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Ted Mann

Ted Mann (April 16, 1916 – January 15, 2001) was an American businessman involved in the film industry and head of Mann Theatres. In 1973, he purchased the National General Theatre chain and changed the name of Grauman's Chinese Theatre, which was a part of the chain, to Mann's Chinese Theater.

Biography
Born to a Jewish family in Wishek, North Dakota, Mann started off in the movie business as an usher around the time he attended the University of Minnesota in the 1930s. He rented the Selby Theatre in Saint Paul, Minnesota, for $100 a month running it as a one-man shop serving as ticket seller and projectionist. He was successful and he went on to purchase 25 other theaters and drive-ins in the Midwest.

In 1970, Mann sold his theater chain to General Cinema Corporation (founded by Philip Smith and then led by Richard A. Smith) and moved to California. The first production to his credit was 1969's The Illustrated Man, based on a Ray Bradbury book. He didn't stay out of the theater business for long, and purchased the troubled 276-screen National General Theatre chain in 1973. Mann soon expanded the chain to 360 screens, but again sold off his theaters in 1986, this time to Gulf+Western, which later renamed itself to Paramount Communications (which itself became part of Viacom). Grauman's Theater eventually regained its original name in late 2001.

Both the Orpheum and Pantages venues of today's Hennepin Theatre District in Minneapolis were once owned by Mann. He eventually owned at least six theaters in the city's downtown region. The Ted Mann Concert Hall at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis is named for him.

Philanthropy
In 1984, he founded the Ted Mann Foundation which contributed to the Salvation Army, Boys & Girls Clubs, United Way, Wilshire Boulevard Temple, the United Jewish Fund, Operation Exodus, and the Jerusalem Foundation.

Personal life
On June 24, 1934, Ted Mann married Ida Charon (1911–1997). Before their divorce, Ted and Ida Mann had two daughters, Victoria Mann Sims and Roberta Lynn Mann-Benson (died 2010). He married actress Rhonda Fleming in 1977, and they remained together until Mann died at age 84 in Los Angeles of complications from a stroke.

Producer/executive producer

 * The Illustrated Man (1969)
 * Buster and Billie (1974)
 * Lifeguard (1976)
 * The Nude Bomb (1980)
 * Brubaker (1980)
 * Krull (1983)

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Jean O'Leary

Jean O'Leary (March 4, 1948 – June 4, 2005) was an American lesbian and gay rights activist. She was the founder of Lesbian Feminist Liberation, one of the first lesbian activist groups in the women's movement, and an early member and co-director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. She co-founded National Coming Out Day.

In 1977 O'Leary organized the first meeting of gay leaders at the White House and then organized the passing of a sexual preference resolution for NOW at Houston's Metropolitan Community Church. Before becoming a lesbian and gay rights activist, she was a Roman Catholic religious sister. She would later write about her experience in a 1985 anthology, Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence.

Early life
O'Leary was born in Kingston, New York, and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. In 1966, just out of high school, she entered the novitiate of the Sisters of the Humility of Mary, of Villa Maria, Pennsylvania, in order to "have an impact on the world". In 1971, after graduating from Cleveland State University with a degree in psychology, she left the convent before completing the period of training.

Activism
In 1971 O'Leary moved to New York City and did doctoral studies in organization development at Yeshiva University. As a lesbian during this period, she became involved with the nascent gay rights movement, joining the Gay Activists' Alliance (GAA) Chapter in Brooklyn and later lobbying state politicians. In 1972, feeling that it was too dominated by the men of the movement, she left the GAA and founded Lesbian Feminist Liberation, one of the first lesbian activist groups in the women's movement. Two years later, she joined the National Gay Task Force, negotiating gender parity in its executive with director Bruce Voeller, joining as co-executive director.

In 1977 O'Leary organized the first meeting of gay rights activists at the White House through arrangements made with White House staffer Midge Costanza. She was the first openly gay person appointed to a presidential commission, the National Commission on the Observance of International Women's Year, by Jimmy Carter. In this role she negotiated for gay and lesbian rights to be included on the discussion in a conference marking the year in Houston, Texas.

In November 1977, O'Leary was a speaker at the 1977 National Women's Conference. Other speakers included Rosalynn Carter, Betty Ford, Lady Bird Johnson, Bella Abzug, Barbara Jordan, Audrey Colom, Claire Randall, Gerridee Wheeler, Cecilia Burciaga, Gloria Steinem, Lenore Hershey.

O'Leary was among three openly gay delegates to the United States Democratic Party convention in 1976. She also served on the Democratic National Committee for 12 years, 8 of those on the executive committee.

During the early 1980s, O'Leary focused on building National Gay Rights Advocates, then one of the largest national gay and lesbian rights groups. It was one of the first to respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic's implications for legal and civil liberties, using aggressive litigation to ensure AIDS patients' access to treatment.

She co-founded National Coming Out Day with Rob Eichberg in 1988.

Radical lesbian feminism
In a speech given at the 1973 Christopher Street Liberation Day, O'Leary read a statement on behalf of 100 women that read, in part, "We support the right of every person to dress in the way that she or he wishes. But we are opposed to the exploitation of women by men for entertainment or profit." In response, Sylvia Rivera and Lee Brewster, both self-identified drag queens,  jumped onstage and responded, "You go to bars because of what drag queens did for you, and these bitches tell us to quit being ourselves!"

In the early 1970s, O'Leary and other gay liberation activists did not actively include all transsexuals and transvestites in proposed gay rights legislation, largely due to the belief that this would make basic legislation too difficult to pass at the time. O'Leary later regretted her stance against the drag queens attending in 1973: "Looking back, I find this so embarrassing because my views have changed so much since then. I would never pick on a transvestite now." "It was horrible. How could I work to exclude transvestites and at the same time criticize the feminists who were doing their best back in those days to exclude lesbians?"

O'Leary was referring to the Lavender Menace, a description by second wave feminist Betty Friedan for attempts by members of the National Organization for Women (NOW) to distance themselves from the perception of NOW as a haven for lesbians. As part of this process, Rita Mae Brown and other lesbians who had been active in NOW were forced out. They staged a protest in 1970 at the Second Congress to Unite Women, and earned the support of many NOW members, finally gaining full acceptance in 1971.

Personal life
She and her partner, Lisa Phelps, had a daughter (Victoria) and a son (David de Maria).

O'Leary died on June 4, 2005, in San Clemente, California, of lung cancer, aged 57.

Legacy
"[Jean O'Leary] helped the women's movement to recognize the universal cost of homophobia, and the gay movement to see that marginalizing the voices of lesbians would only diminish its power."

Season 2, episodes 4 and 5 of the podcast Making Gay History are about her.

O'Leary, and her advocacy for the inclusion of lesbian and gay rights in the 1977 National Women's Conference, is portrayed by Canadian actress Anna Douglas in the FX television miniseries Mrs America.

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Seed ball

Seed balls, also known as earth balls or nendo dango (粘土団子), consist of seeds rolled within a ball of clay and other matter to assist germination. They are then thrown into vacant lots and over fences as a form of guerilla gardening. Matter such as humus and compost are often placed around the seeds to provide microbial inoculants. Cotton-fibres or liquefied paper are sometimes added to further protect the clay ball in particularly harsh habitats. An ancient technique, it was re-discovered by Japanese natural farming pioneer Masanobu Fukuoka.

Development of technique
The technique for creating seed balls was rediscovered by Japanese natural farming pioneer Masanobu Fukuoka. The technique was also used, for instance, in ancient Egypt to repair farms after the annual spring flooding of the Nile. Masanobu Fukuoka developed his technique during the period of the Second World War, while working in a Japanese government lab as a plant scientist on the mountainous island of Shikoku. He wanted to find a technique that would increase food production without taking away from the land already allocated for traditional rice production which thrived in the volcanic rich soils of Japan.

Construction
To make a seed ball, generally about five measures of red clay by volume are combined with one measure of seeds. The balls are formed between 10 mm and 80 mm (about $1⁄2$" to 3") in diameter. After the seed balls have been formed, they must dry for 24–48 hours before use.

Seed bombing
Seed bombing is the practice of introducing vegetation to land by throwing or dropping seed balls. It is used in modern aerial seeding as a way to deter seed predation. It has also been popularized by green movements such as guerrilla gardening as a way to introduce new plants to an environment.

Guerrilla gardening
The term "seed green-aide" was first used by Liz Christy in 1973 when she started the Green Guerillas. The first seed green-aides were made from condoms filled with tomato seeds, and fertilizer. They were tossed over fences onto empty lots in New York City in order to make the neighborhoods look better. It was the start of the guerrilla gardening movement.

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term for coincidences
I'm looking for a term similar to déjà vu. It relates to coincidence or telepathy, I looked into all the articles mentioned in the "See also" of coincidence but did not find what I wanted. These phenomena happen to me often.

Here are some scenarios : Jay 16:41, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Two people are talking on a subject, and at the exact time any of them speaks a word or a person's name, either of the following happens :
 * 2) they hear the exact word being repeated on TV, or they see the object of their talk on TV.
 * 3) the exact word happens to be in a song playing on the radio at that time
 * 4) Two groups in hearing distance of each other are talking separately on different topics, and suddenly during a lull in the talk, both groups end up saying the same word/term
 * 5) I'm thinking of something and idly going over a magazine or newspaper, and my eyes rest on the exact word/topic in the magazine.
 * 6) Two people who have not interacted with each other for a good part of the day, call up or send SMSes to each other at exactly the same time.

 * Serendipity? Shimgray 16:54, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Synchronicity. RickK 19:14, May 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * The cynic in me prefers to stay with "coincidence". --CVaneg 21:58, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Fluke? Well, perhaps macroscopic quantum entanglement --HappyCamper 22:04, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * "Plate o' shrimp." For those insufficiently familiar with Repo Man:
 * A lot o' people don't realize what's really going on. They view life as a bunch o' unconnected incidents 'n things. They don't realize that there's this, like, lattice o' coincidence that lays on top o' everything. Give you an example; show you what I mean: suppose you're thinkin' about a plate o' shrimp. Suddenly someone'll say, like, plate, or shrimp, or plate o' shrimp out of the blue, no explanation. No point in lookin' for one, either. It's all part of a cosmic unconciousness.
 * --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 02:16, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

 * To the questioner - coincidentally these things happen to me all the time too. And, I suspect, to most other people that tend to spend a great deal of time within the range of a radio or television.  Just a few hours ago I clicked on a link to download a Firefox theme just as a man on the television began to talk about movie theme music. I've had at least 4 similar instances in the last two weeks.  I watch and listen to too much TV and radio --bodnotbod 04:10, May 31, 2005 (UTC)

 * Coincidences are statistically more probable than we normally expect. See birthday paradox. However, I must admit that I was thinking about it (coincidentally?) only recently and was planning to ask here if others feel the same! One explanation I can think of is that we have thoughts relating to things that we experience in the spacio-temporal context we live in and hence the odds are in favour of finding them in your vicinity in space-time. Also, we notice the hits much more than the misses. -- 05:03, May 31, 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm inclined to think that we are more likely to remember a strange coincidence such as thinking about something and having it pop up on the television, than we are to remember a time when we thought about something, and absolutely nothing remarkable happened. Considering how many different random thoughts flit through our heads at any given time, it's no surprise that occasionally we'll get a match to something in the outside world, especially given the ubiquity of modern media as bodnotbod points out. --CVaneg 14:35, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

 * I once heard about someone showing how a 'miracle' is something that happens about once a month... the logic goes something like a miraculous event being one that has about a one in a million chance of occuring; assuming when one is awake one observes about 1 event per second, then by simple mathematics, one will observe about 1 miracle per month. --Neo 15:19, May 31, 2005 (UTC)

definition of Science
the interpretation paragraph for Coincidence has an alternative definition for science, which reads

Science is the practice of constructing theoretical explanations of how events (phenomena) happen to repeatedly coincide.

However the definition on the Science page doesn't reflect this, and in fact the word coincidence isn't in the article at all:

''Science (from Latin scientia, meaning "knowledge"[1]) is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.[2][3] In an older and closely related meaning, "science" also refers to a body of knowledge itself, of the type that can be rationally explained and reliably applied. A practitioner of science is known as a scientist.''

Maybe one, or the other needs some touching up? 50.174.214.23 (talk) 19:35, 1 February 2014 (UTC)Memobug

Examples
Why are all examples related with Popes??? This is not at all what I expected of this page. Some of these examples are not even clear about what kind of coincidence they are referring to! This page needs a serious overhaul. Kreachure 28 June 2005 20:31 (UTC)

I was providing an example from an area of interest and topicality for a stub.

Please feel free to develop the area/give examples. Jackiespeel 22:14, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

The "separated twins coinicidence" does seem to have a fairly wide circulation, possibly bordering on the urban legend. Jackiespeel 21:15, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

I can't see the point of these examples. They don't elucidate anything, and we shouldn't have a list of all the coincidences - and if we did it should be its own article. mg e kelly 14:45, 21 May 2006 (UTC)

There seems to be some major distaste for the Matrix movie coincidence, I wonder if there is a coincidence there? Maybe just Synchronicity or is it irony? Eyezee 11:49, 20 March 2009

Narrative Example of Coincidence needed?

 * Having read the Synchronicity wiki-article, I found that one example has been written into the article.. the plum pudding example.. Now I have read Arthur Koestler's Roots of Coincidence and have been thinking that there has got to be at least a short example from his numerous discussions and cited research, so as to show that 'coincidence' has been taken far more seriously by the British Society for Psychical Research for the last 120 years than people might be aware of. Koestler makes an impressive list of the society's past presidents {which Koestler states includes "three Nobel laureates, ten Fellows of the Royal Society, one Prime Minister, and a galaxy of professors, mostly physicisits and philosophers" pg, 32 - then he cites a three page list spanning 120 years! William James, Sir William Crookes, Frederic W. H. Myers - coined term 'telepathy', Henri Bergson, Gilbert Murray, C.D. Broad, Lord Rayleigh, S.G. Soal - mathematician, H.H. Price Professor of Logic at Oxford, W.A.H. Rushton Director of Medical Studies, Trinity College; Professor of Visual Physiology, Cambridge; and more) up to the date that the book was published (1971). Anyway, Koestler explains on pages 22-25 of Roots... the Zenar cards example conducted by J.B. Rhine at Duke University in 1932(?). Rhine  conducted card-guessing experiments (5 types of unseen cards) and recorded the results hundreds of times. The results where analyzed using 'the law of great numbers' (a mathematical and statistical probability experimental measure) that showed statistical significant results concerning Rhine's card-guessing (ESP) research; results that showed more than 'chance-like' observations by the participants in the experiment. The density of Koestler's examples, citations and arguments remind me of trying to unpack Michel Foucault's Archeology of Knowledge. Koestlers books explores a number of scientific disciplines in order to explain the extraordinary phenomena surrounding coincidence.
 * Due to the fact that Koestler entitled his book using the word coincidence to show that it can have 'meaningful' non-ordinary roots (causation?), i would suggest a Koestler citation or summary of his research and a shor example to highlight Koestler's way of explaining 'coincidence'. The book, by the way, foreshadows the work of Thomas Kuhn The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, and indicates the politics that seem to never end between pure scientific mindsets and those that are willing to explore the statistical significance of parapsychological research. What do you think?Drakonicon 17:58, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Right. Had another thought.... In Carl Jung's semi-autobiography Memories, Dreams, Reflections, Jung remembers an argument that he had with Sigmund Freud, in which Jung was talking with Freud about coincidence and then Jung predicted there would be loud 'report' ('bang'(?)) in the bookcase near where they were talking; and then soon after Jung predicted another such report, which soon occured, to which neither Jung nor Freud could fathom. This seriously disquieted Freud, and they parted company. Would this kind of example (narrated cleanly) be a better example of coincidence/synchronicty?Drakonicon 18:51, 22 June 2006 (UTC)

Another type of examples is what happens to persons who at random intervals "are led" to look at a clock or watch and there then see there a "special time reading" such as 11:11 or 12:34. People having such coincidences may attribute them to God, gods, spirits, angels, etc. but are labelled by others as "Atheists" nevertheless.70.27.155.254 (talk) 07:45, 31 October 2015 (UTC)

by swanny 14 march 2018 VIDEO EXAMPLE Well this "thinking a word and then hearing it on tv or radio" sometimes before and sometimes just after. is actually quite common but disturbing, for example i was driving down road and just as I passed an ad sign with the word "miracle' on it the radio announcer said the word "miracle" in another context. I came across a concept of it in Psychiatric literature, but can't recall the word. I have a video "proof" of a quasi example, as i was filming a video with the song, "the first time i saw your face", playing in back ground and then this other modern musicians face is featured prominently on the TV, while the song on the TV continues and the girl on the tv starts singing about "living in a hologram". anyway with the amount of media manipulation available these such things would be relativity easy to fake. But when it happens out of the blue its difficult to have ready recording equipment. swannySwanny (talk) 21:40, 14 March 2018 (UTC)
 * It's only disturbing if you do not understand math. But you are missing the point of this page. It is for suggestions for improving the article. --Hob Gadling (talk) 06:41, 15 March 2018 (UTC)

Simon Walker's TV & Radio coincidences
I have noticed this phenomena for sometime but unfortuneately have not recorded any. I have been intensely interested and concerned about this as I am a religious and spiritual skeptic. I have been too afraid to search the net for others who have experienced the tv word coincidence phenomenom. I am now getting obsessed!!? Obssesed enough to write in here! This is because of my latest exact coincidence.

Whilst searching the net for information about autism I came accross many articles on MERCURY poisoning. Tooth fillings (ouch) came up as a sources of MERCURY poisoning, as did many industrial processes. Previously that day I had also been reading about the source of AIDS. This I mention because of Freddie MERCURY of Queen who died of AIDS. This is a slight coincidence that I include for spookyness and completeness - This is not the coincidence.

Whilst searching I went into another room to get my ciggies and noticed another musician I like on TV talking about the Bristol (UK) music scene. His name is Ronnie Size (check him out!). I watched for a short while and then returned to the room with the computer. I carried on searching about MERCURY. I finished my ciggie and started to get both bored and increasingly worried about tooth fillings. I returned to the room with the TV and switched it on. The words uttered by Ronnie Size at this precise moment (no other words had been spoken) were 'MERCURY music prize'.

Spooky... These internet / tv, radio / tv and my thoughts / tv & radio have occured to me often. Often when switching on a device or changing channels. I did not record the date but It was in June 2005 (I think).

MERCURY was the Roman (possibly Greek?) MESSANGER deity.

The tooth is out there!!!

Keep it real (if you can)..

Peace & harmony from spooked out Simon Walker...

Simon@SNWalker.wanadoo.co.uk

18th October 2005

I thought I'd see if anyone else has some TV/Radio/thought coincidence moments. I have not been aware of any radio/thought exact word coincidences for a while but another coincidence has just occured, not like these TV/radio exact word/thought coincidences but still highly relevant. I have just read an article claiming that people can perceive radio waves via their FILLINGS! They can actually 'hear' radio broadcasts in realtime in their heads! It also turns out that some deaf people have this (heightened) ability. There are hearing aids that transform the audio signal from the usual less than 22,000 hertz range to the VHF (radio) range. This is made by LISTENING INC. and is known as the Neurophone. It would seem our hearing 'pitch shifts' sound into the VHF range - our brain 'hears' in the VHF range. The article I read is: http://www.raven1.net/ebrain.htm

I still haven't been to the dentist!

Another thought I have had is ruling out repetitions of programs previously experienced. There is a good chance that I had already seen some of the music documentary (I checked, it was a repeat). Was I 'drawn' to the TV at the precise moment to hear the MERCURY coincidence by a recording in my brain!?? Also, even if we can 'hear' VHF frequencies how can we decode the digital compression/error handling formats? Although I was watching the documentary via a digibox the program was also being broadcast on the non digital terrestrial channel - We still have 5 of these in Britain. Also TV is UHF, not VHF. Of course it may just be a simple coincidence... I wish I'd recorded a few more to see how many exact word radio/tv/thought/conversation coincidences I have really had.

Probability and coincidence
How low a (perceived) probability does a pair of events happening in proximity have to be before someone considers it to be a coincidence?

Would the existence of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy's Improbability Drive increase the level of coincidences? (As a theroretical question, it being a theoretical object.)

Jackiespeel 17:46, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

Examples cont'd
I honestly think we should drop the Pope stuff are just leave one. They are quite minor. Marskell 18:43, 29 September 2005 (UTC)

Why drop the Popes - given that there were far more parallels with that entry than with some of the others (and seeing that the Kennedy-Lincoln grouping seems to have fewer coincidences than claimed). Can the other details be restored (or put somewhere - Papal curiosities perhaps which would include the prophecies of Malachy)?

Jackiespeel 22:17, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

Types of Coincidences
Seems to be taken directly from: http://www.snopes.com/horrors/traffic/siblings.asp
 * This has been picked up by a newspaper blog. I'm removing it since, even if it isn't a copyvio, it's OR/POV/unverfible.

Well, I believe in EXTREME coincidence. You can put something about that there. If you want more info, tell me. Why does everyone hate Torax2? 21:44, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Woah
So I was about to edit something out in the article, and as soon as I click edit and scroll down to the change I was going to make, it had already been made! O RLY? 84.70.24.131 17:46, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Links
Removed the link to the Google search tips. It's a guide for getting the most out of Google searching. Has nothing to do with coincidence, unless you consider it a coincidence that adding more words to a Google search gets you closer to what you're looking for. PacificBoy 18:08, 23 August 2006 (UTC) Removed the link for Conspiracy Theorist Guide to 9/11 for POV violation. The tone of the text is derogatory and leading. A bias-neutral substitute may be inserted but this link should not be re-added. Kaos Klerik (talk) 18:53, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

Coincidence Definitions
I think the definition of coincidence, as proposed here, deserves a bit of discussion. Someone has simply stated, that a coincidence is "two or more events or entities occupying the same point in space or time." I'm not sure where this definition comes from. I think the actual definition is not this cut and dry. Even Webster's is understandably ambigous about the term: "a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent casual connection."

Also, the inclusion of the word "colloquially" has no place in this entry. Colloquial is a term of language, not of casual connection.

 * I'm not sure if I've done any better than what was in the article already but I've had a go. It's hard to convey the definition of a coincidence without implying certain prejudices about what we consider to be coincidences. --86.26.160.235 (talk) 15:54, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Kennedy vs Lincoln
I don't know if this deserves its own article, but it definitely does NOT deserve 90% of the coincidence entry.--Ellissound 13:41, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Noteworthy alignment of two or more events or circumstances?
This is an incomplete or inaccurate definition, for, when the significance connecting two disparate events is disputed, the same term, coincidence, is employed - as in 'mere coincidence.' Perhaps synchronicity is what is really meant by the editor here(?). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Special:Contributions/ (talk) And just what is meant by 'alignment' in these circumstances, for that matter? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)

Links to other languages
Since there is a significant difference between "randomness" and "coincidence", whe should be careful with these two terms. I already corrected this page linking to the german article to "Zufall" (= Randomness), now it links to "Koinzidenz". But as I just noticed this article links to the Japanese article "ランドム" ("Random"). Could someone who knows more Japanese than me check this and correct it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.178.196.173 (talk) 00:11, 8 May 2010 (UTC)

Prefix co-
There is no reason to explain the word coincicdence with the prefix co- and neglect the neccessity of more than just the occurrence of the sole event. There must be something second, e.g. another event or just a condition. Otherwise a linguistic contradiction might reside. However, coincidence does not require nor define a relationship, neither causal nor otherwise modal.Wireless friend (talk) 14:54, 9 October 2010 (UTC)

I'd like to share 2 coincidences that happened in the last month to me, both as has been said here, connected with television. I am an avid reader, history being the primary attraction. For the first time in my 36 or so years of voracious reading, I started and finished reading about the mutiny on the bounty on a friday, and the next thing I know, the movie was on TV on the following sunday, and I happened to surf "Accidentaly" to the very channel. Someone sent me an email with a pic of a crash of a Boeing FA18 hornet (or something close). I have absolutely no interest in planes, but the name stuck on my mind for no apparent reason. The very next day, there was a program on TV about these aircraft, totally un-related to the story on the mail, I happened upon it. Go figure. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.158.112.183 (talk) 22:15, 17 March 2011 (UTC)

Page structure
The accompanying article is probably best described as an improper combination of an article on a vague topic, with sections on a couple of topics confusable with it, created to the exclusion of a Dab needed to Dab'ate at least Coincidence (mathematics) and Coincidence (road)
 * Coincidence (film)

to mention only the most obvious pages.

I am putting the article in use until i quit in the middle, to continue another day (probably soon). I suspect i cannot thoroly fix it quickly, and perhaps i'm not the best candidate for the task, but when an article is so neglected that no one has seen the glaring need, any start is a better than a delay in starting. --Jerzy•t 01:52, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Physics—nonlocality theory
The following content was in the page that i found, moved, and split. I doubt it belongs in the corrected article, but the vagueness of the statement of so technical a topic suggests to me that it offers only hints, not evidence, of any relevance to the article. Your thots?

--Jerzy•t 02:55, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Concurrency
I removed

which evaluates to
 * ''For more on simultaneous events, see Concurrency (disambiguation).

I think i put the lk in the See-also of the new Dab, and so far i think that suffices. --Jerzy•t 03:06, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

Assessment comment
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Urges to look at a watch/clock at a special time.
I know somebody who frequently gets the urge to look at a watch or clock just when it happens to be a special time, such as 1:11 am, or pm, or 12:34 for examples. Some people may explain those urges and the various coincidences, and others, that we are being managed by somebody or something "out there", possibly called a spirit or an angel, or God, 70.27.152.243 (talk) 03:20, 11 August 2016 (UTC)

"How Kid boy got his name" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Chaos Theory, Nonlocality & Belief in GOD Support 'There Are No Coincidences'
I tweaked the introduction... A coincidence is a remarkable concurrence of two or more events or circumstances that have no apparent causal connection with one another. … However, chaos theory states that there's only an appearance of randomness in chaotic systems and that there is interconnectedness, underlying patterns, initial conditions, self-similarity/fractals, feedback, and the butterfly effect. Nonlocality has also been proven. These recent scientific discoveries support there are no coincidences.

From purely a statistical perspective, coincidences are inevitable and often less remarkable than they may appear intuitively... However, the relationship between mathematics and Nature is not exact

Believers in God usually believe that there is no randomness - that there are no coincidences - whereas atheists believe in randomness and coincidences. 192.88.124.40 (talk) 16:16, 29 January 2020 (UTC)

 * Please see WP:RS, WP:CITE and WP:LEAD. Thanks, — Paleo  Neonate  – 23:05, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
 * OP is just User:Brad Watson, Miami. WP:RBI applies. Ian.thomson (talk) 23:12, 30 January 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, — Paleo Neonate  – 23:14, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Coincidence isn't randomness.
Coincidence is just a temporal correlation of two events. That does not include or exclude a causal relationship. Coincidence is often used as "mere coincidence" in the sense of randomness. But that isn't fully correct. --2003:C1:4F03:4979:1860:6959:D969:7AFB (talk) 17:55, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

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Calcium nitride

Calcium nitride is the inorganic compound with the chemical formula Ca3N2. It exists in various forms (isomorphs), α-calcium nitride being more commonly encountered.

Structure
α-Calcium nitride adopts an anti-bixbyite structure, similar to Mn2O3, except that the positions of the ions are reversed: calcium (Ca2+) take the oxide (O2−) positions and nitride ions (N3−) the manganese (Mn3+). In this structure, Ca2+ occupies tetrahedral sites, and the nitride centres occupy two different types of octahedral sites.

Synthesis and reactions
Calcium nitride is formed along with the oxide, CaO, when calcium burns in air. It can be produced by direct reaction of the elements:
 * 3 Ca +  N2   →   Ca3N2

It reacts with water or even the moisture in air to give ammonia and calcium hydroxide:
 * Ca3N2 +  6 H2O   →   3 Ca(OH)2  +  2 NH3

Like sodium oxide, calcium nitride absorbs hydrogen above 350 °C:
 * Ca3N2 + 2 H2 →   2 CaNH + CaH2

title: Calcium nitride


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Manifestation of God (Baháʼí Faith)

The Manifestation of God ( maẓhar ẓohūr) is a concept in the Baháʼí Faith that refers to what are commonly called prophets. The Manifestations of God are appearances of the Divine Spirit or Holy Spirit in a series of personages, and as such, they perfectly reflect the attributes of the divine into the human world for the progress and advancement of human morals and civilization through the agency of that same Spirit.

In the Baha'i Faith, it is believed that the Manifestations of God are the only channel for humanity to know about God because contact with the Spirit is what transforms the heart and mind, creating a living relationship between the soul and God. They act as perfect mirrors reflecting the attributes of God into the physical world. Baháʼí teachings hold that the motive force in all human development is due to the coming of the Manifestations of God. The Manifestations of God are directly linked with the Baháʼí concepts of progressive revelation and unity of religion.

Station

The Baháʼí concept of the intermediary between God and humanity is expressed in the term Manifestation of God. Baháʼís believe in a single, imperishable God, the creator of all things, including all the creatures and forces in the universe. Though inaccessible directly, God is nevertheless seen as conscious of his creation, with a mind, will and purpose. Baháʼís believe that God expresses this will at all times and in many ways, including through a series of divine messengers referred to as Manifestations of God. In expressing God's intent, these Manifestations are seen to establish religion in the world.

The Manifestations of God are not seen as incarnations of God as God cannot be divided and does not descend to the condition of his creatures, but they are also not seen as ordinary mortals. Instead, the Baháʼí concept of a Manifestation of God emphasizes the simultaneously existing qualities of humanity and divinity. In the station of divinity, they show forth the will, knowledge, and attributes of God; in the station of humanity, they show the physical qualities of common man. A common Baháʼí analogy used to explain the relationship between the Manifestation of God and God is that of a perfect mirror. In the analogy, God is likened to the Sun – the source of physical life on earth. The spirit and attributes of God are likened to the rays of the Sun, and the Manifestations of God are likened to perfect mirrors reflecting the rays of the Sun. Thus, the Manifestations of God act as pure mirrors that reflect the attributes of God onto this material world.

The Manifestations of God are seen to represent a level of existence which is an intermediary between God and humans. Baháʼu'lláh, the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, explained that at one extreme the Manifestations of God are humble servants of God and at the other extreme they claim to speak with the voice of God, and manifest his attributes to humanity. They may at times emphasize their humanity, and at other times proclaim their divinity. These stations are complementary rather than mutually exclusive.

The Manifestations of God are believed to possess capacities that do not exist in humans, and this difference is not a difference in degree but a difference in kind. The Manifestations of God are not seen to be simply great thinkers or philosophers who have a better understanding than others, but that, by their nature, they are inherently superior to the average human. Thus, the Manifestations of God are special beings, having a unique relationship to God as they have been sent by God from the spiritual world as an instrument of divine revelation. They are understood to have existed in the spiritual world prior to their physical birth in this life. They are also seen to have innate, divinely revealed knowledge and absolute knowledge of the physical world. According to ʻAbdu'l-Bahá, the son and successor of the founder of the Baháʼí Faith, the Manifestations of God must be distinguished above any other person in every aspect and qualification, in order that they can effectively train and educate people.

In his book The Messiah of Shiraz, Denis MacEoin noted a possible discrepancy between the contemporary Baháʼí understanding of Baháʼu'lláh's station as a Manifestation of God and that found in Baháʼu'lláh's own works. Specifically, he contrasted the "official modern Bahāʾī doctrine reject[ing] any notion of incarnationism and stress[ing] instead his status as a locus of divine manifestation [...] comparable to a mirror with respect to the sun," to several quotes from the writings of Baháʼu'lláh, which he argued are suggestive of a more radical interpretation.

Purpose
The purpose of the Manifestation of God, according to Baháʼí belief, is to educate humanity. The Manifestations of God are seen as divine educators, who are raised up by God with the purpose of uplifting mankind and expressing his will. In expressing God's intent, the Manifestations of God are seen to establish religion in the world. Each brings a book and reveals teachings and laws according to the time and place which they appear. Baháʼu'lláh used the term revelation to describe the phenomena that occurs each time a Manifestation of God appears; he stated that the writings of the Manifestation of God represent the infallible word of God, and because the writings remain after the earthly life of the Manifestation they are a very important part of revelation. The laws and precepts revealed by the Manifestation of God lie in different spheres and levels and include elements intended to help individuals develop a sound character and acquire divine attributes, as well as laws and principles designed to help improve the welfare of society and advance civilization. ʻAbdu'l-Bahá has stated that from time to time an educator will come to teach humanity, and without these teachings humanity would be overcome by such emotions and attitudes as anger, jealousy and hatred.

The Baháʼí belief that the primary role of the Manifestation of God is that of an educator is stated by Baháʼu'lláh and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá:

 * "The Prophets and Messengers of God have been sent down for the sole purpose of guiding mankind to the straight Path of Truth. The purpose underlying their revelation hath been to educate all men, that they may, at the hour of death, ascend, in the utmost purity and sanctity and with absolute detachment, to the throne of the Most High. The light which these souls radiate is responsible for the progress of the world and the advancement of its peoples. They are like unto leaven which leaveneth the world of being, and constitute the animating force through which the arts and wonders of the world are made manifest. Through them the clouds rain their bounty upon men, and the earth bringeth forth its fruits. All things must needs have a cause, a motive power, an animating principle. These souls and symbols of detachment have provided, and will continue to provide, the supreme moving impulse in the world of being."

 * "God sent all His Prophets into the world with one aim, to sow in the hearts of men love and goodwill, and for this great purpose, they were willing to suffer and to die. All the sacred Books were written to lead and direct man into the ways of love and unity; and yet, in spite of all this, we have the sad spectacle of war and bloodshed in our midst."

Equality
In Baháʼí belief, all of the Manifestations of God are from the same God and have the same spiritual and metaphysical nature, and that there is absolute equality among them. The differences between the various Manifestations of God and their teachings, Baháʼu'lláh explained, are due to the varying needs and capacities of the civilization in which they appeared, and not due to any differences in their level of importance or nature.

The Manifestations of God are taught to be "one and the same", and in their relationship to one another have both the station of unity and the station of distinction. Baháʼu'lláh wrote in the Book of Certitude that in respect to their station of unity "if thou callest them all by one name and dost ascribe to them the same attribute, thou hast not erred from the truth." In this sense, the Manifestations of God all fulfill the same purpose and perform the same function by mediating between God and creation. In this way each Manifestation of God manifested the Word of God and taught the same religion, with modifications for the particular audience's needs and culture. Baháʼu'lláh wrote that since each Manifestation of God has the same divine attributes, they can be seen as the spiritual "return" of all the previous Manifestations of God.

Baháʼu'lláh then states the diversity of the teachings of the Manifestations of God does not come about because of their differences, since they are one and the same, but because they each have a different mission. Baháʼu'lláh writes regarding this station of distinction, "each Manifestation of God hath a distinct individuality, a definitely prescribed mission, a predestined Revelation, and specially designated limitations." Baháʼu'lláh wrote in the Gems of Divine Mysteries that those who perceive distinctions and differences between the Manifestations of God, will notice the underlying unity of the Manifestations once they continue on their spiritual path. Baháʼu'lláh in several passages goes so far as to say that denial of one Manifestation is equivalent to denial of all of them. ʻAbdu'l-Bahá said that a Baháʼí will choose death over denial of any of the great Prophets, whether Moses, Muhammad or Christ.

The Baháʼí belief in the oneness of the Manifestations of God does not mean, however, that the same individual soul is born again at different times and in different physical bodies. In the Baháʼí Faith, the various Manifestations of God were all different personalities and had separate individual realities. Instead, their equality is due to that Manifestation of God manifested and revealed the qualities of God to the same degree.

Religious perennialism
Baháʼu'lláh taught that Manifestations have always been sent by God, and always will, as part of the single progressive religion from God bringing more teachings through time to help humanity progress. In the Baháʼí view the succession of Manifestations of God had no beginning and will have no end. Shoghi Effendi, the head of the Baháʼí Faith in the first half of the 20th century, stated that Manifestations will continue to come about every thousand years, extending "over many ages into the unborn reaches of time."

While Manifestations of God are explained to have always come to humanity and will continue to do so, ʻAbdu'l-Bahá explained that there are distinct cycles within this process. The cycles consist of hundreds of thousands of years and are characterized by three periods. The first period involves the coming of a series of Manifestations of God who prepare humanity for a universal theophany; the second period involves the appearance of the Manifestation of God that brings the universal theophany and his dispensation; finally the third period includes the Manifestations of God that come after. ʻAbdu'l-Bahá stated that in the current cycle, the first period was started by Adam and extended to the time of the Báb. Baháʼu'lláh is seen as the universal Manifestation of God, and the current cycle will continue for another 500,000 years.

Baháʼís do not claim that the Baháʼí revelation is the final stage in God's direction in the course of human spiritual evolution. The Baháʼí writings contain assurances that after 1000 years of Baháʼu'lláh's coming, another Manifestation of God will appear to advance human civilization.

ʻAbdu'l-Bahá writes in the Tablet of the Universe ("Lawh-i-Aflákiyyih") that there are infinite Manifestations of God in the infinite worlds of God.

Minor prophets
In the Baháʼí definition, there is a distinction between minor prophets and the Manifestations of God, the major prophets. This distinction is also referred to as lesser/greater, dependent/independent, follower/universal, and other similar phrases. The Manifestations of God or the major prophets are compared to the sun, which produces its own heat and light, and the minor prophets are likened to the moon, which receives its light from the sun.

The Manifestations of God are described as prophets endowed with constancy. The term endowed with constancy refers to prophets to whom a book was revealed (in which the book contained legislation) and with whom lasting covenants with God were made, abrogating past covenants. For example, Baháʼu'lláh describes Moses as a Manifestation of God and his brother Aaron a minor prophet; Moses spoke on behalf of God, and Aaron spoke on behalf of Moses (Exodus 4:14–17).

The distinction can also be described as the difference between inspiration and revelation. Revelation is seen to be the direct and infallible perception of God's word and is only accessible to the Manifestations of God who transmit it to humanity. On the other hand, inspiration is seen to be the indirect and relative perception of spiritual truths that each person may have access to. Baháʼu'lláh stated that at times, God chooses ordinary people to act as prophets and thus inspires them to play certain roles in human affairs; these people however remain ordinary people whose powers of inspiration have been further developed by God.

Other possible divine teachers
It is implied, though not specifically stated, that the American continents have had their share of divine revelations, which somewhat have been lost to time except in oral traditions. A quote exists by 'Abdu'l-Bahá:

"In ancient times the people of America were, through their northern regions, close to Asia, that is, separated from Asia by a strait. For this reason, it hath been said that crossing had occurred. There are other signs which indicate communication. As to places whose people were not informed of the appearance of Prophets, such people are excused. In the Qur'án it hath been revealed: 'We will not chastise them if they had not been sent a Messenger' (Q. 17:15). Undoubtedly in those regions, the Call of God must have been raised in ancient times, but it hath been forgotten now."

Academics are researching Native Messengers and some have connected the signs of a Prophet with the Great Peacemaker of the Haudenosaunee. As such, some Baháʼí's revere the Peacemaker as a Manifestation of God. However, as the Great Peacemaker was never named specifically in the Writings, he cannot be officially listed as a Manifestation of God within the Baháʼí Faith.

In regards to the Asiatic prophets, Shoghi Effendi wrote:

"The only reason there is not more mention of the Asiatic Prophets is because Their names seem to be lost in the mists of ancient history. Buddha is mentioned, and Zoroaster, in our Scriptures – both non-Jewish Prophets or non Semitic Prophets. We are taught there always have been Manifestations of God, but we do not have any record of Their names."

Known messengers
There is no definitive list of Manifestations of God, but Baháʼu'lláh and ʻAbdu'l-Bahá referred to several personages as Manifestations; they include: Zoroaster, Krishna, Gautama Buddha, all the Jewish prophets, Adam, Abraham, Noah, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad, the Báb, and ultimately Baháʼu'lláh. Thus, religious history is interpreted in the Baháʼí Faith as a series of periods or "dispensations", where each Manifestation brings a somewhat broader and more advanced revelation, suited for the time and place in which it was expressed. Furthermore, the other prophets of the Old Testament such as Jeremiah, David, Solomon, Ezekiel, and Isaiah are described as minor prophets as they came in the shadow of the dispensation of Moses to develop and consolidate the process he set in motion. There is, however, no definite list of who is or is not a minor prophet in the Baháʼí understanding.

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Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association

The Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association (GLISA) was an international gay and lesbian, culture and human rights association. Their last update was issued in March 2016, and the website has been offline since October 2017. The focus of GLISA was developing gay and lesbian sport worldwide. This was engineered through sanctioning world and continental games, creating a global calendar of LGBT events, fostering the creation of new LGBT federations, clubs and teams, supporting existing LGBT sport organizations, working in partnership with other sport organization to pursue this mandate, and providing the financial framework to support GLISA's global efforts.

The Gay and Lesbian International Sport Association was a democratically governed, international association of LGBT sport and human rights organizations. Modeled after existing multi-sport organizations, GLISA’s members were international sporting federations, human rights organizations, continental associations representing sport teams and clubs from the major regions of the world, host cities of GLISA’s World Outgames, and other organizations that support the mandate of GLISA.

GLISA aimed to expand LGBT rights by requiring that a human rights conference be included at every event sanctioned as an Outgames. The first World Outgames in Montreal, Canada, produced the Declaration of Montreal.

The organization cancelled the 2016 Asia Pacific Outgames, 2016 North American Outgames and 2017 World Outgames. According to some LGBTQ+ activists, GLISA had failed to achieve its vision and had damaged the greater LGBTQ+ Sports Community. These activists called on GLISA and the Outgames brand to formally dismantle and dissolve.

History
GLISA was formed by an international working group brought together by the Montreal 2006 organizers. In 2003, the Federation of Gay Games (FGG) withdrew its sanction of Montreal, because of a dispute over the size of the event and demands of overall control of the Montreal 2006 budget by the FGG. Through an informal survey, Montreal found that several athletes and organizations were willing to participate in the event even if the FGG did not want to come to an agreement with the Montreal 2006 organizers. Montreal 2006, with support from its partners including the city of Montreal, the Province of Québec and the Federal government decided to go forward with the event. In order to create a legacy for the games—and a newly integrated concept: a human rights conference—Montreal 2006 organizers brought representatives from every continent to form an organization that would reflect the needs of the wider community. Out of this meeting of representatives sprung the Gay and Lesbian International "Sport" Association and a new sport, culture and human rights event: the World OutGames.

GLISA licensed the first edition of the World Outgames to Montreal 2006. GLISA licensed the rights the second edition of the World Outgames Copenhagen, Denmark 2008. Antwerp, Belgium, hosted the sport, culture and human rights event in 2013.

The next world Outgames was scheduled to be held in May 2017 in Miami Beach, Florida, USA, but was abruptly cancelled on the first day of the event.

Regional outgames
After establishing the World Outgames, GLISA supported the establishment of continental outgames, including the North American Outgames and the AsiaPacific Outgames, intending to hold them every three years.

In 2007, the North American Outgames were held in Calgary, Canada, and the 2008 Asia-Pacific Outgames were held in Melbourne, Australia. In 2011, the North American Outgames were held in Vancouver, Canada and the Asia-Pacific Outgames were held in Wellington, New Zealand. Darwin, Australia, hosted the 3rd Asia-Pacific Outgames in May 2014.

Both the 2016 Asia Pacific and North American Outgames were subsequently cancelled due to massive disorganization. No future events were scheduled.


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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/AfC

AfC
[ Vote here] (0/12/0) ending 07:06 13 June 2005 (UTC) Closed early as rejected or non-serious nomination

AfC is an outstanding, upright citizen who deserves to be an admin and would make good out of the post. He has a good reputation on VfD votes and has made some good edits in the past. CunningLinguist 07:08, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * I thank mighty Allah that I have been nominated by my peer, and accept this nomination. -Da 'Sco Mon 07:22, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Support

Oppose
 * 1) I have to be honest, I had had no real dealings with the User, but when I went to his User page, the cartoon there offends me. RickK 07:29, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Please note that Afc has changed the image on his User page since my comment above. My objections were to Image:Al-Farida, Lebanon pre-1967 war.jpg.  RickK 08:36, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Wait just a minute, you stated that you were offended by it. The reason for my removing it was that someone specifically mentioned that said image offended them, and beleive as I do that all men have the right to avoid offense I removed it in the even that others would visit my page and likewise be offended. My intent was to mock the hatred in the particular region in question by using the image as a means to demonstrate that despite all of that hate and anger things have remained the same up to and including this day, and that the people of Israel have in fact not given in to the face of destruction as was hoped. I see this as a metaphor for Wikipedia and its presidance despite the attacks on it by those who would enjoy seeing its destruction for no logical or sound reasons. However, I also beleive in free speech, and objections in my book are different from offenses, and the right of people to express themselves despite opposition and would have possibly not removed the old image from my page had you merely expressed object previously. I would ask that you clarify which category you are in. -Da 'Sco Mon 09:06, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Proves my point. This is all just a joke.  RickK 09:14, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Oppose. Recent vandalism, and 159 edits. I've asked the user to withdraw the nomination for now. — Knowledge Seeker দ 08:26, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * User declined my offer to remove the nomination. — Knowledge Seeker দ 10:32, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Oppose. Image vandal; not anything like enough edits to have become familiar with WP policies; and does not answer the questions to admin candidates properly. I have to say I think it may be a bad faith nomination. David | Talk 08:28, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I was under the impression that I had to answer the questions, of which I had so far answered two, and not that I had to follow a certain guide or instructional with specifications on answering the questions properly. Perhaps I have missed that somewhere. Please help me by linking me to it. -Da 'Sco Mon 08:50, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Oppose. Far too early! See my comment below, but AfC doesn't have enough experience, and this likely a joke nomination - look at his answer to the questions below. Harro5 08:30, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * I suppose that people that enjoy being expressive with their words are all likely jokes.-Da 'Sco Mon 08:48, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * If you're going to be "expressive", fine, but don't rip off Eisenhower's farewall address.
 * 1) Oppose: not enough experience, no serious answers to questions for candidate, vandalism, possibly sock puppet. Sietse 09:03, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) Oppose. Way too early, and the other comments are worrying me. Linuxbeak | Talk | Desk 10:45, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Oppose. Why waste more words? -- Hoary 11:19, 2005 Jun 6 (UTC)
 * 4) Strong Oppose Joke or not, user ripped off an Eisenhower speech when answering below, and that alone is behaviour unbefitting an admin. The image vandalism and very low edit count provide even more reason. Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  12:32, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * 5) No. Mike H 13:23, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * 6) Absolutely Not Words and actions on this RfA alone show that the candidate is not nearly ready for the position and responsiblities that go with it. Bratsche talk  random 13:44, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) Oppose. Not only is the edit count low (and always forgetting to sign in is not a good mark of an admin either), but the various responses and contributions of this user lead me to believe that this user would not make a good admin, and I wonder if this is a joke nomination as well. --Deathphoenix 15:13, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) Hurrr. I'm disappointed in those of you saying you WONDER if it's a joke nom. Assume bad faith sometimes, sheesh. --Golbez 15:59, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)

Neutral

Comments Questions for the candidate
 * kate's edit count has AfC with a total of 159 edits despite first editing last November, and many of those were made to user pages (often not his own) and to VfDs. Harro5 08:30, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * While editing is one thing, review of articles is another. I have viewed countless pages on Wikipedia and left them as is after revieweing them. Why should I make pointless edits that add nothing to pages that I find, in good reason, to be prefectly well as they are when I read them. I also, often make edits while changing a number of items within an edit at once, and have noticed that on the other hand, users will make their edits to a certain page bit by bit word by word. I now suspect I know why such annoying efforts are made. In addition to all this, I often use public computers during the day and due to my forgetful nature find it best not to sign in, in fear of forgetting to sign out amongst a population of wikipedia saavy persons, while I make edits.
 * Consideirng the number of edits that Afc has made to the User:CunningLinguist page, and the uploading of an image purported to be that of CunningLinguist and its insertion not only into CunningLinguist's User page but the Facebook, it seems abundantly clear that either Afc and CunningLinguist are the same person, or else they are friends having us on. Not ealso that CunnningLinguist never made an edit to Afc's Talk page asking him if he wanted to be an admin, nor did he notify him that this nomination had been made.  RickK 08:40, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * We are friends, check IPs if you wish and I told him through IM. As far as I have seen, it isnt against the rules to nominate your friends? -CunningLinguist 08:50, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * No my goodman, I am most certainly not CunningLinguist. I am much more the sutdmuffin than what he could ever aspire to be. But, we are friends. As for the way in which Cunning approched me about this here nomination; I beleive that it is known as the Internet. I can think of many ways to contact people over the Internet, all but one of which does not relate to Wikipedia. -Da 'Sco Mon 08:54, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * You are not helping your already failing nomination by attacking other editors and their comments of your work on Wikipedia. An admin is expected to be courteous when communicating with other Wikipedians, and it seems that you do not feel people should be allowed to express their views on your contributions. RFA is designed not only to elect admins, but also to provide feedback on users and their behaviour on Wikipedia, and you have shown a disregard for the Wikiquette ideals. Harro5 09:11, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Kind sir, I was merely responding to one gentleman who considered my thought out answers a joke, and to yourself that considered me a joke, that I am neither. I am all about free speech and though both opinions are against me I in no way wished for then to me silenced, I merely felt that I should clear up misunderstandings. I could attack editors on the same basis you have comment upon here but choose not to do so because I do consider myself considerate. -Da 'Sco Mon 09:45, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * When all of this nonsense is done, can we move this page to BJAODN? RickK 09:51, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Bad Jokes And Other Deleted Nominations? --TenOfAllTrades (talk/contrib) 13:03, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * The answer to question 1 is a ripoff of Dwight D. Eisenhower's farewell address. See here for transcript. Linuxbeak | Talk | Desk 10:50, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)

A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:
 * 1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? (Please read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.)
 * A. My fellow Wikipedians, Seven days from now, after half a year in the service of our community, I may or may not lay down the responsibilities of being merely just a user, in traditional and solemn ceremony, as the authority of the Adminship is vested in me by the review of my peers and cohorts. This evening I come to you with a message of edit-making and possible danger in the hopes that I may move you to vote in one way rather than the other, and to share a few final thoughts with you before what may be my accension greater responsibilities, my wikipedians. Like every other user, I wish the other candidates, and all who will labor with them, Godspeed. I pray that the coming years will be blessed with peace and prosperity for all. Our users and visitors expect their Admins to find essential agreement on issues of great moment, the wise resolution of which will better shape the future of Wikipedia. My own relations with the Admins, which began on a remote and tenuous basis when, long ago, a member of my school pointed me to Wikipedia, have since ranged to the intimate during the war to make Wikipedia great, and, finally, to the mutually interdependent during these past months. In this final relationship, the Admins have, on most vital issues, cooperated well, to serve the communal good rather than mere partisanship, and so have assured that the business of the Wikipedia should go forward. Throughout Wikipedias's adventure in open content, its basic purposes have been to foster progress in human achievement. To strive for less would be unworthy of a free user base. Any failure traceable to arrogance, or our lack of comprehension or readiness to sacrifice would inflict upon us grievous hurt. Progress toward this noble goal is persistently threatened by the conflict now engulfing the community. It commands our whole attention, absorbs our very beings. We face a hostile editor -- global in scope, ruthless in purpose, and insidious in method. Unhappily the danger it poses promises to be of indefinite duration. To meet it successfully, there is called for, not so much the emotional and transitory sacrifices of crisis, but rather those which enable us to carry forward steadily, surely, and without complaint the burdens of a prolonged and complex struggle -- with the enitre project at stake. Only thus shall we remain, despite every provocation, on our charted course toward permanent human betterment. Crises there will continue to be. In meeting them, great or small, there is a recurring temptation to feel that some spectacular and costly action could become the miraculous solution to all current difficulties. A huge increase in newer elements of our defense; development of unrealistic programs to cure every ill in unregistered user editing; a dramatic expansion in basic and applied research -- these and many other possibilities, each possibly promising in itself, may be suggested as the only way to the road we wish to travel. But each proposal must be weighed in the light of a broader consideration: the need to maintain balance in the goal of the program; balance between cost and hoped for advantage, balance between the clearly necessary and the comfortably desirable, balance between our essential requirements as a community and the duties imposed by the community upon the individual user, balance between actions of the moment and the communal welfare of the future. Good judgment seeks balance and progress; lack of it eventually finds imbalance and frustration. Down the long lane of the history yet to be written Wikipedia knows that this world of ours, ever growing larger, must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect. Such a confederation must be one of equals. The weakest must come to the editing table with the same confidence as do we, protected as we are by our moral strength. That table, though scarred by many past frustrations, cannot be abandoned for the certain agony of the battlefield. As one who has witnessed the horror and the lingering sadness of destructive editing, I wish I could say tonight that a lasting peace is in sight. But, as persons of reason as we all are, we know that destructive and conterporductive vadalism will continue now and in the future, in an organized or singular manner. Happily, I can say that the efforts of those who would wish Wikipedia be dissolved have been voided. Steady progress toward our ultimate goal has been made. But, so much remains to be done. As an Admin, I shall never cease to do what little I can to help the community advance along that road by contributing my knowledge in resolving disputes, searching out pages created for malicious or unproductive efforts, countering vandals and their hateful edits, and involving myself in the merging and removing of duplicate pages as there appears to be a long list of pages requiring this service. Thank you.
 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A. To all the users of the community, I once more give expression to Wikipedia's continuing aspiration: We pray that peoples of all faiths, all races, all nations, may have their great human needs satisfied; that those now denied opportunity shall come to enjoy it to the full; that all who yearn for freedom may experience its blessings; that those who have freedom will understand, also, its heavy responsibilities; that all who are insensitive to the needs of others will learn charity; that the scourge of ignorance will be made to disappear from the earth, and that, in the goodness of time, all users will come to work together in a harmony guaranteed by the binding force of mutual respect. With that said, the contributions to Wikipedia I am most proud of are my work on the El Salvador and Brentwood School (Los Angeles) pages. I fell that my contributions to the Brentwood School (Los Angeles) have made it a model for all other school pages found on wikipedia. On the other hand, I feel that I have helped bring El Salvador's page up to the standards set by pages of other nations after finding it in a state of incompletion and filled with updated facts and commentary. I did this after having nominated it on Article Improvement Drive and having nothing done with it. I feel that shows my motivation to help improve what is Wikipedia.
 * 3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and will deal with it in the future?
 * A. No, I don't believe I have been in conflicts over editing.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Opera electronica

 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 - kept - SimonP 19:56, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

Opera electronica
Another imaginary music genre, operas including electronic synthesizers. Eric Whitacre did write a composition with the subtitle "Opera electronica," but I can't find any evidence that this is a real genre.—Wahoofive (talk) 07:09, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep and expand. Borderline notability with 1260 Google hits, listed as a genre here . JamesBurns 11:02, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Opera Electronica is the first album by DATA, by the way. Uncle G 15:51, 2005 Jun 6 (UTC)
 * Keep. I can see this area growing a lot in the future.  I moved the article to opera genres. --DrG 20:22, 2005 Jun 7 (UTC)

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Wikipedia talk:Wikipedia Signpost/2005-06-06/Wales meets Brockhaus

Add a rallying call to vote Wikipedia! lots of issues | leave me a message 07:10, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Is Brockhaus's "stub" on Wikipedia still available online anywhere? I would be interested to see it. Nice to know how seriously they are taking us these days. — Trilobite (Talk) 20:43, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * I found out about this through the tip on the newsroom suggestions page. I'm not inclined to quote from or link directly to the text due to the concern over copyright infringement. --Michael Snow 21:09, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

More notes, transferred here from the suggestions page:
 * On Sunday evening, it was discovered that an institute (Institute of Applied Information Sciences) at the University of Saarbrücken had an unsecured server on the internet which contained large portions of the new edition of the Brockhaus Encyclopedia (21st edition). The server is now shut down, after Brockhaus was notified. The new Brockhaus encyclopedia will contain an article about wikipedia (86 words) and it will mention wikipedia in the article about encyclopedias. A Wikipedian (Jakob Voss) asked German wikipedians to improve the article (meta:Kurzdefinition wikipedia). Heise is reporting: http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/60323
 * Brockhaus has stated in public that they don't consider this "activity an example of respect, sportsmanship and fairness". They also stated that they don't want to consider this nor rule out to call this a criminal act". The complete web site of the Institute is still shut down.
 * This event also gave an opportunity at a new technology developed by Brockhaus which essentially leads to a user interface which allows "native queries" (such as "What kind of animal has two hunches?"). It appears that the software is currently still unable to answer the questions, it merely returns a list of articles that most likely contain the answer. The project, called LeWi (Lexikonbasierte Wissenserschließung), was funded by the ministry of education and research of the Federal Republic of Germany. The resulting technology will likely be licenced by the developing companies the usual (non-free) way.


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Talk:Calcium nitride

The above searches indicate several published scholarly papers with calcium nitride in the title and nearly 200 mentions in books. In my humble opinion, this suggests the subject may well be notable. Addhoc 19:02, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

I added an image of the non-crystaline structure. --PedroDaGr8 22:11, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

The isomorph link goes to a page about organisms, that probable should be changed. Dracomaster4 (talk) 21:34, 20 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Dracomaster4 - now corrected. Walkerma (talk) 15:32, 5 January 2022 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Gordon Lam

 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 06:34, Jun 18, 2005 (UTC)

Gordon Lam
This person doesn't seem to be notable. DHN 07:16, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. I dont see any suggestion that he is particularly influential in the business sphere, and I'd expect a company the size of the Li & Fung Group would have quite a number of corporate analysts. The magazine interview isn't any help, of course, as it isn't in English. Average Earthman 08:29, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete non notable. JamesBurns 11:03, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete notability unverified. --Etacar11 19:52, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per Etacar11. Pic of workspace at Li & Fung is a tiny cubicle, so probably not high up in the company, either. --  ericl234   talk   contribs  21:44, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete non notable.--Melaen 22:36, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Graph rewriting

- Yes, but what is the point of graph rewriting, what good does it serve, what are its applications?

The usual phrase is "intuitively accessible (but absolutely formal) high-level specification/description of systems". Further there is also a growing number of analysis and verification techniques.

Hi, I removed the sentence about Clean and graph rewriting. Clean uses the term "graph-rewriting" to mean basically term rewriting with mandatory sharing. It is not the same thing as general graph rewriting, which is the subject of this article. It might be useful to have a sentence or a section explaining this distinction, but for now I've just removed the old sentence as it is misleading. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.30.3.143 (talk) 04:25, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Why don't you incorporate your note as directly related last section then? To remove explicitly info about Concurrent Clean from this page is a tiny evil. Vak (talk) 09:01, 13 September 2010 (UTC)

Can anyone clean up the comparison between (ideally by explaining the motivations behind) SPO vs. DPO? It isn't clear why the K graph which serves as "some kind of interface" (yuck) is useful.Maneesh (talk) 05:16, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Right. It's not so useful at present. Maybe the categorial approaches to graph rewriting deserve their own page. I don't know what it should be called, though. [ɯ:] (talk) 11:57, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

I've started doing one on DPO graph rewriting, which will be called Double pushout graph rewriting. SPO etc. should follow. [ɯ:] (talk) 13:35, 4 May 2012 (UTC)

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Template talk:TOC right

did something change?
no just hurry up On my talk page the TOCright used to perfectly align with the horizontal rule of the first section. Something's changed recently though and it no longer does and I was hoping anybody could help me out? —  pd_THOR  undefined | 00:05, 7 October 2009 (UTC)

Propose adding height parameter
A height parameter could be added to this and similar TOCs that would mitigate/eliminate the need for the limit parameter. The advantage of this approach is that no TOC items are lost.

|width= |height= |font-size= |border-width= |border-color=
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|width=auto - can be % or px |height=500px - about 25 lines |font-size=96% - can be px |border-width=0px |border-color=steelblue - can be # or name --RichardF (talk) 21:21, 20 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Defaults

 * The above editor added thirty blank talk sections and a live TOCright to illustrate this. I've cut it so as not to disrupt the talk page, but it can be viewed here. --McGeddon (talk) 08:46, 13 September 2013 (UTC)

Appearance on mobile
This template doesn't look right on mobile (specifically Naked Browser on Android 4.4, if that matters). It almost disappears, but it leaves behind an ugly space that can't be removed by editing the article without removing the template. For example see List of free ports. Hairy Dude (talk) 01:27, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

Me too on a Android 7.0 browser. To fix that, I suggest add the following rule for fix: --Great Brightstar (talk) 08:38, 5 April 2021 (UTC)
 * that is not Wikimarkup, which this template still uses. Please place code in the sandbox to do what you want it to do.  P.I. Ellsworth   ed.  put'r there 16:09, 5 April 2021 (UTC)

 * OK, this is made for Template:TOC right/styles.css, and now you can see the effects on the test cases. -- Great Brightstar (talk) 05:58, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
 * OK, what am I missing here? I'm not seeing anything different between production test cases and sandbox test cases - is the only expect impact on end of life browsers? —  xaosflux  Talk 14:02, 6 April 2021 (UTC)

 * No, not for end of life browsers, but if you don't know how to produce them, you can open both test cases in this online utility, make sure you're seeing mobile version of these pages, then you can see the effect on iPhone screen emulator. -- Great Brightstar (talk) 14:10, 6 April 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done I amended this a bit as you were off by one on the width and you should be targetting Minerva only. Otherwise all good! User:GKFXtalk 20:50, 15 April 2021 (UTC)

 * Yes, thank you. BTW can you make similar fix to TOC left? There is also a report for this problem at Template talk:TOC left. -- Great Brightstar (talk) 02:48, 16 April 2021 (UTC)

Creating blank space
Suddenly today pages like Aether and Leeds (disambiguation) have a lot of blank space. What's up? Also mentioned it at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Disambiguation. Pam D  18:08, 12 November 2015 (UTC)
 * See Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#TOC_problem. Pam  D  18:26, 12 November 2015 (UTC) Redirected link to archive. Hairy Dude (talk) 04:53, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Its fixed now but please test it thoroughly in future before applying it to live Wiki website. Thanks! Maok3 (talk) 22:16, 12 November 2015 (UTC)

Fully protected edit request on 30 March 2017
A protected redirect, Template:TOCright needs redirect category (rcat) templates added. Please modify it as follows:

 * from this:

 * 1) REDIRECT Template:TOC right

 * to this:

 * 1) REDIRECT Template:TOC right

The Redirect category shell template is used to sort redirects into one or more categories. When pp-protected and/or pp-move suffice, the Redirect category shell template will detect the protection level(s) and categorize the redirect automatically. (Also, the categories will be automatically removed or changed when and if protection is lifted, raised or lowered.) Thank you in advance!  Paine Ellsworth  put'r there  21:14, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
 * WHEN YOU COPY & PASTE, PLEASE LEAVE THE SKIPPED LINE BLANK FOR READABILITY.
 * Padlock-bronze-open.svg Not done: The page's protection level has changed since this request was placed. You should now be able to edit the page yourself. If you still seem to be unable to, please reopen the request with further details. Jo-Jo Eumerus (talk, contributions) 22:03, 30 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Thank you very much, Jo-Jo Eumerus!  Paine Ellsworth   put'r there  02:10, 31 March 2017 (UTC)

Revert last edit
This edit breaks Book sources and should be reverted until this bug is fixed.--Srleffler (talk) 18:24, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Pinging, who made the edit and submitted the bug. – Jonesey95 (talk) 18:52, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
 * , no it shouldn't it's a cosmetic detail on a single page, for which we shouldn't stop the rest of the encyclopedia from progressing. —Th e DJ (talk • contribs) 19:29, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: Merits additional discussion about whether this change, which stopped the template from working on one page, has more benefit than cost. – Jonesey95 (talk) 21:17, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
 * What is the benefit of this change? Does it actually improve the appearance or function of the template, or is it just some effort to standardize how things work "under the hood"? The template worked fine before. I see no downside in reverting to the version that worked fine until the bug is fixed. The cost is not merely cosmetic: it makes the ISBN lookup feature hard to use—especially for newer readers—by burying the links to the actual sources beneath four screens of TOC. This doesn't just affect the master "book sources" page. It affects every attempt by a reader to look up a book by ISBN.--Srleffler (talk) 22:05, 31 December 2018 (UTC)
 * how about just turning off TOC there if noone is using it? — xaosflux  Talk 00:35, 2 January 2019 (UTC)
 * I tried editing that page to produce the effect of TOC right without calling the current version of the template, but Izno reverted me. I assume eliminating the TOC altogether would have been even more controversial. Bypassing the malfunctioning template on the page where it malfunctions seemed like the obvious solution to me, but apparently Izno felt otherwise. I don't understand his thinking, so I'm holding off on further edits to that page for now, hoping that other editors will get involved so we have more of a consensus.--Srleffler (talk) 03:15, 2 January 2019 (UTC)

Does not work on mobile
Toc shows up on right but blank field in the left; i.e the toc pushes down all text Erentar2002 (talk) 00:01, 10 October 2019 (UTC)

Template-protected edit request on 14 January 2020
There is something wrong: Keyacom (talk) 15:16, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
 * ❌ - it is not clear what the change you would make, were this page not protected, is - please be very clear as in "change X on line n to Y". — xaosflux  Talk 15:20, 14 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't think that's quite the right response here; the change is obvious. The rationale for the change is not, and so it should be declined for that reason. --Izno (talk) 21:01, 16 January 2020 (UTC)
 * I took that to be examples of some sort of result, not of the actual change (I didn't spend very long on it);nonetheless, agree needs more explanation at least. — xaosflux  Talk 21:27, 16 January 2020 (UTC)

Syntaxhighlight makes the TOC links unclickable
makes lhe TOC links next to it unclickable, see e.g. User scripts/Guide or WikiProject Check Wikipedia/Translation and try to click the TOC links that have syntaxhighlight next to them on left side. 87.95.206.253 (talk) 22:14, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

 * This was quickly fixed. Now they seem to work again. Not sure but it seems that the most recent MediaWiki update fixed it. 87.95.206.253 (talk) 15:40, 29 January 2021 (UTC)

Template broken?
Did something just change that broke the functionality of TOC right on my talk page? wbm1058 (talk) 14:49, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
 * it looks fine, but some absurdly long section titles just forced it to expand, I zapped these for you here (feel free to revert of course!). — xaosflux  Talk 15:04, 11 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Funny I didn't notice the problem a week ago. I just noticed it this morning. Go figure. wbm1058 (talk) 15:07, 11 January 2022 (UTC)

Redundant?
The default view of displays the t.o.c. on the left and this template has no effect. Shouldn't this be deprecated? Iterresise (talk) 06:27, 13 September 2023 (UTC)

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User:Gerbil

Gerbil is a sysop of the German Wikipedia, living near Frankfurt.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Autoerotic asphyxiation

 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 unanimous keep. Sjakkalle (Check!)  10:01, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Autoerotic asphyxiation
This was on Speedy Delete which was (rightfully) opposed on its talk page. I think this article should be kept but decided to put it on VfD since it was on Speedy Delete CunningLinguist 07:16, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep or possibly merge with Erotic asphyxiation. A much talked-about sexual deviancy (I can use POV terminology here because this isn't an article) which has led to some notable deaths. —Wahoofive (talk) 07:35, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Kappa 08:29, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep for the reasons I already stated at the article's talk page. —  F REAK OF N URxTURE  ( TALK )  09:45, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 13:23, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Gives definition and expands on it. Also provides links to related articles and is well sourced. Don't see any reason to delete it. Wikipedia isn't censured. Mgm|(talk) 19:21, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia isn't censored. I dare say that sometimes it ought to be censured. :-) --TenOfAllTrades (talk/contrib) 20:01, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, valid term. RickK 20:46, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep — notable for the deaths it has caused, among other things. — RJH 20:49, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - has numerous legal issues and notable deaths. -- Jonel 22:37, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - notable concept. Blackcats 07:24, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep --michael180 18:22, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)
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Kismet (chocolate bar)

Kismet is a Finnish chocolate bar produced by Fazer.

Kismet is a flat, rectangular bar. It is about 15 cm long, 5 cm wide and 1 cm thick. It is divided into four sections that are easy to break from each other. It weighs about 55 g and contains an estimated 283 calories with 17 g of total fat.

Kismet is made of crisp waffle and nougat covered in milk chocolate.

In late 2009, early 2010 Fazer began an advertising campaign for the new Raspberry flavoured Kismet bar.

title: Kismet (chocolate bar)