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Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi

Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi (محمد نبي محمدي; 1920–21 April 2002) was an Afghan politician and mujahideen leader who was the founder and leader of the Harakat-i-Inqilab-i-Islami (Islamic Revolution Movement) political party and paramilitary group. He served as President of Afghanistan under the mujahideen from January 1993 to 1996.

Biography
Muhammad Nabi Muhammadi was born in 1920 in Baraki Barak District, of Logar Province in Afghanistan. His grandfather, who migrated to Logar, was originally from the central Ghazni province. Mohammadi received his initial Islamic education from his religious father, and received secondary and high Islamic education from various well-known scholars in the Logar Province. In 1946, when he was 26, he finished all Islamic education and began to teach. He soon became famous for his profound classical knowledge, intellectual enlightenment, practical wisdom and spirituality. Students from all areas of Afghanistan gathered around him and most of them later became a part of his Islamic Revolution Movement (Harakat-i-Inqilab-i-Islami).

This was during a time when Afghanistan had lost many of its Islamic traditions, and communism was slowly beginning to spread throughout the country. He contacted several ulema and created a strong union of religious scholars to oppose Soviet propaganda and attempt to inform the general population on the problems of communism.

Political activities
In 1958, while some of the other scholars were already carrying out anti-communist activities, Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi began preaching against communism to people who would listen, traveling far and wide to many of the provinces in Afghanistan.

In 1965, he was elected to the Afghan parliament from his home district of Barak-i-Barak representing the traditional religious scholars. As one of only a handful of religious scholars in the parliament, he took it upon himself to be a first line of defense against the Marxist deputies such as Babrak Karmal, Hafizullah Amin, Noor Ahad and Anahita Ratebzad, and strongly opposed the Marxist movement in Afghanistan.

Nabi's most famous experience in the parliament was an altercation with Babrak Karmal that led to Karmal being hospitalized. He is also known for a comprehensive speech in a parliament session that was played on radio stations across Afghanistan.

Upheavals in Afghanistan
Daud Khan came to power at the end of the parliament session in a 1973 coup. When the parliament was dissolved by President Daud, Nabi Muhammadi returned to teaching in madrasas, first in Logar and then in Helmand. The Saur Revolution is the name given to the communist People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) takeover of political power from the government of Afghanistan on 28 April 1978. The coup was soon followed by imprisonment and mass killing of the prominent Afghan religious scholars, tribal leaders and reformers.

After his brother Mullah Jan was captured (he was later killed by the Taraki Government), Muhamamd Nabi Muhammadi fled, moving to the city of Quetta in neighboring Pakistan. There he gathered a large number of religious scholars to make qualified political and military activities against the Soviet occupation inside Afghanistan.

Islamic Revolutionary Movement
The coup resulted in a massive disgorgement of Afghan religious leaders over the border to Pakistan. Most of these leaders congregated in Peshawar and tried to make contact with the leadership of two already established organizations, Hezb-e Islami and Jamiat-e Islami Afghanistan, which they already knew of because of their declaration of jihad and clandestine distribution of publications critical of President Daud. Newly arrived members of the ulema urged the principals to reunify, but Rabbani and Hekmatyar each refused to accept the other's party as the umbrella. The compromise reached was the creation of a new alliance that was to be called Harakat-i-Inqilab-i-Islami Afghanistan (Islamic Revolution Movement of Afghanistan). After various candidates were proposed and rejected for the position of amir, the assembled members of the ulama decided in early September 1978 on Muhammad Nabi Muhammadi as the leader of the new alliance.

After nearly four months, engineer Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and Burhanuddin Rabbani separated from Harakat-i-Inqilab-i-Islami and founded their own parties by the name of Hizb-e-islami and Jamiat-e-islami. Mohammad Nabi carried the leadership of Harakat-i-Inqilab-i-Islami. It was one of the seven parties that were officially recognized by the Pakistani government and was funded by the US and Arab countries through the Pakistani government.

Mohammadi was among Afghan leaders who met President Ronald Reagan at the White House during the war. Reagan called the rebel leaders "freedom fighters." Through continuous struggle the Afghan Mujahideen succeeded in their mission, and the Russian forces withdrew from Afghanistan in 1989 after the loss of fifteen thousand of its soldiers. In 1992 the pro-Moscow government in Kabul collapsed, and the mujahideen took power.

President
Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi became the President of Afghanistan in the mujahideen government. However, when the mujahideen leaders took up arms against each other and the civil war in Afghanistan started, he resigned from his post and forbade the troops loyal to him from taking part in the war. He remained in Pakistan and did his best to stop the war between Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, Burhanuddin Rabbani and Abdul Rasul Sayyaf. In 1996, the Taliban took control of Afghanistan. Most of the Taliban leaders were students of Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi. Mohammadi maintained a good relationship with the Taliban.

Death
Mohammad Nabi Mohammadi died in a Pakistani hospital on 21 April 2002. He had been suffering from tuberculosis. His body was taken to Logar, Afghanistan, and was given a guard of honour by the government of Afghanistan.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/BCworld

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The result of the debate was no consensus. Suggestions to merge to Unification Church. Joyous (talk) 01:49, August 5, 2005 (UTC)

BCworld
A web forum for young people from a particular religion. From the sounds of the description, it's not particularly notable. Francs2000 | Talk 19:03, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

 * s>Delete . Cleanup and merge to Unification Church. Non-notable forum, unverifiable information. -Willmcw 19:17, July 22, 2005 (UTC) 21:59, July 23, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable for inclusion as a forum. jglc | t | c 19:47, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Don't Delete — Preceding unsigned comment added by Hyojung (talk • contribs) 20:02, 22 July 2005
 * Delete nn forum. JamesBurns 04:39, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge into Unification Church. -- RHaworth 04:42, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge into Unification Church. Redirect. --Tony Sidaway|Talk 18:06, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - Not notable - The Time Killer
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Cabildo

Cabildo may refer to:

Buildings

 * The Cabildo, a historic building in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
 * Cabildo of Buenos Aires, a historical building in Argentina, government house during colonial times
 * Cabildo of Jujuy, a National Historic Monument in Argentina
 * Córdoba Cabildo, a historical building in Argentina, government house during colonial times
 * Montevideo Cabildo, a former government house in Montevideo, now a museum

Government

 * Cabildo (council), a former Spanish municipal administrative unit governed by a council
 * Cabildo abierto, or open cabildo, a Latin American political action for convening citizens to make important decisions
 * Cabildo insular, island governments in the Canary Islands
 * Cabildo Insular de Tenerife, the governing body of the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands
 * Cabildo of San Juan Tenochtitlan, a governing council established in the 16th century in Tenochtitlan (now Mexico City)

Organizations

 * Cabildo (Cuba), African ethnic associations created in Cuba in the late 16th century
 * Cabildo Mayor del Pueblo Muisca, an organization of indigenous people in Colombia

Other uses

 * Cabildo (magazine), an Argentine nationalist Catholic magazine
 * Cabildo (opera), a 1932 one-act opera by Amy Beach
 * Cabildo, Chile, a city and commune located in the Petorca Province, Valparaíso Region
 * USS Cabildo, a dock landing ship of the United States Navy, 1944–1970

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Talk:Air interface

19:04, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
I've deleted the sentence added by 4.167.233.164. It has since been copy edited (thanks all), but it was, to my understanding, fundamentally misleading and incorrect, as it discussed "sound waves". Clearly RF communications are transmitted in radio waves and not sound waves.

I wonder if the word "circuit" should be changed, since there's no circuit (wires), and because perhaps this inappropriately restricts the term to one side of the circuit switched/packet switched divide.

I have some background in wireless networking (though not cellular networks), and I don't think I ever used the term "Air interface", at least in a formal way. This doesn't feel like well defined vocabulary. Will someone define "air interface" more carefully with respect to the OSI model or wireless protocol stacks? Is this term well defined and widely used? Comments? Ideas?

Cheers, Asmendel 19:04, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Air interface vs RAN
How are these synonyms? And where does the notion that "Air interface" isn't used in GSM come from? Just grabbing the nearest book on GSM to me (Heine's GSM Networks: Protocols, Terminology, and Implementation, there's an entire chapter called "The Air-Interface of GSM".

An air interface merely describes the radio part of the protocols used for the phone to communicate with the tower or towers. The RAN is a larger network which handles many aspects of the routing of data/channels and is a significantly higher level concept.

Both RAN and Air interface make this claim that they're describing the same thing whereas I see little relationship. I'd like to see a cite for this. Squiggleslash 03:26, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

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Shakey the robot

Shakey the Robot was the first general-purpose mobile robot able to reason about its own actions. While other robots would have to be instructed on each individual step of completing a larger task, Shakey could analyze commands and break them down into basic chunks by itself.

Due to its nature, the project combined research in robotics, computer vision, and natural language processing. Because of this, it was the first project that melded logical reasoning and physical action. Shakey was developed at the Artificial Intelligence Center of Stanford Research Institute (now called SRI International).

Some of the most notable results of the project include the A* search algorithm, the Hough transform, and the visibility graph method.

History
Shakey was developed from approximately 1966 through 1972 with Charles Rosen, Nils Nilsson and Peter Hart as project managers. Other major contributors included Alfred Brain,  Sven Wahlstrom, Bertram Raphael, Richard Duda, Richard Fikes, Thomas Garvey,  Helen Chan Wolf and Michael Wilber. The project was funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) based on a SRI proposal submitted in April 1964 for research in “Intelligent Automata.”

Now retired from active duty, Shakey is currently on view in a glass display case at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. The project inspired numerous other robotics projects, most notably the Centibots.

Software

The robot's programming was primarily done in LISP. The Stanford Research Institute Problem Solver (STRIPS) planner it used was conceived as the main planning component for the software it utilized. As the first robot that was a logical, goal-based agent, Shakey experienced a limited world. A version of Shakey's world could contain a number of rooms connected by corridors, with doors and light switches available for the robot to interact with.

Shakey had a short list of available actions within its planner. These actions involved traveling from one location to another, turning the light switches on and off, opening and closing the doors, climbing up and down from rigid objects, and pushing movable objects around. The STRIPS automated planner could devise a plan to enact all the available actions, even though Shakey himself did not have the capability to execute all the actions within the plan personally.

An example mission for Shakey might be something like:

"An operator types the command "push the block off the platform" at a computer console. Shakey looks around, identifies a platform with a block on it, and locates a ramp in order to reach the platform. Shakey then pushes the ramp over to the platform, rolls up the ramp onto the platform, and pushes the block off the platform. Mission accomplished."

Hardware
Physically, the robot was particularly tall, and had an antenna for a radio link, sonar range finders, a television camera, on-board processors, and collision detection sensors ("bump detectors"). The robot's tall stature and tendency to shake resulted in its name: "We worked for a month trying to find a good name for it, ranging from Greek names to whatnot, and then one of us said, 'Hey, it shakes like hell and moves around, let’s just call it Shakey.'"

- Charles Rosen

Research results
The development of Shakey provided far-reaching impact on the fields of robotics and artificial intelligence, as well as computer science in general. Some of the more notable results include the development of the A* search algorithm, which is widely used in pathfinding and graph traversal, the process of plotting an efficiently traversable path between points; the Hough transform, which is a feature extraction technique used in image analysis, computer vision, and digital image processing; and the visibility graph method for finding Euclidean shortest paths among obstacles in the plane.

Media and awards

After SRI published a 24-minute video in 1969 entitled "SHAKEY: Experimentation in Robot Learning and Planning", the project received significant media attention. This included an April 10, 1969 article in the New York Times; In 1970, Life referred to Shakey as the "first electronic person"; and in November 1970 National Geographic Magazine covered Shakey and the future of computers. The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence's AI Video Competition's awards are named "Shakeys" because of the significant impact of the 1969 video.

Shakey was inducted into Carnegie Mellon University's Robot Hall of Fame in 2004 alongside such notables as ASIMO and C-3PO.

Shakey has been honored with a prestigious IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing.

Shakey was showcased in the BBC – Towards Tomorrow: Robot (1967) documentary.

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Yamata no Orochi no Gyakushū

Yamata no Orochi no Gyakushū (八岐之大蛇の逆襲) is a tokusatsu kaiju fan film shot on 16mm by Daicon Films (later Gainax). It was released in December 1985 and runs at 72 minutes. This was the most heavily promoted of Daicon's fan films. It was so successful that it was released on video by Bandai/Emotion. This film was also a turning point for the career of special effects director Shinji Higuchi.

This film was Daicon's epic parody of the many classic daikaiju (giant monster) films, and featured a more biomechanical-looking version of the mythical eight-headed serpent, the Orochi. This one was created by aliens, which had invaded Earth in ancient times. 2000 years later, they dispatch the Orochi again to destroy Japan and the rest of the world. Only a team of the Japan Self-Defense Forces and a scientist (two other staples in the daikaiju genre), can destroy it.

Cast

 * Akiko Kirihara - Kakumi Takahashi
 * Shunsaku Tako - Tatsuto Nagayama
 * Tank Corps General Yoshikawa - Kenichiro Mera
 * Captain Mouri - Yasuhiro Takeda

Staff

 * Producer: Takeshi Sawamura
 * Director: Takami Akai
 * Director of Special Effects: Shinji Higuchi
 * Writers: Takami Akai, Aiko Ito
 * Miniatures design: Hideaki Anno

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Buses (magazine)

Buses is a magazine published in the United Kingdom that primarily focuses on the British public bus industry. It was originally published by Ian Allan Publishing; since March 2012 it has been published by Key Publishing. The current editor is James Day. The magazine is accompanied by a yearbook published in August every year for the next year. It is published on the third Thursday of each month.

Since 2014, the publisher operates annual show every August called "Buses Festival" at the British Motor Museum in Gaydon, Warwickshire. Buses Festival is one of the largest shows for bus enthusiasts to see modern and classic vehicles on display and for traders to sell bus models, literature, photos and bus accessories.

History
Buses was published as Buses Illustrated from 1949 until 1968. A sister magazine, Buses Focus, featured more in-depth articles, but was dropped after a rationalisation of the bus industry and for publishing cost reasons.

Editors

 * Charles Dunbar: 1949–1950
 * E J Smith: 1950–1959
 * Alan Townsin: 1959–1965
 * John Parke: 1965–1980
 * Stephen C Morris: 1980–1999
 * Alan Millar: 1999–2021
 * James Day: 2021–

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Joseph H. Silverman

Joseph Hillel Silverman (born March 27, 1955, New York City) is a professor of mathematics at Brown University working in arithmetic geometry, arithmetic dynamics, and cryptography.

Biography
Joseph Silverman received an Sc.B. from Brown University in 1977 and a Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1982 under the direction of John Tate. He taught at M.I.T. (1982–1986) and at Boston University (1986–1988) before taking a position at Brown in 1988.

Silverman has published more than 100 research articles, written or coauthored six books, and edited three conference proceedings; his work has been cited more than 5000 times, by over 2000 distinct authors. He has served on the editorial boards of Algebra and Number Theory and New York Journal of Mathematics.

Industry
In 1996, Silverman, along with Jeffrey Hoffstein, Jill Pipher and Daniel Lieman, founded NTRU Cryptosystems, Inc. to market their cryptographic algorithms, NTRUEncrypt and NTRUSign.

Awards
In 2012 he became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society.

Books
Silverman has written two graduate texts on elliptic curves, The Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves (1986) and Advanced Topics in the Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves (1994). For these two books he received a Steele Prize for Mathematical Exposition from the American Mathematical Society, which cited them by saying that “Silverman's volumes have become standard references on one of the most exciting areas of algebraic geometry and number theory.” Silverman has also written three undergraduate texts: Rational Points on Elliptic Curves (1992, co-authored with John Tate), A Friendly Introduction to Number Theory (3rd ed. 2005), and  An Introduction to Mathematical Cryptography (2008, co-authored with Jeffrey Hoffstein and Jill Pipher). Additional graduate-level texts authored by Silverman are Diophantine Geometry: An Introduction (2000, co-authored with Marc Hindry) and The Arithmetic of Dynamical Systems (2007).

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Bellahouston

Bellahouston (Baile Ùisdean, Hughstoun) is a district in the southwest of Glasgow. It is bordered by Dumbreck, Ibrox, Pollokshields, Craigton.

History
Bellahouston Estate in the parish of Govan was purchased in 1726 by James Rowan of Marylands and his family resided there until 1824. Upon the death of Thomas Rowan in that year, the estate passed to a relative by marriage, one Moses Steven of Polmadie. During his lifetime he increased the size of the estate, buying land at Weariston and a house and land at Dumbreck. The whole became known as Bellahouston. Upon the death of Moses in 1871, the Estate passed to his sisters who, according to his wishes, established a trust which would dedicate the estate for 'charitable, religious and educational purposes' within greater Glasgow. The trust became operative when Elizabeth Steven died in 1892.

The Empire Exhibition, Scotland 1938 was held in Bellahouston Park and attracted over 13 million people.

The park has been the focal point of the visits by two popes to the city of Glasgow: On 1 June 1982 Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass attended by around 250,000 worshippers (reputedly the largest crowd ever assembled in Scotland). Twenty eight years later on 16 September 2010 Pope Benedict XVI celebrated Mass close to the same spot as his predecessor.

Bellahouston Park contains several sports facilities, including the Palace of Art, Sports for Excellence Centre, Bellahouston Sports Centre and the Glasgow Ski Centre (which is also home to Bellahouston Road Runners). The park also contains "House for an Art Lover" based on designs by architect, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, on which construction was completed in 1996. It was also the site of the futuristic Art Deco skyscraper, the Tait Tower, which was completed in 1938, but was subsequently demolished. Bellahouston is also home to the Bellahouston Sport Centre which has been renovated twice following two accidental fires. The latest revamp finished in 2001 means the centre now contains : Health Suite • Fitness Suite • Dance Studio • Main Pool • Leisure Pool • Flume • Outdoor Pool • Baby Pool • 2 x 5-court Sports Halls • Function Room • Gymnastics Centre • Crëche & Soft Play • Cafeteria • 2 Squash Courts. The swimming pools being the most notable new addition.

Rail

 * Corkerhill railway station or Dumbreck railway station on the Paisley Canal Line.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Liam O'Connor-Davis

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The result of the debate was delete. Eugene van der Pijll 19:32, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

Liam O'Connor-Davis
Non-notable. Google "Liam O Connor Davis" says 186, but shows only 3, and no webpage referenced has an Alexa rank of less than 5 million. -- Grev -- Talk 19:07, July 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn vanity. -- Etacar11   01:13, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

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Ian Allan Publishing

Ian Allan Publishing was an English publisher, established in 1942, which specialised in transport books. It was founded by Ian Allan.

In 1942, Ian Allan, then working in the public relations department for the Southern Railway at Waterloo station, decided he could deal with many of the requests he received about rolling stock by collecting the information into a book. The result was his first book, ABC of Southern Locomotives. This proved to be a success, contributing to the emergence of trainspotting as a popular hobby in the UK, and leading to the formation of the company.

The company grew from a small producer of books for train enthusiasts and spotters to a large transport publisher. Each year it published books covering subjects such as military and civil aviation, naval and maritime topics, buses, trams, trolleybuses and steam railways, including history, preservation and modern operations. The headquarters was at the western end of Shepperton railway station in Surrey.

At the end of 2016, the company announced that it was withdrawing from railway publishing. Crécy Publishing acquired these titles, including the Oxford and ABC imprints. It continued to operate bookshops until the last was closed in October 2020.

Company acquisitions
Ian Allan Publishing acquired several companies and imprints. Ian Allan Publishing's trade representation is provided by Amalgamated Book Services for its own imprints and a growing list of associated publishers. Midland Counties Publications, acquired by Ian Allan Publishing at the same time as Midland Publishing, was established in the 1970s with the objective of selling books at aviation events and by mail order to a growing number of enthusiasts who could not always find the publications they wanted to read on the shelves of their local bookshop.
 * Locomotive Publishing Company in 1956
 * Oxford Publishing Company, acquired in 1998 from Haynes Publishing
 * Midland Publishing, acquired in 1999. The Midland imprint provides a range of specialist, highly illustrated titles, covering military aviation subjects from World War II to the present day. In civil aviation, comprehensive works of reference are published frequently.
 * Classic Publications, a publisher of aviation titles, was added in 2002, bringing another imprint widely considered important in the World War II aviation market.

In addition to the above, Ian Allan also owns the imprint Lewis Masonic. Lewis Masonic produces the ritual books used by lodges and chapters under the United Grand Lodge of England. Ian Allan Publishing also published an extensive catalogue of general Masonic publications, but from the 1990s these were also transferred to the Lewis Masonic imprint, alongside the ritual books.

Stores
The company formerly had stores at Cardiff (closed 2015), Manchester Piccadilly (closed 2016), Birmingham (closed 2019) and London at Lower Marsh (closed 2020).

Magazines
Ian Allan Publishing was well known for its range of enthusiast-based magazines, including the following titles:
 * Hornby Magazine, a monthly magazine aimed at enthusiasts of model railways. Despite the title, the magazine covers products of all manufacturers, not just Hornby
 * Railways Illustrated, a monthly publication targeting enthusiasts
 * Modern Railways, previously Trains Illustrated combined with Locomotive, Railway Carriage & Wagon Review
 * Modern Locomotives Illustrated, previously Locomotives Illustrated
 * Railway World, replaced by Railways Illustrated during 2003
 * Buses, formerly Buses Illustrated
 * Buses Focus, no longer published, was a spin-off from Buses
 * Bus & Coach Preservation was first published in 2001 under the Ian Allan banner following a merger of two previous titles
 * Vintage Roadscene. This now bi-monthly journal covers the world of historic transport
 * Aircraft Illustrated was first published in 1968. It covered up-to-date news and features on civil aviation, airliners and preservation. In 2009 the magazine changed its focus to classic aircraft exclusively and was retitled Classic Aircraft
 * Combat Aircraft provides in-depth coverage of the men and the machines at the forefront of the missions undertaken in today's combat zones
 * Modern Transport (no longer published)
 * Passenger Transport (no longer published)
 * Railway Modeller (sold)
 * Model Railway Constructor

A history of the company and of its publications down to 1967 appeared in the November 1967 edition of its magazine Railway World.

Those magazines still in print were acquired by Key Publishing in March 2012.

Through the Lewis Masonic imprint, the company also published the quarterly masonic magazine The Square, the longest running masonic periodical in the United Kingdom.

From 1962 to 2007, Ian Allan also published, jointly with the Light Rail Transit Association (LRTA), the monthly magazine Modern Tramway, later as Light Rail and Modern Tramway and currently as Tramways & Urban Transit (TAUT), and continues to handle printing and some distribution of TAUT, as well as printing of the LRTA's quarterly historical journal, Tramway Review.

Videos
The company was also responsible for producing a number of videos for sale in the shops on the themes of railway lines and military history, latterly under the name of Ian Allen SBS Video. A number of the titles such as Then and Now were picked up from the archive for broadcast on That's TV in 2024.

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Talk:Lemmiwinks

The Trivia section seems to slam the Rankin-Bass shows quite hard. While that may or may not be warranted, it doesn't seem very Wiki. -- Rpresser 19:07, July 22, 2005 (UTC)

-Fixed some stuff about endothermic/exothermic reactions and phase changes. -There's no evidence that the frog is "the Frog King" other than that he (or she!) wears a crown and holds a sceptre.

 * Just wanted to chime in and say that I'm impressed by the amount of work that's gone into this article about a minor character (albeit one with a cult following). Bobak 23:29, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree... it's very good. Lem-lem-lemmiwinks... — riana_dzasta • t • c • e  • 13:52, 29 July 2006 (UTC)

I would like to note that at approximately 8 am on Sunday, Oct. 29th, 2006, the RediJedi used the word "Lemmiwinks" in verb form to describe the action of the person who, in similar fashion to a gerbil, broke into the camper shell of my truck, scrambled over the heap of cushions in the bed, and then squeezed his way through the tiny window into the cab, as in "he lemmiwinksed his way up in there." TwelverMcLush 12:46, 4 November 2006 (UTC)TwelverMcLush

What were the 'tragic events' in hawaii?
 * From the AWESOM-O article:
 * According to the audio commentary, the crew had to go to Hawaii for a friend's wedding, which pushed back the production of this episode.
 * I hope that helps. :) --Dreaded Walrus 03:20, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

Lemmiwinks is possibly a parody of Brian Jaques best-selling "Redwall" books. The main character in the first book of the Redwall series (Matthias) is a small orphen mouse who in the end saves his town and is dubbed Matthias the Warrior. During his troubles Matthias not only encounters a sparrow king, but he also solves multiple riddles much like Lemmiwinks does.

Yes - I had a friend in class who said it was more like the Redwall series - I had said it was like the Rankin Bass cartoons and he said it was much more like the Redwall, which I had never heard of.

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Lex Fridman protection
You are mistaken. The editors being shut out are the ones trying to fix what they consider BLP violations. My opinion is that they should be heard because there haven't been substantial discussions on the talk page, and so what they want removed, though they come with inline citations, don't come with solid prior consensus for inclusion. You can still shut them out if you so choose, but it is factually incorrect to say they are committing BLP violations. Best, Usedtobecool ☎ 05:12, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the assessment. I'll give this another look. BusterD (talk) 05:17, 6 January 2024 (UTC)

Jimmy Saville talk page
I recently removed several comments from Talk:Jimmy Saville and requested page protection for repeated requests that are already explained by the FAQ. I was rejected and my edits were reverted on the basis that my actions were not in line with WP:TPO. While some of the comments I originally removed were legitimate good-faith requests this restored section strikes me as not really meaningfully different from trolling or WP:FORUM. As for page protection I don’t really get why that was rejected in the first place— making repetitive edit requests that are explicitly and clearly stated to be non-actionable, even if in good faith, is disruptive because it wastes editor time and could be solved non-intrusively with simple page protection. I was wondering on whether you could give a second opinion on this situation. Dronebogus (talk) 08:08, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your question and I appreciate your bringing it to me. I'm wondering why you aren't having this discussion with the admin who disagreed with you, but I'm always willing to help you with feedback, Dronebogus. I know you're trying to be helpful. I suspect User:Jauerback would say something much like I will: 1) protecting talk pages is something I do rarely and when doing so, always with regret, 2) in general clerking talk page discussions is something most editors should avoid, 3) once reverted by any admin (or by any editor for that matter), it is usually a mistake to reinstall your edit without discussion especially when you are certain of the correctness of your position. For my part, if any user wants to say something which makes them look unserious on talk, I'm inclined to let other talk page readers make their own personal assessment. Sysops aren't here to enforce opinions, merely civility. The talk thread which troubled you is borderline, I agree. But if I'd been the admin responding to your request for page protection, it's likely I would have made the same moves as Jauerback. BusterD (talk) 12:17, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for explaining it better than I could have. Jauerbackdude?/dude. 13:39, 7 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Because I do care about retaining a contributor like yourself, and since you brought this issue to me, I'm going to expound about my approach, purely as constructive feedback. Dronebogus, I think you are useful contributor. You comprehend what we're trying to do here and you care about how readers might see the pedia. You have good eyes and a healthy sense of humor. Thank you. We need more editors like you. Seriously.
 * Let me explain from my point of view how you hurt your own cause: WP:BOLD is all about pagespace. On articlespace, it's important to allow even the newest editors to edit boldly. In pagespace new editors bring us a couple of irreplaceable values: 1) a fresh approach, not hamstrung by many years of dealing with disruption, and 2) an entirely new human being who might become a longterm editor like yourself. We want a clash of their ideas on the page, because there are lots of smart people out there who might have something unique to say. I want to hear their ideas, even if twisted and totally wrong. Reversion is cheap. Editors like you and I will come behind and cleanup any misdeeds or misinterpretations in articles. But I want new folks to edit pagespace BOLDLY.
 * In talkspace I also expect BOLD. I'd rather allow the user to say how they feel, what they're thinking. I almost never edit another in talkspace because rarely do such edits rise to such a level where they must be changed by another. PLUS, I want others to follow the discussion (perhaps years after) as it occurred, so the reader may follow the outcome and the process. When we choose to hat, close, or blank talk discussions, we are changing what the future reader might see. (and we're steering discussion, which is usually a bad idea) Administrators might need to see the individual edits in order to make a determination or assessment. It is easier to follow an unedited discussion as opposed to reading each diff. An edited discussion throws up many red flags for me, and I trust the discussion less when somebody has tried to clean it up. IMHO, this is why striking through is often superior to blanking, because the striker gets to decide what the reader will see unstruck.
 * As a sysop on English Wikipedia, I'm responsible for moving disagreement forward; that's what I am expected to do. Smart people often disagree. In pagespace, I'm counting on contributors' agency and willingness to solve most problems. I don't have to be everywhere, somebody like you will solve the problem without my help. In talkspace, BOLD has a lesser application. We don't normally edit anybody's talk contributions; we want to read about each editor's full opinion (even when foolish or disqualifying).
 * There's a scene in The Matrix where Cypher talks to Neo about the display, "You get used to it, I don't even see the code, All I see is blond, brunette, redhead". This is what an admin does. There are too many decisions by others going on; you can't look at it all without being overwhelmed. I have to trust all editors are all working like I am (like you are) for a positive outcome. It becomes simple to identify most bad doers quickly, because you've got eyes where I'm not looking, I trust you, and you will say something. BusterD (talk) 15:05, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

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Request for undeletion
Hello. I'm the new Wikimedian-In-Residence for AfroCreatives WikiProject. We're reworking the campaign and would love to restore this Portal:African cinema/Selected picture/Layout part of the African cinema which you deleted at 16:00 on 11 July 2023. Thank you. Ceslause (talk) 14:06, 12 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks...
for the correction at the User:Worm That Turnedtalk page regarding the EOTW award. You are most kind. It's good to know that I have developed from being incorrigible to being inimitable. Buster Seven   Talk  (UTC) 06:15, 15 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I see nothing incompatible between them, brother Buster7. BusterD (talk) 13:27, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

2024 administrative elections proposal – could use some feedback :)
I've been working on a draft RfA elections proposal – I opposed when this came up in 2021, but I've come to feel differently about why RfA doesn't work and how it can be fixed. I wonder if you might have any ideas on how to make it better :) theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 02:16, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the invite and I have done some reading. Will discuss. BusterD (talk) 12:48, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Has there been a prior discussion about victory conditions? What is a healthy number of admins? How many a year is an appropriate number to expect? Twenty a year? Eighty? Our pass/fail rate? I know we've had a bunch of prior talk. Answer this for me. What would a happy situation for the community look like? I'm talking specifically about appropriate staffing. What do we need? Somebody at the Foundation has surely been talking about this, min-maxing the numbers. The internet has changed and through our inaction we have inadvertently made adminship a big deal. Rainbow & jellybeans allowed, what would the wiki-world look like, admin-wise? BusterD (talk) 13:03, 24 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I have two end goals in mind, either of which would be a win. The first would be reversing the downward trend of the number of admins. The second goal, which also serves as a threshold goal for the first, would be to make an RfA envrionment that is more focused, civil, and encouraging. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 01:22, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Antietam
Not sure why I didn't let you know earlier but - if you're seeing a ton of heavy editing on the Antietam article - Good article reassessment/Battle of Antietam/1 was opened and I'm leading an effort to try to save GA status. Hog Farm Talk 14:30, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
 * It was a longtime FA. You just showed why it needs help; it has 2000's-era sourcing. Made me perform a search on necrometrics.com. 90 appearances. The author Matthew White is a published author but his website is merely an aggregator of other known reliable sources. This has no place in our sourcing. I'm going to take a weed whacker to all those links in pagespace (about half) right now. BusterD (talk) 14:38, 28 January 2024 (UTC)
 * This may take longer than I hoped. While the source may be quickly removed from some pages, it's apparently an anchor for some mass-casualty pages, with twenty or more uses in the article. I'll find something else I can utilize. Got me doing page work, though, so that's good. BusterD (talk) 16:15, 28 January 2024 (UTC)

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Administrators' newsletter – February 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (January 2024).

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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:American Revolutionary War portal

A tag has been placed on Category:American Revolutionary War portal indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

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Philippine Airlines fleet page issue
Hey mate, it's me! Look, I think I'm gonna made an edit war but this user still making disruptive edit behavior. I already left the talk message about this issue. Hoping to help me to resolve this issue. Thanks!! Cornerstone2.0 (talk) 17:15, 3 February 2024 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue 214, February 2024
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Paula Vennels Talkpage
Thank you for your reversion. I do think that IP, and the other(s?) they are using is going to need a block. When they were just ranting about the supposed illegitimacy of the king’s marriage, they were merely a nuisance, but they are now ramping up their disruptive activity. Thanks and regards. KJP1 (talk) 13:28, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

 * Appreciate your stopping by. Doing this reading right now. I didn't understand the sudden escalation. There's unnatural chatter around this page. BusterD (talk) 13:31, 9 February 2024 (UTC)
 * If one was in a sympathetic frame of mind, I’d say they were unwell. But they are also becoming rather disruptive. All the best. KJP1 (talk) 13:44, 9 February 2024 (UTC)

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Request to Restore Previous Version of Operation Valuable Page
Dear Buster D,

I hope this message finds you well. I'm writing to request your assistance regarding theOperation Valuable page.

Recently, there have been some edits made to the page by a user who is suspected sockpuppet. These edits have significantly altered the content and may not accurately reflect the original information or consensus of the community.

Before any further action is taken, I kindly request that the previous version of the page, before the sockpuppet's edits, be restored. This will help maintain the integrity of the page until a resolution is reached regarding the disputed edits.

I understand the importance of maintaining accuracy and neutrality on Wikipedia, and I believe that restoring the previous version of the page will help uphold these principles.

Thank you for your attention to this matter. Please let me know if you need any further information or assistance.

Best regards, Azphalt (talk) 15:07, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

 * Azphalt - you are extensively restoring edits from your previous sock . You were blocked for these last year - including your efforts to move the page to a completely OR title in line with the first line you're trying to restore now. You're removing extensive additions of academic sources. You're adding completely speculative captions and badly sourced  POV info in the infoboxes 2.48.50.195 (talk) 15:14, 16 February 2024 (UTC)

Hello!
Hi, BusterD,

I am not as busy closing AFDs as I used to be (I got a little burned out) but I use to see you there, contributing a valuable and thoughtful opinion and I haven't seen you much lately in AFDland. I hope you are well and busy, doing something interesting and engaging. I just thought I'd say "Hi!". Take care, Liz Read! Talk! 03:01, 17 February 2024 (UTC)

Sexual and gender-based violence in the 7 October attack on Israel protection
Just letting you know that I'm logging this protection of yours as a contentious-topic action. Daniel Case (talk) 04:29, 19 February 2024 (UTC)

A Barnstar for you!

 * This is an unexpected honor. I hope are all just keeping the peace because we agree this is a better way of living. Thank you, truly. BusterD (talk) 14:59, 1 March 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – March 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (February 2024).

Administrator changes
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The Bugle: Issue 215, March 2024
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I am serious, don't let Soeterman remove the cast of Disney Magic Kingdoms game.
Look up the "Voice Talent" in https://www.mobygames.com/game/77907/disney-magic-kingdoms/credits/android/ (Disney Magic Kingdoms), and I'm sure Soeterman will understands that, ok?

The cast: 2600:1700:4210:2450:E729:DF35:2BF8:AC89 (talk) 15:18, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear
 * Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck
 * Jeff Bennett as Merlin
 * Jim Cummings as Pete and the opening cutscene narrator
 * Joan Cusack as Jessie
 * R. Lee Ermey as Sarge
 * Bill Farmer as Goofy and Pluto
 * Jim Hanks as Woody
 * Bret Iwan as Mickey Mouse
 * Tress MacNeille as Daisy Duck
 * Annie Potts as Bo Peep
 * John Ratzenberger as Hamm
 * Wallace Shawn as Rex
 * James Patrick Stuart as Zurg
 * Russi Taylor as Minnie Mouse
 * If you want it to stay in, you'll need a better source. Moby games, like Wikipedia is user generated content and cannot be considered independent or reliable. You're getting entirely the wrong message here: User:Soetermans doesn't care one way or the other if the cast list is inserted, so long as the list is supported and cited to WP:Reliable sources. BusterD (talk) 15:37, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Well, not entirely, generally a cast list is not appropriate for a video game article. See WP:VGSCOPE point No. 11: Cast lists: Generally speaking, a list of the actors providing voices, likenesses or motion capture acting performances for video game characters is not appropriate. If mention of an actor has received substantial coverage in independent reliable sources, typically the actor will be mentioned in the prose of the development section. So we shouldn't have a cast list at all. And if is significant coverage by reliable sources on the actors' voiceover work, reused apparently I might add, it should be incorporated into a development section. soetermans . ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 18:17, 13 March 2024 (UTC)
 * The edit protection was just lifted and they're back up to doing the same thing. I've requested a longer edit protection this time. soetermans . ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 15:44, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Ok, I promise I won't do the same edit again, Soetermans. 2600:1700:4210:2450:DAAF:B482:3CC6:E712 (talk) 15:47, 16 March 2024 (UTC)
 * So, Soetermans. Why did you not care one way or the other if the cast list is inserted, so long as the list is supported and cited to WP:Reliable sources? 2600:1700:4210:2450:1A64:848F:1F1F:CA1B (talk) 15:13, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
 * I don't follow. I clearly stated it is not appropriate. You can see the manual of style bit I copy-pasted. soetermans . ↑↑↓↓←→←→ B A TALK 15:58, 18 March 2024 (UTC)
 * User:Soetermans has now made clear their position. WP:VGSCOPE states such lists are inappropriate, EVEN IF reliably sourced. BusterD (talk) 01:17, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

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A barnstar for you!

 * I'm proud of you, dude. Thank you! BusterD (talk) 15:15, 30 March 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – April 2024
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New Pages Patrol newsletter April 2024
Hello ,

Backlog update: The October drive reduced the article backlog from 11,626 to 7,609 and the redirect backlog from 16,985 to 6,431! Congratulations to, who led with over 2,300 points.

Following that, New Page Patrol organized another backlog drive for articles in January 2024. The January drive started with 13,650 articles and reduced the backlog to 7,430 articles. Congratulations to, who achieved first place with 1,340 points in this drive.

Looking at the graph, it seems like backlog drives are one of the only things keeping the backlog under control. Another backlog drive is being planned for May. Feel free to participate in the May backlog drive planning discussion.

It's worth noting that both queues are gradually increasing again and are nearing 14,034 articles and 22,540 redirects. We encourage you to keep contributing, even if it's just a single patrol per day. Your support is greatly appreciated!

2023 Awards won the 2023 cup with 17,761 article reviews last year - that's an average of nearly 50/day. There was one Platinum Award (10,000+ reviews), 2 Gold Awards (5000+ reviews), 6 Silver (2000+), 8 Bronze (1000+), 30 Iron (360+) and 70 more for the 100+ barnstar. led on redirect reviews by clearing 36,175 of them. For the full details, see the Awards page and the Hall of Fame. Congratulations everyone for their efforts in reviewing!

WMF work on PageTriage: The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers deployed the rewritten NewPagesFeed in October, and then gave the NewPagesFeed a slight visual facelift in November. This concludes most major work to Special:NewPagesFeed, and most major work by the WMF Moderator Tools team, who wrapped up their major work on PageTriage in October. The WMF Moderator Tools team and volunteer software developers will continue small work on PageTriage as time permits.

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The Bugle: Issue 216, April 2024
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Administrators' newsletter – May 2024
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Administrator changes
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 * Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.

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Reminder to vote now to select members of the first U4C

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Suspected sockpuppet Elephantmario
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/ElephantMario seems a lot like the banned alt user https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/BalloonMario who is an alt of the puppet master https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Rayanmou07. Could you please take a look? Thanks. 2604:2DC0:101:200:0:0:0:1B1D (talk) 01:13, 5 May 2024 (UTC)

A brownie for you!

 * You're very welcome, and thanks for the treat. It's very easy to go down any path on Wikipedia, and I can see you're dipping your toes in. I encourage you to read the pedia. Just read. Find some things which delight you. Policing others is one way to contribute, but I urge you to edit articles boldly, knowing somebody will come behind, (perhaps years later) to further improve the work. The article count on Wikipedia will continue to rise for many years. Take part. Help us. Don't be shy. Be bold. BusterD (talk) 15:58, 7 May 2024 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue 217, May 2024
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Draft article at AFC for John Greaton
Hi! I'm a new editor who decided to write an article about a Revolutionary War brigadier general named John Greaton. I'd love to have some collaborators on the article. I found a lot of sources, but freely admit that the article needs more sources relating to the specific campaigns and battles that Greaton fought in. Murmuring Rock (talk)  15:59, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
 * For the record, some might not approve of you approaching a prospective reviewer directly. Just FYI. For my part, I admire the WP:BOLD action. Plus you gave me an easy task. I've approved your draft and assessed its current quality as start class. Welcome! Pretty good for a newcomer and starting from scratch. Welcome again! You are under no obligation to join, but I'd like to introduce you to the WikiProject Military history. This is a well-established group of like-minded lay historians. Looking at the assessment link in the the nested Military history WikiProject template, you might see how this one wikiproject assesses articles for quality, giving examples of pages at various stages of improvement. Other wikiprojects have slightly different assessment strategies. WikiProject Biography may be another useful group for John Greaton. In my opinion, a B-class article roughly corresponds to well-written high school term paper. Good Articles, A-class, and Featured Article pages (in order to quality from good to best) have experienced a vetting from other editors. It's helpful to have other sets of eyes. What sorts of subjects do you enjoy reading about? BusterD (talk) 22:28, 26 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the helpful warning and the breakdown between the different article classes! I enjoy reading about history, art, animation, and food. Murmuring Rock  (talk)  23:08, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

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Please, undelete Natalia Esquivel
Good morning, BusterD. Sorry for popping up. Days ago I created the article Natalia Esquivel. All of a sudden, one day I saw the article had been deleted. Too late, I didn't even have the chance to just see the "request for deletion" template. By the way, that same day there was at least another article created by me whose deletion was requested, but hopefully it was still extant, then I had the opportunity to correct references and wording, afterwards the template "request for deletion" was removed. So, if you don't mind, please, undelete Natalia Esquivel, and I will do my best to rewrite it (by the way, if you take a look here, she does have meaningful references in the field of music). Best regards and thanks for your time. Fadesga (talk) 10:08, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I have restored the page but moved to draftspace. I'd like you to develop the page further and then submit it to me or another reviewer for approval. I can't argue the artist exists. The speedy deletion tag was applied by another editor who felt the page was overly promotional. Based on a cursory assessment I agreed. I am restoring on the good faith you will not try to take undue advantage of my attention. BusterD (talk) 13:54, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I should have researched entire situation further before I responded here. I did not notice User:Fadesga is an editor of very, very, very long experience. I am sorry if my responses to that person to this point have seemed adversarial or unnecessarily defensive of the pedia. I am happy to cooperate with Fadesga in good faith, like any editor in good standing. I still see a coi issue with the subject in the thread below. For this reason I'm choosing not to undelete that page at this time. BusterD (talk) 14:16, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your email. I very much enjoyed hearing from you. I better understand what I see now. Neither of the articles were egregiously promotional, which is one of the reasons we're talking. I will send you a reply email describing the issue which I red flagged. You did make a serious error, but I can see now it's a good faith one that can be corrected in another draft. BusterD (talk) 15:15, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

Please, undelete Gabriela Franco
Good morning, BusterD. Sorry for coming up once again. Days ago I created another article, Gabriela Franco. Some days after that, the article had been deleted. Too late, I didn't even have the chance to just see the "request for deletion" template. So, if you don't mind, please, undelete Gabriela Franco, and I will do my best to rewrite it (further, this artist has meaningful references in the field of music). Thanks again! Best regards, Fadesga (talk) 10:10, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I'm going to decline this request UNTIL you get the other page past review. There is an undeclared WP:COI issue. I don't know whether you've been paid but you have many red flags of a connected editor. I'm be happy to explain this privately to any interested admin but have no intention of educating others further on how to avoid detection next time. BusterD (talk) 14:05, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Done and draftified. Get a review before republishing please. BusterD (talk) 15:28, 5 July 2024 (UTC)

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Precious anniversary
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 * Very sweet to think of me. On July 22, my account turns 19! 12:56, 6 July 2024 (UTC) BusterD (talk) 12:56, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Impressive! A few days later, mine will be 15 ;) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 13:15, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
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A cookie for you!

 * The person was hired to do a job. They may be quite a good writer. Writing encyclopedically is challenging; easy to imitate but hard to capture. Both noms for speedy were within range. Probably should have deleted it. But here we have new editor, and if they are willing to follow our policies and guidelines, I'm not going to bite them just because they are trying to do the job. BusterD (talk) 23:17, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Presidency Navigation Templates vs. Biography Navigation Templates discussion
Hello, BusterD! Since you are listed as an active member of the United States Presidents WikiProject, would you mind leaving a comment at a project talk page discussion about a series of templates that I created for the presidencies of Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, and George W. Bush? Another editor and myself disagree about whether there should be a separate navigation template for each Presidency apart from the biographical navigation template. Thanks! -- CommonKnowledgeCreator (talk) 22:03, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

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to hell with your bot Chris denny 4840 (talk) 11:28, 10 July 2024 (UTC)
 * I tried to be nice... BusterD (talk) 11:31, 10 July 2024 (UTC)

The Bugle: Issue 219, July 2024
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Explaining rationale of RFC close
Hi, I see that you closed the RFC here:, but besides making the claim that there is strong consensus, you haven't included any rationale as to how you determined that this consensus exists, and that it is strong. You mentioned WP:UNCENSORED, but haven't said why it is a stronger than the counter-arguments that were given to address this concern. Could you please elaborate more on this? spintheer (talk) 20:06, 16 July 2024 (UTC)
 * Discussions on Wikipedia are determined by consensus usually applied by an editor who has no direct interest in the subject under discussion. In the RFC, about a half dozen contributors referred to WP:UNCENSORED. An opposing argument was MOS:VULGAR, but your italicized quote of the section omits a key section (quotes should always be used verbatim) which a number of Option 1 proponents mentioned. One editor (Birdelephant) changed their opinion away from Option 2 specifically because of your interaction with them over verbatim language. While consensus is not generally derived from majority, when twelve editors who make reasonable arguments oppose five editors with reasonable arguments, the twelve will usually prevail. In this case, the RFC was started on June 5 by somebody whom advocated option 3. By June 13, eleven editors had contributed. By that date I see four for Option 3, five for Option 1, and two for Option 2. After June 13, six editors came along, read the previous discussion and chose Option 1. None advocated another option. When the trend of the discussion is so obviously pointing towards a single outcome, a closer is wise to choose that outcome. IMHO, if we had let the discussion run longer, it would have been closed the same. BusterD (talk) 11:26, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Recently closed Donald Trump RfC
Hello. You recently closed a RfC on the Donald Trump talk page, citing MOS:CONTENTIOUS i.e. the avoidance of contentious labels.

However, this rule already applied to the article, as it does to others. The previous RfC that was questioned here applied additional editorial protection to the article that goes beyond MOS:CONTENTIOUS.

You have not explained why you thought the there is a consenus for editorial protection beyond that policy, or why such protection is appropriate. Please do so. Cheers. Cortador (talk) 02:14, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
 * As closer, I'm required to read the discussion and determine what the community had decided to do about the question. Your ostensible objective was to see a previous (2017) consensus overturned (to see whether there is consensus to cancel it). You'd have needed strong support for that position, and you didn't get it. There was a fair amount of discussion, but no strong demonstrated agreement for your position. Mostly the folks in the discussion thought using Wikipedia's voice to call anyone a liar was outside of the purpose of an online encyclopedia (MOS:CONTENTIOUS). BusterD (talk) 11:43, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
 * RfC are to be decided on arguments, not number of votes. MOS:CONTENTIOUS already applies to the article - the RfC was about protection beyond MOS:CONTENTIOUS.
 * I didn't see anyone bring forward a sound argument for this kind of protection, nor did you mention it in your closing statement. Cortador (talk) 14:36, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Deletion of Sabrina Brier
I saw that you were the closer for the speedy deletion of Sabrina Brier, which I created and which was deleted based on WP:A7. The article had multiple reliable secondary sources establishing Brier's notability and even barring this, WP:A7 appears to be reserved for there being no claim of notability regardless of sourcing, so it seemed to me like it was being misattributed. I responded on the talk page to contest the speedy deletion tag but there was seemingly never any response to that and the page got deleted anyway.

Even if one were to argue for the page's deletion, further discussion would definitely be necessary here. I was wondering if you would be willing to review the page and, if you find it to be okay, to restore it. Thanks! ben ǝʇᴉɯ 23:43, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

 * I have restored the page at your request. While I did read the page prior to my deletion, in the moment I was responding to the A7 tag of an experienced admin I respect highly in the deletion process (User:Liz ). If I read the page in a cursory way before hitting the button, I apologize. If Liz wants to pursue deletion process, she is welcome to nominate in the normal way. I remain neutral as to whether the page should be included on Wikipedia. Thanks for your courtesy and understanding.
 * FYI for page stalkers. I rarely edit from my phone but have never used admin actions before from my mobile. If anything was processed incorrectly, please fix it for me. Thanks. BusterD (talk) 14:45, 20 July 2024 (UTC)

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 * This is the cover art for The Misadventures of Tron Bonne for the Sony PlayStation.

Although this image is copyrighted, its use is claimed under "Fair Use" as follows:

 * It is being used to illustrate the game in question (in the appropriate article).
 * It likely does not possess a sufficiently high resolution to be able to be used to produce a full-quality print.
 * It does not limit the copyright owner's ability to market or sell the game in any way.
 * No free version exists or can be created, as any such attempt would be a derivative work.

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Benjamin Sheares Bridge

The Benjamin Sheares Bridge (Jambatan Benjamin Sheares; பென்ஜமின் ஷியர்ஸ் பாலம்) is the longest bridge in Singapore, spanning 1.8 km, and the tallest, at 29 m. It is named after Benjamin Sheares, the second President of Singapore, who died four months before the bridge was opened to the public on 26 September 1981. The bridge is part of the East Coast Parkway (ECP), at the western end of the expressway. The cost of construction was S$110 million.

The bridge has one other exit (signed exit 15 on the ECP) for Rochor Road and Suntec City.

The Benjamin Sheares Bridge crosses over the Marina Reservoir, along the southern coast of mainland Singapore. It passes through the planning areas of Kallang, Marina East, Marina South and Downtown Core.

Built over reclaimed land by construction company Sato Kogyo, the bridge is made of pre-stressed concrete and links Tanjong Rhu on the east coast to Marina Bay on the west coast.

Benjamin Sheares Bridge is the setting for the annual SAFRA Singapore Bay Run & Army Half Marathon (formerly the Sheares Bridge Run).

It is also pictured on the rear panel of the Ship Series S$50 banknote.

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Talk:USS Detroit (AOE-4)

Please note that the ship's history is not copied from. It is copied from the ship's website as stored at. --Durin 19:10, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

During the 1974 Med cruise, off the coast of Italy, a seaman Fagin disappeared from the ship at sea under mysterious circustances. He was never found.

Ocean Safari '85
During ocean safari '85 I was a member of the ships crew and I remember the incident where we lost that huge brass bell. The damage was caused by a rogue wave that must have been at least 80 feet high. I was manning the helm during my watch rotation and I remember seeing this huge wave off in the distance. I tried to turn the ship to hit it head on and I remember that as it hit I first saw the sky followed by a solid sheet of water which went over the top of the ship. My friend, signalman David Thomas, was above me in the signal bridge shack and told us that the wave went over the shack. Not only did we loose what was stated but we also had one of our weather deck doors bow under the pressure of the wave. We were escorting some coastguard cutters at the time but they had to take refuge by hidding in Iceland to wait out the rest of the storm. --FritzT (talk) 00:58, 26 January 2010 (UTC) SignedRobert J. Treacy crewmember of the USS Detroit 1984-1987, member of RAS and X Divisions. RAS as a boatswains mate and X div. as the journalists assistant.

Name
The Detroit River was named as such by the French. "Detroit" is not a Native American name for that body of water and thus this runs counter to the naming convention stated in the opening that oilers are named after Native American names for rivers. 14 November 2017. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.96.28.53 (talk) 16:29, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

Furthermore, not all USN oilers are named for rivers. All four members of the Sacramento class appear to be named after cities (Sacramento, Seattle, Camden, and Detroit). Certainly, neither Camden or Detroit are Native American words. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy_oiler — Preceding unsigned comment added by 146.96.28.53 (talk) 16:34, 14 November 2017 (UTC)

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List of armed groups in the Algerian Civil War

Several non-governmental armed terrorist groups were involved in the Algerian Civil War, most against the government:
 * Armed Islamic Group of Algeria (GIA)
 * Islamic Front for Armed Jihad (FIDA)
 * Islamic Salvation Army (AIS)
 * Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC)
 * Takfir wal-Hijra (minor)

Government Loyalists :
 * Organisation of Young Free Algerians (OJAL)


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how the freakin' heck does any of this work

--Spacecow 21:36, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

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Hi. I noticed you just changed ferroequinologist from a redirect to contain material that could be incorporated into Railfan. Several of us who edit railroad articles here (take a look at WikiProject Trains for more about what we're trying to accomplish and at the todolist for tasks that need attention) are working on merging pertinent information into Railfan (see Talk:Railfan). Two questions: 1) do you have references for the origin of the term so other editors can confirm the facts and 2) would you like to merge the information into Railfan or would you like me to do it? slambo 19:12, July 22, 2005 (UTC)

Merging data
I'm just getting my sealegs in Wikipedia. Yes, I have no problem in merging anything for Ferroequinologist, railfan, and any similar for the subject train watching and studying. I would also like to see more definitions for train/ railroad hobby terms to be put into Wikipedia. B&O Bob 23:58, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

 * We've got a start in Rail terminology for prototype terms. There are more in the varios Rail transport modelling articles.  slambo 00:47, July 23, 2005 (UTC)

Sorry for being out of touch for 3 weeks; was off riding trains in Canada, Washington state, etc. As for the origin of the term Ferroequinologist, I asked our club founders and found that although they first used the term in 1979, they tried to come up with it, but called the Atlanta, Georgia library research dept. The clerk (in 1979) informed them that the word they searched for was Ferroequinologist. So, although we were probably the first in this north Georgia, USA area to use it, as a club, it was in limited use before. Our club founders further added that they saw a "T"-shirt with the word on it about 1980 in a Virginia hobby shop. B&O Bob B&O Bob 23:34, 15 August 2005 (UTC)]

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Hey (band)

Hey is a Polish rock band founded in Szczecin in 1991 by guitarist Piotr Banach and lead singer Kasia Nosowska. It is one of the most popular Polish music acts of the 1990s.

Although Hey sometimes described themselves as the first Polish grunge band, their melodic, guitar-driven rock and eclectic appearance owed more to the Rolling Stones new wave and heavy metal influences; their first three albums contained songs in both Polish and English. During the band's mid-1990s heyday, they sold out stadiums throughout Poland, and attempted to break into the English-language market with a series of concerts overseas and an English version of their 1995 album ?. When this failed to arouse interest, the band began to write in Polish only, and gradually adopted a harder-edged, more industrial-influenced sound. Overall, the band has sold over 2.3 million album copies (last updated in April 2020).

In addition, Nosowska has also enjoyed a successful career as a solo artist. She has released six solo albums that derive more from an electronica style.

Current line-up

 * Kasia Nosowska (vocals)
 * Paweł Krawczyk (guitar)
 * Marcin Żabiełowicz (guitar)
 * Robert Ligiewicz (drums, percussion)
 * Jacek Chrzanowski (bass guitar)
 * Marcin Macuk (keyboards)

Former members

 * Piotr Banach (guitar) (1992–1999)
 * Marcin Macuk (bass guitar) (1992)

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Norden, Lower Saxony

Norden (East Frisian Low Saxon: Nörden) is a town in the district of Aurich, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated near the North Sea shore, in East Frisia.

Town and land use
Norden consists of the town itself and ten official subdistricts. In addition to the old town centre, the main town includes the former municipality of Sandbauerschaft and the subdistricts Ekel, Lintel and Westgaste. They are divided into various quarters and residential areas such as Neustadt, Westlintel, Ostlintel, Ekelergaste, In der Wirde, Vierzig Diemat, Martensdorf, or "millionaire quarter". They have in common that they do not have any administrative function, but are places referred to in everyday local language.

The other subdistricts are Bargebur, Leybuchtpolder, Norddeich (which bore the name Lintelermarsch until 1972), Westermarsch I, Westermarsch II, Southderneuland I, Southderneuland II and Tidofeld.

The main town and the villages of Bargebur, Norddeich, Süderneneuland I and Süderneuland II, as well as parts of Westermarsch II, have largely grown together, and with the exception of Norddeich and Westermarsch II, form extensive residential and commercial areas in the south and east of the borough. About 92.5% of the total urban population live in this "metropolitan area". The remaining subdistricts continue to be very rural and mostly sparsely populated, but they occupy by far the largest share of the total area of the borough.

Transport
Norden railway station is served by InterCity and Regional-Express trains of Deutsche Bahn.

Notable people

 * Ulrich I, Count of East Frisia (1408–1466), Count of East Frisia
 * Wilhelm Gnapheus (1493–1568), a humanist and Reformed Protestant scholar
 * Hermann Conring (1606–1681), German physician and politician
 * Pieter Claesen Wyckoff (ca 1620 – 1694), emigrant to Kings County, (Brooklyn) Long Island, New York.
 * Wilhelm von Freeden (1822–1894), German mathematician, scientist and oceanographer and founder of the North German Naval Observatory.
 * Gustav Hölscher (1877-1955), an Evangelical-Lutheran theologian and a professor of Old Testament Studies.
 * Recha Freier (1892–1984), writer, winner of the Israeli State Prize
 * Johann Cramer (1905–1987), German politician (SPD), member of the German Bundestag
 * Otto Ites (1918–1982), decorated Rear Admiral of the Federal Navy
 * Johann Schröder (1925–2007), German mathematician
 * Barbara Schlag (born 1951), teacher, mayor of Norden from 1998 to 2016
 * Herbert Müller, (DE Wiki) (born 1953), painter

Sport

 * Heiko Schwartz (1911–1973), water polo player, team silver medallist at the 1932 Summer Olympics
 * Marco Kutscher (born 1975), show jumper, bronze medallist at the 2004 Summer Olympics
 * Karsten Fischer (born 1984), former footballer, played over 300 games

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May Arkwright Hutton

May Arkwright Hutton (July 21, 1860 – October 6, 1915) was a suffrage leader and labor rights advocate in the early history of the Pacific Northwest of the United States.

Biography
May Arkwright Hutton, who has been described as an orphan by some sources, is now often believed to have been illegitimate. She was raised by her paternal grandfather, Aza, in Washingtonville, Ohio. Aza, who was blind, enjoyed political meetings and May often accompanied him.

In 1883, she moved to Idaho, where she owned and operated a boarding house in Kellogg. In 1887, she married Levi "Al" Hutton, one of her customers. They moved to Wallace, Idaho where she oversaw the dining hall of the Wallace Hotel and her husband worked for the Northern Pacific Railroad. May and Al were part of a group of miners that struck it rich when discovering a vast silver mine. When miners dynamited the Bunker Hill and Sullivan's mine concentrator in Wardner, Idaho, Al was the engineer of the train used to deliver the dynamite.

Al was arrested in connection to the destruction of the Bunker Hill and Sullivan's mine concentrator, and held in a stockade known as the "bull pen". He was soon released, but May continued to write letters to Governor Steunenberg of Idaho and to newspapers in the name of the Western Federation of Miners. She accused the Governor of taking bribes of up to $50,000 and being a traitor to the union cause.

In 1897, the Huttons, invested in the successful Hercules silver mine Hutton was a candidate for the Idaho State Senate in 1904, but was defeated.

The last year of her life, she was ill with Bright's disease. She was known to travel in her chauffeured Thomas Flyer to farm communities, meeting farmers and trying to make matches to keep single mothers and their children together.

In her memory, Al started the Hutton Settlement orphanage in the Spokane Valley.

Labor activism
Both Hutton and her husband were active in the associated labor movements. She wrote a book about the horrible treatment of the miners at the hands of the mine owners, and the treatment of her husband at the hands of the sheriff/mine owners in her book The Coeur d'Alenes: or, A tale of the modern inquisition in Idaho. In later life, she bought all of the copies she could back. Hutton also supported an eight-hour work day and six-day workweek for women.

Suffrage movement
She was a supporter of the women's suffrage movement in Idaho.

In 1906, the Huttons moved to Spokane, Washington. She became a member of the Spokane Equal Suffrage Club and first vice-president of the Washington Equal Suffrage Association, which was then led by Emma Smith DeVoe. She became a well-known suffrage leader, but her outspoken style and unconventional behavior contrasted sharply with that of the more moderate Emma Smith DeVoe, a national suffrage organizer who was active in Tacoma, Olympia and Seattle. There was a great deal of conflict between the two, but they achieved their goal in 1910.

Hutton attended the Democratic National Convention in 1912.

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WCP

WCP may refer to:

 * Wing Commander: Prophecy, a 1997 computer game
 * Wing Commander: Privateer, a 1993 computer game
 * Worcester Park railway station, in South London.
 * The Workers' Communist Party of Canada, a Canadian political party.
 * The World Climate Programme
 * World Cup of Poker
 * Water Column Pressure
 * Workplace Charging Program
 * WCP (Wide DC electric passenger), a classification of Indian locomotives

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User:Oryan~enwiki

I'm a history graduate student at George Mason University and I work as a project manager at the Center for History and New Media (CHNM). I am (along with a few other historians at CHNM) currently working on a project on the history of the free and open source software movement. We are interested in talking with people about their experiences working on articles in Wikipedia. If you're a Wikipedia contributor and would like to talk with us about your involvment, either by phone, av chat, IM, or email, please leave me a message here or send me an email: oryan at gmu dot edu. Our conversation could be as lengthy or as brief as you wish.

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User:DominicMauro

Dominic Mauro is a 31 year old mammal who is writing a sentence in the third person about himself. He lives in Brooklyn, New York and has attended New York Law School, where he learned how to law good. He's still writing sentences in the third person.

He edited this sentence several times to test Wikibot on a cold day in April.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Paula Throckmorton-Zakaria

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The result of the debate was delete. Dmcdevit·t 00:39, July 28, 2005 (UTC)

Paula Throckmorton-Zakaria
Being related to a famous person is not enough to be notable enough for one article. Only 79 Google hits  Normally, a merge would be alright here, except that the little information there is is already in Fareed Zakaria Sonic Mew | talk to me 19:16, July 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete vanity microstub. -- Etacar11   01:14, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
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