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Bing West

Francis J. "Bing" West Jr. (born May 2, 1940) is an American author, Marine combat veteran and former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs during the Reagan Administration.

West writes about the military, warfighting, and counterinsurgency. In the Vietnam War, he fought in major operations and conducted over a hundred combat patrols in 1966–1968. For the United States Marine Corps, he wrote the training manual Small Unit Action in Vietnam, describing how to fight in close combat. As an analyst at the RAND Corporation, he wrote a half dozen detailed monographs about fighting against an insurgency. Later, as Assistant Secretary of Defense, he dealt with the insurgencies in El Salvador. From 2003 through 2008, he made 16 extended trips to Iraq, going on patrols and writing three books and numerous articles about the war. From 2007 through 2011, he made numerous trips to embed in Afghanistan.

Life and career
West is from the Massachusetts communities of Dorchester, Boston, Milton and Scituate. He is a graduate of Georgetown University (BA) and Princeton University (MA), where he was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow.

West was an infantry officer in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War. He led the mortar platoon of 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines. Later, he led a Combined Action Platoon (CAP) that protected Binh Nghia village in Quảng Trị province. He was also a member of the Marine Force Reconnaissance team that initiated "Operation Stingray": small unit attacks behind enemy lines. He authored a study at the RAND Corporation entitled "The Strike Teams: Tactical Performance and Strategic Potential". This paper was the featured event at the 1970 Department of Defense Counterinsurgency Research and Development Symposium. The RAND Military Systems Simulations Group implemented a classified model of West's concept. This doctrinal innovation was directly opposed by Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV), which favored the Army's concept of Air-Mobility "Fire and Thunder Operations". By way of rebuttal, West wrote The Village, chronicling his experiences leading the CAP. The book became a classic of practical counterinsurgency and has been on the Marine Corps Commandant's Required Reading List for five decades.

In a December 1969 report on pacification co-written with Charlie Benoit "Pacification: View from the Provinces—Part III," they concluded that pacification had been achieved through often indiscriminate firepower and rural depopulation, resulting in occupation rather than pacification. While Vietcong (VC) losses in the Tet Offensive and subsequent operations had severely attrited the VC and their support among the peasantry, the corruption of the South Vietnamese government and military meant that support for the government was not increasing.

West served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs in the Ronald Reagan administration, and chaired the United States Security Commissions with El Salvador, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Pakistan, South Korea, and Japan.

Among other awards, West is the recipient of the Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Medal, the Department of the Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Medal, and Tunisia's Medaille de Liberté. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Infantry Order of St. Crispin, he appears frequently on C-SPAN and The News Hour on PBS.

Writing
West is the author of a dozen books. His latest is The Last Platoon: A Novel of the Afghanistan War, Bombardier Press, 2020 . His 2019 collaboration with Marine General Jim Mattis, entitled Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead, was the #1 New York Times Bestseller. A prior book, written with retired Marine Major General Ray L. Smith, The March Up, was awarded the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation's General Wallace M. Greene, Jr. Award for non-fiction, as well as the William E. Colby Award for military history. The Veterans of Foreign Wars presented West with their National Media Award in 2005, after he wrote the book No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah. His book The Strongest Tribe is a history of the Iraq War that was a New York Times Best Seller and was ranked by Foreign Affairs magazine as #7 among the top foreign policy books of 2009. Into the Fire ranked #8 on the New York Times Best Seller List.

In The Strongest Tribe and in a subsequent article in Military Review about counterinsurgency lessons, West argued that the current doctrine of nation-building and winning hearts and minds by economic development was based on Western liberal theory rather than the realities of battle. West has grave reservations about extolling the effects of "non-kinetic COIN" (counterinsurgency). He believes that the warriors, not the people, defeat warriors, and that America's mistake in both Iraq and Afghanistan was to concede all authority to appoint and to remove for cause military and police officers. He believes American policymakers tried to do too much with too little in too short a time. He believes the White House has devolved into a kingdom of courtiers, disconnected from a populace that must be united to emerge victorious from wars, large or small.

His articles have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Atlantic, National Review, and The Washington Post. He is the recipient of the Department of Defense Distinguished Public Service Medal (twice), the Marine Corps Heritage Award (thrice), the Goodpaster Prize for Military Scholarship, the Father Clyde E. Leonard Award, the Free Press Award, the Marine Corps Correspondents' Distinguished Performance Award, the Veterans of Foreign Wars' National Media Award and the Marine Corps Russell Award for Leadership.

Personal life
West lives with his wife, Elizabeth, in Newport, Rhode Island and Hilton Head, SC. He has two daughters and two sons (one of whom is Owen West). He also has 8 grandchildren.

Books

 * Bing West, The Last Platoon. ISBN 978-1-64293-673-5
 * Bing West & Jim Mattis, Call Sign Chaos: Learning to Lead. (ISBN 978-0-8129-9683-8)
 * Small Unit Action in Vietnam, Summer 1966. ISBN 0-405-00018-9.
 * The Village. ISBN 0-7434-5757-9.
 * Naval Forces and National Security. ISBN 0080355439.
 * The Pepperdogs: a Novel. ISBN 0-7434-5643-2.
 * The March Up: Taking Baghdad with the US Marines. ISBN 0-553-38269-1.
 * No True Glory: a Front-line Account of the Battle of Fallujah. ISBN 0-553-80402-2.
 * The Strongest Tribe: War, Politics, and the Endgame in Iraq (Random House, 2008) ISBN 1-4000-6701-4
 * The Wrong War: Grit, Strategy, and the Way Out of Afghanistan ISBN 1-4000-6873-8.
 * One Million Steps: A Marine Platoon at War. ISBN 9781493017324
 * Into the Fire:a Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War ISBN 978-0-679-64544-3

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Purple Book

Purple Book may refer to:
 * The Purple Book (Labour Party), a collection of essays by Labour politicians
 * Compendium of Macromolecular Nomenclature, published by IUPAC
 * Purple Book, one of the Rainbow Books, defining the double-density compact disc standard

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Jessica Elway

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The result of the debate was keep. --Tony Sidaway Talk 08:19, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

Jessica Elway
Delete. As the daughter of John Elway, she has not done anything herself notable enough to be included. The mention of her speech could be merged with (or just added to, because Delete and Merge is invalid) her father's article. Icelight 15:52, July 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Abstain This really sounds like a vanity page, written by her or someone else. However, she is John Elway's daughter.  I don't really know where you could go with this article though. -- BMIComp  (talk, HOWS MY DRIVING) 15:54, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Weak keep Her father should not be the focus of the article, she should. She's a notable college basketball player -Harmil 16:42, 21 July 2005 (UTC) On further review, it seems she's not as notable as I thought, and still a freshman. A lot is made of her potential, mostly because of who her father is, but I'm on the fence as to whether press coverage like this: really indicates that she's notable or not... at the least, she gets a few mentions on google, and her stats are tracked nationally. If her hand recovers, she'll be notable as a college ball player. -Harmil 16:52, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak delete - I thought being notable only for being related to someone notable was a deletion criteria, but I can't seem to find it. As soon as she's done something notable besides being born, we can recreate the entry. -- Plutor 18:10, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Redirect to John Elway per other precedents on the offspring of the famous. Xoloz 04:46, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Family members of celebrities are not inherently notable. --Angr/undefined 05:32, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, just the daughter of someone famous. How many thousands of those are there? -R. fiend 15:28, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, notability is not genetic. -Splash 18:14, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep is expanded, as per User:Harmil. JamesBurns 03:07, 23 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Vegaswikian 00:06, 25 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak Keep as per User:Harmil. DS1953 04:11, July 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep as per her introduction of her father at the Hall of Fame was the first ever time a woman had introduced a player at the Pro Football Hall of Fame. That is significant for women's rights, and do you people want to say you don't support women's rights?
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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Phillip Berryman

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The result of the debate was keep. Dmcdevit·t 05:21, July 28, 2005 (UTC)

Phillip Berryman
Vanity. smoddy 15:52, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy delete. (same author as Paul Oh). --R.Koot 16:05, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Article has been rewritten. --R.Koot 16:37, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Abstain Keep I looked this guy up and he's the author of a whole bunch of books relating to Christianity in Latin America.  He's apparently notable in the Liberation Theology community.  Don't know if folks think that is notable enough for inclusion or not.  I'm going to edit the article so check it out to see if it still looks like a delete after the revisions. Tobycat 16:21, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong Keep author and marginally notable theologian. -Harmil 17:30, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep and expand. Notable clergyman. Capitalistroadster 23:54, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep as rewritten. DS1953 04:09, July 25, 2005 (UTC)
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Lesser goldfinch

The lesser goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) is a small finch in the genus Spinus native to the Americas.

As is the case for most species in the genus Spinus, lesser goldfinch males have a black forehead, which females lack. Males in this species vary strikingly in the color of their back across their range, from green in western North America to black in the eastern Rocky Mountains and Texas south to northern South America; this variation has resulted in five subspecies being recognized.

Taxonomy
Together with its relatives the American goldfinch and Lawrence's goldfinch, it forms a clade, termed the 'New World goldfinch' clade, in the genus Spinus. Some authors have suggested treating this clade as a separate genus Astragalinus, but this has not been followed by either the IOC or BirdLife International.

The lesser goldfinch was formally described by the American zoologist Thomas Say in 1822 under the binomial name Fringilla psaltria. The specific epithet psaltria is Ancient Greek for a female harpist. The type locality is Colorado Springs, Colorado. The lesser goldfinch is now placed in the genus Spinus that was introduced in 1816 by the German naturalist Carl Ludwig Koch.

Five subspecies are currently recognised, though their validity has been questioned:
 *  S. p. hesperophilus (Oberholser, 1903) – west USA and northwest Mexico
 *  S. p. witti Grant, PR, 1964 – Tres Marias Islands (off west Mexico)
 *  S. p. psaltria (Say, 1822) – west-central USA to south-central Mexico
 *  S. p. jouyi (Ridgway, 1898) – southeast Mexico and northwest Belize
 *  S. p. colombianus (Lafresnaye, 1843) – south Mexico to Peru and Venezuela

Description
This species is not only the smallest North American Spinus finch, it may be the smallest true finch in the world. Some sources list more subtropical Spinus species as slightly smaller on average, including the Andean siskin (Spinus spinescens). This species ranges from 9 to 12 cm in length and can weigh from 8 to 11.5 g. Among standard measurements, the wing chord is 5.5 to 7 cm, the tail is 3.9 to 4.7 cm, the bill is 0.9 to 1.1 cm and the tarsus is 1.1 to 1.2 cm. There is a slight northwest-southeast cline in size, with the largest birds from Mexico and further south being up to one-fifth larger than the smallest from the extreme northwest of its range; this effect is more pronounced in females. There is also considerable variation in the amount of black on the head and back in males and thus five subspecies have been proposed. But this variation, too, seems to be simple and clinal changes in allele frequency and thus the "subspecies" might be better considered color morphs or geographic forms.

Males are easily recognized by their bright yellow underparts and big white patches in the tail (outer rectrices) and on the wings (the base of the primaries). They range from having solid black from the back to the upper head including the ear-coverts to having these regions medium green; each of the back, crown and ear regions varies in darkness rather independently though; as a rule, the ears are not darker than the rest. In most of the range, dark birds termed psaltria (the black-backed goldfinch) predominate. The light birds are termed hesperophilus (the green-backed goldfinch) and are most common in the far western U.S. and northwestern Mexico.

The zone in which both light and dark males occur on a regular basis is broadest in the north and extends across the width of the Rocky Mountains and the Sierra Madre Occidental ranges. It reaches the Pacific Coast in southern Sonora to northern Sinaloa, roughly between the area of Ciudad Obregón to Culiacán. In the United States, the most diverse array of phenotypes can be found in Colorado and New Mexico. East of the 106th meridian west in southwestern Texas, as well as in most of Mexico, almost all males have black backs. S. p. colombianus, found east and south of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, is a richer yellow below in males. This subspecies, as well as the even yellower S. p. jouyi from the Yucatán Peninsula and adjacent regions of Mexico and S. p. witti from the Tres Marías Islands off Nayarit require more study, especially since at least the former two also seem to be significantly larger and longer-billed.

Females' and immatures' upperparts are more or less grayish olive-green; their underparts are yellowish, buffier in immatures. They have only a narrow strip of white on the wings (with other white markings in some forms) and little or no white on the tail. They are best distinguished from other members of the genus by the combination of small size, upperparts without white or yellow, and dark gray bill. In all plumages, this bird can easily be taken for a New World warbler if the typical finch bill is not seen well.

Like other goldfinches, it has an undulating flight in which it frequently gives a call: in this case, a harsh chig chig chig. Another distinctive call is a very high-pitched, drawn-out whistle, often rising from one level pitch to another (teeeyeee) or falling (teeeyooo). The song is a prolonged warble or twitter, more phrased than that of the American goldfinch, often incorporating imitations of other species.

Distribution and habitat
This American goldfinch ranges from the southwestern United States (near the coast, as far north as extreme southwestern Washington) to Venezuela and Peru. It migrates from the colder parts of its U.S. range.

The lesser goldfinch often occurs in flocks or at least loose associations. It utilizes almost any habitat with trees or shrubs except for dense forest, and is common and conspicuous in many areas, often coming near houses. It is common at feeders in the Southwest United States and will come almost anywhere with thistle sock feeders. Flocks of at least six birds will often be seen at feeders. It feeds mostly on tree buds and weed seeds; geophagy has been observed in this species.

The nesting season is in summer in the temperate parts of its range; in the tropics it apparently breeds all-year round, perhaps less often in September and October. It lays three or four bluish white eggs in a cup nest made of fine plant materials such as lichens, rootlets, and strips of bark, placed in a bush or at low or middle levels in a tree.

The molt occurs in two different patterns which coincide with the blackness of the upperparts quite well. Here too is a broad zone of intergradation. Pacific birds molt after breeding, and females shed a few body feathers before breeding too. Juvenile males shed more remiges than females when molting into adult plumage. East of the 106th meridian west, birds molt strongly before breeding and replace another quantity of feathers afterwards, and post-juvenile molt does not differ significantly between the sexes. However, this seems dependent on the differing rainfall regimes; simply put, birds at least anywhere in the North American range molt most of their plumage at the end of the dry season and may replace more feathers at the end of the wet season.

Considered a Species of Least Concern by the IUCN due to its vast range, it nonetheless seems to be declining locally. For example, it is rare in the Ecuadorean Andes foothills.

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Spyros Skouras

Spyros Panagiotis Skouras (March 28, 1893 – August 16, 1971) was a Greek-American motion picture pioneer and film executive who was the president of 20th Century-Fox from 1942 to 1962. He resigned June 27, 1962, but was chairman of the company for several more years. He also had numerous ships, owning Prudential Lines.

Skouras and two brothers came to the United States as immigrants in 1910; Spyros kept such a pronounced Greek accent in English that comedian Bob Hope would joke "Spyros has been here twenty years but he still sounds as if he's coming next week." Skouras oversaw the production of such epics as Cleopatra (1963) with Elizabeth Taylor, as well as the development of Century City.

The early years
Spyros Panagiotis Skouras was born in 1893 in Skourochori, Greece to a family whose father was a sheep herder. Together with his brothers Charles and George Skouras, he emigrated to the United States in 1910. The brothers settled in St. Louis, Missouri, at that time the fourth-largest city in America and a booming industrial center.

Living frugally on wages as busboys and bartenders in downtown hotels, by 1914 the brothers had savings of $3,500. In partnership with two other Greeks, the Skourases constructed a modest nickelodeon at 1420 Market Street; today's Kiel Opera House now occupies this site. They called their theater the Olympia, and soon acquired other theaters.

The brothers incorporated in 1924 with $400,000 capital stock. By then more than thirty local theaters belonged to the Skouras Brothers Co. of St. Louis. The biggest moment for the Skouras empire came when their dream of building a world-class movie palace in downtown St. Louis was realized in 1926 when they opened the $5.5 million Ambassador Theatre Building. In 1929, following the Stock Market Crash, the triumvirate sold out their interest to Warner Brothers and moved east, gaining executive places in the industry, which was then based in the New York area.

From 1929 to 1931 during the Great Depression, Spyros Skouras worked as a general manager of the Warner Brothers Theater Circuit in the United States. During these hard years, he eliminated losses and eventually quadrupled the profits of the chain. Despite this success, his wish to be his own boss again made him voluntarily leave the company. After that, and for a short while, he worked as a manager for Paramount.

In 1932, the Skouras Brothers (Charles, Spyros and George) took over the management of the Fox West Coast Theater chain, with more than 500 theaters. The studio was threatened with bankruptcy due to falloff in business because of the Depression. The three brothers worked to help the company survive.

Marriage and family
Skouras had several children with his wife, including sons Spyros S. Skouras, Plato A. Skouras. His daughter jumped from a building to her death. Athanasios Skouras, member of the Greek Resistant Organisation PEAN during the Axis Occupation of Greece in the Second World War, was a relative of his.

Rise to influence
In May 1935 Spyros Skouras took the initiative for the merger of Fox Studios with Twentieth Century Pictures. He was president of the merged company 20th Century Fox from 1942 to 1962. Skouras was also a major stockholder of 20th Century Fox.

In the 1950s he, together with his brothers, controlled 20th Century Fox, National Theaters, Fox West Coast Theaters, United Artists Theaters, Skouras Theaters, Magna Corp, and Todd AO. Skouras' assets in 1952 amounted to $108,000,000, greater than any other theater or movie mogul, including the Schencks, Warners, Shuberts, or his countryman Alexander Pantages.

Skouras oversaw the production of such classics as Don't Bother to Knock, The Seven Year Itch, The Hustler, The King and I, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and The Robe. He signed a young model named Norma Jean Baker to 20th Century Fox who, after changing her name to Marilyn Monroe, rose to fame as the most famous Hollywood sex symbol of the 20th century. Monroe, who never knew her father, developed a special relationship with Skouras, and sometimes called him "Papa Skouras".

During Skouras' tenure, the longest in the company's history, he worked to rescue the faltering film industry from the lure of television. 20th Century Fox's advertising slogan, Movies are Better than Ever, gained credibility in 1953 when Spyros introduced CinemaScope in the studio's groundbreaking feature film The Robe. The wide screen CinemaScope increased the appeal of films, helping them maintain audiences against television. This new technology soon became the standard of the whole industry.

Later years
Cost overruns on such films as Cleopatra (1963) resulted in a shareholder revolt demanding a change in management. Darryl F. Zanuck was elected president of the company while Skouras was chairman of the company for several years.

In parallel with his work in the film industry, Skouras had invested in the shipping industry, where many Greek immigrants had interest. By the 1960s, his Prudential Lines owned seven ships, two tankers, and five cargo ships. In 1969, Prudential Lines bought out Grace Lines. In the last years of his life, Skouras disengaged from the movie world and spent more time on his various maritime projects. His son Spyros S. Skouras eventually took these over.

His son Plato A. Skouras (1930–2004) produced five films, including Francis of Assisi (1961) and Sierra Baron (1958).

Skouras died from a heart attack at the age of 78.

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Batad

Batad may refer to:

 * Ifugao language
 * Batad, Iloilo, Philippines
 * The Batad Rice Terraces, one of the clusters of the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

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Cave Run Lake

Cave Run Lake, located south of Morehead, Kentucky, USA along Kentucky Route 801, is an 8270 acre reservoir built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The 148 ft, half-mile (800 m) dam (and outlet works) construction began in 1965 and was completed in 1973. Cave Run Lake is in the northern part of the Daniel Boone National Forest. Cave Run Lake provides flood protection to the lower Licking River valley, supplies water to the area's communities, improves the Licking River's water flow conditions, and offers a habitat for various species of fish and wildlife. It is in Rowan, Morgan, Menifee, and Bath counties.

Recreation
The lake also provides various other recreational activities (swimming, boating & sailing, canoe and kayak, jet skiing, camping, hiking, well known for Mountain Bike trails, etc.)

There are two marinas that serve the lake, Scott's Creek Marina and Long Bow Marina.

Zilpo Road, a scenic byway, is one road which provides access to the Bath County side of Cave Run Lake and is usually accessible throughout the year. The byway provides access to pioneer weapons hunting areas, a campground, and numerous hiking trails. Cave Run also has designated beaches for recreational use. A small fee will allow you to enter the beaches and partake in swimming, hiking, and barbequing.

Tourism
Cave Run Lake offers a wide variety of fishing opportunities. Cave Run is home to a variety of aquatic species such as crappie, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, musky, and various pan fish. Fishing tournaments are also held on the lake. Boat charters with a professional guide can be purchased on the lake. The Daniel Boone National Forest surrounding Cave Run holds many opportunities. Free campsites can be found in the state park and is first-come, first-served. The forest contains hiking trails and hunting is permitted during the regular season. Horseback riding is allowed on the trails.

Visitors can visit Cave Run's sand beaches for a small entry fee. These beaches do not have a lifeguard on duty. The state park offers showers at the beach sites as well as restrooms. Designated barbeque sites can be found along the shoreline. Throughout certain spots of the land surrounding the lake, ATV's and other off-road vehicles are allowed.

Lodging is readily available around the lake. There are plenty of rental properties such as cabins and lake houses on the land. Many of the cabins available are just walking distance from the lake. The surrounding towns are filled with small shops and restaurants to visit. Cave Run has various marinas that offer boat storage and boat rentals. Skiing and tubing on the water is allowed.

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Carles

Carles is a common Catalan given name of Germanic origin, which also appears as a surname. The English language equivalent is Charles.

The name Carles can refer to:

People

 * Carles (name)

Places

 * Carles, Iloilo, a 2nd class municipality in the province of Iloilo, Philippines, named after the Spanish Governor of Iloilo.

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Spider-Man: The Manga

Spider-Man: The Manga is a Japanese superhero manga series written by Kōsei Ono and Kazumasa Hirai and illustrated by Ryoichi Ikegami which retold the story of Spider-Man in a Japanese setting. It was originally published in Japan from January 1970 to September 1971 in Monthly Shōnen Magazine. The comic began by loosely adapting American Marvel stories, but over time, Ikegami introduced more original material. The manga features Yu Komori as Spider-Man's teen alter ego, and takes place in a Japanese setting. Within the Marvel Comics multiverse, its reality is designated as Earth-70019.

Premise
A junior high school student named Yu Komori (小森ユウ): A bright and intellectually-gifted, yet outcast and withdrawn teen genius, is bitten by a radioactive spider during a scientific demonstration, which imbues him with spider-like superhuman abilities, like the American Spider-Man's counterpart, Peter Parker and after a tragic mistake committed by accidentally mis-using his powers, which results in him unintentionally killing someone, a guilt-ridden Yu is driven to do good and atone for his irresponsibility, under the alias of a masked vigilante: "Spider-Man". Yu faces Japanese versions of villains such as Electro, the Lizard, Mysterio, and the Kangaroo. The series also featured counterparts of Aunt May, named "Mei", and J. Jonah Jameson, who is the publisher of the newspaper publishing company, where Yu is employed as a freelance photographer and which has an anti-Spider-Man stance.

Publication
Initially, Kōsei Ono wrote the stories. On completion of the sixth story, Kazumasa Hirai became the writer. Ikegami continued to provide the art. The first few stories featured analogues to several of Spider-Man's villains and supporting cast, while maintaining an altogether darker, grittier and moodier tone and atmosphere, compared to the original Spider-Man comics. The later Hirai-written stories deviated further from the source material, being more tonally mature, adult-oriented, violent, while including obscene content, such as profanity, sexual and gruesome imagery of a kind not seen in the original American Spider-Man comics. The later stories involved less comedy, were more dramatic, and had more realistic art, reflecting Ikegami's later style. The majority of the manga's stories focused on Yu's struggles with his alter-ego as Spider-Man and his normal life as a high school student. The negative sides and consequences being a super-powered vigilante brings on to his life, along with his character-arc of initially utilizing his powers for solely selfish gain, to using them to do good and for genuinely altruistic reasons, out of a sense of responsibility, despite being constantly tormented by negative emotions and the burden and misery being Spider-Man brings on to him, while also being careful with the use of his spider-powers and controlling his darker side and grim thoughts regarding his life as Spider-Man and struggling with the increasing tension being a masked vigilante brings on to his relationships with his close ones, being extremely similar with the original Stan Lee/Steve Ditko run on the Amazing Spider-Man comics.

The books were reprinted in their original format, with the original Japanese text, in 1974, 1976, 1996 and 2006. The covers were updated, with the first three reprints to feature a picture of Spider-Man holding a flower. This image was originally a foldout 1971 calendar included with the original monthly printings. A number on a bottom-left of the cover indicated the story arc reprinted within.

The English-language version of the series was reprinted by Marvel Comics across thirty-one issues from December 1997 to April 1999. Eight out of the thirteen Japanese stories in total were fully translated, with several edits to remove some of the violent scenes. The final issue, #31, began the translation of the ninth story and was left incomplete due to the title's cancellation.

Stories

 * 1) "The Birth of Spider-Man" (reprinted in Spider-Man: The Manga #1-3)
 * 2) "The Transformation of Doctor Inumaru" (reprinted in Spider-Man: The Manga #4-6)
 * 3) "Too Strong a Hero" (reprinted in Spider-Man: The Manga #7-9)
 * 4) "The False Spider-Man" (reprinted in Spider-Man: The Manga #10-15)
 * 5) "Yu Under Suspicion" (reprinted in Spider-Man: The Manga #16-18)
 * 6) "Summer of Insanity" (reprinted Spider-Man: The Manga #19-21)
 * 7) "What is My Destination!"
 * 8) "Woman of Winter" (reprinted in Spider-Man: The Manga #22-24)
 * 9) "Strangers" (reprinted in Spider-Man: The Manga #31)
 * 10) "The Mania Demon"
 * 11) "Shadow of Spider-Man" (reprinted in Spider-Man: The Manga #25-30)
 * 12) "Witch of the Golden Eye"
 * 13) "The Woman Who Raises the Tiger"

Reception
According to Ikegami, the series did not get a popular reception in Japan upon its initial release, and Hirai taking the writing duties only caused the reception to get "picked up a little". Daniel Stein, author of "Of Transcreations and Transpacific Adaptations: Investigating Manga Versions of Spider-Man", citing political and cultural issues, described this reception as "less than stellar".

The reception in the United States upon the release there was described by Stein as "not too successful".

In other media
During the Spider-Verse crossover, Komori is explicitly named as one of "four or five Japanese Spider-Men" taking part in the final battle against Morlun and the Inheritors.

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Wikipedia:AMA Requests for Assistance/Archive3

Speedy deletion
I am going to be leaving wikipedia but I wrote an article on wikipedia that I am not happy with. I think only one other user has edited it, and it was for the most part, a minor edit. I would like it to be speedy deleted, but I don't want to draw attention to it. I'd like it if someone (hopefully a sysop) could help me explain how or if I can speedy delete it. I don't want to say which article in public because, as I say, I don't want to draw attention to it. Also, I would like it if someone could reply to me in e-mail, since I am leaving wikipedia but want to do this last thing first. Q0 23:07, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Sorry, I think I should be a little more clear with my request. I created an article a while back that I regret making. It is not that there is anything "bad" about it, just that it is a highly controversial topic and I am uncomfortable with it. I read in wikipedia's speedy deletions policy, "Any page which is requested for deletion by the original author, provided the author reasonably explains that it was created by mistake, and the page was edited only by its author." I don't know if my situation qualifies as a "mistake" by the original author. This is what I would like help with: I would like to know if it qualifies as a mistake or not for speedy deletion and I'm not sure who to ask. I worry about putting a speedy deletion tag that it might draw attention to what I am uncomfortable with. I would not mind at all if someone else wrote an article about the same topic. I would not even mind if they used what I already wrote. I think I am most uncomfortable about my name appearing in the history window for such a controversial topic. Q0 11:34, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)

 * Replying to this user. Wally 20:54, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Criticism of the Iraq War II
User:Stevertigo keeps removing the VFD notice from an article he created. He contends that to nominate his article for VFD is a "misapplication" of the deletion policy, and cites this as his reason for removing the tag. The entire point of VfD is to get consensus from a number of users on how the deletion policy should apply to an article; Stevertigo is claiming instead that because his interpretation of the deletion policy is that it shouldn't be deleted, it entitles him to unilaterally make a "keep" decision and end the discussion. His intransigence on this issue can be seen by this edit to my User talk page, just after removing the VFD tag for the third time, stating "I have again removed it. Take it to WP:RFAr." -- Antaeus Feldspar 04:17, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Criticism of the Iraq War

 * See also Votes for deletion/Iraq occupation mistakes

User:Antaeus Feldspar insists on reapplying a VFD tag which I contend was misapplied - in contradiction to the stated rules for VFD listing. Feldspar contends that the "do not remove" rule on the notice supercedes the "Problems that don't require deletion" stipulation on the original deletion policy. As it stands, there seems to be some much broader misunderstanding of VFD policy, judging by the votes against: there is a popular consensus for deleting the article, on POV basis alone, in direct contradiction to the rules of WP:DP. The criticism of "POV fork" is likewise baffling, as there does not appear to be any similar treatment with the same scope. Even if the issue is scope of the article - VFD listing is in violation of WP:DP. The VFD notice was added quite quickly after the article was started, interfering with normal editing processes of renaming the article. -==SV 03:48, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * As a general rule, deletion notices can be added by anyone, and they're allowed to stay. I've seen much worse faith deletions stay and go through VfD. Your best bet is probably to go to the VfD page and explain why the page should be kept. Snowspinner 22:10, Apr 9, 2005 (UTC)

Revert war in Slovakia
Please take a look at Talk:Slovakia. I'm not combattant and only request this since it hurts to observe it. So please bear with me if I don't follow the full requirements for a request, and if I may not get very involved in this. BTW, I also posted this on Wikiquette_alerts - maybe this that page offers a more lightweight way to solve the issue. — Sebastian 10:37, 2005 Mar 26 (UTC)
 * Hmmm... I don't see anyone wanting an advocate there, or is it you? Maybe Requests for protection will be more helpful than we up to now. Anyway, if a discussion begins, let us know. --Neigel von Teighen 17:47, 26 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * No, nobody asked for it. I just happened to witness that revert war and I felt very bad for the people investing their time in what seems to be an absurd waste of energy. I don't think it's good for Wikipedia, and I'm afraid it might turn away reasonable editors and confuse innocent readers. I don't know what to do about it, but I feel like we ought to do something. I'm sorry if my above post was unclear – I realized I wrote "this" where I meant "that". So far, my post on that page has not born fruit yet. — Sebastian 22:39, 2005 Mar 26 (UTC)

RfAr: Instantnood
Several weeks ago I filed an ArbCom case against Instantnood that went nowhere. This weekend jguk initiated his own, which I know I will be dragged into. With that expectation, I suppose I need an advocate. SchmuckyTheCat 19:54, 11 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * I'm already handling jguk's request. Unless there's a huge difference in what you and he want out of the case, there's no particular reason not to take them together. Snowspinner 20:01, Apr 11, 2005 (UTC)

WP:RfAr
Having gotten thoroughly frustrated at Instantnood's constant attempts to change articles, categories, and templates against majority opinion, I have enjoined myself to the ArbCom request on his behaviour. I would welcome a representative to help me, where necessary. In particular in compiling compelling evidence for the ArbCom - eg what do they like to see?

I would like a representative over the age of 21, say - but other than that, do not mind who, and would be grateful for assistance, jguk 13:26, 9 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Happy to help here. Snowspinner 02:41, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)

re:User:Instantnood
This is a little different from your normal appeal, first of all because I am making the appeal for someone who I think needs your help, and second because I think that this particular individual really needs two individuals if that is possible. One person will hopefully be one of your most experienced and effective Advocates for help with the dispute resolution processes. The other person needs to be a good counsellor who is very patient and diplomatic and who can help with editing articles and with general Wikipedia policy-making issues. I also think this case is important because one part of the dispute involves an attempt to write, or more accurately rewrite, Wikipedia policy (specifically the Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Chinese) related to the naming of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan-related articles, categories, and templates. There also seems to be an ever widening number of articles where this dispute is fought on (as well as multiple user's Talk pages), so just for the sake of the Wikipedia there needs to be an attempt to lower the heat in this dispute.

The person I am making the appeal for is User:Instantnood. I believe that this individual is a very sincere, but also a very head-strong individual. Unfortunately he has run into a couple of other head-strong individuals. Even though the results of their recent Requests for comment/Instantnood are mostly in Instantnood's favour, they have now filed a WP:RFAR against him. That arbitration is currently still in the fact-finding stage while the arbitrators try to decide if it is just a content dispute that they will dismiss. Instantnood needs help with both effectively countering the changes that have been made, as well as turning some of the focus onto the accusers (since it takes at least two to have an edit war).

Because of the China-naming issues, Instantnood should get some help publicizing the issue ((Village Pump (Policy), Current Surveys, notifying the appropriate Wikiprojects, etc.) so that there are more people involved than the current very small group (for example, look at the number of people that voted in the Gdansk/Danzig referendum for example). Instantnood also probably needs some tutoring on both how to work towards consensus, and how to compromise, because if things have degenerated into an edit war on an article, then the desired way of writing Wikipedia articles has failed.

One final note of warning before anyone wades into this potential quagmire: The Political status of Taiwan is deliberately ambiguous, and the political status of Hong Kong is anomalous, so almost everybody's arguments will be half-right and half-wrong. Plus the de facto status of anything related to China, and especially Taiwan or the Republic of China, can be considered just as much "POV" as any other position. The best way to handle the China-related articles (but unfortunately probably not article titles) is to try to best describe everybody's POV on the issues and then find a "solution" for the rest of the article that everyone is equally unhappy with.

AsylumInmate 09:31, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * If you look at 27 Mar request below from Instanthood (The use of "mainland China") you can see he has been contacted. --Wgfinley 04:43, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * I have accepted advocacy on behalf of User:Instantnood. Messages to my talk page. Wally 21:52, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Wally and I will be co-advocating for this user, see below. --Wgfinley 23:46, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

The use of "mainland China"
I would like to have assistance from people who are familiar with East Asian politics.

According to the article mainland China it is a term to refer to territories administered by the People's Republic of China (i.e. Communist) government, with Hong Kong and Macao excluded. The Naming conventions (Chinese) section clear states that mainland China is a valid, acceptable and NPOV term to refer to PRC's territories other than Hong Kong and Macao.

Nevertheless some users have actively been moving articles from category:Mainland China to category:People's Republic of China, and put many categories titled ..of mainland China to WP:CFD. Massive editing and reverting have taken place in many articles all across Wikipedia to replace the words "mainland China" with "China" or "People's Republic of China".

Articles, categories, templates, etc. involved: template:East Asia, category:Airports of mainland China, category:Companies of mainland China, category:Cities in mainland China, category:Laws of mainland China, Votes for deletion, Votes for deletion, Votes for deletion, Anti-Secession Law of the People's Republic of China, Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, List of national parks of the People's Republic of China, Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China, People's Republic of China's trademark law, category:World Heritage Sites in China, Special economic zone of the People's Republic of China. (this is not a full list, more may be added)

In fact there is an ongoing discussion at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (Chinese). There is also a precedant at Wikipedia:Categories for deletion/Category:Insurance companies of the People's Republic of China. However despite the discussion hasn't been closed, two users are already editing around.

Assistance is now necessary and essential. Please give us a hand if you are familiar with the issue. Thank you. — Instantnood 08:15, Mar 24, 2005 (UTC)

 * Answered request. This user seems to be looking for an RfC and page protection, and I directed them to appropriate venues for both, with a note to make contact if events necessitating advocacy occured. Wally 03:40, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Proceeded to arbitration — I have agreed to advocate for this user. Wally 21:52, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
 * Wally and I will be serving as co-advocates for this user based on his request and agreement with Wally. --Wgfinley 23:45, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Everyking
I need some help. Arbitration is being pursued against me even though I am open to mediation and to compromising about anything in dispute; I am willing to concede any point after reasonable discussion. Nevertheless, User:Snowspinner wants me banned from editing articles on a particular topic. I need someone to help me argue against the case being accepted, and if it is accepted, to help me argue against a ban. I am planning to leave Wikipedia if the ban is imposed, so that should indicate how seriously I take this. Everyking 13:18, 19 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * The case against me has been accepted. I need assistance as soon as possible. Everyking 08:39, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC)
 * I have been accepted as a member advocate for this case --Silas Snider (talk) 23:43, Mar 22, 2005 (UTC)

User:El_C vs. User:Sam Spade
I request an advocate to represent me with regards to what I see are perpetual and outstanding conduct issues on the part of User:Sam Spade. I would like to note that this is a culmination of collaboration in several articles throughout several months. It does not directly relate to content (though not independent from these issues, either), but rather what I percieve (and argue, have evidence to substantiate) as the inappropriate conduct of the aboevmentioned user. Unlike myself, Sam Spade is very familliar with the innerworking of official Wikipedia policies and channels, and in general, the procedural details of the Wiki. This places me at a disadvantage with respect to evaluating suitable courses of action (including but not limited to dispute resolution), and I think I could greatly benefit from an advocate to better aid me in establishing a frame of reference for these as well as for any consultative purposes pertaining to this case. Thank you, AMA advocates, for considering my request. Hopeful for a positive response, El_C 01:27, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you, Wally, for volunteering to be my advocate. Much appreciated. El_C 08:17, 15 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * LOL, jumped the gun on me. :) As El_C stated, so I am. Wally 04:54, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Answered and dormant, moved to close. --Wgfinley 19:23, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

User:dnagod vs. User:jpgordon et al
The text of this request, which became an long and heated argument, have been moved to /dnagod vs. jpgordon et al.

''A summary which is believed to reasonably reflect the content of the request and arguments is included below. ''

Please discuss issues with this summary on Wikipedia talk:AMA Requests for Assistance/dnagod vs. jpgordon et al page.

Note that the summary below is based on the content of the discussion here, and does not currently reflect any initial investigation into the matter, nor the viewpoint of any AMA member or of Wikipedia.

User:dnagod's complaint
User:dnagod added 8 links to the Holocaust denial article, each of which were to holocaust denial sites which question the generally accepted belief that Jewish people were executed at Nazi concentration camps during WWII. An edit war ensued in which these links were deleted, mainly by User:jpgordon, an admin, as well as User:SlimVirgin.

Overall, this is the recent stage in a pattern of abuse by user:jpgordon who repeatedly excludes the addition of links and content which are contrary to a pro-Jewish standpoint. This practice is not compatible with the WP principle of NPOV.

User:dnagod desires that these links be reviewed by the powers that be and be confirmed to be valid and contributory to the topic, and thereafter reinstated to the page.

User:dnagod further feels that there exists a cabal of pro-Jewish interests at WP which conspire to exclude anti-Jewish sentiment from Wikipedia, especially articles on topics related to Jews, Judaism, or Zionism. Additionally, this cabal conspired to have the article Jewish ethnocentrism deleted. (vfd) The existence of this cabal is obvious to anyone who researches the history of these cases.

Holocaust denial is a valid belief and worthy of both coverage as well as inclusion, on equal footing with other viewpoints, in Wikipedia. In many countries, holocaust denial or even holocaust agnosticism (summarizer's term) is illegal and persecuted.

User:dnagod would like to see Wikipedia administrators and arbitrators engage in an ongoing and organized practice of constant close monitoring of jewish supremacist, jewish, pro-jewish, and jew-sympathising users, to prevent them from adding Jewish-biased material to articles or develop pro-Jewish slants in articles. Ideally, he would also like to see close monitoring of Jewish-related articles as well as of any article on any emotionally controversial topic.

He has been the target of terms of personal attack including "nazi", "white supremacist", and "racist". Personal attacks are not acceptable on Wikipedia.

Fundamentally, though, his current issue is that the 8 links referred to above (see full text on subpage) be reviewed, confirmed, and readded to the article in question. He furthermore does not feel that adding these links this would cause the article to become a directory.

User:jpgordon's comments
User:jpgordon contends that his assessment of user:dnagod's ethnic views are supported by the posts by a user at a neo-nazi web forum who is believed to be the same person as user:dnagod. User:jpgordon finds this material disgusting.

According to User:jpgordon, user:dnagod has likewise engaged in personal attacks and name calling, including phrases such as "immature children", "jewish supremacist", and "lackey of jews". (user:dnagod uses such terms in his statements here, and defends them as obviously accurate statements.)

 * If you want arbitration, this is not the place. You need to request it here; however I warn you that at the moment they will not take your case. There are other dispute resolution processes you need to engage in first, including a request for comment and, if at all possible, mediation (this group's been a bit spotty lately, so that may not be possible. Further information can be found here: Dispute Resolution, Mediation and Arbitration. Start with the RfC, see what other users have to say and if you still feel the situation is unresolved proceed to the next steps. You cannot leap right to arbitration unless the committee allows it, and they won't. Wally 00:38, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * User:Sam Spade also responded to User:dnagod and is providing advice on the member's options.

 * User:dnagod was banned indefinitely, and expressed interest in forming his own WP fork. User:Sam Spade has begun an inquiry into the indefinite ban as a wrongful block . There is also quite a lot of discussion(s) regarding the Jewish Ethnocentrism article on that page. - Keith D. Tyler  [ flame ]  23:04, Feb 15, 2005 (UTC)

Answered and dormant, moved to closed. --Wgfinley 19:23, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Homophobia
Can someone or multiple users please mediate a NPOV dispute over Homophobia. See relevant discussion on talk page. Apollomelos 09:22, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * I've contacted this user, and recommended an RfC and mediation, as well as volunteering myself as an amateur in the latter capacity. Not a case requiring user representation at this time. Wally 03:54, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Answered and resolved, moved to closed. --Wgfinley 19:23, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Liberal Party of Australia
Discussion about the platform of this specific type of government has met with little results. The page blatantly provides misleading information.

My complaints and claims:

The Liberal Party of Australia is not neoliberal but conservative. However, the user Xtra has refused to listen to reason, despite facts backing up each claim. References and citations have confirmed this conservative standing. However, attempts to get this innaccurate and false information corrected has been met with ridicule and partisan replies. I also object to the fact that the person running the page does in fact support for the very organisation he is defending. How can that be neutral? How can this page continue to provide false information? And how can he possibly be trusted to show partiality?

The definition of neoliberal pupports that "A political movement beginning in the 1960s that blends traditional liberal concerns for social justice with an emphasis on economic growth" [link]:. The actions of the Liberal party (which I have linked to see Talk:Liberal Party of Australia oppose this notion of "social justice" and instead prefer social conservatism and therefore do not represnt neoliberal policies (by definition).

 * Post a reply to this anon on his/her talk page; advised RfC and mediation, as it is thus far an editorial dispute between two users on a single page about a single topic. Full representation not necessary at this time. Wally 04:07, 14 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Answered and resolved, moved to closed. --Wgfinley 19:23, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

User:PaulinSaudi vs. User:Philip Baird Shearer re Operation Biting
I fear I am about to start an edit war, and at this point in my life I am lacking the patience to be civil. Some level-headed help, please? Operation Biting is a nice little article. Another user did a cut-and-paste so now we have two little articles (ours is still nicer). I asked him to remove it. He said no. I deleted it, he restored it. I am (as I said) in need of some adult supervision on this. Paul, in Saudi 16:25, 26 Jan 2005 (UTC)]]
 * I can do it. This is not an edit wr yet, but it will turn on one. --Neigel von Teighen 17:09, 27 Jan 2005 (UTC)
 * Does the above description accurately reflect this issue? I'm not 100% clear on what this is about. - Keith D. Tyler  [ flame ]

Answered and dormant to the point of mold, moved to closed. --Wgfinley 19:23, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

System of a Down's albums Mezmerize and Hypnotize
- A user (User:Mike Garcia) is editing the System of a Down, Hypnotize and Mezmerize articles with incorrect information regarding release timings for both albums, as well as the first single. I've tried discussing this with the user on both of our talk pages, but unfortunately he simply cites a poor unreliable source. The user is unconvinced with my sources (MTV.com, blabbermouth.net and print media) and continues to revert the edits. He has also begun to be abusive on my talk page. Other users are making correct edits, but he continues to revert them as well. I've noticed that he was previously banned and I wonder if it was for similar behaviour. Thanks for any assistance you may be able to provide. MrHate 03:33, Mar 3, 2005 (UTC)

 * I've put this behind the other, older requests because it parallels the one below. I've referred this case also to User:Guanaco, and alerted User:Mike Garcia that these requests have been placed, as well as warning that if any further RfAs are received I'll have to go to the ArbCom and seek an injunction. Should further dispute resolution be necessary on either this issue or that below, I volunteer myself to act on behalf of both. Wally 00:19, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Answered and dormant, moving to closed. --Wgfinley 19:15, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Ned's Atomic Dustbin's The Ingredients EP release date.
User:Mike Garcia is repeatedly editing the article with an incorrect release year for "The Ingredients EP" of 1989. I have attempted in the talk page to try and provide some evidence for the correct year of 1990, but he continues to claim i am wrong, citing only two poor and unreliable sources (both in fact show entirely different years, making at least one of them wrong regardless.) He has made no effort to defend his own sources after i pointed out their inconsistencies and ignored any of mine, including my mention of the 1990 copyright notice on the release (which i provided a link to scans of for verification) - his only reply to this was simply telling me to "Leave it the way it is now and don't come back". Apparently he is simply 'right' and that's all there is to it, and has threatened to ban me. I now have absolutely irrefutable evidence of the exact date in the form of the december 1990 t-shirt which provides all events and tour dates for the whole year, including the ingredients release on april 30th. Unfortunately, the only image i have available is a little rough, or i would have posted it immediately, but i am concerned he will simply ignore me once again (as he has already done with the copyright notice - which i thought was pretty irrefutable in itself), especially without a decent picture. I also see from his profile he has been banned from the site before - and is mentioned further down this very page regarding similar behaviour - and didn't think the issue should go unnoticed if he is returning to a pattern of destructive behaviour. 02:01, Mar 19, 2005

 * RfA from an anon replied to. As this issue involves a user under decidedly unusual circumstances, I advised that AMA involvement was not yet pertinent, as barely any discussion had occured to attempt to reach consensus and as the other user involved operated under special parameters, and advised that the anon contact User:Danny or User:Guanaco. Wally 03:34, 21 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Answered and dormant, moving to closed. --Wgfinley 19:15, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Garbage's new album Bleed Like Me
The last user who vandalizes the page needs to be banned or blocked, as I said on one of those pages:, and. -- Mike Garcia | talk 01:12, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * You might be the one that needs to be blocked, seeing as you have AMA Requests against you for putting false information in some pages. I will have to look furher into this matter. Xxpor 17:54, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * I've checked this page, and its been protected by User:Tony Sidaway following a revert war instigated by User:Mike Garcia, who has neither explained his actions on the talk page or the history. I've contacted Xxpor and warned Mike that unless he explains himself I'll seek an injunction. I hate to do this to a user requesting assistance, but I warned him twice already and promised the other users. Wally 01:42, 3 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Matter for the moment held, pending efforts to alleviate the situation. No action taken, as requested by User:Danny and User:Tony Sidaway. Mike's request inappropriate for AMA involvement (we don't handle ban/block requests, and the issue has already been dispensed with on those pages). Wally 21:52, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Moved as per above. Wally 21:52, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Answered and appears resolved, moving to closed. --Wgfinley 19:15, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

anon vs. User:Willmcw re Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Request for help. Someone continues to add a flagrantly libelous statement to the entry on the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. An editor, who seems to be an administrator of some sort, continues to say that the newspaper attacked a prominent politician's wife by calling her a "lesbian." There is no proof, either in the newspaper's internal library nor the internet (nor any other fee-based document retrieval service) that such a statement was ever made. Other erroneous statements about the newspaper were made but were deleted by an anonymous contributor. While issues have been raised in the talk section about this behavior, the organizers of Wikipedia should know that libelous statements are being made. They have no basis in fact and seem to stem only from the imagination of the poster. To my knowledge, neither the newspaper's publisher nor the other person libeled have knowledge of this editor's work. I appeal here because he seems to be an administrator.
 * Posted by anon 147.72.93.172, who appears to be looking for an admin, not an advocate. Large amount of unsigned and frankly hard to follow messages on Talk:Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, mostly between the anon and User:Willmcw. There is also a revert war going on between the anon and User:Willmcw on the article page. - Keith D. Tyler  [ flame ]

 * I just discovered this request by chance. Long before I became involved the Anon user (user:147.72.93.172/user:147.72.93.199) was in a revert battle with user:Gamaliel over the "lesbian allegation". Since then we have found the correct facts of the incident, along with a great deal of aditional (referenced) info which has improved the article. The Anon was deleting large chunks of this new info, and making repeated threats of libel suits against editors and Wiki. The talk page is hard to follow because the Anon refuses to use Wiki norms, like adding comments at the bottom, indenting them, or signing them. He recently volunteered that he worked for the Tribune-Review's competition, and I responded that evidence (his IP addresses) showed the opposite. Since then he has not made further edits. I am proud of the work that I have done on Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and would be open to any suggestions on how to make it better, or on how to improve my editing. -Willmcw 22:33, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * PS To clarify, I think that mediation would be very helpful. This editor seems to have a difficult time understanding the Wiki process or Wiki norms. Cheers, -Willmcw 22:33, 7 Feb 2005 (UTC) (Come to think of it, so do I.) -W.

 * I've responded to User:Willmcw, who has contacted me directly. Planning to pursue an informal resolution process (Negotiation or informal mediation). Would appreciate an advocate for the anon user and possibly another to serve as an informal mediator. Keith D. Tyler ¶ [ AMA ] 00:37, Feb 26, 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks to Keith D. Tyler for getting actively involved in a helpful way. You posted a well-written letter to the Talk:Pittsburgh Tribune-Review page, where the Anon, whom you've dubbed "Tribune Fan", would see it, in which you make some suggestions on his editing behavior and on how to proceed. . "TribFan", if I may, responded by proclaiming the matter settled (without responding to the issues of his editing behavior):

 * Mr. Tyler, these issues were resolved. An earlier poster had continued to print that the newspaper had accused a political candidate's wife of lesbianism. This was easily proved to be false, with citations provided, but the person continued to deface the correction and reprint the lie. In law, this is known as an "intentional lie." When it continues to be uttered, even in the face of evidence that strongly disputes it, the act of repeating an "intentional lie" is conduct that proves the element of malice necessary in a libel case brought by public figures. I could not make a "legal threat," in your words, because I can't possibly be a party to the suit. I wasn't either of the wronged parties. The potential plaintiffs would be either the candidate's wife or the owner of the newspaper.

 * Since his I.P. address indicates he may be an employee of the newspaper, his disclaimer about lawsuits seems to be a technicality. In any case, it appears to me that he has explicitly withdrawn his request for an advocate. I continue to think that an advocate or mediator would be helpful. If there are further problems with this editor, I assume the RfC would be the appropriate place to raise them. There has been some recent discussion with TribFan, myself, and other editors at Talk:Teresa Heinz Kerry. -Willmcw 00:50, Mar 12, 2005 (UTC)

 * Thanks for the comments. I noted the anon's response and I was planning to respond, specifically on his refusal to abide by my request that he follow standard WP Talk page conventions. Unfortunately I recently became mired in a tough case. However, the anon stated that he felt the dispute was resolved, so it's not a big deal now IMO. I do recommend RfC for further content disputes as a first course after Talk page discussion fails to reach an agreement. - Keith D. Tyler ¶ [ AMA ] 07:19, Mar 12, 2005 (UTC)

Given the fact that the original requester has withdrawn his request, and since there have been no new disputes, I suggest that this matter be moved to the "Closed" section. -Willmcw 22:38, Apr 10, 2005 (UTC)

 * Agree, moved to closed. --Wgfinley 19:15, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

There is a side issue that should be resolved. I discovered that search engines routinely will pull up the erroneous, libelous and frankly offensive material that was once ginned up about the Tribune-Review. Only this time it appears in the "Discussion" section.

I have sought to remove what wasn't good enough for primetime from the "backdoor" of the discussion page, but an administrator named Gamaliel, who has agreed to "tag team" me on these issues with Willmcw (see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Gamaliel/Archive_3).

I'm not sure how one can "tag team" a knowledgeable source into advocating what is wrong, instead of what is right, but perhaps an outsider can decide?

 * See your talk page, it's really tough to help you if you insist on being anon. Hard for an advocate to contact you can get some info, ageement on how to proceed, etc.  --Wgfinley 03:08, 19 Apr 2005 (UTC)

User:Anthony DiPierro Arbitration
I'd like some help dealing with Snowspinners request for arbitration against me. If you don't yet hate me or feel you can get over it I'd appreciate it if you left me a message on my talk page. IRC would be the best way to discuss things privately with me, but I can also provide my email address if you can give me a way to communicate this with you. anthony 警告 01:18, 24 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * I am responding to the user. The RfAr is not yet accepted. Note that more than half the arbitration committee members have recused themselves. Keith D. Tyler  [ flame ]  23:12, Feb 25, 2005 (UTC)
 * For reference: The arbitration issues stems from a speedy delete of a user-space recreation of a VfD-deleted page. The VfU is here. - Keith D. Tyler ¶ [ AMA ] 00:42, Feb 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * The arbitration was merged with another unrelated complaint, and is open at Requests_for_arbitration/Anthony_DiPierro_2. - Keith D. Tyler ¶ [ AMA ] 21:17, Mar 2, 2005 (UTC)

 * Case decided, moved to closed. --Wgfinley 19:15, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

User:Joshuaschroeder vs. User:Ungtss
User:Ungtss has become more and more difficult to work with over the last month, now resorting to personal attacks on a post-by-post basis. Talk:Creation biology is a good example of this. He does not seem to understand the work of editting an encyclopedia. Joshuaschroeder 17:33, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I responded this user preliminarily --Neigel von Teighen 21:49, 16 Feb 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm officially working on the case. --Neigel von Teighen 14:25, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * Answered and dormant, moved to closed. --Wgfinley 19:15, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

User:Drostie vs. User:SimonP et al. re red links to bible verses
Original title: Christian views of homosexuality: dead links or no?

Background: Recently, a vote about deleting an entire Wikipedia entry (Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/John 20:16) devoted to a single Bible verse was negative -- Wikipedia did not delete the Bible verse. This precedent would, as its goal, involve an eventual entire integration of the 1,000-page, 30,000-verse Bible into Wikipedia. While I don't think that this form of commentary is encyclopedic, it is not up to me to choose what the Wikipedia includes. However, the administrator of the debate seems to be User:OldakQuill, who was not particularly neutral as an administrator. Perhaps, though, he knows Wikipedia better than I.

The Issue: SimonP has changed all of the Bible links on the Christian views of homosexuality page to redirect to the pages on the actual passages. These pages don't exist, so all the user is confronted with is a bunch of dead links. Originally, all of the links went straight to the books of the Bible; documentation of these exist, but it is not particularly thorough. My personal opinion is that some data is better than no data, so we should link to the pages on each book of the Bible until such time as the actual passages exist. I just really don't think that having broken links for the next 4-5 years (heck, this might just be a fad that never gets completed) is helpful to anyone.

SimonP seems to want to turn this into a revert war; Angr has responded in kind, and I've avoided joining the revert war on Angr's side. The revert war is the reason I'm bringing it to the AMA. SimonP's last edit's description seems to indicate that he views the John 20:16 keep vote as a mandate from Wikipedia to keep these dead links.

It doesn't look like long-term resolution will come out of mediation, but it could be tried.

What I Need: I'm still a relative beginner to Wikipedia, I need to know what actions can (and, more importantly, should) be taken.
 * First off, should the Bible verses query that started all this be relayed to Arbitration? Does the issue of explicating an entire work needs a binding solution from them?
 * Secondly, does Wikipedia advocate making broken links in the hope someone will create the pages they're referring to?
 * Third, am I right in thinking it better to have a broken link over a fixed link?
 * Fourth, should this be relayed to Mediation and/or Arbitration? Which should it go to?

Thank you guys very much for your time; you have no idea how much it is valued by the rest of us.

-- Chris Drostie 04:43, 18 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * IMO:
 * No, I don't think so.
 * Actually, generally yes. But this smells like a slightly extreme case of redlinking. Frankly, I would be inclined to wait and see if a WikiProject for bible verse is created and actively contributed to, and it very well may, and which leads to more thorough population of bible verse articles, decimating the red sea of links. (heh, heh.) Now on the other hand, Manual_of_Style_(links) suggests that if more than 10% of the links on a page are dead, it would be generally considered "overlinked". That page looks like 1/3 of links are red.
 * You mean that the other way around, don't you? Either way, I'm not sure how to answer that question; I don't think there is a clear consensus. Certainly links with content are better than dead links. And the general convention seems to have been that you link to the most fitting existing article on a topic, and then once a more detailed page exists, someone will update the link to the more detailed article. This happens all the time.
 * I doubt it. One avenue may be to encourage SimonP and those who voted Keep in the VfD (as a group via the VFD page or Talk:John 20:16 talk page, not via a mass commenting on all their user pages) to form or contribute to a WikiProject on bible verses and start filling them in.
 * Keith D. Tyler  [ flame ]  22:45, Feb 18, 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Keith.
 * Cool. I'm glad I didn't go rushing there first, then.
 * I'll bring up the overlinking issue on the Talk:Christian views of homosexuality page if the debate continues.
 * Yeah, I meant the other way around. I'm thinking that perhaps, as a show of mediation, I should do both: Leviticus 18:22 ... I'm hoping that this form of help would satisfy all users in question.
 * Do you think I should start this WikiProject myself without a goal of maintaining it? Or should I just write in the Talk pages for the verses that a WikiProject should be formed?
 * --Chris Drostie 04:42, 19 Feb 2005 (UTC)

 * I would only create the project if you're willing to coordinate it. IMO it should be SimonP that creates a WikiProject, since he is basically intending to kick off a project of sorts. That would be the established way to kick off and organize a series of articles of such a scale. And he ought to know that. - Keith D. Tyler  [ flame ]  06:29, Feb 21, 2005 (UTC)

Answered and dormant, moved to closed. --Wgfinley 19:15, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Lupitaº re: Mestizo
I'm getting into an edit war since I have already deleted and been reverted twice. The issue is as follows: The Mestizo article cites "official" statistics regarding the percentage of mixed race populations in Latin America that seemed phony to me since I am familiar with research in this area. After requesting a reference three times, the poster in question answered that they came from the CIA. I went to the CIA web site and nowhere does it indicate who, where and when these statistics come from, that is, there is no primary source. Furthermore, I have googled and can't find any other reference to these statistics or even something similar. I can provide links to researchers who state that race statistics in Latin America are limited to estimates of indigineous communities and more recently, and only in five Latin American nations, to the descendants of Blacks. I would be grateful if someone familiar with the issue of the validity of statistics would be so kind as to mediate.

I am having the same problem in the Spanish version because it has been regarded that changing "official statistics" to "estimates" solves the problem of citing phony numbers.--Lupitaº 16:08, 12 Jan 2005 (UTC)

 * I replied to this user indicating that a request for comment is what she is looking for where getting answers to her questions is concerned; I did notice she was having a problem with an abusive user on that page's talk section, however, and offered my assistance if she felt dispute resolution necessary. Alas, an examination of her contributions shows that filing this request was one of the last things she did on Wikipedia, so she may be gone for good. Wally 03:49, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

 * Answered and dormant, moved to closed. --Wgfinley 19:05, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Laura Bush
There is a battle going back and forth in the Laura Bush article over the inclusion of extraneous information and POV regarding the accident where an acquaintance of Laura Bush was killed. I'm for just sticking to the facts and a short quote while others seem to want to turn it into an episode of Oprah. Should it be taken to mediation or arbitration? A little help! googuse 17:10, Apr 8, 2005 (UTC)

 * Now there seems to be series of sockpuppets reverting the article in an attempt to curry an illusion of support googuse 19:59, Apr 8, 2005 (UTC)

I have protected the page for the time being.-gadfium 21:24, 8 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Initiated contact, will update with status. --Wgfinley 20:52, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * User replied adding situation had stabilized, will contact if needed. Move to closed.  --Wgfinley 19:00, 18 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Wikipedia page being used for criminal purposes and libelous statments, for right wing extremist
A Wiki page that is supposedly a biography of a right-wing extremist celebrity, is being used for criminal purposes and deception. Most significantly, a large part of the page is being used to conduct a libelous malicious attack upon the celebrity's biographer (myself), and provides false statements of recent felony crimes by the celebrity that may be prosecuted. The Wiki page is thus a felony act of obstruction of justice. This celebrity pays a lot of money to control public image, and it appears that the Wiki page controller is on the celebrity's payroll. The real facts of the celebrity's life are omitted and deleted, NPOV warning has been deleted, false statements are being made and re-inserted. Seems like a scheme to use Wiki's neutral image to help cover up for felony crimes. I am not a Wiki veteran. Request assistance on this blatant violation of Wiki policies. Please e-mail to: timetobefree(at)lycos(dot)com.

 * This user, Drlsachs/81.69.164.53, is threatening legal action against Wikipedia on Talk:Patricia Cornwell, and is involved in a legal fight with the subject of that biography, an author. -Willmcw 22:32, Mar 31, 2005 (UTC)

 * Contacted the requester, will update with status. --Wgfinley 05:21, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Coached user some on how to properly address this issue, no follow up from user since. Moving to closed.  --Wgfinley 20:54, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Sister project templates
I've been in a long-standing dispute with Itai (talk · contributions) over his creation of Template:Sisterproject, and subsequent use of it as a "meta-template" (a template-within-a-template that provides formatting). Over the course of this, I've gather input from the developers describing the negative server/database impact of such practices, and documented it at Meta-templates considered harmful. Even after that, Itai continues to revert over this issue (and has been blocked for two 3RR violations over them). As one can see from his contributions, almost all of his recent edits have been to continue this. Because these are obscure templates, and there is a good deal of technical background to this, I've been unable to locate anyone willing to help convince him to stop, or even someone who could co-sign an RFC on the matter. Recently, evidence of my reverts has been presented against me in an Arbitration case, but I feel that it is this user, who does almost no other editing, that has caused this to be ceaseless. Even after I gathered the technical information, he seems more intent on getting his way than discussing.

In short, I ask someone to help first assist me in getting him to stop his reversions (since there is a definite server impact), and then also to help with the associated section of my arbitration case. I do not want to be punished for reverting in order to reduce the load on the servers. -- Netoholic @ 18:56, 2005 Mar 24 (UTC)

 * Initiated contact as I had already entered some info on his RfAr case, will update if accepted. --Wgfinley 04:52, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Contact successful, I will advocate, member has accepted. --Wgfinley 05:36, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

 * Case is in decision process, after repeated contact requests member never responded but continued editing on his case page, this forced me to withdraw. Case closed, member does not appear to desire an advocate.  --Wgfinley 20:28, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)


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Lake Lanier Islands

Lake Lanier Islands is a resort complex built on a small group of islands on Lake Lanier, the largest lake in Georgia, located 60 miles northeast of Atlanta, Georgia. The resort complex was established in 1974 and includes a hotel, water park, golf course, multiple conference and meeting venues, beaches, boat docks, and a number of other recreational amenities.

History
The Lake Lanier islands were originally large hills near Gainesville. After the creation of Buford Dam and the flooding of part of the Chattahoochee River valley created Lake Lanier, the hills became the largest chain of islands in the lake. In 1957, The US Army Corps of Engineers leased the Lake Lanier islands to the Georgia Department of State Parks, which partnered with the newly created Lake Lanier Islands Development Authority (LLIDA) in 1962 to manage and develop a recreational venue for the citizens of Georgia to enjoy. Development included Harbor Landing boat docks, campgrounds, horse stables, beaches, a golf course and the PineIsle Hotel. The complex opened in 1974, and the PineIsle Hotel opened the following year. A water park opened in 1987. Events held at the complex include annual Independence Day fireworks, on the lake, full moon parties, and "Magical Nights of Lights." The State of Georgia contracted with the KSL Corporation to take over the day-to-day management and operations of Lake Lanier Islands.

In August 2005, Virgil Williams, through his venture, Lake Lanier Islands Management Company, bought the resort complex from the KSL Corporation. The purchase was for 14.5 million dollars. Since purchasing the resort, the KLL Corporation has worked to improve the islands. The PineIsle resort closed that year and was demolished in 2008.

Under the ownership of the Lake Lanier Islands Management Company, the property has received numerous upgrades and renovations. In 2008, it completed renovations at Legacy Lodge & Conference Center when the previous Emerald Point Hotel & Conference Center "was completely rebuilt using only the shell of the original structure." In April 2014, Legacy Lodge opened a saltwater lounging pool, replacing their previous pool and hot tubs. In the summer of 2016, Legacy Lodge & Conference center, the hotel on Lanier Islands, underwent a 2 million dollar renovation. The upgrades included "214 rooms now have new hardwood floors, artwork and decor with an outdoors theme, as well as new bedding, mini-refrigerators and Keurig coffee makers. Other upgrades include newly painted woodwork and ceilings throughout the hotel, new wallcoverings in guest rooms and corridors, new carpets in corridors and new lighting and window treatments."

In 2018 the Lake Lanier Islands Management Company made a deal with Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville Development and SafeHarbor in order to invest millions of dollars into the island and theme park LanierWorld, and assume management.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Devayan

 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. Sasquatch ↔讲↔看 05:45, August 4, 2005 (UTC)

Devayan
advertisement/self-promotion

 * Keep. Since yesterday, we, the creators of the article, were confronted with a number of very surprising incidents involving the user goethean. First, the article was tagged as disputed  by goethean because it supposedly violated Wikipedia’s rules of neutrality.  Quoting from the user goethean; “It is not written from a neutral point of view. It will have to be re-written to conform with Wikipedia standards of neutrality. Specifically, the unattributed claims that a god led men to write a particular book represent a particular point of view and must be attributed to those who hold these claims…” We made the changes requested by this user and asked him to have the disputed tag removed.  Instead of acknowledging the changes, he put a request that this article be entirely deleted.  We find this absolutely incomprehensible. He claims that this article is meant for self-promotion. This article can in no way be considered self-promotion, as the author, Dr. Hajari, passed away in 1978. goethean also said that he did a search on google for Hajari+Devayan, and the search engine only provided two relevant hits. We would like to suggest to goethean that he makes another search in google for Devayan, and he will find many websites associated with the epic Devayan. Dr. Hajari was a life long devoted disciple of Sri Aurobindo, and Sri Aurobindo was his guru. If he received any assistance from his guru, then there should be no reason for surprise. In the article, we have attributed all supposed claims to the author, Dr. Hajari, and the article in no way suggests that these claims are absolute facts. goethean also mentioned that Devayan is not listed amongst the books issued by the Sri Aurobindo Ashram. It’s a fact that many ashramites have written books which have been published outside the ashram. Since this was our first Wikipedian article, we did not know that we did not have the right to delete comments posted by other users. We deleted goethean’s comments. After he told us that this was not allowed, we apologized to him and he put his comments back on the page. And as far as we know, we are allowed to post links on other articles which could be related to the subject matter. If still there are any points which need to be ironed out in the article, we would be more than pleased to make the changes. Considering all of the above, we strongly feel that this article SHOULD NOT BE DELETED!!

19:11, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

 * Comment There's only 2 separate google hits for Hajari+Devayan, one of which is a home page and the other a New Delhi book catalog. This is dishonest self-promotion --- the article's author claims that Sri Aurobindo was involved in the composition of this epic, a claim for which no evidence is offered. Sri Aurobindo is sort of the Indian equivalent of Benjamin Franklin or Alexander Hamilton. The Sri Aurobindo Ashram publishes all books that Aurobindo wrote, and this title is not among them. --goethean ॐ 15:56, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * The author of the article  has removed the disputed tag, has blanked the talk page, has spammed many articles with links to this one, and has attempted to protect the article. --goethean ॐ 15:55, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * More recently, they're just vandalising the Scientology article, --Icelight 22:34, July 21, 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete I've searched high and low, and though the book does appear to be refered to more often without his name, it's not by much, and most of those references are copies of a single boilerplate. Unless someone can come forth with some off-line references that are authoritative, I have to say that this is a non-notable book by a non-notable author (WP:NOT a soap box). -Harmil 16:37, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Weak delete. It seems like the book could indeed form a page of its own, if the claims behind it can be backed up and the POV is removed.  --Several Times 19:44, 21 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete I cannot find much in the way of a basis for the notability of this book. Many of the links searching for just the title turn up either unrelated pages, or links back to the home page, often on user-submission sites. The article is also still not encyclopedic in the least, as it affirms that the book is a true prediction of the future. (Curiously, my crystal ball shows something completely different...) --Icelight 22:32, July 21, 2005 (UTC)
 * Strong delete; non-notable fringe book by unknown cult. Note that this book is not authored by Aurobindo (which might have made it encycolpedia-worthy). --Bambaiah 09:41, July 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. The first comment is a typical Chewbacca Defense, BJAODN-worthy I think. - Sikon 10:24, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per the usual. Radiant_ >|< 14:18, July 22, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete: the keepability of an article is in inverse proportion to the average length of comment required in its defence in VfD. (And for the other reasons given above.)-Splash 18:16, 22 July 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete notability not established. JamesBurns 03:08, 23 July 2005 (UTC)

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

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Johann Rist

Johann Rist (8 March 1607 – 31 August 1667) was a German poet and dramatist best known for his hymns, which inspired musical settings and have remained in hymnals.

Life
Rist was born at Ottensen in Holstein-Pinneberg (today Hamburg) on 8 March 1607; the son of the Lutheran pastor of that place, Caspar Rist. He received his early training at the Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums in Hamburg and the Gymnasium Illustre in Bremen; he then studied theology at the university of Rinteln. Under the influence of Josua Stegman there, his interest in hymn writing began. On leaving Rinteln, he tutored the sons of a Hamburg merchant, accompanying them to the University of Rostock, where he himself studied Hebrew, mathematics, and medicine. During his time at Rostock, the Thirty Years War almost emptied the university, and Rist himself lay there for several weeks, suffering from pestilence.

In 1633, he became tutor in the house of Landschreiber Heinrich Sager at Heide, in Holstein. Two years later (1635) he was appointed pastor of the village of Wedel on the Elbe. In 1633 he married Elisabeth Stapel, sister of Franz Stapel, bailiff of nearby Pinneberg. They had five children, of whom two died early; Elisabeth died 1662. In 1664, he married Anna Hagedorn, born Badenhop, widow of his friend Phillipp Hagedorn. He died in Wedel on 31 August 1667.

Work as a dramatist and poet
Rist first made his name known to the literary world by a drama, Perseus (1634), which he wrote while at Heide, and in the next succeeding years he produced a number of dramatic works of which the allegory Das friedewünschende Teutschland (1647) and Das friedejauchzende Teutschland (1653) (new ed. of both by H. M. Schletterer, 1864) are the most interesting. Rist soon became the central figure in a school of minor poets. The emperor Ferdinand III crowned him laureate in 1644, ennobled him in 1653, and invested him with the dignity of a Count Palatine, an honor which enabled him to the crown, and to gain numerous poets for the Elbschwanenorden (Order of Elbe Swans), a literary and poetical society which he founded in 1660. He had already, in 1645, been admitted, under the name Daphnis aus Cimbrien, to the literary order of Pegnitz, and in 1647 he became, as Der Rüstige, a member of the Fruchtbringende Gesellschaft ("Fruitbearing Society").

Work as a hymn writer
It is, however, as a writer of church hymns that Rist is best known. Among these several are still retained in the Protestant hymn book: e.g. "O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort" and "Ermuntre dich, mein schwacher Geist". Collections of his poems appeared under the titles Musa Teutonica (1634) and Himmlische Lieder (1643).

Johann Sebastian Bach composed two cantatas on "O Ewigkeit, du Donnerwort": BWV 60 (1723) using the first verse of the hymn, and the chorale cantata BWV 20 (1724) based on the entire chorale. Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78, is another chorale cantata by Bach, based on the hymn with the same name by Rist.

Rist's hymn "O Gottes Geist, mein Trost und Rat" is sung to the tune of "Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott". Christiana Mariana von Ziegler included its ninth stanza in her libretto for Bach's cantata Er rufet seinen Schafen mit Namen, BWV 175.

Rist's 1641/1642 hymn "Ein trauriger Grabgesang" is notable for being an early occurrence of the phrase "God is dead" in German culture, this time in an explicitly theistic, Protestant Christian context. The text goes:

O große Not! Gott selbst ligt tot, Am Kreuz ist er gestorben.

Works

 * Die alleredelste Belustigung (1666)
 * Die alleredelste Erfindung (1667)
 * Das alleredelste Leben (1663)
 * Erbauliche Monaths-Unterredungen (1663-1668)
 * Das alleredelste Nass der gantzen Welt (1663)
 * Das Friedewünschende Teuschland (1649)
 * Sabbathische Seelenlust. Lüneburg: J. and H. Stern 1651
 * Neue Musikalische Fest-Andachten: Lüneburg: J. and H. Stern 1655
 * Neue Musikalische Katechismus-Andachten. Lüneburg: J. and H. Stern: 1656
 * Himmlische Lieder. Lüneburg: J. and H. Stern 1641
 * Neue Musikalische Kreutz- Trost- Lob und DankSchule. Lüneburg: J. and H. Stern 1659

title: Johann Rist