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Blovice

Blovice (Blowitz) is a town in Plzeň-South District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 4,200 inhabitants.

Administrative parts
The villages of Bohušov, Hradiště, Hradišťská Lhotka, Hradišťský Újezd, Komorno, Stará Huť, Štítov and Vlčice are administrative parts of Blovice.

Geography
Blovice is located about 20 km southeast of Plzeň. It lies in the Švihov Highlands. The highest point is a hill with an altitude of 559 m. The Úslava River flows through the town.

There are several fishponds in the territory; the largest of them is Huťský with an area of 8.8 ha.

History
The first written mention of Blovice is from 1284, when it was a market village owned by the Pomuk monastery. At the end of the 14th century, Blovice was first referred to as a market town. During the 15th and 16th centuries, Blovice prospered and acquired various rights.

Owners of Blovice often changed. The most notable owners were the Kolowrat-Krakowsky family, who purchased the estate in the late 17th century and held it until 1872. In the 18th century, Blovice was promoted to a town. In 1865–1868, the railway Plzeň–České Budějovice was built via the town and the character of the town began to change. From 1872 to 1918, the town was property of the Hungarian Pálffy ab Erdöd family.

Economy
The largest employer based in the town is ProMinent Systems, manufacturer of dosing systems and plastic tanks with more than 300 employers.

Transport
Blovice is located on the railway line Plzeň–Horažďovice.

Sights
The Church of Saint John the Evangelist was built in the Baroque style in 1760–1767. Next to the church is the Chapel of the Holy Cross with the tomb of the Kolowrat-Krakowsky and Pálffy families, which was rebuilt in 1833 from the original older building.

The main landmark of the town square is the town hall from 1825. In 1893, it was reconstructed in the pseudo-Gothic style. In front of the town hall is a sandstone statue of St. John of Nepomuk from 1702.

Hradiště Castle was built on the site of a former fortress in the 16th century, then baroque rebuilt in 1704 and 1726, and finally rebuilt in the pseudo-Gothic style in 1872–1874. Today it houses the Museum of Southern Plzeň Region.

The Jewish cemetery is a remnant of the Jewish community that existed in Blovice. It was allegedly founded in 1683. The cemetery has an area of 1433 sqm. Approximately 350 Baroque and Neoclassical tombstones have been preserved.

Notable people

 * Henri Blowitz (1825–1903), journalist
 * Adolf Kraus (1850–1928), lawyer

Twin towns – sister cities
Blovice is twinned with:
 * 🇩🇪 Teublitz, Germany
 * 🇩🇪 Triptis, Germany

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/The old men

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The result of the debate was delete. Sjakkalle (Check!)  14:33, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

The old men
NN, D. ComCat 22:38, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete seems like a non-notable band per WP:MUSIC -Harmil 00:49, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete without substance, more of an advert, --Alphachimp 00:54, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete non notable band vanity. Fails WP:MUSIC guidelines. JamesBurns 08:40, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
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Fuseki

Fuseki (Japanese: 布石; ) is the whole board opening in the game of Go.

Less systematic
Since each move is typically isolated and unforced (i.e., not a sente move), patterns for play on the whole board have seen much less systematic study than for Joseki, which are often contact moves which require specific and immediate responses. Hence a game of Go may easily explore an unfamiliar path.

Recognised names
Only a proportion of fusekis have recognised or specific names. These include the two-star fuseki (nirensei fuseki), three-star fuseki (sanrensei fuseki), Chinese fuseki, Kobayashi fuseki, and Shusaku fuseki. These are names for the influential formations which Black makes in the opening.

Territorial approach
As played on a large board (e.g., the standard 19x19 line goban), traditional wisdom says the priority is to play corner enclosures, then to extend to the middle of the sides, and finally to the center because it is easier to secure territory in the corners than on the sides or in the center. The classical view, particularly for the 3–3, 3–4 or 4–3 point, emphasizes good points to play in the opening because these points ensure larger or faster corner enclosure. Higher points are discouraged. This approach has clearer goals (control territory in the corners) and is easier for beginners to grasp and play.

Influence-oriented approach
Unlike the territory-oriented playing style, this approach emphasizes control of the center. The reason for this is that one's play should not be narrowly focused on attempting to secure points quickly by occupying the corners first. Although it requires more effort to secure the center, it constitutes the majority of territory on the board. The key is to build a good framework in order to control the center of the board. Higher points like 4–4, 4–5 or 5–4 are encouraged. Some players occupy the side very quickly in order to build up a good framework, while some place their stones around the center. However, the influence-oriented approach is more abstract and harder for beginners to grasp and play.

Pre-20th century
The development of fuseki was very limited in the distant past, because nearly all players' efforts were put into making corner plays and enclosures (Joseki). Until about 1900, professional players made use only of a relatively small proportion of the currently established patterns in the opening. The range of possibilities is great, and the number of high-level game records that are actually published is not low (only a few thousand a year).

First half of 20th century
Fuseki did not see significant improvement until the influence-oriented style of play evolved in the 20th century. Perhaps the most highly regarded pioneer player of the 20th century, Go Seigen, created an uproar when he played his third move (black 5) on the tengen, or center point in a game against the reigning Honinbo Shusai. An unwise move in classical thinking, it was considered an insult to someone of the Honinbo's stature. Go Seigen lost the controversial 4-month game (which is believed to be due to help from one of the Honinbo's students), but proved his ability against high-ranking opponents, even when employing such an unusual strategy.

Second half of 20th century
The concept of influence-oriented play gave birth to many revolutionary fuseki such as the two-star fuseki (nirensei fuseki), three-star fuseki (sanrensei fuseki) and so on. Many similar patterns have been tried and played in modern games.

The Chinese fuseki, which was popularized by Chinese players in the 1970s, has a thoroughly-researched theory.

Since around 1990, there has been a succession of fashionable openings, largely a product of Korean professionals, which have been studied and played in a more chess-like manner (that is, with successive refinements hammered out in high-profile games). This style of innovation is actually something new to the go tradition, however; it is not the traditional way, and there is a large part of go strategy that remains unexplored to that degree of intensity.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Shawn Betts

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The result of the debate was KEEP. -Splash 01:40, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

Shawn Betts
NN, D. ComCat 22:37, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep somewhat notable due to his authorship of ratpoison WM. -Harmil 00:29, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep per Harmil. Grace Note 04:23, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
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The result of the debate was No consensus --Allen3 talk 22:13, August 2, 2005 (UTC)

N-Affil
NN, D. ComCat 22:37, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep seems obscure to me, but I'm not a psycologist. He seems to have been a researcher in the 1960s who introduced a set of terminology around his theory of psycologicial motivation. Seems encyclopedic to me. -Harmil 00:38, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
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User talk:Hendiadioin~enwiki

Welcome!

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia. Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are a few good links for newcomers: I hope you enjoy editing here and being a Wikipedian! By the way, please be sure to sign your name on Talk and vote pages using four tildes (~~~~) to produce your name and the current date, or three tildes (~~~) for just your name. If you have any questions, see the help pages, add a question to the village pump or ask me on my Talk page. Again, welcome! violet/riga (t) 22:37, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
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Yes, there are many articles in need of attention. Your help to fix these problems would be very welcome. violet/riga (t) 22:40, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

An interesting comment. I've never really been interested in copyediting articles, to be honest, and didn't do that much before becoming an admin. I did, however, expand and create many articles. I try to create as many articles as possible, but only tend to do it on subjects that interest me. I guess that's the same for most people. Yes, I also do lots of "janitorial tasks", but that's while I'm not focussed on, for example, tobacco advertising. violet/riga (t) 22:54, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

Thankfully we have a lot of people that do help out with the cleaning jobs. I do my bit at WP:RM, others spend a lot of time on RC patrol and VfDs. We are, as you said, very short on the number of people volunteering to help out on fixing bad prose, wikicode and overall article standards. They will all (most) be fixed, however, but it all takes time. A long time, on many occasions. Sorry to hear you got disillusioned - I think we all feel that from time to time. violet/riga (t) 23:17, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

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Johan J. Jakobsen

Johan Jakob Jakobsen (15 April 1937 – 30 June 2018) was a Norwegian politician, member of the Norwegian Centre Party.

He had a long political career, sitting seven terms as a representative in the Norwegian Parliament, first elected in 1973. This run was not entirely successive, however, as he was a member of two different cabinets in the 1980s. On 8 June 1983 (in the middle of a term), he was assigned to the Kåre Willoch's centre-right coalition government, with Jakobsen leading the Ministry of Transport and Communications. This government lasted until 1986. After the 1989 elections, the coalition was once again able to form a government; this time led by Prime Minister Jan P. Syse. Jakobsen was Minister of Local Government. The rest of his political career, from which he stepped down in 2001, he was a member of parliament.

In addition, he was chairman of the Centre Party from 1979 to 1991. Together with Per Borten, he is the longest-serving party leader. He was also a noted opponent of Norway joining the European Union.

Jakobsen has written one book, titled Mot Strømmen (Against the Grain in English).

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/EShip

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The result of the debate was Delete --Allen3 talk 22:12, August 2, 2005 (UTC)

EShip
NN, D. ComCat 22:37, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete flashanimationfancruft of the lowest order. Name of a ship in some web animation -Harmil 00:40, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete non notable flashcruft. JamesBurns 08:41, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. Please provide more rationale for deletion than "NN, D."  It is one thing if someone says that after a more detailed argument has been posted on the page, but to kick things off that way is not fair IMO.  Dcarrano 16:05, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, even if the animation were notable, this setting within it would not deserve its own article. Dcarrano 16:05, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pickwick

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The result of the debate was keep but disabiguate. Dmcdevit·t 05:28, July 28, 2005 (UTC)

Pickwick
NN, D. ComCat 22:38, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, notable fictional pet appearing in a series of novels. Kappa 23:06, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete fictional pet appearing in a series of novels I take that back. Keep per google results indicating it is actually notable fancruft. -Harmil 00:44, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep but rename and setup a disambig since Pickwick is moslty known as a brand of tea. Radiant_ >|< 12:24, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Set up disambig for "Pickwick" (also note The Pickwick Papers); rename this to Pickwick (fictional character); then merge and redirect this content to Thursday Next as per WP:FICT. Dcarrano 15:59, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
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The result of the debate was KEEP, unanimously apart from nom. Appears to have been cleaned, so not tagged. -Splash 01:34, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

Drums of death
NN, D. ComCat 22:38, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep. NN? 12000 google hits, available on Amazon, several notable contributors. Passes WP:MUSIC with flying colours. Pburka 00:38, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Cleanup notable music -Harmil 00:47, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. Notable album needing cleanup and expansion. Would vote to keep legitimate album stub. Capitalistroadster 01:24, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * N, K. Grace Note 04:20, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
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Plasmalogen

Glycerophospholipids of biochemical relevance are divided into three subclasses based on the substitution present at the sn-1 position of the glycerol backbone: acyl, alkyl and alkenyl. Of these, the alkyl and alkenyl moiety in each case form an ether bond, which makes for two types of ether phospholipids, plasmanyl (alkyl moiety at sn-1), and plasmenyl (alkenyl moiety with vinyl ether linkage at sn-1). Plasmalogens are plasmenyls with an ester (acyl group) linked lipid at the sn-2 position of the glycerol backbone, chemically designated 1-0(1Z-alkenyl)-2-acyl-glycerophospholipids. The lipid attached to the vinyl ether at sn-1 can be C16:0, C18:0, or C18:1 (saturated and monounsaturated), and the lipid attached to the acyl group at sn-2 can be C22:6 ω-3 (docosahexaenoic acid) or C20:4 ω-6 (arachidonic acid), (both are polyunsaturated acids). Plasmalogens are classified according to their head group, mainly as PC plasmalogens (plasmenylcholines) and PE plasmalogens (plasmenylethalomines) Plasmalogens should not be confused with plasmanyls.

Plasmalogens are commonly found in cell membranes in the nervous, immune, and cardiovascular systems.

Functions
Plasmalogens are found in numerous human tissues, with particular enrichment in the nervous, immune, and cardiovascular systems. In human heart tissue, nearly 30–40% of choline glycerophospholipids are plasmalogens. Even more striking is the fact that 32% of the glycerophospholipids in the adult human heart and 20% in brain and up to 70% of myelin sheath ethanolamine glycerophospholipids are plasmalogens.

Although the functions of plasmalogens have not yet been fully elucidated, it has been demonstrated that they can protect mammalian cells against the damaging effects of reactive oxygen species. In addition, they have been implicated as being signaling molecules and modulators of membrane dynamics.

History
Plasmalogens were first described by Feulgen and Voit in 1924 based on studies of tissue sections. They treated these tissue sections with acid or mercuric chloride as part of a method to stain the nucleus. This resulted in the breakage of the plasmalogen vinyl-ether bond to yield aldehydes. In turn, the latter reacted with a fuchsine-sulfurous acid stain used in this nuclear staining method and gave rise to colored compounds inside the cytoplasm of the cells. Plasmalogens were named based on the fact that these colored compounds were present in the "plasmal" or inside of the cell.

Biosynthesis
Biosynthesis of plasmalogens begins with association of peroxisomal matrix enzymes GNPAT (glycerone phosphate acyl transferase) and AGPS (alkyl-glycerone phosphate synthase) on the luminal side of the peroxisomal membrane. These two enzymes can interact with each other to increase efficiency. Therefore, fibroblasts without AGPS activity have a reduced GNPAT level and activity.

The first step of the biosynthesis is catalyzed by GNPAT. This enzyme acylates dihydroxyacetone phosphate at the sn-1 position. This is followed by the exchange of the acyl group for an alkyl group by AGPS. The 1-alkyl-DHAPdihydroxyacetone phosphate is then reduced to 1-O-alkyl-2-hydroxy-sn-glycerophosphate (GPA) by an acyl/alkyl-dihydroxyacetone phosphate reductase located in both peroxisomal and endoplasmatic reticulum membranes. All other modifications occur in the endoplasmatic reticulum. There an acyl group is placed at the sn-2 position by an alkyl/acyl GPA acyltransferase and the phosphate group is removed by a phosphatidic acid phosphatase to form 1-O-alkyl-2-acyl-sn-glycerol. Using CDP-ethanolamine a phosphotransferase forms 1-O-alkyl-2-acyl-sn-GPEtn. After dehydrogenation at the 1- and 2-positions of the alkyl group by an electron transport system and plasmanylethanolamine desaturase the vinyl ether bond of plasmalogens is finally formed. The protein corresponding to plasmanylethanolamine desaturase has been identified and is called CarF in bacteria and PEDS1 (TMEM189) in humans (and animals). Plasmenylcholine is formed from 1-O-alkyl-2-acyl-sn-glycerol by choline phosphotransferase. As there is no plasmenylcholine desaturase choline plasmalogens can be formed only after hydrolysis of ethanolamine plasmalogens to 1-O-(1Z-alkenyl)-2-acyl-sn-glycerol that can be modified by choline phosphotransferase and CDP choline.

Pathology
Peroxisome biogenesis disorders are autosomal recessive disorders often characterized by impaired plasmalogen biosynthesis. In these cases, the peroxisomal enzyme GNPAT, necessary for the initial steps of plasmalogen biosynthesis, is mislocalized to the cytoplasm where it is inactive. In addition, genetic mutations in the GNPAT or AGPS genes can result in plasmalogen deficiencies, which lead to the development of rhizomelic chondrodysplasia punctata (RCDP) type 2 or 3, respectively. In such cases, both copies of the GNPAT or AGPS gene must be mutated in order for disease to manifest. Unlike the peroxisome biogenesis disorders, other aspects of peroxisome assembly in RCDP2 and RCDP3 patients are normal as is their ability to metabolize very long chain fatty acids. Individuals with severe plasmalogen deficiencies frequently show abnormal neurological development, skeletal malformation, impaired respiration, and cataracts.

Deficits in plasmalogen levels contribute to pathology in Zellweger syndrome.

Plasmalogen-knockout mice show similar alterations like arrest of spermatogenesis, development of cataract and defects in central nervous system myelination.

Plasmalogen alkyl chains have been shown to promote or inhibit the cell death from ferroptosis, depending on their degree of saturation.

During inflammation
During inflammation, neutrophil-derived myeloperoxidase produces hypochlorous acid, which causes oxidative chlorination of plasmalogens at the sn-1 chain by reacting with the vinyl ether bond. Several researchers are currently investigating the impact of chlorinated lipids on pathology.

Possible disease links
The lack of good methods to assay plasmalogen has created difficulties for scientists to assess how plasmalogen might be involved in human diseases other than RCDP and Zellweger spectrum, in which the involvement is certain. There is some evidence in humans that low plasmalogens are involved in the pathology of bronchopulmonary dysplasia, which is an important complication of premature birth. And one study shows that plasmalogen levels are reduced in people with COPD who smoked compared with non-smokers. There is some evidence from humans and animals that there are reduced levels of plasmalogens in the brain in neurodegenerative disorders including Alzheimer disease, Parkinson's disease, Niemann–Pick disease, type C, Down syndrome, and multiple sclerosis, it is not clear if this is causal or correlative. A study with mice concluded that plasmalogens can eliminate aging-associated synaptic defects.

Evolution
In addition to mammals, plasmalogens are also found in invertebrates and single cell organisms protozoans. Among bacteria they have been found in many anaerobic species including Clostridia, Megasphaera, and Veillonella. Among aerobic bacteria, plasmalogens occur in myxobacteria, and their plasmanylethanolamine desaturase (CarF) required to generate the vinyl ether bond, and hence plasmalogen, is conserved as TMEM189 in humans (and animals). Plasmalogens have been shown to have a complex evolutionary history based on the fact that their biosynthetic pathways differ in aerobic and anaerobic organisms.

Recently, it has been demonstrated that the red blood cells of humans and great apes (chimpanzees, gorillas and orangutans) have differences in their plasmalogen composition. Total RBC plasmalogen levels were found to be lower in humans than in chimpanzees, or gorillas, but higher than in orangutans. Gene expression data from all these species caused the authors to speculate that other human and great ape cells and tissues differ in plasmalogen levels. Although the consequences of these potential differences are unknown, cross-species differences in tissue plasmalogens could influence organ functions and multiple biological processes.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Dandenong Valley Highway

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The result of the debate was KEEP, unanimously apart from nominator. -Splash 01:31, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

Dandenong Valley Highway
NN, D. ComCat 22:38, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Although I haven't personally driven this highway, it sounds like its verifiable and sufficiently notable. Pburka 00:40, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. This article is in atrocious state so it would be better if it were deleted so someone can start again. However, it is a legitimate and significant Melbourne highway so I would vote to keep a legitimate stub. Capitalistroadster 00:46, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * The article has now been copyedited into a legitimate stub. Pburka 14:12, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * N, K.Grace Note 04:20, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as per Pburka. OpenToppedBus - My Talk 14:15, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * keep it seems notable to me Yuckfoo 21:45, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep highways. --SPUI (talk) 20:35, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Content security

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The result of the debate was REDIRECT: 3r, 1m, 1d. 4 votes are a form of keep, but 3 of them don't want the content so I will WP:BOLDLY redirect. -Splash 01:29, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

Content security
NN, D. ComCat 22:39, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect, possibly to Digital rights management. Pburka 00:51, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge to History of film which is the only link and mention. Maybe at some point we will need an article, but unless this is enhanced past a dicdef, it can be dropped for now with no loss.  Vegaswikian 06:27, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Digital rights management. Dcarrano 15:51, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Digital rights management. 21:31, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Carstairs family

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The result of the debate was merge. humblefool®Deletion Reform 20:04, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

Carstairs family
NN, D. ComCat 22:39, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete non notable simpsonscruft. JamesBurns 08:39, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge with List of characters from The Simpsons. Not notable enough for their own article. Pburka 17:16, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree; this should be Merged with the list of simpsons characters like the other minor ones. IINAG 22:16, July 25, 2005 (UTC)

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Lotto 6/49

Lotto 6/49 is one of three national lottery games in Canada. Launched on June 12, 1982, Lotto 6/49 was the first nationwide Canadian lottery game to allow players to choose their own numbers. Previous national games, such as the Olympic Lottery, Loto Canada and Superloto used pre-printed numbers on tickets. Lotto 6/49 led to the gradual phase-out of that type of lottery game in Canada.

Winning numbers are drawn by the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation (ILC) every Wednesday and Saturday, executed with a random number generator.

Gameplay
As of the September 14, 2022 draw, the game consists of two components:

 * The "Gold Ball Draw", formerly the "guaranteed prize draw", which is a raffle prize of at least $1 million that is awarded during each draw. Some drawings (promoted as a "Superdraw") offer multiple secondary raffle prizes.
 * The "Classic Draw", in which six numbers are drawn from a set of 49. If a ticket matches all six numbers, a fixed prize of CA$5 million is won. A bonus number is also drawn, and if a player's ticket matches five numbers and the bonus number, the player wins the "second prize" which is usually between $100,000 and $500,000. Should more than one player win the top or second prize, it is split amongst them. Lesser prizes are also awarded if one matches at least two numbers. Until the September 14, 2022 draw, the top prize of this drawing was the main jackpot, which began at $5 million and increased each time it was not won.

Since the September 18, 2013 draw, a single entry costs $3. Each entry includes one line of six numbers for the Classic Draw, and one entry into the guaranteed prize draw, identified by a ticket number; this number can only be matched exactly, and does not offer secondary prizes for matching partial digits.

Beginning with the September 14, 2022 draw, the guaranteed prize draw—renamed the "Gold Ball Draw"—replaces what is now the Classic Draw as the means in which the main jackpot is awarded. As before, a raffle prize of $1 million is awarded during each draw. However, at least once every 30 draws, a larger jackpot will be randomly awarded to the Gold Ball Draw winner instead. The jackpot begins at $10 million, with a 1 in 30 chance that it will be awarded. If the jackpot is not awarded, the jackpot will increase by $2 million on the next drawing, and the probability of a jackpot win will improve. These changes prevent the main jackpot from increasing without limit for an arbitrarily long time, or being split between multiple tickets; the largest jackpot that can be awarded under the new format is $68 million.

Until May 2019, Lotto 6/49 and Lotto Max used a lottery machine to draw winning numbers. Since May 14, 2019, both games have switched to using a random number generator.

Largest jackpots
Before the June 2004 increase in ticket prices from $1 to $2, the largest Lotto 6/49 jackpot was $26.4 million, on September 2, 1995.

Prior to the September 2022 change in format, the largest Lotto 6/49 jackpot was drawn on October 17, 2015 for $64 million. The jackpot was won by one ticket purchased in Mississauga, Ontario. The second largest Lotto 6/49 jackpot was $63.4 million on the draw for April 13, 2013. Until 2019, these were the two largest jackpots in Canadian history; by comparison, while Lotto Max has had a main prize pool as high as $128 million, that lottery has set a cap on its main jackpot (which was most recently raised from $60 million to $70 million, with the first $65 million and $70 million jackpots first hit in 2019 and 2020 respectively) with excess "main prize pool" money being assigned to supplemental "MaxMillions" prizes of $1 million each.

The third largest Lotto 6/49 jackpot was drawn on October 26, 2005. The single winning ticket, worth $54.3 million, was purchased in Camrose, Alberta by a group of 17 oil and gas plant workers. This was the largest Canadian lottery jackpot up to that time, and a significant increase from the previous record of $37.8 million on a Super 7 lottery draw in 2002—rapid sales created by lottery fever across the country pushed this 2005 Lotto 6/49 jackpot far beyond the originally estimated $40 million.

The Gold Ball Draw reached a 1 in 2 chance of awarding $66 million on the September 23, 2023 draw, the largest jackpot in Lotto 6/49 history. The jackpot was not awarded to the Gold Ball Draw winner, meaning that the maximum jackpot of $68 million was awarded for the first time during the September 27 draw. The winning ticket was sold in the Toronto area.

Organization
The Lotto 6/49 game is administered by the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation, an alliance of the five regional lottery corporations in Canada.

Each of these corporations operate a regional add-on games that, for an extra $1 each, can be added to a 6/49 ticket. This "spiel" game (named "Tag", "Encore" or "Extra" depending on the region), adds a 6- or 7-digit number to the ticket with a top prize of $100,000 if all six digits are matched or $250,000 to $1,000,000 depending on the region for a seven-number match ($1,000,000 in Ontario and Quebec; $250,000 in the Western Canada region of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and the territories).

Alongside the main Lotto 6/49 drawing, the regional corporations also run local versions of the game; Atlantic 49, Quebec 49, Ontario 49, Western 6/49, and BC 49. These draws are held on the same night as each Lotto 6/49 drawing, but with fixed jackpots of $2,000,000 (or $1,000,000 on Atlantic 49). Most of these regional games still use the prize structure used by the national game prior to September 18, 2013; Ontario 49 and Western 6/49 do use the current prize structure, adding a free play for matching two numbers. Most regional variants of 6/49 use only the Classic Draw format, although Atlantic 49 also offers a raffle prize of $25,649 on each drawing.

Prizes and chance of winning
Overall odds of winning a prize are about 1 in 6.6, though the great majority of prizes consist of a free ticket for the next draw.

From the 2004 price change until September 18, 2013, this table was distributed thus:

Before July 2010, if there was no winning ticket for a jackpot of $30 million or higher, the following prize structure was applied to all subsequent draws until the jackpot was won. This did not apply to bonus jackpots.

The probability of winning some prize in one play is 1 in 32.3.

From the game's inception until the 2004 price change, the prize pool consisted of 45% of sales, and was distributed thus:

The overall odds of winning were 1 in 54.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Bert Payne

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The result of the debate was Delete --Allen3 talk 22:16, August 2, 2005 (UTC)

Bert Payne
NN, D. ComCat 22:40, 19 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete notability not established. JamesBurns 08:39, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * There seem to be some other Bert Paynes, but "bert payne" manga only gives 1 hit, and that's from WP. Delete, notability is unverifiable.  Dcarrano 15:46, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
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Repaint

A repaint is a toy, typically a figure or doll, that was created entirely from a mold was previously available; however, the colors of the plastic and/or the paint operations have been changed. Repaints differ from redecos in that repaints do not alter the actual placement of paint applications while redecos do.

Since molds can be expensive to create, this is often seen as a comparatively inexpensive way for a toy company to make many different toys available in a cost-effective manner. It is also an effective way for toy manufacturers to produce exclusive figures, chase figures or other variants.

One of the many franchises that repaint their figures is Transformers. Bumblebee toys are sometimes repainted the color red to resemble another Transformers character: Cliffjumper.

In the collecting of 1:6th action figures, repainting has several methods. They can generally be narrowed down to 3 categories: paint, pastel and wash.

The term repaint also refers to fashion dolls whose original manufacturer face paint is removed and then repainted by an artist. Repaint styles include highly realistic treatments, fantasy makeovers, and celebrity likenesses. These dolls are often OOAK (one of a kind), although some artists create repaints in small limited editions.

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Athena Voltaire
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 * Keep. Notable for being nominated for a notable award. Pburka 04:03, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep per Pburka. Seems like one of the more notablle webcomics. Sjakkalle (Check!)  08:04, 20 July 2005 (UTC)
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 * fixed. --Rax (talk) 10:07, 1 May 2015 (UTC)

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DYK for Michael Richey (sailor)
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 * two are better than one ;) --Rax (talk) 14:03, 11 April 2016 (UTC)

Account blocked as collateral damage - request for altering the block parameters for static IP block
Hello, my account currently is blocked from editing when I'm doing WP-things at school (I'm a teacher and teaching what Wikipedia is and how it works is part some lessons), it is a collateral damage of the 1 year block against the IP-Adress 141.19.228.15.

This adress is a static IP, belonging to de:BelWü (the extended LAN of "Landeshochschulnetz Baden-Württemberg" in Germany), especially to the network of Mannheim University of Applied Sciences (see whois lookup): many schools and university facilities around Mannheim. In the German Wikipedia, we got the same vandalism problems with this IP-adress because it is the static IP to many schools and university facilities around Mannheim. In de:WP the IP is blocked, too, for 3 years but only as IP, not for autoconfirmed and confirmed users, see info on user page and block log.

So perhaps, you may alter the block in a way, that would allow again to edit with a registered account (see Guide_to_appealing_blocks)? That would be great - thanks in advance and regards --Rax (talk) 12:21, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

 * Hello, sorry for the trouble. As far as I can tell though, the IP you mention is only soft-blocked already, so with your autoconfirmed account you ought to be able to edit normally. I also can't find an autoblock entry for your account in the current blocks list. Could you give it another try if you really can't edit now? Fut.Perf. ☼ 12:29, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
 * ok - I will try again - on your talk page ;) (cause that didn't work few minutes ago) --Rax (talk) 12:33, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
 * no - didn't work :-(, I got the following message:
 * You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason:
 * You are currently unable to edit Wikipedia.
 * You are still able to view pages, but you are not currently able to edit, move, or create them.
 * Editing from 141.19.228.15 has been blocked (disabled) by Future Perfect at Sunrise for the following reason(s):
 * long-term problematic editing and apparent socking from this address
 * This block has been set to expire: 22:56, 20 December 2017.
 * Even if blocked, you will usually still be able to edit your user talk page and email other editors and administrators.
 * Other useful links: Blocking policy · Username policy ·  Appealing blocks: policy and guide
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 * --Rax (talk) 12:37, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

 * Block-Log entry is only: "blocked 141.19.228.15 (talk) with an expiration time of 1 year (account creation blocked)" - I think the entry "anon. only" (like here) is missing. --Rax (talk) 12:51, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

 * My apologies; I was misreading the block log, it was indeed a hardblock. Unfortunately I also must have felt that hard block was necessary at the time I placed it, since one particularly annoying banned user seemed to be abusing the IP via throwaway sock accounts. For the time being, I've set your account to "IP-block-exempt" to allow you to edit. If you know of more wiedespread collateral damage, we might have to reconsider the situation, but at least for you the problem should be solved this way. Fut.Perf. ☼ 12:55, 16 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot! --Rax (talk) 12:58, 16 January 2017 (UTC)

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User:John Charles Webb

I live on the Island of Maui, Hawaii.

My personal interests are:

Metaphysics - A quest for the discovery of the true "causes" (as in cause and effect) of events rather than "apparent causes".

Alchemy - The inner-work and methods required for spiritual/metaphysical transformation

Law - I hold a Juris Doctor Degree (Temple University School of Law)

Government - I hold a Bachelor's Degree (Summa Cum Laude, Temple University) in Political Systems and Government.

Astrology - My interest and studies in astrology were motivated by a personal quest for self-actualization and archaeology.

Astro-Archaeology - To investigate ancient monuments (e.g. The Great Pyramid, Stonehenge)

Meditation - A discipline to still (silence) the "inner dialogue" (mind chatter) - highly recommended

Archaeology - The Great Pyramid as evidence of extraterrestrial life [] http://www.templeofsolomon.org/Reticulum.htg/Reticulum.htm

Natural Foods - The consumption and enjoyment of chemical free and natural foods for physical enhancement - highly recommended

Community Service (Participation on an "as needed" basis) - To assist in facilitating and promoting positive community events

Art - Website design and digital photography

Templeton Prize Nominee for Progress in Religion - Currently (2010) and annually since 2002

Author/Researcher - The Jupiter Project, a quest to find The Star of Bethlehem and the "mising" capstone of The Great Pyramid

External Link to my personal website "The Jupiter Project" http://www.templeofsolomon.org

The internet has provided many of us with the opportunity to witness, in microcosm, the evolution of civilization. Just a few short years ago (1989) we were making "pre-historic" internet images using 1s and 0s and now (3rd millennium) we can watch full length feature motion pictures (DVD) on our high-tech etch-a-sketch notebook and desktop and handheld computers and remain in constant and near instantaneous global communication (still using those same 1s and 0s). The Wikipedia Project is one of the most enlightened and ambitious projects to take place in cyberspace and in the history of the world. It encompasses the creation of the most complete organic body of knowledge ever assembled. It transcends international borders and recognizes that we are, in fact, a global community expressing the cumulative effect and pure raw power of creative co-operation. As soon as someone, anyone, discovers the truth about something, there is someone at Wikipedia who will write it down for us. Wikipedia is a revolution disguised as an encyclopedia.

It is indeed a sublime pleasure and honor to be able to participate in this enlightened enterprise.

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Georgia Guidestones
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Talk:Galicia

From WP:RfD:

 * Galicia (disambiguation) is not needed because Galicia is already the disambiguation page. --Hottentot 04:42, 8 July 2005
 * Keep, it has existed for over a year and there is no pressing reason to remove it. - SimonP 16:50, July 10, 2005 (UTC)
 * But there's no reason to not delete it!!! --Hottentot
 * It could be linked to externally, and almost certainly is given the numbers of mirrors out there. - SimonP 13:51, July 12, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Cleduc 06:11, 11 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I'd be tempted to switch the two (with the actual disambig at Galicia (disambiguation), for the reasons given here. Noel (talk) 15:41, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't think there's any reason to swtich the two. Just delete Galicia (disambiguation)!!! --Hottentot
 * Delete useless IMO. No one is going to type "Galicia (diasmbiguation)" into the go box... Sasquatch′↔Talk↔Contributions 04:45, July 19, 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep - there are a huge number of examples like these and they do no harm. I regularly type "... (diasmbiguation)" into go boxes --Henrygb 21:52, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

Is this discussion about deleting this page, or the other? I don't see either listed at WP:RfD. —Michael Z. 2005-07-26 16:02 Z

Galicia Name
Concerning the name Galicia from Ukrainian / Polish Galicia (Galitzia, Galicja...) I have confirmed through prof. dr. Hab. Marek Waldenberg from Jagiellonian University, Krakow, that it comes from the name of Halicz. This seems to be the most logical and accepted origin. In Galicia (Spain) the name comes from the roman province of Gallaecia, from the same root as "Gaul" or "Gauloises": it is a name given by the roman historians in several places where "gaelic" tribes were found. It also served to mark large areas difficult to keep under control, because of the resistance of tribes such as the "Galli" in modern france, who shared with the Galician / Britons / Celts large parts of their culture and social organization.

Pablo Dopico. MA in Political Science and Researcher at the University Complutense of Madrid.

Galicia, Spain vs. disambiguation page issue (1)
In my honest opinion this page should be the article for Galicia (Spain). Galicia (disambiguation) should be where the disambiguation page is. --Revolución (talk) 00:41, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

should the Galicias be separated and disambiguated? If so, how? Galicia (Spain) vs Galicia (Austria)? Somehow I anticipate problems coming up with a name for the one around Lvov... -- Someone else 02:25, 18 Aug 2003 (UTC)

 * As for the name for the second Galicia-page: if "Galicia (Eastern-Europe)" is considered problematic (for it could also be Middle-Europe), we could choose "Galicia (Carpathians)". It avoids putting into brackets the name of a country which Galicia does not longer, or not exclusively belong to. Fransvannes 08:11, 20 Aug 2003 (UTC)

 * I rather like the Galicia (Carpathians) or Galicia (Eastern Europe) solutions. Will wait a bit till others voice their opinions before making changes, though I think. ---Someone else 08:30, 20 Aug 2003 (UTC)

-- Why not a disambiguation page like the one for Fatima? Portcult 13:54, 20 Aug 2003 (UTC)

This page can be improved. The tables on Galicia are conflicting, with one going into the other. The English must be worked on and the information at the bottom about the other Galicia should not be on this page. It comes almost as an afterthought and a reader looking fo the non-Spanish Galicia would have a chore finding it. -- The statement that Spanish (Castillian)"is not the socially dominant language, both languages are oficials (sic.) and well-spoken by the majority of the population" has to be modified as information from the official sites about Galicia say the opposite. "In the towns, Galician is only maintained by a minority of culturally motivated families. Research shows that only 4_5% of today's young town-dwellers claim Galician as their mother tongue, although virtually all of them understand it and over 90% can speak it." from Euromosaic The book I have for learning Galego, Galego para vos, also gives statistics on use and they don't show Galego to be the dominant language. Portcult 08:05, 20 Aug 2003 (UTC) - I have removed the table showing Spanish autonomous regions, since it was overlapping with the table about Galicia and should be in a separate article. I have also added much more detail to the article and will work on articles for the different cities in Galicia, which, since I live nearby, I know very well. Portcult 22:07, 20 Aug 2003 (UTC)

 * "Semi-disambiguation" done. Galicia now links to this article, and is presumed to refer to the Spanish region; Galicia (Eastern Europe) links to the article on the Eastern European region. I didn't do a full disambiguation because MOST references are to the Spanish Galicia: if anyone wants to do a full disambiguation it would require moving this article to Galicia (Spain), creating a disambiguation page here and changing the current Galicia links to Galicia (Spain) links. I'm not convinced that's the way to go but leave it to you all to decide. -- Someone else 23:33, 20 Aug 2003 (UTC)

- It is very improbable that the name of the Eastern-European Galicia is derived from the Gauls, for this would require evidence for Celtic settlement in this area (is there any?), and one would have to ignore the very place name Halicz (Halich), which is the most obvious source. Fransvannes 21:37, 24 Nov 2003 (UTC)

What about Galatia in Anatolia? Is this one of those European sorepoints? There seem to be so many... Wetman 23:21, 13 Dec 2003 (UTC) -- Would it not be possible to have the country and its language properly referred to in English as Galiza and Galizan respectively, with the terms Galicia and Galician used to refer back to them? Incidentally, sicne the spelling reform of 2003, both forms are now considered legitimate by the Galizan Royal Academt.
 * Considered legitimate by the Academy for use in English? That would seem unlikely.  Of course, even if they did so, they would have no jurisdiction over the English language.  — Gulliver ✉  21:31, 13 May 2005 (UTC)
 * i don't remember ever saying that the Galizan Royal academy had made pronouncements over English usage nor that they had any authority to do so - that is something you have insinuated for yourself. all that i was saying was that against the oft-cited claims that not even official galizan language authorities recognise the form 'galizan', since the latest language/spelling reform this is no longer the case.

Río grande
"Also, the rio grande, contrary to popular belief, separates Mexico from Texas; not Spain from Portugal."
 * What? Who on earth thinks the río Grande is in Europe?  — Gulliver ✉  21:38, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

 * There's another river called Río Grande in north-east of Lugo --Alyssalover(talk) 13:27, 19 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Aha, interesting. The statement is still wrong though.

 * You should add the Galician río Grande to Rio Grande (disambiguation). — Gulliver ✉  14:40, 19 May 2005 (UTC)

Gallegos in Latin America
I'm not sure about the accuracy of "Spaniards of all regions" being referred to as "gallegos" in most Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America. I know that is the case in Argentina and Uruguay. It is said in the article that same happens in Brazil. However, I'm positive this is not the case in Mexico, Central America, Caribbean, Colombia, Venezuela, etc.

Obvious resaon is most Spanish migration to Argentina was from Galicia, which does not hold for the other countries. I'm editing out the claim accordingly.

Economy
I think the second sentence in this section would be clearer and less redundant if written as in the following, but I would like someone to double check that this does not cange the intended meaning.

While the western coast, with its major population centres, and its fishing and manufacturing industries is prosperous and increasing in population, the rural hinterland—the provinces of Ourense and Lugo—are econonomical dependent on traditional agriculture, based on small landholdings called minifundios.

What do you think? Vivafelis 05:22, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

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Wikipedia says: In 1990, Manuel Fraga won the presidenticial elections by a landslide victory. From then he ruled the autonomous community as a facist dictator. Fraga placed heavy restrictions upon Galician press and television. In 2002, a protest took place outside the Galician Parliament. It ended with the brutal torture of the protestors under the orders of Fraga. However in 2005, the Galician people finally rose up against the facist governemt and Fraga was overthrown. Now for the first time in 15 long years, Galicia enjoys democracy.

All is FALSE.

¿Torture protestors? ¿When?

¿Restrictions upon Galician press and television? ¿When?

¿You are fouls? ¿Its Wikipedia a communist or extreme left politic propaganda?

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I'm a Galician, and definitively no Fraga supporter at all, but I'm ashamed to read what has been writen in this article. It gives que poorest impresion of our country to anybody who decides to read it. "facist tyrant"? What kind of a neutral assesment is that? Have you ever read an encyclopedia? As for the rest of the historical background, better not going into details (never heard in my life about that "last Celtic speaker" in the 15th Century, And I'm a linguist!). The article is fool of esculation, invention and bias. What a same.

Fraga is -as he was- a tyrant indeed, and he used democracy as a mere way of going backwards in time. His success as a "democratic" politician is based more in fear than in actual good management of the country. Galicia is still way behind UE wealth indicators and the gap is widening. The stories about tortures, press censorship, etc are quite an exaggeration, but not 100% false.

Fraga is nothing more than a war criminal and a fascist tyrant who used fear to rule over the Galicia region. He held Galicia back behind the rest of Europe and that is why Galicia is the poorest area in Spain! It is Fraga who is to blame! In my view he should be placed on trial like Saddam Huessien for war crimes after his public support for Franco and his dictatorial regime. I thank God that he is out of power in my land, now maybe Galicia can become rich and have a stable economy now that Fraga is gone.

Galicia, Spain vs. disambiguation page issue (2)
In my honest opinion this page should be the article for Galicia (Spain). Galicia (disambiguation) should be where the disambiguation page is. --Revolución (talk) 00:41, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
 * In my honest opinion, I strongly disagree. It may seem from the Spanish perspective that one Galicia is way more notable than the other one and is much more likely to be meant by someone who enters "Galicia" in the search string, but from the Eastern European perspective it is exactly the opposite way. As such, the solution that was used until now for a long time was neutral and suited everyone. Such moves should not be done without probeing proposed first and giving other sides some time to have a say. --Irpen 03:04, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

ships
I've reverted an edit which added unlinked entries for several ships of the Spanish Navy. Per MOS:DABENTRY, each line should contain exactly one blue link. None of these ships have articles, and also don't appear to be linked from any other articles. It would be best to move these to a separate ship index article called Spanish ship Galicia, à la Spanish ship Argonauta. That could then be linked from this disambiguation page. Nick Number (talk) 20:28, 5 November 2014 (UTC)

Streamlined the page
This page was a mess, and in dire need of being simplified. Over time, it had become extremely bloated, with the addition of much unnecessary information that rather than helping the reader find the correct Galicia article, instead made it harder. Really, only two links are relevant here: Galicia (Spain), and Galicia (Eastern Europe).

With the bloat, those two links became widely separated and buried in a morasse of irrelevant trivia, indeed so much so that a table of contents was automatically generated, with five sections in it! More specifically per WP policy: the bloat violates WP:NAMELIST: Do not add a link that merely... includes the page title in a longer proper name, where there is no significant risk of confusion or reference.  In addition, the descriptions for the two valid links violated WP:DABNOINCLUDE, so I simplified them as well. Please do not re-add a removed link without justifying it per WP policy.Mathglot (talk) 19:02, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

 * I disagree with these removals, except for Galicia Jewish Museum which fails WP:PTM. All of the other entries could legitimately be referred to as "Galicia", and it is exactly the purpose of a disambiguation page to list them.  The (Spain) and (Eastern Europe) entries were prominent in the previous layout, with the other geographical entries subordinate to them, so there was no lack of clarity.  If Galicia, Aklan fails notability requirements then the article should be deleted, but the dab should keep a link to it until that happens. Nick Number (talk) 14:39, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

 * I see your point, and I could conceivably be persuaded, but am not there, yet. For starters, I'd bet my paycheck that the two region links account for 99% (maybe 100%) of the clicks off that page. The main thing that bothered me with the old page, was the large physical separation between the two, with so much clutter between them, I had trouble finding the Poland one.  That, to me, felt like interfering with usability, making the page less helpful to readers.  That was the main point I was trying to address.  In fact, I wouldn't really have a big problem with a version of the page which started off with the standard "may refer to" followed by two bullets, the Spain one and the Poland/Ukraine one, followed by a H2 section header "Other uses", along with a list of kingdoms, ships, and what-have-you, alphabetically, or by concept, or by whatever method.  Mainly, I just wanted to see the two regional links at the top, and set off from any others as I see it, clutter.  As I started to do that, I then got into what is really a second, separate, issue, namely: how many of the "Other uses" links should there be, and conflated the two.
 * In retrospect, I should have treated these two issues in separate edits so they could have been discussed separately, and it was probably a mistake not to. But given where we are now, can we discuss the first point first, namely, how do you feel about having the two region links at the top, and whatever other links we subsequently reach consensus on, further down under a separate heading?  If we can get past the first issue, I think we can reach agreement on the second one without too much trouble. Mathglot (talk)

 * As an addendum, I note that User:Boleyn undid without explanation part of what we are talking about as "issue one" (the two regional links prominently at the top) so I brought it back to roughly where it was for that part of the discussion. (Boleyn, if you're here, can you kindly use Edit Summary to explain your main space edits, especially when they amount to a revert? Thanks. Mathglot (talk) 07:16, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

 * I support User:Nick Number's argument that this previous layout should have been retained and the following: *Gallaecia [which has never been listed on this dab page], *Kingdom of Gallaecia, *Kingdom of Galicia, *Republic of Galicia, *Nueva Galicia, *Galicia, Madalag, Aklan, *Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia, *Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria and *West Galicia should be visible on this disambiguation page as individual entries. All of the entries marked with an asterisk are not even stubs, but full-fledged separate articles detailing the shifting historical progressions of the Spanish and Ukrainian-Polish region, respectively, as well as some additional entries listing places for which the Spanish region served as namesake. The removal of these entries from the Galicia disambiguation page diminishes that page's usefulness without a directly specified corresponding gain in clarity. —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 22:18, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

 * Well, some of the starred ones are marked as stubs, and at least one is a one-line article, just for the record, though I don't really think that affects things pro, or con. I wasn't addressing the removal yet, I'm addressing usability, namely the advisability (or not) of keeping the two likeliest links together at the top.  I don't think every link on the page should get equal prominence, if their underlying topics don't have the same weight.  What we do after those two links, I don't really care much. If everyone thinks the other stuff should be there, then fine, let's just set it off lower down, so the 99% find what they're looking for right away. I'm not the first to notice this--ages ago, an unsigned user said more or less the same thing (search-on-page "chore").   Mathglot (talk) 00:06, 16 July 2015 (UTC)

 * Following up: I searched around to see if there's a policy that actually elucidates what I'm trying to do, and lo and behold, there is: MOS:DABORDER - point #1 nails it. Mathglot (talk) 00:13, 16 July 2015 (UTC)

This was my first time at the page, so I didn't know about any history or that it might amount to a revert. It did, however, keep the two most likely at the top. I divided it into sections, partially with an eye to if Galician was merged here. It doesn't particularly need them. Boleyn (talk) 10:00, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

 * The thing is, if you put those two entries at the top of the page, how do you organize the ones for all of the other entities which were located within those regions? Throwing them all into one section is too jumbled, and if you make separate headings for them then you're wasting lines and putting them farther away from the entries they're logically associated with.  It still seems to me that what makes the most sense is to leave them as subordinate bullets.
 * Looking at the original entries, Galician Massif appears to fail WP:PTM as well, so it could be removed.
 * Here is my proposal: a restoration of the previous layout, but with Galician Massif and Galicia Jewish Museum removed, Gallaecia added per Roman Spinner's suggestion, and a few other style fixes. In that arrangement, Galicia (Spain) and Galicia (Eastern Europe) are the first two first-level bullets, and the first and sixth entries overall. I realize it still appears a little cluttered, but I can't think of a more efficient way. Nick Number (talk) 15:27, 16 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Nor can I. Nick Number's above suggestion is both logical and reasonable, including all the obvious titles and excluding the ones which appear in a form that stretches the bounds of partial title matches or related subjects. —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 03:05, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

Ok, we need to make a decision on this. There seems to be consensus that many of the previous entries should be restored. The remaining question is the layout. I've created these two sample pages in my userspace: I think these reflect the two competing viewpoints from this discussion. Can we agree on one of them? Nick Number (talk) 17:43, 29 July 2015 (UTC)
 * All geographic entries in one section
 * Spain and Eastern Europe entries at the top

 * Support #2 - that is, Spain and Eastern Europe entries at the top. Withdraw any other objections if this or something substantially similar is chosen.  Mathglot (talk) 11:24, 2 August 2015 (UTC)
 * As Nick Number already pointed out, there was nothing wrong with the version of 28 May, which was compliant and self-explanatory. I'm seeing a lot of good editors wasting a lot of their good time on this trivial issue. --Midas02 (talk) 01:22, 5 August 2015 (UTC)

Ok, so that's one vote by Mathglot for "Spain and Eastern Europe entries at the top". I support "All geographic entries in one section". Midas02 supports the 28 May revision, which is substantially the same as "All geographic entries in one section" in layout, and differs only in the inclusion of some entries. Roman Spinner previously expressed support for the "All geographic entries in one section" layout. So, unless anyone has strong objections, I am going to change the dab to the "All geographic entries in one section" layout. Nick Number (talk) 19:49, 7 August 2015 (UTC)

 * Go ahead. Mathglot (talk) 00:11, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

 * Done. Thanks everyone for keeping the discussion constructive. Nick Number (talk) 05:56, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

Merge proposal: Galician here
These pages are mostly duplicates of each other, although there is one extra entry on the Galician page that would be merged here, leaving Galician as a useful redirect. Boleyn (talk) 11:53, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

Sending WP:APPNOTE to and. Boleyn (talk) 11:54, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

 * Oppose - It's true that as it stands now, a merge appears to be a good idea, but these entries should never have been deleted. It's become standard for pretty much every demonym to have a dab for, at a minimum, " people" and " language". In this case, with more than one geographical location, it's even more necessary.  As I will argue in the section above in a minute, I think most of these entries should be restored to Galicia, so merging in the ones from Galician would result in unnecessary clutter. Nick Number (talk) 14:33, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

 * I will argue that by WP policy and guidelines they indeed should be deleted, but I will wait for your comments before proceeding. Mathglot (talk) 19:49, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

 * Oppose me too, your "standard procedure for demonyms" is what swayed me. Also, I see there's two different topics, here.  Regarding people and language, I see what you mean--I was reading "Galician" strictly as an adjective (Galician wine, culture, etc.) and those seemed pretty wrong to me per WP:NAMELIST, and by that time, I had the idea of "adjective" fixed in my head.  But you're right, obviously it can be a noun, too, meaning "Galician language" in the same way that "German" by itself is a noun meaning "German language", and ditto for "a German" or "Germans" meaning the people, so "a Galician" makes sense as a noun, and in the same way that German people redirects to "Germans" and American people to [{Americans]] (but Galicians to "Galician people--an aberration?) so in the end, keeping the Galician disambig page makes sense.
 * So, if it's true that it has become customary to have people and language for every demonym, then you're right, this page should be kept for consistency's sake.
 * As an aside, I don't see how it really improves the encyclopedia or helps readers much to have every nationality have its own disambig page just for the people/language duo when the country article will inevitably have links to both (although there might be other reasons on a case-by-case basis), but that battle appears to have been lost, and I don't feel strongly enough to take it on anyway; at worst, they are pages that will have little utility but do not mislead. I imagine people looking for the people will continue to type "Germans" or "Galicians" and immediately access the page they want, and people looking for the language will type "German" or "Galician", and have to click once more instead of going straight to the page; annoying, but not worth a fight.
 * The question of whether all those ships and kingdoms should be on the page or not should be addressed in a separate thread. Mathglot (talk) 20:53, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

 * Oppose, again, per User:Nick Number's presentation which persuasively specifies the detailed arguments. —Roman Spinner (talk)(contribs) 22:18, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

Discussion closed keep as is, Boleyn (talk) 13:41, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

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Paul de Casteljau

Paul de Casteljau (19 November 1930 – 24 March 2022) was a French physicist and mathematician. In 1959, while working at Citroën, he developed an algorithm for evaluating calculations on a certain family of curves, which would later be formalized and popularized by engineer Pierre Bézier, leading to the curves widely known as Bézier curves.

He studied at École Normale Supérieure, and worked at Citroën from 1958 until his retirement in 1992. When he arrived there, "Specialists admitted that all electrical, electronic and mechanical problems had more or less been solved. All—except for one single formality which made up for 5%, but certainly not for 20% of the problem; in other words, how to express component parts by equations." He continued publishing in retirement.

De Casteljau curves
De Casteljau's algorithm is widely used, with some modifications, as it is the most robust and numerically stable method for evaluating polynomials. Other methods, such as Horner's method and forward differencing, are faster for calculating single points but are less robust. De Casteljau's algorithm is still very fast for subdividing a De Casteljau curve or Bézier curve into two curve segments at an arbitrary parametric location.

Awards
Paul de Casteljau received the 1987 Seymour Cray Prize from the French National Center for Scientific Research, the 1993 John Gregory Memorial Award, and the 2012 Bézier Award from the Solid Modeling Association (SMA). The SMA's announcement highlights de Casteljau's eponymous algorithm:
 * Paul de Castlejau's contributions are less widely known than should be the case because he was not able to publish them until equivalent ideas had been reinvented independently by others, sometimes in a rather different form but now recognisably related. Because he was not permitted to publish his early work, we now call polynomials with a Bernstein basis "Bézier polynomials", although Bézier himself did not use control points but their first difference vectors as the coefficients. We also call the multilinear polynomials "blossoming", following Lyle Ramshaw who in turn credited de Casteljau with the underlying "polar approach" to the mathematical theory of splines. We do call the algorithm for the stable evaluation of the Bernstein-Bézier form for polynomials "de Casteljau algorithm" although it is Carl de Boor's more general result applying it to B-splines which is now widely used in CAD/CAM systems.

The SMA also quotes Pierre Bézier on de Casteljau's contributions:
 * There is no doubt that Citroën was the first company in France that paid attention to CAD, as early as 1958. Paul de Casteljau, a highly gifted mathematician, devised a system based on the use of Bernstein polynomials. ... the system devised by de Casteljau was oriented towards translating already existing shapes into patches, defined in terms of numerical data. ... Due to Citroën's policy, the results obtained by de Casteljau were not published until 1974, and this excellent mathematician was deprived of part of the well deserved fame that his discoveries and inventions should have earned him.

Publications

 * Paul De Casteljau, Outillage Méthodes Calcul, INPI Enveloppe Soleau No. 40.040, 1959, Citroen Internal Document P2108
 * Paul De Casteljau, Courbes et Surfaces à Pôles, 1963, Citroen Internal Document P_4147
 * Mathématiques et CAO. Vol. 2 : Formes à pôles, Hermes, 1986
 * Shape Mathematics and CAD, KoganPage, London 1986
 * Les quaternions: Hermès, 1987, ISBN 978-2866011031
 * Le Lissage: Hermes, 1990
 * POLynomials, POLar Forms, and InterPOLation, September 1992, In Lychee / Schumaker: Mathematical methods in computer aided geometric design II, Addison-Wesley 1992, pp.57-68
 * Splines Focales, In Laurent / Le Méhauté / Schumaker: Curves and Surfaces in Geometric Design, AK Peters 1994, pp.91-103

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Goin' South

Goin' South is a 1978 American Western comedy film directed by and starring Jack Nicholson, with Mary Steenburgen, Christopher Lloyd, John Belushi, Richard Bradford, Veronica Cartwright, Danny DeVito and Ed Begley Jr..

Plot
Henry Lloyd Moon is a third-rate outlaw in the late 1860s; a convicted bank robber, horse thief and cattle thief. He is sentenced to be hanged in Longhorn, Texas, to the glee of the locals who gather to watch his execution. A local ordinance dictates that a man convicted of any crime other than murder may be freed, if a lady will marry him and take responsibility for his good behavior. Well aware of the ordinance, many of the townswomen scrutinize Moon as he mounts the gallows.

An elderly woman offers to marry him, but dies on the spot immediately. As Moon is dragged back to the gallows, Julia Tate—a headstrong, genteel virgin from the South—agrees to marry and take charge of him. She weds Moon, intending only to use him as labor in a secret gold mine under her property. This slowly evolves into a shaky partnership as he gains her trust, then develops into much more. Her chastity and his desire to consummate the marriage become a source of friction. Although they do spend the night together in a cave, she regrets her decision the following morning, and in anger, Moon ties her to the bed and, it is implied, sexually assaults her. He tries to flee town but is brought back by the sheriff's men where he and Julia patch things up, realizing they need each other.

The local sheriff's deputy repeatedly accuses Moon of stealing "his" girl, although there is no evidence that Julia ever had any interest in the deputy, and it was she who offered marriage to Moon. Moon's old gang complicates matters when they arrive at Julia's home and introduce the teetotalling Julia to intoxicating beverages. They discover that Julia and Moon are mining gold. Moon schemes to betray Julia and steal the gold but a cave-in at the mine changes the nature of their relationship.

Production
The film was co-written by John Herman Shaner and produced by Harry Gittes, both longtime friends of Jack Nicholson from his early days in Hollywood.

Goin' South marks the film debut of Mary Steenburgen, who had been a waitress in New York hoping to break into acting and after being turned down repeatedly for film roles; it launched her career in Hollywood. Christopher Lloyd, who worked with Nicholson on One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, plays Deputy Towfield. Lloyd and Steenburgen reunited 12 years later as love interests in another western-comedy, Robert Zemeckis' Back to the Future Part III.

Goin' South was John Belushi's second film—after Animal House, having been a Saturday Night Live cast member for several years.

It was the second of three films directed by Nicholson, the first was 1971's Drive, He Said and the third was the Chinatown sequel The Two Jakes, released in 1990. This marks the first film in which Nicholson appears as the primary actor while directing. He does not appear in Drive, He Said, but did star in and direct The Two Jakes.

The credits state that the film was shot in Durango, Mexico.

Reception
Goin' South was not a hit upon release in 1978 with critics or audiences. On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 69% approval rating based on 16 reviews, with an average rating of 6.6/10. On Metacritic, it holds a 52 score based on 9 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".

Variety wrote: "Jack Nicholson playing Gabby Hayes is interesting, even amusing at times, but Hayes was never a leading man, which Goin' South desperately needs," adding that the "largely uninteresting" relationship between the Nicholson and Steenburgen characters "never jells, as Nicholson continues to sputter and chomp, acting more like her grandfather than a handsome roué out to overcome her virginity." Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film two-and-a-half stars out of four and stated that "Jack Nicholson may be cute, but two hours of cute he is not ... Nicholson as director takes his own sweet time, giving us scene after scene of him acting silly. My guess is that he doesn't think he is being indulgent with the character, because half the time he puts the character down. But the result is the same: Jack and more Jack. The film could use more of John Belushi, the Animal House star, wasted here in a walk-on as a fat Mexican deputy sheriff. What Goin' South could also use is a credible villain." Charles Champlin of the Los Angeles Times was positive, writing: "There ain't much to it, to drop into the cackling vernacular of the movie, but what there is, is choice. Nicholson, directing for the first time since Drive, He Said, has a fine way with actors, including himself, and he sets and sustains a tone that is larger than life but not so broad as to be only farcically foolish." Gary Arnold of The Washington Post called the film "a stupefying throwback" that "expires right before your eyes from a terminal case of the feebles," with Nicholson and Steenburgen "a bust" as a romantic comedy team. David Ansen of Newsweek wrote: "Droll, sweet-tempered and lackadaisical, it's a shaggy-dog story with Nicholson playing the shaggy dog ... Unfortunately, after a highly inventive first half, the tale gets mighty thin, and the waifish Steenburgen doesn't have enough range to carry her share of the romantic burden. Just when Goin' South needs to build, the pace gets poky and the wit becomes mere whimsy. A little less coyness, and a lot more John Belushi (as a Mexican deputy), would have helped." Lawrence O'Toole wrote in Maclean's: "Every time Nicholson beams his gin-soaked grin into the movie, Goin' South is momentarily salvaged; but everything and everybody outside him seem to atrophy in the sun. It's his second crack at directing ... and he's not untalented, yet the selection of shots doesn't have the rhythmic grace to pull us into the wispy narrative." Pauline Kael of The New Yorker stated: "Nicholson's prankish performance dominates the movie, and, with his prankishness also coming out in the casting and the directing, the movie hasn't any stabilizing force; there's nothing to balance what he's doing—no one with a stratjacket." Stanley Kauffmann of The New Republic wrote that Goin' South "is boring after about the sixth minute, an especially irritating bore because there's an idea in it for a good Nicholson picture".

Mary Steenburgen earned a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress.

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