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User talk:Masterhatch

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Congradulations
Hello Masterhatch, we and countless of other Wikipedians & Internet users have been chosen 2006 Person of the year, by Time magazine. Congradulations. GoodDay 21:58, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

That weren't yesterday :) GoodDay (talk) 14:54, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Nope! Was a long time ago. Thinking back to my life in November of '06 compared to now... wow things are different. And in a good way. Masterhatch (talk) 15:01, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Do note, my spelling has improved, since then ;) GoodDay (talk) 15:39, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Ouch
I'm used to Lecen's emotional posts & edit summaries. But, in his edit-summary, he didn't have to snap at you, too. GoodDay (talk) 13:11, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

 * Water off a duck's back.Masterhatch (talk) 15:34, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

Rebellion links
Thanks for fixing those links in the two articles. Probably my fault, although I don't remember it. By the way, I recognise some of locations in your pix from the south-east corner. :) Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 16:28, 12 September 2021 (UTC)
 * Hello User:Mr Serjeant Buzfuz, yeah, easy tell where I spend most of my time by my pix! As for fixing links, sometimes at work I have time to kill and that's an easy way to kill time and learn something! I've read so many articles I would never have even thought about reading if I hadn't gone through articles just fixing links. Masterhatch (talk) 20:32, 12 September 2021 (UTC)

Don’t know if you heard: https://regina.ctvnews.ca/mobile/sad-to-see-it-go-renowned-kenosee-restaurant-destroyed-in-overnight-fire-1.5581820 Mr Serjeant Buzfuz (talk) 06:17, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

 * Yeah, I heard on the radio this morning. Sad. Masterhatch (talk) 06:35, 14 September 2021 (UTC)

Autopatrolled granted
Hi Masterhatch, I just wanted to let you know that I have [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=rights&page=User%3AMasterhatch added] the "autopatrolled" permission to your account, as you have created numerous, valid articles. This feature will have no effect on your editing, and is simply intended to reduce the workload on new page patrollers. For more information on the autopatrolled right, see Autopatrolled. However, you should consider adding relevant wikiproject talk-page templates, stub-tags and categories to new articles that you create if you aren't already in the habit of doing so, since your articles will no longer be systematically checked by other editors (User:Evad37/rater and User:SD0001/StubSorter.js are useful scripts which can help). Feel free to leave me a message if you have any questions. Happy editing! -- TNT (talk • she/they) 00:15, 4 December 2021 (UTC)

Happy New Year, Masterhatch!

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Nomination of List of players who played only one game in the NHL for deletion
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Rollback granted
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Cbc
You've again deleted the content while referring to the talk page discussion in which you supported not deleting the content on the Poilievre article. I'm not interested in tit for tat editing so could you please explain what you actually want on the article talk page? From what I can see you complained that the material didn't warrant its own subsection, another user chimed in with agreement, the editor who added it asked why and supported leaving the material, you then said you supported leaving the material just in a different subsection. I've moved it twice per that discussion and both times you've deleted it without really saying why. Do you want the material deleted or do you want it moved? XeCyranium (talk) 00:10, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

 * XeCyranium several reasons were given by me and another user for its exclusion and not one reason given for inclusion. Before we decide where, we gotta decide if it goes back in. Participate in the discussion on the talk page there and let's see what happens. Masterhatch (talk) 00:28, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
 * When posting my earlier message I was and still am the last person to have participated in that discussion. You didn't add to the discussion when you last deleted the information while citing the talk page. I don't say this to be rude but I think you may be confusing the different discussions around that article. I'm only talking about the CBC info and its placement. I was under the impression that you supported its inclusion and were against it being placed in a unique subsection because that's the last substantial thing you said on the talk page about it. XeCyranium (talk) 01:17, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

 * I'm sorry. I should have been clearer. I'd support the re-inclusion of defund CBC in a sense that if a strong argument was brought forth to show it should be included, I can be persuaded. User:Peter Gulutzan's most recent edit actually is a reasoned argument to keep it out that has pushed me more towards "exclude". Present your argument for reincluding it and let's see where it goes. Masterhatch (talk) 02:52, 19 February 2022 (UTC) Right now, there are exactly ZERO arguments for reincluding it. That doesn't bode well. Masterhatch (talk) 02:54, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

Masterhatch, I think you forgot to sign your post about tar baby. I might comment later. Peter Gulutzan (talk) 15:34, 19 February 2022 (UTC)

Your revert on Kamila Valieva
You reverted my edit, but could you explain why? The page is in the category Tatar sportspeople, so I changed "Russian" to "Tatar" in "Kamila Valeryevna Valieva (Russian: Камила Валерьевна Валиева; Tatar: Камилә Валерий кызы Вәлиева, Kamilä Valeriy qızı Välieva; born 26 April 2006) is a Russian figure skater." Faster than Thunder (talk | contributions | block) 00:07, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

 * Her nationality is Russian. Further down the article in Personal life it says "Valieva was born on 26 April 2006 in Kazan, Russia. She is of Volga Tatar ethnicity." I hope that helps. Masterhatch (talk) 00:28, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
 * In "Russian figure skater", can we change "Russian" to "Volga Tatar" or should we add "of Volga Tatar ethnicity"? Faster than Thunder (talk | contributions | block) 01:20, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

 * I don't see an issue if Tatar is added to the lead as long as it remains clear Russian is her nationality. It was replacing Russian with Tatar I had an issue with. Masterhatch (talk) 02:22, 1 March 2022 (UTC)
 * Why is that an issue? Faster than Thunder (talk | contributions | block) 03:32, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

She is Russian and you removed that and replaced it with Tatar. That's what the issue is. Having both Tatar and Russian is fine but replacing Russian with Tatar is not. Masterhatch (talk) 04:20, 1 March 2022 (UTC)

Short descriptions
You said in your edit summary of the list of golf courses in Saskatchewan that you believe every article should have a short description. That is a list not an article. You should know the difference. Plus, putting "none" as a short description isn't constructive nor helpful. Mr. C.C. Hey yo!I didn't do it! 21:36, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

 * Sorry, I guess I should've linked to WP:SDNONE in my summary to clarify. Masterhatch (talk) 03:18, 17 March 2022 (UTC)

Peterson
Howdy. Though I'll keep watching the discussion at Jordan Peterson's page. I'm no longer going to participate there. GoodDay (talk) 18:38, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Understandable. Masterhatch (talk) 22:40, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Seeing as I've been reported to WP:AE. My lack of further participation will likely be enforced. GoodDay (talk) 23:29, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I guess "it" was going too far. Reading through the MoS on deadnames and gender, it seems designed to stifle debate, minimise, and censor. But I guess that's par for the course in the world in which we live. Masterhatch (talk) 23:40, 13 July 2022 (UTC)
 * Another way to look at the world in which we live is that Wikipedia aims to follow the highest quality of recent, reliable sources and to ensure best practices where living people are concerned. Newimpartial (talk) 00:00, 14 July 2022 (UTC)

Help with COI edits on Daryl Katz
Hi. I noticed your interest in hockey and participation in WP:HOCKEY. There are some recent developments regarding NHL team owner Daryl Katz that I would like to clarify in his article. I opened an edit request to revise the text about the dismissed allegations, with suggested language that puts the content in context, makes it more readable, and is more neutral overall. A different editor prematurely closed the request in my opinion. I would really appreciate you reviewing my suggested language and making these changes. Thanks in advance. DJ for Katz (talk) 17:17, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

 * User:DJ for Katz, I brought the issue to Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ice Hockey so anyone interested in hockey can be drawn to the issue. Masterhatch (talk) 17:57, 1 September 2022 (UTC)

Pregnancy
I don't know whether you have read the Talk page, since you haven't participated in the discussion there, but there is a clear 6:3 result so far in favour of the material you removed. I would suggest self-reverting, participating in the Talk discussion, or both. I'm also curious how you found that particular edit in the first place. Newimpartial (talk) 22:56, 26 October 2022 (UTC)

 * I have 958 pages on my watch list. I hope that answers your question. Masterhatch (talk) 23:25, 26 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Not really. You revert my edit to an article you haven't touched in at least 10 years, but the month we toussle at ANI? That doesn't seem like a plausible coincidence to me. Newimpartial (talk) 02:29, 27 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I fail to understand your concern. I wasn't canvassed if that's what you're thinking. No one asked me to go there. I had actually been following the conversations and edits there for a while. I stepped in when I felt I needed to step in. There are many, and I mean many articles on my watch list that I have never editted. Masterhatch (talk) 03:03, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

Note that I have mentioned you Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring. -- Colin°Talk 09:48, 27 October 2022 (UTC)

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Recent edits on Convoy article
Hey @Masterhatch, user Mittgaurav recently made a few edits to the Canada convoy protest page that seem fairly biased to me, or at least in violation of WP:UNDUE, though the user does seem to be editing in good faith. I have my own biases on this topic (in addition to not having enough experience with WP:NPOV to know where the line is), so I was wondering if you or another experienced user could please review his edits (if they are still there by the time you see this)? -- Nsophiay (talk) 03:24, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the heads up, User:Nsophiay. I see User:Nikkimaria removed about half of the additions. I think most of the rest should probably go too (that little tag at the top says the article's too long anyway). I don't have time now. I'll look a little closer tomorrow. Masterhatch (talk) 05:58, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I had a little closer look at the remaining edits. I don't think they are "bad" edits, they just add more bloat to an already bloated article. That article seriously needs to be shortened and cleaned up. Masterhatch (talk) 15:51, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Pretty much all the COVID-era articles need cleaning up lol. Anyway, thanks for checking! -- Nsophiay (talk) 17:59, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

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Update on Short Descriptions
Hello! I thought I would follow up with you re: short description edit summaries to say that the dev team has added edit summaries for these edits when using the iOS app. This was a request I filed after your note on my talk page. Thank you!  DJ Cane (he/him) (Talk) 01:01, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
 * That's good. (I had forgotten about our conversation and had to search your talk to figure out what you were referring to!) Masterhatch (talk) 01:11, 17 April 2024 (UTC)

Korea
I wanted to add Japanese names in the Korean cities as they were formerly named during Japanese rule like Taiwanese cities did. See the map on here for reference. Silence of Lambs (talk) 00:48, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

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 * I noticed something on your user page that could be done more efficiently. Instead of mentioning all languages you know and how well you know them in a separate paragraph, you could also use the Babel function. In your case, you'd need this code, I think. Fyrius 16:03, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Latin Wikiquote (Vicicitatio)
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Hapkido
The user from IP 211.131.245.114 has made some edits that bring up the question of Hapkido's origins. These edits seem to say that Hapkido is "exported aikido", which might be controversial. I have heard that there is some connection with Daito-ryu, but that it is not clearly documented.

I suggest reverting to "the Korean art called Hapkido", because it is a Korean art. However, 211.131.245.114 may have a point: perhaps we should add a sentence about its probable Japanese origins.

Thoughts? --GenkiNeko 15:56, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Hapukido has not received correct succession of Takeda Sokaku. Therefore, I think that I should remove the description concerning Hapukido. Daito-ryu aiki-jujutsu is thought to be one of the roots of Aikido. However, Hapukido doesn't influence Aikido at all. These two Marshall arts should not be equally treated. --211.131.245.114 16:42, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Perhaps it is not a "correct" continuation of Daito-ryu, if by "correct" you mean "complete". However, the Hapkido page includes, under "Choi Yong Sul", an interview with Kishhomaru Ueshiba that indicates there is at least some connection.  (Sidenote: the correct term is "martial" arts, not "marshall".)

 * I suggest a new version with the following points, if we can agree on them:
 * Hapkido is not a "style of aikido"; it is a separate martial art
 * Hapkido appears to have some Daito-ryu influence (cite interview with Kisshomaru Ueshiba)
 * Hapkido is spelled with the same kanji/hanja, suggesting it considers itself related (perhaps cite a Hapkido page describing its history to show self-identification)
 * --GenkiNeko 16:57, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

 * The page of Hapukido was confirmed. The relation between Hapukido and Aikido is being controverted. (The Hapukido organization of South Korea denies Japan to influence now. Hapukido is traditional original Marshall arts of Korea. )To prevent various misunderstandings, will we delete Hapukido?　Hapukido is not necessary always information in Aikido. --211.131.245.114 18:13, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

You could also add yourself to the. Thanks for your contributions.Peter Rehse 00:56, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

 * How do I do that, again?

Aikido has been submitted to FAC. Lets take it that final mile.Peter Rehse 00:56, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Jun - the owner of aikiweb has privately said that if there are any pictures in the aikiweb gallery that the Aikido article could use I should let him know. I think we are looking for action shots that clearly show technique and look good at the same time. Could you take a look and let ME know of any that strike your fancy and then I will give him a list early next week.Peter Rehse 00:56, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

Try looking here for some Hapkido history info. They seem to have a legitimate reputation and proper historical content of some sort. Http://www.hapkiyoosool.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by Hapkiyoosool (talk • contribs) 17:00, 10 December 2007 (UTC)

genkineko
just wondering, do you actually do aikido and/or speak japanese?Wwilson 1 00:14, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Nah. I just put that ja-1 entry on my language box to screw with people. As for aikido, I just copy and paste random blocks of text from aikiweb. Nobody's noticed so far. --GenkiNeko 03:33, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

i figured as much. either that, or you are being sarcastic here, which just makes you come off as an egotistical asshole.Wwilson 1 11:26, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Try looking here for some Hapkido history info. They seem to have a legitimate reputation and proper historical content of some sort. Http://www.hapkiyoosool.com

Could you help me write this article?
Hello,

I was wondering if you would be willing to help me write either Seikichi_Iha or Shorin-ryu_Shido-kan. Tkjazzer 21:48, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Aikido
Hi I just resubmitted the Aikido article for Featured article status. Appreciate it, based on your previous help, if you could take a look.Peter Rehse 08:23, 7 August 2007 (UTC)

Now I really need help. Got a vandal.Peter Rehse 13:24, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

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Dota (genre)
Dotaveteran has reverted all your edits, so I restored most of the content, but tweaked things of my own here and there, because the article is in desperate need of a cleanup. We have gathered consensus, so I would say that we are close to being ready for a rename for the page. I've previously issued a rename, however, so we might want somebody else to initiate this. D arth B otto talk•cont 04:56, 20 January 2012 (UTC)
 * Thanks! Sorry, I was away a while.  I posted on the Talk page.  This is really silly.  I'm just going to change it.--GenkiNeko (talk) 20:11, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Not like I have homework I should be doing or anything... (lol) --GenkiNeko (talk) 20:11, 5 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Okay, the page has been renamed to Action real-time strategy and seems to have been fully-implemented into Wikipedia without too much controversy. However, it is facing resistance from Dotaveteran, who has reverted a ton of edits since the move and is trying to move to page back to Dota (genre). You should post your opinion on this matter in the renaming discussion at the bottom of the page. D arth B otto talk•cont 20:15, 07 February 2012 (UTC)

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Perhaps a better picture will suit, the first manticore pic looks more like a chinese new year lion on a bad day —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.234.227.185 (talk • contribs) January 29, 2006, 22:05 UTC.
 * You want I should draw one? I'm pretty good.

I would recommend a change of picture. The first paragraph of text says that "The tail is either of a dragon or a scorpion." The manticore in the picture has a lion's tail. Should the picture be changed to fit the given description? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.142.184.211 (talk) 07:12, 22 February 2008 (UTC)

Cryptozoölogy?
(thus confusing its imagery with the cryptozoology of a porcupine...). This part is confusing. As far as I know, porcupines are not cryptozoological. Perhaps someone that knows what it's supposed to mean can come along and clear this up? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.53.49.21 (talk • contribs) December 14, 2005, 08:45 UTC.
 * I think it means cryptozoology about the real porcupine, similar to how there's a lot of myths regarding the evil-spirit-warding powers of things like roosters and weasels. Some people used to believe porcupines could shoot quills

Charmed
I don't know much aboot it, but manticores appear in at least one episode of Charmed. If anyone knows anything aboot the show, or knows how to find out more about the manticores in it, that would make a nice addition to the list at the bottom, IMHO. Tom e rtalk 15:06, 6 February 2006 (UTC)

According to the Charmed wiki, creatures called manticores only appeared in one episode and they don't seem to have anything in common with the manticore in this article.Fyrael (talk) 16:40, 16 August 2010 (UTC)

Where'd it all go?
This article used to have a lot more to it, now it's a stub! [unsigned]

Origin
Wiley Ley speculated that the original stories of the manticore were based on 3rd or 4th generation tales of tigers with a bit of Asiatic lion mixed in. CFLeon (talk) 22:25, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

Legacy
It said: "Nowadays, the manticore is said by the natives to inhabit the forests of Asia, particularly Indonesia. ... " and so on. I am from Indonesia but I have never heard this thing or I don't know what it's spell in Indonesian. Plese provide the refernce, thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ndrasen (talk • contribs) 05:54, 3 September 2008 (UTC)

Emptees?
This article is about the mythical beast. Why some small group of t-shirt designers warrant inclusion in this article I'm not sure. Wikipedia is not your personal promotion platform, nor is it a directory of relevant services. If nobody objects with a semi-decent rationale, I move to delete the section "Real Life Applications" and promotional links to the Emptees site. Mhoskins (talk) 19:30, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

Merger proposal
Given we have appearances from ancient thru modern in popular legend of this fictional creature, this was a needless and arbitrary split in the first place. Regardless of validity of content, I think the material in not distinct or notable enough to warrant a separate page. Casliber (talk · contribs) 19:58, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

Support

 * Casliber (talk · contribs) 19:59, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The material does need some kind of verification/notation as to its significance though; possibly a lot of it can be discarded. Шизомби (talk) 21:13, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Support "merge," but really only a couple of things on the other article are notable enough to be moved over and the rest should be deleted as triviacruft. DreamGuy (talk) 21:24, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
 * Support, per DreamGuy. Once the triviacruft is removed, what remains can be added back to the main article.  No need for a split in the first place, and no discussion on the part of the editor who performed it. ---  RepublicanJacobite  The'FortyFive'  15:21, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Support merger, acknowledging that some of the items to be merged are at best dubiously notable and may not, in fact, necessarily qualify for inclusion in the merged article, as per DreamGuy. John Carter (talk) 15:04, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

Oppose

 * Oppose deletion merger There is no way to merge that much information into the main article. Most of it would be deleted.  Preserve, don't destroy.  It is notable to see how a mythical creature appeared in so many stories throughout history.  D r e a m Focus  22:02, 3 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose, none of it is needed here. Let it exist as it is. Mintrick (talk) 22:19, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Discussion
My worry is that this page is more vulnerable to being deleted as is (i.e. on its own) than combined into parent article. As well, there is no clear line between ancient and modern. I wasn't meaning a deletion merger by any means. Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:21, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * If the material is bad enough to be deleted, then it should be deleted, not hidden in another article. If that's you're worry, I suggest you remove all unreferenced appearances and restructure the article around cited analysis. That, of course, would be starting from the beginning. Mintrick (talk) 00:33, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * It is not 'hidden' by being in a main article - my point is this completely arbitrary and unnecessary splitting of articles that you have embarked upon. And yes, if there are a couple of notable appearances but the consensus is to delete the article as a whole, then they are more likely to remain in the pedia. Casliber (talk · contribs) 03:45, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * There is no way it'd be deleted, as long as you have at least a handful of people there to say Keep. Then you'll get a no consensus, at the very least.  I've seen articles like that preserved before, and will fight to keep it should anyone ever nominate it for deletion.  If that information was copied to the main article, someone would come along and tag it as trivia, then try to destroy it.  Best to keep it where its at now.   D r e a m Focus  12:38, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok, in arms, brother :) Casliber (talk · contribs) 13:45, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Apparently DF is saying that he'll do whatever it takes to keep the info, despite it not meeting our content policies. I've seen plenty of those deleted before, and just because DF votes Keep on everything he sees doesn't mean everything ends up kept. Quite the contrary, in fact. DreamGuy (talk) 13:50, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Oh DG, don't be such a wet blanket :( I keep promising to try and dig up some stuff, I know. I will remove some spam though :) Casliber (talk · contribs) 13:54, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * There was no consensus to merge, or destroy outright and add in a redirect, and yet on his own DreamGuy decided to do so, effectively destroying the other article. I'm going to go undo that now.  Form a proper consensus, and stop bothering it.  Also, you don't need references to confirm those sources mentioned had a manticore in them.  If you think the article has merit to exist, then you can nominate it for deletion through the proper procedures.   D r e a m Focus  14:22, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Okay. Sorry Mintrick for the rollback. meant to hit 'undo' with commentary. I am digging up some sources. Casliber (talk · contribs) 14:46, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

 * Casliber do you want to move your name from the Support to the Oppose section?  D r e a m Focus  16:19, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

 * I still think they are better together than split - one article is plent big enough for all. I will hunt down some more sources later. Note merge does not mean delete. I do think some articles warrant a separate cultural article when they are big enough, but most aren't, and there is no clear boundary between ancient and modern pop culture. Think fo Dante, Aesop's fables, shakespeare, various Roman writers, psychology etc. the split is in general not valid. Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:33, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

pop culture material - placed here while sources are found
OK, rather than get in a revert war over unsourced material, I have placed it here and material can be transferred once reliable sources are found: Casliber (talk · contribs) 14:15, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

Books

 * In the book by Rick Riordan, The Titan's Curse, the manticore, named Dr. Thorn, is the headmaster of a military school. Thorn was later killed by the Greek god Dionysus.
 * In Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses, one of the characters has a short series of encounters with what he calls a manticore in the streets of Jahilia, an ancient Arabian town which is the setting of some of the flashback-dream sequences.
 * In Dante's Inferno, Dante and Virgil descend to the 8th circle on the back of Geryon, a Manticore. Here the manticore is a symbol of fraud with a human face to depict the uniquely human nature of the sin.
 * Piers Anthony's first Xanth novel, A Spell for Chameleon, features a manticore guarding the Good Magician Humphrey's magical demesnes, and poses one of the challenges protagonist Bink must pass to meet the wizard. The paperback printed by Del Rey features this scene with the manticore on the cover.
 * Canadian writer Robertson Davies wrote a novel entitled The Manticore, published in 1972. It is the second volume of his "Deptford trilogy," which begins with Fifth Business and concludes with World of Wonders. The manticore figures into protagonist David's psycho-analysis under Jungian analyst Dr. VonHaller.  David's dream of the manticore is reflective of himself and the roles he plays interacting with other people and society. reffed and added - was an award-winning book Casliber (talk · contribs) 14:40, 4 June 2009 (UTC)
 * In the Honorverse novels by David Weber, the Star Kingdom of Manticore is a fictional nation. The three habitable planets in the Manticore system bear the names Manticore, Sphinx, and Gryphon, references to chimerical beasts.
 * In the Japanese series Boogiepop (as well as Boogiepop and Others and Boogiepop Phantom), the manticore is portrayed as a clone made by the Towa Organization. Manticore escaped from them, and sought to hide itself in Shinyo Academy by taking the form of a student, where it killed and devoured several others.
 * A manticore appears in the Percy Jackson & The Olympians series. He is portrayed as having "enormous claws". He was described as "his face still human, but his body that of a huge lion. His leathery, spiky tail whipped deadly thorns in all directions". This manticore was capable of disguising himself as a human.
 * A manticore is one of the mythical creatures represented in Mommy Fortuna's carnival in the book The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle. The manticore is eventually revealed to be merely a lion with a magic spell placed on it to trick viewers.
 * In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, while Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and, Hermione Granger are researching for the defense of Buckbeak the Hippogriff, Ron finds a case of a manticore savaging a person in 1296. The manticore was found "not guilty", due to the fact that everyone was too afraid to go near it.
 * In A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin, Daenerys is attacked by a manticore. In this case, a poisonous insect or arachnid with a human-like face.
 * In John Ney Reiber's version of the comic book The Books of Magic, The Manticore is one of Timothy Hunter's first and greatest foes. It wears  a human skin as a disguise, but its triple rows of teeth are visible when it smiles. Though a fantastic creature itself, it employs cold logic to disprove the existence of magical creatures, killing them through banality and placing them in a museum. This latter methodology calls to mind the lethal force of Banality in the White Wolf game Changeling: The Dreaming. It should noted that Reiber's interpretation of the Manticore predates this game by several years.
 * In the Spiderwick universe, manticores are cougar-like creatures with the heads of bearded men, tails of poisoned spikes and melodious voices. They are famous man-killers.
 * Manticores make several appearances in Roger Zelazny's Amber Series.
 * Grotteschi the Red is a manticore in the second novel in Catherynne M. Valente's The Orphan's Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice. The manticores sing and are born of the Upas tree as helpless babies, and are frequently captured and caged.
 * In Orson Scott Card's novel Ender's Game, one of the Battle School armies is named Manticore.

Television

 * In the television show Charmed, manticores are vicious demons that, according to the Book of Shadows, have supernatural strength and venomous claws. They communicate in high-pitched cries and tend to travel in packs.
 * In the Power Rangers Mystic Force series the Legend Mode's Megazord is called the Manticore Megazord and has the body of a lion and the head of human.
 * "Manticore" was the name of the fictional military project/facility in the Fox Network's television series, Dark Angel. The name Manticore was chosen because the company was in the business of combining DNA from several species into a single being.  The title character of the series was said to possess, amongst others, feline DNA.
 * In March 2008 Stephen Colbert mentioned on his late-night talk show, The Colbert Report, that since acquiring his magical amulet he has not once been attacked by a manticore.

Films

 * Manticore was the name of the yacht in the 1995 James Bond movie GoldenEye with Pierce Brosnan.

 * There is also a Sci-fi Channel Original Movie called Manticore, in which the beast is depicted as a vicious man-eater with the body of a lion, the head of a bald man, and dragon or bat wings.

 * A Manticore appeared on the early scriptment for James Cameron's "Avatar" being described as a "black six-limbed panther from Hell, the size of a tractor trailer, with an armored head, a venomous striking tail, and massive distensible armored jaws. Its shiny black skin looks like polished leather, and is banded with thin stripes of yellow and scarlet. It has four powerful legs forming a base for a torso which angles up, centaur-like, to a powerful shoulder girdle. Folded against its chest are two long forearms like the striking limbs of a praying mantis. Curving up over the back is a muscular scorpion tail which ends in a scythe-like stinger, over a foot long."

 * In the movie The Last Unicorn there was an old Lion under a illusion made to look like a Manticore in traveling circus.

Video games

 * Manticores are enemies encountered in Cadash.
 * Manticores are enemies encountered in The Legend Of Dragoon.
 * Manticore is the name of a NPC and Contact in the MMORPG City of Heroes.
 * It is a troop unit available for hire in Heroes of Might and Magic III
 * It is a neutral creature in Heroes of Might and Magic V
 * In Titan Quest there is a Manticore in Chapter 2 in a cave. It is characterized as a legendary beast.
 * The Manticore is an enemy creature on the Sega Master System game Phantasy Star.
 * The Manticore, along with several variations, are enemies in Golden Sun.
 * In Descent: FreeSpace - The Great War, the Manticore is a class of Shivan interceptor, and is the fastest ship in the game.
 * Manticore appears as a boss monster in the Super Nintendo game Final Fantasy V.
 * Manticore is the name of a (L) unit in Vrael@USEast's Feyvern RolePlay on the online game StarCraft: Brood War.
 * Manticores and variations appear as monsters in the MMORPG game Final Fantasy XI.
 * Manticore is the name of one of the more powerful civilian / privateer vessels in the PC & Mac game from Ambrosia Software, Escape Velocity Nova.
 * Manticores were present in an early Windows video game entitled "Castle of the Winds: A Quest for Vengeance" and in its sequel "Castle of the Winds: Lifthransir's Bane"
 * Manticores were also used in Electronic Arts "Archon" 1984 which was available on several computer systems and game consoles including Atari and Commodore.
 * Sony Entertainment's Everquest Also used the Beasts In Mid Level Zone.
 * Manticores appear as flying mounts in Total Chaos.
 * A Manticore is a creature in the Castlevania video game series. It has the tail of a scorpion, wings of a bat and the body/head of a lion.
 * Manticores also appear in the popular computer game Age of Mythology and Age of Mythology: The Titans Expansion Pack.
 * In Disgaea : Hour/Afternoon of Darkness a manticore type creature appears as an enemy, when once defeated can be used as an ally
 * Manticores appear in the Online games called 'Which Way?' and 'Get lost'
 * A Manticore appears at the end of stage 2-1 of the Super Nintendo game ActRaiser
 * In the card-based action role-playing game Lost Kingdoms II there is a manticore card.
 * In the MMORPG EVE Online there is a Caldari Stealth Bomber class ship called "Manticore"
 * Manticores also make a random appearance in the RPG Tales of Eternia.
 * In the role-playing game Valkyrie Profile for Sony's PSX, the Manticore is a recurrent enemy at Lezard's Tower dungeon.
 * Manticores are tamable monsters in the RPG Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World
 * Manticores occasionally appear in Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning, as Dark Elf pets for instance.
 * https://www.google.gr/search?client=aff-maxthon-maxthon4&channel=t26&q=mtg+manticore&gws_rd=cr&dcr=0&ei=Sk69WrbOFKHm6ASj2bnICQ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.203.220.160 (talk) 20:37, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Miscellaneous

 * The Unicorn, the Gorgon, and the Manticore is the title of a cantata by Gian Carlo Menotti The three creatures described in the story are depicted as fanciful and benign, not as monsters.
 * In Stephen Sondheim's fairytale musical Into the Woods, the manticore is mentioned as a possibility for what destroyed the Baker's house. The Witch dismisses it as imaginary.
 * Manticore is referenced by Clutch (band) singer Neil Fallon in the song "Circus Maximus" from the 2005 album Robot Hive/Exodus.
 * Tycho Brahe mentions manticores in a strip of the webcomic Penny Arcade.
 * Leeds Surrealist Group, in the UK, published a four page A3 bulletin, called 'Manticore: Surrealist Communication' between 1997 and 2006 (eight issues).
 * Manticore Records is the name of the record label launched by the progressive rock band Emerson, Lake and Palmer during the early 70s. It is derived from the inner gatefold sleeve of the album Tarkus by ELP and shows a series of pictures depicting battles between Tarkus and other half-mechanical creatures, until its eventual defeat by a manticore. "Tarkus" then becomes "Aquatarkus", an aquatic version of the land-bound original.
 * In the Star Wars expanded universe, Imperial Admiral Daala commanded a small fleet of Star Destroyers whose names were taken from various legendary creatures: Manticore, Basilisk, Hydra, and Gorgon.
 * In the Warhammer Fantasy setting, Manticores are vicious creatures of Chaos. They are sometimes ridden into war by the Dark Elves, who see Manticores as holy creatures of their god Khaine.
 * In the YU-GI-OH! trading card game there is a card called Manticore of Darkness.

 * Not sure how notable this is, but (a pretty well-known card from Born of the Gods, one of the most recent Magic: The Gathering sets) is a manticore. Supernerd11 :D Firemind ^_^ Pokedex 04:57, 4 April 2014 (UTC)

Baricos?
The article says the mythical creature is called Baricos/Bárikos (Βάρικος; "Βάρἰκος" is obviously mispelled) in Greek language; I could find no reference for this, neither on Google nor in my Greek dictionaries. The most similar word I could find is the adjective βαρύκομπος (barýkompos), found in Pindar, Pythian 5.57, where it means 'loud-roaring (lions)' (βαρύκομποι λέοντες)--Carnby (talk) 18:14, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Βαρκός - Βαρύς, swamp thing maybe http://www.enacademic.com/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.203.220.160 (talk) 20:26, 29 March 2018 (UTC)

Etymology
My Greek dictionary (Montanari) says μαρτιχόρας (martichóras) comes from Persian mardom-xār, meaning 'man-eater, tiger'.--Carnby (talk) 18:14, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Alleged Pictish manticore image removed
I'm sorry, but just because an author of a book on Picts makes some bizarre claim that an image is a manticore, despite it looking nothing like one and the author having no background in the topic, doesn't mean Wikipedia has to include it. Plus the image is very poor quality to begin with. There's absolutely no reason for its inclusion here. The only person supporting it has been the person who took the photo. I'm thinking the edit has more to do with vanity than any serious effort to contribute to this topic. DreamGuy (talk) 19:11, 11 February 2012 (UTC)
 * First of all, the contributor who keeps posting that image should quote the passage by Anna Ritchie in this discussion page; besides, he should find other references to that pic, since the picture is bad and it is not clear at all that it really shows a manticore.--Carnby (talk) 19:29, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

Another alleged manticore image removed
Similar to the above, I removed text and an image claiming a manticore was on a wall, when it was clearly a centaur or some other similar creature. The book being used as a reference was by an author who is not an expert on mythical creatures, and it appeared to be one of those paranormal type WP:FRINGE books. DreamGuy (talk) 16:59, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

an heraldic
An IP has just changed "an heraldic tiger" to "a heraldic tiger" with the justification "You only use 'an' before a word that starts with 'h' if the 'h' is silent, meaning that the word sounds as if it starts with a vowel". I'm not going to get into an edit war over this, but I want to put on record that this statement is complete bollocks. There's a long tradition of saying and writing "an heraldic ..." (as there is of saying and writing "an historic ...", "an heroic ...", etc), and both "a" and "an" are equally correct and acceptable. The Wikipedia article on Coat of arms, for example, defines a coat of arms as "an heraldic visual design ...". For a lengthy discussion, see here. GrindtXX (talk) 16:50, 25 December 2017 (UTC)

Dinosaurs?
The spiked tails sound a whole lot like ankylosaurs or stegasaurs. Fossils? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Tabbycatlove (talk • contribs) 14:43, 20 August 2020 (UTC)

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4 singles which failed to chart?
My source suggests (as I wrote in the Chanter Sisters article) that the family act had two U.K. Top 40 hits, with Every Night (I Sit And Cry) reaching number 17 in November of 1966, and You Can't Fool Me topping out at number 39 in March of 1967. Field's Fab Forty for Sunday 12th March 1967. This information needs to be reconciled. -- BD2412 talk 15:14, 2005 Jun 9 (UTC)

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Until 1 January 2007 Langå municipality was a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Aarhus County on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 133 km2, and had a total population of 8.396 (2005). Its last mayor was Hanne Nielsen, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party. The main town and site of its municipal council was the town of Langå.

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Lieutenant Commander Orme G. Stuart, DSC (20 February 1914 – 4 February 1990) was a businessperson and officer with the Royal Canadian Navy.

He served as a reservist in the Royal Canadian Navy before the Second World War and was seconded to the Royal Navy during the war. From February until August 1943, he commanded the Flower-class corvette HMS Pennywort (K111), and in August was transferred to command HMS Abelia (K184).

On 9 January 1944 Commander Stuart's ship encountered a German U-boat while on convoy escort duty, and moved to attack with depth charges. He ordered an increase in speed at 950 yd to prevent being torpedoed, not knowing that the U-boat was equipped with T5 torpedoes, for which he would have needed to increase speed at 700 yd. Abelia was hit and lost her rudder, and the U-boat escaped.

Stuart next commanded the Captain-class frigate HMS Fitzroy (K553), during which time he played a key role in sinking two U-boats. On 27 March 1945 GS U-722 was sunk near the Hebrides by depth charges from Fitzroy and her sister ships HMS Redmill (K554) and HMS Byron (K508). On 8 April 1945, GS U-1001 was sunk off Land's End by Fitzroy and Byron. For these victories Stuart was awarded the DSC.

After the war, he lived in Prince Rupert, British Columbia and had four children. He also became president of the local Chamber of Commerce. He died in Vancouver in 1990.

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Mammy Kate

Mammy Kate was a woman enslaved by Stephen Heard (1740–1815), the future Governor of Georgia. She lived in what was then Wilkes County, Georgia, now Elbert County, Georgia.

In an 1820 letter, she was said to be the "biggest and tallest" Black woman the writer had ever seen and had "proven herself to be a strong, a kindly, a never failing friend to Colonel Heard and his family." Of pure African descent, she claimed to be the daughter of a great king.

Heard suffered a great deal at the hands of the Tories. They forced his wife out into a snowstorm, and she and their young, adopted daughter died from exposure. Then he was captured by the British and sentenced to death.

Ostensibly to care for his needs, Kate followed him to his prison. One morning, she presented herself with a large covered basket on her head. Telling the sentry on duty that she was there to pick up Heard's soiled linen, she was admitted to his cell. There, she put Heard, a small man, in the basket and calmly sauntered past the guard with him in the basket balanced on her head.

The previous night, she had secreted two of Heard's Arabian horses—Lightfoot and Silverheels—on the outskirts of Augusta, Georgia, where he was imprisoned. She carried Heard to where she had hidden the horses, and she and Heard rode away. On the ride, he offered to set her free, but she told him that he could set her free, but she would never set him free.

Heard gave Kate freedom and a deed to a small tract of land and a four-roomed house, but she continued to work for the Heard family, turning over on her death-bed her children to his family.

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Psion (comics)

The Psions are a fictional extraterrestrial species in the DC Universe. The Psions first appeared in Tales of the New Teen Titans (vol. 1) #4 (September 1982) and were created by Marv Wolfman and George Pérez. The earliest uncredited appearance of the Psions was in The Witching Hour #13 (March 1971), written by Wolfman.

Origins
The Psions originated as lizard-like aliens on the planet Maltus before being enhanced by the Maltusians, who studied all aspects of life. After the Maltusians left their world, the Psions investigated their labs and mimicked their creators, cutting off their tails to look more like them. After several millennia, the Psions left Maltus to reunite with their creators, now known as the Guardians of the Universe.

When the two discovered each other, things were not quite what the Psions expected. The Oans regretted their decision not to destroy their equipment before leaving Maltus. The Psions wished to learn more from the Guardians, but were forbidden from travelling to Oa. Though the Psions had mastered the technology, they had gained little understanding of it. The Guardians felt responsible for the Psions and sent them to a distant galaxy where they would be undisturbed, preventing the Green Lantern Corps from interacting with them.

Discovering their creators and then feeling humiliated by the same, the Psions buried the truth, forgot their background, and resumed their scientific work. They would repeatedly rediscover their origins, but suppress their knowledge soon after. The Psions refuse to acknowledge that their creators did not want or believe in them.

Invasion
The Psions were among the many alien races that took part in invading Earth after the Dominators became worried about humanity's ability to produce super-powered individuals. Part of their contribution to the war effort included creating sedatives for prisoners in the gulag that the Alliance maintained in deep space. A science team also worked out of Alliance Headquarters in Australia before being killed by a bomb that they had intended to send to the Justice League International.

A Psion was part of the Paradocs crew during the Our Worlds at War crossover. While helping tend to a gravely injured Wonder Woman, he openly stated she was most likely beyond saving and that he should start dissecting her. Fortunately, Hippolyta took over treatment for her daughter.

Current status
The Psions maintain vast floating laboratories where they experiment on the species of the Vegan star system, often with sadistic enthusiasm. For instance, when they captured the Tamaraneans, Komand'r and Koriand'r, the Psions subjected them to torturous experiments to test the limits of their ability to absorb solar radiation, eventually giving them the ability to project destructive energy blasts called "starbolts" from their hands.

Working with their science, the Psions created the many species of Vega's twenty-five worlds, subconsciously replicating their own origins. Active against them are the Omega Men, an interstellar group of rebels drawn from the Vegan worlds. Psion experiments accidentally created the Vegan goddess X'Hal. The Green Lantern Corps has been barred from entering or interfering within the Vegan star system due to an ancient pact with the Spider Guild. However, the fourth law of the rewritten book of Oa by the Guardians of the Universe states that the Vega System is no longer outside of Green Lantern Corps' jurisdiction.

Green Lanterns Kyle Rayner and Guy Gardner planned to breach Vegan space to retrieve recruit Soranik Natu. The mission was successful, thanks to the skills shown by Soranik, leading to the defeat of the Spider Guild.

In other media

 * The Psions appear in Justice League Unlimited #18.
 * The Psions appear in Batman: The Brave and the Bold #12.

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I hope my 13 mirror examples of television are interesting. I am amazed there are so many, and I imagine others will be as well, SqueakBox 15:24, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)

 * You might as well just link Mirrors and forks. --Joy [shallot]
 * Done that too thanks. It does though, give a nice up to date in your face example for the reader to contemplate, SqueakBox 17:13, Jun 9, 2005 (UTC)
 * I've de-linked the mirrors using the nowiki tag. I've noticed discussion in various SEO forums about how to "smuggle" a link to a site into Wikipedia in order to increase its pagerank.  This page is an obvious place to do it. -- Jeronim 13:33, 16 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Good idea. I just wanted to give an example of a site that was mirroring a lot, not particularly for people to go to them, and was feeling a bit uncomfortable as the numbers mounted up. Now I feel comfortable to add some more to the list, SqueakBox 15:54, Jun 16, 2005 (UTC)

I am not happy with these being taken out, SqueakBox 16:55, August 17, 2005 (UTC)

 * I wouldn't shed a tear if they were gone. --Joy [shallot]

"For example, when the popular Google search engine was banned in 2002 by the People's Republic of China, the mirror elgooG was set up as a way of effectively circumventing the ban." I don't think that this is strictly the case... Khedron 09:02, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Merge Mirrored server to Mirror (computing)

 * Support: Same content — to me, at least — but I'm no expert in this stuff.+mwtoews 20:30, 29 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Support: It's the same idea, but in slightly different contexts. Mirror_(computing) is a broad enough category to cover both. -- Austin Murphy 22:01, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Support: Mirrored server does not have enough unique information to warrant a seperate article. Both articles include similar data. Recommend merge. Freedomlinux 06:34, 17 February 2007 (UTC)
 * Support: A Mirrored server is one example of the process of the information technology process of mirroring [as in Mirror (computing)] if that distinction was made clear then sure, merge the two. Otherwise, just cross referring should be adequate.  Mark Dixon 27 Feb 2007
 * Support: Recommend merge, but keep unique information.--Antariki Vandanamu 12:37, 2 July 2007 (UTC)

Whoa! Going somewhere else
It seems the recent edits are about objecting to the duplication of disk mirroring in something about site mirroring. It seems to me that the topic of this article (mirroring as used in the sense of computing) is being changed into a specific article about site mirroring, indeed some of the wording is there.

I would say that there is a general concept of mirroring, but it is almost just a definition. Then we have specific examples of mirroring of which internet site mirroring is one example of the application of the concept.

The edits should not remove references to forms of mirroring, but should not go into detail if there is an in depth topic. Spenny 15:34, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Yup, that's the nature of the Wiki, it is going always somewhere else. When I approached this article three days ago, it was article on site mirroring mixed strangely with a few mentions of disk mirroring, giving false impression that site mirroring uses remote disk mirroring, or that they use similar technology. It was a Bad Thing. Since disk mirroring has its own article (even two, counting RAID1), the simplest thing to do was to disambiguate and provide links. I agree that now the first section should be expanded, to justify its general name. I'm against renaming it to site mirroring, as notability of such subject is insufficient. --Kubanczyk 17:07, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Disk mirroring and mirror website (or download mirror) are different concepts and therefore need to be different articles. This title should disambiguate between the two concepts, much like Georgia (Europe) and Georgia (USA) are two separate concepts not addressed together in one article. K7L (talk) 01:47, 18 August 2014 (UTC)

Self-Reference
I thought you weren't supposed to use Wikipedia as an example in an article?...Whatipedia 23:28, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Well often self-referencing is problematic, but not always. These are the guidelines: Manual of Style/Self-references to avoid and it says "Articles about online communities may well discuss Wikipedia as an example, in a neutral tone, without specifically implying that the article in question is being read on—or is a part of—Wikipedia" (WAWI)   I suppose we might say it's not very neutral to give the wikipedia example here, if we can think of a better example of a different website content being mirrored. But wikipedia is a prominent example of that -- Harry Wood (talk) 13:26, 1 June 2012 (UTC)
 * All else being equal, it would be best to use Wikipedia as an example; it's the example editors, and to a lesser extent readers, would be most likely to be familiar with. Editors familiarity would make the information more likely to be accurate and up to date. Emmette Hernandez Coleman (talk) 09:20, 21 July 2013 (UTC)

Abstract diagram to illustrate
I think somebody should make a simple sort of abstract image representing servers mirroring

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Broadband Global Area Network

The Broadband Global Area Network (BGAN) is a global satellite network with telephony owned by Inmarsat using portable terminals. The terminals are normally used to connect a laptop computer to broadband Internet in remote locations, although as long as line-of-sight to the satellite exists, the terminal can be used anywhere. The value of BGAN terminals is that, unlike other satellite Internet services, which require bulky and heavy satellite dishes to connect, a BGAN terminal is about the size of a laptop and thus can be carried easily. The network is provided by Inmarsat and uses three geostationary satellites called I-4 to provide almost global coverage.

Details
Downlink speeds of high-end BGAN terminals are up to 492 kbit/s, and upload speeds are up to 492 kbit/s - Best Effort as BGAN Background IP (BIP) is a contended (shared) channel. As with all geosynchronous satellite connections, latency is an issue. Typical latency is 0.6–1.5 seconds round trip for the Background IP service. It is slightly better for the Streaming services at 800 ms – 1 second. This latency is mainly due to the great distance that has to be traveled before a packet can reach the Internet but is slightly exacerbated by the back-end technology as the average latency over a Very small aperture terminal (VSAT) system is roughly 550 ms. BGAN users frequently use PEP software or other TCP packet accelerators to improve performance, and the BGAN user is often assigned a non-routable IP address and routed through a NAT server; this increases security and helps control usage costs.

Multiple manufacturers make BGAN terminals. They all have similar capabilities. The main two that apply to basic BGAN usage are the Standard Background IP (Internet) and Telephone Voice. Data costs from the many ISPs that offer BGAN service average about US$7.50 per Background Megabyte. Voice calling is, on average, US$1 per min and varies slightly based on the call's destination (Landlines, Cell phones, and other Satellite phones, which are the most expensive).

BGAN can be easily set up by anyone and has excellent voice calling quality. It uses the L band, avoiding rain fade and other issues affecting satellite systems operating at higher frequency bands.

Signal acquisition
The actual process of connecting a BGAN terminal to the satellite is pretty straightforward. The BGAN terminal needs to find its position using GPS before it can negotiate with the satellite, so a clear view of the sky is necessary, to begin with. Once the GPS position is obtained, it does not need to do that again unless it is moved to a different region. Getting the initial GPS position can take a few minutes. The terminal then requires a line-of-sight to the geostationary satellite, so a user would typically be outside and have a general idea of what direction the satellite would be (with a compass if necessary). Turning the terminal slowly by hand will give some indication of when the satellite is found. Then usually, with the touch of one button, the terminal auto-negotiates with the satellite and connects. The average pointing time for a BGAN unit is 2 minutes, under a minute with an experienced user and a good signal. BGAN is being used in the world today for disaster response, telemedicine, business continuity, remote site monitoring (telemetry), military use, and recreational use.

Terminals
Terminal manufactures are Thrane & Thrane, Hughes Network Systems, and Addvalue. Terminal cost is between US$1800 and US$5000, varying based on class and capabilities of the various systems. Depending on terminal type users can connect their computers via USB, Bluetooth, WiFi, or Ethernet connection(s). This allows them to access the Internet, check e-mail, download files, or any other Internet activity they might do at a home or office. Many come equipped with a regular RJ11 Phone Jack for making PSTN calls, using an ordinary telephone handset, and many terminals have an ISDN connection to do ISDN phone calls. Some BGAN terminals have both so that users can make either type of phone call. Users can also send faxes or SMS text messages. Most BGAN terminals can support a router or switch device, so users can plug in multiple computers or even VOIP phones and set up a mobile office.

Coverage and availability
The BGAN service is accessible globally, excluding the poles.

Service types
There is more than one BGAN service available from Inmarsat for BGAN terminals.

Standard
The Standard BGAN service from Inmarsat provides Internet, phone, SMS texting, Fax, ISDN, and streaming services. It is designed for use with all BGAN terminals except the Hughes 9502, which uses the BGAN M2M service (below).

Standard +
The Standard + Plus BGAN service introduced by Inmarsat in May 2017 provides unlimited Internet use for a low fixed monthly price using consumer-grade routing. At the same time, not as high priority routing as Standard BGAN service, Standard + does have the same priority as the IsatHub Inmarsat network, which is used worldwide. Standard + has a low monthly subscription that includes 5 Megabytes each month and then bills at a fixed "tier" rate if more than 5 Megabytes are used each month.

M2M
BGAN M2M Service, launched in February 2012, is a low-bandwidth service for remote SCADA or M2M (machine to machine) equipment monitoring and control. BGAN M2M service is offered in 2, 5, 10, and 20 Megabyte monthly service plans. BGAN M2M service does not charge for overhead communication, and the smallest billing increment is 1 kilobyte, which is ideal for M2M communication (standard BGAN service has a 50 Kilobyte minimum transfer increment). BGAN M2M service is available to a range of BGAN M2M terminals from Hughes and Cobham Satcom.

Link
BGAN Link, launched in March 2012, is for fixed locations that require 5 to 30 Gigabytes of data transferred per month. In late 2013, Inmarsat introduced Unlimited BGAN Link "GEO" plans for specific countries/regions, including Central and South America, Australia, and lower Africa. Service fees with BGAN Link are far less than standard BGAN service, making this service more comparable to VSAT satellite dish services. One advantage of BGAN terminals is their low power usage (4 watts idle to 22 watts burst transmitting), much less than satellite dish systems that use 90 to 150 watts when idle or transmitting. BGAN Link service is only available with Class 1 BGAN terminals (the Hughes 9201 or the Explorer 700/710), and service terms are 3 and 12 months terms. Terminals may move four times per year with 30 days notice with a US +$1,000 transfer cost and must be at the location for no less than three months. All standard BGAN services are available with BGAN Link (Internet, phone, SMS texting, FAX, Streaming). While BGAN Link service is global, approval by Inmarsat for activation is required.

Variants
BGAN terminals can be used on the open ocean on a moving vessel. However, the likelihood of losing the signal and the connection from a moving watercraft is high. Nevertheless, Inmarsat has informed DPs that the Core network will not block these connections.

Inmarsat has created the FleetBroadband service that uses the I4 satellites for maritime communication.

Standard BGAN terminals cannot be used on moving aircraft due to doppler shift effects. An alternative service using more intelligent terminals to talk to the I4 satellites named SwiftBroadband has been developed for aircraft use.

News coverage
Sky News correspondent Alex Crawford used BGAN equipment to provide live coverage, from a moving truck, of the news network's coverage of the liberation of Tripoli, Libya, in August 2011. This was done by the producer continuously readjusting the BGAN terminal to track the BGAN satellite. Media outlets often use In-Motion BGAN satellite terminals for streaming video on the move. Another advantage to in-motion BGAN systems is saving precious minutes when arriving at a live event. A media vehicle equipped with an in-motion system does not require pointing time since the in-motion BGAN terminal is already locked on a satellite.

High Data Rate
Since late 2013 the service has been available in an enhanced form known as HDR. HDR can exceed symmetric 700 kbit/s on select terminals and support bonding for a bandwidth exceeding 1 Mbit/s. As of 2016 the only terminal to support the full set of modes and bonding is the Cobham Satcom EXPLORER 710.

title: Broadband Global Area Network