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Lorien Trust

Lorien Trust (sometimes abbreviated to LT) is the trading name of Merlinroute ltd., a Live Action Role-Play organisation that runs LARP events at Locko Park, Derby, UK. It runs some of Britain's largest Live Roleplay events, historically claiming to attract around 1,200 to 1,500 to its first three events each year and around 2,500 to 3,000 people to The Gathering. More recent figures are lower, but not in the public domain. It was formed in 1992, originally as a charitable organisation (hence "Trust" in the name). In 1995 it became Merlinroute ltd trading as Lorien Trust. The Lorien Trust has a well established game world, and uses its own set of LARP rules, known simply as the "Lorien Trust rules system". In addition to the four events held per year, the Lorien Trust also sanctions many smaller events to use the same system and game world.

The Lorien Trust's flagship event is The Gathering. It is held over the August bank holiday weekend. The final battle of The Gathering once drew around 1200 players on each side, but recent figures are not in the public domain. These were some of the largest Live Action battles in Europe.

The setting for these events is the fictional world of Erdreja which is described as "high fantasy/medieval".

Events

 * Spring Moot - Held on the Early May Bank holiday.
 * The Great Erdrejan Fayre (GEF) - A sports championship themed event, previously known as the Heartland Games - Held on the Spring Bank Holiday (usually at the end of May).
 * Summer Moot - Usually held around the first or second weekend of the Summer Holidays (late July / early August)
 * The Gathering - Lorien Trust's flagship event held on the Summer Bank Holiday( end of August).

Erdreja
Erdreja is a relatively free-form fantasy world which imports its concepts from numerous sources including Dungeons & Dragons and fantasy novels. The LT's campaign focuses around a continental region of Erdreja, known as the Heartlands. This region is divided into ten separate kingdoms, each governed by one of the Factions of Erdreja. Each Faction takes its name from an animal associated with that kingdom. Every player character belongs to one of the ten Factions. Characters may also be members of none/any/all of the Guilds.

The ten factions and their main inspirations are:
 * The Bears (primarily Scottish clansmen)
 * The Dragons (based on Celts from Ireland and Wales)
 * The Gryphons (Based on the Romans)
 * The Harts (English in the tradition of King Arthur)
 * The Jackals (Arabic and Ancient Greek people)
 * The Lions (also English, sharing the Harts' background with Viking Roots)
 * The Tarantulas (mainly Drow from the Underdark)
 * The Unicorns (seafaring traders with a chain of tropical islands)
 * The Vipers (Teutonic people including many Goblins and Orcs)
 * The Wolves (based on Viking cultures)

The fifteen guilds are:
 * The Healers
 * The Incantors
 * The Bards
 * The Alchemists
 * The Militia
 * The Bank
 * The Rangers (previously the Archers)
 * The Scouts
 * The Mages
 * The Armourers
 * The Watchers
 * The Great Library
 * The Casino
 * The Corruptors
 * The Adventurers (also referred to as the children's guild, and colloquially as "kid's plot")

Within the Factions, players organise themselves into semi-independent groups (e.g. The Chaos Guild). Each group usually has some kind of common purpose (a military unit, for example, or a trading company), and many players will put great effort into giving their group a strong identity.

In addition to the Factions, there are also a number of international Guilds, whose In Character role is to provide training and support for members of different professions. Out of Character, the Guilds also help to administer the LT system - the Armourers Guild, for example, handles the creation of player-crafted weapons and armour.

In the early years of the LT, Erdreja was conceived as an open gameworld: players were allowed to play any kind of character they wished. Over time, the problems of maintaining continuity in such a free-flowing system, coupled with the growing prevalence of LARPs with closed gameworlds, led the LT to exert some control over the types of character permitted in the system. That said, there is still a wide variety of races and character roles available to players. The races, like much of the rest of the gameworld, are drawn from fantasy literature:
 * Humans
 * Beastkin (Beastmen, etc.)
 * Elves
 * Urucks (Goblins, Orcs, etc.)
 * Ologs (Ogres, Trolls, etc.)
 * Dwarves
 * Fey - Wild Fey, Seelie, Unseelie
 * Wee folk (Halflings, etc.)
 * Other (Which encompasses anything else a player can make an acceptable costume for, including; Golems, Genies or Garthim. Though only in very special cases are the related attributes of these races applied to the character. Along with the races there are many skills that can be chosen from to personalise a character, such as healing or spell casting.

Erdreja is saturated with magic of various kinds, and spell-casting characters are common. In-character rituals are often carried out by players to create magical items or to further an ongoing plot. In character faith is universally based around ancestor worship.

Media references
In June 2011 the Lorien Trust gameworld (more specifically the bears faction forums) was found to be the 385th most visited website by the UK's Department of Transport. This was picked up by various newspapers and the BBC. In October 2012 the Huffington Post posted an in depth article exploring a first-time roleplayer's view of the Live Roleplay scene from the point of view of someone attending the Gathering for the first time and interviewing a number of attendees, charting The Lorien Trust and other systems in the UK.

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User:Carllindstrom

If I say who I am I expect that Quarcusplatibus will come in and change it all...

So here I am and I'm married to Nanna Svendsen:

Lovely Nanna

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12th Dáil

The 12th Dáil was elected at the 1944 general election on 30 May 1944 and first met on 9 June 1944. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature), of Ireland are known as TDs. It sat with the 5th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.

The 12th Dáil was dissolved by President Seán T. O'Kelly on 12 January 1948, at the request of the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera. The 12th Dáil lasted days.

Composition of the 12th Dáil
Fianna Fáil, denoted with bullet, formed the 4th government of Ireland, a minority government relying on the support of the National Labour Party and Independent TDs.

Graphical representation
This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 12th Dáil from June 1944. This was not the official seating plan.

Ceann Comhairle
On 9 June 1944, Frank Fahy (FF), who had served as Ceann Comhairle since 1932, was proposed by Éamon de Valera and seconded by Richard Mulcahy for the position, and was elected without a vote.

TDs by constituency
The list of the 138 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.

Changes
Eamonn Coogan (FG), an outgoing TD for Kilkenny, died after the dissolution of the 12th Dáil, during the 1948 general election campaign.

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Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler

Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. Butler (or simply Butler Marine Base) is a United States Marine Corps base located in the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa. It was named after Marine Corps Major General and twice Medal of Honor recipient Smedley D. Butler.

Installations
Camp Smedley D. Butler is actually a collection of facilities and satellite installations spread throughout Okinawa. Camp Smedley D. Butler was formerly called Camp or Fort Buckner, named for Army General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., who commanded ground forces in the invasion of Okinawa and was killed in the last days of the battle. The renaming of Buckner to Butler occurred after most U.S. Army troops left Okinawa, and the base was transferred to the USMC.

Additionally, Marine Corps Air Station Futenma (including satellite Yomitan Auxiliary Airfield) and Marine Wing Liaison Kadena, while not part of the Camp Butler complex, shares many resources with it. Other Marine installations in Japan include Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni and Camp Fuji.

External links and references

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Talk:Superlative

Unless someone has sources which support superlatives being ungrammatical in groups of cardinality less than three, they oughtn't make that claim on this page, I left it as a claim made by some as part of their grammars, but it would be best if they would link to a specific English grammar which made this claim. It certainly isn't Universally accepted. -- 216.143.191.131

The article starts by defining superlative as "...an adjective or adverb [that] indicates that an entity transcends at least two other entities," But then goes on to say later that one other entity is sufficient, contradicting itself. I assume this was the result of differing opinions editing at different stages, but the article really should be unified. I'll get round to this later if no-one has any objections. — Asbestos | Talk  12:44, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

No one has any objections. As it stands, the initial, general paragraph makes little sense. The one, single reference given is to a little piece by Arnold Zwicky which attacks this strange idea that the superlative cannot be used unless there are more than two things involved. -- Greg (talk) 23:30, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Here is a link from Merriam Webster that says the "superlative of two is alive and well in current English". The reference that is used in the article to justify the claim that "when comparing only two entities, use of the superlative is ungrammatical" does not support the claim at all. In fact, the reference says, "that it takes three to make a superlative, is not a rule of English and is therefore irrelevant to any ethical considerations." Additionally, it only references the use of the superlative "best" when comparing two or more entities. I have no idea how this claim accompanied by an irrelevant reference made it into the article, but I will be removing it. --InnerSpace (talk) 15:54, 19 April 2010 (UTC) http://books.google.com/books?id=2yJusP0vrdgC&pg=PA881&lpg=PA881&dq=%22superlative+of+two%22&source=bl&ots=nYwQndwZZ1&sig=FnLAIXc4T2YfJaXfFcPjVZZHNFc&hl=en&ei=gxvLS-2nPIWKlwfg7cGqBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CAYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22superlative%20of%20two%22&f=false

Superlatives in other languages
Hi Aav, perhaps you can clarify this for me? You are saying "the comparative superlative is created by inserting one of the adjectives "plus" or "moins" between the definite article and the adjective determining the noun". What exactly is a "comparative superlative" in French? Surely any superlative in French is formed that way - la plus belle femme. The determiner plus between the definite article and the adjective always indicates the superlative? It is either a "comparative" or a "superlative"? It can't be both? Dieter Simon 00:00, 24 March 2006 (UTC)

In French, the superlative is formed by adding in the definite article, not plus. So you can have a comparative and a superlative both with plus in it, but the superlative will have the definite article. Example:

Comparative: Cette femme est plus belle. This woman is more beautiful.

Superlative: Cette femme est la plus belle. This woman is the most beautiful.

Hope this answers your question. :)

(Moonbeast 20:35, 17 April 2006 (UTC))

 * Yes, indeed, that does make sense.
 * Thank you for enlightening this old codger. Dieter Simon 00:02, 18 April 2006 (UTC)

Elatives?
I see a reference to "elative" (as a third category alongside comparative and superlative). It seems from the discussion that "elative" refers to the preceding section on "superlatives with absolutes", but I cannot find a definition here or elsewhere laying out what exactly "elative" means. Any thoughts / recommendations?

TimothyMills (talk) 18:41, 4 March 2015 (UTC)

Use of 'superlative' to mean 'really good'?
Being a bit of a stickler, I've long been bothered by the use of the word 'superlative' as an adjective in itself - usually a synonym for 'great', 'fantastic', 'cool', and suchlike. "That was a superlative performance", as one sports commentator once put it. This has always sounded wrong to me (if only because in that usage it could suggest either the best or the worst performance, or the biggest, the smallest, the strangest - and so on). But I've never been able to find an authoritative source indicating whether such usage is acceptable or not. Some dictionaries list it as such simply because they record usage. Is this an issue for anyone else, and should it be addressed in this article? If so, does anyone know of any good references? - Skadus (talk) 13:20, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

 * It is absolutely no issue or problem at all. In grammatical theory it represents the third degree of an adjective or adverb (see "The Oxford Companion to the English Language, edit. Tom McArthur, Oxford University Press, 1992, ISBN 0-19-214183-X). It is and always has been part of the description of the highest, lowest, best, or yes the worst and in the short forms suffixed by "-est", and its longer forms expressed by "(the) most". What ever later developments have taken place, such as in the usage "it was a superlative performance" as you state, is merely the fact that language moves on and people invent new ways expressing themselves. Language is a live thing and will evolve as time goes on. Dieter Simon (talk) 17:14, 9 October 2008 (UTC) Dieter Simon (talk) 17:17, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

 * Hmm. I guess I'll have to accept that, then.  For the record, though, on the point about language being 'a live thing', I do believe that that assertion is used at least as often as an excuse as it is to explain the natural evolution of language.  I fully accept that usage changes over time.  However, I also think that the primary function of language is to enable people to understand each other, and consistency - the 'rules', if you like - serves that function.  - Skadus (talk) 20:23, 9 October 2008 (UTC)

 * Skadus, you may already be aware of the debate between linguistic descriptivists and prescriptivists, but if you aren't, you might find interesting reading in descriptive linguistics and linguistic prescription. For the record, Wikipedia is generally descriptivist; prescription in articles is often removed as original research. I think you make a valid point that the "rules" exist for good reason, but again, that's less relevant when constructing an encyclopedia. -Phoenixrod (talk) 20:38, 9 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's fair comment. As I said, my prescriptivism - if that's what I'm to call it - comes from a concern not that words will change their meaning (most of them have, and I use the evolved versions as enthusiastically as anyone else in most cases), so much as a concern that clarity is lost through uncritically embracing every change, without questioning whether it's down to the natural evolution of language or just ignorance of the language as it stands.  For what it's worth, though I have been called a 'grammar nazi' before, I think I'd probably place myself somewhere in the middle of this: I'm prescriptivist in terms of trying to maintain clarity and consistency in language; I'm descriptivist in accepting that languages do change and that it isn't always necessary to resist that.  I just like to think that I don't reject or accept without question.  I'm simply cautious about allowing the fact that language changes over time to be used as an excuse for ignoring rules and guidelines as they currently exist.  - Skadus (talk) 10:41, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

 * It is probably not so much a question of descriptivism versus prescriptivism. It is more a question of how you describe or what you call the concept of the utmost degree in language. All concepts have been given a name and "superlative" has been the grammatic handle of the utmost degree by tradition. OK, so you don't agree with the term "superlative". You would have to find another term for it, would'nt you? Or are you saying there is no such concept? I am certain, whatever other term you would find or invent for it, someone would find fault with it.
 * I'd like to be clear here: I don't object to the term 'superlative'. If I object to anything - or, let's say, if there's something that doesn't sit right with me - it's the use of 'superlative' as a synonym for 'good', 'magnificent', 'excellent', or any of the other perfectly good words for describing something favourably. - Skadus (talk) 10:41, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

 * Apart from that, the fact that the word "superlative" has so many other meanings, doesn't mean its grammatic significance doesn't exist. A very similar thing happens with the second degree, that of "comparative". Though it stands for words such as "better", "higher", "worse", etc. it certainly has other meanings as well as adjective or adverb. The usage in "he is a comparative stranger" is well enough known, as something being in comparison to something else, but that doesn't invalidate the name of the concept of the second degree of an adjective or adverb. Dieter Simon (talk) 01:21, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually, I have wandered off your subject a bit, I suddenly realised. Yes, you are right you actually agree with the term "superlative" in its grammatic form, just that people invent new meanings for it, is what you take exception to. Though I agree with you. There are many other examples where people start "misusing" the original term, as in the example of "hopefully" as in "hopefully the sun is going to shine", ultimately grammar books and dictionaries bow to the demand and accept what gradual changes there are. I must stop, it is getting late. Dieter Simon (talk) 01:34, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
 * Yes, you're right. And yes, as I say, I do accept that usage changes and that dictionaries and the like relate language as it's used rather than dictating how it's used.  Hopefully (hah) I've made my position a bit clearer above. :o)  - Skadus (talk) 10:41, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

 * Its continued usage (or misusage, if you prefer), in place of the word superb I would like to firmly place the credit for in the hands of one Murray_Walker, who I can remember starting this habit in the late 1990s. It ought to be another hilarious example of Colemanballs but, now that the replacement generation of sports commentators have learnt by copying what they heard him say on the television, the misuage is increasing, not dying out. I don't know if there's a word for it but the concept I would like to convey, here, is that practice of using uncommon words or phraseology, in an attempt to sound clever, without actually stopping to check what the words mean first. The person might succeed in impressing those who are more ignorant than them but simultaneously make themselves appear ignorant to those who really do know what the word actually means. The practice of passively observing and recording the modern usage of the words assures that its evolution will continue to be directed, largely, by its most incompetant users. This is, mercifully, a unique attitude. Thank your favourite deity that the design and construction of plumbing, wiring, computing devices, nuclear power plants and a whole lot else that keeps us alive are not 'evolved' through analgous practices. EatYerGreens (talk) 06:48, 21 April 2014 (UTC)

Find Your Own Citations?
From the article: "Browsing in some of the best-known search-engines for "more complete" or "most complete" would establish the frequency of this usage by many millions of examples."

I'm not sure that "go look it up for yourself" is the ideal approach for Wikipedia. Have we got an actual citation we can put in here? Also, I've tagged a couple of statements in the paragraph in question because they seem to be assertions made without any actual citations (the claim that using a superlative with incomparables like 'unique' is grammatically okay because it doesn't really mean what it says, but actually means something else). Usage might make this point, and yes, a Goog Your Favourite Search Engine search might support that to some extent, but I'd be hesitant to rely on an Internet search alone to give me an authoritative answer on anything. - Skadus (talk) 10:26, 13 October 2008 (UTC)

Romance Languages?
I think you mean ROMANIC languages
 * See Romance languages. Langrel (talk) 21:33, 20 October 2008 (UTC)

Merge
I suggested that Superlative case be merged into here. It would be easy to include a section, and it is an unreferenced stub as-is. DietFoodstamp (talk) 22:24, 8 May 2012 (UTC)

The superlative case is a totally different thing. So I presumed to remove the "merge to" template from the article. Kontos (talk) 00:09, 20 August 2012 (UTC)

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Introduction
Hi, I'm gws57. I have been a Wikipedia editor since January 20, 2005. I seem to spend most of my time on Wikipedia editing articles having to do with the history of the Chicago Great Western Railway. I'm proud that my creation, Winston Tunnel, was listed as a Good article, and that the article on Chicago's Grand Central Station that I've done extensive work on was also listed. I have also made significant edits to articles about Metra, and Illinois railroad history in general. It should be noted that none of this has anything to do with my professional historical interests; this is all strictly a hobby for me. I make more-than-periodic edits to articles about Illinois geography, towns, and roads. Look at my userboxes to learn more about me.

Pages I've created
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CGW History

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Other Chicago/Illinois Railroad Articles

 * Bloomer Shippers Connecting Railroad
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Talk:Nanabush

Merge
Since this article concerns the exact same figure as Nanabozho, the two clearly should be merged. Since Nanabozho is (I believe) the spelling in the now widely-accepted Fiero double vowel transliteration system for Ojibwe, I feel that the contents of this article should be merged into the other one. If anyone objects, please let me know. --Whimemsz 22:22, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm not sure I understand the thinking behind merging these two articles. Obviously they refer to the same figure.  However, Nanabush tends to be the name used by the Ojibwe. Nanabozho by the Chippewa.  Perhaps you will say "they are the same people."  However, I find that the Chippeaw and Ojibway in Ontario are not identical.  Once you cross the U.S. border there are much greater differences.

 * These merged articles tend to take on a kind of American cultural appropriation. The people get called "Native Americans" instead of "First Nations," spelling of words likewise tends to follow American conventions. Just some thoughts...  Sunray 04:06, 2005 Jun 6 (UTC)

 * Man, I forgot I made this comment. I was going to go back and strike it through. A few hours after I posted it, I was thinking about all the dialectal differences in Ojibwe--the only dialect I know anything about is the one spoken in Minnesota and Wisconsin (Southwestern Ojibwe). So ignore that comment. However, we obviously still need to merge the two articles. --Whimemsz 16:30, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * And I just looked it up in the dictionary, and the Minnesota Ojibwe form (at least in Mille Lacs) is Wenabozho. So...I guess I was just completely wrong. Bah. --Whimemsz 19:52, Jun 6, 2005 (UTC)

 * Why do you think that they must be merged? I would tend to just cross-reference them. But maybe I'm missing something.  Sunray 03:42, 2005 Jun 7 (UTC)

 * Well, simply because they're both about the same figure, so it seems pointless to have two separate articles... --Whimemsz 20:08, Jun 7, 2005 (UTC)

 * Simple and logical, just like that, huh? Well, I guess I agree.  I just checked on the frequency of use of the two terms and they are very close, but Nanabozho wins out by a small margin.  So the main article would be Nanabozho with a redirect for Nanabush?  Sunray 23:53, 2005 Jun 7 (UTC)

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Talk:Petters Limited

Does anyone know anything about really early Petter engines? The first engine I know anything about is the first handyman... -Joey-

Petter vs. Petters
Does anyone have definative proof of what the name of the company was? I have a book on engines that repetedly refers to them as 'Petter Limited' however on several websites the name is 'Petters Limited'.  Thanks, -Joey- 17:25, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

I made the change because I have a copy of a catalogue issued by the company (for whom my grandfather worked), which I reference in the article. I also have other corporate ephemera. Percy Petter (who founded the company) and AH Lukins (who was commissioned by WEstland) call the company Petters in their books. --Theo (Talk) 06:22, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

As a resident of Egham Hythe I've always known the company as Petters.

The company at Egham and Hamble was "Petter Ltd.", commonly referred to as "Petter's". I worked at the Egham factory during the 1960s and 70s. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.9.236.81 (talk) 20:10, 20 December 2013 (UTC)

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Thônex

Thônex is a municipality of the Canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It is situated in the east of the canton and shares a border with the French town of Ambilly.

History
In 1869 the municipality was created when Chêne-Thônex split into two independent municipalities Chêne-Bourg and Thônex.

Geography
Thônex has an area,, of 3.84 km2. Of this area, 0.87 km2 or 22.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while 0.17 km2 or 4.4% is forested. Of the rest of the land, 2.74 km2 or 71.4% is settled (buildings or roads), 0.05 km2 or 1.3% is either rivers or lakes.

Of the built up area, industrial buildings made up 2.3% of the total area while housing and buildings made up 53.1% and transportation infrastructure made up 11.5%. while parks, green belts and sports fields made up 3.6%. Out of the forested land, 2.3% of the total land area is heavily forested and 2.1% is covered with orchards or small clusters of trees. Of the agricultural land, 18.2% is used for growing crops and 3.1% is pastures, while 1.3% is used for orchards or vine crops. All the water in the municipality is flowing water. The municipality of Thônex consists of the sub-sections or villages of Belle-Idée, Les Sillons, Communaux d'Ambilly, Le Foron, Pierre-à-Bochet, Moillesulaz, Deux-Communes, Adrien-JEANDIN, Sous-Moulin - Les Verchères, Thônex - église, Villette.

Demographics
Thônex has a population of. , 32.6% of the population are resident foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years (1999–2009 ) the population has changed at a rate of 14.6%. It has changed at a rate of 10.8% due to migration and at a rate of 3.9% due to births and deaths.

Most of the population speaks French (9,626 or 79.3%), with German being second most common (483 or 4.0%) and Portuguese being third (474 or 3.9%). There are 405 people who speak Italian and 7 people who speak Romansh.

, the gender distribution of the population was 47.9% male and 52.1% female. The population was made up of 4,170 Swiss men (30.6% of the population) and 2,346 (17.2%) non-Swiss men. There were 4,884 Swiss women (35.9%) and 2,212 (16.3%) non-Swiss women. Of the population in the municipality 1,683 or about 13.9% were born in Thônex and lived there in 2000. There were 3,364 or 27.7% who were born in the same canton, while 1,837 or 15.1% were born somewhere else in Switzerland, and 4,690 or 38.6% were born outside of Switzerland.

In there were 71 live births to Swiss citizens and 53 births to non-Swiss citizens, and in same time span there were 57 deaths of Swiss citizens and 16 non-Swiss citizen deaths. Ignoring immigration and emigration, the population of Swiss citizens increased by 14 while the foreign population increased by 37. There were 17 Swiss men and 31 Swiss women who emigrated from Switzerland. At the same time, there were 56 non-Swiss men and 83 non-Swiss women who immigrated from another country to Switzerland. The total Swiss population change in 2008 (from all sources, including moves across municipal borders) was an increase of 134 and the non-Swiss population increased by 82 people. This represents a population growth rate of 1.6%.

The age distribution of the population is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.2% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 59.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 14.9%.

, there were 4,849 people who were single and never married in the municipality. There were 5,766 married individuals, 642 widows or widowers and 884 individuals who are divorced.

, there were 5,153 private households in the municipality, and an average of 2.3 persons per household. There were 1,868 households that consist of only one person and 294 households with five or more people. Out of a total of 5,246 households that answered this question, 35.6% were households made up of just one person and there were 20 adults who lived with their parents. Of the rest of the households, there are 1,179 married couples without children, 1,620 married couples with children There were 404 single parents with a child or children. There were 62 households that were made up of unrelated people and 93 households that were made up of some sort of institution or another collective housing.

there were 1,042 single family homes (or 71.5% of the total) out of a total of 1,457 inhabited buildings. There were 250 multi-family buildings (17.2%), along with 139 multi-purpose buildings that were mostly used for housing (9.5%) and 26 other use buildings (commercial or industrial) that also had some housing (1.8%). Of the single family homes 70 were built before 1919, while 144 were built between 1990 and 2000. The greatest number of single family homes (225) were built between 1971 and 1980. The most multi-family homes (62) were built between 1981 and 1990 and the next most (50) were built between 1961 and 1970. There were 12 multi-family houses built between 1996 and 2000.

there were 5,860 apartments in the municipality. The most common apartment size was 3 rooms of which there were 1,361. There were 1,196 single room apartments and 1,204 apartments with five or more rooms. Of these apartments, a total of 5,043 apartments (86.1% of the total) were permanently occupied, while 707 apartments (12.1%) were seasonally occupied and 110 apartments (1.9%) were empty. , the construction rate of new housing units was 5.5 new units per 1000 residents. The vacancy rate for the municipality,, was 0.23%.

The historical population is given in the following chart:

Twin Town
Thônex is twinned with

Politics
Like all municipalities in the canton of Geneva, the political authorities of Thônex consist of an Administrative Council (Conseil administratif) and a Municipal Council (Conseil municipal), composed of three and twenty-seven citizens respectively, elected for four years. At the last municipal elections which took place in the spring of 2007, foreigners residing in the Canton of Geneva for eight years or more could vote.

In the 2007 federal election the most popular party was the SVP which received 24.02% of the vote. The next three most popular parties were the SP (17.6%), the LPS Party (17.51%) and the Green Party (14.06%). In the federal election, a total of 3,391 votes were cast, and the voter turnout was 49.1%.

In the 2009 Grand Conseil election, there were a total of 7,039 registered voters of which 2,932 (41.7%) voted. The most popular party in the municipality for this election was the Libéral with 21.3% of the ballots. In the canton-wide election they received the highest proportion of votes. The second most popular party was the MCG (with 17.2%), they were third in the canton-wide election, while the third most popular party was the Les Verts (with 12.9%), they were second in the canton-wide election.

For the 2009 Conseil d'Etat election, there were a total of 7,013 registered voters of which 3,376 (48.1%) voted.

In 2011, all the municipalities held local elections, and in Thônex there were 27 spots open on the municipal council. There were a total of 9,409 registered voters of which 3,831 (40.7%) voted. Out of the 3,831 votes, there were 13 blank votes, 12 null or unreadable votes and 223 votes with a name that was not on the list.

Economy
, Thônex had an unemployment rate of 6.9%. , there were 8 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 4 businesses involved in this sector. 1,282 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 88 businesses in this sector. 3,633 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 328 businesses in this sector. There were 5,675 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.8% of the workforce.

the total number of full-time equivalent jobs was 4,316. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 4, all of which were in agriculture. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 1,237 of which 831 or (67.2%) were in manufacturing and 396 (32.0%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 3,075. In the tertiary sector; 280 or 9.1% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 42 or 1.4% were in the movement and storage of goods, 110 or 3.6% were in a hotel or restaurant, 57 or 1.9% were in the information industry, 43 or 1.4% were the insurance or financial industry, 248 or 8.1% were technical professionals or scientists, 231 or 7.5% were in education and 1,688 or 54.9% were in health care.

, there were 4,372 workers who commuted into the municipality and 4,616 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. About 25.3% of the workforce coming into Thônex are coming from outside Switzerland, while 0.1% of the locals commute out of Switzerland for work. Of the working population, 29.8% used public transportation to get to work, and 50% used a private car.

Religion
From the, 5,154 or 42.5% were Roman Catholic, while 2,156 or 17.8% belonged to the Swiss Reformed Church. Of the rest of the population, there were 153 members of an Orthodox church (or about 1.26% of the population), there were 33 individuals (or about 0.27% of the population) who belonged to the Christian Catholic Church, and there were 219 individuals (or about 1.80% of the population) who belonged to another Christian church. There were 110 individuals (or about 0.91% of the population) who were Jewish, and 464 (or about 3.82% of the population) who were Islamic. There were 39 individuals who were Buddhist, 2 individuals who were Hindu and 26 individuals who belonged to another church. 2,759 (or about 22.72% of the population) belonged to no church, are agnostic or atheist, and 1,026 individuals (or about 8.45% of the population) did not answer the question.

Education
In Thônex about 3,546 or (29.2%) of the population have completed non-mandatory upper secondary education, and 2,281 or (18.8%) have completed additional higher education (either university or a Fachhochschule). Of the 2,281 who completed tertiary schooling, 40.0% were Swiss men, 33.4% were Swiss women, 15.4% were non-Swiss men and 11.2% were non-Swiss women.

During the 2009–2010 school year there were a total of 2,816 students in the Thônex school system. The education system in the Canton of Geneva allows young children to attend two years of non-obligatory Kindergarten. During that school year, there were 131 children who were in a pre-kindergarten class. The canton's school system provides two years of non-mandatory kindergarten and requires students to attend six years of primary school, with some of the children attending smaller, specialized classes. In Thônex there were 487 students in kindergarten or primary school and 50 students were in the special, smaller classes. The secondary school program consists of three lower, obligatory years of schooling, followed by three to five years of optional, advanced schools. There were 487 lower secondary students who attended school in Thônex. There were 708 upper secondary students from the municipality along with 132 students who were in a professional, non-university track program. An additional 293 students attended a private school.

, there were 431 students in Thônex who came from another municipality, while 1,022 residents attended schools outside the municipality.

Sport
CS Chênois is the municipality's football club.

Notable people

 * Gaston Jacquet (1883 – 1970 in Thônex) a French actor
 * María Corda (1898 – 1976 in Thônex) a Hungarian actress and a star of the silent film era in Germany and Austria
 * Marie José of Belgium (1906 – 2001 in Thônex) the last Queen of Italy
 * Nadège Lacroix (born 1986 in Thônex) a Swiss actress and television personality

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BDNIT
The page admits it is a neologism. Fawcett5 22:25, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Ya. Delete. Howabout1 Talk to me!  22:28, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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The cover photo in fact was not even at the King's Head Inn. The chanting and crowd noises were part of a skirmish with some Nazi-Skinheads that showed up at the show, it ended with them getting pummelled by the entire show, and Norfolk cops rolling up and waiting til the melee was over before getting out of their cars. GREAT SHOW! I was there, and it was the first time I had ever seen Avail.

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James Christie (Manitoba politician)

James Lyall Christie (June 9, 1891 – January 19, 1953 ) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba as a Liberal-Progressive representative from 1932 until his death.

Background
Christie was born and educated in Glenboro, Manitoba where he worked as a farmer. His father, also named James Christie, was an unsuccessful Liberal candidate in the 1914 provincial election. His mother was Annie Ferguson.

The younger James Christie served as the provincial director of Manitoba Livestock Producers Ltd. and was an official or member in several local farm associations as well as being an active freemason. He served as a soldier in France with the Motor Machine Gun Corps from 1916 to 1918 during World War I, and was wounded during the Arras-Cambrai drive.

Career
He was first elected to the Manitoba legislature in the 1932 provincial election, defeating incumbent Conservative William H. Spinks by 256 votes in the Cypress constituency. In the 1936 election, he was re-elected over Conservative candidate R.G. Hurton by 129 votes. Christie again defeated Hurton, who was by this time an independent candidate, in the 1941 provincial election.

Christie's re-election in the 1945 provincial election occurred under unusual circumstances. During this period, the Liberal-Progressive Party was the dominant power in a coalition government which also included the Progressive Conservative Party, Social Credit and some independents. At a nomination meeting to determine the governing coalition's candidate, Christie unexpectedly lost to independent Robin Parsons by one vote. He challenged the validity of the result, however, and entered the general election as a candidate against Parsons. There were no further candidates, and Christie was easily elected over Parsons. He continued to sit with the Liberal-Progressives, on the government side.

He was re-elected again in the 1949 provincial election and was still a member of the legislature when he died in Glenboro in January 1953. His death followed a serious illness.

Christie served as whip of the Liberal-Progressive party for thirteen years. He was appointed chair of the standing committee on municipal affairs in 1949, and headed the provincial committee on agriculture and immigration from 1949 to 1952.

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Talk:Tim Allen

He had a show last Man, standing on television, and on Hulu not added onto his page — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2603:8001:1B00:4C70:C8ED:D90F:6B5D:EE90 (talk) 18:12, 22 October 2022 (UTC)

Toy Story
He only made $50,000 for Toy Story? When he was making over a million per episode for Home improvement, before toy story came out?
 * I heard on the radio that known actors doing thier first voice-over will take low dollars on the first installment, hoping to cash in on the sequel, which happened here. He got $5 million for TS2 and perhaps more for TS3.

Pure Michigan
Is Tim doing the voicework for the Pure Michigan ad campaign? That may be worth a mention somewhere. Tool2Die4 (talk) 13:23, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

Separate section for the prison issue
IMHO the drugs and prison issue in the Personal life section deserves a new section. See, for example, the Winona Ryder article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winona_Ryder#2001_shoplifting_incident. What do you think? Thanks Kvsh5 (talk) 06:33, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

The Tragic Side of Comedy (2009)
...looks like just something from the Biography channel, and is not something he stars in. ( talk→  BWilkins   ←track ) 14:51, 27 June 2009 (UTC)

GalaxyQuest
I have many times heard Tim sarcastically state that GQ is his "most popular role" - rolls his eyes, smirks, breaks out laughing. Not sure that there are any stats anywhere that could prove it - just because Tim got paid to say it on a special release in order to somehow boost sales ... ( talk→  BWilkins   ←track ) 17:52, 5 October 2009 (UTC)

Men of a Certain Age
How is Allen involved with this show?

24.18.252.30 (talk) 07:35, 9 January 2010 (UTC)

governor of michigan?
I thought I heard that he was running for governor. --DrStrangelove64 (talk) 16:12, 27 July 2010 (UTC)

Stand-up Comedy
I would like to suggest a correction be made to the year that Tim began his stand-up comedy career. It currently states that he began in 1975. However, according to the 'Comedy Section' on his official website found here (http://www.timallen.com/actor/comedy.php), it states that he began on March 23, 1979. Considering that there is no better source than Tim himself, making a correction just might be beneficial.

A second possible improvement to this page is to possibly expand on the story of Tim's arrest for cocaine back in 1978 at the Kalamazoo/Battlecreek International Airport. Here is a suggestion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalamazoo/Battle_Creek_International_Airport#1978_Tim_Allen_incident

99.224.55.193 (talk) 18:23, 9 November 2010 (UTC)
 * His own website can not be used for that purpose, as it's considered a primary source, and it needs to be a third party reliable source. The original reference has been reviewed as valid.  The first day that he performed at a known club and/or declared himself as professional is not the same thing as being the day he started.  The issue surrounding the arrest has been up and down - see this talkpage (and archives of it) for past discussions. ( talk→   BWilkins   ←track ) 18:31, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

 * There certaintly should be a section on his stand-up career. He's actually a pretty good stand-up, well known for this, and of course it is where he started out before getting into TV. For a credible source, how about http://www.timallen.com/actor/bio.php? Quote: After graduating, Tim took a job as creative director for a small advertising firm in Detroit. On a dare from a friend, he made his first stand-up appearance in 1979 at Detroit’s Comedy Castle, which he still considers his "comedy birthplace." Neurolanis (talk) 23:59, 30 December 2010 (UTC)

 * His own website cannot be a third party, reliable source ( talk→  BWilkins   ←track ) 14:20, 31 December 2010 (UTC)

 * Alright, how about: http://www.laughfactory.com/comedians/159/Tim-Allen Quote: Working at an ad agency by day, he became a regular at the Comedy Castle in the evenings. It was there that he started honing his hyper-masculine persona. He also discovered his trademark call: three ape-like, staccato grunts.... Neurolanis (talk) 00:11, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Hi! I know it's been several years. I would like to point out that under certain circumstances Tim Allen's website (a primary source) can be used about himself. Please see Biographies_of_living_persons. Make sure self-published material doesn't fall into the five categories. WhisperToMe (talk) 17:54, 10 June 2015 (UTC)

I am also slightly late to this discussion, but if the section "Legal issues" (what a wonderful euphemism) is correct, he was in prison for a few years starting from February 1979, which makes it unlikely that he did his first standup in March 1979. As a side note, the article is currently rather jarring if you read it in one go: here is his early life, here is his career, and oh yeah, here is his two year prison term for cocaine smuggling that we somehow forgot to mention up until now. Shouldn't it be more chronological? KarlFrei (talk) 18:21, 14 October 2018 (UTC)

Newer Picture?
Is there anyway to get a newer picture of Tim Allen on here? The one posted is almost twenty years old. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.111.17.110 (talk) 20:34, 15 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Well, if someone takes one then great - otherwise, we're bound by WP:COPYRIGHT rules. ( talk→  BWilkins   ←track ) 20:11, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

In the news (as a Conservative)
On his TV show, he is an intelligent but jokingly-forward Conservative. He points out to his Liberal son-in-law-to-be and his beautiful daughters his patriotic American insights. More could be said. So it is no surprised that he tweets: "How does taxing the rich help the middle class succeed?" -- It is no surprise that media makes a big deal of this. -- Charles Edwin Shipp (talk) 16:10, 27 April 2014 (UTC)
 * If you read the Blaze article in full, you see that Allen states that his question was just that - an open question. He wasn't criticizing liberalism or necessarily endorsing conservatism. In his nearly 25 years in show business, he has never emphatically stated his allegiance to liberalism or conservatism. The closest thing I could find is a 1996 Charlie Rose interview in which he stated he voted for Ross Perot in the '96 Election. He even said in a January 2013 interview on The View that he agrees with Lewis Black's take on the dual-party system: essentially, that the Democratic Party is a party of no ideas and that the Republican Party is a party of bad ideas. GodFearingLib (talk) 20:02, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

According to Kelly File interview, anarchist. 68.185.2.34 (talk) 19:58, 23 November 2016 (UTC)

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Political view
Certainly, Tim Allen revealed that he was invited to the Donald Trump's presidential inauguration ceremony and participated on Jimmy Kimmel Live! in March 2017, but he did not attempt to clarify whether he would support Trump. He jusy insisted that anti-Trump groups was intolerant and told "I’m a comedian, I like going on both sides." Even in the article presented as a source in Wikipedia, he is not stated to be a Trump supporter.

I think that the description in the Tim Allen column should be rewritten to
 * He has appeared on Sean Hannity's show and announced support for John Kasich in the 2016 presidential election.

What do you think of Wikipedians?

--59.85.127.198 (talk) 05:57, 23 June 2018 (UTC)

"Legal issuess/troubles" having it's own subsection, instead of being in the "Career" section.
According to his "Career" section, it has several of his arrests info, one in 1978 and again in 1997. Is it ok if we just move all this info separately in a subsection of the article? Instead of having all that info listed in his "Career" section. Because it probably might sound a little more appropriate to have them listed on there own in a subsection of the article in his "Personal life" section, it's just that having his arrest info in his "Career" section kinda makes it sound funny, that's just my thoughts on it. Also, sorry about me editing it all back and fourth by the way and getting irritated about it, I didn't wanna cause a controversy, and I'm really sorry. 2600:1000:B055:D13:8C84:1F38:E9EC:42B6 (talk) 02:59, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't think his legal problems belong in the career section as they have nothing to do with his professional work. It may be a better fit in a subheading of his personal life. Ifnord (talk) 03:09, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

No Safe Spaces
Tim Allen is in the new movie No Safe Spaces. An editor objected to the listing based on this newspaper article.  It's a non-controversial claim that an actor is in a movie, and included a film clip of Allen in the movie. So let's just add another source, as well as the clip itself.. Is that sufficient? DougHill (talk) 01:50, 15 December 2019 (UTC)

Inconsistency with number of children
In the bio block at the top and in the personal life section, it says that he has only two daughters, one with each wife. But the section on last man standing says that he draws on his experience of having three daughters. Which is correct? — Preceding unsigned comment added by R3ddr4g0n421 (talk • contribs) 21:10, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

 * Re-read the article and reviewed sources. This sentence is extremely confusing: "The character is loosely based on his own life, as a Republican father of three girls.". Suggest re-write to "The character, a Republican father of three girls, is loosely based on his own life." R3ddr4g0n421 (talk) 18:20, 1 November 2021 (UTC)
 * It's better the first way, not the way it is suggested to be changed, because it isn't as clunky with the clause separated out by an extra comma. 131.106.185.159 (talk) 07:58, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

Ralph Breaks the Internet cameo
I think the correct name of the character he voices is "Buzz Lightyear", not "Buzzlighter"

Semi-protected edit request on 26 March 2022
Source 33 is incorrect. He did not endorse Trump. He actually endorsed Kasich. See here: https://ew.com/tv/2018/09/13/tim-allen-interview/ 2604:CA00:12B:9B3B:0:0:661:27D (talk) 05:32, 26 March 2022 (UTC)
 * ✅ ScottishFinnishRadish (talk) 11:51, 30 March 2022 (UTC)

Joe Biden
Why no mention of Mr Allen playing the part of President Joe Biden? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cornie James E (talk • contribs) 10:06, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

 * Do you have a source? I'm not finding anything about Allen playing the role of Biden anywhere. Jiltedsquirrel (talk) 20:14, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 November 2022
In Tim Allen's Video Game section, add his reprisal of Buzz Lightyear in Disney Dreamlight Valley (2022) 209.204.200.47 (talk) 13:01, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

✅ Jiltedsquirrel (talk) 20:11, 19 November 2022 (UTC)

Movies he played in
He also starred in the Disney movie Jungle 2 Jungle, which in turn is Disney movie as well 2600:100E:B047:8D64:EC2C:D232:1DA8:B896 (talk) 21:06, 6 December 2022 (UTC)

Convinced felon/Drug dealer
After being caught with more than half a kilo of cocaine, Tim Allen faced life imprisonment in 1978. So he decided to make a deal — which eventually led to fame and fortune. Allen grew up without a father after the age of 11. Largely believed to be the cause of his early delinquency. 2600:4040:2521:A200:25AD:A882:DBA2:8031 (talk) 02:42, 24 December 2022 (UTC)

 * I have never encountered a "convinced" felon or drug dealer -- LOL. However, a link to the information you submitted would be nice. --  Otr500 (talk) 19:32, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

This article says "following his release from prison" but never mentions his arrest or why he was sent to prison. It was cocaine trafficking. Links:   -- 2600:1700:4678:F080:5991:3897:E784:8467 (talk) 15:37, 4 January 2024 (UTC)

Article issues and classification

 * The B-class criteria #1 states; The article is suitably referenced, with inline citations. It has reliable sources, and any important or controversial material which is likely to be challenged is cited., and #4, The article is reasonably well-written.
 * The Lee, Luaine citation, June 27, 2022, accessed in July 2022, used in the last paragraph of the "Career" section, is a permanent dead link that has not been resolved.
 * The "Official link", in the "External links", section is a social media platform linking page and not any sort of "official" webpage.
 * The links IMDb, TCM Movie Database, and AllMovie, are the same links that inundate a multitude of articles. I surmise that nobody can prove that each of these sites, apparently getting free exposure, follow ...contain further research that is accurate and on-topic, information that could not be added to the article for reasons such as copyright or amount of detail, or other meaningful, relevant content that is not suitable for inclusion in an article for reasons unrelated to its accuracy. This is the second paragraph of the lead. The third paragraph states:
 * Some high-value external links are welcome (see § What can normally be linked). However, the External links section should not become a lengthy or comprehensive list of external links related to each topic. No page should be linked from a Wikipedia article unless its inclusion is justifiable according to this guideline and common sense. The burden of providing this justification is on the person who wants to include an external link..
 * The above is supposed to be among the criteria for all links in the section but it has become accepted that the links should be in every article covered by these entities.
 * Three seems to be an acceptable number of links, and of course, everyone has their favorite to add making four. The problem is that none is needed for article promotion.

Some info on external links:
 * ELpoints #3) states: Links in the "External links" section should be kept to a minimum. A lack of external links or a small number of external links is not a reason to add external links.
 * LINKFARM states: There is nothing wrong with adding one or more useful content-relevant links to the external links section of an article; however, excessive lists can dwarf articles and detract from the purpose of Wikipedia. On articles about topics with many fansites, for example, including a link to one major fansite may be appropriate.
 * ELMIN: Minimize the number of links. --
 * ELCITE: Do not use cite web or other citation templates in the External links section. Citation templates are permitted in the Further reading section.
 * At any rate, there have been 5,387 revisions since 2003, having had 2,911 editors, 362 watchers, and 110,271 pageviews in 30 days, so I figured I would just present this so the article regulars could examine the section possibly making improvements for article reassessment. Thanl, Otr500 (talk) 20:45, 23 March 2023 (UTC)

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@Lady_Lotus please explain how MOS:FIRST is justification for your revert. The rationale that you see eludes me. Regardless, per WP:LEAD, it should “summarize the most important points, including any prominent controversies”. The current lead doesn’t mention this prominent controversy whatsoever. And looking at the current state, do we really need to include every film/tv show he’s starred in? It makes it look cluttered, and doesn’t add anything interesting. Perhaps keep any significant project which he’s received a significant award? The other, “lesser” projects can still be found in their filmography and career sections. Artificial Nagger (talk) 18:01, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

 * Per MOS: FIRST - "try to not overload the first sentence by describing everything notable about the subject." He is not known for being a "convicted felon", he is know as an actor and comedian - he's not Pablo Escobar. Putting something that happened one time over 40 years that has no bearing on his career hardly seems necessary to put in the lead. It's talked about in his Personal life section which seems sufficient for what happened. LADY LOTUS • TALK 21:12, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 * I suppose I could have been more artful in adding it. However I strongly disagree that the Personal section alone “seems sufficient”.  A BLP is either notable or they’re not.  If multiple RS reports something, it’s fair game for inclusion.  This is a poster child definition of a “prominent controversy”, and per WP:LEAD should be included.  I challenge anyone to find a Biography of a person who has convicted of felony weight narcotics trafficking, served significant time in a federal prison, that doesn’t have a mention of that in their lead.  Hell, Winona Ryder has a mention in the lead and that was for simple shoplifting.  A subject’s “area of notability” such as their career doesn’t dictate what goes in the lead.  All major (sourced) topics.  The good, the bad, the boring.  Will you reconsider your position on including this “prominent controversy”?  It is one, right?  I ask because if you are firm I’ll start an RfC, and who really needs one of those? Artificial Nagger (talk) 01:53, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Just because Ryder has something mentioned in her lead doesn't mean it should be there either - WP:OTHERTHINGSEXIST. If you seek consensus for the inclusion of this one time event for Allen's lead then have at it, that's what Wikipedia is for is discussion and consensus. LADY LOTUS • TALK 14:56, 25 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Will you please answer the question, is this not a prominent controversy? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Artificial Nagger (talk • contribs) 16:49, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

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Please change "He also has an impressive car collection," to "He also owns a car collection," due to biased language. In Pursuit Of Truth, 111hip 06:15, 10 May 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ Lightoil (talk) 09:35, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

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Tim Allen hates Oil City, Pennsylvania 2600:4041:478:7900:6927:E4CF:2155:16A5 (talk) 22:24, 13 July 2023 (UTC)
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The article is missing a word. It says "returned the role of Buzz Lightyear for Toy Story 3." Somebody needs to add the word "to" after "returned." 131.106.185.159 (talk) 07:54, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

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In his video game credits, Home Improvement: Power Tool Pursuit! needs to be removed from his filmography section because the game has no voice lines are there is no dialogue recorded by Tim Allen for the game, all the characters in the game are muted. 24.34.98.200 (talk) 20:26, 27 October 2023 (UTC)

 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. Feel free to message me on my talk page if you have any queries or would like to clarify your response. Awhellnawr123214 (talk) 06:19, 1 November 2023 (UTC)

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In the subsection talking about his car collection would someone be able to change the value of his Ferrari 330GTC from 3.4 million to about 500k, as the 330GTC is not worth anywhere near 3.4 million and a quick google search and past/current listings show the value is closer to 500k

here is the previous auction and current listing data:

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/cars-for-sale/ferrari/330gtc

https://www.classic.com/m/ferrari/330/gtc/#:~:text=A%3A%20The%20average%20price%20of%20a%20Ferrari%20330%20GTC%20is%20%24578%2C741.

A simple google search will also yield the same information 108.49.72.125 (talk) 20:59, 18 January 2024 (UTC)

— Urro[ talk ] [ edits ] 15:04, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
 * While true, various sources claim Allen's Ferrari 330GTC in specific to have a price of three to four million at least. However, none of these state why the estimate is so high.
 * Furthermore, isn't it possible that Allen could have modified his own car to raise its value, or that something else is going on particular to his model? Perhaps there's documentation of this.
 * Even still, I agree that the current references do not support the claim well.

— Urro[ talk ] [ edits ] 00:34, 26 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I believe one source may have stated the value of his car collection rather than the Ferrari and a domino effected ensued with other sources seeing that and quoting it. its very very unlikely a modification would raise the value of a classic car, modifications diminish the value of the car. however its possible the car was a one off or owned by someone famous, yet there is no mention of this 108.49.72.125 (talk) 23:10, 25 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the follow-up. This isn't my particular niche, but I've decided to look into it more.
 * After searching as much as I could, I was unable to find a primary source for this estimate or an explanation behind such a high price -- compared to how much the car is usually sold for at auctions. (You had previously mentioned this in the discussion.) (Hemmings) (Classic) [Gooding&Company Bonhams Cars RM Sotheby's]
 * I've decided to reword the text on the page to represent a more cautious understanding of the sources at play. * This addresses the claims while presenting more reliable information, and I hope it fits what you had in mind. Thank you for your contribution.
 * * The inclusion of the incorrect detail and drawing comparisons to it serves as a precautionary measure to deter future edits that could potentially reintroduce the same misinformation to the article.

 * Thank you so much for the response and the change in the article, I believe that was the best way to go about it, and I couldn't have written it better myself, have a good one! 108.49.72.125 (talk) 14:33, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

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Atlanta Rolling Mill

The Atlanta Rolling Mill (later the Confederate Rolling Mill) was constructed in 1858 by Lewis Schofield and James Blake and soon after, Schofield and William Markham took it over and transformed it into the South's second most productive rolling mill, after the Tredegar Iron Works in Richmond, Virginia.

Their specialty was re-rolling worn out railroad rails but during the American Civil War it also rolled out cannon, iron rail, and 2 in sheets of iron to clad the CSS Virginia for the Confederate navy.

It was bought out by Charleston, SC interests in 1863 and became known as the Confederate Rolling Mill when it produced the former products as well as cannon.

Shortly after midnight on September 1, 1864, cavalrymen under the command of the retreating Confederate General J.B. Hood set fire to 81 ammunition train cars parked outside the mill to prevent them from being acquired by General Sherman. The ensuing explosions destroyed the mill and destroyed or greatly damaged structures within 1/4 mile. The events were so loud that Sherman himself heard the explosions from approximately 23 miles away at Lovejoy's Station.

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Jesoni Vitusagavulu is a Fijian businessman and diplomat, who was appointed as Fiji's fifth Fijian Ambassador to the United States on 26 May 2005, succeeding Anare Jale. He is also accredited as Ambassador to Cuba and Mexico, and High Commissioner to Canada. He presented his credentials to President George W. Bush on 3 October 2005, and to Governor-General Michaëlle Jean of Canada on 13 June 2006.

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Vitusagavulu is a native of Kadavu Island. After graduating from the University of the South Pacific with a Bachelor's degree in economics and politics, he completed a Master of Philosophy in development studies from the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. He also received a diploma in airline management from the University of Bar Ilan in Israel, and a graduate certificate in management from the Australian Graduate School of Management of the University of New South Wales.

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Vitusagavulu was the managing director of Toptier Management, a management consultancy and investment company which he founded in 2003, specializing in assisting local and foreign investors in tourism, information technology, and audio-visual industries. He was Manager for Special Projects with the Fiji Development Bank from 1978 to 1990, when he assumed a senior management position in Air Pacific, which he held till 1996, when he became Chief Executive of the Fiji Trade and Investment Bureau, a position he held until 2003. Previously, he had served on a number of boards, including as chairman of the Agricultural Marketing Authority, Food Processors Limited, and the Kontiki Growth Fund. He has also been a director of the Fijian Trust Fund Board, Kadavu Holdings Limited, and the Kadavu Development Company.

He also lectured for the MBA course at the University of the South Pacific.

Vitusagavulu is known to have been one of former Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase's closest associates.

Vitusagavulu is married to Silina. They have three daughters - Makenesi, Asinate and Leilani.

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L'heure espagnole

L'heure espagnole is a French one-act opera from 1911, described as a comédie musicale, with music by Maurice Ravel to a French libretto by Franc-Nohain, based on Franc-Nohain's 1904 play ('comédie-bouffe') of the same name The opera, set in Spain in the 18th century, is about a clockmaker whose unfaithful wife attempts to make love to several different men while he is away, leading to them hiding in, and eventually getting stuck in, her husband's clocks. The title can be translated literally as "The Spanish Hour", but the word "heure" also means "time" – "Spanish Time", with the connotation "How They Keep Time in Spain".

The original play had first been performed at the Théâtre de l'Odéon on 28 October 1904. Ravel began working on the music as early as 1907, and the opera was first performed at the Opéra-Comique on 19 May 1911.

Performance history
Ravel was closely involved in every aspect of the production as it was prepared for its premiere by the Opéra-Comique at the Salle Favart in Paris. The opera was first performed by the Opéra-Comique on 19 May 1911, in a double-bill with Thérèse by Jules Massenet; after the initial nine performances it was not revived. The Paris Opéra presented it on 5 December 1921 with Fanny Heldy as Concepción, and it enjoyed more success. The opera returned to the Opéra-Comique in 1945 where it continued in the repertoire. Outside France, L’heure espagnole was first seen at Covent Garden in 1919, Chicago and New York in 1920, Brussels in 1921, followed by Basel and Rotterdam (1923), Prague (1924), Hamburg, Stockholm (1925), reaching Buenos Aires in 1932 and Cairo in 1934. The opera was performed for the first time in Canada at the 1961 Montreal Festivals.

Musical background
In relation to Ravel's vocal writing in the opera, Roland-Manuel wrote "The language of the music is linked up as naturally as possible with the music of the language". In an interview published two days before the premiere, Ravel explained his approach to his new opera. "I have written an opéra-bouffe. Apart from [Gonzalve] who sings sérénades and cavatines with deliberately exaggerated melodies, the other rôles will give, I think, the impression of being spoken." Ravel also cited Mussorgsky's The Marriage for the effect he was aiming to achieve in the word setting, and underlined the Spanish elements of the score in his use of jotas, habaneras and malagueñas. Kobbé commented that from "the delightful clock noises of the opening to the Habanera quintet of the end, L'Heure Espagnole is full of charming music", while Grove notes that the opera is one of a group of Spanish influenced works that span Ravel’s career and that in it he employed "a virtuouso use of the modern orchestra".

Synopsis

 * Time: 18th century

 * Place: The workshop of the clockmaker Torquemada in Toledo, Spain.

The opera takes place in 21 scenes, with an introduction.

Torquemada is at work in his shop when the muleteer Ramiro stops by to have his watch fixed, so that he can fulfill his duties at collecting the town's post. It is Thursday, the day that Torquemada goes out to tend the municipal clocks, so Ramiro must wait. Torquemada's wife, Concepción, enters to complain that her husband hasn't yet moved a clock into her bedroom. After Torquemada has left, she takes advantage of his absence to plan assignations with gentleman friends. However, the presence of Ramiro is initially a hindrance. So she asks him to move a grandfather clock to her bedroom, which he agrees to do.

Meanwhile, she waits for Gonzalve, a poet. He arrives, and is inspired to poetry, but not to lovemaking, where Concepción would prefer the latter. When Ramiro is about to return, she sends him back saying that she chose the wrong clock. She then has the idea of having Gonzalve hide in one clock so that Ramiro can carry him upstairs. After Gonzalve is concealed, Don Iñigo, a banker and another of Concepción's gentleman friends, arrives. When Ramiro returns, she persuades him to carry up the clock with Gonzalve concealed in it, and she accompanies him.

On his own, Don Iñigo conceals himself in another clock. Ramiro enters, asked to watch the shop, and musing on how little he understands of women. Concepción then summons him back upstairs, saying that the clock's hands are running backwards. She and Don Iñigo try to communicate, but Ramiro arrives back with the other clock. Don Iñigo has hidden himself again, and Ramiro now carries up the clock with Don Iñigo upstairs.

With Gonzalve now downstairs, Concepción tries to turn him away from poetry towards her, but Gonzalve is too absorbed to follow her lead. Ramiro returns, and Gonzalve must conceal himself again. He offers to take the second clock up again. Impressed by how easily Ramiro carries the clocks (and their load) upstairs, Concepción begins to be physically attracted to him.

With Gonzalve and Don Iñigo now each stuck in clocks, Torquemada returns from his municipal duties. Both Gonzalve and Don Inigo eventually escape their respective clock enclosures, the latter with more difficulty. To save face, they each have to purchase a clock. Concepción is now left without a clock, but she muses that she can wait for the muleteer to appear regularly with his watch repaired. The opera ends with a quintet finale, as the singers step out of character to intone the moral of the tale, paraphrasing Boccaccio:

 * "Entre tous les amants, seul amant efficace,
 * Il arrive un moment, dans les déduits d'amour,
 * Où le muletier a son tour!"

"Among all lovers, only the efficient succeed, The moment arrives, in the pursuit of love, When the muleteer has his turn!"

Dedication
Ravel dedicated L'heure espagnole to Louise Cruppi, whose son he would later commemorate with one of the movements of Le Tombeau de Couperin .

Orchestration
Woodwinds
 * Piccolo
 * 2 Flutes
 * 2 Oboes
 * English horn
 * 2 Clarinets in A
 * Bass clarinet in B-flat
 * 2 Bassoons
 * Sarrusophone

Brass
 * 4 Horns in F
 * 2 Trumpets in C
 * 3 Trombones
 * Contrabass tuba in C

Percussion
 * Timpani
 * Snare drum
 * Bass drum
 * Cymbals
 * Spring (Ressort)
 * Tambourine
 * Tamtam
 * Triangle
 * Castanets
 * Ratchet (Crécelle)
 * Whip (Fouet)
 * Sleigh bells (Grelots)
 * Tubular bells
 * Glockenspiel
 * Xylophone
 * 3 Clock pendulums

Keyboard
 * Celesta

Strings
 * Violins
 * Violas
 * Cellos
 * Double basses
 * 2 Harps

Recordings

 * VAI VAIA CD 1073: Jeanne Krieger (Concepción); Louis Arnoult (Gonzalve); Raoul Gilles (Torquemada); Jean Aubert (Ramiro); Hector Dufranne (Don Iñigo Gomez), Orchestra; Georges Truc, conductor (1929, recorded under the supervision of the composer)
 * INA, mémoire vive CD IMV027: Géori Boué (Concepción); Louis Arnoult (Gonzalve); Jean Planel (Torquemada); Roger Bourdin (Ramiro); Charles Paul (Don Iñigo Gomez), Orchestra; Manuel Rosenthal, conductor (1944 radio broadcast)
 * HMV. Denise Duval (Concepción); Jean Giraudeau (Gonzalve); René Hérent (Torquemada); Jean Vieuille (Ramiro); Charles Clavensy (Don Iñigo Gomez), Orchestre de l'Opéra Comique; André Cluytens, conductor (1953)
 * Decca. Suzanne Danco (Concepción); Paul Derenne (Gonzalve); Michel Hamel (Torquemada); Heinz Rehfuss (Ramiro); André Vessières (Don Iñigo Gomez), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande; Ernest Ansermet, conductor (1953)
 * Vox PL7880. Janine Linda (Concepción); André Dran (Gonzalve); Jean Mollien (Torquemada); Jean Hoffman (Ramiro); Lucien Mans (Don Iñigo Gomez), L'Orchestre Radio-Symphonique de Paris de la Radiodiffusion Française; René Leibowitz, conductor (1953)
 * Deutsche Grammophon 138 970 (original LP issue): Jane Berbié (Concepción), Michel Sénéchal (Gonzalve), Jean Giraudeau (Torquemada), Gabriel Bacquier (Ramiro), José van Dam (Don Iñigo Gomez); Orchestre National de l'ORTF, Paris; Lorin Maazel, conductor (1963)
 * Erato ECD 75318: Elizabeth Laurence (Concepción), Tibère Raffalli (Gonzalve), Michel Sénéchal (Torquemada), Gino Quilico (Ramiro), François Loup (Don Iñigo Gomez); Nouvel Orchestre Philharmonique; Armin Jordan, conductor (1987)
 * Deutsche Grammophon 0289 457 5902 9: Kimberly Barber (Concepción), John Mark Ainsley (Gonzalve), Georges Gautier (Torquemada), Kurt Ollmann (Ramiro), David Wilson-Johnson (Don Inigo Gomez), London Symphony Orchestra; André Previn, conductor
 * Naxos 8.660337: Isabelle Druet (Concepción), Frédéric Antoun (Gonzalve), Luca Lombardo (Torquemada), Marc Barrard (Ramiro), Nicolas Courjal (Don Inigo Gomez); Orchestre National de Lyon; Leonard Slatkin, conductor
 * SWR Classic SWR19016CD: Stéphanie d'Oustrac (Concepción), Yann Beuron (Gonzalve), Jean-Paul Fouchécourt (Torquemada), Alexandre Duhamel (Ramiro), Paul Gay (Don Inigo Gomez); Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra; Stéphane Denève, conductor
 * BR Klassik 900317: Gaelle Arquez (Concepción), Julien Behr (Gonzalve), Mathias Vidal (Torquemada), Alexandre Duhamel (Ramiro), Lionel Lhote (Don Inigo Gomez); Munich Radio Orchestra; Asher Fisch, conductor
 * Kultur (DVD), Glyndebourne Festival Opera (1987): Anna Steiger (Concepción), Thierry Dran (Gonzalve), Remy Corazza (Torquemada), François Le Roux (Ramiro), François Loup (Don Inigo Gomez); Frank Corsaro, stage director; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Sian Edwards, conductor
 * Fra Musica (DVD), Glyndebourne Festival Opera (2012): Stéphanie d'Oustrac (Concepción), Alek Shrader (Gonzalve), Francois Piolino (Torquemada), Elliot Madore (Ramiro), Paul Gay (Don Inigo Gomez); Laurent Pelly, stage director; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Kazushi Ono, conductor

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 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. CDC  (talk)  23:09, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Gypsy Dave
Non-notable, possible hoax as majority of Google hits for "Gypsy Dave" are a lyric in a song. User:Luigi30 (Ταλ&kappa) 22:36, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy patent vanity --Xcali 22:42, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Hey man, I'm Gypsy Dave and I can prove I exist. Unsigned comment by 162.119.232.105.
 * I exist, too, but that doesn't mean I deserve an article.--Xcali 22:57, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy patent vanity. If you're "very important person in the history of rock and roll." you wouldn't need to prove you exist. Also, if that's the case, the link to your music wouldn't be needed. Stores would stock your CDs. Mgm|(talk) 22:55, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Gypsy Dave AKA Edward Boggles doesn't believe in selling music.
 * 5 Google hits for "Edward Boggles", none of which are a person. User:Luigi30 (Ταλ&kappa) 00:42, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete - Gypsies don't deserve to live, let alone have Wikipedia articles devoted to themselves. - Otto Moll (Talk) 23:15, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * Ouch. I'd try to phrase attempts at humor in ways that are a little less prone to misunderstanding. I might have been a gypsy, you insensitive clod! You're worse than Hitler! JRM · Talk 23:51, 2005 Jun 2 (UTC)
 * Keep Gypsy Dave is featured in many interviews with the band Moroccan.
 * Left unsigned by 162.119.232.105. JRM · Talk 00:09, 2005 Jun 3 (UTC)
 * Speedy Another anonymous edit by Gypsy Dave himself. Nuke this vanity page ASAP. Rlw (Talk) 00:07, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Disco Stu doesn't advertise! — Phil Welch 00:31, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete this - and the image as well - see also the article on Edward boggles --Doc (?) 08:41, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Speedy Say goodbye. Is it verifiable? Looks like it could be fiction or substance-induced fantasy. --WCFrancis 15:08, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Not speediable - it is not patent nonsense, a self-evident hoax or prank, or an article with little content. It must therefore pass VfD. However, it is worth noting that a Google search for "Gypsy Dave" "Lindsay Romig" nets de nada. Delete Denni ☯ 02:18, 2005 Jun 4 (UTC)
 * Delete vanity. JamesBurns 04:37, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Feel free to delete it. I created this page and didn't realize how strict your rules are. FYI, nothing I stated was untrue, but I really don't mind if you delete it.
 * This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.


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Talk:Louisiana Hayride

The person Listed as Pete Fontana really was DJ Fontana.
Pete Fontana that is listed as one of the Hayride performers was actually DJ Fontana. He was the paid in-house Drummer, he was also the drummer for Elvis in a band called the Blueboys put together by Sam Phillips at Sun Records. He remained with Elvis after the band broke up. DJ Fontana is listed under his name in another Wikipedia article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.140.118.61 (talk) 21:22, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

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