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If you are on my talk page to add a posting about deleting one of my uploads, don't waste your time. I will not dispute any deletions. I am tired of jumping through flaming hoops to justify an upload only to have the rules lawyers add even more restrictions, invalidating the upload with yet another set of flaming hoops. Just delete anything I have uploaded and enjoy your text-only encyclopedia.

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Line break
please do one after the short description. Thanks. Johnbod (talk) 02:02, 18 September 2021 (UTC)

Thanks
Just a note to thank you for all the 'short descriptions' you've been adding to WP:ALPS-related articles. I have most of the mountains, huts, glaciers and mountain guides on my Watchlist, so I've been seeing a lot of your editing recently. It's appreciated. Nick Moyes (talk) 18:58, 18 October 2021 (UTC)
 * No worries! The Wikipedia app on my phone makes it easy to edit those and it's a great time killer when I'm sitting around waiting for something.  :) Epolk (talk) 15:01, 19 October 2021 (UTC)
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I think you mistyped Acidota as Acitoda in Acitoda crenata. 115.188.126.180 (talk) 23:31, 29 September 2023 (UTC)

 * I certainly did. Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I have corrected the typo.
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Paolo

Paolo is both a given name and a surname, the Italian form of the name Paul.

Art

 * Paolo Abbate (1884–1973), Italian-American sculptor
 * Paolo Alboni (1671–1734), Italian painter
 * Paolo Antonio Barbieri (1603–1649), Italian painter
 * Paolo Buggiani (born 1933), Italian contemporary artist
 * Paolo Carosone (born 1941), Italian painter and sculptor
 * Paolo Moranda Cavazzola (1486–1522), Italian painter
 * Paolo Farinati (c. 1524), Italian painter
 * Paolo Fiammingo (c. 1540–1596), Flemish painter
 * Paolo Domenico Finoglia (c. 1590–1645), Italian painter
 * Paolo Grilli (1857–1952), Italian sculptor and painter
 * Paolo de Matteis (1662–1728), Italian painter
 * Paolo Monaldi, Italian painter
 * Paolo Pagani (1655–1716), Italian painter
 * Paolo Persico (c. 1729–1796), Italian sculptor
 * Paolo Pino (1534–1565), Italian painter
 * Paolo Gerolamo Piola (1666–1724), Italian painter
 * Paolo Porpora (1617–1673), Italian painter
 * Paolo Romano (died c. 1470), Italian sculptor
 * Paolo Sarti (born late 1700s), Italian painter
 * Paolo Schmidlin (born 1964), Italian sculptor
 * Paolo Uccello (1397–1475), Italian painter
 * Paolo Veneziano (died c. 1362), Italian painter
 * Paolo Veronese (1528–1588), Italian painter

Business

 * Paolo Cuccia (born 1953), Italian businessman
 * Paolo Pininfarina (born 1958), Italian businessman and engineer
 * Paolo Zampolli (born 1970), Italian businessman

Film and television

 * Paolo Ballesteros (born 1982), Filipino actor and television personality
 * Paolo Bediones (born 1974), Filipino newscaster and television host
 * Paolo Bonacelli (born 1937), Italian actor
 * Paolo Bonolis (born 1961), Italian television personality
 * Paolo Carlini (1922–1979), Italian actor
 * Paolo Contis (born 1984), Filipino actor and comedian
 * Paolo Andrea Di Pietro (born 1986), Italian actor and singer
 * Paolo Montalban (born 1973), Filipino-American actor
 * Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922–1975), Italian film director
 * Paolo Seganti (born 1964), Italian actor
 * Paolo Sorrentino (born 1970), Italian film director

Government and politics

 * Paolo Borsellino (1940–1992), Italian judge
 * Paolo Boselli (1838–1932), Italian politician
 * Paolo Calcinaro (born 1977), Italian politician
 * Paolo Cappa (1888–1956), Italian journalist, lawyer and politician
 * Paolo Duterte (born 1975), Filipino politician
 * Paolo Romani (born 1947), Italian politician
 * Paolo Ruggiero (born 1957), Italian general

Literature

 * Paolo Berlusconi (born 1949), Italian publisher
 * Paolo Cognetti (born 1978), Italian writer
 * Paolo Giordano (born 1982), Italian writer
 * Paolo Volponi (1924–1994), Italian writer

Music

 * Paolo Buonvino (born 1968), Italian composer
 * Paolo Conte (born 1937), Italian singer
 * Paolo Andrea Di Pietro (born 1986), Italian opera singer
 * Paolo Fresu (born 1961), Italian musician
 * Paolo Meneguzzi (born 1976), Swiss-Italian singer
 * Paolo Montarsolo (1925–2006), Italian opera singer
 * Paolo Nutini (born 1987), Scottish singer
 * Paolo Rustichelli (born 1953), Italian musician
 * Paolo Silveri (1913–2001), Italian opera singer
 * Paolo Vallesi (born 1964), Italian singer-songwriter

Religion

 * Paolo Alberi (died 1591), Roman Catholic archbishop
 * Paolo Angelo Ballerini (1814–1897), Italian Roman Catholic archbishop
 * Paolo Bertoli (1908–2001), Italian cardinal
 * Paolo Burali d'Arezzo (1511–1578), Italian cardinal
 * Paolo Emilio Cesi (1481–1537), Italian cardinal
 * Paolo Dall'Oglio (born 1954), Italian Jesuit priest
 * Paolo Dezza (1901–1999), Italian cardinal
 * Paolo di Campofregoso (1427–1498), Italian Roman Catholic archbishop
 * Paolo Giobbe (1880–1972), Italian cardinal
 * Paolo Marella (1895–1984), Italian cardinal
 * Paolo Pezzi (born 1960), Italian Roman Catholic archbishop
 * Paolo Romeo (born 1938), Italian cardinal
 * Paolo Sardi (1934–2019), Italian cardinal
 * Paolo Segneri (1624–1694), Italian Jesuit priest
 * Paolo Emilio Sfondrati (1560–1618), Italian cardinal

Science and medicine

 * Paolo Boffetta (born 1958), Italian epidemiologist
 * Paolo Chiavenna, Italian astronomer
 * Paolo Macchiarini (born 1958), Italian surgeon
 * Paolo Sassone-Corsi (1956–2020), Italian molecular biologist

Sports

 * Paolo Bacchini (born 1985), Italian figure skater
 * Paolo Banchero (born 2002), Italian-American basketball player
 * Paolo Bertolucci (born 1951), Italian tennis player
 * Paolo Boi (1528–1598), Italian chess player
 * Paolo Bossini (born 1985), Italian swimmer
 * Paolo Camossi (born 1974), Italian triple jumper
 * Paolo Casarsa (born 1975), Italian decathlete
 * Paolo Di Girolamo (born 1994), Italian rower
 * Paolo Grecucci (born 1952), Italian racewalker
 * Paolo Lorenzi (born 1981), Italian tennis player
 * Paolo Pizzo (born 1983), Italian fencer

A–E

 * Paolo Acerbis (born 1981), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Agabitini (born 1959), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Agosteo (1908–2008), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Alcocer (born 2000), German footballer
 * Paolo Baiocco (born 1989), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Baldieri (born 1965), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Barison (1936–1979), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Bianco (born 1977), Italian footballer and manager
 * Paolo Borelli (born 1958), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Branduani (born 1989), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Bugas (born 1994), Filipino footballer
 * Paolo Campinoti (born 1990), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Di Canio (born 1968), Italian football manager
 * Paolo Cannavaro (born 1981), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Carbonaro (born 1989), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Carbone (born 1982), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Cardozo (born 1989), Uruguayan footballer
 * Paolo Castellazzi (born 1987), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Castelli (born 1980), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Castellini (born 1979), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Cimpiel (born 1940), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Conti (born 1950), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Dametto (born 1993), Italian footballer
 * Paolo De Ceglie (born 1986), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Dellafiore (born 1985), Argentine-born Italian footballer

F–M

 * Paolo Facchinetti (born 1984), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Alberto Faccini (born 1961), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Faragò (born 1993), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Farinola (born 1984), Brazilian-born Greek footballer
 * Paolo Fernandes (born 1998), Spanish footballer
 * Paolo Foglio (born 1975), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Frangipane (born 1979), Argentine footballer
 * Paolo Frascatore (born 1992), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Dal Fiume (born 1953), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Ghiglione (born 1997), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Gigantelli (born 1979), Swiss footballer
 * Paolo Ginestra (born 1979), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Giovannelli (born 1960), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Goltz (born 1985), Argentine footballer
 * Paolo Gozzi (born 2001), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Grillo (born 1997), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Guastalvino (born 1979), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Guerrero (born 1984), Peruvian footballer
 * Paolo de la Haza (born 1983), Peruvian footballer
 * Paolo Hurtado (born 1990), Peruvian footballer
 * Paolo Ivani (born 1997), Albanian footballer
 * Paolo Jacobini (1919–2003), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Maino (born 1989), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Maldini (born 1968), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Marchi (born 1991), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Mariotti (born 1979), Sammarinese footballer
 * Paolo Mastrantonio (born 1967), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Mavolo (born 1992), Hungarian footballer
 * Paolo Mazza (1901–1981), Italian football manager
 * Paolo Mazzoleni (born 1974), Italian football referee
 * Paolo Medina (born 1999), Mexican footballer
 * Paolo Monelli (born 1963), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Montagna (born 1976), Sammarinese footballer
 * Paolo Montero (born 1971), Uruguayan footballer and manager

N–Z

 * Paolo Negro (born 1972), Italian footballer and manager
 * Paolo Orlandoni (born 1972), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Ortiz (born 1985), Paraguayan footballer
 * Paolo Patrucchi (1908–?), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Pellicanò (born 1995), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Pestrin (1936–2009), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Poggi (born 1971), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Ponzo (1972–2013), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Pulici (born 1950), Italian footballer and manager
 * Paolo Regoli (born 1991), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Ríos (born 2000), Mexican footballer
 * Paolo Rizzi (born 1969), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Rozzio (born 1992), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Sabak (born 1999), Belgian footballer
 * Paolo Sammarco (born 1983), Italian footballer
 * Pier Paolo Scarrone (born 1951), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Seppani (born 1986), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Signorelli (1939–2018), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Sirena (born 1945), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Sollier (born 1948), Italian footballer and manager
 * Paolo Stringara (born 1962), Italian footballer and manager
 * Paolo Suárez (born 1980), Uruguayan-Salvadoran footballer
 * Paolo Tagliavento (born 1972), Italian football referee
 * Paolo Todeschini (1920–1993), Italian footballer and manager
 * Paolo Tornaghi (born 1988), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Tramezzani (born 1970), Italian footballer and manager
 * Paolo Valagussa (born 1993), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Vanoli (born 1972), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Vernazza (born 1979), English footballer
 * Paolo Viganò (1950–2014), Italian footballer
 * Paolo Yrizar (born 1997), Mexican footballer
 * Paolo Ziliani (born 1971), Italian footballer

Other

 * Paolo Brera (1949–2019), Italian economist
 * Paolo Grossi (disambiguation), several people
 * Paolo Hewitt, English music journalist
 * Paolo Malatesta (c. 1246 – 1285), best known for the story of his affair with Francesca da Polenta, portrayed by Dante in the Inferno
 * Paolo Renda, Italian-Canadian mobster
 * Paolo Rossi (disambiguation), several people
 * Paolo Ruffini (1765–1822), Italian mathematician
 * Paolo Soleri (1919–2013), Italian architect

People with the surname

 * Connor Paolo (born 1990), American actor

Fictional characters

 * Paolo (Dune), in the Dune universe
 * Paolo, a character appearing in several Friends Season One episodes as Rachel's boyfriend

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Admiral of the Navy part 2
Why are we putting Admiral of the Navy back on this list. We've already established that the rank is honorary and, by law, no longer exist. The Navy no longer has the rank in their regulations. Neovu79 (talk) 20:25, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
 * We've already established that the Navy went to Congress and could not get the rank elevated to six-stars, when they were trying to create the rank of fleet admiral. A previous amendment for the re-establishment and elevation of Admiral of the Navy failed to be passed into law in early 1944. In this instance, the Navy does not have the authority set what grade the rank is. That power is conferred to Congress. Neovu79 (talk) 20:30, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
 * But it doesn't say "six stars" it just says "special grade". -  wolf  21:03, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
 * It's a rank that does not exist anymore. It's the same as Commodore (United States). Commodore was replaced by rear admiral (lower half) and admiral of the Navy was replaced by fleet admiral. We should not be adding ranks to this template, that no longer exist. Neovu79 (talk) 21:05, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Then we should remove General of the Armies as well. That hasn't existed in decades. The template even says it's not obtainable. Frankly, I would have zero objection to that, since the purpose is to show current ranks, as stated. We could then remove the entire empty column and make the template a little cleaner. oknazevad (talk) 21:29, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Honestly, I would not object to that either. This could be said for 5-star ranks as well, but I believe that the biggest difference is that the military still lists the ranks on their official sites to this day. I personally believe that this template should only be used to list current ranks, so the Air Force warrant officer ranks not being on it, would be okay with me as well. Neovu79 (talk) 21:34, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
 * How many pages is this going to be discussed on? This is one of the reasons I suggested a single, central location, in reply to the other discussion about this. - wolf  00:11, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
 * This discussion is purely about whether to include any non-current ranks in this template. I say no. oknazevad (talk) 01:54, 10 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I concur on removing Admiral of the Navy and General of the Armies - both have clearly been replaced. I would prefer to keep the standard five-star ranks because they're still on the books (and currently published rank charts), since there's no ambiguity about their status. Garuda28 (talk) 00:40, 11 March 2021 (UTC)

I would say both or neither. I only added AN because there's a source that states it's equal to GAS. But agree there's no need to keep outdated ranks on a template of current ranks - unless y'all wamma add Passed Midshipmen, Master & Commodore ;-) I could go either way on FADM & GA, since they're not currently in use. - wolf  04:49, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
 * General of the Armies is still technically an official rank. Admiral of the Navy, on the other hand, is a rank that was abolished. There is no six-star rank for the navy. Congress never authorized a six-star rank. Public Law 78-482 clearly states that Fleet Admiral is the highest rank of the United States Navy. The navy cannot reestablish the rank without a congressional act. Furthermore, the act that created the rank of Admiral of the Navy clearly states that "whenever such office shall be vacated by death or otherwise the office shall cease to exist." Thus, when Dewey died on January 16, 1917, the rank was abolished. There is no law that abolishes the rank of General of the Armies, so it is still an official rank. General of the Armies belongs in this template, while Admiral of the Navy does not. 12.185.211.194 (talk) 14:43, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I concur with removal. It looks like past consensus was to remove, but never acted on. Garuda28 (talk) 15:54, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I don't think we can address one of these special ranks and not the others. And edit-warring, while attempting to have-the-last-word-by-edit-summary is no way to handle this either. The IP editor using the "Uss Alabama Battleship commission" account needs to stop this disruption and leave the page at QUO in the meantime. - w o lf  16:52, 31 August 2022 (UTC)

While we're here....
Any idea why there's two templates on the one page, instead a template for "commissioned officers" and a separate one for "warrant officers"...? Just curious - wolf  05:12, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I was going to ask something along those lines too. But my issue is more that there is a total of 3 different US rank comparison templates. We have Template:US officer ranks, Template:US enlisted ranks and Template:United States uniformed services comparative ranks. Why? There needs to be some kind of consolidation. Skjoldbro (talk) 08:00, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I think this temlplate should be split, giving us the three levels, with insigia, that can be used in separate locations as needed. The comparison can useful as a single one-stop-shopping type of location, as well as having all the ranks spelled out in full, but it should be updated to match the other three. (jmho) - wolf  17:50, 11 March 2021 (UTC)
 * ✅ see Template:US warrant officer ranks. - w o lf  23:45, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

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John Pope Hennessy

Sir John Pope Hennessy (8 August 1834 – 7 October 1891), was an Irish and British politician and colonial administrator who served as the eighth Governor of Hong Kong and the fifteenth Governor of Mauritius.

Early life
John Pope Hennessy was born in County Cork in 1834, the son of John Hennessy of Ballyhennessy and his wife Elizabeth Casey. He was one of eight children. The family were middle class with his father working as a hide merchant. He suffered from bronchitis as a child and was therefore initially privately tutored. In 1850 he entered Queen's College, Cork, initially studying in the science division of the faculty of arts. During his first year he was awarded a scholarship as he was one of the top three students, and this allowed him to transfer to medicine. He proved to be a gifted student scoring honours in five out of six subjects in his finals, came first in surgery and second in medicine.

In May 1855 he went to London to further his studies at Charing Cross Hospital. He then entered public service.

Public service
He started his Public Service career as the Supplemental Clerk at the Privy Council, and eventually became a minor Conservative member of the British Parliament, representing King's County from 1859 to 1865. Whilst an MP he studied law at the Inner Temple, being called to the bar in 1861. In 1890, as MP for North Kilkenny he joined the Irish National Federation. He died the following year.

Early colonial service
Hennessy eventually joined the Colonial Office and became colonial Governor of Labuan in 1867 where he put the Crown Colony into solvency by introducing convict labour from the Straits Settlements. He went on to become the Governor of Sierra Leone from 1872 to 1873, when he moved to the governorship of the Bahamas. He became Governor-in-Chief of the Windward Islands, from 1873 until 1877, with primary authority over Barbados, and executive oversight over the various British Lt. Governors and Administrators charged with running day-to-day affairs on the various islands.

Although Hennessy was born into the Anglo-Irish landowning gentry, his status as a Roman Catholic made him something of an outsider, particularly in his dealings with Protestant British colonial elites, whether in Barbados, Hong Kong, or Mauritius. Indeed, his earliest contributions as a Member of Parliament in 1860 pertained to the temporal power of the Pope, and unfolding events in Italy. Coming into colonial administration, he was among a cohort of "new thinkers" whose ideas gained ground following the Sepoy Mutiny in India in 1857. Speaking at length in the House of Commons on 26 July 1860 about British civil and military forces in India, Hennessy urged a shift in policies so that "the military administration of India would be conducted with greater skill, with more economy, and, as a natural result of a higher educational standard, with a greater regard for the feelings and interests of the Native population. Indeed, recent events furnished us with the most conclusive evidence that many of the British officers, entrusted with grave authority in India, had, from an ignorance of popular customs and a disregard of national habits and traditions, given great cause of complaint and encouragement to disaffection. As long as we send out officers to India who seem inclined to treat the Natives as slaves, who seem unable or unwilling to appreciate the noble qualities, of that unfortunate people, and who add the grossest military outrages and insults to the civil misgovernment and financial burdens we have imposed upon them, so long will our rule in India be a blot upon civilization".

Governor of Hong Kong
Immediately after his tenure in Barbados, Hennessy was appointed as Governor of Hong Kong, a position from which he served until 1882.

During his tenure, Hennessy realised that the Chinese people, who were treated as second-class citizens up to that time, had developed an increasingly important influence on the Hong Kong economy. With that in mind, he lifted the ban that forbade Chinese people from buying lands, constructing buildings, and operate businesses in the Central District. This caused a development boom in the Central District. Also, he allowed Chinese immigrants in Hong Kong to naturalise as British subjects. He appointed the first Chinese member (Ng Choy, who would later become the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China) to the Legislative Council.

In 1878, Hennessy also mandated that English be taught in all government schools in Hong Kong.

Due to his progressive attitude he was known by the Chinese as "Number One Good Friend".

Also, during his rule, he established the first Grant-in-Aid system, a milestone in the educational history of Hong Kong.

Soon after arriving in Hong Kong, in April 1877, Hennessy set out to implement the "separate system" in Victoria Gaol, meaning separate cells for prisoners, during the night if not also during the day. This plan hinged upon sending long-term prisoners to Labuan, for convict labour.

Governor of Mauritius
After his tenure as Governor of Hong Kong was over, Hennessy went on to become the 15th Governor of Mauritius from 1 June 1883 to 11 December 1889. Upon his arrival on 1 June 1883 on the island, Hennessy undertook to mauricianise the local administration by reducing the powers of the English officials, appointing Mauritians to positions of responsibility and proposing a new constitution based on the principle "Mauritius for Mauritians". It was therefore natural that he moved closer to the Mauritian lawyer William Newton, leader of the reform movement who demanded a more direct involvement of Indo Mauritians and coloured settlers in the administration of their affairs. In 1886 Hennessy was suspended from office for some months during a enquiry into allegations of involvement in local politics as well as the collapse of a bank. It was under Hennessy that Mauritius knew its first shudder of democracy. This was his last post in the Colonial Service.

Personal life
Hennessy had two illegitimate daughters with his mistress, Miss A. M. Conyngham, before, on 4 February 1868, marrying Catherine "Kitty" Elizabeth Low (1850–1923), daughter of Hugh Low, his predecessor as Governor of Labuan. They had three sons, including Richard Pope-Hennessy. Richard had two sons, art historian John Wyndham Pope-Hennessy (1913–1994) and writer James Pope-Hennessy (1916–1974), who authored a biography of his grandfather, Verandah, in 1964.

His personal motto was "Three Grand Qualifications to Success", which he described as "The first is audacity, the second is audacity, and the third is audacity".

Hennessy died of heart failure on 7 October 1891 at his residence, Rostellan Castle, near Cork, Ireland.

Honours

 * (1880)

Memorials
As he was not popular among the European community of Hong Kong, there were no contemporary memorials there. However, on 14 June 1929, a main road located on the new reclamation was called Hennessy Road, and there is now also a crowded commercial and shopping area at Wan Chai and Causeway Bay on Hong Kong Island named after him. In Port Louis, capital of Mauritius, there is both a major street, Pope Hennessy Street, and a statue by M. Loumeau erected in 1908. Hennessy Road, a street in civil lines, Nagpur, Maharashtra state, India is also named after him.

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History of the Ryukyu Kingdom
This article should be nominated. Very little has been published elsewhere on the rich history of the Ryukyu Kingdom. As it kind of overlaps with another article on Ryukyuan history: Ryukyuan history and Ryukyuans, some attention is also needed to bring the two articles under the same heading.
 * Object:Needs a map. Needs images. Needs references.  Needs 3000 words. It's terrible, what's the mater with this place today? Giano | talk 18:59, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Support: 3000 words and references can be searched in libraries. We can all work on it. Map can be easily found on-line. Dunshi 19:07, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * strong object. Sorry, but there is a rather large amount of work needed before this article is FA-worthy.  To start with: 1) there is no lead section. 2) there are no images. 3) cite your sources. 4) The The Origins of the Ryukyu Kingdom and its dynasties section is exactly one sentence and doesn't even list any of the dynasty names. 5) The External links section is longer than the rest of the article.  Please review What is a featured article before nominating articles in the future for FA status. slambo 19:19, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Compare this article to the content in History of the Grand Canyon area to get an idea of the comprehensiveness that is needed for a History of REGION article. slambo 19:22, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)

 * Please, do not nominate articles that do not meet basic FA criteria. Phil s 19:42, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * refer to peer review for additional ideas. Not comprehensive enough to be a feature article. --Scimitar 20:17, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Object, refer to peer review or the article improvement drive.--nixie 00:22, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Are those Wikipedia mirror site links I see in the ext. links section? It looks like there's at least a few. Everyking 02:26, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Object- Please write a more comprehensive article. Featured articles should offer an in-depth look at the topic and contain a lot more information and writing. Flcelloguy 03:03, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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Naval Aircraft Factory SBN

The Naval Aircraft Factory SBN was a United States three-seat mid-wing monoplane scout bomber/torpedo aircraft designed by the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation and built under license by the Naval Aircraft Factory in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The landing gear was similar to that on the Brewster F2A Buffalo fighter aircraft. The SBN had non-folding wings with perforated flaps.

Development
The United States Navy issued specifications for a scout bomber in 1934 and Brewster won the competition. The Navy ordered one prototype, designated the XSBA-1, on 15 October 1934. It was a two-seat, single-engine monoplane with retractable landing gear and an internal bomb bay that could accommodate a 500-pound (227-kg) bomb. The crewman in the rear seat was armed with a flexible machine gun.

The prototype XSBA-1 first flew on 15 April 1936, and was delivered to the Navy for testing. With a Wright R-1820-4 Cyclone 770-horsepower (570-kilowatt) engine, it achieved a top speed of 254 mph (409 km/h), with an estimated range of 1,000 miles at cruising speed. Some minor problems were found during testing and less than a year after its first flight, the aircraft was given a revised tail and rudder and a more powerful Wright R-1820-22 Cyclone 950-horsepower (710-kilowatt) engine, with which it reached a top speed of 263 mph (424 km/h). At the time, it was believed to be the fastest single-engine bomber in the world.

Because of the pressures of developing and producing the Brewster F2A Buffalo fighter, Brewster was unable to manufacture any production models of the XSBA-1, and the Navy acquired a license to produce the aircraft itself at the Naval Aircraft Factory. In September 1938, the Navy placed an order for 30 production aircraft. Due to pressures of work at the NAF, it did not deliver the first aircraft, now designated the SBN, until November 1940; the remaining aircraft were delivered between June 1941 and March 1942.

Operational history

Most of the SBNs were delivered to Bombing Squadron 3 (VB-3) aboard the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CV-3). Obsolete before their delivery in 1941, some of the early production aircraft were used for carrier operations trials with Torpedo Squadron Eight (VT-8) in 1941 and then passed on for use as trainers aboard the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8). None of the SBNs saw combat. With a lack of spare parts, the aircraft were withdrawn from service in August 1942.

Variants

 * XSBA-1
 * Brewster-built prototype, one built (Bu9726).

 * SBN-1
 * Naval Aircraft Factory license-built production aircraft, 30 built (Bu1522/1551).

Operators

 * United States Navy
 * United States Navy

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Isocyanates are solids
There's a general sentence that says isocyanates are solids 100% and non volatiles, which is not true. Methyl isocyanate, phenylisocyanate, tert-butyl isocyanate... are liquids and volatiles. So... I am deleting it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Masohe (talk • contribs) 15:42, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Useful Material Lost
it seems to be that some useful material eg production reactions has been lost over the lifetime of this article. perhaps someone would like to go back through the edits and put some of it back in. some seems to be well referenced and relevant 86.9.94.225 (talk) 12:01, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

 * Unfortunately, that happens every so often with vandalism. There have been numerous times when I've gone back through history and restored sections of articles deleted by vandalism.  Right now, I don't feel I have the time to do it with this article yet.  H Padleckas (talk) 04:15, 8 February 2010 (UTC)

Bit of a How-to guide
The article needs to be rewritten so it does not read like a How-to guide. Also, the health and safety stuff makes the article read like a company policy manual. -- Alan Liefting (talk) - 05:41, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

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Christopher Drexler

Christopher Drexler (born 15 March 1971) is an Austrian politician. A member of the Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), he has been governor of Styria since 4 July 2022.

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User talk:Wragge/ArchiveToMay2005

User talk:Wragge/ArchiveToMay2005 is the record of contributions made to User:Wragge's talk talk page until the end of May 2005. I don't think there is anything to stop conversation continuing here.

Purpose of archiving: I need to download the smallest-sized files possible, so my talk page should only contain new comments. The reason I need to see short articles is that I've beome such a Wikipedia addict that I make changes on the move, using low bandwith GPRS.

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Thanks for the work on article
Thanks for your work on Balassa-Samuelson effect--Pavel Vozenilek 20:19, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Great job on the John Titor article! Easier to read and understand now, and those pesky typos all fixed. Thank you, Wragge! OwenX 15:26, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * It was a pleasure; I appreciate the thanks though.
 * Cheers & thanks for reading, Wragge 15:35, 2005 Jun 1 (UTC)

Agathe Uwilingiyimana
Fine job on the cleanup of this page. Wizzy… ☎   08:18, May 16, 2005 (UTC)

It was no problem, although I'm worried by the conflict between the sources. The details of her death are a bit confused. By the way, I like you're telephone. Wragge 09:36, 2005 May 16 (UTC)

Heckscher-Ohlin graphs
I'm trying to hone my graphics skills and refresh my memory about HO and its relatives at the same time. I'd like to do something along the lines of what I did in free trade (the set of graphs of PPFs is mine), but I might make some mistakes in translating the theory into graphs. Would you be able to spot check the articles from time to time? Feco 18:41, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Sure, I'd be interested to see what you do. I make a lot of mistakes on Wikipedia and never worry about it. I think that anything is better than nothing, and that errors draw in corrections.
 * If I spot anything that I think is an error, I'll pass judgement (however ill informed). I had a look at the free trade diagrams and they seemed to make a lot of sense, but the figures don't line up with the text describing it. The text apears a lot shorter than the column of pictures with my browser page width so I've added more spaces and text to give a better alignment betweeen each picture and its description. If you are going to add Heckscher-Ohlin model pictures I think that each diagram should be next to its description, although I'm not sure how to achieve this with the Wikipedia markup language. Wragge 01:10, 2005 Apr 27 (UTC)

 * per my comment below, I decided to start at the "bottom" with the plain old Ricardo. It might be a while before I get to graphing/expanding H-O. Feco 18:44, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Graph spacing, text wrapping, browser issues...

I haven't found an easy way to make pages look pretty where there are many graphs. Especially in cases where there are multi-step graphs, it's sometimes not possible to fill the vertical space with text. In those cases, I just leave the space blank. (This only occurs when there is a another picture immediately below the current one... this second picture prevents upward crushing by the following grafs.

In cases where there's the problem of text "crushing" up to fill the gap beside a graph, I made a little tool... feel free to use it: stick immediately below the image tag in the code. This will prevent upward crushing by the following graf. Note that using the subst tag is VERY IMPORTANT... otherwise all kinds of bad things happen to my userspace. Feco 18:55, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Your graph request
I'll give the articles you requested a shot (and feel free to add more reqs to my TALK page... I"ll leave you a section). I'm enjoying the practice with Adobe Illustrator. Of course, there's a string attached. If you could, take a look at User:Feco/Temp/Ricardo. I'm building out a full analysis of the diff. free trade framworks. I'm starting simple with Ricardo, plan to move up to H-O, Stolper-Sam, Ribz, etc. (apologies for spelling... don't have time to look them up). Since the full analysis gets into how wages and prices are set, the assumptions, etc, I figure it's too massive to append to the main Ricardo or Comparative Advantage article. Let me know what you think... I have to stop for a while today, so it's def. a work in progress. Feco 18:43, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * I will have a look at the graph tool you mentioned, and have checked out your User:Feco/Temp/Ricardo page: I think you have taken the right approach by building up in model complexity. Unfortunately, the hot topic in this field is a complex model: Generating comparative advantage with mobile capital. Anyone going to Wikipedia from the New York Times is going to want to know about the latest developments. Ideally, it would be possible to start from the predictions of the latest model, and go back (for interest) to the simpler. However, that is an organisation issue, which can be addressed after everything is finished. Wragge 19:36, 2005 Apr 28 (UTC)
 * Also, a thought I have about graphs: Are they to show something new or illustrate what is already understood? Looking at the PPF graph on your User Ricardo page I don't think I could understand what it was trying to say unless I already knew what it should be saying. I think its very difficult in economics to actually explain simple concepts with graphs - but more complicated things probably need graphical explanations.

wealth effect
My definition was based on this, I was trying to explain it in laymans terms, because as it stands it isnt clear enough for a non-economics student/grad. - thanks Bluemoose 08:46, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

Hi, I agree - you have highlighted an important ambiguity.
 * In fact, my definition was originally based on The Economist's glossary definition, as well - but reading it again, the problem is clear: They say "As people get wealthier, they consume more." which is subjectively true (by definition of feeling wealthier), but not helpful in terms of defining what being wealthier is.

 * The first "Wealth effect" is based on future asset yield and is therefore based on INCOME elasticity.
 * The second sentence describes the "Wealth effect" I was talking about (the WEALTH elasticity of consumption).
 * It's disapointing that the Economist's glossary defines the same phrase to mean both of these things, because they are easy enough to confuse as it is. In my opinion (based on a brief review of academic papers entitled "Wealth effect") the first definition is a mistake. Unfortunately, we have to include both, which will further confuse the layman as to what is meant by the term.

PROPOSAL: split "Wealth Effect", and "WEALTH elasticity of demand" articles
Unless you have a better idea, this could cover the two separate topics better: Wealth effect would be the layman's article, effectively saying that economists think people spend more when they feel "richer", and that this has macroeconomic implications. It should also say that "richer" has two technical senses, described in other articles:
 * Wealth elasticity of demand
 * Income elasticity of demand
 * Income effect
 * Pigou effect in macroeconomics

The technical details of Income effect are already in place, so I'll move the economics stub about the income effects of rising capital to the new article this evening, if you don't get back with an objection to this proposal.

Thanks for reading,Wragge 02:26, 2005 May 12 (UTC)

 * No objections, good idea - thanks - Bluemoose 08:01, 12 May 2005 (UTC)

 * What do you mean by "mental wealth" in the Pigou effect ? net or perceived wealth i would guess. Good job on the wealth effect, but why you move it out of economic effects category? thanks Bluemoose 09:32, 14 May 2005 (UTC)

You're not wrong, Bluemoose, "mental wealth" was a pretty imprecise thing to write - I was tired at the time. I'll have another look at this. As for WEoD; I moved it out of the "effects" category simply because it doesn't have "effect" in its name anymore. Maybe I'm taking the name of the category too literally, but I don't know how else "economic effects" would be defined. Wragge 12:18, 2005 May 14 (UTC)

Did you know?
 Did you know has been updated and a fact from the article Jean Kambanda, which you recently created, has been featured in that section on the Main Page. If you have another interesting fact to submit, then please suggest it at the section's talk page.

Cheers, What I have done here it to use Wikipedia's systematic bias as a route to the front page. This raises the following questions:
 * 1) Is the cynical use of 800,000 deaths to write interesting copy something that I should have done, or that should be rewarded?
 * 2) How good is the vetting system on the "Did you know..." section? I only wrote this article yesterday as a lightly-researched stub.
 * 3) Was the item highlighted to counter systematic bias or because I included an eye-catching detail in the first paragraph? Was this the right tone to use to discuss a monster?

My defence:
 * 1) Jean Kambanda was crying out for an article. The bias omitting him, but including a 'transformer' robot or John Titor is pretty scandalous, and probably so critical to correct that appealing to the vanity of Wikipedian's is a small price to pay to tip the scales in favour of "serious" articles.
 * 2) I don't know how carefully this was checked, but I didn't expect the article to be picked up immediately; some details are better than none, caveat lector.
 * 3) Kambanda is part of history, and history should be woven into a narrative that is as readable as it can be. Catching people's attentions is critical in articles which would otherwise be ignored by Wikipedias hitting Special:randomPage.

Wragge 18:08, 2005 May 16 (UTC)

 * No defence is needed. Template:Did you know features articles that are (1) created in the last 3 days; (2) of good quality; (3) original to Wikipedia; and (4) contain a brief but interesting fact. There aren't all that many articles meeting all these criteria, and I think the majority of them get featured. So no bias (or attempt to counter bias) was involved in its selection. Vetting is minimal: suggestions live on Template talk:Did you know for periods from a few hours to a day or two before appearing on the Main Page. I also checked against Google. Gdr 20:00, 2005 May 16 (UTC)

 * Ok, I'm glad to hear there is some checking though.
 * Thanks again for reading, Wragge 20:05, 2005 May 16 (UTC)

solow etc.
Hi, I just realised i was posting discussions on your user page - whoops - i guess its because it is formatted in a similar manner to a talk page, sorry. I agree about your conclusions on solow and neoclassical models, I was thinking about calling the new page Solow's neo-classical growth model, but Exogenous growth model is neater.

This page (2/3 down under heading "Traditional (Old) Neoclassical Growth Theory:") seems to suggest there are variations of the neoclassical models, based upon the Harrod-Domar model (another page that obviously needs a lot of work). But i think it would make most sense to put it all on one page.

I'll make a start, but it may still be quite crude.

Bluemoose 08:17, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

I hearby invite anyone to contribute to my user page
Don't worry about adding to the Wragge user page, you can.do this if you don't mind sharing space with some unorthodox ideas.

Anyway, the lecture you referenced gave a good perspective of developments in development from the practioners perspective since classical times & I think this is an excellent place to star because maths can be so unreadable. It uses the name "traditional" growth theory which contrasts well with "new" GT - but is not very descriptive of the differences, so I still prefer endogenous/exogenous as names. You are probably aware that there is a lot of detail already available on growth accounting within Wikipedia - emphasising the Austrian school perspective - we should think about incorporating this. I look forward to seeing GT graphs on Wikiedia, Cheers, Wragge 08:39, 2005 May 20 (UTC)

 * http://econ.ucsc.edu/~oteng/econ120_lecture3.ppt has some good info - i am making graphs right now Bluemoose 10:03, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Yes - infact these lectures present the Cobb-Douglas growth equations with exactly the same formalism as I've added to the Solow residual page. Good luck with making informative graphs, Wragge 10:09, 2005 May 20 (UTC)
 * OK - made 1 graph on Exogenous growth model, obviously needs explaining, if you agree (as i dont want to make all the graphs then realise they arent as good as they could be) then i'll clone the other graphs from that powerpoint lecture and then make a start at explaining them. Bluemoose 11:03, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

Is this a copyright issue?
The graph looks good, but is it legal to make such close copies?

Wragge 12:51, 2005 May 20 (UTC)

 * yes - i probably could have just cut and paste their graphs and used them as 'fair use' - i have seen it done on other pages (gini coefficient, until i made a new graph) . plus the academic who drew them didnt exactly make them up out of thin air! Bluemoose 13:18, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm sure you're right - it just seems a bit too easy, somehow.
 * Nice colours on the graph, again.
 * Cheers, Wragge 13:20, 2005 May 20 (UTC)

Baekje
The copy-editing is fine, except that you've started changing the text from British to U.S. English; why? Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 09:49, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

 * If I've done this it was entirely accidental, I can assure you. Although I live in the UK I find U.S. English more logical on the whole, and my spell-checker is set to U.S. English standards.
 * Sorry, Wragge 10:05, 2005 May 29 (UTC)

Ultimatum game
Hey thanks for your recent edits to the Ultimatum and Dictator game entries. They are really great. Since the two of us seem to be the only people working on these two, I have a question. Do you understand anything that is going on in the "Sociological applications" section of the Ultimatum game entry? This bit was copied from an old entry "Split dollar game" and to be honest I never understood how it fits in. It seems to contradict the general results of the article (i.e. that people don't tolerate inequity). Any thoughts? --Kzollman 17:29, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)

 * Hi Kzollman,
 * I'm glad you liked my additions from this morning, as we both know this is a fascinating subject, which should have a lot more contributors than it does. (I should have added much more myself, but - as always - I've been sidetracked.)
 * Anyway, the "Sociological applications" heading is certainly not my favourite part of the article, but in a way I think it is important, and keeping it may encourage other people to contribute, and see how this connects to other areas in the social sciences and life.
 * Although the section could be read as an ignorant misinterpretation of the result of the experiment, "accepting injustice" is another side of the coin of "rejecting unfair splits". Strictly speaking, the section isn't wrong because it doesn't say that people actually are willing to "accept injustice".
 * My intention in creating the Inequity aversion article was to add a place where contributors with a political ax to grind could contribute their opinions in a semi-scientific context. However, if people would rather add it into the Ultimatum game page, I still welcome the contributions.
 * I think the main thing it to increase the number of contributors, and that this is much more important that maintaining tight control over the contributions themselves.
 * Naturally, we should try and modify all the additions we get into the best format possible. I tried to make a few changes to this Sociological applications section to bring it into line with the rest of the text. As you say, it could use more work, although I am unsure about how to split the discussion among the various articles interfacing behavioural experiments at the microeconomic level with macro-scale sociological implications. Some of the relevant pages might be:

 * Nash Equilibrium
 * Ultimatum Game/Dictator Game
 * Inequity aversion
 * Behavioural economics
 * Experimental psychology
 * Group dynamics
 * Among other things, I am a total amateur, with no background in psychiatry, psychology, or sociology, and think that we should connect with all the other Wikipedians writing on this area (who may have expertise in other areas), before we expand or purge the topic in Ultimatum Game.
 * Sorry for the long reply; but you did ask for "any thoughts", do you have any thoughts on this of your own?
 * Wragge 18:06, 2005 Jun 2 (UTC)

 * Wragge -
 * Thanks for the thoughts. I really wish I knew what those edits were referencing.  The thing that worries me is that they are just the ramblings of someone without any basis in actual scholarship, and I really want to avoid that in what is a well discussed area.  When I get a chance, maybe I'll track down the original author of the Split dollar game entry and see if she has something she is refering to.  I also don't know much about sociology, but my general impression is that game theory has not made much of an impact there.  I'm fine to leave the section there and hope someone improves it.

 * I agree about the state of this little corner of wikipedia. When I get a chance I plan to write a whole group of important entries that are missing for game theory.  I'm keeping a list on my user page, feel free to add to it or add one of those entries if you like.  Perhaps we should start a wikiproject?  -Kzollman 23:28, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)

I know exactly what you mean - its hard to sustain a scholarly tone when ill-thought out contributions are added in the middle of the text. This is something that the reference group is grappling with; I predict that contributors will be forced to add mandatory citations for all claims in future. I am of the opinion that this is not entirely to be welcomed: although frustrating, it can be proven that each new voice adds something - however ill informed. If a project will boost contributions I'm for it.

Wragge 23:59, 2005 Jun 2 (UTC)

More creative solution
Proposals for increasing work on Experimental economics without using a project.

There must be a way to use Wikipedia itself for the purposes of experimental economics, in such a way as to increase the standard of these articles.

For instance:

The ultimatum scribe game: I volunteer to contribute 100 lines to an article of choice (this is the endowment). You are the responder, and a randomly chosen Wikipedian is the proposer. After explaining the rules to them they choose how many lines I add to an article of their choice, and how many to an article of yours: You then decline or accept.

(All pre-supposed on the idea that anyone would want me to add to an article, but labour is all we have to bargain with here).

The Wikipedia page-proximity game: I contrive a way to deep link the Dictator game into hundreds of controversial articles, with high traffic. At the same time you ensure that the Ultimatum game links are obscured. This experiment will gauge how much the development of an article is dependent on how adjacent it is to heavily-read articles. I think that after two months the Dictator game will be twice the length of the Ultimatum game page, despite the fact that the latter is more famous. (I can easily link the Dictator game into many highly controversial and active Dictator articles - at least temporarily.)

Since this is all for science, and in the purpose of helping Wikipedia, it probably isn't too subversive, but we must be careful not to add our original research itself into any articles.

What to you say?

Wragge 00:40, 2005 Jun 3 (UTC)

The article improvement game: Is more of a game than an experiment but it could work like this: After one month the player having amasses the fewest points will have the task of getting the article past the Featured article candidates editors.
 * The object of this two player game is to amass the highest number of points during a one month period.
 * Points are scored by edits made to the selected page by other editors (not the two players).
 * For any non-minor edit contributed by a non-player editor the player with the most recent (earlier) edit scores five points.
 * If the addition adds a completely new heading a bonus five points are scored.
 * For any minor edit made by non-player editor the player having made the last edit loses a point.

Wragge 11:40, 2005 Jun 4 (UTC)

prisoner's dilemma and arms race
Hello, I have read your note about failure to prove classic PD behavior in the case of arms race on prisoner's dilemma, and I wonder, shouldn't the arms race example rather belong to iterated prisoner's dilemma section? Also, you might find interesting that Steve Keen in his recent papers argues that iterated, not classic, prisoner dilemma is in fact behind the behavior of competitive firms, which follows that in equilibrium, even with competition, the price remains monopolistic. Samohyl Jan 06:38, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Yes, I do think its interesting, and please move the comment into whichever section you feel is appropriate.
 * I was worried about adding a couple of slightly contoversial items to the article without citations, but it seems as though the Footnote3 style references are broken at the moment. When they are fixed I will try to add more references to this page.
 * Thanks for reading, Wragge 11:00, 2005 Jun 4 (UTC)

From the Bank of Wikipedia. Your account is opened
I opened your account. Our bank applied Rule 3, and now you have 142.86 initial coins. By accepting these initial coins, you accept rule 3 and you are also willing to give an appropriate amount of coins to newbies. Please express any possible disagreement in the rules page. You can use these coins as a medium of exchange here in wikipedia. For example, you can ask another wikipedian to make specific contributions, deletions, or cast votes for a subject, or pay him with your money for whatever reason. Its not bank's job to punish you in case your transactions are against wikipedia policy. But have in mind that if you are doing illegal transactions, you may be punished by admins. The bank is going to pay you 2 coins for each person you are going to introduce to the Bank.

Whatever transactions you are doing with other wikipedians, please do them in User_talk:Bank_of_Wikipedia. The trusted employees of the bank are going to confirm the validity of your transactions, and they are going to copy them (after a short delay) to your official account that resides in User:Bank_of_Wikipedia userpage.

You are welcome! Bank of Wikipedia 06:30, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Thank you very much Bank of Wikipedia, I now have more than 14% of the world supply of BoW coins - I shall dedicate my great wealth to philanthropy. Should my account be terminated for any reason, I hearby will these coins into a trust fund established for a named chair in linguistics at the University, should it ever exist.
 * Yours, with very sincere regards,
 * Wragge 07:40, 2005 Jun 5 (UTC)

You gave 17.86 coins to newbie account User:Y0u
This is because of Rule 3.1. In case you dont like this rule, please vote disagree in the rules page. Yours truly. Bank of Wikipedia 08:04, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm happy to help those less fortunate than myself, but I think my vote against rules redistributing coins can be assumed by now.

 * Support your local bank, Wragge 09:35, 2005 Jun 8 (UTC)

Distraction (sic!) of the Pathological Pedant
To err is human; to expose mistakes on one's own User Page--Wraggenous. OwenX 19:17, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * I always wondered why Wikipedians spent less effort on their home page than on all of their article contributions, but now I realize it's quite hard to subedit an article about yourself.

 * I've only encountered about 0.2% of active Wikipedians, but I suspect I'm very far from taking the pedantry crown; for instance, several users have names based on the word. Anyway, that's good. My doctor says that I should become less pedantic as I learn more.

 * Cheers, Wragge 03:31, 2005 Jun 8 (UTC)

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Decima Research

Decima Research is a public opinion and market research company in Canada. It was founded in 1979 by Allan Gregg, a strategist for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. In 2007, it became a subsidiary of Harris Insights & Analytics. The Roper Center at Cornell University recognizes it as a "Historically Contributing Data Provider".

History
Gregg left Decima in 1994 and went into semi-retirement following the electoral disaster for the Progressive Conservatives in the 1993 election, in which he was the key communications strategist for the party. Decima floundered for several years but rebounded and is now an important polling firm on voting intentions in Canada. Along with Ipsos-Reid, Decima conducts polling of the federal political scene in Canada on a regular basis, whether or not an election campaign is in progress.

Decima Research is sometimes known as Opinion Search, which is technically the name of an affiliated calling center that they always use for their field work.

Decima Research invests a significant amount of time and money into process improvement and has a department dedicated solely to research and development. The investments related to internal systems span both Decima and Opinion Search.

title: Decima Research


text:
U.S. Route 48 (1926)

U.S. Route 48 (US 48) was a route in Central California near the San Francisco Bay Area. Assigned in 1926, it ran from San Jose to French Camp. It was the first US highway to be deleted in California and was one of the first few US highways to be deleted in the US.

Route description
US 48 was a highway connecting the San Francisco Bay area with the San Joaquin Valley, traveling from San Jose to near Modesto, largely following the future routing of US 50, which replaced US 48. Its western terminus was located at former State Route 82 (SR 82), which was a former routing of US 101. From there, it head northeast on Downtown San Jose surface streets, roughly following the roads of Oakland Rd, Main St, and SR 238, eventually reaching the present day Interstate 580 (I-580), then east through the cities Pleasanton and Livermore on Castro Valley Rd, Dublin Canyon Rd, and Altamont Pass Rd. to the present-day separation between I-580 and I-205. From here, US 48 continued east on 11th St. (now I-205 Business (I-205 BUS)) through Tracy to former US 99W, now roughly I-5. It then followed US 99W northeast to Yosemite Ave, an old alignment of SR 120, where US 48 followed Yosemite Ave. to Main St, former US 99E, the location of its eastern terminus.

History
US 48 was on the original map of US routes in 1926, running from Stockton to Oakland and San Jose (although at one time it was shown as US 42), along what is nowadays I-580 and US 101E/I-880. In 1928, US 48 was signed in California. It ran from French Camp to San Jose via Tracy and Hayward. By 1935, this had been renumbered as part of US-50 (Legislative Route Number 5) using a routing that is now I-580 and I-205 (from Oakland along I-580 until the I-205/I-580 junction, and then along I-205 to Tracy; however, there are some reports that include I-238 in Oakland as part of the original US 48, and that indicate it was numbered as US 101E. There are also some maps that show Route 237 as part of US 48 (nee US 42).

In October of 1913 the Lincoln Highway was formally dedicated. The Lincoln Highway was routed from French Camp over Altamont Pass on the following alignment:

 * Ash Street to Harlan Road.
 * Harlan Road through Lathrop to Manthey Road
 * An older crossing via Manthey Road through Mossdale which is up river south of the current roadway.
 * Manthey Road through the present right of way of I-5 to 11th Street/I-205 BL.
 * 11th Street to Grant Line Road/County Sign Route J4.
 * Grant Line Road/County Sign Route J4 to Banta via G Street.
 * Likely 7th Street and F Street through Banta.
 * F Street to Banta Road.
 * Banta Road to 11th Street.
 * 11th Street to Byron Road.
 * Byron Road (which becomes County Sign Route J4 north of I-205) to Grant Line Road
 * Grant Line Road to Altamont Pass Road
 * Altamont Pass Road over Altamont Pass

The Lincoln Highway appears to have been shifted out of Banta by 1918 onto the 11th Street Bypass which can be seen on the State Highway Map of the same year. The route of US 48 was ultimately selected to be routed from French Camp west over Altamont Pass and by proxy San Jose in 1926. US 48 was largely planned to originate at US 99 in French Camp and travel southwest by way of Altamont Pass to San Jose. US 48 ultimately appears between French Camp and San Jose on 1926/1927 commercial maps. In 1928 State Maintenance of LRN 4 out of Stockton shifted to Mariposa Road. This eventually led to a request by the State of California to the AASHO to extend the east terminus of US 48 to Stockton and create a US 48N to Oakland. The request was for US 48 was borne out of US 99 moving out of French Camp to a direct alignment between Stockton-Manteca. The AASHO rejected this concept but offered an alternative which truncated US 48 from San Jose to Hayward and from French Camp to Mossdale. This alternative conceptualized US 101E and the US 99W/US 99E split from Stockton-Manteca. The truncation of US 48, creation of US 101E, and the US 99W/US 99E Stockton-Manteca split was approved in April of 1929 by the AASHO. The State of California made a request to the AASHO to extend US 50 from Stockton to Oakland in 1931. The AASHO approved US 50 to subsume all of remaining US 48 by June of said year. The State of California would not attempt to resolve US 101E and the US 99W/US 99E Stockton-Manteca split by pursuing deletion of those routes until 1932.

West of Livermore, US 48 (LRN 5) continued through Dublin, the Castro Valley, and Hayward, and continued S to San Jose via Mission Blvd. The original plan (proposed in 1910) was to route LRN 5 along Castro Valley Road/Mattox Road, but the decision was made to use a route through Hayward. The first generation of LRN 5 was along East Castro Valley (the old version of Dublin Road, now abandoned) through Castro Valley, and on to Hayward via Grove and A Street. In 1926, LRN 5 became US 48, and in 1930, the state rerouted LRN 5 via Castro Valley Blvd/Mattox Road, bypassing Hayward and building a high-speed connector to Foothill Blvd. It was at this time that Maddox Road was widened to 100'. In 1933, the route was renumbered as part of US 50. It appears the US 48 routing was Dublin Road (Dublin Blvd) to Castro Valley Road, to Foothill Blvd, and then S on Mission Blvd. In 1930, with the renumbering to US 50, the routing changed to run N to Oakland.

Note that US 48 was originally proposed as US 42, but the number was changed to US 48 in 1926.

Major intersections
This table refers to the route as it was in 1926.

title: U.S. Route 48 (1926)