, and another, which is now part of Holbeck, was converted into the Crofters pub in the 1980s. Roosecote also includes Old Roose close to the Roose railway station with a small number of houses around the Ship Inn. A corn mill was situated on the stream now call Red River just north of the Railway stop but was demolished sometime between 1847 and 1891.

Roose railway station (an unmanned stop), which serves the suburb, is located on the Furness Line, giving connections to Barrow, Millom, Ulverston, Grange-over-Sands and Lancaster.

The area has a post office, two shops, two pubs and two primary schools—Roose and Yarlside. Roose Hospital (closed in the 1980s) contained in its last years geriatric and gynaecological wards: further housing developments have taken place on the site of the hospital.

Roosecote is home three churches, two of which have since closed. An Anglican-Methodist shared church called St Perran's, was built in 1967 and was located on North Row. The structure became defunct in 2014 and was demolished in 2016. A house has since been built on the site. Stonedyke Methodist Chapel was opened in 1877 and eventually closed in 1991. The building is privately owned and derelict. Finally, St Michaels in Rampside, which was built in 1840. It is the only remaining church in the area, but due to a dwindling congregation and mounting maintenance costs, the church is threatened with closure and even demolition.

Roosecote power station was converted from coal to now generate electricity from gas. Gas from the Morecambe Bay and Irish Sea gasfields comes on shore at a terminal for British Gas located between Roose and Rampside. The plant was decommissioned in 2012 after being mothballed, and was demolished between 2014 and 2015. There are plans to build a new, smaller backup and storage gas plant on the site. The site is also home (at the time of its building) to the largest battery in the UK (which is used to stabilize the electrical grid).

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Fényi (crater)

Fényi is a small lunar crater on the far side of the Moon. It lies near the southern edge of the huge, braided skirt of ejecta that surrounds the Orientale impact Basin to the north. Less than two crater diameters to the southwest is the much larger crater Mendel.

Much of the rim and nearly all of this crater have been buried under material from the Orientale Basin impact. The surrounding terrain shows a radial pattern of grooves and braids running from north to south. Only a ring of material protrudes upward from this bed of ejecta, displaying the location of the original rim. There is a small craterlet along the northeast inner wall.

This crater lies within the Mendel-Rydberg Basin, a 630 km wide impact basin of Nectarian age.

Satellite craters
By convention these features are identified on lunar maps by placing the letter on the side of the crater midpoint that is closest to Fényi.

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Differential thermal analysis

Differential thermal analysis (DTA) is a thermoanalytic technique that is similar to differential scanning calorimetry. In DTA, the material under study and an inert reference are made to undergo identical thermal cycles, (i.e., same cooling or heating programme) while recording any temperature difference between sample and reference. This differential temperature is then plotted against time, or against temperature (DTA curve, or thermogram). Changes in the sample, either exothermic or endothermic, can be detected relative to the inert reference. Thus, a DTA curve provides data on the transformations that have occurred, such as glass transitions, crystallization, melting and sublimation. The area under a DTA peak is the enthalpy change and is not affected by the heat capacity of the sample.

Apparatus
A DTA consists of a sample holder, thermocouples, sample containers and a ceramic or metallic block; a furnace; a temperature programmer; and a recording system. The key feature is the existence of two thermocouples connected to a voltmeter. One thermocouple is placed in an inert material such as Al2O3, while the other is placed in a sample of the material under study. As the temperature is increased, there will be a brief deflection of the voltmeter if the sample is undergoing a phase transition. This occurs because the input of heat will raise the temperature of the inert substance, but be incorporated as latent heat in the material changing phase. It consist of inert environment with inert gases which will not react with sample and reference. Generally helium or argon is used as inert gas.

Today's instruments
In today's market most manufacturers don't make true DTA systems but rather have incorporated this technology into thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) systems, which provide both mass loss and thermal information. With today's advancements in software, even these instruments are being replaced by true TGA-DSC instruments that can provide the temperature and heat flow of the sample, simultaneously with mass loss.

Applications
A DTA curve can be used only as a finger print for identification purposes but usually the applications of this method are the determination of phase diagrams, heat change measurements and decomposition in various atmospheres.

DTA is widely used in the pharmaceutical  and food industries.

DTA may be used in cement chemistry, mineralogical research and in environmental studies.

DTA curves may also be used to date bone remains or to study archaeological materials. Using DTA one can obtain liquidus & solidus lines of phase diagrams.

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Talk:Francesco Guicciardini

The Invasions of Italy 1494-1527 Machiavelli and Guicciardini
http://vlib.iue.it/carrie/texts/carrie_books/gilbert/04.html

In 1530 he wrote his unfinished Considerations on the Discourses of Machiavelli, in which he took Machiavelli to task for exaggeration and overstatement and for his tendency to derive general laws from specific instances. Guicciardini preferred to examine carefully each case, being more distrustful of large generalizations. This insistence on the specific, particular, and individual is one of the qualities that make him a great historian. In this field he is even superior to Machiavelli and deserves to be called the first modern historian. His historical writings, particularly the History of Italy, opened a new era in historiography. No earlier historian had based his account so thoroughly on documentary sources. He strove always for the highest possible accuracy. But this alone was not enough; he also searched for underlying causes. These he found in human motivations, and he was skilled in examining the motives of his narrative's principal actors. Leaders100 17:16, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

NPOV of the article
This article seems to lack NPOV. It makes strong claims about the moral values of Guicciardini, which do not seems appropriate to me for a NPOV article. Am I correct ? pibizza 08:52, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

 * Yes, this arises because the article is based on the 1911 Britannica, which is full of personal opinions and lacks NPOV. Charles Matthews 08:55, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

To start with all citations from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica article must be removed. Leezk (talk) 07:02, 26 November 2011 (UTC)

The personal judgements passed by the author of this article seem wholly innapropriate - much of the evaluation section should be edited in the interst of objectivity

perhaps some mention should be made of the fortuna/virtu dialectic? Guiciardini's view of fortuna as implacable and ruthless is worthy of note - 'how mutable are human affairs; not unlike a sea whipped by winds'

The article, as it is, based on EB1911, should be linked in the External Links section to the original along with an attribution of who wrote it. The Wikipedia article should be started over from scratch written with a modern perspective and original content. -- 71.191.36.194 17:47, 21 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree, but that's no easy task. The article is not only POV, it's also incomplete. For example it does not it even mention the detailed, rabidly critical Oratio accusatoria ("Maggiore sono le tue sceleratezze che si possino scusare o negare", en: "Your crimes are so big that they can neither be denied nor excused") and the uncompromisingly apologetic Oratio defensoria that Guicciardini  wrote about himself. I'd say that the guy's sheer intelligence makes him hard to assess. Felix Gilbert's excellent Machiavelli and Guicciardini : Politics and History in Sixteenth-Century Florence may provide the starting point for a rewrite . L'omo del batocio (talk) 09:28, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

It may or may not be NPOV. It is most certainly the best prose on Wikipedia. 74.184.5.4 (talk) 05:59, 10 December 2008 (UTC)

I was about to add that I also found the evaluations rediculously biased, and request that someone re-write the page from more modern - and accurate - scholarship. Please. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.205.30.37 (talk) 15:05, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

I'd add my voice to those who say that this article is "flowery". WP should not be a place for taking sides and giving non-neutral commentary.--Andrew Lancaster (talk) 09:36, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

I too add my voice to the need for a strong revision for this article. For instance, the quoting of a very-much dated "editorial" from the Britannica is the only thing of substance we read about Guicciardini's Storia D'Italia, his most important work and a seminal (and still valid) piece of Renaissance historiography. Tom Leoni (2/7/2011) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.18.9.215 (talk) 13:36, 7 February 2011 (UTC)

copyviol?
While looking for more particulars about Francesco Guicciardini, I found this site http://www.informationdelight.info/encyclopedia/entry/Francesco_Guicciardini which looks remarkably similar to the text in wikipedia. Can somebody control, please?--Broletto (talk) 18:18, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

 * There are lots of copies of Wikipedia on the internet.--Andrew Lancaster (talk) 17:16, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

Evaluation
The article contained the following mannered prose, flagged for more than a year: ''Guicciardini was the product of a cynical and selfish age, and his life illustrated its sordid influences. Of a cold and worldly temperament, devoid of passion, blameless in his conduct as the father of a family, faithful as the servant of his papal patrons, severe in the administration of the provinces committed to his charge, and indisputably able in his conduct of affairs, he was at the same time, and in spite of these qualities, a man whose moral nature inspires a sentiment of liveliest repugnance. It is not merely that he was ambitious, cruel, revengeful and avaricious, for these vices have existed in men far less antipathetic than Guicciardini. Over and above those faults, which made him odious to his fellow-citizens, we trace in him a meanness that our century is less willing to condone. His phlegmatic and persistent egotism, his sacrifice of truth and honor to self-interest, his acquiescence in the worst conditions of the world, if only he could use them for his own advantage, combined with the glaring discord between his opinions and his practice, form a character which would be contemptible in our eyes were it not so sinister. The social and political decrepitude of Italy, where patriotism was unknown, and only selfishness survived of all the motives that rouse men to action, found its representative and exponent in Guicciardini. When we turn from the man to the author, the decadence of the age and race that could develop a political philosophy so arid in its cynical despair of any good in human nature forces itself vividly upon our notice. Guicciardini seems to glory in his disillusionment, and uses his vast intellectual ability for the analysis of the corruption he had helped to make incurable.''

If one single treatise of that century should be chosen to represent the spirit of the Italian people in the last phase of the Renaissance, the historian might hesitate between the Principe of Machiavelli and the Ricordi politici'' of Guicciardini. The latter is perhaps preferable to the former on the score of comprehensiveness. It is, moreover, more exactly adequate to the actual situation, for the Principe has a divine spark of patriotism yet lingering in the cinders of its frigid science, an idealistic enthusiasm surviving in its moral aberrations; whereas a great Italian critic of this decade has justly described the Ricordi as Italian corruption codified and elevated to a rule of life.''

It looks point of view and is likely copied from a source that has not been named. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Zickzack (talk • contribs) 15:46, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

 * Definitely an article calling out for someone to improve it in one fairly easy to define direction. Any takers?--Andrew Lancaster (talk) 16:30, 6 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm thinking about doing a complete rewrite for grammar and style. Much of the article is in fair shape, but parts of it read like a grade ten book report bwmcmaste (talk) 04:13, 14 February 2011 (UTC)
 * Sounds good. There seems to be consensus something like this is needed. --Andrew Lancaster (talk) 12:07, 14 February 2011 (UTC)

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User:SuperDude115/talk archive 1

If you think that you can create a user name just to leave inappropriate comments on someone else's talk page, think again. That sort of trolling may very well get you banned. - Lucky 6.9 00:20, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Thank you for your polite and very welcome response. I hope I didn't come off as harsh, but this site gets trolled like you can't believe.  That said, I'd like to be the first to welcome you aboard!  Now that you know how to access my talk page, please don't hesitate to do so if you have any questions. - Lucky 6.9 00:30, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Impulse buying
Please stop creating articles like this. This article is a huge waste of time for everyone involved, which I am starting to suspect is your actual motivation; the original content is borderline vandalism. The fact that you continue to create nonsense articles, and switch usernames indiscriminately makes it increasingly difficult to believe that you are not a troll. Also, don't just create a talk page for the article stating pre-empting the vfd notice. The article should stand based on its own merits, if you suspect that your article will be deleted, your time would be better spent improving the article. --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 19:18, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * No one is contesting that the concept of an "impulse buy" is a legitimate concept (although the use of a gerund in the title is somewhat awkward, certainly impulse purchase might be a more appropriate title). However, the content is completely unencyclopedic.  There is no real connection between an impulse buy and spontaneous combustion, and the inclusion of these terms makes your article useless.  Even if a real article on impulse buying is created, almost no content from your edit can be reused. --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 19:23, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC)

 * Samurai, you should know that you are this close to being run up on a request for arbitration. Please see your RfC talk page. - Lucky 6.9 23:06, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * At least you've admitted something, namely that you are using a sockpuppet account. - Lucky 6.9 01:40, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * In response to your comment on Android's page: Your contributions are becoming a huge deal of work for other users to bring up to standards.  Once again, you've elected to comment on something that has nothing to do with the issue whatsoever.  I did not make fun of your user name, for crying out loud!  I simply pointed out the similarities.  If the word "portmanteau" threw you off a bit, go here to get a definition.  OK?  I mean, really.  I've been trying to help but there are times when I've literally pulled my hair out over you. - Lucky 6.9 02:14, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Magic sword
To your credit, your article managed to uncover a glaring oversight. It's sparked a rather lively VfD debate and subsequent cleanup. I honestly wish to thank you for finding this and planting the seeds of a new and useful article. BUT...this goes back to one of the roots of the problem, namely your continued lack of research before starting an article. If you would have simply added one or two references outside a magic sword's use in RPG's and the avoidance of the rather obvious statement that magic swords can be used for stabbing, we wouldn't be having this discussion. - Lucky 6.9 19:23, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Last warning
Even setting aside the sock puppet allegations, a lot of people have been very patient with you. Clearly nonsensical edits constitute vandalism and will not be tolerated. One more example of such conduct and I will block you without further discussion, and with a deaf ear to any spurious protests of innocence or ignorance. Postdlf 19:24, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

This is the response on Postdlf's talk page. I happened to stumble across this when I wandered in to ask a question: ''I have no intent for vandalism. My modern contributions are thought of as good additions to Wikipedia. Also, I don't cosider all (just some) VfD articles to be vandalism. Can you explain what contributions are considered vandalism, if you do, I might have better contrast between bogus and acceptable contributions in the future. --SuperDude 21:25, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)'' I give up. There is no getting through to this individual. AFAIK, no one ever will. Listen up, man: '''All of us involved in this matter have made it crystal clear as to what constitutes a good edit and a poor edit. You even admit to vandalism in the above statement! That alone is probably reason enough for a permanent ban WITHOUT the hassle of a request for arbitration. READ THE PREVIOUS COMMENTS AND SUGGESTIONS LEFT BY MYSELF AND OTHER USERS AS WELL.''' Now do you understand? - Lucky 6.9 23:03, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

"Nazism Comedy." Right.
This is quite possibly the most distasteful thing I've ever seen on Wikipedia that doesn't involve a certain act of self-gratification. Please stop trolling. android↔talk 01:21, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)

Grand Theftendo
SuperDude, I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised by your article Grand Theftendo. The Google test shows about 14,000 hits for the concept, so it passes. However, I reverted your addition to the Grand Theft Auto (series) article, as the 8-bit port is already mention. I hope that all you continue to limit your contributions to notable articles like this. Good job! --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 02:35, Apr 20, 2005 (UTC)

I agree with DDG that this latest article is a good start and I also thank you for your note on my page. We all hope you mean it. I admit that I haven't read your original entry as of yet, but if DropDead says it was a winner, I believe him. As for Android's concern that your comment about mixing Nazism and comedy was out of line, it was. Considering what the Nazis did, the comment was not in the best of taste. At least you did the comment on a talk page and not the main article space. FWIW, I can think of a few instances where the Nazis were lampooned in comedy, but not by "Nazi comedians." The Three Stooges did it in several shorts, Mel Brooks did it in "The Producers" and "Blazing Saddles," Charlie Chaplin did it as "The Great Dictator" and even Daffy Duck did it. Donald Duck too, for that matter. Cartoon studios in the war years put out a bunch of propaganda films, some of which were hilarious. One that Warner Brothers did that showed Hitler getting just savaged by a bunch of "gremlins" on board a German bomber is a classic. A Daffy Duck short spawned a hit record called "Der Fuehrer's Face" by Spike Jones, one of the greatest novelty records of all time. - Lucky 6.9 03:09, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * I just looked at the original "Grand Theftendo" entry. That is a magnificent start to an an article.  Some real thought and research went into this.  It's also a prime example of the types of unusual and esoteric articles that make Wikipedia what it is. - Lucky 6.9 03:17, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * While I'm here, I might as well direct your attention back to Magic sword. Do you have anything that you can add to it...? - Lucky 6.9 03:20, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * GREAT news. The external link had a screenshot.  Screenshots are deemed fair use.  Booyah!  Check it out! - Lucky 6.9 03:32, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thank you
I'm very pleased. Really. If the "Grand Theftendo" entry is any indication, you're finally catching on. Since you seem to be settling down, I'd like to suggest that you decide on a single user name. I personally liked "TheSamurai," but it's entirely up to you. When you do decide, I strongly suggest you create a user page. If you're sincere about this, you'll find that you have friends literally spread across the globe. I'd also suggest that you run an editing idea or comment before another user before leaving something in the main article space. You're not bound by this at all. It's just a suggestion to help you along so that there's no mistaking good edits from bad in the future. Did you happen to see how Grand Theftendo has progressed? - Lucky 6.9 04:29, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Grand Theftendo: nice
Good work. Good article. Dpbsmith (talk) 12:09, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Autism...?
Hi. Actually, I was only presuming you were autistic based on your edits. Some were great, some were really, really weird. The fact that I couldn't seem to get you to understand what you were doing led me to presume it as well. If you really are autistic, you'd be the first autistic Wikipedian that I'm aware of. It also makes it a lot easier for all of us involved with you to understand you in return and to guide you. In fact, I admire you for admitting something that deeply personal on an open forum. That takes guts. I only wish you'd admitted it sooner! If you're willing to accept some assistance in bringing your contributions in line with the site's requirements, I'm certain that you'll find a lot of other folks besides yours truly willing to help you along. - Lucky 6.9 15:53, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

It looks as if we're on the verge of finally settling this RfC issue. I predict you're going to have a lot of friends here once you get started on the path to really good editing. You're on your way! Next step: Decide on a single user name. You seem to like "SuperDude115," so why not stick with it? - Lucky 6.9 18:42, 20 Apr 2005 (UTC)

'Tis OK, lad. It's like I said. Now that we understand your situation a little bit better, we can help you do some great things here. Don't worry about the "sockpuppet" thing anymore. That's over as far as I'm concerned. You just need to choose one name. That's very important. Once you do, some of us will keep an eye on your edits. We'll help guide you and advise you as well. If you make a bogus edit, someone will let you know and they'll be nice about it. No more anger. We'll either save it, fix it or tag it for speedy deletion so a bogus edit doesn't get dragged through VfD. I have a project that I'd like your help with. There is a badly written article on VfD about a boulevard in New York that connects Long Island with NYC. The article says the boulevard is 100 miles long. I'd like to clean that article up. Any single street 100 miles long is worth an article, don't you agree? Let me know if you'd like to help with that article. I think it will be a good writing exercise for you. What do you think? Would you like to help me? - Lucky 6.9 00:58, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

An Apology
Howdy. Now that the fact that you're autistic has been revealed, I feel I owe you something of an apology. I had a hunch, based on your edits to the Autism article and your general pattern of behavior that you might be autistic. I had a roommate with Asperger's syndrome for a summer, and even though I met him personally and only know you through Wikipedia, I recognized some of your behavior as being very similar to his. Anyway, I now regret not acting on that hunch. If it had come to light sooner, it would have saved you, me, and many others a lot of frustration, and for that I am sorry.

However, I am still concerned about your contributions to Wikipedia. We may have come off as a bit harsh sometimes, but keep in mind that we thought we were dealing with a malicious user, and most, if not all, of our criticisms of your edits still apply. Now that we have an understanding, there's no longer a need for any harsh measures such as blocking or banning, and we can help you become a valuable contributor. You may ask me for advice at any time, and I think it would be great if you take Lucky's offer of help. Take care. android↔talk 01:32, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)

I assume by despite of null malice you mean users who make bogus contributions without malicious intentions. Such users would only be banned if they continued to make bogus edits after being taken to an arbitration committee – which, fortunately, didn't happen in your case. android↔talk 01:49, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)

I agree with Android79. Don't take his comment about criticism of your edits the wrong way. It only means that we'll be watching what you do and point out whether or not the edit is bogus. Don't be afraid to make an edit. You won't get in any trouble. We'll be here to help you along and to show you what you did and how you may correct it. If more of your edits are like the one you did for the video game, you'll be fine. Relax and have fun. - Lucky 6.9 04:42, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

By the way, I'm sorry too. - Lucky 6.9 04:45, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Follow-up comment: Only those who have broken the rules in a big way would be banned.  Those are users who have gone through arbitration and continue to make bogus contributions.  That isn't you.  Now that we know more about you (and you know more about us), no one will ever accuse you of malice.  We're here to help you and to guide you.  Please don't worry one bit.  You are a special person with a special skill and we really need you here to help make this a better place.  So, relax and enjoy yourself, SuperDude!  You are a Wikipedian in good standing and we welcome you to the club. - Lucky 6.9 18:06, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Nice work!
Yo, SD! Glad to see you making some really nice edits! I left a comment on the talk page over at Talk:Jet aircraft about your ideas. There's an article at business jet already, which is probably as close to the definition of a "compact jet" as you'll find. If you've ever seen a Beechcraft King Air turboprop up close, that's one BIG sucker compared to say, a Cessna 152 or Piper Cub. $2,000,000 worth of big. :^) Take a look over at Lear Jet. - Lucky 6.9 01:00, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * You're not upset, are you? I'm only trying to help.  When I looked at your contributions, I was very impressed.  I'm not dumping on you if that's what you mean. - Lucky 6.9 01:09, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * LOL! Oh, that's a relief!  Yes, I really am trying to watch out for you.  I've been busy at work and I thought I'd check your contributions.  You've been busy, too!  If you'd like, I won't take up too much room on your talk page.  Really.  You won't even know I'm here!  :^) - Lucky 6.9 01:15, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * By the way, I'm very happy for you. It's nice to see our story has a happy ending.  When Grand Theftendo is released, are you up for a round?  I'm pretty good at Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas!  My son has a PS2. - Lucky 6.9 01:17, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Cold heat
Can you find anything else to add to the Cold heat article you recently created? It looks like it is not long enough. Some people might think it looks more like an advertisement for that product than an actual encyclopedia article, and might put it on VFD. Thanks. Zzyzx11 | Talk 05:00, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Yes, I know it has a lot of hits on the search engines. The problem is that it needs to be written so it does not look like an ad. The trick is that it has to be written in an objective and unbiased style and it is relevant enough to merit an article. And it helps if we can cite sources from other third parties, such as reviews from other people. Does that make sense? Zzyzx11 | Talk 05:12, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * SuperDude, just because it has a large amount of hits on Yahoo and Google does not necessarily mean that it should be here on Wikipedia. As I examine that listings on Yahoo and Google, almost all of them are web sites that are selling the Cold heat tool. I see a lot of ads for it too. But it is hard to find objective content from third parties

 * I do electronic soldering quite often since one of my hobbies is radio controlled cars and planes. I've never used a "Cold Heat" iron, but I've certainly heard of them.  They're quite innovative.  The article just needs a little tweak to make it sound less like an ad.  I'll try and do something when I have more time.  Today at work is NUTS.  There is no busier job on earth than being production manager for two radio stations when Friday rolls around.  No fun.  We're at  if you're interested.  I pre-record the weekday 7-midnight shift, but I don't have a picture or bio up yet.  The site's just been redone.  As for my guessing that you were from Livonia, I was basing it on your Livonia Mall article.  I was close, right?  :^)  Oh, and thanks for turning me on to Stupid Videos!  I love it!  I have a really fast new computer at home.  That and Verizon DSL make for a real streaming experience. - Lucky 6.9 20:33, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Image copyright tags
I noticed you have been uploading a few images recently. Remember that you should add an image copyright tag to each one of those images to let us know its copyright status? (You can use if you release it under the GFDL, or  if you claim fair use, etc.) If you don't know what any of this means, just let me know where you got the images and I'll tag them for you. Thanks. Zzyzx11 | Talk 05:46, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Ok, just make sure you go back and put on the other images you uploaded. Thanks. Zzyzx11 | Talk 05:52, 23 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Requested moves
A reminder, if you want to request a page move, please follow the directions on Requested moves. Thanks. Zzyzx11 | Talk 01:43, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Vanity
Please be a little more careful with your accusations. I did not create Alexa Davis: you will see that I actually listed it on VfD with my edit. It had, however, just been deleted, which gave the impression that I had created it. I'm sorry for any confusion, but do look more carefully. Smoddy (Rabbit and pork) 17:01, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Tickle dating service article
Hi! Nice start to the article and I think it will pass VfD. The reason it was put on VfD was the advertising language like "convenient" and "easy to use." I took the ads out and voted to keep the article. Others have voted to keep it too, so don't worry. Back to my Wikivacation...see you! - Lucky 6.9 04:19, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

"Black sitcoms"
Please stop adding sitcom articles to your new category "Black sitcoms." That term is fine for an article in itself but it more or less a fabricated term and there isn't any reason why someone would think to look for the article about, say, "The Cosby Show" under "Category:Black Sitcoms" as opposed to just "Category:Sitcoms." The trend is toward more consolidated rather than more split-up categories and it just doesn't make any sense to add this new cat. I suppose if you feel very adamant about this you could add the new category but please don't remove the "Category:Sitcoms" label - they are all also sitcoms, as well as having mostly black casts. We don't have subcategories for other sitcoms, so why would we for this particular reason? I'll get comment from others at Request for Comments if you continue to do this. Are you planning to make a category for "White sitcoms" next? Moncrief 23:40, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't personally think that it's overloaded at all but if you want to break it down, I would (A) Get some kind of consensus first; and (B) start with a more logical breakdown, such as "CBS sitcoms," "NBC sitcoms," etc. Again, I think breaking down AT ALL is wholly unecessary and I think the network division may be just as confusing, but at least it's a more logical way to do it.  I would leave a note on the Category:Sitcoms discussion page.  Personally, though, I think it's just fine the way it is.  Moncrief 23:47, Apr 28, 2005 (UTC)

Doom-stub
Hi SuperDude115 - I note you've created a new stub category. Did you realise that stub categories should normally be cleared by WikiProject Stub sorting before creation? That way they can be vetted to check that there are a viable number of stubs (at least 60-100) and that the category does not cross the existing stub hierarchy before the stub is created.

If you can provide any information on why these stubs were created, please add a note to entry for these stubs at WikiProject Stub sorting/Criteria giving the reason for the stubs. In addition, if there is any Wikiproject associated with these stubs add that information. Thanks.

In this case, the stub category is unlikely to reach vicability level any time soon (there are less than 60 articles on Doom as a whole, let alone 60 stubs. And the topic is already covered adequately by other stub categories - so it's not surprising that someone seems to have already put the stub template up for deletion.

If you're interested in helping sort stubs, though, we're always looking for new members of the project! Grutness|hello? 00:51, 2 May 2005 (UTC)

Pandeism train wreck VfD
Hi, I was wondering if you'd care to throw your two cents in on the official train wreck (mostly my fault, I'm afraid) called the Pandeism VfD? I'm keen to see it kept! -- BD 24 12 thimk 03:56, 2005 May 3 (UTC)
 * Hey, now, I shouldered a load of work to keep the Magic sword article - so I know you can understand how sometimes things get VfD'd when they deserve to be developed. -- BD 24 12 thimk 04:28, 2005 May 3 (UTC)
 * OK, don't worry about it, then. -- BD 24 12 thim<b style="color:DarkGreen;">k</b> 04:34, 2005 May 3 (UTC)

Undivided Interstates
I would if there were other undivided Interstates (other than at toll booths and the like). --SPUI (talk) 03:30, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

Policy creation
SuperDude115, please discuss policy proposals before attempting to implement them on a widescale. For example, Hoax, Neologism and Category:Pages on votes for deletion again were both creations of yours, but you attempted to push them as new policy without discussing them at all. I would suggest you hesitate from creating any new pages in the Wikipedia namespace before consulting the Administrators' noticeboard. --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 22:18, May 13, 2005 (UTC)

In use
Did you put the inuse template up on the sandbox? If so, I'm sorry for interferring. I thought it had been put up there a while back as a joke or something. *Kat* 06:38, May 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * I wasn't accusing you of anything. I was apologizing for interfering, which I guess I wasn't. *Kat* 00:16, May 22, 2005 (UTC)

Combs method and "poetry stub"
Why on Earth did you change the stub tag of Combs method to the poetry stub? It hasn't the slightest bit to do with poetry. Sure, the stub tag needed updating, but not to that. :) - furrykef (Talk at me) 07:25, 24 May 2005 (UTC)

Attention for talk, please
On this. You added the template Attetion. Since I cannot see the background, I removed it. Please go to Talk, I'd like to know what king of attention. -DePiep 11:14, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

"Party" stub
I changed the stub tag on Nightlife back to the generic stub, rather than the "party" stub. At first glance, it seems like "party" works well, but it's actually referring to political parties. Joyous 02:59, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)

comedy wiki
Thanks for the invitation/info. Looks like a great project and cure for wikistress.--Jondel 05:28, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

comedy project
I'd like to help out. Maybe it would be good to make a pitch at the BJAODN. I don't know if I told you this but there is a certain law which Congress enacted and I think you need to be aware about.--Jondel 04:24, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

VfD on a user page
Dude, your attachment of a VfD template to User:Lucky 6.9 is bizarre. Do you have any reason to think that User:Lucky 6.9 (a) wants it removed and (b) is incapable of asking for this himself? Did you for example click on the email link of his page and email him to ask him this?

You say ''Remove user from Wikipedia. Also, I have been lectured by him numerous times! I'm glad he's outta here!'' Actually Lucky 6.9 put a great amount of energy into attempting to reason with you and your other ID, User:SamuraiClinton, back in April, rather than simply having you banned. While statements of gratitude are not necessary, complaints are undeserved. -- Hoary 06:35, 2005 Jun 14 (UTC)

VfD
Hi, SuperDude. I strongly recommend that you withdraw your nomination to delete User:Lucky 6.9. In general, wide latitude is given for user space, so something has to be pretty severe to get deleted. Prolonged or permanent absence from Wikipedia, unless one is banned, is not grounds for deletion. Furthermore, Lucky 6.9 spent a great deal of time trying to help you to make positive contributions and to interact smoothly with the Wikipedia community. I don't know if you meant this VfD as a joke, but it is pretty mean to speak like this about someone who tried to help you. — Knowledge Seeker দ 06:08, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * It's all right; no harm is done if you withdraw your nomination now. If you are willing to do so, edit Votes for deletion/Lucky 6.9 and leave a note at the bottom that you are withdrawing the nomination. Then, remove the notice from User:Lucky 6.9. You are right that there are several user pages up for deletion. These are almost always controversial, as many editors are very reluctant to touch a user's own space. In general, if you look at the nominations, it is because the editors have very few contributions to Wikipedia and are using the user space improperly, for instance, as advertising for their business. I'm telling you this so you know for next time; I can understand why you were confused.

 * I remember your RfC. You have to realize that the contributions you were making were somewhat problematic, and people were having trouble getting through to you. If you look at the RfC, it is about people wanting to help you contribute to Wikipedia, not who were angry at you. We value your contributions to Wikipedia; when someone does something that doesn't quite belong, the nice thing to do is let them know about it. That's what I'm doing here. I'm not upset with you; it's just that this is how we improve, when others point out things that we could be doing differently. People let me know when I could do something better, too. Does this make sense? — Knowledge Seeker দ 06:30, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Stop editing other people's User pages. RickK 06:42, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

 * I don't know who said what about throwing muck, but I realize you were well-meaning. Don't forget to withdraw your nomination—this is important. Edit Votes for deletion/Lucky 6.9 and leave a comment at the bottom saying something like "I withdaw this nomination" or "I made this nomination in error and withdraw it" and don't forget to sign. And maybe thank Lucky for all the effort he spent in helping you. Don't worry; SuperDude did give you a fresh start—don't worry about old times; just concentrate on how you can help Wikipedia now. — Knowledge Seeker দ 07:12, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks! I consider this matter closed; if you have any questions about anything on Wikipedia just let me know. Happy editing! — Knowledge Seeker দ 20:41, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Wikicomedy
Hi !The project is good and it would be good to invite some wikipedians once in a while. I hope you continue and will support you.--Jondel 00:15, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Cat
Is not mine. I modified it and put the words 'The king'. This has been done before and should take care of copyright issues.--Jondel 00:31, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Expressways
I don't need that Wikicity; I write articles here. --SPUI (talk) 01:39, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Delete Lucky 6.9?
Looks like I'm back for now...and I have to tell you, I got a kick out of seeing how you put my user page up for deletion. You are SUCH a nut. :^P - Lucky 6.9 17:04, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

LOL! Hey, not to worry. You're in Michigan...I'm in California. This means I can't come over and give you a noogie. :^))

Seriously, one of the fun things about Wikipedia is it encourages you to be bold in your editing. You thought you were doing the right thing and in a way, you were. I really was planning to stay away for good but I decided to focus my attention on other facets of Wikipedia. I have to admit I kinda missed you. I popped in as an anon every so often and I was truly amazed by the volume of work you're turning out. Oh, and I promise no more lectures unless you're being naughty. Frankly, I'm not worried. You've really taken to the water. Now that I'm back, give a holler on my talk page any time you have a question or concern. Later, gator! - Lucky 6.9 20:35, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Highway/freeway list
Interesting list, SD. I added three western highways: 89, 95 and 101. 89 and 95 are freeways in Nevada and Utah; 101 is the Ventura Freeway and Hollywood Freeway in LA and the Embarcadero Freeway in San Francisco. - Lucky 6.9 06:05, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Vandalism do's and dont's
SD, please use a bit more discretion in regards to vandalism accusations. Phil Welsh didn't do anything to deserve a vandalism report. OK? Thanks. - Lucky 6.9 19:26, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Lists
Hi, SD. I 'm thrilled that you're working so hard here. I really am. However, I think some of your recent edits are a bit outside of what this site is supposed to be.

Lists are OK to a point. BUT...they should be lists that a user might actually look up. A title like "List of Cy Young Award winners" would be extremely iseful to a baseball fan. "List of Motor Trend Cars Of The Year" would be of tremendous interest to an automotive historian. There's a wonderfully fun and ever-expanding list of unusual place names. I've added a lot to it. Get the idea? No one, and I mean no one, will type the titles you've created into the search box. Remember: Keep the end user in mind. This is supposed to be a research site. So, let's help keep the researching easy. Think back to some of your other edits, namely Cold Heat and Grand Theftendo. Not only are those useful subjects of general interest, they've actually grown and florished. Let me know if you have any questions, OK? - Lucky 6.9 30 June 2005 02:38 (UTC)

You may not have been following the discussion at Votes for deletion/List of musicians that are popular amongst Nickelodeon fans. Whilst quite a few editors have expressed their opinion that a list such as that simply won't work, a few have endorsed the suggestion that a different List of musicians that have made guest appearances on Nickelodeon shows would be more acceptable and more in line with the aims of Wikipedia. Since you appear to have knowledge of Nickelodeon, please add some more entries to that newer list. Uncle G 2005-07-02 22:45:24 (UTC)

List of movies
Hello. I was looking at the history of the list of movies page and noticed that you simply redirected it to lists of films. It appears that you created lists of films without knowing that list of movies existed but you chose to redirect the existing article. All pages and redirect pages, not to mention interwiki pages, still point to the original page. Is there any particular reason you chose not to modify the existing list of movies and have lists of films redirect to it? Furthermore it appears that you copy and pasted the contents of the original talk page to the other one. If moving an article, or even a talk page, you should always use the move feature. If you feel lists of films is where the article should be located, I would recommend merging your changes into list of movies and request a move at Requested moves. --TheDotGamer Talk June 30, 2005 22:10 (UTC)

EverLife Flashlight
Nice job! And no, that didn't come off as an ad. Since the proper name of the unit is EverLife Flashlight as opposed to "Everlife flashlight," I tweaked the info a bit and moved the page there. I happen to think that any or all of these direct marketing items are encyclopedic, so if these float your boat, keep 'em coming! Hope you had a great 4th, BTW. Keep up the great work. Your pal, Lucky 6.9 5 July 2005 17:38 (UTC)

VfD - GTA vehicle list
re: Votes for deletion/List of vehicles from Grand Theft Auto

I'd just like to leave a message to say I put this article up for voting for deletion. It's not personal, and I wanted to direct you to the voting page as you created the article. — Cuahl 02:51, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

Template:Mapquest
I have reverted your recent change to Template:Mapquest. Please see Template talk:Mapquest for my reasons why. Blank <font color= 	#F88017>Verse <font color=#2554C7> <font color=#F660AB>∅ 10:10, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Wikicities
Hi, SD! Long time no see. As for your question, no, I'm not currently signed up, but I'd like to be. I recently signed up at the simple English Wikipedia and I'm having a wonderful time there. Do you have a particular Wikicity site that you enjoy posting to? - Lucky 6.9 20:03, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Wikicomedy
Hi! I believe in contributing articles. and fun and comedy. Some people take things too seriously. There are lots of articles from the BJAODN which can be uploaded. In fact I polish some up and upload some to the wikicomedy once in a while. Humor really is good for the spirit.--Jondel 00:02, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

Obscene images good work
Good work deleting all the obscene images. Unfortunately, there is a troll and troublemaker User:-Ril- who is going around causing problems if he does not like you, doing everything he can to disrupt Wiki. Could you check his User contribution page and make sure the articles are still candidates for deletion? Thanks. --Noitall 21:33, July 28, 2005 (UTC)

Images containing nudity that aren't used anywhere in Wikipedia articles are probably good to get rid of, but they can't be speedily deleted. I appreciate your effort to clean out those images that were not being used in articles, but you also tagged four images that were being used in articles. Gratuitous nudity is bad; nudity used to illustrate an article is useful, as Wikipedia is not censored for the protection of minors. As you already know, policy on Wikipedia is achieved through discussion and consensus. Declaring new policy and immediately carrying it out is not the way to do things. If you want to change Wikipedia's policy on nudity and censorship, you might want to discuss it at Wikipedia talk:What Wikipedia is not, but I doubt there will be much support for censoring images. Take care, android  79  02:08, July 29, 2005 (UTC)

Obscene image
Hello, and thanks for your input on Obscene image. However, to become official policy a proposal needs to attain a strong consensus among Wikipedians. This is why the page has been modified to reflect the fact that it is a proposal, not a policy. In addition, the proposal is contrary to the policy page WP:NOT, which states that censorship is not allowed on Wikipedia. If you wish to challenge that view, please do so on Wikipedia talk:What Wikipedia is not. The article Obscene image has been listed for deletion (you may view its entry here), as well as some other pages relating to it. Particularly your requests for speedy deletion of 'obscene' content are bound to cause confusion, since perceived obscenity is not any kind of premise for deletion on Wikipedia. - ulayiti (talk)  00:24, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I understand that, but by definition, 'obscene' images are not candidates for speedy deletion (or any other kind of deletion, for that matter) unless they have been created deliberately to disrupt Wikipedia. For example, the article on pornography might well contain pornographic images to illustrate the article. Wikipedia is not censored, for anyone, including minors. By the way, the proposed policy you created now looks bound for deletion at VfD. You're welcome to take part in the debate if you wish. - ulayiti  (talk)  09:40, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Re: Your username

 * To Wikipedians, your username may sound malicious hence the devil in it. One time, I had a nickname called "GoofyGuy", and other Wikipedians though I did malicious vandalism on Wikipedia.  You could mask your username with a nickname.  I suggest you nickname yourself "Clown master". --SuperDude 06:32, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Wouldn't "Clown master" be even worse? It could be interpreted as "a clown who vandalizes Wikipedia pages to be funny", in the same way "GoofyGuy" has been misunderstood! Moreover, one who doubts that I'm the author of any vandalisms can always look at my contributions and see I never vandalized anything - in fact, I fixed vandalisms more than once. -- Devil Master 19:03, 9 August 2005, MET

Stub line
I deleted said article due to the fact that it serves no purpose other than duplicating partially the contents of Stub, to no benefit. --Sn0wflake 00:22, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

Stubs and parent categories
I've noticed that on some of the flim articles you've been adding stub templates to you've been removing categories (for example, The Big Bus recieved a comedy film stub and lost the comedy film category). Please don't do that, stub templates and category tags are independant of each other and both should be present. Bryan 22:32, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

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Priest...Live!

Priest...Live! is the second live album by English heavy metal band Judas Priest, recorded at The Omni, Atlanta, Georgia on 15 June 1986 and the Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas on 27 June 1986.

Overview
All of the songs on Priest...Live! were recorded on their 1986 Fuel for Life tour which supported the album Turbo. There were no tracks from their 1970s albums, though the 2001 remastered version did contain "Hell Bent for Leather" as a bonus track. While it may have sounded more "live" than Unleashed in the East, Priest...Live! did not sell as well as that album. However, the RIAA certified it Gold in October 2001.

The version of "Heading Out to the Highway" on this album includes separate guitar solos by K. K. Downing and Glenn Tipton that were not on the original studio version, while the performance of "Breaking the Law" includes an additional Downing solo.

The album was first released on 8 June 1987 as a 2-LP set in a gatefold sleeve with artwork inners. It was re-released as part of the 2001 'The Re-Masters' series and includes three live bonus tracks.

The live video was recorded in its entirety at the Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas on 27 June 1986, and was released on Betamax, VHS and LaserDisc in 1987. The video includes the songs "Locked In", "Desert Plains", "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" and "Hell Bent for Leather", which were left off the original vinyl/cassette/CD release, and was certified Gold in February 1988. The video for this concert was featured on the Judas Priest DVD Electric Eye in 2003.

Personnel

 * Judas Priest
 * Rob Halford – vocals
 * K. K. Downing – guitar
 * Glenn Tipton – guitar
 * Ian Hill – bass
 * Dave Holland – drums

 * Production
 * Produced by Tom Allom
 * Engineered by Patrice Wilkison Levinsohn, assisted by Charles Dye
 * Mastered by Mike Fuller
 * Art direction by Richard Evans (designer)Richard Evans
 * Photography by Neil Zlozower

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HMS Hawke (1891)

HMS Hawke, launched in 1891, was the seventh British warship to be named Hawke. She was an Edgar-class cruiser protected cruiser. In September 1911 the Hawke collided with the ocean liner RMS Olympic. The damage smashed the Hawke's bow and damaged the stern of the Olympic.

Construction
Hawke was laid down at Chatham Dockyard on 17 June 1889, one of nine Edgar-class cruisers ordered for the Royal Navy under the Naval Defence Act 1889, and launched on 11 March 1891. Sea trials in March 1892 were satisfactory, with her engines reaching the required power, and the ship was completed on 16 May 1893.

Hawke was 387 ft long overall and 360 ft between perpendiculars, with a beam of 60 ft and a draught of 23 ft. She displaced 7350 LT.

Armament consisted of two 9.2 in guns, on the ship's centreline, backed up by ten 6 in guns, of which four were in casemates on the main deck and the remainder behind open shields. Twelve 6-pounder and four 3-pounder guns provided anti-torpedo-boat defences, while four 18 in torpedo tubes were fitted. The Edgars were protected cruisers, with an arched, armoured deck 5 - 3 in thick at about waterline level. The casemate armour was 6 in thick, with 3 in thick shields for the 9.2 in guns and 10 in of armour on the ship's conning tower.

Hawke machinery was built by Fairfields, with four double-ended cylindrical boilers feeding steam at 150 psi to two 3-cylinder triple expansion engines, which drove two shafts. This gave 12,000 ihp under forced draught, giving a speed of 20 kn.

Service
On commissioning, Hawke joined the Mediterranean Fleet, remaining on that station for most of the rest of the decade.

In early 1897, Hawke deployed to Crete to serve in the International Squadron, a multinational force made up of ships of the Austro-Hungarian Navy, French Navy, Imperial German Navy, Italian Royal Navy (Regia Marina), Imperial Russian Navy, and Royal Navy that intervened in the 1897-1898 Greek uprising on Crete against rule by the Ottoman Empire. The uprising prompted Greece to land a Greek Army expeditionary force of 1,500 men on Crete to support the Cretan insurgency, which in turn precipitated the outbreak of the Greco-Turkish War of 1897, also known as the Thirty Days War, in April 1897. The war ended in a quick and disastrous Greek defeat, and the ceasefire agreement required the Greek Army to withdraw from Crete. Accordingly, the Greek expeditionary force embarked aboard Hawke on 23 May 1897 for transportation to Greece. The uprising on Crete continued, however, and the International Squadron continued to operate off Crete until December 1898. In August 1901 Hawke was paid off at Chatham and placed in the Fleet Reserve.

In February 1902 she received orders to prepare to convey relief crews to the Cape of Good Hope Station, and she was commissioned for this duty on 1 April. She left Chatham the following week with new crews for the British vessels HMS Forte (1893), HMS Dwarf (1899) and HMS Partridge (1888), and arrived at Simon's Town on 10 May. She left South Africa ten days later, stopping at Saint Helena, Ascension, Sierra Leone, Las Palmas and Madeira before she arrived at Plymouth on 16 June 1902. She took part in the fleet review held at Spithead on 16 August 1902 for the coronation of King Edward VII. Following the review she left Chatham to convey relief crews for the vessels HMS Vulcan, HMS Foam, HMS Bruizer, HMS Dragon, and HMS Boxer, all serving in the Mediterranean. She arrived at fleet headquarters at Malta on 27 August. She returned to Chatham the following month with the relieved crews of the Vulcan, Boxer, Bruiser, and Foam. She paid off into the A division of the Fleet Reserve at Chatham on 4 October 1902.

In January 1903, she was again ordered to convey relief crews to ships on the Mediterranean station, this time HMS Pyramus, HMS Speedy, HMS Dryad, and HMS Imogene, all recommissioned for new terms on the station. The ship paid off in March 1903.

In November 1904, Hawke became Boy's Training Ship as part of the 4th Cruiser Squadron, serving in that role until August 1906, when she joined the torpedo school at Sheerness. In 1907, Hawke joined the Home Fleet.

Collision with the liner Olympic

On 20 September 1911, Hawke collided in the Solent with the White Star ocean liner RMS Olympic. In the course of the collision, Hawke lost her bow. (This was replaced by a straight bow). The subsequent trial pronounced Hawke to be free from any blame. During the trial, a theory was advanced that the large amount of water displaced by Olympic had generated a suction that had drawn Hawke off course, causing the Olympic's voyage to be delayed. The White Star Line lost on appeal.

Sinking
In February 1913, Hawke joined the training squadron based at Queenstown, Ireland (Cobh since 1920), where she served along with most of the rest of the Edgar class. In August 1914, on the outbreak of the First World War, Hawke and the other Edgars from Queenstown, formed the 10th Cruiser Squadron, operating on blockade duties between the Shetland Islands and Norway.

In October 1914, the 10th Cruiser Squadron was deployed further south in the North Sea as part of efforts to stop German warships from attacking a troop convoy from Canada. On 15 October, the squadron was on patrol off Aberdeen, deployed in line abreast at intervals of about 16 km (10 miles). Hawke stopped at 9:30 am to pick up mail from sister ship HMS Endymion (1891). After recovering her boat with the mail, Hawke proceeded at 13 kn without zig-zagging to regain her station, and was out of sight of the rest of the squadron when at 10:30 a single torpedo from the German submarine SMU U-9 (which had sunk three British cruisers on 22 September), struck Hawke, which quickly capsized. The remainder of the squadron realised anything was amiss only when, after a further, unsuccessful attack on HMS Theseus (1892), the squadron was ordered to retreat at high speed to the northwest, and no response to the order was received from Hawke. The destroyer HMS Swift (1907) was dispatched from Scapa Flow to search for Hawke and found a raft carrying twenty-two men, while a boat with a further forty-nine survivors was rescued by a Norwegian steamer. 524 officers and men died, including the ship's captain, with only 70 survivors (one man died of his wounds on 16 October).

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sandhill Farm

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. — Xezbeth 06:41, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC)

Sandhill Farm
This is pretty much a vanity piece. A more interesting read than most vanity pieces, but says nothing to justify Sandhill Farm's importance to the wider world. Isaac R 00:31, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, promo. Megan1967 05:34, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, POV, and no real potential or use. Tho' it certainly does sound nice. --maru 00:18, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, POV, not notable, promotional Tobycat 02:32, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, POV, Promotional. An argument could be made that any commune is notable especially at this point in history but it would be a weak one. Falerin 19:03, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, HUGELY POV. "we grow our food". And this line, "Extra hands are appreciated during our growing season, especially the sorghum harvest", makes it sound like an ad/promo. Delete I say! Delete! Master Thief Garrett 22:09, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.


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Gelfingen

Gelfingen is a former municipality in the district of Hochdorf in the canton of Lucerne in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009 it became part of the municipality of Hitzkirch.

History
Gelfingen is first mentioned in 1045 as Gelvingun.

Geography
Gelfingen has an area of 3.9 km2. Of this area, 64.9% is used for agricultural purposes, while 25.2% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 9.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (0.3%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

The municipality is located below Schloss Heidegg on Lake Baldegg. On 21 May 2006 an attempt to merge the Hitzkirch and the surrounding 10 municipalities failed, when five of the eleven voted against the merger. A less ambitious merger was then proposed and accepted, with the municipalities of Gelfingen, Hämikon, Mosen, Müswangen, Retschwil and Sulz joining Hitzkirch.

Demographics
Gelfingen has a population of 764, of which 5.4% are foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 20.3%. Most of the population speaks German  (94.1%), with English being second most common ( 1.4%) and Portuguese being third ( 1.0%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the CVP which received 35.5% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SVP (23.3%), the FDP (22.7%) and the Green Party (10.1%).

The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 35.4% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 56.3% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 8.3%. The entire Swiss population is generally well educated. In Gelfingen about 77.8% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).

Gelfingen has an unemployment rate of 1.21%. , there were 62 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 17 businesses involved in this sector. 18 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 6 businesses in this sector. 65 people are employed in the tertiary sector, with 19 businesses in this sector.

The historical population is given in the following table:

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Human ecosystem

Human ecosystems are human-dominated ecosystems of the anthropocene era that are viewed as complex cybernetic systems by conceptual models that are increasingly used by ecological anthropologists and other scholars to examine the ecological aspects of human communities in a way that integrates multiple factors as economics, sociopolitical organization, psychological factors, and physical factors related to the environment.

A human ecosystem has three central organizing concepts: human environed unit (an individual or group of individuals), environment, interactions and transactions between and within the components. The total environment includes three conceptually distinct, but interrelated environments: the natural, human constructed, and human behavioral. These environments furnish the resources and conditions necessary for life and constitute a life-support system.

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Contis

Contis is a village, part of the commune of Saint-Julien-en-Born, in the Landes département of southwest France, on the Atlantic Ocean, which has an extensive beach, Contis Plage.

Overview
The wide beach of fine sand is popular with sunbathers, swimmers and surfers.

A local landmark is Contis Lighthouse (Contis Phare). The lighthouse stands 38 metres high and has 192 steps. It is painted white with a spiralling dark stripe, like a sucre d'orge. It is the only lighthouse from Capbreton to Cap Ferret.

Contis village also has shops and services fulfilling the needs of holidaymakers.

The French television drama series La Dernière Vague was filmed around Contis, making use of the distinctive lighthouse.

authors: Кокушев Сергей

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Ulverston railway station

Ulverston is a railway station on the Furness Line, which runs between Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster. The station, situated 9+1/2 mi north-east of Barrow-in-Furness, serves the market town of Ulverston in Cumbria. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

History
The Furness Railway's line from Barrow-in-Furness and Dalton was the first railway to serve the town, being completed on 7 June 1854. Three years later the Ulverstone and Lancaster Railway opened the line southwards to Carnforth via Arnside and built a new through station on the current site, which opened on 1 September 1857, leaving the old FR terminus to be used as a goods depot. The Furness Railway then took over the Ulverstone and Lancaster company in 1862.

The current buildings are architecturally noteworthy and date from 1873, when they were rebuilt as befitting one of the main stations of the Furness Railway. The clock tower and glass awnings and supporting decorative ironwork, now extensively restored and repainted, are particularly fine. The passenger waiting room retains many period features.

The unusual platform layout (where the northbound line has a face on both sides) is a legacy of the station's former role as the interchange for the branch line to Lakeside, which diverged from the main line at Plumpton Junction a few miles to the south before heading north-eastwards through Greenodd and Haverthwaite, to its terminus at Lakeside on the southern shore of Windermere. The island platform allowed easy cross-platform interchange for those passengers travelling from the south changing onto the connecting service to Lakeside whilst those wishing to exit the station could do so by alighting on the opposite side platform. Today only platforms one and three are used.

The branch opened on 1 June 1869, and was well-patronised from the outset in the summer months by tourists, who could make a convenient transfer to the Windermere steamboats at Lakeside. The line was much quieter in winter though and year-round services ended in the autumn of 1938 – passenger trains thereafter running only during the summer. This continued until 6 September 1965, when the line fell victim to the Beeching Axe.

The line's northern end was subsequently reopened on 2 May 1973, as the Lakeside and Haverthwaite Railway. However, the remainder was lifted in the early 1970s, and the trackbed used for improvements to the A590 road (over which passengers must continue their journey if heading to Lakeside today).

Facilities
The station is fully staffed throughout the week (except in the late evening); the booking office and waiting room is located in the main building on platform 1 and a ticket machine is also available in this building.

In 2007 new digital information screens were installed allowing passengers to see the status and timing of their train. Help points and an automated PA system are also provided. The platforms are linked by a subway, but there is no step-free access to either platform.

Services
There is normally one train per hour in each direction to Barrow and Lancaster on Monday to Saturday daytimes (with some peak period extras) ). A few through trains each day beyond Barrow to Carlisle via Whitehaven and one to Millom (connections for Cumbrian Coast stations are available at Barrow at other times). Southbound, a number of services continue through to Preston and Manchester Airport via Manchester Piccadilly. A similar service operates on Sundays, with trains to Carlisle now running (since the summer 2018 timetable change – the first time such trains have operated since 1976).

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Talk:Super Mario Bros. (TV)

This page seems to need a lot of editing. There's a lot of unneccesary verbal fertilizer and personal opinions by the original writer. But, since I don't really care about this page (nor does anyone else it seems), I'm not going to edit it further. I was just bored :P --Duesling 00:25, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

title: Talk:Super Mario Bros. (TV)