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Talk:Aria (disambiguation)

Aria is a suffix for some female personal names (e.g. Maria) should we mention it in this article? --SuperDude 22:15, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

 * That's not a suffix! "Maria" is from the Greek "Mariam" and the Hebrew "Miryam". It's not "M" + "aria".- Nunh-huh 22:21, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

Deux Ex Aria
Suggest including Deux Ex Aria, that recognizes finger gestures from the wrist thanks to a layer of sensors. These sensors interpret the movement of the tendons, then our algorithm classifies the gesture, to control smartphone, smartwatch, camera and so on. BoldLuis. BoldLuis (talk) 07:52, 21 June 2018 (UTC)

"Aeia" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Drummondville Voltigeurs

The Drummondville Voltigeurs are a Canadian junior ice hockey team of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). The franchise was originally granted for the 1982–83 season, and is based in Drummondville, Quebec, playing its home games at the Centre Marcel Dionne. The team won the QMJHL's President's Cup in 2009 and 2024.

History
Drummondville had a QMJHL team at the foundation of the League in 1969, called the Drummondville Rangers. However, the team folded at the end of the 1973–74 season. For the 1982–83 season, the city was granted an expansion franchise, along with the Longueuil Chevaliers. The team was named for a Quebec-based regiment that fought in the War of 1812, the Canadian Voltigeurs.

On February 9, 1989, Drummondville's coach and general manager Jean Bégin, was suspended indefinitely after he was arrested and charged with sexual assault.

The Voltigeurs have participated in the Memorial Cup tournament three times. In 1988 and 1991, they participated as the QMJHL runner-up and in 2009 as League champions. The Voltigeurs won both the President's Cup and Jean Rougeau Trophy during the 2008–09 season. In the 2009 Memorial Cup, the Voltigeurs finished second in the round robin, but lost to the Windsor Spitfires in the semi-finals.

Championships
List of championships won:

 * Memorial Cup
 * 1988 4th place (in Chicoutimi, Quebec)
 * 1991 Finalists vs. Spokane Chiefs (in Quebec City, Quebec)
 * 2009 Semi-Finalists vs. Windsor Spitfires (in Rimouski, Quebec)
 * 2024 4th place (in Saginaw, Michigan)

 * President's Cup
 * 1986 Finalists vs. Hull Olympiques (lost 5-0)
 * 1988 Finalists vs. Hull Olympiques (lost 4–3)
 * 1991 Finalists vs. Chicoutimi Saguenéens (lost 4–0)
 * 2009 Champions vs. Shawinigan Cataractes (won 4–3)
 * 2024 Champions vs. Baie-Comeau Drakkar (won 4–0)

 * Jean Rougeau Trophy
 * 2008–09 – 112 points

Notable coaches
List of notable coaches:

 * Jean Bégin
 * Guy Boucher
 * Frank Breault
 * Jos Canale
 * Dominique Ducharme
 * Jocelyn Guevremont
 * Jean Hamel
 * Blair MacKasey
 * Michel Parizeau
 * Ron Ward

NHL alumni
List of alumni to play in the National Hockey League (NHL):

 * Jake Allen
 * Alex Barré-Boulet
 * Nicolas Beaudin
 * Derick Brassard
 * Daniel Brière
 * Michael Carcone
 * William Carrier
 * Max Comtois
 * René Corbet
 * Sean Couturier
 * Steve Duchesne
 * William Dufour
 * Frédérick Gaudreau
 * Denis Gauthier
 * Mike Hoffman
 * Raman Hrabarenka
 * Pierre-Olivier Joseph
 * Dmitry Kulikov
 * Ian Laperrière
 * Guillaume Latendresse
 * Dawson Mercer
 * Ondřej Palát
 * Joe Veleno

Retired numbers
List of retired uniform numbers:

 * 7 - Sean Couturier
 * 14 – Daniel Brière / Ian Laperrière
 * 18 – Steve Duchesne
 * 21 – Denis Gauthier
 * 22 – Guillaume Latendresse
 * 25 – René Corbet
 * 61 – Derick Brassard

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Talk:Global change

Real concept?
I think we could do with some evidence that this is a real concept. Global warming aside, human impacts on the environment are almost exclusively local or regional, not global, AFAIK. Rd232 12:47, 31 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I've added unreferenced and disputed templates for the above concern. TheJC TalkContributions 19:56, 11 June 2006 (UTC)

"human impacts on the environment are almost exclusively local or regional, not global:" to understand how wrong that statement is you have to look into climate research back a few decades. At the South Pole, the snow turning to ice has accummulated and captured as a record nuclear fallout, lead (Pb) from car gasoline, and pesticide use. And that when these changed, then nuclear testing was taken out of the atmosphere, then unleaded gas was introduced, and certain pesticides were changed the levels in whatever current level of snow recorded those changes. So until a reader recognizes that you will forever spin in a circular argument. --enm 16 Aug 2006 18:30 (UTC)

Yes it is a real concept but unfortunately it is not the concept that is being portrayed here. Though human impacts are certainly the central driver in many of the concepts talked about in global change the term itself is neutral - i.e. it simply means the study of the various components of change as listed at the beginning of the article, the best known of which (and possibly biggest component as well) is climate change. As someone added, the term is used widely in academia. Ken 20:57, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

This page could be made into a real gem
This page on global change could be made into an excellent umbrella page for its many sub-topics, but would require a concerted effort on the part of some actual experts.

Speciate 08:54, 15 December 2006 (UTC)speciate

explanation of revert
I've reverted this, since it references a non-WP:RS - more specifically this document. The "friends" seem to be a Asian-pacific Quaker organization. --Kim D. Petersen (talk) 08:52, 7 June 2011 (UTC)

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I have added the needed scholarly citation — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.96.238.181 (talk) 13:47, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

Hello Everyone
As part of a class assignment, I had to evaluate a page and I choose this one. It was really well done and well cited Kara0719 (talk) 20:50, 20 February 2022 (UTC).

Physical evidence ???
I think the physical evidence section is really needed in this article, but the one present now does not address the issue. It is more of a story of how humans impacted the planet. I would name the section sth like "Human impact on the Earth system". It sill obviously needs to be cited. TK synantropijny (talk) 16:04, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

Copypasted section
The whole History of global-change research section used to be copy-pasted from the IGBP website. One may want to check if other parts of the page has not been plagiarized as well. TK synantropijny (talk) 17:34, 26 February 2022 (UTC)

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Rouyn-Noranda Huskies

The Rouyn-Noranda Huskies are a Canadian junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League based in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec. The team plays its home games at the Aréna Glencore. The Huskies finished first overall in the QMJHL, during the 2007–08, 2015–16 and 2018–19 seasons, winning the Jean Rougeau Trophy. The team has won two President's Cups, and represented the QMJHL at the 2016 Memorial Cup, and as the 2019 Memorial Cup winners.

History
The Rouyn-Noranda franchise started out as the Montreal Junior Canadiens. While in Montreal, the team won three Memorial Cups in 1950, 1969 and 1970. The team has since played in Verdun and Saint-Hyacinthe.

On April 25, 1996, Sylvain Danis and Dave Morin, then owners of the Saint-Hyacinthe Laser, decided to transfer the team to Rouyn-Noranda. Aware that the "National Capital of Copper" is a city which breathes hockey, they were confident that it was the best decision for the franchise. Former NHL Hall of Famers from the area include Dave Keon and Jacques Laperrière.

The Huskies name was chosen to represent the tough and determined nature of the local citizens and mining community. The team is currently owned entirely by local interests and all the decisions of the sixteen shareholders are made in the interest of the team and the city which it represents.

Since 1996, the Huskies have won five regular season division titles, in 1998, 2005, 2008, 2010 and 2016. Rouyn-Noranda finished first overall in the QMJHL in 2007–08 winning its first Jean Rougeau Trophy, posting 97 points in the regular season. The 2015-16 season marked the team's 20th anniversary and they posted their best record in franchise history finishing first in the QMJHL with a franchise record 113 points. The team won its first President's Cup since relocating to Rouyn-Noranda in 2016.

The team won its second President's Cup in the 2018-19 season, and went on to win the 2019 Memorial Cup. Mario Pouliot retired from his positions for health reasons on May 25, 2021. In three seasons with the Huskies, he led the team to 113 victories combined in the regular seasons and playoffs.

Coaches

 * Charles Thiffault (1996–1997)
 * Jean Pronovost (1997–2001)
 * Bob Mongrain (2001–2003)
 * André Tourigny (2003–2013)
 * Gilles Bouchard (2013–2018)
 * Mario Pouliot (2018–2021)
 * Brad Yetman (2021–2023)
 * Martin Dagenais (2023–2024)
 * Steve Hartley (2024–present)

Awards
George Parsons Trophy (Most Sportsmanlike at the Memorial Cup)
 * 2015-16 Francis Perron

Jean Béliveau Trophy (Top Scorer)
 * 1998–99 Mike Ribeiro
 * 2018–19 Peter Abbandonato
 * 2023–24 Antonin Verreault

RDS Cup (Rookie of the year)
 * 1997–98 Mike Ribeiro

Michel Bergeron Trophy (Offensive Rookie of the Year)
 * 1997–98 Mike Ribeiro

Paul Dumont Trophy (Personality of the year)
 * 1997–98 Mike Ribeiro

Telus Cup – Offensive (Offensive player of the year)
 * 1997–98 Pierre Dagenais
 * 1998–99 James Desmarais

Telus Cup – Defensive (Defensive player of the year)
 * 2000–01 Maxime Ouellet

Marcel Robert Trophy (Scholastic player of the year)
 * 2002–03 Éric L'Italien

NHL alumni

 * Sven Andrighetto
 * Jean-Christophe Beaudin
 * Alexandre Bolduc
 * Marc-André Bourdon
 * Mathieu Carle
 * Jordan Caron
 * Sébastien Centomo
 * Patrice Cormier
 * Philippe Cornet
 * Pierre Dagenais
 * Jean-Sébastien Dea
 * Guillaume Desbiens
 * Nicolas Deslauriers
 * Noah Dobson
 * William Dufour
 * Pascal Dupuis
 * Philippe Dupuis
 * Alexandre Fortin
 * Alexandre Giroux
 * A.J. Greer
 * Rafaël Harvey-Pinard
 * Nikita Kucherov
 * Jakub Lauko
 * Jérémy Lauzon
 * Guillaume Lefebvre
 * Maxime Macenauer
 * Olivier Magnan
 * Timo Meier
 * Philippe Myers
 * Liam O'Brien
 * Maxime Ouellet
 * Mike Ribeiro
 * Rémi Royer
 * Maxime Talbot
 * Joël Teasdale
 * Ivan Vishnevskiy

Regular season
Legend: OTL = Overtime loss, SL = Shootout loss

Memorial Cup
2015-16 Finished round-robin portion of Memorial Cup in 3rd place with 1–2 record. Defeated Red Deer Rebels 3–1 in semi-final. Lost to London Knights 3–2 in final. Finished 2nd place in Memorial Cup.

2018-19 Finished round-robin portion of Memorial Cup in 3rd place with 2–1 record. Defeated Guelph Storm 6–4 in semi-final. Defeated the Halifax Mooseheads 4–2 in the final. Won Memorial Cup.

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Air Urga

URGA International Joint Stock Aviation Company (Ukr. Міжнародна акціонерна авіаційна компанія «УРГА»), branded as Air Urga, is a charter airline based in Kropyvnytskyi and Zhuliany, Ukraine.

History
The airline was established and started operations in August 1993. It was founded as International Joint Stock Aviation Company URGA, initially concentrating on charter flights. Regular passenger flights from Kyiv and Kryvyi Rih were added in May 1997. Air Urga is owned by the State Property Fund of Ukraine (51%) and American International Consulting Corp (43.5%). It has 378 employees.

In 2014, the airline launched its first regular passenger flight - Kyiv-Lviv.

As of May 2017, the number of destinations that the company can fly to has been significantly reduced due to being put on the EU's air safety blacklist along with 180 other airlines. URGA will be unable to fly to EU destinations until these safety issues are addressed. However, as of May 2017, the airline was not operating any regular passenger flights.

Destinations
Air Urga operates charter passenger and cargo flights from various Ukrainian airports to destinations in North Macedonia, Turkey, Syria, and United Arab Emirates. Its main base is the Kropyvnytskyi Airport (KGO).

Fleet
As of June 2018, the Air Urga fleet includes the following aircraft:

 * 6 Antonov An-26-100
 * 2 Antonov An-26 (cargo aircraft)
 * 7 Saab 340B

One additional Cessna 172 is used as a training aircraft.

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Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Interlingua/archive1

Interlingua
Interlingua because is a notable constructed language in that it is one of the few international auxiliary languages (along with Esperanto and Ido) from the 'heydey' of IALs that is still alive today. It also has its Wikipedia with a bit over 1900 articles, making it the third largest Wikipedia in a conlang (behind Ido and Esperanto). (The next largest conlang Wikipedia, for Occidental/Interlingue, has just above 200 articles.)

I can't say it's a self-nomination since I've had a lot of criticism and support on the way to getting it here, but I did do a lot of research and a lot of writing to get it this far. Thus, I can't claim to be unbiased in this, so I won't be voting. Almafeta 22:19, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Oppose Too many red links, no references. Denni ☯ 23:25, 2005 May 28 (UTC)
 * I included three of my primary references, in one case moving them out of external links. I'll have to return to the library soon to get the publisher's info and ISBNs of the other two books.  As to the red links?  Well...  it seems I've got some more writing to do.  Almafeta 00:35, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

 * Object agree with Deni, there is a red link to the color argument. What is this? Also, the section "Criticisms of Interlingua" uses weasel words, a pet hate of mine. - Ta bu shi da yu 06:27, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * "Weasel words" are required to remain NPOV. Almafeta 15:10, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Refer to Peer Review. For starters: pronunciation should be 'Phonology' or 'Sounds' and should use IPA transcription instead of loose approximations. It would be nice to have phoneme inventories (vowels, consonants) instead of unhelpful clues like 'the vowels are like Spanish and the consonants are like English'. — mark ✎ 08:20, 30 May 2005 (UTC)


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Shawinigan Cataractes

The Shawinigan Cataractes (Cataractes de Shawinigan) are a Canadian junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) based in Shawinigan, Quebec. The franchise plays their home games at the Centre Gervais Auto, and were originally known as the Shawinigan Bruins until 1973, as well as the Shawinigan Dynamos from 1973 to 1978.

Etymology
"Cataractes" is the plural form of "cataracte", which means in English 'cataract' in the sense of a powerful waterfall, derived from the Latin word "cataracta" meaning 'waterfall' or 'portcullis'. The team is named after the Shawinigan Falls, a prominent waterfall in the city of Shawinigan.

NHL alumni

 * Yves Beaudoin
 * Anthony Beauvillier
 * Simon Benoit
 * Jean-Claude Bergeron
 * Marc-André Bergeron
 * Yves Bergeron
 * Alexandre Bolduc
 * Michaël Bournival
 * Mathieu Biron
 * Michel Brière
 * Alexandre Burrows
 * Stéphane Charbonneau
 * Mathieu Chouinard
 * Enrico Ciccone
 * Matthieu Descoteaux
 * Sam Girard
 * Benoit Gosselin
 * Mario Gosselin
 * François Groleau
 * Stéphane Guérard
 * Jean-François Jomphe
 * Patrick Lalime
 * Patrick Lebeau
 * Stéphan Lebeau
 * Patrice Lefebvre
 * Zbynek Michalek
 * Olivier Michaud
 * Sergio Momesso
 * Stéphane Morin
 * Paul Pageau
 * Steve Penney
 * Timo Pielmeier
 * Jason Pominville
 * Vasili Ponomaryov
 * Daniel Poudrier
 * Claude Pronovost
 * Jean-François Quintin
 * Pierre Rioux
 * Stéphane Robidas
 * Dominic Roussel
 * Daniel Shank
 * Patrick Traverse
 * Radim Vrbata

Season results

 * 1969–73 Shawinigan Bruins
 * 1973–78 Shawinigan Dynamos
 * 1978–present Shawinigan Cataractes

Legend: OTL = Overtime loss, SL = Shootout loss

†Seeded 8th in Eastern Division for 2006–07 playoffs.

††Seeded 5th in Telus Division for 2008–09 playoffs.

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User:Gnomz007/OnFireFox

Borrowed from Wikiquote :^)

by Skyshadow (508) * on Tuesday November 30, @02:27PM (#10955339)
Forgive me, first thing that popped into my head. I'm bored.

Morpheus: Microsoft is our enemy, Firefox, but when you're on the internet, you look around. What do you see? Business men, teachers, lawyers, carpenters. The very people we are trying to save. But until we do, these people are still IE users. You have to understand, most of these people are not ready to switch to a browser that doesn't come included on their desktop when they bring their computers home from Best Buy and pop in the "2000 Free Hours!" AOL CD. And many of them are so inert, so hopelessly dependent on Microsoft that they will fight to protect it. Were you listening to me Firefox, or were you looking at the woman surfing the hot lesbo porn? Firefox: I was... Morpheus: Look again. Woman has turned into Bill Gates, introducing new "standard" to break non-IE browsers. Morpheus: Freeze it! Firefox: What is it? Morpheus: IE-only standards. That means that anyone we haven't converted over is potential audience for crappy sites who only QA against IE. On the internet, you see this everywhere. We have survived by being standards-based, by working to be compatible. But these false "standards" are the gatekeepers. Firefox: Whoa. Morpheus: I won't lie to you, Firefox. Every single company or product that has stood their ground, everyone who was fought Microsoft has been crushed or aquired. But where they have failed, you will succeed. Firefox: Why? Morpheus: I saw Microsoft crush Netscape's market share. Men have come up with fantastic innovations only to find them incompatible or MS copies already included in the next version of Windows. Yet their programs are still based on factory-style programming and decisions made by pointy-hairs. Because of that, they will never be as secure or as functional as you can be. Firefox: What are you trying to tell me, that I can block pop-ups? Morpheus: I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Victoriaville Tigres

The Victoriaville Tigres are a Canadian junior ice hockey team that plays in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League. The team is based in Victoriaville, Quebec. The team plays its home games at the Colisée Desjardins.

History
The franchise was granted for the 1982–83 season in Longueuil, Quebec, where they were known as the Longueuil Chevaliers. In 1987, the team moved to Victoriaville by owner, Gilles Lupien. The Tigres won the President's Cup in 2002 and 2021 and went to the 2002 Memorial Cup finals, which they lost to the Kootenay Ice.

NHL alumni
List of Victoriaville Tigres who have played in the National Hockey League. • Vitalii Abramov

• Pierre Aubry

• Matthew Barnaby

• Sammy Blais

• Max Comtois

• Daniel Corso

• Alexandre Daigle

• Phillip Danault

• Jason Demers

• Stéphane Fiset

• Mathieu Garon

• Daniel Gauthier

• Yanni Gourde

• Martin Grenier

• Daniel Guerard

• Ross Johnston

• Marc LaBelle

• Patrick Lebeau

• François Leroux

• Matthew Lombardi

• Johnny Oduya

• Kevin Poulin

• André Racicot

• Yves Racine

• Jean-Marc Routhier

• Yves Sarault

• Reggie Savage

• P. J. Stock

• Stéphane Veilleux

• Antoine Vermette

Yearly results

 * OL = Overtime loss, SL = Shootout loss, Pct = Winning percentage

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Saint John Sea Dogs

The Saint John Sea Dogs are a Canadian junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) based in Saint John, New Brunswick. Founded as an expansion team in 2005, the Sea Dogs play their home games at TD Station and became the first team from Atlantic Canada to win a Memorial Cup championship in 2011. The Sea Dogs won the 2022 Memorial Cup as the host team, and have three President's Cup championships in franchise history: 2011, 2012, and 2017.

History
The city of Saint John was granted a Quebec Major Junior Hockey League expansion team for the 2005–06 season, to replace the American Hockey League's Saint John Flames that relocated in 2003. The Sea Dogs' first head coach was Christian La Rue under general manager Bob LeBlanc. The Sea Dogs were also given the first overall pick at the 2005 QMJHL Draft, selecting defenceman Alex Grant. The Sea Dogs did not qualify for the playoffs in their first season of play.

During the offseason, La Rue was replaced with former London Knights assistant coach Jacques Beaulieu. Following the mid-season resignation of Leblanc, Beaulieu assumed the dual role of coach and general manager. The Sea Dogs had another first overall pick at the 2006 QMJHL Draft, where they selected defenceman Yann Sauvé. The team missed the playoffs again in 2007, and selected defenceman Simon Després first overall. The team also selected goaltender Robert Mayer third overall at the 2007 CHL Import Draft.

In 2008, the team signed coach Beaulieu's son Nathan. In the 2008–09 season, the Sea Dogs hosted the second game of the Canada–Russia Series at TD Station. The Russians defeated Team QMJHL by a score of 4–3, with the Canadian roster featuring four Sea Dogs players: Grant, Després, Sauvé, and rookie Steven Anthony (in place of an injured Chris DiDomenico). Later that season, the Sea Dogs fired Beaulieu after a first round playoff loss.

In the 2009 QMJHL Draft, the team chose future NHL forward Jonathan Huberdeau 18th overall. In the 2009 CHL Import Draft, the Sea Dogs chose Russian forward Stanislav Galiev first overall as well as Slovakian forward Tomas Jurco fourth overall. In the 2009–10 season, the Saint John Sea Dogs won 22 consecutive games beginning on October 17 until December 12. The offense was led by Mike Hoffman (45 points). Following their streak, the Sea Dogs were first place in the league.

In 2011, Yann Sauvé became the first player from the Saint John Sea Dogs organization to play an NHL game with his draft team, the Vancouver Canucks.

The Sea Dogs tied a QMJHL record for most wins in a season with 58 in 2010–11, and won their first QMJHL President's Cup. In the same season, the Sea Dogs then became the first team from Atlantic Canada to win a Memorial Cup. The Sea Dogs won their second Memorial Cup in 2022.

Team captains

 * 2005–06 Vincent Lambert / Kevin Coughlin
 * 2006–07 Charles Bergeron / David MacDonald
 * 2007–08 Alex Grant
 * 2008–09 Alex Grant / David Stich
 * 2009–11 Mike Thomas
 * 2011–12 Jonathan Huberdeau
 * 2012–13 Jonathan Huberdeau / Pierre Durepos
 * 2013–14 Sébastien Auger
 * 2014–15 Olivier LeBlanc / Mark Tremaine
 * 2015–17 Spencer Smallman
 * 2017–18 Joe Veleno / Bailey Webster
 * 2018–19 Anthony Boucher / Michael Campoli
 * 2019–20 Nicolas Guay
 * 2020–21 Vacant
 * 2021–22 Vincent Sévigny
 * 2022–23 Charlie DesRoches
 * 2023–24 Peter Reynolds

Sea Dogs Hall of Fame

 * Jonathan Huberdeau (2009–2013)
 * Mike Thomas (2006–2011)
 * Gerard Gallant (2009–2012)
 * Mike Kelly (2010–2014)
 * Thomas Chabot (2013–2017)

NHL alumni
The following players have played in at least one National Hockey League (NHL) game as of the 2023–24 season:

 * Nathan Beaulieu
 * Thomas Chabot
 * Charlie Coyle
 * Simon Després
 * Christopher DiDomenico
 * William Dufour
 * Stanislav Galiev
 * Brett Gallant
 * Julien Gauthier
 * Éric Gélinas
 * Alex Grant
 * Matthew Highmore
 * Mike Hoffman
 * Jonathan Huberdeau
 * Bokondji Imama
 * Mathieu Joseph
 * Tomas Jurco
 * Yan Kuznetsov
 * Yann Sauvé
 * Joe Veleno
 * Jakub Zboril

NHL first round draft picks
List of first round selections in the NHL Entry Draft:

Regular season
QMJHL season standings. OTL = Overtime loss, SL = Shootout loss

Memorial Cup
The Memorial Cup is contested annually by the champions of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), and Western Hockey League (WHL), as well as a predetermined host team. The competition consists of a round-robin, a semifinal game, and a final game. Below are the results of every game the Saint John Sea Dogs have competed in.

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Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Uncle G

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Uncle G most wanted page on Wikipedia! Not have user page disruptive and everyone piss vinegar!

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User:Uncle G page is deleted Uncle G has that page in signature  I click  It tell me to create  I create  Later everyone say I vandal! They delete again! This is most wanted page on Wikipedia!

Not everyone need userpage No big deal they have ten edit   Uncle G have milles edit  1305 bad red link  Special case exception! For him do it actively by deletion  Other people passively  Waste time of administrators! People accused of vandal for create most wanted page

Uncle G has long crybaby essay about why? Why link or redirect not good enough for Uncle G?

Not just me either Constant problem and bickering trying enforce stupid deleted page  Five time his talk page!

Just a blank OK One link OK  Redirect OK  Deleted page not OK

What reverse vanity American think what he do so important it define him

Evidence of disputed behavior
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 * bickering: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Uncle_G#Editing_other_peoples.27_user_pages
 * bickering:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Uncle_G#User_page
 * bickering:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Uncle_G#your_user_page
 * Admin accuse user at vandalism:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Isaac_Rabinovitch/Archive_01#User:Uncle_G
 * how many more? UNKNOWN as edit history gone with page deletion

Applicable policies
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 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Make_articles_useful_for_readers
 * Bickering about lack in user page distraction. Insistent deletion for personal reason UNUSEFUL to main project.
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_page#How_do_I_delete_my_user_and_user_talk_pages.3F
 * "User pages that have been deleted can be recreated with a blank page, or a link to Wikipedia:Missing Wikipedians to avoid red links pointing to them.
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_page#Ownership_and_editing_of_pages_in_the_user_space
 * "pages in user space still do belong to the community"
 * "Other users may edit pages in your user space"
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_page#What_can_I_have_on_my_user_page.3F
 * "avoid substantially editing another's user page without their permission, but feel free to correct typos and other mistakes."  (Many user create Uncle G page by mistake! Then get accused of vandal)
 * "It's a wiki. You are supposed to be able to edit the pages. If you want a non-editable profile, you can put that on a web page elsewhere."
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research
 * Uncle G think it psychology experiment so user unlearn that red link is vandal or newbie. Such has become distraction of community goal.
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:POINT
 * "State your point; don't prove it experimentally"
 * "Don't disrupt frequently viewed pages, such as the main page, featured articles, or popular topics." 1305 redlinks=popular topic!

Evidence of trying and failing to resolve the dispute
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 * HISTORY DELETED everytime an admin blanks the page.

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 * ~ (actually certified by 63.124.185.186)

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User:Uncle G is entitled to not have a user page, if he wants.

Users who endorse this summary (sign with ~ ):
 * 1) --cesarb 23:03, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) --Thryduulf 00:23, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 00:30, 29 May 2005 (UTC) -- Find something else to do with your time, anon -- you'll lose this one, guaranteed.
 * 4) --func (talk) 00:38, 29 May 2005 (UTC) -- This is clear and unambiguos trolling. The anon is not editing in good faith. Posting a picture of Britney Spears in his first attempt to start this RfC, and making personal attacks shows this to be pure trolling.
 * 5) What's more, please stop creating empty pages just because they've been linked. --W(t) 01:08, 2005 May 29 (UTC)
 * 6) --I completely respect his right NOT to have a user page. Unwiki to force someone to make a page they don't want to make. Antandrus  (talk)  01:11, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 7) --qitaana 01:33, May 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * 8) --Dmcdevit 06:54, 29 May 2005 (UTC) -- The user namespace is just that.
 * 9) I find Uncle G's reasoning very good - he insists to be judged solely on his merits (i.e. his history) and not on how he appears to present himself on his user page. Radiant_* 09:19, May 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * 10) --David [[Image:NonFreeImageRemoved.svg|25px]] | Talk 10:15, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 11) Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 11:25, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 12) Mothperson 15:50, 29 May 2005 (UTC) Never mind that he has a user page by default in his explanation of why he doesn't have one. It's just nutty to require one.
 * 13) *Who among you is going to fix this Special:Wantedpages?
 * 14) **It already has been, see Most wanted articles. Are you suggesting we should create User:Angela (troll), Wikipedia is Communism 6, Category:Substubs, etc. just because they are on the Wantedpages? It's fundamentally flawed because of other namespaces and lack of human insight, which is why we the other page. --Dmcdevit 06:54, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 15) ***For historical reference: The same user who created a user page for me also created several other user pages at the same time, including User:Angela (troll), User:Neutrality (bastard administrator), and others in the same vein, apparently going down Special:Wantedpages in order, creating the pages that were "wanted".  (They were good faith creations.  User:Angela (troll) simply redirected to User:Angela, if memory serves.)  They were rapidly deleted, and so Dmcdevit probably didn't see them before making the above comment.  It appears that one major cause of this whole episode was a misunderstanding of Special:Wantedpages, taking it at its face value, later compounded by the fact that other editors, not knowing that this misunderstanding had occurred, took the creation of all of those pages to be a pattern of vandalism. Uncle G 14:59, 2005 Jun 15 (UTC)
 * 16) It is all up to Uncle G to decide. That decision cost him an adminship, but if he thinks not having a userpage is worth not being an admin, it is his right. The term "most wanted page" is a technical term. It just means that the site for Uncle G's userpage has more redlinks to it than any other site, caused by Uncle G being an active debater on VfD and other policy discussions. It doesn't mean that a load of people actually want that page. Sjakkalle 06:36, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * 17) Mgm|(talk) 08:12, May 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * 18) Linuxbeak | Talk | Desk 18:09, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * 19) As said, not having a user page lost Uncle G his adminship vote. A user who has the guts to put principles before power deserves respect. If Uncle G does not want a user page, it's up to him, no-one else.Dan100 18:42, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)

MacGyverMagic's summary
I'll state again what I said on WP:AN/I. Not having a userpage doesn't disrupt. And here's why:

-- Mgm|(talk) 08:12, May 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Redlinks only show a page doesn't exist. It would be more disruptive if he created nonsense to fill the page just to have one.
 * 2) While userpages are included in most wanted pages, they are not articles and therefore actually shouldn't be listed. (First I was under the impression "Userpages aren't included in the most wanted pages.", but I was wrong)
 * 3) Deleting his userpage takes about 3 seconds. Solving disputes (which most of the time shouldn't have started anyway) takes far more time. Besides, admins aren't obliged to delete anything if they don't want to either. The whole project is on a voluntary basis.
 * 4) Userpages are for personal information. Within the existing guidelines it's for Uncle G to use as he pleases. If he chooses not to take advantage of that, we can't force him.

Also, Make_articles_useful_for_readers doesn't apply as userpages aren't articles. - Mgm|(talk) 08:14, May 30, 2005 (UTC)

Another summary
Not having a userpage is kinda annoying but doesn't really matter that much.
 * 1) — Dan | Talk 00:29, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)

Discussion
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title: Wikipedia:Requests for comment/Uncle G


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Fredholm's theorem

In mathematics, Fredholm's theorems are a set of celebrated results of Ivar Fredholm in the Fredholm theory of integral equations. There are several closely related theorems, which may be stated in terms of integral equations, in terms of linear algebra, or in terms of the Fredholm operator on Banach spaces.

The Fredholm alternative is one of the Fredholm theorems.

Linear algebra
Fredholm's theorem in linear algebra is as follows: if M is a matrix, then the orthogonal complement of the row space of M is the null space of M:

 * $$(\operatorname{row } M)^\bot = \ker M.$$

Similarly, the orthogonal complement of the column space of M is the null space of the adjoint:

 * $$(\operatorname{col } M)^\bot = \ker M^*.$$

Integral equations
Fredholm's theorem for integral equations is expressed as follows. Let $$K(x,y)$$ be an integral kernel, and consider the homogeneous equations

 * $$\int_a^b K(x,y) \phi(y) \,dy = \lambda \phi(x)$$

and its complex adjoint

 * $$\int_a^b \psi(x) \overline{K(x,y)} \, dx = \overline {\lambda}\psi(y).$$

Here, $$\overline{\lambda}$$ denotes the complex conjugate of the complex number $$\lambda$$, and similarly for $$\overline{K(x,y)}$$. Then, Fredholm's theorem is that, for any fixed value of $$\lambda$$, these equations have either the trivial solution $$\psi(x)=\phi(x)=0$$ or have the same number of linearly independent solutions $$\phi_1(x),\cdots,\phi_n(x)$$, $$\psi_1(y),\cdots,\psi_n(y)$$.

A sufficient condition for this theorem to hold is for $$K(x,y)$$ to be square integrable on the rectangle $$[a,b]\times[a,b]$$ (where a and/or b may be minus or plus infinity).

Here, the integral is expressed as a one-dimensional integral on the real number line. In Fredholm theory, this result generalizes to integral operators on multi-dimensional spaces, including, for example, Riemannian manifolds.

Existence of solutions
One of Fredholm's theorems, closely related to the Fredholm alternative, concerns the existence of solutions to the inhomogeneous Fredholm equation

 * $$ \lambda \phi(x)-\int_a^b K(x,y) \phi(y) \,dy=f(x).$$

Solutions to this equation exist if and only if the function $$f(x)$$ is orthogonal to the complete set of solutions $$\{\psi_n(x)\}$$ of the corresponding homogeneous adjoint equation:

 * $$\int_a^b \overline{\psi_n(x)} f(x) \,dx=0$$

where $$\overline{\psi_n(x)}$$ is the complex conjugate of $$\psi_n(x)$$ and the former is one of the complete set of solutions to

 * $$\lambda\overline{\psi(y)} -\int_a^b \overline{\psi(x)} K(x,y) \,dx=0.$$

A sufficient condition for this theorem to hold is for $$K(x,y)$$ to be square integrable on the rectangle $$[a,b]\times[a,b]$$.

title: Fredholm's theorem


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Montreal Rocket

The Montreal Rocket were a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League for four seasons from 1999 to 2003, based out of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The team was named in honour of Montreal Canadiens great Maurice "Rocket" Richard. The smoke from the rocket in the logo forms the number 9, which was Maurice Richard's jersey number.

In 1999–2000, Daniele Sauvageau became an assistant coach for the Montreal Rocket of the QMJHL. She was the first female coach in QMJHL history. The team played its home games at both the Maurice Richard Arena and the Bell Centre. In 2003, faced with dwindling fan support and massive financial losses, the team relocated to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island to become the P.E.I. Rocket. In 2013 the name was changed to the Charlottetown Islanders.

Notable players

 * Maxim Lapierre
 * Ryane Clowe
 * Pascal Leclaire

title: Montreal Rocket


text: Category:Books by Guy Vanderhaeghe

title: Category:Books by Guy Vanderhaeghe


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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Teller-Ulam device

Teller-Ulam device
This is a self-nomination, but I am very happy with how this came out. Hydrogen bombs can be rather complicated mechanical devices and quite a number of historical events have revolved around their supposed secrets. This is a schematic and stylized explanation of their basic layout, as far as is known in the non-secret domain. I've previous drawn some more comprehensive diagrams (i.e. this sequence) of this but I wanted something which would be very basic, convey the main point (fission fuel above, fusion fuel below), would be very vertical (to better fit on Wikipedia pages and still be visible), and be in more-or-less the same style as the other graphics on the nuclear weapons design page. Currently it is on the page for Edward Teller, the "father of the hydrogen bomb". This is the first time I tried to show pseudo-3D cutaways in any real sense and I'm happy with the results. -- Fastfission 22:28, 28 May 2005 (UTC) +10 / -5 -- Solipsist 06:23, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Self-nominate and support. - Fastfission 22:28, 28 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Mgm|(talk) 11:16, May 29, 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Don't really appeal for me. * Thorpe * 17:15, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Can you provide something more constructive? What aspect of it? The drawing style? The content? --Fastfission 22:25, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Support TomStar81 01:14, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I'd support it, but it provides too much information that can be used by terrrrrists. -- brian0918 ™  04:45, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * It's not secret. Terrorists either know already or find out for themselves. Mgm|(talk) 07:34, May 30, 2005 (UTC)
 * If terrorists used my diagrams to be a base of their weapons, then the world would be a pretty safe place, I'll say that. It's not only not secret, it doesn't pretend to actually be "accurate", whatever that means in this context (which isn't a whole lot, but that's a long story). Anyway, if I could compile this from public sources (a google search for "teller ulam" will bring up a dozen other variations) then so can terrrrists.--Fastfission 22:25, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Sweet Jebus I was joking :) brian0918  ™  19:59, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Support Nice diagram! WB 06:45, May 31, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support That is a great diagram —Josh Lee 01:50, Jun 1, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support - very classy diagram - Adrian Pingstone 16:25, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose - we should not have English (or any language) labels in diagrams on Wiki projects (as discussed here, so it seems a bit out of place to feature such an image. Also, we already have a nuclear bomb diagram featured (with English labeling too, incidentally). Also the sideways lettering is awkward anyway. But the diagram is nice. Will Support if changed to numerical labeling. - Matthew Cieplak (talk) (edits) 09:14, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Because all languages use the same characters to represent numbers.... -- brian0918 ™  18:20, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * It's not on commons, it's on en. English is no problem here. If you want language-agnostic featured pictures, stay on Commons. --Golbez 19:00, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * [cough] rephrase: THIS isn't commons. The pic is on commons, but this is the FPC discussion for en, not commons. --Golbez 00:23, Jun 3, 2005 (UTC)
 * Isn't this FP just for the ENGLISH Wikipedia? People are welcome to translate it into their own languages; the whole point of creating this image was to make it quick and easy to see what was going on in the arrangement, without a lengthy explanation or additional screen of information. Anyway, I think a few lines in one other FC discussion is hardly enough to start talking about any policy decision being set -- especially when the text itself is designed to be a purposeful part of the image (and is easily removed and translated for those who wish to do it). --Fastfission 02:01, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * You're right, FPC is no place to talk policy. So I still oppose. - Matthew Cieplak (talk) (edits) 20:50, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose - Right side of blue core cut away should be flat blue or linear gradient, not radial gradient. Otherwise it implies that it is not flat and looks confusing. That's my only criticism. Kaldari 21:34, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Hmm, you're probably right about that. It will only take a moment to fix, but at the moment the computer it is on is in a heap on the floor (just moved). --Fastfission 02:01, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Fastfission, you did it again! :) Neutralitytalk 07:44, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * Support -- Chris 73 Talk 07:45, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose The image is informative and illustrates the article very well, but I don't find it striking or titillating or anything. Perhaps the fact that we already have a nuclear bomb diagram as a featured pic is also swaying my vote. -Lommer | talk 22:47, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Clear and informative. Enochlau 08:58, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Ok, but not great. ed g2s  •  talk  10:58, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * (Note, I replaced the PNG version with the more recent SVG version, which looks the same but is in a better format. dbenbenn | talk 04:17, 1 January 2006 (UTC))


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Aguililla

Aguililla  is a city in the Mexican state of Michoacán. It is the municipal seat for the surrounding municipality of the same name. The municipality has a population of roughly 15,000.

Starting in late 2019, Aguililla has been the center of a conflict between two of the most notorious drug cartels in the country—Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) and Cárteles Unidos.

Notable people

 * Moisés Muñoz, Mexican former professional footballer (goalkeeper)
 * Abigael González Valencia, Mexican drug lord (CJNG) and brother of Elvis González Valencia and Rosalinda González Valencia
 * Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, Mexican drug lord, leader of CJNG and younger brother of Antonio Oseguera Cervantes
 * Rosalinda González Valencia, Mexican businesswoman, money launderer, wife of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes and sister of Abigael González Valencia and Elvis González Valencia
 * Antonio Oseguera Cervantes, Mexican drug lord and older brother of Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes
 * Elvis González Valencia, Mexican drug lord and brother of Abigael González Valencia and Rosalinda González Valencia

title: Aguililla


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Silent Hill 2

Silent Hill 2 (サイレントヒル 2) is a 2001 survival horror game developed by Team Silent, a group in Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo, and published by Konami. The game was released from September to November, originally for the PlayStation 2. The second installment in the Silent Hill series, Silent Hill 2 centers on James Sunderland, a widower who journeys to the town of Silent Hill after receiving a letter from his dead wife. An extended version containing a bonus scenario, Born from a Wish, and other additions was published for Xbox in December of the same year. In 2002, it was ported to Microsoft Windows and re-released for the PlayStation 2 as a Greatest Hits version, which includes all bonus content from the Xbox port. A remastered high-definition version was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2012 as part of the Silent Hill HD Collection.

Development of Silent Hill 2 began in June 1999, soon after Silent Hill had been completed. Its narrative was inspired by the Russian novel Crime and Punishment (1866) by Fyodor Dostoevsky, and some of the influences on the game's artistic style include the work of film directors David Lynch and Adrian Lyne (specifically Jacob's Ladder), and paintings by Francis Bacon and Andrew Wyeth; cultural references to history, films and literature can be found in the game. In contrast with the previous title, whose narrative concerned cult activity, Silent Hill 2 focuses directly on the psychology of its characters.

In North America, Japan, and Europe, over one million copies of Silent Hill 2 were sold, with the greatest number of sales in North America. Critics praised its psychological horror story, use of symbolism and taboo topics, atmosphere, graphics, monster designs, soundtrack, sound design, and emotional depth. It is considered to be one of the best video games of all time. The game was followed by Silent Hill 3 in 2003. A remake developed by Bloober Team is scheduled to be released on October 8, 2024.

Gameplay

The objective of Silent Hill 2 is to guide the player character, James Sunderland, through the monster-filled town of Silent Hill as he searches for his deceased wife. The game features a third-person view, with various camera angles. The default control for Silent Hill 2 has James moving in the direction that he is facing when the player tilts the analog stick upwards, although players can choose a more traditional control scheme. Silent Hill 2 does not use a heads-up display; to check James' health, location, and items, the player must enter the pause-game menu to review his status. Throughout the game, James collects maps, which can only be read if there is sufficient light or when his flashlight is on. He also updates relevant maps to reflect locked doors, clues, and obstructions, and writes down the content of all documents for future reference. Maps are not essential to proceed through the game, but they will give a significant advantage to exploring the world.

Much of the gameplay consists of navigating the town and finding keys or other items to bypass doors or other obstructions, with less focus on killing enemies. Occasionally, puzzles will be presented, often with riddles left for the player to interpret. The difficulty levels of the enemies and the puzzles are determined independently by the player before starting the game. James keeps a radio with him, which alerts him to the presence of creatures by emitting static, allowing him to detect them even through the thick fog or darkness. Similar to the first game, the player can choose to turn off the radio if they want. He also tilts his head in the direction of a nearby item or monster, giving clues to items that the player may miss while playing. For combat, he finds three melee weapons and three firearms throughout the game, with another two melee weapons unlocked during replays. James can move and shoot while equipped with a handgun, but he cannot move and shoot with a shotgun or rifle. James cannot aim up or down and the player will have to rely on the game's auto-aim to hit enemies that are on the ceiling. "Health" restoratives and ammunition can be found throughout the game.

Setting
While not focusing on the characters and plot threads of the first Silent Hill game, Silent Hill 2 takes place in the series' namesake town, located in Maine. Silent Hill 2 is set in another area of the town, and explores some of Silent Hill's backstory. As opposed to the first game where the monsters and environments were a real manifestation, and everybody could see what was happening, this time the town draws upon the psyche of its visitors and ultimately forms alternative versions of itself, which differs depending on the character; thus, Silent Hill 2 acts as more of an internal representation of a person's guilt or demons. The concept behind the town was "a small, rural town in America"; to make the setting more realistic, some buildings and rooms lack furnishings.

Storylines
The game's main storyline follows a character named James Sunderland. Later editions of the game include a second storyline titled "Born from a Wish", which follows a character named Maria. In editions that include "Born from a Wish", the original storyline is titled "Letter from Silent Heaven".

Letter from Silent Heaven
James Sunderland (Guy Cihi) comes to Silent Hill after apparently receiving a letter from his wife Mary (Monica Taylor Horgan), who had been suffering from an illness and died three years before. While exploring the town, he encounters Angela Orosco (Donna Burke), a 19-year-old runaway searching for her mother; Eddie Dombrowski (David Schaufele), another runaway; and Laura (Jacquelyn Breckenridge), a brattish eight-year-old who befriended Mary and accuses James of not truly loving her. While making his way through an apartment complex, he also runs into an indestructible creature known as Pyramid Head. While searching a local park, James also meets Maria (Horgan), a woman who strongly resembles Mary but has a much more assertive and sexual personality. Maria claims that she has never met or seen Mary, and because she is frightened by the monsters, James allows her to follow him. Arriving at a bowling alley, Eddie and Laura are found inside, but Laura runs off.

Following Laura to a hospital and searching for her there at Maria's insistence, James and Maria are ambushed by the monster Pyramid Head, and Maria is killed while James escapes. Afterwards, James resolves to search the hotel that he and Mary stayed at during their vacation. On the way, he is surprised to find Maria alive and unharmed in a locked room. She claims ignorance of their previous encounter and begins discussing elements of James' and Mary's past that only Mary would know. James sets off to find a way to free Maria but returns to find her dead again. Later on, he rescues Angela from a monster, after which she reveals that her father had raped her as a child; a nearby newspaper clipping implies that she killed her father before coming to Silent Hill. Angela confronts James about his wife, accusing him of not loving her. James also confronts Eddie, who admits to maiming a bully and killing a dog before fleeing to Silent Hill. After a poorly worded question, Eddie is offended and attacks him. James is forced to kill him in self-defense, grieving at the fact that he just killed a person.

At the hotel, James locates a videotape that depicts him killing his dying wife by smothering her with a pillow. In another room, a final meeting in a burning staircase with Angela sees her giving up on life, unable to cope with her trauma. She thanks James for saving her but wishes that he didn't, as she feels she deserved the sexual abuse as a child. She then walks into a fire and is never seen again, commenting her world is always like this. Afterwards, James encounters two Pyramid Heads, along with Maria, who is killed once again. He comes to realize that Pyramid Head was created because he needed someone to punish him, and all the monsters are manifestations of his psyche. The envelope from Mary disappears and both Pyramid Heads commit suicide. James heads to the hotel's rooftop, and depending on choices made by the player throughout the game, he encounters either a manifestation of Mary or Maria disguised as her.

Silent Hill 2 features six endings; Konami has kept their canonicity ambiguous. In "Leave", James has one last meeting with Mary, reads her letter, and leaves the town with Laura. "In Water" sees James commit suicide by driving into Lake Toluca with Mary's body in the car. The "Maria" ending sees Mary as the woman on the rooftop, who has not forgiven James for killing her; after her defeat, James dismisses her as a hallucination and then leaves the town with an alive Maria, who briefly coughs, suggesting she will become sick just as Mary did, and the cycle will repeat. The other three endings are only available in replay games, including "Rebirth", in which James plans to resurrect Mary using arcane objects collected throughout the game, and two joke endings: "Dog", where James discovers that a dog has been controlling all the events of the game, and "UFO", where James is abducted by extraterrestrials with the help of the first game's protagonist, Harry Mason.

Born from a Wish
Born from a Wish is a side-story scenario in the special editions and re-releases of the game in which the player takes control of Maria shortly before she and James meet at Silent Hill. After waking up in the town with a gun and contemplating suicide, she decides to try to find someone. She eventually encounters a local mansion, where she hears the voice of its owner, Ernest Baldwin (Ward Sexton). Ernest refuses to let Maria into the room he is in and will only talk to her through its closed door. After Maria completes tasks for him, Ernest warns her about James, whom he describes as a "bad man". After Maria opens the door to Ernest's room and finds it empty, she leaves the mansion. After the scenario, Maria contemplates suicide once more but ultimately resolves to find James. The side-story concludes with a voice-over of James encountering Maria in the park and her introducing herself to him, as it happens during the events of the main story.

Themes and analysis
Some of the more apparent themes of the narrative are grief, guilt, and punishment. Other noticeable themes in Silent Hill 2 are mental illness, lust, love and abuse, including an exploration of how it affects people.

A prominent focus of analysis is the symbolism of the monsters present in the game, which seem to be manifested from James' guilty consciousness. One major example of this manifestation of guilt is the "Pyramid Head", a tall, masculine, faceless humanoid figure, whose head is concealed by a large pyramid-shaped helmet that is made of rusted iron. Pyramid Head also wields a large blade titled the "Great Knife" that it heaves across the floor in almost all player encounters. Its design not only serves to psychologically frighten the player, as the sharp edges of the triangular head were intentionally illustrated to "suggest the possibility of pain" according to its creator Masahiro Ito, but it is also emblematic of many of the themes related to the narrative, as it represents the guilt that James experienced, the retribution he seeks for his actions, and the sexual frustration that he felt while his late wife, Mary, was terminally ill.

According to GameSpot, "critics have championed" the game as a key example of video games as an art form.

Influences and design
Development of Silent Hill 2 began in June 1999, directly after the completion of its predecessor. The game was created by Team Silent, a production group within Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo. The story was conceived by CGI director Takayoshi Sato, who based it on Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel Crime and Punishment (1866), with individual members of the team collaborating on the actual scenario. The main writing was done by Hiroyuki Owaku and Sato, who provided the dialogue for the female characters. Around the time Silent Hill 2 was in production, the average budget for video game production has been estimated to be around US$7–10 million by Sato. The decision to produce a sequel to Silent Hill was partly a financial one, as it had been commercially successful, and partly a creative one, as the team had faced difficulties while working on the original game. The team was given a small window to settle on a platform. As it was unable to gather information on the then-unannounced GameCube and Xbox consoles, they began production of the game for the PlayStation 2. Producer Akihiro Imamura stated that the decision was also influenced by "a wish from the business section that we move rapidly on the PS2. You know, it is currently the market focus". Imamura read all comments about the original game and kept them in mind while working on Silent Hill 2. He estimated that a total of fifty people worked on the game: while the creative team from the first game remained, they had to bring in thirty people from Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo. Developed at the same time, the PlayStation 2 version of Silent Hill 2 and its Xbox port debuted at the March 2001 Tokyo Game Show to positive reactions.

Silent Hill 2 shared the same atmosphere of psychological horror as the first Silent Hill game. As the developers already had a rough sense of the game's environment, they focused on its plot first, in contrast to the process used with the first game. The PlayStation 2 hardware allowed the developers to create improved fog and shadow special effects. For example, as a monster approaches the player character, its shadow cast on the wall by the flashlight grows. When dealing with the game's camera angles, the team struggled with a balance between those that stayed true to the creative vision and those that did not hamper gameplay. Psychological elements, such as the gradual disappearance of Mary's letter and symbolic holes, were incorporated into the game. The team wanted Silent Hill 2's protagonist to "reflect [the] evil", against which the protagonist of the first game battles.

For the game's artistic style, the team drew on a variety of influences: the work of film directors David Cronenberg, David Fincher, David Lynch and Alfred Hitchcock, along with films similar to the 1990 psychological thriller/horror film Jacob's Ladder, and painters such as Francis Bacon, Rembrandt and Andrew Wyeth. Early in the project, they studied the 1996 video game Tomb Raider's creation of 3D environments. Other influences on the game included the 1992 survival horror video game Alone in the Dark, the first Silent Hill game, and Japanese comics by Daijiro Morohoshi and Junji Ito. While working on the character designs, Sato and his team sketched human faces and various expressions. To gain a better sense of the characters' facial structures, they drew the characters' profiles from various angles, before creating wire-frame models, each consisting of six thousand polygons; they then completed the model with textures. Data for the character animation was taken through motion capture, and using Softimage, they animated the characters. Masahiro Ito designed the monsters in Silent Hill 2; "soured flesh" was the concept behind their appearance. The monsters were also to incorporate "an element of humanity". For the most part, the monsters reflect the protagonist's subconscious. For example, the monster Pyramid Head was based on the executioners of the town's fictional history and is intended to be a punisher for James. Two exceptions to this theme are the "Abstract Daddy", a reflection of Angela's subconscious and memories, and the "Creepers", which are also seen in the first game.

Silent Hill 2 also incorporates some references to real-life events. In the original scenario, the developers designed Maria and James with dual personalities: Maria's other personality was "Mary", a reference to Mary Jane Kelly, Jack the Ripper's last victim, while James' was "Joseph", a reference to one of the Jack the Ripper suspects. Eddie Dombrowski's name was taken from actor Eddie Murphy during the beginning phases of production when Eddie was originally designed with a pleasantly optimistic personality. The name of Angela Orosco was derived from Angela Bennett, the name of the protagonist in the 1995 film The Net, and Laura's from the 1970 novel No Language But a Cry by Richard D'Ambrosio. The developers satirized the perceived accessibility of firearms in the U.S. by allowing James to find a handgun in a shopping cart. There are also indications that the layout of Silent Hill was based to a certain extent on the town of San Bruno, California.

Music
Akira Yamaoka composed the music for Silent Hill 2. At his home, Yamaoka took three days to write the music for "Theme of Laura", Silent Hill 2's main theme, by combining "a sad melody" and "a strong beat", although he does not consider the melody to be the "most important" element of a musical piece. He wanted the music to evoke emotions in the player. Silent Hill 2 makes extensive use of sound effects ranging from screams to footsteps on broken glass. In charge of the game's fifty sound effects, Yamaoka wanted to surprise the player with different sounds and create an unsettling environment. He also incorporated occasional silence, commenting that "selecting moments of silence is another way of producing sound".

Konami published Silent Hill 2 Original Soundtracks in Japan on October 3, 2001. Eight tracks ("Theme of Laura", "Null Moon", "Love Psalm", "True", "Promise", "Fermata in Mistic Air", "Laura Plays the Piano" and "Overdose Delusion") appeared in the 2006 PlayStation Portable release The Silent Hill Experience. At the 2006 Play! A Video Game Symphony concert in Chicago, Illinois, Yamaoka performed music from the series, including "Theme of Laura", with a full-size orchestra. In 2019, the soundtrack was re-released on vinyl by Mondo, who previously gave the same treatment to the soundtrack of Silent Hill in 2016.

Release
Silent Hill 2 was first released for the PlayStation 2 in North America on September 25, 2001, in Japan on September 27 and in Europe on November 23. The original European edition also included a second disc: a "Making-of" DVD video featuring trailers, an artwork gallery and a documentary on the game's development.

An extended version of the game was published for Xbox in North America on December 18, 2001, Japan on February 22, 2002, and Europe on October 14. Each region had different subtitles for the game: Saigo no Uta (最期の詩) in Japan, Restless Dreams in North America and Inner Fears in Europe. This edition contained the short bonus scenario Born from a Wish and other minor enhancements. This revised version was ported back to the PlayStation 2 and subtitled Director's Cut in Europe, but was not subtitled in North America, and was simply released under the "Greatest Hits" banner. Creature Labs ported this edition to Windows, which Konami released in December 2002. Added features in the PC version include the ability to quicksave and watch trailers for Silent Hill 3. In 2018, Enhanced Edition mod was released for the PC version. It adds higher resolution, high framerate (60FPS) and widescreen support, and audio and bug fixes.

In 2006, Konami re-released Silent Hill 2 with its indirect PS2 sequels, Silent Hill 3 and Silent Hill 4: The Room, in a bundle entitled The Silent Hill Collection in Europe and Japan. Silent Hill HD Collection, a compilation of remastered high-definition editions of Silent Hill 2 and 3, was released for the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360 on March 20, 2012. It contains new voice actors for the characters of both games, along with the option in Silent Hill 2 to listen to the original cast.

Reception and legacy
Silent Hill 2 sold over one million copies in the month of its release in North America, Japan and Europe, with the most units sold in North America. Rating aggregation site Metacritic shows "generally favorable reviews", with an average rating of 89 out of 100 for the PS2 version and 84 out of 100 for the Xbox version. However, the PC port received "mixed or average reviews", with a Metascore of 70 out of 100.

Silent Hill 2 received praise from video game journalists at the time of its release and in retrospect. Jeff Lundrigan reviewed the PlayStation 2 version of the game for Next Generation, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "it's not for the faint of heart, nor anyone looking for fast action, but those who enjoy a good shiver won't be disappointed". Andy Greenwald of Spin magazine praised it as a frightening but "restrained" game. Jon Thompson of AllGame stated: "Silent Hill 2 feels a bit rushed, and although it might not live up to the dizzying horror of the first game, it packs enough of its own punch to make it a worthy sequel." IGN's Doug Perry wrote: "It's frightening, deep, clever, and tries to improve the genre, if just a little, and in the end, that's all I really want in a survival horror game." Joe Fielder of GameSpot concluded, "Silent Hill 2 is a much prettier, somewhat smarter but less a compelling game than the original." In Replay: The History of Video Games (2010), Tristian Donovan described Silent Hill 2 as the "high point" of the series. In a retrospective article on the survival horror genre, IGN writer Jim Stephanie Sterling praised the game's plot as "one of the finest examples of narrative construction in gaming to this day".

The graphics and atmosphere of Silent Hill 2 were praised by reviewers, who highlighted the smooth transitions from computer-generated (CG) to in-game cutscenes and the sense of claustrophobia caused by the fog. On the other hand, Thompson felt that the grainy image effects and dense fog hid the details of the environment, while Fielder wrote that the exterior environments "rarely push the PlayStation 2's graphical capabilities". Character animation was considered realistic by reviewers, though James' animation in the CG sometimes appeared "marionette"-like, according to Perry. The voice acting garnered mixed responses from reviewers divided over whether it was well done with an improved script, or hampered by the script. Reviewers enjoyed the monster designs, although some found the monsters less frightening due to the abundance of ammunition,  and being easily avoided. Reviewers found the camera, though improved, still difficult when battling monsters which hung from the ceiling —concerns echoed by reviewers of the PC version. The soundtrack and sound effects were considered by reviewers to be effective in creating suspense,  though Thompson considered them sometimes "a bit forced and contrived". The puzzles were generally seen as not overly challenging by reviewers, though Thompson found them generally easy and GameSpy's David Hodgeson wrote that they were sometimes illogical. Less well-received was the combat, criticized for its lack of challenge and easily defeated monsters and bosses.

Reactions to the Xbox port were also positive. Reviewers have written that the PlayStation 2 and Xbox versions were mostly similar, except for the Born from a Wish side-scenario found in the Xbox version. Eurogamer's Kristan Reed called Born from a Wish "more like a demo than anything", while Fielder described it as "a commendable extra". Both felt that it could be completed in around an hour and did not add much to the game. The PC port, in contrast, received mixed reactions. Allen Rausch of GameSpy considered the PC port overall to be "[a] fantastic translation of Konami's stylish and scary survival-horror game". IGN's Ivan Sulic advised against playing the game with the keyboard, and rated the game "great". Conversely, Ron Dulin, another reviewer for GameSpot, wrote: "Not even the game's foggy atmosphere is thick enough to hide Silent Hill 2's problems". Next Generation reviewed the Xbox version of the game, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that "exactly the same disturbing yet wildly enjoyable game as it was on PS2" and noted the sub-game called "Born From a Wish" saying "if you've already played this on PS2 there's no particular reason to pick it up again. On the other hand, if you haven't (and why haven't you?), then this added bonus would make the Xbox version the one to buy."

Silent Hill 2 is often considered to be one of the best horror games and one of the best video games of all time. It ranked first on X-Play's list of the scariest games of all time in 2006. In 2009, IGN listed it as one of the five best horror video games created after 2000, and one of the twelve greatest PlayStation 2 games of all time. It ranked again in IGN's list of the top 100 PS2 games, and again in 2018, on IGN's list of the 100 greatest video games ever made. In a retrospective by GamePro, it was the 26th best game for the PS2. In 2008, GamesRadar placed it on its list of the 15 best "video game stories" ever, describing it as "a punishing tale not easily matched". In 2009, Wired News listed it as the 11th most influential game of the decade for its emphasis on psychological horror and exploration of taboo topics such as incest and domestic abuse, rather than gore. In 2012, a top video games of all-time list by G4 television network ranked the game in 85th place. That same year, the game's narrative was ranked first on GamesRadar's list of The Best Videogame Stories Ever. Game Informer named Silent Hill 2 the best of the Silent Hill franchise and listed it as the second best horror game of all time in its October 2014 issue, and number eight on GameTrailers's Top Ten Twos list of the best second franchise games in 2015.

In another retrospective article on survival horror, fellow IGN writer Travis Fahs credited the game as a factor in the "short-lived period of renewed interest in horror games". Online game critic for The Escapist Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw lists this game as among his top five favorite games of all time, praising it for its thick and unsettling atmosphere creating tension and fear for players. In his review of the game he commented, "Silent Hill 2 is the game I replay every now and again to remind myself that for all the shiny brown, quick-time event, RPG element space marines, gaming is still worth defending", and that "It's a fascinating voyage of pain and despair that leaves you emotionally drained and satisfied."

Remake
A remake was announced on October 19, 2022, during the Silent Hill Transmission event. The remake will be developed by Bloober Team with contributions by original Silent Hill 2 artist Masahiro Ito and composer Akira Yamaoka. It will be released for PlayStation 5 and Windows on October 8, 2024.

Film adaptation
In October 2022, it was announced that the game would be adapted into a film titled Return to Silent Hill, with Christophe Gans set to direct.

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Category talk:Irregular military

Terrorist Organizations
Terrorist organizations should be in their own category and not part of Irregular Military. Irregular Military should be reserved for non-standard military units fighting a conventional war as understood over the last couple of centuries and defined under the Genevar Convention. Terrorist organizations do not fall into this catagory. Further, everyone clearly understands what a terrorist organization is, as noted by the actual organization names. Thus trying to put them in some other category is doing so for someone's POV.

--Noitall 22:30, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

This is trarted from "categories for deletion" discussion about terrorist organizations, see Categories for deletion/Log/2005 May 20, which basically amounts to the opinion that definition of who is terrorist is a POV in many cases. I proposed to introduce a category with neutral title category:Violent political organizations with an objective criterion IMO: organizations that declare or de-facto use violence (not necessarily armed) as an instrument in pursuing its goals. What do you think about this idea? mikka (t) 17:20, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

 * "Violent political organizations" includes every government that I can think of. That is why I put Cat:Terrorist organizations up at CFD originally; the definition in the terrorism page it was impossible to keep any organization out.  People were forever throwing the terrorist organization cat on the African rebel group articles I watch, clearly with very little thought.
 * Back in the original discussion, I suggested something along the lines of "Non-governmental armed groups using uncoventional tactics" or something similarly long-winded to get across the idea that people seemed to want. A Category:Organizations labeled "terrorist" by the U.S. State Department would seem to be the most useful category, but people seem resistant to the idea, perhaps because they want to believe that "terrorist" is an objective term that everyone can agree on. -   BanyanTree 18:14, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

The following is the entire list of Subcategories in this area:

 * Islamic terrorist organizations

 * Leftist terrorist organizations

 * Palestinian terrorist organizations

 * Terrorist organizations based in the United States

 * Terrorist organizations in Northern Ireland

 * Zionist terrorist organizations

Those organizations organized for terror and not organized according to centuries of norms and the Geneva Convention are pretty clear. The fact that some people try to insert their POV and/or dislike the fact that an organization whose objective they may support is in fact a terrorist organiztion should not stop accurately labeling such an organization. Wiki should be accurate, not politically correct (unless they are one and the same), and thus coming up with a new organization title is not appropriate. I believe in accuracy, even if it means that vandals or POV people cause problems.

--Noitall 19:09, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * See Category talk:Terrorist organizations and Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Category: Terrorist organizations for the extensive discussion on this isssue. -  BanyanTree 19:15, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

Your link to the talk page is useful for the past history. Most of the editors entirely miss the point and all the crazy assertions from Green Mountain Boys to the Catholic Church to the U.S. just demonstrate some editors' POV. Help me with Wiki policy, if something has been deleted, is it forever deleted? Or can we start over correctly, saying the term is controversial but talk about the generally accepted definition, which is entirely based in modern times. To fail to do so is to inaccurately describe things and events all because of some misguided POV.

--Noitall 00:57, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

 * I have never heard of a category being reinstated after there was consensus to delete, but I am not particularly familiar with the history of Category policy. There is certainly no "undeletion policy" (as there is for articles) on Categories for deletion policies.  You may want to ask at the talk page of that policies page what they would think about holding another vote to undelete.  If there is a lack of response, or you are not satisfied with the responses, the next option would be to post the question at the Village Pump - probably the policy section.  Simply recreating the category is clearly prohibited by policy and it would be speedy deleted.
 * Much of the ambiguity comes from the terrorism page itself (last I read it), which is so vague that it appears to encompass almost all forms of violence. This itself is probably a result of arguments about definitions among editors.
 * I would also like to say that, while it appears that we disagree completely on the merits, it was refreshing to see a request about policies and procedures. I see far too many disagreements immediately flare up into edit wars.  Cheers,   BanyanTree 01:28, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll have to think about whether to spend the time and effort in that endeavor. Perhaps some topics are too current and too hot to develop a proper perspective. See you.

--Noitall 01:51, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

A number of the articles in this category should probably be moved to Category:Guerrilla organizations, which is a subcat. --71.191.135.128 (talk) 20:32, 13 April 2008 (UTC)

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Alfred Bishop

Alfred or Alf Bishop may refer to:
 * Alf Bishop (footballer, born 1886) (1886–1938), English footballer with Wolverhampton Wanderers
 * Alf Bishop (footballer, born 1902) (1902–1944), English footballer with Southampton and Barrow
 * Henry Alfred Bishop (1860–1934), American politician and railroad man

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Sean Lithgow

 This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article's talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. Mindspillage (spill yours?) 15:26, 13 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Sean Lithgow
Fantasy biography. This one can't decide on a time frame, shifting between centuries. The subject was born in 1986, is a computer engineer, mathematician, scientist and later a political leader - indeed, he is "one of the most controversial figures in Australian political history." Among his accomplishements as Australia's Prime Minister: established diplomatic relations with China and reduced voting age to 12. In 1744 he was briefly married to the queen of a warrior tribe, in 1868 he built a church, in 1688 he was ahead in the polls, etc..... Naturally, there's not a single source for any of this. Willmcw 22:30, May 28, 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete patent nonsense. Speedy candidate. Rl 17:11, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as patent nonsense. Apparently, Australia had Federal elections in 1688 100 years before European settlement and 213 years before Federation. Capitalistroadster 00:07, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as hoax / fictional entry. This was my entry, I sincerly apologise. It was immature abuse of Wikipedia. If I could remove it myself, I would. 14:52, 30 May 2005 (EST)

 * 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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Star Wars
I have nominated this article because the Star Wars article has been listed as a good article for meeting the criteria AND because it's time for this influential science fantasy saga to become a featured article. This article covers everything about the Star Wars universe, from the movies to the comics, to the games to the books. This article has had 1 previous nomination last year, but since then this article has gone through extensive revision, copyediting and improved writing. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Batazer (talk • contribs).

Object Does not fulfill criteria of brilliant prose. Too much weasel wording throughout such as It is also often argued and It is also thought by whom? Also lacks references. --Bob 20:44, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Object
 * Need a reference for things like estimated to be $20 billion
 * Remove both dot points/paragraphs about Revelations/TROOPS, the link to the cat at the top is enough
 * Cultural influence is poor - Cultural influence of Star Wars needs to be created...
 * Need fair-use rationales on all images..especilly since the John Williams/young George Lucas are dubious... Cvene64 22:56, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

Oject per Cvene64. Computerjoe 's talk 07:34, 21 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Comment I don't like how you have articles devided into the orginial and prequel trilogies. It's supposed to be one saga, one story.  There should be one article titled Star Wars episodes.  Tobyk777 07:19, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Object. The references section is not very long, and there are no links between the references and the facts they are supposed to be supporting. For example, let's take three facts at random and see whether the article allows us to trace them to a published source meeting WP:RS.
 * 1. "An example of the space opera genre, the Star Wars story employs archetypal motifs common to both modern science fiction and ancient mythology, as well as the romantic music motifs of those genres." Not only is this not referenced at all... I have no idea what it means. What are the "romantic music motifs" of ancient mythology? Does The Odyssey have musical motifs? Presumably, they were whatever Homer played on his lyre, but I don't think John Williams or anyone else knows what they were.  (Is "romantic music motifs... of ancient mythology" a way of saying that John Williams uses a musical vocabulary reminiscent of Strauss and Wagner? Then why not say so?) In any case, this statement is an opinion, so, whose opinion is it and what's the published source for it?
 * 2. "Lucas acknowledges that the plot and characters in the 1958 Japanese film The Hidden Fortress, directed by Akira Kurosawa, were a major inspiration." OK, what's the source for that? It mentions an interview on a DVD. OK, good, let's at least have a citation giving the ASIN for the DVD, the title of the interview, and the approximate number of minutes into the interview where he says this. I've argued that this should count as a source. Others disagree and feel that DVD commentaries do not meet the criteria for WP:CITE or WP:RS, but such a citation would be better than nothing. This entire section on influences is innocent of source citations and rife with weasel wording and unattributed opinions: "It is also thought that the setting for the Star Wars universe came from Isaac Asimov's Foundation Trilogy..." Thought by whom? "some Dune devotees consider Star Wars little more than a campy film adaptation of Herbert's work." Which devotes and where did they publish these opinions? "Some comic book fans have also drawn parallels between Star Wars and Jack Kirby’s epic Fourth World series..." Which fans? Where?
 * 3. "Other sources, including publicly available draft scripts of Star Wars, show that Lucas had an incomplete and quickly-changing conception of the Star Wars story up until the release of the first film in 1977." Great! But, uh, where are those "publicly available" (i.e. "published") draft scripts? Why aren't they cited? Do they meet the standard of "published" in the sense of WP:V? If not, are there good published sources that can be cited in support of this statement?
 * Dpbsmith (talk) 22:03, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Object per the objections raised above. The only real contribution I can make is about the link with Asimov's Foundation series.  See here for speculation that lightsabers derive from the force-field penknives of Foundation; here and the references therein for Lucas's lifting the "Galactic Empire" from Asimov; and I. Asimov and Yours, Isaac Asimov for the writer's own thoughts on the matter.  Lots of people say that Coruscant was originally named Jhantor, which would make perfectly clear the fact that it is a rip-off of Asimov's Trantor.  Unfortunately, the first couple pages of Google hits on this return only Wikipedia mirrors.

 * Ah, when scholarship becomes incest. . . . Anville 15:11, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

 * Support
 * 1) Pece Kocovski 09:49, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Comment: This articel is well written, and has spelling and grammer correct, what more can you ask for?


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Category talk:Types of military forces

Terrorist Organizations
Terrorist organizations should be in their own category and not part of Irregular Military. Irregular Military should be reserved for non-standard military units fighting a conventional war as understood over the last couple of centuries and defined under the Genevar Convention. Terrorist organizations do not fall into this catagory. Further, everyone clearly understands what a terrorist organization is, as noted by the actual organization names. Thus trying to put them in some other category is doing so for someone's POV.

--Noitall 22:30, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

Militias and Irregular Military are generally recognized as being organized within the rules of a nation state. Organizations that are not affiliated with a nation state, but may be affiliated with some religion, include terrorist organizations. AlMac|(talk) 20:14, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Categories
After I saw requests in several military article talk sections for anyone to do a better job of organizing the massive collection of articles not in any sub-category, and also a huge volume of somewhat related sub-categories, I moved some stuff to try to add a little bit more organization.
 * Looks to me like the content of Category:Types of forces and Category:Types of military are so similar that perhaps they should be combined into a new sub-category:Types of military forces, which might go into the Category:Military organization, which is in turn in Category Military in Category:War. AlMac|(talk) 20:14, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

 * The two categories host organizations from army, navy, air, marine, SOF, etc. It would be more clear to do away with Category:Types of military and Category:Types of forces, and instead creat Category:Navy Organization, Category:Army Organization , and Category:Navy Organization. All of these belong inside Category:Military organization      MCG|(talk) 27 Aug 06

Merge suggestion
Suggest merging Category:Types of military forces to Category:Military forces by type. It seems redundant & confusing to have two similiarly named cats. Also, looks like lots of overlap. FieldMarine (talk) 18:16, 9 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I hear ya. the problem is that actually they are not overlapping. this category, Category:Types of military forces relates only to categories of entire national military forces, i.e. armies, navies, etc etc. whereas the other category, Category:Military forces by type, relates to types of units within the larger national military., we simply need to find some alternate term to use, if possible and if anyone wishes. --Sm8900 (talk) 15:16, 2 February 2017 (UTC)

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Here Comes Your Man

"Here Comes Your Man" is a song by the American alternative rock band Pixies, written and sung by the band's frontman Black Francis. Produced by Gil Norton, it was released as the second single from the group's second album Doolittle in June 1989.

Written by Black Francis as a teenager, "Here Comes Your Man" was recorded for the band's 1987 demo tape, but not included on either Come On Pilgrim or Surfer Rosa, as the songwriter was reluctant to release the song. Critics saw "Here Comes Your Man" as the Pixies' breakthrough song; Jon Dolan of Spin magazine commented that it was "the most accessible song ever by an underground-type band." The song reached number three on the U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart. In 2019, the single was certified Gold in Canada.

Background and recording
Black Francis recalled that he wrote "Here Comes Your Man" around the time he was age 14 or 15. Years later after the Pixies were formed, producer Paul Kolderie noted the group did not want to record "Here Comes Your Man" for its demo "The Purple Tape". The group referred to it as "the Tom Petty song", according to Kolderie. Producer Gary Smith stated that, "There was some reluctance to do 'Here Comes Your Man' because it was too pop, there was something too straight about it." When 4AD label head Ivo Watts-Russell handpicked the track listing for the group's debut release Come on Pilgrim, he intentionally left out "Here Comes Your Man". Watts-Russell stated that he liked the song, but "it felt just too obviously commercial and I didn't know what we were doing with [the band]". Watts-Russell also felt it was too reminiscent of Mink DeVille's "Spanish Stroll". For a post-Surfer Rosa single, 4AD rejected another recording of the song; they later chose "Gigantic", with "River Euphrates" on the B-side.

Francis reflected in 2004 that, during the recording of the group's second album Doolittle, he felt embarrassed by "Here Comes Your Man", but since producer Gil Norton really liked the song, the songwriter "threw him a bone". Norton recorded the band performing the song's backing track when Black Francis was not available. The song featured a different arrangement from previous recordings of the track, and Black Francis added another verse to it.

Composition
"Here Comes Your Man" opens with the Hendrix chord, favored by Pixies guitarist Joey Santiago and was used on "Tame". The acoustic guitar plays a D–G–A chord progression, while Santiago plays a guitar riff which is the result of him double-tracking a 12-string Rickenbacker and a Telecaster.

In an interview with NME, Francis commented on the meaning of the song:

It's about winos and hobos traveling on the trains, who die in the California Earthquake, peeing their pants. Before earthquakes, everything gets very calm — animals stop talking and birds stop chirping and there's no wind. It's very ominous.

I've been through a few earthquakes, actually, 'cause I grew up in California. I was only in one big one, in 1971. I was very young and I slept through it. I've been awake through lots of small ones at school and at home. It's very exciting actually — a very comical thing. It's like the earth is shaking, and what can you do? Nothing.

The word "boxcar" was apparently a starting point for the song's lyrics, and Francis has suggested that this was in part inspired by the song "Carnival of Sorts (Box Car)" by R.E.M.: "I probably liked the word 'boxcar' because I heard it on the R.E.M. song, from their first record."

Video and imagery
A music video to promote the single, co-directed by Neil Pollock and Jonathan Bekemeier, shows the band playing its instruments through a distorted fish-eye lens, the camera variously panning horizontally across the performance space and vertically over the individual band members. Keeping in the spirit of the mimed performance, Francis and bassist Kim Deal open and shut their mouths in time with their prerecorded vocals, yet make no attempt to articulate their lips in sync with the words that they are supposed to be singing. Instead, they simply keep their mouths wide open with blank expressions for the duration of each verse. Francis stated that "Water on the brain" was the theme of the clip.

Release and reception
"Here Comes Your Man" was released as a single in June 1989, and the song's music video received some airplay on MTV. The cover image, chosen by Francis, comes from a photograph that cover designer Simon Larbalestier took of a bull terrier for a gallery showing. Pixies rarely played "Here Comes Your Man" at concerts or at promotional events. Music writer Ben Sisario described this stance as "vintage college-rock 'tude—the hit, the pop song, should be avoided as inauthentic, while the aggro, anticommercial song represents legitimacy." Ivo Watts-Russell stated if Black Francis had been possibly persuaded to release the version of the song recorded during the session for the "Gigantic" single—which he described as "totally streamlined and ready for radio"—that "maybe if a major label company was able to convince people to take a more commercial route, maybe Pixies would have sold a whole bunch more records than they did. But those steps were just not required back in 1989". The song reached number three on the U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Joey Santiago later recalled: "The tour manager asked, 'Hey, Arsenio Hall wants you to come on the show.' We said, 'Well, what do they want to hear?' He said, 'Here Comes Your Man.' No way. We told them we would love to go on, only if we did the song 'Tame'. And they said, 'No, thank you.'"

In popular culture
The song makes an appearance in the 2009 romantic comedy film (500) Days of Summer, where it is sung by the main character Tom Hansen in a karaoke bar. Other appearances include the films Say It Isn't So (2001), Stuck on You (2003), Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005), and Daddy's Home (2015). It also appeared in the "Hardly Kirk-ing" episode of The Simpsons (2013) and episodes 9 and 10 of Mr. Mercedes (2017).

The song was featured in a Citi commercial in 2017. The following year, the song made an appearance on the June 11 episode of the BBC magazine show The One Show, playing over a montage of Michael Crawford's career.

Track listing
All songs written by Black Francis.

 * 1) "Here Comes Your Man" – 3:00
 * 2) "Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf)" – 3:00
 * 3) "Into the White" – 4:42
 * 4) "Bailey's Walk" – 2:23

title: Here Comes Your Man