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Belle of Louisville

Belle of Louisville is a steamboat owned and operated by the city of Louisville, Kentucky, and moored at its downtown wharf next to the Riverfront Plaza/Belvedere during its annual operational period. The steamboat claims itself the "most widely traveled river steamboat in American history." Belle of Louisville's offices are aboard Mayor Andrew Broaddus, and also appears on the list of National Historic Landmarks.

Idlewild
Originally named Idlewild, the Belle of Louisville was built by James Rees & Sons Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for the West Memphis Packet Company in 1914. She initially operated as a passenger ferry between Memphis, Tennessee, and West Memphis, Arkansas. She also hauled cargo such as cotton, lumber, and grain. She then came to Louisville in 1931 and ran trips between the Fontaine Ferry amusement park near downtown Louisville and Rose Island, a resort about 14 mi upriver from Louisville. From 1934 through World War II, Idlewild operated a regular excursion schedule. During this time she was outfitted with special equipment to push oil barges along the river. She also served as a floating USO nightclub for troops stationed at military bases along the Mississippi River.

Avalon
In 1947, Idlewild was sold to J. Herod Gorsage in Cincinnati and renamed Avalon, honoring the death-bed wish of her long-time captain, Master Ben Winters. Over the next few years, Avalon visited ports all along the Mississippi, Missouri, St. Croix, Illinois, Kanawha, Ohio, and Cumberland Rivers. Her many stops included Omaha, Nebraska; Stillwater, Minnesota; Montgomery, West Virginia; and Nashville, Tennessee.

While river technology played an integral role in Louisville during the early 19th century, that relationship declined as railways and roads began to dominate the riverfront. Avalon fell into disrepair. Then, in 1962 Jefferson County Judge Marlow Cook purchased the steamboat for $34,000 in hopes of reconnecting the city's people to the waterfront. Soon, the city re-christened her the Belle of Louisville. The steamboat's purchase played a crucial role in restoring Waterfront Park along with Louisville's relationship to the Ohio River.

Restoration
The restoration of the boat was supervised by marine architect Alan L. Bates (now Captain Bates), whose book, ''Str. Belle of Louisville'', (1964) remains a primary source on the history of the boat and the crews who worked on her.

Prior to the auction, the hull had been condemned as unfit by the U.S. Coast Guard: concrete patches had added much weight to the oft-damaged hull, as had generations of accumulated modifications to the decks and fittings within her superstructure. These were stripped and repaired in dry dock or removed by volunteers.

What remained was cleaned, surface prepared, supplied with new finish carpentry, and painted in a style consistent with the boat's early 20th-century origins.

Captain Clarke "Doc" Hawley, had worked aboard the boat during her Avalon days. He had salvaged the brass nameplates from the ends of the two massive cylinders in order to prevent them from being sold for scrap, and now he returned them to the boat. Hawley had also, before the auction, at his own cost hired an assistant to drain the boat's water-filled fittings for winter, so that they would not freeze and burst. This meant that the mechanical restoration of the boat was now possible, at far less cost than had extensive refitting of ruined pipe work been necessary.

Various of her workings, though not her engine and drive train, had been stripped and sold in separate lots at auction, including the boat's original steam calliope.

Volunteers donated materials which could be adapted to use. Some of them, such as brass steam-powered bilge clearing pumps known as siphons, were cannibalized from sunken steamboats whose hulls could still be seen and dived at low water. Some missing components were custom-fabricated by local foundries in a style copied from photos of the boat in her earlier days. The degree of preservation was considerable, and the boat is still piloted with a 19th-century skill set, though now with the assistance of modern communications.

Although authentic to its core, the boat has occasionally seen improvements not part of the original restoration. The compressed-air driven calliope which replaced the missing original proved unsatisfying, and was ultimately replaced with the true steam calliope which the boat uses today, audible for many blocks in the surrounding Downtown Louisville area when the boat is readying to depart. The new calliope was built by Morecraft Manufacturing of Peru, Indiana and installed in 1988. The instrument is a reproduction of the Nichol instrument that the boat carried when named Avalon.

The ship's bow was also redesigned by Bates in the late 1960s, to make the boat a better contender in the Great Steamboat Race: the original, blunter bow at maximum speeds showed the tendency for waves to break over it.

Career as Belle of Louisville
On April 30, 1963, Belle of Louisville made her first cruise in a race against the steamboat Delta Queen. That race was the beginning of an unparalleled river tradition. To this day, Belle of Louisville and another competing steamboat, previously the Delta Queen, still square off every year on the Wednesday before the Kentucky Derby in the Kentucky Derby Festival event The Great Steamboat Race. Thousands of spectators line both sides of the river to watch the race: on the first occasion of the running of the race, attendance exceeded that of the Kentucky Derby the same year. Originally, Kentucky Derby officials were said to be reluctant to accept the steamboat race as part of the Derby celebrations, as in old betting parlance, a "boat race" refers to a horse race with an outcome influenced by dishonest means. According to Louisville folklore, the race may be rigged, but insiders insist that cheating is impossible, because the race has no rules—the only prizes are bragging rights and a pair of gilded deer antlers, which are mounted above the forecastle of the winning boat.

Today, Belle of Louisville is recognized as the oldest river steamboat in operation, placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972, and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989.

The annual Forecastle Festival is one of many examples of how Belle of Louisville has impacted several events throughout the city of Louisville. Although the music festival takes place in mid-July in Waterfront Park during the day carrying over into the late evening, Belle of Louisville acts as the venue for the after shows and parties that are specifically for Forecastle VIP ticket holders. During these after shows and parties, select performers act as the entertainment as people get to experience the environment of Louisville from the perspective of the river while they ride around on Belle of Louisville.

In August 1997, Belle of Louisville was partially sunk at her moorings; a former crew member of the boat was later convicted of sabotage. The proximate cause of the sinking was flooding of the hull via a city water line left connected to a fitting that led into the boat's hull. Due to the swift actions of the steamer's crew and other members of the community, the boat was rescued, repaired, and returned to service.

In February 2007, Mark Doty was named as Belle of Louisville's captain, replacing Kevin Mullen, who left the position in November 2006. Doty's official title is "Master of the Fleet" or "Port Captain".

On October 17, 2009, Belle of Louisville collided with a dock near Six Mile Island on the Ohio River. Witness statements report that the accident occurred as she was making a turnaround about halfway through a cruise. Tugboats were used to pull her to safety. A Belle of Louisville official was quoted as saying that the wind had caused her to hit the dock. It has been reported that one-third of the paddle wheel's bucket planks were damaged in the collision, and jockey bar (the main steel arm, which goes across the aft end of the paddle wheel) was bent. The crew, however, was able to fix the damage without drydocking. The damaged bucket planks were replaced from stock held in storage.

On October 18, 2014, Belle of Louisville turned 100 years old. To celebrate, a 5-day riverboat festival named "The Belle's Big Birthday Bash" was held in Louisville along parts of Louisville Waterfront Park. Eight other riverboats from across the country joined Belle of Louisville to help celebrate her 100th year on the river. The festival incorporated cruises, fireworks, riverfront concerts, hot air balloon glows, and more. The other riverboats attending the festival included Spirit of Jefferson, Anson Northrup, Belle of Cincinnati, The Colonel, General Jackson, River Queen, Spirit of Peoria, and Celebration Belle. This festival was said to be the largest riverboat gathering that Louisville has seen in over 100 years. A portion of the proceeds from The Belle's Big Birthday Bash went toward her preservation fund.

Belle of Louisville in fiction
Belle of Louisville appears as a character (powered by an artificial intelligence) in Rudy Rucker's 1988 novel Wetware, which takes place on the Moon and in Louisville in the year 2031.

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Mandolin Concerto (Vivaldi)

The Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV 425, was written by the Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi in 1725.

Music from the first movement of the concerto was featured in the 1979 movie Kramer vs. Kramer.

Movements
There are three movements:
 * 1) Allegro
 * 2) Largo (A minor)
 * 3) Allegro

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GHO (disambiguation)

GHO or Gho may refer to:

 * Gho, a traditional garment worn by Bhutanese men
 * .gho, a file extension used by Ghost
 * Gharo railway station, in Pakistan
 * Ghomara language
 * Global Health Observatory
 * Global HELP Organization
 * Greater Hartford Open, now the Travelers Championship, an American golf tournament

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Background
I worked as a banker and have in a past life been an accountant with a major accounting firm (that is still around!). Born in Mumbai, India. I have lived in India, Dubai and am presently based in Toronto, Canada.

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 * The category list article relating to history of the bicycle, bicycle racing and utility cycling.

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The Spectacular Spider-Man

The Spectacular Spider-Man is a comic book and magazine series starring Spider-Man and published by Marvel Comics.

Following the success of Spider-Man's original series, The Amazing Spider-Man, Marvel felt the character could support more than one title. This led the company in 1968 to launch a short-lived magazine, the first to bear the Spectacular name. In 1972, Marvel more successfully launched a second Spider-Man ongoing series, Marvel Team-Up, in which he was paired with other Marvel heroes. A third monthly ongoing series, Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man, debuted in 1976.

Magazine (1968)
The Spectacular Spider-Man was initially a two-issue magazine published by Marvel in 1968, as an experiment in entering the black-and-white comic-magazine market successfully pioneered by Warren Publishing and others. It sold for 35 cents when standard comic books cost 12 cents and Annuals and Giants 25 cents. It represented the first Spider-Man spin-off publication aside from the original series' summer Annuals, begun in 1964.

The first issue (cover-dated July 1968) featured a painted, color cover by men's adventure-magazine artist Harry Rosenbaum, in acrylic paint on illustration board, over layouts by The Amazing Spider-Man artist John Romita Sr. The 52-page black-and-white Spider-Man story, "Lo, This Monster!", was by writer Stan Lee, penciler Romita Sr. and inker Jim Mooney. A 10-page origin story, "In The Beginning!", was by Lee, penciler Larry Lieber and inker Bill Everett.

The feature story was reprinted in color, with some small alterations and bridging material by Gerry Conway, in The Amazing Spider-Man #116–118 (Jan.–March 1973) as "Suddenly...the Smasher!", "The Deadly Designs of the Disruptor!", and "Countdown to Chaos!" (with additional inking by Tony Mortellaro on the latter two). These versions were themselves reprinted in Marvel Tales #95–97 (Sept.-Oct. 1978).

The second and final issue (Nov. 1968) also sported a painted cover and the interior was in color as well. Lee, Romita and Mooney again collaborated on its single story, "The Goblin Lives!", featuring the Green Goblin. A next-issue box at the end promoted the planned contents of the unrealized issue #3, "The Mystery of the TV Terror". A version of the Goblin story, trimmed by 18 pages, was reprinted in The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #9 (1973), and portions of the "TV Terror" costume were reused for the costume of the Prowler.

Both issues of the magazine were reprinted in their entirety (albeit reduced to comic size) in the collection Marvel Masterworks: The Amazing Spider-Man #7 (ISBN 0-7851-1636-2), then again in Marvel Epic Collections: The Amazing Spider-Man #4 in 2019. The first issue was reprinted again in 2002 as The Spectacular Spider-Man Facsimile, exactly as it was originally presented.

Volume 1 (1976–98)

Titled Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man on its December 1976 debut, and shortened to simply The Spectacular Spider-Man with #134 (Jan. 1988), this was the second Amazing Spider-Man monthly comic-book spin-off series, after Marvel Team-Up, which also featured Spider-Man. The monthly title ran 264 issues (including a #−1 issue) and 14 Annuals until November 1998.

The series was launched by writer/editor Gerry Conway and artist Sal Buscema and Mike Esposito. Conway explained the concept and origin of the series:

"[Spectacular Spider-Man] was in response to the fact that I had a deal to script several ongoing [series] for Marvel at the time. Stan [Lee] wanted me back on Spider-Man, in particular, but I didn't want to take Amazing Spider-Man from Len Wein, who was by this time the regular writer, so Stan saw it as an opportunity to launch a second Spider-Man title, which was something he'd wanted to do for a while. ... the full, original title was 'Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man.' The notion was we'd focus more on the supporting characters and Peter's social life, but before we could really develop that I left Marvel again, not long after that."

Buscema drew the title until mid-1978. After Buscema's departure, a succession of artists (including Mike Zeck, Jim Mooney, Ed Hannigan, Marie Severin and Greg LaRocque) penciled the series for approximately five years. Frank Miller, who would later become the artist on  Daredevil, first drew the character in Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #27. Scripting initially alternated between Conway and Archie Goodwin until mid-1977, when Bill Mantlo took over. During this era of Spectacular, the stories focused more on Parker's campus life as an undergraduate student/teacher's assistant at Empire State University and giving more attention to his colleagues than to the more long-running supporting characters in Amazing. Mantlo's first run on the title featured frequent appearances by the White Tiger, Marvel's first Hispanic superhero, and the first appearance of the supervillain Carrion. He used the series to wrap up unresolved plot elements from The Champions comic book series and concluded his first run with a crossover with Fantastic Four #218 (May 1980). Mantlo was succeeded by Roger Stern, who wrote for the title from #43 (June 1980) to 61 (December 1981). When Stern departed to write for The Amazing Spider-Man, Mantlo returned to scripting Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man; Mantlo's second tenure at the title lasted until April 1984. Mantlo's second run introduced the superhero duo Cloak and Dagger, created by Mantlo and Hannigan in Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #64 (March 1982), and included a story arc which took place from issues #73–79 (Dec. 1982 – June 1983), in which Doctor Octopus and the Owl competed for control of the New York underworld, Octopus almost destroys New York with a nuclear device and the Black Cat is critically injured. Issue #86 (January 1984) was part of the "Assistant Editors Month" event and featured a story drawn by Fred Hembeck.

Al Milgrom took over scripting as well as art on the title with issue #90 (May 1984) and worked on it through issue #100 (March 1985). Milgrom imbued the book with a more whimsical tone, for example, pitting Spider-Man against the Spot, a supervillain who was so ridiculous that he gave Spider-Man fits of laughter. Jim Owsley, then-editor of the Spider-Man books, disapproved of this approach and had Milgrom replaced as writer by newcomer Peter David in 1985. David and artist Rich Buckler, said Owsley, had the series "focusing on stories with a serious, 'grown-up' tone and more complex themes". The most notable story arc of the David/Buckler era is "The Death of Jean DeWolff" (#107–110 (Oct. 1985–Jan. 1986)), in which Spider-Man's ally, NYC Police Captain Jean DeWolff – a supporting character in the Spider-Man comics since 1976 – is murdered by the vigilante/serial killer the Sin-Eater. This multi-part story guest-starred Daredevil. The storyline "Fearful Symmetry: Kraven's Last Hunt" by writer J.M. DeMatteis and artists Mike Zeck and Bob McLeod crossed over into Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #131 and 132. With issue #134 (Jan. 1988), the "Peter Parker" part of the title was removed and the series became simply The Spectacular Spider-Man. The logo changed from a distinctive design to using the same design as that of The Amazing Spider-Man and the 1968 Spectacular Spider-Man magazine; this logo did not change until issue #218 (Nov. 1994). Sal Buscema returned as the regular artist, staying with the title from early 1988 to late 1996; throughout the series' run, Buscema drew over 100 issues, making him by far the series' most frequent contributor.

After his story arc "Return of the Sin-Eater" (#134–136 (Jan.–March 1988)), Peter David was removed as writer. Editor Owsley said editor-in-chief Jim Shooter "disliked Peter's work intensely". David, in a 2005 interview, believed, "I was fired off Spider-Man because it was felt at the upper editorial level that a novice comic-book writer shouldn't be handling the adventures of Marvel's flagship character". Former series writer Gerry Conway, who additionally wrote Web of Spider-Man from 1988 to 1990, returned to Spectacular, after which he left both books to become a story editor on the TV series Father Dowling Mysteries. Conway stated in 1991 that "I understand the character a lot better now than I did when I was nineteen. And one of the nice things about the Marvel characters is that you can keep them fresh by changing them just a bit." His 1988–1991 run on Spectacular included such story arcs as the "Lobo Brothers Gang War", and the conflict between Daily Bugle editor Joe Robertson and his former friend, the albino criminal Tombstone. He used his joint duty as Web of Spider-Man writer to tie together storylines in the two separate titles and strengthen the continuity between them. Throughout their run, Conway and Buscema collaborated using the Marvel method, occasionally working out details of the plot over the phone.

J. M. DeMatteis became the regular writer in mid-1991, injecting a grim, psychological tone into the series. DeMatteis began his run with the story arc "The Child Within" (#178–184 (July 1991–Jan. 1992)), featuring the return of the Harry Osborn version of the Green Goblin. As written by DeMatteis, Harry sank further into insanity and gained the same super-strength possessed by his father, battling Spider-Man again in #189 (June 1992), before being killed in #200 (May 1993). In an undated 2000s interview, DeMatteis said, "I really loved the two years on Spectacular Spider-Man that I wrote with Sal Buscema drawing. Talk about underrated! Sal is one of the best storytellers and a wonderful collaborator. I loved that run." During this period, Spider-Man editor Danny Fingeroth would hold conferences in New York with all the Spider-Man creative staff, allowing them to brainstorm ideas and discuss future storylines.

DeMatteis left the book in mid-1993 to write The Amazing Spider-Man. Steven Grant had a brief run before the book was set adrift with a succession of fill-in issues which ran through late 1994, when former Amazing Spider-Man writer Tom DeFalco took over. By this time, all the Spider-books were being affected by the controversial "Clone Saga" that culminated with Spectacular Spider-Man #226 (July 1995), and Fingeroth convinced DeFalco that the series needed a regular writer to help guide the crossover story. This story revealed (though it was later reversed) that the Spider-Man who had appeared in the previous 20 years of comics was a clone of the real Spider-Man. This tied into a publishing gap after #229 (Oct. 1995), when the title was temporarily replaced by The Spectacular Scarlet Spider #1–2 (Nov.–Dec. 1995), featuring the "original" Peter Parker. The series picked up again with #230 (Jan. 1996). Initially newcomer Todd Dezago wrote the scripts for DeFalco's plots, since DeFalco was already writing two other series and wanted to groom DeZago to be the long-term writer on Spectacular Spider-Man.

Todd Dezago then wrote for a year before DeMatteis returned through May 1998. DeMatteis later commented, "We did some nice stories, like the one about Flash Thompson's childhood. But, in general, I don't hold that last run...very dear to my heart." Luke Ross succeeded Sal Buscema as the artist and remained until the series ended, but there was no regular writer for the last half-year with Glenn Greenberg, Roger Stern, John Byrne and Howard Mackie all contributing during this time. The final issue was #263 (Nov. 1998).

Volume 2 (2003–05)
Spectacular Spider-Man (vol. 2) titled without the definite article "The", is a 27-issue monthly series published from September 2003 to June 2005. Each issue was written by Paul Jenkins (except #23–26, by Samm Barnes). The book's primary pencillers were Humberto Ramos and Mark Buckingham.

The comic included the storyline Spider-Man: Disassembled in which Spider-Man met a new enemy called the Queen who wanted him as her mate. Her kiss caused him to slowly mutate into a giant spider who metamorphosed into human form with enhanced strength and agility, along with organic webbing and a psychic link with insects and arachnids.

This comic also included the sequel to "Sins Past", "Sins Remembered", in which Peter went to Paris to meet Sarah Stacy and resolved the issues between them.

Spectacular Spider-Man Adventures
Spectacular Spider-Man Adventures was a title published by Panini Comics in the United Kingdom from November 1995 to September 2005, although the Adventures portion of the title was often dropped from the cover page. It featured a mix of reprinted American material, as well as originally produced British material, including a guest appearance from Captain Britain. Spectacular was aimed at a younger audience than Panini's other Spider-Man reprint title Astonishing Spider-Man, and was loosely based on the continuity of the 1990s animated series.

Volume 3 (2017–18)
Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man (vol. 3) was published from June 2017 to December 2018. After the first six issues, the series reverted to legacy numbering with issue #297 as part of the line-wide Marvel Legacy relaunch. The series' original creative team had Chip Zdarsky as writer, with Adam Kubert providing the artwork. Notable recurring characters included Teresa Durand, J. Jonah Jameson, Johnny Storm, and original character Rebecca London.

Various issues, as well as the one Annual, were illustrated by guest artists; Kubert's final issue as artist was #307, excluding covers. Zdarsky left the series with issue #310. The series ended with issue #313, the final three issues being a tie-in to the Spider-Geddon crossover event written by Sean Ryan.

The Spectacular Spider-Men
The Spectacular Spider-Men is a currently ongoing series that was published beginning March 2024. The series is written by Greg Weisman (who also created The Spectacular Spider-Man television series) with Ramos returning for art. The Spectacular Spider-Men stars both versions of Spider-Man (Peter Parker and Miles Morales) and focuses on the relationship between the two Spider-Men. The series' supporting cast featured characters who previously appeared in the television series and Weisman's Starbrand & Nightmask comic series, including Kenny Kong, Shelly Conklin, Cedric Harrison, Sha Shan Nguyen, and Professor Raymond Warren.

Collected editions

 * Essential Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man
 * Volume 1 collects issues #1–31, 568 pages, May 2005, ISBN 978-0785116820
 * Volume 2 collects issues #32–53, Annual #1–2, 592 pages, February 2006, ISBN 978-0785120421
 * Volume 3 collects issues #54–74, Annual #3, 536 pages, March 2007, ISBN 978-0785125013
 * Volume 4 collects issues #75–96, Annual #4, 576 pages, August 2009, ISBN 978-0785130710
 * Volume 5 collects issues #97–114, Annual #5, 576 pages, July 2011, ISBN 978-0785157557
 * Spider-Man: The Original Clone Saga includes #25–31, 149, 162–163, Annual #8, 496 pages, July 2011, ISBN 978-0785155232
 * Spider-Man by Roger Stern Omnibus includes #43–61, 85, Annual #3, 1296 pages, April 2014, ISBN 978-0785188278
 * Spider-Man: Origin of the Hobgoblin
 * First printing includes #85, 160 pages, May 1993, ISBN 978-0871359179
 * Second printing includes #43, 47–48, 85, 256 pages, December 2011, ISBN 978-0785158547
 * Spider-Man: The Complete Alien Costume Saga
 * Book 1 includes #90–95, 488 pages, August 2014, ISBN 978-0785188674
 * Book 2 includes #96–100, Annual #4, 504 pages, May 2015, ISBN 978-0785190035
 * Life in the Mad Dog Ward – includes #133, 144 pages, November 2013, ISBN 978-0785185031
 * Tombstone – includes #137–150, 368 pages, June 2016, ISBN 978-1302900649
 * The Amazing Spider-Man: The Death of Jean DeWolff
 * First printing collects #107–110, 96 pages, April 1991, ISBN 978-0871357045
 * Second printing collects #107–110, 134–136, 168 pages, March 2013, ISBN 978-0785167143
 * Secret Wars II Omnibus includes Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man #111, 1,184 pages, May 2009, ISBN 978-0785131113
 * Spider-Man vs. Silver Sable Vol. 1 includes #128–129, 144 pages, January 2006, ISBN 978-0785118824
 * The Amazing Spider-Man – Fearful Symmetry: Kraven's Last Hunt includes #131–132, 164 pages, December 1991, ISBN 978-0871355522
 * The Evolutionary War Omnibus includes Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #8, 472 pages, September 2011, ISBN 978-0785155478
 * Atlantis Attacks Omnibus includes Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #9, 552 pages, March 2011, ISBN 978-0785144922
 * Spider-Man: The Cosmic Adventures includes #158–160, 192 pages, March 1993, ISBN 978-0871359636
 * Acts of Vengeance Omnibus includes #158–160, 744 pages, March 2011, ISBN 978-0785144649
 * Spider-Man: Son of the Goblin includes Spectacular Spider-Man #189 and 200, 144 pages, July 2004, ISBN 978-0785115632
 * Maximum Carnage includes Spectacular Spider-Man #201–203, 336 pages, December 2006, ISBN 978-0785109877
 * Spider-Man Epic Collection Vol. 26 Lifetheft includes Spectacular Spider-Man #211, 496 pages, November 16, 2021,
 * Spider-Man and the New Warriors: Hero Killers includes Spectacular Spider-Man Annual #12, 232 pages, March 2012, ISBN 978-0785159674
 * Spider-Man: The Complete Clone Saga Epic
 * Book 1 includes Spectacular Spider-Man #217, 424 pages, April 2010, ISBN 978-0785144625
 * Book 2 includes Spectacular Spider-Man #218–221, 480 pages, June 2010, ISBN 978-0785143512
 * Book 3 includes Spectacular Spider-Man #222–224, 464 pages, September 2010, ISBN 978-0785149545
 * Book 4 includes Spectacular Spider-Man #225–227, 480 pages, December 2010, ISBN 978-0785149552
 * Book 5 includes Spectacular Spider-Man #228–229 and Spectacular Spider-Man Super Special #1, 472 pages, February 2011, ISBN 978-0785150091
 * Spider-Man: The Complete Ben Reilly Epic
 * Book 2 includes Spectacular Spider-Man #230, 424 pages, November 2011, ISBN 978-0785156123
 * Book 3 includes Spectacular Spider-Man #231–233, 432 pages, January 2012, ISBN 978-0785156130
 * Book 4 includes Spectacular Spider-Man #234, 464 pages, April 2012, ISBN 978-0785161318
 * Book 5 includes Spectacular Spider-Man #235–239, 464 pages, July 2012, ISBN 978-0785163831
 * Book 6 includes Spectacular Spider-Man #240–241, 448 pages, November 2012, ISBN 978-0785165521
 * Spider-Man: Revelations includes Spectacular Spider-Man #240, 112 pages, October 1997, ISBN 978-0785105602
 * Spider-Man: Spider-Hunt includes Spectacular Spider-Man #254–256, 272 pages, June 2012, ISBN 978-0785160519
 * Spider-Man: Identity Crisis includes Spectacular Spider-Man #257–258, 200 pages, May 2012, ISBN 978-0785159704
 * Spider-Man: Hobgoblin Lives includes Spectacular Spider-Man #259–261, 184 pages, May 2011, ISBN 978-0785155126
 * Spider-Man: The Gathering of Five includes Spectacular Spider-Man #262–263, 248 pages, January 2014, ISBN 0-7851-8529-1
 * The Spectacular Spider-Man
 * Vol. 1: The Hunger collects The Spectacular Spider-Man (vol. 2) #1–5, 120 pages, December 2003, ISBN 978-0785111696
 * Vol. 2: Countdown collects The Spectacular Spider-Man (vol. 2) #6–10, 120 pages, May 2004, ISBN 978-0785113133
 * Vol. 3: Here There Be Monsters collects The Spectacular Spider-Man (vol. 2) #11–14, 144 pages, October 2004, ISBN 978-0785113331
 * Vol. 4: Disassembled collects The Spectacular Spider-Man (vol. 2) #15–20, 136 pages, December 2004, ISBN 978-0785116264
 * Vol. 5: Sins Remembered collects The Spectacular Spider-Man (vol. 2) #23–26, 96 pages, May 2005, ISBN 978-0785116288
 * Vol. 6: The Final Curtain  collects The Spectacular Spider-Man (vol. 2) #21–22 and 27, 144 pages, October 2005, ISBN 978-0785119500
 * Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man
 * Vol 1: Into The Twilight collects Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man (vol. 3) #1–6 and material from Free Comic Book Day 2017 (Secret Empire) #1, 144 pages, December 2017, ISBN 978-1302907563
 * Vol 2: Most Wanted collects Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #297–300, 112 pages, April 2018, ISBN 978-1302907570
 * Vol 3: Amazing Fantasy collects Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #301–303 and Annual #1, 112 pages, August 2018, ISBN 978-1302911188
 * Vol 4: Coming Home collects Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #304–310, 112 pages, December 2018, ISBN 978-1302911195
 * Vol 5: Spider-Geddon collects Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man #311–313, Spider-Geddon: Spider-Man Noir Video Comic #1 and Spider-Geddon: Animated Video Comic #1, 112 pages, February 2019, ISBN 978-1302914530

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Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Litefantastic

Litefantastic
[ Vote here] (0/6/0) ending 12:40 01 August 2005, (UTC) withdrawn 28 July 2005 Your nomination/description of the user  Litefantastic 16:35, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

A self-inflicted candidacy.

I have been here since November 2003. I have created (according to Kate's Tool) 1,700+ edits in articles, and 2819 edits overall. I have created roughly twenty pages that went to the VfD, of which roughly a dozen met the axe. I have created programs here, have fought programs here, and have participated in programs here (see below for details) and I believe that I could use the power and the prestige (such as it is) of adminship to bring about more of the same.

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Oppose
 * 1) Oppose. I have no memorable interactions with this user, but the fact that he listed his nomination in the wrong place, has voted for himself (which is... unorthodox), and has made many typos and errors in his acceptance and answers shows a lack of familiarity, understanding, and respect for the process.  Furthermore.  I would think that an admin should at least make sure to read the instructions on a page, follow conventions, and be meticulous with editing, particularly for something as difficult as a self-nomination.  --DropDeadGorgias (talk) 17:03, July 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * A self-nomination is not difficult. Working around personal flaws to convince people as astute as yourself that I am suitable for the job is difficult. Please remember that I'm not feigning greatness here: I nominated myself with intent to repair backlogged processes, not edit the Main Page or something high-level. Something I should have mentioned - and legitimately forgot to - was that a lot of my edits are corrections to previous edits. Something positive that I forgot and should have mentioned was that I was recently awarded a Barnstar for dedication, but that is something else. I am reasonably good at spelling, but tend to misstrike keys. I have run both my nomination statement and this reply through MS Word, and hope that they are now correct. As for your other complaints...well you've actually got me dead to rights on all counts except respect, and that's not something you can gauge. Do my corrections count for anyting to you? And if not, why? Of course, in retrospect "if that's how you spell it" was a bad phrase to contribute to an opening statement. -Litefantastic 22:47, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Oppose. Opening statement and answers to the standard questions do not indicate a familiarity with what administrators typically do. Managing This week's improvement drive shows dedication, but you appear to have litle experience doing admin-like activities (VfD and its counterparts, vandalism reversion). The "checkered past" is also of some concern; elaboration on this would be most helpful. android  79  01:19, July 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Actually, I think I explained that fairly well. The only real trouble I ever got in was for making up words, and even then, my other edits were all deliberately productive. I only brought that up because I believe that 1) voters deserve the full story, and 2) voters will find out one way or another, and an honest confession looks better than deliberate concealment. -Litefantastic 16:03, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Weak Oppose primarily based on two things, both from the acceptance message above: you've had twenty VfDed articles!? I mean, one or two is okay, but twenty?  That strongly suggests that you're out of step with the sorts of articles should have.  What sort of articles were they, anyway?  Also, the part about "the power and the prestige (such as it is) of adminship" also rubs me the wrong way.  I suspect that it was intended jokingly (hence the "such as it is" part)...  though if that's the case, why insult a position you're simultaneously seeking? Andrew Lenahan - St ar bli nd  03:18, July 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Sorry it rubs you the wrong way. The articles that were nominated for deletion were my made up words (I actually turned myself in on at least one of them) and a couple pages where it was seriously debated that the article actually warrented existance based on significance (such as Richard Nixon mask and Aglet). I once nominated List of real people appearing in fictional context for PR, and was told that it was a bad article that could never be finished. In that case, I actually nominated myself for deletion, just to see whether or not the article was worth keeping (I voted keep). In another case, I nominated my Petition for the return of the Old Wikipedia for deletion when I realized that all it was doing was taking up space after failing to garner enough votes to really make a difference. Still another case is General complaints, which was VfD'd but pulled through. -Litefantastic 16:03, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 1) Oppose Bunch of reasons. First of all, 1,700 edits is nothing for someone who has been here for that long. Plus, 20 articles going to vfd is a ton for someone without that many edits. Like was said earlier, one or 2 is ok but 20? Plus, I'm not sure he knows what admins do. I would strongly suggest reading the Administrators reading list so you have some understanding about what admins do. Reading the answers to the questions, it sounds like the user thinks that being an admin is something you should be given for good deeds. It doesn't quite work that way. It's more of using it for things such as vfds or for conflict resolution. It isn't really a reward for goodness. You need to show that you will use the powers and use them well. And also, the "checkered past" bothers me as well. I appreciate the honesty, but that indicates a willingness to get into conflict. Admins don't have alot of powers but what they do have could cause problems in that kind of situation. --Woohookitty 06:31, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 2) *I have explained above the rather varied situations leading to my many VfDs. As for lack of knowledge on what Administrators do, I would like to again state that I was head admin of my own wikicity, and so I actually have administrative powers there (although, to date, I've only deleted junk pages and blocked the Main Page on and off). As for my apparantly low edit count, the figure I quoted was without Wikipedia namespace edits - if those are counted, my number goes up to 2819. -Litefantastic 16:03, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 3) Oppose per Starblind. --Idont Havaname 17:48, 26 July 2005 (UTC)
 * 4) Oppose You haven't mentioned anything about stopping vandals, which, in my opinion, is the point of being an admin. You just haven't got your priorities in the correct order. Ryan 03:21, July 28, 2005 (UTC)

Neutral

Comments

Questions for the candidate

A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:
 * 1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? (Please read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.)
 * A. I must go with all the backlogged stuff, like deleting article talk pages that have no articles, or merging categories and such.
 * 2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?
 * A. I was the originator of, one of the founding members of, and for eight terms the manager of, the Article Improvement Drive (now called This week's improvement drive, which was - and is - a "next step" companion program to the Collaborations of the week. It is currently flourishing under the management of User:Fenice.For roughly one month - May - I ran the InuYasha wikicity, which I have since stopped doing because I could never drum up enough support to get a chain reaction going. I list that as an accomplishment because I had the gall and persuasiveness to get it done, but concede that, at least so far, it is a failure. Sorry about all that.My most recent accomplishment, completed yesterday - or possibly today, depending on your time zone - was the successful and level-handed merger of vinyl record and gramophone record into one. This was a task that had been proposed - but not actually done - since 2002.

 * 3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?
 * A. Yes, and they (or at least the ones I mention here) were my fault. I have something of a checkered past, in that I had a penchant for creating neologisms and I made a whole bunch of people mad back in 2004. I have since stopped doing that, and I've been 'clean', if that's what you call it, for just about a year. I did create Collect the pieces plot, but I wasn't trying to make that up. I was just trying to put a name to an existing phenomenon - which is what I think they did with heavy metal umlaut, and THAT is a featured article. Probably my most famous creation is amerime, which I created last year. This page was deleted three times because OTHER PEOPLE, NOT ME, kept reposting it.


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Talk:Illicit major

Why is this considered too technical? Seems pretty straight forward.

Might help people If you explained the last one too just using the same words.

All dogs are mammals No mammals are cats Therefore, no cats are dogs

Although I would replace mammal with something actually exclusive to dogs not cats.

Then they can compare and contrast both sets of examples.

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Bellair, Florida

Bellair is an unincorporated community in Clay County, Florida, United States. It is a suburb on the southwest side of Jacksonville.

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Talk:Illicit minor

Why is this considered too technical? Same with Illicit major. Seems straight forward to me...

Universal implying an existential
The article used to say that "Some pets are mammals" is a valid conclusion that can be drawn from the two premises. I say this is an error; it implies existence when the premises only use the universal. For such a conclusion to be drawn, it would also have to be shown that at least one poodle actually exists. In this case it's true, but consider the following argument, which is clearly invalid:

GeorgeRu (talk) 09:49, 24 September 2022 (UTC)::It is valid syllogism as long as you made valid that 'All unicorns are animals' which is not clearly valid
 * All unicorns are animals.
 * Therefore, some animals are unicorns.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mario Party 8

 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 speedy deleted. Dmcdevit·t 20:58, July 25, 2005 (UTC)

Mario Party 8
short text, makes no sense (to me). Perhaps add info to Mario Brothers? Austrian 16:36, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * KEEP, but needs to be expanded. Gateman1997 17:54, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete if at all possible, merge to Mario Party series if you must, but Mario Party 7 hasen't even been released yet! This is speculation and rumor, with no spaces added. humblefool® 17:58, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete. Deleted by an admin at least two times. The game does not exist. -- A Link to the Past 18:12, July 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, does not exist.  Tempshill 18:18, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete, article is unsubstantiated speculation. --Pagrashtak 19:40, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * It has been deleted six times in two days. So I deleted it and then protected it from recreation. --Dmcdevit·t 20:58, July 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.


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Patriarch Germogen

Patriarch Germogen may refer to:

 * Patriarch Hermogenes (1530–1612), Patriarch of all Russia
 * Patriarch Germogen of Croatia (1861–1945), Patriarch of Croatian Orthodox Church

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User talk:ScifiterX/Archive 1

Hey Scifiter. Some suggestions. First, put your contributions on your user page and your conversations on this one. I screwed this up at first too.

Second, I have been having problems with UtherSrg deleting images. Check on Jack's talk page ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:JackLynch ) and there is a small list of administrators you can contact concerning the matter. Try to stay concise. I have noticed you have a problem with that, no offense. Lizard King 22:49, 2 Feb 2004 (UTC)

Edit summaries and minor edits:
Please add some kind of an explanation in the edit summary field when you remove content from articles. See Minor edit to avoid misuse of the "minor edit" flag. KFP 17:39, 22 Jun 2005 (UTC)

What browser are you using?
Why are you removing all the s (Double-= headers) from articles? The top-level headers on every page should be ==Like this== - SoM 1 July 2005 01:00 (UTC)

 * Newest verion of internet explorer. Its something that Wikipedia just started and its screwing up the tables.ScifiterX 1 July 2005 01:01 (UTC)

 * No it's not. The lines on h1 and h2 headers have been there for yoinks. And see Manual_of_Style_%28headings%29 - SoM 1 July 2005 01:04 (UTC)

No the lines were there before but now they cut into the tables. This is because of something that changed with Wikipedia. I am using the current version of internet explorer and just today those lines started cuting into the tables.

Are you using the current version of internet explorer or some other browser? ScifiterX 1 July 2005 01:06 (UTC)
 * I'm using Firefox as a matter of course, and it's still working normally there. I see what you mean when I view it in MSIE. But file a bug report rather than changing a bunch of pages. It'll get fixed, and all those pages would have to be changed back. It's, at worst, mildly distracting rather than fatal anyway. - SoM 1 July 2005 01:11 (UTC)

I don't know how to file a bug report, how to state the problem, and I seriously doubt anyone would listen to me. How do I file a bug report?ScifiterX 1 July 2005 01:24 (UTC)

Okay.... It says this:

Enter Bug: First, you must pick a product on which to enter a bug.
 * Kate's Tools:  Experimental wiki-related tools at http://kohl.wikimedia.org/
 * MediaWiki:  The wiki software itself -- most issues about how the wiki works should go here.
 * MediaWiki extensions:  MediaWiki extensions, including texvc, EasyTimeline, Lucene search and CharInsert.
 * Wikimedia web sites:  Configuration and other issues specific to Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Commons, and other Wikimedia projects, this includes issues with MediaZilla (this bugtracker).

But I don't know what part of these is has the bug in it. ScifiterX 1 July 2005 01:29 (UTC)

 * File it at http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org/

 * And, on a rather unrelated note, stop colouring Marvel characters as DC Characters in the SHBes. Marvel Characters should ALWAYS have comic_color=background:#ff8080, regardless of their alliance_color - SoM 1 July 2005 01:34 (UTC)

SHOW ME THE RULE. I WANT TO SEE IT. IF THAT IS THE WAY MOST WANTED IT, I WOULD GO WITH THE FLOW, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS RULE YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT.ScifiterX 1 July 2005 02:25 (UTC)

 * Ummmm... it's in the instructions for the use of the template and has been since the very first version of the template. i.e. RTFM: WikiProject_Comics/Templates - SoM 1 July 2005 02:31 (UTC)

 * Ummmm... Thank you. All I asked was for you to show me the rule. ScifiterX1 July 2005 03:29 (UTC)

My gawd this is frustrating. If you look at what I wrote before what posted the link you would have seen that I HAD ALREADY BEEN THERE! I am asking you for specific instructions. You are OBFUSCATING. [ 1 July 2005 02:18 (UTC)

 * LOL. Misread it :)

 * Been discussing it on IRC, and it's most likely to be the CSS, so file it under "Wikimedia web sites". And please don't SHOUT on my user page (at the top no less - I need one of those "reply at the bottom" templates) after I've already clarified. - SoM

CSS? What is that? I did file it under Wikimedia web sites but then there were several options there and it wasn't clear which one to chose. I am going to go ask another long time member about this. ScifiterX 1 July 2005 02:44 (UTC)

Cascading Style Sheets - SoM 1 July 2005 02:46 (UTC)

Browser Hassles
You are not the only person to notice that some Wiki pages are hostile to some browsers. A project has been started to try to identify all that needs to be fixed, and to fix it ... see WikiProject Usability. This includes making Wiki friendly to all major browsers, friendly to the disabled, the elderly, other Internet users. For example, I am age 60 ... some Wiki pages I can read fine, some are totally undreadable. AlMac 1 July 2005 03:43 (UTC)

THanks for the response.ScifiterX 1 July 2005 17:38 (UTC)

*sigh*
AGAIN YOUR INSTRUCTIONS ARE JUST VAGUE AND POINTLESS. I LEFT A BUG REPORT BUT THERE WERE SO MANY VARIABLES I VERY SERIOUSLY DOUBT ANYONE WILL EVER READ IT. LOOKS LIKE I WILL BE DOING A LITTLE REVERTING FOR MY FELLOW INTERNET EXPLORER USERS (WE ARE THE MAJORITY SOM)

 * 1) If you do start changing all the headings again, I will report you at Vandalism in Progress rather than trying to fix it quietly myself.
 * 2) Shouting is just rude
 * 3) Forgive me for thinking you'd have the intelligence to go through the options yourself. If I wanted to go through it step-by-step, I'd have filed the damn report myself and been done with it. - SoM 1 July 2005 02:45 (UTC)

Now you are just being a condescending jerk. Let's be honest you didn't give me specific instructions because you didn't know how to report the particular problem. Otherwise you wouldn't have been talking on IRC about it to someone else to try to decipher what to do. I appreciate that you tried to help but I do not appreciate your dishonesty and rudeness.ScifiterX 1 July 2005 02:50 (UTC)

 * As far as having the intelligence to go through the options myself, so far everything you have suggested I had already done BEFORE you suggested it. And I explained that I did it and then you told me to do what I had already done. But there were several other variables regarding how to report the bug and it still isn't clear if the messages I left were done correctly.ScifiterX 1 July 2005 03:13 (UTC)

 * If I'm "being a condesending jerk", it's because of your tone on my talk page. Just look at the tone of comment I excerpted above. You really don't see anything wrong with it?

 * No I don't. I appreciate that you tried to help. I especially appreciate that you went through the trouble of talking to developer on IRC. I didn't appreciate it when you said the problem didn't exist before you really looked into it. I didn't appreciate when you told me to go to a link that I had already explained I had been at.ScifiterX 1 July 2005 03:13 (UTC)

 * And, for your information, I went on IRC just for confirmation that the problem existed, and one of the developers was there, copied the template code to a test wiki, and found it worked fine, thus it was most likely a problem in monobook.css (the default Style Sheet template for Wikipedia) that caused it. I don't know if the #wikipedia channel is logged or not, but if it is, go check if you don't believe me. - SoM 1 July 2005 03:04 (UTC)

What do you mean #wikipedia channel is logged or not? It seems to me that you are suggesting that someone altered a template that is used in Wikipedia. However, I am not familiar with the jargon you are using or how to go about looking into something based on terms that are not defined to me.ScifiterX 1 July 2005 03:21 (UTC)

The lines were a problem in the MediaWiki monobook.css, a problem which I fixed. To clarify: someone else added a line to the stylesheet which broke the interaction between the infoboxes and header lines in Internet Explorer. —Lowellian (talk) July 1, 2005 22:03 (UTC)

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Born to Raise Hell (Motörhead song)

"Born to Raise Hell" is a song by the British rock band Motörhead. Originally written by Lemmy Kilmister for the German band Skew Siskin, it plays over the opening credits of the 1994 film Airheads in which Lemmy makes a cameo appearance.

The song was released as a single in November 1994, featuring Lemmy, Ice-T and Ugly Kid Joe lead singer Whitfield Crane. The single features a radio edit, the original Bastards album version and the Dust Brothers Live and Funky Mix. A special 12" vinyl picture disc pressing was made, using the same picture as the CD single release.

This version was recorded in addition to the previous recordings of "Hellraiser" and "Hell on Earth", as a last minute job to play over the end credits of the Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth film, although it didn't appear on the film's original soundtrack album.

At 2016's Bloodstock Open Air Festival, Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons (formerly The Phil Campbell All Starr Band) covered the track with guest vocals from Twisted Sister's Dee Snider as a tribute to Lemmy.

A small excerpt was used in the 2019 film Fighting with My Family.

Single track listing
Song written by Lemmy.
 * 1) "Born to Raise Hell" (Radio Edit) – 4:02
 * 2) "Born to Raise Hell" (Album Version) – 4:56
 * 3) "Born to Raise Hell" (Dust Brothers Live and Funky Mix) – 3:52

Personnel

 * Motörhead
 * Lemmy – lead vocals, bass
 * Phil "Wizzö" Campbell – guitars
 * Würzel – guitars
 * Mikkey Dee – drums
 * Guest musicians
 * Ice-T and Whitfield Crane – vocals
 * Michael Monroe – backing vocals

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Mithridates II of Cius

Mithridates of Cius (in Greek Mιθριδάτης or Mιθραδάτης; lived c. 386–302 BCE, ruled 337–302 BCE ) a Persian noble, succeeded his kinsman or father Ariobarzanes II in 337 BCE as ruler of the Greek town of Cius in Mysia (today part of Turkey). Diodorus assigns him a rule of thirty-five years, but it appears that his rule of Cius was interrupted during that period. What circumstances led to his expulsion or subjection are unknown; nothing is heard of him until his death in 302 BCE. However, it appears that he had submitted to the Macedonian Antigonus, who, to prevent him from joining the league of Cassander and his confederates, arranged for his assassination in Cius.

According to Lucian, he was at least eighty-four years of age at the time of his death, which makes it likely that he is the same person as the Mithridates, son of Ariobarzanes, who in his youth circumvented and put to death Datames. King Mithridates I of Pontus was his kinsman, although it is not known whether he was his son.

Therefore, it is likely that he was the same Mithradates, son of Ariobarzanes prince of Cius, who is mentioned by Xenophon as having betrayed his father, and the same circumstance is alluded to by Aristotle. During the Satraps' Revolt in the 360s BCE, Mithridates tricked Datames into believing in him. But in the end he arranged for Datames' murder in 362 BCE. Similarly, Mithridates gave his own father Ariobarzanes of Phrygia over to his Persian overlord, so Ariobarzanes was crucified in 362 BCE.

Presumably he was not the same Mithridates who accompanied the younger Cyrus in c. 401 BCE - there is no proof of this. Neither is he the Mithridates mentioned by Xenophon as satrap of Cappadocia and Lycaonia in the late 5th century BCE.

Between 362 and 337 BCE the family fiefdom of Cius in Mysia was held by Ariobarzanes II (possibly Mithridates' brother).

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Bluecricket's User Page domain is currently offline.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Rachel harris

 * Delete. Non-notable (at least not yet, but then again, WP is not a crystal ball). --DrTorstenHenning 16:41, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * I already speedied this. Short article with little content and vanity. DJ Clayworth 17:42, 25 July 2005 (UTC)


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User talk:ScifiterX/Archive 2

Re: Blizzard

 * What's the deal with the Blizzard entry? Why does it have /Temp next to it? When I tried to remove that it said something about a copyright problem so I simply renamed it Blizzard II. The copyright problem seemed to be a glitch. Mind explaing why you changed it back to Blizzard (comics)/Temp?

Well, Gtrmp beat me to it on the full reversion.

Read the copyvio notice. When a page is IDed as being a copyvio, you create a new, non-copyvio (i.e. original to wikipedia, rather copied directly from another site, a Handbook, etc) page on the /Temp subpage. When the copyvio is deleted (if it is), you move the /Temp page to the main page. If it's realised that the original wasn't a copyvio (most commonly, when the other site has copied it from wikipedia, rather than the other way around), you merge the two as appropriate. - SoM 4 July 2005 02:45 (UTC)

Ok. Thanks. ScifiterX 4 July 2005 02:48 (UTC)

Re: Selene.
Don't save a half-written page to the server then. If you need to take a break, save it in Notepad and come back to it.

And strength levels = dubious at best. Most writers don't bother with them in my experience, which leads to such wildly varying displays that they're useless for relative comparitors, the qualifying "under optimal conditions" means "never gonna happen" and they boggle the reader since throwing random numbers around doesn't actually mean anything (can you name something that weights 5 tons without checking? And is that metric tons, imperial tons, US tons...). To quote something by Peter David I recently read on the matter:

 * In US Tons a typical SUV wieghs about 2 to 3 tons. I knew that right off of the top of my head. A fully armored SUV (like what they have in Iraq, where my father is) wieghs about 3 to 5 tons depending on armament and other factors. My father is an engineer and when you are designing structures its necessary to know these things so that bridges and garages don't collapse on people and kill them.ScifiterX 5 July 2005 04:47 (UTC)

 * My Geo Metro (rest in peace) wieghed about 1 and a half tons. I know this because when I had a wreck, me and several friends had to lift it to get it off of the road.ScifiterX 5 July 2005 04:47 (UTC)

''I never really think about "power levels" all that much. I can't wrap myself around it. "Can Buffman lift five tons? How about ten tons? I read that the Astounding Bulge can press sixteen tons. Could he beat the Stupendous Throb who can press seventeen tons, or would the Bulge, in pressing sixteen tons, only get another day older and deeper in debt? " It's all nonsense. Ajax and the Hulk, respectively, had exactly as much power--no more, no less--than was required for the story. Beyond that, I didn't worry about it.'' (from )

Best to just follow Occam's Razor at all times. SoM 5 July 2005 03:53 (UTC) RESPONSE:
 * '''I am far more familiar with Occam's Razor than you give me credit for. It means that if you have two explanations both being able to explain the phenomena equally, you choose the simplist one. It does not mean to sacrifice accuracy and continuity in a work of fiction.

 * If you stop underestimating people you may find that you have more in common with them than you assumed.

 * You are missing Peter David's point. He is talking about fans getting overly technical over irrelevant details of fictional characters that don't exist. His example isn't very good for his argument, and it actually doesn't sound much like he actually said that. All I try to do is state the characters strength levels vaguely so that its accurate but there is room for a little play.

 * A comic book character's powers are what the spirit of the creaters intended for them to be, there is a little plasticity there, but there is also necessarilly definition. Over time there can be change, but it ruins the story for there to be no reason for that change. Its all part of the fun.

 * The fact is that even in serial fiction, in order to have good writing, you need to have some continuity and some established principles. In comic books those rules have to be very vague and somewhat elastic, but unmistakeabley, they are there.

 * In any case, that is Peter David's opinion. It is not the opinion of every comic book writer. I know this because I have corresponded with some in the past. In fact alot of them used to come down to the comic store here in town and sign autographs to help business. Mostly the guys from Image and the independent comics but some people who have written for Marvel too. Over 10 years I wouldn't be surprised if PD was one of them.

 * Personally, though I think Peter David is a talented writer, I have my own opinion and his beliefs have no baring on it. I try to be vague when describing strength levels but there are certain principles that do hold true in the stories. Spiderman can lift cars, but not planes. The Hulk can lift planes, and if he gets angry, a mountain. Batman can lift several hundred pounds but he isn't going to be flipping over dump trucks. That is why you are never going to see Batman throw a truck 70 feet through the air. You are never going to see Spider-man shoot death beams out of his fingers (without an adequate explanation).

 * Personally, found the Marvel Universe Handbooks entertaining but not very accurate and I think its silly that all of these fans consider them the absolute official "truth" when you consider they were written by one editor and his assistant at Burger King and Taco Bell over the course of a few weekends. ScifiterX 5 July 2005 04:47 (UTC)

Wolverine.
The fact that the version you favor entry does not mention the issue over his strength is precisely why it is incomplete. Reference sources like Wikipedia should address such discrepancies. It is for this reason that I feel it may be useful to present the contradictory bits of evidence cited by different people when discussing whether he does or doesn't have enhanced strength, and allow readers to draw their own conclusions. Your statement that your version somehow allows readers to do this makes no sense. In what way does my version, which presents both sides of the issue, not allow readers to do this? You're seriously arguing that your version allows readers to do this, even though it doesn't even mention the issue? How do you figure this? You also provide no evidence or elaboration on how my version is not NPOV. How exactly is it not NPOV to incorporate evidence that both sides present on the matter? My version does not slant the information toward either side, which is exactly what an NPOV is. Moreover, my version also has other information regarding his superhuman powers that has nothing to do with the strength issue, and it is not your place to decide for others whether it is "necessary" or not. That's for a readers to decide, depending on their curiosity and their needs. Lastly, which readers advocate which position on the strength issue is unimportant. The only important thing is that I incorporated the information they pointed to in support of their position, for which a statistical survey is neither necessary nor relevant. The only important data are the sources that I cited, which you can most certainly look up. Nightscream 7.8.05. 9:49am EST.

Its not my version. It is not incomplete. Your version is not NPOV. Bye. ScifiterX 8 July 2005 16:19 (UTC)

I think you mean NOT NPOV.

 * What can we do about Nightscream? He seems to revert the version that makes sense to a version that is extremely long and states what he believes the opinions of readers are concerning Wolverine's powers. I know I'm not alone on this one.

Oh, I've been revert-warring with him for months on this, often aided & abetted by others, as you'll see from the Page History (the current non-NS version originates from a draft by me which was a slightly-longer-than-I'd-like-compromise in and of itself). He's not going to stop - this is going to end up at arbitration, in the end - SoM 8 July 2005 17:02 (UTC)

In the first place, how exactly are "making sense" and "extremely long" mutually exclusive? An entry doesn't make sense if it's longer? How do you figure this? It is precisely this sort of word manipulation by which it is clear that your position is based more on emotion than reason or logic, and which I have difficulty taking seriously as part of a civil discussion. The issue of Wolverine's strength is evidently disputed by some people, so I merely addressed it by citing the evidence that each side presented, which is a little less simplistic than "states what he believes the opinions" of others are. Nightscream 7.8.05. 9:47pm EST.

You have trouble taking my logic seriously? Right..... Okay there, Mensa president. I call it like I see it. You are doing exactly what I said you were doing. ScifiterX 9 July 2005 04:53 (UTC)

"Call it like I see it" does not constitute reasoning, or a cogent argument. I have responded to your accusations and other statements by explaining why they don't hold up, pointing out your manipulation and distortion of words and their meanings, your unnecessary insults, and so forth. What you refer to as your logic is actually paralogia, and merely asserting that it is sound, or that I have done what you accused me of doesn't make it true. I have refuted your statements by showing why they are false, and you have been unable or wiling to do the same, preferring to respond only with rhetoric. I have pointed out that you have not provided reasoing or examples to support your accusations, which is simply true. Your statement that I have been doing what you said I did is a prime example. I made a statement about how an article being long has nothing to do with whether it makes sense. This is a reasonable statement. Yet you reply with a non-sequitur about what I've done. What exactly is that? You never elaborate on these comments, which makes them nothing more than rhetorical. Rhetoric and Argument by Fiat is veridically invalid, and does not validate your position. Nightscream 7.12.05. 7.12.05. 1:46am EST.

Wow, somebody's been busy with thier dictionary tonight. You have no idea how silly and pretentious you sound. I just read your post to three friends and we were rolling on the floor laughing. I never insulted you, but now that you mention it you are being a nuisance. I have half a dozen Wikipedian's backing me up on the issue and no one is backing you up. Do you wonder why that is? ScifiterX 07:02, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

First, the idea that one would need a dictionary to employ any of the words in my prior post (as if there's anything particularly difficult or obscure about those words) is indeed funny. If you feel that having a vocabulary is pretentious, well, to each his own. Your statement that you never insulted, however, is clearly false, as anyone who reads your statements to me can see. Lastly, the fact that you have some friends backing you up is irrelevant, since the reasoning you have all employed doesn't hold up, as I've pointed out previously. When you can come up with something that doesn't involve Straw Men and other logical fallacies, let me know. Until then, what you have is half a dozen people who are wrong. Nightscream Tue 7.12.05. 4:47am EST.

Ummm... My point wasn't that a person would need a dictionary to employ the words, its that only a person who is trying desperately to sound intelligent would use that many 10 dollar words in a sentence to describe something so mundane. Its really pathetic.ScifiterX 10:47, 14 July 2005 (UTC)

You are being very rude and immature.ScifiterX 08:51, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

Hyperion
About your continuing reversals of my changes to the Hyperion page. First, on such a large article, you should actually check to see what specific changes you make before reverting everything back. Second, I'm willing to accept the "numbering" of the Hyperions (unnecessary, really, since their appearances make it clear which ones we are talking about), but not if you're just going to have them out of order. Why have 2-1-4-3, like you did, instead of 1-2-3-4? Furthermore, there's no need to keep the "see below" remarks - they don't "sound" right in an enyclopedic text, making it rather amateurish. Next, your reversals kept putting the incorrect statement about Roy Thomas and impressed DC editors back in the text. I've removed it again. Finally, if you can refer to something by different names, do it - the Hyperion I section has too many "Hyperion (I) did this, but Hyperion (II) did that, so Hyperion (I) was". Please use synonims or adjectives. Finally, Hyperion IV has a different costume, not a "trendish" appearance - this is not Neutral Point Of View (NPOV), I actually think the "trendish" appearance is quite ugly and unfashionable. I've also removed the last paragraph in the "Powers and Abilities" section, since it doesn't apply to the Squadron Sinister and Supreme Power incarnations (neither of them are brilliant strategists, team leaders, technologists and artists) and the Squadron Supreme version's leadership abilities have proven to be rather limited, as we could see by the way the Squadron dealt with the Overmind and the many mistakes they made with the Utopia Project in the limited series. --Pc13 21:28, July 13, 2005 (UTC)

Regarding Wolverine
I think it's best if you stick to the issue at hand rather than criticise Nightscream and make personal attacks, that's frowned upon on wikipedia and could lead to you getting in trouble or something. Steve block 12:24, July 14, 2005 (UTC)

I explained that I wasn't attacking Nightscream. I just refuted some statements that he made. I do not appreciate being threatened for advocating my own opinion. It almost sounds like I have to obey rules but for some reason he doesn't have to. As far as sticking to the issue at hand, I have been. Did you miss what I wrote in the discussion? I was one of the only persons even participating. I think you have overlooked the spirit of my dialogue entirely. ScifiterX 07:25, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

However, if you were just trying to be cool and look out for me I appreciate it.ScifiterX 07:50, 15 July 2005 (UTC)

Wolverine compromise area
I've set up a section on Talk:Wolverine (comics) and would appreciate your input. Steve block 13:27, July 14, 2005 (UTC)

Conflict
I apologise if you took my words above on your talk page as being threatening, I can assure you that was not my intent, I meant it as a friendly warning given that Nightscream has requested an outsider look at the situation. I am merely seeking to calm the situation between yourself and Nightscream, since the debate isn't about who is saying what but about getting the Wolverine page to a point where it is no longer being reverted. Trying to achieve that means we have to reach a compromise where Nightscream agrees, or hope he gets so bored he gives up. If you feel you have been attacked, either by myself or by Nightscream, your best bet is to go to Requests for comment and place a summary there. Also, if you believe any comments regarding Personal attacks and staying calm on the wolverine page were directed solely at you, please be assured I was directing them at everyone involved in the debate, in the hope we could all concentrate our minds on breaking the deadlock. Steve block 07:52, July 15, 2005 (UTC)

I do feel that Nightscream was harassing me on my talk page, although he was approaching it like a weasel. But, it really doesn't get to me. He is actually pretty funny, even if he doesn't intend to be. I never said you had attacked me I just said you ought to look a little closer at what was said (to put it concisely).ScifiterX 08:00, 15 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Once again, I can only apologise. And thank you for your kind words.  Steve block 08:08, July 15, 2005 (UTC)

Requests for comment/Nightscream
I've listed Nightscream at Requests for comment/Nightscream as well, so if you can and a comment on how you have tried to reach a compromise with Nightscream, and the problems we're having with him at Wolverine, that's another stab at getting him blocked. Steve block 14:33, July 17, 2005 (UTC)

RFC on Nightscream
Hello! From Requests for comment/Nightscream, I do not quite understand what the problem is or what you propose to do about it. If this is a serious request for comment, might I suggest that you start anew from the template, Requests_for_comment/Example_user because that should help explaining? Radiant_ >|< 10:12, July 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * I've done this. THe response I've had so far is that we politely (and if necessary repeatedly) tell Nightscream to not go against consensus (as you've done, but maybe try citing policy such as WP:3RR and Wikipedia:Consensus at him). .  Wow. Steve block 13:15, July 18, 2005 (UTC)

Nightscream blocked
Sorry to keep on, but I just noticed User:Thryduulf has responded to my request for page blocking as follows: ''The user is blocked for a 3RR violation at the moment, and an RfC has been launched against him. If he continues when he returns I will protect the page then. Leave a note here and on my talk page. Thryduulf 00:55, 18 July 2005 (UTC)''. Steve block | Talk 13:31, July 18, 2005 (UTC)

Thanks ScifiterX 07:03, 19 July 2005 (UTC)

stop talking about the past
Re: your last post on Talk:Wolverine (comics). Please stop talking about Nightscream, and stop talking about "who did what" in the past. None of that matters, blame doesn't matter. We have an encyclopedia article which is protected from editing because of this sort of attitude. Today is day one. -- Netoholic @ 14:02, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

That was rude. You don't have the right to tell me what to say or when to say it. I gave you the benefit of the doubt at first but now you are clearly attempting compromise my right to express myself. Your request doesn't even make sense. If the discussion is over a dispute, naturally people are going to have to discuss what the dispute was about. It makes no sense to COMMAND ME not talk about what you don't want to hear. It doesn't work that way in real life and it doesn't work that way here. ScifiterX 19:43, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

That sort of talk is going to get you blocked. If you really don't want The Screed on the Wolverine page to stay, focus on the many, many things wrong with the edit and ignore the editor. - SoM 19:47, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

I did SoM. Just look at the discussion page. I had been doing that before you even posted this. But my cooperation just goes totally ignored. ScifiterX 04:47, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

DUDE - he posted that message days ago, BEFORE I told you all to grow up and stop digging up the past. Had he posted anything like that today, it would be his talk page that I'd be posting on, not yours. You don't seem to realize how damaging your incivility has been, and continues to be. -- Netoholic @ 02:55, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

I just noticed that however I NEVER saw that block of text before. ScifiterX 02:57, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Today I did a cleanup and archive of a lot of old chatter, but that text was always there. Maybe it was just more visible now that the page is shorter.  Apology accepted. -- Netoholic @ 03:03, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

Squadron Supreme/Supreme Power
Either use character "importance" for the Squadron members or put them in order of chronological appearance. It's rather silly to have the character order be 2-1-3 instead of 1-2-3. Since 2 actually predated 1, it's better to not have any number at all, and start from the Squadron Sinister versions, but if you want to list them in order of "importance", put the #1 first. Also, the Supreme Power versions don't count on the number issues because they're not part of the Marvel Universe. And personalities don't factor into it. They're supposed to have different personalities independently from "numbers". And the Nighthawk version of the mainstream Marvel Universe is the number 1 because it had a much bigger career than the equivalent Hyperion and Dr. Spectrum. FWIW, there were about three or four different Spectrums in the mainstream Earth-616, including Rev. William Roberts and Dr. Kinji Obatu. --Pc13 16:08, July 21, 2005 (UTC)

According to Marvel Nighthawk II is the one I said it was. Look it up. ScifiterX 19:44, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

 * According to who at Marvel? Stop adding numbers to the characters. You want to me put the characters in order? They are in order, in chronological order, you're the one who's confusing other readers with your random 2-1-4-3 placements. Separating them into Squadron Sinister / Squadron Supreme / Supreme Power is already enough to make people understand they're different. Numbering is not, and placing them according to numbering would force to an explanation on how the first character to appear is actually a copy of another that didn't debut for another two years. In addition, the Supreme Power versions should not be numbered because they're not part of the MU. They're in an unconnected, alternate reality. --Pc13 21:58, July 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Numbering is not a safe way to identify comics characters, as there were characters named Hulk, Dr. Strange and Colossus in Marvel Comics before their more successful namesakes debuted. And then there's the case of retcon heroes, such as the 1940s American Eagle (admittedly very minor) or, in the DCU, the 1950s Starman, to muddy things even more. A one-sentence description of their particularities as the section title would be more helpful. --Pc13 21:58, July 21, 2005 (UTC)

Pc13, I do not appreciate your coming on to my talk page and commanding me to edit entries only as you see fit based on authority you don't have and principles that make no sense. Be a little more mature and find something more constructive to do with your time.ScifiterX 23:20, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

I guess that was a little harsh. Look, my point is that you can do what ever you want to the entries. I won't try to stop you. You don't need to come here and b**ch at me on my talk page to change the order of superhero names. If you want a discussion ask for one on the page corresponding to the entry. Then on your next edit put "see discussion" if you feel there might be some controversy concerning your edit. You get bent out of shape by all this little stuff man, you're gonna have a stroke. So relax. ScifiterX 01:57, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Do you plan to add info on Doctor Spectrum. I add info before but Pc13 deleted it ? --Brown Shoes22 06:23, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

Nah. G'head. ThanxScifiterX 07:19, 22 July 2005 (UTC)

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Alexander Dennis Enviro400

The Alexander Dennis Enviro400 is a twin-axle low-floor double-decker bus that was built by the British bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis between 2005 and 2018. It replaced the Alexander ALX400, Dennis Trident (from which the Enviro400 was developed) and Plaxton President. In 2014, the Enviro400 was succeeded by the updated Alexander Dennis Enviro400 MMC and production of the classic Enviro400 ceased in 2018.

The Enviro400 is available both as an integral bus and as a standalone bodywork and chassis. The Enviro400 chassis replaced the Dennis Trident 2 (and continued to be badged as the Trident for a time) and was formerly available with East Lancs Myllennium Lolyne and Optare Olympus bodywork; the Enviro400 body replaced the Alexander ALX400 and Plaxton President designs and was sold on Scania N230UD and Volvo B9TL chassis.

The engine of the integral Enviro400 is a six-cylinder Cummins driving through a Voith or ZF automatic transmission, although a MAN D0836 engine began to be offered from 2007. A hybrid-electric version of the powertrain developed by BAE Systems was also available.

First generation (2005–2010)
The Enviro400 was originally launched as an integral product. Soon after launch, the Enviro400 chassis became available with East Lancs Myllennium Lolyne and Optare Olympus bodywork.

As well as an integral bus, the Enviro400 body was available on Scania N-series chassis. The vast majority of N-series Enviro400s built were of the N230UD variant, which sold well with Stagecoach Group. Additionally, two N-series Enviro400s were built on the more powerful N280UD variant of the chassis, both for Express Motors of Porthmadog.

As well as the Scania N-series, a single Enviro400 was constructed on Volvo B7TL chassis before this chassis was succeeded by the Volvo B9TL, on which more examples of the Enviro400 were bodied.

Second generation (2008–2018)
Alexander Dennis released the second generation Enviro400 at Euro Bus Expo in 2008, with the main external visual differences being the incorporation of a line of white LED daytime running lights underneath the headlights in the main front light clusters, redesigned front bumpers and the relocation of the offside emergency exit door. The facelift coincided with the introduction of a Euro 5 compliant drivetrain for the Enviro400. The Trident moniker on the chassis plates was largely dropped not long afterwards, but the Trident 2 name was retained on Enviro400s built for Hong Kong.

The second generation Enviro400 was superseded by the Enviro400 MMC in 2015 in the UK with no more orders, but in 2016 Alexander Dennis developed a low-height Enviro400 with Enviro400 MMC-style front and rear specifically for Hong Kong market.

Integral Enviro400
London operator Metroline was the first company to order the Enviro400, ordering 28 for route 24 in June 2005, entering service at the end of the year. One dual door demonstrator, named Spirit of London, was delivered to Stagecoach London to replace the Dennis Trident destroyed during the 7 July 2005 London bombings and a single door demonstrator was delivered to the then Travel West Midlands for evaluation. Both prototypes were exhibited at Coach & Bus Live 2005 in the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham.

The Enviro400 had sold well in London with a number of operators, such as Travel London and London General (which received the first Euro IV-engined Enviro400 in May 2006), operating these buses. It is also popular with Stagecoach, which placed its first order of 130 low-height models in February 2006, later followed by another 389 buses with Euro IV/V engines.

Arriva UK Bus also received Enviro400s for its group operations; Arriva Merseyside relaunched its Wirral - Liverpool 'Cross River' services with a batch of 23 in January 2009. A further batch of 12 was allocated to Bootle depot in September 2009 originally for the cross-Liverpool trunk service 60 linking Bootle with Aigburth. A much larger order of 128 Enviro400s was placed by Arriva Merseyside division from the onwards, with the first 28 arriving in the autumn of 2014 and the remainder being delivered between January and July 2015 to Bootle, Green Lane, St Helens, Southport and Speke depots. Arriva Buses Wales, meanwhile, received a total of 29 high specification Enviro400s between June 2014 and March 2015 for deployment on two new Sapphire services serving Rhyl to Llandudno and Chester to Connah's Quay respectively.

The FirstGroup received a large intake of Enviro400s ahead of both the 2012 Summer Olympics and the 2014 Commonwealth Games, which were held in London and Glasgow respectively. These operated under the license of First Games Transport, providing shuttle services throughout the Games before being dispersed to other operators within the FirstGroup following the Games' conclusion. 60 Enviro400s were delivered to Glasgow in 2014. Later in 2014, eighteen Enviro400s were delivered to First West Yorkshire for operation in Leeds.

In 2008, a specially converted Enviro400 was assembled in knock-down kit form for the closing ceremonies of the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2008 Paralympic Games in Beijing. The bus featured as part of the handover ceremony for the 2012 Games, where it was driven into the Beijing National Stadium as a typical London bus before a set of hydraulic pumps opened up the bus, revealing a stage covered in artificial grass which was shaped as various London landmarks.

In 2012, Southern Vectis received 20 for school contracts on the Isle of Wight. These were delivered during late December 2012 and early January 2013 and entered service on a wide variety of school services on the island from 7 January 2013. Southern Vectis then proceeded to order ten more Enviro400s to be used on public routes, mainly route 9, which entered service in January 2014, followed by another order for ten Enviro400s which were delivered in 2016.

Enviro400H
Alexander Dennis launched the hybrid electric Enviro400 Hybrid (often shortened to Enviro400H) at the 2008 Euro Bus Expo, built with a hybrid drivetrain developed in partnership with BAE Systems. The first five production examples entered service with Metroline, followed by larger fleets of Enviro400Hs entering service with operators such as Go-Ahead London, London United, Abellio London and Stagecoach London.

Outside of London, the Enviro400H was popular with the Stagecoach Group, who starting in 2010, ordered examples delivered in a green variant of the standard Stagecoach livery for their Stagecoach Oxfordshire, Stagecoach Yorkshire, Stagecoach Manchester, and Stagecoach North East subsidiaries.

Other operators who purchased Enviro400Hs included National Express West Midlands and National Express Dundee, ordering a total of nineteen for service in Birmingham and Dundee in 2013; East Yorkshire Motor Services, who purchased ten for cross-city services in Kingston upon Hull in 2011; Reading Buses, who had 31 Enviro400Hs delivered between 2010 and 2011; Lothian Buses, who took on 15 of the type in 2011; the Oxford Bus Company, who took on examples to upgrade its park & ride fleet, and First Glasgow. However, reliability issues and maintenance costs have seen many operators convert their Enviro400Hs to use diesel powertrains, with East Yorkshire providing most of these conversions, while Reading Buses converted one of their Enviro400Hs to a plug-in electric vehicle.

Scania Enviro400
Stagecoach standardised on the Scania N230UD with Alexander Dennis Enviro400 bodywork for their Stagecoach Gold services, the first of which entered service with Stagecoach West to upgrade route 94 serving Cheltenham and Gloucester to Gold standard. Further Gold-specification Scania-ADL Enviro400s were delivered throughout the type's production run to operators such as Stagecoach in Oxfordshire, Stagecoach Midlands for their X4 service, and Stagecoach Yorkshire.

Scania N230UDs with Enviro400 bodies fitted with guide wheels were also purchased for use on the Cambridgeshire Guided Busway, with the first buses delivered in 2009 prior to the opening of the Busway in 2011, followed by additional Enviro400s being purchased in 2014 and 2015. Elsewhere, conventional specification Scania N230UDs with Enviro400 bodies were purchased for certain Stagecoach divisions, including 22 examples for Stagecoach Devon for use on the North Devon Wave service in 2013, and five examples for Stagecoach in Lincolnshire in 2012 for Lincolnshire InterConnect services.

Another significant operator of Scania Enviro400s is Nottingham City Transport, who ordered a total of 62 Scania N230UD Enviro400s, with first deliveries beginning in 2014. Further examples were delivered throughout 2014 and 2015, with most receiving colour-coded route branding for services across the city. These Scania Enviro400s were delivered with audio-visual next stop announcements, mood lighting and leather seating.

The Oxford Bus Company received eleven high-specification Scania Enviro400s in 2009 for service on the Brookesbus network. Wilts & Dorset also received some examples. Two were delivered to independent operator Stephensons of Essex in 2013.

Volvo Enviro400
On 13 October 2006, Solent Blue Line received a Volvo B7TL/Enviro400 meeting the Euro III emission standard, with the interior in Wilts & Dorset livery. This remains a one-off as all subsequent Enviro400s on Volvo chassis were built on the B9TL chassis. An Arriva demonstrator was shown at Euro Bus Expo in 2006 to the latter standard.

Irish municipal operator Dublin Bus was the first operator to order the Volvo B9TL-based Enviro400, taking delivery of 100 on the updated Volvo chassis in two batches between 2007 and 2008. East Yorkshire Motor Services later took delivery of five Enviro400-bodied Volvo B9TL in December 2007, which entered service in January 2008. London General also received three Enviro400-bodied Volvo B9TLs in October 2008, which were evaluated against integral Enviro400s and Wright Eclipse Gemini-bodied Volvo B7TL and B9TLs extensively featured in Go-Ahead's London Central and General fleets. No further orders resulted in the United Kingdom, although London General's Enviro400s were briefly loaned to Arriva London North for evaluation ahead of delivery of their Volvo B5LHs.

Exports
Globally, more than 6,000 integral Enviro400s have been sold as of January 2016.

Hong Kong
Compared to the more predominant Alexander Dennis Enviro500, a small number of air-conditioned Enviro400s were exported to bus operators in Hong Kong following demonstration trials with the operators.

The first operators of Enviro400s in Hong Kong were Citybus, who after trialling two Enviro400 demonstrators developed for the Hong Kong market in 2009, took delivery of 38 Enviro400s in 2011, which were then followed by an additional 20 in 2013.

Kowloon Motor Bus also took delivery of 50 Enviro400s between 2012 and 2013, which were followed by the MTR Corporation taking delivery of nine Enviro400s for MTR Bus services in 2012; an additional two Enviro400s were delivered in 2018.

New World First Bus took delivery of 60 low-height Enviro400s with Enviro400 MMC facelift bodies between 2016 and 2017, while fellow NWS Holdings subsidiary New Lantao Bus also took delivery of 14 similar low-height Enviro400s, which began entering service from October 2018.

North America
The Enviro400 was introduced to North America exclusively as an open-top bus for sightseeing purposes. It is not available as a public transport vehicle, unlike the similar Alexander Dennis Enviro500.

On 11 November 2010, Alexander Dennis announced it had received an order for 10 Enviro400s from Coach USA subsidiary Twin America, in New York.

title: Alexander Dennis Enviro400