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Birsen Bekgöz

Birsen Bekgöz (previously known under the married names Birsen Yavuz and Birsen Engin; born October 18, 1980) is a Turkish female track and field athlete competing in sprinting events. She is a member of Enkaspor athletics team. She studied at the Eastern Mediterranean University in Northern Cyprus.

She started her sports career in Ankara and became later a member of the club Bursa Nilüfer Belediyespor. During her time at the Near East University in Nicosia, she ran for Northern Cyprus. Bekgöz is currently at Enkaspor in Istanbul.

She participated at the 2005 Mediterranean Games in Almería, Spain in the categories 200 metres, 400 m hurdles, 4x100 m relay and 4x400 m relay. She ran bronze medal with her teammates Özge Gürler, Pınar Saka and Binnaz Uslu in 4x400 relay. She won the silver medal in the 4x400 m relay event with her teammates Özge Akın, Esma Aydemir and Sema Apak at the 2013 Islamic Solidarity Games held in Palembang, Indonesia.

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Kitron

Kitron is a citron liqueur produced on the Greek island of Naxos. It is made from the fruit and leaves of the citron tree, which is similar to the lemon tree but stronger and slightly different in taste.

Kitron comes in three varieties. The green variety is sweeter and contains less alcohol. The yellow variety is the strongest and has the least sugar. Clear Kitron is somewhere in between. The drink was briefly fashionable during the early 1980s, but today it cannot be easily found outside Naxos due to a shortage of citron trees.

The first distillery was established in 1896 in the village of Halki. Kitro typically comes in three versions that differ in color and strength. Green-colored kitro is the sweetest and has the lowest alcohol content (30% ABV). The colorless version is bottled at 33% ABV, while the strongest yellow-colored variety comes bottled at 36% ABV.

Kitro has a distinctive citrusy aroma and flavor, and it is traditionally enjoyed as a digestif.

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Olivier Pla

Olivier Pla (born 22 October 1981) is a French racing driver currently competing in the FIA World Endurance Championship for Glickenhaus Racing.

French Formula Campus and Formula Three
Born in Toulouse, Pla started his career in 2000 in French Formula Campus before moving on to French Formula Three Championship in 2001 with the Saulnier Racing team. He finished eighth in the series standings, taking nine points-scoring positions in eleven races, including a podium in the penultimate race of the season at Magny-Cours.

In 2002, Pla stayed in the series but switched to the ASM team. He finished third, behind Renaud Derlot and Tristan Gommendy, taking nine podium places from fourteen races, including wins at Croix-en-Ternois and Bugatti Circuit.

In 2003, Pla joined the Formula 3 Euro Series with ASM. He finished third, behind Christian Klien and Ryan Briscoe, taking nine podium places from twenty races.

World Series by Nissan
2004 saw Pla leave the Euroseries, joining the World Series by Nissan. He contested two rounds with RC Motorsport before joining Carlin Motorsport to replace Michael Keohane. He finished ninth, taking thirteen points-scoring positions in eighteen races, including a win at Estoril.

GP2 Series
In 2005 he raced in the inaugural GP2 Series season for David Price Racing. In the early part of the season he stalled on the grid several times — some blamed the GP2 cars for the high number of stallings, while others noticed that the same drivers seemed to be affected regularly. In another race his team mate selected reverse instead of first gear and went backwards into Pla's car. However, he took advantage of the reverse grid system to finish eighth in Race One and thus take pole for Race Two twice (at Hockenheim and Silverstone), winning both those races to finish 11th in the championship. He remained with DPR for 2006, but was dropped mid-season after running out of sponsorship, after a difficult period which saw him score no points and injure his hand in Monaco. In 2007, he competed in the German Porsche Carrera Cup. However, he was recalled to DPR in the latter stages of the GP2 season to replace the injured Christian Bakkerud. In 2008, he moved to sports car racing, driving a Lola Le Mans Prototype in the Le Mans Series and 24 Hours of Le Mans.

WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Pla joined Mazda Motorsports for part of the 2020 WeatherTech SportsCar Championship campaign and signed with Meyer Shank Racing for a full DPi season in 2021.

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Eric Heffer
This is a complete self-nom - as of now, no-one else has edited the article. It's a biography of a left-wing Labour Member of Parliament from Britain. The article is comprehensive and one of the longest biographies of British politicians. It has an extensive list of references. David | Talk 21:12, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment I haven't read the entire article but have a couple of suggestions to bring it up to standard: the prose needs to be cleaned up and, less importantly, it could do with a few more pictures. --Oldak Quill 22:29, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree about the pictures but they would almost certainly have to be fair use and I don't think my good friend Carnildo would like that. David | Talk 11:07, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment it looks good and certainly seems comprehensive. I would like to know why Image:Ericheffer.jpg is considered PD. There are also more sections then there need be, especially at the beginning where there is a section per paragraph. - SimonP 22:44, July 24, 2005 (UTC)
 * I can answer the image question quickly: the image in question is an official publicity photo which was given out c. 1975 to those who wanted a picture of Heffer to print. Such images are, certainly in the UK, considered as free of copyright by implication: if you ask for someone to send a photo to print in your book or magazine, and they send you one, they are consenting to its publication. A few years ago I was involved in compiling a book of biographies of current MPs and sending out letters asking for photos, which we were advised did not need to inquire into copyright status. David | Talk 22:51, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * An official publicity photo in 1975 was presumably a good sharp paper copy? Is it possible to get a better-quality scan of it? This is really blurry. :-( Bishonen | talk 00:07, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * It seems like it should be tagged PD-release. Alternatively the CopyrightedFreeUse might be more appropriate if someone still does own the copyright, but will not, or cannot, enforce it. Either way it would do no harm to add the explanation of why the image is free to use to the image description page. - SimonP 00:19, July 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * It does say it's a publicity photo in the image description page. David | Talk 08:30, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment from a quick skim over it, the table of contents is overwhelming, and many of the section headings are totally uninformative, so I think it could be organised better. There are also lots of terms that could be Wikilinks. The lead is missing a couple of things, who described him as one of the best read MPs? Which left-dominated city council? Is it known what illness killed him and where he is burried?--nixie 23:36, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I've had a go at tackling these objections. The TOC is now cut down to headings and subheadings and the lead is rewritten. The article already explained that he had cancer. David | Talk 11:41, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Object. The images Image:Heffer'slastspeech.jpg and Image:Heffer1985walkout.jpg are listed as "fair use".  Wikipedia is not just an encyclopedia, it is a free content encyclopedia.  As such, fair use images should be avoided if at all possible.  If they must be used, the source of the image must be given, and a rationale for why the image can be used under "fair use" needs to be given for each page the image is used on. --Carnildo 07:24, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I move to strike out this objection. The article is what is being featured, not the pictures. David | Talk 08:30, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * If the pictures aren't a part of the article, then I assume you wouldn't object to them being removed? --Carnildo 19:59, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Whoah there Neddy! If this article wasn't up for FAC would you have similarly objected? The fair use images do now have justifications in commented-out text, and perhaps you will consider whether this is enough to withdraw your objection. David | Talk 11:07, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * The rationale for Image:Heffer'slastspeech.jpg looks good, and I suppose that of Image:Heffer1985walkout.jpg will do, but neither image has information on the source listed on the image description page. --Carnildo 17:44, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Support, on condition that "He was rated as one of the most effective of the large 1964 intake of Labour MPs" is explained (rated by whom?) Deus Ex 17:22, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * This statement is partly my impression given that Heffer is almost always named among examples of MPs from the 1964 intake, but also on the offer of a job which he got in 1967 (one of the first of that intake to be offered something). I've tracked down one direct reference though. David | Talk 09:16, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Very impressive stuff. Mark1 03:28, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose I think maybe this is not important enough of article. 內布拉斯加 00:59, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
 * "Not important enough" is not suitable grounds for objection. You need to specify fixable problems with the article that keep it from being suitable for featured status. --Carnildo 03:06, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Maybe you missed the question I asked above about the quality—the blurriness—of the top image? Is it possible to do something about it? I do find this article very interesting, and I'm not about to object because of a blurry image, but it is the first impression a reader gets. If you've scanned it from a less-than-good print in a book, I suppose the quality can't be helped, though. (I've wikified the Lead suitably, I think, please see if you agree.) Bishonen | talk 03:52, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm working on it but it will take some time. Thanks for your work on the lead, which was written after the rest of the article. David | Talk 23:21, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Support. Very impressed. Well structured and appears thorough to my limited knowledge of Eric Heffer. Rwendland 22:31, 16 December 2005 (UTC)


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Ghost Town (The Specials song)

"Ghost Town" is a song by the British two-tone band the Specials, released on 12 June 1981. The song spent three weeks at number one and 11 weeks in total in the top 40 of the UK Singles Chart.

Evoking themes of urban decay, deindustrialisation, unemployment and violence in inner cities, the song is remembered for being a hit at the same time as riots were occurring in British cities. Internal tensions within the band were also coming to a head when the single was being recorded, resulting in the song being the last single recorded by the original seven members of the group before splitting up. However, the song was hailed by the contemporary UK music press as a major piece of popular social commentary, and all three of the major UK music magazines of the time awarded "Ghost Town" the accolade of "Single of the Year" for 1981. It was the 12th-best-selling single in the UK in 1981.

Background
The tour for the group's More Specials album in late 1980 had been a fraught experience: already tired from a long touring schedule and with several band members at odds with keyboardist and band leader Jerry Dammers over his decision to incorporate "muzak" keyboard sounds on the album, several of the gigs descended into audience violence. As they travelled, the band witnessed sights that reflected the depressed mood of a country gripped by recession. In 2002, Dammers told The Guardian: "You travelled from town to town and what was happening was terrible. In Liverpool, all the shops were shuttered up, everything was closing down ... We could actually see it by touring around. You could see that frustration and anger in the audience. In Glasgow, there were these little old ladies on the streets selling all their household goods, their cups and saucers. It was unbelievable. It was clear that something was very, very wrong."

In an interview in 2011, Dammers explained how witnessing this event inspired his composition:

"The overall sense I wanted to convey was impending doom. There were weird, diminished chords: certain members of the band resented the song and wanted the simple chords they were used to playing on the first album. It's hard to explain how powerful it sounded. We had almost been written off and then 'Ghost Town' came out of the blue."

The song's sparse lyric alludes to urban decay, unemployment and violence in inner cities. Jo-Ann Greene of Allmusic notes the lyric "only brush[es] on the causes for this apocalyptic vision — the closed down clubs, the numerous fights on the dancefloor, the spiraling unemployment, the anger building to explosive levels. But so embedded were these in the British psyche, that Dammers needed only a minimum of words to paint his picture." The club referred to in the song was the Locarno (run by the Mecca Leisure Group and later renamed Tiffanys), a regular haunt of Neville Staple and Lynval Golding, and which is also named as the club in "Friday Night, Saturday Morning", one of the songs on the B-side. The building that housed the club is now Coventry Central Library.

Recording
In March 1981, Jerry Dammers heard the reggae song "At the Club" by actor and singer Victor Romero Evans played on Roundtable, the singles review show on BBC Radio 1. Fascinated by the record's sound, Dammers telephoned the song's co-writer and producer John Collins a few days later, although as Dammers first phone call was in the middle of the night, Collins initially took it to be a joke. Following conversations with Dammers, Collins travelled from his home in London to meet the Specials at their rehearsal studio and agreed to produce their new single.

After becoming overwhelmed with the multitude of choices available in the 24-track studio used during the recording of More Specials, Dammers had decided that he wanted to return a more basic set-up, and after a recommendation from bass player Horace Panter who was familiar with the place, the band chose the small 8-track studio in the house owned by John Rivers in Woodbine Street in Royal Leamington Spa. The studio, which consisted of a recording space in the cellar and a control room in the living room, was too small to accommodate all the members of the band, so rather than their normal recording method of playing all together, Collins recorded each band member playing one at a time and built up the songs track by track.

The three songs for the single were recorded over ten days in April 1981 in two separate sessions at Woodbine Street: seven days from 3 to 9 April and then a further three days from 15 to 17 April. Tensions were high during the recording of the single, with little communication between the band members, and at one point, a frustrated Roddy Byers kicked a hole in the studio door, angering Rivers. Panter said "Everybody was stood in different parts of this huge room with their equipment, no one talking. Jerry stormed out a couple of times virtually in tears and I went after him, 'Calm down, calm down'. It was hell to be around." Dammers said "People weren't cooperating. 'Ghost Town' wasn't a free-for-all jam session. Every little bit was worked out and composed, all the different parts, I'd been working on it for at least a year, trying out every conceivable chord ... I can remember walking out of a rehearsal in total despair because Neville would not try the ideas. You know the brass bit is kind of jazzy, it has a dischord? I remember Lynval rushing into the control room while they were doing it going, 'No, no, no, it sounds wrong! Wrong! Wrong!'" Collins wanted the song to sound more like a Sly and Robbie roots reggae track, so he brought a copy of a Sly and Robbie-produced single "What a Feeling" by Gregory Isaacs, to the studio so that drummer John Bradbury could mimic the drum sound. He also suggested the two-handed shuffle rhythm played by Dammers on the Hammond organ throughout the song. Using just eight tracks limited Collins' recording possibilities, but as a reggae producer he decided to use the common reggae method of recording everything in mono: "As we were recording eight-track, I did go with a track plan. I wanted the drums in mono on one track, the bass in mono on another and the rhythm – that shuffle organ and Lynval's DI'd guitar – on another. They're the backbone of a reggae song. Then there was brass on another track, lead vocals on another, backing vocals on another, and various little bits and pieces dropped in ...'Ghost Town' is basically a mono record with stereo reverb and echo that I added in the mix ... The same applied to the brass: John [Rivers] put one mic in the middle of the room, placed Dick [Cuthell] and Rico [Rodriguez] in diagonal corners, and when we listened in the control room it sounded great. Recording simply in mono really helped the instruments balance themselves." However, there was a tense moment towards the end of recording when Dammers decided at the last minute that he wanted to add a flute to the song, and with no free tracks available Collins was forced to record the flute directly onto the track containing the previously recorded brass section, with the possibility that any error would have rendered the entire track unusable:"The guy who played the flute was a member of the band King and we recorded him in the hallway with a microphone at the top of the stairs to get the natural reverb from the stairwell. However, overdubbing the flute nearly killed me because it was not on a free track. Dick Cuthell and Rico Rodriguez had already gone back to London, and I had to record that flute by actually dropping in. Originally, the lead part was done on Jerry's guide organ before the flute was dropped in on the brass track. Well, I had to put a piece of tissue under my chin because sweat was dripping off my face due to it being so scary – one mistake and that would have been it!"

As it had not been decided where exactly the backing vocals would be used, Terry Hall, Staple, Golding and Dammers sang a full backing vocal track throughout the song, which Collins used to his advantage as the lyric "this town is coming like a ghost town" had become like a "hypnotic chant" by the end of the song.

Collins took a recording of the separate tracks back to his home in Tottenham in north London where he spent three weeks mixing the song. During this period Hall, Staple, Golding and Dammers all turned up at the house at various times to add further vocals. Since the song had no proper beginning or ending during recording at Woodbine Street, Collins recreated the idea of fading in over a sound effect, which he had used previously on "Lift Off", the B-side of "At the Club". To achieve the effect he wanted, Collins utilised a kit-built Transcendent 2000 synthesiser to create a "ghost" sound, which he used to fade in and out at the beginning and end of the track.

B-sides
The single had two B-sides, each written by a different member of the Specials. "Why?" is a plea for racial tolerance and was written by guitarist Lynval Golding in response to a violent racist attack he had suffered in July 1980 outside the Moonlight Club in West Hampstead in London, which had left him hospitalised with broken ribs. "Friday Night, Saturday Morning" was written by lead singer Terry Hall and describes a mundane night out in Coventry.

Music video
The music video, directed by Barney Bubbles, consists of bass player Panter driving the band around London in a 1961 Vauxhall Cresta, intercut with views of streets and buildings filmed from the moving vehicle, and ends with a shot of the band standing on the banks of the River Thames at low tide. The video's locations include driving through the Rotherhithe Tunnel and around semi-derelict areas of the East End as well as in Lothbury and Throgmorton Street in the financial district of the City of London in the early hours of daylight on Sunday morning, where the streets were deserted as it was the weekend. The shots of the band in the car were achieved by attaching a camera to the bonnet using a rubber sucker: Panter recalled that at one point the camera fell off (briefly seen in the finished video at 1:18) and scratched the car's paintwork, to the displeasure of the car's owner. The original Ghost Town car can be seen (and sat in) at the Coventry Music Museum.

Impact
Contemporaneous reviews identified the song's impact as an "instant musical editorial" on recent events (the 1981 England riots). Although initial reviews of the single in the UK music press were lukewarm, by the end of the year the song had won over the critics to be named "Single of the Year" in Melody Maker, NME and Sounds, the UK's top three weekly music magazines at the time. AllMusic's retrospective review of the original single argued that the song was the band's "crowning achievement".

The summer of 1981 saw riots in over 35 locations around the UK. In response to the linking of the song to these events, singer Terry Hall said, "When we recorded 'Ghost Town', we were talking about [1980]'s riots in Bristol and Brixton. The fact that it became popular when it did was just a weird coincidence." The song created resentment in Coventry where residents angrily rejected the characterisation of the city as a town in decline.

In the 1990s the song was featured in an episode of the sitcom Father Ted.

The song was featured in the 2000 Guy Ritchie film Snatch, the 2004 Edgar Wright film Shaun of the Dead, and the 2022 Netflix animated film Wendell & Wild.

The song experienced a thematic resurgence on music streaming platforms in 2020, after lockdown orders were placed following the COVID-19 pandemic.

In December 2021, a commemorative plaque was affixed to the house where the former Woodbine Street recording studio was located. The plaque mentions "Ghost Town" was recorded there.

In 2022, it was included in the list "The story of NME in 70 (mostly) seminal songs" at number 19, for "Lacing ska and reggae with the amphetamine edge of new wave". Mark Beaumont praised the song and its "brooding evocation of Thatcher’s wasteland Britain".

British pop group Duran Duran released a cover version of the song on their 2023 Halloween-themed album Danse Macabre.

Personnel

 * The Specials
 * John Bradbury – drums
 * Roddy Radiation – guitar
 * Jerry Dammers – keyboards, Hammond organ, backing vocals
 * Lynval Golding – guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Why?"
 * Terry Hall – lead vocals, backing vocals
 * Horace Panter – bass
 * Neville Staple – vocals

 * Additional personnel
 * Dick Cuthell – flugelhorn
 * Paul Heskett – flute
 * Rico Rodriguez – trombone

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Louis Carrogis Carmontelle

Louis Carrogis Carmontelle (15 August 1717 – 26 December 1806) was a French dramatist, painter, architect, set designer, author, and designer of one of the earliest examples of the French landscape garden, Parc Monceau in Paris. He also invented the transparent, an early ancestor of the magic lantern and motion picture, for viewing moving bands of landscape paintings.

Biography
Carmontelle was born in Paris, and came from a modest background; his father was a bootmaker. He studied drawing and geometry, and at the age of twenty three qualified for the title of engineer, and entered the service of the Duc de Chevreuse and the Duc de Luynes at the Château de Dampierre, where he taught drawing and mathematics to the children.

In 1758, he entered the service of the Comte Pons de Saint-Maurice, governor of the Duc de Chartres and commander of regiment of Orléans-dragons as a topographical engineer. In addition to his drawing duties, he wrote farces and tales. After 1763 entered into the service of Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans as a lecteur, responsible for providing theatrical performances for the family. He wrote and directed plays, decorated the scenery and made the costumes. In this way he invented a new genre of play, the proverbe dramatique, a scene of light comedy designed to be a point of departure for a theatrical improvisation. He also wrote plays for the famous ballerina, Marie-Madeleine Guimard for performance at the private theatre of her residence, Pantin.

In addition to his work in the theatre, he was a talented artist, who made portraits in pen and watercolor in less than two hours of notable people that he met. The most famous of his drawings is that of the infant Mozart playing the clavier.

Parc Monceau
In 1773, he was asked by the Duc de Chartres, the son of Louis-Philippe d'Orléans and the future Philippe Egalité, to design a garden around a small house that he was building to the northwest of Paris. Between 1773 and 1778, he created the folie de Chartres, (now Parc Monceau), one of the most famous French landscape gardens of the time. It departed from the more natural English landscape gardens of the time by presenting a series of fantastic scenes designed "to unite in one garden all places and all times.". It included a series of fabriques, or architectural structures, while illustrated all the styles known at the time; antiquity, exoticism, Chinese, Turkish, ruins, tombs, and rustic landscapes, all created to surprise and divert the visitor.

After the death of the duc d'Orleans in 1785, Carmonetelle entered into the service of the Duc de Chartres, and taught drawing to his son Louis-Philippe of France, the future and last King of France, and his sister Adeleide.

Introduction of animation into painting
In the last years of his life, he pioneered a new invention for showing paintings in motion, which was a distant ancestor of the motion picture. In 1783 he began working on what he termed "décors transparents animés." These were paintings of landscapes on long bands of paper, fifty centimeters high and as many as forty two meters long. These were mounted on two wooden rollers in a box, with the light of day coming into the box from behind and passing through the paper. The landscapes were slowly rolled from one roll to the other, giving the illusion of a walk in the garden. The first moving landscapes he titled "Landscapes of France," "English Gardens," "The Seasons," and "The Banks of the Seine." One of the moving landscapes is preserved at the Museum of Sceaux.

Carmontelle died in Paris.

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Archives

 * User:Sn0wflake/ArchivedTalk01, which includes messages from 16 July 2004 to 24 July 2005. Statistics for this archive are as follows: positive interaction (30) general comments (22) cricticism (6) negative interaction (4) adminship nominations (1)

Fucking Åmål
Five days have not passed... shouldn't the retitle notice still be up? WhisperToMe 00:51, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Request closed, consensus was for the title to remain as it is. -- Sn0wflake

Sango's RfA
Hi, Sn0wflake. Thanks for supporting my RfA! I am honored to have your endoresment and hope to make good use of the mop. Sango 123  01:28, July 27, 2005 (UTC)
 * It was a pleasure. -- Sn0wflake

Thanks
Hey Sn0wflake, great to see someone appreciating the work I've done. :D Yeah, some of the metal music sections are very sparse at the moment so I'm definitely looking to add some stuff to them. Midness 15:25, 27 July 2005 (UTC)

Editcountitis
Offended? LOL, I seriously doubt you could offend me if you tried. Then again, come to think of it, I'm offended you might think I'm offended by such an inoffensive comment :) -- Rick Block (talk) 19:45, July 28, 2005 (UTC)

Heavy metal genrebox
User Sam Spade is attempting to change the heavy metal genrebox again. Please once again discuss the issue with him. Andros 1337 00:08, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

 * I replied @ User_talk:Sam_Spade, and will say again here that I appreciate your compromising tone, and as far as I am concerned our past dissodence is forgiven and forgotten. If your RfA was today, I would at worst abstain. You have a clean slate as far as I am concerned. ¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸ 01:26, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm glad this conflict is - hopefully - finally over. -- Sn0wflake

User Tags
All over the place I keep seeing user tags like the one on this page: Rick Block (talk) 19:45, July 28, 2005 (UTC)

Now do people *really* type in  [User: <username>] <time> <date>  or is there some wiki shortcut? —User:HopeSeekr of xMule 6:54, 29 July 2005 (CDT)

 * Thanks for all the help! :-) —HopeSeekr of xMule (Talk) 13:20, 29 July 2005 (UTC)

Canderson7's RFA
Thanks for supporting my RFA and for welcoming me to the team. I'm honored! --Canderson7 16:45, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

Re: Exceptional Newcomer
Thank you so much! :P It's so pretty. But, what exactly did I do? Was it for welcoming? Thanks again! Have a nice day! Ryan 22:05, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

 * I was just looking at that last night. I always wondered why they were called barnstars. I have no idea what enjoyment I got out of my past troubles. Very immature, I admit. Ryan 23:49, July 30, 2005 (UTC)

My RfA
Thanks for supporting me in my RfA! Thunderbrand 15:16, July 31, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks!
Hi Sn0wflake, thanks for the comments! I am new here, and I'm having a lot of fun so far. BTW, great work on the metal band work overall! Gsp 06:14, 1 August 2005 (UTC)

A newbie's thanks
Thanks for answering my question in Talk:Joseph Ransohoff. I appreciate your insight into this. Kit 00:37:18, 2005-08-02 (UTC)

Thank you!
Thank you for your support on my RfA! When I submitted it, I was unsure of how I'd do, but the support was great. I promise that I won't do anything too stupid with the trust you've given me. humblefool®Deletion Reform 19:09, 2 August 2005 (UTC)
 * P.S. Stop by Deletion reform!

Barnstar

Sn0wflake, I hereby award you the Working Man's Barnstar for your hard work wikifying, cleaning up, categorizing, and doing other tedious work that we really need around here. I really appreciate your hard work. Thanks! — Stevey7788 (talk) 23:12, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I truly appreciate the recognition! -- Sn0wflake
 * You're really welcome. :) — Stevey7788 (talk) 03:28, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Opeth Fix
Why did you revert the spacing I did for the Opeth albums? If three of them have dashes between the album title and the year, why not all of them?

PS, as a new member, i'm using this because it seems like it's purpose is for communication between the various editors. If it's not, show me how I should do it and I'll apologize. (User:TuckerIsGod)
 * Replied -- Sn0wflake

User E tac
User:E tac seems to enjoy vandalizing wikipedia articles, especially Slayer, Symphony X and Megadeth, but some others too. I've warned him in his talk page but it seems it wasn't enough. Should he be banned? I haven't found the place where to report users for this behavior, so I thought about posting it here since you're an admin and have reverted at least one of his vandalisms... You can reply me here since I have put this page on my watchlist Rbarreira 13:27, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for your reply on my talk page, I hope your action towards the user works :) Sorry about the "heated" message I left on his talk page, I mainly did it because I couldn't find the page where to report vandals (thanks for telling me that too) and he was starting to seriously piss me off. Regards - Rbarreira 01:03, 6 August 2005 (UTC)

Well, it seems that your warning wasn't enough, he's still vandalizing wikipedia pages... Regards - Rbarreira 12:49, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks a lot for your fast action and reply on my talk page :) Rbarreira 21:59, 22 August 2005 (UTC)

In RE: "Warning"
Removed your message from my discussion page, as it made no sense, is self-contradictory, and meaningless. If "civil discussion" is your modus operandi, why did you revert my edit on the Tiamat band page to your version, which was rife with spelling and grammar errors, as well as factual inaccuracies (without bringing it to the discussion board first)? Danteferno 16:08, 6 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Issue resolved. -- Sn0wflake

Thanks for your support
Thank you for supporting my recent RfA. I was surprised and humbled by the number of positives votes. I'll be monitoring RfA regularly from now on and will look for a chance to "pay it forward". Cheers, --MarkSweep 02:10, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

New Pages
Hey, I was wondering if you could tell me what non-admin do with new pages which have been created for pure vandalism, or are blank? Should we add a template, or add them to a list somewhere? Thank you --  Fire Fox  14:27, 7 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the reply. Know what to do now, cheers --  Fire Fox  14:45, 7 August 2005 (UTC)

RfA
Thank you for supporting my RfA. I will do my best to serve the Wikipedia community as an administrator. Flcelloguy | A note? | Desk 20:33, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

Juxtaposition
I don't think the page as you left it is actually a disambiguation page; see my edit summary.

In apparition, the part about an act or instance of appearing should not be just one item in the list; it's general (I've taken care of it). Michael Hardy 23:39, 9 August 2005 (UTC)

My RfA
Just a quick note to thank you for your support - It's nice to know that I'm respected by valued and prolific editors such as yourself. Thanks again and happy editing, Slac speak up!  22:10, 11 August 2005 (UTC)

Le noir faineant
Hmmm... it would probably be a surprise to an innocent reader if they find themselves redirected to Richard I with no explanation. I'll add the pseudonym to the Ivanhoe reference in the article, although that's still not immediately obvious (see the project's instructions). That's not much better than the original stub. What do you think? David Brooks 04:01, 14 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually, it would probably be better as a redirect to Ivanhoe. But hardly worth bothering with either way. David Brooks 05:22, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

Archive Indexer
Hey! Just wanted to show you the C++ program I did over the weekend. It takes a formatted archive (in this case Categories for Delete) and transforms it via regexs into indices sorted alphabetically and chronologically. This was partly (e.g. just alphabetically) done before, however it hadn't been maintained for several months. The lists are over at
 * Alphabetical: Categories_for_deletion/Archive_debates/2005_July_index
 * Chronological: Categories_for_deletion/Archive_debates/2005_July_index_by_date

The master list is over at Categories_for_deletion/Archive_debates. – HopeSeekr of xMule (Talk) 04:41, 14 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for your support
I'd like to thank you for your support on my RfA, I will do my very best to live up to your vote of confidence and help keep Wikipedia running smoothly! -Loren 01:08, 18 August 2005 (UTC)

LP Article
Thanks for your contribution to my article. I checked and the image you removed is from Laxius Power (copyrighted LP) so there is no reason to remove it. - Woodchuck96

Fernando Rizo's RfA
Thanks so much for supporting my RfA, Sn0wflake; I was promoted last night. I appreciate your confidence in me. Fernando Rizo T/C 18:34, 20 August 2005 (UTC)

Me too, thanks for your show of support and kind words at my request for adminship. :) Coffee 08:39, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

Possible linkspam
Hi Sn0wflake,

Could you please check this: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=66.68.135.143

The linked site isn't very great, but I guess one link on one of the article pages would be acceptable. However the anon user has added the link to multiple pages and at the top of other links (is there a policy on this?). Is this a linkspam and what should be done?Tkalayci 21:13, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Replied -- Sn0wflake

Speedy deletion reminder
I agree with your argument that directly converted PNGs of JPEG originals are useless. Not because they look worse (they look exactly the same), but because they take more space.Sometimes, however, you want to use a graphic that would have been perfect for PNG, but all you have access to is a JPEG version. Some editors then clean up the JPEG artifacts and store the result as PNG, which may well look better and use less space than the source JPEG. In those cases, you do want to keep the PNG. Rl 19:51, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Scimitar RfA
Thanks for the trust that you're placing in me. It goes without saying that if you have any issues with my actions (regardless of whether this RfA succeeds or fails), I'd like to hear from you. All the best. --Scimitar parley 18:46, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

Template protection
Thanks for your comment. The en-4 template was also vandalized. I'd appreciate if you can protect it (and the other en-templates, too), at least temporarily, until consensus re. protection can be achieved. Thanks! --Janke | Talk 21:15:37, 2005-09-02 (UTC) (PS: There apparently was an edit war over the exact phrasing of the en-4 template...)
 * Thank you ever so much, much appreciated. --Janke | Talk 21:37:50, 2005-09-02 (UTC)

Wikifan comment
(from the robchurch RfA) - > You were not promoted because you have close to no experience and interaction on the project, that's it.

I just felt that this comment could have been better - i.e. you catch more flies with honey, as they say.

Take Care!

Ryan Norton T 22:10, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

About my RfA
Hi Mark. You chose to abstain on my RfA, but I appreciate the fact that you made your concerns public and chose to take my side on a few of the issues. I just would like to assure you that I will still work my best on Wikipedia, in order to prove wrong any fears you may still have about me. I also hope this hasn’t put you in a bad position towards Silsor. Best regards, Sam Hocevar 08:55, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Neopets/AntiNeopian Link RfC
Hey there! I put up an RfC on the Antineopian link thing for Neopets, but there doesn't seem to be anyone looking at it.... Could you please check and see if I made a mistake or put it in the wrong place? Thanks if you do! :) AySz88 ^ -  ^  00:55, September 6, 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the quick response! Thank you for the suggestion; I don't know of many other editors, unfortunately, but you're right about giving it more time.  Thanks again, AySz88 ^  -  ^  01:12, September 6, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks
I hope I am not out of line in adding a self-protective forward to this mini-discussion. My birth name is Steve Espinola and I edit on Wikipedia under the name Sojambi Pinola. In 2005 an internet troll deliberately picked my birth name when he vandalized hundreds of wikipedia pages. Unfortunately, when my name is googled, Wikipedia complaints about this fake "Steve Espinola" still come up, and I still hear about it as a result. So...for the record....the real Steve Espinola didn't commit the crimes. Sojambi Pinola (talk) 00:00, 26 August 2009 (UTC)

Thank you for correcting falacious and slanderous vandalism to my talk page. I honestly do not know what to do about Steve espinola :-/ All I did was revert several hundred of his vandalisms to the cleanup process about a month ago and now he's just outright attacking me. Is there a way to limit him — only — from editing my page or is this not possible in the site's current implementation? — HopeSeekr of xMule (Talk) 16:27, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I just realized that you apparently blocked him for 48 hours. THIS IS NOT ENOUGH!! This guy has been vandalising every thing willmcw, myself, and a handful of others have edited for about a month.  He has been banned for a week prior, and all of his known (9 last time I counted) sockpuppets were deleted.  I simply do not believe 48 hours is enough and he has shown time and again that after administrative punitive actiosn his behavior further degrades, becoming more juvenille and sinister.  That said, I don't know what can be done short of blocking an entire IP range, but he seems so fanatical that even that would just unleash a killer (I hope he lives in another country :O — 16:41, 6 September 2005 (UTC)

 * FYI, I had previously placed an indefinite block on and  on account of being abusive and fraudulent sock puppets of . (Fraudulent because a different editor involved in his topic is named Steve Espinola IRL). I left Jonah Ayers unblocked because that was the least-misleading of his active accounts. The editor's newest account is . This editor really needs to use only one account, and it should be one that isn't misleading.  In any case, I'd appreciate another admin's involvement or perspective. Cheers, -Willmcw 09:55, September 7, 2005 (UTC)

Heh, you made me smile with your comment on the RFA. of course you're the chief! -- (☺drini♫|☎) 04:47, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

Recital
Your reversal caused a circular redirect. Clicking on Recital (music) just redirected back to Recital. Don't worry though, I reverted back to my last edit. I suggest that if you really want the article at Recital (music), you also change all the other articles (both present and future) which will link to Recital. -Acjelen 03:55, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

I don't think there needs to be a disambiguation page at all. I put the tag there in case someone insisted on mentioning other uses of the word. We can take it out. -Acjelen 04:07, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

Joolz's RFA
Hey Sn0wflake, thanks for your vote on my recent RFA, your support was appreciated :) -- Joolz 11:32, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

RfA
I'll try a special one for you:

Ahoi, aleae iactae sunt, this user is now an admin', muchas gracias pour votre Unterstützung bei meiner Kandidatur, je suis très heureux, gracie, obrigado... I'll try to be good Lectonar comhra

Thanks!
Thanks for your support in my recent RFA! All those extra buttons might not be a big deal, but getting all this positive feedback sure is, please let me know if you have any problems or comments regarding how I use all these shiny new levers and cranks! Rx StrangeLove 00:23, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Thank you for your kind support of my recent nomination on RfA. Best regards, RobertG ♬ talk 11:55, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

Planescape : Torment
Hi. I couldn't help noticing that you reverted my comment to Planescape: Torment saying that fan reactions to the novelization of the game have been heavily negative. The trouble is that they have, and that my phrasing was a very mild way of putting it. You can see why; in the game, it's vitally important and a large plot pointthat the Nameless One remains that way. If he eventually does learn his real name (that's never revealed to the player) it's in a very poignant scene towards the very end that essentially boosts him to demigod levels. In the book, his companions dub him "Thane" by the end of the third chapter.

You're hunting for vandalism, that's cool, but if take two doesn't cut it either I'd appreciate knowing why.

Template en-4
Hi, Sn0wflake, please see Template_talk:User_en-4 and consider whether to change "native" to "near-native", thanks! --Janke | Talk 17:42, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Message
Thanks for the kudos and the flower! I think I'll move it to my User page. :) Owen× ☎  01:48, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

MailScanner delete
Hi Sn0wflake, you deleted the entry on MailScanner with the comment 'Notability not established.' I just wanted to let you know that mailscasnner is widely used (Protecting over 5 billion e-mails every week) and actively developed which is fairly obvious if you visit the projects home page: http://www.sng.ecs.soton.ac.uk/mailscanner/ The main authour of the software Julian Field actually won the the UK's Unix & Open Systems User Group 2004 Award for MailScanner (see: http://www.ukuug.org/pr/osa2004-winner.html). Perhaps you will consider undeleting the article? i would like to contribute to it. Thanks Htaccess 00:05, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Seconding the above. MailScanner is heavily used within the IT field (as per the links above).  I also would like to be involved in the article.  Was there a VfD link on this?  Can you let me have a copy of the article as it was prior to delection? Thanks -- Mewcenary 13:42, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your reply on my talk page. Since posting my original comment, I obtained advice from the "Undeletion" page and subsequently created a new version of the article, and had the history restored.  Until I asked, I didn't know the extent of what the original content was (as it was only visible to admins).  Thanks for your time. -- Mewcenary 22:51, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Children of Bodom
I, i'm the french participant of the CoB article in the french verison of wikipedia and i'm new using that site. I noticed that the picture you've posted for the CoB article is an official promo picture...so which license did you used? And would that be possible for me to borrow this picture for the french article? Because every picture i tried to put have been removed and that's the same for my other metal articles Thanks for your future answer and excuse my english. You can write me on User:Dimmu Borgir
 * greetings men, and sorry again but which license should i chek to make commons accept my ofifcial prom picture? thks a lot. User:Dimmu Borgir

Thanks for your support
Thank you very much for your support on my nomination for adminship. Now that I have been made an admin, I will do my best to live up to the truest you and the community have placed in me. If you ever see my doing something you think is incorrect or questionable, or does not live up to the standards that should be expected of an admin, please let me know. DES (talk) 15:46, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

Stub question
I'm seeking technical advice. Recently I created a template and category for keyboard playing musicians. For some reason, however, the stubs in this category don't follow alphabetical order (first name or last). Do you know the extra step I'm missing? You've created stub templates, so I was hoping.Bjones 01:09, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your timely reply. I will submit the problem to the Village pump.  Fingers crossed.Bjones 01:00, 8 October 2005 (UTC)

OwenX's RfA
Thank you for your support on my RfA. Your trust in me is well appreciated. Owen× ☎  22:15, 7 October 2005 (UTC)

Scottish vandalism
It appears that User:155.84.57.253 is putting a Scottish category to a lot of articles (found it first on Walt Disney, who's of Irish descent...). Since you're an admin, could you please look into it? This IP has got lots of warnings before. Thanks, --Janke | Talk 20:27, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

WP:RFA/SV
Im deeply grateful for your support at my difficult RFAR/RFA. Thanks. -St|eve 04:31, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Nevermore
Why did you revert my edits on Nevermore? I'm new to this.. please tell me so that I wil not make the same mistake twice.. thank you for your time

Compromise proposal on Template:Suicide
I have a possible solution to the dispute on Template talk:Suicide. When you have time, take a look at it and note your possible assent or not in the appropriate section. Thanks! — Phil Welch 22:38, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

My RFA
I want to thank you for voting in my RFA even though u opposed me I understand why u did. Thanks Again --JAranda | watz sup 23:17, 2 November 2005 (UTC)

Sorry!
Sorry, my vote on Aranda56's RfA came out wrong. I meant, "the reasoning for the various oppose votes cast havn't convinced me that he would make a bad administrator". I apologise and did not mean to insult anyone or their votes at all. --Cel e stianpower háblame 18:55, 3 November 2005 (UTC)

El Blockage
In my defence, can you really expect someone to lie back and take it when 3 hours of work are destroyed by someone who might as well be a vandal. They have not bothered to look at the history of the situation, they have done even bothered to defend their decison. It is even more infuriating when, afterwards, they decide that they were wrong in the first place.

It is not a "mistake", it is stupidity and idiocy. The wiktionay defintion of both words is exactly correct. There is no point, in my eyes, dressing that up. Deano 13:10, 5 November 2005 (UTC)

RfA thanks
Thank-you for expressing your confidence in me at my recent Request for Adminship. The final result was 40/0/0, and my "superpowers" have now been activated. I look forward to helping out with the development of the encyclopedia.

Johann Wolfgang's RfA
Thank you for voting on my RfA. I realize that I have not been here long, however other users said I would do just fine as an administrator, so I followed their advice. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. Johann Wolfgang [ T ... C ] 01:59, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

 * I understand why you are opposing aswell as others, Essjay said I would do fine, and that four months is plenty. However now there is a slight chance it could fail. If it does I'll wait until I 5000 edits and six months to pass by, then I'll try again. Thanks again for voting.

Happy editing! Johann Wolfgang [ T ... C ] 02:18, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

My RFA
I'm sorry you found reason to object to my adminship, but now that I've been promoted, I'd like to clear the slate. If you have any specific issues/problems with me, please feel free to state them on my talk page so that I can work to prevent them in the future. ALKIVAR ™ 07:18, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Fir e Fo  x  RFA

Thanks for your support on my request for adminship.

The final outcome was (96/2/0), so I am now an administrator. If you ever have any queries about my actions, please do not hesitate to contact me. Again, thanks! Fir e  Fo  x  18:19, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

Category:Musician stubs
Most stub category pages function quite well without having to use a line for every other related stub, and while I can see the need for some text, the text is getting rather long here, which is why I tried shortening it somewhat. Let me explain the method behind my madness so that I can hopefully get you to agree. To repeat, the text there is getting too long and if the same parameters are followed as before, will continue to grow even longer. It needs trimming and I think my trim is reasonable. Caerwine 06:15, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) The direct child categories all show up on the first page anyway, and if kept in the category text will need three more lines added for the three new child types: bowed-musician-stub, brass-musician-stub, and woodwind-musician-stub. I have added a line of text to indicate that one should use one or more of these subtypes, as appropriate.
 * 2) The children of band-stub don't really need to be mentioned here, so long as we make people aware that it has children.  While it would be more convienient if people stub bands directly, dedicated stub sorters should be aware of that, and the undedicated ones probably won;t read the notice anyway.  Furthermore, from what I've seen from by stub sotr of Musician stubs today, very few band stubs get misfiled here in the first place.
 * 3) Overpopulated category is a redirect to Verylarge, so all I did there was cut out the middleman.
 * 4) For categories with lists of people CatAZ is generally considered preferable to CategoryTOC.

Philwelch's RfA
I just wanted to thank you, first for your efforts on Template:Suicide, and more to the point, for your support of my successful RfA. I'll see you around! — Phil Welch 03:17, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

Slipknot protection
Saw your comments on the recent update/reupdate/rereupdate... of the Slipknot page. While I'm more partial to the "alternative" tag, I agree with you that we're reaching the point where the article could do with protecting. It's not just the genre-altering. It seems that the band/page attract an awful lot of opinions and as a result it's probably the most-frequently defaced page I check regularly. IainP (talk) 17:42, 13 November 2005 (UTC)

Banzo
Yes, I know. Never heard of it before, so I opened a diccionary. The discription seemed different from Saudade. And, it is not related to the Portuguese Culture, so it is "off-topic".
 * Banzo: processo psicológico causado pela desculturação, que levava negros africanos escravizados, transportados para terras distantes, a um estado inicial de forte excitação, seguido de ímpetos de destruição e depois de uma nostalgia profunda, que induzia à apatia, à ininação e ,por vezes, à loucura ou à morte. (Dicionário Houaiss da Língua Portuguesa)

If you read the description, and the article, you'll see that these are different things. It s interresting, as we all know very few of what these people went through... but it is unrelated. Saudade is not destructive or apatic (commonly, as a feeling everyone has different ways to express it). -Pedro 12:13, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

 * Eu dou enfâse a isto: seguido de ímpetos de destruição e depois de uma nostalgia profunda, que induzia à apatia, à ininação e, por vezes, à loucura ou à morte.

Parece que o Banzo é uma espécie de saudade extrema e não é a minha visão de saudade que é mais pacífica; ou seja, é mais um sofrimento interior que exterior (o banzo parece que tem muito de exteriorização de sentimentos de forma violenta). A verdade é que dizer: o que é rir?, o que é chorar?, o que é saudade? é muito complicado explicar esse tipo de coisas. Eu acho que o banzo deveria ir para um artigo sobre escravatura, já que muitas vezes não temos noção do que isso é, e de como as pessoas se sentiam e aí isso fazia diferença. A palavra parece de origem bantu / Angola. -Pedro 23:44, 20 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Acho que é mesmo o melhor, dado que tem alguma relação, mas não é a mesma coisa. Abraço. -Pedro 15:09, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

Cool about Suicide Methods
Hey, thanks for removing my addition - I didn't realize there was a consensus - Is there someway to note that somewhere so no-one else makes the same change I did? Also, are you going to remove it from the main suicide page too? Or did you just not want it repeated on too many suicide pages? Again, thanks. JG of Borg 19:22, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

Infobox band on Children of Bodom
Hey. I change the current_members to have all the members on one line with the between them. I don't know why, but then it worked again! Maybe a bug in mediawiki... Bye

Re: Members x Line-up
Then why does the Infobox_band list "Members" instead of "Line-up"... ;) HarryCane 12:46, 10 December 2005 (UTC)

Thank You
Thank you for the comment. I'm afraid I'm not that new a user, but at least I didn't end up messing up the article. smurray  in   chester  (User), (Ho Ho Ho!) 10:49, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Dragonforce page edits
Hi there! I must disagree with you on the subject of the "similar bands to DragonForce" which you removed twice from the DragonForce page. Although I do realise that it is up to one's personal opinion if a band sounds like DragonForce, many listeners do indeed search for months, if not years, to find similar bands. I have experienced this frustrating search myself and as such I wish to share my knowledge with others, and those others WILL be looking on Wikipedia for similar bands. I thought I could perhaps create a new topic; something like "Bands similar to DragonForce" - the similarities within would be based upon close relation to genre which is NOT of opinion but is a question of genre. Besides the fact I searched for a long time to compile such a list, the fans of DragonForce need something like this to widen their musical horizons. Please let me know your thoughts on ways to include this information. Thanks. soulhunter123

List of fads
Please do not use/abuse your sysop privilages is order to war with me over an article - U mass reverted (without explanation) so I reverted it back - max rspct 20:59, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

You know what I mean - U made threats blah blah -max rspct 21:04, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

I think you should check your own civility - calling edits idiotic etc

How can you accuse me of being uncivil and threatened me with a block. You wrote on my talkpage "Making idiotic assumptions is bad,.."

Yet you blocked User:Djr xi for saying this:

"Is "Place of origin" an acceptable compromise for the various putative idiots and non-idiots involved?"

I don't really see there is much difference/I think your being rather hypocrytical. You seem to be blocking folk that you disagree with over an article. - max rspct 15:50, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Please listen to yourself and may I remind you : No personal attacks -max rspct 21:12, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Barnstar of High Culture
Congratulations, you have just been granted another barnstar! You earned it. -- SoothingR(pour) 12:27, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

Re: DragonForce
Thanks for your reply! I have added a paragraph on the DragonForce talk page which states:

''I have, after being advised by Sn0wflake, removed my previous submissions about "Similar Bands" and instead have given informaton on Dragonforce's own self-glorifying genre, "Extreme Power Metal". This does seem to abide by NPOV rules as it is factual. Also the "Evolution of Sound" section was subject to vandalism, but as it stands currently, it is quite factual. If we cannot use even the slightest bit of description in articles then there won't be much information to go on Wikipedia! For example, saying they create a bombastic sound, as it states, is in my eyes acceptable as it is factual since Dragonforce are hardly melancholic. I do realise the rules of NPOV, however, and should this debate be carried on then so be it! However please do not outrightly revert the page as many small re-phrasing of sentences have been done by me to give the article a higher standard of English (eg. the image caption.) Thanks!'' --Soulhunter123, 13 December 2005

title: User:VersedFenrir/ArchivedTalk02


text:
Wetaskiwin (territorial electoral district)

Wetaskiwin was a territorial electoral district in the Northwest Territories from 1898 - 1905,

At the time of its creation it included the city of Wetaskiwin, Alberta and surrounding rural region. After the province of Alberta split from the Northwest Territories in 1905, Wetaskiwin would continue to exist as a district until 1971.

No election ever took place as both elections were decided by Acclamations.


text:
Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kawaii (mascot)

 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 MERGE and REDIRECT, unanimously apart from nom. Thusly done. -Splash 04:05, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

Kawaii (mascot)
I do not believe that the mascot for the Kat Desktop Search Environment program is significant/noteworthy enough to warrant its own article. Zzyzx11 (Talk) 21:13, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge with Kat Desktop Search Environment (and possibly pare it down in that article). Lupin 22:20, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep I'm wondering why Wikipedia keeps a special category for software mascots if you cannot insert a software mascot in it. What about deleting the two entries about non-existent, non-significant, ugly Microsoft mascots (which are to be considered as easter-eggs more than mascots)? If you want so, I will move the article about the mascot in the Kat page (if you don't delete it), but I think that you have to rethink the policies ruling that category. Rcappuccio 13:29, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge with Kat Desktop Search Environment, nn on its own. JamesBurns 07:26, 27 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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Does anyone know Wikipedia's policy on nude images? Oberiko 21:14, 24 July 2005 (UTC)

Anyway - this is not a good style. And some others might call that vandalism.MutterErde 13:21, 29 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I understand your question in this way, that you don´t know that. But you are reverting!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_censored_for_the_protection_of_minors

the model in the photo is Gillian Bonner, not Samantha Torres...

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Yuan Hongdao

Yuan Hongdao (, 1568–1610) was a Chinese poet of the Ming Dynasty, and one of the Three Yuan Brothers, along with his brothers Yuan Zongdao and Yuan Zhongdao. Hongdao's life spanned nearly the whole of the Wanli period (1573-1620) in Chinese history. A native of Gong'an in Hukuang, his family had been military officials for generations. Hongdao showed an interest in literature from youth and formed his own literary club at age fifteen. At the age of twenty-four in 1592 he took the jinshi examination and subsequently received an official position in 1595. However he quit out of boredom after a year. He traveled and consulted with the radical philosopher Li Zhi. On another trip his brothers joined him. Hu's elder brother was a Buddhist-Confucianist synchronist. His travels resulted in his publishing a poetry compilation Jietuo ji [Collection of One Released]. His and his two brothers' poetry, which focused on clarity and sincerity, produced a following eventually known as the Gong'an school, the central belief of which was that good writing was a result of genuine emotions and personal experience. When his elder brother Zongdao died in 1600, Hongdao retired to a small island in a lake to meditate and write poetry. The resulting work is Xiaobi tangji [Jade-Green Bamboo Hall Collection].

Poems
THE CAPITAL

Bright are the city walls of the capital;

Red-robed officials shout on broad streets.

There is a white-headed destitute scholar;

Hanging from his mule's saddle, sheaves of poems.

Clasping his calling card, he knocks on doors for work;

The gate keepers smirk at one another.

Ten try and ten fail;

Walk the streets, his face is haggard.

Always fear in serving the rich;

Sorry your flattery isn't quick enough.

Over an eye a black eyepatch;

Half blind, the fellow is old!

A STRANGE PRIEST

Bought his mantle to escape draft and taxes;

Now he's the head priest amid his splendor.

Recites incantations, but sounds like a bird;

Writes Sanskrit that looks like twisted weeds.

With his begging bowl he distributes food of the spirit;

On his seat he faces the lamp of Buddha;

If you don't devote you whole body and soul,

How can there be anywhere Buddhism at all?

Prose writings
He was also a notable author of the xiaopin, a form of short literary essay.

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Razakar

Razakar (رضا کار) is etymologically an Arabic word which literally means volunteer. The word is also common in Urdu language as a loanword. On the other hand, in Bangladesh, razakar is a pejorative word meaning a traitor or Judas.

In Pakistan and India
Razakars were an East Pakistani paramilitary force that aided the Pakistan Army against the Mukti Bahini during the Bangladesh Liberation War.

Police Qaumi Razakars are a volunteer force in Pakistan which aids the Police in their duties.

In Hyderabad, Razakars were volunteers sponsored by the Nizam's state of Hyderabad for opposition to its merger with India.

In Bangladesh
In Bengali language, razakar is an ethnic slur mainly towards Pakistanis and Biharis: a pejorative term akin to the western term "traitor" or Judas. The phrase comes from the East Pakistani paramilitary force (see above) who opposed the independence of Bangladesh.

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Samuel Ndashyikirwa

Samuel Ndashyikirwa, formerly a small businessman in Kirwa, Rwanda, was convicted in Belgium on June 29, 2005 for his role in the Rwandan genocide of 1994. Eyewitnesses testified that he had been present at massacres in Kirwa and had been directly involved with the killings, and prosecutors argued that he and his half-brother, Etienne Nzabonimana, provided vehicles, weapons, and beer for Rwandan soldiers committing genocide in the Kibungo region. Both were convicted of aiding Hutu militias in killing 50,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus. Ndashyikirwa will serve ten years in prison, while his half-brother will serve twelve.

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Deutschland sucht den Superstar

Deutschland sucht den Superstar (DSDS; "Germany is looking for the Superstar") is a German reality talent show. Part of the Idol franchise, it was created by British media mogul Simon Fuller as a spin-off from the British show Pop Idol, of which two series were broadcast between the years of 2001 and 2003. Debuting to mediocre ratings in November 2002 on the RTL network, the show has since become one of the most successful shows on German television.

The program aims to discover the best singer in the country through a series of nationwide auditions in which viewer voting determines the winner. Voting is done through phone and SMS text voting.

In July 2022, RTL announced that the show would discontinue after the conclusion of the 20th season in 2023. In the first live show of the 20th season it was announced that there will be a 21st season in 2024.

Season 1
The first season 2002–2003 of Deutschland sucht den Superstar debuted without much hype in November 2002 on the RTL network. The show's co-hosts were Swiss actress Michelle Hunziker and former soap opera actor Carsten Spengemann, while the jury consisted of music producer Dieter Bohlen, radio host Thomas Bug, British music journalist Shona Fraser, and then-president of BMG Germany, Thomas M. Stein. Through word of mouth generated by the appeal of its contestants and the presence of Bohlen's acid-tongued commentary, the show grew into a phenomenon ending with a finale viewed by an estimated twelve million viewers in March 2003.

Winner Alexander Klaws signed a recording contract with BMG, the label in partnership with DSDS. Immediately post-finale, Klaws released three singles, most notably the coronation song "Take Me Tonight" which was written by Bohlen and debuted on top of the German Singles Chart, eventually becoming the second biggest-selling single of 2003 – only losing to "We Have a Dream", the pre-released recording of all ten finalists. Klaws has subsequently had three albums and several hit singles mostly from his more successful first album. While his debut, Take Your Chance (2003), and its follow-up, Here I Am (2004), saw nationwide success and garnered him several ECHO Award nominations, his independent 2006 release, Attention! failed to link on previous sales figures. He has since established a secondary career as an actor on the Sat.1 telenovela Anna und die Liebe and appeared in leading roles on musicals such as Dance of the Vampires and Tarzan.

Besides Klaws, all ten finalists with the exception of then-pregnant Andrea Josten signed record deals with various record companies. Runner-up Juliette Schoppmann also signed with BMG, but in contrast to public expectations she declined working with Bohlen. Instead, she released three singles of which two entered the top ten and a solo album, Unique, which eventually debuted in 2004. Due to moderate sales BMG dropped her shortly after its release. She has since made herself a name as professional songwriter. Third-placed Daniel Küblböck also expanded his nationwide but extremely polarising popularity with a contract with BMG. Until June 2004 he released four major succeeded hit singles and a number-one album, titled Positive Energien (2003). However, further efforts failed on the charts after a controversial participations in the German versions of I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! and Big Brother and the release of his flopped motion picture Daniel – Der Zauberer (2004).

Vanessa Struhler became the protégé of hip hop producer DJ Tomekk and saw solid commercial success with her first album, Ride with Me (2003). Gracia Baur also was signed to BMG, but was dropped after her moderate succeeded rock debut Intoxicated (2003). She then signed with Bros Music and was selected to represent Germany in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 with the song "Run & Hide", where it placed last in a field of 24. Judith Lefeber, Daniel Lopes, and Nektarios Bamiatzis also scored mediocre to little success after the show with their own releases.

Season 2
In the second series of DSDS 2003–2004, co-hosts Hunziker and Spengemann and all four jury members reprised their engagements in the show. Following the success of the first installment, the second season was aired to a higher profile during 2003 fall schedule, including an increased number of episodes, budgets and charges for commercial spots. In contrast to the first season, however, the second soon found its main audience but never reached the overwhelming hype and demand which the first season had captured. This fact was underscored by decreasing phone votes and ratings, which were released after the show's final.

This time, teacher Elli Erl emerged as the winner. Though Erl agreed to release the Bohlen-produced coronation song "This Is My Life" in a remixed edition, she declined collaborating with him on her debut album In My Dreams due to musical differences. While the debut single still reached the top three of the German Singles Chart, the album, released in October 2004, reached number thirty-three on the German Albums Chart and spawned another two singles of which none became a commercial hit, making Erl the lowest-selling DSDS winner to date. Her following two albums Moving Out (2007) and Human (2009) failed to chart anywhere.

Unlike in season one, the other finalists hit on major problems when they watched out for record deals. While runner-up Denise Tillmanns never signed a recording contract, third-place finisher Philippe Bühler established himself as a professional songwriter and released two R&B-influenced singles, entitled "Warum?" (2005) and "Ich kann dich lieben" (2006), both of which entered the top forty of the German Singles Chart. Anke Wagner signed with independent label Perleberg, but neither her debut single nor her album magaged to enter any chart. Benjamin Martell was signed to BMG, but was dropped when he demanded to write the album by himself. Fifth-place finisher Gunther Göbbel became part of the R&B duo Lemon Ice, whose cover single "Stand by Me" entered the German top twenty in fall 2006. Lorenzo Woodard participated in several prominent reality shows such as Die Alm and Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus! and has since enjoyed media attention under his transsexual identity "Lorielle London".

Season 3
After an absence of one year (2004–2005), the third season 2005–2006 introduced several new elements. Neither Hunziker nor Spengemann were asked back as the show's hosts as the studio wanted a new complexion on the season. They were replaced with Marco Schreyl and Dutch co-host Tooske Ragas. The jury cast also went through radical changes; Dieter Bohlen remained the only original member, and was eventually joined by music producer Sylvia Kollek and former manager Heinz Henn.

Season 4
The fourth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar was aired on German channel RTL from January to May 2007. Mark Medlock, this season's winner, was awarded a contract with Sony BMG. The judges in this season were Dieter Bohlen, Heinz Henn and Anja Lukaseder. It was hosted by Marco Schreyl and Tooske Ragas. The viewers chose the contestant's fates as they were able to call for their favorite contestant. The voting results were published on May 7, 2007.

Season 5
Because of the success of season four RTL decided to create a fifth season in 2008. This was announced just before the fourth season final show was shown on TV. There were several changes: Marco Schreyl became the sole host of the show, without the assistance of Tooske Ragas. Due to some arguments with Dieter Bohlen, Heinz Henn was replaced in the jury by Andreas "Bär" Läsker. Läsker discovered and is the manager of Die Fantastischen Vier (The Fantastic Four), and joined existing jury members Bohlen and Anja Lukaseder. The last substantial change concerns only one semi-final shows ("Top 15 shows") with the name Jetzt oder nie (Now or Never): So far the 10 best candidates had been determined by telephone and SMS voting. Instead the jury selected the Top 10 live in front of 1,000 spectators. The five contestants with the highest number of votes from the public went through to the motto shows. The judges picked five more contestants of the remaining 10 to join them. Later, the candidates enter the final shows with public voting as in the earlier series. With the new rules, the producers hope to increase the excitement and to prevent good candidates from being knocked out too early. The auditions started in August on Mallorca and for the first time ever on Ibiza. From September on the casting crew toured throughout Germany. The first show, Now or never – Jetzt oder nie, aired on March 8, 2008.

Season 6
The sixth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar was aired on German channel RTL from January to May 2009. The season's winner, Daniel Schuhmacher, was awarded a contract with Sony BMG. The judges in this season were Dieter Bohlen, Nina Eichinger, and Volker Neumüller. It was hosted by Marco Schreyl. The viewers chose the contestant's fates as they were able to call for their favorite contestant. As with season 5, the "Top 10" was created by the Top 5 contestants with the most telephone and SMS voting and the other five were selected by the jury.

Season 7
The seventh season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar was aired on German channel RTL from 6 January to 17 April 2010. The season marked a new national record with more than 35,000 participants. The season's winner was Mehrzad Marashi.

Public votes
Mehrzad Marahsi won the show. Second was Menowin Fröhlich and on third place Manuel Hoffmann. Menowin has won every liveshow but lost against Mehrzad who won the final with 56,04%. Manuel Hoffmann was eliminated in the 5th show, but he came back after Helmut Orosz was expelled from the show. Manuel came back and reached the semi-final, so that he was the first one who was eliminated and has survived more than one show again. Thomas Karaoglan, who reached the 5th place was known as der Checker and Kim Debkowski has made some advertisement during her video previous her performance with some beauty tips on Kim Gloss Tv.

The live-shows began with the Top-15 show to determine the contestants that would make up the Top 10 in the mottoshows. As done in the previous seasons, the Top 10 were contestants put through from the public vote and the jury's vote. However, 7 (instead of 5) contestants were put through with the public votes and 3 (instead of 5) would be put through by the jury; which ultimately became the contestants that ranked with the next three largest number of votes. In the first live show, Steffi Landerer, who was known for her sex appeal, was eliminated. Marcel Pluschke, who was eliminated on the second live-show, did not perceive an excellent audience respect because of his weak voice and country music roots (which was a first in DSDS). Though criticized for his song selection in the third live show, Nelson Sangaré was surprisingly eliminated after ranking as one of the top contestants throughout the first and second live-shows. After being in the bottom groups every week, Ines Redjeb was eventually eliminated in the fourth live-show. Though proving to be a favorite in the competition despite ranking in the bottom half of the voting, Manuel Hoffmann was eliminated in the fifth show against Helmut Orosz. Orosz, who was a Top 50 contestant in the second season, became criticized for his problems with singing correct texts; immediately after Hoffmann's elimination, the producers of DSDS had found a video of Orosz with a friend using cocaine recently, to which Orosz confessed. Because of this, Orosz was disqualified from the contest and Hoffmann returned to the live-shows surpassing crowd favorite Thomas Karaoglan in the sixth-live show and Kim Debkowski in the seventh live-show. However, Hoffmann's journey ended in the semi-final leaving the finale in the hands of the season's front-runners Menowin Fröhlich and Mehrzad Marashi. Fröhlich, a local DJ, successfully auditioned for the show in the third season making it to the Top-20 live-shows; he later became disqualified due to battery and fraud. Both friends throughout the recall, tensions rose throughout the competition between fans and themselves. After the final vote, Marashi won though only ranking in first place in the Top-15 and the finale as Fröhlich ranked first every week.

Season 8
Deutschland sucht den Superstar Season 8 is the eighth season of the Idol series in Germany began airing on RTL on 8 January 2011. The winner will get a recording contract with Universal Music Group. 34,956 people auditioned throughout the 35 cities that hosted auditions. Nina Eichinger and Volker Neumüller were removed from the panel. Their successors are Swiss singer Patrick Nuo and singer/dancer Fernanda Brandão. Marco Schreyl returned as the host. DSDS has extended participation privileges to Austria and Switzerland. The Top 35 will be going to the Maldives. The final aired on 7 May 2011, and the winner was Pietro Lombardi. This season reintroduced the contestants singing with backing tracks as opposed to a live band.

Controversies
The Hamburger Morgenpost questioned whether RTL misquoted DSDS Top 10 candidate Anna-Carina Woitschack. In an interview, Anna-Carina was quoted as saying "It was cut together all wrong. I never said that I hate Sarah – but on the contrary, I do not hate Sarah Engels. That is what I said. But it was cut this way by RTL, because it looks good for the show."

RTL received a statement from the Office of Public Safety stating that Sebastian Wurth was not allowed to participate after 10 PM. RTL was also fined 15,000 Euro for the incident.

The Hamburger Morgenpost questioned whether the liveshows were actually live broadcast. In the 3rd Mottoshow, Marco Angelini slipped up in his performance and forgot to sing at the correct time.

Pietro Lombardi's brother posted nude picture of Sarah Engels after she used Pietro's cell phone to talk to girls. The hardcore fans of Pietro Lombardi told his brother Marco about this and he wasn't happy about this. So, he decided to take "revenge." Pietro's brother also wrote "Everyone knows how cheap Sarah Engels is. She is sneaky. A liar."

DSDS host Marco Schreyl mixed up the phone numbers for candidates Zazou Mall and Marco Angelini. A camera shot of Marco Angelini showed him enraged towards the lens. A reporter for the Hamburger Morgenpost, who was present, reported there were chaotic scenes shortly before the end of the recording. Dieter Bohlen mentioned the mistake and Marco Schreyl replied that "It could be made easier for the host". RTL decided that no candidate would be eliminated and the final show was pushed back a week.

On the 6th mottoshow, Sarah Engels had two wardrobe incidents, when dancing to "Walking on Sunshine", where she began dancing too close to one of the cameras, causing two upskirts. This was eventually shown to the studio audience during the recap of her performance and was noted by the judges.

Season 9
For the ninth season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar, jury members Fernanda Brandão and Patrick Nuo were replaced by Bruce Darnell and Cascada's Natalie Horler. The winner will receive a recording contract with Universal Music Group and €500,000. Participants must be between the ages of 16 and 30 and living in Germany, Austria or Switzerland. The auditions stage had 34 audition events in 33 cities across Germany, Austria and Switzerland. 35.401 participants auditioned for season 9. RTL decided to have a "Top 16" instead of a "Top 15". Unlike previous seasons, participants sung in a duet. Luca Hänni won season 9. At age 17, Luca is the youngest winner-to-date.

The Cologne district government wants to enforce a law that protect minors. The law will not allow minors to participate on stage after 10 PM. The issue started last season when this law was enforced for Sebastian Wurth. RTL received a 15,000 Euro fine for the incident. The candidates that this would affect are Daniele Negroni, age 16; Luca Hänni, age 17; Vanessa Krasniqi, age 17 and Fabienne Rothe, age 16. RTL decided to cancel the results show for 7, 14 and 21 April due to the minor protection law.

Hamburger Morgenpost hinted that Thomas Pegram's elimination was expected because of some of his statistics on Facebook. He has the fewest people who clicked the "like" button only 4.105 people and received only 813 comments after the official DSDS Facebook fanpage put up his photo. Hamburger Morgenpost continued this when Silvia Amaru was eliminated restating how the lowest "like" total showed who was going to be eliminated before the final decision. Silvia Amaru's photo had 4.761 "like" while the competition was at around 10.000 on Sunday 11 March at 10:15 CET. Hamburger Morgenpost stated that it should be "clear" for RTL that "Facebook is a power killer" for Deutschland sucht den Superstar. In the Top 8, Kristof had the fews likes for his photo and was not voted out of the show.

Kristof Hering suffered verbal and death threats during his participation during season 9 due to his homosexuality. People were writing stuff like "You are sooo gay to .."; "I'll cut your eggs"; "Get out of DSDS, if you value your life" and "I stab you up". RTL filed charges against unknown persons because of the threats.

TV ratings for season 9 have been disappointing. None of the mottoshows have reached 5 million viewers. season 1 averaged 8.09 million viewers and season 8 averaged 6.32 million viewers in the show's key demographic (ages 14 to 49). Only 4.71 million people watch the final show of season 9. This is the lowest viewership in the history of all the final shows of DSDS. RTL stated they want to continue with the show declining rates.

Season 10

On 30 April 2012, RTL announced that the show will return for a tenth season, in spite of declining ratings in Season 9. It was also announced that previous judges Natalie Horler and Bruce Darnell as well as host Marco Schreyl will be replaced. Furthermore, a "female quota" will be introduced in order to have an equal balance of male and female contestants.

According to reports, the show was supposed to have a live band accompanying the contestants in the live shows, which has been absent since season 8. However, the first motto show of the season did not feature a live band and contestants sounded to be singing to pre-recorded tracks.

On 14 September 2012, RTL announced Tom and Bill Kaulitz from the MTV Video Music Awards winning band Tokio Hotel and Mateo Jaschik founding member of the German dancehall band Culcha Candela as the replacements for Natalie Horler and Bruce Darnell in the jury. This is the first time since season 2 that the jury consisted of four judges.

The first episode attracted 5.18 Mio. viewers, which marks the lowest season premiere rating since season 1, which has not been broadcast on the primetime slot on 8.15pm. Despite this, the show was renewed for an eleventh season for 2014. Only 4,63 Mio. viewers watched the final, a major low record.

The winner of the tenth season was Beatrice Egli. She became the first female winner since season 2 and the first German Schlager singer to win the competition. The season featured a female finale which has happened only twice so far in the history of the show. Furthermore, this is the first time that three women reached the final four.

Season 11

On 13 March 2013 RTL announced, that there will be an eleventh season. The judges from the previous season, with the exception of Dieter Bohlen, were replaced by rapper Kay One, the singer Mieze Katz of the band MIA., and the Schlager singer Marianne Rosenberg. Nazan Eckes returned as the host of the eleventh season, however without Raúl Richter. The season started on Wednesday, 8 January 2014 on RTL.

The top 30, which consisted of 15 female and 15 male contestants, were brought to Cuba for the further competition. In the top 20 round, the judges chose the top ten to compete in the live shows. Five of the ten eliminated contestants were given a wild card by the judges and made available for public voting. The two with the highest votes by the viewers will be joining the top 10.

The season premiere attracted 2,70 Mil. viewers, which makes it the least-watched season premiere in the history of Deutschland such den Superstar. However, ratings improved up to 3,33 Mil. viewers by episode three, which makes it the most watched episode of the season so far within the demographics between ages 14–49. Overall, this season showed the lowest ratings in the history of the show.

For the second year in a row this season featured a female final top two and producing a female Superstar for the third time in the history of the show. Aneta Sablik was announced as the winner on 3 May 2014.

Season 12
During the live-shows of season 11, it was announced that the castings for season 12 will start in August 2014. RTL's Head of Programm Frank Hoffmann stated in April 2014 that he wants to keep the series for the years the come, although the ratings continued to fall, especially in the live shows. He further explained that the live-shows will be cut to an "absolut minimum". In Fall 2014, RTL gave closer details to the changes of Season 12. The liveshows are replaced with pre-recorded concerts in clubs in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Only the announcement of the results will be broadcast live. In contrary to the seasons before the final will not take place in a TV studio in Cologne, but in the ÖVB Arena in Bremen.

For the first time, auditions will be held in the Czech Republic, Poland, the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Belgium.

In October 2014, RTL announced that Marianne Rosenberg, Mietze Katz and Kay One won't return for the twelfth season. The new jury consists of Dieter Bohlen, Swiss discjockey DJ Antoine, Schlager singer Heino and singer Mandy Capristo.

The winner of the Deutschland sucht den Superstar 2015 was announced as Severino Seeger with Viviana Grisafi finishing as the runner-up. The winner song entitled Hero of My Heart was produced and written by juror Dieter Bohlen.

Season 13
In the first event show of the twelfth season, Oliver Geissen announced that 2016 should be a season for which you should be able to apply for now. [35] In the final betrayed Dieter Bohlen that for this season all previous limits such as the age restriction are repealed. Accordingly, the motto of the squadron "No Limits" is. In June 2015, RTL announced that Oliver Geissen will host the Final Shows in 2016 again. On October 1, 2015 RTL announced that next Dieter Bohlen also H.P. Baxxter, Vanessa Mai and Michelle are on the jury. During the auditions, each judge has the option to send a Golden CD a candidate directly in the foreign-Recall. was implemented along the Golden Turd, with the judges can distinguish particularly poor performances. The foreign-Recall took place on Jamaica.

Prince Damien Ritzinger was the winner of the Deutschland sucht den Superstar 2016 with Laura van den Elzen finishing as the runner-up. The winner song is entitled "Glücksmoment".

Season 14
During the live-shows of season 13, it was announced that the castings for season 14 will start in August 2016. In Fall 2016, RTL gave closer details to the changes of Season 14. This season's the foreign-Recall was in Dubai and the contestants were performing in the desert, on the helipad of the Burj Al Arab, in front of the world's tallest free-standing-structure, the Burj Khalifa. The pre-recorded concerts in clubs in Germany were replaced by the mottoshows (theme shows) which were used from season 1 to 10.

In 2016, RTL announced that H.P. Baxxter, Michelle and Dieter Bohlen would return, while Vanessa Mai was replaced by YouTuber Shirin David. Oliver Geissen returned as the host of the live shows. This season marked an all-time high because there was a final 14 which was the highest amount of mottoshow contestants ever. Also for the first time, a wild card voting was introduced where the public voted Alphonso Williams who was eliminated just before the mottoshows back in the competition. Alphonso Williams was announced the winner on 6 May followed by Alexander Jahnke, Maria Voskania and Duygu Goenel. With 54 years Williams is the oldest winner to date.

Season 15
For Season 15, Dieter Bohlen announced a new jury that consists of Carolin Niemczyk, Ella Endlich and Mousse T. The winner was the 16 years old Marie Wegener. She is the youngest winner ever and only the fourth woman to win the show and the first to win against a male in the top two. Michel Truog was the Runner-Up and Michael Rauscher reached the third Place.

Season 16
For Season 16, RTL and Dieter Bohlen engaged German soul singer Xavier Naidoo, Season 8's winner Pietro Lombardi and professional dancer Oana Nechiti to be a judges on Deutschland sucht den Superstar. 20 year old Davin Herbrüggen was the winner, where Nick Feretti and Joana Kesenci came in second and third pace.

Season 17
For the start of Season 17, the judges stayed as they are. The season premiered on 4 January 2020. Xavier Naidoo was subsequently excluded from the jury and replaced by Florian Silbereisen. The winner was Ramon Roselly, Chiara Dꞌamico reached 2nd, Joshua Tappe 3rd and Paulina Wagner the 4th place. For the second time the winner was a singer of german Schlager and the first male to do so. He reached the highest percentage of voting in the show's history.

Season 18
The eighteenth season will begin airing on 2021. On 13 August 2020, it was announced that next to the judge Dieter Bohlen will seat Mike Singer and Michael Wendler. On 16 August 2020, it was announced Maite Kelly as the fourth judge. Due to his public belief in conspiracy theories and other statements, Michael Wendler was completely cut out of the show. The season will be the last season with Dieter Bohlen as a judge. Thomas Gottschalk replaced Bohlen in the live shows since he was unable to participate because of an illness. For the first time there were only two live shows and also it was the first Top four to just consist of male contestants. Jan-Marten Block was the winner of the season and Karl Jeroboan came in the second place.

Season 19
The 19th season started on January 22, 2022 and was won by Harry Marcello Laffontien while his younger brother Gianni Laffontien finished fourth. This was the first time in the show that two brothers reached a seasons final. The Jury consists of Florian Silbereisen, Toby Gad and Ilse Delange.

Season 20
January 14, 2023. Dieter Bohlen, who should have had his final season as a judge in season 18, returned as a judge, as did Pietro Lombardi. New members were Katja Krasavice and Leony.

This season should have been the last season of the series, but Dieter Bohlen announced that the series will return for a 21st season. The winner was Sem Eisinger. Monika Gajek was second, Lorent Berisha third and Kiyan Yousefbeik fourth.

Criticisms and controversies
The German Cultural Council accused RTL "malicious disregard" for humanity after a 17-year-old had a nervous breakdown during his audition. The Kommission für Jugendmedienschutz opened a review procedure against Deutschland sucht den Superstar and KJM boss Wolf-Dieter Ring stated that "the manner in which contestants are humiliated on the show could have detrimental effects on young viewers."

Elli Erl, the winner of season 2, confirmed that RTL asked for fake stories when she participated in the show. Again, in season 8, RTL created fake stories. RTL misquoted DSDS season 8 candidate Anna-Carina Woitschack. In an interview, Anna-Carina was quoted as saying "It was cut together all wrong. I never said that I hate Sarah – but on the contrary, I do not hate Sarah Engels. That is what I said. But it was cut this way by RTL, because it looks good for the show."

DSDS Kids
On 13 March 2012, RTL announced that there will be a kids edition of DSDS. The ages will be from 4 to 14. The participants will get training scholarship and prize money. Dieter Bohlen, Michelle Hunziker and Dana Schweiger were named to the jury for season 1. There were 38.664 applications for season 1 of the show.

German child protection association president Heinz Hilgers advised parents not to apply for the show. He claimed that the adult version "was based on humiliation and embarrassment". The association's director, Paula Honkanen-Schoberth, stated that "Casting shows are geared towards making one person successful" and also claimed "The message for the rest is, 'you're no good.'" However, RTL stated that this is a family show and it wants to encourage the children.

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 * 1 Max von Thun was replaced by Volker Neumüller during the auditions of season 6.
 * 2 Sylvie Meis stepped in for Nina Eichinger in the final of season 7.
 * 3 Andrea Berg was a guest judge on the seventh "Mottoshow" of season 10.
 * 4 Florian Silbereisen replaced Xavier Naidoo from the second "Liveshow" until the final of season 17.
 * 5 After the filming the auditions of the 18th season, Michael Wendler decided to leave the jury.
 * 6 Thomas Gottschalk replaced Dieter Bohlen in the "Liveshows" of season 18.
 * 7 There were different guest judges on the season 19 "Liveshows": Thomas Anders on the first show, Sarah Engels on the second show, and Joachim Llambi in the semi-final and final.

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 * 1 Yvonne Catterfeld stepped in for Michelle Hunziker in the third "Top-50-Show" of season 2.
 * 2 Daniel Hartwich stepped in for Nazan Eckes in the semi-final of season 11.

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