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Talk:Geek Squad

Staff
The staff section needs to go. It's an advertisement and nothing else.

Agreed, especially since it's presented as a list.69.181.197.214 (talk) 06:46, 2 November 2009 (UTC)

I believe the staff section provides important information to consumers--the fact that there are NO certification requirements for technicians. I'll admit to being biased due to a VERY bad experience with Best Buy in general and Geek Squad in particular. 24.182.163.72 (talk) 23:52, 6 July 2011 (UTC)

Geek Squad Locations
I would like to propose that entries in this page that refer to Geek Squad being located in FedEx Kinko's stores be amended to read in the past tense as it became official as of March 9, 2008 that the partnership test will end and be pahsed out. This test partnership As I cannot provide the proof at the moment as the document I have is an internal document, I can atest as a Center Technology Specialist for FedEx Kinko's and it will be evident. Metamorphousthe (talk) 23:46, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

Covert Operators
Undercover really isn't that bad. Keep it in mind next time you edit the page from our IP. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.192.10.50 (talk) 11:23, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Issues with the article
This article has way too many spelling and grammatical errors. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.213.214.82 (talk)
 * So fix them? --OnoremDil 22:28, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

This article reads like ad copy.

The article is too opinion based, esp. the controversy section, which shouldn't be implemented into the article except in the links section, despite me agreeing with it or not. Even if I believe every word it says Wikipedia is not an opinion forum; and as such should remain neutral instead of trying to inject negative opinions to counter the positive opinions. This article could use alot of work, making the push towards being neutral instead of leaning heavily as a positive or negative opinion piece. Some examples: Remove controversy section, insert link(s) at bottom. Remove various interjections about the "acheivements" (i.e. GS has served X famous client, etc.) of GS, and provide link(s) at the bottom. This would allow readers to follow the links and pass their own judgement, instead of relying on the judgement of a person who could have (and it is evident in the edits of this page) an overly positive or overly negative image of the business. The page is to inform you on an unbiased level about the business, and not a person's experiences with it, whether it be positive or negative. --Vesper nocte 13:28, 9 September 2006 (UTC)
 * How is it making Wikipedia an opinion forum... the copyright infringment lawsuit has been reported widely in major newspapers and the competence questions have been also reported to an extent in major media (much to the disgust of bestbuy's corporate who has been editing this article) for corporate gains - we've noted similiar companies that have had lawsuits filed against them - perhaps a re-write of the section but google notability requires inclusion IMHO - would the IP's from their corporate please stop editing without reading this talk page first? -- Tawker 12:44, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Slashdot is a major media outlet? If you can quote me where "major newspapers" have questioned Geek Squad competence I'd LOVE to see it. What some jealous technie nerds post on techie websites does NOT constitute "news." Fact is, Consumer Reports has stated in their look at computer repair that repair companies (including geek squad) have a very high success rate at solving the customer's issues. No one is perfect, especially when you have 12,000 people in a company. Footnoting slahdot is laughable and it SHOULD be deleted.

Whoever edited it last pretty much ripped the agent titles out of there. The titles are one of the fun things about the brand. It appears as though someone from H.R. at Best Buy is being overprotective. Keep the public-facing titles in place, and avoid the internal ones.

Should we have an section dealing with rates/ what GS charges to what the "agent" gets - something to look at I think Tawker 10:18, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Geek Squad precincts in Best Buy stores are also available for servicing or shipping to service items such as appliances, home theater products, and other sorts of electronics that Best Buy sells. Products not purchased at Best Buy can also be taken in to be sent out to repair.
 * Am I the only one who finds this whole setup incredibly sad?
 * I believe this article is poorly written and could use improvement. Ajwebb 03:43, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

It is disappointing that Wikipedia allows the companies to completely change the encyclopedia and turn it into an advertising message. I posted some information I discovered about Geek Squad about 5 months ago, but it was completely erased and replaced by current content, most likely by some executive at Best Buy, and it now appears to mirror the content on their website. It's sad that Wikipedia is turning into another advertising medium.
 * This is additionally sad because this particular company is insulting the tech community. I believe the word defamation is appliciable to this marketing. 156.12.56.236 16:37, 22 March 2006 (UTC)

If you feel something SHOULD be on here, go ahead and throw it up. If it falls under the controversy category, put it there. Label it as 'theory' or whatever. But put it up. - flag it as such in the "Edit summary" so we can easily and quickly dig it back out should someone remove it. Worst case, it'll be put to a vote. Kcbnac 18:32, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

 * There's a very interesting comment at slashdot, which possibly covers some of the same ground? -Quiddity 01:23, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Hmm, it is interesting but I don't know if it fits in a WP entry, possibly we could add something like "former employees have raised concern about Best Buy focusing on sales instead of technical competency" or something like that, but I don't know if that would be NPOV or OR, /. really isn't a tier one source -- Tawker 01:29, 29 June 2006 (UTC)
 * That would fall under the 'controversy' category. Give it a shot if you think it belongs.Kcbnac 13:45, 12 July 2006 (UTC)

Feel free to edit my grammar and citation usage for my addition to the controversy section, as I am not a literary scholar. --AgentUC 15:52, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Just some thoughts on content additions. We could do the services of Geek Squad, and the positions within Geek Squad. We should also talk about Geek Squad City more to create an understanding of what exactly it'll be used for in Geek Squad. Dotuser 07:41, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Some minor edits. What I fail to see is how this page is advertising anything. It's explaining various parts of a company. No where does it push services or elevate Geek Squad's status over other tech service companies. Additionally, rant residue from other websites have no place in what is supposed to be an encyclopedia entry. No offense meant, just my two pennies. JKor 03:08, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I'd have to disagree on the rant being excluded. It's not just slashdot it's pretty much every tech related website out there. From what I've found in a couple quick searches it sounds like Geek Squad really was a good competent company however after the BestBuy buyout and subsequent expansion it seems like things hit the tube then and it was widely noted.  I've seen stuff on digg, slashdot, ars technica, usenet, dslreports etc.  I think I saw an article in a local printed paper to that effect as well, lemme dig thru my archives. -- Tawker 12:47, 7 September 2006 (UTC)
 * As a person who just happened to come by (and made a link correction), I also agreed that this article does not look like an ad. As for view problem, I would keep myself neutral since I'm not from the US. --Samuel Curtis 06:22, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

I dont get why everyone wants to add links to articles about how crappy geek squad can be. I have had bad experiences dealing with smaller computer shops locally, i doubt it is an issue of rapid expansion as stated above. Besides If these people are really "techie" they have no excuse to be using geek squad, and if they do and get pissed off about the service its their fault. Secondly the main demo for geek squad seems to be old computer illiterates who don't look up stuff on Wikipedia anyway so it all seems kinda futile. The article reads fine to me, i dont see a bias and i agree with keeping the stuff about the ranks. thats really all that separates them from other techs 174.1.144.63 (talk) 06:57, 22 June 2011 (UTC)

Geek Squad History
What is the official history on Geek Squad. When was it bought out by Best Buy.. was it ever publicly traded? I'm having problems finding any information on this company/subsidiary Binarypower 07:23, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Yes, there is some very relevant missing information. I saw somewhere that Best Buy bought Geek Squad in 2002, and this article says Geek Squad was created in 1994. What was its status in the intervening years?--69.151.15.152 (talk) 06:15, 5 January 2010 (UTC)

I don't know how accurate this is, but I'm an in-store tech, and I heard from higher-ups that the "history" is made up by Best Buy as an amusing story. According to them, Geek Squad was never an independent brand, but a rebranding of the Best Buy service department. Maybe this helps in leads, or maybe it's all a wild goose hunt. Mfrisk (talk) 05:50, 24 February 2010 (UTC)

An article in the STRIB with a brief history of Geek Squad http://www.startribune.com/business/88659887.html.

Criticisms, Lawsuits, and other negative content
Geek Squad's reaoning in the Fox News entry regarding the Geek Squad agent that was because it was placed in the first paragraph of the page. This isn't a good place to put something like that. In order to keep with the flow fo the page, we should determine a better position to locate that paragraph. I'm NOT against putting it on the page, but I do think we should discuss where we should place it at on the page. B2bomber81 21:29, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

Why take out the "Peep Squad Lawsuit"? It is real history, it really happened. Type in "Geeksquad Shower" into Google and see how many results there are for the same story. I placed this under the other lawsuit, a suitable place for it. jasonr724 19:48, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

I think whoever reverted your edit may have been intending to just remove the portion that was at the top of the page. I think the content and location of your entry is fine. I've reverted it and it is back on there. B2bomber81 01:21, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

Comment from 71.141.74.46
I'd like to know why THIS company can have an entry on this website but other companies cannot. This is total bullshit. Make a rule and stick with it. If one company can have a commercial listing then all companies should be able to. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.141.74.46 (talk)
 * It might help if you were more specific...but I'd say that you could find your answers somewhere in WP:CORP and WP:RS. --OnoremDil 02:07, 25 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Whoever started this should see the Wikipedia guideline page Notability; basically, something has to be notable/famous/well-known enough to have its own Wikipedia page. To put this in perspective, Johnny Depp, an actor, has his own Wikipedia page.  Someone could be on their high school's drama club and act in local plays, and, therefore, be considered an actor, as least in some respect, but they shouldn't certainly, based solely on that, have their own Wikipedia article.  Or Romeo and Juliet, a play, has its own Wikipedia article.  Someone rights a play for a high school English class, but (you know).  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.124.128.157 (talk) 19:07, 19 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Nerds on Site is a company serving a wide swath of Canada. I see there's no article, so then I tried Geek Squad, expecting the same, but not surprised entirely to see an entry. They essentially are the same: mobile computer assistance, among other forms of tech support. GBC (talk) 20:18, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

MRI CD
Maybe this article should cite something about the MRI CDs that geek squad uses to fix computers? (Google it for more info) -- Patrick Flynn 06:41, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

The contents of the MRI CD is considered a trade secret under US law. Unless there's a compelling reason to include this information, it should be left out. After all, an IT technician using a compilation CD of diagnostic and repair tools is neither noteworthy nor unusual. Mfrisk (talk) 22:14, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

@Mfrisk we really dont care about the contents. Wikipedia is not about exposing trade secrets, there are other websites for that,it is about its about documenting history.

This article should be about the history of MRI. Questions such as: Was MRI created by the original founders of geeks squad, best buy, or was it a spin off from the Winternals' Emergency Repair Disk Commander deal fallout? Should be addressed in this article. That answer alone would give insite as to why best buy bought geek squad to begin with. There has to be a reason why best buy wanted it, they had to have some asset that they wanted, not just the geek squad name. How hard is it to start a computer repair business? They are literally a dime a dozen. What made Geek Squad so special? I believe that MRI was something the founders created, which seperated them from the competition thus making them successful, which eventually lead to Best Buy acquisition.

The MRI CD was created AFTER the acquisition, but it is indeed something that sets Geek Squad apart from the rest of the competition (most other competitors simply use whatever they find on the internet). ReformedArsenal (talk) 14:44, 28 June 2012 (UTC)

Geek Squad City
Would someone like to add a section about Geek Squad City? It's said to be the world's largest computer repair facility in Brooks, KY. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)
 * I too think this article would benefit from information like this. Penman 1701 03:32, 21 October 2007 (UTC)
 * It may be 4 years late, but I gathered some information from Geek Squad's official site to create a section for Geek Squad City. leeaaro4 17:26 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Companies That No Longer Provide Recovery Discs - A Big Issue
Geek Squad makes these recovery discs for about 60 USD. However, some companies don't tell you that they put recovery disk creation software onto the machine itself good enough so that the average person would know to not buy the Geek Squad Service to create them a recovery disk. Such a company is Gateway. I don't know if this should be mentioned on the gateway article or here, but it's obviously a scam ployed out by best buy not to tell people that Gateway offers a recovery disk creator now that they don't offer recovery disks. 68.185.166.207 (talk) 13:53, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Every PC brand except for Dell come with recovery disc creation software (Dells come with the actual disks or a recovery partition). That said, not all of us Geeks are dishonest about the process. At my precinct we tell our clients that they could make the discs themselves, but we almost always get the sale as we truthfully tell them that the discs will take several hours to burn, and that if their hard drive fails they WILL need them. People are generally lazy enough that they see the value in getting them done rather than putting it off. You wouldn't believe how many people decline the service, saying they'll do it themselves, only to come back a six months later with a dead hard drive and no recovery disks. If you want to talk about scams, point your finger at the computer manufacturers using sub-par components designed to break in two years or less. (68.246.57.183 (talk) 04:01, 23 July 2009 (UTC))

 * I could equally say that you should also give people a choice (IE: tell them that there are other operating systems, which can be obtained FOR FREE, IE: Linux) about what Operating System they can choose instead of forcing Windows on everyone. Sure, you should also tell them that you can't run everything on linux through its WINE Program, but you can find alternatives out there for Windows programs that you normally pay for. For example, you could say that they can get OpenOffice, which can open almost, if not all, any MS Office document (With the exception of MDB Files.) Please do not bait me into starting a war here. If you reply again with more information, I may as well report both myself and you for violating the NOTAFORUM rule and have this discussion removed. 68.185.166.207 (talk) 04:21, 31 August 2009 (UTC) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Geek_Squad"

I deleted the previous person's comment for being a dick. And besides, he didn't bother to check his facts. Recovery discs are $29.99, not $60. And if you contact the manufacturer you will be charged between $10 and $30 for a new set - which, if your GS discs fail, will be covered. 98.127.168.159 (talk) 08:31, 7 November 2009 (UTC)

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 * Do you know what the Unfair Sales Act is? We have it in Wisconsin. It causes some prices to be higher than other prices. Yes, it was 60 USD to do it for the machine I was going to buy (a Gateway Laptop.) I bought it, then found out I could have made the recovery disks myself, then I returned it (foolishly I might add.) Feel free to rank me as a jerk and whatnot all you like. But not all states, locations, etc. have the same prices as yours. 24.241.229.253 (talk) 13:36, 31 December 2009 (UTC)

 * This is irrelevant to articles on Best Buy/Geek Squad. The most you could do would be to add information about recovery media to some article related to technology OEMs, and the closest would be this list, then Wikilink to that section from a blurb mentioning that Geek Squad offers recovery disc creation among other services.   Mfrisk (talk) 22:21, 15 February 2010 (UTC)

Controversy Section - Porno Discussion
I made a few tweaks to the porno seek controversy discussion. The sole source for this accusation is a blog article, and so it made a very big deal out of the fact that the founder dared to criticize bloggers in responding to a question unrelated to his presentation. Anyways, it's fine to keep the discussion there, just use more neutral language that I put in rather than the abashed amazement of the blogger article. For the record, I neither work for Geek Squad nor use their service, was just annoyed by the tone of that section. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.12.178.189 (talk) 04:20, 19 March 2010 (UTC)

Removing notation of closure of Geek Squad Stores
Not only was this entry future-dated, it is also linked to a site that only Geek Squad Agents have access to. I am removing it until further, more substantiated proof is available publicly online. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.200.153.210 (talk) 04:28, 31 August 2010 (UTC)

Removed from Controversy
I removed the part about the man trying to pass off a Geek Squad badge as a police badge as it didn't really seem relevant to the article in any way other than the false badge happened to be from this company. 75.111.91.143 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 05:51, 23 January 2011 (UTC).

Added to Controversy
I added to the section an occurrence where Geek Squad employees used pirated copies from Winternals. I agree with the previous comment. Trying to pass off a Geek Squad badge as a police badge isn't really a problem that is related to the company but more to the individual who tried to pass himself as a police.

leeaaro4 14:58, 17 February 2011 (UTC)

Derogitory?
Isn't the word "Geek" generally known to reference obsessive and anti-social people? I mean, doesn't this fall under perpetuating stereotypes? I do mean this seirously, by the way; I havent met anyone who feels this way about the word. But Best Buy seems to not just use the word, but actively dress their people to match the stereotype.

Is this sort of thing generally considerd "Okay"? Because Geeksquad is the only term that is used in such a manner without inciting flames, even though its just as derogitory. Chardansearavitriol (talk) 17:46, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

 * As someone who use to work for Geek Squad, both in the store and at corporate, I can tell you that the vast majority of Geek Squad employees embrace the term Geek and do not mind it being applied to them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by ReformedArsenal (talk • contribs) 12:19, 14 May 2012 (UTC)

 * I don't think any of the above comments on the issue matter. I mean, are you suggesting that the name of the article and any mention of the "geek" in the aricle be changed? The fact is, "Geek Squad" is their official name, "right"/"politically correct"/"emotionally sensitive" or not.  I mean, Chardansearavitriol, I don't think you intentionally meant to, but bringing this up is really againgst Not a forum, a rule of Wikipedia which basically says that the talk pages for articles exist to talk about ways to discuss how to improve the article and not to ''discuss the topic of the article in general or your opinions on it. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.124.128.157 (talk) 18:40, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

ReformedArsenal Should be Banned From Editing this Page
This user continuously edits this article in a way that marginalizes negative information about Geek Squad while simultaneously attempting to portray the organization in a positive light. Upon inspection, he is an admitted Geek Squad employee. This represents an inherent bias and he should be prohibited from editing this article further.2605:E000:1605:C0C0:A42A:B51D:3BE9:8B2B (talk) 15:10, 21 January 2014 (UTC)
 * This is a ridiculous claim, none of my edits have shown a bias in any way. Feel free to bring forward your evidence if you wish, my edits in the past year have only ever been to remove unsourced or confidential information that has not been published publically. ReformedArsenal (talk) 18:09, 21 January 2014 (UTC)

Please update dead link for reference 11: V C Section 27605 Vehicle Resembling Law Enforcement Vehicle
Reference 11, which links to V C Section 27605 Vehicle Resembling Law Enforcement Vehicle, is a dead link. The current link is as follows: https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/?1dmy&urile=wcm:path:/dmv_content_en/dmv/pubs/vctop/vc/d12/c5/a5/27605

Can someone please update this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.168.158.50 (talk) 00:53, 3 April 2015 (UTC)

Logo out of date
The geek squad logo has changed, no SVG I can find of the new logo, but it should still be changed when possible. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:569:BDC0:5700:F032:DD27:3CE7:7807 (talk) 06:54, 1 July 2016 (UTC)

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In 1963, Home Savings of America obtained the property that was then called Ahmanson Ranch. It sat unused, with no plans for development, until 1989 when Home Savings of America announced their plans for the 5400 acre property. The plans included over 3,000 homes, two golf courses, and 400000 sqft of commercial and residential space. However, in 1998, Home Savings of America was bought by Washington Mutual for $6.4 billion. In 2003 the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy purchased the land from WAMU for an open space preserve and nature reserve Park.

2003-Present
On September 28, 2005, the Topanga Canyon Fire broke out between the west-bound State Route 118 and Topanga Canyon Boulevard. By September 29, the fire had reached the Preserve, and burned a large portion of the park near, and including, El Escorpion Park. By October 3, 2005, the fire had been contained. A total of 24175 acre were burned, and it cost over $8 million to contain and extinguish the fire. The effects of the fire were visible in the park, as much of the chaparral and grasslands were burned away, and Oak tree canopies burned off. Since the California native plants have evolved with wildfires, from their basal roots, seeds, and branches they re-sprouted the following fall and winter exhibiting new growth by the next spring.

It sustained severe damage during the Woolsey Fire of 2018.

Trailheads
There are two preserve trailheads at which people can access the park.

Victory Trailhead
Located at the western end of Victory Blvd. in West Hills, the Victory Trailhead is the main trailhead for the Preserve. It features a large gravel parking lot with a Portable Toilet that is cleaned at least weekly. The parking lot has room for buses and equestrian trailers. Parking is $3 for the day. Parking passes are available through The Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy website. Multi-park 5- and 7-day and single park 7-day passes are available. Parking is also available outside the park gates on Victory Blvd., Gilmore St., and Country Oak Rd. A bulletin board featuring information on the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy and recent park and system information is located in the parking lot. There are two picnic tables just inside the park and a large informational display featuring the history, geography, and wildlife of the Preserve.

Las Virgenes Canyon Road Trailhead
This trailhead is located west of Calabasas and north of the Ventura Freeway (U.S. Route 101) on Las Virgenes Canyon Road, at the end of the road. Parking is provided, with a large informational display featuring the history, geography, and wildlife of the Preserve.

Trails
There are several primary trails through which people can access the park.
 * 1. The Victory Trailhead has a junction with two main trails. The first goes due west through the Preserve directly to Upper Las Virgenes Canyon and the trails of Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyon Park in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. The second goes south through the Preserve to the Laskey Mesa area, and then on to Upper Las Virgenes Canyon.
 * 2. The Las Virgenes Road Trailhead's main trail heads into Upper Las Virgenes Canyon, with junctions for trails to Laskey Mesa and to Cheeseboro/Palo Comado Canyon Park, or continuing on north to the Bell Canyon area.
 * 3. The El Escorpión Trail, runs from L.A. City's El Escorpión Park at the west end of Vanowen Street near Valley Circle Boulevard in West Hills through the preserve to the Victory Trailhead. The trail runs through Moore's Canyon past the Cave of Munits, has a gentle slope, and can be taken in either direction.  L.A. City's Bell Canyon Park is directly adjacent to the north of these two parks, with one trail along Bell Creek and others connecting southward.

These trails are available for walking, hiking, mountain biking, and equestrian use during the hours of daylight (sunrise to sunset), 7 days a week. Evening access is permitted for park scheduled event participants only. Unauthorized motor vehicles and motorbikes are not permitted.

Preparations
Visitors should bring basic supplies when exploring the Preserve. For example: two hikers needed to be rescued by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in 2007 after becoming lost while on the trails and paths. Although experienced hikers, and being well-equipped for the hike, the two veered off a path that had been obscured by recent fires and were unable to find their way back to a trail. One was suffering from hypothermia so the other used a cell phone to call 911, and they were rescued later that day. Guided walks, hikes, and evening programs are offered in the park by the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area.

Dogs on 6-foot leashes under the immediate control of the owner are allowed on the designated trails.

See more

 * Flora of the Santa Monica Mountains
 * Wildlife corridor
 * Rock art of the Chumash people


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Chris Morrison

Chris Morrison or Christopher, Christine, or variation, may refer to:

 * Chris
 * Chris Morrison, author of webcomic Polymer City Chronicles
 * Chris Morrison, manager of the UK rock band Blur (band), Morcheeba
 * Chris Morrison, lead guitarist of the U.S. pop band Allstar Weekend
 * Chris Tuatara-Morrison (born 1986; patronymic name: Chris Morrison), Australian rugby footballer

 * Christine
 * Christine Morrison Elementary School, School District 75 Mission, Fraser Valley, B.C., Canada
 * Christine Morrison, who donated the SUNY Orange building Webb Horton House
 * Sally Christine Morrison, who was honoured at the 2013 New Year Honours (New Zealand)

 * Christopher
 * Christopher Wingfield Morrison aka Mink; British-American writer-director
 * Christopher Morrison (athlete) of Jamaica, who won the silver medal at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships in Athletics
 * Christopher Morrison (character), a fictional character from UK medical drama TV show Staying Alive (TV series)

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Wikipedia:Requests for comment/SNIyer1

Statement of the dispute
SNIyer is well known through Wikipedia as a constant POV editor who inserts very emotional and personal statements into articles then removes all other points of view. Has caused edit wars on several different articles.

Description
When reverted or asked to explain any questionable edits, this user always ignores other users and simply reinserts comments over and over again. Has caused a tremendous edit war on John F. Kennedy which has been going on for several months. When discovered or blocked for violations of the 3 revert rule, will often simple log on as an anon IP user and continue edits as usual. Ignores requests from admins and other users to explain his/her actions -Husnock 06:17, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

He also caused a tremendous edit war on the Death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan and Death and state funeral of Pierre Trudeau articles over the last several months. Since a major Cleanup Taskforce edit was done in early June, he has essentially ignored people (including RickK and others) who have told him that the articles would benefit without all of the trivia he keeps editing. He's added the same couple of phrases ("Canadians/Americans all stopped what they were doing" and detailed descriptions of what anchors said when the news came through of the deaths) over and over again despite consensus that including those statements makes the article narrative, which we aren't going for. --Woohookitty 00:51, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

Evidence of disputed behavior

 * 1SNIyer1 rewrites nearly the entire article of State funeral of John F. Kennedy in POV fashion. When reverted by other users, simply reinserts the comments and proceeds to violate the 3 Revert Rule.
 * 2 Without cause or reason, removes the statement from JFK article that he was the first 20th century born President to serve in office. Has been doing this for months 3 4 5 6 7
 * Creates a sock puppet account to avoid the 3 Revert Rule: User:SNIyer12
 * 8 9 Has rewritten both the Death and state funeral of Pierre Trudeau and the  Death and state funeral of Ronald Reagan articles several times. Since a major cleanup effort was done in early June on the Reagan article and early June on the Trudeau article, he has slowly tried to revert all of the changes made. He does it with multiple edits in one day so that it is extremely hard to follow what he is done. He often will add and remove the same information several times in a 24 hour period. It is not in good faith.

Applicable policies
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 * Three-revert rule
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 * Resolving disputes
 * Sock puppet
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Evidence of trying and failing to resolve the dispute
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 * Ignores comments and questions about POV to JFK article 1
 * Ignores comments and questions about POV insertion into September 11 attacks article2
 * Ignore comments and questions about constant removal of DOB info from JFK article3
 * Ignores comments about adding and readding the same information over and over. 1, 2. If you read most of the Talk page, you will see what is meant.

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 * --Husnock 17:19, 20 July 2005 (UTC) As the original nominator of this RFC, I certify that the evidence above is the basis for the dispute.
 * --JimWae 17:03, 2005 July 20 (UTC) (has been going on since user's first entries Sep 2004 on various JFK pages & other). Only as SNIyer12 has user ever used an articles talk page. User also deletes other user's entries from his talk page. Has only rarely responded - and then only to a few other editors - mostly from one's who pat him on the back
 * --Gamaliel 18:53, 20 July 2005 (UTC). This user does not leave edit summaries, does not reply to messages, has only once to my knowledge ever posted a talk page message, does not use article talk pages, does not collaborate in any way with any other editor, continually inserts and reinserts POV commentary about JFK and irrelevant commentary about 9/11 in JFK articles.
 * --Moncrief 22:52, July 20, 2005 (UTC) This user continually inserts POV phrases into several articles, and refuses to discuss his changes or additions on talk pages, despite repeated requests to do so from other users. Continued reversion wars and refusal to build consensus. Moncrief 22:52, July 20, 2005 (UTC)
 * Has this RfC been stalled? I want to note that this user now edits under the name SNIyer12. Moncrief 05:30, August 15, 2005 (UTC)
 * --Woohookitty 23:49, July 24, 2005 (UTC). I definitely certify this. I am new at this, so I have a question. Can I add to the dispute? He has been a bugaboo on the Death and State funeral of Ronald Reagan and Death and state funeral of Pierre Trudeau for months now. He will add and readd the same trivia over and over again despite being told that it's disruptive. I did massive re-write on both as part of the Cleanup Taskforce a couple of months ago and since then, he's been trying to reinsert what I got rid of. I don't have the specific instances where he is done this (I will try to look for them), but he has reinserted the phrase "Canadians stopped what they were doing" or "Americans stopped what they were doing" in regards to the funeral of Reagan/Trudeau many many times. I've reverted each at least 20 times total. --Woohookitty 23:51, 24 July 2005 (UTC)
 * · Katefan0(scribble) 02:49, July 25, 2005 (UTC) I've been involved with the Death and State funeral of Ronald Reagan article and have witnessed at least a few of these behaviors. He typically does not react immediately to a textual change (nor does he comment on it on talk pages), but rather bides his time and re-inserts deleted information slowly and methodically. I believe these articles are probably like his "pet projects" as he constantly tinkers with them.  He also feels, I think, quite a bit of ownership over them  · Katefan0(scribble) 02:49, July 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Bearcat 10:23, 10 August 2005 (UTC) This is fairly circumstantial evidence, I admit, but SNIyer12 has, in recent days, had a fair bit of topic overlap (see Category:Canadian journalists) with Fat pig 73, who has a very problematic edit history of his own (I've spent entire days -- and more than one, at that -- cleaning up colossal messes Fatpig made of Canadian topics), and a very similar-sounding habit of not acknowledging notes left on his talk page or altering his editing style in response to them. (In fact, every time I've left a note on Fatpig's talk page, he's disappeared for several days, during which time I've invariably found a whole new Fatpig-style mess perpetrated by an anonymous IP. And, for what it's worth, SNIyer12 was making some very Fatpig-style edits to the Canadian journalist articles.) Update: ...and then Fatpig created Category:Lying-in-state in the Canadian House of Commons. Given that this challenge is specifically about SNIyer1's editing on state funerals of former North American leaders, I think my suspicion's been confirmed. See also Canadian notice board.

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 * 1) I have not seen the user personally, but looking at some diffs, s/he seems like a POV editor who breaks the rules mentioned above. Howabout1 Talk to me! 03:30, July 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) As an outsider, I concur with Howabout1. The diffs speak for themselves, this user does not work well with others, and has no sense of how our policies work, in particular WP:NPOV and Consensus. The link provided by Katefan0 is especially telling, where s/he "gives permission" for another editor to edit, User_talk:Woohookitty/Archive. The constant re-insertion of information that all other editors involved in the articles have objected to is disruptive, and represents a disregard for the spirit of Wikipedia, ie: s/he is editing in bad faith, and is abusing the generosity of our assuming good faith policy. I don't mean to be rude or flippent, but I would like to seriously suggest that SNIyer1 start a blog or LiveJournal page, where consensus and NPOV are not requirements. func (talk)  16:16, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

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Soleus muscle

In humans and some other mammals, the soleus is a powerful muscle in the back part of the lower leg (the calf). It runs from just below the knee to the heel and is involved in standing and walking. It is closely connected to the gastrocnemius muscle, and some anatomists consider this combination to be a single muscle, the triceps surae. Its name is derived from the Latin word "solea", meaning "sandal".

Structure
The soleus is located in the superficial posterior compartment of the leg.

The soleus exhibits significant morphological differences across species. It is unipennate in many species. In some animals, such as the rabbit, it is fused for much of its length with the gastrocnemius muscle.

The soleus is a complex, multi-pennate muscle in humans, usually having a separate (posterior) aponeurosis from the gastrocnemius muscle. Most soleus muscle fibers originate from each side of the anterior aponeurosis, attached to the tibia and fibula. Other fibers originate from the posterior (back) surfaces of the head of the fibula and its upper quarter, as well as the middle third of the medial border of the tibia.

The fibers originating from the anterior surface of the anterior aponeurosis insert onto the median septum, and the fibers originating from the posterior surface of the anterior aponeurosis insert onto the posterior aponeurosis. The posterior aponeurosis and median septum join in the lower quarter of the muscle and then join with the anterior aponeuroses of the gastrocnemius muscles to form the calcaneal tendon or Achilles tendon and inserts onto the posterior surface of the calcaneus, or heel bone.

In contrast to some animals, the human soleus and gastrocnemius muscles are relatively separate, so shear can be detected between the soleus and gastrocnemius aponeuroses.

The soleus is vestigial in the horse.

Relations
The gastrocnemius muscle is superficial to (closer to the skin than) the soleus, which lies below the gastrocnemius.

The plantaris muscle and a portion of its tendon run between the two muscles. Deep to it (farther from the skin) is the transverse intermuscular septum, which separates the superficial posterior compartment of the leg from the deep posterior compartment.

On the other side of the fascia are the tibialis posterior muscle, the flexor digitorum longus muscle, and the flexor hallucis longus muscle, along with the posterior tibial artery and posterior tibial vein and the tibial nerve.

Since the anterior compartment of the leg is lateral to the tibia, the bulge of muscle medial to the tibia on the anterior side is the posterior compartment. The soleus is superficial middle of the tibia.

Function
The action of the calf muscles, including the soleus, is plantarflexion of the foot (that is, they increase the angle between the foot and the leg). They are powerful muscles vital in walking, running, and keeping balance. The soleus plays an important role in maintaining standing posture; if not for its constant pull, the body would fall forward.

Also, in upright posture, the soleus is responsible for pumping venous blood back into the heart from the periphery, and is often called the skeletal muscle pump, peripheral heart or the sural (tricipital) pump.

Soleus muscles have more slow muscle fibers than many other muscles. In some animals, such as the guinea pig and cat, soleus consists of 100% slow muscle fibers. Human soleus fiber composition is variable, containing between 60% and 100% slow fibers.

The soleus is the most effective muscle for plantarflexion in a bent knee position. The gastrocnemius originates on the femur, so bending the leg limits its effective tension. During regular movement (i.e., walking) the soleus is the primary muscle utilized for plantarflexion due to the slow-twitch fibers resisting fatigue.

Innervation
The soleus is innervated by the tibial nerve (L4, L5, S1, S2)

Disease
Due to the thick fascia covering the leg muscles, they are prone to compartment syndrome. This pathology relates to tissue inflammation affecting blood flow and compressing nerves. If left untreated compartment syndrome can lead to atrophy of muscles, blood clots, and neuropathy.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Pros and cons

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

The result of the debate was Delete. Essjay ·  Talk 12:26, August 6, 2005 (UTC)

Pros and cons

 * Delete. Belongs on wiktionary (after improvements).
 * Nomination by User:HighHopes CanadianCaesar 03:50, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment. I think it should become unorphaned or transwikified to wiktionary. It's useful, but I think it might serve a better purpose once transwikified. -mysekurity 04:40, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete dicdef already on Wiktionary as usage under both "pro" and "con". Robert A West 21:29, 30 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, but transwiki. --WikiFan04Talk 18:33, 30 Jul 2005 (CDT)

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


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Talk:Dopant

Removed the stuff below from the article. Rewrite/expand/improve before putting back... - dcljr (talk) 06:18, 20 July 2005 (UTC) {| border="1" cellpadding="6"

Valence
P-type crystals are created when a impurity is doped onto a semiconductor. These impurities have three valence electrons. Figuring out how many valence electrons an impurity has can be done by looking at a periodic table.

The word Group → points to numbers that show how many valence electrons each atom has in its row... well you know what.. sadly i have to stop here because wikipedias.. periodic table of elements isn't setup correctly.. but you get the idea right? Dopants change the atomic structure of a semiconductor by turning it negative or positive through a process called doping. Another name for a dopant is impurity.
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Merge?
I see little reason for this tobe a separate article from 'doping'عبد المؤمن (talk) 17:16, 12 August 2013 (UTC)

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Dual-control modes of ventilation

Dual-control modes of ventilation are auto-regulated pressure-controlled modes of mechanical ventilation with a user-selected tidal volume target. The ventilator adjusts the pressure limit of the next breath as necessary according to the previous breath's measured exhaled tidal volume. Peak airway pressure varies from breath to breath according to changes in the patient's airway resistance and lung compliance.

The pressure waveform is square, and the flow waveform is decelerating. This mode is a form of continuous mandatory ventilation as a minimum number of passive breaths will be time-triggered, and patient-initiated breaths are time-cycled and regulated according to operator-set tidal volume.

The first few breaths are delivered to the patient according to the ventilator manufacturer's particular algorithm for determining the patient's resistance and compliance. These are 'test breaths' that the ventilator can then use to calculate the optimal pressures for the next, regulated breaths. The pressure is constant during the set inspiratory time as with pressure-controlled CMV. The ventilator will use the exhaled tidal volume measured at the end of that breath's expiratory phase to calculate the pressure of the next breath. If the exhaled tidal volume is lower than the software threshold, the next breath will be delivered at a higher pressure, and if the exhaled tidal volume is higher than the software threshold, the next breath will be delivered at a lower pressure.

The theory is to ensure that the lowest inspiratory pressure necessary to achieve the desired tidal volume is used. As a safety feature, the ventilator will not increase the pressure beyond a predetermined high pressure limit. This is usually tied to (but not the same as) the operator-set high pressure alarm setting. If the ventilator delivers a breath at this high pressure limit and is still unable to achieve the operator-desired exhaled tidal volume, an alarm will sound to warn the operator that the volume target cannot be met.

Advantages

 * Adapts to the patient's resistance and compliance on a breath-by-breath basis
 * Tidal volume varies less than with pressure-controlled CMV (PC-CMV)
 * As inspiratory flow is not limited, as with volume-controlled CMV (VC-CMV) 'assisted' breaths triggered by the patient are more comfortable for those with high inspiratory flow demands (as long as tidal volume is set appropriately, see below)

Disadvantages

 * Varying mean airway pressure
 * When patient demand is increased (when the patient is short of breath) the ventilator will reduce the inspiratory pressure even though more support is needed, increasing the patient's work of breathing and discomfort

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Tranquility (video game)

tranquility is a nonviolent musical platform game created in 1991 for Macintosh and Windows computers by musician William A. Romanowski. The game features generative algorithms that determine music and level layout based on the player's actions. For this reason, and due to its use of generated ambient music, the game's philosophy has been compared to that of Transcendentalism and the New Age Movement. According to the game's publishers, some players have reported immersion in the game to produce a dream-like experience during and after play. The game notably appeared first as a demo included with Silicon Graphics computers. It was updated and re-released as a commercial game 10 years later in 2001, with internet support architected by David Cook and Cookware Inc. This version of the game was supported for 10 years but a notice that the game was to be retired appeared on the website in 2010. As of now, the site is inaccessible. Although the game is still capable of playing local demo levels, starting with macOS Catalina, 32-bit apps were no longer compatible with macOS.

Detailed information about Tranquility and its history were published by William A. Romanowski in a 2007 pitch for social funding.

Gameplay
In tranquility, the player (from an abstract, first-person viewpoint) floats in a sea of starlit geometric structures called "platforms" in order to pass through targets called "spinners" (camouflaged star-shaped objects scattered at a density of one per room). The game's challenge is derived from the difficulty in locating the variously-placed "spinners" and as such the game may be compared to hide-and-seek. Level progression is nonlinear, and the game is intended to be self-paced, and self-directed. A number of in-game options allow players to control game speed and difficulty, including an auto-pilot button. The player controlled speed in an analog manner by pushing and pulling the mouse forwards and backwards, heading or direction by moving the mouse to each side, and gravity by clicking the left mouse button. Gravity was very gentle by default, a feature which has been regarded as an exception to the rule that platform games should not use first-person perspective, as it allowed players to land jumps without much difficulty.

Level advancement and scoring
Advancement through the game is accomplished by finding each spinner in all 3,087 rooms. Progression through the hierarchy of "realms," "ranks," "sets of rooms," and "rooms" results in incrementation of the player's "level." Thus, there are 21 realms in total, 7 ranks per realm (for a total of 147 realms), 3 sets of rooms per rank (for a total of 441 sets of rooms), and 7 rooms per set of rooms (for the full total of 3,087 rooms). Each room contains 1 spinner.

Completing each rank advances the player by 1 level, making for a total of 147 levels. Each rank and realm adds subtle complexity to game play by interactively evolving to correspond with the player's actions. This acts to enhance replay value, and provides for lengthier play experience.

The essential elements that define a tranquility room are:
 * "Platform" - Typically hundreds of them in number, platforms lie in a variety of groups. Each group of platforms is synchronized in movement and color.
 * "Spinner" - a special platform that, when reached, completes the room and advances the player to the next room. (Note: The developers do allow the engine to create rooms in rare instances with no spinner).
 * A distant background star-field
 * A floor, usually marked with a grid pattern for spatial reference
 * An interactive generated soundtrack that corresponds to the movement of the player within the game.
 * In-game physics - allow for movement of the player within the game,
 * "Gravity" - Movement downwards is caused by the "gravity".
 * Lateral movements are controlled by the player, usually by moving the mouse.
 * Movement downwards is controlled by the player, usually by holding down the mouse button to increase the rate of descent.
 * Movement upwards occurs when the player "bounces" off of a platform or the floor. Upward velocity depends on the player's rate of descent towards the platform/floor.

Generative aspects (music and level structure)
Designed by musician William A. Romanowski, the musical aspects of the game are notable in that they are generated using algorithms designed to respond to the player's interactions with the interface. The game's AI algorithms were initially developed using the Nord Modular Synthesizer, with those concepts applied to the game's music and graphics generation systems. The music engine creates unique, arrhythmic musical compositions for each player's levels, providing an immersive, sensual environment. In this way the game can be compared to generative music games Rez, and Otocky. In addition to normal play modes, tranquility includes a simple level editor and a jukebox mode for enjoying the game's generated music.

The structure of the rooms in tranquility also react to the player's style of level-completion evolutionarily. As such, the game allows self-adjusting ad hoc difficulty similar to enemy progression in the space shooter, Warning Forever. The generative nature of the musical score as well as the room structure mean that the game will provide a gaming experience uniquely tailored to the strengths and weaknesses of the individual player, and different experiences can be gained by altering playing style. This interactive variability directly counteracts the degree of tedium normally associated with progression through 3,087 rooms, while also relieving the developer from the task of creating thousands of levels manually, an approach also used in No Man's Sky years later.

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User:Hyandat

Hi. I'm presently a physics graduate student at the University of Washington. Although I'm rather impressed by Wikipedia and its success at maintaining a high level of quality despite its extraordinarily open nature, I've found it somewhat lacking in regards to a number of subjects of interest to physicists. I hope to improve this situation in some small measure, and would very much appreciate any comments you might have to this effect. Here is a somewhat chronologically ordered list of projects I've taken up thus far:

Intensity interferometer

Hanbury-Brown and Twiss effect

Closed timelike curve

Hamilton–Jacobi equations

Phasor (physics)

Huygens' principle

Optical theorem

Arago spot

Ehrenfest theorem

Pulsar kicks

Photon bunching

Electro-optic modulator

Free body diagram

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Wikipedia talk:Articles for deletion/Back of the School Bus

DELETE - for gods sake a school bus is not a "hood" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.172.67.76 (talk • contribs) 06:21, 20 July 2005 (UTC).


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Duru–Kleinert transformation

The Duru–Kleinert transformation, named after İsmail Hakkı Duru and Hagen Kleinert, is a mathematical method for solving path integrals of physical systems with singular potentials, which is necessary for the solution of all atomic path integrals due to the presence of Coulomb potentials (singular like $$1/r$$). The Duru–Kleinert transformation replaces the diverging time-sliced path integral of Richard Feynman (which thus does not exist) by a well-defined convergent one.

Papers

 * H. Duru and H. Kleinert, Solution of the Path Integral for the H-Atom, Phys. Letters B 84, 185 (1979)
 * H. Duru and H. Kleinert, Quantum Mechanics of H-Atom from Path Integrals, Fortschr. d. Phys. 30, 401 (1982)
 * H. Kleinert, Path Integrals in Quantum Mechanics, Statistics, Polymer Physics, and Financial Markets 3. ed., World Scientific (Singapore, 2004) (read book here)

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User:Gchriss

Hi all. I am building my user page on meta.wikipedia.org I am now keeping to the username GChriss, so I will not be watching this page. GChriss 22:03, 18 February 2006 (UTC) Verify: Gchriss 19:04, 14 May 2006 (UTC)

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Ray Gun (magazine)

Ray Gun was an American alternative rock-and-roll magazine, first published in 1992 in Santa Monica, California. Led by founding publisher Marvin Scott Jarrett, art director David Carson and executive editor Randy Bookasta, along with founding editor Neil Feineman, Ray Gun explored experimental magazine typographic design and unique angles on the pop cultural currents of the 1990s. The editorial content was framed in a chaotic, abstract "grunge typography" style, not always readable (it once published an interview with Bryan Ferry entirely in the symbol font Zapf Dingbats), but distinctive in appearance. That visual tradition continued even after Carson left the magazine after three years; he was followed by a series of art directors, including Robert Hales, Chris Ashworth, Jason Saunby, Scott Denton-Cardew, Ian Davies, and Jerome Curchod.

In terms of content, Ray Gun was also notable for its choices of subject matter. The advertising, musical artists and pop culture icons spotlighted were progressive—for example putting such artists as Radiohead, Björk, Beck, Flaming Lips, PJ Harvey and Eminem on its cover before its competitors. Those choices were guided by Executive Editor Randy Bookasta (and founding editor Neil Feineman for the first three issues), along with an editorial staff that included Dean Kuipers, Nina Malkin, Mark Blackwell, Joe Donnelly, Grant Alden, Mark Woodlief, Eric Gladstone and photographer Ian Davies.

Ray Gun produced over 70 issues from 1992 through 2000. Owner-founder-publisher Marvin Scott Jarrett (one-time publisher of a late-1980s incarnation of Creem) also later created the magazines Stick, huH, Bikini, and Nylon (a New York–based fashion magazine). The most notable common thread among all of Jarrett's magazines (from his days at Creem through Nylon) have been their focus on graphic design and music.

Books

 * Ray Gun: Out of Control by Dean Kuipers and Marvin Scott Jarrett, Simon & Schuster (1997), ISBN 0-684-83980-6. Design and art direction by Neil Fletcher and Chris Ashworth.
 * Ray Gun: The Bible of Music and Style by Marvin Scott Jarrett, with Contributions from Steven Heller (design writer), Liz Phair, Wayne Coyne, Ian Davies and Dean Kuipers, Rizzoli (2019), ISBN 978-0-8478-6315-0.

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Menongue

Menongue, formerly Serpa Pinto, is a town, a municipality, and the capital of Cuando Cubango Province in Angola. The municipality had a population of 320,914 in 2014. It is one of the four municipalities in Angola whose inhabitants are predominantly Mbunda.

Menongue is the current terminus of the Moçâmedes Railway, from Moçâmedes, and also home of the small Menongue Airport.

History
During the colonial period, the town was called Serpa Pinto, in honour of the namesake Portuguese explorer.

Sports
FC Cuando Cubango, promoted to the 2018 Girabola, the top flight of Angolan soccer, play in Menongue.

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Oddible is a moniker of Jack Stockholm. Experience designer, artist and musician currently living in Vancouver, BC.

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Talk:Michael I of Romania

Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Controversy
As far as I've heard, the former royal family are not part of the Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen house anymore (except in blood), because the grand-father of King Michael I of Romania was excluded from the house by the head of House Hohenzollern (most likely Wilhelm II) for going to war against Germany and Austro-Hungary during WWI for siding with the Entente. They cut all ties at that point. As far as I know there is no date of coronation, and there is no papers of abdication from his father Carol II (if indeed he is his father), though the abdication paper of Michael I does exist. Therefore it is only Michael I of Romania, and definitively not Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. Thus he took the private name of Mihai Argesanu after he abdicated. Seems there are serious problems of legitimacy here, but as I don't have all the sources, I'd be very happy if anyone can look into these claims. --Kebman (talk) 17:16, 18 March 2018 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 September 2018
Under "Line of succession," in the sentence "Nicholas's mother, Princess Helen, received notification of the former king's decision in a personal letter." change "Helen" to "Elena" to correctly identify the mother and to match the wording at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Medforth-Mills. Grey angel (talk) 15:07, 26 September 2018 (UTC)
 * ✅ DrKay (talk) 17:05, 26 September 2018 (UTC)

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Why is he being called Michael I? He's the ONLY King Michael, so until there were to ever be a second one, he is simply King Michael, not King Michael I. Just like King John of England is not called John I. Queen Elizabeth I was not called "the first" until the current queen became queen and you did have a second Queen Elizabeth. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.202.192.102 (talk) 16:43, 6 December 2020 (UTC)
 * The numeral was in use, as you can see in the abdication act, monastery fresco, stamp and Kremlin plaque all shown in the article. DrKay (talk) 16:49, 6 December 2020 (UTC)

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The Piglet Files

The Piglet Files is a British sitcom produced by London Weekend Television (LWT). The show consists of three series, totalling 21 episodes, that were broadcast between 7 September 1990 and 10 May 1992.

The programme follows the life of reluctant MI5 agent Peter "Piglet" Chapman as he tries to instruct his fellow agents on the finer points of spy gadgetry while keeping his wife Sarah in the dark about his new career.

Plot
In the early 1990s, during the intervening period between the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union, MI5 combats the Soviet spies within the United Kingdom while facing their own agents' ineptitude, and the ridicule of the sheer fact that the Soviet Union is no longer a threat; but MI5 knows better, and indeed the Soviets are intent on making trouble.

In an effort to alleviate their agents' incompetence, MI5 hires local university teacher Peter Chapman, convincing him by getting him sacked from the university, which leaves him no choice. His new bosses, Maurice Drummond and Andrew Maxwell, assign him to the technology division, and he insists on having a codename, to further his identity in the world of spying. The first codenames listed were Panda, then Panther, but those are already in use, they then incorrectly stated that Puma was the next available name before correcting themselves and assigning Peter the next name..."Piglet". Piglet routinely joins the other field agents on missions—mainly to ensure that MI5 gets its equipment back.

Peter "Piglet" Chapman must now face down Soviet assassins and double agents while keeping his identity as an MI5 technician secret from everyone else, including his wife Sarah.

Characters

 * Peter "Piglet" Chapman – Nicholas Lyndhurst
 * Major Maurice Drummond – Clive Francis
 * Major Andrew Maxwell – John Ringham
 * Dexter – Michael Percival
 * Sarah Chapman – Serena Evans
 * Flint – Louise Catt
 * Lewis – Steven Law
 * Trueman – Paul Cooper

DVD release
All three series of The Piglet Files are available on DVD, through Network.

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