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Wichita Wings

The Wichita Wings were a professional indoor soccer franchise based in Wichita, Kansas. The Wings were admitted to the Major Indoor Soccer League as an expansion team on August 21, 1979. They played in the Kansas Coliseum, a venue that featured a 200-by-85-foot field and seating for 9,681 fans.

When the MISL (which had since been renamed the Major Soccer League) folded in 1992, the Wings moved to the National Professional Soccer League. At the time the Wings folded, after the 2000–2001 season, they were the oldest professional soccer franchise in the United States. Despite having some of the best records in US indoor soccer, the Wings never won a league championship or reached the league finals.

A new team named after the Wichita Wings began play in the 2011–12 season and shut down after the 2012–2013 season. They were in turn replaced by a new team called the Wichita B-52s who played in the Major Arena Soccer League.

Local Wichita news sources (KWCH, KAKE) have confirmed that yet another new Wichita Wings will be making a return to professional soccer for the upcoming 2019-20 season, although they have not made public which league they will be playing in.

The another version of the Wichita Wings have since returned in the MASL 2 Indoor Soccer League (MASL 2). With their return, the Wings now call Hartman Arena in Park City, Kansas, home.

The team hosted the NPSL All-Star Game in 1996 and 1999.

The Founding of the Wichita Wings
In 1978, Tom Marshall, a local youth soccer promoter with the American Youth Soccer Organization (AYSO), convinced the North American Soccer League's (NASL) Dallas Tornado to come to Wichita to play an exhibition game. Proceeds from the event would benefit the local AYSO organization. On December 1, the Tornado squared off against the Houston Hurricane at the Kansas Coliseum. It was Roy Turner’s last game as a professional. Over the next year, Marshall and other soccer enthusiasts, including Jackie Knapp, worked to find investors and bring a professional soccer team to Wichita. Bob Becker, the owner of Great Plains Corporation, an oil marketing operation, agreed to fund the new team. The newly-christened Wichita Wings joined the Major Indoor Soccer League (MISL) in 1979, the league’s second year of operation.

1979-80 - The Inaugural Season
Becker hired Roy Turner as head coach and brought in Ward Lawrence to help oversee operations. Tom Marshall became the Wings’ general manager. On November 23, 1979, with only a week to go before the opening game, Marshall ceased to be a part of the Wings organization. The Wings and Marshall disagreed on the details of the separation, but it was to be permanent. Ward Lawrence took over as general manager and Becker brought in Ray Denton to help run day-to-day operations. Mike Ivanow was to be the first signing, but the paperwork sent to his home misspelled his name. The delay resulted in Norman Piper becoming the first Wichita Wing. Piper was joined by the former Dallas Tornado and Liverpool player Kevin Kewley, who became the team's captain. Former Manchester United forward Jimmy Ryan and Argentinian phenom Omar Gomez anchored the team's offense. Roy Turner brought on George Ley as a player-coach. Later in the season, the team added former Manchester United winger Willie Anderson and forward Andy Chapman. Chapman had signed with Arsenal at age 16 and would become a fan favorite in Wichita, becoming the fifth leading scorer in Wings history. Ivanow would be joined in goal by Keith Van Eron. Though Ivanow had US Olympic experience, Van Eron would end up playing more time in goal.

The Wings would end the season at 16-16, barely making the quarterfinals of the playoffs. The Detroit Lightning faced the Wings in that one-game playoff. A victory propelled the Wings into the semifinals, where they would lose the first two games of a three-game series against the Houston Summit. In addition to the Wings' playoff loss, the city of Wichita was faced with the potential loss of the franchise. Owner Bob Becker announced that he would no longer be involved with the team and was attempting to sell the team. Fans and civic leaders began a campaign to sell season tickets for the next year, with hopes that this would help convince a new owner that the people of Wichita wanted to keep the Wings. On April 16, 1980, it was announced that Pizza Hut co-founder Frank Carney and a group of investors would buy the team. The Wings would return for a second season.

1980-86 - The Carney-Kentling Era
Bob Becker's departure as owner brought wholesale change to the organization. Ward Lawrence, Ray Denton, and Jackie Knapp all departed. Frank Carney brought Bill Kentling with him from Pizza Hut to take over the role of general manager. Kentling had previously served as Director of Corporate Communications at Pizza Hut and, prior to that, the vice-president of the National Baseball Congress. Kentling brought in Director of Media Relations Steve Shaad, Director of Sales and Marketing Dave Bennett, and Director of Operations Virginia Creamer to help run the team. Future KWCH sports director Bruce Haertl became the radio voice of the Wings on KFH radio.

On the field, the Wings looked to athletes from Denmark to help improve the team. Bundesliga veteran Jorgen Kristensen and a young talent named Kim Røntved made a huge impact on the team. Kristensen would become the MISL Passmaster while Røntved was twice named MISL Defender of the Year and would become the Wings' all-time leader in goals scored. Mike Dowler from Wales secured the goalkeeper position after a battle with Keith Van Eron. Dowler would earn an MISL record four shutouts in his career with the Wings. The team's popularity increased in the 1980-81 season in part due to a controversy involving the San Francisco Fog's forward Mike Mancini. On December 28, 1980, in a Wings blowout win, Mancini punched Jorgen Kristensen hard enough to drop him to the ground. The incident was televised, thus leading to a great deal of media coverage. Bill Kentling credited this incident with helping to improve attendance. That season was the beginning of the Wings' epic rivalry with the St. Louis Steamers. The Wings would meet St. Louis in the semifinals of the 1981 playoffs. In the third and decisive game, the Steamers would come from behind to beat the Wings in a shootout. The game was marred by an ugly foul against Mike Dowler, sending him to the bench for the remainder of the game. Many considered it the greatest game in MISL history.

The 1981-82 season saw the Wings bring in two Englishmen that had a lasting impact on the team. Sheffield United alum Terry Nicholl became known as "The General" during his time in Wichita due to his ability to coach on the field. Jeff Bourne was a potent scorer who had played in the English first division with Derby County. The Danish connection continued to bear fruit as the Wings added midfielder Frank Rasmussen to the squad. That year's Wings squad was very successful, finishing with a 27-17 record. Though the Wings would defeat the Memphis Americans in the playoff quarterfinals, they would once again fall to the Steamers in the semis. Off the field, a new force provided a strong backbone to the Wings efforts. The Orange Army, a group of dedicated fans, followed the Wings wherever they went. They would famously meet the Wings at the airport upon the team's return from every road trip.

Omar Gomez returned to the Wings for the 1982-83 season, after spending time playing for the New York Arrows. He would end the year second on the team in both goals and assists. Kim's older brother, Per Rontved, the former Danish national team captain, joined the Wings as well. Andy Chapman led the team in scoring with 48 goals. At 27-21 by season's end, the Wings finished second in their division, just ahead of the Steamers. They would face St. Louis again in the playoffs, this time in the quarterfinals. The Wings would finally break the curse. In game three, at the Kansas Coliseum, the Wings would triumph in a game with a variety of unusual events: Kim Røntved scored on an almost unbelievable header from beyond 100 feet; Per Rontved made a 125-foot shorthanded shot; and Steamer defender Steve Pecher scuffled with a Wings fan while in the penalty box, resulting in his ejection from the game.

St. Louis would get revenge at the end of the 1983-84 season, sweeping the Wings in the semifinals. That year's squad featured a new arrival from Scotland: Ian Anderson. He would lead the team in blocks. Andy Chapman finished second in scoring in the MISL, with 53 goals. Kim Røntved was named the league's Defender of the Year. The team's finances were bolstered by excellent attendance at 9,391 per game. The 1984-85 season was a disappointing one for the team. The Wings would end with a losing record of 21-26 and lose in the Wild Card round of the playoffs. However, they added two players that would have a long-term impact. Terry Rowe was a talented defender from London, England. Danish sensation Erik Rasmussen earned his nickname, "The Wizard," due to his dynamic abilities on the ball. He would become a record-setting player during his career with the Wings. In 1988, he earned the team's only MISL MVP award.

The 1985-86 season brought a change in goal. The departure of Mike Dowler to the Tacoma Stars resulted in a pair of new goalkeepers joining the Wings. Jan Olesen from Denmark and Seamus McDonagh from Ireland would split goalkeeping duties. Olesen would be remembered for scoring a goal in a game against the St. Louis Steamers. He dribbled the ball from his own goal to the other end of the field, kicking the ball between Slobo Ilijevski's legs. Englishman Barry Wallace, Scotsman Dave Hoggan, and Californian Mike Fox joined the team that season. Each would have an important impact. But no one had an impact like "The American Dream," Chico Borja. The former Las Vegas American became a Wings player thanks to the dissolution of the Vegas franchise. Borja would become a star from the midfield position, becoming the all-time Wings assist leader by the end of his career. Despite a 27-21 season, the Wings would lose in the first round of the playoffs to the Tacoma Stars.

1986-92 - Change is Afoot
Big changes came to the front office and coaching staff in 1986. Francis Dale stepped down as commissioner of the MISL and the Wings' own Bill Kentling took his place. When Kentling went to the new league headquarters in New York City, it was decided that Roy Turner was the logical choice to replace him. Turner stepped down as head coach and was named President of the Wings. The changes continued when Frank Carney decided to step down as managing general partner. William "Bill" Oliver Jr. took his place at the top of the Wings' power structure. Replacing Turner as coach was an important and difficult task. The team convinced Scottish legend Charlie Cooke, the "Bonnie Prince," to fill Turner's shoes. Cooke instituted an up-tempo style that emphasized defensive pressure. It wasn't always popular with the older veterans. In 1986-87, the Wings added the young forward Mark Kerlin from Arizona and the Welsh superstar Mickey Thomas of Chelsea and Manchester United fame. A rookie from California named Dale Ervine would have the biggest long-term impact. At the end of his eight years in Wichita, "The Bruin" would be second on the all-time goals scored list. The Wings would lose in the division semifinals to Tacoma in 1987 after finishing the season with a 27-25 record.

In 1987-88, the Wings brought in Nenad "Ziggy" Zigante to replace Seamus McDonagh in goal. Former US Olympian Jean Willrich and longtime indoor pro Mike Stankovic also joined the squad in Charlie Cooke's second year. But it was a season that Cooke himself would not finish. On January 30, 1988, Cooke and assistant coach Norman Piper were fired after starting the year 11-16. Former Wing Terry Nicholl would take over as head coach, with Kevin Kewley adding "assistant coach" to his duties on the field. Though the Wings would have their worst ever season, finishing 23-33, two Wings would end up leading the MISL. Erik Rasmussen became the scoring champion and league MVP, while Zigante was named the league's Newcomer of the Year.

The MISL would last until the end of the 1991-92 season, but Terry Nicholl's tenure as coach lasted only until February 1991. After a poor start to the season, he was replaced by original Wings' coach Roy Turner. The Wings would fail to achieve a winning record during those final years of the MISL. However, the team would add several players that had positive, multi-year impacts on the team, including defender Tommy Soehn, midfielder Perry Van der Beck, former Derby County and Northern Ireland national team player Victor Moreland, Yugoslav midfielder Goran Hunjak, goalkeeper Kris Peat, Baltimore Blast striker David Byrne.

1992-01 - The NPSL Years
In 1992, after several years of struggling to keep franchises, the MISL folded. The Wings, under a new ownership group led by local businessman Mike Relihan, joined the National Professional Soccer League (NPSL). The player salaries were smaller and it lacked some of the large cities that the MISL was proud to include, but it provided the Wings a league in which to play. In 1996, Roy Turner left the team. He would be remembered as the man most associated with the Wichita Wings since their inception in 1979. Though the Wings would have some success on the field during the NPSL years, their home attendance would never equal that of the 1980s. In 1998, Randy and Shirley Johnson would take over as owners of the Wings. At the time the team folded in 2001, it was the longest-running soccer franchise in the United States.

Television and Radio
The Wings would appear nationally on USA, ESPN, and CBS. Their first local television contract was with KSN-TV (NBC) and announcer Dave Armstrong in 1981-82. KSN would continue to broadcast the Wings through the 1985-86 season. Other announcers included Craig Bolerjack, Mike Kennedy, and Steve Dennis. Former Wing Joe Howarth and Director of Media Relations Steve Shaad, respectively, would serve as the color commentator for several of those seasons. The 1986-87 season saw KAKE-TV (ABC) take over the broadcast. Mark Allan would be their announcer through the 1988-89 season. The Wings would have no television contract thereafter.

KFH Radio (1330 AM) would broadcast the Wings from 1981 through 1986, with first Bruce Haertl and then Jim Hawley announcing. Steve Shaad, Blake Schreck, and Klaus Kollmai served as color commentators on the KFH broadcasts. In 1986, KRZ (1240 AM) took over the radio broadcasting, with Dave Phillips as announcer. As KNSS, they would continue to broadcast the Wings through the 1989-90 season. Phillips would be the voice of the Wings with KZSN (1480 AM) through the 1993 season. Steve Dennis took over KZSN's announcing duties in 1994 and continued through the transition to KFH in 1995-96. Former Wings goalkeeper Kris Peat served as announcer in 1996-97. In 1997, Rob Barzegar and KQAM (1480 AM) became the Wings radio broadcaster.

Arenas
The Kansas Coliseum (Britt Brown Arena)

During home games in the mid-late 1980s, the Wings used the "Gonna Fly Now" theme from the movie "Rocky" to celebrate Wings' goals. For some time this music was also used for player introductions.

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Aerography (meteorology)

Aerography is the production of weather charts. The information is supplied by radiosonde observations, principally. Constant-pressure charts are routinely constructed at standard air pressures. Standard air pressures are 850, 700, 500, 400, 300, 250, and 200 millibars (hectopascals) (hPa) (SI). Weather charts are sometimes drawn at lower air pressures that occur above 40,000 feet (12 km). The lines of equal air pressure are called isobars. Isotherms are the lines of equal air temperature.

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Kansas Coliseum

Kansas Coliseum was an entertainment complex in unincorporated Sedgwick County, Kansas, United States. It was located north of Wichita at the intersection of Interstate 135 and 85th Street North.

It hosted sporting events, concerts, shows, and consisted of four pavilions, an RV park, and the 9,686-seat Britt Brown Arena, named for Harry Britton (Britt) Brown Jr., of Wichita, the former owner of The Wichita Eagle newspaper. Arena capacity could be configured for up to 12,200 people.

History
Kansas Coliseum was opened in 1977. Two brass plaques (one located on the lower level, by the box office windows and the other up on the main concourse) read:

"Dedicated September 1978, for the promotion of agricultural, educational, and cultural benefits, on behalf of the people of the world, by the citizens of Sedgwick County, the board of the county commissioners, the Kansas State Park and Resources Authority, the Economic Development Administration and the Ozark Regional Commission of the United States Department of Commerce and the Kansas Coliseum Corporation."

It hosted NCAA Men's Basketball tournament first and second-round games in 1981 and 1994. The Wichita State University basketball teams played the 2002–03 season there while the Shockers' on-campus home, Charles Koch Arena, was undergoing major renovations.

It was the home of the now-defunct Wichita Wings indoor soccer team, who played in the MISL and NPSL between 1979 and 2001. The Kansas Coliseum was the home venue for the Wichita Stealth, Wichita Aviators, and Wichita Wild indoor/arena football teams between 2001 and 2008. It also was home to the Wichita Thunder ice hockey team that played in the Coliseum from 1992 to 2009. The Wichita Thunder now plays in the INTRUST Bank Arena (which is also owned by Sedgwick County and was Operated by SMG (which merged with AEG Facilities to form ASM Global in 2019, with ASM taking over all SMG arenas including ISA)) in downtown Wichita, Kansas.

The last Wichita Thunder hockey game ever played at the Kansas Coliseum was on January 9, 2010, in front of a home crowd of 5,556. The Thunder lost the game 3–1 to the Odessa Jackalopes. Brent Ottmann would be the last Thunder player to score a goal in the building at 2:05 of the 1st period, and Kenny Bernard of Odessa scoring the last goal ever at 19:53 of the 3rd period.

The final event to take place inside the Arena was the RV and Boat show on February 20, 2010. On February 22, 2010, The Britt Brown Arena closed its doors following the opening of the Intrust Bank Arena. The arena ceased hosting events, while the neighboring Kansas Pavilions portion of the complex remained open until late 2016.

On January 10, 2012, the entire Coliseum complex was sold by Sedgwick County to aviation research developer Johnny Stevens for a sum of $1,462,487.12. The Britt Brown Arena was transformed into an aerospace testing facility for the National Institute for Aviation Research of Wichita State University.

Other events

 * Monster Jam Thunder Nationals – January 13–15, 2006 and January 9–11, 2009

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Tricky The Clown

 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 - deleted - SimonP 02:09, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

Tricky The Clown
Another Newgrounds related article, see Votes for deletion/Lock Legion. This one is about a single animation, and again doesn't appear to be notable. — Xezbeth 20:08, May 28, 2005 (UTC) Again, if you're going to delete, at least explain why in detail. That way I can learn and better articles can come from the info you give. ="Your search - Newgroundscruft - did not match any documents." I presume that means Newgrounds-only. Fantastic idea: let's create a section dedicated to popular animations on Newgrounds, and have it either as a section on or linking to Newgrounds.
 * Delete. Tricky isn't just a single animation. It became a Newgrounds legacy. And while it's a popular legacy along Newgrounds, it's simply Newgroundscruft. Nestea 20:36, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep: I believe that Badger Badger Badger, Bananaphone, The End of the World, How to Kill a Mockingbird and Rejected are all single animations. They're all featured on Wikipedia, and Tricky has more incarnations than any of them.
 * It's quite simple, really. While all of the single animations above may have been popular among many sites. Tricky The Clown and it's legacy have only been popular along Newgrounds. Thus, Newgroundscruft. Nestea 20:50, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
 * See cruft. -- Cyrius|✎ 21:57, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
 * See Fancruft. Nestea 01:57, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete - more Newgrounds trivia. -- Cyrius|✎ 21:57, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Newgrounds users are now trying to point to the existence of this Wikipedia article as some sort of notability of the thing.  http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic.php?id=271476 RickK 23:23, May 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * Great, they're using their self-proclaimed notability on Newgrounds to justify having a Wikipedia article so they can proclaim their notability on Newgrounds. This going in circles is making my head hurt. -- Cyrius|✎ 07:12, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn Xcali 01:04, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, nn. --W(t) 01:17, 2005 May 29 (UTC)
 * Delete, not notable, trivial. Megan1967 04:36, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. ESkog 07:02, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge. Someone needs to build a Newgrounds Wikicity or something. The information is interesting and would be a shame to lose, but it's probably only of importance for Newgrounds users. 10:59, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete non notable. JamesBurns 11:38, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Concur with the Newgrounds Wikicity or something meme. Orbital habitats, visible from 'cyclo~, and accessible by portal but not directly hard-dock-connected. --Simon Cursitor 07:11, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Newgroundscruft. --Calton | Talk 06:00, 2 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.


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Category:Fifth-generation video game consoles

 * Fifth generation of video game consoles — and  generally introduced from 1993 to 2005.


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Talk:Boardman, Ohio

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Merger proposal
There's no need to have articles at both Boardman, Ohio and Boardman Township, Mahoning County, Ohio. While the US Census Bureau uses distinct criteria for the two topics, sociologically speaking they are the same. Moreover, Boardman's status as an urban township in Ohio gives the entire township municipality-like features that, in my opinion, render the Census Bureau's CDP designation moot. Most of what could be said about one can be said about the other, and what remains isn't a distinction of sufficient notability to have a separate article. (Compare to the overlap problem of "flammable" vs. "non-flammable" mentioned in WP:MERGE.) Proposal withdrawn, see below -- SwissCelt 06:46, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Strongly oppose for several reasons:
 * Boardman is a census-designated place, and Boardman Township is a township. Yes, the Census Bureau says that they're different places — it's a reliable source, and Wikipedia reflects reliable sources.  If they're different entities, both of which are notable (see that we have articles on all CDPs and all townships in Ohio), we shouldn't merge them: it's effectively telling the Census Bureau that they're wrong.  Plus, if we merge the two, what would we say for Springfield Township: judging by the map on the township article, it borders the township, but not the CDP.  Could we say that it borders the CDP?  Either we'd logically have to say that it does border it, since the two are similar enough to warrant merger (thus having an inaccuracy), or we'd have to say that it bordered only the township, thus making it even more obvious that the two are different, and potentially confusing readers more.
 * SwissCelt's reasoning for one point is wrong: a census-designated place by definition is an unincorporated area and cannot be in a municipality; even though Boardman Township is an urban township, it's not a municipality.
 * Lastly: check the map — Boardman Township is a square, and Boardman is a somewhat circular area inside only a part of that square. It's not as if we had separate articles on McCandless, Pennsylvania and McCandless Township, Pennsylvania, which is both a CDP and a township — the two areas are noticeably different.  The sociology may well be the same, but there's some consultation with local officials to determine the boundary of the CDP,see here so locals must think that there's something distinct about Boardman.  I'm sure that there are plenty of other areas of CDPs that are similar to the surrounding areas; when are we going to stop merging distinct entities?  Nyttend 12:37, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Oppose Per WP:OUTCOMES all inhabited places that are verifiable are notable and deserve separate articles. Wikipedia has articles on every CDP that is not contiguous with another political division of a county (that I am aware of). CDPs are notable and clearly defined with a wealth of statistical data (WP also has articles on much less well defined and measured inhabited places, see State Line, Pennsylvania). In some states (Pennsylvania) for example, all areas are incorporated, even townships, so CDPs there are parts of incorporated municipalities (townships). There can also be confusion with names - see for example Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, for a CDP that is smaller than the postal designation "Bryn Mawr" - but that does not mean a merge is appropriate here. Ruhrfisch ><> ° ° 14:27, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

Oppose The CDP Boardman and Boardman Township are obviously not synonymous even if they do have the same name. The Boardman CDP is only a portion of the township, combining the article would be confusing when it comes to statistical information like population, demographics, and geography. If we were to combine the statistically- and demographically- important CDP with the rest of the township, we might as well do it for all the CDPs in the state. The fact that they have the same name is irrelevant when it comes to statistics, urban vs. rural setting, local identity, and geography. prinzwilhelm 17:33, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

 * "If we were to combine the statistically- and demographically- important CDP with the rest of the township, we might as well do it for all the CDPs in the state." And this would be a problem because...?  I think we're losing sight of the fact that just because something is sourced doesn't necessarily make it notable.  We don't have articles on every single USDA field office, for example.  I agree that CDP data should be included in an article about Boardman, but the "Boardman CDP" isn't really notable enough of a topic to warrant its own article.

 * Plus, how do we determine what to mention in an article about the CDP, and what to mention in an article about the township? Right now, the CDP article has the bulk of info about Boardman, leaving the township article as not much more than a stub-- if even that.  That's not a good state to leave the latter article, and I don't think we want a lot of duplicate info on both articles.  Remember, my proposal is simply to merge the two, not taking sides on which should be merged into the other.  If the unwieldly-named Boardman Township, Mahoning County, Ohio were to be merged into Boardman, Ohio, I wouldn't be shedding a tear. -- SwissCelt 20:04, 25 October 2007 (UTC)
 * I suppose it would be rather odd for you to be sad that your proposal was fulfilled :-) To my understanding, it is recognised that places (assuming that their existence is proven) are considered notable.  If it's okay to have an article on a place such as Litchfield Township, Medina County, Ohio and also on Litchfield, Ohio, an unincorporated community inside the township, I don't see why we can't have an article on a much more significant community such as Boardman, one officially recognised by the Census Bureau — unlike Litchfield, which appears on maps but isn't a CDP.  Nyttend 01:32, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

 * WP:OUTCOMES has this to say:
 * Cities and villages are notable, regardless of size
 * Larger neighborhoods are notable, but its name must have verifiable widespread usage
 * Smaller suburbs should generally be listed under the primary city article, except when they consist of legally separate municipalities or communes (e.g., having their own governments)
 * It's a judgment call, I suppose... The Boardman CDP is neither a city nor a village. It could arguably be called a "suburb" or a "larger neighborhood", but then does that mean that the US Census Bureau alone constitutes "verifiable widespread usage"?  Even at that, though, that still does not answer the question of what to do with the article that does not talk about the area that most people call "Boardman"; whether that would be the township or the CDP.  I can't see that this "non-Boardman", if you will, would ever be anything more than a stub.  That to my mind is the more germane question, and not whether Boardman as a whole is notable (which surely it is). -- SwissCelt 02:59, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Proposal withdrawn. There appears to be a strong (and quick!) community consensus to keep separate articles for Boardman, Ohio and Boardman Township, Mahoning County, Ohio. While I still don't see how both articles can be sufficiently improved and maintained (that is to say, I think there's material for one good article, not two), I'm willing to follow the lead of the consensus, and would delight in being proven wrong on this one. Moreover, my original proposal wasn't very well-worded, and gave questions of notability to the topic as a whole where really there never should have been any question. (I also made the cardinal mistake of doubting a trustworthy source.) So thanks, everyone; let's see what we can do with the articles from here on out. Oh, and I'll let an admin take down the merge templates from the articles, as I'm not sure it would be proper for me to do so within the customary seven day voting time. -- SwissCelt 03:43, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

Comment - since the township is older and legally recognized, I assume most of the Boardman history and other data not specifically on the CDP is actually about the twp. I have no objection to transferring that material from the CDP article to the twp article and adding a see also to each. In other words, I think the CDP makes more sense as a stub / start, and the Twp makes more sense as the bigger article. Ruhrfisch ><> ° ° 14:17, 26 October 2007 (UTC)

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Central German Metropolitan Region

The Central German Metropolitan Region (Metropolregion Mitteldeutschland) is one of the officially established metropolitan regions in Germany. It is centered on the major cities of Leipzig and Halle, extending over Central German parts of the states of Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia and Saxony. The Central German metropolitan region is the only one located entirely within the former East Germany. The "region" is not actually a metropolitan area in the geographic sense of the word as an agglomeration of nearby urban areas, rather it is a registered association, the Europäische Metropolregion Mitteldeutschland e.V. whose membership is composed of towns, cities, municipalities, and companies, colleges and chambers of commerce in the central German geographic area, whose representatives vote upon new members. For example, Jena joined the Metropolitan Region in 2009. The registered association owns the management company Metropolregion Mitteldeutschland Management GmbH. As such it forms a planning and marketing framework for the region while retaining the legal independence of its members.

Saxon Triangle (Sachsendreieck)
In 1997 the German Ministerial Conference for Regional Development declared the 'Saxon Triangle' (Dresden, Leipzig/Halle, and Chemnitz) as the seventh of 11 metropolitan regions in German.

Central German Metropolitan Region
Out of this initial conference the Initiativkreis Europäische Metropolregionen in Deutschland IKM (Initiative Group for European Metropolitan Regions in Germany) was formed in 2001 which developed the concept of the Central German Metropolitan Region in 2012.

In 2013, Dresden and Magdeburg dropped out of the association and the membership has been focused more on cities and towns around Leipzig and Halle.

Members
The largest of the eight member cities are Leipzig in Saxony and Halle (Saale) in Saxony-Anhalt.

Member cities
The member cities have changed over time and the current member cities are as follows:
 * Leipzig (570,000 inhabitants)
 * Chemnitz (245,500)
 * Halle (Saale) (236,000)
 * Jena (105,000)
 * Gera (99,000)
 * Zwickau (97,000)
 * Dessau-Roßlau (87,000)

Except for Zwickau and Wittenberg, all towns hold the status of an independent city (i.e. a county-free city). Dresden and Magdeburg are no longer part of the organization. Some surrounding rural districts have also joined the association.

Counties
6 rural districts (similar to counties)(German:Landkreis) also subscribe to membership of the CGMR.

 * Altenburger Land (90.650 inhabitants)
 * Burgenlandkreis (181.968)
 * Landkreis Leipzig (258.008)
 * Landkreis Mansfeld-Südharz (138.013)
 * Saalekreis (185.494)
 * Landkreis Wittenberg (126.815)

Non-governmental partners
Apart from these administrative units, the metropolitan region publishes a list of industry partners which are official members of the regions planning framework.

Demographics
All towns and cities in the so-called metropolitan region suffered population decline after German reunification; however in recent years the populations of Leipzig and Halle have been increasing again. Other urban areas, such as Dessau-Roslau are however still declining.

Transport
The region contains important trade corridors in central Europe, including the routes of several highways of the International E-road network as well as two major German expressways (A9 Munich–Berlin and A14 Dresden–Wismar). Leipzig-Halle is a major railway hub along the Berlin–Palermo railway axis which is part of the Trans-European high-speed rail network. Other railway mainlines connect it with Dresden, Frankfurt, Frankfurt Airport and Prague. Leipzig-Halle airport serves as the main airport of the region. It is the second largest freight airport in Germany and a hub of DHL's express service.

The metropolitan region association has set up a working group on traffic and mobility, the members of which are delegated from various regional stakeholders, i.e. state ministries, cities, counties and public transport associations.

title: Central German Metropolitan Region


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Cynthia Vargas

 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 Zzyzx11 (Talk) 06:01, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Cynthia Vargas
All listed achievements are from 2005. Listed TV shows and films have no articles. And on the article's talk page her co-hosting has been questioned. The only fitting hit I got of IMDB was this unrelated page. DELETE as vanity. Mgm|(talk) 20:11, May 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, if her album went platinum twice, why does google and allmusic have nothing on her? Pure vanity, I'm guessing.--Sophitus 21:08, May 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Just a person that likes to read a lot of Seventeen magazines and watching MTV. BTW, it seems someone has deleted the VfD table. I reverted back. --Chill Pill Bill 21:19, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn Karol 21:20, May 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, fantasy. "Cynthia Vargas" +"Alberto Sanchez" gets zero Google hits.  I can't find anything about he grandfather being a music mogul.  See also Elizabeth Sanchez.  RickK 23:26, May 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. No evidence to verify that she is noteworthy enough. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 00:32, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete everyone already knows my thoughts. <>Who 03:49, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, for same reasons as above. Ruakh 19:08, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. It's a hoax. There is no Forbes Top 200 Celebrities category. RayGirvan 23:18, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. This kind of rubbish is what makes Wikipedia look bad. Kel-nage 23:21, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. For all the obvious reasons.dunerat 12:48, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete.  Nothing that hasn't already been said   Antares33712 17:27, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment, curiously enough a search on "Robert Sanchez" does turn up something. He is a liutenant in the Klingon army.  Star Trek anyone?  HAHAHA  Antares33712 17:36, 10 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.


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Talk:Director-General of the World Trade Organization

Comments
Lamy took office on May 13th ? The press release from WTO about his formal selection was dated May 26th. -- 199.71.174.100 20:11, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

The main article at World Trade Organization seems to imply that the WTO was created in 1995 (albeit from precursor organization, International Trade Organization). Maybe this article ought to mention something about this transition? Nimur 17:55, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Ah! I think there may be a typo in the article; it says the Director General post was created in 1965 but I believe it was actually 1995; this answers my previous question.  I'm fixing it in the article. Nimur 17:59, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

 * When I created the article, I think I took Director-General of the WTO and Director-General of the GATT to be much the same thing, hence saying that it started in 1965 (when GATT was formed). I think I based this on the WTO page, here, but I don't know if people want to follow that. -- Vardion 05:37, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

Incumbent date
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala will not be sworn into this office until 1 March. However, I don't know how to edit the infobox to reflect the fact that until that date, she is not incumbent, or to imply that date is in the future. I recognize that this problem will solve itself in about two weeks, but is there a way to fix this in the time being? Thanks. AllegedlyHuman (talk) 15:07, 16 February 2021 (UTC)
 * Good catch AllegedlyHuman. You are right, she does not get sworn in for two weeks. See https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20210205-nigeria-s-okonjo-iweala-closes-in-on-wto-top-job-after-s-korean-rival-withdraws Jurisdicta (talk) 05:42, 18 February 2021 (UTC)


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Florida Complex League Yankees

The Florida Complex League Yankees are a Rookie-level affiliate of the New York Yankees, competing in the Florida Complex League of Minor League Baseball. The team is composed mainly of players who are in their first year of professional baseball either as selections from the Major League Baseball draft or as non-drafted free agents. The team plays its home games at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida. Prior to 2021, the team was known as the Gulf Coast League Yankees, and fielded two squads in several seasons, differentiated by suffixes. The team (or one of its two squads) has won the league championship 13 times, most recently in 2022.

History
The Yankees originally fielded a team in the Sarasota Rookie League and the Florida Rookie League in 1964 and 1965, which were direct predecessors to the Gulf Coast League (GCL). The team competed in the GCL during 1966, then was absent from the league through 1979. Since 1980, the team has fielded at least one squad in the league each season.

In 2013, the Yankees began fielding two squads in the league, originally differentiated by "1" and "2" suffixes. The suffixes were changed to "East" and "West" in 2016, as the squads played in the Northeast and Northwest division, respectively. In 2019, both teams moved into the North Division.

Prior to the 2021 season, the Gulf Coast League was renamed as the Florida Complex League (FCL). The Yankees returned to fielding a single squad in 2021.

Notable alumni
Hall of Famers:
 * Mariano Rivera (Inducted 2019)
 * Derek Jeter (Inducted 2020)

title: Florida Complex League Yankees


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User talk:Rosepuff12

Welcome!

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, you can sign your name on Talk and vote pages using three tildes, like this: ~~~. Four tildes (~~~~) produces your name and the current date. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! CryptoDerk 20:12, May 28, 2005 (UTC)
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Alyson Michalka Photos
That picture better? I would like to know what you think of the new one I uploaded. I'm assuming that you didn't like that last one I had up because it showed her 'out-of-character', since she doesn't normally have such a serious expression on her face. I'd like you're imput, as I'm assuming you're a fan too. One more thing though, not to get on you're back about it or anything, and this is just a suggestion, but it might be better if instead of just deleting the image, if you would replace it with a better one, or if you stated on her talk page that you'd prefer a better picture, other then just leaving her page without a picture. Just a suggestion, so the article looks nicer. Thanks, get back to me. Jay 22:18, 2 July 2006 (UTC)

Talk:Sasha Cohen
I noticed that you edited someone else's comment at at [[]] for clarity, spelling or grammar. As a rule, refrain from editing others' comments without their permission. Though it may appear helpful to correct typing errors, grammar, etc., please do not go out of your way to bring talk pages to publishing standards, since it is not terribly productive and will tend to irritate the users whose comments you are correcting. For more details, see Wikipedia:Talk page guidelines. Thanks, and this would also apply to deleting other editors' comments in discussions. —C.Fred (talk) 21:45, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Removing
Hi, welcome to Wikipedia. You recently removed a section of the Talk Page for Hannah Montana. Please refrain from removing sections without permission. If you feel you must, justify yourself by using edit summaries just under the edit box. Contact me if you feel there is a mistake. Thank you. Bibliomaniac15 00:02, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Please do not remove phrases with. They do not show up in the article itself, and are to alert people of things that should not be done. Thank you. Bibliomaniac15 21:56, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

Vandalism on the Amanda Michalka Page.
Dear Rosepuff12,

I was looking at the Amanda Michalka Wikipedia page just before you edited it. What vandalism did you remove? I didn't see any, that's why I'm asking. I know you you didn't remove anything that I added, as I only put some info about her, but I did not add stupid things. I'd like to know what was removed, please.

Acalamari 20:08, 23 November 2006 (UTC)

Acalamari's Response.
Dear Rosepuff12,

In that case, you removed useless info, not vandalism. As for the ethnicity of the Alyson and Amanda Michalka, I don't know how to add sources. Also, just by looking at the Michalka sisters you can see they have German ethnicity; i.e blonde hair.

If I do happen to be wrong about their ethnicity, then fine, I won't be upset; but for now I have read on many websites that they are of German descent (about 1 in 5 Americans are of German descent, in fact).

If I knew how to add sources, I would. My main goal on Wikipedia is to correct minor mistakes, which I have done. I will gladly point out to you that you misspelled encyclopedia on the Acalamari Talk Page.

Thank you for your input, Rosepuff12. Good day to you.

Acalamari 20:27, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

One More Thing
Dear Rosepuff12,

When you submitted your post to the Acalamari Talk Page, I noticed that you created a "contents" panel. Technically, by your own words, that's vandalism because no sources were cited. I don't know why you added a contents panel for.

Acalamari 20:34, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

Wrong Accusation
Sorry Rosepuff12,

I apologize for accusing you of vandalizing the Acalamari Talk Page. I hadn't read anywhere that contents get created. My mistake; I'm sorry.

Acalamari 17:45, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Reverting My Edits.
Hello Rosepuff12,

I have removed the Ethnicity Information that I added on the Alyson Michalka and Amanda Michalka pages. I decided that, because that information is unproven, it was best to remove it. I also decided to remove it because of your warning about it, and because of your kindness.

Thank you. Acalamari 03:54, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Possible Vandalism.
Sorry to bother you again Rosepuff12,

I just removed what I'm sure is vandalism on the Aly & AJ page. It was added by 69.249.87.236 (which can be accessed by the Aly & AJ page history. That's how I found out.)

This was added: "In a recent interview at the Bogart Backstage Concert, they stated that they might do a movie based on Jane Austen. They weren't sure they would be able to squeeze it into their schedules, as they would be recording for their record, but they were hoping that they would be able to film it."

This was re-added: "AJ Michalka is currently dating Joe Jonas of The Jonas Brothers. AJ stated this in M Magazine."

The re-added sentence was edited to: "AJ Michalka is currently dating Joe Jonas of the Jonas Brothers. AJ stated this on Aly & AJ's official MySpace in September and in the October/November 2006 issue of M Magazine (accompanied with a picture of them kissing)."

I am sure this is vandalism. At any rate, I have removed it, as it doesn't seem like Wikipedia content. Was I right in removing it? Acalamari 18:27, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

 * I also had to remove vandalism on the Amanda Michalka site. This 69.249.87.236 person seems to keep adding stuff that was deleted beforehand. Maybe we'll have to inform an Administrator and get one to intervene if this person keeps it up. Acalamari 19:54, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Futher Vandalism To Aly & AJ Page
I have removed what I'm sure is vandalism in the trivia section of the Aly & AJ page. This is what it said: I am sure it's vandalism. It's interesting trivia, but I feel that these should be on their own websites, not on Wikipedia. However, I think the part about the piano may be allowed to stay. An IP named 66.41.191.215 added all this information. Sorry I keep going to you for advice! It's just that you've been very helpful when talking about vandalism! Also, I'm still learning to tell the difference between Wikipedia-worthy content and subtle vandalism! Acalamari 00:21, 27 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Aly & AJ have been playing piano since they were six.
 * In a Radio Disney interview they say every holiday season they each do something, Aly: Decorates the house, AJ: Cooks.
 * Aly won a contest in 4th Grade. She had to design a holiday greating card and it was made into a Hallmark card.
 * I asked an Administrator about protection to that page, but he said no, as there wasn't enough vandalism. He also said that the things we were removing weren't just vandalism; some of it was stuff that didn't belong. Instead, we are to talk to the people adding the things we keep removing. Acalamari 23:43, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * We can post on Talk Pages that belong to IP addresses; I’ve done it. In fact, before I logged in with Wikipedia, I received a “you have new messages” message, despite the fact I hadn’t done any edits to Wikipedia. Turned out, someone else had an IP address like mine, and they had vandalized some sites.As for the part in the Amanda Michalka page about her dating this “Joe Jonas” person, I told Switchfo0t813 to post it in her biography, as I got tired of the endless edit war we were having with that User. Amanda dating Joe is technically not trivia: it’s a personal event of hers, and should go in her biography. It seemed more encyclopedic to put that information in her biography that in trivia. I also didn’t want to get into arguments with that User. If the sites are vandalized to the point where we have to constantly revert it, we’ll ask for protecting again. For now, we’ll just work together with the Unregistered Users to get them to stop adding information that we have to keep removing. Acalamari 02:51, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Catching Up
Hello Rosepuff12; some major activity has taken place on the Aly & AJ page recently. ChrisGriswold locked the page completely due to Switchfo0t813 continuing to change the genre to Christian Pop. I suggest you read my Talk Page User Talk: Acalamari, and the Talk Pages: User Talk: King Bee, and User Talk: Switchfo0t813 to read about the recent blocks and other things regarding Aly & AJ. Also, assuming the mediation is still going on next time you edit, if you wish to join the mediation for the Aly & AJ page, go to Mediation Cabal/Cases/2006-12-12 Aly & AJ Genre Classification and sign there; but you'll have to choose whether you agree with King Bee and I, or with Switchfo0t813. Acalamari 00:25, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
 * You're welcome. Acalamari 01:02, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Rosepuff12, on the mediation, in the part that says "consent," you will have to sign your name there with the four tildes, just to show that you are part of the mediation. I thought it was best to tell you this before someone else does. I should have said before; sorry. Acalamari 01:04, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Okay, good; I'm glad you signed. Quick question: you changed your User Page from saying that you are a girl, to it saying that you are a teenage girl. Nothing is wrong with that sentence, but you also changed "I help to remove vandalism and other unencyclopedic information" to "I help to remove vandalism and other encyclopedic information." Doesn't the new sentence mean that you are removing encyclopedic information, as well as vandalism? I thought I'd tell you this before someone else sees it. Acalamari 19:43, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
 * You are welcome; I didn't want people thinking that you were a User who removed things that were both vandalism and not vandalism. I know you're a respectful User, not a vandal. One thing though; what happened to the Teenage Girl part? That part was fine. Acalamari 04:07, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

Response to: More Vandalism to Amanda Michalka
You may disagree, but I say that we should keep reverting for the moment. The vandalism isn't too terrible for the time being. As for the Aly & AJ and Alyson Michalka pages, unless the vandalism by IP addresses gets worse, we should just revert and post a message on the Talk Pages of the vandals. If, however, the vandalism becomes a daily event, we'll ask for protection then. Acalamari 23:50, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

The Michalkas.
Rosepuff12, you may want to join in the discussions here and here. I'm not sure when you'll next edit again, but you'll at least want to see these. Acalamari 04:13, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Never mind; the discussions are over now. Acalamari 20:14, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Hello!
Hello Rosepuff12, glad to see you're still around! :) As for Amanda Michalka, it still doesn't need protecting, and a request for it's protection at RFPP would be declined. In fact, keep it unprotected is more useful than having it semi-protected at the moment. Recently, there's been a vandal going around using different IPs adding loads of Wikilinks to a group of articles (the Michalka included), so keeping the page unprotected helps us spot that vandal so I or another administrator can block them. All we can do is just revert as usual. :) Acalamari 23:53, 27 August 2007 (UTC)

 * On a different note, I have granted rollback rights to your account. The reason for this is that, after a review of some of your contributions, I can trust you to use rollback correctly by using it for its intended use of reverting vandalism: I do not believe you will abuse it by reverting good-faith edits or to revert-war. For information on rollback, see New admin school/Rollback and Rollback feature. If you do not want rollback, just let me know, and I'll remove it. Good luck. Acalamari 23:38, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

ArbCom elections are now open!
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Murder of Ken Tillery

Ken Tillery of Jasper, Texas, was murdered on January 19, 2002. On the night of his murder, Tillery, a white man, was outside of a suspected crackhouse when he was approached by three black males, Darrell Gilbert, Blake Little, and Anthony Holmes, and offered a ride in their vehicle, an early 1980s model Oldsmobile Cutlass. Tillery accepted, but an argument later developed over the gas money he agreed to pay. Tillery expected to pay only $5, but the men demanded $50. When the car passed Tillery's home and arrived at a gas station, he jumped out and tried to flee, but was caught and beaten by the three men. Tillery's attackers ran him over.

The FBI investigated and ruled out federal hate crime charges. Jasper County Sheriff Billy Rowles concluded, "It was just about drugs and money."

Holmes pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and received a 15-year term. Little was convicted of murder and sentenced to 70 years incarceration. Both are still serving their sentences. Gilbert was sentenced to 20 years in prison. On February 14, 2005, Gilbert was murdered in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Stiles Unit by fellow inmate Reagan Caldwell.

title: Murder of Ken Tillery


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List of parliamentary constituencies in the West Midlands (county)

The ceremonial county of West Midlands, England, is divided into 26 parliamentary constituencies, each of which elect one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons. These constituencies were first implemented at the 2024 general election.

2010 boundary changes
Under the Fifth Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the Boundary Commission for England decided to reduce the number of seats in West Midlands from 29 to 28, resulting in the abolition of Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath and leading to significant changes to other constituencies in the City of Birmingham.

Proposed boundary changes
See 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies for further details.

Following the abandonment of the Sixth Periodic Review (the 2018 review), the Boundary Commission for England formally launched the 2023 Review on 5 January 2021. Initial proposals were published on 8 June 2021 and, following two periods of public consultation, revised proposals were published on 8 November 2022. The final proposals were published on 28 June 2023.

The commission has proposed that the Black Country be combined with Staffordshire as a sub-region of the West Midlands Region, resulting in the creation of a new cross-county boundary constituency named Kingswinford and South Staffordshire, which will include part of the abolished constituency of Dudley South. As a consequence of knock-on changes and the need to reduce the overall number of seats in the Black Country by one, Dudley North, Halesowen and Rowley Regis, Wolverhampton South West, Warley, West Bromwich East, West Bromwich West, Walsall North and Walsall South will all be abolished and replaced by Dudley, Halesowen, Wolverhampton West, Smethwick, Tipton and Wednesbury, West Bromwich, and Walsall and Bloxwich.

Although the number of seats covering the cities of Birmingham and Coventry and the Borough of Solihull remains the same, there are a number of proposed name changes due to revised boundaries:

 * Birmingham Hall Green to Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
 * Birmingham Hodge Hill to Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North
 * Coventry North East to Coventry East
 * Meriden to Meriden and Solihull East
 * Solihull to Solihull West and Shirley

The following constituencies are proposed:

Containing wards from Birmingham Containing wards from Coventry Containing wards from Dudley Containing wards from Sandwell Containing wards from Solihull Containing wards from Walsall Containing wards from Wolverhampton
 * Birmingham Edgbaston
 * Birmingham Erdington
 * Birmingham Hall Green and Moseley
 * Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North (part)
 * Birmingham Ladywood
 * Birmingham Northfield
 * Birmingham Perry Barr
 * Birmingham Selly Oak
 * Birmingham Yardley
 * Sutton Coldfield
 * Coventry East
 * Coventry North West
 * Coventry South
 * Dudley
 * Halesowen (part)
 * Kingswinford and South Staffordshire (part also in South Staffordshire District)
 * Stourbridge
 * Tipton and Wednesbury (part)
 * Halesowen (part)
 * Smethwick
 * Tipton and Wednesbury (part)
 * West Bromwich
 * Birmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North (part)
 * Meriden and Solihull East
 * Solihull West and Shirley
 * Aldridge-Brownhills
 * Walsall and Bloxwich
 * Wolverhampton North East (part)
 * Wolverhampton South East (part)
 * Wolverhampton North East (part)
 * Wolverhampton South East (part)
 * Wolverhampton West

Results history
Primary data source: House of Commons research briefing - General election results from 1918 to 2019

2019
The number of votes cast for each political party who fielded candidates in constituencies comprising West Midlands in the 2019 general election were as follows:

Percentage votes
11997 - includes The Speaker, Betty Boothroyd who stood unopposed by the 3 main parties in West Bromwich West

21983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance

* Included in Other

Seats
11983 & 1987 - SDP-Liberal Alliance 2Includes the The Speaker seeking re-election.

Historical representation by party
A cell marked → (with a different colour background to the preceding cell) indicates that the previous MP continued to sit under a new party name.


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Talk:Marxist philosophy of nature

2005 comments

 * This page is currently in progess, i'd appreciate any help conforming this article to wikipedia standards, attaching this article to the communism group or contributing information. Thanks.--EatAlbertaBeef 20:16, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
 * This article is now complete, i'd appreciate any contributions to it.--EatAlbertaBeef 15:31, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

I am afraid, my friend, you got it all wrong, By attributiong to Marx all that was stated by Hegel. mikka (t) 01:51, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, this shows that the author hasn't read the original sources. Marx refers to Hegel all the time. Trious 14:25, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

Merging

 * As the original author of this article I support the merge, as long as the quality of the article doesn't suffer. I originally intended this at the dialectical materialism article, but narrowed it down. --EatAlbertaBeef 05:52, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
 * I disagree with the merge
 * Reason? mikka (t) 01:46, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

 * The article says: ..Marxist Philosophy of Nature (also called dialectical materialism).. Please explain why, then, there are two separate articles? mikka (t) 01:46, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Also, "philosophy of nature" is a calque from German word "Naturphilosophie", Anyway, the expression "Marxist philosophy of nature" is not a standard expression.

Also, while we are at this, the philosophy of nature article looks suspicious to me. In particular, it doesn't encompass such traditional things as Hegel's philosophy of nature (naturphilosophie), etc. mikka (t) 01:46, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
 * it doesn't encompass such traditional things as Hegel's philosophy of nature (naturphilosophie) - and why should it? Hegelian view appears to be quite different to one of Marx. Marx said it himself, that ge had to "turn it upside down", and he did. Hegel philosophy isn't materialistic, and so it does not belong here, imho. 217.25.194.150

 * I think the quality of this article is not great, and that it is based on Soviet interpretations rather than original sources. It presents a caricuture of dialectical materialism. There is no need to have a separate article. The DM article is of much better quality. Trious 14:24, 6 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Interesting marxist question which could lead to endless fights, in other times!... However, IMO it should be merged, as no theoretical distinction should be made between both. Or am I wrong? I hope I won't have to do my autocritique for this! Lapaz 17:05, 12 March 2006 (UTC)

I don't like the oversimplifications they are far more Hegel than Marx, who did a lot more than just turn Hegel on his head, whilst not referencing either properly. And without wanting to dampen the spirit, this piece doesn't capture Marx at all. Well done for the effort but this article really needs some drastic reworking before it should be brought anywhere near dialectical materialism piece, let alone merge80.225.14.191 19:27, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Readers might like to visit my site:

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/rosa.l/

where dialectical materialism is systematically taken apart from a Marxist angle.

Rosa Lichtenstein (talk) 16:16, 31 March 2008 (UTC) --

A better summary than the DM article itself
I support merging these two articles, the DM article seems to be unclear as well as overly concentrated on the anti-DM marxists. I wouldn't be surprised if Rosa, above, had a big role to play in the way that article has come out.--Che y Marijuana 05:32, 29 May 2006 (UTC)

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Che, I had nothing to do with this article.

Rosa Lichtenstein (talk) 16:14, 31 March 2008 (UTC) ---

[11/08/06)

Merging would make sense - the telos of this dialectic movement? Could the Marxist critics of the D of N be granted their arguments?

Blake

The merge would be very helpful. I had no idea how DM differed from dialectics after reading the DM article. The MPN article clarified that, but the DM article contextualizes the definition, which was helpful. The Marxist/postmodern jargon in the DM article makes it inaccessible to non-specialists, however. --Aarden 15:25, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

This article begins with a negative ("there is no such thing as ...) which suggests to me that it's purpose is questionable.

The statements of the 3 laws of DM are not quoted from sources but paraphrased. This leads to the questionable emphasis on the word 'leap'(including the dubious link - purpose please?) - even though leap is used by some marxist scholars it is a simplification of Marx:-

"Merely quantitative differences, beyond a certain point, pass into qualitative changes." (DM page)

None of the arguments in the last paragraph 'Opposition Views' are referenced and my response to this paragraph is to argue that the claims made are just plain wrong or misinterpretations of what was implied by Marx or Engels. In other words your putting an argument rather than providing information.

This entry is a disgrace!
The DM article has several kinks in it, but this one is absolutely horrible, incompetent and ignorant, and both the links and bibliography leave much to be desired. It should most certainly not be merged with DM, especially in its present state.

Another consideration is Marxist philosophy of science, which is related to philosophy of nature, though perhaps not entirely synonymous.

The whole thing needs to be redone.

Salvaging the article
This article is clearly a summary of dialectical materialism, it alludes to that in it's very introduction. However some parts can be saved and included in DM, namely the "Basic Overview" section and it's subpoints which really explain the fundimental laws of not just DM but general dialectical thought. Any suggestions? What does the original author say? (Demigod Ron (talk) 07:32, 25 November 2007 (UTC))

Retraction or Re-categorization
It would honestly be better if the article was withdrawn, and the link "Marxist philosophy of nature" led to a page asking for brand new contributions. The entire entry is misguided in its approach, and is full of incorrect information. A Marxist philosophy of nature is not simply a subtopic of dialectical materialism. A Marxist philosophy of nature cannot be reduced to a conception of dialectical materialism. Among many objections, perhaps the easiest to point out, is that "dialectical materialism" is one particular interpretation of how to characterize the philosophy of Marx and later Marxist theorists (it is one particular interpretation, and one much contested by various other interpretations of Marx and Marxist theories). Given this, the best the current entry could aspire to in its current form would be a *revised and expanded version* listed under the qualified title along the lines of "Dialectical materialism and and the philosophy of nature" or "conception of nature in dialectical materialism" or "the concept of nature under dialectical materialism." Alternatively, the entry could be moved and listed as a sub entry underneath the larger "Dialectical Materialism" entry, provided it is made clear in the description of "philosophy of nature" that the entry is only considering "philosophy of nature" from the perspective of dialectical materialism, and that there are many other mainstream accounts of the "Marxist philosophy of nature" within Marxist philosophy which differ significantly from this one. You would do well to at least list a few of the mainstream interpretations, even if they are not hyperlinked.

Also, proper and relevant citation very much needed.

Lastly, a final point of interest: the concept of "nature" was no small matter to Marx himself--his Doctoral Dissertation concerned the concept of nature in Ancient Philosophy: http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1841/dr-theses/index.htm

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Yunzhi, Prince Cheng

Yinzhi (23 March 1677 – 10 July 1732), also known as Yunzhi, was a Manchu prince of the Qing Dynasty.

Biography
Yinzhi was born of the Manchu Aisin Gioro clan as the third son of the Kangxi Emperor. His mother was Consort Rong (榮妃; d. 28 March 1727) from the Magiya clan and was the daughter of Gaishan (蓋山), who served as an Imperial Examination Examiner (員外郎). Yinzhi was granted the title of "Prince Cheng of the Second Rank" (誠郡王) in 1698.

Yinzhi was known to be studious as a child and was versed in literary arts. His talents earned him the appreciation of his father. French Jesuit Joachim Bouvet once mentioned in a letter to King Louis XIV that the Kangxi Emperor personally taught Yinzhi geometry. When the Kangxi Emperor opened a school in Changchun Gardens (暢春園), he placed Yinzhi in charge of compiling a book titled Lü Li Yuan Yuan (律歷淵源), which included the shi-er-lü, calendrical calculations, and mathematics. Yinzhi was also known for his skill in calligraphy, and was tasked with writing the inscriptions on the memorial tablet at the Kangxi Emperor's tomb in Jingling Mausoleum, Eastern Qing Tombs.

Yinzhi showed little interest in the conflict among his brothers for succession to the throne. He did not take any sides in the contention and preferred to spend time compiling and writing books. In 1706 the encyclopedia Complete Classics Collection of Ancient China was completed by Chen Menglei (陳夢雷), a scholar and associate of Yinzhi.

In 1722 the Kangxi Emperor died and was succeeded by his fourth son Yinzhen, who became known as the Yongzheng Emperor. Yinzhi changed his name to "Yunzhi" to avoid naming taboo because the Chinese character for "Yin" (胤) in "Yinzhi" is the same as the one in the Yongzheng Emperor's personal name "Yinzhen" (胤禛). After his ascension to the throne, the Yongzheng Emperor ordered Yunzhi to remain at the Jingling Mausoleum to watch over their father's tomb on an excuse that "Yinzhi was closely affiliated to the crown prince (Yinreng)". Yunzhi was unhappy with this arrangement and complained behind the Yongzheng Emperor's back. When Yinxiang, one of Yongzheng's closest half brothers, died in 1730, Yunzhi expressed little grief and sorrow. Yongzheng was angry when he heard of Yunzhi's reaction, so he stripped Yunzhi of his title and had him confined in the Yong'an Pavilion, Jingshan, Beijing. Yunzhi died in 1732 during his incarceration.

Family
Primary Consort

 * Princess Consort Chengyin of the Second Rank, of the Donggo clan (誠隱郡王福晋 董鄂氏)
 * Hongqing (弘晴; 30 November 1696 – 3 March 1701), first son
 * Hongsheng (弘晟; 5 October 1698 – 28 August 1732), third son
 * First daughter (8 March 1700 – September/October 1701)
 * Princess of the Third Rank (郡主; 3 October 1701 – 15 October 1753), second daughter
 * Married Genzhapuduo'erji (根扎普多爾濟) of the Khalkha Borjigit clan in January/February 1717

Secondary Consort

 * Secondary consort, of the Tian clan (側福晉 田氏)
 * Second son (18 April 1698 – 19 April 1698)
 * Fourth daughter (24 February 1702 – February/March 1706)
 * Hongjing, Prince of the Fourth Rank (貝子 弘暻; 4 July 1703 – 27 April 1777), seventh son

Concubine

 * Mistress, of the Wang clan (王氏)
 * Fourth son (29 December 1698)
 * Hongxi (弘曦; 16 February 1701 – 3 December 1742), sixth son

 * Mistress, of the Fuca clan (富察氏)
 * Fifth son (30 April 1699 – 8 May 1699)

 * Mistress, of the Irgen Gioro clan (伊爾根覺羅氏)
 * Princess of the Third Rank (郡主; 24 February 1702 – 1 April 1746), third daughter
 * Married Yidamuzhapu (伊達穆扎普) of the Khorchin Gulusiqipu (固魯斯奇普) clan in January/February 1720

 * Mistress, of the Li clan (李氏)
 * Hongxian (弘暹; 7 February 1710 – 3 September 1771), eighth son

 * Mistress, of the Zhu clan (朱氏)
 * Ninth son (16 February 1711 – 28 February 1711)
 * Fifth daughter (28 December 1712 – 2 June 1715)

 * Mistress, of the Cideri clan (奇德理氏)
 * Honghuang (弘晃; 2 June 1713 – 2 October 1749), tenth son

 * Mistress, of the Wanggiya clan (完顏氏)
 * Hongyi (弘易; 1 March 1715 – 23 July 1754), 11th son

 * Mistress, of the Wu clan (吳氏)
 * Sixth daughter (29 January 1730 – 13 September 1732)

 * Mistress, of the Chen clan (陳氏)
 * Hongzhu (弘矚; 2 January 1731 – 9 March 1776), 12th son

In fiction and popular culture

 * Portrayed by Chen Jingyu in Scarlet Heart (2011)

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Talk:Matthews Range

Do we have a definitive source for the spellings? My parents say that even Kenyan maps use both spellings. — Matt Crypto 20:16, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

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Veternik

Veternik (Ветерник) is a suburban settlement of the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. Over the years, especially in the 1990s, it grew with size and inhabitants thus merging with Futog to the west and Novi Sad to the east.

Name
The settlement was named in honour of the assault of the Serbian army in the Veternik mountain area during the breach of the Macedonian front in World War I. It was first called Novi Veternik ("New Veternik"), but was later changed into Veternik. The name Veternik itself means "windy" in Serbian.

In Serbian Cyrillic, the settlement is known as Ветерник (in Serbian Latin as Veternik) and in Hungarian as Hadikliget.

History
The first settlement at this location was mentioned in 1848 and its name was Neu Ilof. It was a settlement for workers that worked in the nearby estate whose last owner was count Kotek.

The modern settlement was founded in 1918 as a settlement for Serb veterans from World War I. During World War II, the Hungarian occupational authorities relegated the population of the village across the Danube, and settled Hungarians from Bukovina into their houses. After the war, the population returned and settlement largely developed in the next period: from only 789 inhabitants that were recorded by the 1948 census, the population of Veternik rose to 18,626 in 2002.

Status
Officially, Veternik holds suburban settlement status, as it is part of the agglomeration of Novi Sad. Today, Veternik has merged with Novi Sad completely.

Features
Besides basic village infrastructure (post office, two elementary schools, infirmary, library, market etc.), Veternik is also home to an institution for handicapped children and young people.

In 2009 the city of Nova Sad decided to build a new primary school in Veternik with access for children with disabilities. The new school was named after the local philanthropist Marija Trandafil.

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McKenzie Westmore

McKenzie Kate Westmore (born April 26, 1977) is an American actress and singer most popular for having played the role of Sheridan Crane on the television soap opera Passions from 1999 to 2008.

Early life
Westmore was born April 26, 1977, in San Fernando, California. She is part of the younger generation of the Westmore family, known for their achievements in film makeup. She is the daughter of makeup artists Marion Christine Bergeson and Michael Westmore. She attended the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts as a music major and graduated in 1995.

Career
Westmore is best known for playing of Sheridan Crane on the television soap opera Passions from 1999 to 2008. To fans of Passions, Sheridan is well known for her popular supercouple pairing with Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald, portrayed by Galen Gering. They are sometimes called "Shuis", blend of both their names.

She has made four appearances in the Star Trek universe, starting with the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "When the Bough Breaks", the movie Star Trek: Insurrection, the Star Trek: Voyager episode "Warhead", and the Star Trek: Picard episode "Maps and Legends".

She guest-starred on an episode of Friends (season 7, episode 18: "The One with Joey's Award") as presenter.

In 2008, she made a guest appearance in season 3 of Dexter.

On December 12, 2008, Westmore debuted in the recurring role of Dr. Riley Sinclair on ABC's daytime drama All My Children.

Since 2011, Westmore has served as the Host of the Syfy original series Face Off, a reality competition featuring makeup artists competing for $100,000.

Personal life
McKenzie Westmore was married to Seven Volpone from 2002 to 2011. Their divorce was finalized in 2012. Their son Maddox was born in 2006.

On October 11, 2015, Westmore married former Face Off judge Patrick Tatopoulos. The couple met while working together on the first season of the show. The wedding ceremony was held at Chateau Le Dome at Saddlerock Ranch Winery in Malibu, California.

In 2019, Westmore revealed that she has Tourette syndrome, having been diagnosed with the genetic condition at age 10.

McKenzie Westmore is the founder and creative director of Westmore Beauty. She developed the Westmore Beauty Collection to make the tips and tricks available to everyday women that was previously an exclusive for celebrities. McKenzie continues to create new products for the Westmore beauty line.

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Lynne Austin

Lynne Austin (born April 15, 1961, in Plant City, Florida) is an American model and actress. She was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in July, 1986 and has appeared in numerous Playboy videos. Austin was also selected as the 1987 Playmate of the Year for the Dutch edition of Playboy.

Career
Austin came to the attention of Playboy's magazine after featuring in an ad campaign for Hooters restaurant as the original "Hooters girl". She was the first waitress hired by one of the chain founders after he had spotted her at a bikini contest. Austin continues to represent Hooters and eventually became a "Hooters Icon." In 1989 she appeared in "Her Cups Runneth Over", a third-season episode of Married... with Children.

Following her Hooters and modeling career, Austin became a radio personality in the Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida area, appearing daily on the Hooters Nation Morning Show on 1010Sports AM.

In 2008, she was named among the Top Hooters Girls of all time as part of the restaurant chain's 25th anniversary.

Personal life
She was married to Phillies catcher Darren Daulton from 1989 to 1995, with whom she has one child, and is now married to Ron Lacey and they share five children together.

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Talk:Winger (album)

Disruptive edits adding Dweezil Zappa as a writer on "Seventeen"
Dweezil Zappa did not play on the song "Seventeen", nor did he contribute to writing the song. The user making the edits has been blocked, and the edits should be reverted.

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Talk:California State Route 259

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Talk:Dragging death

NPOV victims
The NPOV is not because of the text itself. The text itself is fine... the problem is that the user who created this page and provided the list of victims has provided only 1 victim which is non-white, while the others involve whites being the victims, with a black(s) being the criminal(s) responsible for the death of the victims. This has "bad faith" written all over it. All the articles except for the article about the non-white victim were created by the same user that created this page... further calling into question the integrity of this article. --Chanting Fox 20:26, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I noticed the same thing, but Chanting Fox beat me to putting up the notice. I've added a NPOV notice to the other articles, and directed them to the discussion here. Xcali 20:33, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

I disagree with Chanting Fox's statement "The text itself is fine." I think the last sentence of the article clearly shows the author has an axe to grind. Xcali 20:40, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

 * When you consider how long the James Byrd article has been on Wikipedia, how much attention his murder received and how little attention the white victims of similar crimes received, I don't think I'm doing anything but trying to correct a blatant imbalance. But feel free to add non-white victims to even the score. (And I'm sure I won't need to tell a good thoughtpolicepersons to check all my edits to make sure my "bad faith" hasn't infected Wikipedia elsewhere.) (Unsigned entry made by 213.78.110.147)

 * James Byrd's death was widely considered a hate crime--killed only because of his race. Out of the 5 entries you posted, 3 were incidental in the commission of other crimes such as auto theft, 1 is questionable (killed after argument with an argument with people known to him who happened to be a minority race), and 1 may very well be a hate crime.  I stand by my original statement.  --Xcali 21:02, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

 * All the deaths, "incidental" and otherwise, were murders of a particularly brutal and callous kind. All but James Byrd's received far less attention than they deserved, for the obvious reason that they were non-white-on-white, and James Byrd's would not have received so much attention if it had been a shooting or stabbing. I also wonder if you would have objected at all if my additions had been of non-white victims. (Unsigned entry made by 213.78.162.63)

 * You've talked to every reporter who had a chance to report on this, and they've all told you that they didn't write the story because it was minority on majority crime? You've offered no proof of your claims.  I've stated my beliefs on the topic above.  These were crimes, yes, but not hate crimes.  Honesty, I'm about ready to take this article to VfD. --Xcali 15:58, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

Is this article, as a whole, necessary? Wikipedia doesn't have Shooting death or Stabbing death (though it does have Stabbing). While this does occur, the case of James Byrd seems to be the only one commonly associated with this term - maybe the page should redirect to James Byrd. --Dcfleck 02:47, 2005 May 29 (UTC)

 * Wikipedia has articles for forms of death or murder of particular interest: decapitation, for example. That James Byrd is the only one commonly associated with dragging death is a reflection of media bias, not of the inherent interest or importance of other cases. If media bias determines what goes in Wikipedia, you'll have to start cutting a huge number of articles.

NPOV template removed
I've removed the template (and added a pov template to Ken Tillery) as the content here is NPOV in the current version. This discussion is nearly a year old and no-one has added other names to the list. If the list overrepresents one race, add other names to it. Make the list exhaustive. Overrepresentation on a list is not bias per se, although it may indicate that further research is required. Colonel Tom 04:49, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

Dragging Deaths & FBI
Well, I'd say that this article is redundant if the FBI 'Uniform Crime Report' doesn't give the numbers of this type of murder. Also, 'dragging death' - does this include accidents? I say DELETE! 08/11/05 Eddie.willers

This is mainly to the unsigned poster who thinks that the Ken Tillery was racially motivated and should be listed as a hate crime, the following link is to KTFE channel 9 in Lufkin TX http://www.ktre.com/Global/story.asp?S=630832

The Ken Tillery murder was not racially motivated.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Fantasy lights

 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 - deleted - SimonP 02:06, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

Fantasy lights
I believe this is second-hand band vanity. I get the feeling that it's written not by the "certain someone named Patryk," himself, but by the people who'd like to release his CD, but can't quite come up with the money. Joyous 20:26, May 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * Weyes is said to have voted Delete on this article at 01:19, 2005 May 29 (UTC).
 * Delete, not notable, vanity. Megan1967 04:38, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

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Ben Masters

Benjamin Masters (May 6, 1947 – January 11, 2023) was an American actor who is best known for his portrayal of Julian Crane in daytime drama Passions from July 8, 1999, to the show's final episode on August 7, 2008.

Early life
Masters was born in Corvallis, Oregon, and graduated from the University of Oregon as a theater major.

Career
Masters moved to New York City and landed a role in the off-Broadway play The Boys in the Band. He also had a 13-month run in Kevin Wade's Key Exchange off-Broadway. The Broadway plays Captain Brassbound's Conversion with Ingrid Bergman and The Cherry Orchard with Irene Worth, Raul Julia, and Meryl Streep followed. Masters portrayed Nick, the older brother of the titular character in the 1976–1977 Saturday morning series Muggsy.

Masters started in daytime dramas when he portrayed Vic Strang on Another World for three months in 1982.

Masters later appeared as corporate raider Linc Bartlett in the television miniseries Noble House in 1988.

On May 14, 1994, Masters was one of the guests in the Walker, Texas Ranger two-hour special episode titled "The Reunion".

In 1999, he signed a contract for NBC's Passions, as the womanizing billionaire Julian Crane. His role on the daytime drama landed him Soap Opera Digest Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in 2001 and 2002 and Outstanding Lead Actor in 2005. After NBC announced that it was cancelling Passions in February 2007, Masters said "I will miss getting to play this part so much. I had such a great time playing Julian Crane. I wanted to do it until I couldn't do it anymore." Passions was later picked up by Directv for the 2007–2008 season.

Masters died from complications of COVID-19 while battling dementia on January 11, 2023, at the age of 75.

Filmography

 * 2000|| Touched By An Angel|| Ben

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Natick (disambiguation)

Natick is a town in Massachusetts, established on the site of the Natick Praying Town founded in 1651.

Natick may also refer to:

Indigenous community

 * Natick language, another name for the Massachusett language
 * Praying Indians of Natick, 17th-century Native American Christian converts who settled in the Natick Praying Town

Towns

 * Natick, Nebraska
 * East Natick, Rhode Island

Ships

 * USS Agawam (SP-570), was renamed USS Natick (SP-570) in 1917
 * Natick (YTB-760), a tugboat acquired by the U.S. Navy in 1961
 * Natick-class tugboat, a class of harbor tugboats that have been active since the 1960s

Other

 * Natick Center Historic District, center of Natick, Massachusetts
 * Natick Center station, train station in Natick, Massachusetts
 * Natick High School, high school in Natick, Massachusetts
 * Natick Mall, mall in Natick, Massachusetts
 * Natick principle, crossword puzzle term coined by Rex Parker
 * Praying Indians of Natick and Ponkapoag, a nonprofit organization of people claiming descendency from the 17th-century Praying Indians of Natick and Ponkapoag
 * Project Natick, experimental undersea data center by Microsoft

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Glens of Antrim

The Glens of Antrim (Irish: Glinnte Aontroma), known locally as simply The Glens, is a region of County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It comprises nine glens (valleys), that radiate from the Antrim Plateau to the coast. The Glens are an area of outstanding natural beauty and are a major tourist attraction in north Antrim.

The main towns and villages in the Glens are Ballycastle, Cushendun, Cushendall, Waterfoot, Carnlough and Glenarm.

The Lordship of the Glens
From the mid-13th century onward, the Lordship of The Glens belonged to the Bissett family, Anglo-Norman in origin but Gaelicized over generations. With the marriage of John Mor Macdonald, second son of John of Islay, Lord of the Isles, to Margery Bisset in the late 14th century, the Glens came into the ownership of the MacDonnells of Antrim. John Mor gained the title Lord of Dunyvaig and the Glens.

The nine glens
From north to south, the nine glens are:

Tenth glen
Glenravel is sometimes considered a tenth glen. It lies to the southwest of Glenballyeamon and Glenariff, being separated from the latter by the Glenariff forest park.

The main settlements of Glenravel are Cargan, Martinstown and Skerry (Newtowncrommelin).

Archaeology
Artifacts of the Neolithic period have been found in various places of the Glens of Antrim including Bay Farm II and Madman's Window.

In popular culture
The Glens are mentioned in the song "Ireland's Call". DI Sean Duffy, in the Troubles mysteries by Adrian McKinty, is from the Glens.

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NFL 2K2

NFL 2K2 is a 2001 video game for Dreamcast by Sega and developed by Visual Concepts. It is the last game for the Sega Dreamcast in the series after being discontinued before Sega shifted to a third party publisher. Because of this shift, it was released later for PlayStation 2 and Xbox. It is also the first Xbox game published by Sega, and the last game in the NFL 2K series to feature Randy Moss as a cover athlete.

The game along with the rest of the 2K titles on the Dreamcast have had their online capabilities revived and are completely playable online.

Reception
The Dreamcast version received "universal acclaim", while the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions received "generally favorable reviews", according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Gary Whitta of Next Generation said of the Dreamcast version, "It's showing its age, but NFL2K2 can still compete with anything the next generation has to offer." In Japan, where the Dreamcast and PS2 versions were ported for release on March 28, 2002, Famitsu gave it a score of 29 out of 40 for the former, and 32 out of 40 for the latter.

GameSpot named NFL 2K2 a runner-up in its annual award category for the best traditional sports console game, which went to NBA 2K2. It was also nominated for the publication's "Best Dreamcast Game" award.

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Talk:Blue Murder (album)

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Adding the genre "glam metal" to this album?
Hi,

just wanting to know if I can add the genre "glam metal" to this album. Explicitly stated as being such at this source: https://vwmusicrocks.com/return-to-the-sunset-strip-10-underrated-glam-hair-metal-era-albums/?fbclid=IwAR1oEs4vqWjP1b3NV_nJVrV1VIHE25poD9U2sFZzTwsA3v64szTD8ORSILQ

Thanks! AgentKozak (talk) 17:55, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

 * Also stated at this source as well: https://www.metalsucks.net/2015/10/16/friday-5-what-5-more-hair-metal-albums-are-essential/ AgentKozak (talk) 17:57, 6 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes, definitely! It's also mentioned in the Music and lyrics section, so must have been an oversight not including it in the infobox. SilverBullitt (talk) 19:58, 6 August 2023 (UTC)

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