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Quality of the game
Kirby Canvas Curse is easily the best new DS game hwever, it's interesting to see that developers are being able to create new and better games on the DS with a new way to play, rather than having the same experience as on a Playstation Portable(PSP).Posted by Pado from india living in his Den.

Please sign your posts by typing four tildes. Thanks. Sincerely, Kevin 20 5 23 26 22:24, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Yet ironically the next Kirby DS game was a typical platformer like its earlier games, and the next was a port of a SNES game. I'm on your side though. This game was brilliant and probably one of the best on DS, the other Kirby's are also outstanding. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.147.10.220 (talk) 14:56, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

Up to date images, please.
This page really needs current images. One of the images doesn't even use the current Medal model. -- A Link to the Past 09:12, July 11, 2005 (UTC)

 * I don't see a significant difference between the E3 version and the final game. The medal and the "Racket Length" instead of "Paddle Length" are the only things I noticed. It looks as though a few palettes shifted as well. I've added a link to Nintendo.com's gallery at the bottom. --Poiuyt Man talk 02:43, 15 August 2005 (UTC)
 * A difference is a difference. By showing them old screenshots, we might as well tell them these are up-to-date. -- A Link to the Past 03:02, August 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * I've labeled the link "Pre-release screenshot gallery" to clarify that they are not up-to-date. --Poiuyt Man talk 09:26, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

 * GameSpot's gallery looks to have more updated screenshots, but they have their logo on the bottom right. I could also try using a digital camera to take pictures of the DS screen, but it'll be hard to get shots of the game in action without the stylus being in the way. --Poiuyt Man talk 09:26, 15 August 2005 (UTC)

empty section deletion
As with Kirby Air Ride, there were empty sections posted as suggestions for content, but were never filled out. I am going to delete these unless someone has an objection. Sincerely, Kevin 20 5 23 26 21:31, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Okay, I deleted them. If anyone has any objections, please don't hesitate to say so here. Sincerely, Kevin 20 5 23 26 22:23, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

Swithces
Ya know those big swithces? (red, blue, green) Where are they? What levels and what thirds? Please help. 72.74.112.251 21:52, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

Question?
Shouldny we put the five playable characters (Kirby, waddle Dee, Waddle Doo, King dedede, and Meta Knight) and their powers? Sonic& Mario Fan  13:46, 7 September 2008 (UTC)

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Bizenghast

Bizenghast is a debut gothic graphic novel series written and illustrated by M. Alice LeGrow. The first seven volumes were published by Tokyopop, with the final volume released in late April 2012. After placing in Tokyopop's Rising Stars of Manga competition with her short story "Nikolai", LeGrow successfully pitched the series to Tokyopop's editors. She worked on the series from 2004 to 2011. Set in the haunted New England town of Bizenghast, the story follows Dinah, an orphaned teenager who is tasked with returning each night to an ancient mausoleum to free the ghosts within the building.

Several adaptations of Bizenghast have been released, including a novel by Shawn Thorgersen, animated episodes, and a tabletop roleplaying game. Critics praised Bizenghast for the gothic atmosphere and art, but noted the traditional elements and varying quality of the series.

Plot
Set in the fictional New England town of the same name, Bizenghast focuses on fifteen-year-old Dinah Wherever. Her parents' car crash leaves her orphaned at a young age, and as a result, she moves in with her aunt. Dinah can see the ghosts which haunt her aunt's house, which was a hospital and later a boarding school; however, her aunt and doctor believe that she has schizophrenia. One day, she and her only friend, Vincent Monroe, sneak out of her aunt's house to search for materials for his garden. They stumble across an ancient mausoleum, and after Dinah reads aloud from a plaque, she discovers that her name is written on a contract which binds her to return to the mausoleum every night to free the ghosts. If she succeeds, she will win her freedom and a reward. If she fails, she will die and stay in the mausoleum as a corpse.

For every ten ghosts appeased, Dinah and Vincent get a tower guard to help with their task. Over the course of the series, they meet two of the guards: Edaniel, a grinning cat-like creature, and his brother Edrear, who secretly likes Dinah. Vincent dies while in one of the vaults, causing Dinah to become depressed. Later, the hooded angel, which normally guards the entrance to the mausoleum, appears as two stones that talk to Dinah and help her overcome the depression which resulted from Vincent's death.

Dinah continues searching the vaults and discovers that Edaniel and Edrear's sister, Eniri, is missing, and that the seed of the mausoleum—its link to the Host in the afterlife—has been stolen. Additionally, Edaniel and Edrear's other sister, Elala, is found dead. After Edaniel and Edrear lock down the mausoleum, they send Dinah home and she discovers that Maphohetka, a girl hanged for witchcraft and who now as a ghost can control minds in the real world, is manipulating Eniri and the townspeople. Unsuccessful in her attempt to stop her, Dinah flees to the mausoleum and receives a special outfit melted from the gold tolls that she and Vincent paid to gain access to the mausoleum. Returning, she confronts Maphohetka, who then orders Edaniel to kill her.

In the ensuing battle, Dinah faces off against her former friend, accidentally decapitating Edaniel in the process. An enraged Edrear attempts to kill her, but eventually halts when Dinah points out that he's crying for his brother, something that he's normally unable to do and that's being caused by Maphohetka's influence. Knowing that he's been compromised, Edrear stabs himself with his own sword, leaving Dinah to mourn him and share one kiss. Maphohetka, taking the opportunity, destroys Dinah's scythe (the only thing she had that could potentially kill her) and ends up mutating into a large monster. After Dinah is captured in Maphohetka's body, she happens upon the entity's core, which is Maphohetka's decayed corpse. Using Eniri's bracelet to see into the monster, she finds that a piece of the cross Maphohetka was stabbed with during her hanging is still lodged in her chest, allowing Dinah to conclude that the piece is what keeps the evil spirit anchored in the living world. Dinah removes the cross shard, causing Maphohetka to fade away.

Wanting to seek help, Dinah stabs herself with the crucifix piece, allowing her to temporarily ascend into the afterlife. There, she encounters her mother, who gives her another mausoleum seed that Dinah takes back to the living world. Dinah uses the seed to revive everyone killed in the incident and her armor melts into coins that flow out of the fountain. But in the end, Dinah opts to remove the crucifix piece, killing herself.

Dinah walks through her own funeral, bidding her mourning aunt goodbye before wandering outside. On the way, she encounters Vincent, but the two don't recognize each other until they find the hidden graveyard. Dinah and Vincent become two mausoleum guards alongside a revived Edaniel and Edrear (two young women who happened onto the graveyard having been contracted to the mausoleum). The series closes with Dinah on top of one of the towers beside Vincent, commenting how "she's starting to like this town."

Development
As a young girl, Mary Alice LeGrow was not interested in comics since she grew up in Wiesbaden, Germany where comics were not readily available. In her freshman year of high school, she discovered comics and anime. She heard about Tokyopop's Rising Stars of Manga competition from a friend at the 2003 Otakon, an anime convention in Baltimore, Maryland; the short story LeGrow submitted won a runner-up place in the competition and was published in the 2003 Rising Stars of Manga anthology. She successfully pitched Bizenghast to the Tokyopop editors, and became the second Rising Stars of Manga winner to have an original series published by Tokyopop.

LeGrow worked on the series from 2004 to 2011. She began Bizenghast when, for an art class assignment, she drew an open door and added the hooded angel statue in another class. In her initial designs, Dinah had simple features and short black hair, and Vincent was one of Dinah's friends. LeGrow later removed the other friends from the story. She later lengthened Dinah's hair and depicted her dressed in Lolita fashion—clothing influenced by the Rococo and Victorian eras. Other changes included Dinah's hair being altered from straight to curly and the addition of an exoskeleton-like armour to Edrear. Tired of thin female characters in comics, LeGrow designed Edaniel's girlfriend, Nareesha as "super full-figured".

When deciding on names for her protagonist, LeGrow considered Molly, Charlotte, Moira, Sally, and Diana before choosing Dinah —a reference to the pet cat of the protagonist of Lewis Carroll's novel Alice in Wonderland; the 1984 comedy film Johnny Dangerously inspired her last name, Wherever. Vincent Monroe takes his name from Vincent Price and the actress Marilyn Monroe. Jane, Dinah's aunt, shares her name with LeGrow's sister. Edaniel takes his name from the name Daniel in a middle school yearbook which LeGrow picked at random; she noted that the editors let her keep him in the story although he appeared a risky character to them. Edrear was initially named Mordred after the character from Arthurian myths. The name of his sister Elala comes from the character Lala Orange of Rainbow Brite, an animated television series. The minor character Prince Ironbound takes his name from the city Ironbound, New Jersey, while Lalibela, a holy town in northern Ethiopia, inspired Bali Lali's. Another minor character, Dr. Morstan, takes his name from Mary Morstan, Dr. Watson's wife. "марионетка", the Russian word for marionette, inspired the name of the antagonist Maphohetka.

LeGrow comments that the series "is about life, death and fabulous outfits (not in that order)" and notes that there are "a lot of religious themes" present. The town of Bizenghast "represents a world cut off from that sort of constant access [of technology]." The series was initially written to span about fourteen volumes and be divided into three seasons: the first seven volumes would make up the first story arc; the second season, volumes eight through eleven, would center on the mausoleum's relationship with the other guilds; and season three would focus on the afterlife and consist of the last three volumes. LeGrow also considered writing a spin-off based on Bizenghast with a guest artist, after she finished the first story arc of Bizenghast. The spin-off would contain chapters not present in the original series, and after her other series was completed, she would continue Bizenghast. LeGrow concluded Bizenghast at eight volumes.

Minor controversy
A minor controversy occurred over a statement published in the July 2007 issue of the Tokyopop publication Takuhai and in the back of the first Bizenghast volume written by a former Tokyopop editor and not authorized by LeGrow. It read:

LeGrow called it "worded in a way that I felt was offensive to me and to cosplayers" and noted that "none of it reflects my opinions." Fan reaction to learning that the statement was inaccurate was generally relief since "they felt it didn't mesh with [her] personality." She stated:

Graphic novels
Written and illustrated by M. Alice LeGrow, Bizenghast is published in North America by Tokyopop. As of July 2010, seven volumes have been released. The first was released on 9 August 2005; the most recent was published 1 July 2010. However, Tokyopop's North American branch stopped publishing on 31 May 2011; because of it, the final volume of the series is being released through a print-on-demand agreement with RightStuf.com. The series is also distributed in New Zealand and Australia by Madman Entertainment, in Hungary by Mangattack, in Germany by Tokyopop Germany, in Finland by Pauna Media Group, and in Russia by Comix-art.

Books
Three books based on Bizenghast have been released. On 13 February 2007, Tokyopop also released a 72-page limited-edition art book, Bizenghast: Falling into Fear (ISBN 978-1-59816-748-1), which included stickers and pinup pages. Running Press published a coloring book based on the series, Color Me Manga: Bizenghast (ISBN 978-0762431311) on 12 November 2007. On 13 August 2008, Tokyopop published a novel adaptation, Bizenghast: The Novel (ISBN 978-1-4278-1030-4), written by Shawn Thorgersen and with illustrations by LeGrow.

Other
Menfond Electronic Art adapted Bizenghast into animated short episodes or "iManga". The iManga episodes featured music by Divine Madness and Kissing Violet, and premiered on My Space in summer 2007. Overall, LeGrow praised the adaptation. She liked the "kooky" background effects and Edaniel's voice actor, but disliked Dinah's "high-pitched" voice which she had imagined as "deeper...with a slight edge to it. Sort of like Mandy from The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, but without the sarcasm." The episodes were also available on Verizon's V CAST. The television network iaTV acquired the seventeen two- to three-minute-long episodes as part of a "program acquisition deal and strategic ad sales partnership with Tokyopop."

A tabletop roleplaying game based on the series was created by Clint Krause. Other merchandise included posters, scarves, playing cards, a plushie, postcards, a signed puzzle kit, and T-shirts. Additionally, a two-and-a-half-hour DVD commentary about the first Bizenghast volume, with Tokyopop editor interviews and bonus material, was planned to be released in mid-August 2010.

Reception
Bizenghast was well received by English-language readers. The first volume debuted at the 79th spot on a list of the top 100 best-selling graphic novels of August 2005 with an estimated 1,434 copies sold. Daily Variety named Bizenghast one of Tokyopop's top ten biggest titles. In June 2010, the seventh volume sold 425 copies, ranking 294th on the list of the top 300 best-selling graphic novels.

Bizenghast received positive reviews from critics. The September 2005 issue of Teen People listed Bizenghast as the Hot Book of the Month. Sheena McNeil of Sequential Tart praised the first volume as "a highly enjoyable read". Coolstreak Cartoons's Leroy Douresseaux described the series as "belong[ing] to a fantasy subgenre sometimes referred to as 'pop Gothic' and relying on atmosphere and looks. Critics praised the art of Bizenghast as detailed, but did not see it as manga-styled. Anime Jump Chad Clayton called the series "heavily steeped in the gothic tradition" and commented that the series "successfully develops an inventive visual style all its own. It seems to owe more to classical art, gothic comics, and even artists like Edward Gorey than it does to manga." Johanna Draper Carlson, a longtime reviewer for Publishers Weekly, found the art reminiscent "of classic fantasy indy comics" and noted "stock elements" in the story. Reviewers found Dinah's character design "striking" and with the potential to appeal to fans of the Gothic Lolita fashion. Criticism focused on the writing, "uneven pacing", flat characters, and the varying quality of the art. Anime News Network's Zac Bertschy heavily criticized Bizenghast for the "slightly modified generic monster-of-the-week cliché" plot, one-dimensional characters, and art. David Welsh compared Bizenghast to "a cosplay of a horror manga", and wrote: "It's got a handle on the cosmetics, but central elements of story and character are vague and underdeveloped."

In his review of the novel adaptation, Mania Entertainment's Greg Hackmann disliked the large amount of description, the "inconsistent" narration, and felt that the novel was more of a "novelization in the most literal sense of the word, reading much less like an adaptation in the spirit of LeGrow's work than a 1-to-1 copy of the source material." Conversely, Sabrina Fritz wrote that the novel adaptation was "well-written, [and] engaging" and called it "one of the best light novels on the market". Another reviewer for Mania Entertainment, Danielle Van Gorder, enjoyed "[t]he detail and perspective in the architectural drawings" and "incredibly detailed costumes" of the art book Falling into Fear.

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Nordic League

The Nordic League (NL) was a far-right organisation in the United Kingdom from 1935 to 1939 that sought to serve as a co-ordinating body for the various extremist movements whilst also seeking to promote Nazism. The League was a private organisation that did not organise any public events.

Development
The Nordic League (NL) originated in 1935 when agents of Alfred Rosenberg's Nordische Gesellschaft arrived in Britain to establish a UK version of their movement. The main force behind this new group was Unionist MP Archibald Maule Ramsay who chaired the group's 14-man leadership council. The group's constitution described it as an "association of race conscious Britons" and sought to co-ordinate all far-right and fascist movements whilst giving particular emphasis to anti-Semitism.

The League sought to unite leading figures from across the far right, as demonstrated in April 1939 when a meeting addressed by Ramsay was chaired by a member of the British Union of Fascists who was supported by former British Fascists president R. B. D. Blakeney and Imperial Fascist League member E. H. Cole. Other leading members included J. F. C. Fuller, the United Empire Fascist Party leader and Nazi agent Serocold Skeels, Henry Hamilton Beamish, Arnold Leese and P. J. Ridout. The latter was credited with helping to popularise the NL's slogan "Perish Judah", which was frequently rendered "P.J." in public.

BUF leader Oswald Mosley, fearful of being too closely associated with the League's extremist rhetoric, did not join but he permitted party members to do so which the likes of Fuller, Robert Gordon-Canning and Oliver C. Gilbert did readily. As a result of these links the BUF was able to absorb the National Socialist Workers Party, a small group led by NL member Lieutenant-Colonel Graham Seton-Hutchison.

Front groups
The NL was closely linked to the White Knights of Britain, a secret society otherwise known as the Hooded Men with ritual initiation based on Freemasonry and compared to the Ku Klux Klan that was active from 1935 to 1937. The White Knights and the NL shared the same building as their headquarters. Another group, the Militant Christian Patriots, that was active after the Munich Crisis urging Neville Chamberlain not to become involved in a "Jewish war", was also closely connected to the NL and said by MI5 to be a front organisation. By using this group and another front organisation, the Liberty Restoration League, the NL was able to ensure that high-ranking figures such as the Duke of Wellington, the Duchess of Hamilton, Baron Brocket, and Michael O'Dwyer became involved in their movement.

Response and demise
The NL came under increasing scrutiny after Kristallnacht, particularly for the violence of Ramsay, William Joyce and A. K. Chesterton in their anti-Semitic speeches. Others such as Elwin Wright, who until 1937 was secretary of the Anglo-German Fellowship, called for the shooting of Jews, whilst Commander E. H. Cole condemned the House of Commons as being full of "bastardised Jewish swine". However, such extremist language worked against the NL because its speakers were seen by the public at large as quite mad and so their pro-appeasement arguments were ignored.

Following the outbreak of the Second World War, two leading members, T. Victor-Rowe and Oliver Gilbert, were interned, and the NL largely went into abeyance, with members joining other, more public, anti-war groups. The League had officially disbanded as soon as war was declared although it continued to meet secretly at Gilbert's house until his arrest in late September 1939. Two of its members, Joyce and Margaret Bothamley, left Britain for Nazi Germany after the outbreak of war. Given the association of the NL with Nazism, BUF organiser Alexander Raven Thomson even suggested that Mosley publicly denounce the League as traitors in an attempt to present a more patriotic image, although Defence Regulation 18B came into force before this could be attempted.

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Adelaide 500

The Adelaide 500 (currently known for sponsorship reasons as the VAILO Adelaide 500) is an annual motor racing event for Supercars held on the streets of the east end of Adelaide, South Australia between 1999 and 2020 and again from 2022. The event uses a shortened form of the Adelaide Street Circuit, the former Australian Grand Prix track. The event is still colloquially known as the Clipsal 500 or simply "Clipsal" after its former longtime sponsor. With over 250,000 in attendance annually, the Adelaide 500 is the most attended Supercars race in Australia.

The event previously took place in February and March, contributing to what locals term "mad March", along with the Adelaide Festival, Adelaide Fringe, WOMADelaide and Adelaide Writers' Week, but after a hiatus in 2021, it returned in 2022 as the season finale in late November or early December.

Background
The Adelaide Street Circuit was used for the Formula One Australian Grand Prix from 1985 to 1995. Supercars, then known as Group A (1985 to 1992) and Group 3A Touring Cars (1993 to 1995), had competed in support races at each of these Grands Prix although these races did not count towards the annual Australian Touring Car Championship (ATCC). The state of South Australia had also previously hosted championship rounds of the ATCC at Mallala Motor Sport Park in 1963 and between 1969 and 1998 and at Adelaide International Raceway from 1972 to 1988.

On 1 September 1998, the Government of South Australia announced the conclusion of successful negotiations with the Australian Vee Eight Supercar Company (AVESCO) for the staging of a Supercars race to be known as the Sensational Adelaide 500 on a shortened version of the Grand Prix track. The race effectively replaced the Mallala round on the calendar. The initial contract was for a period of five years with an option for a further five years. After the conclusion of the 1999 race, Clipsal were announced as the event's major sponsor and it became known as the Clipsal 500 Adelaide, a deal which continued until 2017. After the 2018 race was held with no major naming rights sponsor, it was announced that broadband provider Superloop would take over as title sponsor for the next three years. The event had an agreement to appear on the calendar until 2021.

History
The event originally usually took place in February and March, contributing to what locals term "mad March", along with the Adelaide Festival, Adelaide Fringe, WOMADelaide and Adelaide Writers' Week. In October 2020, it was announced the South Australian Tourism Commission would withdraw support for the event, putting the event on hiatus. It returned from the 2022 season as the season finale in late November or early December.

1999
The 1999 event saw Craig Lowndes win the Saturday race, only to be disqualified due to his involvement in an accident with Danny Osborne, and made to start from the back of the grid for race two on the Sunday. Lowndes passed every car in the field to also win race two and thus become the first winner of the Adelaide 500, in what remains his only event victory. Lowndes' disqualification from race one was later overturned. The 1999 race was also controversial, as the original regulations stated the race was one 500 kilometre race with an overnight break at the 250 km mark. When a significant portion of high-profile cars retired in the first leg, the regulations were changed overnight to allow those cars to start the Sunday race. The inaugural event also proved a challenge to the fitness of the drivers, with both Paul Radisich and John Faulkner requiring medical assistance due to dehydration.

2000s
The 2000 event once again saw a last-to-first drive, with Mark Skaife winning the Sunday race after starting 38th due to a DNF on Saturday. Despite this, the event win was awarded to Garth Tander, the only occasion in which the Sunday winner was not awarded the event win. In 2001 Clipsal 500, Craig Lowndes won his first race for Ford since his defection from the Holden Racing Team to a Gibson Motorsport Ford. After winning the Saturday race, he was again in contention on Sunday until an incident with his former teammate Skaife ended his charge. In 2002, the track layout received its only modification to date, with Turn 8 being re-profiled to what became known as 'The Sweeper'. The change followed Brad Jones's roll-over at the previous version of the corner in 2000 among other incidents. The re-profiled corner became one of the most infamous corners in Australian motorsport with several high-profile victims in the first year including Radisich and Glenn Seton. 2002 also saw a pre-qualifying session held, in the week leading into the event, at Mallala Motor Sport Park due to capacity and scheduling constraints at the Adelaide 500 event.

Holden had dominated the event from 1999 to 2003, with three wins to Skaife and one each to Bright and Tander following Lowndes' inaugural event victory. It wasn't until 2004 that a Ford driver won the event, with Marcos Ambrose winning both races, repeating the feat in 2005. Ford's turn of fate was signified by a sweep of the top four in the Saturday race of the 2005 event. Jamie Whincup then made it three in a row for Ford in 2006 with his first event win in Supercars in his first appearance for Triple Eight Race Engineering. The 2007 event brought about the first instance of the driver who scored the most weekend points not winning the event. Brothers Todd Kelly and Rick Kelly won one race each across the weekend however Rick was credited with the event win for his Sunday race victory despite scoring less points in the other race. Whincup went on to win again in 2008, 2009 and 2011 to be the most successful driver in the event's history to date. The 2008 event was, however, marred by the death of Ashley Cooper following a crash in the second-tier Fujitsu V8 Supercars Series race.

2010s
From 2002 to 2009, the Adelaide 500 was the opening round of the championship. It lost this position in 2010 and 2011, with the Yas V8 400 in the United Arab Emirates opening the series. From 2012, Adelaide returned to being the opening round. The 2012 Clipsal 500 provided one of the event's most memorable finishes when Whincup chased down and overtook Will Davison on the final lap of the Saturday race. Whincup had made an additional pitstop and gained enough ground to take advantage when Davison's car began to run out of fuel. Davison went on to win the event with a win on Sunday, his first since joining Ford Performance Racing. The 2013 event was the first of the Car of the Future regulations, which saw Nissan and Mercedes-Benz join the series as the first manufacturers outside Ford and Holden since 1993. The Sunday race was won by Shane van Gisbergen in the aftermath of his controversial decision to announce his retirement during the 2012 season before switching teams to Tekno Autosports over the off-season.

In 2014, Volvo rejoined the series and made an immediate impact with Scott McLaughlin fighting off Whincup on the final lap to finish second in the newly introduced second 125 km race on Saturday. On the Sunday, Jason Bright rolled his Brad Jones Racing car at the Senna Chicane, thirteen years after team boss Brad Jones rolled his car at Turn 8. James Courtney won the event and in 2015 became the fourth driver to win the Clipsal 500 back-to-back, after Skaife, Ambrose and Whincup. In doing so he also provided the Holden Racing Team with a record sixth and seventh event wins, two ahead of Triple Eight, who scored their fifth victory in 2017 with van Gisbergen. The intervening event in 2016 was disrupted by thunderstorms and heavy rain on the Sunday with Nick Percat eventually taking his first solo win and the only for Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport amidst a delayed start, confusion surrounding the fuel drop regulations and a red flag.

Van Gisbergen swept the 2017 and 2018 editions of the event, taking four poles and four race victories in a return to the two by 250 km format. The 2018 victory, in the twentieth running of the event, was the first victory for the Holden ZB Commodore in its debut appearance. 2018 also saw the state of South Australia hosting two championship rounds for the first time since 1977 with The Bend Motorsport Park in Tailem Bend joining the calendar. In the return of the Ford Mustang nameplate to the championship in 2019, Scott McLaughlin achieved the same feat as van Gisbergen, winning the first championship race and round for the new car on debut. It was also the first race and round win for the Mustang nameplate since Allan Moffat at Oran Park in 1972, while McLaughlin's team's co-owner Dick Johnson had also won a non-championship race at the Adelaide Street Circuit in a Ford Mustang GT in 1985.

2020
In the week leading into the 2020 Adelaide 500, General Motors announced that the Holden brand, which was founded in Adelaide and has competed in every edition of the championship since its inception, would be retired by the end of the year. The factory Holden team, run by Triple Eight Race Engineering, won the first race of the weekend with winner Jamie Whincup dedicating the win to Holden. Whincup's team-mate van Gisbergen was leading the Sunday race until he was forced to make an additional pitstop for fuel due to a team error and then later suffered a mechanical failure and did not finish. This granted 2019 winner McLaughlin with a back to back event win.

Hiatus
In October 2020, the event was cancelled, with the South Australian Tourism Commission announcing that the contract would be terminated one-year early and no renewal will be sought. The COVID-19 pandemic, increased costs and declining public interest due to the discontinuation of Australian-manufactured Ford Falcons or Holden Commodores in the competition were cited by Premier of South Australia Steven Marshall as reasons for the event's demise.

The Supercars category released a statement shortly after the announcement stating its 'regret' at the decision and willingness to return to Adelaide should the government 'decide to recommence...' the event in future.

South Australian Opposition Leader Peter Malinauskas launched a campaign via a South Australian Labor Party petition platform to restore the event, and indicated an intent to return the Adelaide 500 should his party win government. Malinauskas committed to reinstate the race in the leadup to the 2022 South Australian state election at which he was elected premier. The Adelaide 500 returned as the final round of the 2022 series, taking place late November or early December.

Format
The event is held over a four-day weekend, from Thursday to Sunday. A thirty-minute practice session is held on Thursday, then another thirty-minute practice session is held on Friday. Friday features a fifteen-minute qualifying session succeeded by a top ten shootout a day later, with a fifteen-minute practice session is held between them on Saturday. The combined results of which decide the grid for the following 250 km race. Sunday features another fifteen-minute qualifying session succeeded by a top ten shootout, the combined results of which decide the grid for the following 250 km race.

Between 2014 and 2016 the event consisted of two 125 km races on the Saturday and one 250 km race on Sunday. In 2017 the organisers switched back to the original format due to the low popularity of the 125 km races from both fans and drivers.

Although the results of all races counted towards the Supercars Championship, the winner of the final race was normally declared the winner of the event, regardless of the results of the first race. The rest of the four days were filled with practice, qualifying, and support races for a number of other racing categories, which over the history of the event included the Super2 Series, Super5000, SuperUtes Series, Touring Car Masters, Australian GT and Australian Carrera Cup amongst others. The event also regularly featured evening concerts, with artists including Kiss, Mötley Crüe, Keith Urban and Robbie Williams having performed.

Recognition
The Adelaide 500 was recognised on several occasions as the winner of the "Major Festivals & Events" category at the Australian Tourism Awards in 2003/04, 2005, 2007 and 2008. The event won best event of the series every year from 1999 to 2004. In 2005 it was inducted into the Supercars Hall of Fame and it has also been inducted into the SA Tourism Hall of Fame.

In 2011 the Clipsal 500 was named Best Event of the Year (of 14) at the V8 Supercars annual awards, after an hiatus, for the 8th time. (After being put into the sport's Hall of Fame in 2005, it was ineligible for the best event award for some years). It was also South Australia's biggest ticketed sports event for the 13th year, and by that year had won four Australian Tourism Awards and seven SA Tourism Awards for best major festival or event.

Attendance and economic impact
In 2008 the Clipsal 500 was attended by 291,400 people, the largest crowd for a domestic motorsport event in Australia, and the record for attendance at the event.

By 2017, attendance had been dropping at the event (244,350 in 2017), although television viewing figures remained strong. Robbie Williams played at the 2018 event concert, with attendance reaching attendance 273,500 that year. Attendances in 2017 and 2019 (254,000) were the lowest since 2004 (237,400), and dropped significantly further in 2020 (206,000).

Despite declining local attendance, figures in 2020 showed a record economic impact for South Australia and high rates of interstate visitors continuing to attend.

Winners
Notes:
 * The winner of the Sunday race is regarded as the Adelaide 500 winner, regardless of total points scored over the weekend. The 2000 event saw an exception to this rule, when Garth Tander was credited with the win despite Mark Skaife winning the Sunday race.
 * In all but six events, the Sunday race winner was also the highest points scorer for the weekend (Todd Kelly scored the most points in 2007; Craig Lowndes in 2013 and 2014, Michael Caruso in 2016, Chaz Mostert in 2022) and Cameron Waters in 2023.

Event names and sponsors

 * 1999: Sensational Adelaide 500
 * 2000–17: Clipsal 500 Adelaide
 * 2018: Adelaide 500
 * 2019–20: Superloop Adelaide 500
 * 2022: VALO Adelaide 500
 * 2023–present: VAILO Adelaide 500

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Baku (disambiguation)

Baku is the capital of Azerbaijan.

Baku may also refer to:

Places

 * Baku Governorate, an administrative division of the Russian Empire
 * Baku, Ghana, a town in Ghana
 * Baku, Nepal, a village development committee

Ships

 * Soviet destroyer Baku, a Soviet destroyer leader
 * Soviet aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, briefly named Baku

Arts and entertainment

 * Baku (manga), by Hakase Mizuki
 * Baku, the protagonist of the manga series Jibaku-kun
 * Ba'ku, a fictional race in the Star Trek universe
 * Baku, a character from the anime series Onegai My Melody
 * Baku Madarame, the protagonist of the manga series Usogui
 * Baku Ogata, a character in the video game Shogo: Mobile Armor Division

Other uses

 * Baku (mythology), a creature in Japanese mythology said to eat nightmares
 * Baku City Circuit, a street circuit in Baku, Azerbaijan
 * Makana Baku (born 1998), Congolese-German footballer

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Talk:Bizenghast

Move
Stub started & links moved to temp page. --Big_Iron 11:08, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Any front view of the manga? --64.237.212.225 01:28, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

 * If you mean the cover of the book; I just scanned the Finnish cover of the first album but I'm not sure how to upload it or is it even allowed since it's copyrighted art? --Petrim 12:28, 26 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Ok, added the cover. Remove it if you feel it's not right, violates copyright or something. I'm not an expert on these book issues.. --Petrim 12:45, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

"I did it for the lulz"
I strongly doubt that this is authentic. I may not know much about manga, but I know for sure that this is a classic line from followers of Encyclopedia Dramatica, a Wiki site with known hostilities toward Wikipedia. Moreover, the bit about Vincent's death was added by an anonymous editor with no citation. I would recommend finding something to confirm this tidbit. 71.2.72.10 (talk) 20:11, 13 January 2008 (UTC)

According to M Alice LeGrow's DeviantArt Journal, someone keeps deleting the content she's been adding about Vincent's death. http://sadwonderland.deviantart.com/journal/16946257/#journal —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.161.122.193 (talk) 05:15, 19 February 2008 (UTC)

I saw Marty Alice LeGrow at Sakura Con this March. She said you guys banned her from posting on this page & that she really DID do it for the lols & that he's not commming back as a ghost or getting reincarnated. She also said that Bizenghast was now going to be 7 books long & that she didn't concider it to be a manga but a graphic novel & that her next manga was going to be done in a completely different art style. I also tracked down her contributor's number; 69.142.161.88. If you edit anything this user adds, she really will make the wiki take this page down. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.161.122.193 (talk) 07:58, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
 * No offense to Mr. LeGrow, but it's highly unlikely that any irate e-mail communications to the Wikimedia Foundation would result in the deletion of the article. If he is reading this, I would suggest taking some time to familiarize himself with some core Wikipedia policies (Five pillars is not a bad place to start).  And if he requires any assistance regarding this article, I'd be happy to provide it.  Ford MF (talk) 05:21, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
 * I think it's actually Ms. LeGrow. Personally, I've read both of the first two books, and liked both, but I don't think that wikipedia would be likely to remove this article at even the author's request. An explicitly biographical article, yes, we have removed articles on that basis, but this is not an explicitly biographical article. I also hope that she realizes that, unless we can get formal verification of her being the person responsible for edits, then we would have to consider any such edits as not sourced to reliable, verifiable source. In this case, we wouldn't be able to verify she were the editor adding that information. If she ever does have any concerns regarding the content of the article, and if she sees this, I would be more than willing to discuss any concerns she might have via e-mail, and at least try to find sourcing which would be considered relevant for any content she seeks to edit or add. John Carter (talk) 17:21, 17 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes indeed. The author has a conflict of interest and as long as things are kept in a neutral tone and major claims/quotes are sourced then I don't think you can get a page pulled (it is debatable if someone could have their own article removed without a lot of fuss and mess). I think the main problem is with the "I did it for lulz" statement which needed sourcing. Mentioning they are dead is fine (within the limits of WP:SPOILER) adding unsourced quotes isn't. Things seem fine as they stand. Given the edit warring over this, it'd be recommended that the author voice their concerns on the talk page rather than through edit summaries and editors can look into addressing their concerns. Edit warring and making vague threats about having the page removed is only going to get the page edit protected which is not a desirable step. (Emperor (talk) 17:23, 17 June 2008 (UTC))

Hey uh...this is Marty (M. Alice to online peoples...yes, I'm a girl). I'm not sure who the person is you said they "talked to me at Sakuracon", but I NEVER said I was banned from posting on this site, and I never said I was going to threaten Wikimedia with action about pulling the article. Srsly guys, I said (in my DeviantArt journal) that it drove me nuts people didn't like the idea of posting bout Vincent being dead and that sometimes I felt like asking them to take the whole article down cuz it was getting out of hand. Specially when people write to ME about the changes to the article, like I'm in charge of it or something.

But you'll notice I haven't done anything remotely like that, cuz its just silly. It's Wikipedia, not the United Nations. It's just the internet folks, it's nothing to freak out and take seriously. If anyone in the future wants to post something but doesn't have a source for me, feel free to write me at QueenAlice@bizenghast.com and I'll throw it up in my journal for you to link to or something. :)

But honestly, I have no agro with Wiki! I mean I don't even have a separate bio page about me like my friend Christy Lijewski, so it's a little tough for me to take anything posted on here personally, as it's all about the boks and not even about me. Seems a bit silly.

TL;DR: Never said I was banned from this site OR that I was threatening to have this article removed!

Also, being a member of ED as well as an author, I totally do everything for the lulz.

Thanks for reading Bizenghast!

-M. Alice —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.142.160.137 (talk) 02:13, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Main Character.
Ms. LeGrow hersalf said the story has 4 main characters. Edaniel & Edrear need entries. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.161.122.193 (talk) 01:11, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
 * Anyone is free to start any article on Wikipedia! If you're familiar with Bizenghast, you might be a perfect candidate for doing so.  Here is a basic introduction on contributing to Wikipedia in general, which contains link to relevant information on when it's appropriate to start a new article and how to do so.  There are literally thousands of articles in the Comics category that "need" entries, and a tiny handful of editors actively writing them, all volunteers who do it when they feel like it.  Check out Wikiproject Comics for more info on comics-specific articles.  :) -- hamu♥hamu  ( TALK ) 03:09, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

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Original research/ unproven stuff
Feel free to add back into the article with a ref: Kaguya-chan (talk) 22:22, 10 July 2009 (UTC)
 * In one chapter 20X6 can be seen on Dinah's Aunt's newspaper. This is a reference to Homestar Runner.
 * A silhouette of the Marvel comics character Nightcrawler is perched on the roof of the cathedral in the first chapter. Nightcrawler is one of LeGrow's favorite comic book characters.
 * On different pages of the book there are snippets of strange text in a made-up alphabet called Babbleghast. The letters look a little like Greek, but they are an original invention of the author. When decoded they spell out hidden, often humorous, messages. In chapter 3, on the statue holding the key ring, there is text that says: "This ones for you, Paul Hudson." Another reads, "Please do not feed the zombies." At the end of the first volume there is a picture of Dinah surrounded by text that resembles the Voynich manuscript.
 * In the summer of 2007, Tokyopop released a series of their top selling manga into animated format, one among them was Bizenghast which was done in a "moving picture" type format. Each series has a new episode shown every week on Tokyopop T.V. Bizenghast being shown on Thursday. You can go to this link to watch the episodes http://www.myspace.com/tokyopoptv. The song on the opening title is "Feel the disease" by Kissing Violet

One more: Kaguya-chan (talk) 00:38, 12 July 2009 (UTC)
 * In a related note, nearly every clock in the series is always set to 4:45, apparently because 4:4+5=9, or 4:9, again spelling out DI.

Another: 19:24, 3 September 2009 (UTC)
 * "Edaniel is often seen wearing a strange hat with a snake on it, LeGrow's favorite animal."Kaguya-chan (talk) 19:24, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

Refs
Moved from the article until can find good/relevant spot for them.
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 * Kaguya-chan (talk) 16:15, 25 July 2009 (UTC)

 * The numbers four and nine often appear on clocks in the first volume and on clothes in the second. D is the fourth letter of the alphabet and I the ninth, spelling "Di," Vincent's nickname for Dinah.
 * Kaguya-chan (talk) 22:59, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

Stuff
Putting interview w/ Ms. LeGrow here.
 * Manga Life Interview
 * Kaguya-chan (talk) 20:36, 3 February 2010 (UTC)

 * Archived copy at the Wayback Machine. – Allen4names (contributions) 01:22, 1 January 2016 (UTC)

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Ephraim Paine

Ephraim Paine (August 19, 1730 in Canterbury, Windham County, Connecticut – August 10, 1785 in Amenia, Dutchess County, New York) was an American physician and politician from New York. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress in 1784.

Biography
He moved with his parents to the area of the Great Nine Partners Patent. He studied medicine, and practiced in Amenia.

Paine was a delegate to the New York Provincial Congress in 1775. From 1778 to 1781, he was First Judge of the Dutchess County Court.

He was a member of the New York State Senate (Middle D.) from 1779 to 1781, and was elected to the Council of Appointment in September 1780. On March 15, 1781, he was expelled from the State Senate for "neglect of duty," and was the only member of the Council of Appointment who did not finish his one-year term. He was again a member of the State Senate from 1782 to 1785.

He was Supervisor of Amenia in 1782 and 1783, and a delegate from New York to the Congress of the Confederation in 1784.

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User:Nevreware

Hello. My name is Nevre and I am against Wikipedia because I believe it promotes Godlessness. I created the Wikipedia is Evil page and it would satisfy me if it were to stay up because it represents a point of view I believe many Christians have. It is of no consequence if it is redirected or edited, depending on the severity of the editing with respect to the original theme.

I am not attempting to bring down Wikipedia, or fight it in any way. In fact, such a thing appears at this point impossible. I just wanted to let people know what I thought and to get people to think about the information age and where it may or may not be headed. Sometimes I enjoy introducing chaos into a system in the name of free thought, and this article is a prime example.

Here is how popular society brands me:
 * Anti-Semite
 * Intolerant
 * Terrorist
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Here is how I brand popular society:
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Thus, popular society and I are perhaps far from being on the best terms. But these are idle words in both directions, with perhaps nothing to cause but strengthened hatred, and opinion does not entirely interest me. We are fighting a battle sight unseen, and I am pleased to be in the minority if it means being on the side of truth.

If you are interested, I plan to release a web site soon dedicated to the art and science of [|good] versus [|evil]. If you should consider me a coward, or hateful, or ignorant, I would enjoy hearing your comments and holding discussions provided they have some substance. I mean no disrespect to anyone, and stirring up hateful dissent is not my objective. I hope you gain some insight from my comments as to what I represent, and enjoy your time with Wikipedia.

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 * I am not against Jewish people or atheists, I am against Judaism and atheism. As such, I have nothing against you or half your family. What people choose for their spirits is between them and God. However, if you are looking for my view of you and half your family, I do believe you have made poor choices.

 * He was certainly Jewish in ethnicity. However, the Judaic religion does not regard Jesus as God, whereas Jesus himself does. With the New Testament, Christianity (as in Christ's beliefs and teachings) became something other than Judaism and as a result, Jesus in retrospect is seen not as a traditional Jew, but as something else, as a founder of Christianity.

 * Jesus states clearly in the New Testament that He and God are one ([in detail]). As for your claim Jesus Christ did not found Christianity, I guess that depends on one's definition of a founder. But keep in mind that all of the outward action of any one entity is a direct result of their motives and ideas (generally, there is no random action). It is in this way that a person's works, and ideas, are part of them if not a complete definition of who they are. Thus while it is true that Jesus did not call what he preached Christianity, that does not mean he did not found his own teachings (His intent was clear in this area). However, you are correct in that how someone choses to pursue or define Christianity is out of God's hands in how it relates to the expression of free will. Sadly, many have done, and still do, evil things in the name of Christianity, which is no doubt not of what was founded by Christ during his work incarnate. And we are still all God's children, whether Jesus said so or not. Nevre 7 July 2005 20:33 (UTC)

 * "I came not to destroy the Law, but to fulfill it" - Jesus jglc | t | c 14:20, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

A Jewish friend of mine once joked, "Don't piss me off, we killed YOUR God", to which I had to chuckle. --Habap 14:42, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Man winks at sin. God weeps at sin.
 * Could explain what is sinful about this joke? --Habap 17:12, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Why is this article called "Adelaide 500"? The first year the event was held, it was called the "Sensational Adelaide 500" and every event since has been called the "Clipsal 500". I've never heard it just called the Adelaide 500. GK1 19:06, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * "Adelaide 500" is like a common name for it and is from the time of the first event. I agree the name is not used regurlarly anymore. This name may have been chosen for the article because of the likelyhood of sponsorship changes over time. See Bathurst 1000, this event hasn't actually ever been called the Bathurst 1000 according to the article but everyone knows the event as the Bathurst 1000. Would most people recognize it as the "Super Cheap Auto 1000" ...maelgwntalk 23:25, 28 December 2006 (UTC)
 * My point is that the name of the event when it didn't have a naming rights sponsor was "Sensational Adelaide 500", not "Adelaide 500".
 * I've moved the article to Clipsal 500 Adelaide as this is actually the official name of the event. GK1 22:18, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

 * GK1 actually copied-and-pasted it. I have made the move properly. I'm not quite sure I agree with the new name, but it needed fixing anyway. --Scott Davis Talk 02:42, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

 * I've moved the talk page to match the article. I also don't agree with the new title. If an argument was to be made for a new name, it should have been on the basis of common usage, in which case Clipsal 500 would have been chosen. I personally prefer Adelaide 500, but Clipsal 500 is at least better than the present title. --cj | talk 19:39, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

 * ABC are unlikely to have a commercial reason to choose one name over another. Google over abc.net.au yields:
 * "Clipsal 500 Adelaide" - 0 hits
 * "Adelaide 500" - 30 pages
 * "Clipsal 500 - 14 pages
 * That makes Adelaide 500 the most common name used by the ABC, as well as a neutral and well-known name independent of sponsors. An interesting thought process would be to consider whether this article should move, or a new one be created if either:
 * Clipsal is replaced by a different naming sponsor such as Coopers
 * The "Clipsal 500" were to move to a different circuit such as Mallala Motorsport Park or a street circuit elsewhere either in SA or not.
 * --Scott Davis Talk 06:56, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd say move. Any new article on the same event under a different name would simply be a candidate for merger. As for the present case, should it be returned to Adelaide 500, considering those results?--cj | talk 12:38, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I'd guess it moves with the sponsor, but not the venue - when the 500 km race before Bathurst was held at Queensland Raceway (1998-99), it was not called the Sandown 500. --Scott Davis Talk 13:44, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I disagree on this point. Bathurst is the exception to the rule (as well as many others) in this instance, and this was because the sponsor, Armstrong-Siddeley, was also the promotor. The Sandown and Queensland 500's are generally considered to be seperate races that merely had a common race format. In the overwhelming majority of cases, the sponsor is providing financial support in exchange for the naming rights. --Falcadore 08:53, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

I think that's now 3 people (Maelgwn, cj, me) in favour of moving it back to Adelaide 500. GK1 has not commented since moving it. --Scott Davis Talk 13:44, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I've gone ahead :). Interestingly, I discovered 2006 Clipsal 500. Is it necessary?--cj | talk 14:18, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

 * I think there's an article for every NEXTEL Cup, A1 Grand Prix and Formula One race, so it's not unprecedented, but I'm certainly not volunteering to write them. A race report on the final round of 2006 could make compelling reading :-) --Scott Davis Talk 14:33, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Fair enough. I've moved it to 2006 Adelaide 500.--cj | talk 14:53, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I based my decision to move it to Clipsal 500 Adelaide because of articles such as AAMI Stadium, Telstra Dome, and Telstra Stadium. All these article titles are the official name now, regardless of the fact it contains a sponsor's name. The main reason I object to the article being called Adelaide 500 is because I've never heard it called that. GK1 20:25, 6 January 2007 (UTC)
 * To hear it called "Adelaide 500"", listen to the ABC more (see above). Most of the members of Category:Auto races do not have sponsors in the title. I note that Lexmark Indy 300 conveniently forgets that the race has also been sponsored by Honda and Bartercard, while Sandown 500 and Bathurst 1000 have sections including the history of the race names. I think naming the article without the sponsor is more NPOV where possible. --Scott Davis Talk 09:15, 14 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I would say that along the same lines that Telstra Dome should be moved to Docklands Staium, Telstra Stadium to Stadium Australia and AAMI Stadium to Football Park. Interesting WikiProject American Open Wheel Racing has a guideline that says principal naming rights sponsor should go in the title without any real justification given. WikiProject Motorsport does not have an obvious policy on the topic. The convention seems to be names without sponsors, so i say stick with that.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Maelgwn (talk • contribs).
 * I actually posed this question at Wikipedia_talk:Naming_conventions, but as yet nobody has responded. Just out of curiosity, what does the ABC have to do with this? (I would assume most people don't listen to the ABC.) GK1 08:43, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
 * I used the ABC website as an example above of references to the race that are not biased by being paid to mention the sponsor, to see if they used the sponsor or not. I would assume most people in Australia do listen to the ABC, or one of it's related networks or read news on their website, at least some of the time. I think your timing at WT:NC was unfortunate, it got overrun by Médecins Sans Frontières only half an hour later. --Scott Davis Talk 14:06, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Lexmark Indy 300 is about to become a bad example as Premier Peter Beattie is on the hunt for a new naming rights sponsor with Lexmark about to reduce its role to that of a supporting sponsor. --Falcadore 08:53, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

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Race demise & pandemic
I came here looking for a source regarding the demise of this event in relation to the COVID pandemic, as it's mentioned, and was un-sourced on the SA pandemic page, but the sources cited here make no mention of the pandemic at all that I can see. Any more info? See relevant edit here --220  of  ßorg 06:30, 8 January 2022 (UTC)
 * The source I added here does though.--220  of  ßorg 06:49, 8 January 2022 (UTC)

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Bally. Jump the Shark -> Henry Winkler -> The Lords of Flatbush -> Sylvester Stallone -> Judge Dredd -> Bally. - Nunh-huh 11:09, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Close, you're missing two four things. And for future reference, please Wikilink all your articles. -- AllyUnion (talk) 11:17, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Guessing at what's "missing":

A character Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli on a popular 1970s TV show Happy Days did something jumped over a tank containing a shark while on water skis which fans later claimed signalled the end of the show 1984. The actor Henry Winkler who played that character started his career in a movie The Lords of Flatbush with an actor Sylvester Stallone who went on to star in many films (surely you don't want all of these?), including one based on a comic strip Judge Dredd. Who made the pinball machine? Bally -Nunh-huh
 * Correct. Alphax τεχ 11:56, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * One point to Nunh-huh. -- AllyUnion (talk) 17:17, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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Courant–Friedrichs–Lewy condition

In mathematics, the convergence condition by Courant–Friedrichs–Lewy is a necessary condition for convergence while solving certain partial differential equations (usually hyperbolic PDEs) numerically. It arises in the numerical analysis of explicit time integration schemes, when these are used for the numerical solution. As a consequence, the time step must be less than a certain upper bound, given a fixed spatial increment, in many explicit time-marching computer simulations; otherwise, the simulation produces incorrect or unstable results. The condition is named after Richard Courant, Kurt Friedrichs, and Hans Lewy who described it in their 1928 paper.

Heuristic description
The principle behind the condition is that, for example, if a wave is moving across a discrete spatial grid and we want to compute its amplitude at discrete time steps of equal duration, then this duration must be less than the time for the wave to travel to adjacent grid points. As a corollary, when the grid point separation is reduced, the upper limit for the time step also decreases. In essence, the numerical domain of dependence of any point in space and time (as determined by initial conditions and the parameters of the approximation scheme) must include the analytical domain of dependence (wherein the initial conditions have an effect on the exact value of the solution at that point) to assure that the scheme can access the information required to form the solution.

Statement
To make a reasonably formally precise statement of the condition, it is necessary to define the following quantities: The spatial coordinates and the time are discrete-valued independent variables, which are placed at regular distances called the interval length and the time step, respectively. Using these names, the CFL condition relates the length of the time step to a function of the interval lengths of each spatial coordinate and of the maximum speed that information can travel in the physical space.
 * Spatial coordinate: one of the coordinates of the physical space in which the problem is posed
 * Spatial dimension of the problem: the number $$n$$ of spatial dimensions, i.e., the number of spatial coordinates of the physical space where the problem is posed. Typical values are $$n=1$$, $$n=2$$ and $$n=3$$.
 * Time: the coordinate, acting as a parameter, which describes the evolution of the system, distinct from the spatial coordinates

Operatively, the CFL condition is commonly prescribed for those terms of the finite-difference approximation of general partial differential equations that model the advection phenomenon.

The one-dimensional case
For the one-dimensional case, the continuous-time model equation (that is usually solved for $$w$$) is:
 * $$\frac {\partial w} {\partial t} = u \frac {\partial w} {\partial x}. $$

The CFL condition then has the following form:
 * $$C = \frac {u\,\Delta t} {\Delta x} \leq C_\max $$

where the dimensionless number $$C$$ is called the Courant number,

 * $$u$$ is the magnitude of the velocity (whose dimension is length/time)
 * $$\Delta t$$ is the time step (whose dimension is time)
 * $$\Delta x$$ is the length interval (whose dimension is length).

The value of $$C_\max$$ changes with the method used to solve the discretised equation, especially depending on whether the method is explicit or implicit. If an explicit (time-marching) solver is used then typically $$C_\max = 1$$. Implicit (matrix) solvers are usually less sensitive to numerical instability and so larger values of $$C_\max$$ may be tolerated.

The two and general n-dimensional case
In the two-dimensional case, the CFL condition becomes

 * $$C = \frac {u_ x\,\Delta t}{\Delta x} + \frac {u_ y\,\Delta t}{\Delta y} \leq C_\max $$

with the obvious meanings of the symbols involved. By analogy with the two-dimensional case, the general CFL condition for the $$n$$-dimensional case is the following one:

 * $$C = \Delta t \left( \sum_{i=1}^n\frac{u_{i}}{\Delta x_i} \right) \leq C_\max. $$

The interval length is not required to be the same for each spatial variable $$\Delta x_i, i = 1, \ldots, n$$. This "degree of freedom" can be used to somewhat optimize the value of the time step for a particular problem, by varying the values of the different interval to keep it not too small.

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Boone County Arboretum

The Boone County Arboretum is a 121 acre arboretum located at 9190 Camp Ernst Road, Union, Kentucky, United States. It is open to the public without charge during daylight hours.

The Arboretum first started as an idea in 1996, was formally dedicated in 1999, and now contains more than 3,300 plants, including over 1,400 trees and 1,900 shrubs, that represent over 873 taxa. All are labeled and recorded with a GPS location. The Arboretum also features approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) of walking trails.

Boone County Arboretum is the nation's first arboretum within an active recreation park setting. The Arboretum is located just outside Union, KY. A short, 25 minute drive southwest from downtown Cincinnati, OH will put you in Northern Kentucky's only arboretum.

The Arboretum is open daily from dawn to dusk for year-round enjoyment. Boone County Arboretum's collections will captivate everyone from the avid plantsman to the average homeowner. You will see specialized arrangements of plant families to obscure selections rarely observed by the public eye. To insure the facilities plants thrive in even the worst of droughts, a 41000 ft computerized irrigation system is designed around the plantings. The Arboretum's paved walking trails wind through the various plant collections, woodland settings, and athletic fields. Three informational kiosks are located at the main trail entrances, and contain horticultural information, Extension class offerings, visitors guides and the Arboretum collections map, all free to the public. Special attractions at the Arboretum include the Children's Garden, a Wildlife Viewing area in the Native Kentucky Prairie, and a new Woodland Walking Trail.

Throughout the year various classes and programs are offered for all age groups. In addition, many of the Extension horticulture classes are taught on site at the Arboretum.

In 2012, Boone County Arboretum became the first arboretum within the Greater Cincinnati Metro area and in the state of Kentucky, to be a Level IV Accredited Arboretum by the Morton Register.

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The New Hampshire Gazette

The New Hampshire Gazette is a nonprofit, alternative, bi-weekly newspaper published in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Its editors claim that the paper, which all but disappeared into other publications until the late 1900s, is the oldest newspaper in the United States. The paper trademarked the phrase "The Nation's Oldest Newspaper" after being revived as a small biweekly in 1989. This assertion is highly contested, and the Hartford Courant is generally understood to be the nation's oldest newspaper when considering scholarly articles, standard journalism, and historical texts.

History
The New Hampshire Gazette was founded in Portsmouth on October 7, 1756, by printer Daniel Fowle as the first newspaper in the Province of New Hampshire. Fowle lived in Boston before founding the Gazette, and was the first to print the words of Samuel Adams. He also spent time in prison for printing anti-British pamphlets "The Monster of Monsters" and "A Total Eclipse of Liberty."

Before the Stamp Act of 1765 was to take effect on November 1 of that year The New Hampshire Gazette featured an edition with black borders about its edges and columns, protesting the tax it was about to place on paper and advertising. Other newspapers, like the Pennsylvania Journal, also featured editions with black borders in response to the coming Stamp Act. The November 1 edition of the Gazette also included a lengthy article strongly deriding the act.

The Gazette continued publishing after Fowle's death in 1787, and in 1839, was recognized as the oldest newspaper in America after the Maryland Gazette ceased publication. Starting in the 1890s, the Gazette was published by The Portsmouth Herald on weekends as a supplement to the Herald. In 1960, the Gazette was renamed the Herald Weekend Edition, although the masthead indicated that the paper was "Continuing the New Hampshire Gazette."

During the American Revolution it published a eulogy, dated Epsom, July 1775, to Andrew McClary, who died during the Battle of Bunker Hill. It read: "The Major discovered great intrepidity and presence of mind in the action, and his noble soul glowed with ardor and the love of his country . . ."

In 1989, a descendant of Daniel Fowle's, Steven Fowle, discovered that the Herald relinquished the trade name for the Gazette. Fowle registered the rights to the name and that spring began publishing the Gazette as an independent entity "episodically, in a very small format" until May 1, 1999, when the publishers began its current format and schedule.

Claims of seniority
The Hartford Courant, founded as a weekly in 1764, calls itself the nation's oldest continuously published newspaper, and is cited as such in scholarly articles, standard journalism, and historical texts. It was an independent company until it was absorbed by Times Mirror, the parent company of the Los Angeles Times, in 1979. Tribune Corporation acquired Times Mirror, and by extension the Hartford Courant, in 2000. In contrast, the New Hampshire Gazette has changed owners "over two-dozen times", by its owner's count, and has often merged with other publications.

The Newport Mercury in Rhode Island was identified as the nation's oldest newspaper during one of the New Hampshire Gazette's lulls. It was founded in 1758. The  Newport Mercury ceased publication during the American Revolutionary War which The Hartford Courant cites as definitive proof that only itself, and not Mercury, can qualify as the longest "continuously published" newspaper in the United States. The Mercury eventually was published by The Newport Daily News as a weekly by-mail edition, reprinting stories from the daily for out-of-town subscribers. Most recently, it became a tabloid magazine and web site using the address newportmercury.com but also using the name Mercury Magazine.

Content and format
The Gazette, as an alternative paper, is more focused on commentary than the reporting of current events. Its editorial content can easily be described as "liberal". In recent years the paper has cemented its self-imposed mission as an independent voice railing against corporate media and conservative political control.

Published every two weeks as a smaller format broadsheet, usually of 14–20 pages, the Gazette's front page is usually an editorial called "The Fortnightly Rant", covering a few subjects of national or regional importance, accompanied by a political cartoon by Mike Dater reflecting the editorial. The motto of the newspaper is the motto of the state of New Hampshire, Live free or die.

Among articles of varying size and content are regular columns such as "Moving Pictures" (film commentary) by Rodman Philbrick and most notedly a regular essay, "History Matters," covering two pages or more by Portsmouth historian J. Dennis Robinson. Other regular features include "Hate Mail, Mash Notes, & Other Correspondence" (the letters page), the "Northcountry Chronicle", an editorial by William Marvel, "Free the Media Press" (stories culled from the New Hampshire Indymedia Collective), and a reprinting of "Vintage News" from past issues of the Gazette usually dating to the mid-19th century. ("Better old news, than new lies.") The most popular section of the newspaper is "Admiral Fowle's Piscataqua River Tidal Guide" on the last page which, in addition to a chronology of the tides to take place over each day of the upcoming two weeks, contains an idiosyncratic, and often hilarious listing of significant events from that day in history.

Circulation
The paper's circulation is about 5,500, with nearly 1,000 mail subscribers throughout the country.

Website
For many years, the website for the Gazette had many resources in relation to its history, including a 19th-century reproduction of its first issue, a timeline and explanation of its position as oldest newspaper, and much more. Beginning the summer of 2007, the website changed focus and format to that of a blog-type website. Content from each issue of the paper is minimal in comparison with how most newspapers publish articles online as well as in print, though the Gazette occasionally does offer a PDF of an issue, usually a couple of weeks after its publication.

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User talk:HippoLobo

JFW | T@lk  11:14, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

PS: I'm uncertain about some of your edits. On Fifth disease you changed a category to a nonexistent misspelled one. On Republican Party of Kansas you removed the category and misspelled "important" to read "impotent", as well as linking the politicians mentioned to erectile dysfuncion, which if done deliberately would count as vandalism or trolling. Please edit Wikipedia constructively.

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Talk:Krypto the Superdog

A comic book series ... which lasted 6 issues, from 2005 to 2006.
this can't be right, i'm holding the feb 2007 issue (#4) in my hand right now. Gzuckier (talk) 02:01, 16 December 2008 (UTC)

Koko?
I saw the end of an episode recently in which the villain was a mischeivous purple space-monkey who used a time-freezing device to play pranks. At the end of the episode Krypto said he was sending the monkey back to Brainiac. I assume this was the cartoon's version of Koko, Brainiac's pre-Crisis pet. Could someone confirm this? Daibhid C (talk) 22:05, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

Proposed merge of List of Krypto the Superdog characters into Krypto the Superdog
As the character page lacks citations and the series page is a bit anodyne it would seem to make more sense to me to consolidate the pages, which will also make the character stuff more robust for potential AfD etc. discussion BoomboxTestarossa (talk) 21:23, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Character and episode lists merged into the main article of Krypto the Superdog
Why did somebody merge the character and episode lists into the main article of Krypto the Superdog? 2601:1C1:8200:7720:F7D0:2403:7986:9075 (talk) 18:52, 2 February 2024 (UTC)

Episode list merged into the main article of Krypto the Superdog
Why was the episode list merged into the main article of Krypto the Superdog? 2601:1C1:8200:260:F4A0:6667:B51F:2C0C (talk) 16:57, 3 May 2024 (UTC)

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User talk:Nevreware

Hi there.

Curious
June 15th, 2005 - Someone put the Wikipedia Is Evil page back up, after it was so obviously voted down and deleted a few days ago. Is this because people want to continue critiquing it and / or me? Very strange indeed.

 * The page has never been deleted, the vote for deletion commenced on the 12th June and it will finish on the 17th June (5 days). The page is located at Wikipedia is Evil (note the lowercase i in is) and it has existed since it's creation on the 12th June. -- Joolz 19:53, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Categories
Hi, I've removed the categories you had on your user page because they're for articles. There are some categories which you can add your user page to though, if you want, such as Category:Christian Wikipedians, there's also Wikipedians which might be useful to you.

Regards, Joolz 11:43, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * That's OK. I forgot to mention that you can sign your name and date with four tildes - ~, -- Joolz 11:53, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia is Evil
In the VfD for this article, your inital comments indicated some confusion over what types of articles belong in Wikipedia. Do you understand now why this article is not appropriate and will be deleted? If not, I would be happy to explain it or answer any questions you may have. I'd also like to request you to refrain from commenting on or criticizing every vote—it is not considered very polite, especially when one is the author of the article in question. The quote you listed from WP:NOT is an important one, and one that people sometimes forget. However, it is not very relevant for this particular VfD, as little to no discussion is needed if there is already a clear consensus or if the reasons for deletion are readily apparent, as they are in this case. In addition, traditionally those voting do not give further comment if they agree with the nominator's reasons (or the reasons expressed by other voters). And certainly nothing in deletion policy or WP:NOT suggests that votes are invalid if they don't specify a reason for deletion; votes cannot be invalidated in this manner. Hope this helps, and feel free to ask me any questions on my talk page. Thanks! — Knowledge Seeker দ 05:38, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * What constitutes something being "readily apparent" is not always apparent. Politeness aside, I was simply defending my entry against idle votes with an understanding that there had to be a reason behind them in order to be considered valid. I understand now that this is not the case, and that Wikipedia administration is an absolute authority over all matters on its website, regardless of legitimacy. I would like to apologize if I have offended you or anyone else with my behavior, and I will not be continuing persuit of my original article.

Thanks for your response. You are correct that what some find obvious is not so to others. And I don't fault you for creating an article that didn't belong. However, you must understand that we have a well-established way of doing things, and to anyone familiar with deletion policy it would be immediately obvious that such an article was not appropriate for Wikipedia. If one is not familiar, that is fine—especially as a newcomer—but one should not demand rationales behind votes or declare them invalid. That is why newcomers don't close VfD debates or delete articles—someone who is familiar with deletion policy, to whom the reasons for votes will be "readily apparent", will make the judgment; as you pointed out, it is not simply a matter of numbers and voting. I am uncertain what you mean by "Wikipedia administration is an absolute authority over all matters on its website." Wikipedia has administrators, certainly, but there are policies and traditions, and they have no special authority over non-administrators. For instance, any administrator would have the power to simply delete an article out of hand (or even blocked you from editing), but this would be against deletion policy (and blocking policy); instead, they (along with non-administrators) will vote on its deletion. Note that the vote of an administrator is not "worth" more than the vote of a non-administrator; indeed, there is no easy way to tell the two apart on VfD. If you mean that "Wikipedia has rules that its members decide on and that it follows", then certainly this is true, but it is also true of most organizations and governments (although members often have less input into rules than they do here). If you don't follow the practices the Wikipedia community has decided upon, you can expect to encounter some conflict; this is not because of some absolute authority. For instance, your refusal to sign your posts despite polite requests by two users indicates a lack of respect for community practices. Also, I note that not only do your posts on this talk page lack signatures, but everywhere else as well (for example, on Vandalism in progress, Votes for deletion/Wikipedia is Evil, User talk:Joolz, Talk:The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, and so on).

By the way, do you understand why the article was not appropriate here? It has nothing to do with the specific subject, but rather the whole class of articles—an article "Christianity is Evil" or "Mike Smith is Dumb" or even "Wikipedia is Awesome" would not be appropriate for Wikipedia either (though there are certainly some who try to create such articles). — Knowledge Seeker দ 23:59, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * I thought I would give it a shot, in light of the "reasons why wikipedia is so great" and "reasons why wikipedia is not so great" (redirected from wikipedia sucks) entries.

 * One should understand that perception is often relative, which unfortunately is the source of conflict between parties. In this case it was just that: a misunderstanding. Perhaps the logo in the upper-left corner should be reworded as to avoid confusion for those who believe "free" stands for different things. Thank you for clarifying the Wikipedia guidelines and providing me with information other than attacks on character and threats of personal harm. Which, incidentally, people don't seem to mind around here from my limited experience.

 * If it was required to sign my posts I was unaware; it seems if something as simple as a signature were required, the server software would insert them forcefully and automatically in all user posts. I considered continuing to use unsigned posts as a signature style, or just to prove some sort of point, but I already have a good portion of Wikipedia breathing down my neck for something or other. ;-)

 * I like you Knowledge Seeker; you are the first person to be nice to me on here. I can't believe you still have that caption under your picture though... my friend added it like half a year ago as a joke. Nevre 19:34, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * I understand your intentions. What you probably didn't realize is that those are not articles; they are not in the main (article) space. There are several namespaces at Wikipedia. The main namespace is for articles, and is of the form http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/xxx (the title "xxx" appears at the top). All other namespaces are preceded by the name with a colon; for instance, the user namespace has "User:" preceding the title. So your user page is at User:Nevreware, not Nevreware. Information about policies and such, and Wikipedia administrative procedures are all in the "Wikipedia" namespace. It appears that the redirect from Wikipedia sucks has been deleted, as is appropriate, as there should be no redirection across namespaces. The material you posted may be appropriate for ; I am not very active there so I am not sure. The word free in this context means "free of charge", which I believe is the most common meaning (at least in this context). I understand what you are saying but I think it would be difficult to put more explanation in a logo (it is just a phrase), and the pages on how to start a new article all have links to WP:NOT, I believe.

 * I'm sorry that not everyone has been nice. Normally I've found Wikipedia to be a friendly, supporting community—but one whose interaction with you will also be defined by your interaction with it. I think that coming to a community and almost immediately writing about how the community was evil, then commenting on everyone's votes being invalid or wanting things to be done your way might have been a little off-putting for some people. No one expects newcomers to be familiar with all the policies and such, but just be careful when accusing others. Despite your tumultuous start, I hope you do stay at Wikipedia and help us improve our encyclopedia. If you have questions on how anything works here, feel free to ask me at any time.

 * Signing posts is not required per se, but strongly encouraged; see Sign your posts on talk pages. Since not all edits to talk pages are new posts, automatic signatures could be problematic. Thanks; I'm glad I am doing something right. I'm a little confused by your comment on my picture, though. Half a year ago I had only been at Wikipedia for less than a month. I didn't upload the picture until March 15, and I changed the caption to its current form two months ago. Perhaps you are thinking of something else? — Knowledge Seeker দ 21:10, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Tildes...
I'd be a convenience to all concerned if you'd sign your talk page comments, i.e. like this: ~. Thanks. Alai 16:21, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC) It'd be a convenience if you also signed your VfD edits, where we can not reasonably infer jack squat. jglc | t | c 14:20, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I think one can reasonably infer that I am responsible for unmarked replies on my own talk page.
 * While I would assume that, it's not the standard, so most people won't. --Habap 21:31, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * But they say variety is the spice of life... and leaving posts unsigned is the spice of annoying Habap. Nevre 19:35, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 *  I am your God. I command you to always sign comments with tildes. Sincerely, God. P.S. If you are a true believer, you will be able to see these words without looking at the edit page or highlighting these words on the regular viewing page. — GOD. P.P.S. You must not edit these words, either. — GOD

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Panavision

Panavision
I started the article and have been working hard to build it up to featured status. Just came out of peer review, where it got a modest looking over. I want more critiques, though, and want it to be featured, so I figure this is the place! :) Thanks, guys. --Girolamo Savonarola 11:17, 2005 Jun 12 (UTC)
 * Comment: One small detail. I think it would look better if the links in the "See also" section were capitalised like headings in accordance with the WP:MOS. It isn't a biggie, but it just looks a bit more professional. Harro5 11:36, Jun 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Done. --Girolamo Savonarola 12:14, 2005 Jun 12 (UTC)
 * Support. I read this on Peer Review and was most impressed even then. --Theo (Talk) 19:29, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Support, though I believe the standard is to capitalize only the first letter of section headings (except proper nouns of course), so it should be Early history and not Early History. Tuf-Kat 18:11, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Done. --Girolamo Savonarola 13:41, 2005 Jun 14 (UTC)
 * Support. Is it possible to get a screenshot of a "Filmed in Panivision" credit from one of the movies mentioned? --FuriousFreddy 19:35, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * No idea. I can't do it at the moment, unfortunately. (Computer's in surgery!) Anyone else up for the task? --Girolamo Savonarola 19:37, 2005 Jun 14 (UTC)
 * Support: It would be better if footnotes were used instead of just a list of references. Otherwise, a very comprehensive article. [[Image:Flag_of_Australia.svg|15px]] Cyberjunkie   TALK  14:41, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Support -- ALoan (Talk) 13:30, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)


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Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden (Adelaide)

The Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden in Park 12 of the Park Lands of Adelaide, South Australia, is a tribute to the pioneer women of South Australia. The garden was designed by landscape designer Elsie Cornish (1887-1946), and the statue created by Ola Cohn was unveiled by Lady Muriel Barclay-Harvey (the wife of the Governor of South Australia, Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey) on 19 April 1941.

The main entrance is located off King William Road opposite the Adelaide Festival Centre, between the Torrens Parade Ground on the north side and the rear of Government House on the south. The shady garden and surrounding lawned areas are used for quiet recreation throughout the year, and for a week each March becomes a hive of activity when the Adelaide Festival presents the Adelaide Writers' Week there.

History
The garden was proposed in May 1938 by the Pioneer Women's Memorial Trust of South Australia. Two representatives of this organisation, Miss Phebe Watson and Chair of the Trust Adelaide Miethke, approached the City of Adelaide's Town Clerk, W. C. D. Veale, to create a 'garden of memory'. It is claimed that the garden was modelled on the Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden in Melbourne, which had been opened in 1935.

In the proposal Watson wrote: "With the approval of and consent of the Adelaide City Council, we desire to lay down a formal garden, with a sundial and figure as its central unit (to denote the passing of time) within the base of which will be placed a casket containing the records of the first centenary celebration. Our proposal is for a garden approximately 120 feet [36.5 m] by 80 feet [24 m], surrounded by a dwarfbrick wall, with long central pathway of brick leading up three short steps to the sundial ... Garden beds are provided as in the accompanying sketch, shrubs and ornamental trees as jacaranda and flame tree, against a background of golden poplars ... Miss Elsie Cornish is our adviser, and the sketch submitted is, of course, capable of modification."

The area behind Government House in Adelaide was proposed, with site and garden proposals being taken up in 1938.

Cornish and the Trust argued with the Adelaide City Council over design issues through to late 1939 with Trust Chair Miethke writing to the Council in support of Cornish during this time. The garden was eventually developed to Cornish's design, with her planting the original species and herself erecting the low brick wall.

Design
The design of the garden is a simple rectangle with a low decorative brick wall. At the centre of the garden is Cohn's sculpture of a female figure, raised on a plinth. This is surrounded by green lawns, and four garden beds with ornamental trees and shrubs at the edges.

Cornish's choice of plants was influenced by their symbolic meanings, selecting five Populus nigra "Italica" (Lombardy poplars) to represent the five women of the Pioneer Women’s Memorial Trust; Quercus ilex (holly oak) and Myrtus communis (myrtle) for protection and love; Lonicera (honeysuckle) for love, generosity and devotion; and Syringa vulgaris (lilac) to symbolize memory, protection, youth and tenderness. Here the designer carefully selected plants for their metaphorical meanings.

Original plans for the garden included the use of a 'floral clock', that would represent the passage of time; however this idea was rejected on the grounds that it would require too much maintenance.

Pioneer Women
Four park benches face the garden from the west, commemorating the following women:

Carol Rowntree 20.07.55 - 15.09.02 "Passionate about People, Books and Justice"

Elizabeth Webb Nicholls 21.02.1850 - 03.08.1943 "Suffragette, social reformer, and for many years the leader of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of South Australia and Australia"

Colonel Sybil Irving, M.B.E. "Controller A.W.A.S. 1941-1946" "Honorary Colonel, W.R.A.A.C. 1956-1961"

Catherine Jean Cleave 09.02.1980 - 27.08.1998 "A caring and joyful spirit who made a difference"

A large memorial also stands on the rise by King William Street, by the path beginning the war memorial walk between King William Street and Kintore Avenue. This reads: "Unveiled by Trish Worth, Federal Member for Adelaide on 20.04.97 on behalf of the Council of United ex-Servicewomen (SA) Inc. and Council President Coral E. Farrelly OAM. Artist: Janette Moore in association with Margaret Worth."

Uses and events
Aside from its use as a general recreational space and quiet retreat from the city at lunchtimes, the Adelaide Writers' Week is held at the Gardens annually in March.


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Untitled
Spartacus says that Ramsay was the leader. Searchlight says he wasn't. I lack source material.. Secretlondon 11:17, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

far right in the UK
I have added the far right in the UK category box to this article, but unfortunatley I don't know how to add the Nordic League into the category box Dexterj 12:12, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Good call. I missed this one but have now added it to the box. Keresaspa 15:30, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

Non-objectivity
This article is written in a hostile tone using weasel words and emotive language. It should be cleaned up and made objective. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.99.93.113 (talk) 02:08, 12 June 2013 (UTC)

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