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Königsegg-Rothenfels

Königsegg-Rothenfels was a state in far southwestern Bavaria, Germany, located north of Austria and east of Baden-Württemberg. It was created as a partition of the Barony of Königsegg in 1622, and was raised to a county seven years later. It was sold to Austria in 1804, but was granted to Bavaria by France in 1805 at the Peace of Pressburg during the Napoleonic Wars.

Baron of Königsegg-Rothenfels (1622–29)

 * Hugh (1622–29)

Counts of Königsegg-Rothenfels (1629–1804)

 * Hugh (1629–66)
 * Leopold William (1666–94)
 * Sigmund William (1694–1709)
 * Albert (1709–36), married Maria von Manderscheid-Blankenheim
 * Maximilian Friedrich, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne
 * Charles Ferdinand (1736–59)
 * Francis Hugh (1759–71)
 * Francis Fidelis Anthony (1771–1804)

Other family members

 * Karl Ferdinand, Graf von Königsegg-Rothenfels, married to Hélène de Boisschot, Baroness of Saventhem
 * Dominik von Königsegg-Rothenfels
 * Christian Moritz Graf Königsegg und Rothenfels

Immenstadt im Allgäu

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Schofields railway station

Schofields railway station is located on the Richmond line, serving the Sydney suburb of Schofields. It is served by Sydney Trains T1 Western and T5 Cumberland line services.

History
Schofields station opened in 1870. It was named after John Schofield, a local pioneer who was a former convict who later settled in the area after building a saw mill beside the railway line. The former station was originally opened as a siding stop with a platform made from railway sleepers in the early 1870s on the western side of the track, which was later rebuilt in brick in 1888 along with a goods loop after the Richmond line was upgraded by John Whitton, the then engineer-in-chief. The history of the station and surrounding local area have been highlighted through signs placed near the entrances to both former and present station sites.

Former station
The old Schofields station consisted of a single side platform with street level access on the eastern side of the track. A pedestrian level crossing to the north of the platform allowed access to the other side of the track. An interesting feature of the station was the adjacent grain and produce facility that protruded into the railway platform. The old station closed on 3 October 2011.

Background
From 2009 to 2011, the track between Quakers Hill and Schofields was duplicated for more than three kilometres as part of the Rail Clearways Program. This was intended as the first stage of a broader plan to duplicate the line as far as Vineyard. In order to be able to continue the duplication towards Richmond, it was proposed re-align a short section of track and relocate Schofields station to a site with fewer space constraints, 800 metres south of the existing station. The proposal to relocate the station was a controversial one and raised concerns amongst residents and businesses located near the former station, in relation to accessibility and urban decay. Despite opposition to the plans from Blacktown City Council and the government's own local representative, John Aquilina MP, construction commenced and the station opened on 29 October 2011. The new station is located in a minimally developed area foreseeing future residential development and is designed to support a dramatic increase in patronage.

Design
The station features a distinctive colour scheme of maroon and cream as seen on the tin roofing, inspired by the station master's residence at Riverstone station and reflecting on the European heritage of the local Richmond area and consists of an island platform. The station also includes indicator screens on the platforms and network status screens indicating trackwork or service interruptions on the concourse. The station is equipped for disabled access with lifts from street level to the concourse and to the platform levels.

230 parking spaces are available at the station with 110 on the Railway Terrace side and 120 on the Bridge Street side (opened in mid December 2011), with both including disabled parking spaces. Although claimed to be three times the size of the previous station car park, issues have arisen concerning the size of the area. 40 bicycle racks are available. A "kiss-and-ride" zone is located parallel to the bus interchange. As part of the relocation, a shared pedestrian and cycling path was built between the former station to the current site and a footbridge was constructed at the site of the former station to replace the pedestrian level crossing.

Future
A scoping study into rail investment to service Western Sydney and the proposed Western Sydney Airport was announced by the New South Wales and Australian governments in November 2015. The study's final report was released in March 2018. There was a plan to extend the Sydney Metro from Tallawong to Schofields, St Marys and the new Western Sydney Airport. There is also a plan to build a multi-deck carpark by 2020 to further serve the growing community and add extra train services to the T1 Richmond branch.

Platforms and services
During the week, T5 Cumberland Line services terminate at Schofields. Late night services throughout the week however, extend to Richmond, replacing T1 services at these times.

Transport links
Busways operates two bus routes via Schofields station, under contract to Transport for NSW:
 * 734: Blacktown station to Riverstone via The Ponds
 * 751: Blacktown station to Rouse Hill via Marsden Park

Schofields station is served by one NightRide route:
 * N71: Richmond station to Town Hall station

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Hello, my name is Rick Kevin Kalderoy(from which I derive my username, RICK Kevin Kalderoy), Ric, I live in McDonald, Kansas.
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History of the Arabic alphabet

It is thought that the Arabic alphabet is a derivative of the Nabataean variation of the Aramaic alphabet, which descended from the Phoenician alphabet, which among others also gave rise to the Hebrew alphabet and the Greek alphabet, the latter one being in turn the base for the Latin and Cyrillic alphabets.

Origins
The Arabic alphabet evolved either from the Nabataean, or (less widely believed) directly from the Syriac. The table below shows changes undergone by the shapes of the letters from the Aramaic original to the Nabataean and Syriac forms. The Arabic script shown is that of post-Classical and Modern Arabic—notably different from 6th century Arabic script. (Arabic is placed in the middle for clarity and not to mark a time order of evolution.)

It seems that the Nabataean alphabet became the Arabic alphabet thus:

 * In the 6th and 5th centuries BCE, northern Arab tribes emigrated and founded a kingdom centred around Petra, Jordan. These people (now named Nabataeans from the name of one of the tribes, Nabatu) spoke Nabataean Arabic, a Northwest Semitic language.
 * In the 2nd or 1st centuries BCE, the first known records of the Nabataean alphabet were written in the Aramaic language (which was the language of communication and trade), but included some Arabic language features: the Nabataeans did not write the language which they spoke. They wrote in a form of the Aramaic alphabet, which continued to evolve; it separated into two forms: one intended for inscriptions (known as "monumental Nabataean") and the other, more cursive and hurriedly written and with joined letters, for writing on papyrus. This cursive form influenced the monumental form more and more and gradually changed into the Arabic alphabet.
 * Laïla Nehmé has demonstrated the transition of scripts from the Nabataean Aramaic to the recognisably Arabic form that appears to have occurred between the third and fifth centuries CE, replacing the indigenous Arabic alphabet.

Pre-Islamic Arabic inscriptions
The first known recorded text in the Arabic alphabet is known as the Zabad inscription, composed in 512. It is a trilingual dedication in Greek, Syriac and Arabic found at the village of Zabad in northwestern Syria. The version of the Arabic alphabet used includes only 21 letters, of which only 15 are different, being used to note 28 phonemes:

Many thousands of pre-Classical Arabic inscriptions are attested, in alphabets borrowed from Epigraphic South Arabian alphabets (however, Safaitic and Hismaic are not strictly Arabic, but Ancient North Arabian dialects, and written Nabataean is an Aramaic dialect):
 * Safaitic (over 13,000; almost all graffiti)
 * Hismaic in the southern parts of central Arabia
 * Preclassical Arabic inscriptions dating to the 1st century BC from Qaryat Al-Faw
 * Nabataean inscriptions in Aramaic, written in the Nabataean alphabet
 * Pre-Islamic Arabic inscriptions in the Arabic alphabet are very few, with only 5 known for certain. They mostly use no dots, making them sometimes difficult to interpret, as many letters are the same shape as other letters (they are written with rasm only)

Below are descriptions of inscriptions found in the Arabic alphabet, and the inscriptions found in the Nabataean alphabet that show the beginnings of Arabic-like features. Cursive Nabataean writing changed into Arabic writing, likeliest between the dates of the an-Namāra inscription and the Jabal Ramm inscription. Most writing would have been on perishable materials, such as papyrus. As it was cursive, it was liable to change. The epigraphic record is extremely sparse, with only five certainly pre-Islamic Arabic inscriptions surviving, though some others may be pre-Islamic.

Phonemes / letters inventory
The Nabataean alphabet was designed to write 22 phonemes, but Arabic has 28 consonant phonemes; thus, when used to write the Arabic language, 6 of its letters must each represent two phonemes:
 * d also represented ð,
 * ħ also represented kh %,
 * ṭ also represented ẓ,
 * ʕ also represented gh %,
 * ṣ also represented ḍ %,
 * t also represented θ.

In the cases marked %, the choice was influenced by etymology, as common Semitic kh and gh became Hebrew ħ and ʕ respectively.

As cursive Nabataean writing evolved into Arabic writing, the writing became largely joined-up. Some of the letters became the same shape as other letters, producing more ambiguities, as in the table:

Here the Arabic letters are listed in the traditional Levantine order but are written in their current forms, for simplicity. The letters which are the same shape have coloured backgrounds. The second value of the letters that represent more than one phoneme is after a comma. In these tables, ǧ is j as in English "June". In the Arabic language, the g sound seems to have changed into j in fairly late pre-Islamic times, but this seems not to have happened in those tribes who invaded Egypt and settled there.

When a letter was at the end of a word, it often developed an end loop, and as a result most Arabic letters have two or more shapes.
 * b and n and t became the same.
 * y became the same as b and n and t except at the ends of words.
 * j and ħ became the same.
 * z and r became the same.
 * s and sh became the same.

After all this, there were only 17 letters that were different in shape. One letter-shape represented 5 phonemes (b t th n and sometimes y), one represented 3 phonemes (j ħ kh), and 5 each represented 2 phonemes. Compare the Hebrew alphabet, as in the table:

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Early Islamic changes
The Arabic alphabet is first attested in its classical form in the 7th century. See PERF 558 for the first surviving Islamic Arabic writing.

The Quran was transcribed in Kufic script at first, which was then developed along with the Meccan and scripts, according to Ibn an-Nadim in Al-Fihrist.

In the 7th century, probably in the early years of Islam while writing down the Qur'an, scribes realized that working out which of the ambiguous letters a particular letter was from context was laborious and not always possible, so a proper remedy was required. Writings in the Nabataean and Syriac alphabets already had sporadic examples of dots being used to distinguish letters which had become identical, for example as in the table on the right. By analogy with this, a system of dots was added to the Arabic alphabet to make enough different letters for Classical Arabic's 28 phonemes. Sometimes the resulting new letters were put in alphabetical order after their un-dotted originals, and sometimes at the end. The first surviving document that definitely uses these dots is also the first surviving Arabic papyrus (PERF 558), dated April, 643. The dots did not become obligatory until much later. Important texts like the Qur'an were frequently memorized; this practice, which survives even today, probably arose partly to avoid the great ambiguity of the script, and partly due to the scarcity of books in times when printing was unheard-of in the area and every copy of every book had to be written by hand.

The alphabet then had 28 letters, and so could be used to write the numbers 1 to 10, then 20 to 100, then 200 to 900, then 1000 (see Abjad numerals). In this numerical order, the new letters were put at the end of the alphabet. This produced this order: alif (1), b (2), j (3), d (4), h (5), w (6), z (7), H (8), T (9), y (10), k (20), l (30), m (40), n (50), s (60), ayn (70), f (80), S (90), q (100), r (200), sh (300), t (400), th (500), dh (600), kh (700), D (800), Z (900), gh (1000).

The lack of vowel signs in Arabic writing created more ambiguities: for example, in Classical Arabic ktb could be kataba = "he wrote", kutiba = "it was written" or kutub="books". Later, vowel signs and hamzas were added, beginning some time in the last half of the 6th century, at about the same time as the first invention of Syriac and Hebrew vocalization. Initially, this was done using a system of red dots, said to have been commissioned by Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, the Umayyad governor of Iraq, according to traditional accounts: a dot above = a, a dot below = i, a dot on the line = u, and doubled dots giving tanwin. However, this was cumbersome and easily confusable with the letter-distinguishing dots, so about 100 years later, the modern system was adopted. The system was finalized around 786 by al-Farahidi.

All administrative texts were previously recorded by Persian scribes in Middle Persian using Pahlavi script, but many of the initial orthographic alterations to the Arabic alphabet might have been proposed and implemented by the same scribes.

When new signs were added to the Arabic alphabet, they took the alphabetical order value of the letter which they were an alternative for: tā' marbūta (see also below) took the value of ordinary t, and not of h. In the same way, the many diacritics do not have any value: for example, a doubled consonant indicated by shadda does not count as a letter separate from the single one.

Some features of the Arabic alphabet arose because of differences between Qur'anic spelling and the form of Classical Arabic that was phonemically and orthographically standardized later. These include:
 * tā' marbūta: This arose because, in many dialects, the -at ending of feminine nouns (tā' marbūta) was lenited over time and was often pronounced as -ah and written as h. This pronunciation eventually became standard, and so to avoid altering Quranic spelling, the dots of t were written over the h.
 * y (alif maksura ى) used to spell ā at the ends of some words: This arose because ā arising from contraction where single y dropped out between vowels was in some dialects pronounced at the ends of words with the tongue further forward than for other ā vowels, and as a result in the Qu'ran it was written as y.
 * ā not written as alif in some words: The Arabic spelling of Allāh was decided before the Arabs started using alif to spell ā. In other cases (for example the first ā in hāðā = "this"), it may be that some dialects pronounced those vowels short.
 * hamza: Originally alif was used to spell the glottal stop. But Meccans did not pronounce the glottal stop, replacing it with w, y or nothing, lengthening an adjacent vowel, or, intervocalically, dropping the glottal stop and contracting the vowels. Thus, Arabic grammarians invented the hamza diacritic sign and used it to mark the glottal stop.

Reorganization of the alphabet
Less than a century later, Arab grammarians reorganized the alphabet, for reasons of teaching, putting letters next to other letters which were nearly the same shape. This produced a new order which was not the same as the numeric order, which became less important over time because it was being competed with by the Indian numerals and sometimes by the Greek numerals.

The Arabic grammarians of North Africa changed the new letters, which explains the differences between the alphabets of the East and the Maghreb.

The old alphabetical order, as in the other alphabets shown here, is known as the Levantine or Abjadi order. If the letters are arranged by their numeric order, the Levantine order is restored:

(Note: here "numeric order" means the traditional values when these letters were used as numbers. See Arabic numerals, Greek numerals and Hebrew numerals for more details)

This order is much the oldest. The first written records of the Arabic alphabet show why the order was changed.

Abbasid standardizations
Arabic script reached a climax in aesthetics and geographic spread under the Abbasid Caliphate. In this period, Ibn al-Bawwab and Ibn Muqla had the most influence on the standardization of Arabic script. They were associated with al-khatt al-mansūb (الخط المنسوب), or "proportioned script."

Adapting the Arabic alphabet for other languages
When the Arabic alphabet spread to countries which used other languages, extra letters had to be invented to spell non-Arabic sounds. Usually the alteration was three dots above like ژ, and  or below like چ and پ.
 * Urdu: retroflex sounds: as the corresponding dentals but with a small letter ط above. (This problem in adapting a Semitic alphabet to write Indian languages also arose long before this: see Brahmi)
 * This book shows an example of ch (Polish cz) being written as in an Arabic-Polish bilingual Quran for Muslim Tatars living in Poland.
 * There are broadly two standards for Pashto orthography, the Afghan orthography in Afghanistan and the Peshawar orthography in Pakistan where is represented by  instead of the Afghani.

Decline in use by non-Arabic states
Since the early 20th century, as the Ottoman Empire collapsed and European influence increased, many non-Arab Islamic areas began using the Cyrillic or Latin alphabet, and local adaptations of the Arabic alphabet were abandoned. In many cases, the writing of a language in Arabic script has become restricted to classical texts and traditional purposes (as in the Turkic States of Central Asia, or Hausa and others in West Africa), while in others, the Arabic alphabet is used alongside the Latin one (as with Jawi in Brunei).

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Credit where due
Most of the content of this article in its first version comes from To Have and Have Not -- i.e. the article on the novel. Please see the history of that article -- but in brief, the contributors were Gamaliel, Ellsworth, Rjstern, Darwinek, Steve Eifert, and Ericd. -- Hoary 10:21, 2005 Jun 1 (UTC)

Critics Summary Request
I would like to see a synopsis of the reaction of movie critics to this film. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.107.103.186 (talk) 06:47, 13 December 2006 (UTC).

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"Remakes"?
Are the two subsequent films actually remakes of this film, or just later, independent adaptations of the same source novel? It looks like their status as remakes may have just been assumed. Postdlf (talk) 18:13, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

 * I can't speak for the second film, but the Audie Murphy film is definitely an adaptation of the book, not a remake of the original—it's much more faithful to the original novel's plot. Binabik80 (talk) 03:15, 25 April 2010 (UTC)

Bunch of Junk?
In this article, it states that Hawks told Hemingway that the novel was a "bunch of junk." But in the article for the novel it's the other way around; it's Hemingway who tells Hawks that the novel is junk. Both articles cite the same source, the Joseph McBride interview with Hawks. Can someone who has access to the source take a look and fix whichever article has it wrong? Mad Thinker (talk) 13:58, 11 March 2010 (UTC)

Yes, please, this should be checked! Invertzoo (talk) 14:23, 22 July 2012 (UTC)

A few bars of a sad song...
From: "To Have And Have Not" I have been trying to find the name of the song that Hoagy Carmichael begins a few bars of, I think it's after Johnson is shot. I have heard this song in it's entirety, in an old Max Fleisher Cartoon, featuring a 'down and out' Olive Oyl, sitting on the curb in front of her house, weeping (due to losing everything). I have been playing this sad melody for many years, but have known neither the name, nor the author. Can anyone help with this? josephkepe56@rocketmail.com 68.43.144.131 (talk) 20:00, 1 August 2013 (UTC) 68.43.144.131 (talk) 20:02, 1 August 2013 (UTC) 68.43.144.131 (talk) 20:18, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

Genre
@User:Grandpallama, hello, I noticed your edit to this article. In reference to your edit summary "unexplained genre change", I was unsure if you were referring to my addition of "adventure" to the film without explanation. Allow me to explain: according to WP:Manual of Style/Film, you determine the genre of the film by the consensus represented by a majority of sources. Most of the sources I see actually refer to the film as an adventure film rather than a war film, but I didn't feel justified in removing the war genre. Along these lines, I think your addition of the romance genre is very justified so thank you for your contribution! Skyes(BYU) (talk) 16:29, 3 August 2018 (UTC)
 * @User:Skyes(BYU) Thanks for following up. I wasn't targeting your edits (and feel free to restore or amend anything that seems problematic that I might have altered). I was instead bothered by this edit, one of many such by that editor that I was examining and/or reverting, which had originally removed the romance designation. If anything, it's more appropriate than the war designation, although I also agree with you that it seems tangentially enough of a war film that it would make sense to leave that genre, too. Grandpallama (talk) 16:39, 3 August 2018 (UTC)

anti-fascist themes
yes that section on the main page.. it's ok.. but, and this is only my two cents.. REALLY, even more powerful is the little? but highly telling 'speech'? given by Frenchie (a real-life, native-born Frenchman), in response to what Harry said.. "I like you... I don't like them." Also adding "you know they probably come back here and burn down the hotel". "Let them come", sez Frenchie w/ verve and determination of the French Resistance, "They (Vichy) may burn down the hotel, but it only be a little fire compared to the big fire we give them"... In perspective, film production ended May '44, only ONE MONTH BEFORE D-DAY. viva la France!
 * Thank you for those suggestions. Unfortunately, Wikipedia policy prohibits editors from doing original research in their writing, especially if I was to go as far to add that to the analysis section for anti-fascist themes. I would have to find a reliable source to support those statements, if I find one, I will gladly add that to the article. Skyes(BYU) (talk) 19:42, 30 August 2018 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Steve Baxter

 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. Eugene van der Pijll 21:06, 15 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Not notable RicKKK 10:22, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete NN Nateji77 12:40, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete NN - possible vanity - --JiFish(Talk/Contrib) 12:52, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * I note that higher up this page is an allegation that RicKKK is, in some way, a sockpuppet name/ID --Simon Cursitor 14:37, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete: Note that a page move vandal from a year ago used Steve Baxter as a target of ridicule. Suspect a vandal creation, possible nomination.  If sincere, the subject is not yet encyclopedic. Geogre 15:02, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete non notable. JamesBurns 11:06, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
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John Basson Humffray

John Basson Humffray (17 April 1824 – 18 March 1891) was a leading advocate in the movement of miner reform process in the British colony of Victoria, and later a member of parliament.

Humffray was born in Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales. He was articled to a solicitor, and became active in the Chartist movement, but abandoned his legal studies and migrated to Victoria, Australia in 1853.

From rural Wales to Australia
Humffray arrived in Melbourne on the "Star of the East" on 19 September 1853, and moved to Ballarat two months later to try his hand at gold digging. At a protest meeting of over 10,000 diggers at Bakery Hill on Saturday, 11 November 1854, Humffray was elected secretary of the Ballarat Reform League. In his view, the diggers' grievances were the result of an unrepresentative political system, which he felt could be changed by moral suasion.

Humffray was a member of the three-person delegation which met the Governor of Victoria, Sir Charles Hotham, in Melbourne on Monday, 27 November 1854. The miners' demands for economic and political reforms were rejected. After a particularly vicious licence hunt, a meeting of the Ballarat Reform League was held on Thursday, 30 November 1854 at which the miners rejected "moral force" as advocated by Humffray. They embarked on the path of "physical force" by electing Peter Lalor as their leader, and deciding to meet force with force by building the Eureka Stockade.

Humffray was not part of the rebellion and played the role of peacemaker in the lead up to the battle at the Eureka Stockade on 3 December 1854. He represented the interests of aggrieved diggers at the Commission of Enquiry into the discontent on the goldfields, and was a vocal defender of the 13 miners who were charged with high treason for their role in the rebellion. He was in 1855 an organiser of Ballarat's first eisteddfod (fore-runner of the South Street competitions), editor of the short-lived Ballarat Leader, first president of the Ballarat Mechanics' Institute, and passed first-year law, University of Melbourne (1860). As a result of losing money in mining speculations, Humffray became dependent on charity in his last years. After a long illness, he died a pauper on 18 March 1891.

Political career
When the miners were granted the right to vote and representation in 1855 Humffray was elected unopposed as the member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Ballaarat (1855-1856); then Member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly for North Grant (1856-1859) then Ballarat East (1859-1871). He served as Minister for Mines (November 1860 to November 1861) and Chairman of the Royal Commission on Mining (1862).

Legacy
Humffray Street, one of the major roads in Ballarat, is named after him, with that being sometime prior to 1858.

Humffray was an Anglican, and was buried in the Ballaarat Old Cemetery, near those who had died in the Eureka rebellion. A headstone was erected by the people of Ballarat.

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Westcoast

Westcoast, as one word, is used by the following:

 * Westcoast Aftershocc, and album by American hip hop duo Tha Dogg Pound
 * Westcoast Air, a Canadian airline
 * Westcoast Curling Classic, an annual curling tournament held on Thanksgiving weekend in New Westminster, British Columbia
 * Westcoast klipfish, the South African name for the Clinus heterodon, a species of clinid, a marine fish
 * Westcoaster Mailster, a small three-wheeled vehicle used for mail delivery in the United States during the 1950s and 60s
 * Westcoast Limited, UK and Ireland IT distributor
 * Westcoast Pipeline, a natural gas pipeline in British Columbia built by Westcoast Transmission Co., later renamed Westcoast Energy, and bought since by Duke Energy of Charlotte, North Carolina
 * Westcoast Songwriter's Conference, an annual conference hosted by the Westcoast Songwriter's organization, a nonprofit educational organization founded in 1979

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Renee Montoya

Renee Maria Montoya is a character appearing in media published by DC Entertainment. The character was created by Bruce Timm, Paul Dini and Mitch Brian for Batman: The Animated Series and was preemptively introduced into mainstream comics before the airing of her animated debut in 1992 in the DC Animated Universe (DCAU) series Batman: The Animated Series / The New Batman Adventures, voiced by Ingrid Oliu, and later Liane Schirmer. Originally conceived of as a heterosexual widow, she was later redeveloped as a lesbian and primary love interest of Kate Kane / Batwoman.

Renee is initially a detective from the Gotham City Police Department, assigned to the Major Crimes Unit, who comes into frequent contact with Batman. After being outed and framed for murder, she resigns from the police force, and begins operating as the second Question out of a lighthouse that she shares with Aristotle Rodor on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

Montoya made her live-action debut in the first season of Gotham, portrayed by Victoria Cartagena, who reprised the role in the third season of the Arrowverse series Batwoman, with both series portraying her as an antagonist before becoming an ally. She made her cinematic debut in the 2020 DC Extended Universe (DCEU) film Birds of Prey, portrayed by Rosie Perez.

Fictional character biography
Montoya was created for Batman: The Animated Series by Bruce Timm, Paul Dini, and Mitch Brian, as described in the series bible. She first appears as a uniformed officer partnered with Harvey Bullock. In the follow-up series The New Batman Adventures, Montoya has been promoted from police officer to detective. She also makes a cameo appearance in Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero. The comic series Gotham Central describes Montoya as the daughter of immigrants from the Dominican Republic.

Renee is a recurring character in the Batman-related comics after Batman #475 (March 1992). After she is promoted to homicide detective by Commissioner Gordon, Renee is partnered with Harvey Bullock. After Bullock is promoted to Lieutenant, Crispus Allen becomes Renee's new partner.

Gotham City is destroyed by an earthquake in the Cataclysm crossover, and closed off from the rest of the United States in the No Man's Land story arc. Montoya and Bullock are two of the many Gotham police officers to stay behind with James Gordon to keep the peace among the people who remain.

Renee is the focus of an uneasy truce between Gordon's forces and the crime boss Two-Face. She reaches out to Two-Face's Harvey Dent persona in helping with aid and relief efforts, and he falls in love with her. In fact, he keeps her restrained in his headquarters against her will. She becomes involved when Two-Face puts James Gordon on trial for perceived wrongdoing. Renee persuades Two-Face to offer a more fair trial, giving Gordon a defense lawyer. Two-Face's Harvey Dent persona takes on this role, and ultimately convinces Two-Face to allow everyone to go free.

Gotham City is later re-opened thanks to humanitarian efforts spearheaded by Lex Luthor. Renee, Gordon, Bullock and the surviving officers are re-instated as a police official.

In "Officer Down", Renee is hit hard by a murder attempt on Gordon, and when the assassin walks free, goes to seek vengeance. However, Bullock catches her in the act and persuades her not to pull the trigger, telling her that revenge is not worth her career.

Gotham Central
Montoya is one of the main characters of Gotham Central, a comic book series about the Gotham City police department. Believing that the only way to have Montoya is to take everything away from her, Two-Face outs her as a lesbian to the public and frames her for murder. He then kidnaps her, making it look like Montoya has escaped. Two-Face becomes more unstable and the two fight for control of his gun until Batman arrives to save them. Montoya is cleared of all charges and Two-Face returns to Arkham, but Montoya's personal life becomes chaotic, especially with her family: while her younger brother knows about and, to a limited extent, accepts her sexuality, her religious parents disown her.

In the 2004–2005 "War Games" storyline, Montoya and Crispus Allen are ambushed by the Black Spider, and Allen shoots the villain. A corrupt crime scene investigator named Jim Corrigan steals and sells the bullet on the Internet, but the bullet is needed to prove that the shooting was self-defense. In her pursuit of the bullet, Montoya beats the name of the buyer out of Corrigan. Although Allen is cleared, Montoya becomes obsessed with exposing Corrigan. Allen tries to persuade Montoya to let it go, but Montoya refuses, so Allen investigates Corrigan independently. During his investigation, one of Allen's informants is murdered shortly before Allen himself is shot and killed by Corrigan. Montoya takes it upon herself to bring Corrigan to justice. Tracking him down, Montoya beats Corrigan's girlfriend unconscious and draws a gun on Corrigan. He begs for his life, and Montoya finds she cannot pull the trigger. Montoya quits the GCPD the next day, disgusted and broken.

52
In the 2006–2007 series 52, Montoya, now an alcoholic ex-cop, spends her days in bars and her nights obsessing about the loss of her job and girlfriend Daria who had walked out on her three months previously unable to watch Renée "destroy herself". The Question shines a Bat-Signal, modified to throw a question mark, at her window, asking if she is ready.

The Question believes that Intergang is preparing in invade Gotham, and to that end, hires Montoya to surveil a warehouse in Gotham City, where they uncover futuristic weapons.

During Week 14, Montoya and the Question fly to Kahndaq, and track down some leads on Intergang. Abbott, the wolf creature, tracks them. After they leave an empty warehouse, they are taken prisoner by members of Black Adam's army.

Nightwing and Montoya find a strange device in a warehouse guarded by hybrid creatures. Nightwing hypothesizes that it is a bomb. Attacked by several Intergang henchmen, the pair are helped by a disillusioned Kyle Abbot. The device is activated, erupting in a pillar of flame. At the same time numerous other devices are also activated, as Intergang attempts to destroy Gotham by fire. Montoya wears Charlie's mask for the first time, going after Bruno Mannheim as the Question, and finds Mannheim and Whisper A'Daire about to use Kate as a sacrificial victim. Montoya sets Whisper A'Daire on fire, but is about to be killed by Mannheim when Kate stabs him with the ceremonial knife and collapses in Montoya's arms.

"One Year Later" and "Final Crisis"
Montoya appears in Countdown #40 when Oracle solicits her help in capturing the Trickster and the Pied Piper, suspected of the murder of Bart Allen. The two criminals escape the Suicide Squad only to be apprehended by Montoya and Batwoman. Montoya agrees to their release, concluding they are too stupid to be murderers. Montoya maintains that she will not become a member of the Birds of Prey, but Oracle calls upon her to accompany the Birds of Prey in Gotham Underground #2.

She later stars in Greg Rucka's 2007 limited series, Crime Bible: Five Lessons of Blood, in which she pursues the Crime Bible and withstands its adherents' efforts to convert her to their cause. In Grant Morrison's Final Crisis (2008), Montoya informs Dan Turpin that she is investigating the Dark Side Club. She later battles Frankenstein and the agents of S.H.A.D.E. during her investigation of an apocalyptic conspiracy related to the Crime Bible (now in possession of Libra) and Darkseid. She is accosted by S.H.A.D.E. agents in her civilian identity when she assists a dying German Supergirl from a parallel world.

Montoya appears in the Final Crisis: Revelations miniseries by Greg Rucka. While trying to stop members of the Religion of Crime from obtaining a mystic weapon, she is confronted by the Spectre (whose current host is Crispus Allen, Montoya's former partner). The Spectre states that she is about to receive judgment. He is stopped by Radiant, the Spirit of Mercy, who embodies the ideal of Christian love as introduced by Jesus.

Maggie Sawyer, corrupted by the Anti-Life Equation, emerges from Gotham Central along with the rest of the brainwashed police force. They attempt to unleash the Equation on Montoya, but are stopped by the intervention of the Spectre and Radiant. The Spectre is not able to hold them off for long, because they are protected by the same force that protects Libra. Radiant makes sure that Montoya cannot be brainwashed, and teleports her away. Observing the surroundings, she finds Batwoman lying in the streets. Batwoman reveals that she now obeys Darkseid as well, and starts to recite the Equation. It appears, however, that Montoya is completely immune to the Equation; in the following issue, she is seen in complete control of her own mind.

Montoya appears in Final Crisis #5, recruited by the underground resistance movement organized by Checkmate. She is told that she must travel the DC Multiverse and gather help for New Earth. In Final Crisis #7 she is seen accompanied by Captain Marvel (of Earth 5) where she gathers a group of alternative versions of Superman that help end the Final Crisis and defeat Mandrakk the Dark Monitor. She identifies herself as a "Global Peace agent" in Final Crisis #7, an allusion to the faceless agents of the GPA from the original OMAC series.

Starting in Detective Comics #854, Montoya appeared in an ongoing backup feature written by Greg Rucka, with art by Cully Hamner.

Batwoman: Detective Comics
Montoya takes the case of a missing illegal immigrant — the young sister of the man named Hector Soliz seeking her detective services. She follows some leads to their hideout and discovers pornographic pictures of the girl, indicating she may have become involved in a child pornography or sexual slavery ring. While investigating a businessman whom she believes is involved with the slavery, Montoya is kidnapped and left to die after being tied up in the trunk of a car that is driven into a river. She easily escapes and eventually tracks the slaves to a boat owned by the businessman. After a brief fight with several henchmen, the police arrive and rescue the women, reuniting Hector with his sister.

When Montoya briefly returned to Gotham City, she worked with the new Batman and quickly realized that he was Nightwing. Her old partner Bullock also discovered that Renee is the new Question, pointing out that he worked with her long enough to be able to recognize her butt anywhere.

"Blackest Night"
During the events of the 2009–2010 "Blackest Night" storyline, Montoya is tracked down by Lady Shiva, who claims that she wishes to test her in combat to see if she is a worthy successor to Victor. The two women engage in a brutal fist fight, only to be interrupted when Victor, now reanimated as a Black Lantern, arrives on the scene and attacks them. After a drawn out battle, Renee discovers that Black Lanterns feed on emotions, and that if she is able to cut herself off from her feelings, she will become invisible. She does so, and angered, Victor stalks off into the night, searching for easier prey. Shiva reveals that she never intended to actually fight Montoya, but felt that attacking her would draw Victor out into the open so she could face him again.

Some time after this, Montoya teams up with the Huntress to bring down the criminal network that Renee had earlier encountered. Eventually, the hitman known as Zeiss attacks the women, having been ordered by an unknown client to kill them. Renee appeals to the hitman's greed, offering him more money if he simply fakes their deaths and leaves them be. After this, Huntress takes Renee to Oracle for help in tracking down the client who put out the hit, and is flabbergasted upon discovering that Oracle is in fact "Commissioner Gordon's daughter". The two women eventually make their way to Oolong Island (home of the Doom Patrol), where they are arrested. After escaping from police custody, Huntress and the Question discovered that Vandal Savage is behind the human trafficking network they had been trying to shut down. Savage offers to shut down his criminal network in exchange for one of them taking the Mark of Cain, which had been branded onto his face by the Spectre during the events of Final Crisis. Renee ultimately chooses to accept the Mark of Cain, ending Savage's reign of terror but leaving her face disfigured.

Following this, the Question appears alongside Batwoman as part of Wonder Woman's team of superheroines when a group of aliens attack Washington D.C. Rose Wilson jokingly asks her if she intends to seek an autograph from Wonder Woman, only for Renee to nervously remark that she is trying to work her way up to asking for one.

Batman Inc.
Montoya seeks out Richard Dragon, who helps her learn to suppress the Mark through her mental willpower. Following Bruce Wayne's return to the 21st century, he establishes Batman, Inc., a global network of Batmen from various nations. Batman sends Renee to Paris, France, to infiltrate the Golden Portal, a violent cult responsible for a number of deaths. Renee allows herself to be captured and brainwashed by the cult's leader, Korrigan, and ultimately uses mental techniques taught to her by Richard and Victor to overcome Korrigan. With help from Batman and the French vigilante Nightrunner, the members of the Golden Portal are defeated and Korrigan is arrested.

The New 52
As part of The New 52, a 2011 line-wide revision of DC superhero comics, including their fictional histories, Montoya appears in an image viewed by Batwoman on the GCPD's wall of honor. James Tynion IV, a writer on Batman Eternal, revealed that the creative team almost included Montoya, but they decided against it: "We cut her out because we didn't want her to just be in the background of the GCPD. We want to bring her back for her own big story".

Montoya appears in Detective Comics (vol. 2) #41, as Harvey Bullock's new partner.

DC Rebirth
DC included Renee Montoya in a line-wide revision of DC superhero comic books, stories and characters they dubbed "DC Rebirth". Montoya appeared sporadically in Detective Comics, still working for the GCPD and slowly rebuilding her relationship with Kate Kane. The two eventually became a couple again in the final issue of the Rebirth Batwoman series.

In July 2019, Montoya debuted as the Question in Lois Lane (vol. 2) #1 as a supporting character. As the Question, she also plays a minor role in Event Leviathan, also from 2019.

Infinite Frontier
Renee rejoins the GCPD around the time of "A-Day", a massive attack on Arkham Asylum by the Joker that results in the deaths of dozens of inmates and staff; the circumstances of why she gave up being the Question have yet to be depicted. In The Next Batman: Second Son #1, Gotham City Mayor Christopher Nakano asks Renee to become the Commissioner of the GCPD to replace Jim Gordon, who has retired. The evening before she plans to accept the position, Renee has a run-in with two GCPD officers who are harassing a man Renee had arrested years earlier and who had received a relatively harsh sentence for a low-level drug offense. Conflicted after hearing the man's explanation, Renee begins reconsidering her choice to accept the Commissioner position. Batwoman meets Renee, and the two discuss the issue; Kate helps clarify Renee's thoughts on the matter, and Renee concludes that she has the chance to help clean up the GCPD and amend for the sorts of abuses of power she saw as both a patrol cop and a detective that she couldn't otherwise prevent, as well as ones she herself took part in, in the name of meeting monthly citation quotas. Renee accepts the role of GCPD Commissioner.

In the Batman: Urban Legends story "Disinformation Campaign", she and Kate Kane are revealed to have broken up sometime prior to the start of the story for unknown reasons.

Equipment

 * Montoya uses an advanced energy pistol she found while fighting with Intergang, as well as her police sidearm.
 * After the death of Vic Sage, Montoya inherited his costume, mask, fedora and trench coat, all of which have been treated to react to the binary gas created by Aristotle Rodor. In addition, Rodor provided Montoya with a shampoo that causes her hair to change color when exposed to the gas. According to the Question: Secret Origin backup in 52, this substance was developed using technology lifted from an old Batman foe named Bart Magan (Dr. No Face) and Gingold Extract, a fruit derivative associated with the Elongated Man. The Question's series by Dennis O'Neil presented Pseudoderm as Rodor's attempt to build an artificial skin for humanitarian purposes.
 * The mask adheres to her face and renders it as a featureless blank when exposed to the binary gas. The binary gas is expelled from a special belt buckle worn by Montoya. The gas also causes her chemically treated costume, fedora, and trench coat to change color, typically to dark blue.

Other versions

 * An alternate timeline version of Renee Montoya who is the commissioner of the GCPD appears in the "Titans Tomorrow" storyline.
 * An alternate timeline version of Renee Montoya appears in the "Flashpoint" storyline.
 * An alternate universe version of Renee Montoya from Earth-3 who works for Owlman appears in the "Forever Evil" storyline.
 * An alternate universe version of Renee Montoya appears in DC Comics Bombshells. This version is a Republican veteran of the Spanish Civil War and member of a German resistance group led by Selina Digatti.

Reception
Renee Montoya was ranked as the 80th-greatest comic book character of all time by the Wizard magazine. IGN also listed Montoya as the 87th-greatest comic book hero of all time: a character representing ethnic diversity, who has undergone a tremendous personal transformation from humble beginnings.

Collection editions

 * The Question: Pipeline (collects the "Question" stories from Detective Comics #854–863)
 * Final Crisis: Revelations (collects Final Crisis: Revelations #1–5 and Final Crisis: Secret Files)

Television

 * A young Renee Montoya appears in the first season of Gotham, portrayed by Victoria Cartagena. This version is a recovering drug addict and former lover of Detective James Gordon's fiancée Barbara Kean who works in the GCPD's Major Crimes Unit as a detective alongside Crispus Allen.
 * Renee Montoya appears in Batwoman, portrayed again by Victoria Cartagena. This version is a former member of the Gotham City Police Department who left due to corrupt members and has a secret romantic past with Poison Ivy.
 * Renee Montoya appears in DC Super Hero Girls, voiced by Roxana Ortega. This version is a security guard at Metropolis High School.
 * Renee Montoya makes a non-speaking cameo appearance in the Young Justice episode "Triptych".
 * Renee Montoya will appear in Batman: Caped Crusader, voiced by Michelle Bonilla.

Film

 * Renee Montoya appears in City of Scars, portrayed by Katie Joy Horwitch.
 * Renee Montoya appears in Batman: Bad Blood, voiced by Vanessa Marshall.
 * Renee Montoya appears in Birds of Prey, portrayed by Rosie Perez. This version is a Gotham City Police Department (GCPD) Detective whose career has stalled due to her former partner and current captain Patrick Erickson taking credit for solving a past case sometime prior. In the present, she develops a fixation towards Roman Sionis while investigating his criminal activities, but is suspended for failing to provide evidence. After Montoya joins forces with Harley Quinn, Dinah Lance, and Helena Bertinelli to rescue Cassandra Cain from Sionis, Erickson takes credit for doing so, leading her to resign from the GCPD and join Lance and Bertinelli in forming the Birds of Prey.
 * Renee Montoya appears in Batman: The Long Halloween, voiced by Alyssa Diaz.

Video games

 * Renee Montoya makes a cameo appearance in Batman: Dark Tomorrow, voiced by Erin Quinn Purcell.
 * Renee Montoya as the Question appears in DC Universe Online.
 * Renee Montoya as the Question appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure.
 * Renee Montoya appears in Batman: The Telltale Series, voiced by Krizia Bajos. This version is a sergeant for the Gotham City Police Department.
 * Renee Montoya appears in Batman: The Enemy Within, voiced by Sumalee Montano. As of this game, she has been promoted to detective.
 * Renee Montoya appears as an NPC in Lego DC Super-Villains, voiced again by Liane Schirmer.
 * Renee Montoya appears in Gotham Knights, voiced again by Krizia Bajos. This version is a captain for the Gotham City Police Department.

Miscellaneous

 * Renee Montoya appears in the BBC Radio's "Batman: Knightfall" adaptation, voiced by Lorelei King.
 * Renee Montoya appears in Gotham Girls, voiced by Adrienne Barbeau.
 * Renee Montoya appears in the Injustice: Gods Among Us prequel comic. This version is a member of Batman's Insurgency and the wife of Batwoman who eventually dies from overusing performance-enhancing drugs in an attempt to kill High Councilor Superman.

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I will add some more background info later. Could someone please post who created her and what her first appearance was? CyberSkull 10:27, 2005 Jun 1 (UTC)

I know she first appeared in the animated series but...
She had a really small role compared to the comics. Shouldn't it come after as a footnote? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.107.93.22 (talk • contribs) 01:07, 2005 December 10.

batwoman
there is a rumor that because she has left the force that she will become batwoman in One year later. should this be included in the article?

 * This is irrelevant now that we know that Batwoman is Renee's ex-girlfriend, Kate Kane.--Dont Waltz 07:58, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

SID
Hey. ACS here. Ahem. Forgive me if this seems obvious, but did Renee realize that Batwoman was Kate Kane in week eleven? ACS (Wikipedian); Talk to the Ace. See what I've edited. 18:08, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

 * She realized it was a Bat woman, she realized someone taught this Batwoman how to throw a punch, then she said "...I'll be damned." Yeah, the implication is that she realized BW is Kate, that it may have even been Renee who taught her those things, but the creative team chose not reveal that. Unless you can find another source, it's got to be left as speculation at this time. CovenantD 18:22, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

 * See, this is where you seem wrong, in an odd way. Why would Renee say "someone" in her head if she was referring to herself? Her thoughts seem pretty clear and open. However, your crazy ass bit of speculation isn't my point. The writing team could have easily hinted at Renee knowing in a variety of ways. The fact that she said the same thing, then repeated it to herself, followed by an "I'll be damned" and her reaction to the Question's statement are clear indicators. If I were one to speculate the kind of things you do, I'd probably be all "they need to say it outright!" too. However, this is based on logic and multiple well placed hints. Besides, if anyone would figure it out, it'd be detective Renee Montoya. Open your mind and eyes. This is obvious and they meant it to be. ACS (Wikipedian); Talk to the Ace. See what I've edited. 18:45, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Well, it seems obvious to me that she said "someone" at that point because it was BEFORE the realization. You can see that something interupts her thought in the second to last panel on page 23. That could be when she recognized the fighting style and THAT led to the realization that BW is Kate. Or, it could have just been because this hot woman turned and looked at her. (She was, ahem, admiring BW before anything else entered her mind.) The ironic thing about this discussion is that I agree she recognized Kate. I also realize that it's not stated because it's written to be another "clue" to Batwoman's identity. CovenantD 19:00, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

 * She was outed—SID-wise and so on—in a press release. There's no Mystery of the Batwoman. Not really. This was done in attempt to be more "creative" when letting the reader know what a character has realized. Had they just written "That's Kate. I know it is", I'm sure Wacker would have asked them to be a bit less boring/blunt. Now, if you i=agree, why isn't it in the article?ACS (Wikipedian); Talk to the Ace. See what I've edited. 19:14, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Because you're drawing a conclusion based on your interpretation of events, which isn't entirely confirmed by the source from which you draw it. Can't do that. It's bad. Until it's specifically noted that she is indeed Kate, it's speculation to say for sure that she is. – Someguy0830 (Talk | contribs) 19:16, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Wait...What? Read the Batwoman article. Read the friggen press releases. Are we actually debated whether Kate is even Batwoman now? ACS (Wikipedian); Talk to the Ace. See what I've edited. 19:27, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

 * I'm not saying that Kate isn't Batwoman, I'm saying that Renee hasn't been confirmed as realizing this fact. I should have worded that better. In any case, I agree that she most likely recognized Kate. However, I do not know this for sure. I have not seen a quote saying "Oh, Kate is Batwoman", have you? I doubt it. It's speculation to say otherwise. – Someguy0830 (Talk | contribs) 19:31, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Hmph. Well founded speculation.. ACS (Wikipedian); Talk to the Ace. See what I've edited. 19:36, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

 * But speculation nonetheless. Give it an issue or two. You'll get a confirmation. – Someguy0830 (Talk | contribs) 19:38, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

New Pic
I just have to say that the current pic in the info box is horrible. Maybe we can replace with one from 52? Like the one where she's on the cover with the Question holding the sci-fi gun. Jupiterzguy 15:43, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I'd personally rather see one from the pages of 52, and one that focuses on Renee, what she looks like, by herself, and can sort of embody who she is. Which the pic we have in the info box kinda does, though the quote helps :) -- Ipstenu ( talk | contribs ) 15:59, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I do like the current one because of the quote. Also, I don't think there's anything inherently wrong with it; it's how she was depicted throughout most of Gotham Central, after all. Though, a pic from 52 might be more appropriate because the art style is much different from Michael Lark's, and she's unlikely to appear extensively elsewhere until the series is over. If nobody changes it, I'll look through my issues and see if I can find a good pic of her, but I'm still kinda partial to the current one. --SHODAN 17:36, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Maybe the one from 52 with her smoking a cigarette with her arm in a cast, when we meet Kate? That's very iconic of Renee.  Now I'll have to go re-read all of 52 ... Darn. ;) -- Ipstenu ( talk | contribs ) 19:00, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm looking at that issue now, and while there's an OK picture of her where she's lighting her cigarette (just before she looks down at the newspaper), I have to say that, even after having flipped through various issues of 52, I still prefer the Lark picture that's up now. In that one picture, she has that gritty & determined, yet somewhat worn look that I've come to associate with Renee. Plus, I really like Michael Lark :) I say we keep it. --SHODAN 03:41, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I'm for keeping it unless we can get a nice hard-boiled shot of her to replace. (I'm also not totally sold on the art for 52, but knowing they have to get a new ish out every week, I'll give them a pass). -- Ipstenu ( talk | contribs ) 14:29, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Alliances
Okay, I was basing it off Richard Dragon, who has Bronze Tiger as an affiliation, because together they were a (get this) team :) Renee and Charlie were a team. Batman and Robin are a team.  "include any current or previous team affiliations. Please stick to notable affiliations." They were a team, and this is highly notable. -- Ipstenu ( talk | contribs ) 03:07, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

 * And most partnerships have been, and still are being removed from that line. As are "employees" without an organization.
 * The listing is for "teams" not "partners", "mentors", "sidekicks", or "employers". The best way to list fit the Question in that light is "The Question and Montoya". Otherwise the listing gets not only the organizations and teams she has belonged to but every single character she has worked with, whether the belonged to one of those teams also or not. — J Greb 03:30, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Her detective parters are superseded by GCPD, which encompasses Cirspus Allen etc. But she spent 40-odd issues teamed up with The Question, and there should be some way of listing that notable and life changing partnership. -- Ipstenu ( talk | contribs ) 03:33, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Uh-uh. If the reason for the line is to hit notable associations, then "Allen & Montoya" is notable above an beyond "GCPD" and should be given as much weight as "Question & Montoya". Notable is notable. — J Greb 03:41, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
 * And yet nowhere in the SHB talk page does it say 'Teams are only teams with cool names like JLA,' it just says teams and does not say 'excluding one-on-one partnerships.' Which is the crux of my argument. 'Allen and Montoya' is covered by GCPD, which also includes the over-reaching team of her other PD partners, as well as the whole department whom she worked with.  However, I can see this is a discussion for THAT page and not this one, since it needs to be clarified in such a way as to avoid the ambiguity of interpretation we're having now. -- Ipstenu ( talk | contribs ) 14:13, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

Question about her new moniker
If the 52 storyline concludes with Montoya becoming the second Question for good, should this article moved to something like Question (comics) or should that article be renamed Vic Sage?--kchishol1970 23:14, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Per a conversation we're having over on Talk:Question (comics), we're waiting until 52 is over. After all, if they kill off Renee too, we'll likely keep this as Renee. Also, she's yet to be called the Question. She's just ... Renee with no face. The proposed new name would be Question (Renee Montoya) and Question (Vic Sage) with Question (comics) being a page like ... Flash (comics).  Though likely smaller. -- Ipstenu ( talk | contribs ) 14:07, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I think it should be like Phyla-Vell; the page-name stays the same, but the SHB box would read "The Question." --DrBat 14:13, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

First Appearance
I was rewatching Batman TAS. The first season episode Pretty Poison (featuring Poison Ivy) features a police office guarding a comatose Harvey Dent which is the same character model and similiar voice acting as Montoya. I believe this is acutally the first appearance of Montoya. 66.109.248.114 20:38, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

Crime Bible
Why does Crime Bible redirect here? Shouldn't it have its own category? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.147.19.111 (talk) 22:21, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

Anna Ramirez
I removed the claim that Anna Ramirez, who appears in Batman: Gotham Knight and The Dark Knight, is another version of Renee Montoya. The commentary on BGK explicitly notes that Ramirez is not supposed to be Montoya.--Frontierbrass (talk) 14:23, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

Absolutely agree. Renee Montoya and Anna Ramirez are in no way the same person. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.54.159.74 (talk) 16:47, 1 July 2010 (UTC)

Rewrite
The fictional history section needs a rewrite from the ground up. If I hadn't read most of the stories myself, I'd be lost. Lots42 (talk) 19:48, 19 March 2009 (UTC)

I don't have the right info.
Gotham Central #28-31 deals with a police patrol man in trouble, Renee is told she is too close to the case and should not be involve because the patrolman went with her through the No Man's Land incident. Since so much is made about how Renee is too close emotionally to this man, it should be added in with the right refs. Lots42 (talk) 20:36, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Rodor
Since it's come up, Aristotle Rodor is a long term friend of Vic Sage, the original Question. Lots42 (talk) 03:44, 5 July 2011 (UTC)

"Charlie"
I found it alittle confusing to suddenly start referring to the charater previously called only "The Question" as "Charlie." The changeover currently happens with the clause: " ...but Montoya says she owes everything to Charlie..." but that this "Charlie," first mentioned here, is the previous user of the public identity of "the Question," and is whom the article previously meant by that name, is not explained until several paragraphs later. I am unfamiliure with many of these charaters and find it very hard to follow when the article changes to whom a handle refers, with out alerting me, the reader.75.68.16.228 (talk) 11:11, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

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Thorn Commission

The Thorn Commission was the European Commission that held office from 6 January 1981 until 5 January 1985. Its President was Gaston Thorn.

Work
It was the successor to the Jenkins Commission and was succeeded by the Delors Commission. With a current economic crisis, it had to speed up enlargement to Greece, Spain and Portugal while making steps towards the Single European Act in 1985. However, with a period of eurosclerosis, due to economic problems and British vetoing over the Community budget, Thorn was unable to exert his influence to any significant extent.

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IBM TouchMobile

The IBM TouchMobile is a robust and practical hand-held computer announced by IBM in 1993. This device has a bar code scanner with on-screen signature and data capture. Certain models are capable of wireless communication.

The hand-held computer used a version of embedded DOS. The processor was an 80C88 processor. The system design also used 1.5 MB of PSRAM (Pseudostatic DRAM) and two custom chips.

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User talk:CKSemmens

It seems your web browser displays devanagari in a completely wrong way. Please read this discussion on this subject. BernardM 10:30, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Mitsubishi FTO

The name
Some people on forums and such claim that FTO doesn't actually stand for Fresh Touring Origination, but is simply "one less than GTO". This sounds like garbage to me, but can anyone confirm or deny? A friend of mine owns and FTO and I swear I read some japlish-style sales rubbish when he first got it that heavily supported the acronym. --Super Jamie 10:31, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

NZ
I thought the FTO was sold in New Zealand (not as a grey import). Can anyone confirm this? Yes

2001
There are some 2001 FTOs out there, why aren't they in the annual production list? 115.189.158.220 (talk) 05:40, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

There are and was 2001 models.Kongkit (talk) 16:14, 29 January 2010 (UTC)KongkitKongkit (talk) 16:14, 29 January 2010 (UTC)

 * Table refers to production, not sales. Source of data is Mitsubishi Motors themselves (eighth page of cited document). --DeLarge (talk) 23:10, 12 February 2010 (UTC)

FTO Production officially ceased in Aug 2000 (Kongkit: Check the VIN plates / seatbelt tags of such '2001' models you refer to) Webcor (talk) 14:01, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

Vandalism?
Someone keeps changing the peak power values in the tables to very low values. Why? Vandalism? eg. the MIVEC version should have 197hp but someone changes it to 90 or 133hp. 63.116.23.136 (talk) 12:18, 31 October 2013 (UTC)

"Facelift"
A facelift usually refers to an external change applying to the entire range. Since the 1.8 GS did not get the "facelift", I reckon it is incorrect to refer to it as such. I know that FTO owners do it, but still. I think it could still be considered a facelift if the other changes mentioned (five-speed auto, some ABS differences) occurred around the same time. The Japanese FTO entry does not in any way mention a facelift, which is why I am suspicious of the usage. Also, if there was a facelift, when did it take place?  Mr.choppers |  ✎  17:27, 26 March 2015 (UTC)

All models (including the GS)received the face lift from 97+Schumiefan (talk) 15:27, 10 April 2015 (UTC)

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FTO Dealership Database
The Mitsubishi Dealership database (CAPS) contains every 11-digit alpha numeric of the chassis codes for the FTO, which also clearly identifies the colour of the OEM model build. A number of global Parts Sites have also employed an online version URL: https://mitsubishi.epc-data.com/fto/ - and this also evidences the relationship of colours to models, build-types and dates of production. I therefore question any removal of colour charts or charts relating to model-type build quantities which were painstakingly researched by members of the FTO Owners Club since its inception in 1998. Traders have successfully relied on this database for years, and to state in any correction that this database is irrelevant is surely incorrect? Webcor (talk) 20:59, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

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Yoko Ono "Walking On Thin Ice" 7-inch single cover 1981

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User:Harðor~enwiki

Page me here Harðor

→ About me:
Name: Brian

Location: Utrecht (Utrecht), Netherlands

Age: 20

Birthday: February 13, 1987

Zodiac sign: Aquarius

Gender: Male

Study: Computer Science in Utrecht, Netherlands

Also known as...
Pseudonyms used on Wikipedia and on the web:
 * Harðor
 * Harðor Holtakarl Vilhjálmusson
 * BrahnTelpefin
 * BrianB
 * Corvus
 * 𐍄𐍂𐌹𐍅𐌴𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌸𐍃

Introduction
After some periods of little activity on various Wikipedias and Wikibooks I finally have completed most of my other tasks, leaving more time for being active on Wikipedia. I already have had some activity on some Wikipedias, so some people might recognise me. Wikipedias where I already have been active include Anglo Saxon, Gothic, Cherokee and English Wikipedias, and the Dutch and English Wikibooks.

On Gothic and Anglo-Saxon, I am, of course, not a native speaker, but I learned the languages quite well (in my opinion) and am still learning. Please contact me if I make (repeated) grammatical mistakes or misspell words, because that way I will learn from it. Otherwise, if you just correct the mistakes, I may never know, and do the same again on other pages.

Other introductions
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Gothic
𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌻𐍃! 𐌹𐌺 𐌹𐌼 Harðor (𐌽𐌰𐌼𐍉: Brian). 𐌹𐌺 𐌹𐌼 𐌳𐌿𐍄𐍃𐌺𐍃 𐍃𐌹𐍀𐍉𐌽𐌴𐌹𐍃 𐌹𐌽 𐍅𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐌲𐌴𐌹𐌽. 𐌹𐌺 𐌹𐌼 𐌹𐌷ʹ 𐍅𐌹𐌽𐍄𐍂𐌿𐍃.

My Gothic is moderate, I am still learning, so please correct any (grammatical) mistakes and tell me. I am learning Gothic (and other ancient languages) as a hobby.

I created the first article about &, father of all Goths, because I think that the first of the Goths deserves the first article in a Gothic encyclopedia.

I am also doing a Dutch wikibook to teach "Gotish" at the moment, although I have not made any progress beyond the alphabet.

Anglo-Saxon
Hwæt! Ic eom Harðor (Englisc: Brian). Ic eom Niðerlendisc leornungcniht in Gefrægesearocræft. Ealda sprǣca sind mīn glīw.

My Anglosaxon is moderate... I'm learning it as a hobby (among other ancient languages), so please tell me if I make (grammatical) errors.

→ Current projects:

 * Working on Gotisch, a Dutch Wikibook on the Gothic language.
 * Working on Scouting, an English Wikibook about Scouting, Scoutcraft and related topics.
 * working on a Wikiportal on (Ancient) Germanic culture and language.

→ Ways to contact me via IM:

 * AIM : brianvanderbijl
 * ICQ : 294190241
 * XMPP : brian.vanderbijl@gmail.com
 * MSN : brian.vanderbijl@gmail.com
 * Yahoo! : brianvdbijl

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User talk:Savethemooses

Dear Savethemooses
HEY! Just what do you mean by, "the article is worse than the movie itself?!" The entry is not THAT bad! And just because you don't like Romances (i.e. DRAMA) doesn't mean that the movie needs to be deleted or demeaned as an entry --- you need to recall the idiom, "to each his (or her) own (whichever be the case)." That is to say, everyone has different tastes in the movie world: there are 'guy' flicks which men like, 'chick' flicks which women like, and co-ed movies which even transvestites like...this movie entry  (The Long Lost Son)  just happens to be the female variety of entertainment. Thus, i respectfully ask that you repeal your statement or repent --- there is no wrath worse than God's over sinners, with the exception of women's wrath naturally! Sincerely, Greg Alan Zimmerman 04:13, 29 April 2008 (UTC). P.S. And, by the way, I strongly believe that we ought to SAVE THE WOLVES!!!

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Miracle at the Meadowlands FAC
While I'm flattered that you think so, and I definitely see it as a future featured article, it's nowhere near ready yet. Daniel Case 05:47, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

BENSON IS BETTER THAN YOU!
Save the Mooses is now promoted to co-prophet (with Crazyswordsman). TELL ALL! Also, tell them that BENSON is better than them. I think they're starting to forget.

LOOOOOOOOL
Thanks for the laugh: I laughed so hard at this that I had people at the library looking around in alarm. Milto LOL pia 16:32, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

=Vandalism=

December
Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. Jh fireboy  Talk  23:10, 15 December 2007 (UTC)
 * Wow, that was extremely fast. Good job. Did you just happen across it right after I made the edit? --Savethemooses (talk) 23:13, 15 December 2007 (UTC)

Please refrain from making unconstructive edits to Wikipedia. Your edits appear to constitute vandalism and have been reverted. If you would like to experiment, please use the sandbox. --Brandt Luke Zorn (talk) 10:06, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

I would like to clarify
That 99% of my ~220 edits to Wikipedia have been useful grammar, spelling and pov corrections. Thank you. --Savethemooses (talk) 10:27, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Probably best for me to reply via email - will do so. -- sannse (talk) 21:06, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

 * Or not, no mail set. I'm happy to talk it over on IRC or wherever though.  Also, you should read this, which funnily enough you commented on at the time -- sannse (talk) 21:12, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Lookie Lookie
I have a cookie.70.57.209.59 (talk) 11:25, 10 February 2008 (UTC)

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January 2011
This is your last warning; the next time you vandalize Wikipedia, as you did at Dick Wolf, you may be blocked from editing without further notice. Nlu (talk) 16:54, 3 January 2011 (UTC)
 * I had a source that I believed to be valid. I have since found that the podcast was inaccurate. Please remove this warning or I will contact the Better Business Bureau. --Savethemooses (talk) 04:13, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

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Portal:Trains/Did you know/June 2005

June 2005

 * ...that the 4-6-0 steam locomotive used to power the Hogwarts Express in the Harry Potter series of films is used in regular operation on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway?

 * ...that only one example of a 4-14-4 steam locomotive was ever built, and that the Russian railways that tested it found it unsuitable for continued use?

 * ...that many examples of the EMD GP30, the first of General Motors Electro-Motive Division's "second generation" diesel locomotive models which were built between 1961 and 1963, are still in operation today?

 * ...that dual gauge track can be used to accommodate both narrow gauge and standard gauge trains on the same right of way?
 * ...that after World War II, American-built 0-6-0 steam locomotives of the USATC S100 Class saw use on the railroads of Austria, Great Britain, France, Greece, Italy, Yugoslavia and even China and Iran?

 * ...that Citytrain, a division of QR in Brisbane, Australia, carries an average of 142,000 passengers on each weekday, and averages 873,000 passengers per week?

 * ...that Clapham Junction in southwest London, England, is reputed to be the busiest train station in all of Europe?

 * ...that a wye is a track configuration that allows entire trains to be turned around easily?

 * ...that the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, in West Bengal, India, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site?

 * ...that the Chicago and North Western Railway was one of only a few railroads in the United States that ran "left hand main" on double track mainlines (the normal direction of travel was to use the track on the left)?
 * ...that in 1933 six engineers from the British railcar manufacturing firm Metropolitan-Vickers were arrested in Russia and found guilty on charges of espionage?

 * ...that Henry Kirke Porter, who founded the steam locomotive manufacturing firm H. K. Porter, Inc, was President of the Pittsburgh YMCA from 1868 to 1887 and President of the Western Pennsylvania Institute for the Blind in 1904?

 * ...that the unified paint scheme developed for the failed Southern Pacific Santa Fe Railroad merger between the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Santa Fe Railroad has been dubbed Kodachrome by railfans because of the colors the railroads chose?
 * ...that CountryLink ' s XPT is the fastest regular passenger train service in New South Wales, Australia?

 * ...that Maersk is currently the largest intermodal container operator in the world?

 * ...that cabooses on most freight trains in North America have been supplanted by flashing rear end devices that automatically monitor air brake pressure?

 * ...that enthusiasts of rail transport, railfans (US), are also sometimes called trainspotters (UK), ferroequinologists (US), foamers (US) or gunzels (Australia)?

 * ...that the Orient Express, which began carrying passengers between Paris, France, and Istanbul, Turkey, in 1883, made its last run on May 19, 1977?

 * ...that Isambard Kingdom Brunel is credited as the person who set the Great Western Railway's gauge at 7 ft 0¼ in (2140 mm) rather than what has come to be known as standard gauge, 4 ft 8½ in (1435 mm)?

 * ...that the first regularly operating Magnetic levitation train in the world, which opened in 2002 and operates between Shanghai, China, and Pudong International Airport, has a top speed of 430 km/h (269 mph)?

 * ...that after World War II, in the History of rail transport in Germany, the German railway system was split into Deutsche Reichsbahn in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and Deutsche Bundesbahn in the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany)?

 * ...that the prominent steam locomotive manufacturer ALCO also built automobiles from 1906 until 1913 under the direction of plant manager Walter P. Chrysler?
 * ...that a Pendolino is a type of tilting train used in Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, Finland, Czech Republic and now the United Kingdom to increase passenger train speeds on some routes?

 * ...that, at 410,000 m² (4,413,200 ft²) Nagoya Station in Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Japan, is the world's largest train station by floor size?
 * ...that Swift Refrigerator Line, founded by Gustavus Franklin Swift, was formed in 1880 because American railroads didn't want to buy refrigerator cars and subsequently lose their investments in stock cars?
 * ...that the Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway, a rack railway in Colorado, is the highest railroad in North America?

 * ...that the Disneyland Monorail System, which opened June 14, 1959, is the first monorail system to operate on a daily schedule in the western hemisphere?

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