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Talk:1926 Miami hurricane

Total Damages
Total damages of this hurricane cannot be put at 100 billion. That is adjusted for inflation *and* growth, and thus is fairly meaningless except as a predictor of what future hurricanes could do. We want the value adjusted only for inflation. Jdorje 17:54, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

That's opinion not fact. I put both the actual 1926 figure and the inflation figure ($98 billion). People need to have an idea of how bad this storm was. They shouldn't have to guess how much $100 million was to people back then.

E. Brown, Hurricane enthusiast - Squawk Box 20:45, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

Um, E. Brown? The inflation calculator says that $100 million in 1926 is $1.05 billion in 2005 dollars. Inflation over the last 80 years was not 100,000%. --Golbez 20:49, August 5, 2005 (UTC)

I never believe that online crap. They are notorious for being wildly inaccurate. That is without question a conservative estimate. In addition, $100 million dollars was the damage estimate for Florida (which was actually rounded up from $76 million). What about the storm's impact on the Gulf coast? That figure also does not include interior furnishings of the homes (half their total cost) nor does it include office and business furnishings (which would be very high). Also, this is only insured damages. The figure that was given was not mathmatically adjusted for total cost (usually twice the insured cost). I estimate that true damages were no less that $150 million dollars and as high as $200 million. That would bring the raw inflation to $1.58 billion to $2.11 billion and this could be an underestimate. There really is no way to know, as the damage figures for the Gulf coast, uninsured property, and interior furnishings were not published.

E. Brown, Hurricane enthusiast - Squawk Box 21:38, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Hey, $2.11 billion is still a far cry from $98 billion. I have no problem with you figuring out if it should be $1.05 billion or $2.11 billion - but it is most assuredly not $98 billion. --Golbez 21:46, August 5, 2005 (UTC)

When people today see even the $2.11 billion figure, they'll say 'Wow, they got off easy.' No they didn't. $100 million was close to earth shattering to people back then. I personally believe that in reading this article, readers fail to comprehend the enormity of the disaster. The economic boom was over and this caused hundreds of businesses to loss hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue between the hurricane and the start of the Great Depression. This fact would slip by readers in this article. The hurricane was the Andrew of its day. The damage it did far surpassed every other hurricane up until that time, including the Galveston Hurricane; yet another fact that is not expressed in the article. The wealth normalization figure does give a good idea as to how people felt about the tragedy then. People thought of Andrew's $23 billion in damage like we would think of a $44 billion-dollar hurricane today. People thought of the '26 storm's $100 million in damage like we would think of a $98 billion-dollar hurricane today. This is the goal of wealth normalization. Does this make sence? It should.

E. Brown, Hurricane enthusiast - Squawk Box 22:09, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

 * That's all well and good, but the fact remains it didn't cause $98 billion in damage. By all means, mention it - properly - in the article, but don't cite it as "2003 dollars" in the infobox. The $98 billion is an opinion, a wild guess. The $100 million is fact. --Golbez 22:18, August 5, 2005 (UTC)

Wild is a little aggressive. I'm sure they had some educated reasoning behind it.

E. Brown, Hurricane enthusiast - Squawk Box 23:07, 5 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Perhaps. But you get my point, I hope. --Golbez 23:16, August 5, 2005 (UTC)

E Brown, I think you are completely off base here. Those figures (like the 100B one) aren't supposed to show how damaging the hurricane was, or how much damage it caused, they are supposed to estimate how much damage it would cause if it hit today. This is really good for PR since it makes it easier to get better hurricane-preparedness legislation to go through (for instance) but it doesn't have much historical use. Wealth normalization may be useful but it normalizes to *today*'s wealth - on an absolute standard I'm sure the 1970 Bhola Hurricane was by _far_ the most damaging hurricane ever. Population normalization is absurd to use in the context of an encyclopedia because this is extrapolation of the future rather than a recording of past events. Jdorje 02:39, 8 August 2005 (UTC)

 * "The wealth normalization figure does give a good idea as to how people felt about the tragedy then." This figure is not just saying what the damage would be if a Category 4 hurricane of the same intensity hit Miami today, it's saying if a hurricane today destroyed the exact same percentage of structures in Miami as the 1926 storm did, $98 billion is the estimated total cost. My quoted sentence now stands firm, explained and defined. I will carry the arguement no farther. My point has been made, take it or leave it.

 * E. Brown, Hurricane enthusiast - Squawk Box 00:12, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

I'll leave it. This is supposed to be a historical article. To quote Pielke et al, "A normalization provides an estimate of the damage that would occur if storms from the past made landfall under another year's societal conditions." The template being added (to many pages) is highly misleading because the accompanying text doesn't even clarify that it shows a speculative projection of the damages if the Miami hurricane were to hit today, not a (reasonable) inflation-adjusted estimate of the actual historical damages.Kbk (talk) 18:12, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Todo
Needs content. I'm sure there's a lot out there. Jdorje 07:25, 9 January 2006 (UTC)

I've added the 1926 issue of the Monthly Weather Review as a resource to the article. It has tons of good information about the storm that could really improve the article. I might add some information to the artucle later. CapeVerdeWave 11:40, 25 March 2006 (UTC)

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A lot more could be written about "The Great Miami Hurricane of 1926"
The lack of more to say is just one more thing that goes to show the lack of historical richness to Miami. Always just a cold place where developers could express their rampant ways. Daniel Christensen (talk) 16:10, 30 July 2011 (UTC)

poor writing,.
"Several events, including the sinking of a ship in the Miami harbor, and a Florida East Coast railway embargo before the storm that weakened the boom. " 76.117.72.131 (talk) 04:14, 1 December 2014 (UTC)

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This storm Is best known as the “Great Miami hurricane Of 1926” Builder900 (talk) 01:56, 2 September 2021 (UTC)

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Ypres Salient

The Ypres Salient, around Ypres, in Belgium, was the scene of several battles and a major part of the Western Front during World War I.

Location
Ypres lies at the junction of the Ypres–Comines Canal and the Ieperlee. The city is overlooked by Kemmel Hill in the south-west and from the east by low hills running south-west to north-east with Wytschaete (Wijtschate), Hill 60 to the east of Verbrandenmolen, Hooge, Polygon Wood and Passchendaele (Passendale). The high point of the ridge is at Wytschaete, 7000 yd from Ypres, while at Hollebeke the ridge is 4000 yd distant and recedes to 7000 yd at Polygon Wood. Wytschaete is about 150 ft above the plain; on the Ypres–Menin road at Hooge, the elevation is about 100 ft and 70 ft at Passchendaele. The rises are slight, apart from the vicinity of Zonnebeke, which has a 1:33 gradient. From Hooge and to the east, the slope is 1:60 and near Hollebeke, it is 1:75; the heights are subtle but have the character of a saucer lip around Ypres. The main ridge has spurs sloping east and one is particularly noticeable at Wytschaete, which runs 2 mi south-east to Messines (Mesen), with a gentle slope to the east and a 1:10 decline to the west. Further south is the muddy valley of the Douve river, Ploegsteert Wood ("Plugstreet" to the British) and Hill 63. West of Messines Ridge is the parallel Wulverghem (Spanbroekmolen) Spur; the Oosttaverne Spur, also parallel, is to the east. The general aspect south of Ypres is of low ridges and dips, gradually flattening to the north into a featureless plain.

In 1914, Ypres had 2,354 houses and 16,700 inhabitants inside medieval earth ramparts faced with brick and a ditch on the east and south sides. Possession of the higher ground to the south and east of the city gives ample scope for ground observation, enfilade fire and converging artillery fire. An occupier of the ridges also has the advantage that artillery positions and the movement of reinforcements and supplies can be screened from view. The ridge had woods from Wytschaete to Zonnebeke, giving good cover, some of notable size such as Polygon Wood and those later named Battle Wood, Shrewsbury Forest and Sanctuary Wood. The woods usually had undergrowth but fields in gaps between the woods were 800 – wide and devoid of cover. Roads in this area were usually unpaved, except for the main ones from Ypres, with occasional villages and houses. The lowlands west of the ridge were a mixture of meadow and fields with high hedgerows dotted with trees, cut by streams and ditches emptying into the canals. The Ypres–Comines Canal is about 18 ft wide and the Yperlee about 36 ft; the main road to Ypres between Poperinge and Vlamertinge is in a defile, easily observed from the ridge.

Battles
A salient in military terms is a battlefield feature that projects into an opponent's territory and is surrounded on three sides, making the occupying troops vulnerable. Throughout World War I along the Western Front, troops engaged in mine warfare, using tunnelling and trench strategies without coordinating their attacks with one another. Soldiers used tunnels and dugouts to shelter themselves, make their way safely to the front lines, relay messages, and launch offensive attacks on their enemies.

First Battle of Ypres
By 29 December 1914, German troops dug in on higher ground to the east of Ypres and consequently, the Ypres Salient was formed by British, French, Canadian and Belgian defensive efforts against German incursion during the 1914 Race to the Sea. This culminated in the Battle of the Yser and the First Battle of Ypres, which lasted until 22 November. German and British units conducted operations, made advancements, captured territory and attacked using mines and underground warfare at locations like Broodseinde and Sint Elooi.

Second and Third Battles of Ypres
The Second Battle of Ypres occurred from 22 April to 25 May 1915, the British and French defending Ypres and the corner of Belgium around Veurne from German occupation but escalating trench warfare in the salient. Both sides vied for control of tactically important areas along the line. Obtaining control of the few hills and ridges became the objective of this battle in which poisonous gas as a weapon was first deployed and the widespread destruction and evacuation of Ypres came about. During this battle, the Allied units were forced to draw back from Zonnebeke and St Julien to a line of trenches closer to Ypres as German troops held the village of Hooge on Bellewaerde Ridge.

This line defined the Ypres Salient for over two years, during which Hooge lay in one of the easternmost sectors of the salient and was much contested. This situation changed little, despite extensive British tunnelling prior to the Battle of Messines in June 1917 and the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele) from July to November. During these battles, tactics shifted from offensive tunnelling to maintaining shelters and constructing dugouts.

Fourth Battle of Ypres
After the Third Battle of Ypres, the Ypres Salient was left relatively quiet until the Fourth Battle of Ypres (Battle of the Lys), when the German spring offensive threatened to overwhelm the area. This offensive was stopped at the point the Allies were closest to being forced to abandon the salient. By August 1918, the Fifth Battle of Ypres (part of the Hundred Days Offensive) pushed the German forces out of the salient entirely and they did not return.

Archaeological significance
In the aftermath of trench warfare, mine explosions, extensive tunnelling, craters and archaeological landmarks remain. Although many craters have been covered, built over, destroyed, or remodelled, some are still visible and can be preserved, such as The Bluff, a key location in the First Battle of Ypres and now a well-studied historical reserve at which artefacts were found. Using Geographic Information System (GIS) mapping, Airborne Laser Scanning (ALS), remote sensing and aerial photographs, more recent research and archaeological work have provided insight into the landscape, battle zones and tactics employed in the Ypres Salient. Analysis of craters at the site yielded information, confirming various historical accounts of counter-mines and hot spots and specifying when mining weapons were used in the Second Battle of Ypres as well as how the Battle of Messines was important in changing the geography of the frontlines main conflicts occurred.

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Ken Wallis

Also Ken Wallis English designer of the STP-Paxton sponsored gas turbine powered Indycar which came close to winning the indy 500 in 1967.

Wing Commander Kenneth Horatio Wallis {{post-nominals|country=GBR-cats|MBE, DEng(hc),PhD(hc),CEng, FRAeS, FSETP, FInstTA(hc),RAF(Ret'd) (26 April 1916 – 1 September 2013) was a British aviator, engineer, and inventor. During the Second World War, Wallis served in the Royal Air Force and flew 28 bomber missions over Germany; after the war, he moved on to research and development, before retiring in 1964. He later became one of the leading exponents of autogyros and earned 34 world records, still holding eight of them at the time of his death in 2013.

Early life
Born on 26 April 1916 at Ely, he was educated at The Kings' School Ely Cambridgeshire. Wallis developed a practical interest in mechanics, building a motorcycle at the age of 11. In 1936, he was inspired by a demonstration by Henri Mignet of his Mignet HM.14 Pou-du-Ciel ("Flying Flea"). Using only Mignet's book, Wallis gathered the materials required, and started to build his own Flying Flea. He abandoned construction because of widespread adverse publicity about fatal accidents that implied inadequate design of the type.

Wallis took an interest in powerboats which he kept up until 1957, when he won the 56 mi long Missouri Marathon.

Military career
Wallis applied for the RAF's Volunteer Reserve Service but was turned away because of an issue with his right eye. Consequently, he obtained a private flying licence, which required only a certificate signed by his GP. In 1938, Wallis again tried to join the RAF, but failed the eye test. He applied again in 1939 and finally passed the eye test, explaining, "I did the first line with my good eye then they covered it up and asked me to read the bottom line with my bad eye, without them realising I just turned my head slightly so I could again see with my good eye—I passed it with Above Average Eye Sight!"

Wallis's military career started with Westland Lysander patrols in the RAF. In 1942, he was transferred to RAF Bomber Command, flying Wellingtons near Grimsby. Wallis subsequently served in Italy and on secondment to the United States Strategic Air Command, where he flew the massive Convair B-36, which had six piston engines and four auxiliary jet engines. Thereafter, he was involved in research and development, and was awarded a number of patents on his inventions. Wallis left the RAF in 1964, retiring to Norfolk.

Autogyros
Wallis who lived at Reymerston Hall, Norfolk produced autogyros for, in his own words, "reconnaissance, research and development, surveillance and military purposes", and his designs were not available for enthusiasts as he considered that although the design is simple, it has to be built to the appropriate standards. His contribution to autogyro design included the "offset gimbal rotor head".

Wallis had the help of Beagle Aircraft in building five Wallis WA-116 autogyros at Shoreham in 1962 for evaluation by the British Army. This collaboration ended when the British Army chose the Westland Sioux for this role.

Wallis worked as Sean Connery's stunt pilot in the 1967 James Bond film You Only Live Twice, where he flew one of his WA-116s named Little Nellie.

In 1970 it was announced that Airmark would produce his autogyro design with a certificate of airworthiness, that being essential for commercial use of the autogyro. Expected price was around £3,000.

Between 2006 and 2009, Wallis took part in filming for Into the Wind, a documentary by Steven Hatton featuring the experiences and memories of wartime members of Bomber Command. The film, released in 2012, features Wallis demonstrating several of his autogyro designs.

Wallis was the President of the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum, and Patron of the Wolf Preservation Foundation.

Autogyros and aircraft

 * Wallbro Monoplane Replica
 * Wallis WA-116 Agile
 * Wallis WA-117
 * Wallis WA-118 Meteorite
 * Wallis WA-119
 * Wallis WA-120
 * Wallis WA-121
 * Wallis WA-122

Recognition
Wallis was the recognized world record holder for many categories of autogyro records over the years, and was also recognized as the oldest pilot to set a world flight record at the age of 89. Wallis held most of the autogyro world records during his autogyro flying career. These include the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale time-to-climb, a speed record of 189 km/h (111.7 mph), and the straight-line distance record of 869.23 km. On 16 November 2002, Wallis increased the speed record to 207.7 km/h (129.1 mph).

Wallis appeared as himself on an episode of Tell The Truth dated 9 November 1984, discussing his autogyro record.

Wallis received the MBE in 1996.

In July 2013, Wallis received a campaign medal for his 28 bomber missions over Germany during World War II.

Later life
He was married to Peggy Stapley, a Women's Auxiliary Air Force veteran, from 1942 to her death in 2003. Wallis died on 1 September 2013, aged 97. Prior to his death, he was living in the Norfolk village of Reymerston.

Old Buckenham Airport held a memorial event on 29 September 2013 at the request of the Wallis family: "A Celebration of the Life of Wing Commander Ken Wallis". It had been expected that about 500 people would attend, but an estimated 3,000 to 4,000 attended the event.

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Joe Kelly (comics writer)

Joseph Kelly (born 1971) is an American comic book writer, penciler and editor who has written such titles as Deadpool, Uncanny X-Men, Action Comics, and JLA, as well as award-winning work on The Amazing Spider-Man and Superman. As part of the comics creator group Man of Action Studios, Kelly is one of the creators of the animated series Ben 10.

Career
Kelly attended Freeport High School and went on to receive his MFA at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where he still teaches Writing for Animation/Writing for Comics. At NYU, he was recruited into Marvel Comics' editor James Felder's Stan-hattan Project, a program that trained potential comic book writers at the university. After six months of working in the class, Felder offered Kelly a job scripting Fantastic Four 2099 over a Karl Kesel plot. Kelly took the assignment, but his first published work for Marvel was 1996's 2099: World of Tomorrow #1–8 and Marvel Fanfare vol.2 #2–3.

In 1997, Kelly began his first monthly assignment, Deadpool, initially pencilled by Ed McGuinness. The title was immediately well received by fans and critics. At one point it was due to be canceled with #25, but a write-in and Internet campaign by fans led Marvel to reverse their decision. Kelly left the title with #33 in 1999. In 1997, Kelly also became the writer of Daredevil, on which he was accompanied by well-known Daredevil artist Gene Colan.

At around the same time he produced a Daredevil/Deadpool '97 Annual with artist Bernard Chang which pitted the two characters against each other and was generally well received. Kelly left Daredevil with #375 in 1998.

Kelly's next major Marvel assignment was in late 1997, at the company's then bestselling title, X-Men, where he worked with penciller Carlos Pacheco. However, Kelly's stint on the title, and his friend Steven T. Seagle's run on sister title Uncanny X-Men, was cut short when the creators quit, blaming constant editorial interference. Kelly's last issue was #85 in 1999.

Kelly then began to work for Marvel's competitor DC Comics, specifically their Action Comics title starring Superman with #760 in October 1999. He stayed on the title for almost five years (up until #813, May 2004), working mainly with penciller Pasqual Ferry.

During this run he authored "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice & the American Way?" in Action Comics #775, which introduced The Elite (an Authority-like team of anti-heroes) and their leader Manchester Black. That issue was called "the single best issue of a comic book written in the year 2001" by Wizard Magazine.

In December 2000, Kelly had a short stint as writer on the Superboy comic (#83–93), again mostly working with his Action Comics collaborator Ferry.

In 2002 he began a long run on DC's JLA (#61–93) comic book with penciller Doug Mahnke. After their run on that title finished the same creative team launched a twelve-issue limited series Justice League Elite featuring some of the characters from Action Comics #775.

Also in 2002, DC published Green Lantern: Legacy – The Last Will & Testament of Hal Jordan, a hardcover graphic novel by Kelly and artists Brent Anderson and Bill Sienkiewicz, which looked back at the life and career of Hal Jordan, who at that point was the Spectre. (Early in his career, Kelly had described working with Sienkiewicz as his dream collaboration. ) An interview with Kelly also appeared in the first volume of Writers on Comic Scriptwriting from Titan Books. Kelly has produced three creator-owned works: Steampunk, pencilled by Chris Bachalo and published by DC through Wildstorm's Cliffhanger imprint in 2000 (a second part, Drama Obscura, brought closure to the story, but Kelly has said he intends to eventually continue the book); M. Rex with penciller Duncan Rouleau, which was published by the now-defunct Avalon Studios (it was canceled after two issues); and Ballast, with penciller Ilya, a one-shot published by Active Images. In 2004 he collaborated with artist Ariel Olivetti on a Space Ghost series, published by DC, which depicted the character with a serious space opera tone and, for the first time, revealed his origins. Next up is a similar mini-series, this time starring Jonny Quest.

Kelly is a part of the Man of Action collective of creators (along with Joe Casey, Duncan Rouleau, Steven T. Seagle), who created the series Ben 10, currently airing on Cartoon Network. Around the same time Ben 10 began to air, he was also hired as a story editor on TMNT: Fast Forward. With Man of Action Studios, he is also a Supervising Producer on Disney/Marvel's Disney XD series, Ultimate Spider-Man.

Kelly has written DC's Supergirl and Marvel's Amazing Spider-Man. He has published creator-owned work through Image Comics, including Four Eyes and I Kill Giants, as well as a graphic novel Douglas Fredericks and the House of They.

Kelly wrote the Fantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes episode "My Neighbour Was a Skrull" featuring the Skrulls, as well as the series premiere of Chaotic, a new animated series based on the trading card game. He also co-wrote Darksiders, a video game for THQ.

In 2007, he shot a short film, Brother's Day, which was a selection in the Brooklyn International Film Festival.

Marvel Comics

 * Marvel 2099:
 * Fantastic Four #5: "Strange Tidings" (script by Kelly from a plot by Karl Kesel, art by Matt Ryan, 1996)
 * World of Tomorrow #1–8 (co-written by Kelly and Ben Raab, art by Pasqual Ferry, Jason Armstrong, David Brewer, Karl Moline (#3–4) and Yancey Labat (#4), 1996–1997)
 * Daredevil:
 * Over the Edge #10: "The Politics of Infamy" (with Stephen B. Jones, anthology, Marvel Edge, 1996)
 * Daredevil (with Pasqual Ferry (#358), Cary Nord (#365 and 375), Gene Colan, Ariel Olivetti and Richie Acosta (#373), 1996–1998) collected as:
 * Purgatory and Paradise (includes #358, tpb, 504 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-3029-1879-6)
 * Widow's Kiss (collects #365–375, -1 and Daredevil/Deadpool Annual '97, tpb, 504 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-9297-2)
 * Ben Raab is credited for "plot assist" in #373 and Chris Claremont is credited for "story assist" in #375.
 * Issue #374 is co-written by Kelly and Jonathan Barron from a plot by Kelly.
 * Marvel Fanfare vol. 2 #2–3: "Instinct" (with Pop Mhan, anthology, 1996)
 * What If...? vol. 2 (anthology):
 * "The Man, The Monster" (with Nelson DeCastro, in #91, 1996)
 * "...I'll Be Your Best Friend!" (with James Daly, in #92, 1996)
 * X-Men:
 * Wolverine Annual '96: "The Golden Temple" (with Tommy Lee Edwards, co-feature, 1996)
 * Juggernaut: "A Night in Spite" (with Duncan Rouleau, one-shot, 1997)
 * Deadpool (with Ed McGuinness, Aaron Lopresti (#-1), Shannon Denton, Pete Woods, Walter A. McDaniel, Anthony Williams (#22), Yancey Labat (#0) and David Brewer (#33), 1997–1999) collected as:
 * James Felder is credited for "plot assist" on issues #20 and 26.
 * Deadpool Classic Volume 1 (includes #1, tpb, 264 pages, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3124-8)
 * Deadpool Classic Volume 2 (collects #2–8, -1 and Daredevil/Deadpool Annual '97, tpb, 256 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3731-9)
 * Deadpool Classic Volume 3 (collects #9–17, tpb, 280 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-4244-4)
 * Deadpool Classic Volume 4 (collects #0, 18–25 and Deadpool/Death Annual '98, tpb, 296 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5302-0)
 * Deadpool Classic Volume 5 (collects #26–33 and the Baby's First Deadpool Book one-shot, tpb, 272 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5519-8)
 * Deadpool by Joe Kelly Omnibus (collects #0–33, -1, Annual '97 and '98, Baby's First Deadpool Book and the short story from Deadpool vol. 2 #900, hc, 1,160 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-7851-8559-3)
 * X-Men vol. 2 (with Carlos Pacheco, Germán García, Mat Broome (#76), Brandon Peterson (#80), Adam Kubert and Alan Davis (#85); issue #73 is co-written by Kelly and Joe Casey, 1997–1999) collected as:
 * X-Men Gold: Homecoming (collects #70–79, tpb, 336 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-3029-0954-1)
 * X-Men: The Hunt for Professor X (includes #80–84, tpb, 368 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-9720-6)
 * X-Men: The Magneto War (includes #85, tpb, 504 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-3029-1376-X)
 * Uncanny X-Men #359: "Power Play" (co-written by Kelly and Steven T. Seagle, art by Chris Bachalo and Ryan Benjamin, 1998) collected in X-Men Blue: Reunion (tpb, 328 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-3029-0953-3)
 * Deadpool vol. 2 #900: "Pinky Swear" (with Rob Liefeld, co-feature, 2009) collected in Deadpool: Dead Head Redemption (tpb, 240 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5649-6)
 * Deadpool vol. 3 #27: "The Niagara Bride" (with Paco Medina, co-feature, 2014) collected in Deadpool: The Wedding (tpb, 168 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-7851-8933-5)
 * Deadpool: The End (with Mike Hawthorne, one-shot, 2020) collected in Marvel: The End (tpb, 200 pages, 2020, ISBN 1-3029-2499-0)
 * Deadpool: Nerdy 30: "The Immaculate Misconception" (with Gerardo Sandoval, anthology one-shot, 2021)
 * Spider-Man:
 * Webspinners: Tales of Spider-Man #7–9: "The Bridge" (with Bart Sears and Andy Smith, 1999) collected in Spider-Man: Webspinners — The Complete Collection (tpb, 480 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-3029-0681-X)
 * The Amazing Spider-Man:
 * Crime and Punisher (hc, 136 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3393-3; tpb, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3417-4) includes:
 * The Amazing Spider-Man: Extra! #1: "Death of a Wise Guy" (with Chris Bachalo, anthology, 2008)
 * "Hammerhead: Family Ties" (with Chris Bachalo, in #575–576, 2008–2009)
 * "J. Jonah Jameson! I Name Thee Murderer!" (with Barry Kitson, co-feature in #577, 2009)
 * American Son (hc, 136 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3870-6; tpb, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4083-2) collects:
 * The Amazing Spider-Man: Extra! #3: "Nice Things" (with Dale Eaglesham, anthology, 2009)
 * "American Son" (with Phil Jimenez, Paulo Siqueira and Marco Checchetto, in #595–599, 2009)
 * Died in Your Arms Tonight (hc, 192 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-4459-5; tpb, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4485-4) includes:
 * "Violent Visions" (with Max Fiumara, co-feature in #600, 2009)
 * Return of the Black Cat (hc, 168 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4249-5; tpb, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-3868-4) includes:
 * "The Long-Term Arrangement" (with Mike McKone and Adriana Melo, in #606–607, 2009)
 * "This Man, This [Expletive Deleted]" (with Eric Canete, in #611, 2010)
 * The Gauntlet Volume 1 (hc, 176 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4264-9; tpb, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-3871-4) includes:
 * "The Other Woman" (with J. M. Ken Niimura, co-feature in #612, 2010)
 * The Gauntlet Volume 2 (hc, 160 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4265-7; tpb, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-3872-2) includes:
 * "Rage of the Rhino" (with Max Fiumara) and "The Walk" (with Javier Pulido, in #617, 2010)
 * The Gauntlet Volume 3 (hc, 136 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4611-3; tpb, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4612-1) includes:
 * "Rhino: Endangered Species" (with Max Fiumara, in #625, 2010)
 * Grim Hunt (hc, 192 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4617-2; tpb, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4618-0) collects:
 * Spider-Man: Grim Hunt — The Kraven Saga (with Michael Lark, one-shot, 2010)
 * "Grim Hunt" (with Michael Lark, Marco Checchetto and Matthew Southworth, in #634–637, 2010)
 * Origin of the Species (hc, 232 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4621-0; tpb, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4622-9) includes:
 * "Norah's Last Night in NYC" (with J. M. Ken Niimura, co-feature in #647, 2010)
 * Spider-Man/Deadpool #1–5, 8–10, 13–14 and 17–18 (with Ed McGuinness, 2016–2017) collected as Spider-Man/Deadpool by Joe Kelly and Ed McGuinness (hc, 264 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-3029-0372-1)
 * Non-Stop Spider-Man #1–5 (with Chris Bachalo, Dale Eaglesham (#1) and Gerardo Sandoval + Cory Smith (#5), 2021) collected as Non-Stop Spider-Man: Big Brain Play (tpb, 128 pages, 2022, ISBN 1-302-92748-5)
 * Heroes Reborn: The Return (tpb, 288 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3748-3) includes:
 * Heroes Reborn: Rebel: "Wild Blue" (with Mark Bagley and Matt Haley, one-shot, 2000)
 * Heroes Reborn: Remnants: "The Day the Earth Got Ill!" (with Ethan van Sciver, one-shot, 2000)

DC Comics

 * All-Star Comics 80-Page Giant: "P.O.V.: A Fable" (with Duncan Rouleau, anthology one-shot, 1999)
 * Superman:
 * Secret Origins of Super-Villains 80-Page Giant: "Dreams in Smoke" (with Butch Guice, anthology one-shot, 1999)
 * Action Comics:
 * Superman: The City of Tomorrow Volume 1 (tpb, 466 pages, 2019, ISBN 1-4012-9508-8) includes:
 * "...Never-Ending Battle..." (with Germán García and Kano (#762), in #760–762, 1999–2000)
 * Superman Y2K: "The End" (with Butch Guice, one-shot, 2000)
 * "Y2K, Part Five: Sacrifice for Tomorrow" (with Germán García and Kano, in #763, 2000)
 * Metropolis Secret Files: "Metropolica" (with Pasqual Ferry, co-feature in one-shot, 2000)
 * Superman: The City of Tomorrow Volume 2 (tpb, 504 pages, 2020, ISBN 1-7795-0312-1) includes:
 * "Quiet After the Storm" (with Kano, in #764–765, 2000)
 * "The Search for Lois: D.O.A." (with Cary Nord, in #766, 2000)
 * "Critical Condition, Part Four: Death's Door" (with Kano, in #767, 2000)
 * "O, Captain, My Captain!" (with Duncan Rouleau, in #768, 2000)
 * Superman: Emperor Joker (tpb, 256 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1193-3) includes:
 * "Arkham, Part Two: Supermanamrepus" (with Kano, in #769, 2000)
 * Superman: Emperor Joker (co-written by Kelly and Jeph Loeb, art by various artists, one-shot, 2000)
 * "Emperor Joker, Part Four: He Who Laughs Last!" (with Kano, in #770, 2000)
 * Superman: President Lex (tpb, 240 pages, 2003, ISBN 1-56389-974-4) includes:
 * "Kith & Kin" (with Kano, in #772–773, 2000–2001)
 * "Fireside Chat" (with Eric Canete, in #774, 2001)
 * Superman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told Volume 1 (tpb, 192 pages, 2004, ISBN 1-4012-0339-6) includes:
 * "What's So Funny About Truth, Justice & the American Way?" (with Doug Mahnke and Lee Bermejo, in #775, 2001)
 * Superman: Return to Krypton (tpb, 208 pages, 2004, ISBN 1-4012-0194-6) includes:
 * "Return to Krypton, Part Four: Escape from Krypton" (with Kano, in #776, 2001)
 * "Return to Krypton II, Part Four: Dream's End" (with Pasqual Ferry, in #793, 2002)
 * "Kancer" (with Kano, in #777, 2001)
 * "King Takes Pawn" (with Duncan Rouleau, in #779, 2001)
 * Superman: Our Worlds at War (tpb, 512 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-4012-1129-1) includes:
 * "Our Worlds at War" (with Kano, in #780–782, 2001)
 * Superboy vol. 3 #91: "War Letters" (with Pasqual Ferry, 2001)
 * Our Worlds at War: Secret Files: "They Call Me Zed" (with Alberto Saichann, co-feature in one-shot, 2001)
 * "The Gift" (with Brandon Badeaux, in #783, 2001)
 * "Joker: Last Laugh — Whose Mind is It Anyways?" (with Duncan Rouleau, in #784, 2001)
 * "Demento" (with Duncan Rouleau, in #785, 2002)
 * "Red" (with Pasqual Ferry, in #786, 2002)
 * "Jikei Ketsuki: Mercy, Love and Blood" (with Pasqual Ferry, in #787–788, 2002)
 * "Man and Beast" (with Duncan Rouleau, in #789–790, 2002)
 * "Big City, Little Man" (with Pasqual Ferry, in #792, 2002)
 * Superman: Ending Battle (tpb, 192 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2259-5) includes:
 * "Ending Battle" (with Duncan Rouleau, in #795–796, 2002)
 * "Superego" (with Renato Arlem, in #797, 2003)
 * "Lost Hearts, Part Four: Heartsong" (with Pasqual Ferry, in #798, 2003)
 * "The Cage" (with Carlos Meglia, in #799, 2003)
 * "A Hero's Journey" (with Pasqual Ferry, Duncan Rouleau and various artists, in #800, 2003)
 * "The Harvest" (with Tom Raney (#801), Tom Derenick (#802) and Pasqual Ferry, in #801–805, 2003)
 * "Hungry Ghost" (with Pasqual Ferry, in #806–808, 2003)
 * "The Creeping Death" (with Pasqual Ferry, in #809, 2004)
 * Superman: The Man of Steel — Believe (digest-sized tpb, 128 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-4012-4705-9) includes:
 * "Walking Midnight" (with Pasqual Ferry, Kano, Duncan Rouleau, Dave Bullock and Renato Guedes, in #810, 2004)
 * Superboy vol. 3 #83–93 (with Pasqual Ferry, Paco Medina (#86–87) and Carlo Barberi (#89); issues #87–90 and 92–93 are co-written by Kelly and Eddie Berganza, 2001)
 * Adventures of Superman:
 * "Superman: The Dailies 2002 — The Most Bizarro Case of All — Part 8 of 8" (with Carlos Meglia, co-feature in #600, 2002)
 * "Lost Hearts, Part Two: Heartbroken" (with Dwayne Turner, in #611, 2003)
 * Superman: Godfall (hc, 112 pages, 2004, ISBN 1-4012-0376-0; tpb, 2004, ISBN 1-4012-0236-5) collects:
 * "Godfall, Parts 1 and 4" (co-written by Kelly and Michael Turner, art by Talent Caldwell, in Action Comics #812–813, 2004)
 * "Godfall, Parts 2 and 5" (co-written by Kelly and Michael Turner, art by Talent Caldwell, in Adventures of Superman #625–626, 2004)
 * "Godfall, Parts 3 and 6" (co-written by Kelly and Michael Turner, art by Talent Caldwell, in Superman vol. 2 #202–203, 2004)
 * Superman: Infinite Crisis (tpb, 128 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-4012-0953-X) collects:
 * "This is Your Life, Part 1" (with Ed Benes, Jerry Ordway, Howard Chaykin and Renato Guedes, in Superman vol. 2 #226, 2006)
 * "This is Your Life, Part 2" (with Ed Benes, Dan Jurgens, Ian Churchill, Phil Jimenez, Tom Derenick, Renato Guedes, Lee Bermejo and Doug Mahnke, in Action Comics #836, 2006)
 * "This is Your Life, Part 3" (with Ed Benes, Tom Derenick, Karl Kerschl, Duncan Rouleau, Dale Eaglesham and Ed McGuinness, in Adventures of Superman #649, 2006)
 * Supergirl vol. 4 (with Ian Churchill, Ron Adrian (#8), Joe Benitez (#11), Alé Garza and Adam Archer (#18), 2006–2007) collected as:
 * Issue #7 is scripted by Kelly from a story by Greg Rucka; issue #16 is scripted by Kelly from a story by Mark Sable.
 * The Girl of Steel (includes #7–10, tpb, 304 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-4012-6093-4)
 * Breaking the Chain (collects #11 and 13–19, tpb, 272 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-4012-6467-0)
 * Includes the "All I Want for Christmas..." short story (art by Alé Garza) from DCU Infinite Holiday Special (one-shot, 2007)
 * Superman/Batman:
 * Volume 3 (tpb, 296 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-4012-6480-8) includes:
 * Annual #1: "Stop Me If You've Heard This One..." (with Ed McGuinness, Ryan Ottley, Sean Gordon Murphy and Carlo Barberi, 2006)
 * Volume 4 (tpb, 352 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-4012-6385-2) includes:
 * Annual #2: "The Unexamined Life..." (with Scott Kolins, 2008)
 * Sorcerer Kings (hc, 160 pages, 2011, ISBN 1-4012-3266-3; tpb, 2012, ISBN 1-4012-3446-1) includes:
 * "Who Would Win?" (co-written by Kelly and his son Jack, art by Ed Benes, in #78, 2011)
 * Steampunk (with Chris Bachalo, Cliffhanger, 2000–2002) collected as:
 * Manimatron (collects #1–5 and the Steampunk: Catechism prelude one-shot, tpb, 160 pages, 2001, ISBN 1-56389-762-8)
 * Drama Obscura (collects #6–12, tpb, 176 pages, 2003, ISBN 1-4012-0047-8)
 * Wonder Woman vol. 2 #170: "She's a Wonder" (with Phil Jimenez, 2001) collected in Wonder Woman: The Greatest Stories Ever Told Volume 1 (tpb, 192 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1216-6)
 * Batman: Gotham Knights #17: "A Moment in the Light" (with Aaron Wiesenfeld, co-feature, 2001) collected in Batman: Black and White Volume 3 (hc, 288 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1531-9; tpb, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1354-5)
 * Green Lantern: Legacy — The Last Will and Testament of Hal Jordan (with Brent Anderson, graphic novel, hc, 106 pages, 2002, ISBN 1-56389-864-0; sc, 2004, ISBN 1-4012-0365-5)
 * 9-11 Volume 2: "Wake Up" (with Scott Kolins, anthology graphic novel, 224 pages, 2002, ISBN 1-56389-878-0)
 * Justice League of America:
 * JLA (with Doug Mahnke, Yvel Guichet, Lewis LaRosa (#76), Duncan Rouleau (#80–82) and ChrisCross (#83 and 90), 2002–2004) collected as:
 * The Deluxe Edition Volume 6 (collects #61–76, tpb, 432 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-4012-5136-6)
 * The Deluxe Edition Volume 7 (collects #78–90, tpb, 416 pages, 2015, ISBN 1-4012-5528-0)
 * Justice League Elite (with Doug Mahnke, 2004–2005) collected as:
 * Volume 1 (collects #1–4 and Action Comics #775, tpb, 208 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-4012-0481-3) collects:
 * Includes JLA #100 that set up then-upcoming Justice League Elite spin-off series (written by Kelly, art by Doug Mahnke, 2004)
 * Includes the "Same Coin" short story (art by Doug Mahnke) from JLA Secret Files & Origins 2004 (one-shot, 2004)
 * Volume 2 (collects #5–12, tpb, 192 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-4012-1556-4)
 * JLA/Cyberforce (with Doug Mahnke, one-shot, co-published by DC and Top Cow, 2005)
 * Enginehead #1–6 (of 8 — canceled before completion) (with Ted McKeever, 2004)
 * Space Ghost #1–6 (with Ariel Olivetti, 2005) collected as Space Ghost (tpb, 144 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-4012-0721-9)
 * Solo #6: "Drive" (with Jordi Bernet, anthology, 2005) collected in Solo (hc, 608 pages, 2013, ISBN 1-4012-3889-0)
 * DC Universe Holiday Special: "A Day without Sirens" (with Mick Bertilorenzi, anthology one-shot, 2009)
 * Bang! Tango #1–6 (with Adrian Sibar, Vertigo, 2009) collected as Bang! Tango (tpb, 136 pages, Image, 2015, ISBN 1-6321-5250-9)
 * The Reign of Megamind (with Griselda Sastrawinata, free promotional one-shot given away at San Diego Comic-Con, Wildstorm, 2010)

Image Comics

 * M. Rex #1–2 (with Duncan Rouleau, Avalon Studios, 1999)
 * Elephantmen:
 * "Captain Stoneheart and the Truth Fairy" (with Chris Bachalo, in #7, 2007) collected in Volume 1: Wounded Animals (hc, 168 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-58240-691-X; tpb, 2008, ISBN 1-58240-934-X)
 * This issue was reprinted in a separate volume with bonus material and a CD featuring a reading of the story as Captain Stoneheart and the Truth Fairy (hc, 80 pages, 2008, ISBN 1-5824-0865-3)
 * "Planet of the Ungulates" (with Peter Gross, co-feature in The Pilot one-shot, 2007) collected in Volume 2: Fatal Diseases (hc, 168 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-60706-088-4; tpb, 2010, ISBN 1-6070-6177-5)
 * I Kill Giants #1–7 (with J. M. Ken Niimura, 2008–2009) collected as I Kill Giants (tpb, 184 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-60706-092-2; hc, 300 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-60706-172-4)
 * Four Eyes:
 * Four Eyes #1–4 (with Max Fiumara, 2008–2010) collected as Volume 1: Forged in Flames (tpb, 96 pages, 2010, ISBN 1-60706-292-5)
 * Four Eyes: Hearts of Fire #1–4 (with Max Fiumara and Rafael Ortiz (#2–3), 2016) collected as Volume 2: Hearts of Fire (tpb, 104 pages, 2016, ISBN 1-6321-5806-X)
 * Bad Dog #1–6 (with Diego Greco, 2009–2014) collected as Bad Dog: In the Land of Milk and Honey (tpb, 184 pages, 2014, ISBN 1-6321-5100-6)
 * Outlaw Territory Volume 1: "Ballad of a Bad Man" (with Max Fiumara, anthology graphic novel, 240 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-6070-6004-3)
 * Douglas Fredericks and the House of They (with Ben Roman, graphic novel, 80 pages, 2009, ISBN 1-58240-994-3)
 * Kid Savage (with ILYA, graphic novel, 160 pages, 2017, ISBN 1-6321-5938-4)
 * Traces of the Great War: "Fot Want of a Bullet..." (with J. M. Ken Niimura, anthology graphic novel, 152 pages, 2018, ISBN 1-5343-1150-5)

Other publishers

 * Occupational Hazards #2: "Lavalava and the Holes" (script by Rick Beckley from a story by Kelly, art by Vatche Mavlian, anthology, CD Comics, 2000)
 * Active Images:
 * Ballast (with ILYA, graphic novel, 52 pages, 2005, ISBN 0-9766761-2-5)
 * The Nightmarist (as editor; written and drawn by Duncan Rouleau, graphic novel, 180 pages, 2006, ISBN 0-9766-7618-4)
 * Heroes (weekly webcomic published at NBC.com):
 * Heroes Volume 2 (hc, 240 pages, Wildstorm, 2008, ISBN 1-4012-1925-X; tpb, 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2229-3) includes:
 * "It Takes a Village" (with Michael Gaydos, Staz Johnson and Tom Grummett, in #35–38, 2007)
 * "The Crossroads" (with Michael Gaydos, in #53, 2007)
 * Love is Love: "Fly" (with Victor Santos, anthology graphic novel, 144 pages, IDW Publishing, 2016, ISBN 1-6314-0939-5)
 * Mega Man: Fully Charged #1–6 (as "creative consultant"; written by A. J. Marchisello and Marcus Rineheart, drawn by Stefano Simeone, Boom! Studios, 2020–2021)
 * Claire's Hair (with Andie Desiderio, a digital picture book published via Panel Syndicate, 2021)

title: Joe Kelly (comics writer)


text:
Toyo Rikagaku Kenkyusho

Toyo Rikagaku Kenkyusho, Ltd (東陽理化学研究所) is a Japanese company based in Tsubame-City, Niigata, whose core business is metalworking technologies.

title: Toyo Rikagaku Kenkyusho


text:
Roland Topor

Roland Topor (7 January 1938 – 16 April 1997) was a French illustrator, cartoonist, comics artist, painter, novelist, playwright, film and TV writer, filmmaker and actor, who was known for the surreal nature of his work. He was of Polish-Jewish origin. His parents were Jewish émigrés from Warsaw, Poland. He spent the early years of his life in Savoy, where his family hid him from the Gestapo.

Biography
Roland Topor's parents came to France in the 1930s. In 1941 Topor's father, Abram, along with thousands of other Jewish men living in Paris, were required to register with the Vichy authorities. Topor's father was subsequently arrested and interned in a prison camp at Pithiviers, where inmates would be held before being sent to other concentration camps, usually Auschwitz. Of the thousands who were sent to Pithiviers only 159 survived. But Topor's father, Abram, managed to escape from Pithiviers and hide in an area south of Paris.

While his father was in hiding, Topor's landlady would confront the children, Topor and his older sister Hélène d'Almeida-Topor, and try to cajole them into giving away the location of their father. The landlady did not succeed. Then in May 1941 a neighbor tipped off the Topor family that the French police along with the Gestapo were going to search the entire building. So the family fled to Vichy France. In Savoy, four-year-old Roland Topor was placed in a French family, was given a false name, and took on the identity of a Catholic schoolboy.

The family survived, and in 1946 they sued the landlady to have their belongings returned, and to be allowed to resume living in their former apartment. The court ruled in their favor, they returned, and soon were once again paying rent to the landlady who had previously tried to have them apprehended.

The night before he died of a cerebral hemorrhage, it is reported that he couldn't sleep, and instead spent the night visiting Parisian cafes, enjoying Cuban cigars, and drinking Bordeaux wine. When he arrived at the Cafe de Flore, he recounted a nightmarish dream he experienced. It was a dream that he thought might inspire his next novel:

Art
Roland Topor may be best known for his graphic works with their surrealist humor. He studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His artworks have appeared in books, newspapers, posters, and film animations.

Literature
Few of Topor's writings are available in English. His fictions are sometimes classed as "post-surrealist horror" that go beyond established limits, to portray carnivalesque worlds of bizarre situations, in which human realities that are normally unspoken are laid bare in confrontations with (using Topor's phrase) "le sang, la merde et le sexe" (blood, shit, and sex).

Roland Topor wrote the novel The Tenant (Le Locataire chimérique, 1964), which was adapted to film by Roman Polanski in 1976. The Tenant is the story of a Parisian of Polish descent, who develops an obsession regarding what has happened to his apartment's previous tenant. His 1969 novel Joko's Anniversary is a fable about loss of identity and is a satire on social conformity. Topor returned to these themes in his later novel Head-to-Toe Portrait of Suzanne (1978).

In 1965 David De Silva (Becca Productions Ltd) bought the film rights to The Tenant for $15,000 and sent the novel to Roman Polanski in the hope that he would consider directing it. De Silva made the mistake of phoning Polanski from New York around 7PM which would be just about midnight London time. He received Polanski's response to the project in a letter dated 4 May 1966. Subsequently, De Silva sold the rights to Universal Pictures because Edward Albee wanted to adapt it as his first screenplay under a three-picture deal with Universal but the deal never materialized. Polanski adapted the film 10 years later in 1976. De Silva believes Polanski never read the novel 10 years before. He says, "When the timing is right the timing is right.".

A new presentation of The Tenant by Roland Topor was released in October 2006. The book has Topor's original novel, a new introduction by Thomas Ligotti, a selection of short stories by Topor, a representation of Topor's artwork and an essay on the famous Roman Polanski film version.

Thomas Ligotti's introduction concerns the affirmative themes of world-renowned authors, focusing on Luigi Pirandello, with the negationist themes of Roland Topor's The Tenant.

In 2018, Atlas Press published Topor's Head-to-Toe Portrait of Suzanne, translated and introduced by Andrew Hodgson. It was the first of Topor's novels to enter English in nearly 50 years.

Songs
Roland Topor wrote two songs for Megumi Satsu, "Je m'aime" and "Monte dans mon Ambulance".

Cinema
With René Laloux, Topor made "The Dead Times" (Les Temps morts, 1964), "The Snails" (Les Escargots, 1965) and their most famous work, the feature length La Planète sauvage (1973).

Topor also worked as an actor, his most famous part being Renfield in Werner Herzog's Nosferatu: Phantom der Nacht (1979). In the same year, he also performed the surrealistic paralyzed boss in the movie Ratataplan by Maurizio Nichetti.

Theatre
Topor variously wrote, directed and designed a number of theatre works. Topor's absurd narratives are rife with macabre ironies, scatologies, and cruelties, which seem intended to shock and reframe human interactions to an insane extent. When Topor's play Joko fête son anniversaire was performed in Brussels in 1972, one critic commented, "In some countries, the author would be shot." Topor's play Vinci avait raison (somewhat of a pastiche of J. B. Priestley's 1945 play An Inspector Calls) is set in a house where no one can escape, the toilets are clogged, and excrement becomes evident on stage. It was performed in Brussels in 1977 and caused a scandal. Critical responses include the suggestion, "We must put this idiot in prison for creating such filth."

His plays include:
 * 1972 – Les derniers jours de solitude de Robinson Crusoé (The Last Lonely Days of Robinson Crusoe)
 * 1972 – Le Bébé de Monsieur Laurent (Monsieur Laurent’s Baby)
 * 1975 – De Moïse à Mao, 5000 ans d’aventures (From Moses to Mao, 5000 Adventurous Years)
 * 1983 – Batailles (with Jean-Michel Ribes) (Battles)
 * 1989 – Joko fête son anniversaire (Joko Celebrates his Birthday)
 * 1989 – Vinci avait raison (Vinci was Right)
 * 1994 – L'Hiver sous la table (Winter Under the Table)
 * 1996 – L’Ambigu (Ambiguity)

Chronology
Topor published several books of drawings, including Dessins panique (1965) Quatre roses pour Lucienne (1967) and Toporland (1975). Selections from Quatre roses pour Lucienne were reprinted in the English language collection Stories and Drawings (1967). His carefully detailed, realistic style, with elaborate crosshatching, emphasises the fantastic and macabre subject matter of the images.

 * 1962 – Creates the Panic Movement (Mouvement panique), together with Alejandro Jodorowsky and Fernando Arrabal.
 * 1961 to 1965 – Contributes to French satirical magazine Hara-Kiri.
 * 1965 – Creates, with partner René Laloux, the animated short film Les Escargots ("The Snails"). The film won Special Jury Prize at the Cracow Film Festival.
 * 1966 – Illustrates Daniel Spoerri's An Anecdoted Topography of Chance (Re-Anecdoted Version), published by the Something Else Press. Also illustrates Melvin Van Peebles' Le Chinois du XIV.
 * 1971 – Creates the drawings for the bizarre introduction of Fernando Arrabal's film Viva la muerte.
 * 1973 – Topor designs and René Laloux directs La Planète sauvage, a 72-minute-long animated film, based on a novel by Stefan Wul.
 * 1974 – Topor has a cameo in Dusan Makavejev's Sweet Movie.
 * 1975 – Illustrates Patricia Highsmith's Kleine Geschichtgen für Weiberfeinde, published by Diogenes Verlag. Published in English in 1977 by Heinemann as Little Tales of Misogyny.
 * 1976 – Roman Polanski directs a film version of Topor's book The Tenant.
 * 1979 – Plays the role of Renfield in Werner Herzog's film Nosferatu the Vampyre.
 * 1983 – Creates with Henri Xhonneux the popular French television series Téléchat, a parody of news broadcasts featuring puppets of a cat and an ostrich.
 * 1989 – With Henri Xhonneux co-writes the screenplay for the film Marquis, loosely based on the life and writings of Marquis de Sade. The cast consisted of actors in period costumes with animal masks, with a separate puppet for de Sade's anthropomorphised "bodily appendage."
 * 2011 – The Ian Potter Museum of Art at the University of Melbourne mounted a survey exhibition of 22 promotional posters designed by Roland Topor.

title: Roland Topor


text:
This Is a Call

"This Is a Call" is a song by American rock band Foo Fighters, released as the lead single from the band's 1995 self-titled debut album. Released in June 1995, it is one of many songs Dave Grohl wrote and performed on the album when Foo Fighters was a one-man band.

Origins
"This Is a Call" is one of the few songs on the Foo Fighters' debut album that does not date from Dave Grohl's days with Nirvana. It was a new song written in mid-1994, months after Kurt Cobain's death. Grohl married his long-time girlfriend Jennifer Youngblood and wrote the song while on honeymoon in Ireland, "In that summer of 1994 I'd travelled a lot; I think I wrote 'This Is A Call' in Ireland. When I got back I booked five days in a recording studio, which seemed like an eternity, and I did the whole first Foo Fighters album in five days".

Lyrics
Dave Grohl said about the song: "The chorus says 'This is a call to all my past resignation'. It's just sort of like a little wave to all the people I ever played music with, people I've been friends with, all my relationships, my family. It's a hello, and in a way a thank you."

"'This Is A Call' just seemed like a nice way to open the album, y'know, 'This is a call to all my past resignations...' I felt like I had nothing to lose, and I didn't necessarily want to be the drummer of Nirvana for the rest of my life without Nirvana. I thought I should try something I'd never done before and I'd never stood up in front of a band and been the lead singer, which was fucking horrifying and still is!"

Release and reception
On June 19, 1995, "This Is a Call" was serviced to US alternative radio and was issued commercially in the United Kingdom as a 7-inch single, 12-inch single, and CD single. The following month, the song debuted at number 12 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and rose to a peak of number two the following month. The song also charted at number five on the UK Singles Chart.

No music video was made for the song; however, the band played the song live on the Late Show with David Letterman in mid-1995. It was the band's first national television performance.

Other versions

 * A live version recorded on June 15, 1996, at the Golden Gate Park as part of the Tibetan Freedom Concert was released on the "Free Tibet" DVD.
 * Another version recorded at the following year's version of the festival on June 7, 1997, at the Downing Stadium was released on the Tibetan Freedom Concert live album.

Track listings
UK 7-inch single; French and Japanese CD single
 * 1) "This Is a Call"
 * 2) "Winnebago" (Grohl, Turner)

UK 12-inch and CD single
 * 1) "This Is a Call"
 * 2) "Winnebago"
 * 3) "Podunk"

Dutch and Australian CD single; New Zealand cassette single
 * 1) "This Is a Call"
 * 2) "Winnebago"
 * 3) "Podunk (Cement Mix)"

 * "Podunk (Cement Mix)" is seemingly the same mix and version as the standard version of "Podunk". The reason for this is unknown.

Personnel

 * Dave Grohl – guitars, vocals, bass, drums

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Paddy Conlon (publican)

Paddy Conlon (fl. c. 1925) was an Australian publican who founded the town of Narembeen, Western Australia.

While a publican in Perth, Conlon and a lawyer friend, Henry Dale, recognised a commercial opportunity to sell alcohol at the railway siding of Narembeen near the teetotal town of Emu Hill. The partners bought land by the railway in 1924, gained a license to build a pub, and then sold off building plots around their new drinking establishment. The new settlement of Narembeen grew at the expense of Emu Hill.

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Isaac Cline

Isaac Monroe Cline (October 13, 1861 – August 3, 1955) was the chief meteorologist at the Galveston, Texas, office of the U.S. Weather Bureau, now known as the National Weather Service, from 1889 to 1901. In that role, he became a central figure in the devastating Galveston hurricane 1900. The Isaac M. Cline Award, the NWS's highest honor, is named due to his "numerous contributions to the mission of the Weather Bureau" and is "one of the most recognized employees in weather service history."

Early life
Cline was born near Madisonville, Tennessee, on October 13, 1861, to Jacob and Mary Cline. He had a younger brother, Joseph Leander Cline. Cline attended Hiwassee College, then in 1882, joined the meteorology training program of the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Isaac was first assigned to Little Rock, Arkansas, in order to take daily readings, as well as to observe the Rocky Mountain locusts and the relationship between their behavior and the climate. The locusts "evidently learned that [Isaac] had been put on their trail and disappeared." In his spare time in Little Rock, Isaac earned a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Arkansas. He was then assigned to Fort Concho, then to Abilene, Texas, where he met Cora May Bellew, whom he married March 17, 1887.

Galveston
In March 1889, a Texas section of the Weather Bureau was being established, and Cline was sent to Galveston to organize and oversee it. Cline stayed with the office when it became part of the U.S. Weather Bureau in the 1891 transfer from the Signal Corps to the Department of Agriculture. In 1892, Isaac's younger brother, Joseph Cline, also began work as a meteorologist at the Galveston Weather Bureau.

During his time in Galveston, aside from running the weather office, Cline also taught Sunday school at his church, was a professor at the local medical college and, in 1896, earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree from Add-Ran Male & Female College, now Texas Christian University.

Hurricane of 1900
Cline was the second meteorologist to provide reliable forecasts of freezing weather. He also provided some of the first available flood warnings on the Colorado and Brazos rivers. However, in 1891, he wrote an article in the Galveston Daily News in which he gave his official meteorological opinion that the thought of a hurricane ever doing any serious harm to Galveston was "a crazy idea". Many residents had called for a seawall to protect the city, but Cline's statement helped to prevent its construction.

He was proven tragically wrong on September 8, 1900, when the Galveston hurricane of 1900 hit the island. Between 6,000 and 12,000 people were killed in what remains the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history. Cline's wife, Cora, who was pregnant with their fourth child at the time, was one of those who perished in the storm. Cline was nearly drowned, but he managed to survive, as well as to save his youngest daughter, six-year-old Esther Bellew. Cline's brother, Joseph, saved Isaac's other two daughters, 12-year-old Allie May and 11-year-old Rosemary.

In his autobiography, Isaac Cline claimed that he had taken it upon himself to travel along the beach and other low-lying areas warning people personally of the storm's approach. It is known that around noon on September 8, he did breach Weather Bureau protocol by making a unilateral decision to issue a hurricane warning without first securing authorization from the Bureau's central office in Washington, D.C.. Cline estimated that thousands of lives were saved because of his decision not to wait for approval. However, no eyewitnesses reported seeing Cline personally warning people along the beach. Writer Erik Larson argued in his book Isaac's Storm that Cline did not warn anyone in Galveston prior to the issuance of his office's hurricane warning.

Aftermath
Shortly before the destruction of Galveston, the Weather Bureau began establishing regional forecasting centers. The center for the Gulf Coast was initially located in Galveston, with Isaac Cline as chief forecaster; his brother Joseph, a fellow meteorologist, worked for him there. In 1901, the center was moved to New Orleans, Louisiana, and Isaac Cline moved with it. There he developed a stellar reputation over the years, successfully forecasting significant levels of flooding in 1912, 1915 and 1927. In 1927, he published the book Tropical Cyclones, a collection of his research. He was also the chief meteorogist in New Orleans during the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. In 1934, by that time well respected and highly admired in New Orleans, Cline received an honorary doctorate from Tulane University.

Cline retired from the Weather Bureau in 1935, remained in New Orleans, and indulged his longtime interest in art, both by painting and by opening an art shop. He published multiple books about art:
 * Art and Artists in New Orleans During the Last Century
 * Contemporary Art and Artists in New Orleans (1924)

Cline died in 1955 at the age of 93.

His brother, Joseph Leander Cline, discusses the storm and its aftermath in his autobiography, When the Heavens Frowned (1946, originally published by Mathis Van Nort & Co.).

Additional publications

 * ''Floods in the Lower Mississippi Valley (1928)
 * Cyclones, Hurricanes, and Typhoons and Other Storms (1934)
 * A Century of Progress in the Study of Cyclones: Aids in Forecasting Movements and Destructive Agencies in Tropical Cyclones (1942)
 * Storms, Floods and Sunshine (1945)

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Jacques Goimard

Jacques Goimard (May 31, 1934, in La Couronne, France – October 25, 2012) was a French writer of science fiction and fantasy anthologies. He is also an essayist.

He taught at Henri-IV, a secondary school, before teaching history and cinema as well as running a literary seminar at the University of Paris I and the University of Paris VII.

Goimard has written several anthologies, essays, and novels. He has also written several movie reviews, and has written in the magazines Fiction and Métal Hurlant and in the newspaper Le Monde.

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Portal:Trains/Anniversaries/July 27/More

19th century

 * 1866 – The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad in the United States is chartered by a special act of Congress.

20th century

 * 1903 – Construction begins on the Berlin–Baghdad railway with the 200 km segment between Konya and in the Ottoman Empire (present day Turkey).
 * 1955 – Canadian National Railway opens the branch between Hillsport and Manitouwadge, Ontario.
 * 1957 – The Musquodoboit Railway ends steam locomotive operations with a round trip between Dartmouth and Upper Upper Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia, behind CN number 3409.
 * 1996 – Ron Burns becomes president of Union Pacific Railroad.

Births

 * 1810 – H. H. Hunnewell, director for Illinois Central Railroad 1862-1871, president of Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad, president of Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Railroad, is born (died 1902).

Deaths

 * 1903 – Frederick J. Kimball, American civil engineer who was instrumental in the formation of Norfolk and Western Railway, dies (b. 1844).


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Simon, Metropolitan of Moscow

Simon (Симон; died 1512) was the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' between 1495 and 1511. He was the sixth metropolitan in Moscow to be appointed without the approval of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as had been the norm.

Simon was a hegumen at the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra. In 1495, he was elected Metropolitan of Moscow after the removal of Zosimus on charges of heresy and sodomy. Simon soon won the respect of Ivan III. In 1501, Simon wrote a letter to the clergy of Perm, asking them to admonish their flock, knyaz, and ruling elite to eradicate idolatry and pagan beliefs among ordinary people. Simon was the responsible for the convocation of the sobors in 1503 and 1504. The Sobor (Council) of 1503 condemned the charging of fees for the ordination of priests as simony, though the practice had been approved by the Moscow Council of 1270 and had been practiced in the Byzantine church for years before that. As a result of the condemnation, Archbishop Gennady of Novgorod was condemned the following year for simony and removed from office. Despite this, the Sobor of 1504 condemned the Novgorod-Moscow heresy of the Sect of Skhariya the Jew, which repudiated some of the dogmas and rites of the Russian Orthodox Church, thus confirming Gennady's major activity during his archiepiscopate. As a result of this sobor, many sectarians were either executed or imprisoned. The same sobor also dealt with the issue of debauchery among the widowed clergymen and deacons.

Simon is also known for having consecrated a number of monasteries, including the Novospassky Monastery, St. George Monastery, and Yauza Monastery.

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Ironville

Ironville in Derbyshire, England, was built about 1830 by the Butterley Company as a model village to house its workers. The population of the civil parish was 1,930 at the 2021 Census. It is situated between Riddings and Codnor Park.

John Wright and William Jessop had purchased the land adjacent to the Cromford Canal from Lancelot Rolleston of Watnall in 1809.

The village was notable for its large gardens, and its rural setting. The Mechanics Institute was built in 1846; schools were provided in 1850 and a parish church in 1852.

The local authority modernised parts of the village in the late twentieth century.

Nearby is Pye Hill and the bend in the Cromford Canal where it turns southward down the Erewash Valley and the junction with its extension to Pinxton.

About a quarter of a mile north east is another transport landmark, Pye Bridge at the junction of the Erewash Valley railway line and the extension to Ambergate. Part of the line to Ambergate is now preserved as Midland Railway - Butterley, which terminates just south of the former Pye Bridge Station.

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Camel Trophy

Camel Trophy was an off-road vehicle-oriented competition that was held annually between 1980 and 2000. It was best known for its use of Land Rover vehicles over challenging terrain. Occasionally called "The Olympics of 4x4", the event took its name from its main sponsor, the Camel cigarette brand.

Vehicles
Camel Trophy originated in 1980 with three Jeep-equipped German teams exploring the Amazon Basin. After that first event, the organisers turned to Land Rover for support and over the course of the next twenty years, all of the Land Rover vehicle range were used. Range Rover, Land Rover Series III, Land Rover 90, Land Rover 110, Land Rover Defender, Land Rover Discovery, and Freelander vehicles all appeared in the distinctive "sandglow" colour scheme.

The cars were heavily modified by Land Rover Special Vehicles with a range of expedition, recovery, and safety equipment, including:

 * Safety Devices roll cages
 * Under body protection (skid plates) and steering guards
 * Modified electrical systems
 * Winches
 * Dixon Bate tow hitches and recovery points
 * Mantec snorkels
 * Transmission breathers
 * Michelin XCL or BF Goodrich Mud Terrain tyres
 * Upgraded suspension and transmission components
 * Auxiliary fuel tanks
 * Webasto fuel burning heaters
 * Brownchurch / Safety Devices roof racks
 * Hella driving, spot, fog, convoy and work lamps
 * Brownchurch Bull bars and bush wires
 * Flag poles
 * Event plaques, decals and sponsor logos (including Camel Trophy Adventure Wear/Bags/Boots/Watches, Lee Cougan, Perception, Sony, Scott USA, Safety Devices, Land Rover, Fjällräven, Warn, Malaysia Airlines, Superwinch, Royal Dutch Shell, Shell, Avon)
 * Expedition tools, Jerry cans, Pelican cases, Zarges boxes, high lift or New Concept air jacks, sand ladders, axes, ropes, drawbars, spades.
 * Garmin, Terratrip and other navigation and communication equipment

Generally speaking, except for support and specialist vehicles, the Land Rovers were only used for one event. Some competitors purchased their vehicles and many remained in the host country. Consequently, those vehicles that returned to the United Kingdom were highly sought after as they were low mileage - but they were "Camel Trophy miles". They were stripped of most of their equipment by Land Rover before they were released, making restoring the vehicles to their original competition condition expensive and time-consuming.

Event results
Over the 18-year period in which the Camel Trophy featured Land Rover vehicles, Italian teams ultimately won the Camel Trophy three times - in 1982, 1984, and 1987. Teams from the Netherlands, France, Germany, and Turkey all won the Camel Trophy twice.

Camel Trophy's successor: the "G4 Challenge"
In 2003, competitors representing sixteen nations helped Land Rover fill the gap left after the demise of Camel Trophy. Surprisingly, the inaugural Land Rover G4 Challenge contained many of the elements of Camel Trophy 1998, which Land Rover had reportedly been disappointed with. The "ultimate global adventure" was a test of skill, stamina, and mental agility in four separate stages, each in a different time zone. The prize was a top-of-the-range Freelander or Range Rover. The winner Rudi Thoelen declined a Range Rover, and opted for two Defenders instead.

The 2006 Land Rover G4 Challenge promised to be tougher than the inaugural event and delivered a more vehicle-based focus. The competitors, working in bi-national teams faced thousands of miles of vehicle-based activity in Thailand, Laos, Brazil, and Bolivia.

The 2008-9 G4 Challenge, supporting the Red Cross and based in Mongolia, was cancelled in December 2008 in the middle of the selection stages due to the current global economic downturn. Land Rover were forced to end the event as a cost saving-measure to allow them to focus on product launches in 2009.

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User:WooD~enwiki

I've done a little bit of contributing, but I thought I would finally create a username.

I wrote this software a really long time ago. I've kept at it, some years more than others and it just seems to keep getting better.

 * Memorize-It Flashcard Software.
 * Purchase and download electronic flashcards.

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Talk:Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal

Biased and poorly written
I'm wondering why someone nominated this page as biased. Please let me know what could be interpreted this way. Thank you :)

This article sounds like you're trying to promote him and get people to buy his stuff. 24.86.192.216 06:48, 24 May 2006 (UTC) The above was posted by me. Wasn't logged in. Cao 06:49, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

It is also extremely poorly written.

I might have just accidentally reverted a legitimate edit. If so, my apologies, and feel free to correct it. Michael WhiteT·C 00:15, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Neutral
"Ron's debut solo album epitomizes instrumental guitar music for the 90's. groundbreaking compositions and unbeleivable solos that will impress all skeptics. Expect genius; you won't be disappointed." Bahaha thats like the least neutral thing ever. Any reason why the tag has been taken away? This is one of the worst music pages I've ever read. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.105.169.118 (talk • contribs) 15:06, 3 July 2006

 * There are still numerous POV issues with this page. Some of the most glaring examples:
 * "...his impeccably phrased and highly original and technical guitar work."
 * "With groundbreaking compositions and unbelievable solos..."
 * "Thal's vocals and instrumental work push the envelope of contemporary music."
 * "...that demonstrates his true personality coupled with amazing guitar work."
 * The article is also very poorly sourced: it provides absolutely no third-party references as specifically required by WP:Verifiability. In short, it needs a great deal of editing help.  Do not remove the cleanup template at the top of the article until editors have had time to address these significant issues. -- Satori Son 17:29, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

 * As far as one of the 2000+ September articles requiring clean-up, this is an easy one. Good structure and 90% info. Obviously it could be rewritten in a much better way as 99% of the stuff requiring attention.
 * With reference to a musical article written by a fan (as 99% of them) the citations are over the board but not over the wall. They remain in a domain of qualititative appreciation.
 * With reference to all rock bands and solo artists, I measure the article quality to the band/person renown. This article lies in the middle on both counts.
 * Finally, i was not convinced to replace my Stevie Ray V collection by this geezer.
 * Conclusions: got rid of all tags. -- Dilane 06:11, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

Why So Harsh?
The writer is just a fan who wants to spread the word about Bumblefoot. —Preceding unsigned comment added by WhoCarez123 (talk • contribs) 16:51, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

You can't just edit something to make someone look better or worse. Just try and keep things fact based and unbiased. --71.187.137.113 (talk) 22:10, 17 January 2009 (UTC)

Career
This is fairly small but it lists "Bumblefoot appears on every song of the band's new album, Chinese Democracy". This may be true(?) but the source shows "Drummer Frank Ferrer and guitarist Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal integrated themselves into the recordings seamlessly and will have their presence felt." with no reference that it's every track. SonicBrew (talk) 06:11, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

Why was negative material removed?
In the edit (17:38, 31 December 2008), some negative material - which someone else put up, but I added a need for citations to, was removed only a few days after I added the cn's. Does anyone know why it was removed so quickly? I think it should be given time to see if anyone can actually back it up. If no one objects I'll re-instate it.Luminifer (talk) 23:01, 31 December 2008 (UTC)

 * It might have something to do with the user, the article is in pretty poor shape and needs to be thoroughly checked to ensure that all the information is verifiable. Smartse (talk) 16:04, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Source for Jewishness?
-- Y not? 02:52, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

merge
i don't think it makes sense to merge, but if we do have to merge it seems silly to merge this huge article into the tiny thing it was made into in the merge. this has to be discussed more. Aisha9152 (talk) 20:13, 30 November 2009 (UTC)
 * The discussion has been closed—you cannot simply undo it because you disagree. The consensus was that Thal does not meet Wikipedia's notability standards on his own, and that there was minimal information appropriate to merge. If you want to dispute the closure, please follow the procedure at Deletion review. --Spike Wilbury (talk) 21:32, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

merge?
there are claims that there is a consensus to merge this article with the guns n roses article, but i dont believe there is and i also dont think it makes any sense. bumblefoot is a famous studio musician, producer, etc, and was famous for all of these things before gnr. so i would like people to vote here on what they think. thanks. Aisha9152 (talk) 16:00, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
 * it actually already HAS been merged. Aisha9152 (talk) 16:04, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
 * I've tried to explain this, but please give WP:MUSICBIO a careful read. We need to demonstrate how Thal meets these criteria with reliable, independent sources. It's not enough just to claim that he is famous outside GNR. We need the sources to back it up. For example, if we could find an article from Guitar Player magazine saying that Thal is an important record producer or considered an influential guitarist outside the realm of GNR, that would go a long way. --Spike Wilbury (talk) 16:14, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
 * you keep saying he is not notable outside of gnr. he is more notable outside of gnr than axl rose. why does axl rose get an article? this makes no sense. Aisha9152 (talk) 16:32, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

although you actualy removed most of that in your "cleanup" so now he does seem unnotable except for point 1 which is still true. Aisha9152 (talk) 16:37, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
 * criterion 1 of what you gave me is ""Has been the subject of multiple non-trivial published works whose source is independent from the musician or ensemble itself and reliable.[note 1] This criterion includes published works in all forms, such as newspaper articles, books, magazine articles, online versions of print media, and television documentaries" this has got to be easy to show i think the old article already was like that. Aisha9152 (talk) 16:35, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
 * also this one "Has performed music for a work of media that is notable, e.g. a theme for a network television show, performance in a television show or notable film, inclusion on a notable compilation album, etc. (But if this is the only claim, it is probably more appropriate to have a mention in the main article and redirect to that article.)" Aisha9152 (talk) 16:36, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Everything I removed was unsourced and didn't get us anywhere in terms of proving notability. It's a fine line, but I'm not saying he is not notable outside of GNR. I'm saying we haven't proved it with reliable sources. I'm all for restoring the article, but we've got to work on the sources to establish a consensus for bringing back the article. I spent an hour in library databases looking at back issues of newspapers and magazines; the result is what you see in the article before it was merged. --Spike Wilbury (talk) 17:09, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
 * the unreferenced stuff should have been tagged its going to be a headache going back and finding it all and bringing it back in the article with references. for instance the theme music work he has done which is easily verified. Aisha9152 (talk) 22:20, 3 December 2009 (UTC)
 * It's all in the article history. --Spike Wilbury (talk) 03:42, 4 December 2009 (UTC)

The Bumblefoot page definitely should not have been removed. He may not be extremely well known but he's certainly well known enough to have his own page. Deleting it and forwarding to the Guns & Roses page is completely illogical. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.109.103.171 (talk) 00:52, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Draft for improvement
For anyone who wants to work on improving it for possible return to the mainspace, there is a draft based on the pre-merge article at Article Incubator/Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal. JohnCD (talk) 21:19, 3 December 2009 (UTC)

Incubated version ready for restoration
The incubated version has been improved and I will restore it within a day, which will require a history merge to bring into the history the contributions made in the Incubator. Unfortunately in the meantime an editor has added another version; I have placed a copy of that in the editor's user space and reverted and temporarily protected here in order to avoid complicating the page history further. JohnCD (talk) 10:14, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

Incubated version restored
JohnCD (talk) 14:00, 19 December 2009 (UTC)
 * Thanks for that. It's good to see the article back where it belongs. Contains Mild Peril (talk) 23:21, 19 December 2009 (UTC)

In case anyone is interested
We do have an unreferenced article rescue team here in Wikipedia that can certainly use more help. This article is a prime example of what the smallest spark of effort can accomplish! Please check out WP:URA! Then you, too can leave a trail of good work behind wherever you go! Any questions, feel free to check out my userpage or talk page. --Leahtwosaints (talk) 23:12, 31 March 2010 (UTC)

Ron Thal discography
 Support split - Discography section takes up more than one quarter of the page, and should be split to a new article entitled Ron Thal discography. Thoughts? --Jax 0677 (talk) 17:09, 1 August 2017 (UTC)
 * Support, although I think the naming should be consistent and it should be titled "Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal discography". RF23 (talk) 09:23, 24 August 2017 (UTC)

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Talk:Orange Line (CTA)

Untitled
I'm not sure that it was always called only the Orange Line. I think for a small period of time is was the 'Southwest' line.

Demolished stations in route maps
see: Talk:Purple Line (CTA)

Lost on Belmont 3200N1000W  (talk) 18:01, 23 April 2019 (UTC)

Move discussion in progress
There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Red Line (CTA) which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 19:03, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

title: Talk:Orange Line (CTA)