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Table d'hôte

In restaurant terminology, a table d'hôte (lit. 'host's table') menu is a menu where multi-course meals with only a few choices are charged at a fixed total price. Such a menu may be called prix fixe ("fixed price"). The terms set meal and set menu are also used.

Table d'hôte contrasts with à la carte, where customers may order any of the separately priced menu items available.

Etymology
Table d'hôte is a French loan phrase that literally means "the host's table". The term is used to denote a table set aside for residents of a, who presumably sit at the same table as their host.

The meaning shifted to include any meal featuring a set menu at a fixed price. The use in English is documented as early as 1617, while the later extended use, now more common, dates from the early nineteenth century.

In France, the term began in inns where guests ate at a common table, called the "host's table" (though the host typically did not sit with the guests). By the end of the seventeenth century, similar meals were being hosted by other eateries (cabarets and traiteurs), and were initially known as "inn's tables" (tables d'auberge). This practice of serving a set meal at a collective table became the most common way of dining in public in Paris until the development of the restaurant. Places which offered tables d'hôte sometimes also allowed à la carte ordering. The term continued to be used with the advent of the restaurant, expanding to include service at individual tables.

Country-specific practices
Many restaurants in the United States convert their menus to prix fixe only for special occasions. Generally, this practice is limited to holidays where entire families dine together, such as Easter and Thanksgiving, or on couple-centric holidays like Valentine's Day.

In France, table d'hôte refers to the shared dining (sometimes breakfast and lunch) offered in a vacation named chambre d'hôte (similar to "bed and breakfast"). Every guest of a chambre d'hôte can join this meal, cooked by the hosting family. It is not a restaurant, there is only one service, the price is fixed and usually included in the vacation. Everyone sits around a large table and makes small-talk about the house, the country, and so on.

What is closer in French to the meaning of table d'hôte in English is a menu ("lunch special" or "fixed menu"). It usually includes several dishes to pick in a fixed list: an entrée (introductory course), a main course (a choice between up to four dishes), a cheese, a dessert, bread, and sometimes beverage (wine) and coffee all for a set price fixed for the year between €15 and €55. The menu du jour, a cheaper version with less choice, an entrée and a main course, the plat du jour ("dish of the day") changed every day, is usually between €9 and €15.

In Belgium, restaurants in the medium to high price range tend to serve menus where the customer can compose a menu from a list of entrees, main courses and desserts. These dishes can be ordered separately and all have a different pricing depending on the ingredients used. However combined in a three-, five-, or seven-course menu, they will be served at a fixed pricing that is usually €10–15 cheaper than when ordered separately. Also in many cases, if a menu is chosen, it will be accompanied by amuses (little side dishes between the courses). Wine and other beverages are almost always excluded.

In Sweden, almost all restaurants—from the simplest diner to the finest luxury restaurant—serve Dagens rätt ("the daily dish") during lunch hours (on weekdays) at a much lower price than the same dish would cost at other times. Most commonly, there is a choice of two or three dishes: a meat/fish/poultry dish, a vegetarian alternative, and a pasta. Salad buffet, bread and butter and beverage are included, and sometimes also a simple starter, like a soup.

In India, the thali (meaning "plate") is very common in restaurants. The main course consisting of rice or roti (flat bread) and assorted side dishes and vegetables is arranged on a large plate. This may be followed by dessert. There may be more than one kind of thali—vegetarian, tandoori, deluxe—the name signifying the prix-fixe items as well as the price.

In Spain, there is the menú or menú del día, which usually includes a starter, a main dish, bread, drink and choice of coffee or dessert. It may range in price from €8 to €30, with €10 being the average price.

In Romania, the most typical fixed-price menu is called daily menu (meniul zilei), taken in the daytime.

In Russia, the most typical fixed-price menu is called business lunch (бизнес-ланч) or fixed lunch (комплексный обед), taken in the daytime.

In Japan, a similar practice is referred to as teishoku (定食). This has a fixed menu and often comes with side dishes such as pickled vegetables and miso soup. Typical prices can range from ¥800 to ¥1,500.

In Korea, table d'hôte is also known as han-jeongsik.

In Italy, many restaurants offer a fixed-price menu (menù a prezzo fisso) at lunch on weekdays.

In the United Kingdom, the format is often seen in casual dining restaurants or pub restaurants alongside an à la carte menu, where it is frequently used as a low-price alternative to entice more customers at quieter times (e.g., weekday lunchtimes). The format is also often found in the use of children's menus or on special occasions, such as a Christmas menu.

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Wikipedia talk:Requested articles/Medicine/Pharmacology

Redirects
About 40% of this page can be un-redlinked by making adequate redirects. JFW | T@lk  00:11, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

I agree the use of trade and generic names appears rampant. actual compounds are referred to several times by different names. When I understand how to do redirects I would be happy to help do so. Stblndr 15:30, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Nice job guys:)
It was 1825 entries in original dump. As for today, there are only 836 unlinked terms left. In less than a year. TestPilot 02:31, 29 December 2005 (UTC)
 * One more year. 417 articles left. Less then a half again. If couple hundred would left - I will request them officially. Happy New Year;)  TestPilot  03:32, 30 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Another year - 256 redlinks left now.  TestPilot  19:20, 31 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Also, 1,000+ more redlinks. --58.178.176.1 (talk) 04:46, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
 * What is the point of adding non notable INNs with few hundreds Google links(and most of them unrelated to INN)? Virtually none of them have a chance to get actual article plus it is not likely anyone will search Wikipedia for those INNs.  TestPilot talk to me!  12:08, 30 December 2008 (UTC)

Redirects
May we simply redirect unremarkable links (i.e. salts, alternate formulations with no significant impact on bioavailability) to the parent page? Fvasconcellos 19:38, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Well, have been doing as mentioned above. Fvasconcellos (t·c) 02:00, 4 May 2007 (UTC)

List clean up.
In it current state list virtually meaningless. Look for example at this edit. None of "requests" added have any notability and totally fail Google test. Same thing apply to majority redlinks in the current list. Even if someone will create articles about non notable chemicals or INNs, that article will sooner or later be removed from Wikipedia. And there dozens articles deleted each day for non notability. Many dozens - each day! Take a look at articles for deletion. What I thinking of, me (or whoever would be willing to help) go through the list and do notability check according to en.Wiki policies, on one by one case for every entry. And remove non notable items. That should save lot of work for later.  TestPilot talk to me!  12:36, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, there are no clear-cut notability criteria for chemical compounds or drugs. I would start any effort to clean up the list by getting rid of salts (such as XXXX hydrochloride, XXXX sulfate etc.) by redirecting them when possible—I've been doing this for quite some time—and redirecting non-INN names to existing INNs. A notability check is a major undertaking, and a simple Google test is not enough; I'm sure it would be worth it, and I'm not saying we shouldn't do it, but it will take quite some time :) Fvasconcellos (t·c) 13:41, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Google check sounds like good enough notability checker. If there is not much information/publication about particular chemical, then it is not notable. Think what purpose serving this page. What is a point of creating article or even redirecting a chemical name that have few hundreds entries in the Internet? No one will ever search for it.  TestPilot talk to me!  09:05, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * TestPilot, perhaps you would also like to nominate for deletion all articles on rare diseases? Hardly anyone ever searches for those.  --Una Smith (talk) 16:05, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

 * Those are requested topics and do not merit summary deletion. Do not delete them.  In most cases, they can be handled as a redirect to the appropriate article.  Especially the mis-spellings.  --Una Smith (talk) 02:08, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * What you mean by saying requested? This page is a dump of chemicals names from databases. One of them is "proposed drug names" etc. And deletion for non notable chemicals will be done sooner or later. Plus, there billions of possible chemicals. Redirecting them all, including one that not notable doesn't make much sense to me. But in theory it is possible. Now this page relatively small, but it have potential to become millions entries long.  TestPilot talk to me!  09:05, 2 January 2009 (UTC)
 * PS. You do understand that lots of requested topics are rejected at the end because they dose not make sense or non notable? So not many requested articles end up becoming an article or riderect.  TestPilot talk to me!  09:05, 2 January 2009 (UTC)

 * First my apologies for all who check behind the non account edits for doing the first letters one by one. To start off I added a request for a page listed at the bottom in unsorted due to extra text. Then I went through A-D or E by section remove terms with pages, until I realized I could do the rest of the alphabet all at once. Although I wish I would have done a save page at the end of Z before I start placing selectively unsorted requests that seemed to fit better in their upper correct letter sections. I was unsure how to deal with letters & numbers so they were place in order from beginning letter through to the letter before the number, filing the number before letter not by number's spelling example 3 before A instead as Three being after S and before U. I also only made to the letter "I" in unsorted before I started have issues for performance and sight. I hope my work was more helpful than needing to be reverted.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.1.177.209 (talk) 04:49, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

Question about these compounds.
It mentions that this list is "a dump from the public domain FDA resource at http://www.fda.gov/cder/drugsatfda/datafiles/default.htm". However, many compounds here are not listed in this resource...for example: MIRABEGRON. Could someone explain where the extra compounds have come from? Speedlearn1000 (talk) 16:38, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Move of content from Medical page
Have moved the content from [Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Applied_arts_and_sciences/Medicine] as we may as well have all pharma terms in the same spot. The set from the FDA is big. Notability is an issue on all request pages.-- Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 09:03, 23 February 2010 (UTC)


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Ráth Chairn

Ráth Chairn is a small village and Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking area) in County Meath, Ireland. It is about 55 km northwest of Dublin. Ráth Chairn Gaeltacht was founded in 1935 when 27 families from Connemara, mostly from Ceantar na nOileán, were settled on land previously acquired by the Irish Land Commission, followed by a further 11 families in 1937. In all 443 people moved to the area.

In 1967 Ráth Chairn received official recognition as a Gaeltacht, following a local campaign. Today, it and the nearby village of Baile Ghib make up the Meath Gaeltacht. According to the 2016 census 16% of the population of Ráth Chairn and Baile Ghib speak Irish on a daily basis outside the education system.

Ráth Chairn has since grown into a village with a Catholic church, community hall for dramas and RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta (also used by Coláiste na bhFiann during the summer months), sports facilities, an all-Irish primary and secondary school, a library and a pub (An Bradán Feasa). Several facilities in Ráth Chairn host children and adults wishing to learn Irish, and residential Irish language courses, Coláiste na bhFiann, are run for teenagers in the summer months. A cooperative, the Ráth Chairn Cooperation Society (generally known by its irish-language name, Comharchumann Ráth Chairn), was formed in 1973.

Public transport
Local Link route 188 provides a twice daily bus service linking the village to Athboy, Navan and Drogheda.

Establishment of the Meath Gaeltacht
The Meath Gaeltacht was formed when the Irish Land Commission redistributed the large estates of absentee landlords and farmers from the Gaeltacht areas of the western seaboard were resettled in Meath in the 1930s. The migrants were from Cork, Kerry, Connemara, Mayo and Donegal. The government's goals were to relieve overcrowding and poverty in the western counties and to spread the Irish language. This "colony" was also a social experiment to redress the 17th-century ethnic cleansing of Ireland by Oliver Cromwell’s draconian action ‘To hell or Connaught’. However due to the limited size of the Gaeltacht the difficulty of providing a wide range of services through Irish led to bilingualism becoming necessary.

Foundation of Ráth Chairn
Ráth Chairn was founded in 1935 when 27 families from Connemara moved east to live on land acquired by the Land Commission. The initiative promised potential migrants a higher quality of life, greater crop yields than Connemara and newly built homes. The proposal also aimed to stop the decline of the Irish language by creating an Irish-speaking community in a new location. Each family was provided with a Land Commission house and a farm of approximately 8.9 hectares (22 acres), a sow, piglets and basic implements. A further 11 families joined the original settlers in 1937.

For the most part, when the migrants arrived, they were welcomed into a county where the ethos of the romantic Gaelic revival was in full swing. However, resentment manifested itself in local newspapers, that the migrants were given the land in preference to the local farmers. The Meath Chronicle reported on April 27, 1935 that a local Meath resident was arrested for threatening the life of a Land Commission employee but was released without charge and secondhand accounts report that a migrant woman was harassed by gangs and told "to quit talking that gibberish here".

Notable people

 * Sibéal Ní Chasaide, sean-nós singer
 * Darach Ó Catháin, sean-nós singer
 * Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh, television personality
 * Ciarán Ó Cofaigh, director and producer
 * Liam Mac Cóil, novelist, critic and essayist

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List of basketball players who have scored 100 points in a single game

In basketball, points are the sum of the score accumulated through field goals (two or three points) and free throws (one point). It is a rare achievement for an individual player to score 100 points in a single game. What follows is an incomplete list of all of the verified occurrences of players scoring 100 points or more. Each individual instance of the accomplishment may have been achieved under varying circumstances, such as game length, opponent skill level and the league in which it occurred.

Internationally, the highest single player total between national teams is 116 points, scored by the Philippines' Lou Salvador in May 1923 against China. It happened during the 1923 Far Eastern Games. The highest single game total in worldwide organized basketball history, irrespective of gender, age or competition level, is 272 points, scored by a 13-year-old boy named Mats Wermelin of Sweden. He recorded every single point in his team's 272–0 win on February 5, 1974, during a regional boys' tournament held in Stockholm. As an adult, Wermelin played as a guard for Hammarby IF, Järfälla and Stockholm Capitals. The highest total by a female basketball player worldwide is 136, scored by Anat Draigor of Israel. It happened on April 5, 2006, in a 158–41 win. Draigor was 46 years old playing in an Israel Division III League playoff game, which also makes her the oldest player in history to score 100 points. Only one player, other than the United States' Bevo Francis and Jack Taylor, has recorded multiple 100-point games in organized competition. Croatia's Marin Ferenčević scored 101 and 178 points in April and May 2006, respectively, during Under-14 Croatian League matches.

In the United States, 100-point games have occurred at least once at most levels of education. At the middle school level, 13-year-old 8th grader Bob Harrison scored all 139 of his team's points in a 139–8 win on February 3, 1941. In high school, there have been 24 verified occurrences, 19 by male players and 5 by female players. The first recorded instance was in 1913, when Herman Saygar of Culver High School (Indiana) scored 113 points against Winamac High School. The first female to score 100 points at the high school level was Denise Long of Union-Whitten High School (Iowa), who scored 111 points during a state playoff game in the spring of 1968 against Dows High School. That season, Long's senior year of 1967–68, she averaged a still-standing national record 68.2 points per game. Her single game total stood as the high school female record for 38 years until Epiphanny Prince scored 113 for Murry Bergtraum High School (New York) on February 2, 2006. The boys' high school record is 135 points, scored by Danny Heater on January 26, 1960. Playing for Burnsville High School (West Virginia) against Widen High School, Heater made 53 of 70 field goals and 29 of 41 free throws. His 135-point outburst is still the highest total for the high school level worldwide.

At the college level, there have been seven 100-point games, two of which were recorded by Clarence "Bevo" Francis of Rio Grande College and two by Jack Taylor of Grinnell College. Francis scored 116 points against Ashland College on January 9, 1953, but the opponent was not a four-year institution, so the total did not count as the official college record. One year later, on February 2, 1954, Francis scored 113 against Hillsdale College, which was the recognized highest total in United States college basketball history for 59 years; Grinnell's Taylor scored 138 points on November 20, 2012 to set the new all-time NCAA all-divisions mark. He again recorded 100+ points on November 17, 2013 when he scored 109 against Crossroads College. Frank Selvy of Furman University is the only player to score 100 points at the Division I level. Selvy recorded exactly 100 points on February 13, 1954—less than two weeks after Francis scored 113—against Newberry College. He scored his 99th and 100th points on a 40-foot shot as the final buzzer sounded.

Professionally, there have been a number of occurrences of 100-point games worldwide. It has only happened once in the United States, however. Wilt Chamberlain of the National Basketball Association's Philadelphia Warriors scored 100 points on March 2, 1962 against the New York Knicks during a game played at Hersheypark Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania. He made 36-of-63 field goals and 28-of-32 free throws, the latter being a particularly unusual statistic considering Chamberlain was a 51.1% free throw shooter for his career.

Key
Most of the players' exact statistics cannot be found, but whatever information was able to be verified is included. When a dash (—) appears in the three-point field goal statistic, it indicates that three-pointers had yet to be implemented and were therefore not an applicable statistic.

Professional

 * National Basketball Association (NBA)

High school
Since 1913, 19 male and seven female players have scored 100 points or more in United States high school basketball games.


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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Full outer shell

 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 - redirected - SimonP 14:31, Jun 14, 2005 (UTC)

Full outer shell
non-encyclopaedic babbling Ben davison 00:16, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Speedy delete. Generated by software. Pavel Vozenilek 00:29, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to noble gas, and merge any useful information. -- BD2412  talk  00:42, 2005 May 30 (UTC)
 * Redirect to noble gas -- Rune Welsh ταλκ 01:03, May 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect Fawcett5 04:05, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * No, don't redirect to noble gas, any element can have a full outer shell by gaining or losing electrons. Kappa 06:16, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Egad - I was thinking only in terms of atoms, not molecules. You are correct, sir! I therefore join my colleagues below in saying redirect to valence shell. -- BD2412  talk  22:04, 2005 May 30 (UTC)
 * Keep and rewrite, or put more content into Valence shell and redirect. This information is useful, because the Valence shell article makes no mention of the effect of having a full outer shell. We're jumping the gun by nominating it for deletion because it's not written properly, regardless of whether it was computer generated. -- Barfooz  (talk)  06:29, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect useful info in Valence shell per Barfooz. We need info on full outer shells, but not in the current format. Mgm|(talk) 07:05, May 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to Valence shell. -Sholtar | talk 07:08, May 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and completely rewrite. This could be a useful topic as per Barfooz. Megan1967 09:08, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to valence shell; this is a concept most usefully discussed in context. --TenOfAllTrades (talk/contrib) 17:19, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Rewrite It needs an introduction so that the reader immediately knows what the topic is about. But it looks worthy of its own topic if it is cleaned up a bit. Sonic Mew 20:32, May 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * keep, but in big need of a rewrite. The article should remain, however, no need for merge/redirect. UkPaolo 22:14, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge useful content into Valence shell and redirect. Many things have outer shells; the fullness described here is only relevant to electron valence levels.  Heck, my car has a valance (two a's, one e) panel under the front bumper with a full outer shell after I drive through mud.  Barno 19:35, 31 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep with rewrite. JamesBurns 08:49, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to valence shell. -- Cyrius|✎ 03:49, 4 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:Gaeltacht

Category: Gaeltacht places
I have started a new category which will include all places in the Gaeltacht. This is Category:Gaeltacht places. As part of this process I have started new article on Dunquin and Ráth Cairn.

Map
The map shown in the article is extremely inaccurate. Most Gaeltacht areas are shown as being much smaller than they actually are and Clear Island in Co. Cork and Ring in Waterford have been completely omitted.

Alan, Dublin

 * Ok, then I'll remove the map for now. Do you have any idea where we can get a better one? --Khoikhoi 05:54, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

We need to be very careful not to include the map on Údarás na Gaeltachta's website which is as inaccurate as that first put up in the Wikipedia article and subsequently removed. I e-mailed ÚnaG about their inaccurate map but received no reply. Reg Hindley used an official map in his book Death of the Irish Language and if anyone had a copy of it, it could be scanned in. The last changes to Gaeltacht boundaries were made in 1974 when Clochán-Bréanann and part of West Muskerry previously in the Galltacht were included in the Gaeltacht.

Alan, Dublin

Towns and Villages
Might a List of places in the Gaeltacht or similar be better to the recent addition of towns and villages? Djegan 20:18, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

Ráth Cairn
Are we sure the English spelling is "Rathcarne", the most recent ordance survey map uses "Rathcarran", neither are particularily popular on an internet search but getting it right is not bad either (before creating a redirect)? Djegan 17:26, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, they both seem to be in use, but the Irish name Ráth Cairn (which also has a variant Ráth Chairn) seems to be most common, even on websites written in English. The article is already at Ráth Cairn, so I'll just set redirects from all three of Rathcarne, Rathcarran, and Ráth Chairn. —Angr 18:10, 18 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Thanks! I'm the one who made the list of Gaeltacht-places and I thought about using Ráth Cairn in the first place, and would have done if I knew there was already an article under that name. JdeJ 19:11, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I didn't know either until I googled for "Ráth Cairn" and found ga:Ráth Cairn that way, and when I went there, I saw it was linked to Ráth Cairn here at en. —Angr 20:14, 18 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Most Gaeltacht areas do not actually have translations into English. The majority are in Gaelic only; controversy over using English words has been cast in the media - please research An Daingeán - and their arguement against 'Dingle'.

Canadian Gaeltacht?
Is there some people actually living in this Gaeltacht? The nearest place, according to the article, is a "small hamlet" that according to its article "has only a few commercial business in operation" and that fact is "largely due to its low population." Is there really an Irish speaking community there or not? JdeJ 06:16, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

 * I don't think there are people living in this Gaeltacht, but rather the hope is that one day there will be. It is currently just used to run Irish immersion courses and the like, but they are planning to build a community around it and eventually have a proper Irish language village.  It has been approved funding by the Irish government though I think, and may have received Gaeltacht status.--Alanmryan100 (talk) 19:57, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

 * The proper term would be a Canadian Gàidhealtachd, as is the case in the province of Nova Scotia where a Scottish colony settled in the 1850's, and they still speak Scottish Gaelic over there, unless you're talking about an Irish-language colony somewhere else in Canada. Il  Studioso  07:20, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

 * No I'm afraid the proper term is Gaeltacht and not Gàidhealtachd. Gàidhealtachd is reserved for areas with a Scottish Gaelic speaking population. The Gaeltacht in Tamworth, Ontario is an Irish Gaelic speaking area (although no-one lives there) that has received official status from Minister Ó Cuív. --MacTire02 (talk) 16:19, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Antrim Gaeltacht
Under new Northern Irish rule, the Shaw's Road area of Belfast has been marked a Gaeltacht area. Every time I add it, someone keeps removing it from the page. This is ridiculous! Anyone heard of Belfast's Gaeltacht Quarter? If you havn't, please research it. It's disgraceful that people take things from pages without knowing anything of the topic. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.160.241.186 (talk) 01:34, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

 * If it gets removed, it's because you haven't sourced the statement. People are naturally suspicious of anything being called a "Gaeltacht" outside the Republic of Ireland, because the strict sense of the word refers to a creation of the government of the Republic. When places in Northern Ireland and Canada get called "Gaeltachtaí", we want to know what exactly is meant by that, and to see good, published sources backing up the claim. —Angr 06:11, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

 * I just found these links and thought they were interesting:  . Seems there are a bunch of "new" Gaeltachtaí being planned.... perhaps this should be mentioned here?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sulmac (talk • contribs) 18:52, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

 * I definitely think those links should be added. They are relevant I feel, and perhaps they, the Antrim/Belfast Gaeltacht and the one in Canada could be put together in a list - showing future or newly approved Gaeltacht areas.--Alanmryan100 (talk) 19:57, 8 February 2008 (UTC)

 * The Shaw's Road area is not a Gaeltacht area. The officially recognised "Gaeltacht Quarter" in Belfast does NOT include anywhere beyond the jurisdiction of Belfast City Council. (Legally speaking the Shaw's Road area lies within the boundaries of Lisburn City Council.) The official quarter extends from the city centre stoping more than a mile from the Shaw's road vicinity. Demographically speaking the mojority of people in the Shaw's Road area cannot speak Irish, and not all those who can, do. Whilst it would be true to say that there is a strong vibrant Irish language community in the Shaw's Road area, and indeed throughout the Belfast region, the is nowhere which has an Irish-speaking majority. Gaeltacht Quarter Map The Gaeltacht Quarter was established because of the strong economic and cultural impact that the Irish language has had on the Falls Road, in the west of the city, in recent decades - not on a liguistic basis. There was no language survey on local households and it is documented on the census that the language is not the doninant language of the Falls Road - most locals don't even understand it. The quarter was established in an effort to atract more inward investment into a district in Belfast which has historially been economically disadvantaged. [www.nicensus2001.gov.uk/ NISRA] The UK does not have any linguistically defined geographical areas. And, it is not within the remit of the BBC to designate any area of the UK as a Gaeltacht. The term "Gaeltacht" is incorrectly used in many cases, as a cultural motif - this being one of them. D.de.loinsigh (talk) 23:509, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Terminology
As this is the English language Wikipedia it should use English terminology. Irish language and Gaelic language are acceptable terms in English, although I would prefer the former. PatGallacher (talk) 14:46, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

ludicrous POV sentence
"The aim was to redress a centuries old imbalance, where the Irish farmers were forcibly removed from this land by the English under Oliver Cromwell, with the infamous edict to ‘Hell or Connacht’. When the Irish farmers returned to the land in Meath, they brought with them their native language and culture, which today is greatly celebrated in the small Gaeltacht of Baile Ghib and Rath Cairn, 70 km from Dublin city."
 * Who in the Meath Gaeltacht can say that a particular ancestor came from where he lives today? No compensation was paid in the 1650s, while the occupiers were paid to leave by the state in the 1930s to set up this Gaeltacht, so it didn't redress any imbalance. Application of reality, please.86.42.221.37 (talk) 17:15, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Gaeltacht placenames
Should placenames in the Gaeltacht not be in their Irish language version as that is the official version? I know we have a common view policy on wikipedia, but if we were to rigidly implement that policy then all articles on all placenames should be in their common English language version. i.e. Kolkata should be re-named Calcutta - the common English language name. Likewise Mumbai - Bombay. I don't understand why these commonname placenames have been superseded by their official Indian names, while Irish Gaeltacht placenames have to bow to their common English name despite the fact that it's their Irish name that has official status. The government here only uses the Irish language version, as does RTÉ, a sizeable portion of the National Media, new OS maps since the Official Languages Acts, and in the future it will be a requirement to have all maps show the official name only or as a priority name (i.e. with the English name in italics). To have one policy for Indian placenames and another for Irish Gaeltacht placenames is a bit hypocritical I feel. --MacTire02 (talk) 13:15, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

 * There is much dispute over those changes on a local level. Lets not move them around just because of "officaldom". Djegan (talk) 13:57, 14 February 2009 (UTC)
 * This isn't the place to discuss the issue anyway. The right place to discuss it is WP:MOSIR, but the consensus that the English names of places in the Gaeltacht are to be used, provided the English names are the most commonly used names in English, is unlikely to change any time soon. —Angr 14:25, 15 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Have changed all Irish only place names to English versions as used by the article names for those places, since this is English Wikipedia. After all, even Irish speaking Gaeltacht dwellers will use English language equivalents when speaking in English. If there is any argument about this, the best place is to argue about the individual place name article names on those talk pages, not simply change the names back to Irish on this page. 86.139.114.221 (talk) 07:54, 10 May 2016 (UTC)

What problems ...
You know, I don't care if this ends up getting kicked off of Wikipedia, but based on this info, I just have to conclude that, in a basic phrase, England and its English language have caused nothing but problems to many cultures and languages, especially the Celtic languages in particular. If you study the three Gaeltacht maps, you can see that, from 1926 to 2007, the "English Monster" has pretty much gotten the Irish language rounded up with nowhere to escape to, and the various pockets of Gaeltacht resemble peninsulas, showing how the Irish language can't escape, unless something's done about this in Dublin. With the situation of the language in Northern Ireland, I'm particularly not surprised how it's not supported. What could you possibly expect from England? By the way, when you refer to Great Britain, I hope you're talkin' about England, right? Il Studioso  07:42, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
 * This talk page is for discussing improvements to the article Gaeltacht, not for getting opinions off your chest. The term "Great Britain" doesn't even occur in the article, but when it is used, it refers correctly to England, Scotland, and Wales together, not just England. —Angr 18:47, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

Belfast Gaeltacht
Bóthar Seoighe (also Gaeltacht Seoighe; English: Shaw's Road or Shaw's Gaeltacht) is a small Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking area) in Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The Shaw's Road Gaeltacht was founded in the mid 1960s when a few families from Belfast built their houses in the area. More families joined the original settlers in the 1960s. In all, over 300 people live in the Shaw's Road Gaeltacht. In 1972 the Shaw's Road received official recognition as a Gaeltacht following a campaign. A committee was started in 1973. As a result, the Shaw's Road has grown into a community with a primary school (and have from the work of it's people openeda secondary school in 1991 on the Falls Road), the first primary Irish Language primary school in the north of Ireland, a community hall and other historical facilities. Shaw's Gaeltacht is popular for children and adults from Antrim learning Irish. Irish language courses are run for all in the GAA Club. Shaw's Gaeltahct has a strong culture of traditional music, dance and drama which continues to thrive today.

The area has been home to many musicians, dancers, teachers and political figures. People fond of the place were Belfast-born Gaelic speaker Albert Sharpe, who stared in Darby O'Gill and the Little People and Robbi McMillen, a young singer who was born and raised there. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.79.29.3 (talk) 02:35, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

The tiresome Derry/Londonderry saga
I've reverted this edit for the following reasons. I went over to WP:MOSIR and checked to see if proper names of companies, organisations and such are exempt from wiki's landmark Derry City/County Londonderry agreement. Examples include City of Derry Airport, Port of Londonderry, Derry City Council and Derry GAA. The response I got was that these are indeed exempt from this agreement and the name on wiki is exactly what it says on the tin. In this instance, the name of the project cited in the source is South Derry Gaelteacht. There is no mention of a South Londonderry Gaelteacht. If User:mabuska has any issues with that, please take it to the talk page at WP:MOSIR. --Eamonnca1 (talk) 23:56, 31 March 2011 (UTC)

 * Will do. Though can you provide an actual source that states there is a specific project called "South Derry Galetacht"? It would appear to be more a Gaeltacht project that is being referred to as being in South Derry rather than its actual name. Even then the sub-section title as its geographic should state South Londonderry regardless of what the project is called.

 * Here ya go. Wikipedia_talk:Manual_of_Style_(Ireland-related_articles). Though you do know the biggest flaw in your arguement is that it isn't a project, the source says its a strategy, and also that its called An Bealach chun Tosaigh which means "The Way Forward". Mabuska (talk) 12:13, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

 * How about a compromise. The reference and any reference to it I can find online (though unusable because they are simply forum discussions) all mention it as the South Derry Gaeltacht. Seeing as how the other sub-headings within this section simply refer to the geographical location, how about we keep the name as South Derry Gaeltacht within the paragraph as that is how it's known, but use South Londonderry as the sub-heading as that is its geographical location, which would therefore adhere to the MOS? --MacTire02 (talk) 12:31, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

 * Problem with that is there is no official project, association, region, or organisation called "South Derry Gaeltacht". It is a geographic descriptor pure and simple and nothing else. On that grounds IMoS applies. Its not like "Port of Londonderry" or "Derry City Council".
 * If you wanted to describe the geographic location of a Gaeltacht in Timbuktu you'd say the Timbuktu Gaeltacht, but it doesn't mean that thats its name, its just a geographic descriptor. Even the groups involved don't mention Derry or Londonderry in their name. I was sorely tempted to drive a few miles from mine to Carntogher and to ask them personally but that'd be original research.
 * Unless theres evidence that this Gaeltacht which has no official status whatsoever, is actually designated as the "South Derry Gaeltacht" it should be reworded or IMoS applied. A rewording would be like; a Gaeltacht, based around Slaghtneill and Carntogher, near Maghera, in southern County Londonderry
 * It would make more sense to title the sub-section "County Londonderry" as as "South Derry/Londonderry" along two sub-sections that the names of cities and one thats a continent would be a little confusing for readers. Maybe just stating County Londonderry as the title might be better or even just Maghera as the Gaeltacht is based near it? Mabuska (talk) 15:40, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Mabuska (talk) 15:40, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Seems fair enough as it's covering the south of the county not the city which means that Londonderry should be used. The C of E. God Save The Queen! (talk) 16:16, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Where does it say anywhere that "South Derry" shall be called "South Londonderry"? The basic problem is that there is not an area even unofficially called "South Londonderry", whereas "South Derry" it its only name. O Fenian (talk) 22:58, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
 * The IMOS makes it clear that Derry should be used when speaking about the city and Londonderry about the county. This gaeltacht will be in the south of the county, not the city. As for usage: see here for official use, here or here for unofficial use. Valenciano (talk) 11:02, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * And do you have any evidence that the South Derry being referred to in any way corresponds to electoral boundaries? Oh no you do not, so less of the meaningless waffle. O Fenian (talk) 11:10, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * You said "there is not an area even unofficially called "South Londonderry." Check the two links above which refer to South Londonderry, so your comments besides being pure POV are just plain wrong. IMOS is clear that we need to use Derry for the city and Londonderry for the county, exceptions to that would be official names. No one's interested in your unsourced personal POV so unless you can provide sources that the gaeltacht in question actually exists or that it will cover the south of Derry city you're just babbling and wasting people's time. Valenciano (talk) 17:03, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Do you plan to answer the question? Before you do, you might also want to brush up on past and present tense. Then you might also want to find a source that says "South Londonderry" is an alternate name for "South Derry". Or is it only you that makes demands round here? Funny how you also moan about wasting time, yet took the time to provide those three links while ignoring that the first result on Google returns this. So exactly who is wasting the time of who here? O Fenian (talk) 17:21, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Past/present tense? Eh? What are you on about? Let's answer your other questions then. You appear to be arguing that the South Derry area (the area not the Gaeltacht) is never called South Londonderry. I've given you two links above which show that South Londonderry is an alternate name used unofficially. The point about the electoral constituency shows that it was also an official name used at one point for the area which included Magherafelt, Maghera etc. It's clear from the link that the Gaeltacht in question hasn't been set up yet and as yet doesn't have an official name. Lacking that, IMOS applies. Is it in the city or the county? It's in the county. Right, then we use Londonderry. Not that hard is it? Valenciano (talk) 18:02, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

The area is called both South Derry and South Londonderry by people O Fenian. South Derry if anything is an alternative for South Londonderry seeing as the county has always been Londonderry. You can guess who uses what, though South Derry is a common shorthand in the unionist community too, but at present neither name has any official status, and the only one that did was South Londonderry, but then again that is the name of the county and this area is the southern portion of it. Thus your arguement O Fenian is seriously flawed. IMoS thus should be applied as we are dealing with a county not a unofficial shorthand name that depends largely of pov. Mabuska (talk) 20:43, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

 * Other than two opposers, there is a broad consensus to apply the IMoS and use Londonderry going by the talk at the Ireland IMoS WikiProject, and in here. "South Derry Gaeltacht" is not an official name of anykind, so it doesn't fall into the exceptions such as "Port of Londonderry" etc. This i move to apply the IMoS as it should. Mabuska (talk) 20:52, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
 * If they really want to include the "south" bit then put "South of Co. Londonderry". However I certainly agree that the IMOS should be applied here. I second your move. The C of E. God Save The Queen! (talk) 07:55, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

 * The more I have read up on the proposed Gaeltacht, the more it is obvious that the name "South Derry Gaeltacht" is indeed simply a loose term to describe the geographical location of the Gaeltacht, rather than anything official. I have also heard of the Gaeltacht in Meath described simply as the "Meath Gaeltacht" (in a similar vein to the way the proposed Gaeltacht in South Londonderry/Derry is named), despite the fact that the Gaeltacht in Meath is officially called the "Rath Cairn Gaeltacht". Therefore, without any official naming of the Gaeltacht we must adhere to the IMOS. I know this is a change of position previously held, but as I said, I have looked into it more. The IMoS has held for quite a while now, and I don't see how the renaming of the Gaeltacht in the article will change the content. --MacTire02 (talk) 09:21, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

 * It won't change the content of the article other than the terminology used. The Gaeltacht i doubt could ever recieve official status within Northern Ireland unless the Assembly declared it as such, and even then due to the fact it is located in a small area that doesn't even comprise much of South Londonderry, it'd be given a more localised Irish name such as "Carn Tóchair Gaeltacht", just as the "Meath Gaeltacht" is known as the "Rath Cairn Gaeltacht" in Irish. I'll go ahead and make the change BRD.

 * In fact we shouldn't really try to push South Londonderry as the name of the area, as that isn't even its proper name anymore, though is used informally. Maybe south Londonderry or southern County Londonderry would be better. Mabuska (talk) 15:05, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

 * Just as an aside - as far as I know, the Assembly has no real say in what or what is not considered a Gaeltacht, by which I mean if the Gaeltacht was established it would more than likely receive nether condemnation nor support from the Assembly. It would more than likely simply be viewed as a regional "peculiarity" if I may use that word, similar to the way the Tamworth Gaeltacht in Ontario is not "official" in that it is neither viewed positively nor negatively by the Ontario government. Yet Tamworth is considered an "official" Gaeltacht according to Údarás na Gaeltachta and the Department of the Gaeltacht in the Republic. All this is, of course, an aside to the question regarding the naming of the Gaeltacht, and the IMoS. --MacTire02 (talk) 16:45, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

 * As another aside, is it not strange to begin this section with "Minister Éamon Ó Cuív, TD", when Ó Cuív has never been a minister or a TD in NI? Scolaire (talk) 13:29, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Good point. Also it does appear worded subversively. The "Ireland" wikilink pipe for RoI in the article lede is correct as its dealing with the state - but then the article goes on about Belfast and County Londonderry without making it clear that they aren't part of that state - so it appears the piped-link may be referring the island instead of the state. Casually describing a TD without placing where he's from in regards to County Londonderry could be assumed to be subversive. Slight rewording needs done to amend this. Mabuska (talk) 13:38, 5 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I simply put the NI "Gaeltachtai" into its own sub-section, and made it clear that the TD is from the Republic. Really simple changes to help avoid confusion. Mabuska (talk) 13:46, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

 * Okay, but I don't think there's anything too subversive about mentioning that he was Minister for the Gaeltacht in the Republic. Presumably that's why he was there. Scolaire (talk) 14:41, 5 April 2011 (UTC)

Criticism
Shouldn't this article mention that there has been criticism of the Gaeltacht idea, including from people who support the Irish language?--MacRusgail (talk) 21:32, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

 * For an evenly balanced article their should be some form of criticism section - as long as its sourced reliably. Mabuska (talk) 21:55, 17 June 2011 (UTC)

 * So be bold and just add a criticism section with refs. I can't imagine how anyone would have a problem with such a section. Mac Tíre   Cowag  07:12, 18 June 2011 (UTC)

Changes
I have tightened up a number of sections and have added references. I have added a section describing the parlous state of the language in the official Gaeltacht. Given that this threatens the very existence of the Gaeltacht, such a section is well overdue. Colin Ryan (talk) 12:19, 23 April 2013 (UTC)

(Mis)Infobox
Infoboxes are designed to convey a summary of information, unfortunataly this one added inaccuarcies. The flag, emblem and national languages are those of the state. The Gaeltacht offical/sanctioned religion was set to catholic and demonym was Gaelic/Irish people. No, no and no. Murry1975 (talk) 11:27, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

Deletion of Clare island from Neo-Gaeltachtaí
I have taken Clare Island out of the section devoted to Neo-Gaeltachtaí, as there is no convincing evidence of any revival.

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County Londonderry
See Manual_of_Style/Ireland-related_articles - "To avoid constant renaming of articles (and more), keep a neutral point of view, promote consistency in the encyclopedia, and avoid Stroke City-style terms perplexing to those unfamiliar with the dispute, a compromise solution was proposed and agreed in 2004 regarding the Derry/Londonderry name dispute, and has been generally accepted as a convention for both article titles and in-article references since then. Use Derry for the city and County Londonderry for the county in articles." I have therefore reverted the edits to the version as it stod before to-day - please discuss here before making any edits. Alekksandr (talk) 21:01, 10 August 2019 (UTC)

What seven counties?
The article states: Gaeltacht areas were recognised in seven of the state's 26 counties (nominally Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Kerry, and Waterford). That comes to five not seven by my reckoning. Can someone please correct this? John Campbell (talk) 23:04, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

Transfer of material
I have transferred much of the material in what used to "Gaeltachtaí" and is now "Revival and innovation" to Neo-Gaeltacht, where I consider it more properly belongs. I trimmed the bulk of "West Clare Gaeltacht Irish speaking area & North Munster Irish / Gaeilge na dTuathmhumhan," together with its unwieldy title: it is now simply "West Clare". Still work to be done.

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Talk:Wizardry

Werdna
"Werdna" is Andrew spelled backwards and one of the creators is named Andrew. --Wilbur 00:20, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

Just as "Trebor", the lord in the game who is tormented by Werdna is Robert spelled backwards, the other creator.

Unlisted title
There was a Wizardry title on the SNES that isn't listed,

"Wizardry 1-2-3 ~The Story of Llylgamyn~" I'm not sure of the year, but I know with 100% certainty this title exists. In fact, gamefaqs.com(before they went poop) had a walkthrough of the for the game up. but(since they went poop), the walkthrough, and mention of it's name is no longer found there.

And just because Gamefaqs doesn't list it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Just ask Aeon Genesis.

 * This page lists at least two Wizardry titles for the SNES. Edit to include if you like (and sign your posts next time). :-) — Frecklefoot | Talk 15:28, 17 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Indeed, this game exists, as I'm playing it right now! :) Strangely, however, for the SNES only (as far as I can tell), Wizardry 2 is Legacy of Llylgamyn and Wizardry 3 is Knight of Diamonds.  Does anybody have any information on the reasoning behind this strange switcheroo?  If so, please add it to the main page! --Rob (talk) 05:53, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

 * I don't have a source handy, but for the Famicom Wizardry ports (which the SNES trilogy was based on) Legacy of Llygamyn (I believe it was titled Wizardy II: The Third Scenario) was released prior to Knight of Diamonds (Wizardry III: The Second Scenario). It was rather odd that they did that, but I think the Super Famicom trilogy was kept that way for consistency.  Sudo edit this page (talk) 06:39, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

Wizardry: Tale of the Forsaken Land
I thought this wasn't part of the main series in any way whatsoever (apart from a possible remake of the original), and consequently wasn't developed by Sirtech. Samx 22:23, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

More 3d Wizardrys
Apparently I enjoyed Wizardry 8 so much, that I can't seem to go back to playing the gridlike structure of the old Wizardrys. The fact that the DS Wizardry Asterix was gridlike instead of 3d disappointed me. I had heard that a Japanese developer aquired all rights to the game's name, and I'm just a little worried that if Wizardry 9 is developed (if ever) it would not be fully 3d, and would feature random encounters (like most Japanese RPGs are). What does everyone else think? Samx 22:23, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Wizards & Warriors
What about Wizards & Warriors - game made by author of Wizardry V, VI & VIII - David_W._Bradley ? http://www.heuristicpark.com/deep6.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.134.181.224 (talk) 12:00, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

Akalabeth: World of Doom
Akalabeth was the first to use first-person perspective drawn dungeons, and was released a year prior to Wizardry. Trying to give this credit to Wizardry is factually incorrect. You can bet from the time Akalabeth was released to Wizardry's release that the creators had at least known about Akalabeth. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Cleverwisdom (talk • contribs) 10:20, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

Actually, there was a couple games on Control Data's Plato System, namely Labryith (SP?), which preceeded Akalabeth. Plato's proprietary keyboard also labeled (and used) the W-A-S-D keys with arrows, also used by the games written for Plato. So, Cleverwisdon... You need to do a little more research yourself, or at least have the experience of us old-timers. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Scp747 (talk • contribs) 11:54, 18 July 2010 (UTC)

The PLATO game in question, with regards to both these points, is Moria_(PLATO) - you can play it at cyber1. moria was created around 1975 and shows a first-person perspective and uses the WAXD keys. It was the inspiration for Wizardry - as attested to by Robert Woodhead himself here - https://plus.google.com/109466015423371388551/posts/j2RLPBfPSw5 Nevster (talk) 02:21, 19 July 2011 (UTC)

Removed bit about at that time
Unless all three games had listed how many days they had been out, and how many they sold at that time period, and how many they all went on to sell, then I don't think its really accurate. Don't see the point either. Just list the total that came out, compared to other games released about the same time.  D r e a m Focus  20:04, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

Stones of Arnhem
This article and/or the Wizardry 8 article could briefly mention Stones of Arnhem, a game that was in development but was never released. --82.136.210.153 (talk) 10:47, 28 October 2014 (UTC)

 * Probably worth a mention if it existed. Do you have any citations for it?  Sudo edit this page (talk) 06:40, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

Busin/Tale of the Forsaken Land listing
Changed the primary title of this game to Tale of the Forsaken Land instead of Busin Alternative as per criteria 2 at Naming conventions (video games) Sudo edit this page (talk) 06:42, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

Etrian Odyssey
Shouldn't the etrian games be mentioned in the section talking about wizardry's influence on other games? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.51.71.73 (talk) 06:17, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

Table?
What does everyone think of putting the game in a table, like this:

Of course, we might have to have separate table for Japan and North America. This is just a start. Thoughts? Overkill? — Frεcklεfσσt | Talk 16:52, 30 July 2016 (UTC)

Should Spinoffs Be Considered in the "Latest Version" Entry
An odd question: ThiagoSimoes updated the infobox with the latest version, setting it to WizRogue's release data. The original series ended with Wizardry 8; WizRogue is a spin off by an unrelated company. Should WizRogue be considered as part of the series or not in this reguard -- i.e., is the latest release WizRogue or Wizardry 8? Elminage Original's PC port, arguably just as connected to the Wizardry series as WizRogue, came out more recently, and Demon Gaze 2 is coming soon as well. Is the infobox capable of handling any more complexity - I.e., a "Latest Official Release, Latest Spinoff Release type setup? KiTA (talk) 17:23, 13 September 2017 (UTC)

Source for Wizardry Empire

 * https://web.archive.org/web/20001101213357/http://www.zdnet.co.jp/gamespot/news/9907/06/news01.html

Source

 * https://archive.org/details/PC_Review_Issue_7_1992-05_EMAP_Images_GB/page/n33/mode/2up

Wizardry novel!
Call me crazy, but one of the first novels I read was "Wizardry: The League of the Crimson Crescent." I never played the games and honestly did not know they existed at the time. But I loved that book so much! I do not see any reference for it on this Wiki, and when I look up the book directly it does not mention a connection to the games. It can't be coincidence! 2600:1005:B117:4C96:FDE8:CF30:CA71:30B4 (talk) 02:16, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Hardcore Gaming 101 mentions it in this article. We could probably use that article to fill out the spinoffs and such here. NinjaRobotPirate (talk) 03:33, 16 September 2023 (UTC)

"American spin-off game"
This section is a bit confusing; the games were originally released by Sir-Tech in the United States, so why is it phrased like "In 1996, the series received the first (and, so far, only) spin-off developed in North America" (emphasis added)? If it's the first and only spin-off game in general, then fine, it's just a spin-off game. If this is in reference to the fact that the main series has long since ended and the Wizardry franchise is big in Japan (via its own spin-off), then why not mention that? I don't know enough about the Wizardry franchise to rewrite it myself, but I guess that's the point: the way this section is written makes no sense to outsiders. Maybe move that section to after the "Japanese spin-off games" section? — 66.60.148.2 (talk) 23:21, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

 * Done: I specified that Nemesis is the only American spin-off because all the other 30+ spin-off games were made in Japan. ---Abacos (talk) 15:25, 4 March 2024 (UTC)

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North Ryde railway station

North Ryde railway station is located on the Metro North West Line, serving the Sydney suburb of North Ryde, New South Wales, Australia. Formerly part of the Sydney Trains T1 Northern Line, the station started operating under the Sydney Metro network from May 2019.

History
North Ryde station opened on 23 February 2009 on the same date as the Chatswood to Epping line. It was built on the site of Network Ten's former television studios, now occupied by apartments named Ryde Gardens.

The original, proposed name of the station was Delhi Road after the adjacent street. On 12 June 2006, North Ryde Railway Station was submitted to the Geographical Names Board of New South Wales as the provisional official name of the station.

North Ryde station closed in September 2018 for seven months for conversion to a Sydney Metro station on the Metro North West Line, which included the installation of platform screen doors. It reopened on 26 May 2019. It serves the nearby Lachlan's Line mixed-use development, which first opened in 2019. The residential development is connected to North Ryde station via a shared pedestrian/cycling bridge over the M2 Hills Motorway and Delhi Road.

Services
Busways operates one route via North Ryde station. It is also served by one NightRide route.

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Nahum Sokolow

Nahum ben Joseph Samuel Sokolow (נחום ט' סוקולוב Nachum ben Yosef Shmuel Soqolov, סאָקאָלאָוו; 10 January 1859 – 17 May 1936 ) was a Zionist leader, author, translator, and a pioneer of Hebrew journalism.

Biography
Nahum Sokolow was born in Wyszogród, in the Płock Governorate of Congress Poland in the Russian Empire. He began to attend heder at the age of three. When he was five, his parents moved to Płock. At the age of ten, he was already renowned as a Hebrew scholar. His father wanted him to study for the rabbinate but with the intervention of Baron Wrangel, the governor of Płock, he enrolled in a secular school. He married at eighteen and settled in Makov, where his father-in-law lived, and earned a living as a wool merchant. At the age of 20, he moved to Warsaw and became a regular contributor to the Hebrew daily HaTzefirah. Eventually he wrote his own column and went on to become editor and co-owner. In 1914, after the outbreak of World War I, he moved to London to work with Chaim Weizmann.

Sokolow died in London in 1936.

Literary career
Sokolow was a prolific author and translator. His works include a three-volume history of Baruch Spinoza and his times, and various other biographies. He was the first to translate Theodor Herzl's novel Altneuland into Hebrew, giving it the name Tel Aviv (literally, "An Ancient Hill of Spring"). In 1909, the name was adopted for the first modern Hebrew-speaking city.

Zionist activism
In 1931, Sokolow was elected President of the World Zionist Congress and served in that capacity until 1935, when he was succeeded by Chaim Weizmann. Sokolow also served as President of the Jewish Agency for Palestine (now called the Jewish Agency for Israel) between 1931 and 1933, when he was succeeded by Arthur Ruppin. In 1906, Sokolow was asked to become the secretary general of the World Zionist Congress. In the ensuing years, he crisscrossed Europe and North America to promote the Zionist cause. After moving to London, he was a leading advocate for the Balfour Declaration in which the British government declared its support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine.

On 6 February 1917, a meeting was held in Maida Vale with Weizmann to discuss the results of the Picot convention in Paris. Sokolow and Weizmann pressed on after they had seized leadership from Gaster; they were granted official recognition from the British government. Historian Martin Kramer argues that securing the assent of Britain's French and American Allies and of the Vatican, which controlled many Christian Holy Sites in the Land of Israel, was a necessary precondition for the Balfour Declaration. Sokolow secured the support of Pope Benedict XV on 4 May 1917, who described the return of the Jews to Palestine as "providential; God has willed it". Sokolow secured the assent of France in the Cambon letter of 4 June 1917, signed by Jules Cambon, the head of the political section of the French foreign ministry.

Chaim Weizmann wrote to the Manchester Zionist, Harry Sacher, who became a focus for the view that Sokolow and Weizmann had capitulated and forfeited the right to lead by "preferring British Imperialism... to Zionism". Sokolow acted as Weizmann's eyes and ears in Paris on a diplomatic mission with Sir Mark Sykes to negotiate with the French. The idea that the Jews would form a new kind of Triple Entente under the Ottoman Empire was unsettling to them. No, the delegation left for Paris on 31 March 1917. One purpose of the Entente was to strengthen the hand of Zionism in the US. "The Jews represented a powerful political and economic force... if subterranean influence". Sokolow did not know of the Sykes-Picot Agreement and British-French understanding on Middle Eastern policy matters. He believed that he must report to Weizmann that what France really meant by a "Greater Syria", taking the whole of Palestine for themselves. In a series of letters in April and May 1917, Weizmann accused Sokolow of letting the Zionists down in negotiations with France. Sokolow countered by replying that he remained totally committed to a British Palestine.

The desiderata or things desired by the Jews for their new homeland were "facilities of colonization, communal autonomy, rights of language and establishment of a Jewish chartered company." Sokolow's eventual diplomacy triumph for Zionism in Paris made them "accept in principle the recognition of Jewish nationality in the capacity of National Home, local autonomy etc. It is beyond my boldest expectations", he wrote. They expected a quid pro quo for support against Germany, which was further made urgent by the entry of the US on 6 April 1917 to the global conflict. They now associated an Allied victory with securing "Zionist aspirations", a phrase also used by Sykes in his despatches to Balfour. On 9 April, the Paris conference ended, marking a high point in Sokolow's career. The Zionists were now open to all diplomatic rounds. Sokolov came to Rome to gain support for the plan of a Jewish state in Palestine and spoke to Monsignor Eugenio Pacelli, the future Pope Pius XII. That Pope Benedict XV had vehemently condemned anti-Semitism a year earlier was seen as a good omen.

In Rome, the Vatican City were considering accepting terms. Sokolow's letters asked advice from Weizmann; the amazed Sokolow met the Pope on 6 May. The Zionists began to feel more confident about their patriotism. Sokolow asked for "moral support", a philosophical equality, and immediately wrote Weizmann about the "expressing of favour", but Weizmann was not so emotional since he had a tough hard-headed businesslike character. He congratulated Sokolow on the success. Sokolow was called upon to stop at Paris by Jules Cambon and Prime Minister Alexandre Ribot. They were still concerned that Zionism would cause unlimited damage to world security if unleashed in Bolshevik Russia.

Published works

 * Hatzofe levayt yisrael

Awards and recognition
Kibbutz Sde Nahum is named for him.

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Swiffer

Swiffer is an American brand of cleaning products that is made by Procter & Gamble. Introduced in 1999, the brand uses the "razor-and-blades" business model, whereby the consumer purchases the handle assembly at a low price, but must continue to purchase replacement refills and pads over the lifespan of the product. Swiffer has become a half-billion dollar brand in fifteen countries.

Origin
The electrostatic cleaning system which P&G sells under the Swiffer brand was created by Kao Japan. An excerpt from a 1999 BizJournals article explains that "P&G can't claim it came up with the Swiffer idea on its own. A similar product was already on the market in Japan, by a company called Kao". "KAO was marketing this product in Japan for five years," said Cynthia Georgeson, spokeswoman for S.C. Johnson, a $5 billion-a-year, family-run business with brands including Pledge, Johnson Wax, Raid and Windex. King said P&G knew of the Kao product, but did not seek a licensing agreement."

Current products
All the products below have a refill system. Both the product and the refills are currently marketed.

 * Swiffer Bissell Steamboost is a steam mop. It uses special steam pads and it deeply penetrates dirt.
 * Swiffer Continuous Clean Air Cleaner is an air filtration system introduced in 2018. Like Swiffer mops, it uses a refill system for the filter, which is a common model across the air filtration industry. This product line is manufactured and marketed by a P&G licensee, Project Air LLC, of Cranberry, New Jersey.
 * Swiffer Dusters are disposable dusters. They are advertised as 360° (All-Around) but the traditional Swiffer Dusters are also available (one side only). The optional extensible handle is 3 feet long, fully extended. The Swiffer Duster was introduced in 2003.
 * Swiffer Sweeper is a combination sweeper-mop. That is, it can use either dry or wet-type disposable cloths. The wet cloths are for mopping and they have scrubbing strips which are for scrubbing tough dried-on greases. The dry type is for sweeping fine dirt, dust, hair, lint, and more. Originally, only the dry cloths were available, and was branded simply as "Swiffer" since it was the only product. Wet cloths for mopping were introduced in 2001.
 * Swiffer Sweep and Trap was introduced in 2013 and has blades that grab big particles (like cereal) while a dry cloth picks up smaller particles, such as dust or lint.
 * Swiffer Sweep + Vac is a lightweight vacuum cleaner. It uses a dry cloth for removing lint and fine dirt, while the vacuum picks up larger crumbs. As with all bagless vacuums, a removable filter needs to be cleaned after each use, and eventually replaced when too dirty to clean. The system cannot use wet cloths. It was introduced in 2004. At some point, the name was changed to Swiffer Sweeper-VAC and was discontinued in 2013. It was brought back in 2016.
 * Swiffer Sweeper X-Large has a cloth head that is 1½ times larger than the regular Swiffer Sweeper. It uses two regular-sized wet cloths or one dry cloth designed for the system. This product was formerly called "Swiffer Max", "Swiffer Sweeper Heavy Duty" and "Swiffer Sweeper Professional". It was introduced in 2001. In 2013, it was once again renamed Swiffer Sweeper X-Large.
 * Swiffer WetJet is a mop. It only uses WetJet brand solvent in a special, unopenable bottle. It was introduced in 2001 first in Canada then came to the United States. Its original name was the Swiffer WetJet. It was originally green in color until its redesign in 2006 when it changed to a purple color. It was modified again in 2009 with double sprayers added.

Past products
The following products have been discontinued.

 * Swiffer Carpet Flick is a carpet-sweeping device that used a disposable, sticky card to collect dust, pet hair and fine dirt. Introduced January 1, 2005, it was discontinued December 31, 2008. The refills are also no longer listed on the P&G website; retail supplies can still be found, but are now expensive.
 * Swiffer Mitts were dry cloths that could fit in your hand. Introduced in 2002, they were discontinued in 2004. Its inventor is Willow Jackson. It is the only Swiffer product that is not a system (permanent unit and refills), as effectively the user's hand serves as the permanent part of the "system." It is no longer listed on P&G's website, but can still be found at retail.
 * Swiffer Dust-N-Shine is a furniture polish. The product uses a user-supplied dusting cloth as the pad. It was discontinued in late 2020. The reason for this was due to poor sales and a lack of interest from customers

Reusable cloths
Because of the requirement to dispose of the cloth after each clean, using the device frequently can be quite costly. Because of this, multiple third-party companies have created cloth reusable pads typically made out of a microfiber fabric that can be machine washed after each use.

Television commercials
The TV commercials for Swiffer often have 1970s/1980s music playing in the background. The old commercials start with a person having their old cleaning products and proceed to switch to Swiffer Products. The first series of commercials begin with a woman using the Swiffer product, while her old cleaning product (usually a mop, broom or feather duster), having a persona, is left out and wants to be used again. The woman continues to use her Swiffer and the mop is left by itself. The second series of commercials include the mop, broom or feather duster moving on to a new girlfriend (including a bowling ball, a rake or an antique doll). A commercial announcer (voiced by Blaze Berdahl) states, "Switch to Swiffer, and you'll dump your old (mop, broom, duster). But don't worry. He'll find someone else." Notable songs used in these commercials include "Whip It" by Devo, "Don't You Want Me" by Human League, "One Way or Another" by Blondie, "That Lady" by the Isley Brothers, "Baby Come Back" by Player, "Love Stinks" by The J. Geils Band & "What About Love" by Heart.

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Ulster English

Ulster English, also called Northern Hiberno-English or Northern Irish English, is the variety of English spoken in most of the Irish province of Ulster and throughout Northern Ireland. The dialect has been influenced by the Ulster Irish and Scots languages, the latter of which was brought over by Scottish settlers during the Plantation of Ulster and subsequent settlements throughout the 17th and 18th centuries.

The two major divisions of Ulster English are Mid-Ulster English, the most widespread variety, and Ulster Scots English, spoken in much of northern County Antrim along a continuum with the Scots language. South Ulster English is a transitional dialect between Mid-Ulster English and Hiberno-English.

Phonology
In general, Ulster English speakers' declarative sentences (with typical grammatical structure, i.e. non-topicalized statements) end with a rise in pitch, which is often heard by speakers of non-Ulster English as a question-like intonation pattern.

The following phonetics are represented using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).

Vowels
In the following chart, "UE" refers to Ulster English, which includes Mid-Ulster English (which may incorporate older, more traditional Mid-Ulster English), as well as Ulster Scots (English). "SSIE" here refers to a mainstream, supraregional southern Hiberno-English, used in the chart for the sake of comparison.

Other, less overarching features of some Ulster varieties include:
 * Vowels have phonemic vowel length, with one set of lexically long and one of lexically short phonemes. This may be variously influenced by the Scots system. It is considerably less phonemic than Received Pronunciation, and in vernacular Belfast speech vowel length may vary depending on stress.
 * and distinction in cot and body versus caught and bawdy is mostly preserved, except in Ulster Scots (which here follows Scottish speech) and traditional varieties.
 * may occur in such words as beat, decent, leave, Jesus, etc., though this feature is recessive.
 * Lagan Valley before  in take and make, etc.
 * before velars, as in sack, bag, and bang, etc.
 * Merger of – in all monosyllables, e.g. Sam and psalm (the phonetic quality varies).
 * is possible in rural speech before in  words like floor, whore, door, board, etc.
 * Vowels are short before.
 * Ulster Lengthening, which refers to the use of long allophones of in any single syllable word that is closed by a consonant other than.

Consonants

 * Rhoticity, that is, retention of  in all positions.
 * Palatalisation of  before  is a recessive feature of rural speakers or older Catholic speakers in Belfast.
 * is not vocalised, except historically; usually "clear" as in Southern Hiberno-English, with some exceptions.
 * Unaspirated, between vowels in words such as pepper and packet.
 * Tapped for  and  between vowels in words such as butter and city.  This is similar to North American and Australian English.
 * Dental and  for  and  before  in words such as butter or dry. Dental realisations of  may occur as well, e.g. dinner, pillar. This feature, shared with Southern Hiberno-English, has its origins in English and Scots.
 * – contrast in which–witch. This feature is recessive, particularly in vernacular Belfast speech.
 * Elision of in hand, candle  and old , etc.
 * Elision of in sing, thimble, finger etc.
 * and for th.
 * for gh is retained in proper names and a few dialect words or pronunciations, e.g. lough, trough and sheugh.

Grammar derived from Irish or Scottish Gaelic
The morphology and syntax of Irish is quite different from that of English, and it has influenced both Northern and Southern Hiberno-English to some degree.

Irish has separate forms for the second person singular (tú) and the second person plural (sibh), ("thou" and "ye" respectively in archaic and some intimate, informal English). Ulster English mirrors Irish in that the singular "you" is distinguished from the plural "you". This is normally done by using the words yous, yousuns or yis. For example:

 * "Are yous not finished yet?"
 * "Did yousuns all go to see it?"
 * "What are yis up to?"

Irish lacks words that directly translate as "yes" or "no", and instead repeats the verb in a question (positively or negatively) to answer. As such, Northern and Southern Hiberno-English use "yes" and "no" less frequently than other English dialects. For example:

 * "Are you coming home soon?" "I am"
 * "Is your computer working?" "It's not"

This is not necessarily true in Ulster English where "Aye" for yes and "Naw" for no are used, probably a Scottish influence.

The absence of the verb "have" in Irish has influenced some grammar. The concept of "have" is expressed in Irish by the construction ag ("at") mé ("me") to create agam ("at me"). Hence, Ulster English speakers sometimes use the verb "have" followed by "with me/on me". For example:

 * "Do you have the book with you?" "I have it with me"
 * "Do you have money for the bus on you?" "I have none on me"

Vocabulary
Much non-standard vocabulary found in Ulster English and many meanings of Standard English words peculiar to the dialect come from Scots and Irish. Some examples are shown in the table below. Many of these are also used in Southern Hiberno-English, especially in the northern half of the island.

Furthermore, speakers of the dialect conjugate many verbs according to how they are formed in the most vernacular forms of Ulster Scots, e.g. driv instead of drove and driven as the past tense of drive, etc. (literary Scots drave, driven). Verbal syncretism is extremely widespread, as is the Northern subject rule.

Mid-Ulster English
The speech in southern and western County Donegal, southern County Tyrone, southern County Londonderry, northern County Fermanagh, north County Armagh, southwestern County Antrim and most of County Down form a geographical band across the province from east to west. On the whole, these areas have much more in common with the Derry accent in the west than inner-city Belfast in the east. This accent is often claimed as being the "standard" Northern Irish dialect as it is the most widely used. Parts of the north of County Monaghan (an area centred on Monaghan Town and known as North Monaghan) would roughly fall into this category, but only to a certain extent. Bundoran, a town at the southern extremity of County Donegal, also has quite a western Ireland accent, as do parts of the south-west extremity of County Fermanagh.

Belfast and surroundings
The broad, working-class Belfast dialect is not limited to the city itself but also takes in neighbouring urban areas in the local vicinity (such as Lisburn, Carrickfergus and Newtownards), as well as towns whose inhabitants originally came from Belfast (such as Craigavon). It is generally perceived as being associated with economically disadvantaged areas, and with youth culture. This however is not the dialect used in the media (even those outlets which are based in Belfast). Features of the accent include several vowel shifts, including one from to  before or after velars ( for bag). Nowadays, this shift largely only happens before, so pack and peck are homophones as.

The Belfast dialect is now becoming more frequently heard in towns and villages whose inhabitants would have traditionally spoken with a distinctively rural accent. Examples of such areas are Moira, Ballyclare, Dromore and Ballynahinch. It could be said that many young people in these areas prefer to use the more cosmopolitan city accent, as opposed to the local variant that their parents or people in other areas would use.

Other phonological features include the following:

 * Two major realisations of are to be encountered: in open syllables a long monophthong near, but in closed syllables an ingliding diphthong, perhaps most typically , but ranging from  to .  Thus days  and daze  are not homophonous.
 * In Belfast, and in Mid- and South Ulster, the opposition between and  is better maintained than in other parts of Ulster, though it is restricted to only a few environments, e.g., that of a following voiceless plosive.  Thus stock  is distinct from stalk .  However, this is complicated by the fact that certain words belonging to the Standard Lexical Set THOUGHT have  rather than the expected .  These typically include draw, fall, walk, and caught.  Water often has  (the TRAP vowel).
 * The phoneme is pronounced  in most of Ulster, but in Belfast it is extremely variable and is a sensitive social marker.  Pronunciations with a relatively front first element,  or fronter, are working class.  Middle class speakers prefer back  or even .  The second element is, often with little or no rounding.  How and now may receive special treatment in working-class Belfast speech, with an open first element  and a second element ranging over , a retroflex approximant , and zero, i.e., there may be no second element.

Some of the vocabulary used among young people in Ulster, such as the word "spide", is of Belfast origin.

Derry and surroundings
The accent of Derry City, which is also heard in northeastern County Donegal (including Inishowen), and northern and western County Tyrone (including Strabane). There is a higher incidence of palatalisation of the velar plosives and, (e.g.  "kyar" for "car"). However, the most noticeable difference is perhaps the intonation, which is unique to the Derry, Letterkenny and Strabane area. The accent of the Finn Valley and especially The Laggan district (centred on the town of Raphoe), both in East Donegal, together with the accent of neighbouring West Tyrone and the accent of the westernmost parts of County Londonderry (not including Derry City), are also quite Scottish sounding. A variety of Ulster Scots is spoken in these areas. This West Ulster variety of Ulster Scots is considered to be quite similar to the Scots spoken in Ayrshire in south-west Scotland.

Ulster Scots English
This region is heavily influenced by the historic presence of Scots and covers areas such as northern and eastern County Antrim, the Ards Peninsula in County Down, The Laggan district in County Donegal and northeastern County Londonderry. The strong Scots influence is noticeable in those districts and Scots pronunciations are often heard. People from here are often mistaken by outsiders as Scottish. This area includes the Glens of Antrim, where the last native Irish speakers of a dialect native to what is now Northern Ireland were to be found. It has been stated that, in the written form, Gaelic of this area continued to use standardised Irish forms, while the spoken dialect continued to use the Scottish variant, and was in effect not different from the Scots Gaelic of Argyll and Galloway.

In the 1830s, Ordnance Survey memoirs came to the following conclusion about the dialect of the inhabitants of Carnmoney, east Antrim: "Their accent is peculiarly, and among old people disagreeably, strong and broad." The BBC conducted a sociolinguistic survey of Ulster Scots grammar. East Donegal also has a strong Ulster Scots dialect (see below).

South Ulster English
South Armagh, south Monaghan, south Fermanagh, south Donegal, and a small part of north Leitrim, and north Cavan natives speak their own distinct variety of English. Areas such as southern and western County Armagh, central and southern County Monaghan (known locally as South Monaghan), northern County Cavan and the southern 'strip' of County Fermanagh are the hinterland of the larger Mid-Ulster dialect. The accent gradually shifts from village to village, forming part of the dialect continuum between areas to the North and Midlands (as it once did in Gaelic). This accent is also used in north County Louth (located in Leinster) and in part of the northern 'strip' of County Leitrim (in Connacht). There are areas that show a mixture of accents with Ulster-English and Hiberno-English.

These areas fall along the east coastline. South Ulster English's phonology is markedly different from Ulster Scots and majority Ulster English in several aspects, including preservation of dichotomous pattern of phonemic vowel length seen in Middle English. Another feature of South Ulster English is the drop in pitch on stressed syllables. A prominent phonetic feature of South Ulster is the realisation of as a fricative with identical characteristics of the stop, i.e. an apico-alveolar fricative in weak positions.

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User talk:Jink2005

A perfect lie
[] At that time, the sword was just 0.01centmeters away from my throat. After one minute,

however the girl hold the sword will fall in love with me, for I am determined to tell a lie.

Although I’ve told countless lies in my life, this one, I think will be perfect.

“If you dare go ahead more than half a step, I’ll kill you.”

“You ought to kill me, and I ought to die. Once, I let a true love slip away before eyes, only to find myself regretting when it was too late. Nothing in the world can be as painful as

this. Just let your sword cut into my throat! Don’t hesitate! If the god would give me anther

chance, I would tell the girl I love her. If our love had to be set a time limit, I wish it

would be 10,000 year!”

Arrow types on 2004-11-06

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