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Wiki added the GANNON-BANNED segment, moron.

Go to GANNON-BANNED entry (SEARCH: GANNON-BANNED) in wiki - it REDIRECTS to the segment that you tried to erase. Erase it again, and NOA will contact WIKI and lock the article out

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Pedir um favor
Será que poderias traduzir este artigo do português para o inglês? Att (Saudações Brasileiras). 187.104.25.153 (talk) 05:09, 24 September 2016 (UTC)

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List of lakes of Yukon

This is an incomplete list of lakes of Yukon, a territory of Canada.

The largest lake of Yukon is Kluane Lake at 409 km2 located at an elevation of 781 m.

List of lakes

 * Aishihik Lake
 * Alligator Lake
 * Annie Lake
 * Atlin Lake (in British Columbia and Yukon)
 * Bennett Lake (in Yukon and British Columbia)
 * Black Lake (Munroe Lake) also partly in BC
 * Coghlan Lake
 * Crag Lake
 * Chootla Lake
 * Dezadeash Lake
 * Finlayson Lake
 * Frances Lake
 * Frenchman Lake
 * Kluane Lake
 * Kusawa Lake
 * Lake Laberge
 * Marsh Lake
 * Mary Lake
 * Mayo Lake
 * McEvoy Lake
 * McQuesten Lake
 * Moose Ponds
 * Nares Lake
 * Quiet Lake
 * Schwatka Lake
 * Snafu Lake
 * Spirit Lake
 * Tagish Lake (in British Columbia and Yukon)
 * Tarfu Lake
 * Teslin Lake (in British Columbia and Yukon)
 * Ts'oogot Gaay Lake
 * Lake Wellesley
 * Wolf Lake

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Powder keg of Europe

The powder keg of Europe or Balkan powder keg was the Balkans in the early part of the 20th century preceding World War I. There were many overlapping claims to territories and spheres of influence between the major European powers such as the Russian Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the German Empire and, to a lesser degree, the Ottoman Empire, the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Italy.

In addition to the imperialistic ambitions and interests in this region, there was a growth in nationalism with the indigenous peoples of this region leading to the formation of the independent states of Greece, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Romania and Albania.

Irredentism in the Balkans and the Great Powers
Within these nations, there were movements to create "greater" nations, which is to enlarge the boundaries of the state beyond those areas where the national ethnic group was in the majority (irredentism). This led to conflict between the newly independent nations and the empire from which they split, the Ottoman Empire. Additionally, it led to differences between the Balkan nations who wished to gain territory at the expense of their neighbors. Both the conflict with the Ottoman Empire and between the Balkan nations led to the Balkan Wars in 1912–13.

In a different vein, the ideology of Pan-Slavism in Balkans gained popularity; the movement built around it in the region sought to unite all of the Slavs of the Balkans into one nation, Yugoslavia. This, however, would require the union of several Balkan states and territory which was part of Austria-Hungary. For this reason, Pan-Slavism was strongly opposed by Austria-Hungary, while it was supported by Russia which viewed itself as leader of all Slavic nations.

To complicate matters, in the years preceding World War I, there existed a tangle of Great Power alliances, both formal and informal, public and secret. Following the Napoleonic Wars there had existed a "balance of power" to, in theory, prevent major wars. This theory held that opposing combinations of powers in Europe would be evenly matched entailing that any general war would be far too costly for any nation to risk entering. This system began to fall apart as the Ottoman Empire which had been seen as a check on Russian power began to crumble, and as Germany, which had been a loose confederation of minor states, was united into a major power. Not only did these changes lead to a realignment of power, but of interests as well.

All these factors, and many others, conspired to bring about the First World War. As is insinuated by the name "the powder keg of Europe," the Balkans were not the major issue at stake in the war, but were merely the catalyst that led to the conflagration. The Chancellor of Germany in the late 19th century, Otto von Bismarck, correctly predicted it would be the source of major conflict in Europe.

The powder keg "exploded" causing the First World War, which began with a conflict between imperial Austria-Hungary and Pan-Slavic Serbia. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, a member of the Austrian royal family, was assassinated by a Bosnian of Serb extraction, a member of the Young Bosnia movement. Austria-Hungary then issued an ultimatum to Serbia intended to provoke it to war through extreme demands. The Serbian government reservedly accepted all of the conditions of the ultimatum, except for condition number six which demanded the inclusion of Austria-Hungary in Serbia's judicial inquiry into the assassination.

Serbia indicated this would be unconstitutional and a violation of its sovereignty and Austria-Hungary used it as a casus belli to invade Serbia. With Germany fully supporting them, the Austro-Hungarians partially mobilized their army against Serbia, which had already begun mobilizing before replying to the Austro-Hungarian July Ultimatum. Russia then began mobilizing in support of Serbia, though not bound by treaty to do so. Due to the system of European alliances, this led to a series of escalating Austrian and Russian mobilizations and eventually Britain and France were also obliged to mobilize and declare war.

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A thought
This got me a load of results: when I get that round tuit I've been after I'll plug them in. --Phil | Talk 07:06, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)

Untitled
What's the proper name for this colour? It's maybe Dodger blue in America, but what about the rest of the world? Arcturus 18:47, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Not every hex code has an exact name. It's probably just called "blue". 154.5.118.227 (talk) 18:06, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

Sky Blue vs. Dodger Blue
Why does "sky blue" redirect here? They're not the same thing. 91.107.158.88 (talk) 22:33, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

 * Unfortunately for sports fans, Sky Blue should not redirect to Dodger Blue. If Dodger Blue and Sky Blue are the same, then Dodger Blue should be listed under Sky Blue, not the other way around, as Sky Blue is more universally known (everyone who has ever looked up vs. people who care about sports).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.15.209.155 (talk) 16:57, 7 July 2011 (UTC)

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Market Garden

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Hello there!

I am a girl from china

I am not good at English

But i think my chinese is good! :-)

I love my country. I hope I can make friends with people all around the world!!

大家好

我来自中国（China, PR）

我的英语不好，但我相信我的汉语应该是没有问题的 :-)

我热爱我的祖国中国，我希望和能和全世界的交上朋友

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Arthur Seligman

Arthur Seligman (June 14, 1871 – September 25, 1933) was an American businessman and politician. He served in several offices in New Mexico, including mayor of Santa Fe and governor.

Early life and education
Seligman was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico Territory, the son of Bernard and Frances Seligman. In 1887, he graduated from the Swarthmore College Preparatory School, and in 1889 he graduated from Union Business College.

Career
After completing his education, Seligman became active in his family's business enterprises. He was also president of the Seligman Brothers mercantile firm (1903–1926), president of the La Fonda Building Corporation (1920–1926), president of the First National Bank (1924–1933); and auditor and board of directors member of the Northern New Mexico Loan Association.

A Democrat, Seligman was heavily involved in New Mexico's politics throughout his life. His party leadership positions included: chairman of the Santa Fe Democratic County Central Committee (1895–1911), chairman of the territorial Democratic Committee (1895–1911), chairman of the state Democratic committee (1912–1922); and delegate to the Democratic National Committee (1920–1933).

Seligman was also involved in government at the local, county, and state levels throughout his career. He served as member of the state Irrigation Commission (1904–1906), member of the New Mexico Board of Equalization (1906–1908), chairman of Santa Fe County Commission (1910–1920); mayor of Santa Fe (1910–1912), and president of the state Educational Survey Commission (1921–1923).

In 1930, Seligman was elected governor. He was reelected in 1932 and served from January 1, 1931 until his death.

Personal life
Seligman and Franc E. Harris (1867–1937) of Cleveland, Ohio were married on July 4, 1896. They were the parents of a son, Otis (1898–1943), and an adopted daughter, Ritchie Seligman (1888–1966).

Seligman died in Santa Fe, and was buried at Fairview Cemetery in Santa Fe.

External resources

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 * Arthur Seligman at Political Graveyard

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Thomas McIlwraith

Sir Thomas McIlwraith (17 May 1835 – 17 July 1900) was for many years the dominant figure of colonial politics in Queensland. He was Premier of Queensland from 1879 to 1883, again in 1888, and for a third time in 1893. In common with most politicians of his era, McIlwraith was an influential businessman, who combined his parliamentary career with a prosperous involvement in the pastoral industry.

Early life
Thomas McIlwraith was born in Ayr, Scotland, in 1835, one of four sons of John McIlwraith, plumber and shipowner, and his wife Janet Hamilton née Howat. His eldest brother, John (1828–1902), migrated to Victoria, Australia, in 1853; his youngest brother, Andrew (1844–1932), co-founded McIlwraith, McEacharn & Co in London with Malcolm McEacharn.

McIlwraith studied civil engineering at the University of Glasgow.

Australia
McIlwraith's brother John's success in Melbourne persuaded him, in 1854, to migrate to Victoria where he worked as a surveyor and engineer for the Department of Railways, and subsequently as a partner with Messrs Cornish and Bruce, railway contractors. He also invested in eight pastoral holdings in the Maranoa district in Queensland.

He retained close relations with his brother John, and on 6 June 1863 married Margaret Whannell, sister of John's wife. They had three daughters, Jessie (b. 1866), Mary (b. 1868) and Blanche (b. 1872). He eventually moved to Queensland, but Margaret was reluctant to live in isolated Merivale station. In 1871 she visited Merivale, but soon returned to Melbourne for Blanche's birth. In 1874 they decided to live in Brisbane. Thomas found that she was drinking heavily, and sent her to Scotland where she died in 1877. McIlwraith fathered an illegitimate daughter in Victoria. In 1877 McIlwraith was a founding partner of the North Australian Pastoral Company. In 1879 he married Harriette Ann née Mosman. Harriette was the sister of Hugh Mosman, who discovered gold in Charters Towers, and Cecilia Mosman, wife of his political colleague Arthur Palmer (also Premier of Queensland); she gave birth to his fourth legitimate daughter in 1881.

Parliamentary career
While working for J V A Bruce, he represented his employers in a dispute with the Victorian government, and attracted public attention. In 1864 he contested the Sandhurst seat in the Victorian Legislative Assembly but won few votes as a free trader.

McIlwraith was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the seat of Maranoa in 1868.

He joined the ministry of Arthur Macalister in January 1874 becoming Secretary for Public Works and Mines. He resigned from these posts in October of that year.

The government of John Douglas was defeated in 1879 after a series of severe droughts and McIlwraith became premier for the first time. He quickly worked to ameliorate the colony's finances and with the assistance of a return of agricultural prosperity he turned the budget deficit into a surplus. Queensland at this stage was seeing increasing numbers of immigrants and McIlwraith oversaw the colony's economic development. The McIlwraith government introduced the divisional system of local government to the larger part of Queensland and assisted in establishing a postal service through the Torres Strait Islands. In 1882 he was knighted.

The Australian colonies were extremely anxious about German colonial activities in the region, it became clear that the German government was planning to annex eastern New Guinea, to Queensland's north. McIlwraith took the extraordinary step of attempting to annex New Guinea for Queensland; he employed Henry Chester to proclaim the Queen's sovereignty which occurred on 4 April 1883. This was later disallowed by the British Secretary of State for the Colonies, Lord Derby on the basis that a colonial government had no authority to annex other colonies. Indignation at this apparent slight to colonial prerogatives incited the gathering of an Intercolonial Convention in November and December 1883, with federation and annexation on its agenda. This proved to be a first step in the federation movement, and more quickly resulted in the establishment in 1884 of the Federal Council of Australasia. Orders were eventually given to establish British New Guinea as a protectorate on the southern coast of the eastern coast of New Guinea on 6 November 1884. However, a well-informed German Navy had secretly landed, annexing the northern coast under the name ‘Kaiser-Wilhelmsland’ three days earlier. News about German New Guinea was successfully kept a secret until it finally broke on 22 December that year. The following day an irate McIlwraith told the Queensland parliament that British conduct in this affair constituted "the grossest piece of treachery on the part of the English government to the colonies that has ever been perpetrated".

In 1883 a government proposal to raise funds for the construction of a transcontinental railway line by a system of land grants was attacked for corruption in allocation of grants. McIlwraith lost office to his rival, Samuel Griffith, in November and retired from politics in 1886.

McIlwraith returned to stand for Parliament in 1888, this time as member for North Brisbane. His "National Australia Party" won a majority in the elections and he again became Premier and Treasurer. He came into conflict with the colony's Governor, Sir Anthony Musgrave over the exercise of the royal pardon. Musgrave died in October and McIlwraith petitioned the new Colonial Secretary Lord Knutsford, to allow the Queensland government to be consulted on the choice of governor. Knutsford refused and appointed Sir Harry Blake. The local legislature problematically declined to ratify the appointment, but henceforth it was understood that the colonies would be consulted in vice-regal appoinyments. In November of that year ill-health forced McIlwraith to resign in favour of Boyd Dunlop Morehead, whereupon he travelled to China and Japan.

After his return McIlwraith's relationship with his colleagues deteriorated, and in August 1890 he formed an alliance (later known as the "Continuous Ministry") with his erstwhile foe to become Treasurer in the government of Sir Samuel Griffith. In March 1893 Griffith stepped down to join the Supreme Court of Queensland and McIlwraith became Premier again. His health was still poor and in October he resigned in favour of Hugh Nelson, contenting himself with the cabinet position of Chief Secretary and secretary for railways until 29 March 1895.

The Dictionary of Australian of Biography says:

 * McIlwraith was a big man with big ideas, but his indifferent health did not allow him to successfully carry the full burden of them. He was rugged and masterful, possibly on occasions not over-scrupulous, with a habit of getting his own way by sheer force of character rather than by intellectual ability. For nearly 25 years he was one of the greatest personalities in Queensland.

After politics
Since 1888 the London directors of McIlwraith's Queensland Investment and Land Mortgage Co. had complained about the practices of the local board, and in 1892 they charged McIlwraith, Palmer and two others with fraud. The remaining years of his life were surrounded in financial scandal and large financial losses by institutions that he was involved with.

Although McIlwraith left for England on 15 January 1895, he was still a minister of the Queensland cabinet until 25 November 1897 when the Labor Party with government support succeeded in passing a resolution that he should retire. On 9 December he resigned from the Executive Council.

McIlwraith's aspirations for political integration of the Australian colonies centred on the Federal Council of Australasia, and he actively sought the entry of New South Wales into this body. In the 1899 referendum on the creation of a Commonwealth of Australia he urged Queenslanders to vote No to placing Queensland in the "hands of men unacquainted with the past, and who cannot in full share our hopes for the future".

McIlwraith died in London on 17 July 1900 and was buried at Ayr.

Legacy
The following places were named after him: State Library of Queensland currently holds the Sir Thomas McIlwraith Papers 1839-1897 which contains legal documents, correspondence, accounts, financial records and telegrams relating to McIlwraith.
 * McIlwraith, Queensland, a locality in the Bundaberg Region
 * McIlwraith Range, Queensland, a mountain range in the Cook Shire

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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
I would like to one day see this article featured, so I would like your input on how to get it to that stage. What should I add, and what do you want improved? Denelson83 07:17, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * You're going to have to cite your sources, an unreferrenced article hasn't made it to featured status for a while now. Also toward the end of the article there are a number of sections that are single sentences, try and turn them into paragraphs--nixie 08:11, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * The lead needs to be longer too--nixie 00:44, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * As in just a summary of what is in the rest of the article? Denelson83  06:13, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Yep--nixie 11:51, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Now, when the sources are cited, does that mean that almost every single piece of information in the article has to have an external reference? Denelson83  00:28, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * My personal rule is site the general material you used to write the article as references, for anything contentious or specific like statistics I use a footnote showing the exact source, see Military history of the Soviet Union for a good example--nixie 13:52, 29 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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Moved to Wikibooks. Links fixed. There were no images to transfer. -- Egil 07:18, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Transwikification isn't an automatic route to deletion, but this article was one how-to in a related series, complete with measurements (but with diagrams missing), which is now a chapter in Constructing school science lab equipment on the How-tos bookshelf. (Update-March 2010: Page moved to School Science/Bulb holder) Delete. Uncle G 16:00, 2005 Apr 21 (UTC)
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Moved to Wikibooks. Links fixed, and images transferred. -- Egil 07:18, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Transwikification isn't an automatic route to deletion, but this article was one how-to in a related series, complete with measurements and diagrams, which is now a chapter in Constructing school science lab equipment on the How-tos bookshelf (Update-March 2010: page moved to School Science/Cell holder) . Delete. Uncle G 16:00, 2005 Apr 21 (UTC)
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 * Transwikification isn't an automatic route to deletion, but this article was one how-to in a related series, complete with measurements and diagrams, which is now a chapter in Constructing school science lab equipment on the How-tos bookshelf. Delete. Uncle G 16:00, 2005 Apr 21 (UTC)
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User:Plastictv

Though i doubt very much you'd find this anywhere else.

"Come," called the old man, "come now or you will be late."

– Chapter 22, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Late is better than never
After sticking to minimalism for my user page for months, i've decided to divulge a little about what i'm currently working upon, if only for vanity purpose. i'm at this moment creating cute little maps and infoboxes like the one below for Chinese cities. Hopefully this project could be completed within two months, by when the Chinese geographical section of Wikipedia would look more respectable.

In the meantime...

Indulge yourself with one of the Three Kingdoms-related articles i've written. Feel free to improve on them, though i have to guard them closely as many people confuse history with fictional accounts from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms or worse, the Dynasty Warriors and God knows where!

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HL7
Delete. Advertisement. Edwardian 07:22, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Important international standard in healthcare. --Pjacobi 09:42, 2005 Apr 21 (UTC)
 * Keep. Important. N-Mantalk 11:21, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, cleanup and expand. Appears notable, . Megan1967 12:14, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, as per Megan1967. -- Dcfleck 12:26, 2005 Apr 21 (UTC)
 * Keep. Withdrawing nomination for deletion.  I'll attempt to lend a hand in cleaning up the parts that led to my confusion. Edwardian 15:02, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. The article should be renamed/moved to Health Level 7 (Its proper full name) to avoid any confusion, and a redirect from HL7 added. Megan1967 03:11, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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 * I see from that the scan is from a book in 1990. So the original text is in the PD, it is iffy whether or not that image is. You needs substantial new content to eligible for copyright. What I would do would be to email the webmaster and confirm the source and the copyright status. BTW, you can sign your name with ~ . Burgundavia 21:27, Apr 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Just licence it PD. Also on the PUI page, mention that you have done so. Burgundavia 11:02, Apr 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * I will remove it from the Possibily Unfree Images (PUI) page. Don't worry about that. Burgundavia 15:43, Apr 22, 2005 (UTC)

Nice article
Great stuff on the Brothers K... Always good to see the literature articles holding their own!

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The Brothers Karamazov
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 * Thanks for the information. Do you know how to tag the image? Also you can sign your name with ~ Burgundavia 23:13, Apr 23, 2005 (UTC)
 * Hey, no worries. Check out my first edit. If you father took the image, the best tag is probably {{gfdl}] which releases the image under the Gnu Free Documentation Licence, like the text of Wikipedia itself. Mention who took the picture as well, and then remove the other tags. I will make certain it gets cleaned off the other page. Burgundavia 23:36, Apr 23, 2005 (UTC)

RuneScape quests
I don't know if you're watching the talk page, but I don't want you to start going to work on this until you read my response. Mainly, I have two reasons for disagreement. First, it doesn't follow the Manual of Style. Second, it ruins all the links that were previously links to the specific quests. Now, it simply links to start of the article. --Ricky81682 (talk) 07:33, May 4, 2005 (UTC)

Toco Beach
As I mentioned on the Talk page, I am confused by your "Toco Beach" article. I can't figure out what beach you have described. The name Toco Beach is sometimes applied to Salibea beach, but I can't reconcile your description with what I know of the place. Are you referring to some other beach? If anything it sounds like Grande Riviere. Guettarda 16:11, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Correct me if im wrong, but i believe Grand Riviere is the actual area, not the beach. I had been there atleast on 5 seperate occasions and my assumption that the actual beach (w/ 2 hotels, names escape me; of importance? must i be more diligent, and a lagoon) was called Toco (and alternatively TOKO)
 * Grande Riviere is about 10 miles past Toco. Two small hotels on the beach (whose names I can't recall right now) and a few guest houses going up the hill.  What is commonly called "Toco Beach" (strictly speaking, Salybia Beach) is near the light house - ~10 miles east of GR.  Separate town, only lumped together because people tend to call everything past Matura "Toco".  Guettarda 17:44, 4 May 2005 (UTC)
 * The hotels: Mount Plaisir Estate Hotel and Le Grande Almandier. Guettarda 17:55, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Then i guess you are probably right, ill go change that around if you havent already. Just to make sure however, this Salybia Beach, is the one RIGHT down the road from the clinic and about 2 miles off of shark river (may also be local name)?

No - Shark River is west of Grande Riviere. Toco/Salybia beach is near the lighthouse - about 1/2 an hour (to make a wild guess) before you get to GR. Best thing might be to rename the article Grande Riviere and expand it to cover both the town and the bay. Guettarda 20:44, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Okay, that sounds like a plan, i dont have much information on the town, and since it isnt the main focus i probably wont put much in, but I could research that and include something. I have some changes to make to another article first (i just cant get anything right...) and ill start on this. By the way, i see that there is a Trinidad article, and a Trinidad and Tobago article. Is this just because of redundancy or is the former supposed to be solely about THAT island (if so, it is horribly under-developed)? Curran919 20:55, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

The Trinidad article is supposed to be just about Trinidad. Until late last year it was just a paragraph, explaining that Trinidad is the larger island, etc. Unfortunately, someone foudn the page and expanded it into a larger article - probably under the assumption that there was no "Trinidad and Tobago" article. So what we have now is a terribly unbalanced article - but of ancient history, a rather unbalanced account of "now"...I have been hesitant to edit that page because I don't really know what to do with it. Most of what you could write about Trinidad should better fall into one of the appropriate "Trinidad and Tobago" articles. It's different with Tobago - there is lots of room for Tobago-only material...you could say a lot about Tobago that doesn't really apply to "Trinidad and Tobago", but no nearly as much about "Trinidad" that doesn't apply to "Trinidad and Tobago". Of course, you could cut the pre-1889 stuff out of History of Trinidad and Tobago and put it into the History of Trinidad, then have a separate History of Tobago and restrict the History of Trinidad and Tobago to that period where they were united. Unfortunately, the history of each island continued across the union...the political and economic developments span that time period (you wouldn't, for example, want to have one article on Indian immigration to Trinidad and another on Indian immigration to Trinidad and Tobago. As for enough info about the town - I have written over 30 short stubs about towns in Trinidad, have about 240 in List of cities in Trinidad and Tobago (which is a list of cities, towns and villages...long story).  I will expand them as I get my hands on info, but there is nothing wrong with a stub as long as it has the potential to be expanded.  (You might want to have a look at Category:Trinidad and Tobago and the subcategories (and sub-subcategories) to see what exists in terms of articles. Guettarda 21:30, 4 May 2005 (UTC)

There is a "Move" tab on all pages (up at the top). You can move a page as long as the destination is either blank or has a redirect. More than that and you need to get an admin to do the move. Of course, it's generally not good to move a page without talking to the other editors involved. So what is your connection to Trinidad? I realise from Burgundavia's page that you lived there - when and for how long? Just curious. Thanks. Guettarda

 * I lived there from 1997-2001, in Bayshore; went to ISPS (im 17 now). I find this whole wikipedia thing friggin awesome, so i am trying to apply what limited knowledge and resources I have (spending most my time on RuneScape articles). Whats your connection to T'dad? Curran919

 * I'm from Trinidad, although I have lived in Canada (1973-1979) and the US (1994-2001 and 2004- ). Lived in San Fernando, Marabella, South Oropouche, Gasparillo, Curepe and Chaguanas.  I attended Naparima College and UWI, before doing my PhD at Michigan State University.  I have mostly added TT related material here, although I have also done some in ecology-related articles.  Been here since September, been addicted since about December. Guettarda 15:55, 5 May 2005 (UTC)

 * >>>> I'm an Environmental Science student from Trinidad as well, and to cast some clarification as to the "Toco Beach" that you're talking about, I believe that the name of it is Saline Bay. It's about 2 mins or less from the lighthouse, am I right?

Image copyright
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 * I left it up there, even though I could delete it. Can you confirm the licence that your father releases this under? If you need any help at all, contact me. Burgundavia (✈ take a flight?) 03:02, May 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * Ive been reading through the copyright information on this site, and there is just too much information on it, im finding it very confusing in what i am supposed to be doing. I uploaded some screenshots today, and i used the same tag as i had seen in other images, but is what i am supposed to be doing something as simple as that? Curran919 06:23, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

RuneScape quests
Curran, since you worked on a lot of the quests, I would like to hear your opinion at Talk:RuneScape quests regarding keeping the quest guides. -- Ricky81682 (talk) July 6, 2005 07:43 (UTC)

RuneScape
Do you play RuneScape? If so, tell me on my talk page. CrnaGora 04:13, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

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Spectral color
Hi, you made an edit to Spectral color which seems to confuse the point made by the existing sentence.

A while ago I found the sentence "One needs at least trichromatic color vision for there to be a distinction between spectral and non-spectral colors" on that page. To be clear, what that sentence does *not* mean is that you need to be a trichromat to distinguish spectral colors. It means that spectral colors are a distinct class from non-spectral colors for trichromats.

But, I believe this statement to be inaccurate. In some cases, a theoretical dichromat will be perceive some non-spectral colours. This is not about specifically human color vision, but about the theory of color vision with a given number of photoreceptors. As [Dichromacy] stated (before you edited it), *sometimes* two spectral lights are needed to match a color perceived by a dichromat. Consider a dichromat where the frequency sensitivity curves of the photoreceptors (A and B) are disjoint (no overlap). It's clear that non-spectral colours exist for this dichromat: any time *both* photoreceptors are stimulated, the resulting colour cannot be identified with a single spectral light. I'm not sure how to make this clearer. In fact all that is needed is for there to be some frequencies at which the spectral sensitivity of the photoreceptors does not overlap. That creates the possibility of non-spectral colors.

So, I edited the sentence "One needs at least trichromatic color vision for there to be a distinction between spectral and non-spectral colors" to read "One needs at least dichromatic color vision for there to be a distinction between spectral and non-spectral colors" so as to make clear that it is possible for some colours perceived by a dichromat to be non-spectral, i.e. they cannot be created by a single spectral light.

In short, I believe your recent edits to Spectral color and Dichromacy are misguided in some significant ways. I get that you have personal experience of protanopia and I respect that. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Theoh (talk • contribs) 13:49, 13 October 2022 (UTC)

 * Hi, thanks for the message.
 * I wrote the paragraph below before I completely understood your objection (I think I do now). In case I am misunderstanding again, I'll keep it below, but otherwise it doesnt have much to do with how I understand your objection now: that my original statement was only true when the sensitivity curves overlap. Fair enough, I agree. If you have two disjoint sensitivity curves with no overlap, then spectral light can only excite the extremes of the chromaticity channel. Hell, I may even go as far as to say that there is no spectral locus in that case, and you'd have ONLY non-spectral colors. However, I am fairly sure that such vision systems do not exist. The distinction is therefore purely hypothetical/academic. All forms of color vision in vertebrates have neighboring opsins that overlap with each other, even in the cases like mice that have huge space between their SWS1 + LWS curves.
 * I do think your edit is also misleading, given that any REAL dichromats will not see a distinction but I think we can find a compromise, depending on what you meant by:
 * "In fact all that is needed is for there to be some frequencies at which the spectral sensitivity of the photoreceptors does not overlap." I would say that there needs to be some wavelengths between them where neither are excited... not sure if that's what you meant here. If not, then see my alternative answer below the line.
 * I'm afraid I must double down on the assertion. Dichromats see no non-spectral colors. This is not based on my personal experience. In fact, personal experience would tell me that dichromats DO have an innate understanding of hue vs. saturation. A dichromat has two cones and those cones MUST have disparate sensitivity curves. If they are not disparate, then the subject is a monochromat. The dichromat's color space is two dimensional. You can describe those dimensions as distimulus values (M and S excitation), or you can transform it into a more intuitive form (equivalent to opponent process channels) with a luminosity channel/dimension and chromaticity channel/dimension (let's call it Chr). Chr would therefore be equivalent to the ratio (or difference) of the cone excitations. Again, assuming M and S curves (since that represents my protanopia), a 400nm light excites only the S cone, and therefore Chr is at a minimum. a 700nm light excites only the M cone, and therefore Chr is at a maximum. The entire range of possible Chr values can be evoked by a spectral light. When you introduce non spectral light, there is no Chr value and obviously no luminosity value that can be excited that wasn't already excitable by spectral light. Ergo, all colors are spectral colors and there are not additional 'non-spectral' colors. "*sometimes* two spectral lights are needed to match a color perceived by a dichromat." This is simply not true. If you stimulate both cones at their peak wavelengths simultaneously, this is equivalent to stimulating the point of overlap of the sensitivity curves of the two cones (once you account for cone mosaic and increase the luminosity). In both cases, dichromats experience a neutral color, i.e. gray. This is why protanopes and deuteranopes perceive cyan as gray, because cyan is at the point where the two remaining cone sensitivity functions overlap.Curran919 (talk) 14:37, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I put a footnote on the statement in spectral color to elucidate. See if that satisfies. Curran919 (talk) 14:45, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi,
 * I think the original statement on Spectral color was about whether it was logically possible for there to be a conceptual distinction between spectral and non-spectral colors. As it reads now, it's a statement about whether dichromats can distinguish spectral and non-spectral colors. As I understand it, even trichromats can't do that, it's a purely theoretical classification.
 * You're right that the sensitivity curves need to have no overlap for the non-spectral colors to exist for a dichromat, my bad. If a non-spectral color is a metameric match for a spectral light (your cyan example) then I agree with you that there's no reason to call it non-spectral.
 * Cheers
 * Theoh (talk) 18:31, 13 October 2022 (UTC)
 * (I have made an edit which I hope you will agree with. The key point here is whether the categories of "spectral color" and "non-spectral color" exist for dichromats, trichromats etc., in other words, whether the distinction exists. The notion of an observer *distinguishing* spectral colors from non-spectral colors doesn't seem appropriate to me (& I think you are the one who put it in). The qualitative experience of a spectral color is no different from that of a non-spectral color, I have no way to distinguish which kind of color I'm looking at. In theory spectral colours are purer, more like hues from the rainbow, but there's no way to definitely make the distinction, in my experience. They're just the theoretical limit of narrowband light) Theoh (talk) 20:43, 14 October 2022 (UTC)
 * @Theoh looks good! Curran919 (talk) 09:28, 15 October 2022 (UTC)
 * @Theoh looks good! Curran919 (talk) 09:28, 15 October 2022 (UTC)

Pentachromacy
Hello! I'm wading through the backlog of articles that should be merged, based on AfD decisions. Your edit here suggests that there was a deletion discussion, but I can't find it. Is it possible that you were aiming for a merge proposal discussion instead, but grabbed the wrong template? Joyous! | Talk 03:20, 12 November 2022 (UTC)

 * @Joyous! This was a merge. Pentachromacy should remain a redirect. Sorry! Curran919 (talk) 08:22, 12 November 2022 (UTC)

 * Was it ever up for deletion? I'm just trying to get the correct template on the talk page of the article; I'm not attempting to un-merge anything. If there was never a discussion at WP:AFD, then I need to put a different notice there. Joyous! | Talk 15:28, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't think so. I probably made a mistake, since I think this was my first merged article. Curran919 (talk) 15:47, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Not a problem! I can fix the issue! Joyous! | Talk 15:52, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

 * Done! You just needed a different template to add to the source article and the target article. Let me know if you need to merge any other articles--I'm happy to help you out! Joyous! | Talk 15:59, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh yeah, I see the difference now. I've done another half dozen merges since using the correct tag, I think. I'm surprised the merged-to template doesn't have a link to the discussion on the target talk page, which is why I may have gone with the afd template, thinking they were otherwise equivalent. Honestly, the AfC (and AfD) still confuse the hell out of me after 1000 edits. Thanks for fixing it. Curran919 (talk) 16:13, 17 November 2022 (UTC)
 * "Wikipedia: Not Designed To Be Confusing, But It Ended Up That Way!" Sometimes there isn't a discussion. It's possible to be bold and just do the merge if you think there won't be controversy.  Joyous! | Talk 17:10, 17 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * Ah, sorry, right you are. That one slipped by me. I often copy things over as a basis to rewrite in one screen, but I guess after finishing the Mary's room section, I forgot to rewrite the inverted spectrum. I've changed it now. Thanks! Curran919 (talk) 06:49, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

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You really need to read WP:NOTVAND. Your throwing this accusation around is not appreciated - I am only trying to improve the article. Bon courage (talk) 07:17, 6 September 2023 (UTC)

 * @Bon courage Granted, WP:NOTVAND. Good faith or not, I'm calling you on WP:DE, specifically on point 4. You know reverts on heavy, good-faith edits are intrinsically inflammatory, especially when you only criticize a small portion of it; And you even admit through your unrevert that your original revert was flippant. When all of your edits on the article are reverts for WP:CRYMEDRS without any additive contribution or engagement in talk, you burn up your good faith when you get flippant with others' work. Regardless, I will try to adhere to WP:MEDRS better in the future. Curran919 (talk) 09:53, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I've never "admitted" anything is "flippant", and the purpose of reverts is to improve the encyclopedia: no editor should getting inflamed by reverts which do. WP:CRYMEDRS is indeed a wise essay, but the material in question was WP:BMI, so it's irrelevant to the question at hand. Bon courage (talk) 10:10, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
 * @Bon courage Going back through my original edit now, it appears you were just gaslighting me. My edit removed primary and web sources, added secondary sources, and the only web source I added was a tertiary article explaining the absence of evidence for a widely reported fact. You probably just got confused with the pre-existing primary research since I had done a lot of shuffling. Your unrevert SHOWS unequivocally that you thought your revert was NOT an improvement, so if I should only not get inflamed by reverts which improve wikipedia, then by your definition, I have the right to get inflamed by your bad revert. And how is making a revert that you later believe was bad... not flippant? Learn to admit when you're wrong. I did it in my last comment even when I wasn't. Do better. WP:DBAJ. Curran919 (talk) 10:33, 11 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't think you understand what I did. The previous version was very poor, your edit was (on consideration) better but still not great; I made some edits to improve the article without paying any attention to "who wrote what". Not sure why this is such a big deal? The article still needs work. Bon courage (talk) 10:48, 11 September 2023 (UTC)

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Human-Centricists
Hey there.

When you replied to me on "colour vision", you told me that human-centricists sometime REMOVE animal info just for the sake of it. Well, for the past few months I and I think a few others have been trying to deal with an infamous human-centricist that goes by "Autisticeditor 20".

This guy likes to change a LOT of biology articles links to using human anatomy links, even in articles that aren't talking exclusively about humans, and sometimes even in animal species articles, and he has gotten in trouble for many of these. He also has a record of trashing others for removing his edits and some of them are also really threatening. He's a guy I both want to revert his human anatomy links in non human articles because it wasn't appropriate to do so, but also I don't want to mess with him as he's a really scary guy.

Have you ever dealt with him, and what can I do? LoverOfAllAnimalsActivist (talk) 07:35, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

 * @LoverOfAllAnimalsActivist No, I've never dealt with him and I stick away from the genital/reproductive articles, which seems to be his main haunt. I don't really have the bandwidth for joining in drama that doesn't relate to me (I'm not exactly a veteran here...). I don't know why you would be scared of a wikipedian though, just because they act neurodivergently sometimes. Just revert if you think the edit is regressive, give an explanatory reversion reason and start a discussion on the article's talk page to cover your bases and maybe attract some support. If they unrevert and you still care, then escalate it. At a cursory glance, I see that their recent edits involved making a clearer distinction between polygyny and polygyny in animals, which is not emblematic of non-human erasure. Dunno... don't be afraid of the revert button, just be kind when you use it. Curran919 (talk) 09:50, 7 February 2024 (UTC)

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Nathan Braun
Non-notable college student's vanity entry. I advise deletion. --Calton | Talk 07:23, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * College student / recent grad, lives with his girlfriend, can't spell "fraturnity" or "everybodies"... vanity! Delete. --Idont Havaname 14:43, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. He can't spell fraternity, which makes me sad. :( Mo0 [ talk ] 17:32, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. College student vanity. Average Earthman 19:28, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Just another vanity article of a non-notable college student . Zzyzx11 | Talk 19:31, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Vanity. (An English major wrote this?) android↔talk 01:59, Apr 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * I used to share a house with a high school English teacher and the reminder notes she used to leave for housemates were some of the worst spelling and grammar bloopers I've ever seen. It happens. Megan1967 07:18, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Jayjg (talk) 05:42, 22 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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Lisarow, New South Wales

Lisarow is a suburb of the Central Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, located 8 km north-northeast of Gosford's central business district via the Pacific Highway. It is part of the local government area.

The area was largely rural until urban encroachment in more recent decades. It is now a mainly residential area, composed of medium-density housing, with small rural properties on the fringes. There is also a substantial amount of industrial activity around the railway line and station.

Educational facilities in the suburb include Lisarow High School, Lisarow Public School and Narara Public School.

The Test cricketer, Alan Davidson, hails from the town. Lisarow shares the largest cricket club on the Central Coast with Ourimbah, their club mascot is the magpie.

The international arm of Sara Lee Corporation established its Australian plant in Lisarow in 1971. It had been taken over by McCain Foods, then in 2021 it was taken over by South Island Office, a New Zealand private equity company. On 18 October 2023, Sara Lee Holdings was placed into voluntary administration, with the administrator trying to run the business and continue to employ its 200 employees.

Transport
Busways operates two bus routes through the suburb of Lisarow:

 * 36: Tuggerah to Gosford via Niagara Park and Ourimbah
 * 37: Tuggerah to Gosford via Kangy Angy and Narara

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USS Kidd (DD-661)

USS Kidd (DD-661), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named after Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, who died on the bridge of his flagship USS Arizona (BB-39) during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Admiral Kidd was the first US flag officer to die during World War II and the first American admiral ever to be killed in action. A National Historic Landmark, she is now a museum ship, berthed on the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and is the only surviving US destroyer still in her World War II configuration. She is one of four remaining Fletcher-Class Destroyer ships in the world.

World War II
Kidd (DD-661) was launched on 28 February 1943 by Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearny, New Jersey, sponsored by Mrs. Isaac C. Kidd, widow of Rear Admiral Kidd. The destroyer was commissioned on 23 April 1943. During her initial cruise to the Brooklyn Naval Shipyards, she sailed across New York Harbor with the Jolly Roger flying from the foremast. Subsequently, during outfitting, her crew adopted the pirate captain William Kidd as their mascot and commissioned a local artist to paint a pirate figure on the forward smokestack.

After shakedown out of Casco Bay, Maine in June, Kidd cruised in the Atlantic and Caribbean escorting large combatant vessels until she departed for the Pacific in August 1943 in company with the battleships USS Alabama (BB-60) and USS South Dakota (BB-57). Arriving at Pearl Harbor on 17 September 1943, she got underway on 29 September, escorting aircraft carriers toward Wake Island for the heavy air attacks conducted on 6 October on Japanese installations located there, returning to Pearl Harbor on 11 October 1943.

Mid-October Kidd was underway with a task force to strike Rabaul and support the Bougainville landings. Upon reaching a strike position south of Rabaul on the morning of 11 November, the task force launched attacks upon Japanese positions on the island. Kidd was ordered to rescue the crew of an aircraft from USS Essex (CV-9) which had ditched astern of the formation. During this rescue, a group of Japanese aircraft attacked the destroyer; Kidd shot down three attacking aircraft and completed the rescue while maneuvering to dodge torpedoes and bombs. Cmdr. Roby, her commanding officer, received the Silver Star for gallantry during this action. The destroyer returned to Espiritu Santo on 13 November.

Kidd next screened carriers making air attacks on Tarawa during the Gilbert Islands invasion from 19 to 23 November. On 24 November, she spotted 15 low-flying enemy bombers heading toward the heavy ships, gave warning, and shot down two Aichi D3A "Val" dive bombers. After Tarawa was secure, Kidd remained in the Gilbert Islands to support cleanup operations before returning to Pearl Harbor on 9 December.

On 11 January 1944 Kidd sailed for the forward area at Espiritu Santo, then sailed the next day for Funafuti, arriving on 19 January. During the invasion of the Marshall Islands from 29 January to 8 February, Kidd screened heavy ships and bombarded Roi and Wotje, then anchored at Kwajalein 26 February.

From 20 March to 14 April, Kidd guarded an airstrip under construction on Emirau and supported the occupation of Aitape and Hollandia in New Guinea 16 April to 7 May. She fought in the Marianas campaign from 10 June to 8 July and performed shore bombardment at Guam between 8 July and 10 August.

In need of repairs, Kidd sailed for Pearl Harbor, arriving on 26 August 1944. On 15 September, she departed Pearl, reached Eniwetok on 26 September, and arrived at Manus on 3 October. There she became part of the giant Philippines invasion fleet and entered Leyte Gulf on 20 October. Here, she screened the initial landings and provided fire support for soldiers who fought to reconquer the island until she sailed on 14 November for Humboldt Bay, New Guinea, arriving on 19 November. On 9 December Kidd headed toward Mare Island Navy Yard for overhaul and moored at Mare Island on Christmas Day.

Battle of Okinawa
Kidd sailed 19 February 1945, to join Task Force 58 (TF 58) for the invasion of Okinawa. Trained and battle-wise, Kidd played a key role during the first days of the Okinawa campaign, screening battleships, bombarding shore targets, rescuing downed pilots, sinking floating mines, providing early warning of raids, guarding the heavily damaged aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13), and helping to shoot down kamikazes.

While on picket station 11 April 1945, Kidd and her division mates, USS Black (DD-666), USS Bullard (DD-660), and USS Chauncey (DD-667), with the help of Combat Air Patrol, repelled three air raids. That afternoon, a single enemy plane crashed into Kidd, killing 38 men and wounding 55. As the destroyer headed south to rejoin the task group, her fire drove off further enemy planes that were trying to finish her off. Stopping at Ulithi for temporary repairs, she got underway on 2 May for the West Coast, arriving at Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard on 25 May.

On 1 August 1945, Kidd sailed to Pearl Harbor and returned to San Diego, California 24 September 1945 for inactivation. She decommissioned on 10 December 1946 and entered the Pacific Reserve Fleet.

Korean War
When North Korea attacked South Korea, the United States called up a portion of its reserve fleet. Kidd was a part of that call and was recommissioned on 28 March 1951. The destroyer sailed to the Western Pacific on 18 June; and arrived at Yokosuka, Japan on 15 July. She joined Task Force 77 and patrolled off the Korean coast until 21 September, when she sailed for the East Coast of Korea. From 21 October to 22 January 1952, Kidd bombarded targets of opportunity from Wan-Do Island to below Koesong. She then sailed with Destroyer Division 152 to San Diego, arriving on 6 February 1952.

Kidd again got underway for Korea on 8 September 1952; joined the screen of a hunter-killer group near Kojo; and, in November, was back on bombardment missions off North Korea. Shortly after that, truce talks began. Kidd continued to patrol the Korean coast during negotiations. She departed the Far East on 3 March 1953 via Midway and Pearl Harbor and arrived in San Diego for overhaul on 20 March. Once the overhaul was completed, Kidd proceeded to Long Beach, California on 20 April 1953. The next day, the Swedish freighter Hainan collided with Kidd in Long Beach harbor requiring repairs that lasted until 11 May 1953.

Cold War
With the onset of the Cold War, from late 1953 to late 1959 Kidd alternated between West Pacific anti-Soviet submarine patrols with operations on the West Coast, making stops at Pearl Harbor and various ports in Japan, Okinawa, Hong Kong, and the Philippines. She visited Sydney, Australia, on 29 March 1958 and later that year entered the Taiwan Strait.

Kidd got underway on 5 January 1960 for the East Coast via the Panama Canal, arriving at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 25 January. From there, she made Naval Reserve training cruises to various East Coast ports. She joined fleet operating forces during the Berlin Crisis in 1961. December 1961 found Kidd patrolling off the Dominican Republic in a "show of force" patrol to provide an element of security in the troubled Caribbean.

Kidd arrived at Norfolk, Virginia on 5 February 1962 and joined Task Force Alfa for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) exercises. On 24 April, she was assigned to the Naval Destroyer School at Newport, Rhode Island. After a cruise to the Caribbean, on 1 July 1962, she resumed Naval Reserve training. Kidd was decommissioned on 19 June 1964, entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, and was berthed at the Philadelphia Shipyard.

Preservation
The Navy set aside three Fletcher-class ships for use as memorials; USS The Sullivans (DD-537), USS Cassin Young (DD-793), and Kidd. Louisiana congressman William Henson Moore selected Kidd to serve as a memorial for Louisiana World War II veterans. The other Fletcher-class museum ships; The Sullivans in Buffalo, New York; Cassin Young in Boston, Massachusetts; and in Palaio Faliro, Greece, HNS Velos, formerly USS Charrette (DD-581). Kidd was towed from Philadelphia and arrived in Baton Rouge on 23 May 1982, where she was transferred to the Louisiana Naval War Memorial Commission. She is now on public view as a museum vessel and hosts youth group overnight encampments. Kidd was never modernized and is the only Fletcher-class museum ship to retain its World War II appearance; she was restored to her August 1945 configuration and armament, culminating on 3 July 1997 when her torpedo tubes were reloaded. Kidd's special mooring in the Mississippi River is designed to cope with the annual change in river depth, which can be up to forty feet. Half the year, she floats as the river rises; the other half, she sits on keel blocks, and her entire hull can be visible as the water is so low. The long periods Kidd rests above the water on keel blocks is problematic for her hull, as she is affected by nearby river traffic in the Port of Greater Baton Rouge. On 25 April 2024, Kidd began her journey to a shipyard in Houma, Louisiana, for her first major preservation project since her arrival in Baton Rouge. The work will be undertaken by maritime construction firm Thoma-Sea, and include measures to preserve her hull and superstructure. Before Kidd reaches the Thoma-Sea dry dock, she will stop at a private dock to be inspected by the US Coast Guard for sea worthiness before being towed into open water to continue her journey to the Houma shipyard. Restoration of the keel blocks is also planned, to better cope with the changes in river depth.

Awards
In 1986 Kidd was designated a National Historic Landmark, as the best-preserved World War II destroyer of her class.

U.S. Navy service awards

 * Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with eight battle stars
 * World War II Victory Medal
 * China Service Medal
 * National Defense Service Medal with service star
 * Korean Service Medal with four battle stars
 * Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
 * Philippine Presidential Unit Citation
 * Korean Presidential Unit Citation
 * Philippine Liberation Medal
 * United Nations Korea Medal
 * Korean War Service Medal (South Korea)

Greyhound movie
In 2018, Kidd was used as a stand-in for the fictional Fletcher-class destroyer USS Keeling (codenamed Greyhound), from C.S. Forester's novel The Good Shepherd, in its appearance in the book's cinematic adaptation, Greyhound. In 2022, Kidd appeared on the Disney+ series National Treasure: Edge of History.

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