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User:Soltak/Archive 1

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
This article was created about four months ago, and was still a stub; instead of expanding it, you created a new article under an incorrect title (and with incorrect formatting), and made the old article into a redirect (without correcting any of the links to the old article). Why? --Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 07:56, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

 * There was a post on the 'requested articles' page for an article regarding the Center. I clicked on that link and wrote the article. When I later located the stub article I redirected to my own, more complete article. As far as formatting is concerned, I'm not aware of having incorrectly formatted my article on the Center. While the capitalization of 'For' is regrettable, I simply followed the link as posted on the requests page. -Soltak 15:08, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

 * The use of the capital isn't merely regrettable, it's wrong; the article that I started, and to which a number of other editors have contributed, has the correct capitalisation. Please edit that, adding your material.  Continuing to remove the correct article and to recreate your own is at least disruption, possibly vandalism.  If necessary, I shall take steps to have the articles protected.
 * I don't understand your stubbornness on this; all you have to do is to add your material to the existing article that's under the correct title (don't merely replace what's there with your version).
 * Note also that your article has no summary, and doesn't conform to Wikipedia style in a number of other respects. You should read the Guide to layout, and for more extensive material the Manual of Style. --Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 21:36, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Number one, don't presume to edit my user page. Secondly, it's not stubbornness. You seem to be the one acting like a jackass. I didn't delete the page, I simply restored my own that you had, with flimsy justification, deleted completely. Additionally, if I do choose to expand the stub, it will be at the expense of the information located there presently. The current article is almost completely useless and what little information it does present is contained within my larger, much more complete article. I responded politely the first time, don't test my patience. -Soltak 21:42, 18 July 2005 (UTC)

I've reverted your incorrectly-titled article to a rdirect and protected it from editing; I've moved the article to User:Soltak/Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, where you can edit it, and transfer the material to the existeing, correctly-named article. You should also read No personal attacks. --Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 09:17, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

 * The existing article has been appropriately expanded. -Soltak 18:10, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

 * That's good. Unfortunately (and I'm really sorry about this; I know that it must seem as though I'm pursuing some sort of vendetta against you, but I can only promise that I'm not), the material you've added comes mostly from here.  That page states: "Copyright 2005, The Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. All rights reserved."  Do you have permission to copy this material (under the Wikipedia terms of coopyright), or do you have good reason to believe that the material is usable by Wikipedia? --Mel Etitis  ( Μελ Ετητης ) 19:39, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

 * I appreciate your inquiry, as it is warranted. A good bit of the information did come from the cited link. Before adding it to Wikipedia, however, I did secure the permission of Sharon McCarter, Director of Outreach & Communications for the Center. As this is an encyclopedia entry and not intended for personal gain, I was informed that the policies of the Center (and most government entities) allow for the material to be copied. -Soltak 20:33, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your reply. The problem is that, because of Wikipedia's policy for use of its own material (see Copyrights) that might not be enough. I'll check myself, but it would be good if you could contact the Centre and make sure that they understand the position (perhaps by giving them a link to our copyrights page). Sorry for all the fuss, but it would be a pity to lose all the material; if the worst comes to the worst, we'll have to rewrite it sifficiently to avoid the problem. --Mel Etitis ( Μελ Ετητης ) 09:27, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

I reviewed the copyright info from that link and it reads in pertinent part "...if you obtain special permission to use a copyrighted work from the copyright holder under the terms of our license, you must make a note of that fact (along with names and dates)." Perhaps we should add something either at the beginning or end of the article indicating that a portion of the material comes from the Center itself, along with the date that posting was authorized. -Soltak 17:29, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

Vandalism
I had responded to an earlier comment but, evidently, that got lost in the shuffle (probably my fault). In any event, I promise not to file any more vandalism complaints unless warranted. It was my interpretation at the time that the complaint was with merit, I have since seen that not to be the case. My apologies. -Soltak 23:41, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

 * I am sorry too for blowing this out of proportion, please forgive me. Dbraceyrules 23:46, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

 * No worries; everything's forgiven :-) -Soltak 17:32, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

List of years in archaeology
Hi. I noticed that Votes for deletion/List of years in archaeology seems not to be listed on Votes for deletion. You need to add any suggested deletions there (instructions are on the page) under the date you add it for it to be an official VFD.

That bit of business explained, however, I'd like to suggest you reconsider your vote-- I've puttered around on the archaeology years a bit; take a look. What I've added is still only a tiny fraction of what I think it could become. Again, I think the stubbyness is a matter of not enough editors interested in the history of archaeology have been lured here to contribute yet, rather than any flaw in the concept of having something like year articles or a timeline. Whatever you decide, cheers, -- Infrogmation 15:58, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

 * I had added it to the page but I guess it was removed; thanks for bringing that to my attention. In any event, I still don't think it's worth having a bunch of pages devoted to individual years. I'm not saying archaeology isn't important, just not that important. We don't have List of years in chemistry or List of years in biology. That's why I liked this suggestion:
 * "Delete and merge content into List of years in science and it's children articles like 1707 in science. It is a project that never got off the ground. Penfold started it in March 2004 and it hasn't really developed at all since then. Besides, there is no reason that the archeology content needs to be segregated out from the other science content like this. Tobycat 06:10, 21 July 2005 (UTC)"
 * What would you think of doing something like that? -Soltak 17:36, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Mike DeWine
I re-reverted the Mike DeWine article. For sourcing see the comment I posted last year on the talk page or do a Google search for "Richard Michael DeWine" such as this one. What "official" biography did you refer to? In both Bioguide and the bio on DeWine's senate site say nothing of "Richard". PedanticallySpeaking 15:29, July 27, 2005 (UTC)

 * It's true that his online Senate bio only lists him as 'Mike,' however, I happen to be a constituent of Mr. DeWine's who has written to him on several occasions and he signs official correspondence Michael R. DeWine. In addition, a paper 'pamphlet' biography is circulated through Ohio around election time and that also lists him as Michael R. In light of these things, I have again corrected the page. -Soltak 17:35, 27 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I too like in Ohio and last week received a letter from him. It says at the bottom "RMD".  I have never seen him sign his name "Michael R. DeWine"--this letter has a computer generated "Mike" but the secretary's intials are preceded by RMD on the letter.  Who's Who lists him as "R. Michael DeWine" as do other sources.  PedanticallySpeaking 18:01, July 28, 2005 (UTC)
 * I just received an e-mail from Jeff Sadosky, the Senator's press secretary who writes "R. Michael DeWine is correct." PedanticallySpeaking 18:20, July 28, 2005 (UTC)

 * Fair enough. I must've misread the signature. -Soltak 18:32, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

Exceptional Newcomer Award
Congratulations on having 200 article edits, and over 300 total. Here's is an Exceptional Newcomer Award for your efforts. Dbraceyrules 19:45, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Thank you for the award; it's much appreciated! :-) -Soltak 20:05, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

 * You're welcome.Dbraceyrules 23:52, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

Maorider
The volume of very low quality contributions from Maorider seems too great to ignore. I am sort of interested in placing a 8 hour block on him, just to emphasize that the Wikipedia community is serious about the guidelines he's breaking. However, I'm not sure that this is considered a legit reason for a block.... any opinion on the use of a block in this case? ike9898 19:14, August 2, 2005 (UTC)

I agree that Maoririder's conduct cannot be ignored as he persists in creating irrelevant stubs and templates. On his talk page he says all of the right things but continues to proceed counter to his statements. I'm not entirely sure about how legit blocking for volume is, but in this case I don't think an 8 hour block would be challenged by anyone and it would certainly show that we're serious about his actions. -Soltak 19:18, 2 August 2005 (UTC)

Regarding delete vote of Lobstergotchi and Lobsters & Horses Inc.
Goodday Soltak. I'd like to discuss your vote on deletion of Lobstergotchi and Lobsters & Horses Inc.

"Delete. This could be a hoax or just an awful idea for a game. In any event, this article shouldn't be written until the game has been published and established."

Please revalute the idea of this being a hoax. If you go and check Lobstergotchi and Lobsters & Horses Inc. now you can see the changes I've done that clearly shows it's not a hoax. I've also written a few words in discussion part. Please take a look at it an revalute your vote.

One thing that I don't understand thought is why "an awful idea for a game" would prevent it from being an article on Wikipedia. That is just your opinion of the game/game idea, people have different taste y'know.

and regarding the "this article shouldn't be written until the game has been published and established." part, I indeed think it should, atleast now when I've added the Future game-tag ("This article or section contains information about a computer or video game(s) in production."), which clearly shows it's a game under development. Please revalute your vote :)

Thank you in advance.

Note: This is in no way meant to offend you. If you get offended by what I just wrote in any way, don't. It's not the way I meant it. --Yadonashi 02:29, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm not offended, but thank you for making it clear that that wasn't your intention. :-)

I'm convinced that this isn't a hoax, however, I won't be changing my vote to delete. There are a number of criteria for deletion, manufactured information being only one of them. This game is not well established, is being made by a company (or team) that it not well established and falls squarely under the heading of "non-notable." This article may well have merit in the future, however, it should not be written until such a time as the game and/or company has been well established and a fair number of players are in existence -Soltak 16:43, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Speedy taggings
These articles were not candidates for speedy deletion.

 * Orangeade
 * Miami Blues

To be a wikipedia editor rather than just a mindless tagging machine, you have to edit such articles and expand them. It's a wiki. --Tony Sidaway Talk 22:03, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

 * The articles were devoid of real content, a criterion for speedy deletion. They were also created by Maoririder so I was hardly convinced of any impending expansion. And, really, how much could one expand Orangeade? -Soltak 22:15, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

Are you serious? This is an encyclopedia! History of the beverage, first known recipes, cultural aspects, pointers to recipes (Wikibooks?) Variants (Orangina, etc). Neither article qualified for speedy deletion; if you believe that you need to re-read the CSDs again, more carefully. --Tony Sidaway Talk 22:30, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

 * I would direct your attention to the very first criterion for speedy deletion which reads in part "No meaningful content or history." Both of these articles had no meaningful content when created by Maoririder. Orangeade simply stated that it was an Orange flavored drink in the same vein as Lemon and Limeade. Miami Blues just said that it was a movie with Alec Baldwin. I've since updated that one a bit myself, however. -Soltak 22:35, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I would also point out that a motion was recently made to move Orangeade to Wikionary. -Soltak 22:37, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm well aware of CSD A1 and I have no idea how you could apply it to an article which succinctly and accurately describes a soft drink, or one that describes a movie in terms of its principal star. Have you actually read it all the way through? "No meaningful content or history, text completely meaningless or unsalvageably incoherent (e.g., random characters). See patent nonsense." Completely meaningless, unsalvageably incoherent, random characters, patent nonsense.
 * I recommend also that you give a very, very close reading to Patent nonsense.
 * If someone thinks it belongs on wiktionary, that's still not excuse for speedy deletion. --Tony Sidaway Talk 09:31, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

Portland High School
This was a valid speedy, mate. Oh, and so was Orangeade. Keep up the good work, brenneman (t) (c)  11:05, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the support on my speedies. It's nice to know that not everybody around here subscribes to that inclusionism "Wikipedia isn't paper so let's add everything" garbage. -Soltak 16:32, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks!
Heya there! Thanks for your email, it's not often I get them on here! ;-) This little worm RainbowWarrior seems to be a nasty piece of work, a jumped-up little twerp who thinks he's a god. Well, I suppose you come across them sooner or later! Maybe we could petition to have him deleted. Anyways, thanks again for geting in touch! Whereabouts you from? Rusty2005 16:28, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

 * If he keeps up this behavior there's several things we can do. Read over WP:DR for more information on that. In any event, I'll be keeping a close eye on Rainbowwarrior. And, to answer your question, I'm from Ohio, US. -Soltak 16:36, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

Cheers, I'll be keeping an eye on him as well. Maybe we should contact Administrator Linusbeak, he seems to have encountered difficulties with RainbowWarrior before. Hopefully he'll give it up and let us get on with something useful :-)  Rusty2005 16:47, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Reviewing his contribs it appears that he's already managed to piss off at least two individual admins. Given that, I think we might as well just leave it to him to be his own undoing. I'll continue to keep an eye on him, though. -Soltak 16:56, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

Sounds like the best idea! By the way, can I remove the Deletion Request header from the Fatherland articel, or will I need to contact an admin?

 * The vote will either have to be closed by an admin or withdrawn by Rainbowwarrior (not likely). Because the vote is overwhelmingly to keep, in a couple of days an admin will close the vote and remove the header. -Soltak 17:03, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

Re: Rainbowwarrior1977
Soltak: (responding to your post on Linuxbeak's talk page)

Having seen quite a few of Rainbowwarrior1977's actions, my indication is the user is simply a troll looking for individuals to provoke. The greatest damage you can do him is to simply ignore him altogheter. He is very quickly coming up on a block for disruption, and an RfC will be filed against him shortly as a preparatory step to having him permabanned. Although I have no suspects in mind, he is probably the recreation of some other troll who has already been banned; we can have the developers check his IPs to see if they have been used by any other users. My advice to you is this: Ignore him in as much as possible, since the "silent treatment" is the worst punnishment of all for a disruptive troll, and if you see him doing something blockable, leave me a note on my talk page (or contact me via one of the services listed in the "admin note" section at the top of my talk page) and I will gladly block him. -- Essjay ·  Talk 19:34, August 7, 2005 (UTC)

P.S. Although I realize why you said it, be careful of phrases like "cheeky little twit", because I guarantee you it will cause him to scream "personal attack" and with these kind of users, its best to be above reproach, since it makes thier actions all the more condemnable. -- Essjay ·  Talk

 * Good choice. I'll let you know when the RfC is ready, and you can go comment. -- Essjay ·  Talk 19:56, August 7, 2005 (UTC)

The RfC is finished. Perhaps you'd like to endorse it? (It has to be endorsed by at least one other user within 48 hours or it will be cleared/) It's here. -- Essjay ·  Talk 23:57, August 7, 2005 (UTC)

Heya from the UK! What's the rainbow-soldier being saying to you? Rusty2005 19:10, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Hmm, he's a weird one. Amazing how sad some people can be, eh? Thanks for your endorsement as well! Ah well, I'm off out clubbing :D   See ya round!

Maoririder
Maoririder is back to his old habits (see last version of The Adventures of Piggley Winks, before it was turned into a re-dir). I have put two short blocks on him, sort of as a warning. However, I think that if he needs to be blocked again, someone else should do it. I don't want it to look like this is some conflict between ME and him. So basically, if in your judgement he becomes too disruptive, please place the block on him again. (The first two blocks were 8 and 16 hours, respectively.)

-see you around ike9898 17:42, August 9, 2005 (UTC)

Maoririder RfC
I've initiated a Request for Comment concerning Maoririder that can be found here. Thought you might be interested. --Scimitar parley 18:22, 9 August 2005 (UTC)
 * He's been notified, as have those editors who have helped/warned him. With any luck, he'll start writing better stubs because of the RfC.  If it just alienates him, it'll have been a failure. --Scimitar parley 18:44, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

Reply
Thank you for replying on my talk page. I will wait until Maoririder replies. I tried to make a constructive suggestion to have a To-Do list for himself. Robert McClenon 00:28, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

The Nature Boy
I noticed you removed my Ric Flair quote: "We're gonna dance all night, and party a little longer... Woooo!"

Do you know about Ric Flair? He certainly used this as a catch-phrase, especially circa late-1990's in WCW. I am wondering why my contribution was deleted. Thank you. (Unsigned by Sicclydiccly)

In the future, I suggest you sign your comments on other user's talk pages. It's really quite helpful when someone wants to respond.

As far as the quote is concerned, unless you can provide me with a source it will remain deleted. And to answer your question, I am quite familiar with Ric Flair. I also have the "Ultimate Ric Flair" DVD collection, and that quote appears nowhere in any section of the DVD. Most of his others do.

In this case, the burden of proof lies with you. You'll have to forgive me if I don't just take your word for it. If you can provide me with some source (Internet or otherwise) that documents his frequent (not just once and a while) use of this quote I would be more than happy to restore it. Soltak 16:24, 10 August 2005 (UTC)

Barnstar
I won't be here very long, so here is a barnstar for your 1,000th edit early.

D. J. Bracey (talk) 22:58, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Batman & Vichyssoise
the batman refrence could not be more relevant. it shows clearly that it is meant to be served cold. dont tell me you hate batman. (Unsigned by 68.80.154.225)

No, I don't hate Batman. The Batman reference, however, has been removed several times (not only by me) because it's irrelevant to the article. The article says it's meant to be served cold, that's all the illustration necessary.

They eat a lot of lasagna on Everybody Loves Raymond should that be mentioned in the lasagna article? They use a lot of guns on Law and Order should that be mentioned in an article about firearms? No. So please, I'm asking nicely, stop adding Batman references to Vichyssoise. Soltak 00:15, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

Lasagna is a fairly common food, but how often does vichyssoise come up? The Batman refrence provides a common ground on which people can relate. Also, the refrence clearly illustrates that it is a fancy soup, which the article does not convey, since it is being served to a billionaire by a butler (Unsigned by 68.80.154.225)

 * The article doesn't convey that it's a fancy soup because it's not. It certainly rates higher than chicken noodle, but they serve it at my local deli, so I really wouldn't consider it fancy. I've eaten it, I even made it once, and it's not fancy. Rare in popular culture, sure, but that doesn't mean it needs the Batman reference. Soltak 00:23, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

I have never heard of vichyssoise outside of Batman, and so I think that any outside refrence to such an obscure soup deserves mention. By the way, I appreciate the polite manner in which you responded to me. But in any case, a Batman refrence would at the very least lighten the mood of the article. To be quite honest, cold soup by itself is not very interesting. (Unsigned by 68.80.154.225)

By the way, if vichyssoise wasn't a fancy soup, why is the recepie link to finedinings.com? (Unsigned by 68.80.154.225)

 * While you mightn't have heard of it outside of Batman it is a pretty well-known soup that gets almost 55,000 Google hits . I selected the recipe link because I was pressed for time throwing the article together and it was the best of the first three I clicked on. It could easily be changed to link to Food network, recipe.com, or many other sites. About it being somewhat boring, that's not a criteria for a Wikipedia article because it's so subjective; there's a lot of stuff on here that I find boring (the entire database section relating to physics, for example) but other people find it thrilling beyond belief. Soltak 00:32, 13 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
I see a lot of hard and useful work on Wikipedia. I'd award you Barnstar but since you got one very recently take big thanks, at least! Pavel Vozenilek 00:13, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

Thank you for your kind words, they were much appreciated! I'll try to keep up the good work :-) Soltak 00:17, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

Inquisitor911
...is almost certainly a sockpuppet of Maoririder. I'm putting a 48-hour block on both accounts for now. This is out of control. Do feel free to adjust the time out either up or down. Thanks and good night! - Lucky 6.9 06:12, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

Sockpuppet Alert on Cindy Sheehan
Hey, just wanted to pass it along since you gave the advice to Eleemosynary, it seems the anon he had to clean up after is back under the IP 4.228.216.125. I've left a warning on his user page, but just wanted to give you a heads up. Karmafist 22:20, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

STOP
P{lease stop harrassing me and vandalizing my pages. I took off your unwelcome post on my LIsa Kushell article and please do not bother me again thank you good evening.Wiki brah 03:30, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

More re. the above
Seems our friend "Wiki brah" has offered to second an RfC nomination against you if that "ViteroHoratio" sockpuppet moves forward with one. Of all the booshwah I've ever seen on this site, that ranks as the single most inhuman thing I've ever seen a user do to another one and I've called him on it. It almost eclipses that SOB NoPuzzleStranger and his antics, especially since a lot of his edits were actually useful. Autistic or not, I'm this close to shutting that account down for good. Disruptive edits are one thing. That kind of garbage against a top-drawer user/admin is another. I'm going to alert a couple of bureaucrats to this. Know that you have a lot of support, starting with me. - Lucky 6.9 14:23, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

More fun. He left word at User talk:4.228.90.146 as well, right after that same anon was warned several times agains vandalism. Did you know that you are now a pendejo? :) - Lucky 6.9 14:26, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

SOLKTAK I am very very sorry about that request for comment stuff it was just that Lucky had told me about them (in general) and I just wanted to try one out but now I wont will not do it sorry good afternoon thank you. Da BRah!

Wiki brah RfC
I'd certainly support an RfC for Wiki brah at this juncture. It would show him we're serious about trying to do good work here. An RfC actually helped turn User:SuperDude115, another autistic user, into a good contributor. Count me in. - Lucky 6.9 19:06, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

Maoririder RfAr
I've begun writing a draft of an arbitration request at User:Satori/MaoriRfAr. I know you've been following this, and if you'd like to make any changes or additions, or to add your name to the initiating party, please feel free to to do. I intend to post it to Requests for arbitration tomorrow morning, PDT. -Satori 22:50, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

I'm about to log out for the evening, but please feel free to make any changes you think are necessary or appropriate. Even though the draft is in my user space, I fully intend it to be a collaborative effort of anyone who is signing on as an initiator. I figured it's best to work out the details in a draft, and post a finalized version to WP:RfAr. -Satori 23:43, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Oh, I just re-read your note to me and realized you're talking about helping with what needs to be done after the arbitration is accepted. I'll definately let you know if I need any help with that. Thanks! -Satori 23:45, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

Lisa Kushell
!!! Thank you so much!!!  Can you really hepl me with the Lisa Kushel article? That is great thank you!! Can we put some pictures of her on my article please how do we do that she is so very very hot I am very much in love with her she is so even better hot looking than our women here in Brasil and you that is saying a lot. Plus I know I got that date of birth wrong it is 1971 and I am going to change it now and also: can we create a stub catagory for her and others such as long the lines of "tall hot jewish actresses/models" or something? But I would love for you to teach me how to do pictures first thank you.!!Wiki brah 01:11, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

I picked out 2 picstures from your list and put them on the article thank you for your help!Wiki brah 04:49, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

Brah
Since all of your messages seem to start with monosyllables, who am I to argue? :^)

Anyway, I have felt like a heel for the last twelve hours or so. I agree with you and I've reopened the account, at least for now. A unilateral block like this is a precident I'd rather not set. Thanks for having a cool head in this matter. - Lucky 6.9 20:10, 3 September 2005 (UTC)

Done
Fixed the vandalism on Jim Ross. Thanks for the heads up. --Golbez 22:09, September 3, 2005 (UTC)

Your User Page
No problem. I like your proposed edit summary much better than the one I left though. :-) --Canderson7 00:05, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

hi again
what is going up? CAn i call you TAK? I just wrote some wmore articles tonight if you want to see and good night!Wiki brah 02:30, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

Your "views" page
I just wanted to let you know that I am in full agreement with the sentiments you expressed on your "views" page. Few have said it better. If you'd like to collaborate on wikistuff in the future-you may notice that I am basically of the same mindset regarding deletion/inclusion-let me know. Paul 03:33, 11 September 2005 (UTC)

Ideas
Hello again...I wanted to briefly mention a couple of my ideas, won't go into too much detail at the moment, but here's the basics.

 * This idea might be a bit bureaucratic, but I think something along these lines is needed for the deletion process. Panels of editors could be selected based on experience and views and called upon to make decisions regarding deletions.  Each panel could have five members, representing differing viewpoints, and would make a decision among itself whenever a page is put on afd.  Appeals could be made to a larger, more elite panel, which will take public comment into account.  Each afd will be assigned at random to a panel.  Or, alternately, panels could have oversight of a certain area, i.e. American history, so that experts in that area could specialize in articles that deal with it.  Think: district court -> appeals court -> supreme court.  Yeah, this has the potential to be a bureaucratic nightmare, but hey, ideas are cheap, and this has the potential to swiftify and consistensize deletion decisions.

 * "Minor-league" wikis. Articles on non-notable schools, you and I would agree, do not belong on WP.  Therefore, in order to serve as a space for the many gigabytes of non-notable school articles that would otherwise end up here, a new wiki could be created for the purpose.  It would mirror WP format and style, however it would a) specialize in articles about schools (or pokemon fancruft or whatever) and b) would have much lower standards for notability and, thus, inclusion. So, an article on any given town would mention (mention, not incorporate the entire thing) the school and link to the article from the schools wiki.  Therefore, all the information is there, but it's kept at arm's length from Wikipedia.  Wikischools or whatever it would be called could be the minor leagues to WP's majors-a place for articles that don't warrant being here, but contain information that is somewhat conducive to using this format and linking to our stuff.

 * A program that would allow for voting on VFD/AFDs that would allow the voter to bypass the somewhat cumbersome "edit this page" tab. For example, a list of pages on vfd would be provided; the user would read the page and then check a box for "delete," "keep," or whatever his vote is, and enter his reason, and then have it added to the page.  The program would be separate from the web browser and would make the edits for you.  Problem here is I have no idea how to create such a thing, so this is, like the other stuff, just an idea.

Let me know what you think of all this...rock on Paul 06:17, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

Bartlett High School, Bartlett, Illinois
Why did you close the vfd on Bartlett High School, Bartlett, Illinois as a no consensus? Last time I looked, 36 was more than 20. It's a 2/3 majority, in fact. Soltak | Talk 21:11, 15 September 2005 (UTC)
 * No. 36-20 is less than two thirds. About 64% actually, and the number of keep votes was as I recall a bit more than 20. Finally an argument that the article was a yellow page entry was successfully rebutted by the article being rewritten. A very clear "no consensus" I think. Sjakkalle (Check!)  06:38, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I don't want to violate WP:CIVIL and I fear I might have with my initial comments. For that, I apologize. In any event, your opinion that the yellow pages entry justification is no longer valid has no impact on the fact that the delete votes stand. Unless a user were to change or withdraw their vote, it stands regardless of whether you think the reasoning is justified. Soltak | Talk 14:42, 16 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Don't worry, outright breaches of WP:CIVIL are more severe than that. I have to disagree with you that a closer shouldn't consider the fact that an article is rewritten during the course of the debate. AFD is not all about vote counting, even though that is probably the most significant factor when a debate is closed, it is not the only one. Factors such as rewrites (which address the reasons provided for the delete votes), votes given without reason, or a provided reference for an article believed to be a hoax or unverifiable, influence my decision, and may swing a close call where the vote count is close to a two-thirds majority. Such discretion can occasionally (but more rarely) go the other way too, I have sometimes closed debates as "delete" even though there has not been a two thirds majority. Take a look at Articles for deletion/List of Primary Route Destinations in the United Kingdom for example. Sjakkalle (Check!)  08:48, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

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In this case I have to disagree with you on trumping. A list on another page is more cumbersome to navigate. The template appears at the bottom of every highway page making navigation quick and painless. Please reconsider your opinion, alot of West Virginians have been putting in time on our road entries. --71Demon 21:38, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

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User:Lan-Jow

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1814 in archaeology

The year 1814 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Explorations

 * Stamford Raffles becomes the first European to explore Borobudur in Central Java.

Excavations

 * Colosseum, Rome: The arena substructure is partly excavated during 1810-1814.

Finds

 * Kritonios Crown is found in Armento, Italy.

Births

 * 23 January: Alexander Cunningham, father of the Archaeological Survey of India (d. 1893)
 * 2 September: Ernst Curtius, conducted archaeological research in the late 19th century; primarily interested in Greek archaeology (d. 1896)

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User talk:Lan-Jow

Hello. Please leave nice comments for me here.

Edits to KMT
Hello, I'd like to express my concern with your edits to Kuomintang. Calling KMT supporters "less-intelligent" is not a neutral point of view. I realize that it is tempting to include our own viewpoint when editing political articles, however this is not the place for it. See Wikipedia is not a soapbox. It took me a while to get the hang of it myself, and I hope you'll stick around and continue to contribute.--Loren 18:16, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Might I also suggest that you refrain from being so confrontational and stop vandalising the user pages of people that you disagree with? Vandalism is unlikely to help your cause, demonstrates your own immaturity and may get you banned. --Loren 18:26, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Welcome back GrandCru, this is your new warning for vandalism. Bobbybuilder 21:29, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

I am blocking for 24 hours for these two edits:,. That behaviour is unacceptable. Thue | talk 21:37, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

This user has been blocked indefinitely as a sockpuppet of GrandCru -- Francs2000 | Talk 21:55, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

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Kidnapped (1995 film)

Kidnapped is a 1995 TV adventure drama film directed by Ivan Passer and starring Armand Assante as Highlander Alan Breck and Brian McCardie as Lowlander David Balfour. Among the supporting actors are Michael Kitchen and Brian Blessed. The film was based on the 1886 novel Kidnapped by author Robert Louis Stevenson. Christopher Reeve had originally been cast as Breck prior to his spinal cord injury in a horse race which left him a quadriplegic on May 27, 1995.

The film was shot in Ireland.

Plot
The adaptation starts by describing a divided Scotland which is populated by Highlanders and Lowlanders who are loyal to different kings. Alan Breck Stewart is characterised as a leading figure of Jacobitism who tried "to keep the flame alive". It ends when Stewart leaves Scotland forever "to have a distinguished career in the French Army", while Balfour stays and marries a lady from the Highlands. Another voice-over tells they had sons who "were neither Highlanders nor Lowlanders. They were Scots."

Part 1
Alan Breck Stewart (Armand Assante) returns to his home village, which is already menaced by the highland clearances. His foster father James Stewart of the Glen (Brian McGrath) issues the taxpayers' money for the exiled House of Stuart to him and beseeches him to meet King George's factor, the "Red Fox" Colin Roy Campbell of Glenure (Brendan Gleeson). Alan Stewart only grudgingly complies, because he regards the “Red Fox” as a traitor, for at the Battle of Culloden he had to fight against Loudon's Highlanders, a regiment of Highlanders led by Campbells.

At about the same time David Balfour (Brian McCardie) leaves the fictitious small village Essendean in the Scottish Lowlands. Reverend Campbell tells him he was given a letter in charge by David's late father. It is a letter of introduction addressing a Laird. The reverend informs him that his late mother never wanted him to go to the “House of Shaws” and asks him to stay in Essendean. But David is driven by wanderlust, and therefore resolves to go.

The "Red Fox" receives Alan Stuart with an abettor who holds the guest at gun point. An English officer named William Reid (Michael Kitchen) and his soldiers are in waiting when the "Red Fox" offers to protect James Stewart of The Glen. Alan Stuart asks him twice to swear his kin will be protected indeed but even so he merely receives a mute grin. Alan decides the man cannot be trusted and eludes in order to continue his mission.

David has meanwhile reached the “House of Shaws”. He also finds all of a sudden a gun directed at him. The man who threatens to shoot him turns out to be his uncle Ebenezer (Patrick Malahide). Ebenezer reluctantly invites him in, but later on tries to kill him by an arranged accident. David survives, yet the next day Ebenezer has him kidnapped by a criminal sea captain. David wakes up on a ship going to America, where he shall be sold as a slave.

When David is trapped, William Reid and “the Red Fox” try to assassinate Alan Breck in the woods. They fail because William Reid smokes a pipe with strong tobacco. Alan Breck, who therefore can literally smell the trap, steals a horse and escapes. He leaves a paper with a quote from A Counterblaste to Tobacco written by James I of England. The “Red Fox” relishes this humiliation of Englishman William Reid.

David becomes Captain Forbes' new cabin boy, for the previous cabin boy has been murdered by the sailor Mr. Shuan. Alan Breck, who needs to leave for France in a foggy night, accidentally happens to end up on the same ship. David is supposed to wait on Alan. The criminal sea captain attempts to ambush Alan for his gold but David confounds these plans and helps Alan Breck to stand his ground. A severe storm then causes a wreckage.

Alan and David return as castaways to the Scottish onshore. Alan runs into his friend Ewan of Appin, who was just exposed as a Jacobite spy. As his dying friend informs him, William Reid plans to frame James Stewart of The Glen for a murder he is about to carry out. Alan tries to prevent this but he can only witness how the "Red Fox” is shot dead by a sniper. David gets the impression Alan was the assassin and breaks up with him.

Part 2
David is caught by British soldiers who consider him an accomplice of the murderer. Alan can free him. Once they are safe, Alan refutes David's theories about the murder. Both of them go to James Stewart of The Glen and warn him. Against his will he is defended by them when the Red Coats come to arrest him.

Soon William Reid himself comes to Alan's home village in order to arrest Alan's foster father. James Stewart of The Glen sacrifices himself for his people's sake, but despite that they are driven off the land. Captain Forbes (Adam Blackwood), William Reid's direct subordinate, is appalled.

Alan seeks to prove James Stewart's innocence. He visits gunsmith Angus (David Kelly), who has produced the very gun used for the Appin Murder. This leads to Hamish MacDonald (Jonathan Ryan) as a primary suspect. Alan now goes to the Earl of Dunbrea (Alan Stanford), a former MacDonald clan chief and asks him for support. The Earl's grand daughter Mary guides Alan and David to her cousin Hamish's house.

Hamish does confess the murder but William Reid kills him under the pretence of self-defence. Alan is put in prison and is forced to watch James Stewart of The Glen being executed. David and the Earl of Dunbrea and his granddaughter free Alan Breck. In order to hide, Alan visits his old brother-in-arms Ewen MacPherson of Cluny (Brian Blessed).

William Reid concedes to Captain Forbes that he has indeed paid Hamish MacDonald to kill the “Red Fox”. As Captain Forbes learns, the “Red Fox” was considered too lenient towards his fellow countrymen and now William Reid is his successor as the King's factor. Following that Captain Forbes meets with Alan Breck and condones Reid's looming demise. Even so, before Alan Breck finally confronts William Reid and kills him, he takes care that David can eventually successfully claim his heritage. After he had done for David Balfour, what he failed to achieve for Bonnie Prince Charlie, he puts an end to William Reid's deceptive schemes and then leaves Britain forever.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jesus as a Leader of Nonviolent Resistance,

 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was delete -- Francs2000 | Talk 13:09, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Jesus as a Leader of Nonviolent Resistance,
This seems like original research. Alarm 17:42, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as original research. Capitalistroadster 18:21, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - as original research, unreferenced, and highly unlikely --Doc (?) 18:43, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep but rewrite. Despite its appearance, this article is actually based on scholarly research.  An article on Jesus as a Nonviolence Leader -- an assertion accredited by the academic communities both on the history of religion and on the history of nonviolence movements -- is certainly a worthwhile endeavor.  This article needs some serious help, but it's worth having. - Che Nuevara, the Democratic Revolutionary 04:25, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete — Redundant with information on the Jesus page. It's not even a main article redirect from the Jesus page, just a "see also" link. The page title is also mucked up. Finally, he's already linked from the List of nonviolence scholars and leaders page. — RJH 16:53, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete not only is it original research, it is based mostly on a non-sequitur claim that the description by Josephus (a Jew), of non-violent resistance, had anything to do with Jesus, who Josephus only mentions once, if at all, ever, anywhere (see Josephus on Jesus).     22:10, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete original research. JamesBurns 04:18, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, rewrite, and rename in keeping with sentence case in article titles. Legitimate area of contemporary biblical scholarship, not only based on Josephus reference, and I volunteer to help rewrite. --goethean ॐ 20:05, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

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Pro Cluentio

Pro Cluentio is a speech by the Roman orator Cicero given in defense of a man named Aulus Cluentius Habitus Minor.

Cluentius, from Larinum in Samnium, was accused in 69 BC by his mother Sassia of having poisoned his stepfather, Statius Abbius Oppianicus. Cluentius had prosecuted Oppianicus successfully in 74 BC for attempting to poison him, securing Oppianicus' exile. Both sides in the lawsuit were accused of bribing the jurors during the trial to secure conviction of one another, but only Oppianicus' bribe was revealed at the time. Oppianicus died in disgrace three years later, leaving his widow Sassia to plot revenge against her son. Cicero divides his action in two parts: in the first one, he defends Cluentius' reputation. He shows that Oppianicus' crimes were so enormous, that Cluentius had no need of corrupting the judges; actually, he ridicules Oppianicus because he was cheated by a mediator in bribes. The second part deals with the alleged poisoning, and is very brief, since Cicero considers the accusation as ludicrous.

Oppianicus
Statius Albius Oppianicus came from one of Larinum's most prominent families, the Oppianici; he was married five different times throughout his life and was widely suspected of poisoning his first wife Cluentia. Through his son Oppianicus the Younger, the issue of Oppianicus' second marriage to Magia Auria, Oppianicus senior plotted to obtain the fortune of his mother-in-law Dinaea. Oppianicus the Younger was the heir-presumptive to Dinaea's estate, recently enlarged after the deaths of two of her sons, Gnaeus Magius and Numerius Aurius, in the Civil Wars between Marius and Sulla. However, it was discovered that her presumed-dead eldest son, M. Aurius, was in fact alive and living in servitude in the Ager Gallicus. Oppianicus arranged for the murder of Dinaea and sent an assassin to kill M. Aurius before he could be rescued by family members. He then altered Dinaea's will, which had left only a portion of her estate to her grandson, making Oppianicus the Younger the sole inheritor.

When the news of M. Aurius's death in Gaul reached Larinum, the relatives of Dinaea raised such an outcry that Oppianicus fled the town and took refuge in one of Sulla's camps. Through the favor he enjoyed with Sulla, Oppianicus had his Aurii accusers proscribed; he returned to the town with martial powers and killed his enemies. The paternal aunt of Cluentius was Oppianicus's ex-wife; Oppianicus killed her and, with the same poison, his own brother. His brother's wife was pregnant; Oppianicus poisoned her before she gave birth to the baby, and inherited. Cn. Magius, Oppianicus' brother-in-law, died; in his will, he left everything to his yet unborn son. Oppianicus, who was next in the line of succession, paid Magius' wife a large sum, and she aborted her pregnancy. He then married her, although the marriage did not last long. Then he went to Rome, became intimate with a young dissolute, Asuvius, and killed him after he had signed a will in his favor.

In 80 BC, Oppianicus fell in love with Sassia, the widow of his former brother-in-law, Aulus Cluentius Habitus the Elder. Cluentius the Elder had fallen victim to the Sullan proscriptions and the widowed Sassia then fell in love with her son-in-law Melinus and forced her daughter to divorce him so that she could marry him herself. Oppianicus arranged for Melinus's murder so that Sassia could be free to marry him; she was disinclined, however, to be a stepmother, so Oppianicus obligingly murdered his two youngest sons before she agreed to the marriage.

Aftermath
Cicero was so successful that the young Cluentius was absolved of the charges. In the process the reputation of Sassia was completely destroyed. According to Quintilian, Cicero afterwards boasted that he had pulled the wool over the judges' eyes (se tenebras offudisse iudicibus in causa Cluenti gloriatus est, Institutio Oratoria 2.17.21; the context is in discussion of orators who say false things not because they are themselves unaware of the truth, but to deceive other people).

Cicero's spirited defence in Pro Cluentio presents an insight into the life in Larinum in 66 BC, and also provides an image of a ruthless woman which has lasted for more than two thousand years.

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May Morris

Mary "May" Morris (25 March 1862 – 17 October 1938) was an English artisan, embroidery designer, jeweller, socialist, and editor. She was the younger daughter of the Pre-Raphaelite artist and designer William Morris and his wife and artists' model, Jane Morris (née Burden).

Biography
May Morris was born on 25 March 1862 at Red House, Bexleyheath, and named Mary, as she was born on the Feast of the Annunciation. May learned to embroider from her mother and her aunt Bessie Burden, who had been taught by William Morris. In 1878, she enrolled at the National Art Training School, precursor of the Royal College of Art. In 1885, aged 23, she became the Director of the Embroidery Department at her father's enterprise Morris & Co. During her time in the role she was responsible for producing a range of designs, which were frequently misattributed as her father's work. She ran this department until her father's death in 1896, where she moved into an advisory role.

In 1886, May fell in love with Henry Halliday Sparling (1860–1924), secretary of the Socialist League. Despite her mother's concerns about her future son-in-law, they married on 14 June 1890 at Fulham Register Office. The Sparlings were divorced in 1898, and May resumed her maiden name.

In 1907, she founded the Women’s Guild of Arts with Mary Elizabeth Turner, as the Art Workers Guild did not admit women. They were assisted in its foundation by Mary A. Sloane, Ethel Everett, Mabel Esplin and Letty Graham. The Women's Guild of Arts became a leading association for women artists and craftswomen, providing networking and educational opportunities as an alternative to the Art Workers Guild.

She edited her father's Collected Works in 24 volumes for Longmans, Green and Company, published from 1910 to 1915, and, after his death, commissioned two houses to be built in the style that he loved in the village of Kelmscott in the Cotswolds. Her companion at Kelmscott from 1917 until her death was Mary Lobb, a Land Army volunteer in the village. May Morris died at Kelmscott Manor on 17 October 1938.

Embroidery
May Morris was an influential embroiderer and designer, although her contributions are often overshadowed by those of her father, a towering figure in the Arts and Crafts movement. She continued his resurrection of free-form embroidery in the style which would be termed art needlework. Art needlework emphasized freehand stitching and delicate shading in silk thread thought to encourage self-expression in the needleworker in sharp contrast with the brightly coloured Berlin wool work needlepoint and its "paint by numbers" aesthetic which had gripped much of home embroidery in the mid-19th century.

May Morris was also active in the Royal School of Art Needlework (now Royal School of Needlework), founded as a charity in 1872 under the patronage of Princess Helena to maintain and develop the art of needlework through structured apprenticeships. The school originally opened in the autumn of 1872 in rooms in Sloane Street, London, with a staff of twenty women overseen by Lady Welby and Mrs Dolby, an "authority in ecclesiastical work". While the course available in the government schools of design for women was theoretical only, the RSAN had the distinct advantage of a practical, hands-on technical training. The school grew rapidly, and by 1875 had moved into their third locale, conveniently located in Exhibition Road next to the South Kensington Museum. The collections of ancient embroidery in the Museum were studied in an effort to understand and relearn old work.

Also among the staff at the RSAN were Jane Morris's sister, Elizabeth Burden, who was chief technical instructor from 1880, and designers Deborah Birnbaum (c1889) and Nellie Whichelo (c1890).

May Morris taught embroidery at the LCC Central School of Art in London from 1897, and was head of the Embroidery department from 1899 until 1905, thereafter continuing her association with the Central School as Visitor until 1910. She also taught at Birmingham, Leicester and Hammersmith Art School.

By 1916, there were many art schools under the LCC umbrella that included embroidery in their curriculum. Among the embroidery instructors were sisters Ellen M Wright and Fanny I Wright, both previously employed in the Embroidery Department at Morris & Co., and trained by May Morris. Ellen M Wright also taught at the Clapham School of Art, aided by Miss F Pooley, and Eleanor R Harriss and Mrs L Frampton taught at the Hammersmith School of Arts & Crafts.

Jewellery
Morris also designed and made jewellery. She began to design jewellery around the turn of the 20th century, and was probably inspired by the Birmingham jewellers Arthur and Georgie Gaskin, who were old family friends. Examples of her jewellery were donated by Mary Lobb to the Victoria and Albert Museum and Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales.

Publications

 * Decorative Needlework. London: Joseph Hughes & Co., 1893.
 * ed and Introd. Collected Works of William Morris. 24 v. London: Longmans, Green, 1910–1915. New York: Russell & Russell, 1966.
 * "Coptic Textiles". Architectural Review 5 (1899), 274–287.
 * "Chain Stitch Embroidery". Century Guild Hobby Horse 3 (1888), 25–29.
 * "Line Embroidery". Art Workers' Quarterly 1:4 (October 1902), 117–121.
 * "Opus Anglicanum – The Syon Cope". Burlington Magazine 6 (October 1904 – March 1905), 278–285.
 * "Opus Anglicanum II – The Ascoli Cope". Burlington Magazine 6 (October 1904 – March 1905), 440–448.
 * "Opus Anglicanum III – The Pienza Cope". Burlington Magazine 7 (April–September 1905), 54–65.
 * "Opus Anglicanum at the Burlington Fine Arts Club". Burlington Magazine 7 (April–September 1905), 302–309.
 * "William Morris". Letter. Times Literary Supplement. 905 (22 May 1919), 280.
 * "William Morris". Letter. Times Literary Supplement. 1685 (17 May 1934).

External sources

 * On Poetry, Painting and Politics: Letters of May Morris and John Quinn: The Letters of May Morris and John Quinn Hardcover – 28 Feb. 1997 by May Morris  (Author), John Quinn (Author), Janice Londraville (Editor)
 * May Morris: Arts & Crafts Designer Hardcover – Illustrated, 28 Sept. 2017 by Anna Mason (Editor), Jan Marsh (Editor), Jenny Lister (Editor), Rowan Bain (Contributor), & Hanne Faurby (Contributor)
 * May Morris, 1862-1938: Exhibition Catalogue Paperback – 10 Jan. 1989 by Helen Sloan (Author)

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Talk:Gummitwist

Compare with Chinese jump rope
I think, these are the same games or very very very similiar. Please check it out, my english is not the best. greetings --Nfu-peng 17:44, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

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1818 in archaeology

The year 1818 in archaeology involved some significant events.

Events

 * June 13 - Caspar Reuvens is appointed as the world's first professor of archaeology, at Leiden University in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Explorations

 * Giovanni Battista Belzoni explores the interior of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

Finds

 * Ancient temple at Sanchi.
 * 1818 or 1819 - Prajnaparamita of Java.

Publications

 * Juan Ramis publishes Antigüedades célticas de la isla de Menorca ("Celtic Antiquities of the Island of Menorca") in Mahón, the first book in the Spanish language entirely devoted to prehistory.

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Juan de Jáuregui

Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar (also known as Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Hurtado de la Sal) (24 November 1583 – 11 January 1641) was a Spanish poet, scholar and painter in the Siglo de Oro.

Early life
Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Hurtado de la Sal was born and baptized in Seville, Andalusia. His parents were Miguel Martínez de Jáuregui, a hidalgo—which is an untitled Spanish nobleman—from La Rioja, and Doña Isabel de la Sal from Seville. He was the fifth of their ten children; the oldest became later commissioner (regidor) of Seville. The poet changed his second name (the one coming from his mother) to "Aguilar", coming from one of his grandmothers.

About his youth very little is known. In his discourse Arte de la pintura (The Art of Painting) some references to various travels to Italy can be found and it is known that he stayed in Rome, probably to study painting.

Career
He returned to Spain shortly before 1610 with a reputation as both a painter and a poet. In the preface to the Novelas exemplares, Miguel de Cervantes says that Jáuregui painted his picture, and in the second part of Don Quixote, praises Jáuregui's translation of Tasso's Aminta, published at Rome in 1607. The picture by Jáuregui is lost; there is no evidence supporting any surviving painting being that of Jáuregui.

Jáuregui's Rimas (1618), a collection of graceful lyrics, where he integrated also some translations of Horace, Martial and Ausonius, is preceded by a controversial preface which attracted much attention on account of its outspoken declaration against the culteranismo of Luis de Góngora. Another Spanish poet, Francisco de Quevedo, mentioned Jáuregui in "La perinola" with scorn.

Through the influence of Gaspar de Guzmán, Count-Duke of Olivares, he was appointed groom of the chamber to Philip IV, and gave an elaborate exposition of his artistic doctrines in the Discurso poético contra el hablar culto y oscuro (1624), a skillful attack on the new theories, which procured for its author membership in the honorary Order of Calatrava. It is plain, however, that the shock of controversy had shaken Jáuregui's convictions, and his poem Orfeo (1624) is visibly influenced by Góngora.

Death
Jáuregui died at Madrid on 11 January 1641, leaving behind him a translation of the Pharsalia which was not published until 1684. This rendering reveals Jáuregui as a complete convert to the new school, and it has been argued that, exaggerating the affinities between Lucan and Góngora—both of Cordoban descent — he deliberately translated the thought of the earlier poet into the vocabulary of the later master. This is possible; but it is at least as likely that Jáuregui unconsciously yielded to the current of popular taste, with no other intention than that of conciliating the public of his own day.

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Kidnapped (1971 film)

Kidnapped is a 1971 British adventure film, directed by Delbert Mann and starring Michael Caine, Trevor Howard, Jack Hawkins and Donald Pleasence, as well as a number of well-known British character actors. The film is based on the 1886 novel Kidnapped and the first half of the 1893 sequel Catriona by Robert Louis Stevenson.

Plot
The film begins in the aftermath of the Battle of Culloden with the troops of the Duke of the Cumberland ruthlessly suppressing the Jacobite Rebellion.

Young David Balfour arrives at a bleak Scottish house, the House of Shaws, to claim his inheritance. The house and land have been under the custodianship of his father's brother, Ebenezer Balfour, but on reaching adulthood, the land and property become David's. Ebenezer is having none of it, however, so he first tries to murder him, then has him kidnapped by sea captain Hoseason, with whom he has "a venture for trade in the West Indies". David is shipped off to be sold as a slave in the Carolinas. He strikes up a friendship with Alan Breck, escaping from Charles Edward Stuart's defeat at Culloden. Breck is in a coble which is run down in the fog by Hoseason's ship and once aboard, asks Hoseason to take him to France. When Hoseason refuses, Breck offers him 60 guineas to put him down on Loch Linnhe.

On discovering that Breck has a money belt full of Jacobite gold, Hoseason and his crew try to kill Breck, but he is forewarned by David and the two kill half a dozen of the crew before the others retreat. Hoseason offers terms to end the fighting, but the ship runs aground. Only Breck and Balfour appear to survive and they manage to get to land. They set out for Edinburgh, dodging the ruthless Redcoats. Numerous adventures follow as they meet up with Breck's family, friends and foes alike. These include Breck's cousin, James Stewart, and his daughter Catriona, with whom David falls in love.

Breck hopes to incite another rebellion for Scottish independence but James Stewart and his clan would have none of it. James felt that the Battle of Culloden was terrible and unnecessary. He also reasoned with Breck that the Redcoats could never be defeated in the future as they had better tactics and cannon. Later on, a Scottish Captain of a Redcoat patrol is killed in a skirmish with the Stewart Clan on a farm. Subsequently, Breck, David and Catriona quickly flee the scene, but the seriously injured James, being assumed dead, is abandoned and then captured. He gets the blame for the killing and is imprisoned in the Castle. Later on, David and Catriona part with Breck and meet up with a lawyer to defend James. They are allowed to visit James in the Castle. They explain to the lawyer that James Stewart is innocent of the killing although they do not know who killed the Captain. It is pointed out, however, that Dave is risking his life by giving evidence to the fact. They are visited by the Lord Advocate and his daughter who explain to them that a New Scotland is in the making as part of the Union with England, so therefore rebellions by the Highland Clans in the future are not necessary. The Lord Advocate tells them both that he is a highlander too but would wish Alan Breck to be captured and killed. Unbeknownst to the Lord Advocate, Breck, hiding in a large cupboard, was listening in to their conversation in anger and still wished to carry out a future rebellion. Finally Catriona meets Alan out in the Scottish countryside and pleads with him to reconsider rebelling against England, as Scotland is no longer interested in fighting. Alan Breck is then left to himself, viewing the countryside and has memories of the people being killed in the futile Battle of Culloden. He feels guilty for the young men he sent out to their deaths. He finally realizes that a New Scotland does not need him. It turns out that it was he that killed the Captain. The film ends when he decides to hand himself in to the Castle occupied by the Redcoats in order to save James.

Production
The film was produced by Frederick Brogger, through his company Omnibus Productions, which Brogger half owned with actor James Franciscus). Omnibus made four classical adaptations of novels, all of which were directed by Delbert Mann: Heidi (1968), David Copperfield (1970), Jane Eyre (1971) and Kidnapped. Franciscus said "We saw that no one was doing the classics. We felt there was a need and a place for that kind of film." The films were sold to NBC television, who had the right to show the films twice in the USA (they aired on Bell System Family Theatre). They were also made for theatrical release. The films were expensive because they were shot on location.

The original title was David and Catriona. Delbert Mann says they wanted to focus more on those characters than Alan Breck, but wanted to give Breck "more guts and more balls" than he was traditionally portrayed. They wrote in scenes where Breck commits premeditated murder but ultimately had to cut them out due to the censor.

The filmmakers realised that the film would be too expensive for television. They told NBC who pulled out and the project was refinanced with American International Pictures putting up NBC's share instead. This made Kidnapped Omnibus' first purely theatrical film.

Leads Lawrence Douglas and Vivien Heilbron were relatively unknown. Filming started in London at Pinewood Studios on 10 May 1971. Five weeks location shooting began in Scotland on 30 May. Scottish locations included Argyll, Mull, Culross and Stirling Castle. The opening moorland scene of the end of the Battle of Culloden was filmed in Argyll, with Highlander extras provided by Lochaber High School and Redcoat extras by Oban High School. Pinewood Studios was used for some interior scenes.

Caine later said he "never got paid for" the film. "They made it when they didn’t have the money to make it. I got a small percentage just so they would be able to release it, to get at least some money back on it. It was an absolute and utter disaster from beginning to end." Mann confirms that "no one was paid fully" and says Caine "was a key figure to get us through it."

Mann says a number of actors had to be looped because American audiences would not understand the thick Scottish accents.

Music
The soundtrack was composed and conducted by Roy Budd. The end title song, "For All My Days", was sung by Mary Hopkin.

Critical
The Los Angeles Times called it "something of a disappointment".

Pauline Kael said "Jack Pulman has drawn a trim, craftsmanlike screenplay" and the director "keeps everything comprehensible, though he doesn’t seem to know how to make the narrative stirring. Fortunately, Michael Caine acts Alan Breck with a mixture of swagger and intelligence that keeps the movie alive."

Box office
In April 1972 Sam Arkoff called the film "a good, opulent movie but business has only been medium." He felt "the lack of something different has held back" the film.

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1912 in archaeology

Below are notable events in archaeology that occurred in 1912.

Excavations

 * Project to excavate and restore ancient temples at Sanchi begins under Sir John Marshall (continues to 1919).
 * Excavations at Viroconium (Wroxeter) in England begin (continue to 1914).
 * Excavations at Uruk by Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft begin (continue to 1913).
 * Excavations at St. Mary's Abbey, York, in northern England by Walter Harvey-Brook.
 * Excavations at Yewden Roman villa, Hambleden in south central England by Alfred Heneage Cocks, discovering 97 perinatal skeletons.

Finds

 * June - Cheapside Hoard of early 17th century jewellery from the City of London.
 * June 23 - Jaw of "Piltdown Man" "found" by Charles Dawson in Sussex, England (shown to be a hoax in 1953).
 * December 6 - Bust of Nefertiti from Tell el-Amarna, Egypt by a German archeological team.

Publications

 * Aleš Hrdlička - Early Man in South America.

Births

 * January 8: Sigurður Þórarinsson, Icelandic pioneer of tephrochronology (d. 1983)
 * June 8: Don Crabtree, American experimental archaeologist (d. 1980)
 * August 5: Margaret Guido, born Cecily Margaret Preston, English archaeologist (d. 1994)
 * Taha Baqir, Iraqi archaeologist and Assyriologist (d. 1984)
 * Elisabeth Schmid, German archaeologist and osteologist (d. 1994)

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Talk:Chinese jump rope

Compare with Gummitwist
I assume these are both the same games. Please check this and put them perhaps together. Greetings --Nfu-peng 17:48, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Alternative name: Elastics
This article seems to describe what we, in New Zealand, called Elastics.

61.81.18.1 05:19, 20 October 2005 (UTC) Bruno.

Merge?
This article and Jumpsies seem to be about the same thing. By the way, the game is also played in Romania, and is called "elastic" (hurray for original research :-p) --Urzică (talk) 20:29, 8 April 2009 (UTC)

Chinese garter
The name I've heard for this is "Chinese garter". Never heard of "Chinese jump rope". Gronky (talk) 00:13, 30 August 2009 (UTC)

It's called "Chinese Jump Rope" in California where I grew up, so I'm sure it is in other places as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.13.5.124 (talk) 05:46, 17 April 2015

History, origin?
Came here to learn where this game originated, and was disappointed. Encyclopedic knowledge includes origin stories. Xaxafrad (talk) 21:48, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

Well, never mind my previous comment above. I finally came back and read the lead more thoroughly. I must've skipped over the history paragraph because it's indented and looks like a block of quoted text. Xaxafrad (talk) 00:42, 8 May 2020 (UTC)

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Kidnapped (1938 film)

Kidnapped (1938) is an adventure film directed by Otto Preminger (who was uncredited) and Alfred L. Werker, starring Warner Baxter and Freddie Bartholomew. It is based on the 1886 novel Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson.

The copyright to the film was renewed.

Plot
In 1747, David Balfour's evil uncle arranges for him to be kidnapped and sent to sea where he meets exile Alan Breck. The two make their way back to Scotland and justice.

Cast

 * Warner Baxter as Alan Breck
 * Freddie Bartholomew as David Balfour
 * Arleen Whelan as Jean MacDonald
 * C. Aubrey Smith as Duke of Argyle
 * Reginald Owen as Captain Hoseason
 * John Carradine as Gordon
 * Nigel Bruce as Neil MacDonald
 * Miles Mander as Ebenezer Balfour
 * Ralph Forbes as James
 * H. B. Warner as Angus Rankeillor
 * Arthur Hohl as Riach
 * E. E. Clive as Minister MacDougall
 * Halliwell Hobbes as Dominie Campbell
 * Montagu Love as Colonel Whitehead
 * Moroni Olsen as Douglas
 * Leonard Mudie as Red Fox
 * Mary Gordon as Mrs. MacDonald
 * C. Montague Shaw as Scotch Statesman
 * Russell Hicks as Bailiff
 * Holmes Herbert as Judge
 * Brandon Hurst as Doomster
 * Harry Tenbrook as Crewman (uncredited)

Production notes

 * Production Dates: 3 Jan-mid-Mar 1938
 * The film's credits open with a picture of Robert Louis Stevenson lying in bed writing.
 * The screen credit for the title reads, "Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped: The Adventures of David Balfour."
 * In his autobiography, Otto Preminger recounts that he was surprised when, after having directed only two films in Hollywood, he was assigned to Kidnapped, a big-budget film. Preminger, who was not familiar with the book, read the script and complained to his friend, Gregory Ratoff, who was acting as Zanuck's assistant, that he did not want to direct the film because he had no understanding of the people in the part of the world where the story took place. Ratoff, however, persuaded him to accept. When Zanuck saw some of the rushes, he accused Preminger of cutting out a portion of the script without permission. During a heated argument, Preminger denied the charge, and when Zanuck yelled at him, Preminger yelled back. Preminger subsequently refused to apologize, and, according to the autobiography, because of the incident, he was prevented from working in Hollywood. He returned to stage direction and did not direct another film until 1943.
 * Other films based on the same book include a 1948 Monogram release starring Roddy McDowell and Dan O'Herlihy and directed by William Beaudine; a 1960 Walt Disney production directed by Robert Stevenson and starring Peter Finch and James MacArthur; and a 1971 American International Pictures version, directed by Delbert Mann and starring Michael Caine and Lawrence Douglas.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/ENews.tk

 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was delete -- Francs2000 | Talk 13:11, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

ENews.tk
I get one (1) relevant non-Wikipedia Google hit on the name of this "online newspaper relying fully on RSS feeds, currently from the BBC and The New York Times". Advertising for a rather useless and non-notable web site. Alarm 17:50, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, nn, probably vanity. --Tothebarricades 20:10, July 23, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, notability not established. Pavel Vozenilek 23:09, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete advertising. JamesBurns 04:19, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.


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User:Rick Block/adminactivity

Script
This is a script that will create files containing active, semiactive, and inactive administrators. The criteria is:
 * Active - at least 30 edits in the last 2 months
 * Semiactive - not active, and at least one edit in last 3 months
 * Inactive - no edits in last 3 months

NOTE: The script preserves contact information and various other notes added to WP:LA.

NOTE: The list of inactives from this script is sorted by length of inactivity

Rick Block (talk) 17:51, July 23, 2005 (UTC) -
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# if 30th most recent contrib is less than two months ago, not semi-active MONTH=`prevmonth $MONTH` [ $MONTH = "December" ] && let YEAR=$YEAR-1 [ $2 = $MONTH -a $3 = $YEAR -a $1 -gt $4 ] && return 1

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User talk:CalgaryWikifan

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! We can always use more Calgarians here! -- JamesTeterenko 17:51, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
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You got it right
If you were wondering if you left a message properly, then don't worry. I got your message. Have fun in Wikipedia! -- JamesTeterenko 20:14, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

Welcome to the Wiki, fellow Calgarian! - Dr Haggis - Talk 22:50, 28 July 2005 (UTC)

User Categorisation
You were listed on the Wikipedia:Wikipedians/Canada page as living in or being associated with Alberta. As part of the User categorisation project, these lists are being replaced with user categories. If you would like to add yourself to the category that is replacing the page, please visit Category:Wikipedians in Alberta for instructions.--Rmky87 00:15, 9 October 2005 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:Alberta-chinook.gif
Thanks for uploading Image:Alberta-chinook.gif. I notice the image page currently doesn't specify who created the image, so the copyright status is therefore unclear. If you have not created the image yourself then you need to argue that we have the right to use the image on Wikipedia (see copyright tagging below). If you have not created the image yourself then you should also specify where you found it, ie in most cases link to the website where you got it, and the terms of use for content from that page.

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 * Also Image:Chinook-arch.JPG RedWolf 04:20, 17 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Image:Walking-on-air.JPG, Image:JeffersonSchool1940s-small.JPG

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Fort McMurray
You recently changed the introduction paragraph on the Fort McMurray, Alberta page to read that it is a city. It is not, it is a hamlet. More information is available further down the page. --Yamla 04:16, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:Uk-cad-ogg.ogg
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Chinook Wind Article
Wikipedia is not a general repository for photos. My photo better illustrates the concept of a chinook "arch"; indeed, the other photos do not show this at all. So, even if I had not put mine in, I still believe yours are inappropriate and should be removed. This is not an "ego-trip"; rather, it is an attempt to make the article more relevant.

Also, your continued name calling of me is both juvenile and inaccurate. Please try to support the inclusion of your photos without resorting to it. In particular, I suggest you present arguments as to why you feel the older photos are a worthy addition to the article, and why mine is not. Elpoca 17:53, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

 * Please take the discussion to the article talk page. This way we can build consensus as a community.  Thanks.  -- JamesTeterenko 22:00, 27 February 2006 (UTC)

Image Tagging Image:North-am-cad-ogg.ogg
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Civil Edit summaries
Please avoid using abusive edit summaries as per Civility and No personal attacks. Thanks and happy editing.--Crossmr 04:22, 21 July 2006 (UTC)
 * The same goes for sarcasm - ie your edit re references in the Calgary article - see homeless section below.Michael Dorosh 13:49, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Lethbridge Corn Maze
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Thanks
thanks for correcting the numbering in iraq governorates. Abdalla A 20:31, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

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Talk:Class I MHC

It has been suggested that "Class I MHC" be merged with "Major histocompatibility complex".

The merger would be appropriate since "Class I MHC" is a subset of the major histocompatibiltiy complex and is already discussed in the section. The "class I" subset of MHC is also described in various combinations ("MHC class I", "class I MHC") so fixing on one usage isn't really appropriate,

RE:

I have posted my idea at the Major histocompatibility complex discussiong. Please read thank you. =) --LowLifer 06:40, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/WaterEffect (2005 movie) 2

 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was delete -- Francs2000 | Talk 13:15, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Note see Votes for deletion/WaterEffect (2005 movie) for the previous discussion.

WaterEffect (2005 movie), Doce14 (2005 movie), Franco Poltronieri
These were kept during the last VfD, which is nothing more than an affront to the whole process. A month later, and these films stil get minimal google hits. IF these were ever shown on Brazilian television, then it would be the equivalent of public-access, since as far as I'm aware Brazil does in fact have internet access, so a film of any note would scrape more than a few google hits. The actor also gets just 18 google hits.

It should be noted that WaterEffect is nothing more than a ripoff of Love Hina, and I very much doubt Ken Akamatsu wrote the script. A related page, Grazielle Corapi, was already speedied. — Xezbeth 17:52, July 23, 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete - for my reasons why, see Votes_for_deletion/Grazielle_Corapi (which, btw, was deleted, not speedied). HollyAm 02:54, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete all, notability not established. JamesBurns 04:21, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

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Eastern bettong

The eastern bettong (Bettongia gaimardi), also known as the southern or Tasmanian bettong, is a small, hopping, rat-like mammal native to grassy forests of southeastern Australia and Tasmania. A member of the rat-kangaroo family (Potoroidae), it is active at night and feeds on fungi and plant roots. Like most marsupials, it carries its young in a pouch. The eastern bettong is under pressure by introduced predators and habitat loss. The subspecies on mainland Australia (B. g. gaimardi) is extinct, but populations of the Tasmanian subspecies (B. g. cuniculus) have been reintroduced there.

The animal is called balbo by the Ngunnawal, an Aboriginal people who used to keep them as pets.

Subspecies
Two formerly recognised species, Bettongia cuniculus (Tasmanian bettong) and Bettongia gaimardi (eastern bettong), were placed into a single species with two subspecies by Wakefield in 1967:
 * B. g. gaimardi, mainland subspecies (now extinct)
 * B. g. cuniculus, Tasmanian subspecies

The introduction of the red fox and European rabbit to Australia led to the extinction of the mainland subspecies during the 1920s. The Tasmanian subspecies still exists.

In 2012, a small population was reintroduced to the mainland in Canberra. The reintroduction to Mulligans Flat Woodland Sanctuary was successful, and led to further reintroductions using an on-site breeding program out of the nearby Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve and wild eastern bettongs translocated from Tasmania.

Diet and behaviour
This animal's habitat is dry, open eucalypt forests and grassy woodlands at altitudes between sea level and 1000 m.

A major component of their diet is truffles and other underground fungi, as well as roots and tubers. Insects and grubs are also eaten. It is unique in that it will travel up to 1.5 km from its nest to a feeding area, a considerable distance for such a small creature.

A nocturnal animal, the bettong sleeps during the day in a domed nest. The nests are made with densely woven grass, leaves and shredded bark in a sheltered site such as a shallow depression in the ground or under a fallen log or clump of vegetation. The animal uses its curved prehensile tail to transport the nesting materials to the nest site. The animal only uses the nest for one or two nights, before it moves on in search of food.

Like other bettongs, the eastern bettong is a continuous breeder, producing young throughout the year. The gestation period is 21 days, after which the infant (referred to as a "joey") remains in the pouch for an additional 105 days.

Threats
While the mainland population became extinct in the 1920s, the Tasmanian population has remained secure. One concern is that most of the bettongs are found on private land, with only two groups found within reserves. Red foxes are a major threat. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has raised the threat status for eastern bettongs from least concern to near threatened.

title: Eastern bettong