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Talk:Online puzzle

July Deletion and Redirect
I'm undoing this redirect for two reasons: I can't find any reason for the blanket removal of the page in these discussion posts; and secondly, the redirect was to "Puzzle" which has information of rubik's cubes etc... I want information about the phenomenon of online puzzles such as not pron, not a history of the rubik's cube! If you want to delete the article, at least make the information available 'somewhere'. In any case, I don't think this article should be completely removed. 58.110.28.154 17:05, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

 * If you can help put together an article on online puzzle games, using reliable sources for references per our WP:Verifiability policy, then this stands a chance as a seperate article. At the moment, there just isn't enough verified information to warrant it. If you still hold your opinion and want to revert back again, that's fine, I (personally) won't redirect it again. Marasmusine 17:14, 9 September 2007 (UTC)

Neutrality?
There is a link on the bottom that liks to an online puzzle. If Wikipedia isn't for advertisin, shouldn't be removed? Or if it's for an example, shouldn't we use Not Pron since just about everyone knows about not pron? User:Jacroe | User_talk:Jacroe | GO M*A*S*H 02:45, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

If neutrality is an issue and all other online riddles now redirect here, why has the Tim Tang Test been so heavily advertised on this page? Surely this is a page about Online riddles/puzzles and how to solve them and not a place to plug one particular riddle! This is just going back to the way it was before, with every online riddle expecting their own paragraph and description. 82.32.72.31 02:14, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

 * I've already had to remove the Tim Tang Test stuff once before; I have done so again and will leave a friendly note for that editor. Edit: Except it appears to be on a dynamic IP address. Marasmusine 09:26, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

Delete
How come this list got deleted without even having a discussion about it? in my opinion this is not advertising, since all these riddles are free to use. so what's the point in deleting this nice list?

 * I was about to ask the same question. If there was a discussion about it, point me to it, but otherwise I'm returning the list to what it previously was. -- flatluigi (talk/contrib) 18:10, 30 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Or at least I would if I could. It's a bit out of my depth at the moment to do it. -- flatluigi (talk/contrib) 18:14, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

 * I think that the riddle list at least ought to be somewhere. Deleting it entirely doesn't seem to make sense. It's simply a list of examples, and the page seems to be mostly worthless without it.
 * How about moving the list to List of online puzzles?
 * Excellent idea. Who wants to be bold?

 * To be honest I'm a bit put out, the only discussions that were had were about whether this was an article about online riddles and how the examples should be presented. So I added the section at the start describing online puzzles in general, and then spent hours editting what was already there into a nice table, just for it to be deleted without a word. Not impressed. (Hatfielder 20:35, 2 May 2006 (UTC))

 * and even worse, the one who did it (user happy dog as far as i can remember) removed his statement from the discussion. that is not nice and i suggest to put this list back on!

 * As I'm a creator of one of the "advertised" riddles I guess I'm not authorized to complain but I agree that this site without a list of riddles is kind of useless. I think I know what will happen now - for every riddle a new article is created and as far as I remember this articel was (last but not least) created to avoid this. .(Soulmanager 12:23, 5 May 2006 (CET))
 * I've returned the table to the page. No time at the moment to set up the list of online puzzles, but if it's not done later when I have the time, I'll do it. -- flatluigi (talk/contrib) 12:06, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

Hi - I'm the person who deleted the list of puzzles. Perhaps I should have discussed it first, but I was 'being bold' as the saying goes. As it has caused such a stir, I guess I'd better explain my reasoning! :)

In short, there is no encyclpedic merit that I can see for this list to be included in the article. As Kntrabssi points out below, this article should contain general information about puzzle sites (what they have in common, what the main differences are, etc.). Including a list of sites serves no other purpose than advertising - it is too long and random a list to be a useful reference.

My recommendation is to create new articles for any puzzle sites that are notable enough to warrant it, and to put them all into a category, e.g. Category:Online puzzle sites. We can then link to the category in the 'see also' section for people who are interested in more information. We already have some external links to lists of puzzle sites, which should give more exhaustive lists for people who want that. If a site is not noteworthy enough for it's own article, then it is not noteworthy enough for inclusion on this page either.

In direct response to some of the above points:
 * (flatluigi): "in my opinion this is not advertising, since all these riddles are free to use"
 * Advertising something free is still advertising.

 * (Hatfielder): ''"[I] spent hours editting what was already there into a nice table, just for it to be deleted without a word"
 * I'm sorry about that - I know annoying it is to have your hard work removed (I have experienced this myself), but unfortunately spending time on something is not a valid argument for it's inclusion in Wikipedia.

 * (217.162.162.136): "and even worse, the one who did it (user happy dog as far as i can remember) removed his statement from the discussion."
 * I am not sure what you are referring to here... I have not (as far as I'm aware) removed any of my comments.  Please be more specific.

 * (Soulmanager): "for every riddle a new article is created and as far as I remember this articel was (last but not least) created to avoid this"
 * The notability requirement should apply equally to riddle-sites as to any other website. Any non-notable website that has an article created about it will be an immediate candidate for speedy deletion, so why should we give these non-notable sites a home here?

--HappyDog 18:55, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

 * Just a quick notice, that statement about advertising is not mine. I feel the same way that you do, that there should be a category or a list, but just deleting the table was, if there is such a thing, too bold. I'll move the table to List of Online Puzzles, and, once pages are set up for notable puzzles, that can be removed in favor for . -- flatluigi (talk/contrib) 20:47, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

 * (Hatfielder): ''"[I] spent hours editting what was already there into a nice table, just for it to be deleted without a word"
 * I'm sorry about that - I know annoying it is to have your hard work removed (I have experienced this myself), but unfortunately spending time on something is not a valid argument for it's inclusion in Wikipedia.

Sorry, please don't misunderstand me I didn't object to my efforts being removed, I just expected that there would have been some warning and discussion in advance. Especially as what I did seem to fit with the suggestions which had been made in discussions. (Hatfielder 15:33, 24 May 2006 (UTC))

Re-Write
This seems to be more of a list of riddles, as opposed to an article ABOUT online riddles. I'm proposing at least a partial re-write of this article. Perhaps we could seperate these links into a list and link that to an article which is actually about the riddles, the history of the riddles, some common elements in these riddles, etc. Kntrabssi 02:23, 13 February 2006 (UTC)

I've added a section at the top that discusses the various formats and techniques of online puzzles. Feel free to remove it or edit whatever you like - it's not easy to write a summary as many of thes sites are quite different to each other. Sites such as Puzzledonkey, Puzzletome, Hadtoplayon, ThePuzzlefiles, Qwyzzle and theriddlecontest are quite divorced from the notpron style sites. I've now reorganised the huge list of sites into a table, stripping away most of the information that is a standard feature of all online puzzle sites while trying to retain most of the information on the page.(Hatfielder 15:36, 9 April 2006 (UTC))

Closed deletion listing
This article was listed for deletion on 18 May, 2005. The discussion was closed with the result of no consensus. This article will not be deleted. You can view the discussion, which is no longer live: Votes_for_deletion/Not pron. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 20:52, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Being bold and moving to Online puzzles for merge
I'm being bold and moving this from Not pron to Online puzzles. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 20:57, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * IMHO, Notpron is (or soon will be) important enough to have its own article. -- Obradović Goran ( t al k  17:11, 18 October 2005 (UTC)

Merging from Frvade
Frvade's article would fit better here IMHO, being a small article and so strongly related to the puzzles covered here, specially Notpron. CharlesDexterWard 17:13, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

I've not seen this particular site, but from a brief look it appears similar to other online puzzles. Definately should be merged.

Since this is more or less a straightforward decision, I will be bold as well and merge these now. CharlesDexterWard 23:33, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

How to organize these riddles?
It occurs that there's no ryhme or reason to the organization of the riddles under "Other Riddles." Should we organize them alphabetically, by date created, or some other means? I'm refraining from making any sweeping edits until I get a sense of what others would like to see.Energythief 16:03, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

Probably the better way to make it would be to organize them alphabetically. It will make it easier for someone looking for a specifical puzzle to find it quicker. Also, IMHO the information provided in some of the subsections is not NPOV, and should be "normalized" somehow, e.g. <>; <>; <>; and many more. Seems like if someone was trying to get visitors more than offer objective information. Charles Dexter Ward 16:33, 27 January 2006 (UTC)

 * What do those abbreviations mean? I can't understand what your saying.--24.190.140.116 20:01, 7 February 2006 (UTC)

 * <> is an abbreviation of one of the puzzles in the article. "NPOV" means "Neutral point of View", one of the key tenets of Wikipedia articles. This whole article, on the other hand, is quickly becoming an advertisement, and I think I'll make the edits suggested by CDW (above) as soon as I have time. I think a simple listing of information in a list should do it... riddle name, link, current number of levels, etc.Energythief 02:24, 9 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Ok, I've alphabetized the list. Next, I'll run through them and try to eliminate NPOV. Energythief 05:08, 16 February 2006 (UTC)

Can I ask why whoever edited this article on [Revision as of 02:34, 30 March 2006] randomly decided to remove the information about 4 different sites? I can see no difference between these sites and many others listed on this page, and wondered why those particular ones were removed.

Clarification on "The First" Online Puzzle
I believe the website given the title of "the first" online puzzle/riddle game needs to be double-checked. The earliest such site I remember was The Stone (www.thestone.com), circa 2000. That would make it earlier than Cybertrek, which the article claims to be the first.

 * This has obviously been edited since your post, but nonetheless the two sites currently listed in the 'origins' section both seem to have dates that are _later_ than some of the others in this list. I have removed this section and merged the sites into the list.  For this article an origins section will need to have it's sources clearly cited as there will be many competing claims, which without verification these are pointless to include. --HappyDog 17:15, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Notpron?
What is the meaning and origin of the term "Notpron"? --Lambiam Talk 16:31, 22 May 2006 (UTC)
 * Notpron is the corruption of "not porn," which is in itself referencing the online puzzle "this is not porn." -- flatluigi (talk/contrib) 00:52, 23 May 2006 (UTC)
 * And why is notpron listed as the only one of these riddles? All others have been deleted exept notpron? whats the sense in that? either there is no riddle or I want my riddle back in here as well.

Wikipedia is not advertising. While the inclusion of notpr0n may or may not be appropriate, there is little doubt that it is the most well-known and one of the most foundational riddles in this genre. Energythief 02:29, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

so what? what was all the discussion about the riddles to be mentioned about then? whether well-known or not, fact is that the result of the discussion was, not to mention the riddles, but to describe what it is. i don't see the point of notpron being mentioned.

Hypocrisy
Yes, hypocrisy. Though not in possession of a vested interest, as it were, it is easy to understand why those who do maintain an interest feel that they are not getting a fair shake.

It is utterly nonsensical to propose that 'Wikipedia is not advertising', and, based on this highly inaccurate tenet, a list of the various free gratis online riddles may not be published in one of its articles. In the face of that alleged impartiality, Wikipedia is cleverly advertised in the very article that poses the impetus for the argument, as if to imply that it is beyond reproach, an immense phenomenological entity that may be implied as such in one of its own articles without debate. Alongside Google, no less. Even Encyclopedia Britannica never stooped to self-reference.

Interestingly, Google is not linked, but Notpron is linked twice, once in the article and once in the link to "a large list of online riddles", which just happens to take the user directly to the Notpron message board. Perhaps this is the fear of competition manifesting itself, or perhaps there is some Wiki-logic regarding household words and stock prices. There is also the highly suspect terminology characterizing Notpron as the most popular of the online puzzles. This reeks of either blatantly inept research, as if the author simply Googled the names of a few riddles to see which one produced the most results (Google's algorhythms function in a network of cells, making this method extremely inaccurate), or flagrant favoritism relying on the user's ignorance to remain undetected (sorry, but the word Notpron is no more recognizable to the average surfer than the word Pron). In any case, there is no manner in which it can be reasoned that one riddle can be linked while the others cannot, particularly if the argument is to simply report on the concept of online puzzles in an abstract sense. But therein lies the real problem.

Beyond the generous serving of erroneous entries, there is ultimately no objection to Wikipedia's devotion of entire pages to a myriad of popular culture media minutia, such as a television commercial, a painting, or song lyrics. Whether or not Wikipedia opts to implicitly recognize the fact, online puzzles are a pop culture phenomenom no less deserving of in-depth study than, say, the 11 minute clip known as "MySpace: The Movie", a list of quotes from "The Simpsons", or the summary and a YouTube.com link to Paris Hilton's "Stars Are Blind" music video. All of the aforementioned, believe it or not, can be found on their own Wiki-pages, discussed in meticulous detail.

Those who maintain some semblance of control over the content of these pages need to realize the hard truth: despite its best intentions, the byproduct of Wikipedia is de facto free advertising, albeit inadvertent. There's nothing wrong with that, but there is something wrong with denying it to the detriment of others. It is an intrinsic trait of the internet and, more concisely, internet documentation, that anything requiring scrutiny of veracity and/or validation is linked to its source material. Essentially, the link, or even the reference to the link, is an advertisement in and of itself, let alone all of the brand merchandising taking place in the articles. And people wonder why information gathered from Wikipedia comes with a complimentary grain of salt.

There is no credible argument that can be put forth which will justify suddenly singling out a particular entity and nobly proclaiming "we have to draw the line here, folks". Wikipedia has no rational, moral, intellectual, or political leg to stand on regarding this matter. If it is acceptable to link people to a list of over 70 paraphilia that includes over 250 links to urls such as autoerotic-asphyxiation.com, altpenis.com, fetishexchange.org, rotten.com, queenoffarts.com, sexymisslizz.com, wetset.net, nambla.org, et al, then it is acceptable to link people to a list of free riddles.

StewartDaniels 04:59, 31 October 2006 (UTC)Stewart Daniels

 * Stewart, I assume you're referring to my comment when you mention "Wikipedia is not advertising" in your initial paragraph. The reason I said that was the comment of the poster above me: "either there is no riddle or I want my riddle back in here as well". This kind of sentiment completely violates NPOV. I have no issue with having the list of riddles - in fact, I have a riddle of my own, and enjoyed seeing it linked here when we had the list in the past - but I have a problem with someone purposefully (and anonymously, mind you) adding content to a page expressly for self-promotion. If the poster's riddle is worthy of inclusion, let it be included, along with every other one we can find. What I was arguing is that consensus should determine what's here and what's not. As a somewhat biased participant, I am refraining from adding or removing riddles. Let others with no vested interest take that bold move. (And thanks for the list of bizzare links!)Energythief 07:30, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Yes, I was referring to your comment, but only because I see the general sentiment being tacitly implied all over Wikipedia in defense of its content. Anyone can take a cursory perusal of Wikipedia's content and discern this specific hypocrisy repeatedly manifesting itself.  As for online puzzles in particular, I have now contributed a discussion in the Notpron article which directly relates to this argument, as I find it even more hypocritical that the Notpron article even exists while the issues in this article are being discussed.  Here is the link: Notpron discussion-You've got to be kiddingStewartDaniels 12:58, 1 November 2006 (UTC)StewartDaniels

Looks like StewartDaniels was right, there's no way to keep people from advertising their riddles on this page. I think the solution is that a list of riddles should possibly be allowed somewhere though I'm not sure where, but that this page shouldn't mention any of them by name.

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Talk:Gold (Pokémon)

Wikipedia you stole this picture from: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v233/wataruisreallyhot/Gold_Pose-6.jpg

It was NOT scanned by you!

 * How would you know who scanned it or not? Everyone has access to the same manga. Ketsuban (is 1337) 22:25, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

I fixed the link to Crystal under the "Interesting Facts" section. It linked to the wrong type of crystal(the actuall crystal):) --Apocalypse FP 03:46, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

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Muscovado

Muscovado is a type of partially refined to unrefined sugar with a strong molasses content and flavour, and dark brown in colour. It is technically considered either a non-centrifugal cane sugar or a centrifuged, partially refined sugar according to the process used by the manufacturer. Muscovado contains higher levels of various minerals than processed white sugar, and is considered by some to be healthier. Its main uses are in food and confectionery, and the manufacturing of rum and other forms of alcohol. The largest producer and consumer of muscovado is India.

Terminology
The English name "muscovado" is derived from a corruption of Portuguese açúcar mascavado (unrefined sugar). The Indian English names for this type of sugar are khandsari and khand (sometimes spelled khaand).

There is no legal definition of muscovado, and no international standards for it such as Codex Alimentarius or Protected Designation of Origin. This has led to manufacturers calling various sugar products "muscovado", and has led to confusion between muscovado, brown sugar, and even jaggery.

History
The earliest known production of crystalline sugar began in northern India, after the introduction of sugarcane by Austronesian traders from Maritime Southeast Asia at around 1000 BCE. However, the exact date of the first cane sugar production is unclear. The earliest evidence of sugar production comes from ancient Sanskrit and Pali texts. Around the 8th century, Muslim and Arab traders introduced sugar from medieval India to the other parts of the Abbasid Caliphate in the Mediterranean, Mesopotamia, Egypt, North Africa, and Andalusia. By the 10th century, sources state that every village in Mesopotamia grew sugarcane.

The early modern era, which saw the European colonization of the Americas and Asia, also led to a rapid increase in sugar production. Sugar plantations were established in numerous places colonized by European nations, such as islands in the Indian Ocean, the West Indies and South and North America. Labor for these plantations were typically provided by indentured servants, slaves or kidnapped Pacific Islanders, which saw the rise of the transatlantic and Indian Ocean slave trades to supply enslaved laborers to cash crop plantations (including those producing sugar). Sugarcane was typically refined into raw sugar or distilled into rum on colonial plantations or sent elsewhere to be processed.

Raw sugar was brought to port in a variety of purities that could be sold either as raw sugar directly to market for producing alcohol, or as muscovado exported to sugar refineries in Europe and the Americas. In 19th-century Europe, raw sugars that had been refined enough to lose most of their molasses content were labeled as raw sugar and deemed higher quality, while poor quality sugars with a high molasses content were referred to as muscovado, though the term brown sugar was sometimes used interchangeably.

Production methods
Muscovado is made from the juice of sugar cane that is evaporated until crystallisation occurs. The viscous suspension of crystals and mother liquor (molasses) is called massecuite. In the 19th century several techniques were used for sugar production. Muscovado is today produced by three main methods:
 * The manual production method is to crystallise (granulate) massecuite by cooling it in pans and continuously shearing it by stirring with a large spatula (typically used in India) or by pressing it with the feet (typically used in Africa).
 * The industrial centrifuge method invented in late 18th to early 19th century, in which massecuite is crystallised using a centrifuge to separate a crystal-rich mush that is drained of its molasses in a vessel under gravity.
 * Modern industrial methods using a spray drier.

Massecuite is also used in the production of jaggery, in which it is set into moulds directly (without shearing, centrifuging, or spray drying).

Producer nations
Total global production is 10 million to 11 million tons annually by 20 nations. The largest producer is India (58%), followed by Colombia (14%), Myanmar (9%), Pakistan (6%), Brazil (4%), Bangladesh (3%), and China (3%).

In India, most khand (muscovado) is produced by 150 small to medium scale private manufacturers overseen by the Khadi and Village Industries Commission. These producers use traditional chemical-free organic manual shearing methods, each operating between 100 and 120 days per year, with a typical capacity of between 200 and 350 tons of sugarcane per day. The largest producing states in India are Maharashtra (58%), Bihar (6%), Karnataka (5%), Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh (6%).

In Mauritius, muscovado is produced by centrifuging massecuite, from which the molasses is left to drain naturally.

In the Philippines, muscovado may be generated by any of the three methods. In the past, muscovado was one of the islands’ prominent export commodities, especially from the Negros island region in the Western Visayas, from the 19th century until the late 1970s.

The production of muscovado in the Philippines, Barbados, and elsewhere had experienced a long period of decline when large mills took over sugar production from small farmers with small mills. In recent years an increased consumer interest in healthy and organic foods has revived interest in muscovado, creating a new market for small mills.

Nutrition
When produced under regulated conditions muscovado is nutritionally richer than sugars, and retains more of the natural minerals in sugar cane juice, as shown in the following nutritional analysis (per 100g):
 * Total mineral salts 740mg max.
 * Phosphorus (P) 3.9mg max.
 * Calcium (Ca) 85mg max.
 * Magnesium (Mg) 23mg max.
 * Potassium (K) 100mg max.
 * Iron (Fe) 1.3mg max.
 * Calories 383 kCal

Food and confectionery
Muscovado is used as an ingredient in food and confectionery, and as a sweetener in hot beverages. It is very dark brown and is slightly coarser and stickier than most brown sugars. Muscovado takes its flavor and color from its source, sugarcane juice. It offers good resistance to high temperatures and has a reasonably long shelf life.

Muscovado sugar can be substituted for brown sugar in most recipes by slightly reducing the liquid content of the recipe.

The use of khand in India in making sweets has been traced to at least 500 BC, when both raw and refined sugar were used.

Along with gur, khandsari unrefined sugar is India's traditional sweetener, commonly used in traditional recipes for masala chai (spiced Indian tea), eating with roti by mixing with melted ghee, traditional Indian sweets that require sugar such as kheer (Indian rice pudding), gur or khandr chawal (sweetened rice) or laddu.

Muscovado is often used to sweeten coffee.

Alcohol
A significant proportion of India's production of Khandsari (muscovado) is used for the illicit production of desi daru, a distilled alcoholic drink.

Ayurveda medicine
Khandsari (muscovado) is used in traditional Ayurveda medicine to aid blood purification, digestion, bone health and the lungs.

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1935 in Norwegian football

Results from Norwegian football in 1935.

Class A of local association leagues
Class A of local association leagues (kretsserier) is the predecessor of a national league competition.

 * 1In the following season, Røyken og Hurum local association merged with Drammen og omegn to form Drammen og omegn.

National team
May 31: Norway – Hungary 2–0, friendly

June 23: Denmark – Norway 1–0, friendly

June 27: Norway – Germany 1-1, friendly

September 8: Finland – Norway 1–5, friendly

September 22: Norway – Sweden 0–2, friendly

November 3: Switzerland – Norway 2–0, friendly

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User talk:-=GrayFox=-

Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism. If you would like to experiment, use the sandbox. Thank you. --W(t) 20:53, 2005 Jun 13 (UTC)

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Mayo Smith

Edward Mayo "Catfish" Smith (January 17, 1915 – November 24, 1977) was an American professional baseball player, manager, and scout who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the 1945 Philadelphia Athletics. Smith had a 39-year baseball career from 1933 to 1971. He is also the namesake of the "Mayo Smith Society", the Detroit Tigers international fan club that awards the "King Tiger Award," each year.

Smith served as the manager of the Philadelphia Phillies (1955–1958), Cincinnati Reds (1959), and Detroit Tigers (1967–1970), compiling a managerial record of 662–612 (.510). He received The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award in 1968 after the Tigers won the American League (AL) pennant by 12 games with a record of 103–59 (.630) and defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1968 World Series. ESPN has ranked Smith's decision to move Mickey Stanley to shortstop for the 1968 World Series as the third "gutsiest call" in sports history.

Smith also played professional baseball for 18 seasons from 1933 to 1950, including one season in MLB, with the 1945 Philadelphia Athletics. He spent his most productive years in the International League playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs (1937–1939) and Buffalo Bisons (1940–1944) and in the Pacific Coast League with the Portland Beavers (1946–1948). Smith also spent 13 years in the New York Yankees organization as a minor league manager from 1949 to 1954 and as a "super scout" and "trouble shooter" from 1959 to 1966.

Early years
Smith was born on January 17, 1915, at New London, Missouri, a small town located 10 mi south of Hannibal and 100 mi northwest of St. Louis. He was the only child of George Frederick Smith and Eval Smith. His middle name, "Mayo", was reportedly bestowed by his grandmother, who had been a patient at the Mayo Clinic and "liked the name." In 1920, the family lived in Saverton Township, Ralls County, Missouri, where George Frederick was a farmer.

In 1926, at age 11, Smith moved with his family to Lake Worth in Palm Beach County, Florida. In Florida, Smith's father was employed as a butcher or "meat cutter" in a meat market, and his mother was employed as a sales lady in a "dry goods" store.

Smith attended Lake Worth High School where he was the captain of the football and basketball teams and the class president in his sophomore and senior years. He graduated from high school in 1932 and was selected as the "outstanding boy student" in Palm Beach County.

Because Smith's high school did not have a baseball team, he played as a third baseman for a semi-pro Elks team in the Palm Beach County League. According to another source, Smith was a member of the Carl Vogel Post 47, Junior Legion All-Stars in 1929. In any event, Smith was forced to stop playing semi-pro baseball after school officials threatened to expel him if he continued.

Smith was also an outstanding golfer and billiards player, playing professional billiards at age 16. He played in several exhibitions against Ralph Greenleaf and William Hoppe, the billiards champions of the 1920s and 1930s. During his youth, he reportedly picked up extra cash as a pool hustler. While playing professional baseball in Buffalo in the 1940s, a local radio broadcaster challenged Smith to a game of billiards. On his first turn, Smith "broke up the rack and ran 28 points."

Toronto Maple Leafs
In 1933, at age 18, Smith signed with the Double-A Toronto Maple Leafs of the International League. He was discovered by Toronto manager Dan Howley, who spent his winters in Palm Beach. Howley assigned Sam Rice, a veteran outfielder and future Baseball Hall of Fame inductee, to train Smith as an outfielder. Smith recalled, "After that, I was more an outfielder than third baseman." Smith managed only three hits in 29 at bats for Toronto during the 1933 season.

In 1934, Smith was assigned to the Class B Wilmington Pirates of the Piedmont League. He played the entire 1934 season for Wilmington, though he was called up by the Maple Leafs in September 1934.

In 1935, Smith appeared briefly with the Maple Leafs, having two hits in 11 at bats. He spent most of the 1935 season with Wilmington. He compiled a .315 batting average with 102 total bases in 254 at bats at Wilmington, but his 1935 season was cut short by illness.

In February 1936, Smith reported to the Maple Leafs' training camp in Haines City, Florida, making his fourth attempt to win a full-time berth with the team. He did not make the roster and was sent back to the Piedmont League for the 1936 season. The Wilmington Pirates had moved to Durham, North Carolina, and Smith thus spent the 1936 season with the Durham Bulls, batting .217 in 66 games.

In the spring of 1937, at age 22, Smith finally earned a full-time spot on the Maple Leafs' roster. He became one of the team's starting outfielders and performed well until injuring his leg. At the end of the 1937 season, The Sporting News praised his performance: "The outfield, one of the best in the league last season, needs little improvement. Mayo Smith came along in great style and should be ready for a fine season in 1938. He was hitting the ball and making great defensive plays when, unfortunately, a leg injury took him out of the line-up for several weeks."

He continued as a starting outfielder for the Maple Leafs in 1938 and 1939. In 1939, he played on a Maple Leafs team that included future Baseball Hall of Fame inductees Heinie Manush and Tony Lazzeri. Smith compiled a .286 batting average in 1939, 45 points higher than Manush and 59 points higher than Lazzeri. During the 1939 season, Smith also had 196 total bases in 148 games and a career-high 385 putouts and 13 assists. In July 1939, The Sporting News described Smith as "the most improved player of the season" and reported that his "defensive work is nothing short of sensational."

Buffalo Bisons
In December 1939, Smith was traded by the Maple Leafs to the Buffalo Bisons, the Detroit Tigers farm team in the International League, in exchange for outfielder Johnnie Tyler. Buffalo manager Steve O'Neill later called the trade "the best deal I made in my three years in Buffalo and one of the best of my career." Smith played five seasons, principally as a center fielder, with the Bisons from 1940 to 1944. In 1998, 54 years after he concluded his playing career with the Bisons, Smith was posthumously inducted into the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame.

Promptly upon joining the Bisons, Smith impressed observers with his defensive play. In April 1940, during a Florida exhibition game against the Detroit Tigers, Smith made a catch that Buffalo sports writer Cy Kritzer later called the greatest catch he had ever seen, including "The Catch" made by Willie Mays in 1954. With the bases loaded in the ninth inning, Hank Greenberg hit the ball better than 475 feet into dead center. According to Kritzer, "Smith turned his back to home plate and dashed straight for the fence. No one gave him a chance to catch the ball. But in the last stride, he leaped and the ball stuck in the web." Bucky Harris, who managed Smith in Buffalo, later said, "My idea of a perfect game would be to have the opposition hit 27 balls into center field . . . with Mayo Smith out there."

In 1941, Smith hit a walk-off, three-run home run with two out in the bottom of the tenth inning. The Bisons' business manager John Stiglmeier leaped over the rail from his box and ran onto the field to slap Smith on the back when he completed his home-run trot. Smith noted that the slap "actually knocked the wind clean plumb out of me."

On March 25, 1942, 600 residents of Smith's home town of Lake Worth, Florida celebrated "Mayo Smith Day." The Bisons played a spring training game in Lake Worth that day. In a 2–1 loss to the Columbus Red Birds, Smith drove in the Bisons' only run with a single in the eighth inning. Smith went on to have one of his most successful seasons in 1942. He appeared in a career-high 154 games, hit 11 home runs, and compiled a .279 batting average and a .386	on-base percentage. Playing principally in center field, he also had 384 putouts and 13 assists.

After playing in every game for the Bisons in 1942, Smith suffered an injury at the end of spring training in 1943. Smith returned to the line-up and appeared in 136 games in the outfield. However, he suffered sustained trouble with the arches in his feet throughout the 1943 season, leading some to speculate that he was "washed up." Smith attributed the trouble to a job working 12 hours a day on cement floors in a war plant during the 1942–43 off-season. After the 1943 season, Smith tried to stay off his feet as much as possible and soaked his feet each night in solutions prepared by the Buffalo trainer. His wife, Louise, told a reporter, "Mayo eats all his meals with his feet in a tub of water."

In 1944, Smith rebounded from his injuries and had his best season in professional baseball. In May and June 1944, he had separate streaks in which he reached base in 14 and 13 consecutive plate appearances. The latter streak included nine consecutive hits. Smith also won praise in 1944 for his baseball intelligence and as a player who "never made a mistake or missed a signal." In August 1944, Syracuse manager Jewel Ens said: "Smith is the miracle man of the 1944 season. . . . He's the best hit-and-run man in the league. He's a great hustler and a fine all-around player, and you can say one more thing, he's a credit to the game."

At the end of the 1944 season, Smith had compiled a career-high .340 batting average (.495 on-base percentage), won the International League batting title, led the league with 149 walks, and compiled 232 total bases, 42 extra base hits and 12 stolen bases in 150 games. He was unanimously selected to the International League All-Star team and finished second behind Howard Moss in voting for the International League Most Valuable Player award.

Philadelphia Athletics
On November 1, 1944, following his breakout season with the Bisons, Smith was selected by Connie Mack of the Philadelphia Athletics in the Rule 5 draft. However, Smith's opportunity to play in the big leagues was delayed by illness. In February 1945, Smith contracted rheumatic fever and was taken to Buffalo General Hospital by ambulance. He was hospitalized for three weeks and lost 20 pounds as the ailment settled into his arms and shoulders. In March 1945, The Sporting News reported that Smith would remain "flat on his back" for six more weeks and that he had given up hope of playing baseball in 1945. Smith said that he intended to return to his home in Florida as soon as he was well enough to walk.

Smith was advised by doctors to remain out of baseball in 1945, but by the end of May 1945, he began working out with the Bisons. He joined the Athletics in mid-June and made his Major League Baseball debut at age 30 on June 24, 1945. He appeared in 73 games with the 1945 Philadelphia Athletics and became the team's starting left fielder for the last part of the season. The 1945 Athletics finished in last place in the American League and compiled a 52–98 (.340) record. Smith compiled a .212 batting average and a .333 on-base percentage.

Portland Beavers
In December 1945, the Athletics traded Smith and Steve Gerkin to the Triple A Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League in exchange for Wandel B. "Lefty" Mossor. Smith played for the Beavers for three years from 1946 to 1948.

In 1946, Smith led the Beavers in putouts by an outfielder with 298 in 122 games. Although his batting average was .249, his propensity to draw walks boosted his on-base percentage to .341.

In 1947, Smith hit .311 and drew 79 walks for a .418 on-base percentage. He also had 30 doubles and five home runs and again led the team in putouts by an outfielder with 272 in 128 games. On August 5, 1947, Smith hit an inside-the-park home run in the 11th inning to give the Beavers a victory over the Oakland Oaks.

In May 1948, Smith was still living in the Portland area when his family was caught in the Vanport Flood. After a dike collapsed, Vanport City, Oregon was deluged. Smith lost his automobile and personal belongings as his home was covered under 15 to 18 feet of water. His wife and six-year-old daughter narrowly escaped from the floodwaters by climbing to the roofs of four different buildings before being rescued.

Yankees' farm system
For six years from 1949 to 1954, Smith served as a manager, and in some cases player-manager, in the farm system of the New York Yankees. He served as a player-manager of the Class C Amsterdam Rugmakers of the Canadian–American League from 1949 to 1950. In his first month with the Rugmakers, Smith hit six home runs, including three that sailed over the 310-foot right field fence at Amsterdam's Mohawk Mills Park during a double-header against Three Rivers. He totalled a career-high 19 home runs in 1949, also adding 116 RBIs in 119 games. His Amsterdam teams finished in fifth and fourth place in the Canadian–American League.

In December 1950, he was promoted to Class B as the manager of the Norfolk Tars of the Piedmont League. Smith served as the Tars manager in 1951 and 1952 and led the team to Piedmont League pennants both years. His 1952 Norfolk team compiled a 96–36 (.720) record. Noting that the 1952 team included Bill Skowron, Bill Virdon, Johnny Kucks and Gus Triandos, Smith later recalled: "Manage a team like that? Shucks, I could go fishing."

In December 1952, based on the strength of his performance in Norfolk, the Yankees promoted Smith to the Double-A Birmingham Barons of the Southern Association. He was the Barons' manager from 1953 to 1954.

Philadelphia Phillies
In October 1954, at age 39, Smith was named manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, replacing Terry Moore. Phillies general manager Roy Hamey made the announcement and introduced Smith at a press conference in the Warwick Hotel. The Sporting News described the reaction to the Phillies' hiring of an unknown minor league manager:"'[Hamey] grabbed a microphone which was convenient and said, 'This is Mayo Smith, the new manager of the Phillies.' ... For at least one minute there was an embarrassing silence. Still no one knew who he was. To say that the gathering was surprised was the greatest understatement of the year. Fifty men were speechless.  They had more or less expected a new manager, a Lefty O'Doul, a Lou Boudreau or a Skeeter Newsome.  But Mayo Smith ... who is he?'" Despite the "loud guffaws" among the Philadelphia press, Yankees manager Casey Stengel endorsed the hiring of Smith, saying:"'Mayo will make good. He is one of the coming young managers in baseball. I watched him closely in my advance camps, and he was the one manager in the Yankee chain who asked questions, who wanted to know why I liked things done this way and not that way. He never intimated that he knew all the answers. He kept notes, and he learned.'"

Red Smith described the relatively unknown Smith at the time: "He is tall and rangy, with graying brown hair and young, pleasant features smoothly tanned. There are crinkly lines of laughter around his blue eyes."

After winning the National League pennant in 1950 (the year of the "Whiz Kids"), the Phillies had dropped into the middle of the National League, compiling a losing record in 1954. Smith became the team's fourth manager in three years. In Smith's first year with the Phillies, the team started poorly, dropping to 11 games below .500. The team rallied in the second half of the season and finished in fourth place with a 77–77 record, including 23 wins by pitcher Robin Roberts. At the end of the season, Smith received 30 of 99 votes by the Baseball Writers' Association of America as the 1955 National League Manager of the Year; he finished in second place behind Walter Alston.

The Phillies slipped to 71–83 in 1956 with Richie Ashburn being the only regular player to bat over .289. After six consecutive 20-win seasons, Robin Roberts led the National League with 18 losses in 1956 while falling 1 win short of 20. In September 1956, and despite the losing record, the Phillies showed their confidence in Smith by signing him to a one-year contract extension through the 1957 season.

In 1957, the Phillies returned to 77–77 despite pitcher Robin Roberts having a losing record of 10–22. Pitcher Jack Sanford, named Rookie of the Year in 1957, saved the Phillies from falling below .500 with his record of 19–8. In 1958, the team slipped below .500 with a record of 39–45 in late July. On July 22, 1958, Smith was fired and replaced by Eddie Sawyer.

After Smith was fired, the 1958 Phillies dropped to last place under Sawyer. The Phillies finished in last place in the National League for four consecutive years from 1958 to 1961. In Smith's $3 1/2$ years with the Phillies, he compiled a 264–281 record (.480). In the three-and-a-half years after he was fired, the Phillies fell to 200–332 (.370).

Cincinnati Reds
In August 1958, shortly after Smith was fired by the Phillies, unconfirmed reports were published indicating that a deal was in the works for the Cincinnati Reds to hire Smith as their manager. Jimmy Dykes had been named interim manager after Birdie Tebbetts resigned the post. At the end of September, Smith signed a one-year contract to take over as manager for the 1959 season. Cincinnati general manager Gabe Paul announced: "We believe that in [43-year-old] Mayo Smith we have a young, progressive, middle-of-the-road manager who will help formulate the kind of baseball organization that will result in success for our club." In The Cincinnati Post, Pat Harmon expressed skepticism: "[T]he naming of Smith caused no ripple of excitement in the city. Here is a man who had a fourth and two fifths and was dropped by the Phillies."

Smith took over a Reds team that finished the 1958 season in fourth place with a 76–78 record. The team featured Vada Pinson and future Hall of Famer Frank Robinson, but lacked a pitcher who would win more than 13 games in 1959. After a good start, the Reds fell to seventh place with a 35–45 record at the All-Star break. On July 8, 1959, Smith was fired and replaced by Fred Hutchinson, who became the Reds' fourth manager in less than a year. Cincinnati sports writer Earl Lawson wrote that the change was driven by the belief that the team required tougher leadership. Lawson wrote:"'Perhaps it's fitting to say that Smith is an example of Leo Durocher's oft-repeated statement, 'Nice guys finish last.' Ball players 'liked' Smith and were quick to admit this, but whether they respected his judgment is questionable. 'Chewing-out' players was foreign to his personality.'" Smith felt he was never given a chance in Cincinnati and spoke out against demands for instant success. He said, "It was humiliating. I hardly had a chance to get acquainted with the players."

Business interests
During the 1950s, Smith also had several business interests. In 1958, he developed a $600,000-plus, state-of-the-art "bowling palace" on the Dixie Highway in Palm Beach County, Florida. The facility was equipped with automatic pin-setters, air conditioning, a nursery for bowlers with young children, and pro shop. Smith secured investments from other Major League Baseball managers and players, including Fred Hutchinson and Hank Sauer, and the facility was called Major League Lanes. By the end of 1959, Smith also had successful business interests in Florida real estate, West Virginia oil, and a bowling alley chain in the Carolinas.

Yankees' scout
In September 1959, Smith, at age 44, Smith returned to the New York Yankees as "a field executive with duties as a major and minor league scout." Despite his business interests, Smith explained the attraction of returning to baseball:"'It's simply that baseball gets in your blood and you can't get it out. Like being a compulsive gambler or something along those lines. You know when you become a manager, that you're going to be fired sooner or later, no matter how good a job you feel you are doing. From the moment you sign the contract you're as disposable as a wounded pirate.  The only two guys who ever beat the rap were Connie Mack and Clark Griffith.  That's because they owned the club.'"

At the end of the 1960 season, Casey Stengel retired as the Yankees' manager, and Smith was rumored to be a candidate to replace Stengel. Ralph Houk was chosen instead. In 1961, Smith was described as "a combination master scout and trouble shooter" for the Yankees. He remained a scout in the Yankees organization until 1966. During his years as a scout for the Yankees, Smith "toured the press rooms and the better watering spots" across the major leagues, "avail[ed] himself of free food and drinks in press rooms," developed a reputation as "a warm friendly man", and was sometimes referred to as "America's Guest."

Prior to the 1964 World Series, Smith was assigned to scout the St. Louis Cardinals. He reported that Tim McCarver hit every ball to left field. Smith later recalled that, after Game 2 of the World Series, as McCarver pulled every ball to right field, Yogi Berra came to him and said, "You sure you were watching McCarver hit or were you somewhere else?"

Hiring
During the 1966 season, the manager of the Detroit Tigers, Chuck Dressen, suffered a heart attack and eventually died in mid-August. After Dressen's heart attack, the Tigers named Bob Swift as manager. Swift was diagnosed with lung cancer (he died two months after Dressen), and Frank Skaff filled in for the rest of the season. As the team searched for a new manager, both Al López and Bill Rigney turned down the position. On October 3, 1966, the Tigers' general manager Jim Campbell signed Mayo Smith to a two-year contract at an annual salary of $40,000. As had been the case in Philadelphia and St. Louis, the hiring of relatively unknown Smith was not met with enthusiasm in the Detroit press. Joe Falls of the Detroit Free Press called him a "nobody" who fit Jim Campbell's image of the "elderly, experienced, devoted" manager. Jerry Green of The Detroit News later wrote: "Sportswriters covering the team at the time regarded Smith as a bland man without imagination."

Within several days after being hired, Smith put together a new coaching staff, including Tony Cuccinello as third base coach, Johnny Sain as pitching coach, Hal Naragon as the bull-pen coach, and Wally Moses as first-base coach.

Smith took over a talented team that had not played up to expectations, finishing third, fourth or fifth for five consecutive years. At his first press conference in Detroit, Smith identified pitching as the problem that most required attention and the outfield (featuring Al Kaline, Willie Horton (baseball), Jim Northrup, Mickey Stanley, and Gates Brown) as the greatest strength. His first major initiative was a realignment of the infield. He announced in the fall of 1966 that he intended to shore up the team defensively by moving Dick McAuliffe from shortstop to second base and having Ray Oyler take over as shortstop. Smith's decision was met with "some public sneering." Dick McAuliffe had been the Tigers starting shortstop since 1962 and had been selected as an All-Star in 1965 and 1966. And while Oyler was considered an excellent defensive shortstop, he had hit below .200 in both 1965 and 1966.

1967 season
The 1967 Tigers got off to a quick start, compiling 26–14 record in the first 40 games. Catcher Bill Freehan began the season with a hot bat, saw his batting average climb by 50 points in 1967 over 1966, increased his RBI total from 46 to 74, and finished third in the voting for the 1967 American League Most Valuable Player. Freehan credited Smith and Wally Moses for improving his offensive performance.

The 1967 season proved to be a roller-coaster ride, as the team lost 10 of 12 games from June 7 to 19, won seven in a row from July 2 to 9, and then lost six in a row. As the team endured successive hot and cold periods, Smith developed a reputation for "keeping his cool" and not "chewing out" his players. Smith resisted juggling his line-up, noting that he saw his role as building confidence and that he did not want to over-manage the team. In September, the Tigers were caught in a four-way pennant race with the Red Sox, Twins, and White Sox. The Tigers won 17 of the last 27 games and finished the season with a 91–71 (.560) record—one game behind the Red Sox, losing the pennant on the last day of the season after splitting a doubleheader with the California Angels.

1968 season
The following year, the 1968 Detroit Tigers won the American League pennant by 12 games with a record of 103–59 (.630).

Smith was credited with mentoring pitcher Denny McLain during the 1968 season. McLain, who became the first pitcher since 1934 to win 30 games, went 31–6 with a 1.96 ERA, won the Cy Young Award and the American League Most Valuable Player Award. Asked about McLain's sometimes odd statements, Smith was protective, noting, "This is a 24-year-old boy reaching for Utopia. . . . You can't take the brashness away from him, and you wouldn't want to."

The 1968 season was not free from controversy. After being pulled from a game in August, pitcher Joe Sparma told a reporter that he felt "humiliated" and made "rather harsh comments" about Smith. When asked for a response, Smith said he "didn't want to get into a spitting contest with a skunk." Smith refused to start Sparma for several weeks afterward. When Sparma finally got another start on September 17, 1968, he pitched a one-run complete game against the Yankees to clinch the pennant. The Sparma-Smith feud continued, and Sparma pitched only $1/3$ of an inning in the 1968 World Series.

Another August controversy arose after Dick McAuliffe charged the mound and knocked down Chicago White Sox pitcher Tommy John. American League president Joe Cronin initially imposed a $250 fine on McAuliffe, but subsequently modified the sanction to include a five-day penalty. Smith was convinced that Cronin had been swayed by the White Sox, exchanged angry words with Cronin in a phone call, and publicly called Cronin "a weak man" who had been caught in "a big lie." When the Tigers won the World Series, Cronin sought to patch up his relationship with Smith, but Smith declined, saying, "I don't get over things like this right away."

The biggest setback of the season was the loss of future Baseball Hall of Fame inductee and right fielder Al Kaline to an injury. Kaline broke his arm after being hit by a pitch in late May and missed nearly three months of the season. When he returned in August, Smith was faced with a problem in getting him back into the lineup. Left fielder Willie Horton finished the 1968 season second in the American League with 36 home runs and a .543 slugging percentage. Center-fielder Mickey Stanley led all American League outfielders with a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage and was on his way to a second consecutive Gold Glove Award. Jim Northrup, who had taken over Kaline's spot in right field, finished the 1968 season third in the league with 90 RBIs and hit five grand slams during the season. Smith played Kaline at first base for 22 games, but the team already had Norm Cash as its regular first baseman. Concerned about his team's offense as the team prepared for the World Series, Smith moved Stanley to shortstop for the last nine games of the regular season. Stanley replaced Ray Oyler, who was an excellent fielder but hit only .135 for the season.

1968 World Series
The Tigers won the pennant and faced the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1968 World Series. Behind the pitching of Bob Gibson, the Cardinals took a 3–1 edge in the first four games. The Tigers won the final three games to capture the World Series.

Smith's strategic moves in the World Series drew praise even from those who had previously been critics. Smith's most dramatic strategic call was his decision to continue playing center-fielder Mickey Stanley at shortstop, for all seven games of the World Series. Even Smith's closest friends questioned the move, and critics gravely opined that he was weakening the Tigers at two positions, given Stanley's Gold Glove season in center field. While Stanley made two errors, neither led to a Cardinal run, and his play at shortstop was generally solid. More importantly, the move allowed Smith to keep both Jim Northrup and Al Kaline in the line-up, and each had key hits to fuel the Tigers' comeback against the Cardinals. Kaline had a .379 batting average in the World Series with two home runs, eight RBIs, and the game-winning hit in Game 5. Northrup also belted two home runs (including a grand slam in Game 6), hit a two-run triple in Game 7, and totalled eight RBIs.

The Boston Globe later called Smith's move of Stanley to shortstop for the World Series "the gutsiest move in history." ESPN has ranked Smith's decision to move Stanley to shortstop as the third "gutsiest call" in sports history, and one of the Ten Greatest Coaching Decisions of the 20th Century in any sport.

Smith also drew praise for his adjustments to the pitching rotation in the World Series. Watson Spoelstra wrote: "Mayo's managing against the Cardinals couldn't have been better." With the Cardinals leading the series 3–1, the Tigers trailed 3–2 in the seventh inning of Game 5. In the bottom of the seventh inning, Smith opted to allow starting pitcher Mickey Lolich to bat, despite the Tigers need to put a runner on base. Lolich got a base hit to start a two-run rally, scored the tying run, struck out Roger Maris and picked off Lou Brock in the ninth inning, and pitched his second complete-game victory of the series. In Game 6, Smith surprised observers by calling on Denny McLain to start on two days rest, and despite poor performances in Games 1 and 4. The Tigers gave McLain a 12–0 lead with a 10-run third inning, and McLain pitched a complete game, allowing only one run. In Game 7, Smith called on Lolich to pitch on two days rest. Matched against Bob Gibson, Lolich pitched his third complete game, allowing only one run, and led the team to a 4–1 victory.

At the end of the 1968 season, Smith received The Sporting News Manager of the Year Award, receiving 17 of 19 votes. The Sporting News noted that the key players on the 1968 Tigers "had been around for several years, when the Tigers were going nowhere. The man whose arrival coincided with a Tiger awakening is Mayo Smith. . . . Mayo is making it tough for people who claim the manager isn't important." Smith also received a two-year contract extension with a $15,000 raise to $55,000 a season. Smith's fan mail was so voluminous after the Tigers won the World Series that it took five people two full days to put things in order.

1969 season
In 1969, the Tigers compiled a 90–72 (.550) record but finished in second place – 19 games behind the 1969 Baltimore Orioles. The team relied on power as four players (Cash, Kaline, Horton and Northrup) hit more than 20 home runs, but lacked speed and finished last in the American League with only 35 stolen bases. Denny McLain won 24 games, and Mickey Lolich won 19 while striking out 271 batters. With the second-place finish, Smith's teams had finished in first or second place for three consecutive years. No Detroit manager had accomplished that feat since Steve O'Neill from 1945 to 1947.

1970 season
In 1970, the Tigers fell to 79–83 (.480) in a season marked by the suspension of Denny McLain for his association with bookmakers and by the publication of Bill Freehan's behind-the-scenes book on the 1969 team. The Tigers were in third place, seven games behind Baltimore, at the end of June, but collapsed in the second half of the season, finishing 29 games behind the Orioles. McLain won only three games in 1970, and Mickey Lolich led the American League with 19 losses and a 14–19 record. The team's power-hitting lineup also lost its punch, as no player hit more than 17 home runs. The team also compiled the lowest batting average in the American League at .238.

As the 1970 Tigers headed for their first losing season since 1963 and their worst record since 1960, Smith came under increasing criticism from fans and the press. Immediately after the season, on October 2, 1970, the Tigers fired Smith and replaced him with Billy Martin. Before leaving Detroit, Smith called the city a great sports town in his farewell news conference, but he privately lashed out at the fans in a conversation with reporters: "They wouldn't know a baseball player from a Japanese aviator. The fans in Detroit are ignorant. They'd rather see you leave a tired pitcher in and get beat with a complete game than bring in a fresh one that might win it for you."

In all or parts of nine seasons as a manager, Smith compiled an overall record of 662–612 (.510).

Oakland Athletics
After spending most of the 1971 season at his home in Florida, Smith was hired by Charlie Finley as a special scout for the Oakland Athletics during the last month of the 1971 season. He was assigned to cover the Baltimore Orioles in preparation for the 1971 American League Championship Series. On September 2, 1971, The Baltimore Sun reported on Smith's espionage assignment: "Super Spy Sets Sights on Birds." Despite Smith's scouting report, the Orioles swept the A's in three games as Dave McNally, Mike Cuellar and Jim Palmer held the A's to seven runs in three games.

Later years and family
In March 1940, Smith married Louise Pauline Otto in a ceremony held at the Our Savior Lutheran Church in Lake Worth, Florida. Both were graduates of Lake City High School. They had a daughter, Judith Ann, and a son, Fred M. Smith. During the off-season and in retirement, Smith and his wife continued to live in Lake Worth.

In November 1977, Smith suffered a massive stroke while dining with his family at a restaurant in Lake Worth. He did not regain consciousness and died at age 62 at Bethesda Memorial Hospital in Boynton Beach.

Mayo Smith Society and King Tiger Award
In 1983, the "Mayo Smith Society" was formed in Smith's memory. It continues to operate as the international fan club for Tigers fans, sponsoring an annual spring training trip, an annual gathering in Detroit, making charitable contributions, and publishing the "Tigers Stripes" and "E-Mayo Flash" newsletters. Society co-founder Dale Petroskey (later president of the Baseball Hall of Fame) told The New York Times in 2006 that "Smith inspired the club's name because he was 'a somewhat forgettable figure in Tiger history' who shocked baseball in 1968 by moving center fielder Mickey Stanley to shortstop for the Series. 'What an amazingly bold roll of the dice . . . Mayo gambled big time, and he won."

Since 2004, the Mayo Smith Society has given its annual "King Tiger Award" to a Detroit Tigers player for on-field and off-field contributions. The players receiving the award are:

 * 2004: Carlos Guillén and Iván Rodríguez (tie)
 * 2005: Plácido Polanco
 * 2006: Kenny Rogers
 * 2007: Magglio Ordóñez
 * 2008: Miguel Cabrera
 * 2009: Justin Verlander
 * 2010: Miguel Cabrera (second time)
 * 2011: Justin Verlander (second time)
 * 2012: Miguel Cabrera (third time)
 * 2013: Max Scherzer
 * 2014: Víctor Martínez
 * 2015: J. D. Martinez

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There was also a jazz trombonist named Albert Wynn (Albert L. Wynn) who is article worthy (eg, listed in Chilton's "Who's Who of Jazz"). Before making an article on him, I wanted to check if there were thoughts on the best way to disambiguate. My first thought is to move the article on the Congressman to Albert Russell Wynn, have the trombonist at Albert L. Wynn, and make "Albert Wynn" into a disambiguation, but I wanted to check to see if there were other thoughts or suggestions before I did so. -- Infrogmation 20:55, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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 * something about contemporary uses of the Latin language for communication, which could be called neolatin or modern Latin, although those terms are often used to refer simply to Latin after a particular historical period (not necessarily in the present day); maybe particular neolatinists like Andrew Gollan, Hans Oerberg, Nancy Llewellyn, and Father Reginald Foster.

I would support this, but I suspect a lot of other Wikipedians will want to shoot it down. I've gotten away with it on la: because, well, it's obviously relevant there. See Auctores neolatini and La:Categoria:Auctores Neolatini for stuff on authors specifically. Having a paralel category on en: could help with things like this. --Iustinus 05:49, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

Orkut
If you haven't run out of invites, could I get one? --Vizcarra 18:02, 31 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Yup, it's by invitation. I've got an invite for google e-mail and I've got one, but I haven't got one for Orkut. --Vizcarra 02:55, 1 November 2005 (UTC)

Check out the Babel-3 template
Hi Seth. You might want to take a look at the Babel-3 template for the "Languages" section on your user page. It looks a little funky right now. Here's what your page would look like with the template:

P.S. We actually hung out a couple times when I lived in Berkeley. I came over to S.F. and we went to Bolerium Books to look at an old Voltairine de Cleyre volume (I think it was The Worm Turns, or the posthumous collection of her writings). We also went to Grand View Park (I think it was that park at least). Mike Dillon 17:50, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Hey, thanks! Good to hear from you, Mike.  Schoen 18:14, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

Category:User advogato
Maybe you are interested in adding yourself to this category? --- Charles Stewart 18:50, 3 January 2006 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:Wannsee-room.jpg
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 * I find it very ironic that this long explanation of licensing was given to Seth Schoen. Seth knows more about copyright issues than anyone else I've met personally. Made me laugh. Mike Dillon 01:53, 23 January 2006 (UTC)

 * I've removed the tag from Seth's image so that it won't get deleted prematurely. Given his knowledge of copyright, I'm sure he will license his self-published images appropriately next time he has a chance, but I don't want to risk the images being deleted because he doesn't log in to check. Mike Dillon 03:03, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * I actually don't know what German copyright law would say about taking pictures in a museum of documents that are original works of the wartime Nazi government. However, I did finally apply GFDL tags to all my Wannsee pictures.  Thanks for the reminders.  Schoen 05:32, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Funny exchange (for classicists)
See Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Clinical medicine. Mike Dillon 02:06, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

Schoen gemacht (well done)
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Time_zone&diff=46880958&oldid=46549337

my sentence was really ugly but could not find a better way. thx for fixing my badenglish. Tobias Conradi (Talk) 04:51, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Thank you
Thanks so much for the revision of the Itaipu article! It's much better now. -- VdSV9• ♫ 14:09, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Thanks for translation
Thanks so much for your work on Referendum concerning the prohibition of the sale of firearms and ammunition. There is very little information available on this in English, and you've really done a valuable service in translating this.--Pharos 14:53, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

the devil's in...
You should publish User:Schoen/The world, the flesh, and the devil into the main name space. Even if it's not complete, you can tag it with and let others get to it. —mako (talk•contribs) 14:47, 22 March 2007 (UTC)

 * I agree. I found the current The World, the Flesh and the Devil useless, as I was looking for information on Bernal's book; Google directed me to your subpage, and there I also found a good explanation as to why so many things had that title. --Gwern (contribs) 21:15 6 December 2008 (GMT)

Flesh
Google brought me to your subpage on the world, the flesh, and the devil. The article on flesh was nominated for deletion, and I have been seeking to improve it. I brazenly helped myself to some of your citations, so I thought I'd leave a note to thank you. - Smerdis of Tlön 14:16, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Great minds think alike. I began wondering where the phrase "the world, the flesh, and the devil" originated as soon as I learned that it was apparently not a direct Bible quotation.  I do not have an answer, but I mean to look.  - Smerdis of Tlön 03:50, 12 April 2007 (UTC)

Map of the Portuguese Empire
Hello Schoen! The map I did for the Portuguese Empire was done using the information presented at Evolution of the Portuguese Empire. That's how I did it. That and with the help/comments of other editor regarding more specific locations (such as Brazil or Indonesia), as you can see in the talk page and in the map's talk page. I find nothing equivalent for the Spanish Empire, sorry! Regarding your questions about the map you are making, I would prefer to see the treaty lines drawn against the eventual colonial territories, because in this way you can see the historical areas of de facto influence, rather than the more reduced areas of present linguistic spread of Portuguese or Spanish. Good luck! The Ogre 15:19, 6 June 2007 (UTC)

Your draft has been drafted
I have, without shame, taken the draft article that you were working on at User:Schoen/Sequence of tenses, added to it, and moved it into the main article namespace at sequence of tenses. I hope that you don't mind. I needed a discussion of the sequence of tenses (in English) at the Administrators' Noticeboard, so I indulged in a little writing Wikipedia articles to prove a point. ☺ Uncle G (talk) 16:19, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

Article Incubator Invitation for Bocconi School of Law Student-Edited Papers
Hi. I have put an article on Bocconi School of Law Student-Edited Papers in the article incubator, here: Article Incubator/Bocconi School of Law Student-Edited Papers. Considering your previous experience editing articles on law journals, feel free to cooperate if you have any practical ideas to help establish notability. Incidentally, let me anticipate that the journal is actually the first student-edited legal working paper series, which has been created in Europe better to adapt to the editorial panorama of the Old Continent, where student-edited law reviews are not nearly as popular as they are in the US. I have already provided references (e.g. an article appeared on the German Law Journal) for these claims. Thanks for any help you may provide me with, --Grasshopper6 (talk) 10:19, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

Unreferenced BLPs
Hello Schoen! Thank you for your contributions. I am a bot alerting you that 1 of the articles that you created  is tagged as an Unreferenced Biography of a Living Person. The biographies of living persons policy requires that all personal or potentially controversial information be sourced. In addition, to insure verifiability, all biographies should be based on reliable sources. if you were to bring this article up to standards, it would greatly help us with the current Category:All_unreferenced_BLPs article backlog. Once the article is adequately referenced, please remove the unreferencedBLP tag. Here is the article:

Thanks!--DASHBot (talk) 19:53, 8 January 2010 (UTC)
 * 1) Jane Ginsburg -

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MfD nomination of User:Schoen/The world, the flesh, and the devil
User:Schoen/The world, the flesh, and the devil, a page which you created or substantially contributed to, has been nominated for deletion. Your opinions on the matter are welcome; you may participate in the discussion by adding your comments at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/User:Schoen/The world, the flesh, and the devil and please be sure to sign your comments with four tildes ( ~ ). You are free to edit the content of User:Schoen/The world, the flesh, and the devil during the discussion but should not remove the miscellany for deletion template from the top of the page; such a removal will not end the deletion discussion. Thank you. Legacypac (talk) 04:40, 23 January 2016 (UTC)

Toki Pona Splash courses at MIT & Stanford
Are you the guy who did the Toki Pona Summer Splash courses at MIT & Stanford ? If so, how did you learn Toki Pona ? you wouldn't have some material left from the early beginning ? or some interviews with Sonja you've downloaded - all the Canadian Radio Interviews from 2007 are now (anno 2018) offline for quite a while... Anything is more than welcome ! Jansegers (talk) 14:46, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

Thanks for taking the time to answer the question... I'm still trying to get used to this user talking feature and I've finally found back the right password (changing it requires forming new habits) ... I kind of was hoping that you would have some course material apart from the tokipona.org site, besides even an overview of what the site was like back then would be handy. 'pu' isn't my favorite reference on TP neither ... I believe it's mainly jan Pije who has been driving the TP community by being translated in quite a few languages including German, Japanese, Persi, French, Italian and Russian) and reworked in Spanish (and then translated into Esperanto and English). BTW A TP website of mine is titled toki pona epansa and findable at http://tpe.neocities.org Jansegers (talk) 15:50, 19 April 2020 (UTC)

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Lapsana communis

Lapsana communis, the common nipplewort, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is native to Europe and southwestern Asia, and it is widely naturalized in other regions including North America.

Description
Lapsana communis is an annual or perennial herbaceous plant growing to 1-1.2 m tall, with erect, hairy branching stems and milky sap. The leaves are alternate and spirally arranged; the larger leaves at the base of the flowering stem are often pinnate, with a large oval terminal leaflet and one to four small side leaflets, while smaller leaves higher on the stem are simple oval; all leaves have toothed margins. The flowers are yellow, produced in a capitulum 1-2 cm diameter, the capitula being numerous in loose clusters at the top of the stem. The capitulum is surrounded by a whorl of involucral bracts, the outer ones very small and the inner ones erect, narrow and stiff and all the same length. The eight to fifteen florets are all ligulate and pale yellow, shaped like a tongue with a five-toothed tip. Each has five stamens and a gynoecium composed of two fused carpels. The fruit is a cypsela surrounded by the hardened remains of the involucral bracts. The numerous small seeds are retained in the cypsela until the plant is shaken by the wind or a passing animal. Pappus is absent.

 * Subspecies
 * Lapsana communis subsp. adenophora (Boiss.) Rech.f. – Southeast Europe
 * Lapsana communis subsp. alpina (Boiss. & Balansa) P.D.Sell. – Crimea
 * Lapsana communis subsp. communis – most of Europe, except the southeast
 * Lapsana communis subsp. grandiflora (M. Bieb.) P.D.Sell. – Southwest Asia
 * Lapsana communis subsp. intermedia (M. Bieb.) Hayek. – Southwest Asia, southeast Europe
 * Lapsana communis subsp. pisidica (Boiss. & Heldr.) Rech.f. – Greece

Distribution and habitat
Away from its native area, Lapsana communis is common throughout the British Isles, naturalised, and sometimes considered an invasive species, in many areas around the world, including Australia, Chile, New Zealand, Greenland, and most of Canada and the United States.

Lapsana communis is found growing in arable fields, woods, hedges, roadsides, wasteland, hedgerows, woodland margins and clear-felled areas in forests.

Cultivation and uses
The young leaves are edible, and can be used in salads or cooked like spinach. Because of its tiny hairs, some might prefer it mixed with other vegetables. The scientific name comes from lapsane, an edible herb described by Marcus Terentius Varro of ancient Rome. The English name 'nipplewort' was coined in the 17th century as an equivalent of papillaris (from Latin papilla, meaning a nipple), the name used by German apothecaries, since the plant was used to treat cracked nipples and ulcerated breasts, especially under the doctrine of signatures on account of the flower buds' resemblance to nipples.

title: Lapsana communis