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Talk:Pine Point, Northwest Territories

Population peak
I thought the population of Pine Point peaked around 1,800 or more in the mid 1980s. Perhaps checking with the Gov't of Canada census archives might help. - Walter Foddis
 * It peaked at 1,915 in 1976. This is now included and referenced in the article. Hwy43 (talk) 04:21, 4 July 2022 (UTC)

External links removed
Per WP:CCSG, three external links have been removed but they live on below. Cheers, Hwy43 (talk) 04:20, 4 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Pine Point Revisited
 * 1926 Ted Nagle and the Pine Point Discovery NWT Historical Timeline, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre
 * NFB - Welcome to Pine Point produced by the National Film Board, created by The Goggles: Paul Shoebridge and Michael Simons

Pine Point by PUP
The band PUP has a song about being born in pine point and how it had to be abandoned. Maybe this should be in the notable people section. DK1212 (talk) 11:22, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

 * This was already covered in the article under history. I was looking in the wrong place. I am sorry. DK1212 (talk) 11:40, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Garnier Fructis

 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. Golbez 07:00, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

Garnier Fructis
Advertising. RickK 06:43, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Nup. Don't delete.  Definetely disagree.  Garnier Fructis is a very big company which produces the best hair products.  Any chic would agree with me, and probably guys too.  I would call it a stub though...  04:23, Jun 11, 2005 (EST) (anon comment added by User:130.220.39.3)
 * Cleanup - needs major revision and NPOVifying. It is a company, though, so that much is deserving of an article. --FCYTravis 06:54, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete No more notable than any other shampoo. --Xcali 06:55, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * keep - I edited the page to remove the POV comments. Definately a stub now. Epolk 07:47, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, thanks Epolk. Kappa 08:40, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable haircare product. Capitalistroadster 08:55, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Notable brand. Shimmin 12:28, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. -- BD2412 talk 19:14, 2005 Jun 11 (UTC)
 * Keep Their new-age TV jingle sometimes invades my dreams, so I may have been brainwashed to vote this way. :) Xoloz 03:58, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: is the proper name of the company "Garnier" or "Garnier Frustis"? --Xcali 05:50, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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Talk:Sonic the hedgehog characters

There's already a Category: Sonic the Hedgehog characters so I've gone ahead and redirected. --FCYTravis 06:44, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Semiotics of Ideal Beauty

 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 (no consensus). Merge/redirect, rename, split are all possible options. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 21:21, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Semiotics of Ideal Beauty

 * Original research, non-verifiable, non-notable. Zero Google hits, except for Wikipedia and its mirrors. Delete -- The Anome 06:44, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)

 * I will content myself with no more than two simple assertions: this is not original: paradigmatic analysis has been common in semiotics for years; and the fact that Google does not hit the phrase in the title, is hardly relevant to determining whether this is notable. If that were the criterion, many topics covered predominantly in the hard copy or limited internet access academic world would never gain exposure in the wider world. It amuses me that the opinions of a student seem to have triggered this. I have offered to retitle, to merge the material or simply to let him re-edit. Rather than negotiate, this page has been posted for deletion. Well, since humility is required, I vote for deletion immediately and let's all get on with something else more important. -David91 07:02, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Dave, I apologize. I did not mean for an actual vote to move forward so quickly. But, have neither fear nor bitterness. These things can go on for months and can actually serve to garner more interest in the subject.--Slac 16:49, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep per David91 above. Needs to be made more NPOV though. Kappa 08:51, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep it's an interesting, well thought out article, maybe it can be retitled or merged to some other existent article, but the content is worth developing. --Brendanfox 13:22, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete I was not able to verify the source of the article from my university or public library. It was already clear the title does not represent whatever subject it describes (seemingly "semiotic aesthetics") but the one source that is referenced is also of questionable representability. --Slac 14:07, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I have some significant problems with this. Semiotics of ideal beauty?  Excuse me, but semiotics presupposes a transhistorical grammar of signs, and yet everything in the article is about historical conditioning of aesthetics.  Also, the writing is in lecture format, still, so that makes it more of a presentation and original research than it should be.  The best idea might be to reduce the material and merge it to semiotics ("Semiotics in aesthetics"]] or beauty ("A semiotic approach").  However, it seems to me utterly hopeless.  Semiotic analysis as I learned it would never ask if there is an ideal beauty, but would rather ask what the token "ideal beauty" does and how it is applied linguistically and epistemically in all cultures, and it would seek to do this by never asking if a beauty were beautiful, but merely look for all contexts of the beautiful and try to trace the structures behind those uses.  I suppose my suggestion is move to user page and then merge to appropriate topics in various pieces.  I simply can't see this highly, highly specialized and exceptionally narrow pursuit being a topic sought in an encyclopedia by this lemma. Geogre 02:58, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep if cleaned up. Interesting. JamesBurns 04:37, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * merge, rename, delete — What is left over when the lecturing is removed can find a place under Ideal beauty or aesthetics. It is suspicious there should be "Semiotics of Ideal beauty" before and until we have a long article on "Ideal beauty" itself (see Wikipedia_talk:Importance). "Semiotics of..." in a title should be a last resort of exporting from a really overloaded article. Barring that, there is nothing to stop us from treating the semiotics of anything in that thing's main article. dab (ᛏ) 10:26, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Clean out and merge with Beauty. The opinions need removing (or adjusting to a better form of expression) and there is no reason why this shouldn't be under the main topic for those who are interested.  --Douglas 11:05, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * KEEP You know, someones actually working on this article. I'm not saying it doesn't need work, but lets wait and see when it comes to deleting... Roodog2k 01:40, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * KEEP/MERGE IMHO, although needing work, this information is beneficial, informative, and interesting. Please don't delete. Roodog2k 16:15, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your words of caution, Roodog, but I report that Slac and I have decided not to work on the page. My vote is already cast for delete. If others want to work on the piece to save it, that is their right. As my final thought on this topic, it's good to see a group of people prepared to debate the instrinsic value of content as against the manner of presentation. -David91 05:40, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Andycjp 15th June 2005
 * Keep it. Google isn't the navel of the world. --Istabraq 04:50, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Classroom project . They added several such low-quality and original research articles and left them w/o maintenance. Some were already deleted. If this is real topic someone more knowledgeable should recreate it. Pavel Vozenilek 19:59, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * "Keep". I find this entry to be very interesting and fairly well written.
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Kaifa Records

Kaifa Records was an Ethiopian record label. It released 53 records between 1973 and 1977. Ali Abdella Kaifa, better known as Ali Tango, managed the company.

Singers who recorded for Kaifa included Alemayehu Eshete, Bizunesh Bekele, Mahmoud Ahmed and Hirut Bekele.

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SMIL (computer)

SMIL (Siffermaskinen i Lund, "The Number Machine in Lund") was a first-generation computer built at Lund University in Lund, Sweden. SMIL was based on the IAS architecture developed by John von Neumann.

Carl-Erik Fröberg belonged to the group of five young Swedish scientists 1947–48 that IVA sent to the U.S. to gather information about the early computer development, and then came to strongly influence the development in Sweden. Fröberg visited with Erik Stemme the Institute for Advanced Study, and John von Neumann's research group. Back in Lund, he played a leading role in the creation of SMIL, which was the first computer developed in Lund and among the first in Sweden. SMIL was introduced in 1956 and then was in operation until 1970.

In February 1962 SMIL was fitted with a compiler for ALGOL 60. The compiler was constructed by Torgil Ekman and Leif Robertson.

Carl-Erik Fröberg was also behind the early emergence of numerical analysis as a separate university subject. In this context, he wrote himself and collaborated with others on several textbooks in computer education, for example, Textbook on Numerical Analysis (1962) and Textbook of Algol (1964). These books were widely distributed and translated into several languages.

Parts of SMIL are exhibited at Malmö Technical Museum.

On January 4, 2006, an emulator of SMIL named SMILemu was released with a Java and Mac OS X version.

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Washburn

Washburn (alternatively Wasseburne, Wasseborne, Wasshebourne, Wassheborne, Washbourne, Washburne, Washborne, Washborn, Wasborn, Washbon) is a toponymic surname, probably of Old English origin, with likely Anglo-Norman and Norman-French influences after the Conquest, as the name evolved.

Worcestershire and Gloucestershire
This family, of Norman origin, can be traced through the lands in Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, namely the little hams of "Little Washbourne" and "Great Washbourne". Little Washbourne, historically in the parish of Overbury, and the manor thereon, eventually becoming known as "Wasseburne Militis" or "Knyghtes Wasshebourne", for the many from this line that bore that honour.

In the Herald's College, London, Vol. I., page 54, is given: Washbourne. "A name of ancient Norman descent; the founder was knighted on the field of battle by William the Conqueror and endowed with the lands of Little Washbourne and Great Washbourne, Counties of Gloucester and Worcester".

The name may have come from the Saxon for "from the flooding brook," with "wash" meaning "swift moving current of a stream," and "burn" referring to a brook or a small stream. It may have originated from the River Isbourne, which flowed near Little and Great Washbourne.

The surname has several origins in England:

 * from Waseborne in Devon, a small settlement on the River Wash, a tributary of the River Dart
 * from Washbourne in Gloucestershire, now known as Great Washbourne, or its neighbour Little Washbourne (now in Gloucestershire but formerly in Worcestershire)
 * from the River Washburn in Yorkshire, i.e., referring to someone living on the banks of the river.

The Washburn name and variations
The name was anciently "Wasseburn" or "-born". C. W. Bardsley's Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames states that "Wasse" was anciently and still is a common surname in Yorkshire. It is a place name derived from the various river and sea beaches subject to overflow by floods and tides, hence known as wasses and now as cashes. "Wasseburn" signified a flowing stream. The little ham that stood upon its banks took its name from the stream, and the proprietor or lord of the village was so and so de Wasseborn, just as the parson was the most important person in the parish. The form "Wasseborn" is the form first met with about 1100; and "Wasseborn" or "-burn" continued in common use by the family with the occasional addition of a final "e" until about the middle of the 17th century when the family wrote the name "Washbourne", a form which still prevails in England.

Through all the first two periods, writers of public documents, even of wills, felt themselves at liberty to suit their own convenience or taste in spelling the name, so that great varieties of spelling are found in public documents and varieties in the same document. Thus in the will of John Washburn of Bengeworth, it is "Wassheburns"; in his wife's "Wasborn"; in his son's "Wasburne" and in the inventory "Wasborne"; in the burgess' will "Washborne"; in his wife's "Wasburne" and "Washborne"; in the public registers of Bengeworth pretty uniformly "Wasborne". John the emigrant wrote his name "Washborn". In America three forms of spelling have prevailed – the most common "Washburn", "Washborn", and "Washburne", with even a greater variety of spelling of the name than is found in England, and not always by outsiders.

The Family seated at Little Wasseborne
Early writer's suggested that the first to use the name, was Sir Roger d'Wasseburne, ancestor of the American immigrant Washburns' of Plymouth Colony.

Washbourne Manor at Little Washbourne, was the ancient seat of the family, shown in Doomsday for that of Urse d'Abitot, and later held by "William son of Samson", in the time of Henry II (1154–1189). In 1280, Sir Roger d'Wasseburne paid a subsidy of 15s at Washbourne. Roger is shown as "of Washbourne, Little Comberton and of Stanford". His son Sir John d'Wasseburne, is recorded as "of Washbourne, Bretforton & Orleton in Estham". This Roger and John of the 1200s, are suggested as having been the first to use the surname, but this may not be correct.

Descendant in the male line of the "Knights Washbourne", the first American colonist of the family, being that of John Washborn (Sr.), b. 1597 in Bengeworth, England, came to Plymouth Colony in c. 1631. His son, John Washburn (Jr.), b. 1620, also in Bengeworth, sailed to New England in 1635 on the Elizabeth & Ann, with his mother Margery and brother Phillip. He married in 1645, Elizabeth Mitchell, daughter of Experience and Jane (Cooke) Mitchell, of Duxbury, Plymouth Colony. She was the granddaughter of Francis Cooke, who came to America on the Mayflower. They settled first in Duxbury and had eleven children, including the first notable set of Seven Brothers in the American Washburn line. It has been suggested that a likely 90% of the American Washburns hail from one of these "Seven Brothers".

Another contributor to the American Washburn line, a younger brother of John Sr., William Washburne, the immigrant ancestor to Connecticut Colony, and later Hempstead, Long Island, did not join his brother John Washburn in Plymouth Colony. He remained in England, where he raised a large family, and finally sailed with his in-laws to New England. They settled first in Stratford, Connecticut Colony, with the Nichols', eventually settling in Hempstead. He and his wife, Jane Nichols, had 9 or 10 children.

According to the 2000 U.S. Census, there were 19,505 Washburns in the United States, making it the 1,685th most common name in the country. There are also a number of Washburns in Canada, many of whom are descendants of United Empire Loyalist Ebenezer Washburn.

"Gules bezantée on a canton or a raven sable"
The first coat of arms met with for this family were recorded in the St George's Roll, c. 1285 for Sir Roger d'Wasseburne. The blazon, "Gules bezantée on a canton or a raven sable", suggested to early writers a familial connection to the Houses of la Zouche ("Gules bezantée") and le Corbet ("Or a raven sable"), but this connection has yet to be corroborated. It is possible that these arms were borne, rather, in feudal homage to these Houses, but again, this possibility is conjecture. The later recording of these same arms is shown here, by Joseph Foster in 1902, and suggests a slightly different blazon, "Gules ten bezants 4, 3, 2, 1" for la Zouche. This is actually a very common variation in heraldry and is noted so in the description of the arms on the page for Zouche.

"Gules bezantée on a canton or a cross sable"
Another coat of arms as shown in Burkes General Armory for "Washborne" – "Gules bezantée on a canton or a cross sable". The specific Washborne family member that bore these arms is, as yet unknown.

"Argent a fess between six martlets gules"
When the vast estates that Urse d'Abitot had accumulated were usurped from his son Roger, a substantial portion of the same, including the lands of Little Washbourne, were ultimately bestowed upon his sister's husband, Sir Walter Beauchamp of Elmley. The Washbourne family that resided at Little Washbourne thereafter, did so as under-tenants to their now over-lords, the Beauchamps of Elmley Castle. The arms for this branch of Beauchamps' were "Gules a fess between six martlets or", as shown next.

Sir John d'Wasseburne, formally of Dufford, son of Sir Roger, is the first Washbourne to be suggested as having borne the Beauchamp "a fess between six martlets" arms, changing the tincture's to the Washbourne colors of Argent and Gules as shown.

"Gules a fess between six martlets or"
The arms for Sir Walter Beauchamp of Elmley Castle, bore a red shield with gold fess and martlets, and the Washbournes' bore a silver shield with red charges, as shown above. This feudal homage was also borne by and recorded for several other families. Members of the Wysham, Walshe, Waleys, Burdett, Blount, Cardiff and other families, all bore these "fess between six martlets" arms, in differing tinctures. All of these other families are recorded as marrying into the Beauchamp family.

"On a fess between six martlets three quatrefoils slipped sideways"
Washburn College in Topeka, Kansas, adopted a variation of the Washbourne Arms, using creative license to alter the tinctures (colors), to its school's colors, and used it as its own logo. The college, originally chartered as "Lincoln College", changed its name to "Washburn College", after a substantial pledge was received from Massachusetts Industrialist Ichabod Washburn. Since becoming "Washburn University", the school has abandoned the Washburn Arms logo. They're now using a stylized "W" in its place. The school mascot "The Ichabod", is still in use.

"Argent on a fess between six martlets sable three quatrefoils of the field"
These Arms have been attributed to Anthony Washeborne of Bosbury, in Herefordshire. It is generally accepted that it was he who commissioned the Visitation on which these arms are blazoned. Differenced both in tincture (sable instead of gules), and the charges on the fess, from those showing "quatrefoils slipped sideways" or the "cinquefoils of the field" varieties.

"Argent on a fess between six martlets gules three cinquefoils of the field"
These are the Arms shown in the Chancel Tomb at St. Laurence Church in Wichenford, for John Washborne Esquire, Sheriff of Worcestershire, who had married both Mary Savage and Eleanor Lygon, and for his father Anthony Washborne Esquire of Wichenford Court. This main branch of the family were usually styled "of Washbourne and Wichenford", and the direct male line ceased with William Washbourne, Esq., of Wichenford and Pytchley. These Arms are the same as those uncovered from the old St. Peters (Evesham Abbey c. 1400s), and also as recorded in Papworth's Armorials and Burke's General Armory.

Monuments at St. Laurence Church, Wichenford

On the north side of the chancel is an altar tomb with two effigies in 17th-century armour, one on the slab and one beneath it. Behind are two female figures kneeling in recesses, with a classic cornice and ornament above crudely coloured and gilt. An inscription records that John Washbourne at the age of eighty-four built the monument for himself (the upper figure), his two wives Mary Savage and Eleanor Lygon, and his father Anthony (the lower figure).

There are four shields, the centre and highest one of the Washbourne arms. Below this is a shield quarterly of Washbourne quartered with Poer and Dabitot. To the west is a shield of these arms impaling the six lions of Savage. To the east is the same impaling the two lions passant of Lygon.

Thomas Habington gives us an early 1600s description of both monuments:
 * “In the North side of the chancel is an ancient tomb of alabaster on the ground. Upon it was delineated a man armed, all but his head, under which lyeth his helmet with a wreath and thereon a flame of fire; at his feet a lion. On his right hand his wife with a little dog at her feet. Between them the Washbourne’s arms impaling a chevron.

The inscription on the edge face of the stone:
 * "Hic jacunt Corpora Johannis Washbourne .... Armigeri .... & Margeriae Powere uxoris sua. Necnon et Elizabeth uxoris ....* ... ... de Bradley in Com. Derbia qui obiit 13 Mai 1454"
 * This tomb sheweth the match of Washborn with Poher’s co-heiress, which brought the name of Washbourne first into Wichenford.”

 * “On the south side of the chancel there is another monument of alabaster on the ground also in the same Fashion, a man armed as before with the wife on the right hand; the arms much defaced but still so discernable as to shew the arms of the Washbournes

The inscription:
 * "Hic iacet Johannies Washborne Armr filius et Hieres Normanni Washborne Armigeri, qui quidem filius obiit die mensis AD ****"

People with the surname Washburn

 * Abigail Washburn (born 1977), clawhammer banjo player and singer
 * Anne Washburn, 21st century American playwright
 * Barbara Washburn (1914–2014), first woman to climb Mount McKinley, the tallest mountain in North America; wife of Bradford
 * Beverly Washburn (born 1943), actress
 * Bradford Washburn (1910–2007), explorer, mountaineer, photographer, cartographer, and director of the Boston Museum of Science (1939–1980); husband of Barbara
 * Cadwallader C. Washburn (1818–1882), son of Israel Washburn; U.S. representative from Wisconsin (2nd District 1855–61, 6th District 1867–71); general in the Union Army during the Civil War; governor of Wisconsin (1872–74)
 * Carolyn Washburn, newspaper editor and journalist
 * Cephas Washburn (1793–1860), noted Christian missionary and educator who worked with the Native Americans; father of Edward Washburn
 * Charles Ames Washburn (1822–1889), son of Israel Washburn; presidential elector for California, 1860; U.S. diplomatic commissioner to Paraguay (1861–63); U.S. minister to Paraguay, 1863–68; novelist; invented an early typewriter
 * Charles Grenfill Washburn (1857–1928), Member of Massachusetts House of Representatives (1897–98); member of Massachusetts Senate (1899–1900); U.S. representative from Massachusetts (3rd District, 1906–11)
 * Chris Washburn (born 1966), American retired National Basketball Association player
 * Claude Carlos Washburn (1883–1926) American writer
 * Deric Washburn (born 1937), screenwriter
 * Diane Washburn (born 1932), former fashion model
 * Ebenezer Washburn (1756–1826), businessman and political figure in Upper Canada; member of the Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada
 * Edward Washburn (1831–1860), artist; son of Cephas Washburn
 * Elihu B. Washburne (1816–1887), "Watchdog of the Treasury"; son of Israel Washburn; U.S. Representative from Illinois, 1853–69 (1st District 1853–63, 3rd District 1863–69); U.S. Secretary of State, 1869; U.S. Minister to France, 1869–77; candidate for Republican nomination for president, 1880; candidate for Republican nomination for vice president, 1880
 * Emory Washburn (1800–1877), Massachusetts state representative (1826–28), state senator (1841–42) and governor (1854–55); professor at Harvard Law School
 * F. L. Washburn (1860–1927), zoology professor and State Entomologist of Minnesota
 * George Washburn (1833–1915), missionary and educator; president of Robert College
 * George Washburn (1914–1979), Major League Baseball player
 * Hempstead Washburne (1852–1918), Mayor of Chicago, Illinois (1891–93)
 * Henry D. Washburn (1832–1871), Union Army general during the Civil War; U.S. Representative from Indiana (7th District, 1866–69); as Surveyor-General of Montana Territory in 1870, led the Washburn Expedition into what is now Yellowstone National Park
 * Ichabod Washburn (1798–1868), owner of the world's largest wire mill, the Washburn and Moen Manufacturing Company; co-founder of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1865)
 * Israel Washburn (1784–1876), father of Israel Washburn Jr., Elihu Benjamin, Charles Ames, and William D. Washburn; member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1815–16, 1818–19)
 * Israel Washburn, Jr. (1813–1883), son of Israel Washburn; brother of Elihu Benjamin, Cadwallader Colden, Charles Ames and William D. Washburn; Member of Maine House of Representatives (1842); U.S. representative from Maine (6th District 1851–53, 5th District 1853–61); governor of Maine (1861–63)
 * James R. Washburn (1921–2007), member of the Illinois House of Representatives; mayor of Morris, Illinois
 * Jarrod Washburn (born 1974), Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Lalomie Washburn (1941–2004), R&B singer
 * Lemuel K. Washburn (1846–1927), American Freethought writer and atheist
 * Lucy Washburn (1848–1939), high school education pioneer
 * Margaret Floy Washburn (1871–1939), first woman to receive a doctorate in psychology; professor
 * Mary Washburn (1907–1994), athlete
 * Peter Thacher Washburn (1814–1870), governor of Vermont (1869–70)
 * Phoebe Washburn (born 1973), installation artist
 * Ray Washburn (born 1938), Major League Baseball pitcher
 * Steve Washburn (born 1975), ice hockey player
 * Ted Washburn (born 1941), politician, member of the Montana House of Representatives
 * William B. Washburn (1820–1887), U.S. Representative from Massachusetts 9th District, (1863–71); governor of Massachusetts (1872–74); U.S. senator from Massachusetts (1874–75)
 * William D. Washburn (1831–1912), son of Israel Washburn; father of William Drew Washburn Jr.; Member of Minnesota House of Representatives (1861); U.S. representative from Minnesota (3rd District 1879–83, 4th District 1883–85); U.S. senator from Minnesota (1889–95)
 * William Drew Washburn Jr. (1863–1929), American politician and businessman

People with the surname Washburne

 * Carleton Washburne (1889–1968), American educator
 * Elihu B. Washburne (1816–1887), American politician
 * Hempstead Washburne (1852–1918), American politician
 * Ray Washburne (born 1960), American businessman and political fundraiser
 * Thomas Washburne (born c. 1963), American politician

Fictional characters

 * Dr. Geoffrey Washburn, in the novel The Bourne Identity
 * Hoban "Wash" Washburne, in the Joss Whedon science fiction series Firefly
 * Marcellus Washburn, in the 1962 film The Music Man

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Fort Providence

Fort Providence (Zhahti Koe, Zhahti Kue) is a hamlet in the South Slave Region of the Northwest Territories, Canada. Located west of Great Slave Lake, it has all-weather road connections by way of the Yellowknife Highway (Great Slave Highway) branch off the Mackenzie Highway, and the Deh Cho Bridge opened November 30, 2012, near Fort Providence over the Mackenzie. The bridge replaced the ice bridge and ferry, enabling year-round crossing of the river.

Fort Providence hosts the annual Mackenzie Days celebrations in August each year.

History
Fort Providence was founded in the 1860s as a Catholic mission site. By 1868, the Hudson's Bay Company, which previously has a trading post at Big Island at the source of the MacKenzie River, moved the post to the location of the mission site. From that moment, the settlement was known as Fort Providence. In 1867, the Grey Nuns opened a boarding school and an orphanage in the settlement. Instruction languages were English and French, and most of the nuns originated from Quebec.

Demographics
In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Fort Providence had a population of $618$ living in $256$ of its $292$ total private dwellings, a change of NaN% from its 2016 population of $695$. With a land area of 255.49 km2, it had a population density of in 2021.

In 2016, the majority of its population, 620, were Indigenous people, made up of 590 First Nations, Dene people, and 30 Métis.

First Nations
The Dene of the community are represented by the Deh Gáh Got'ı̨ę First Nation and the Métis by Fort Providence Métis Nation. Both groups belong to the Dehcho First Nations.

Climate
Fort Providence has a continental subarctic climate (Dfc) typical of the Northwest Territories' populated areas. It is marked by a long cold winter season and short, warm summers, that in many ways are warmer than expected for an area so far north. Transition seasons are extremely short, with temperatures rising and falling quickly in respective seasons.

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Bromus ramosus

Bromus ramosus, the hairy brome, is a bunchgrass in the grass family Poaceae, native to Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia. The name Bromus comes from the term brome, meaning oats. Unlike most other bromes (Bromus sp.), it grows in shady sites under trees.

Description
Bromus ramosus is a perennial herbaceous bunchgrass, typically reaching 1 - 2 m tall. The leaves are long, usually drooping, 20 - 50 cm long and 10 - 15 mm wide, and finely hairy.

The flower spike is gracefully arched with pendulous spikelets on long slender stems in pairs on the main stem.

Subspecies

 * Bromus ramosus subsp. benekenii (Lange) Schintz et Thell. – lesser hairy brome
 * Bromus ramosus subsp. ramosus

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pachina

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Pachina
This is a definition. It should go in the Wiktionary. Epolk 06:55, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
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Samuel Ong

Samuel Ong (1945–2009) was a former deputy director of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) of the Philippines and is a whistleblower, declaring that the 2004 national elections was rigged, starting an electoral crisis.

In 2005, Ong announced he was in possession of a set of four original audio tapes, made as part of a wiretapping operation conducted by Air Force T/Sgt. Vidal Doble of military intelligence, containing a recording of a conversation between President Gloria Arroyo and Virgilio Garcillano, an official of the Commission on Elections. Ong claimed that four of the tapes incriminate Arroyo and all of the other politicians who were officially declared winners of the 2004 elections.

In 2005, Ong was charged with sedition, for allegedly calling for civil disobedience.

Ong died of lung cancer aged 64.

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Brome

Brome may refer to:

People

 * Brome (surname)

Places

 * Brome, Suffolk, England
 * Brome and Oakley, a civil parish in Suffolk
 * Brome (Samtgemeinde), an administrative district in Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany
 * Brome, Germany, a municipality, seat of the Samtgemeinde

Canada

 * Brome, Quebec, a village
 * Brome County, Quebec, a historical county, abolished in the early 1980s
 * Brome (federal electoral district), a federal electoral district in Quebec from 1867 to 1925
 * Brome (provincial electoral district), a district in the Estrie region of Quebec from 1867 to 1972
 * Mont Brome, part of the Monteregian Hills in southern Quebec
 * Brome Lake, a lake in the county of Quebec
 * Brome Lake, Quebec, a town with the lake within it

Other uses

 * Several species of grass, see Bromus
 * Brome, a character from the Redwall series by Brian Jacques

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Talk:Blackbird (Beatles song)

Comments from 2005/2006, some anon
Maybe I'm editing too late in the night, but the quote provided seems to conflict with the how the song was written about the civil rights movement. Is the song about a woman or civil rights? Shiri — Talk 07:00, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * The black "bird" - an African-American girl or woman - is singing. That's what the quote, and implicitly, the song is about. IvanP 22:12, 23 August 2005 (UTC)

The tapping is made by Paul hitting the ground with his boots.See part 8 of "The Beatles Anthology". MrGater 16:49, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

The reference to "Bach's Bouree" is ridiculous. A Bourrée is a 17th-century dance form, and often forms part of Baroque dance suites. Bach wrote many Bourrées.

"The first night Linda Eastman slept over, McCartney played it to the fans camped outside of his house." Can anyone confirm this? Seems a bit off.

Foot or metronome?
First, stop debating the issue in the article itself. Please debate it here.

The Lewisohn citation is accurate; he thought it was a metronome. He may be wrong, but the article should not be edited such that it looks like the citation supports anything other than a metronome. If there is as dissenting opinion, it needs a different citation. I am going to look through my sources and see if I can find one. John Cardinal 13:03, 8 May 2007 (UTC)
 * According to the video The Compleat Beatles, the tap was not a foot or metronome - the Master was intentionally scratched. If you listen closely you will notice that is sounds like a scratch on a record.--Dimedude (talk) 22:17, 16 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I understand there is a photograph of the Beatles with the metronome which was used to record Paul's Blackbird song. The scratch idea is nonsense! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Obiewankanobe (talk • contribs) 09:13, 9 July 2008 (UTC)
 * According to footage from a new documentary from the BBC, Paul is indeed tapping his feet to the song while recording. The video footage is not guaranteed to be as belonging to the audio, but the alternating clicks do seem to be consistent with the fact that Paul is alternating tapping with both feet. —Gordon P. Hemsley→ ✉ 06:50, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

If it is a metronome, then it's broken. Because the tempo of the clicks wobbles throughout the song - no steady BPM. - Bay Araya —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.12.40.129 (talk) 16:16, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Furthermore, if it is a metronome it doesn't explain why the tapping cuts out slowly at around 01:35 in the song before starting up again. If they stopped the metronome, it wouldn't fade out, it would just stop. Also, if you listen to the Anthology version of the song, you can here the tapping pause in order to keep in time with the song. A metronome can't do that. gbrading ταlκ 16:38, 7 July 2010 (UTC)

I don't mean to dig up an old arguement but if it was his feet, would it be picked up by standard recording equipment? I don't think it would be unless he had a microphone specifically in place to collect that sound. I was under the impression it was put on in post production anyway and it could have been created any number of ways.(Morcus (talk) 17:18, 15 October 2010 (UTC))

 * Well if you believe they would intentionally put a tap in during post production then you couldn't put it past them to intentionally record a foot tap could you? Personally, Im convinced after watching the anthology video of Paul playing it and tapping his feet in the studio, and comparing that to a close listening of the recording, noting the slow fade out and stop of the tap and alternating sound texture, that it is Paul's feet that we are hearing. Just my opinion though and since Lewisohn is the authority on the Beatles, the tap is a metronome as far this article is concerned.Racerx11 (talk) 06:43, 27 December 2010 (UTC)

 * Just another opinion: I've always thought what we're hearing is very gentle clapping recorded separately. The much harder, sharper, louder clapping at the start of Everybody's got something to hide... and at the end of Bungalow Bill sound kinda similar. --2.241.21.251 (talk) 04:53, 10 December 2013 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:The White Album.jpg
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Writer?
The article says that Paul wrote the song, but the info box claims the writers are John and Paul: did John have any part in it? I don't have a copy of the album handy to check what the official writing credit says - but either way, this article contradicts itself Dom Kaos (talk) 17:06, 13 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Please see the Lennon/McCartney article. It should clear up the confusion you have. Paul was the writer on this one. —Gordon P. Hemsley→ ✉ 06:52, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Rhythm?
The rhythm in bar 2 of the sample sheet music seems wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.235.12.19 (talk) 23:30, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Actually, that entire image is unnecessary. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.235.12.19 (talk) 02:33, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Borree
I have a recording of myself playing Borree on a different instrument nylon string guitar. It may be redundant but if the community finds a use for it I Brian Abbott hereby forefeit any and all rights I posses on this performance including copyright. You don't have to put my name just amateur guitarist playing Borree or something. I'll keep the talk page edit or if there are logs let me know and I can delete it. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B386kvTM0LB3bmdGTWwzSzBDOGc/edit?usp=sharing Burnedfaceless (talk) 15:47, 13 February 2014 (UTC)

Origin must have been Fernando Sor, not Bach's Bourree
Listen to this piece by Fernando Sor:

Fernando Sor (Diez)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbBG0ijZO54

Now read the section of this article on the origin of Blackbird and listen to the Bourree piece by Bach. Do you really think the Bach piece could have influenced McCartney to write Blackbird? I can't say for certain that McCartney borrowed from Sor's piece, but obviously that piece sounds a lot like Blackbird. The Bach piece has nothing to do with Blackbird. Either McCartney was misquoted, or this is simply bunk. The text discussing melody and bass in the guitart piece is ridiculous. That describes just about any classical guitar piece. And "reharmonizing" to the relative key of G? Is that supposed to mean transposition into the key of G maybe? Note that that Sor piece is written in G Major, just like Blackbird, so no transposition required!

I believe McCartney borrowed from Sor. But I can't find a source to quote for what is to me obvious. Can anyone else find a reputable source that makes this argument so we can include it here? Also, I call into question the explanation for the Bach origin provided here. It's dubious at best. Even if McCartney did allude to Bourree as an influence for Blackbird, which I find hard to believe, the analysis of how the two are in anyway related makes no sense and should be rewritten by someone who knows what they're talking about. Coastside (talk) 01:49, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

I agree that it was Sor, except you have some incorrect info. The piece wasn't titled Diez, that's an arrangement by Ben Bolt of the original Sor piece. The original piece is Etude, Op. 60, No. 19:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow_BbVxdFSs

I made a reddit post about my finding, here:

http://www.reddit.com/r/beatles/comments/2ig7ca/at_some_point_paul_started_claiming_that/

Also, as seen in my reddit post, Paul admitted that he did not know the title of the piece before he started claiming it was Bourree. This suggests he may have remembered incorrectly when he later claimed it was Bach's Bourree. 129.120.53.184 (talk) 15:16, 6 October 2014 (UTC)

Foot taps?
Are those foot taps what I can hear throughout the song? I'd always wondered what achieved that "calm tapping sound". It's very nice! :) -- C.Syde  ( talk  |  contribs ) 06:42, 23 January 2015 (UTC)
 * Yes I'd say so. The evidence points that way.
 * It's funny, cause I always thought they were Paul tapping his acoustic guitar, since back in 2009 (or was it 2010? can't remember) the only credits on this page were Paul McCartney: vocals, acoustic guitar. In fact in 2011, I think I can remember Paul tapping his acoustic guitar at some point during the Wingspan documentry. Well the good news is I now know how the tapping is done. -- C.Syde  ( talk  |  contribs ) 06:43, 23 January 2015 (UTC)

Edie?
In several bootleg versions of Blackbird (such as the versions on "Watching Rainbows"), Paul can be heard dedicating the song to "Edie". Who is this Edie? Is it perhaps Edie Sedgwick, whom Paul might well have met via Andy Warhol (Andy and Paul met in 1967)? Grutness...wha?  23:32, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

Proposed merge with Lon Dubh / Blackbird
Per WP:NSONGS. Richhoncho (talk) 00:09, 24 March 2016 (UTC)

 * Well, this has been done, in effect: Lon Dubh / Blackbird is by now a redirect to this article. :-) --Thnidu (talk) 04:38, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

Tapping the feet
Section Composition and recording says
 * This tapping "has been incorrectly identified as a metronome in the past", according to engineer Geoff Emerick, who says it is actually the sound of Paul tapping his foot. McCartney also said the same in The Beatles' Anthology documentary. Emerick recalls as being mic'd up separately.

The last sentence of that paragraph, "Emerick recalls as being mic'd up separately", is incomplete: Emerick recalls what as being mic'd up separately? Presumably the foot-tapping, but that really should be checked in the source before any correction is made. While a book Recording the Beatles is cited as the reference, there's no further information about that book. It may well be
 * Recording the Beatles: The Studio Equipment and Techniques Used to Create Their Classic Albums

listed by Google Books as by
 * Kevin L. Ryan, Brian Kehew, and Ryan Kehew

and published by
 * Curvebender, 2006 - 537 pages.

-- Thnidu (talk) 04:49, 14 January 2020 (UTC)

I removed the uncited line, "The fingerpicking technique that McCartney uses in the song was taught to him by folk singer Donovan." I believe Don has talked about this in his book, but I know he said specifically in an interview with Vin Scelsa (which I have a tape of), that he taught John Lennon his fingerpicking technique in India. Paul wasn't interested, but John approached it seriously like a student, and then went off and wrote Dear Prudence and Julia, using that style. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.219.103.208 (talk) 06:29, 15 March 2022 (UTC)

Inspired by the Little Rock Nine
See the article below https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/paul-mccartney-meets-women-who-inspired-beatles-blackbird-57076/amp/ 2601:645:8300:78F0:856:6D22:5FAE:B4ED (talk) 22:46, 17 October 2023 (UTC)

BPI certification
Blackbird went gold in the U.K.on 14/01/22 https://www.bpi.co.uk/award/12079-1786-1 Glc19821 (talk) 22:46, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

 * It's been corrected. Thanks for the update! Sincerely, Novo Tape (She/Her) My Talk Page  22:51, 13 November 2023 (UTC)

Requested move 13 December 2023

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The result of the move request was: not moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) – robertsky (talk) 02:35, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Blackbird (Beatles song) → Blackbird (song) – Clear WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. In the disambig page listed at Blackbird, for the 3 entries with this exact title, the Norma John song is a redirect, and the Alter Bridge one is easily surpassed by the Beatles song in page views, in both the album and song view counts combined.

|Blackbird_(Alter_Bridge_album)|Blackbird_(Alter_Bridge_song)|Blackbird_(Norma_John_song) Page views statistics suggest a clear reasoning for this song to be named as such. (And not just because it's a way better song..) KangarooGymnast (talk) 19:11, 13 December 2023 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Support came here to do it myself :) takes 95% of the pageviews to songs titled "Blackbird", with the Alter Bridge song taking the other 5%. This is the pretty clear WP:INCDAB ptopic. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 22:20, 13 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Bye Bye Blackbird, often just known as "Blackbird", is just as notable, if not more so. -- Necrothesp (talk) 15:42, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
 * |Blackbird_(Alter_Bridge_album)|Blackbird_(Alter_Bridge_song)|Blackbird_(Norma_John_song)|Bye_Bye_Blackbird Not according to the page views. In fact, the page views for that article is comparable to the other entries I mentioned. KangarooGymnast (talk) 18:00, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Long-term significance is as important as page views. Something many editors seem to ignore. -- Necrothesp (talk) 10:16, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose per above. Blackbird (song) is ambiguous, and nothing is gained by introducing ambiguity into the article title. 162 etc. (talk) 17:49, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose 95% is probably not enough especially when you factor in Bye Bye.  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 17:33, 21 December 2023 (UTC)

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User:Jgardner/WIP/List of Members of the First Presidency (LDS)

TODO:
 * Fill in dates to the day
 * Build stub pages for dead links.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Darko juric

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Darko juric
Vanity. Follows Geogre's law. RickK 07:02, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * This one was speedy deleted one minute before you completed the nomination
 * 07:01, 11 Jun 2005 Infrogmation deleted "Darko juric" (Orphan non-article vanity. Good luck on getting your degree.)
 * I believe nobody wants this undeleted so I'm closing the debate now. Sjakkalle (Check!)  12:46, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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New Bullards Bar Dam

New Bullards Bar Dam is a variable radius concrete arch dam constructed in the early 1960s in California on the North Yuba River. Located near the town of Dobbins in Yuba County, the dam forms the New Bullards Bar Reservoir, which can hold about 969600 acre feet of water. The dam serves for irrigation, drinking water and hydroelectric power generation.

History
New Bullards Bar Dam was constructed by the Yuba County Water Agency. The agency was created through an act of the state legislature in 1959 specifically to construct a flood control reservoir in response to a flooding event in 1955. The bulk of the financing for the dam came from the issuance of revenue bonds. The dam was completed in 1969.

The dam is the fourth constructed on the Bullards Bar site, succeeding diversion dams built in 1899 and 1900 as well as a 200 ft concrete arch dam built by the Yuba River Power Company and transferred to Pacific Gas and Electric Company in 1922. The dam generated power from 1924 until its inundation by the New Bullards Bar Reservoir in 1969. Although the 1899 diversion dam was washed away, the 1900 dam is still in place about a quarter mile (0.4 km) downstream from the present dam.

Operations
New Bullards Bar Reservoir provides flood control space between September 15 and May 31 of each year. There are 170,000 acre.ft of flood control storage space between October 31 and March 31.

The reservoir controls water flows from the North Yuba River, as well as from the Middle Yuba River and Oregon Creek via diversion tunnels. The Our House Diversion Dam is situated on the Middle Yuba about 8 mi above its mouth and diverts water into a 5.5 mi tunnel with a capacity of 810 cuft/s, running northwest to the Log Cabin Diversion Dam on Oregon Creek. From here the combined waters of the Middle Yuba and Oregon Creek are sent west into a shorter 1.3 mi tunnel with a capacity of 1100 cuft/s into the eastern (Willow Creek) arm of New Bullards Bar Reservoir. The diversions add about 173.9 mi2 to the effective catchment area of New Bullards Bar Reservoir. The entire diversion and reservoir system is collectively known as the Yuba River Development Project.

Flood operations in the New Bullards Bar Reservoir water control manual are in part defined with being linked to operations in Marysville Dam. Marysville Dam was supposed to be built as part of a system of dams in the Sacramento Basin along with New Bullards Bar and Oroville Dam, but it was never built. Marysville Dam is still a defining function in the downstream channel capacity constraints even though it is non-existent.

The dam furnishes water via a penstock through a mountain to the New Colgate Powerhouse, which is located 5.2 mi downstream. The added distance increases the hydraulic head, i.e., elevation change. Its two Pelton wheels have a combined capacity of 340 megawatts and are the largest of their kind in the world. At maximum generation, the powerhouse utilizes a flow of 3430 cuft/s, and is an important source of peaking power for the region. The small Fish Release powerhouse was constructed in 1986 at the base of the dam. It has a capacity of 150 kilowatts and generates power from water releases for fish on the Yuba River. Total annual generation at New Colgate Powerhouse is about 1,314,000 megawatt hours (MWh), while the Fish Release powerhouse produces 1,300 MWh.

The aforementioned 14-foot (4.3 m)-diameter penstock drains water from the New Bullards Bar Reservoir several miles through a mountain and down a large hill to deliver water to the New Colgate Powerhouse. In 2006 a 168-inch (4.3 m) butterfly valve was designed and manufactured in Europe for installation in the penstock at the top of the hill to protect the powerhouse from flooding in the event that an earthquake or other event caused the penstock to rupture. This valve uses a design similar to that of the dam's base release works.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/French presidential election, 2007

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French presidential election, 2007
Speculation. RickK 07:05, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Future event with no solid facts Epolk 07:22, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - Crystal ball and all that. --FCYTravis 08:07, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment is this actually any less encyclopedic than U.S. presidential_election, 2008? I'll abstain from voting for now. Sjakkalle (Check!)  08:42, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. The next French Presidential elections will be held in 2007. It will be decided in run-off election. There are two verifiable facts. As Sjakalle notes we have an article on a future election in another notable country the US where the President serves a fixed term. It is perfectly reasonable to have articles on the next election in a system where the President has a fixed term and a track record of elections being held at the due date. Capitalistroadster 09:07, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Valid stub for major forthcoming election, just like United Kingdom general election, 2009/10, Scottish parliamentary election, 2007, 2005 Conservative leadership election, Welsh Assembly Election, 2007, U.S. presidential election, 2008... The last two of these have survived VFD, as did United Kingdom general election, 2005 when it was first created. Can we please stop having the same darned arguments over and over again? sjorford →•← 11:14, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Crystal ball rule has been popularly set aside in many VfD's relating to future political events that are certain to happen, barring an asteroid obliterating the earth. Predicting such an asteroid will hit in 2007, now that would be a crystal ball case. -- BD2412 talk 13:41, 2005 Jun 11 (UTC)
 * Keep as per BD2412. 23skidoo 16:27, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as per US 2008 election, UK general election 2005/6 (which I remember voting "keep" for...), UK general election 2009/10, &c. &c. Note that WP:NOT explicitly cites a well-characterisable future election as a suitable topic. Shimgray 17:47, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Revolución 20:07, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as per sjorford. -- Jonel 00:31, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as per Capitalistroadster et al. It would ill-founded to exclude this while including the US2008 vote, and the US2008 must be here, because it is mentioned in every American newspaper every other day at least once, even now. Notable scheduled elections are an exception to crystal ball policy.  Xoloz 04:10, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep the next scheduled election article of all elections. -- Un focused 04:25, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Wikipedia is not a dead book on a library shelf. CalJW 04:35, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep.  ral  315  05:05, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
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User talk:Dikaiopolis

Hi Dikaiopolis,

It looks like you have yet to be spotted by the welcoming committee. I spotted your comment on another talk page about not knowing the four tilde trick for signatures. Its one of the things mentioned in many of the introduction messages, so allow me the offer you a belated welcome....

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Question regarding Hydropower physics
Hi Dikaiopolis,

I am interested in an addition you made to the 'Hydropower' article on the 11th November 2004. In it you added the 'Physics' sebsection.

I would like to know where you got your source material for this from since I am interested in quantifying the kinetic power of water where there is no significant change in elevation. I am therefore interested in the final equation added to this section in particular. Also, what does the greek symbol 'varphi' stand for?

Thanks,

Chris M Parker 09:51, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Hi Chris. My source is roughly my brain, since I have a B.S. in Physics and an interest in watermills. I haven't found a fluid mechanics book that I would really recommend yet unfortunately, but even introductory physics textbooks might have some information on this water flow problem (it is kind of a classic). varphi is not my edition, but I gather that the author's intent is that it's volume of water per time or volumetric flux. I've 'corrected' the article so that we use the same phi everywhere.

Generally, what you want to do is quantify the energy that the water loses by going through your device, and this is the available energy. Ordinarily (with water wheels), energy is either potential energy or kinetic energy (I could imagine a hydro power system where one could use thermal energy, but that's clearly not what you're interested in here). If you have a water wheel in a flat stream, potential energy is the same everywhere, but the water wheel slows down the downstream flow somewhat (or in the case of the over-shot wheels I mentioned, reduce the speed to a negligible value). If you know the speed of water before and after the wheel, you can calculate the energy that the wheel could have absorbed. However, this is not necessarily the power available to the water wheel, because energy could also have been dissipated through eddies, viscous dissipation in the fluid, et c. For over-shot wheels that don't leak, this is pretty simple, since you know the incoming water stream velocity, and the outgoing velocity is just that of the waterwheel cups. There aren't any other dissipations because there's no river with eddies, et c. For wheels that dip into a river, the situation is more difficult because it's hard to measure the velocity change (the water flows around and isn't confined to little cups), and dissipation through water currents is a bigger issue. For this situation, you could also try an entirely different approach, by calculating the force on the wheel blades using Stoke's Law. Energy is force times distance, so power is force times speed. Of course, force in this case is a function of speed, so there will be some optimal speed between a stopped wheel and a wheel that moves at the water velocity.

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Tail Lights Fade

Tail Lights Fade is a 1999 Canadian film directed by Malcolm Ingram and starring Denise Richards, Jake Busey, Breckin Meyer, Elizabeth Berkley, Jason Mewes, and Lisa Marie. The film follows two couples and their race across Canada to bail one of their brothers out of a marijuana charge by clearing out the grow house completely. The film's namesake gets its title from a 1992 Buffalo Tom song, which is also on the soundtrack.

Production troubles
In an interview for website IGN, writer/director Malcolm Ingram described the experience as being very unpleasant to handle. "But it wasn't in the cards. The Producer was insane, The Production company was lame, I was too green to deal with such insanity as the schedule being cut down by 12 days two weeks before we went to camera. On that film our Producer actually made offers to two separate actresses (Lisa Marie and Elizabeth Berkeley) at the same time. They both accepted and my poor screenwriter had to tear chunks of the script out and create a role to accommodate both actors. They were both great, and I wasn't complaining to have two incredible ladies in my film... but that is an example of the level of professionalism I was dealing with. I also remember we had a bare bones crew doing pick up shots for free to try and make up for the days we lost. God bless 'em. We were shooting a highly illegal scene involving fake cop cars and high speeds. No one really wanted to be there, But... It had to be done. The Producer (the one who f***ed us for days and left us in this highly precarious situation) didn't even stick around to show support, saying, "I'll say a prayer for you guys" as she bolted away from the travesty she was responsible for. The real shame is that I think that the actors really gave the goods... and the crew worked their hearts out. In the end... it wasn't what I had envisioned. However I'm still proud of the actors... and forever grateful to the crew... Wish I could have given 'em something to be a little prouder."

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XPT

XPT can mean multiple things:
 * New South Wales XPT, passenger train operated by NSW TrainLink in New South Wales, Australia
 * The ISO 4217 code for the value of one troy ounce of platinum
 * The filename extension .xpt is used for XPConnect typelibraries

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Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Canberra/Suburbs

Added brownie points go to anyone who researches the area and puts in a section detailing the past aboriginal culture of the area.

Suggest this be rephrased! Pete 07:07, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Gold stars might be more appropriate--AYArktos 08:52, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Stub template nomination for deletion
The template associated with the incomplete suburb articles was nominated for merger with Template:Canberra-stub or for deletion on June 19 at Stub_types_for_deletion--AYArktos 21:54, 19 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * In the debate it has been suggested to change the name of the category to Category:Canberra suburb stubs. I would suport the rename. Any comments?--AYArktos 01:51, 20 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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Multi-channel memory architecture

In the fields of digital electronics and computer hardware, multi-channel memory architecture is a technology that increases the data transfer rate between the DRAM memory and the memory controller by adding more channels of communication between them. Theoretically, this multiplies the data rate by exactly the number of channels present. Dual-channel memory employs two channels. The technique goes back as far as the 1960s having been used in IBM System/360 Model 91 and in CDC 6600.

Modern high-end desktop and workstation processors such as the AMD Ryzen Threadripper series and the Intel Core i9 Extreme Edition lineup support quad-channel memory. Server processors from the AMD Epyc series and the Intel Xeon platforms give support to memory bandwidth starting from quad-channel module layout to up to 12-channel layout. In March 2010, AMD released Socket G34 and Magny-Cours Opteron 6100 series processors with support for quad-channel memory. In 2006, Intel released chipsets that support quad-channel memory for its LGA771 platform and later in 2011 for its LGA2011 platform. Microcomputer chipsets with even more channels were designed; for example, the chipset in the AlphaStation 600 (1995) supports eight-channel memory, but the backplane of the machine limited operation to four channels.

Dual-channel architecture

Dual-channel-enabled memory controllers in a PC system architecture use two 64-bit data channels. Dual-channel should not be confused with double data rate (DDR), in which data exchange happens twice per DRAM clock. The two technologies are independent of each other, and many motherboards use both by using DDR memory in a dual-channel configuration.

Operation
Dual-channel architecture requires a dual-channel-capable motherboard and two or more DDR memory modules. The memory modules are installed into matching banks, each of which belongs to a different channel. The motherboard's manual will provide an explanation of how to install memory for that particular unit. A matched pair of memory modules may usually be placed in the first bank of each channel, and a different-capacity pair of modules in the second bank. Modules rated at different speeds can be run in dual-channel mode, although the motherboard will then run all memory modules at the speed of the slowest module. Some motherboards, however, have compatibility issues with certain brands or models of memory when attempting to use them in dual-channel mode. For this reason, it is generally advised to use identical pairs of memory modules, which is why most memory manufacturers now sell "kits" of matched-pair DIMMs. Several motherboard manufacturers only support configurations where a "matched pair" of modules are used. A matching pair needs to match in:
 * Capacity (e.g. 1024 MB). Certain Intel chipsets support different capacity chips in what they call Flex Mode: the capacity that can be matched is run in dual-channel, while the remainder runs in single-channel.
 * Speed (e.g. PC5300). If speed is not the same, the lower speed of the two modules will be used. Likewise, the higher latency of the two modules will be used.
 * CAS (Column Address Strobe) latency, or CL.
 * Number of chips and sides (e.g. two sides with four chips on each side).
 * Size of rows and columns.

Theoretically any matched pair of memory modules may be used in either single- or dual-channel operation, provided the motherboard supports this architecture.

With the introduction of DDR5, each DDR5 DIMM has two independent sub-channels.

Performance
Theoretically, dual-channel configurations double the memory bandwidth when compared to single-channel configurations. This should not be confused with double data rate (DDR) memory, which doubles the usage of DRAM bus by transferring data both on the rising and falling edges of the memory bus clock signals.

Ganged versus unganged
Dual-channel was originally conceived as a way to maximize memory throughput by combining two 64-bit buses into a single 128-bit bus. This is retrospectively called the "ganged" mode. However, due to lackluster performance gains in consumer applications, more modern implementations of dual-channel use the "unganged" mode by default, which maintains two 64-bit memory buses but allows independent access to each channel, in support of multithreading with multi-core processors.

"Ganged" versus "unganged" difference could also be envisioned as an analogy with the way RAID 0 works, when compared to JBOD. With RAID 0 (which is analogous to "ganged" mode), it is up to the additional logic layer to provide better (ideally even) usage of all available hardware units (storage devices, or memory modules) and increased overall performance. On the other hand, with JBOD (which is analogous to "unganged" mode) it is relied on the statistical usage patterns to ensure increased overall performance through even usage of all available hardware units.

Operation
DDR3 triple-channel architecture is used in the Intel Core i7-900 series (the Intel Core i7-800 series only support up to dual-channel). The LGA 1366 platform (e.g. Intel X58) supports DDR3 triple-channel, normally 1333 and 1600Mhz, but can run at higher clock speeds on certain motherboards. AMD Socket AM3 processors do not use the DDR3 triple-channel architecture but instead use dual-channel DDR3 memory. The same applies to the Intel Core i3, Core i5 and Core i7-800 series, which are used on the LGA 1156 platforms (e.g., Intel P55). According to Intel, a Core i7 with DDR3 operating at 1066 MHz will offer peak data transfer rates of 25.6 GB/s when operating in triple-channel interleaved mode. This, Intel claims, leads to faster system performance as well as higher performance per watt.

When operating in triple-channel mode, memory latency is reduced due to interleaving, meaning that each module is accessed sequentially for smaller bits of data rather than completely filling up one module before accessing the next one. Data is spread amongst the modules in an alternating pattern, potentially tripling available memory bandwidth for the same amount of data, as opposed to storing it all on one module.

The architecture can only be used when all three, or a multiple of three, memory modules are identical in capacity and speed, and are placed in three-channel slots. When two memory modules are installed, the architecture will operate in dual-channel architecture mode.

Supporting processors
Intel Core i7:
 * Intel Core i7-9xx Bloomfield, Gulftown
 * Intel Core i7-9x0X Gulftown

Intel Xeon:
 * Intel Xeon E55xx Nehalem-EP
 * Intel Xeon E56xx Westmere-EP
 * Intel Xeon ECxxxx Jasper Forest
 * Intel Xeon L55xx Nehalem-EP
 * Intel Xeon L5609 Westmere-EP
 * Intel Xeon L5630 Westmere-EP
 * Intel Xeon L5640 Westmere-EP
 * Intel Xeon LC55x8 Jasper Forest
 * Intel Xeon Wxxxx Bloomfield, Nehalem-EP, Westmere-EP
 * Intel Xeon X55xx Nehalem-EP
 * Intel Xeon X56xx Westmere-EP
 * Intel Xeon x4xx v3
 * Intel Pentium 14xx v3
 * Intel Xeon x4xx v2
 * Intel Pentium 14xx v2
 * Intel Xeon x4xx
 * Intel Pentium 14xx

Operation
Quad-channel memory debuted on Intel's Nehalem-EX LGA 1567 platform of Xeon CPUs, aka Beckton in 2010, and was introduced to the high end product line on the Intel X79 LGA 2011 platform with Sandy Bridge-E in late 2011. DDR4 replaced DDR3 on the Intel X99 LGA 2011 platform, aka Haswell-E, and is also used in AMD's Threadripper platform. DDR3 quad-channel architecture is used in the AMD G34 platform and in the aforementioned Intel CPUs prior to Haswell. AMD processors for the C32 platform and Intel processors for the LGA 1155 platform (e.g. Intel Z68) use dual-channel DDR3 memory instead.

The architecture can be used only when all four memory modules (or a multiple of four) are identical in capacity and speed, and are placed in quad-channel slots. When two memory modules are installed, the architecture will operate in a dual-channel mode; When three memory modules are installed, the architecture will operate in a triple-channel mode.

Performance
A benchmark performed by TweakTown, using SiSoftware Sandra, measured around 70% increase in performance of a quadruple-channel configuration, when compared to a dual-channel configuration. Other tests performed by TweakTown on the same subject showed no significant differences in performance, leading to a conclusion that not all benchmark software is up to the task of exploiting increased parallelism offered by the multi-channel memory configurations.

Supporting processors
AMD Threadripper:
 * AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3rd gen 3990X
 * AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3rd gen 3970X
 * AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3rd gen 3960X
 * AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2nd gen 2990WX
 * AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2nd gen 2970WX
 * AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2nd gen 2950X
 * AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2nd gen 2920X
 * AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
 * AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X
 * AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X

AMD Epyc:
 * Epyc 7003 series processors
 * Epyc 7002 series processors
 * Epyc 7001 series processors

AMD Opteron:
 * Opteron 6300-series "Abu Dhabi" (32 nm)
 * Opteron 6200-series "Interlagos" (32 nm)
 * Opteron 6100-series "Magny-Cours" (45 nm)

Intel Core:
 * Intel Core i9-10900X
 * Intel Core i7-9800X
 * Intel Core i9-7980XE
 * Intel Core i9-7940X
 * Intel Core i9-7900X
 * Intel Core i7-7820X
 * Intel Core i7-7800X
 * Intel Core i7-6950X
 * Intel Core i7-6900K
 * Intel Core i7-6850K
 * Intel Core i7-6800K
 * Intel Core i7-5960X
 * Intel Core i7-5930K
 * Intel Core i7-5820K
 * Intel Core i7-4960X
 * Intel Core i7-4930K
 * Intel Core i7-4820K
 * Intel Core i7-3970X
 * Intel Core i7-3960X
 * Intel Core i7-3930K
 * Intel Core i7-3820

Intel Xeon:
 * Intel Xeon E5-x6xx v4
 * Intel Xeon E7-x8xx v3
 * Intel Xeon E5-x6xx v3
 * Intel Xeon E7-x8xx v2
 * Intel Xeon E5-x6xx v2
 * Intel Xeon E7-x8xx
 * Intel Xeon E5-x6xx

Hexa-channel architecture
Supported by Qualcomm Centriq server processors, and processors from the Intel Xeon Scalable platform.

Octa-channel architecture
Supported by Cavium ThunderX2 server processors, AMD's server processors from their Epyc platform, and the Threadripper PRO lineup of professional-class workstation processors.

Dodeca-channel architecture
Dodeca-channel or 12-channel memory architecture is introduced with AMD's server processors from their Epyc 9004 platform released in 2022, using DDR5 memory.

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They've killed the List of famous failures in science and engineering! You Bastards!!
Mmx1 is taking the fight that I have over the F-14 and F-111 to the failure page, and he has nominated them for deletion. The wiki-thugs are all voting to delete the page. Mmx1 has reversed the F-14 page to state that it is not, and has never been designed as a maneuverable air superiority fighter, and is not accepting any contrary citations up to and including a F-14 test pilot, Janes Defence, and Aviation Week. He is apparently taking revenge against other pages. Please go to the deletion page and tell the administrators what is going on. Look at the patterns of MMx. He regular accuses others of gross misinformation and summarily reverts most edits as a self-appointed judge of all truth, but in fact should not be allowed this leeway. --matador300 11:03, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

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Windows Vista
I've reverted your change to this article, as it doesn't help convey the information in a neutral tone suitable for an encyclopedia. Thanks. -/- Warren 01:23, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism
This user has vandalised the wikipedia page on Riderless horse by adding false information.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sappho r.o.k.

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was DELETE. Golbez 07:02, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

Sappho r.o.k.

 * No notability proven. Slac speak up!  07:10, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 'Delete as non-notable. 3 Google hits for "Sappho r.o.k.", those being their website, Wikipedia, and a Wikipedia mirror. -- Infrogmation 03:02, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete … G u y M … (soapbox) 03:49, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Participant evolution

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Participant evolution
~50 Google hits for "Participant evolution". Combine it with "transhumanism" or "transhumanist" and it's down to 3. Most hits seem to deal with cyborgs. I'm saying non-notable neologism. --Xcali 07:10, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * The biggest value of Wikipedia is where Google fails. This is exactly the case. The article gives the correct description of the term difficult to find elsewhere. The starting war between transhumanists and biocinservatives is an emerging social issue of a rapidly increasing importance. Understanding of the term "Participant evolution" is essential for an active social position and for understanding of the issue. Keep the article, update it, if necessary. Presscorr 08:06, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: User:Presscorr's fourth edit. Account appears to have been created after VfD started.  --Xcali 17:14, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: That would seem to indicate to me that it's original research, an attempt to raise awareness, or an attempt to preditct what might happen. None of these are appropriate for an encyclopedia. --Xcali 17:14, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Ignoring the above hyperbole, there is actually a concept here, and it is one coined by the same people who gave us the concept of cyborgs, and at the same time, back in the 1960s. I've removed an entirely irrelevant transhumanist credo (that said nothing at all about participant evolution) from the article and given you some secondary source references to chew on instead. Weak Keep. Uncle G 00:55, 2005 Jun 12 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep as per Uncle G. Xoloz 04:18, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand. Agree with Uncle G. JamesBurns 04:40, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: Uncle G's version is better, but we're still talking about something with only 50 Google hits. Perhaps it would be best merged into cyborg? --Xcali 05:49, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I wrote this article to share the results of my research on Transhumanism and I also like Uncle G's version better than my original. If it must be redirected, the most appropriate place would be NOT to Cyborg, but to Posthuman that already refers to the term of "Participant evolution". "Cyborg" is a mere "mixture of organic and mechanical parts" and does not necessarily imply any kind of "evolution", it is only a subset of "Transhuman". However the Posthuman article already has much more information while the Transhuman article essentially just refers to it. So Posthuman would be the best redirect to right after the words "Homo sapiens", if it must be redirected. Presscorr 00:16, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, expand. -- BD2412 talk 20:01, 2005 Jun 14 (UTC)
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A Little Cloud

"A Little Cloud" is a short story by James Joyce, first published in his 1914 collection Dubliners. It contrasts the life of the protagonist, Little Chandler, a Dubliner who remained in the city and married, with the life of his old friend Ignatius Gallaher, who had left Ireland to find success and excitement as a journalist and bachelor in London.

Summary
The story follows Thomas Chandler, or "Little Chandler" as he is known, through a portion of his day. The story drops the reader into Little Chandler's life when he is at work, where he cannot focus because he is preoccupied with the thought of a visit later that day. He anxiously awaits this visit with his old friend Ignatius Gallaher. Gallaher is now a "brilliant figure" in the London Press and Little Chandler has not seen him in eight years. As Little Chandler thinks about his old friend and the success that has come to him, he begins to reflect upon his own life. This reflection gives the reader insight to Little Chandler's character. The reader sees Little Chandler as a mere observer of life, a reluctant character. He is timid, because he enjoys poetry yet is too "shy" to read it to his wife. Little Chandler likes to think that he himself could have been a writer if only he had put his mind to it. All of the "different moods and impressions he wished to express in verse" could still be achieved if he could just express himself. But as much as Little Chandler covers up his true feelings with these thoughts that seem to "comfort" him, the reader can see past this.

These feelings are more clearly exposed to the reader in the bar where Little Chandler actually meets Gallaher. Here, Gallaher tells enchanting stories of his vast traveling. His life is the exact opposite of Little Chandler's and Little Chandler begins to feel that his wife is holding him back from success as a result of Gallaher's glorification of his travels and freedoms. Without his wife, without his little boy, he would be free to prosper. Deep envy sets into Little Chandler. It seems as though the more they drink, and the longer they talk, the more inferior Chandler feels. Still, he tries to hide his envy of Gallaher's life by saying how one day Gallaher will get married and start a family too.

Joyce shifts the scene to Little Chandler's home. We find Little Chandler with his child in his arms. He is sitting at a table looking at a picture of his wife, Annie. He looks into her eyes searching for answers to his now confused state of mind. All he finds is coldness. He sees a pretty girl, but he can see no life in her, and he compares her unfavourably to the rich, exotic women Gallaher says are available to him. He wonders why he married Annie. He then opens a book of Byron's poetry and begins to read until the child begins to cry and Little Chandler finds he cannot comfort him. Little Chandler snaps at his son. The frightened baby cries harder and harder until Annie comes. Through her interaction with Little Chandler and the child, it becomes apparent that Little Chandler is not her main priority.

Little Chandler feels trapped. All feelings of hope that existed at the beginning of the day are now gone. It is at this moment that Little Chandler reaches a deep moment of recognition. He finally sees the truth that the reader has known all along. His own reluctance is the only thing responsible for his feelings of incompleteness, and he can now only blame himself. Tears come to Little Chandler's eyes, and the story is cut off.

Analysis
In an analysis of "A Little Cloud", Harold Mosher wrote that, in Dubliners, Joyce uses, and perhaps abuses, both repetition and cliché in order to give the writing a feel of insignificance. He pointed out there is a legitimate lack of action in many of the stories, certainly in "A Little Cloud", and this "content of lack" is mirrored by the language Joyce used. Mosher believes the talking about nothing, in the way that many Joyce characters do, is actually rather important, and argued that, in terms of the language, this style actually portrays an abundance of creativity and quality, rather than the lack of fresh thought that could be implied by the cliché nature of the writing. Thematically, Mosher said this is important in an ironic way, because, though it shows creativity on the part of Joyce, it shows little on the part of Chandler: he thinks and speaks in this way because, as he says in the end to Annie, he "couldn’t... didn't do anything."

It’s been remarked that “a central theme” of Dubliners is expressed in Little Chandler’s conclusion that “If you wanted to succeed you had to go away.”

Title
Thomas O'Grady's has argued that the somewhat ambiguous title "A Little Cloud" can be attributed to William Blake's "Infant Sorrow." He points out that Blake was an influential artist for Joyce and that Joyce gave a lecture on Blake once. O'Grady believes this connection is logical, because it lends structural and thematic significance to the title. This story is Little Chandler's "song of experience" according to O'Grady because the "infant hope" carried by Chandler's child is overwhelmed with the sorrow and remorse he feels.

Terence Brown, meanwhile, has suggested the title may be an allusion to the Biblical tale of Elijah and the prophets of Baal and, more particularly, to I Kings 18:44.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Again

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User:Again
Advertising his cracking skillz. RickK 07:12, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Let's show him our mad deleting skil1z, y0. --FCYTravis 07:14, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. No relevant content Epolk 07:21, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete I've got no problem with articles that cover illegal activities, but we shouldn't be promoting them. --Xcali 07:23, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. "Wikipedia is not a free host or webspace provider". Sjakkalle (Check!)  12:41, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * keep all hail censorship gods — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.192.103.183 (talk • contribs)  15:19, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry, but anons are not allowed to vote. Please type ~ four times to sign.
 * Sorry, but anon are allowed to vote Guide to Votes for deletion though I doubt this one would be counted. Double Blue  (Talk) 16:35, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * IPs are allowed to vote, but not anons. This user did not sign his post, so it cannot be counted.  ral  315  23:57, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't believe that forgetting to sign my vote is a reason to disallow it. However, this anonymous user has very few edits (only to User:Again and some warez articles), and is likely User:Again him/herself. - Mike Rosoft 14:14, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete But state why in his user talk, and ask not to make it again Sonic Mew 15:25, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * keep good stuff Chubby Chicken 15:34, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: This user, as stated elsewhere in vfd, has been voting "Keep" for an astronomical number of VFDs. ral  315  23:58, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, for reasons stated by Sjakkalle. You 15:37, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC) Weak Keep as long as it is a vanity band article, Delete if it returns to advertising warez, etc. You 15:42, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: It is now a vanity band article. This is a User Page, so a bit of vanity is allowed, but it could change again. Sonic Mew 15:38, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. User:Again started this page as a warez advert so I presume that is what it is. Double Blue  (Talk) 16:34, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment: Why has User:Chubby Chicken vandalised User:Again's page?  Double Blue  (Talk) 16:34, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * He seems to have reverted it. Sonic Mew 16:36, Jun 11, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete promotion of illegal activities. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson 18:49, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete User:Again and block User:Chubby Chicken for vandalism. -- BD2412 talk 19:16, 2005 Jun 11 (UTC)
 * Delete, user pages are meant to be related to Wikipedia activity, not for use as an advert, personal webpage, or anything similar. Average Earthman 21:30, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Inappropriate use of a user page. Delete band vanity; speedy delete advertisement for illegal software. - Mike Rosoft 02:43, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per above. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 03:44, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy, wikipedia is not a webhost. -- Phroziac (talk) 04:21, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete advertising. The chickens have come home to roost for chubby. JamesBurns 04:41, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep user space Delete, user hasn't done much of anything else --SPUI (talk) 05:01, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Abuse of the userspace isn't a problem for VfD, which is about pages, but is a problem of user behavior, and we have procedures for dealing with troublesome actions of users, wherever those problematic edits occur. -- Seth Ilys 05:11, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Excuse me? Deletion policy explicitly lists inappropriate user pages as a problem which may need deletion via VfD. - Mike Rosoft 05:28, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * As Mike said. Radiant_ >|< 14:32, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Self-explanatory.  ral  315  23:57, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, advertisement, inappropriate user page -- Dpark 03:19, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, abuse of Wikipedia user namespace. Bratsche talk  5 pillars 03:21, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment, just as a side note, this "user" has made exactly one contribution (excluding user page modifications), changing a comma to a period on List of warez groups -- Dpark 03:24, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete for all of above reasons. And I would say permanently block the user, who has clearly attempted to use Wikipedia for illegal purposes and has made NO contribution to this site.  Postdlf 03:40, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete troublemaker. We already have enough of those who actually make contributions Nohat 06:20, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, should arguably be a speedy as promoting illegal activities is in itself illegal. Radiant_ >|< 14:32, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete WP is not a free web host. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd 01:22, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete. Not only are we not a web host, this is VERY illegal. Oh sure, they've cracked XP and Office 2003, yeah that's bad enough already... but they're "selling warez for a living"?!? That's some deep **** they're in, and I wouldn't want WP to in any way be percieved as aiding or abetting software pirates in the organisation and reconnaisance of their work. That, and the fact that some wronged company could find this page and misunderstand the nature of WP and send us a nasty letter. We have a policy clause about illegal uses, right? If not we should organise one so things like this can be "shot on sight" in future. Master Thief GarrettTalk 10:55, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * In the discussion about speedy deletion criteria it has been mentioned that illegal contents do already get deleted on sight. I am marking the page for speedy deletion. - Mike Rosoft 07:25, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Ah, thank you, I knew I'd seen it somewhere. However I was unable to to find it on the "what you can and can't use your User page for" list. Maybe we should add it there too? Master Thief GarrettTalk 07:52, 15 Jun 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 .

title: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Again