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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/MuggleNet/2005-07-30

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The result of the debate was keep. I count 5 perfectly valid redirects and 4 or 5 valid keep votes so defaulting to keep. Sasquatch′↔T↔C 08:17, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

Update on 29 Jul 2005 by User:Markl222
Somehow, a link to this VFD got posted on COSForums.com (official MuggleNet forums), so that's why the votes are so one-sided. Something should be done about this. Note the number of anonymous voters and the people who registered just to "save" a worthless article from deletion. This is pathetic.

- User:Markl222 19:57, 29 Jul 2005 (UTC)

comment, not a vote It still has won the vote though. You must accept that. And it has changed greatly for the better. Your bias is greatly unfair. Please accept the vote result. - Jamandell (d69)

 * Well, I'd recommend, for purposes of validity, not counting all anonymous votes as well as all votes from registered members whose only edit is this page. - User:Markl222 19:57, 29 Jul 2005 (UTC)

A popular site among Harry Potter fans, but not notable enough to merit an article. Contains little content besides the JKR quote and award. Plus, other sites (most notably Harry Potter Lexicon) have also received awards directly from JKR, but do not have their own articles. (The HP-Lexicon link redirects to Harry Potter.)

On June 8, 2005, I put the MuggleNet article up on Votes for Deletion. It received three votes of Keep, due to the article's potential for expansion. Now, as of July 17, 2005, the article has seen no expansion whatsoever; and, as a result, I have relisted the article up on Votes for Deletion.

An alternative to deleting the article entirely is redirecting to Harry Potter Fandom #Unofficial_sites, and moving the information about Mugglenet to that section (as I have already done)

- User:Markl222 22:44, 17 Jul 2005 (UTC)

July 17 VFD User Comments

 * Redirect per Markl222. The Alexa ranking is reasonably high (around 2800) and there are a ton of Google hits, but if there's been no enhancement in over a month, I don't see the point of splitting this small amount of information into it's own article. Ken 21:50, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect as it is now... no need to delete. You've already done a great job merging =). Sasquatch′↔Talk↔Contributions 23:32, July 17, 2005 (UTC)
 * Redir per Markl222. I think the website should have an article, but if no one seems inclined to write one...  *shrug*  Marblespire 04:19, 18 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Note: I have gone through and done all the IP annotations. What the heck is "D69" anyway?  ~Mbsp
 * Redirect per above. Alexa is not an automatic keep/delete criteria.  Here, it says more about the popularity of Harry Potter than the encyclopedic relevance of one of its many fan fora.  If it's mentioned/linked in HP articles, as it has been, that's enough.  Dcarrano 17:32, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Someone said the content here has already been added to another article. Where? I followed the links and did not see anything except a cursory reference to mugglenet. Right now it seems to be much bigger than it was a month ago.Sandpiper 23:48, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

June 8 VFD User Comments
--TonyJoe 13:41, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - As harry potter fandom is one of the biggest in the world and mugglenet is the most popular fansite within it, Mugglenet should be kept but definitely expanded. It has a rich history in the fandom and it's inclusion in this article would greatly expand it

 * Keep - I feel there is borderline notability here. - Mark 15:49, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep Mugglenet - it is an important Harry Potter site. It recieves tens of thousands of hits a day and is certainly meritous of an article.  With a little expansion, this article could be a thing of beauty. 205.188.116.131 07:21, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

July 18 VFD comments

 * Redirect under list of HP sites. Radiant_ >|< 11:53, July 18, 2005 (UTC)

July 22 VFD comments

 * Keep As far as I am aware, MuggleNet is THE most poular Harry Potter fansite in the world, and it deserves it's own article, MuggleNet is more of an institution! I would be willing to add more to the article if it wasn't deleted. - Jamandell (d69)
 * Unsigned but not first (FAR from first) edit by IP 62.252.128.17.

KEEP- Mugglenet is a very important site to the Harry Potter community and deserves teh honor of having an entry on this website. I don't know what I'd do without mugglenet providing me with Harry Potter information. Just look at the interview that the creater had recently with JKR, it is fantastic! -Kaitlyn
 * 1st edit by IP 68.75.188.88.

July 23 VFD comments

 * Keep MuggleNet IS the largest Harry Potter fan site online, and if kept I'd too be willing to make its entry grow. - Andrew
 * 1st edit by User:Sims89.

KEEP-What I've noticed, is that I am as much of a mugglenet fan as a harry potter fan. MuggleNet has not only become a part of the Harry potter culture, but is a culture in its self. The Mugglenet E culture. It deserves an article
 * 1st edit by IP 70.187.215.8.

July 24 VFD comments
KEEP I agree the article is lame as it stands, but like others who have already voted, I'd be willing to help make the proper improvements to properly convey Mugglenet's history and current cult following. It does indeed deserve to keep its own article. ~Kira Mae (d69) KEEP! MuggleNet is one of the, if not the, most popular Harry Potter fansite in the world. I agree that this article needs expansion, but if it's not deleted I'd be glad to expand it! MuggleNet isn't just "any" fansite, it's got everything you need to know about Harry Potter on it, and it deserves its own article! --AWesoME (d69)
 * 1st edit by IP 68.101.156.58.
 * Keep. Notable and prominent site. Articles needs expanding, but there are people above who have volunteered to do so. --Sanguinus 15:30, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 1st edit by IP 69.248.226.236.
 * Keep Mugglenet appeals to Harry Potter fans of all ages, and provides a home where readers can meet people from all over the world to discuss their favorite literary character. The site deserves to retain its place in the Wikipedia universe.  I'd be glad to help expand the article.  -Jessie (d69)
 * 1st edit by IP 172.129.72.32.

Keep- All you need to do is look at the site to know it deserves its own article, even though the article needs work, mugglenet is worthy of the time- Emma D69
 * Keep As someone mentioned above this article gets tons of hits everyday, especially from google searches. This article may need expansion, and there are lots of people out there who are more than willing to help it grow. -a d69er
 * 1st edit by IP 131.188.24.30.

July 25 VFD comments

 * Keep Major and notable HP fandom site. Circeus 14:25, July 25, 2005 (UTC)

July 26 VFD comments
Keep Mugglenet is an informative site which thousands of people use everyday, and this is a great place to put all the trivia about it ~ Jo H (d69)

July 27 VFD comments
Keep and whoever nominated it for deletion should think twice next time. Yeesh, this one isn't even close. --Tpcraven 01:19, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Keep - all sorts of websites of comparable notability have articles. Silly Dan 23:05, July 27, 2005 (UTC)

Keep mugglenet has about 6,000 people on every day!that shows that it's very popular and useful. Saphira_the_Dragon (D69)

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North Dakota Supreme Court

The North Dakota Supreme Court is the highest court of law in the state of North Dakota. The Court rules on questions of law in appeals from the state's district courts.

Each of the five justices is elected on a no-party ballot for a ten-year term, arranged so that one seat is contested every two years. The Chief Justice is elected from the Justices every five years (or upon vacancy) by vote of the Supreme Court justices and the District Court judges.

The Supreme Court is empowered to constitute a Court of Appeals consisting of a three-member panel chosen from active and retired District Court judges, retired Supreme Court justices, and lawyers. The Court of Appeals only hears cases specifically assigned to it by the Supreme Court, which is done only infrequently.

Under Article 6, Section 4 of the North Dakota Constitution, The North Dakota Supreme Court "shall not declare a legislative enactment unconstitutional unless at least four of the members of the court so decide." North Dakota and Nebraska are the only two states that require a supermajority of state Supreme Court justices to rule a legislative provision unconstitutional.

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Joseph Bau

Joseph Bau (יוסף באו; 18 June 1920 – 24 May 2002) was a Polish-born Israeli artist, philosopher, inventor, animator, comedian, commercial creator, copy-writer, poet, and survivor of the Płaszów concentration camp.

Life
Bau was trained as a graphic artist at the Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków, Poland. His education was interrupted by World War II and he was transferred to the Płaszów concentration camp in late 1942 from the Kraków Ghetto. Having a talent in gothic lettering, he was employed in the camp for making signs and maps for the Germans. While in Płaszów, Bau created a miniature, the size of his hand, illustrated book with his own poetry. He also forged documents and identity papers for people who managed to escape from the camp.

During his imprisonment, Bau fell in love with another inmate, Rebecca Tennenbaum. They were secretly married, despite the prohibition by the Germans, in the women's barracks of Płaszów. This was dramatized in Steven Spielberg's Academy Award-winning movie Schindler's List, where he was played by Rami Heuberger. Bau himself appears in the film's epilogue placing a stone on Oskar Schindler's grave in Jerusalem, along with his wife Rebecca.

After Płaszów, Bau was transferred to Gross-Rosen concentration camp and then to Schindler's camp where he stayed until the end of the war, while Rebecca was sent to Auschwitz. After liberation, Bau was reunited with his wife and finished his degree at University of Plastic Arts in Kraków. In 1950, he immigrated to Israel together with his wife and three-year-old daughter, Hadassah, where their other daughter, Clila, was born. He worked as a graphic artist at the Brandwein Institute in Haifa and for the government of Israel. Bau opened his own studio in 1956 in Tel Aviv, which is now a museum managed by his daughters. He was well known for creating graphic fonts and drawing titles for Israeli films in the 1960s and 1970s. He also authored a number of Hebrew books and wrote poetry.

Bau's wife Rebecca died in 1997. Bau died from pneumonia in Tel Aviv on 24 May 2002, at age 81.

Works
The English version of Joseph Bau's memoir, Dear God, Have You Ever Gone Hungry? came out in June 1998. It was first published in Hebrew and Polish and was published in several languages, including Chinese.

Joseph Bau also created his own animated films, for which he has been referred to in the press as the "Israeli Walt Disney" or as the "founder of Israel's animation industry". His paintings and drawings have been listed by Sotheby's as significant contributions to the art of the Holocaust and his works have been shown in galleries in the US.

Joseph Bau's art is filtered through the prism of his own experiences. It reflects both the brutal reality of life during the war, as well as the joy and humour he observed in later years in Israel. Joseph Bau was nominated for the Israel Prize in 1998.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Thea Miesl

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The result of the debate was Delete. Redwolf24 01:10, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

Thea Miesl
Delete - Quite simply, fails the google test Sherurcij 05:58, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC) Comment - never submitted so here we go. --Woohookitty 06:13, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete; nn. Agentsoo 10:49, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable. There's an entire Category:Personnel of Nazi concentration camps. I don't think most of those guards are encyclopedia material. Martg76 22:03, 28 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - per Martg76. DS1953 22:53, July 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Who are any of you to say that this should be deleted. It is an important document to give the name of someone who hurt to many and was never tried for her crimes. Also, little is documented about women SS guards and due to their rarity should be kept. Djkinsella 01 August 2005.
 * User has seventeen edits. Martg76 21:25, 1 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - not notable - Tεx  τ  urε  17:18, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

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Andrei Voznesensky

Andrei Andreyevich Voznesensky (Андрей Андреевич Вознесенский, 12 May 1933 – 1 June 2010) was a Soviet and Russian poet and writer who had been referred to by Robert Lowell as "one of the greatest living poets in any language." He was one of the "Children of the '60s," a new wave of iconic Russian intellectuals led by the Khrushchev Thaw.

Voznesensky was considered "one of the most daring writers of the Soviet era" but his style often led to regular criticism from his contemporaries and he was once threatened with expulsion by Nikita Khrushchev. He performed poetry readings in front of sold-out stadiums around the world, and was much admired for his skilled delivery. Some of his poetry was translated into English by W. H. Auden. Voznesensky's long-serving mentor and muse was Boris Pasternak, the Nobel Laureate and the author of Doctor Zhivago.

Before his death, he was both critically and popularly proclaimed "a living classic", and "an icon of Soviet intellectuals".

Personal life
Voznesensky was born on May 12, 1933, in Moscow. His father, Andrei Voznesensky (professor) (1903-1974), was a professor of engineering, while his mother influenced him early on by reading poetry in his presence. His father worked during World War II.

In his early life, Voznesensky was fascinated with painting and architecture, in 1957 graduating from the Moscow Architectural Institute with a degree in engineering. His enthusiasm for poetry, though, proved to be stronger. While still a teenager, he sent his poems to Boris Pasternak; the friendship between the two had a strong influence on the young poet, and he later described this relationship in "I Am Fourteen" – "From that day on, my life took on a magical meaning and a sense of destiny; his new poetry, telephone conversations, Sunday chats at his house from 2 to 4, walks—years of happiness and childish adoration". Pasternak, who died in 1960, paid him the ultimate tribute – "Your entrance into literature was swift and turbulent. I am glad I've lived to see it".

In later years Voznesensky became reclusive in nature. He suffered a stroke several years before his death. He is believed to have endured another stroke in early 2010.

On 1 June 2010, Voznesensky died at the age of 77. The secretary of Union of Writers of Russia, Gennady Ivanov, announced that he had died in his home in a peaceful manner. A cause of death went unprovided. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev wrote a letter of condolences. A telegram by Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Voznesensky had "truly become a person of dominant influence". Other senior Russian officials and cultural entities also offered many tributes.

Voznesensky's wife, Zoya Boguslavskaya, outlived him. He was buried in the Moscow Novodevichy Cemetery on 4 June 2010.

Career
Voznesensky's style was considered different from his contemporaries in the Soviet Union.

His first poems were published in 1958, and these immediately reflected his unique style. His lyrics are characterized by his tendency "to measure" the contemporary person by modern categories and images, by the eccentricity of metaphors, by the complex rhythmical system and sound effects. Vladimir Mayakovsky and Pablo Neruda have been cited among the poets who influenced him most.

The Goya-inspired "I Am Goya" was an early Voznesensky effort, and went on to achieve considerable recognition for its impressions of the fear and horror attached to war, as demonstrated by its Russian metaphors and recurring "g" sounds. Another early poem, "Fire in the Architecture Institute", was inspired by a 1957 night fire at the Institute of Architecture in Moscow. Voznesensky later said: "I believe in symbols. I understood that architecture was burned out in me. I became a poet".

Voznesensky was one of several young Russian intellectuals whom Nikita Khrushchev invited to a reception hosted by the ruling Communist Party in December 1962. Khrushchev scathingly remarked on Voznesensky at the ceremony: "Just look at this new Pasternak! You want to get a [foreign] passport tomorrow? You want it? And then go away, go to the dogs! Go, go there". In 1963, his fame blossomed and he became "as popular as The Beatles" after Khrushchev publicly and falsely branded him a pervert.

In the 1960s, during the so-called Thaw, Voznesensky frequently travelled abroad: to France, Germany, Italy, the United States and other countries. The popularity of Voznesensky, Yevgeny Yevtushenko and Bella Akhmadulina was marked by their performances in front of the adoring crowds numbering in the thousands at stadiums, in concert halls and universities. In doing so, he served as "a sort of unofficial Kremlin cultural envoy", according to The New York Times. His poetry reading skills were profound. He competed with Laurence Olivier and Paul Scofield at one show in London. He criticized the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia. While in the United States, he met Allen Ginsberg, Arthur Miller, and Marilyn Monroe. Voznesensky's friendship with many contemporary writers, artists and other intellectuals is reflected in his poetry and essays. He is known to wider audiences for the superhit Million of Scarlet Roses that he penned for Alla Pugacheva in 1984 and for the hugely successful rock opera Juno and Avos (1979), based on the life and death of Nikolai Rezanov.

His creations have been turned into works of theatre. One collection of his poems, "Antimiry" ("Anti-worlds") served as the basis for a famous performance at the Taganka Theatre in 1965. "Save your Faces" was performed at the same venue. "Juno and Avos" was performed at the Lenin's Komsomol Theater (now Lenkom). Others on foreign territory.

Ukrainian composer Tamara Maliukova Sidorenko (1919-2005) set some of his poems to music.

Notable works

 * The Triangular Pear (1962)
 * First Ice
 * Antiworlds (1964)
 * Stained-glass Master
 * Violoncello Oakleaf
 * Videoms and Fortune Telling by the Book
 * Arrow in the Wall (1986)
 * I am Goya
 * A Shallow Paradise
 * Dogalypse
 * The Parabolic Ballad
 * The Antiworlds (1964)
 * Glance (Vzglyad)
 * My Friend's Light
 * Her Story
 * Russian-American Romance
 * Abuses and Awards
 * A Ballad (Thesis for a Doctor's Degree)
 * Who Are You?
 * Rubber Souls
 * Fate
 * Self-Portrait
 * The Song
 * Modern Nature
 * Milion alykh roz (with music by Raimonds Pauls)
 * Story Under Full Sail; A Story of Love and Loss
 * Someone is Beating a Woman
 * Dogalypse. San Francisco Poetry Reading City Lights Books, The Pocket Poets series: Number 29 (in English)
 * The Shadow of the Sound (1970)
 * Achilles' Heart (1966)
 * Lonjumeau (1963)
 * Oza (1964)

Awards and nominations
In 1978 Voznesensky was awarded the USSR State Prize. He is an honorable member of ten academies, including the Russian academy of learning (1993), the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Parisian Académie Goncourt and others.

On Tuesday, 23 December 2008, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev bestowed a state award upon Voznesensky at the Kremlin.

Legacy
A minor planet 3723 Voznesenskij, discovered by Soviet astronomer Nikolai Chernykh in 1976, is named after him.

English critic John Bayley described his feelings after hearing a Voznesensky recitation of "I Am Goya": "Mr. Voznesensky's recitation of this poem was electrifying, but it may be that the element of performance bulked necessarily larger than the poem's emotional impact. Russian poetry has always inspired recitation and a rapt response from the reciter's audience, but Mr. Voznesensky, and his contemporary Yevgeny Yevtushenko, are perhaps the first Russian poets to exploit this in the actual process of composition—to write poems specifically for performing, as pop songs are written for electronic transmission by singers and band."

Honours and awards

 * Order "For Merit to the Fatherland";
 * 2nd class (5 May 2008) – for outstanding achievements in the development of literature and many years of creative activity
 * 3rd class (15 January 2004) – for outstanding contribution to the development of national literature
 * Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1983)
 * State Prize Soviet Union.JPG USSR State Prize (1978) – a collection of "stained glass maker" (1976)
 * Premiya Pravitelstva RF.jpg Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of culture (December 17, 2010, Posthumously)
 * Voznesensky is an honorary member of ten academies around the world, including the Russian Academy of Education (1993), the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, the Académie Goncourt and the European Academy of Poetry
 * Golden Badge of Honour "Public Recognition" (2003)

Translations
Antiworlds and "The Fifth Ace". Ed. by Patricia Blake and Max Hayward. Bilingual edition. Garden City, NY: Anchor Books; Doubleday & Co., 1967.
 * Andrei Voznesensky.

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Freeverse Inc.

Freeverse Inc. (originally Freeverse Software) was a developer of computer and video game and desktop software based in New York City which was acquired by Ngmoco in 2010. Ngmoco was itself acquired later that year, and shut down in 2016.

History
Ian Lynch Smith founded Freeverse in 1994 as a shareware company. The first product was a version of Hearts Deluxe for the Mac that used game artificial intelligence based on Smith's studies in cognitive science, the subject for which he received his degree from Vassar College. On February 22, 2010, it was announced that Freeverse had been acquired by ngmoco.

On October 12, 2010, Japanese-based DeNA announced its acquisition of ngmoco for $400,000,000. Ngmoco became the regional headquarters for all Western subsidiaries of DeNA, including studios in Vancouver, Santiago de Chile, Amsterdam, and Stockholm. However, on October 18, 2016, DeNA announced the closure of all Western subsidiaries, including ngmoco.

Original titles

 * 3D Bridge Deluxe
 * 3D Hearts Deluxe
 * 3D Pitch Deluxe
 * 3D Euchre Deluxe
 * 3D Spades Deluxe
 * 3D Crazy Eights
 * Active Lancer
 * Airburst
 * Airburst Extreme
 * Arcane Arena
 * Atlas: The Gift Of Aramai
 * Big Bang Board Games
 * Big Bang Brain Games
 * Burning Monkey
 * Burning Monkey Casino
 * Burning Monkey Puzzle Lab
 * Burning Monkey Solitaire
 * Burning Monkey Mahjong
 * Classic Cribbage
 * Classic Gin Rummy
 * Deathground
 * Enigma
 * Hoyle Casino 2009
 * Hoyle Puzzle And Board 2009
 * Hoyle Cards 2009
 * Kill Monty
 * Neon Tango
 * Solace
 * ToySight
 * WingNuts: Temporal Navigator
 * WingNuts 2: Raina's Revenge

Ports

 * Heroes of Might and Magic V
 * Legion
 * Legion Arena
 * Jeopardy! Deluxe
 * Wheel of Fortune Deluxe!
 * Commander: Europe at War
 * Commander: Napoleon at War
 * Marathon 2: Durandal for Xbox LIVE Arcade
 * Field of Glory

Published games

 * 8th Wonder Of The World
 * Hordes Of Orcs
 * KnightShift
 * Massive Assault
 * Northland
 * Payback
 * Project Nomads
 * Robin Hood: The Legend Of Sherwood
 * Spartan
 * X2: The Threat

iOS games

 * Big Bang Sudoku
 * MotoChaser
 * Warpgate
 * Jared Smith
 * SimStapler
 * Big Bang Board Games
 * Tranquility
 * Burning Monkey Puzzle Lab
 * Flick Bowling
 * Plank
 * Flick Fishing
 * Flick Baseball Pro
 * Burning Monkey Casino
 * SlotZ Racer
 * Days of Thunder!
 * Top Gun
 * Grunts
 * Fairy Trails
 * Postman
 * Flick NBA Basketball
 * Eye Glasses
 * Skee-Ball
 * Parachute Ninja
 * Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
 * NBA Hotshot
 * We Bowl!

Applications

 * BumperCar
 * Comic Life - Created by plasq
 * Lineform
 * MacAddict Menu Madness
 * Periscope
 * Sound Studio

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Serial sexual predator

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The result of the debate was REDIRECT to Sexual predator. This is one of those AfDs. There is, numerically at least, a marginal consensus to not retain the article's content as it stands, especially as one of the keeps allows that there may be somewhere else that is more appropriate. One of the deleters also allows for a redirect. -Splash 21:11, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Serial sexual predator
vfd previously unlisted, now fixed - no vote--Doc (?) 13:55, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Delete - Really gives no information or examples, no other articles point to it Sherurcij 06:00, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. The current version does have information, though it needs expansion. Factitious 00:20, Jun 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - Unless it can be shown their is another article that specifically covers this specific topic. --rob 22:51, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment see Sexually violent predator and Sexual predator.—Wahoofive (talk) 16:22, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to Sexual predator. Proto t c 13:24, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete This doesnt tell me anything I couldn't find under Sexual predator if anything put a note in the Sexual predator article diferentiating a sexual predator from a serial one. Maybe a redirect would be a good idea though? --Shimonnyman 15:09, 5 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Sexual predator without merging. Nothing to keep, really. MCB 23:18, 10 September 2005 (UTC)
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User talk:Matthew.laing

Please stop. If you continue to vandalize pages, you will be blocked from editing Wikipedia. Gamaliel 06:00, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Freeverse Inc.

Untitled
Freeverse Software is a leading developer of entertainment software, specializing in Mac games. Based in New York City, Freeverse titles have received numerous awards including a MacWorld Game Hall of Fame, two MWSF Best of Shows and three Apple Design Awards in 2004. Its original characters have appeared in TimeDigital, Wired, and Animation World magazines, as well as in national television commercials for Blockbuster Video.
 * I'm going to move this into the main article.--Kryptknight 17:43, July 22, 2005 (UTC)

 * As of April, 2005, Arcane Arena ceased to exist. arena.freeverse.com is no longer a running server. Adding that information to the article. GofG 03:21, 12 February 2006 (UTC)

Enigmo??
I thought Pangea Software makes that

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Hoveyzeh

Hoveyzeh is a city in the Central District of Hoveyzeh County, Khuzestan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district.

Population
At the time of the 2006 National Census, the city's population was 14,422 in 2,749 households, when it was in the former Hoveyzeh District of Dasht-e Azadegan County. The following census in 2011 counted 16,154 people in 3,779 households, by which time the district had been separated from the county in the establishment of Hoveyzeh County. Hoveyzeh was transferred to the new Central District. The 2016 census measured the population of the city as 19,481 people in 4,904 households.

Mandaean community
Historically, the town was home to a Mandaean community for centuries, which no longer exists in the 21st century due to emigration.

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Andover High School

Andover High School may refer to:

 * Andover High School (Kansas), Andover, Kansas
 * Andover Central High School, Andover, Kansas
 * Andover High School (Maryland), Linthicum, Maryland
 * Andover High School (Massachusetts), Andover, Massachusetts
 * North Andover High School, North Andover, Massachusetts
 * Andover High School (Michigan), Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
 * Andover High School (Minnesota), Andover, Minnesota

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Talk:Niles West High School

I don't like where this article is going
This wasn't supposed to sound like a informational brochure... it's beginning to look quite POV. — oo64eva (Alex) (U @ 06:04, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Why not take some of the Info about the school and put it into the Niles Township Community High School District 219 article. Also, the District was founded in 1964, not 1959. Thats what the plaque in North said. Loompyloompy313 00:27, 20 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Agreed. This article does sound more like a brochure. KyuuA4 18:19, 14 March 2007 (UTC)

Niles East?
This article makes mention of Niles East HS, and lists a current enrollement for the school. Niles East closed permanently in 1980. http://www.illinoishsglorydays.com/id198.html Dschultz 16:13, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 10:26, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

What Not to Include
Greetings editors (and especially those from or formerly from Niles West):

Let me give you some suggestions regarding improvement of this article.

Before you revert any deletions, or add any information, please consult WikiSchools Project: What Not To Include. This section is part of the WikiSchool Project page and highlights what does not belong in encyclopedia articles about schools. Such as:

 * 1. Points of short term interest (athletic schedules, dates for the musical, the current student council president, the current football coach, etc)
 * 2. Staff and students who are not notable for something else other than being a teacher or student. If a teacher wins a state/national prize, list them.  If a student wins a national award, list them.  If a tennis player was runner up in the sectional, don't list them.  If you're favorite teacher was sadly let go, don't list that.
 * 3. As for alumnae, they should only be listed if they are notable.  The best rule of thumb to use is: they are notable if they have (or are eligible to have) an article here on wikipedia.  Bart Conner is certainly notable.  Having an alum at the Olympic Training site, while a great accomplishment, does not in-and-of-itself merit notability as defined by Wikipedia.
 * 4. Remember, this is not the school website.  This is an encyclopedia article.  Please do not take things personally if an edit you made gets reverted.  Try and talk it through, if you really think it belongs, bu be sure you are familiar with the policies of the site before you do.
 * 5. Finally:  CITE.  The best way to make sure that your edit will not be removed is to provide a reference from a neutral, third party, reliable source.  Verifiability is extremely important here.

Best of luck to all editors! LonelyBeacon (talk) 00:17, 15 June 2008 (UTC)

April 2009 Assessment
I have just pushed this article's assessment up from stub to start. Not sure where the importance belongs? LonelyBeacon (talk) 00:06, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Changed Park View Link
I changed the Park View link in the feeder school section because it pointed to a Park View Middle School in RI. snachodog (talk) 22:49, 11 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Good catch, I just made it match wikipedian style for ambiguous names (i.e., '(city, state)') --Jj110888 (talk) 00:05, 12 July 2009 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Minnesota High School Hockey, Boys'

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was keep due to no consensus. Sjakkalle (Check!)  11:42, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Minnesota High School Hockey, Boys'
No evidence of notability. --W(t) 06:04, 2005 Jun 8 (UTC)
 * Delete non notable. JamesBurns 06:54, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, no reason not to cover this. Kappa 07:16, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, school teams are even less notable than the schools they represent. RickK 07:42, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, not noteworthy — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.205.125.29 (talk • contribs) 07:45, 8 Jun 2005 UTC
 * The above user's second edit. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 14:27, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable. --G Rutter 07:46, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - notable reference for entire state. Blackcats 10:01, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, nn. Radiant_ >|< 12:21, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Large school league, decent article, only two days old but showing promise. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 14:27, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete non notable. NeoJustin 17:17, June 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Modified article - high school hockey in Minnesota is significant. --Schulte 18:28, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * If you are going to edit it further, please keep the guidelines at WP:NPOV in mind. --Carnildo 18:47, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Every state has a set of high-school sports leagues, and there doesn't seem to be anything that sets this one apart. --Carnildo 18:47, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is a list, not an encyclopedia article. Gamaliel 20:18, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep hockey leagues. (Including my local peewee league, if it ever comes up.) -- Un focused 20:23, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, high-school hockey is big in Minnesota. Christopher Parham (talk) 21:28, 2005 Jun 8 (UTC)
 * Keep. Appears to be a notable hockey league and article has potential with some clean-up and organisation. Double Blue  (Talk) 21:41, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * keep this too please Yuckfoo 23:23, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep seems to be a notable hockey league. - Jersyko talk  01:09, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete If anything adding some text in Minnesota State High School League should be all that is needed. Vegaswikian 05:22, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Neutralitytalk 05:34, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Rewritten article - bolstered History; cleaned up article --Schulte 06:18, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Great work! So Herb Brooks, who as team coach took the US Hockey team to a Winter Olympic gold in 1980 in the Miracle on Ice (we've had an article on that for nearly two years), played in the Johnson Senior High School team in this league.  Neal Broten played in the same league and then played under Gophers coach Herb Brooks before going on to play 17 seasons in NHL and be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.  Another Hall of Famer, Phil Housley, is also a Minnesota Boys alumnus. This is brilliant stuff! --Tony Sidaway|Talk 09:52, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak keep although is that table at the end ok copyvio-wise? Proto 11:09, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * The table is pure data, and probably not copyrightable. A и D я 01D  TALK  EMAIL  23:35, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep. Hockey is a way of life for many in Minnesota, and the HS tournament is very, very important. Article could use some more text (as in the history section) and less table, but it's a great start. A и D я 01D  TALK  EMAIL  23:35, Jun 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep. Primary author here...Minnesota loves their boys' high school hockey. A и D я 01D beat me to it, but hit the nail on the head with his way of life comment -- I couldn't agree more. --Schulte 05:47, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Maybe someday, the collective users will remember that wikipedia is not a general knowledge base. Indrian 03:44, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages.  Please do not edit this page .


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Talk:Randy Moss

Walking off the field
The season he walked off the field isn't specified. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.83.225.219 (talk) 19:40, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
 * I added the year and source stating it. Thanks for bringing it up.  on  camera (t)  23:49, 5 November 2007 (UTC)

A short mention could be added about his high school career - and coincidental association with the basketball player Jason Williams in High School. Jason Williams (who won an NBA championship with the Miami Heat) was Randy Moss' 8th and 9th grade quarterback. They also teamed together in high school on a very good basketball team. http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/Moss/Moss_bio.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by Svaihingen (talk • contribs) 22:45, 11 July 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism
Some vandal loves redirecting pages to this guy... @kshay 07:33, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Randy Moss retired for the 2011-2012 season not the 2012-2013 season as this season hasn't happened yet. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.89.75.118 (talk) 05:58, 11 April 2012 (UTC)

Basketball
Any thought on including his short-lived stint as a basketball player? I can't recall which team, or which league he tried out for, but I do remember him playing in a game or two in the past 5 years.
 * Yeah, I came on here in a vain attempt to prove he played for an independent team, I think the Atlantic City Surf.

Pennsylvania ValleyDawgs 128.122.36.34 (talk) 22:28, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Just Finished Re-Organising Content
I just finished re-organising some of the content on this page. I basically added a controversy section. There are still things to be done however... For instance, a lot more could be added to what he has done on the field aside from his controversies.

Packers and Moss
What do you think about including the information on the 2007 possible trade to the Packers that did not happen, and Brett Favre's subsequent comments? I can see that this article is first and foremost about Moss and not Green Bay, but I think those quotes show Moss's standing with the rest of the league, even after his relatively unproductive years in Oakland. This information was removed, but reinstated so we could discuss it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Snowfire51 (talk • contribs) 23:15, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

No it's not supposed to be there, this article is about RANDY MOSS, not the Green Bay Packers. you've got to be kidding c'mon And by the way if it's being discussed on the talk page it shouldn't be in the article in the first place!! You could put it in the Green Bay Packers article if you want, it doesn't belong here.
 * The reference is about Moss, and Favre's reaction to the Packers non-trade shows that even after pseudo-mooning the Green Bay crowd and having a subpar year in Oakland, one of the NFL's most respected quarterbacks still wanted to play with him. Snowfire51 02:49, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Doesn't mean jack nobody cares about what Favre thinks in an article about Moss and this is not the place to discuss what could've been for the cheese. and quit lying, Moss wouldn't restructure for the Pack only for the Patriots. you're making stuff up on the spot ESPN reported he would only restructure for the PATS a superbowl contender not the cheeseheads. (http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=598535&format=print) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.117.144.189 (talk) 03:31, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

 * I rewrote the paragraph to take out some of the Packers info, and make it more about Moss and the respect Favre had for his skills. However, I see you've already thrown out the edit before discussing it. Please discuss things on an article's talk pages civilly before throwing out other peoples work. Thanks! Snowfire51 03:34, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

"(http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=598535&format=print) "The Packers were in the running for Moss' services, but it appears Moss was more interested in playing for an established winner than taking his chances with the Packers.

ESPN reported that Moss was willing to restructure his contract only for the Patriots, and that any other team would have had to pay him his full $9.75 million this year. In a conference call with New England writers, Moss said that wasn't necessarily true but he made it clear the Patriots had more to offer." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.117.144.189 (talk) 03:35, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

 * Please be civil. You threw this out before giving any referencs. The article states ESPN reported it, but does not state it is true. Moss didn't say that, and the article clearly says Packers GM Ted Thompson didn't say it either. Snowfire51 03:41, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

So you admit you don't know, and you have no idea either, then why are you posting stuff such as "moss would've restructured to play for the Pack". I didn't hear a single credible source say this, Pack are not a superbowl contender in the first place. You wrote this:

"In spite of Moss's two subpar years with Oakland, Moss's skills were still highly prized. Packer QB Brett Favre criticized his organization for their decision regarding Moss's contract, thinking that by acquring a player of Randy Moss's skill, it would give Green Bay a better chance at winning a championship. It was rumored Green Bay's decision to not give Moss a guaranteed contract led to favre requesting a trade from the team, but later Favre denied it."

Then you claim you, "rewrote the paragraph to take out some of the Packers info". So this info is on Moss?? I don't think so, it's Packer info and Brett Favre's feelings.

 * I never said "Moss would have restructured". The original paragraph was referenced. I rewrote that paragraph to try and make it more about Moss and less about the Packers, as you suggested.Snowfire51 03:54, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

""In spite of Moss's two subpar years with Oakland, Moss's skills were still highly prized. Packer QB Brett Favre criticized his organization for their decision regarding Moss's contract, thinking that by acquring a player of Randy Moss's skill, it would give Green Bay a better chance at winning a championship. It was rumored Green Bay's decision to not give Moss a guaranteed contract led to favre requesting a trade from the team, but later Favre denied it."

the only sentence I see there specifically about Moss and not Favre or the Packers is the very first one, and even that is a POV. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.117.144.189 (talk) 03:59, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

"There were rumors during the 2007 NFL Draft that the Patriots and the Green Bay Packers were the two teams most interested in acquiring Moss."

I will add that, i think the packers can be put like that. But a paragraph like this: "In spite of Moss's two subpar years with Oakland, Moss's skills were still highly prized. Packer QB Brett Favre criticized his organization for their decision regarding Moss's contract, thinking that by acquring a player of Randy Moss's skill, it would give Green Bay a better chance at winning a championship. It was rumored Green Bay's decision to not give Moss a guaranteed contract led to favre requesting a trade from the team, but later Favre denied it." Is fit more for the Brett Favre article. the info is great for the Brett Favre article, not this one. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.117.144.189 (talk) 04:20, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Eric Moss and the Vikings
According to his article, Eric Moss was on the Vikings the season before they drafted Randy... is there any evidence that the fact that his brother was on the team was a factor in the Vikings selecting Moss? —Preceding unsigned comment added by MichiganCharms (talk • contribs) 06:21, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I kinda think the Vikings selected Randy because of his skills, rather than who he is related to.  on camera (t)  23:32, 31 October 2007 (UTC)

Disambiguation?
I think we need a disambiguation page for Randy Moss of the Patriots and Randy Moss from ESPN. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.250.10.167 (talk) 04:28, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
 * No disambig page is needed. If there is a Randy Moss racing analyst article, it will simply be linked at the top of this page.  Pats 1  T /C  18:51, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

 * Anyone think this poster is the lesser-known Moss? Haha.► Chris Nelson Holla! 19:06, 17 May 2008 (UTC)

Editing
Why is this page blocked from being edited? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.122.214.249 (talk) 02:59, 28 October 2008 (UTC)
 * For some reason, Moss is a top target for anon vandalism.  young  american  (wtf?) 12:17, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Will this page be updated? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.122.214.174 (talk) 04:04, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

 * What updates would you like to see?  Enigma  message 04:07, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Why not info about the current season? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.122.214.174 (talk) 05:10, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

 * I'm sorry it's semi-protected right now. Perhaps you can tell me what you would like me to add to the article. If not, you should register an account!  Enigma  message 05:22, 29 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I added a short paragraph.  Enigma  message 05:27, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Why no info about the 2008 season?
 * What has been notable so far?  Pats 1  T /C  21:09, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Will there be info at a later point?
 * Yeah, sure. Is this so important an issue that it requires three talk page sections and messages left on user talk pages?  Pats 1  T /C  23:54, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

His interception
Please add that on October 11th against the Denver Broncos, Randy Moss got his first career interception off of Kyle Orton. Bill Belichick occasionally uses wide receivers as defensive backs, and that he put Moss in on an end-of-half hail mary, which Randy intercepted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.176.13.59 (talk) 05:21, 12 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I already added that, but my note here on the discussion page was deleted by 76.176.13.59. Durwoodie (talk) 09:38, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

His "record" of consecutive seasons with 100+ receptions
it should be removed, this isn't a record. he only had 2 seasons, Marvin Harrison hold the record with 4 consecutive seasons. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.108.245.71 (talk) 15:02, 16 November 2009 (UTC)

Edit request from Sports freak78, 29 June 2010
Under the lack of effort section, please get rid of the sentence that says:

Moss made similar comments during his tenure with the Vikings, when he infamously proclaimed, "I play when I want to play"

The "I play when I want to play" quote is nothing similar to the quote it is being compared to:

"I might want to look forward to moving somewhere else next year to have another start and really feel good about going out here and playing football."

These quotes have nothing in common. "I play when I want to play" refers to him being the only one that gets himself pumped up for games, not effort or happiness with his situation.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/si_online/news/2002/09/25/flashback_moss/

Perhaps it's not surprising that Moss's initial "I play when I want to play" statement came in response to this question from Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune columnist Sid Hartman: Does Cris Carter get you fired up? Though this is a case where an athlete might rightfully have claimed that his quote was deprived of its full context, Moss declined to do so two weeks later during a conference call with writers who cover the Tennessee Titans, saying, "Hell, no. That s--- is what I said." Says McCombs, "I had told him, 'You need to tell those guys you made a mistake.' But he's got so much of that street macho that he couldn't bring himself to do it."

Sports freak78 (talk) 01:59, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

 * I agree that it is out of context, so I removed it. I'll leave a copy here, just in case anyone objects, and wants to discuss things. Thanks,  Chzz  ► 23:30, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

 * Moss made similar comments during his tenure with the Vikings, when he infamously proclaimed, "I play when I want to play."

✅

Broken Records
These stats should be part of his records or at least highlights.

 * 1) The 4th player in the NFL to ever score 150 touchdowns.
 * ✅ (but not a "broken record", just an arbitrary statistical milestone)  Pats 1  T /C  01:30, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Second leading wide receiver ever in touchdowns. —Preceding unsigned comment added by ThrashGuy (talk • contribs) 01:28, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Not substantially different from #1.  Pats 1  T /C  01:30, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Well the second leading WR is already there in Career highlights as "149 touchdown receptions - 2nd all-time", no?  on camera (t)  01:36, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

He has 150 touchdowns. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jWg2CXJkXpN8BuTb08T1wvJmV3ygD9IBC7QG0. Why this isn't a part of it I'll never know —Preceding unsigned comment added by ThrashGuy (talk • contribs) 17:50, 25 September 2010 (UTC)
 * You are correct. He has 149 receiving touchdowns and 1 kickoff return touchdown. What is on the article is accurate.  Pats 1  T /C  00:21, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

Moss listed on NFL Top 100
Randy Moss was ranked #65 on the NFL Channel's The Top 100 Greatest Players. (2010). Cjstanonis (talk) 23:36, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Trade to Minnesota
The trade has not been confirmed by either team, Randy Moss is still a member of the New England Patriots, until said confirmation is brought forth by the Patriots and Vikings. The source linked on the trade is not even a good one which does not say he was traded, only when/if he is traded. This needs to be fixed. Bazzledorf (talk) 15:28, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * See WP:V. Do not need official confirmation from teams; in fact, third party sources (i.e. ESPN) are often preferred.  Pats 1  T /C  15:29, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Which is why wiki fails miserably, I will also suggest you use a different source, as yours does not even say the trade was "complete", it only speculates on the possibility of the trade. Bazzledorf (talk) 15:40, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Here you go...  Pats 1   T /C  15:58, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * Thank you, I will make Wiki better one user at a time. Bazzledorf (talk) 16:03, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Trade
the vikings just annouced the trade. look on their offical website if you don't believe me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.126.102.36 (talk) 16:31, 6 October 2010 (UTC) Fixed

Edit request from Reeded8, 6 October 2010
add this photo http://photos.upi.com/slideshow/lbox/fd7a63d5355f03eb7051b5b8d954d870/MINNESOTA-VIKINGS-AT-NEW-ORLEANS-SAINTS.jpg

Reeded8 (talk) 17:38, 6 October 2010 (UTC)
 * ❌ Copyrighted image.  Eagles   24/7  (C)  17:40, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Edit Request - Trade
Moss was traded for a third-round draft pick, not fourth round. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.151.58.95 (talk) 19:26, 6 October 2010 (UTC)

Edit Request - Released
Moss is currently a Free Agent after being released by the Vikings on November 1. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.216.200.145 (talk) 19:04, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

 * Moss is NOT currently a free agent. Today's waiver wire has been formally released and does not include Moss. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.101.186.97 (talk) 21:53, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

 * Moss IS a free agent. http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/How-Randy-Moss-quitting-on-a-play-indirectly-led?urn=nfl-281576 And its very possible that he was released AFTER the waiver. I'm changing it. --έЯїᴄ_ᴐᴬṛṛ_ḟḁṉ (talk) 22:59, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

 * First of all, that article is from this morning, hours before the waiver was sent out. Second of all, after July 4 and before the season ends, you can't just release a player without placing him on waivers. It's now becoming increasingly clear that Childress acted alone in "cutting" Moss, though he has no formal authority to make actual roster moves. If you would keep apprised of the situation, you'd have read articles like these:

 * http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/11/01/reports-brad-childress-acted-alone-on-moss-has-lost-the-locker-room/

 * http://www.nfl.com/news/story/09000d5d81bca082/article/moss-still-a-viking-after-childress-says-wr-would-be-waived?module=HP_headlines

 * It's not a huge deal, it just might be a little embarrassing if indeed Childress is let go in Moss's stead, while all the while his Wikipedia article has incorrectly reported against what professional sports journalism has actually confirmed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.101.186.97 (talk) 23:29, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

 * I went ahead and reverted it back to where it says Moss is a Vikings. Change it to anything else when it's officially done.   on  camera (t)  23:36, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

My mistake earlier, the reports indicated at the time that Moss had officially been released and would in fact appear on today's waiver wire. This has obviously not happened. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.216.200.145 (talk) 23:38, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

In general, can we stop calling players on the waiver wire "free agents"? Every time someone is waived, his article is updated to show him as a free agent before he clears waivers. Bhirsch (talk) 02:34, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Regarding your source that says "Childress has lost the locker room" Are these not the same people that said Tom Couhglin lost the Giants Locker Room after week 3?--Subman758 (talk) 17:25, 3 November 2010 (UTC)

free agent
on november 1st the vikings cut moss —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.45.141.39 (talk) 02:49, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from Zenagin, 2 November 2010
Randy Moss has been let go from the Minnesota Vikings as of Monday night, Nov 1st, 2010. Moss was with the Vikings for only four games. He still has a $3.8 million contract with the Vikings and will still collect $375,000 a week because the Vikings broke the contract. Moss will most likely be sought by the New England Patriots or the NY Jets. When Moss was asked where he wants to play he said "I want to play with my old Teammates, The Patriots, and catch passes from Tom Brady". Randy Moss and Tom Brady became good friends quickly when Moss was picked by the Patriots in 2006. Moss and Brady are the same age (33) and in 2007 Moss made NFL history by receiving 23 touchdown passes in one season. Those passes were made by Tom Brady.

Zenagin (talk) 09:40, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

 * This is incorrect, Randy Moss has not yet been waived by the Minnesota Vikings and is still on the Vikings' roster. Head Coach Brad Childress has announced to the team during a team meeting on November 1st that Moss would be waived but no official move was made and Moss was not placed on the waivers on November 1st. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Footballguyca (talk • contribs) 09:55, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

24.138.37.181 (talk) 20:21, 2 November 2010 (UTC)Moss has now been officially put on the waiver wire.

 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: ESPN is reporting that Moss has been waived, or at least going to be waived. However, the request is not done until wording is decided upon on the talk page, and it is backed up by reliable sources. When it is, please restore the template. Thanks. -Atmoz (talk) 14:19, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Not a free agent until he clears waivers
This time, let's try not listing a player subject to waivers as a free agent. Moss will *not* be a free agent when he is listed on the waiver wire at 4PM today. He will only be a free agent this season if no one claims him. Bhirsch (talk) 16:47, 2 November 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from Coolguy678, 5 November 2010
edit semi-protected

Please change Moss's Number from -- to 84, as it was announced today what his number will be for the Titans. Thank you.

Source: http://www.titanslockerroom.com/featured.php

Coolguy678 (talk) 23:32, 5 November 2010 (UTC)

 * Done by another editor. — Gavia immer (talk) 04:50, 6 November 2010 (UTC)

"Lack of Effort" edit - "I play when I want to play"
Under the lack of effort section, nothing is referenced to his infamous 2001 Quote "I play when I want to play. source:

01falcoguy (talk) 03:33, 7 November 2010 (UTC)

Misleading photo
The photo of Moss at the beginning of the article makes him look like a quarterback. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.223.207.74 (talk) 14:49, 29 July 2011 (UTC)

I would second this, and it also puts him in a Patriots uniform. While his contributions there were significant, he is first and foremost a Viking. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Utilist (talk • contribs) 16:23, 2 November 2012 (UTC)

sophmore season
First game was against West Virginia University, not Army as the article reflects. Recall Army as the second game. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.130.159.52 (talk) 02:30, 10 March 2012 (UTC)

remains as the largest contract ever handed to an NFL wide receiver.
I've removed this unsourced statement based on my own OR. At least 2 WRs (Larry Fitzgerald and Calvin Johnson) have since seen larger contracts. Maybe someone can find a sourced statement along the lines of 'remained the largest contract until 'year' when 'player' received 'holycrapthatisalotofmoney'. --Onorem♠Dil 07:49, 10 July 2012 (UTC)

Broken infobox
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The page gives his vertical in the 1998 NFL combine as 47 inches, based on an article that doesn't provide any citation, but the NFL combine results website says it was only 33 inches: https://nflcombineresults.com/playerpage.php?f=Randy&l=Moss&i=27002. Should this be fixed? 2620:15C:183:204:B92A:83EE:8285:CB83 (talk) 22:08, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

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The Heathertones

The Heathertones vocal quartet took form in 1946 with members Nancy Swain Overton, her sister Jean Swain, Bix Brent and Pauli Skindlov. Jean and Bix were both graduates of Smith College, while Nancy and Pauli had completed their studies at Juilliard. Pauli was replaced by Ellie Decker whose lead spot was eventually filled by Marianne McCormick for six of the seven years the group was together.

They wrote all their own vocal arrangements and band lead sheets. Among their many recordings were those with Benny Goodman, Buddy Greco and Tommy Dorsey. They appeared regularly on network TV with Frank Sinatra, Bert Parks and others, always involved with the skits, live commercials, etc. typical of TV shows of that era. The group disbanded in 1953.

Three recordings they made on October 27, 1949 with Buddy Greco and the Benny Goodman orchestra are available on a cd recording "Benny Goodman: 1949-1951". The songs are "Brother Bill", "Spin a Record" and "You're Always There".

Information based on interviews with Nancy Overton.

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GEORGE (computer)

GEORGE was an early computer built in 1957 by Argonne National Laboratory, was based on the IAS architecture developed by John von Neumann. (The name "GEORGE" is apparently not an acronym. It may have been derived from the sentence, "Let George do it," which was said when a person didn't want to do something himself). As with almost all computers of its era, it was a one of a kind machine that could not exchange programs with mother computers (even other IAS machines).

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Carpet bag

A carpet bag is a top-opening travelling bag made of carpet, commonly from an oriental rug. It was a popular form of luggage in the United States and Europe in the 19th century, featuring simple handles and only an upper frame, which served as its closure. Some small modern versions are used as handbags or purses.

The Reconstruction-era carpet bag illustrated is made from a remnant of Printed Tapestry Velvet Carpet (Whytock ; patent 1832, Edinburgh). Extant examples of this style of carpet can be seen at Hampton National Historic Site: National Park Service: Towson, Maryland, and Andrew Jacksons Hermitage in Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

History
The carpet bag was invented as a type of inexpensive personal baggage light enough for a passenger to carry, like a duffel bag, as opposed to a large rigid wooden or metal trunk, which required the assistance of porters. In 1886, the Scientific American described it as old-fashioned and reliable, "still unsurpassed by any, where rough wear is the principal thing to be studied. Such a bag, if constructed of good Brussels carpeting and unquestionable workmanship, will last a lifetime, provided always that a substantial frame is used." Its use implied self-sufficiency: in Jules Verne's 1873 novel Around the World in Eighty Days, Phileas Fogg and Passepartout bring only a carpet bag as luggage, which holds a few items of clothing and a great deal of cash.

Carpet bags used to be made of Oriental rugs or the Brussels carpet referred to above, with "a heavy pile formed by uncut loops of wool on a linen warp". Carpet was the chosen material because "remainder" pieces were easily bought for its manufacture.

Some carpet bags could also serve as a "railway rug", a common item in the 19th century for warmth in drafty, unheated rail-cars. The rug could either be opened as a blanket, or latched up on the sides as a travelling bag. From Robert Louis Stevenson's Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879): "... my railway-rug, which, being also in the form of a bag, made me a double castle for cold nights."

Carpetbags made something of a brief resurgence in the 1960s with the emergence of the Hippie generation, salvaged from old family attics and second-hand stores. This gave rise to limited new manufacture as a trendy fashion accessory.

Cultural impact
The carpetbaggers of the Reconstruction Era following the American Civil War—Northerners who moved to the South for economic or political opportunity—were given their name from often carrying only this type of luggage, implying they came with little while hoping to acquire lots.

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Category:Middle schools in Canada

A middle (junior high) school teaches grades in between a primary (elementary) and secondary (senior high) school. Only some provinces have the concept, while others divide the "middle" years between primary/elementary and secondary/senior. See a table of grade structure by province for how different provinces divide their grades. Sometimes what's considered in one place to be a middle school, may be classed as elementary or high school elsewhere (even within the same province), so it may be necessary to look at one of the other categories if a school is not present here.

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Mount & Blade

Mount & Blade is a 2008 medieval strategy action role-playing game for Windows, developed by Turkish company TaleWorlds Entertainment, and published by Swedish company Paradox Interactive. In the game, the player controls a customized character to battle, trade, and manage a fief in the medieval land of Calradia. The game was developed by Armağan Yavuz and his wife İpek Yavuz, the founders of TaleWorlds Entertainment. The game was fully released on September 16, 2008, though alpha versions of the game were available prior to the full release.

Mount & Blade is a Turkish game which initially received a mixed critical reception. Reviewers praised the game for its innovative combat mechanics, complex character skill system, and large modding community, but criticized it for its low graphics quality, as well as its repetitive dialogue and locations. A standalone expansion, Mount & Blade: Warband, was released in March 2010, and a spin-off expansion, Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword, was released in May 2011. A proper sequel, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, was released in early access on March 30, 2020, and was fully released on October 25, 2022.

Gameplay
Mount & Blade is a single-player, action-oriented role-playing game, which takes place in a medieval land named Calradia. The game features a sandbox gameplay style, and though the player can complete quests, there is no overarching storyline present. The player is able to join one of the five battling factions, fight as a mercenary, assume the role of an outlaw, or remain neutral.

At the start of the game, the player is offered a set of options to customize the character. The player answers a series of multiple-choice questions about the character's past and sex, which generate the character's initial attributes. The player has the option to sculpt their character's facial features.

Traveling to other locations, or interacting with other parties is done by pointing and clicking the desired destination. Upon encountering enemy parties, the player can try to avoid a conflict or can engage in a battle with them. In Mount & Blade each battle is attributed a "renown value", according to the number and power of the members of each party. The player gains the renown points if he or she wins the battle. With a high enough renown, the player may be offered vassalage by the leaders of one of the five factions. By becoming a vassal, the player is given control over a certain fief, which they can manage and collect taxes from. By solving quests or defeating opponents the player is awarded experience points, which can be used to improve attributes, skills, and weapon proficiencies to further develop the character. Weapon proficiencies can be improved over time by inflicting damage on other opponents.

Combat
There are four main areas where battles take place: on the open map when two or more hostile parties meet, in tournaments organized in town arenas, in siege combat where the player is either defending or attacking a fortification, or in settlements after triggering an event. Events include villages being infested by bandits, the player getting caught in a hostile settlement, the player plundering a village, or villagers rebelling against the player for collecting taxes. The number of soldiers each party can hold is limited by the "leadership" skill and the renown of the leader. Participants in a battle can be either mounted or on foot. The player has to indicate the direction in which he or she wants to swing by moving the mouse accordingly, unless they have changed the options so that the game automatically chooses it for them. Aiming with a ranged weapon is also done by using the mouse.

The amount of damage is dependent on multiple factors including weapon's quality, weapon proficiency, and the speed of the player relative to the target: for example, a javelin thrown while running or riding a horse will be potentially more damaging than a javelin thrown while standing still. Weapons also have certain range of damage where they are most and least effective, giving each weapon type different playing styles. A spear will do minimal damage when used close to the player, while a hammer will cause maximum damage up close.

Development and release
The game originated as an independent project of Armağan Yavuz, founder of TaleWorlds Entertainment, and his wife, İpek Yavuz. The two began making the game in their garage, with Armağan working on code and İpek on graphics. According to Armağan, the game's inspirations include Sid Meier's Pirates!, The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, Frontier: Elite II, and older Koei strategy video games such as Genghis Khan, as well as historical fiction novels, particularly those by Bernard Cornwell. Prior to its retail release, alpha versions of the game were published on the developer's website beginning in 2004, and feedback was given to the developers. In January 2008, Paradox Entertainment announced they would publish the game and scheduled to release within the second quarter of that year. The game was released on Microsoft Windows via Steam on September 16, 2008.

Reception
Mount & Blade received a score of 72 out of 100 based on 28 critic reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Reviewers acknowledged the game's potential, but also said it suffers from poor production values. GameSpot concluded that the game "feels more underdeveloped than it does flat-out bad", and Eurogamer made a similar review, saying that Mount & Blade has "foundations [...] for something really quite special, but in its current state the game is nowhere close to delivering on its promises". Beyond the combat, little of the game was praised by most reviewers. IGN in contrast, praised the game, stating, "Mount & Blade may be the best game about medieval life ever made". GamePro also gave a positive review and calling it, "the first, great medieval role-playing game". In a review of Mount & Blade in Black Gate, Connor Gormley said its "flaws are negligible, tiny flecks of dirt on the face of one really big diamond, one that dispenses free candy canes, puppies and stops world hunger. It's deep, complex, frequently engaging, intelligent and a calculator could run it."

Mount & Blade has received negative criticism for its repetitive dialogues and locations, as well as its graphics quality. IGN criticized the world map and character models, calling them crude and awkward. However, also praised the combat animation and load times of the game. GameSpot criticized the dialogue in the game, stating that conversations with NPCs feel more like "consulting a travel guidebook for Calradia than actually speaking to a human being", as well as calling much of the landscape "very, very ugly". In addition, GameSpot saw faults in the lack of variety among NPC types and towns, saying that "one medieval architect seems to have designed the entire land." Eurogamer had similar criticisms, stating that the towns and villages all look like copies and the NPCs all share the same line of text.

When reviewing the combat, it received more positive commentary from multiple reviewers. Eurogamer, IGN, and GamePro praised the combat for being physics-based and aim-based, as opposed to many other RPGs. Gamespot stated that it was "the one place where Mount & Blade truly shines," and GamePro called it "far and above the best rendition of medieval warfare yet put onto computer screens." PC Zone, however, criticized the melee combat and claimed that it felt random in its effectiveness on both foot and horseback. But the complexity and thoroughness of the character skill system was well received.

The fan community has received positive attention from both developers and critics. During an interview, TaleWorlds Entertainment stated to be "most proud" of its community, considering that "Mount & Blade has arguably some of the best mods developed for a computer game". Reviewers such as GamePro and Game Industry News also admired the number of mods made available for the beta versions even before the game's official retail release.

Follow-up and sequels
TaleWorlds Entertainment produced a standalone expansion for the game, titled Mount & Blade: Warband, which includes multiplayer support with up to 250 players as well as improved diplomacy, graphics, and artificial intelligence. Warband also has an updated map and a sixth faction. The expansion was set to be released in Q3 2009, but was delayed until March 2010. Closed beta testing began in August 2009, and became open in February 2010, before the expansion's release on March 30, 2010. Paradox Interactive returned the Mount & Blade license to TaleWorlds Entertainment on January 31, 2014.

Paradox released a spin-off titled Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword, based on the historical novel With Fire and Sword (Polish: Ogniem i Mieczem) by Henryk Sienkiewicz, developed by Snowberry Connection, Sich Studio, and TaleWorlds Entertainment. The game is set in Eastern Europe, and includes the playable factions Poland–Lithuania, Cossack Hetmanate, Russia, Sweden and the Crimean Khanate. The game was released on May 4, 2011. On December 11, 2014, TaleWorlds published a DLC for Mount & Blade: Warband titled Viking Conquest. The DLC is based on the popular community-made mod Brytenwalda, which gained TaleWorlds' attention and was developed as an official expansion of Warband.

A sequel, Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, entered alpha on March 30, 2020, reaching over 170,000 concurrent players on Steam at its peak. The sequel features better graphics, character creation, battles, dialogue, relationship mechanics, and multiplayer, as well as further exploration into other gameplay paths.

The success of the franchise has spawned many derivatives, including games made with the same engine as Mount & Blade. Such derivatives for example are Blood & Gold: Caribbean, Freeman: Guerilla Warfare, and Sands of Salzaar.

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Flinders Bay

Flinders Bay is a bay that is immediately south of the townsite of Augusta, and close to the mouth of the Blackwood River.

The bay lies to the north east of Cape Leeuwin which is the most south-westerly mainland point of the Australian Continent, in the state of Western Australia.

Bay
On Matthew Flinders Terra Australis Sheet 1 1801–1803 the area was originally known as Dangerous Bight. The bay runs from Point Matthew 1.5 km East North East of Cape Leeuwin to Ledge Point some 8 km east. It was named by either James Stirling or Septimus Roe in 1829 or 1830. Matthew Flinders was first in the Bay on 7 December 1801.

Railway terminus and jetty
The name of the Flinders Bay area is tied to the small settlement that had been a whaling and fishing location, as well as the terminus of the Busselton to Flinders Bay Branch Railway railway line (1920s, closed 1957).

The name is also tied to the Flinders Bay jetties (also known as the Barrack Point Jetties). The terminology for the jetties and port varied in the nineteenth century, including designation of Port Augusta, Flinders Bay.

Locality
The settlement was in the earlier days considered to be separate from Augusta but now is more or less the southern portion of the larger Augusta community. The locality had a Post Office, general store and railway terminus station.

Boat harbour
The need for safe and efficient transfer of whale watchers and a safe mooring location in the Bay for fishermen has seen a proposal for a marina in 2004 which had included plans for the marina close to the old settlement of Flinders Bay. The 2005 revised proposal was moved to a bay further around towards Cape Leeuwin. The Flat Rock site is complete and has been called "Augusta Boat Harbour" by the department of Transport.

Whaling
The landing area adjacent to the old railway station yard was originally known as "The Whaling". It was the area where boats would work from in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Up until the early 1970s sheds and ramps were still present. In the late 20th century the area had whale rescue operations occurring very close to the area. Also businesses involved in whale watching have more recently used the bay.

Islands
The St Alouarn Islands stretch out south of Point Matthew (on the road to Cape Leeuwin), and are effective barriers along with reefs for the outer reaches of the bay to the south.

Climate
Like the majority of the southwestern coastal regions of Western Australia, Flinders Bay experiences a cool-summer Mediterranean climate with cool to warm summers and mild, wet winters.

Abalone sea ranch
After trials in 2012, a world-first commercial "sea ranch" was set up in 2016, to raise abalone. The ranch is based on an artificial reef made up of 5000 separate concrete units called abitats (abalone habitats). The 900 kg abitats can host 400 abalone each. The reef is seeded with young abalone from an onshore hatchery.

The abalone feed on seaweed that has grown naturally on the habitats. The ecosystem enrichment of the bay also results in growing numbers of dhufish, pink snapper, wrasse, samson fish and other species. The company emphasises the similarity to wild abalone and the difference from shore based aquaculture. "We're not aquaculture, we're ranching, because once they're in the water they look after themselves."

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User talk:Goldstein307

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Shiny cowbird

The shiny cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis) is a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. It breeds in most of South America except for dense forests and areas of high altitude such as mountains. Since 1900 the shiny cowbird's range has shifted northward, and it was recorded in the Caribbean islands as well as the United States, where it is found breeding in southern Florida. It is a bird associated with open habitats, including disturbed land from agriculture and deforestation.

Adults are sexually dimorphic. Males are all black with a purple-blue iridescence. The female is smaller, with dull brown plumage that is sometimes paler on the underparts. Females of the species can be distinguished from the female brown-headed cowbird by their longer, finer bills and flatter heads. The shiny cowbird's diet consists mainly of insects, other arthropods and seeds, and they have been recorded foraging for grains in cattle troughs.

Like most other cowbirds, it is an obligate brood parasite, laying its eggs in the nests of many other bird species such as the rufous-collared sparrow. Different host species show different responses to their nests being parasitised, with behaviours ranging from accepting and caring for the cowbird eggs, to rejecting the eggs from the nest. As the shiny cowbird is an effective generalist brood parasite, it can be considered the South American counterpart to the brown-headed cowbird.

Taxonomy
The shiny cowbird was formally described in 1789 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with the tanagers in the genus Tangara and coined the binomial name Tanagra bonariensis. The specific epithet is Modern Latin for Buenos Aires, the type location. Gmelin based his description on "le tangavio" from Buenos Aires that had been described in 1778 by the French polymath the Comte de Buffon. A hand-coloured engraving by François-Nicolas Martinet was published separately to accompany Buffon's text. The shiny cowbird is now one of six cowbirds placed in the genus Molothrus that was introduced in 1832 by William Swainson.

Seven subspecies are recognised:
 * M. b. minimus Dalmas, 1900 – south Florida (southeast USA), West Indies, the Guianas and north Brazil
 * M. b. cabanisii Cassin, 1866 – east Costa Rica to west Colombia
 * M. b. venezuelensis Stone, 1891 – east Colombia and north Venezuela
 * M. b. aequatorialis Chapman, 1915 – southwest Colombia and west Ecuador
 * M. b. occidentalis Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1892 – southwest Ecuador and west Peru
 * M. b. riparius Griscom & Greenway, 1937 – east Ecuador, east Peru and west Brazil
 * M. b. bonariensis (Gmelin, JF, 1789) – central, east Brazil to central Chile, Bolivia and central south Argentina

Description
The physical appearance of the shiny cowbird adult depends on the subspecies. Sizes range from 31-40 grams in mass and 18 cm in length (M. b. minimus), to 55-65 grams in mass and 22 cm in length (M. b. cabanisii).

Basic adult plumage for M. b. bonariensis is black with purple-blue iridescence for males, and dusty gray-brown for females. M. b. cabanisii males have plumage similar to M. b. bonariensis, while females are paler in colouration. M. b. aequatorialis males have violet iridescence and females are dark in colour. M. b. occidentalis males have rich purple iridescence, and females are distinct compared to the other subspecies as they have a pale upper body and very pale, streaked underparts. M. b. venezuelensis males look similar to M. b. occidentalis, and females dark in colour. M. b. minimus males look similar to M. b. bonariensis, and females have a darker head than M. b. bonariensis and have streaked scapulars and inter-scapulars. M. b. riparius males are similar to M. b. bonariensis, and the females have darker upper bodies and paler underparts than M. b. bonariensis.

Upon hatching, shiny cowbirds are altricial and are confined to their nests. Hatchlings are covered in a gray down. Juvenile males are dark on their upper body, with dull dray underparts streaked with dark brown or black, and a buff abdomen. Females are a buff brown colour on top, with light buff, brown, or gray underparts that may or may not be streaked with brown.

Eggs are ovate in shape and can exist as either a spotted morph or an unspotted "immaculate" morph. They are usually white in colour, though they sometimes take on a light blue, light gray, or buff hue.

Distribution and habitat
The shiny cowbird is a year-round resident across most of South America, where it lives in open areas such as open forests and cultivated land. Within the last century, the range of the species has shifted northward, and birds have been recorded in the West Indies and southern Florida. This shift in range is due to increased human conversion of forests into open cultivated and agricultural land, habitats which are preferred by the shiny cowbird. This range shift into new regions allows the cowbird to exploit new naive host species.

Effect of deforestation
Deforestation and conversion of forested land to open agricultural fields and pastures have led to a northward shift in the range of the shiny cowbird, as this species prefers open habitats. These deforested areas may be home to host species that were previously not parasitized by cowbirds. These naive hosts likely do not have defenses against parasitism, and may be more negatively affected by the presence of the cowbirds. The species spread from South America to mainland Puerto Rico in 1955, and subsequently reached the Dominican Republic in 1973, and Cuba in 1982. Since 1985, the shiny cowbird has been recorded in Florida.

Sexual behaviour and courtship
Shiny cowbirds do not form monogamous pairs. They have a promiscuous mating system where individuals will copulate with many different mates.

During courtship, male shiny cowbirds perform a song while circling a female, and when the song is finished they bow to their prospective mate. This bow is a display used in both mating rituals and as a show of aggression toward other males. It consists of the male ruffling his feathers while arching his wings and lowering his tail. The display is performed either on the ground, in a tree, or while flying. Following a successful mating display, the pair will copulate once.

Brood parasitism
The shiny cowbird is an obligate brood parasite, meaning that adults will lay their eggs in the nests of other species and their offspring rely entirely on their hosts for parental care. They are generalists, and have about 250 different host species. As a host generalist, their young are non-mimetic, meaning they do not attempt to replicate the behaviours of host chicks like a host specialist species might. In regions of South America including Argentina, Uruguay, Brazil, and Venezuela, the main host species of the shiny cowbird is the rufous-collared sparrow.

Female shiny cowbirds do not build nests, as they rely on their hosts to care for their offspring, but they will preferentially select hosts that build enclosed nests such as nests built in cavities. They will look for host nests both actively, and by silently watching for hosts. When a host nest is found, they will flush the host away from the nest by noisily flying around the area. An individual shiny cowbird may lay its eggs across many different nests.

Host response
Responses to parasitic eggs and chicks in the nest vary among hosts. Sometimes even within a host species, the response to parasitism is context-dependent. For example, when grayish baywings were acting as host parents to shiny cowbird young, cowbirds would only continue to receive parental care after they fledged if they had been raised alone in the nest without any baywing nest mates. Yellow warblers have been recorded to reject shiny cowbird eggs around 40% of the time, either by deserting their nest or building a new nest on top of the parasitised one. In hosts such as the creamy-bellied thrush, where parasitism by shiny cowbirds does not have a large negative effect on the survival of their own chicks, the hosts do not exhibit egg-ejection behaviour. This acceptance of parasitic eggs may also be due to the fact that the eggs are similar in appearance, and the host would risk harming its own eggs in the process.

Effect on host species
Brood parasitism from shiny cowbirds will have a negative effect on the reproductive success of their hosts through a variety of factors employed by the different life stages of the cowbird. Adult females can negatively affect the host by pecking and killing host eggs and removing the host eggs from the nest. Shiny cowbird eggs have a short incubation period of about 10–11 days. Many of the parasite's hosts have eggs that incubate for longer. One of their main hosts across much of South America, the rufous-collared sparrow, has an incubation period of 12–13 days. The shiny cowbird will sometimes also lay an egg before the host species begins laying. Laying their eggs before their host, as well as having a shorter incubation period, allows for the hatching of the parasitic chick to occur before the host eggs hatch. When the cowbirds hatch before the sparrows in the nest, sparrows usually do not gain much weight and die within about three days. In one study, nestling mortality almost doubled when comparing a non-parasitised nest to one that had been parasitised by a shiny cowbird.

Shiny cowbirds can have a large negative effect on critically endangered species, such as the pale-headed brush finch. Human modification of their restricted geographic range led to habitat loss in the case of the finches but also introduced more cowbirds into the now open area. Parasitism by shiny cowbirds is thought to be an important factor in the population decline of the pale-headed brush finch.

title: Shiny cowbird


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Portal talk:Russia/DYK

Liberation from serfdom for recruited serfs and their unborn children fact
"Did you know that by Peter the Great's reform of the Russian military, the recruits, mostly called from the enserfed peasanrty for 25 years (virtually for life), were liberated from serf status? Even more little known fact is that, the recruit's children born after his recruitment were also liberated!"
 * This little known fact about the military reform I found in Britannica needs to be mentioned in several articles such as History of Russia, Russian serfdom, etc. -Irpen 06:12, Jun 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * Good find. I usually get my information from the DYK Template on Wikipedia, then post it here. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 14:56, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I just created a new Garrison school article with this info. Maybe, after the proofread, we can submit the fact with the ref to this article to WP:DYK? What do you think? -Irpen 06:24, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * Sure. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 14:03, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Submitted to DYK at Template_talk:Did_you_know. We'll see whether it will get through. Cheers, -Irpen 17:53, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)

Older version of DYK list

 * ...that Emperor Nicholas II of Russia was billed 3,250 rubles for the Rosebud egg, the first Fabergé egg he presented to his empress consort Alexandra Fyodorovna?
 * ...that the phrase of Soviet sniper Roza Shanina "I will return after the battle" would be paraphrased in a book title?
 * ...that Vostochny is the largest eastern port of Russia. The port has year round navigation and has a deep water port, suitable for handling large tonnage ships?
 * ...that after Peter the Great's reform of the Russian military, serf recruits, and their children born after the recruitment, were liberated, with the boys being sent to specially created Garrison schools?
 * ... that the predecessor to the Imperial Russian Navy first sailed during the Second Azov campaign of 1696 under Peter the Great?

 * ... that the Soviet Red Army's T-10 heavy tank was originally named IS-10 for Iosif Stalin (Joseph Stalin), but renamed in the climate of de-Stalinization, after Stalin's death in 1953?
 * ... the fictional spy Stirlitz was brought up in Gorokhovets "near the Volga River" according to the Soviet TV series Seventeen Instants of Spring? Plans have been discussed to erect a monument to him in downtown Gorokhovets?
 * ... that Nikolai Bugaev, father of Andrei Bely was the founder the Moscow Mathematical Society? Through Bugaev's star student, Dmitri Egorov, many famous Russian mathematicians, such as Andrei Kolmogorov and Nikolai Luzin, directly "descend" from Bugaev-- and thus from the Prince of Mathematicians, Carl Friedrich Gauss?
 * ... that Josef Gusikov invented a xylophone made from wood and straw and became a European sensation playing it in the 1830s?
 * ...that Kirill Eskov named a genus from the Linyphiidae spider family discovered by him in 1988 after Marsh Kikimora, a female spirit in Slavic mythology.

Putting above stuff here until I get a chance to reformat with an automated/randomized version. Cirt (talk) 08:49, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Archived hooks from prior manual version

 * Portal:Russia/Did You Know Articles (Check against WP:Recent additions). Cirt (talk) 05:44, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

To add to list

 * April 23, 2006: Microdistrict
 * January 9, 2007: Tsiolkovsky State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics
 * January 10, 2007: Kira Kirillovna of Russia
 * April 12, 2007: All Saints' Church, Daresbury
 * April 25, 2007: Encyclopedia of Domestic Animation
 * April 28, 2007: The Bronze Horseman
 * June 2, 2007: ASNOVA

These were previously listed at WP:RUSSIA, will check against WP:Recent additions and the main list and add into rotation here. Cirt (talk) 22:03, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Note

Some others
Here are some other hooks, will have to check against WP:Recent additions to see if these historically actually appeared at T:DYK, and then add them into rotation. Cirt (talk) 08:18, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

title: Portal talk:Russia/DYK


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Muhammad ibn Falah

Muhammad ibn Falah (1400 in Wasit, Iraq – 1461 in Hoveizeh, Iran) was an Iraqi-born theologian who founded the Musha'sha'iya, a Shi'a sect. He received his theological education in the city of al-Hillah, and there came to believe himself to be the earthly representative of Imam Ali and the Mahdi. He was later denounced as a Kafir (non-muslim) by the Muslim establishment.

His spiritual teachings were codified in a text entitled the Kalam al-Mahdi (The Kalam of the Mahdi), which was written in the style of the Qur'an. He was believed to have been descended from the seventh Shi'a Imam, Musa al-Kazim. Upon his death, his son, Ali ibn Muhammad Musha'sha'iya, took over as leader of the sect, which began a dynastic line of succession.

title: Muhammad ibn Falah