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Richard Graves MacDonnell

Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell (3 September 1814 – 5 February 1881) was an Anglo-Irish lawyer, judge and colonial governor. His posts as governor included Governor of the British Settlements in West Africa, Governor of Saint Vincent, Governor of South Australia, Governor of Nova Scotia and Governor of Hong Kong. Several places around the world are named for him, including MacDonnell Road in Hong Kong and the MacDonnell Ranges and Sir Richard Peninsula in Australia.

Early life
Richard Graves MacDonnell was born in Dublin, 8 September 1814, the second son of Richard MacDonnell, the Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, and Jane Graves (1793–1882), second daughter of Richard Graves, Dean of Ardagh. He was a nephew of Robert James Graves and the brother of Major-General Arthur Robert MacDonnell. His first cousins included Lady Valentine Blake of Menlough, Sir William Collis Meredith, Edmund Allen Meredith, John Dawson Mayne and Francis Brinkley. MacDonnell entered Trinity College Dublin in 1830, was elected a scholar in 1833, and graduated B.A. (1835), M.A., (1836), LL.B., (1845), and LL.D.., (1862)

Governor in Gambia and the West Indies
MacDonnell was called to the Irish bar in 1838, and to the English bar, at Lincoln's Inn, 25 January 1841. On 20 July 1843, he was appointed to the new post of Chief Justice of the Gambia. After four years there, amidst long breaks for his health travelling through the United States and Canada, he intended to hand in his resignation to Henry Grey, 3rd Earl Grey and resume practice at the English bar. But, on 1 October 1847, Grey persuaded him otherwise and appointed him Governor of the British settlements in Gambia, a post he held for a further four years.

While in Gambia, MacDonnell (a cousin of the explorers Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton and Admiral Richard Charles Mayne) spent much of his time indulging his passion for exploration, and organising punitive campaigns against unruly native tribes. His expeditions opened up the interior of Africa from the Gambia River to the Senegal River. The military expeditions which he accompanied against native tribes who had long oppressed the traders of the river were a success and extended the limits of British commerce in the region. On one visit to a native king an ambush was laid for him, and he narrowly avoided being assassinated. In return, the British government sent four hundred men to inflict a summary chastisement, with MacDonnell acting as Captain of one of the volunteer companies.

In 1852, (when he was also gazetted Companion of the Order of the Bath) he was nominated as Lieutenant Governor of St. Lucia, but without taking up the post he was sent, 10 January 1853, to become administrator and Captain General of the island of St. Vincent. He was Lieutenant General of St Vincent from 1853 to 1854.

Governor of South Australia
Described as a 'dominant personality' and having gained a reputation for forthrightness and intolerance, MacDonnell was appointed the sixth Governor of South Australia, arriving 9 June 1855, taking over from Boyle Travers Finniss who had been acting since the departure of Sir Henry Young. Shortly before leaving for Australia, in 1856 he was made Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George by Queen Victoria at Buckingham Palace.

Soon after his arrival in Australia, MacDonnell was involved in heated debate over the composition of the legislature; MacDonnell favoured a single chamber while the majority of colonists preferred a two-house system, which brought him the support of the conservatives, but united the liberals and radicals against him. Eventually a two-house system prevailed, although the Upper House had a property franchise. Difficulties between MacDonnell and his officials led to several changes of government. He extended railway and telegraph communications within the colony and opened up valuable copper mines on the Yorke Peninsula, while increasing the progress in agricultural and pastoral pursuits.

MacDonnell showed little concern for the Australian working class, holding that charity fostered sloth and pauperism. He was particularly impressed with the settlers from Germany, and he predicted that the colony had a great future for producing wine. In his seven-year term the acreage under wheat doubled in South Australia and he argued that farmers with capital would succeed as long as their methods did not rob the soil.

MacDonnell's passion for exploration greatly aided in opening up the interior of Australia, in particular the Murray River, and he developed many of the natural resources of the colony. He travelled widely in the colony and in 1859 led a small party to investigate country around the northern lakes and claypans, riding 1800 mi in three months. He maintained that Charles Sturt and Edward John Eyre were overrated as explorers as they seemed "generally to have a knack of getting into the most dismal places and finding barrenness from Dan to Beersheba". He instead urged the colonists to support the efforts of John McDouall Stuart to cross the continent.

MacDonnell was regarded in Australia as both 'powerful and hospitable'. He was an enthusiastic member of local rifle and archery clubs and keenly interested in the volunteer defence movement. He also identified himself with most of the literary, artistic and philanthropic organizations. He saw himself as a leader and innovator, and though genial, at times his bustling energy dismayed Adelaide society. As a patron of South Australian culture he encouraged students who could not travel abroad to continue their post-primary schooling, and with his customary dash personally examined candidates and donated prizes, but his plan collapsed after he left the colony. He left South Australia, 4 March 1862, for a holiday in Ireland before taking up his next post.

Governor of Nova Scotia
On the recommendation of his predecessor, George Phipps, 2nd Marquess of Normanby, MacDonnell was appointed Governor of Nova Scotia from 28 May 1864, until October 1865, taking up residence at Government House (Nova Scotia). His arrival coincided with the Confederation of Canada which he made no secret of being in opposition to, and he refused to become a tool of either the British Colonial Secretary or the Governor General of Canada, telling Prime Minister Sir John A. Macdonald, "You shall not make a mayor of me, I can tell you!" Confederation went ahead, making MacDonnell's tenure in Nova Scotia a short one. He was succeeded by one of Nova Scotia's most distinguished sons, General Sir William Fenwick Williams, 1st Baronet, of Kars.

Governor of Hong Kong
On 19 October 1865, MacDonnell was appointed as the sixth Governor of Hong Kong, a position in which he served until 1872. During his tenure, MacDonnell developed Victoria Peak, which would eventually become the premier residential quarters in Hong Kong, accessible only to rich European merchants. MacDonnell also ordered the construction of a hospital which catered to the needs of the local Chinese population. In addition, he legalised gambling in Hong Kong which led to social problems and was later made illegal once again. In 1871 he was gazetted K.C.M.G.

Finally, MacDonnell's administration was marred by a huge budget deficit, which resulted in the government asking the HSBC for a financial aid package. The administration was also damaged by the actions of the Canton Customs agency, who patrolled the waters off Hong Kong and boarded ships to search for smuggled goods. This was called by Hong Kong's British merchant community a blockade, and affected Hong Kong's economy for the next 20 years.

Marriage and retirement
In 1847, MacDonnell married Blanche Ann, daughter of Francis Skurray of Beckington, Somerset, who lived at Stanhope Place, Hyde Park and Percy Cross Lodge, Fulham, before retiring to 5 Brunswick Square, Brighton. Sir Richard and Lady MacDonnell lived near Hyde Park in London and after his retirement in 1872 they spent much time in Italy and France; Sir Richard died at Hyères, 5 February 1881.

Both are buried in Kensal Green Cemetery, on the southern side. They died without children.

Publications with his involvement

 * The Church of the Future, an address by the Rev. Thomas Binney in 1859
 * Christian Union, as discussed by the Bishop of Adelaide
 * Sir R. C. MacDonnell, &c.,, 1859
 * A lecture on 'Australia,' Dublin, 1864

Places named after him or his wife
Named after Richard MacDonnell: Named after Blanche MacDonnell:
 * The MacDonnell Ranges in the south of the Northern Territory of Australia.
 * Port MacDonnell is the most eastern port in South Australia
 * MacDonnell Creek in the northern Flinders Ranges
 * Lake MacDonnell in the far west of South Australia
 * Sir Richard Peninsula between Murray Mouth and Goolwa in South Australia
 * MacDonnell Road in Mid-Levels on Hong Kong Island, which gives its name to the MacDonnell Road stop of the Hong Kong Peak Tram
 * MacDonnell Street in Yarralumla, Australian Capital Territory
 * MacDonnell Peninsula on the east end of Kangaroo Island
 * Blanchetown on the Murray River in South Australia
 * The inner harbour of Streaky Bay is known as Blancheport
 * Blanchewater Station and waterhole on MacDonnell Creek

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Social Christians

The Social Christians (Cristiano Sociali) are a Christian social-democratic faction within the Democratic Party, a political party in Italy. Before that, they were a party (1993–1998) and a faction of the Democrats of the Left (1998–2007).

The CS are a member of the International League of Religious Socialists (ILRS).

History
The group was founded as a party by trade-union leader Pierre Carniti and economist Ermanno Gorrieri in 1993, in order to represent Christian leftists and socialists within the nascent Alliance of Progressives.

In the 1994 general election the party was included in the Democratic Party of the Left and obtained eight deputies and six senators, while in the 1996 general election five deputies (including Mimmo Lucà and Methodist pastor Domenico Maselli) and four senators won election.

In 1998 the CS fully joined the Democrats of the Left (DS) and were later a faction within that party.

In 2007 the CS were keen supporters of the merger of the DS into the Democratic Party and in first leadership election most of them supported Walter Veltroni. In the 2009 leadership election the faction chose to support Pier Luigi Bersani, while two former leading members, Giorgio Tonini and Stefano Ceccanti, who had been Veltroni's close allies, supported Dario Franceschini.

After the 2001 and 2006 general elections, the faction continued to have at least four deputies and senators, although lately the faction's strength has been reduced.

Leadership

 * Coordinator: Pierre Carniti (1993–1999), Giorgio Tonini (1999–2003), Mimmo Lucà (2003–present)
 * President: Ermanno Gorrieri (1993–1999), Pierre Carniti (1999–2003)

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WYCC

WYCC (channel 20) was a public television station in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was last owned by not-for-profit broadcasting entity Window to the World Communications, Inc., alongside PBS member station WTTW (channel 11) and classical music radio station WFMT (98.7 FM). WYCC's operations were housed with WTTW and WFMT in the Renée Crown Public Media Center, located at 5400 North Saint Louis Avenue (adjacent to the main campus of Northeastern Illinois University) in the city's North Park neighborhood; WYCC and WTTW shared transmitter facilities atop the Willis Tower on South Wacker Drive in the Chicago Loop. WYCC previously maintained studios at Kennedy–King College on South Union Avenue and Halsted Parkway in the Englewood neighborhood.

Channel 20 was started as a secondary channel for educational programming from WTTW in 1965, under the call sign WXXW. It continued in this role until it was shuttered in 1974. After being transferred to a consortium of educational institutions but never returned to air, the City Colleges of Chicago obtained the license in 1982 and brought it back to air in February 1983 as WYCC ("We are Your City Colleges"). It served as a secondary public station in Chicago, where WTTW was the primary PBS station, and focused on instructional programs and output from independent producers. The City Colleges sold the underlying spectrum for $16 million in 2016, and after shelving initial plans to shut down at that time, in October 2017, WYCC dropped its long-running affiliation with PBS to air MHz Worldview; a month later, on November 27, it went off the air completely and was sold to Window to the World, essentially becoming a subchannel of WTTW with a separate license, airing MHz Worldview and then First Nations Experience (FNX).

Window to the World Communications relinquished the license of WYCC, with an effective date of June 1, 2022. With the license defunct, WTTW replaced FNX with the World Channel, now mapping to channel 11.6.

Prior attempts to activate channel 20
On the heels of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)'s recent lifting of its moratorium on new television station applications (the result of the agency's passage of the Sixth Report & Order of 1952) as well as the opening of additional channels on the UHF band, WIND Inc., a joint venture between the Chicago Daily News and the family of Ralph J. Atlass—one-time owners of radio stations WBBM (780 AM) and WIND (560 AM)—petitioned the FCC for a construction permit to build a television station on UHF channel 20, which would be licensed to nearby Gary, Indiana. The group also applied for and received the call letters WIND-TV for their new station, which never signed on under their purview. On November 8, 1956, the Westinghouse Electric Corporation purchased the construction permit and WIND radio for $5.3 million.

UHF stations struggled mightily during the 1950s, with many shutting down outright, due partly to the fact that manufacturers did not include UHF tuners in television sets (an issue that was remedied when the FCC made these tuners a requirement for sets made from 1964 onward through its passage of the All-Channel Receiver Act). By the end of the decade, Westinghouse Broadcasting (which never ran an independent television station) had soured on the idea of launching a station in the Chicago market. After the FCC sent 50 permitholders letters in February 1960 inquiring as to their plans for the station, WIND-TV was among five that were deleted at the owners' request.

WXXW
First conceived in 1953 and debuting in September 1955 as Chicago's first non-commercial educational television station, WTTW began to experience growing pains by the early 1960s. Gradually moving away from its original mission of providing classroom instructional courses as more and more of its broadcast day was filled first with programming from National Educational Television (NET) and those distributed by other member stations, the idea of a second station seemed like the perfect answer to provide additional sources for the displaced educational programming. In October 1962, the FCC, at the request of WTTW's owner, then known as the Chicago Educational Television Association (CETA), changed channel 20's status to reserved noncommercial. The CETA filed for the construction permit on January 18, 1963, receiving it on September 23.

WTTW intended to devote the program schedule of the station—to be given the call letters WXXW—for a variety of instructional programs including such concepts as training for as police officers and firefighters and professional development for doctors and dentists. The new WXXW would also engage in rebroadcasting of the Midwest Program on Airborne Television Instruction school programs at times more convenient to Chicago schools than their initial broadcast from airplanes flying high above Indiana.

The WXXW antenna had been intended to be placed on the Field Building, from which WTTW had broadcast, but a proposed skyscraper to be built by First National Bank of Chicago created possible multipath interference issues for both stations. 1000 Lake Shore Plaza offered free antenna space to both stations; the antenna switch set WXXW back from a planned September 1964 debut. However, the planned expansion of educational television for schools was carried out by retaining some instructional programs on WTTW and purchasing time on the other UHF station in the city, WCIU-TV (channel 26).

On September 20, 1965, WXXW signed on as Chicago's second UHF television station and second non-commercial outlet. However the station, known as "the Classroom of the Air" and financed entirely from school reimbursements for educational programming, was essentially a failure. Plagued by a weak signal and a schedule filled with what former WTTW station manager Edward Morris called "talking heads and a blackboard", WXXW limped along until it quietly went dark in 1974. Throughout its entire existence, WXXW was only able to transmit in black-and-white, making it and commercial independent station WCIU-TV (channel 26) the only television stations in the Chicago market that had not transitioned to color broadcasts in the early 1970s. The monochrome transmissions were just another nail in the station's coffin. When the transmitter broke down in 1974, channel 20 was plunged into silence lasting nearly nine years. The station had held a construction permit to move to the John Hancock Center since 1972.

Becoming WYCC
In 1977, a consortium known as the Chicago Metropolitan Higher Education Council acquired the long-dark WXXW license from WTTW general manager Bill McCarter (again, the license was allegedly purchased for $1, making it the cheapest television license ever in the Chicago area) and changed its call letters to WCME. The consortium, which was led by City Colleges chancellor Oscar Shabat, had earlier examined the purchase of the partially built but unused WCFL-TV (channel 38) because channel 20 would have needed a new Sears Tower antenna installed. In addition to the city colleges, the Metropolitan Higher Education Council also included Chicago State University, Governors State University, Northeastern Illinois University, and University of Illinois at Chicago Circle.

The consortium projected a mid-1979 start date to return channel 20 to the air after obtaining the license; little headway was made, and the consortium offered to transfer the license to the City Colleges in 1981. When it returned to the air as WYCC on February 17, 1983, the station began airing telecourses in such titles as "History of the American People from 1865", "Descriptive Astronomy 1", and "Introduction to Business". It broadcast for 52 hours a week with an annual budget of just $275,000 and 20 staffers; Elynne Chaplik Aleskow, the general manager, was the first woman to hold that post at a Chicago TV station. By 1987, the station had an annual budget of $1 million—$300,000 from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the rest from the City Colleges—and was reputedly the only PBS station to never have aired a pledge drive. It was on the air for 18 hours a day, though its only regular programming produced in-house was a weekly talk show with the City Colleges chancellor plus specials, news updates, and program promotions. The audience for its college courses had increased to 10,000 by 1991 and 15,000 by 1993.

More local programming
In 1992, the City Colleges closed City-Wide College, the extension division under which WYCC was operated, with Harold Washington College absorbing most of its functions, though the studios were located at Daley College. Four years later, the station began to introduce its own local program productions. Irma Blanco, at the time a morning co-host on Chicago radio, hosted the arts program Absolute Artistry. Other programs included the education magazine Educate! and profiles of Chicago personalities on First from Chicago.

In 1999, it was proposed to move WYCC to a rebuilt Kennedy-King College in the city's Englewood neighborhood. This materialized eight years later, when the new facility opened in 2007; it was also part of a high-definition production pilot for PBS. The work also coincided with the station's digital television transition. WYCC began broadcasting in digital on May 1, 2003, and converted completely to digital on April 16, 2009.

WYCC continued to grow its portfolio of local public affairs programming. A televised version of political talk show Beyond the Beltway, which also airs nationally on radio, ran on WYCC until the end. In 2011, Garrard McClendon, formerly seen on CLTV, began hosting Off 63rd with Garrard McClendon, which won a regional Emmy Award. In 2013, WYCC debuted In the Loop, a half-hour weekly public affairs show on Thursday evenings, hosted by Barbara Pinto and Chris Bury (both of whom formerly served as correspondents for ABC News); Robin Robinson and Lauren Cohn (both former anchors at WFLD) joined the program as rotating co-hosts starting in September 2015. In addition, WYCC aired programs produced by the Pritzker Military Library.

Spectrum auction
In 2015, the Chicago Tribune editorial board recommended WYCC sell its license in the forthcoming spectrum auction. After initial refusal, mayor Rahm Emanuel authorized the City Colleges to sell the license.

In April 2017, WYCC sold its spectrum for $15,959,957; at the time, the station indicated that it would enter into a post-auction channel sharing agreement. Not only was the bid much lower than many had expected, but the potential windfall would be further eroded by continuing expenses, as the station's lease for antenna space at the John Hancock Center ran through 2029. On September 13, 2017, WYCC announced in a letter to contributors that it would shut down October 25, 2017; most of the station's staff had been laid off following the conclusion of the auction. However, prior to September 22, 2017, WTTW approached WYCC with a channel-sharing agreement to stay on the air. WYCC then announced in a letter to employees that it would remain on the air through November 24; if a channel-sharing agreement was reached, operation of WYCC's channels would be handled by WTTW, with a tentative plan to use "a combination of WYCC and WTTW brands and programming". The deadline to file a plan with the FCC was November 24, 2017. In 2016, WYCC had an annual budget of $8.2 million, of which the City Colleges provided $5.7 million. The station lost $732,000 in 2016 in its non-operating budget, despite funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, the state of Illinois, and private donors.

Sale to WTTW and closure
On October 25, 2017, a notice was posted on the station's website saying that subchannel 20.1 would broadcast MHz WorldView, though the station announced there would be no changes to the 20.2 or 20.3 subchannels. WorldView, which offered international news and entertainment programming, had been carried on a subchannel of WYCC since 2010; the 20.2 subchannel had been airing FNX since November 1, 2013. WTTW began accepting WYCC members.

On December 7, 2017, Window to the World Communications, owner of WTTW, announced that it was seeking to purchase WYCC from the City Colleges of Chicago, in a move that would put the two stations back under the same corporate umbrella. However, the license assignment application was not submitted to the FCC until late January 2018, which disclosed that Window to the World Communications would acquire the WYCC license for $100,000. As part of the purchase, WYCC entered into a channel sharing agreement with WTTW. The sale was approved by the FCC on March 13, 2018, and was completed on April 20. As a part of MHz WorldView's closure on March 1, 2020, WTTW planned to move World programming to channel 20.1, while its original channel slot (11.3) would have broadcast Create. However, WTTW changed its plan to provide FNX programming instead.

In May 2022, Window to the World Communications filed an application to dissolve the WTTW-WYCC channel sharing agreement on June 1, 2022, announcing that the WYCC license would be surrendered after that date. The license was canceled on June 2, 2022.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Activating the VOIP Speaker on the Loox 720

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was - deleted - SimonP 15:49, Jun 15, 2005 (UTC)

Activating the VOIP Speaker on the Loox 720
Way too detailed. Wikipedia is not a "how to" manual DJ Clayworth 15:38, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Also: How to use the Audio In on the Loox 720 And: Fujitsu Siemens Loox 720 Detailed spec sheet without really saying what it is--part of the same "tech gadget users' group how to info collection"--not really encyclopedic--primary intent seems to be to capture users' guide in electronic form for posterity, which Wikipedia is NOT. Niteowlneils 22:51, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Don't delete... it works for me!!!! 63.239.69.1 16:37, 2005 Jun 1 (according to edit history. Uncle G 03:21, 2005 Jun 2 (UTC))
 * Delete as a how-to. Karol 15:43, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete how-to riddle with POV words like "exciting" and "poor" and ends with advertisement of the links mentioned. Mgm|(talk) 18:59, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as a how-to. Non-encyclopedic. --Idont Havaname 19:30, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete or transwiki to wikibooks.--Fangz 21:09, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * The original author, after having been gently and politely pointed in the direction of wikibooks, had a rant, blanked, things left right and centre, and left, which is a shame, since this could have been the beginnings of a wikibook. A GFDL instruction manual?  Wikibooks says "Bring it to us!".  The original author even had the beginnings of the organization into chapters. Uncle G 03:21, 2005 Jun 2 (UTC)
 * Delete entire 'How-to'/'gadget guide' series. Niteowlneils 22:51, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Is it just the three articles? Uncle G 03:21, 2005 Jun 2 (UTC)
 * The original author is now leaving legal threats (e.g. ) on the user pages of people involved in undoing his blanking action. Might as well delete. Kelly Martin 16:45, Jun 5, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete drini ☎ 19:24, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete WP is not a how-to, right? --Chiacomo 20:49, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, as per reasons above. - Mailer Diablo 22:26, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, however article covering whole Fujitsu Siemens Loox PDA series would be appropriate, since there is for example article which covers HP iPaq handhelds. --Lmach 20:04, 9 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete     16:06, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * This page is now preserved as an archive of the debate and, like some other VfD subpages, is no longer 'live'. Subsequent comments on the issue, the deletion, or the decision-making process should be placed on the relevant 'live' pages. Please do not edit this page.


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Talk:Horsea

Merged, to give a sample of an alternate layout for the people at Pokeprosal. Please leave this intact for awhile so that people can compare and comment. Radiant_* 15:39, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * Time to get this unmerged this so WP:PAC can improve it - this will be done once the page has been moved back to its original location, Horsea (can't be done by hand to to mess-up during move here). --Pidgeot (t) (c) (e) 3 July 2005 11:23 (UTC)

OOPS
while attempting to give the article a better name, i spelt Kingdra WRONG!! is there any way i can fix this, or does a mod have to do it? Supersaiyanplough 07:13, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * This page should be flagged for deletion, then. Not sure how it's done on this wiki, though... 69.109.172.70 01:50, 21 March 2007 (UTC) Coulda sworn I hit the "back to redirect" button.

CAN the Article be more speciffic in details? Mecha man 21:19, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

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User talk:Infrogmation/Archive March April 05

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Pipil - see discussion page
I noticed you visited the Pipil article I've been looking after the last little bit. I'm having a hard time finding a solid source. Your user page implies you might be enough of a Spanish speaker/reader to look at the web link - the source, it seems to me, (my Spanish is weak) of the original information. Would you mind giving it a try? Thanks. WBardwin 01:49, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * My Spanish is slow and rusty from years of seldom using it, but I'll try taking a serious look at that over the weekend. -- Infrogmation 17:17, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Persistance of Memory
I know this is out of the blue, but I just wanted to clear up my removal the image from The Persistence of Memory back on 21 October, 2004. The image was somehow removed due to a glitch when the server sputtered out of on me. I was attempting to create a redirect and a blank page was the fruit of my efforts. Somehow the text got revered (I must have c/p'ed it from another window I still had open) but the image was left out. Thanks for reverting my folly and sorry for the extreme tardiness of my reply. Just wanted to clear it up. IKato 07:26, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the belated explanation. -- Infrogmation 17:23, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Ward Churchill article
Hi, I don't know whether Native-American topics are on your beat (I thought maybe so), and I was just wondering whether you have taken a look at this article lately: Ward Churchill. It is full of weird rants, dubious assertions, outrageous POV, even texts copied verbatim from other locations. In short, a real mess. I tried to clean it up yesterday, but my edits were reverted within an hour or two, as I expected. I could go and debate all this stuff on the Talk page, but I can't do the job alone; there are too many POV warriors there. The article urgently needs a few experienced editors to get things under control. Have you got any ideas how to go about it? FWIW, I was away from WP for about six months and I don't know my way around so well now; it is evolving so rapidly. And, a number of familiar names have moved on. Cheers, -- Viajero 11:01, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Oh boy. It needs work, but I'm a bit daunted at first look. I'll give that some thought. -- Infrogmation 17:23, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * I started a thread on the Talk page. Care to weigh in? -- Viajero 17:47, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I'll take another look, but I havn't been following this closely. BTW, might I persuade you to take a look at the es Pipil text mentioned above? -- Infrogmation 18:02, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * WC article a mess now; who, given an opp to make an informed choice would opt for David Victor Hanson's take over those by the likes of Carol Moore and George Lakey? Just goes to show the entertainment value of a village fool doesn't scale; mass media and them sorts of dangerous generalizers (centralized mechanisms manipulable by nonmassesminded masters which remain all too large when uncut and not massively diversified) mess with our heads, hearts and hands.

The imposter, user, "Keith-Wigdor"
Infrogmation, I need to report to you that the imposter, user, "Keith-Wigdor" has placed a Vote for Deletion of the VfD page and Wikipedia was already given notice back on Feb.20 from the article subject that this user, "Keith-Wigdor" was impersonating him. This user already corrupted the VfD and I need to ask for some kind of investigation. This user's actions is illegal, or am I wrong?24.168.67.238 16:59, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * I don't know off hand if it's illegal, but it seems inappropriate. If you can provide an actual link to where Keith Wigdor says that User:Keith-Wigdor is not him, it would probably be apporpriate to block that later user for impersonation. -- Infrogmation 17:23, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the welcome to Wikipedia. It's appreciated.

Voodude 22:22, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC)

WP:PUI and deletion warnings
Hi,

There's been a lot of confusion on the Talk:Furry page lately because the image, which was used by the Furry article, was deleted by User:Quadell. Looking at the deletion logs, it seems that the image was listed at WP:PUI, under the "30 days or more" category. According to the page, notices should have been placed on the Furry article after 15 days. I notice that your edit on February 9th moved many images from "Less than 15 days" to "Between 15 and 30 days", but I believe you didn't update any of the articles using these images. I've left a post on Quadell's talk page asking about undeleting the image; I just wanted to ask that you be careful in the future. -- Creidieki 06:31, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your note. I left a note on Talk:Furry. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 18:05, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I appreciate your post on Talk:Furry, but I feel that it doesn't address the major issue, which is that we were not given any warning that the image would be deleted. This image was deleted in violation of policy.  If the Furry article had been altered to include a notice that the image was disputed, I would have tried to find source information for the image.  However, I did not have that opportunity, because I did not know the image was disputed.  I feel that it is unfair for you to say that a change which primarily affects the Furry article is reasonable because notice was clearly posted in other locations.  -- Creidieki 19:09, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * You are correct that WP:PUI procedure says the notice should have been put on the page. My edit as to number of days was chronological rather than category related. Someone else had been taking care of replacing images with notices for a while, but this seems to have been neglected. None the less, I'm not sure that Quadell's deletion of the image after the specified time period warrants a major complaint. Note that the image was tagged as unverified for almost a year before going being retagged and listed as PUI for a month. It could just as reasonably have been listed on WP:CP, and, in accordance with the strictest letter of any stated policy, been deleted within 8 days. Unless there has been some change recently, we don't have a mechanism to get back such deleted images, so at this point I don't know what to tell you other than "sorry". As to preventing similar problems in the future, you might wish to put images you upload or find of particular interest on your watchlist so you can be sure to see if they are tagged, and if you see some users uploading images in a manner contrary to our policies try to steer them to an appropriate page explaining things. If you're interested in helping out with procedures, note that there are many things (like replacing 15 day old WP:PUI images with notices) that can be done even without admin access, and volunteers to help with such housecleaning tasks are always appreciated. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 19:42, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Dear Infrogmation, I need your advice, please
Dear Infrogmation, I need your advice, please. I need to know how to start a VfD on an article. Thank you.24.168.67.238 14:56, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Votes for deletion has an explanation of the procedure. -- Infrogmation 16:50, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Dear Infrogmation, Need help on creating disambiguation pages
Dear Infrogmation, Thanks very much for your welcome message.I am a novice at contributing to wikipedia, though I have been reguarly visiting the site.However, I am committed to becoming a regular wikipedian.I noticed that the "Brand Equity" Article needs a disambiguation page to be created. Could you help me out with how to proceed on that. Appreciate your help. Thanks very much. Rajev 15:09, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Hi. Disambiguation covers making disambiguations. Help:Renaming (moving) a page may be of use depending on what specifically you wish to do. As article titles here are case sensitive, I notice we have seperate articles at Brand equity and Brand Equity_(Weekly) (Perhaps the first should have a link to the second?). If you have a specific question not covered by Wikipedia:Disambiguation let me know. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 16:58, 4 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks very much Infrogmation Rajev 12:58, 5 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Archimedes Plutonium
The Grammarbot edit was valid, your revert was mistaken. :-) -- Curps 19:39, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Since it was quoting Mr. Plutonium, I thought it should be left "sic". Cheers, -- Infrogmation 19:42, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

First of all, you can't fault the bot for making this edit, because a human (namely me) would and did make the same edit. That is, even if you consider this edit to be an error, it's not a bot-type error than no human would make.

Second, modern editors routinely correct spelling and certainly punctuation of even authors like Jane Austen (who originally titled her book Love and Freindship) or Shakespeare to conform to modern standards. So I certainly don't agree that we need to religiously preserve every typo in a Usenet posting. If Mike Godwin had made a typo while posting Godwin's law to Usenet, or Linus Torvalds had made a typo while posting his first announcement of Linux, these would need to be preserved for all time? Sorry but that's nonsense. -- Curps 19:55, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

PS, I have heard of [sic] being used to after a poorly or odd-sounding word, but not for punctuation and certainly not for spaces. -- Curps 19:55, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * I would not say that the bot made a mistake. The bot didn't know it was a direct quote. I did, so I reverted it. I've stated my opinion that such a direct quote should be left as written. You've clearly given it some thought and come to a different conclusion. I'd say it's a point of minutia where we have a difference of opinion. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 20:02, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Dear Infrogmation, a message from the artist, Keith Wigdor
Infrogmation, I contacted the artist, Keith Wigdor and I told him about what was going on in here. He told me that he wanted to take a look at what was happening and that he would make a public statement to Wikipedia and everyone as soon as possible. Infrogmation, please go here and read the March 6 guestbook by Keith Wigdor on his site, the statement to Wikipedia, http://artenligne.com/@/KeithWigdor

Classicjupiter2 21:36, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Noted. -- Infrogmation 21:53, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Image:Dropship secondaryhull1.jpg
Hi, you listed these unfree images on WP:PUI, have you tried to contact the copyright holder? If you haven't (and don't intend to), I'll try to email them. — Zeimusu | Talk 12:42, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I had left a note on the talk page, but not emailed the user. If you wish to do so, go ahead, thank you. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 16:12, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Wigdor
Hi there - Brookie here - I can't post a vote on the vfd for this - the server wouldn't register a vote for. Brookie 20:33, 7 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Very interesting. Two questions: Have you had any problems making edits anywhere else on Wikipedia? Have you successfully cast votes on any other VFD discussion? Puzzled, -- Infrogmation 16:21, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Looking at Votes for deletion/Keith Wigdor, your vote shows up fine. Perhaps it was a cache problem on your end, reload the page if you can't see your most recent edit. (I replied on your user talk page as well.) Cheers, -- Infrogmation 16:28, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks - I suspect it was some sort of cache problem - no other problems eleswhere - kind regards Brookie 16:47, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Infrogmation, any idea on when the Wigdor article is going to be deleted from Wikipedia? The artist already gave a public statement requesting the article be deleted. How much longer does the VfD for that article go on? It really should be deleted, the artist's request to Wikipedia, as well as the number of votes, show that the article should be deleted.Classicjupiter2 02:01, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Infrogmation, Major Problem! user,Daniel C.Boyer went and removed the VfD tag from the Portland Surrealist Group article!
Infrogmation, Major Problem! user,Daniel C.Boyer went and removed the VfD tag from the Portland Surrealist Group article! Then some Anon user, 65.174.35.65 goes and leaves this message in the history's edit summary! I only thought that an administrator can remove Vfd tags from articles. Even the VfD tag, states NOT to remove the VfD tag from article. Here take a look at the history from the Portland Surrealist Group article. I ask that you please investigate.Classicjupiter2 17:06, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

(cur) (last) 15:28, 9 Mar 2005 65.174.35.65 (must be reposted on VfD, if someone wants to do that, starting now. Basis has been changed on page.)

 * The removal of the vfd tag was by the unlogged in 65.174.35.65 not logged in User:Daniel C. Boyer, but either way I think just putting the notice back as you did was appropriate and took care of it. (If there is a serious problem with the listing, it needs to be discussed in the listing, not just removing the tag without discussion.)-- Infrogmation

Dear Infrogmation, about the, "Surrealist Movement in the United States" article
Dear Infrogmation, about the, "Surrealist Movement in the United States" article. First, I noticed that the VfD notice tag was removed, then I put it back. Now the article's TITLE has changed from, "Surrealist Movement in the United States" to "Surrealism in the United States". Can you find out what happened? Thank you.24.168.67.238 21:24, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I need to report Anon user 141.219.44.78
Infrogmation,Anon user 141.219.44.78 went and removed the VfD notice from articel, Chicago Surrealist Group. This is the second time this person removed a VfD notice tag from an article.Classicjupiter2 21:33, 10 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Dear Infrogmation
As I have just begun working on articles, edits, etc. in the last couple of weeks, I have a lot to learn. I put in quite a bit of work on the United Fruit Company entry as well as the post-Aristide section of the Haiti entry and have learned a great deal from seeing your edits to my edits. I have a few questions with regard to a new entry I made for the philosopher Jacques Ranciere. It is not coming up when I search for it. I hope that means the wikipedia just has not been updated yet. I uploaded a jpeg to append to it, but could not find it once it was uploaded. Can you take a look? The United Fruit entry looks much improved. I enjoy seeing out shared efforts. Piezo 18:11, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Note that Jaques Ranciere duplicates Jacques Rancière; I think the second is the prefered spelling, and content should be merged into that article and the first title made into a Redirect to the 2nd title. Take some time to look over the Manual of Style and similar links on your user talk page, then feel free to ask if you have additional questions. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 18:27, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Hello
Hi. Suffice 19:47, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Hello to you. -- Infrogmation 19:50, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Victorian fashion
In reply to your message on my talk page -- you suggested that I save the "information" on the page. The problem is that most of the information is wrong. Are you really sure that you want Wikipedia to propagate misinformation? Zora 07:53, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Of course not. But if and when misinformation is already wide spread, discussing it and explaining why it is wrong is appropriate. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 15:25, 16 Mar 2005 (UTC)

New Orleans: featured article candidate
I nominated the New Orleans, Louisiana article for featured article status. Since you're also a New Orleanian, I was hoping you could take a look and fix whatever you might think needs fixing and then comment at its candidate page.--Kevin M Marshall 20:48, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Surrealist sock puppets
Have you noticed a striking similarity between User:Classicjupiter2 and the 24.168 surrealist editor? I mentioned this on User talk:Classicjupiter2 and they deny being the same person. But based on their interest s, writing style, dislike of Daniel C. Boyer, and tendency to come to you for help... it seems really likely to me that Classicjupiter2 is a sock. Seeing as how they are VfD'ing a lot of articles, and some successfully, perhaps something should be done (at least it should be made known to the voters in these VfDs that there is a strong personal vendetta behind the nominations). Would you mind sharing your opinion on the subject? ~leif ☺ HELO 22:13, Mar 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, certainly Classicjupiter2 is the long time unlogged in editor especially active on the Keith Wigdor article and its talk page. I didn't know there was any dispute as to this. They don't seem to actually have denied it as far as I can tell. -- Infrogmation 00:48, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * Infrogmation, you know my IP is 24.168.67.238. Note: see, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Alai#Dear_Alai.2C_your_advice_on_a_technical_issue Classicjupiter2 02:51, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * I already answered this guy user:leif question. He is wrong. I am this IP. The accusations this guy makes about other IP's is wrong. I am one person and I have no vendetta against Daniel. I like Daniel, I disagree with his position on surrealism that exists today, but I agree with his position on surrealism's main aims and principles and Breton too. I even made an addition to the surrealism article, I am not anti-surrealist, nor am I purging all surrealism from Wikipedia. The nominations for VfD stand on the issues as indicated by the votes. I accept the feedback and votes regarding the Chicago Surrealist Group and Surrealist Movement in the USA. The others, well, you see the votes. I am thinking about creating an article on COMBAT AI in ROLE PLAYING, still researching.Classicjupiter2 01:43, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Please take note of the correlation between 24.168.67.238 and other IPs, that I posted at User_talk:Classicjupiter2  ~leif ☺ HELO 20:53, Mar 20, 2005 (UTC)

jiohdi colon_health
I want to apologize for the stir, I never intended to leave the article on this site. I was actually trying to help my mom get my brother to try some alternative therapy and give it an air of legitmacy using this site, I did intend to delete the article after printing, but thanks to all of you, my brother is likely saved from my mothers witch craft (^_^)... the source was some medical book she had so I am not at all certain that the overall reaction was warrented but it is likely some copy right violation. I will not be doing that again...but I am glad for the info it generated and got my mom to be more careful in what she recommends to my brother. as to my other contribution, its been more than a week since they posted a possible copy right violation for emotion:mechanics, which is something I wrote... my back ground is 3 years electronic engineering student, 15 years psychology studies and 10 years as an ordained minister of the christian fake, er..faith.

Hello
It seems that you left a message on my IP as I was not identified user:greatpatton, however I don't understand the purpose of your message. The last edit I made under this IP was the 16/03 and was a normal edit (interwiki with fr:) can you please explain me this message as normally all traffic comming from this IP can only be done by me. the IP =>212.85.152.44 user:greatpatton

 * I don't recall. As I see no remaining edits for that ip# on that date, it looks like that's something in reply to a speedy delete sandbox type test apparently from that ip#. Sorry I don't have more info. -- Infrogmation 03:11, 25 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Thanx for the welcome!
Thank you Infrogmation for your kind welcome! Billions 18:35, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Mardi Gras Indians thumbs
Thanks for adding the gallery to relink the thumbs, the layout looks much better —I have added the front of the "Wildman" costume to it, so it's back with its partner. Have improved the layout further by adding section headings to the text. redcountess 21:17, Mar 27, 2005 (UTC)

VfD on Afrophobia
Hi!

I just wanted to announce that I've overhauled the afrophobia article, and we're brainstorming future additions on its talk page. Some Wikipedians have changed their votes after seeing the revamped article. Binadot 07:49, 29 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Hi Infrogmation, Just wanted to stop by and ask for your input/review of a couple articles that were somewhat related to the afrophobia article. They are negrophobia, colorphobia and pigmentocracy. It seems that my efforts are infected with the VfD virus. You welcomed me when I first registered at Wiki so you seem like a perfect neutral person to share their thoughts. Thanks. --Nazikiwe 01:00, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Pipil
I agree that Teotihuacan was (probably) not Toltec, - although three out of my four sources said otherwise!! I put a weasel word "...at the time of the Toltecs..." which is technically true as they might have sacked the place. Will look for more confirmation, but Toltec info is at best fuzzy. Thanks for looking it over. WBardwin 03:54, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Bad maps
Your help and common sense is needed. User:Kelisi, has been producing some maps and trying to replace the CIA maps for several Caribbean and South American countries. In my opinion these new maps (which have more detail than the CIA maps) are vastly inferior. They use garish colours, terrible decorative fonts, use a horribly large pixel size and are generally ugly and crowded, and look terribly amateurish and like they were produced on a Commodore 64 or something. Here is a list of maps he has produced. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AContributions&target=Kelisi&hideminor=0&namespace=6. Perhaps the worst example is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Brazilmap.gif. Bizarrly these maps seems to have support from a few people who have been trying to push through their inclusion on several pages. Please see talk:Panama and talk:Honduras. Jooler 09:11, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
Thanks for the welcome! I have added a license to my photo, and I will make sure in future to deep-link to appropriate galleries on my website. Please take a look at Orangutan and tell me if this is acceptable, before I go re-doing the other edits. Isewell 17:47, 4 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Image:LoloFerrari.jpg up for deletion
I put it there. Can we please find another picture to put there. I agree with you that the picture does illistrate the main reason why she is in the encyclopedia (her breasts) but it will offend some people. A clothed picture would be just as good. Indeed, I had only seen clothed pics of her and was amazed.
 * Thanks for letting me know, though I didn't upload it. If you have what you think would be a good replacement image in mind go for it. -- Infrogmation 17:37, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * How could I got about finding a replacement ie. how do I know if an image i find is copyrighted or in the pulic domain? And what is the procedure now? Sorry if I shouldn't keep reverting but I don't know what the procedure is.

Thanks
Thanks for the welcome. And thanks for helping to build this place. Pspeck

Thanks for the welcome Infrogmation! Dangerous Angel 10:35, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Copyvio matter
I'm looking for an admin (or other) who is knowledgeable about wikipedia copyright violation issues. The situation is that user:DickClarkMises posted text to Stephan Kinsella and marked the edit (dump of auto-bio from stephankinsella.com). The referenced website has a copyright notice (since amended) which appears to me to be at odds with the GFDL. The subject of the bio has appeared (he says he is not the original editor) and claims that the text, which he wrote, can be used by Wikipedia and he claims that his copyright is GFDL compatible. Furthermore, he has repeatedly removed the {copyvio} tag. Any suggestions for how to proceed? Or another admin to ask? Cheers, -Willmcw 22:29, Apr 8, 2005 (UTC)
 * PS - I later asked user:Duk about this and he replied on my page, user_talk:Willmcw. Cheers, -Willmcw 03:48, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)

Help with WP:CP
Is there a way I, as a non-admin, can help with maintenance at the copyright problems page? Perhaps I can help with investigating them. Thanks, Rad Racer | Talk 01:36, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Featured picture candidates/First Photograph
I just got a high-res version, and the image is public domain. Please support the high-res version. -- brian0918   17:00, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Hubert Julian
Was wondering why you reverted Trinidad to Trinidad and Tobago. Guettarda 15:00, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * I reverted to listing "Trinidad" as his place of birth, as from what I have read that was the island he was born on, before the formation of the nation of Trinidad and Tobago. I thought that was more specific. Cheers, -- Infrogmation 22:30, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * I didn't quite notice the date - I'd have to check what the name was in 1897. Tobago was already joined to Trinidad at that stage, but whether the offician name was "Trinidad and Tobago" or not is something I'm not quite certain of.  I feel that the name was changed at that stage, but I can't say so authoritatively.  A lot of links to Trinidad should be to Trinidad and Tobago - we call it "Trinidad", but that is neither accurate nor very fair to Tobagonians (no wonder they keep talking about secession).  I'll leave it as is for the moment, until I can find something authoritiative.  Guettarda 23:35, 15 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Template:Welcome
Hello,
 * 1- I have a probleme editing Template talk:Welcome : paragraphs #5 to #10 of "contents" do not appear on the talk page, although they appear when I click on the "edit this page" link.
 * 2- I have suggested a change on that template, and I am waiting for feedback on this suggestion. Theo F 11:51, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Giant Steps
Aloha. I just saw the discussion you folks had on Giant Steps (song). The page move was not done correctly, and the original author seems to have been lost from the history. Also, I do not agree with moving the song to the title of the album for a number of reasons, many of which I've discussed on User talk:Mako098765. I understand that you have an issue with the word "song", but that appears to be the appropriate naming convention. As a temporary compromise, I have moved the page in question to Giant Steps (composition), and redirected the original title back to the album, which unfortunately is now named Giant Steps (album), but at least the page histories are now intact. Perhaps we should add a section to the naming convention policy page about Jazz music if you think this issue will come up again. Since you are an admin, I would appreciate it if you could delete the redirect and move the album page back to the original title based on the reasons I've given on Mako's talk page. Please let me know if this is an issue. --Viriditas | Talk 10:04, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

User talk:Infrogmation/Personal info
Hi, Infrogmation. Just so you know, for reasons best known to themselves, an anon has just created this page, seemingly as a message to you. I'll let you deal with it. Smoddy (Rabbit and pork) 14:29, 26 Apr 2005 (UTC)

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A. Weissmann
Probably should be deleted as non-notable, or userfied. Karol 15:46, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * deleted as a copyright violation after listing perion on WP:CP--Duk 16:17, 12 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. Seems to be a vanity page since it is essentially just a posting of Weissmann's resume. --Alabamaboy 15:56, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * strong keep passes professor test with flying colours (needs clenaup though). Dunc|☺ 16:29, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * NB. I think this guy's name is Charles Weissman elected FRS 1983, all very odd. Dunc|☺ 17:11, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * NB2: This is from the IP of a chronic copyvioer special:contributions/143.239.7.1, so it's likely... Dunc|☺ 17:53, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * NB3: Copyvio of, and yes, he's called Charles. Dunc|☺ 17:54, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * In that case delete and leave the space for a real article on the guy. Mgm|(talk) 19:00, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)

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Araby (short story)

"Araby" is a short story by James Joyce published in his 1914 collection Dubliners. The story traces a young boy's infatuation with his friend's sister.

Plot
Through first-person narration, the reader is immersed at the start of the story in the drab life that people live on North Richmond Street, which seems to be illuminated only by the verve and imagination of the children who, despite the growing darkness that comes during the winter months, insist on playing "until [their] bodies glowed". Even though the conditions of this neighbourhood leave much to be desired, the children's play is infused with their almost magical way of perceiving the world, which the narrator dutifully conveys to the reader:

Our shouts echoed in the silent street. The career of our play brought us through the dark muddy lanes behind the houses where we ran the gauntlet of the rough tribes from the cottages, to the back doors of the dark dripping gardens where odours arose from the ashpits, to the dark odorous stables where a coachman smoothed and combed the horse or shook music from the buckled harness.

But though these boys "career" around the neighbourhood in a very childlike way, they are also aware of and interested in the adult world, as represented by their spying on the narrator's uncle as he comes home from work and, more importantly, on Mangan's sister, whose dress "swung as she moved" and whose "soft rope of hair tossed from side to side". These boys are on the brink of sexual awareness and, awed by the mystery of another sex, are hungry for knowledge.

On one rainy evening, the boy secludes himself in a soundless, dark drawing-room and gives his feelings for her full release: "I pressed the palms of my hands together until they trembled, murmuring: O love! O love! many times." This scene is the culmination of the narrator's increasingly romantic idealization of Mangan's sister. By the time he actually speaks to her, he has built up such an unrealistic idea of her that he can barely put sentences together: "When she addressed the first words to me I was so confused that I did not know what to answer. She asked me if I was going to Araby. I forget whether I answered yes or no." But the narrator recovers splendidly: when Mangan's sister dolefully states that she will not be able to go to Araby, he gallantly offers to bring something back for her.

The narrator now cannot wait to go to the Araby bazaar and procure for his beloved some grand gift that will endear him to her. And though his aunt frets, hoping that it is not "some Freemason affair", and though his uncle, perhaps intoxicated, perhaps stingy, arrives so late from work and equivocates so much that he almost keeps the narrator from being able to go, the intrepid yet frustrated narrator heads out of the house, tightly clenching a florin, in spite of the late hour, toward the bazaar.

But the Araby market turns out not to be the fantastic place he had hoped it would be. It is late; most of the stalls are closed. The only sound is "the fall of the coins" as men count their money. Worst of all, however, is the vision of sexuality—of his future—that he receives when he stops at one of the few remaining open stalls. The young woman minding the stall is engaged in a conversation with two young men. Though he is potentially a customer, she only grudgingly and briefly waits on him before returning to her frivolous conversation. His idealized vision of Araby is destroyed, along with his idealized vision of Mangan's sister—and of love: "Gazing up into the darkness I saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger."

Themes
"Araby" touches on a great number of themes:

 * coming of age
 * meeting of imagination with reality
 * the life of the mind versus poverty (both physical and intellectual)
 * the consequences of idealization
 * the Catholic Church's influence to make Dublin a place of asceticism where desire and sensuality are seen as immoral
 * the pain that often comes when one encounters love in reality instead of its elevated form
 * paralysis

These themes build on one another entirely through the thoughts of the young boy, who is portrayed by the first-person narrator, who writes from memory.

"Araby" contains themes and characteristics common to Joyce in general and Dubliners in particular. Like "Eveline", "Araby" involves a character going on a journey that ends in futility. The boy lives with his aunt and uncle, like the boy in "The Sisters". The boy's uncle appears to be a prototype of Simon Dedalus in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Ulysses. William York Tindall, noting the story's religious allusions, and finding in its ending the suggestion of an emptying church, sees the boy's journey to Araby as a futile quest for Ireland's Church. Another critic, expanding on the idea, has argued that Joyce drew upon the Church's iconography to depict Mangan's sister and its liturgy to render the bazaar's closing, and that the story should be read as a parody of the Eucharist akin to "The Sisters".

Romantic elements
In "The Structure of 'Araby'", Jerome Mandel notes the shared plot archetypes between "Araby" and traditional medieval romantic literature, positing that Joyce deliberately "structured with rigorous precision upon a paradigm of medieval romance".

Later influence
Among later writers influenced by "Araby" was John Updike, whose oft-anthologized short story "A&P" is a 1960s American reimagining of Joyce's tale of a young man, lately the wiser for his frustrating infatuation with a beautiful but inaccessible girl. Her allure has excited him into confusing his emergent sexual impulses for those of honor and chivalry, and brought about disillusionment and a loss of innocence.

Media adaptations

 * In 1985, the Austin, Texas-based alternative rock group The Reivers released their Translate Slowly album, whose lead track "Araby" was a literary adaptation of the story.
 * In 1999, a short film adaptation of "Araby" was produced and directed by Dennis Courtney with screenplay by Joseph Bierman.

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Werthman
Non-notable, Wikipedia is not a genealogy site. User:Luigi30 (Υσηρ ταλκ ΛυηγηΛ) 15:49, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * From article: "Our immediate family line starts with Michael Werthman". Delete, vanity and original research. Mgm|(talk) 19:01, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete vanity! And not written in a particularly encyclopedic mannor. UkPaolo 20:00, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete genealogy. --Etacar11 00:31, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * "This is only the beginning...." It is good that we can nip it in the bud, then.  Get thee to Wikitree!  Wikipedia is not a genealogy database. Delete. Uncle G 01:18, 2005 Jun 2 (UTC)

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Leonard Garment

Leonard Garment (May 11, 1924 – July 13, 2013) was an American attorney, public servant, and arts advocate. He served U.S. presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford in the White House in various positions from 1969 to 1976, including Counselor to the President, acting Special Counsel to Nixon for the last two years of his presidency, and U.S. Ambassador to the Third Committee at the United Nations.

Life and career
Garment was born in Brooklyn, New York. He had two brothers, Charles and Martin. In 1949, he graduated from Brooklyn Law School and joined the law firm of Mudge, Stern, Baldwin, and Todd. He became the head of litigation and a partner in the late fifties. Garment met Richard Nixon when the politician joined the firm in 1963. (Later the firm would be called Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Guthrie, Alexander & Mitchell. ) He assisted with Nixon's 1968 presidential campaign. In 1969, Garment became a part of Nixon's White House staff as special consultant to the president. He advised the president and worked on various special projects—particularly in the areas of civil and human rights, Indian affairs, and the arts.

Garment was the author of two books: the autobiography Crazy Rhythm: From Brooklyn and Jazz to Nixon's White House, Watergate, and Beyond,  and In Search of Deep Throat: The Greatest Political Mystery of Our Time. Published in 2000, the latter book supported the theory that Deep Throat was John Sears. Before Deep Throat's identity was revealed in 2005 as being former FBI Acting Associate Director W. Mark Felt, Garment himself was a suspect.

Felt was listed as a possible Deep Throat in the book (as are many others), but was dismissed by Garment because the author believed the secret source had to have strong White House connections. He was mistaken in his selection of Sears, who told Garment explicitly that he was not Deep Throat. To prove his argument, Sears admitted that he was an anonymous source for Carl Bernstein, but Garment still did not believe Sears, a longtime friend, was being truthful about not being Deep Throat.

When President Nixon's records were subpoenaed in connection to the Watergate investigation it was Garment who received the subpoena on behalf of Nixon on July 23rd, 1973 at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

Garment had a long association with the arts, starting with his early career as a jazz saxophonist with Woody Herman's band playing with Alan Greenspan before he entered law school. In the 1970s, he was chairman of the board of the Brooklyn Academy of Music. More recently, he was one of the founders of the National Jazz Museum in Harlem. He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 2005 as an arts advocate and patron.

Tim Russert credited Leonard Garment with getting him into the news business as Garment had a friend at NBC News who was looking to rebuild their news division. Garment and Russert had previously worked together in 1976 during the U.S. Senate election of Daniel Patrick Moynihan.

Garment was a close associate of I. Lewis ("Scooter") Libby, as law partners, at Dechert, Price & Rhoads.

Garment died July 13, 2013, at his Manhattan home, at the age of 89.

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Richmond Park (football ground)

Richmond Park is a football stadium in Dublin, Ireland. Situated in the Dublin suburb of Inchicore, it is the home ground of League of Ireland side St Patrick's Athletic (also known as St Pat's). The area where the ground now stands was formerly used as a recreational area by the British Army, who were stationed at the nearby Richmond Barracks, both named after Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond the barracks having since been demolished.

History
After the creation of the Irish Free State, and therefore the removal of the British Army, the ground lay idle for 3 years before League of Ireland club Brideville began using the ground in 1925. In 1930 Brideville were forced to move to Harolds Cross Greyhound Stadium to accommodate St Patrick's Athletic moving in. St. Pats continue to use and develop the ground until 1951 when they entered the League of Ireland. The league deemed the ground unsuitable and St. Pats were forced to use a variety of grounds in Dublin as they fought to upgrade Richmond Park. In 1960, after serious development, the ground played host to St Pat's first home league game in Inchicore. The ground closed for redevelopment in May 1989, however, due to St Pats hitting financially difficulties they did not return until 5 December 1993.

The ground lies behind a row of terraced housing in a natural valley and is often used for Republic of Ireland underage and women's teams. It staged the League of Ireland Cup final in 1982 and 2003. It has played host to two Leinster Senior Cup finals, as well as many junior and intermediate finals. In 2001, 2002, 2003 and part of 2004 Shamrock Rovers played their home games in Richmond Park as tenants of St. Pats. In 2005, Dublin City played the first 10 games of their season in the ground, under a similar arrangement. Richmond Park is usually used by non-league clubs in surrounding areas when they qualify for the FAI Cup.

It staged its first European game in July 1996 when Slovan Bratislava visited in a 1996-97 UEFA Cup tie.

In 2005, the board of St. Patrick's Athletic F.C. spoke to their fans about a potential move to a new municipal stadium in Tallaght where they would share with Shamrock Rovers. Outraged by this, the club's fans revolted and a pressure group called 'Pats for Richmond' was set up to mobilise and organise opposition to the plan. In July 2006, the St. Pat's board of directors gave a clear indication of staying put by purchasing local pub Richmond House (also known as McDowells) in order to give the club's fans a social base.

In 2006 the club qualified for Europe for the first time since 2002 via the 2006 FAI Cup Final and with the club needing a bigger seating capacity to play in the UEFA Cup, the grass bank behind the Inchicore End goal was dug up and levelled out with concrete and a new temporary stand was built made up of a metal frame and wooden boards. In 2011, at the UEFA Europa League clash between Pats and ÍBV of Iceland, a supporter fell through one of the wooden boards while celebrating a goal. This led to the top half of the stand being closed for the next round against Shakhter Karagandy from Kazakhstan and the stand being closed entirely for the remainder of the 2011 season. Before the start of the 2012 season, any wooden boards that were deemed dangerous were swapped with safe ones from the top half of the stand that remained closed, and the bottom half of the stand was reopened for the Saints 5-1 hammering of Shamrock Rovers and remained open for the rest of the season. There was only two games that were an exception to the stand being open, the Europa League game, once again against ÍBV, when the UEFA delegate deemed the stand unsafe to use for supporters and the next round of the Europa League against Bosnian side Široki Brijeg when once again the UEFA delegate deemed the stand unsafe, but his decision was overruled by the Garda Síochána due to overcrowding in the Main Stand as a result of the tickets being oversold. Midway through the 2013 season, the St.Pat's Supporters Club, the Patron Saints, donated €50,000 to the club for the stand to be dismantled and rebuilt using metal flooring instead of wooden. The first time the new stand was used was a sold-out fixture against Lithuanian side Žalgiris in the UEFA Europa League on 11 July 2013. the stand was officially opened on 27 July 2013 in front of Supporters, Players and Management and given the official name of 'The Patrons' Stand'.

In April 2018, St Patrick's Athletic proposed a plan to leave their Richmond Park home in favour of a move across the road to the St Michael's Estate site where it was speculated that a 12,000 seater stadium and shopping facility, the Richmond Arena, could be built. However, the proposed site was owned by Dublin City Council and the council did not agree to the proposal and progressed its own plans to develop housing on the site instead.

In 2020, Richmond Park played host to the SSE Airtricity League Relegation/Promotion Playoff final between Shelbourne and Longford Town behind closed doors due to Covid-19, Longford ended up winning 1-0 via a Rob Manley Goal.

Facilities
The main stand seats 1,800 people. Behind one goal, at the Inchicore end, space was constructed into a new uncovered stand in time for the 2007 UEFA Cup campaign of St Patrick's Athletic F.C. This stand seats 1,000 and is known as the West (or 'New') Stand. The hardcore St. Pat's supporters have traditionally gathered at the other end, in the 'Shed End', though in more recent times the Shed has housed the away supporters while the more vocal Pat's fans have moved to the main stand. Although known locally as the "Shed End" the official name is the John Minnock stand, as it was financed with money received from his transfer to Charlton Athletic. It was originally a fully covered terrace before half the roof was removed in the early 2000s and the other half in early 2020, leaving it as an uncovered terrace. The Camac terrace, across from the main stand, is used by home fans, and named after the river that runs behind it. The Camac holds the ground's TV gantry.

Other uses
Richmond Park hosted Ireland's first-ever outdoor rock festival on 4 September 1970. Headlined by Mungo Jerry, the lineup also featured one of the earliest performances of the then recently formed Thin Lizzy. A crowd of several thousand had been expected but, in the event, widespread rumours of a Garda drugs bust and poor weather kept the attendance to an estimated 800.

Notable players
List of players that have been included in squads at senior international tournaments to have played at Richmond Park, in order of their first appearance at the ground.

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Neritic zone

The neritic zone (or sublittoral zone) is the relatively shallow part of the ocean above the drop-off of the continental shelf, approximately 200 meters in depth. From the point of view of marine biology it forms a relatively stable and well-illuminated environment for marine life, from plankton up to large fish and corals, while physical oceanography sees it as where the oceanic system interacts with the coast.

Definition (marine biology), context, extra terminology
In marine biology, the neritic zone, also called coastal waters, the coastal ocean or the sublittoral zone, refers to that zone of the ocean where sunlight reaches the ocean floor, that is, where the water is never so deep as to take it out of the photic zone.

It extends from the low tide mark to the edge of the continental shelf, with a relatively shallow depth extending to about 200 meters (660 feet). Above the neritic zone lie the intertidal (or eulittoral) and supralittoral zones; below it the continental slope begins, descending from the continental shelf to the abyssal plain and the pelagic zone.

Within the neritic, marine biologists also identify the following:
 * The infralittoral zone is the algal-dominated zone down to around five metres below the low water mark.
 * The circalittoral zone is the region beyond the infralittoral, which is dominated by sessile animals such as oysters.
 * The subtidal zone is the region of the neritic zone which is below the intertidal zone, therefore never exposed to the atmosphere.

Physical characteristics
The neritic zone is covered with generally well-oxygenated water, receives plenty of sunlight, is relatively stable temperature, has low water pressure and stable salinity levels, making it highly suitable for photosynthetic life. There are several different areas or zones in the ocean. The area along the bottom of any body of water from the shore to the deepest abyss is called the benthic zone. It is where decomposed organic debris (also known as ocean 'snow') has settled to form a sediment layer. All photosynthetic life needs light to grow and how far out into the ocean light can still penetrate through the water column to the floor or benthic zone is what defines the neritic zone. That photic zone, or area where light can penetrate through the water column, is usually above ~100 meters (~328 feet). Some coastal areas have a long area of shallow water that extends far out beyond the landmass into the water and others, for example islands that have formed from ancient volcanos where the 'shelf' or edge of the land mass is very steep, have a very short neritic zone.

Life forms
The above characteristics make the neritic zone the location of the majority of sea life. The result is high primary production by photosynthetic life such as phytoplankton and floating sargassum; zooplankton, free-floating creatures ranging from microscopic foraminiferans to small fish and shrimp, feed on the phytoplankton (and one another); both trophic levels in turn form the base of the food chain (or, more properly, web) that supports most of the world's great wild fisheries. Corals are also mostly found in the neritic zone, where they are more common than in the intertidal zone as they have less change to deal with.

Definition (physical oceanography)
In physical oceanography, the sublittoral zone refers to coastal regions with significant tidal flows and energy dissipation, including non-linear flows, internal waves, river outflows and ocean fronts. As in marine biology, this zone typically extends to the edge of the continental shelf.

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