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Parliament House, Singapore

The Parliament House is a public building and a cultural landmark in Singapore. It houses the Parliament of Singapore, and is located in the Civic District of the Downtown Core within the Central Area. Within its vicinity is Raffles Place, which lies across from the Parliament House from the Singapore River, and the Supreme Court's building across the road. The building was designed to represent a contemporary architectural expression of stateliness and authority. The prism-shaped top, designed by President Ong Teng Cheong, was similarly a modernist take on the traditional dome.

Planning and construction
The space constraints faced by the Old Parliament House were felt since the early 1980s, when the members of parliament grew from 51 in 1963 to 75 in 1983, a point made by then Leader of the House, Edmund William Barker during a parliamentary debate on 16 March 1983. The old building had been renovated several times to accommodate the demand for space, but there was a limit as to how much the building could be widened without disrupting the Chamber's configuration and causing discomfort to its members. The debate concluded in 1989, when the First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong proposed the idea to build a new parliament house.

The project started in earnest in May 1989, when a project team was formed to design and build the new house. Headed by Liu Thai Ker, CEO and Chief Planner of the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA), it comprised architects and engineers from the URA and the Public Works Department (PWD). Various designs were put forth by PWD architects for the new site next to the existing parliament house, led by PWD Director Chua Hua Meng and Deputy Director Lee Kut Cheung.

In 1992, the project was approved by the government with a budget of S$148.2 million. The following year, the Committee on the Parliament Complex Development Project was established, headed by the Speaker of Parliament Tan Soo Khoon, and with Wong Kan Seng, Lee Boon Yang, and Lim Hng Kiang as its members. Tasked to liaise with architects in the planning and construction of the building, the committee members also went on two overseas study missions to gather ideas to be incorporated into the building's design. The first trip was made to Australia, where visits were made to the newly built Parliament House in Canberra. Here, extensive attention was paid to public education of the parliamentary system in the form of galleries, moot parliaments. A second visit was made to Europe, to incorporate contrasting older, traditional ideas into the building's design.

With these ideas incorporated, the new building's concept plan was approved by the Cabinet in 1994. Construction began in 1995 on the expunged Hallpike Street under the direction of PWD Director Chua Hua Meng and Deputy Director Tan Chee Wee, and was completed in July 1999 at a cost of S$115.2 million.

On 6 September 1999, the flag of Singapore was lowered for the last time at the old Parliament House, before the ceremonial "walk over" was conducted from the old building to the new. Led by the Speaker of Parliament and the Prime Minister, the entourage of MPs walked along Parliament Place, a renamed segment of High Street, Singapore, before reaching the new Parliament House where the flag was unfurled and hoisted with the national anthem being played. The entourage then filed into the new Chamber, where the parliamentary debate resumed. On 4 October 1999, the building was officially opened with a simple ceremony held at the building's foyer, where a stainless steel plaque was unveiled before 100 MPs and invited guests.

Architecture
The new Parliament House was designed by the Public Works Department, and comprises three new blocks (Chamber Block, Front Block and Public Block) integrated with an existing restored building built in 1864 and which once housed the Attorney-General's Chambers. This block was gazetted as a national monument on 14 February 1992. The building was built not only as a venue for parliamentary debates, but also a research centre and meeting place for the members of parliament (MPs), as well as a place of interest for students and the general public.

Due to its setting in the richly historical area, the building's overall design harks back to its more historical neighbours with its slate grey external colour scheme and liberal use of accentuated columns reflective of the colonnade design common in classical architecture.

The main entrance from North Bridge Road is preceded by a grand ceremonial driveway flanked by palm trees, an iconic tree peculiar to the tropical region and complemented by fountain pools. The building's grand foyer is topped by the timber atrium, seen from the outside as the building's signature prism-shaped pinnacle.

With 100 seats and room for 20 more, the new Chamber features contemporary IT features like an electronic voting system, an integrated congress system, IT terminals and so on. Generous space is devoted to the Strangers' Gallery and the Press Gallery, allowing for more members of the public to observe proceedings. In addition, a new sound-proofed Educational Gallery was built on the top floor of the chamber allowing for staff and teachers to verbally explain live parliamentary proceedings to students, as well as a moot parliament, history corner, and multimedia information kiosks to provide a full educational programme, as is the case in the Parliament House in Canberra.

Also part of the new building are a 170-seat auditorium, a library, range of meeting and IT rooms and media facilities, a dining room, a 100-seat public cafeteria and even a gymnasium. Car parking is available below ground, leaving much valuable space above to include lush landscaping and a 2,770 square metre garden.

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Rachel Nichols (journalist)

Rachel Michele Nichols ( Alexander; born October 18, 1973 ) is an American journalist and sportscaster. She has covered the National Football League (NFL), National Hockey League (NHL), Major League Baseball (MLB), professional tennis, college sports, the Olympics and is most notable for her work with the National Basketball Association (NBA). In 2014, Sports Illustrated called Nichols "the country's most impactful and prominent female sports journalist".

Early life
Rachel Michele Alexander was born to Jane and Ronald Jacobs. Growing up in Potomac, Maryland, she became a fan of sports during her youth, saying it felt like watching a live storybook movie with heroes and villains, and an ending not yet written. Nichols wrote for and edited the school newspaper at Winston Churchill High School, graduating in 1991.

While attending the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, she had summer internships at USA Today, Chicago Sun-Times and The Washington Post. Michael Wilbon, a lead sports columnist of The Washington Post at the time, met Nichols when she was an 18-year-old intern and said "she had supreme confidence." One of Nichols' earliest assignments was to attend Chicago Bulls practices as a freelance newspaper reporter amid the team's first three-peat. After a few media sessions where she took notes and did not ask questions, Michael Jordan called her out to speak. The two began to talk on a regular basis after the exchange and Nichols credited the experience in growing her skills as a journalist. At age 21, she received a bachelor's degree from Northwestern University.

Newspapers
Nichols' first job was as a sportswriter for the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel covering the University of Miami football team and Miami Dolphins. In 1996, Nichols joined The Washington Post to cover the NHL's Washington Capitals. She later branched out into other sports including professional tennis, the Olympics, the National Basketball Association and Major League Baseball. Nichols covered Pete Sampras, Andre Agassi as well as Venus and Serena Williams early in their careers.

ESPN
She transitioned to broadcasting in 2004 when ESPN hired her as a reporter. Nichols made regular appearances on SportsCenter, Sunday NFL Countdown, Monday Night Countdown and was a recurring sideline reporter for Monday Night Football and NBA broadcasts. She was also a correspondent for E:60 and became a recognizable face at the network due to her rapport with prominent sports figures, with Esquire naming Nichols one of the "Women We Love".

CNN
In January 2013, Nichols left ESPN for CNN/Turner Sports and was announced to anchor the network's first sports-related program in twelve years. She was called a "revered player in the space" and considered a 'big get' for CNN. Unguarded with Rachel Nichols premiered in October of that year and changed from a regular series to an occasional special by October 2014. During this period, Nichols also worked the sidelines for the NBA on TNT program in both regular season and playoff games as well as regular appearances on Inside the NBA. She was a sideline reporter for CBS and TBS during the NCAA men's basketball tournament, paired with Verne Lundquist and Bill Rafferty, and was a dugout reporter for TBS during MLB playoff games. Nichols was widely praised for her tough questioning of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell in the wake of the Ray Rice scandal and likewise for confronting boxer Floyd Mayweather on his history of domestic violence. The Hollywood Reporter recognized her as one of the "10 Most Powerful Voices in Sports Media".

Return to ESPN
In 2016, Nichols was recruited back to ESPN by then-president John Skipper. She pitched "a conversation about basketball" as a daily program where former players, reporters and associates of the NBA community discuss the league. Tracy McGrady joined The Jump when it debuted in February 2016. A sit-down interview with Nichols became a benchmark for active players, and Sports Illustrated called The Jump "TV's smartest basketball show". She also became a recurring guest-host on the podcast Pardon My Take (2016–present), as well as on the TV show Pardon the Interruption. During the following years, Nichols interviewed Meek Mill and Philadelphia 76ers co-owner Michael Rubin on criminal justice reform, Mark Cuban after an NBA investigation into workplace harassment within the Dallas Mavericks organization and Kobe Bryant in one of his final interviews. She was nominated for "Outstanding Sports Personality/Studio Host" in the 2021 Sports Emmy Awards.

Plans to have The Jump serve as the Finals pregame show were scrapped amid the COVID-19 pandemic, when NBA Countdown with host Maria Taylor was made the Finals' pregame and halftime show. During the 2020 NBA Bubble, an employee at ESPN's Connecticut headquarters used a cell phone to record Nichols in her hotel room without her knowledge. The recording included a phone call with LeBron James' advisor Adam Mendelsohn, which was reportedly 30 minutes long, taken from a continuous video feed connected to ESPN's servers. The employee texted the recording to ESPN employees and executives, as well as Deadspin. Deadspin declined to publish the video, citing that it was an attempt to discredit Nichols and the employee may have committed a crime. An ESPN spokesperson acknowledged the issue in a comment to Deadspin, "We are extremely disappointed about the leak of a private conversation. It's indefensible and an intrusion on Rachel's privacy." Nichols was the sideline reporter for the 2020 NBA Finals and hosted its championship trophy presentation.

One year later, four minutes of edited footage from the phone call leaked to The New York Times before the 2021 NBA Finals amid ESPN's contract negotiations with Taylor. The footage included Nichols noting that being NBA Countdown host for the 2020 Finals "is in my contract in writing" and had been announced via press release by ESPN. She also alleged that internal pressure from a New York Times investigation into racism at ESPN and the network's "crappy record on diversity" led to executives asking her to step aside for Taylor. In response to the article, ESPN removed Nichols from sideline reporting for the 2021 Finals and skipped airing The Jump for a day before she returned and issued an on-air apology to Taylor. NBA players including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Vince Carter and Chris Paul appeared on The Jump over the following days. NBA commissioner Adam Silver was asked to weigh in on the ESPN controversy at the annual Finals press conference, pointedly remarking how "particularly unfortunate that two women in the industry are pitted against each other...I would have thought that in the past year, ESPN would have found a way to be able to work through it."

Nearly seven weeks after the NBA Finals, ESPN canceled The Jump and removed Nichols from its programming. At the time, she had over a year remaining on her contract. As Connecticut and Florida are two-party consent states for lawful recording of phone calls and conversations, Nichols was reported to have a strong legal case against ESPN. In January 2022, Nichols settled with ESPN and left the network.

Showtime
In September 2022, Nichols joined Showtime Sports to contribute to their basketball coverage.

Undisputed
In August 2023, it was announced that Nichols joined Fox Sports as one of the panelists for the weekday morning debate show Undisputed with Skip Bayless, Keyshawn Johnson, Michael Irvin and Richard Sherman.

Personal life
Nichols married film and music video director Max Nichols, son of film and stage director Mike Nichols, in a Jewish ceremony in Venice in 2001. Her stepmother-in-law, the stepmother of Max Nichols and the last wife of Mike Nichols before his death, is Diane Sawyer. The couple have twin daughters (born March 2011). She also has one older brother and one younger brother.

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Phil Lewis (musician)

Philip Francis Lewis (born 9 January 1957) is an English singer and musician, best known as the vocalist and occasional rhythm guitarist for the American glam metal band L.A. Guns. Born in London, Lewis has lived and worked in the U.S. since the 1980s but was privately educated at Royal Russell School in Surrey.

Early work
Lewis started the band Girl with guitarist Gerry Laffy in 1978. They put an advertisement in Melody Maker for a "peroxide guitar hero," and Phil Collen (current guitarist of Def Leppard) answered. They were soon joined by drummer Dave Gaynor and bassist Mark Megary. Megary was replaced shortly thereafter by Laffy's brother, Simon Laffy. They signed a record deal with Don Arden's label, Jet Records in 1979 and released their first album, Sheer Greed, in 1980. Lewis' then-girlfriend, Britt Ekland, was instrumental in helping Girl land their record deal. Later band members included Pete Barnacle, Bryson Graham, and Pete Bonas. They released their second album, Wasted Youth in 1982. Phil Collen left the band in 1982 to join Def Leppard, and the band broke up shortly thereafter. Their third and final album, Killing Time, was released in 1997. It consisted of leftover material from the first two albums as well as tracks that were written for an album that never materialized.

Lewis later joined forces with guitarist Rudy Rivera, bassist Dave Birch, and drummer Paul Edwards to start the band New Torpedos. They released a demo tape.

Lewis left New Torpedos to join the band Tormé with guitarist Bernie Tormé. They signed a record deal with Zebra Records and released Back to Babylon in 1986 and Die Pretty, Die Young in 1987. They toured both albums with modest success but never quite managed to win over mainstream audiences.

L.A. Guns
Shortly after leaving Tormé, Lewis received a call from guitarist Tracii Guns stating that he was interested in having Phil join his band, L.A. Guns. The two met on 1 April 1987, and Lewis was hired shortly thereafter. L.A. Guns soon signed a record deal with Polygram Records and released their first album, L.A. Guns, on 4 January 1988. The band achieved mainstream success with their second album, Cocked & Loaded, thanks in part due to the successful single, "The Ballad of Jayne." They released Hollywood Vampires in 1991, which also had moderate success. Due to the rise in popularity of the grunge movement, the band would not release their fourth album, Vicious Circle until 1994. That album did not achieve the success of the prior albums, so Lewis left the band shortly after its release.

During his time out of L.A. Guns, Lewis participated in several other music projects including Filthy Lucre with Steve Dior and the Liberators. Filthy Lucre released an album called Popsmear in 1997. During this time, he also held various other jobs including producing albums for other artists, mixing audio for Fox Sports, and even working as a telephone psychic for a short time.

Lewis returned to L.A. Guns in 1999. The classic lineup released a re-recorded version of the hit album Cocked and Loaded in 2000. This updated version was called Cocked & Re-Loaded. The band released a new album entitled Man in the Moon in 2001. They released Waking The Dead in April 2002. It was the first album with producer Andy Johns and would also prove to be the last with Tracii Guns, as he left the band a few months later to team up with Nikki Sixx for the band Brides of Destruction. Guns' departure forced the band to pull out of a world tour with Alice Cooper, and they were soon dropped from their label as well.

Lewis and drummer Steve Riley continued to tour as L.A. Guns after Tracii Guns' departure and have released two more original albums, Tales from the Strip in 2005 and Hollywood Forever in 2012.

In December 2016, Lewis announced that he would be leaving the current lineup of L.A. Guns. He also announced that he will be joining Tracii Guns in a new L.A. Guns lineup. The new lineup consists of Phil Lewis, Tracii Guns, Michael Grant, Johnny Martin, and Shane Fitzgibbon. They released a new album together called "The Missing Peace" on 13 October 2017. As of March 2018, Michael Grant left L.A. Guns.

Lewis is a contributor to the 80s metal music website "Metal Sludge", under the online handle "Al Snug".

Tribute albums
Lewis sang on a cover of Def Leppard's "Bringin' On the Heartbreak" on the Def Leppard tribute album Leppardmania. He also sang on a cover of Guns N' Roses's "My Michelle" on the Guns N' Roses tribute album Appetite for Reconstruction, and he contributed vocals on "Shot Down In Flames" for the AC/DC tribute album We Salute You: an All Star Tribute To AC/DC.

Lewis recorded a cover of Kiss' "Strutter" on the Kiss tribute album Spin The Bottle, sang on "Billion Dollar Babies" on the Alice Cooper tribute Humanary Stew, and contributed vocals to a cover of Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead or Alive" on the Bon Jovi tribute album Covered Dead or Alive.

Discography

 * With Girl
 * Sheer Greed (1980)
 * Wasted Youth (1982)
 * Killing Time (1997)

 * With New Torpedos
 * New Torpedos demo tape

 * With Tormé
 * Back To Babylon (1986)
 * Die Pretty, Die Young (1987)

 * With L.A. Guns
 * L.A. Guns (1988)
 * Cocked & Loaded (1989)
 * Hollywood Vampires (1991)
 * Cuts (1992)
 * Vicious Circle (1994)
 * Greatest Hits and Black Beauties (1999)
 * Live: A Night on the Strip (2000)
 * Cocked & Re-Loaded (2000)
 * Man in the Moon (2001)
 * Waking the Dead (2002)
 * Rips the Covers Off (2004)
 * Tales from the Strip (2005)
 * Loud and Dangerous: Live from Hollywood (2006)
 * Hellraiser's Ball: Caught in the Act (2008)
 * Covered in Guns (2010)
 * Hollywood Forever (2012)
 * The Missing Peace (2017)
 * The Devil You Know (2019)
 * Checkered Past (2021)
 * Black Diamonds (2023)

 * With Filthy Lucre
 * Popsmear (1997)

 * Solo
 * EL Nino/More Purple Than Black (1999)
 * Access Denied (2000) – Also marketed as a Liberators album
 * "Gypsy: Phil Lewis Semi-Precious Jewels" (2007)

 * With The Liberators
 * Access Denied (2000) – Also marketed as a Phil Lewis solo album.

 * Guest vocal appearances
 * Sheer Greed song "Everybody Wants" on their 1992 album, Sublime to the Ridiculous

Film appearances

 * Witchmaster General (2008) – Plays Dr. Phineas Gorgon

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Upper Saxon German

Upper Saxon (Obersächsisch, ; ) is an East Central German dialect spoken in much of the modern German state of Saxony and in adjacent parts of southeastern Saxony-Anhalt and eastern Thuringia. As of the early 21st century, it is mostly extinct and a new regiolect (also known as obersächsische Umgangssprache) has emerged instead. Though colloquially called "Saxon" (Sächsisch), it is not to be confused with the Low Saxon dialect group in Northern Germany. Upper Saxon is closely linked to the Thuringian dialect spoken in the adjacent areas to the west.

Standard German has been heavily based on Upper Saxon, especially in its lexicon and grammar. This is due to it being used as the basis for early developments in the standardization of German during the early 1500s, including the translation of the Bible by Martin Luther.

History
Upper Saxon evolved as a new variety in the course of the medieval German Ostsiedlung (eastern colonisation) from about 1100 onwards. Settlers descending from the stem duchies of Saxony, Franconia, and Bavaria, as well as Thuringia and Flanders, moved into the Margravate of Meissen between the Elbe and Saale rivers, formerly populated by Polabian Slavs. As the colonists belonged to different German tribes speaking different dialects, Upper Saxon became an intermediary, koiné dialect (Kolonialdialekt or Ausgleichsdialekt), having less distinct features than the older, more original dialects.

In the Middle Ages, a variety of Upper Saxon called Meißner Kanzleisächsisch developed as the "chancery language" of Saxony. This was the official, literary language of the Margravate of Meissen (respectively the Electorate of Saxony after 1423), replacing Latin as the language of administrators during the period of Renaissance humanism (15th to 16th century). It was less influenced by Upper German features than the Habsburg chancery language, and thus intelligible to speakers of both Upper and Low German dialects. In the context of the Bible translation by Martin Luther, it played a large part in the development of the Early New High German language as a standard variety.

Due to the influence and prestige of the Electorate of Saxony during the Baroque era (17th to 18th century), and especially its role as a focal point of artists and scientists, the language of the Upper Saxon elite (but not of its ordinary people) was considered the exemplary variant of German during that period. The literary theorist Johann Christoph Gottsched (1700–1766), who spent most of his adult life in Leipzig, considered Saxony's upper-class speech as the guiding form of standard German. When Johann Christoph Adelung published his High German dictionary (Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der hochdeutschen Mundart), he made clear that "High German" to him meant the parlance of educated Upper Saxons. He claimed that the Upper Saxon variety was to the German language what Attic was to Greek and Tuscan to Italian. One motive of the parents of German national poet Johann Wolfgang Goethe (a native of Frankfurt) to send him to study in Leipzig was to adopt a more sophisticated language.

With Saxony's loss of political power after the Seven Years' War (1756–63), its dialect lost prestige as well. In 1783, philosopher Johann Erich Biester, residing in the Prussian capital of Berlin, rated the "unpleasant singsong" and "highly peculiar confusion of b and p, of d and t"—even among upper-class speakers—"very crude".

According to linguist Beat Siebenhaar, Upper Saxon — defined as a cohesive linguistic system with its own, clear rules for pronunciation, word formation and syntax — became largely extinct during the second half of the 19th to early 20th century. This was due to the increased adoption of the standard language among the Saxony populace. Since then, (Upper) Saxon merely refers to a colloquial, regional variety of Standard German and not a dialect in the proper sense.

Spoken by leading communists from the Central German industrial area such as Walter Ulbricht, the Upper Saxon dialect was commonly perceived as the colloquial speech of East Germany by West German citizens and up to today is a subject of numerous stereotypical jokes. The mildly derogatory verb sächseln means to speak with a Saxon accent.

Features
Like many other German languages, Upper Saxon features the unrounding of vowel sounds descended from Middle High German (/ø/, /øː/, /y/, /yː/, and /yə̯/ to /e/, /eː/, /i/, and /iː/). This results in words such as bäse for Standard German böse (wicked) and Biehne for Standard German Bühne (stage). In common with other East Central German varieties is the weakening of consonants, resulting in words such as Kardoffeln for Standard German "Kartoffeln" (potatoes) and Babba for Standard German Papa (dad). Additionally, /ë/ is reduced to /a/, resulting in Standard German Schwester (sister) becoming Schwaster in Upper Saxon.

The most notable distinguishing feature of the dialect is that the letters o and u are pronounced as centralized vowels ( and, respectively, when short; and , respectively, when long). Speakers of other German dialects that do not have these sounds tend to perceive these sounds as being ö and ü  respectively. For example, they hear 'grandma' as if written Öma (Standard Oma ). Front rounded vowels are pronounced as non-rounded (ö =, ü = ). Final -er is pronounced (or similarly, depending on the subdialect), which speakers of other German dialects tend to hear as ; e.g.  'higher' (Standard  höher) is misheard as if written hä(h)er.

The Upper Saxon varieties outside the Ore Mountains can be easily recognized by the supposed "softening" (lenition) of the voiceless stop consonants and. Speakers of other dialects hear these as if they were "b", "d" and "g" respectively. In reality, these are merely non-aspirated versions of the same and, a widespread feature among Central German dialects, as opposed to strongly aspirated ,  and  in dominant German dialects.

In contrast to neighboring Thuringian, Upper Saxon infinitives end in -en as in Standard German rather than -e.

Subgroups
The accent varies from place to place depending on the grade of the High German consonant shift:
 * Meißen dialect, which remained in the former margraviate after the development of the New High German standard variety, spoken from Meißen District and Central Saxony up the Elbe River to Saxon Switzerland including the Dresden metrolect.
 * North Upper Saxon dialect with stronger Low German features, spoken in Northern Saxony in and around the city of Leipzig, from Torgau and Eilenburg down to Borna, and in the adjacent territory of Saxony-Anhalt up to the Saale River at Weißenfels in the west
 * Erzgebirgisch, a distinct dialect, is spoken in the villages of the Central Ore Mountains. Until the post-war expulsions it also included the "Northwestern Bohemian" language in the adjacent Sudetenland territories to the south, today part of the Czech Republic. It is also found in Lower Saxony in the Upper Harz, to where miners from the Ore Mountains moved in the 16th century (see Mining in the Upper Harz).

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Talk:Dorchester, Boston

History resource
The history of Dorchester in the Dorchester Reporter By Bill Walczak (not me)

Very well written. Excerpts of it should become Widipedia. (I'd ask Bill first, if he can be found)

http://www.dotnews.com/history.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.135.196.139 (talk) 09:34, 6 June 2005 (UTC)

Crime
Something should be noted about the massive amounts of crime (drug dealing, prostitution, break-ins, etc) that occur in Dorchester. There is an article on the frontpage of the Boston Globe of August 1, 2005, about this, specifically Lyndhurst St. I used to live in one of the buildings mentioned too. Ick. MSTCrow 09:30, August 2, 2005 (UTC)

 * Being front page material for the Globe does not make it "news" worth quoting. If you want to write something about "Boston" crime, go ahead, but be sure to use NPOV. I lived in Dorchester for nearly 20 years and it was much safer (and quieter) than when we lived in the Back Bay. Lupinelawyer 01:16, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

 * if you lived in dorchester for 20 years and didnt think that there was crime you must have been living under the train tracks. i lived in ashmont for most of my life, a safer neighborhood and there were still gangs, drive bys and drugs —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.223.243.5 (talk) 19:08, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

 * You may be a bit younger. I lived in Dorchester for 20 years too and we never locked our doors, never had any problems. But when I speak to friend who still live there they say it is awful. I also visited my old neighborhood a few years ago and boy has it changed. Very depressing. And the house we lived in is now priced at $300,000+! and it's a dump, the whole street is! My friend just sold hers for $425,000!!! and it is all boarded up! How can that be? - Jeeny Talk 23:15, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

 * I have lived in Dorchester since 1986, my house is attractive - no boards. The streets here are in no way uniformly "awful." There are a few areas of Dorchester that have major problems. There are other areas of Boston that have problems with crime, too. I'd like to see this article contain historical background and factual information about Dorchester. Anyone working on this? Rafdotmass (talk) 04:49, 16 June 2008 (UTC)

Anyone who thinks Dorchester is safer than Back Bay needs to have his or her head examined. Huge parts of Dot are crime-ridden ghettos. Something should be mentioned in the article, this piece makes it sound like it's all historical sites and gentrified swank. 76.172.170.70 (talk) 04:12, 26 May 2011 (UTC)

 * Crime rates depend a lot on exactly where and when, and personal perceptions do not necessarily reflect broad statistics. -- Beland (talk) 04:30, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

The crime section states "Boston ranked 6th in Violent Crime per 100,000 people in 2010" doesn't seem to be correct, or depends highly on the "grouping" of city size chosen... I also can't seem to find a single table (including the cited reference) that lists Boston as the 6th highest violent crime city in the US as of 2010. I think this should be restated or re-cited with a corrected reference. I added a "citation needed" tag for that line. AnonymousORguy (talk) 20:22, 26 May 2013 (UTC)

 * This claim seems to have since been removed from the article. -- Beland (talk) 04:32, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Horrendous
This article is completely worthless. The largest neighborhood of Boston, with large amounts of history-- and somehow songs by a punk band merit mention? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.54.14.3 (talk) 06:28, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Isn't it a little too big to be a "neighborhood?" It's a "section" of the city of Boston which formerly was it's own city. 2603:6011:A600:46:E4A2:EAF4:C4CF:1CE1 (talk) 14:00, 7 November 2023 (UTC)
 * It's commonly referred to as a neighborhood, as are the smaller neighborhoods inside it. -- Beland (talk) 04:26, 23 February 2024 (UTC)
 * The mention of the punk band has since been removed from the article. -- Beland (talk) 04:34, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Founding
Were the colonists who founded Dorchester part of the Plymouth Colony or the Massachusetts Bay Colony or both? Which would the settlement have been governed by? The two articles seem to have conflicting information. -- Beland 02:25, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

 * I understand it may appear to be conflicting, but they don't, because there was not one group of people, but many, that settled in the New World. Although, they may have had common reasons for the immigration, such as the disagreements over the Church of England, persecutions, restrictions and its government. Also, different settlement areas had different "town leaders" (sent from different congregations in England) who had their own group of followers, and instructions to minister, govern, etc. The ministers and their congregations were sent to different areas, some directly from England, and others moved up from Plymouth to the Mass Bay. It's very complex, and like I mentioned, was not just one "group", but many, therefore, the different settlements. Though many occurring around the same time, coming from different locations and on different ships. Some of those people did come from the Plymouth Colony to "spread" or join the congregations, but it split into different groups and some of those joined the Massachusetts Bay Colony but many more came from England directly to the specific colonies. Plymouth's first voyage from England was on the ship the Mayflower and the most popular voyage to the Massachusetts Bay was the Mary and John. Although, there were other ships, and other groups, but those listed are the most famous. They also traveled (the leaders) back and forth from England and other areas, and back again, exploring other areas. Hope that helps explain the differences. Jeeny (talk) 17:28, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

 * That doesn't really clear anything up; I think we need to get some particulars. To my understanding, the various companies were given a monopoly over making land grants and enforcing the laws to which the individual settlements would be subject.  They seem to have reasonably well-defined territories, though they shifted over time and there were often boundary disputes.  Image:Plymouthcolonymap.png shows a boundary between Mass Bay and Plymouth established in 1639.  I assume Dorchester was incorporated in 1630 in affiliation with the Massachusetts Bay Colony?  What was the affiliation of the people who landed there before that?  Was there more than one arrival before incorporation?  The conflicting language has disappeared from both of the articles, but now it seems like the early history of Dorchester could use some filling in. -- Beland (talk) 23:02, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

 * I just noticed that map says that Weymouth and Hull were settled as part of Plymouth in the 1620s, but became part of Mass Bay in 1630. Did something similar happen to Dorchester? -- Beland (talk) 23:05, 5 March 2008 (UTC)

 * It looks like Dorchester was settled by members of and was always governed by the Massachusetts Bay Colony. -- Beland (talk) 22:22, 9 August 2018 (UTC)

Neighborhoods
Your Neighborhood section omitted a very important section of Dorchester. Did you forget about Meeting House Hill? St. Peter's Parish was one of the most prominent neighborhoods in the city. Growing up and going to St. Peter's School are some of our best memories. The change that occurred in Dorchester to what it is today is to be blamed on busing in the 1970's. Many families moved out of this area and an influx of Puero Rican families moved in followed by the Asian groups. It's unfortunate that it is now known for high crime. I'm still proud to say that I am from Dorchester and still have family living in what is now called Adams Village section. This area is a wonderful reminder of how most of Dorchester was like in the 1960's and 1970's. fmm (OFD)Originally from Dorchester. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.126.54.79 (talk) 13:22, March 11, 2007

 * I'm going to try to improve the article more. This takes time. Why don't you take a stab at improving and expanding it too? I was going to include St. Peter's but then it didn't fit in to what I was writing about at the time. But it did provide for a mental "to do" list for me. Also the many monuments, landmarks, etc. Remember the old White Church? I'd like to add that bit of trivia too, as it is known by its formal name the "First Parish Church of Dorchester" We never called it that. LOL. (and it's included in the article (I'm thinking of starting a page on it, but just did the Mather School article). I do remember the monument in front of the church in the park there across Winter street. I used to climb on that thing when I was a kid, not appreciating its importance. What about that one? Jeeny 19:20, 15 April 2007 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeeny (talk • contribs)

 * It seems that Dorchester is far too large to it's self be refered to as a "neighborhood." That term seems more appropriate to the "Neighborhood sections and squares" that exist within Dorchester. --74.132.156.3 (talk) 03:17, 28 November 2014 (UTC)

 * My Thoughts exactly! 2603:6011:A600:46:E4A2:EAF4:C4CF:1CE1 (talk) 14:28, 7 November 2023 (UTC)

Map request
I am going to try to work on this. Was thinking the same thing. Needs maps! Jeeny 19:07, 15 April 2007 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeeny (talk • contribs)

 * I added a map of the neighborhoods and removed the map request template. Sswonk (talk) 15:22, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Punk band in the History section?
Does the information about the punk band really belong in the history section? Is this "band" any more notable than any other person, place or thing in or from this area? Perhaps in the notable residents section, or another section, (I doubt it) but I don't think the history section is appropriate. We might as well put in a paragraph about the Wahlburgs and all their entertainment work, as they are more well-known and FAMOUS. What about the other "famous" boy bands from Dorchester, where are they? I've moved it here in its entirety as it was at the bottom of the History section. Please discuss it here before adding it back to the article. Thanks. Here is the paragraph: "In 1980, local punk band The Gremies released a single, 'No Surfin in Dorchester Bay', which featured a band member trying to surf in the still waters of the bay, wearing a 'Dorchester' T-shirt with a picture of a classic Boston 'triple decker' house; several Dorchester and Boston landmarks are visible in the background, including the Prudential Tower, the John Hancock Tower and the Boston Gas tank. In 2004 punk band the Street Dogs named a song after the neighborhood, entitled 'In Defense of Dorchester.'" Jeeny 20:42, 15 April 2007 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jeeny (talk • contribs)
 * This has since been removed from the article. -- Beland (talk) 04:33, 23 February 2024 (UTC)

Come on now...
This page needs a total rewrite. There must be someone out there willing to put in the time to make this a serious entry. MarkinBoston 18:52, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

 * I agree, but I don't have the time, and I haven't been there in well over 15 years. Much has changed. Can you help? - Jeeny Talk 18:55, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Boston Latin School
Boston Latin School is not in the Dorchester area... Boston Latin Academy is in the Dorchester area. This article also needs some major reworking. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EmCree (talk • contribs) 18:52, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

Notable Residents
The notable residents section is a bit unwieldy, and doesn't appear to be comprehensive. Would anyone object to moving that information to a separate list or category?Fullobeans (talk) 06:23, 25 March 2008 (UTC)

 * It is indeed. Some may be dubious additions as well. --- (Bob) Wikiklrsc (talk) 21:43, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Name of County in Massachusetts
For reference, the county should be named early in the article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.185.161.127 (talk) 04:44, 21 December 2010 (UTC)

Dorchester in Norfolk County?
Was Dorchester transferred Srom Suffolk to Norfolk County in 1793, along with most other towns except Boston? 76.218.100.214 (talk) 22:16, 10 June 2011 (UTC)

Help with edits
Hi - anybody interested in helping me out? I am working slowly to edit information, especially history, about Dorchester, Boston MA on Wikipedia but my edits are getting reverted which I think means removed - for example Childe Hassam is a well-known artist that was born in Dorchester, but when I added his name to Dorchester Notables with a link to the appropriate Wikipedia information it was removed. Rafdotmass (talk) 16:49, 7 December 2013 (UTC)

Boston Globe section needs updating
Speaks in present tense of NYT Co. ownership; need references to sale to Henry and Henry's potential sale of property. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dmcole (talk • contribs) 16:08, 28 April 2014 (UTC)

Columbia Heights
I've also heard people refer to the area between Uphams Corner and South Boston (on the west side of the Red Line tracks/I-93) as "Columbia Heights", but I can't put my finger on a map with this label. Can anyone corroborate? Not sure if this is an old name or maybe a new term or if people have a more common name for this area. -- Beland (talk) 20:21, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

Outline
1.)	The Dorchester Wiki page is given a, “C Class” rating which signifies that it contains a decent amount of reliable information, but some sections are incomplete and some data is irrelevant. The history section is thorough; the town’s foundation, several periods of history and modern day. The education page is also well equipped. Public and technical schools are well listed, and colleges are also displayed. There are a decent amount of “sites of interest”. As frequently pointed out in the talk page, I agree that the crime section should be much more elaborated.

2.)	Like just mentioned, the crime section is lacking. Unfortunately Dorchester is well known for its gang violence and drug related offenses. I will definitely add to this section and focus my attention on crimes related to gang violence and drug dealing. Earlier on in Dorchester’s history it was a upper class suburban neighborhood. However after a spike of suburbanization about thirty years ago, Dorchester has been slowly declining economically. Other sections that are lacking are the demographics, transportation and economy. All of which need more information and perhaps some better images to display the information being presented.

3.)	The new outline will look similar to the current Wiki page. Except much more information will be included in the mentioned sections. Also more images will be added because the images on the page currently are inaccurate and lacking in substance.

4.)	Census data is a personal favorite of reliable information. Numbers don’t lie and this wiki page is lacking in numbers. Crime stats will be well established. I will also be using scholarly articles to provide background information on sections such as economy and transportation. I also want to visit Dorchester and see for myself what I am researching.

5.)	I will only use site’s that have the domains, .org, .gov, nd .edu. No .coms. I also must make sure the information presented is from a neutral point of view. No bias or opinion based information.

--Kbache01 (talk) 19:34, 17 February 2015 (UTC)

Kbache01 Edits
I'm in the education program called wikipedia.edu and editing this page was a requirement for coursework. When I first read over the Dorchester Wikipedia page, I was able to grasp a general concept of the town of Dorchester. However the page lacked updated statistics and urban concepts. Originally the lead section was a skim paragraph. I added on three more paragraphs describing further content of what was already existing and what I added. The demographic section was mostly complete already. I updated the statistical data and added a couple of ethnic groups that make up a substantial population in Dorchester. In regards to urban policy, I included the economic history of Dorchester and how that encouraged zoning policies to allow public housing, factories, businesses and an increase of crime to occur. For community resources, I included substantial content about the University of Massachusetts: Boston because this institution brings only positive community development to Dorchester. Such benefits include attracting other institutions related to Umass: Boston and increasing an economically and racially diverse population. For my three additions I choose to further elaborate on Umass: Boston, the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative and community service groups geared towards being proactive against crime. Overall I read the entire page and made numerous grammatical edits and included several hyperlinks to bring more substance to the Dorchester Wiki page.

Kbache01 (talk) 14:12, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

Mking1988 edits
I am contributing to Wikipedia as a requirement for my Urban Sociology course. After reviewing the Dorchester Wikipedia page, I noticed that the section on demographic had little statistical information. So I added statistics on population, by age, income, race, education, and sex, to the demographics section using the American Community Survey. I, also, added a new section on housing in Dorchester, which breaks down rental and owner-occupied housing statistics for the community. If you have any questions, concerns, and/or suggestions please feel free to advise. Mking1988 (talk) 18:12, 27 April 2016 (UTC)

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Kelly Nickels

Kelly Nickels (Henri Perret; born January 5, 1962) is a French-born American bassist who has played in various bands including Sweet Pain, Faster Pussycat, and L.A. Guns.

Early years
Perret was born in Montauban, France, and moved to the United States when he was two; he lived in Atlanta, Georgia before moving to New York City.

He is the nephew of French popular music guitarist and composer French popular music Pierre Perret.

Faster Pussycat
Perret started as a roadie and light man for the band Hotshot, early incarnation of Danger Danger. He take on the pseudonym "Kelly Nickels".

In 1981, Nickels briefly joined metal band Virgin Steele.

After that he joined the band Sweet Pain in New York as a bassist, and released one album with them in 1985. Kelly and drummer Ronnie Taz quit Sweet Pain, and he was replaced by Victor Prestin.

Nickels moved on to the band Faster Pussycat, but was badly injured in a motorcycle accident (at an intersection on the Sunset Strip in Hollywood, California) in October 1986. Due to this injury, his position in the band was replaced. His left leg was broken in seven different places. He was in the hospital for 3 months and had 10 different surgeries. He had to walk with a cane for many years afterwards.

L.A. Guns
In mid-1987, he had joined L.A. Guns. Nickels remained with the group throughout their most commercially successful period. He also wrote the band's big hit "The Ballad of Jayne." In addition to playing bass throughout his tenure with the group, he also sang lead vocals on the L.A. Guns song "Nothing Better To Do," from their 1994 album, Vicious Circle. However, he left the band shortly after this album was released. By the end of the 1990s, he was back in L.A. Guns, only to leave again in 2000.

Personal life
Nickels is divorced from Kelly Cunningham, the mother of actress Emma Roberts. Nickels has a daughter (Grace) with Cunningham, born in 2001.

He is also the founder of the clothing line Montauk Salvage Company.

Sweet Pain

 * Sweet Pain (1985)

L.A. Guns
Riley's L.A. Guns
 * L.A. Guns (1988)
 * Cocked & Loaded (1989)
 * Hollywood Vampires (1991)
 * Cuts (1992)
 * Vicious Circle (1994)
 * ''Greatest Hits and Black Beauties (1999)
 * Hollywood Forever (2012) (Track 11)
 * Renegades (2020)
 * The Dark Horse (2023)

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Steve Riley (drummer)

Steve Riley (January 22, 1956 – October 24, 2023) was an American rock drummer, best known for his work with Keel, W.A.S.P., and L.A. Guns.

Career
Riley was born and raised in the Boston suburb of Revere, Massachusetts. After graduating high school in the 1970s, he moved to Los Angeles to pursue a music career. In 1979, he joined a revival of Steppenwolf, but the lineup broke up later that year.

Riley joined up-and-coming L.A. band Keel and recorded their breakthrough album The Right to Rock with them in 1984. Later that year, Riley departed Keel to replace founding member Tony Richards in W.A.S.P., another L.A. band whose debut album had recently achieved gold status in sales. As a member of W.A.S.P., Riley performed on the albums The Last Command, Inside the Electric Circus, and Live... in the Raw. Vocalist Ron Keel has described Riley as "driven to succeed and to play". Keel applauded Riley's decision to leave his band for the opportunity with W.A.S.P., saying "I mean, you've got to be ready for those opportunities when they knock". Keel and Riley had remained friends. However, Keel did not give Steve Riley full credit on the recording of the album The Right to Rock instead crediting Dwain Miller the replacement drummer. This remained a source of upset to Riley for many years.

Riley left W.A.S.P. and immediately joined rising Sunset Strip band L.A. Guns in 1987, becoming part of the band's "classic" lineup alongside guitarists Tracii Guns and Mick Cripps, vocalist Phil Lewis and bassist Kelly Nickels. He appeared on the albums Cocked & Loaded, and Hollywood Vampires. Riley was fired from the band in 1992 but returned in 1995. In 2006, there were two L.A. Guns lineups, Phil Lewis's and Tracii Guns's. Riley was a member of Lewis's lineup until it folded in 2016 when merging with Guns's version. Subsequently, Riley created his own version of L.A. Guns in 2019. This version released an album, Renegades, through Golden Robot records. Following lawsuits over the band name, a settlement was reached in April 2021, allowing this band to continue as Riley's L.A. Guns.

Riley also starred as Billy the Bartender in the 2021 American horror slasher film, Blackstock Boneyard directed by Andre Alfa.

Personal life
Riley had a wife named Mary Louise and a son named Cole. He also had two brothers named Michael and Daniel. He was a passionate fan of the Boston Red Sox and Boston Celtics, and was described by his family as a "World War 2 buff".

Riley had ambitions to write and publish a memoir of his experiences in the LA metal scene, saying "I have a lot of good stories to share. I have a lot of behind the scenes stories and a lot of photos that I'd like to share too that people haven't seen." Ultimately, his touring schedule made the project impossible to complete.

Illness and death
Riley died with his family present on October 24, 2023, at the age of 67 after a severe case of pneumonia. He had been battling the illness for several weeks. He had reportedly suffered from various health issues in the years prior to his death.

With Roadmaster

 * Roadmaster (1976)

With the Lawyers

 * The Lawyers (1981)

With the B'zz

 * Get Up (1982)

With Keel

 * The Right to Rock (1985)

With W.A.S.P.

 * The Last Command (1985)
 * Inside the Electric Circus (1986)
 * Live... in the Raw (1987)

With L.A. Guns
Riley's L.A. Guns
 * L.A. Guns (1988) (Track 12)
 * Cocked & Loaded (1989)
 * Hollywood Vampires (1991)
 * Cuts (1992) (Tracks 5-7)
 * American Hardcore (1996)
 * Wasted (1998)
 * Shrinking Violet (1999)
 * Greatest Hits and Black Beauties (1999)
 * Man in the Moon (2001)
 * Waking the Dead (2002)
 * Rips the Covers Off (2004)
 * Tales from the Strip (2005)
 * Covered in Guns (2010)
 * Hollywood Forever (2012)
 * Renegades (2020)
 * The Dark Horse (2024)

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Alastor (band)
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Davey Boy Smith Jr.

Harry Francis Smith (born August 2, 1985) is a Canadian professional wrestler and catch wrestler, currently competing under the ring name Davey Boy Smith Jr. He currently performs for Major League Wrestling (MLW), where he is a two-time Opera Cup winner and former MLW World Tag Team Champion. He is known for his time in the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA), where he was a three-time NWA World Tag Team Champion, and New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was a former three-time IWGP Tag Team Champion as part of the Killer Elite Squad with Lance Archer, as well as being a two-time GHC Tag Team Champion in Pro Wrestling Noah (also alongside Archer). He is also known for his tenure in WWE from 2006 until 2011 under the ring name David Hart Smith, where he won the Unified Tag Team Championship along with Tyson Kidd as part of The Hart Dynasty. He also previously performed in WWE's developmental territory, Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) under the ring name DH Smith. Smith has also appeared for World of Sport Wrestling (WOS Wrestling) under the ring name British Bulldog Jr.

He is the son of the late wrestler "The British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith, and Diana Hart, the youngest daughter of promoters Stu Hart and Helen Hart.

Early life
Harry Francis Smith was born on August 2, 1985, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He is of predominantly British descent through his father, professional wrestler David Smith who was from Greater Manchester, England, and his mother Diana Hart who belongs to a large family of Ulster Scot heritage. Smith also has Greek ancestry through a maternal great-grandmother, Irish ancestry through his maternal great-grandfather, long-distance runner Harry James Smith, and Italian ancestry through his paternal grandmother.

He has a younger sister named Georgia who is a voice over artist and wrestling personality.

Smith's mother Diana is a Hart family member, being the youngest daughter of wrestler Stu Hart and promoter Helen Hart, thus he is the nephew of her eleven siblings, all of whom have been involved in wrestling in one way or another. His maternal cousins Natalya Neidhart, Matthew, Teddy, Matt, Bruce Jr. and Torrin Hart, as well as step-cousin Mike also wrestle or used to wrestle, while Lindsay is an on-air personality. Smith is close with Natalya as the two lived together as children while their fathers were wrestling as a team. He is also very good friends with her husband T.J. Wilson whom he shared an apartment with at one point. His father's family also have a history in wrestling, his father and his cousin Thomas "The Dynamite Kid" Billington wrestled as a tag-team for many years and Billingtons daughter Bronwyne is a wrestling valet. He is also second cousin to Dynamite's two nephews Thomas Billington II and Mark Billington II who are wrestlers as well.

Early years (1994–2006)
Smith began wrestling at the age of eight, he was first trained by his father Davey Boy Smith and uncle Bruce Hart. Smith started training with Tokyo Joe during high school, crediting the training for preparing him to wrestle in Japan. He made an early appearance with the then World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) on October 5, 1996, at the age of 11 when he teamed with his cousin Ted Annis against TJ Wilson and Andrew Picarnia at a WWF house show in Calgary. He also appeared at the conclusion of In Your House 16: Canadian Stampede with the rest of the Hart family. He made his professional debut at the age of fifteen at the Rockyford Rodeo, and went on to become a mainstay of the Calgary-based Stampede Wrestling promotion. In May 2002, Smith teamed with his father on two occasions, shortly before his father died. Smith was offered a contract with World Wrestling Entertainment in the summer of 2004, but opted to attend college and wrestle in Japan before signing.

In 2004, Smith began teaming with TJ Wilson as "The Stampede Bulldogs", a reference to "The British Bulldogs", the tag team composed of his father and his father's first cousin the Dynamite Kid. In the same year, Smith formed a stable known as The Hart Foundation Version 2.0 with Wilson, Jack Evans, and Teddy Hart. The Hart Foundation Version 2.0 initially performed in Stampede Wrestling before expanding to the United States, where they competed in Major League Wrestling.

Smith traveled to England in January 2006, appearing with One Pro Wrestling at No Turning Back on January 6, 2006. Smith was billed as the mystery opponent of NWA World Heavyweight Champion Jeff Jarrett, ostensibly hand-picked by his uncle, Bret Hart.

New Japan Pro-Wrestling (2005)
In January 2005, Smith went on a five-week tour of Japan, wrestling with New Japan Pro-Wrestling as "Black Assassin" and suffered a broken hand in the process. Later that year, Smith left Stampede Wrestling and wrestled several dark matches for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), before embarking upon a second tour of Japan. He returned to Stampede Wrestling in October 2005, and on November 25, 2005, was defeated by T.J. Wilson in the finals of a tournament for the vacant North American Heavyweight Championship.

Developmental territories (2006–2007)
On April 1, 2006, Smith and several of his relatives attended the induction of Bret Hart into the WWE Hall of Fame. While there, Smith met with WWE executives, John Laurinaitis and Carl De Marco, and signed a developmental contract with on April 4, 2006. He wrestled dark matches for the company before his debut, defeating wrestlers like Rob Conway and Mike Knox, and losing to Randy Orton.

Harry debuted in Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), at the February 14, 2007 television tapings, in a tag team match with Kofi Nahaje Kingston, in which they defeated The Belgium Brawler and Nicholas Sinn. At the following taping, the duo of Harry and Kofi became collectively known as the Commonwealth Connection and faced La Résistance in a losing effort. Smith was then sent to Deep South Wrestling (DSW), where he reformed the "Stampede Bulldogs" with T.J. Wilson.

After WWE ended its relationship with DSW, Smith moved to Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW). On June 26, Smith won a 21-man battle royal to become the first ever FCW Southern Heavyweight Champion.

Smith then joined up with his cousins Teddy Hart and Nattie Neidhart to form the Next Generation Hart Foundation. They debuted in a six-person mixed tag team match, losing to Mike Kruel, Vladimir Kozlov and Milena Roucka. They were later victorious in a non-title match against the OVW Southern Tag Team Champions, the James Boys. Smith then returned to FCW to form another version of the New Hart Foundation, along with Hart, Wilson and Ted DiBiase Jr. He appeared in a winning effort against Carlito in a dark match during a taping of Raw in the United Kingdom.

On October 16, Smith lost the FCW Southern Heavyweight Championship to Afa Jr. He was unable to make the referee's ten count and was counted out, due to being in the United Kingdom with WWE.

Early appearances (2006–2008)
In mid-2006, Smith appeared on Raw, despite not being part of the main roster, in a segment where he and others in the locker room chased away ECW invaders. He then was not seen again on the main roster in over a year.

He made his television debut as "DH Smith" on the October 22, 2007 episode of Raw, defeating Carlito using his father's trademark running powerslam. He dedicated the match to his father. On October 29, Smith and Jeff Hardy defeated Carlito and Mr. Kennedy.

On November 2, 2007, it was reported that Smith had been suspended for 30 days due to violations of "WWE's Substance Abuse and Drug Testing Policy". Smith returned to the active roster on December 17 by defeating Charlie Haas on Heat. After his return, Smith would wrestle primarily on Heat.

As part of the WWE Supplemental Draft on June 25, 2008, Smith was drafted to the SmackDown brand. Smith, however, returned to Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW) on August 26, without making his SmackDown debut. He made the decision to return to FCW on a full-time basis so he could mature, and put more effort into developing his in-ring work and his personality. On October 30, Smith won the FCW Florida Tag Team Championship with TJ Wilson, defeating Joe Hennig and Sebastian Slater, but they lost it to Tyler Reks and Johnny Curtis on December 11, 2008, at the FCW television taping.

The Hart Dynasty (2009–2011)
On April 15, 2009, Smith was drafted to the ECW brand as part of the 2009 Supplemental Draft, without making any appearances on SmackDown. Smith made his ECW debut on May 12, as a villain, attacking Finlay during Finlay's match with Tyson Kidd (TJ Wilson), using the name David Hart Smith. Smith, Kidd and Natalya formed a new version of The Hart Foundation, named The Hart Trilogy at first, although on the May 27 episode of ECW, the name was tweaked to The Hart Dynasty. Smith was victorious in his first match for ECW, defeating Finlay on the May 19 episode, with help from Kidd and Natalya.

On June 29, The Hart Dynasty were traded to the SmackDown brand, and entered a feud with Cryme Tyme. At the WWE Bragging Rights pay-per-view in October, Smith and Kidd competed in a seven-on-seven tag match with Chris Jericho, Kane, Finlay, Matt Hardy and R-Truth as Team SmackDown to defeat Team Raw. In December 2009, they challenged D-Generation X for the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship, but were unsuccessful.

The Hart Dynasty appeared at WrestleMania XXVI, first competing in a battle royal which was won by Yoshi Tatsu then helping Bret Hart during his match against Vince McMahon, and the following night on Raw they defeated the Unified WWE Tag Team Champions ShoMiz (Big Show and The Miz) in a non-title match at Hart's behest, effectively turning face in the process. At the Extreme Rules pay-per-view, Smith and Kidd earned a Unified Tag Team Championship match by defeating ShoMiz in a tag team gauntlet match (which also included the team of John Morrison and R-Truth and the team of Montel Vontavious Porter and Mark Henry). During the 2010 WWE Draft on the April 26 episode of Raw, The Hart Dynasty, accompanied by Natalya and Hart, defeated ShoMiz to win the Unified Tag Team Championship, when Kidd made The Miz submit to the Sharpshooter.

The following day, all three members of The Hart Dynasty were moved to the Raw brand as part of the Supplemental Draft. On the May 10 episode of Raw, he was defeated by Chris Jericho, granting Jericho and The Miz a shot for the Unified WWE Tag Team Championship at Over the Limit, but The Hart Dynasty were able to retain. The following night, on May 24, they were attacked by The Usos (Jimmy and Jey) and Tamina, provoking a feud. At Fatal 4-Way, The Hart Dynasty defeated The Usos and Tamina in a six-person mixed tag team match when Natalya pinned Tamina, and Smith and Kidd defeated The Usos at Money in the Bank to retain the championships when Smith made Jimmy Uso submit to the Sharpshooter. At Night of Champions, The Hart Dynasty lost the WWE Tag Team Championship to Cody Rhodes and Drew McIntyre in a Tag Team Turmoil match which also involved The Usos, Vladimir Kozlov and Santino Marella, and the team of Evan Bourne and Mark Henry.

After a failed attempt to regain the championship, in which Kidd was pushed off balance during their double-team Hart Attack move, Kidd and Smith began to have a falling out with one another. This culminated on the November 15 episode of Raw, when Kidd refused to tag in and attacked Smith during a match for the WWE Tag Team Championship against The Nexus (Justin Gabriel and Heath Slater). ending their partnership. On the December 2 episode of WWE Superstars, Smith beat Kidd in a singles match. Afterward, Smith offered to shake Kidd's hand, but Kidd slapped him across the face. On the next episode of Raw, Kidd defeated Smith in a rematch.

After losing to Kidd, Smith would be restricted to appearing on Superstars, mostly participating in tag team matches with Yoshi Tatsu or Darren Young. Smith's last match was on the April 28 edition of Superstars, where he lost to Zack Ryder. After months of inactivity, Smith was released from his contract with WWE on August 5, 2011. His release (as well as the releases of Chris Masters and Vladimir Kozlov) was referenced in a worked shoot moment on the August 8 episode of Raw by WWE Champion CM Punk.

Independent circuit (2011–2020)
On August 20, 2011, Smith, working under his real name, made his return to the independent circuit defeating Dan Maff at Pro Wrestling Syndicate. On August 27, 2011, Smith, working under his real name, made his debut for Japanese Inoki Genome Federation (IGF), losing to Hideki Suzuki. On September 3, he teamed with Bobby Lashley in a losing effort against Kendo Kashin and Kazuyuki Fujita. On November 6, Smith wrestled in the main event of a Stampede Wrestling show in Barrie, Ontario, defeating Fit Finlay.

In December 2011, Smith took part in Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's India project, Ring Ka King under the ring name Bulldog Hart. During the first week of tapings, Hart and Chavo Guerrero Jr. were crowned the promotion's inaugural Tag Team Champions. On January 19, in their first defence of the titles they lost to two members of RDX, Scott Steiner and Abyss. On January 20, Smith teamed up with Chavo, Jwala, Mahabali Veera and Matt Morgan to take on Abyss, Deadly Danda, Scott Steiner, Sir Brutus Magnus and Sonjay Dutt in World Cup Of Ring Ka King steel cage match and won. On January 29, 2012, Smith made an appearance for Pro Wrestling Guerrilla (PWG), teaming with Davey Richards in a tag team match, where they were defeated by The Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson).

On January 13, 2012, Smith defeated The Almighty Sheik and Kevin Steen to become the first Heavyweight Champion of Resistance Pro Wrestling promotion. Over the next few months, Smith would take on Rhino in various matches culminating on May 11, in a steel cage match with special referee Raven which once again Smith would win. However, the title was stripped on October 14, 2012.

IWGP and NWA World Tag Team Champions (2012–2014)
On August 13, 2012, New Japan Pro-Wrestling announced that Smith would be returning to the promotion the following month as a member of Minoru Suzuki's Suzuki-gun stable, forming a regular tag team with stablemate Lance Archer. Smith said that New Japan wanted a huge monster as Archer's partner. Also, he received a good offer from All Japan Pro Wrestling, but he chose NJPW due to the previous relationship. Smith wrestled his return match on September 7, when he, Lance Archer, Minoru Suzuki and Taka Michinoku were defeated in an eight-man tag team match by Hiroyoshi Tenzan, Satoshi Kojima, Togi Makabe and Yuji Nagata, following a disqualification. On September 9, Smith submitted IWGP Tag Team Champion Hiroyoshi Tenzan in another eight-man tag team match, after which he and Archer, dubbing themselves K.E.S. (Killer Elite Squad), made a challenge for his and Satoshi Kojima's title. On September 24, New Japan renamed Smith "Davey Boy Smith Jr.". On October 8 at King of Pro-Wrestling, K.E.S. defeated Kojima and Tenzan to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship. K.E.S. made their first successful title defense on November 11 at Power Struggle, defeating Tenzan and Kojima in a rematch. From November 20 to December 1, K.E.S. took part in the round-robin portion of the 2012 World Tag League, finishing with a record of four wins and two losses, advancing to the semifinals of the tournament in the second place in their group. On December 2, K.E.S. defeated Always Hypers (Togi Makabe and Wataru Inoue) to advance to the finals of the tournament. Later that same day, K.E.S. was defeated in the finals of the 2012 World Tag League by Sword & Guns (Hirooki Goto and Karl Anderson). On January 4, 2013, at Wrestle Kingdom 7 in Tokyo Dome, K.E.S. defeated Sword & Guns in a rematch to retain the IWGP Tag Team Championship. On February 10 at The New Beginning, Smith and Archer defeated Tenzan and Kojima for their third successful defense of the IWGP Tag Team Championship. On March 11, Smith entered the 2013 New Japan Cup, defeating IWGP Intercontinental Champion Shinsuke Nakamura in his first round match. Smith's main event win over the former three-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion was referred to as the biggest of his career. Six days later, Smith advanced to the semifinals of the tournament with a win over Yujiro Takahashi. On March 23, Smith was eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals by Hirooki Goto. On April 5, Smith and Archer made their fourth successful defense of the IWGP Tag Team Championship against Shinsuke Nakamura and Tomohiro Ishii. Two days later at Invasion Attack, Smith unsuccessfully challenged Nakamura for the IWGP Intercontinental Championship. On April 20, Smith and Archer defeated Ryan Genesis and Scot Summers in Houston, Texas to not only retain the IWGP Tag Team Championship, but to also win the NWA World Tag Team Championship. On May 3 at Wrestling Dontaku 2013, K.E.S. lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship back to Tencozy in a four-way match, which also included Takashi Iizuka and Toru Yano, and Manabu Nakanishi and Strong Man, though neither Smith nor Archer was involved in the finish. K.E.S. received a rematch for the title on June 22 at Dominion 6.22 in a three-way match, which also included Iizuka and Yano, but were unable to regain the title, when Kojima pinned Archer for the win. On August 1, Smith entered the 2013 G1 Climax. The tournament concluded on August 11 with a match, where Smith was defeated by his tag team partner Lance Archer, costing him a spot in the finals and ending his tournament with a record of five wins and four losses.

On November 9 at Power Struggle, K.E.S. faced Tencozy and The IronGodz (Jax Dane and Rob Conway) in a two-fall three-way match. In the first fall, they lost the NWA World Tag Team Championship to Dane and Conway, but came back in the second to defeat Tencozy for the IWGP Tag Team Championship. From November 24 to December 8, K.E.S. took part in the 2013 World Tag League. After winning their round-robin block with a record of five wins and one loss, they were eliminated from the tournament in the semifinals by their old rivals, Tencozy. On January 4, 2014, at Wrestle Kingdom 8 in Tokyo Dome, K.E.S. lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship to the winners of the tournament, Bullet Club (Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson). K.E.S. received a rematch for the title on February 9 at The New Beginning in Hiroshima, but were again defeated by Bullet Club. On May 25 at Back to the Yokohama Arena, K.E.S. failed to regain the NWA World Tag Team Championship from Tencozy in a three-way match, which also included Rob Conway and Wes Brisco. On June 21 at Dominion 6.21, K.E.S. received another shot at the NWA World Tag Team Championship, this time in a regular tag team match, but were again defeated by Tencozy. From July 23 to August 8, Smith took part in the 2014 G1 Climax, where he finished eighth out of the eleven wrestlers in his block with a record of five wins and five losses, scoring a big win over Hiroshi Tanahashi on the final day. On October 13 at King of Pro-Wrestling, K.E.S. defeated Tencozy to regain the NWA World Tag Team Championship. From November 22 to December 5, K.E.S. took part in the 2014 World Tag League. The team finished their block with a record of four wins and three losses, narrowly missing the finals of the tournament.

Pro Wrestling Noah invasion (2015–2016)
On January 10, 2015, K.E.S., along with the rest of Suzuki-gun, took part in a major storyline, where the stable invaded a Pro Wrestling Noah show. During the attack, K.E.S. beat down GHC Tag Team Champions TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste). This led to a match on February 11, where K.E.S. defeated TMDK to become the new GHC Tag Team Champions. In May, K.E.S. made it to the finals of the 2015 Global Tag League, where they were defeated by Masato Tanaka and Takashi Sugiura. After ten successful title defenses, K.E.S. lost the GHC Tag Team Championship to Naomichi Marufuji and Toru Yano on May 28, 2016. K.E.S. regained the title from Marufuji and Yano on November 23. They lost the title to Go Shiozaki and Maybach Taniguchi on December 3. Two days later, it was announced that Suzuki-gun was gone from Noah, concluding the invasion storyline.

Return from Noah and departure (2017–2019)
The entire Suzuki-gun returned to NJPW on January 5, 2017, attacking the Chaos stable with K.E.S. targeting IWGP Tag Team Champions Tomohiro Ishii and Toru Yano. On February 5 at The New Beginning in Sapporo, K.E.S. unsuccessfully challenged Ishii and Yano for the IWGP Tag Team Championship in a three-way match, also involving Togi Makabe and Tomoaki Honma. K.E.S. were primed for a run as NJPW's top foreign tag team, but the plan was changed when Archer was forced to undergo surgery on a herniated disc in his back. Following Archer's return to NJPW in August, he and Smith defeated War Machine and Guerrillas of Destiny in a three-way tornado tag team match on September 24 at Destruction in Kobe to win the IWGP Tag Team Championship for the third time. At the end of the year, K.E.S. took part in the 2017 World Tag League, where they finished with a record of five wins and two losses, failing to advance to the finals due to losing to block winners Guerrillas of Destiny in their head-to-head match. On January 4, 2018, at Wrestle Kingdom 12 in Tokyo Dome, K.E.S. lost the IWGP Tag Team Championship to Los Ingobernables de Japón (Evil and Sanada).

Smith would work in NJPW during the following year, usually in multi-man matches. He lost against Toru Yano in the first round of the 2018 New Japan Cup and faced the IWGP Tag Team Champions Los Ingobernables de Japón at Wrestling Honokuni. Smith and Archer participated in the 2018 World Tag League, but they failed to win the tournament. He would lose again against Toru Yano in the first round of the 2019's New Japan Cup. On June 15, 2019, it was reported that Smith would no longer be wrestling for NJPW.

Major League Wrestling (2018–2020)
In 2018 Smith begun wrestling for Major League Wrestling as a member of New Era Hart Foundation with Teddy Hart and Brian Pillman Jr. Their first feud was against the team of Rich Swann and A. C. H., whom they defeated on an episode of Fusion resulting in a concussion for Swann. On the November 2, edition of Fusion the Hart Foundation beat ACH, Swann and Marko Stunt in a six-man tag team match. From there they began feuding with the MLW World Tag Team Champions Lucha Brothers (Pentagon Jr. and Fenix). On January 2, 2019, it was revealed Smith signed a multi-year deal with Major League Wrestling. In the company's statement, they said he would continue to compete in Japan. At SuperFight on February 2, Smith and Hart defeated Lucha Brothers for the MLW World Tag Team Championship. On July 6, Hart and Pillman Jr. lost the titles to The Dynasty (MJF and Richard Holliday) in a ladder match, which aired on the July 13 episode of Fusion.

On the December 2, 2020 episode of Fusion, Smith lost to Low Ki in the opening round of the Opera Cup. Following his loss, MLW owner Court Bauer announced in a press conference that Smith would be leaving MLW.

All Japan Pro Wrestling (2020)
Smith was expected to make his AJPW debut in the 2020 Champion Carnival but was unable to travel to Japan for the show due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Return to WWE (2020–2021)
On February 12, 2020, Smith would appear live via webcam on an episode of WWE's online talk show, The Bump, appearing alongside former tag team partner Tyson Kidd. On March 12, during the After the Bell podcast hosted by Corey Graves, it was announced that Smith's father, The British Bulldog, would be going into the 2020 Hall of Fame class, but the event was postponed to the following year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On April 6, 2021, Smith, along with his family, represented his father at the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony by accepting the award on his behalf. After wrestling in a dark match before SmackDown on July 16, 2021, it was announced that Smith had signed a contract with WWE. However, he was released on November 4 without appearing on television.

Smith has since confirmed scrapped plans for his WWE return, he was due to re-debut for the company as "The Stampede Stud" as part of the SmackDown brand, however, after missing several weeks of WWE TV with COVID-19 he was released before anything could come to fruition.

National Wrestling Alliance (2022)
On March 19, 2022, at Crockett Cup, Smith made his NWA debut as Doug Williams' tag partner defeating Alex Taylor and Rush Freeman in the first round of the Crockett Cup. On March 22, Smith and Williams were defeated by The Briscoe Brothers in the finals of the Crockett Cup. On June 11, Smith & Doug Williams, now called the Commonwealth Connection defeated La Rebelión to win the NWA World Tag Team Championship. On August 27, 2022, Smith and Williams vacated the titles when Smith suffered an illness that prevented him from defending the titles.

Return to MLW (2022–present)
Davey Boy Smith Jr. returned to Major League Wrestling for the first time in two years at the Fightland event, teaming with The Billington Bulldogs (Thomas and Mark Billington) defeating The Bomaye Fight Club (Alex Kane, Myron Reed and Mr. Thomas). Smith defeated Calvin Tankman in the semifinals and Tracy Williams in the finals on the 2023 Opera Cup.

On February 29, 2024 at Intimidation Games, Smith and Tom Lawlor defeated The Second Gear Crew (Matthew Justice and 1 Called Manders) to win the MLW World Tag Team Championship. However, they vacated the titles two months later.

Submission wrestling career
Smith became interested in mixed martial arts and submission wrestling in 2003 and sought out Johnny Smith, a retired wrestler and Calgary police officer, to teach him legitimate techniques. He met catch wrestling legend Billy Robinson, who had also taught his trainer Tokyo Joe, during Smith's first tour with NJPW in 2005. He took the opportunity to train under the veteran Robinson in Tokyo despite having an injured hand at the time. Robinson would continue to coach and mentor Smith until his passing in 2014. Also in 2005, Smith met catch wrestler, UFC and Pancrase champion Josh Barnett at an independent show in Seattle, and began training with Barnett when he returned months later. Smith and Barnett later demonstrated techniques with Robinson in a DVD instructional, and Smith became an assistant catch wrestling coach under Robinson in 2011. He has trained with Pancrase co-founder Minoru Suzuki as well. He originally intended to pursue a career in MMA after being released from WWE in 2011 and trained at Dave Batista's Gracie Fighter Tampa school.

Smith entered his first submission grappling competition in December 2012, winning the super heavyweight division at a NAGA tournament. In August 2016, he won the expert level super heavyweight division at NAGA in Las Vegas, coached by Barnett and Erik Paulson. In July 2018, Smith won the heavyweight division at the Billy Robinson Classic catch wrestling tournament, again coached by Barnett.

Smith also trained in MMA with Jake Hager in 2019.

Personal life
Smith lists his father, his uncles Bret Hart and Owen Hart, Shawn Michaels and Chris Benoit as his influences. He also cites Ted DiBiase as a big influence. Smith appeared on an episode of Hogan Knows Best, taking Brooke Hogan on a kayfabe date.

Smith was involved in a minor controversy over steroids, when, discussing how his father's drug abuse contributed to his death, Smith commented "I hope to be as big as him someday", leading to concerns over Smith using steroids. Smith claimed that the remarks were taken out of context and that he had learned from his father's mistakes.

On October 16, 2015, Smith announced he acquired the trademark to the "British Bulldog" moniker famously used by his father, and subsequently began wrestling as "British Bulldog" Davey Boy Smith Jr.

On October 23, 2017, Smith saved the life of a suicidal woman in Calgary by stopping her from jumping off a bridge. He credited his years of grappling experience with being able to pull her away from the edge and pin her down so she was not a danger to herself and others until emergency services arrived.

On April 7, 2018, at a WrestleCon event in New Orleans, Louisiana, Smith threw a cup of coffee at Jake "The Snake" Roberts' face during a verbal argument before fleeing the scene. According to Smith, Roberts refused to apologize for comments he made about his father. Smith was wanted by the New Orleans Police Department for battery, however, Roberts later dropped the charges after Smith apologized and they spoke in person.

Professional wrestling

 * All Star Wrestling
 * ASW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * All-Star Wrestling (British Columbia)
 * ASW Trans-Canada Championship (1 time)
 * AWA Pinnacle Wrestling
 * AWA Pinnacle Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Big Time Wrestling (Newark, CA)
 * BTW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Canadian Wrestling's Elite
 * CWE Central Canadian Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Canadian Wrestling Hall of Fame
 * Individually
 * With the Hart family
 * Florida Championship Wrestling
 * FCW Southern Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * FCW Florida Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with TJ Wilson
 * Hart Legacy Wrestling
 * Stu Hart Heritage Championship (1 time)
 * Stu Hart Memorial Cup (2016)
 * Great North Wrestling
 * GNW World Television Championship (1 time)
 * Major League Wrestling
 * MLW World Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Brian Pillman Jr. and Teddy Hart (1) and Tom Lawlor (1)
 * GTC Carnival (2004) – with TJ Wilson
 * Opera Cup (2019, 2023)
 * National Wrestling Alliance
 * NWA World Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Lance Archer (2) and Doug Williams (1)
 * New Japan Pro-Wrestling
 * IWGP Tag Team Championship (3 times) – with Lance Archer
 * New Breed Wrestling Association
 * NBWA Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Next Generation Wrestling
 * NGW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Prairie Wrestling Alliance
 * PWA Championship (1 time)
 * PWA Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with TJ Wilson
 * Pro Wrestling Illustrated
 * Ranked No. 69 of the top 500 singles wrestlers in the PWI 500 in 2010
 * Pro Wrestling Noah
 * GHC Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Lance Archer
 * Real Canadian Wrestling
 * RCW Canadian Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Resistance Pro Wrestling
 * RPW Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * Ring Ka King
 * RKK Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Chavo Guerrero Jr.
 * RKK Tag Team Championship Tournament (2011) – with Chavo Guerrero Jr.
 * Stampede Wrestling
 * Stampede International Tag Team Championship (2 times) – with Apocalypse (1) and Kirk Melnick (1)
 * Stampede North American Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
 * World of Sport Wrestling
 * WOS Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Grado
 * World Wrestling Entertainment/WWE
 * World Tag Team Championship (1 time, final) – with Tyson Kidd
 * WWE Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Tyson Kidd
 * Bragging Rights Trophy (2009) – with Team SmackDown (Chris Jericho, Kane, Matt Hardy, Finlay, R-Truth, and Tyson Kidd)

Submission grappling

 * North American Grappling Association
 * West Coast (Vegas) Championship: Masters No-Gi Expert Super Heavy Weight Division (2016)

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This passage is obviously not from a neutral point of view: "The school has a growing academic reputation which is demonstrated in rising league table results, although some accuse it of anti-intellectualism in favour of exam performance. Most notably, the school achieves far higher results in the intellectually undemanding GCSE examinations than it does in the more challenging A-Level examinations. This stands the school in stark contrast to its brother school, where the trend is the exact reverse."  Who are the "some" who "accuse it" - can we have names? References? The point about GCSE/A level performance is interesting, but how can "results" in the girls' school be compared with a "trend" in the boys' school? This could be fixed by stating hard facts so that readers could make their own judgments: what years are referred to and what are the results relied upon for this point in those years? There may be a debate about causes - for example, does the girls' school lose some of its most able pupils to mixed sixth forms in other schools (such as Westminster School)? But the passage needs to alter the balance between fact and opinion first. Chelseaboy 09:41, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * I agree, I think there are many statements like excellent academic reputation, fantastic extracurricular opportunities, The pastoral role of the school is strong and it deals well that need backing up with sources; the article doesn't cite any of its sources. I have added a template highlighting that the article's neutrality may be disputed. Drum guy 23:10, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

 * however the sentence about the a level and gcse results and anti intellectualisum is quite true, but also npov is the part about the school being a hot house, however it is quite an accurate desciption. I must say this review gives quite a poor opinion of the school

 * girl 13 jan

 * I've just tried to fix the article a little now, but I still think it's got a serious point of view problem in favour of the school. It seems still to have been written like an advertisement for the school - I don't think the fact that "casual vacancies arise occasionally" really fits in an encyclopedia article.

 * I think it needs to have predictions about the future removed - I think "As its success rises" should be "As its success has risen". Everything needs to be backed up with a reliable, third-party source. I'll reference the history to the school's website, but, I think, that's probably all that the school's website can do as a source. See WP:SOURCES for more information.

 * Examples of ideas needing reference are: that the school has a 'reputation of a hot house', that it has an 'excellent academic reputation' - league table results may show it to be above average, but that's all we can say unless a trusted source has interpreted them to be excellent, or it is beyond doubt.

 * I'm probably being a bit harsh - it's just a pity that the article has both a biased point of view, and no sources. I've added a external links, which I've just found with a simple google search for City of London School for Girls. I've added a POV template, as I don't have time to do all the work that I think is needed. Thanks, Drum guy (talk) 18:15, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

I've made a spelling correction to the first paragraph of "Future Plans" and a couple or grammatical corrections to the second paragraph. But the second paragraph is so poorly written and polemical that it should probably be deleted altogether. it reads like somebody's personal gripe against the previous headmistress. (DK) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.43.97.121 (talk) 21:37, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

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Removed the section: History of the City of London School for Girls, Précis of 'Daughters of the City' by Joan Carden, Jean Cardy, Rosemary Hamilton, Pat Bawden and Anne Savage. Likely not public domain. ed g2s • talk  02:13, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
 * Seems a pity, unless you're sure it's not public domain. The editor has described it as a precis and, if it is a precis (and not cut and paste) it cannot be a copyright violation.  Copyright is in the exact words, not in the meaning or content.  Even if it is not a precis but a cut and paste job in breach of copyright, summarising what you have removed would solve copyright problems without losing information.Chelseaboy 09:53, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

London School Stub
I have removed the stub template as I believe the article is long and comprehensive enough to no longer be a stub. Drum guy 23:13, 13 January 2007 (UTC)

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good alumni Victuallers 19:20, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

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Categories for discussion: nomination of various 'Former pupils' categories
The 'former pupils' category associated with this school has nominated for renaming, along with all similar categories. Comments are invited at the categories' entry on the Categories for discussion page. Thank you. Occuli (talk) 15:22, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

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Primary school
There is a city of London school for girls there is also a prep school which has recently moved to Grays Inn 45.141.134.10 (talk) 17:04, 20 November 2022 (UTC)

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 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. — Xezbeth 06:37, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

Lanny Kolpek

 * Not notable -- Longhair | Talk 09:41, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete -- Longhair | Talk 09:41, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - Former High School band director. Not significantly influential enough to warrant an article. Average Earthman 10:29, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete non notable. JamesBurns 11:05, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn student vanity. --Etacar11 20:07, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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