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Talk:William Wordsworth

Grammar
Requesting Grammatical cleanup. Very stilted. --ISpyFace 09:55, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

Editing
what was his poems This article needs expansion and editing. I've started the work, but I'm an expert on Russian poety, not English... Foremost, it needs a TOC at the head. Also, popular reception of W -- initially very negative, but by the end of his life he'd become a celebrity (tour groups, even!).  (Unsigned comment by User:Michaeladenner on 8 December 2005)

Off Topic
Could someone please recommend me a complete edition of Wordsworth's works? I know a hardcover one, apparently from Oxford, in eight volumes, but I'm looking for a cheaper and perhaps with more recent editing. If someone knows of other good editions of the rest of the romantics, I'd also like to know. Thanks. 200.141.237.165 15:06, 18 March 2006 (UTC)

 * Just a reminder: "please keep discussions on talk pages on the topic of how to improve the associated article." Someone might be able to answer your questions at Reference desk/Humanities. --Mrwojo 01:12, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

Influences
I have added Charlotte Smith to the list of influences. Female sonneteers had been reintroducing the sonnet, an unpopular form in the C18th, prior to Wordsworth's own appropriation of the mode. Smith was one with whom he was directly acquainted (according to 'Romantic Literature', Jennifer Breen and Mary Noble, p. 80).74.66.231.211 (talk) 23:19, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Redirect
Just a note that searching for "Wordsworth" gives you Wordsworth and makes you redirect to William Wordsworth. I'm too much of a newbie to know whether this ought to be changed, but it seems a little ridiculous. --Toastedcheese 23:50, 23 July 2006 (UTC)

 * I have fixed the problem regarding the redirect of the Wordsworth page to William Wordsworth.. Now if you type Wordsworth, it will redirect to William Wordsworth.. I have also added a disambiguation page for the other uses of wordsworth --Rev.bayes 18:23, 1 September 2006 (UTC)

Cultural depictions of William Wordsworth
I've started an approach that may apply to Wikipedia's Core Biography articles: creating a branching list page based on in popular culture information. I started that last year while I raised Joan of Arc to featured article when I created Cultural depictions of Joan of Arc, which has become a featured list. Recently I also created Cultural depictions of Alexander the Great out of material that had been deleted from the biography article. Since cultural references sometimes get deleted without discussion, I'd like to suggest this approach as a model for the editors here. Regards,  Durova  16:33, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Criticisms
I don't have enough knowledge on Wikipedia to enter this, but perhaps someone could revamp this page to include many of the literary criticisms aimed at his work from both scholars and students alike. Thanks, Andrew Lawton andrew.lawton@hotmail.com

Sure, I have a Wordsworth criticisms book, I'll whizz some off in a new section --PorgeHR (talk) 00:56, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Lucy Poems
The 'Lucy' Poems were performed as a song by The Divine Comedy (band), should this be added to the article? It is such a beautiful way of representing the poetry of Wordsworth maybe it is worthy of inclusion? ny156uk 21:42, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

Anosmic
Apparently he had no sense of smell. - Kittybrewster 23:07, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

This is true, is it mentioned in the article? If not, add it where appropriate --PorgeHR (talk) 00:57, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

Vandalism
I've briefly semiprotected the page to deal with vandalism - there was a lot of stuff not getting properly caught, and this should hopefully calm it down for a bit. Shimgray | talk | 17:01, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Birthplace
Where was he born? His key facts say he was born in Cockermouth but the text says he was born in Cumberland BRAD 18:41, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Cockermouth is in Cumbria, then called Cumberland. (I learned these facts from Wikipedia.)

Vandalism
Hello. I was searching "wordsworth early poetry" and the text that shows up on Google refers to WW's masterpiece "The Penis." wow I have no idea how to fix this but wanted to alert someone. Thanks. 69.247.137.50 18:35, 21 April 2007 (UTC)Jeannie

so... i have a question... was wonderwoman really Wordsworth's daughter-in-law?? cause the text shows her as being the fourth wife of Wordsworth's son, John Wordsworth... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 41.244.142.45 (talk) 18:37, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

Birthplace
i dont think he actually was born in cockermouth, he moved there later. For some reason i think he may have been born in lorton or somewhere similar, although im not sure...not really any help there sorry
 * Oxford Dictionary of National Biog says Cockermouth. And, in reply to BRAD above, Cockermouth is in Cumberland (now in Cumbria).  PamD 07:28, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

Vandalism
Additionally, I'm betting that "Nutting in Ambers Mouth" is not in fact one of Wordsworth's classic poems. I'm going to delete it if I can figure it out. I think he did have a poem called "Nutting" so I'll try to fix that. 20 May 2007 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 12.198.126.75 (talk • contribs).

He was also NOT born in Cockinurmouth now, was he.

"I wondered lonely as a cow"
Should someone remove that "cow" piece of trivia? It reeks of urban legend, and seems to be untterly implausible when you consider how the image of the cloud is central to the poem - as it's unsourced it seems like it should go.

82.21.73.241 01:57, 2 July 2007 (UTC) Hey everyone! I just deleted a phrase on here that said "Worsworth is a mother fucking bitch" or something like that. Would the person who keeps vandalizing this page stop corrupting Wikipedia! Thankyou! :-)

Date of death of son John
William's son John is listed as dieing in 2009 and then later as 2005. Is the date supposed to be 2005? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Metta2u (talk • contribs) 21:54, 16 December 2009 (UTC)

Wordsworth's son died almost 200 years ago, ergo it's an error --PorgeHR (talk) 01:00, 30 January 2010 (UTC)

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First poetry
Okay, which is it? The end of the "Early life" section says 1787 (sonnet in The European Magazine), two sections later a section titled "First publication and Lyrical Ballads" says "1783 saw Wordsworth's first published poetry".

They can't both be right, unless you define poetry in a way that excludes sonnets.Vanhorn (talk) 11:33, 7 April 2011 (UTC)

Early life
Why is there NOTHING on his early life? Has something been deleted by accident (or vandalism)? There's no mention of e.g. which university he went to, which would have been a crucial element of his upbringing and education, as Oxford and Cambridge were seen as infinitely superior to any other universities. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.64.40.37 (talk) 12:28, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Oh.
The label to the picture of Wordsworth includes 'Oh.' after his name. Is this some sort of title or is it a mistake?Kdammers (talk) 20:42, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

 * A bit of vandalism that's just been undone. Nev1 (talk) 21:01, 13 August 2010 (UTC)

Guide to the Lakes
I've just created a small new article about Wordsworth's Guide to the Lakes and would welcome help and/or advice from Wordsworthians on making it better. betsythedevine (talk) 11:01, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

Hobgoblin Hall?
Apparently Wordsworth's home was called Hobgoblin Hall? Does anyone know anything about this? I'd have thought something like this would be mentioned in the article. --76.115.67.114 (talk) 06:11, 12 December 2011 (UTC)

Philosophy
As a well known Romantic Era poet, his ideologies seem rather relevant. His religion is not really discussed, nor is his stance on the French Revolution. This page seems to be missing a lot, does anyone out there have knowledge of this? Gigasuperbunny (talk) 19:10, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Not enough about his poetry
IMO the article has far too little material about his poetry. I don't get any sense of what it was like, how it was received, how it differed from pre-Romantic poetry, or modern critical assessments.--75.83.69.196 (talk) 22:01, 15 April 2012 (UTC)

Wordsworth and geologists
As far as I can see, this aspect of Wordsworth is entirely missing. Uncle G (talk) 12:08, 22 December 2012 (UTC)

Vandalism again
The persistent vandalism of this page (the article page, not this talk page) over years has reached ridiculous proportions. Looks like a quarter to a third of the last five hundred edits have been vandalism. I can't believe that it has been seven years since any kind of page protection has been applied here. I have just put in a request for semi-protection. --Alan W (talk) 04:28, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

 * Looks like the appropriate level of semi-protection has now been applied. Thanks, Favonian! --Alan W (talk) 20:20, 30 March 2014 (UTC)

Vandalism: Cannabis
Someone wrote about cannabis usage, and I tried to take this away. Instead, when someone else did so, it said that I was the one who put the cannabis line there. Just wanted to make it clear that it wasn't me. Packer1028 (talk) 01:44, 14 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Duly noted! :) Favonian (talk) 15:48, 14 September 2015 (UTC)

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Fletcher Christian
Sorry for not knowing how to bring in a question correctly. My question is: did Wordsworth have a special relationship to Fletcher Christian the leader of the mutiny of the bounty? Somewhere I read about that. Can't recall where it was. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Suppenkasper9 (talk • contribs) 17:53, 22 May 2019 (UTC)

 * They both went to the same school in Cockermouth. Wordsworth was younger by a few years so (school careers were usually short then) I'm not sure if they were even there at the same time. Certainly the "school friends" claim seems to have been fancifully made up.
 * Another poetical link is that Fletcher Christian has also been cited as an influence for Coleridge's Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Christian died young (probably) but there's also a tale that he returned to England: incognito of course, as he'd be hung as a mutineer. Coleridge may have seen him, regretful in his older age, as a model for the ancient mariner. Alternatively this mariner may have been the inspiration for the tale that Christian had returned. Andy Dingley (talk) 19:00, 22 May 2019 (UTC)

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Bernard Krigstein

Bernard Krigstein (March 22, 1919 – January 8, 1990) was an American illustrator and gallery artist who received acclaim for his innovative and influential approach to comic book art, notably in EC Comics. His artwork usually displayed the signature B. Krigstein. His best-known work in comic books is the eight-page story "Master Race", originally published in the debut issue (cover-dated April 1955) of EC Comics' Impact.

Biography
Born in Brooklyn, New York City to a Jewish household, Krigstein studied art at Brooklyn College. Krigstein's earliest confirmed work in comics is penciling and inking the 10-page, patriotic "kid gang" feature "The Liberty Lads" in Harvey Comics' Champ Comics #25 (cover-dated April 1943). He went on to draw for Harvey and for Prize Comics through 1943, during the period fans and historians call the Golden Age of Comic Books. Following his service in World War II, he returned to comic books in 1945, working for publishers including Fawcett Comics (1947–48), Novelty/Premium/Curtis (1947), and Hillman Periodicals (1948-51).

In 1952, Krigstein spearheaded an effort by himself and fellow comics artists Arthur Peddy, George Evans and Edd  Ashe to found the comics industry's short-lived attempt at a labor union, The Society of Comic Book Illustrators. Peddy served as vice president under Krigstein, with Harry Harrison as secretary, Larry Woromay as treasurer, and Ross Andru, Ernie Bache, John Celardo, Morrie Marcus and Bernard Sachs as members-at-large. The organization went defunct shortly after publication of its third and final newsletter in June 1953. Krigstein began getting less work from his two mainstays — National Comics (the future DC Comics) and Atlas Comics (the future Marvel Comics). But during his presidency of the Society, the politically like-minded publisher of EC Comics, William Gaines, began giving him work (heeding the advice of editor Harvey Kurtzman). At EC, Krigstein "would produce the most acclaimed stories of his career between 1953 and 1955." Krigstein's best-known work in comic books is editor Al Feldstein's story "Master Race", originally published in the debut issue (April 1955) of EC Comics' Impact. The protagonist is a former Nazi death camp commandant named Reissman who had managed to elude justice until he is spotted ten years later riding the New York City Subway. This story was remarkable for its subject matter, since the Holocaust was rarely discussed in popular media of the 1950s, as indicated by the controversy that same year surrounding Alain Resnais's Night and Fog (1955). Krigstein, who sometimes chafed at the limits of the material EC gave him to illustrate, expanded what had been planned for six pages into an eight-page story. The results were so striking that the company reworked the issue to accommodate the two extra pages. In his expansion, Krigstein had stretched out certain sequences in purely visual terms; repetitive strobe-like drawings mimic the motion of a passing train, and Commandant Reissman's final moment of life is broken down into four individual poses of desperate physical struggle. Art Spiegelman described the effect in The New Yorker: "The two tiers of wordless staccato panels that climax the story... have often been described as 'cinematic', a phrase thoroughly inadequate to the achievement: Krigstein condenses and distends time itself... Reissman's life floats in space like the suspended matter in a lava lamp. The cumulative effect carries an impact—simultaneously visceral and intellectual—that is unique to comics."

Mad
Krigstein also did humor, such as "From Eternity Back to Here" in Mad #12, "Bringing Back Father" in Mad #17 and "Crash McCool" in Mad #26.

In the early 1960s, Krigstein left comics in order to draw and paint illustrations for magazines, book jackets (notably, the first edition of Richard Condon's The Manchurian Candidate) and record albums, eventually turning away from commercial assignments in order to focus on fine art. In 1962, he took a position at the High School of Art and Design in Manhattan, where he taught for 20 years.

As Krigstein told a 1962 interviewer, "It's what happens between these panels that's so fascinating. Look at all that dramatic action that one never gets a chance to see. It's between these panels that the fascinating stuff takes place. And unless the artist would be permitted to delve into that, the form must remain infantile."

Book illustration
Krigstein illustrated:

 * Lloyd Alexander, Border Hawk: August Bondi, Farrar, Straus and Cudahy, (1958).
 * Evelyn Sibley Lampman, Rusty's Space Ship, Doubleday, (1957)

Awards
Lloyd Alexander's novel, Border Hawk: August Bondi won the National Jewish Books Award for Children's Literature in 1959.

Krigstein was posthumously inducted into the comic book industry's Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2003.

Greg Sadowski's book B. Krigstein, Vol. 1 won the Harvey Award for Best Biographical, Historical, or Journalistic Presentation in 2003, and was also nominated for the Harvey Special Award for Excellence in Presentation in 2003. The book also won the 2003 Eisner Award for Best Comics-Related Publication (Periodical or Book).

Personal life
Krigstein's wife, Natalie, wrote romance comics. They had a daughter, Cora, in 1949.

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Leonard Fenton

Leonard Fenton (Finestein; 29 April 1926 – 29 January 2022) was a British actor, director and painter, best known for his role as Harold Legg in EastEnders.

Early life
Fenton was born Leonard Finestein in Stepney, the son of Fanny (Goldberg) and Morris Feinstein, a women's garment maker. His parents were Ashkenazi Jews with ancestral roots in Eastern Europe (Riga in Latvia and Lithuania). He attended Raine Foundation Grammar School from 1937 to 1944. Fenton originally trained to be a civil engineer at King's College London and during World War II he was conscripted as an army engineer. He worked in this profession for five years after leaving the army, but eventually decided on a career change. He took up acting and won a scholarship to attend the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

Career
His career in acting spanned over sixty years. One of his earliest acting breaks came when he was offered a role by Orson Welles in his play Chimes at Midnight. Subsequent acting credits include: Studio Four (1962); Colditz (1974); Secret Army (1977); Z-Cars (1978); Play for Today (1981); Auf Wiedersehen, Pet (1983), and Shine on Harvey Moon (1982), where he played the Austrian Jew, Erich Gottlieb. In the theatre, Fenton played the role of Willie to Billie Whitelaw’s Winnie in Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days at the Royal Court Theatre in 1979, directed by Beckett himself.

Fenton was best known for playing Harold Legg, one of the original characters in the BBC soap opera, EastEnders. The character appeared from the show's inception in 1985 until 1997, returning for brief stints in 2000, 2004, 2007 and 2018 until 2019. The character was originally one of the main focal points of the programme, but after 1989 he became less central. After the character's retirement in 1997, Fenton's appearances in EastEnders were infrequent. He made a single appearance in 2004 at the funeral of Mark Fowler, and in June 2007 to counsel Dot Branning regarding her concerns about Romanian 'foundling' baby, Tomas.

Fenton's subsequent television credits included Rumpole of the Bailey; So You Think You've Got Troubles (1991); Love Hurts (1993) and The Bill (1985; 2001; 2005), among others. In the West End, he performed in two productions by Lindsay Anderson, Anton Chekhov's The Seagull and Ben Travers' last play, The Bed Before Yesterday. He performed in many radio plays, including The Hobbit as the Elvenking, and The Lord of the Rings as Daddy Twofoot, both for BBC Radio 4. Amongst Fenton's other broadcasting work was the BBC webcast of the Doctor Who story Death Comes to Time. On 17 February 2006, he made a personal appearance on the Channel 4 entertainment show, The Friday Night Project. His film credits included roles in Up the Creek (1958), The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964), Robin Hood Junior (1975), Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984), Morons from Outer Space (1985), and the British horror movie The Zombie Diaries (2006).

In December 2004, at the age of 78, Fenton made his directorial debut with After Chekhov, written by four contemporary writers Allen Drury, Martin Jago, Andrew Neil and Olwen Wymark in the 100th anniversary year of Chekhov's death. The piece, produced by Little London Theatre Company was performed in the Soho Theatre Studio. In 2012 and again in 2013, Fenton appeared in a production of Cross Purpose, directed by Stephen Whitson at the King's Head Theatre, London.

On 25 July 2018, it was confirmed that Fenton would reprise his role as Dr. Harold Legg in EastEnders in late 2018. This stint lasted until 15 February 2019, when the character died after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

Personal life and death
Fenton and cellist Madeline Thorner married in 1967. They had four children and later separated. Aside from acting, he was also a professional painter and held several exhibitions. Before the 2010 general election, Fenton came out in support of the Labour Party, after appearing in their election broadcast.

He died in Hillingdon, London, on 29 January 2022, at the age of 95. His former co-star June Brown memorialised him as "a charming man in all ways, first as a person and then as an actor, extremely polite and kind".

Partial filmography

 * Up the Creek (1958) as Policeman
 * Breakout (1959) as Prison Officer (uncredited)
 * Third Man on the Mountain (1959) (uncredited)
 * The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964) as Pirate
 * The Virtuoso (TV Movie - 1975) as Hazard
 * Robin Hood Junior (1975) as Messenger
 * Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984) as Company Accountant
 * EastEnders (1985–1997, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2018–2019) as Dr. Harold Legg (274 episodes)
 * Morons from Outer Space (1985) as Commissionaire
 * The Bill (2001) (Series 17 episode 70) as Archie Dodds
 * The Zombie Diaries (2006) as Bill
 * Underground (2007) as Terry Page

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Air-India passenger airliner hijack by Taliban from Kathmandu to Kandahar

 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 title+moved =Nichalp   «Talk»=  17:27, August 31, 2005 (UTC)

Air-India passenger airliner hijack by Taliban from Kathmandu to Kandahar
I object to the title of this redirect. Where is the evidence that the Taliban was responsible for the hijack ? It is true that the Taliban seemed to be a far warmer host than many countries for the hijackers but that is not sufficient to imply the Taliban did it. Manik Raina 08:12, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete Maik is right Bluezy 09:09, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * I would suggest moving to Indian Airlines Flight 814 hijack, so edit history is retained per GFDL. Then delete this useless redirect. Name is too long, no one's going to look for that and it fails naming conventions. - Mgm|(talk) 10:09, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * I also agree to this proposal, since moved. --Bhadani 10:36, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * clearly this should be kept at it's new location. Trollderella 16:35, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete specualtaion. Optichan 20:46, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. *drew 00:38, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Who's gonna type all that into the seach box anyway? Drdisque 08:24, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Rename -- support's MGM's rename. =Nichalp   «Talk»=  17:43, August 28, 2005 (UTC)
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Talk:Extrusion

This article should have one of those boxes that states "needs to be cleaned up."

Yes. Perhaps we can add subsections, most notably one for "Extrusion Cooking." --MYTom 22:58:09, 2005-09-02 (UTC)

the big addition...
The big addition to this article from a few months ago sure seems like a text dump from some book or another. --jpgordon∇∆∇∆ 02:33, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

Organization
I think that plastics extrusion should be merged into this article. And it should either be referred to as "Polymer Extrusion" or "Plastic Extrusion", but not "Plastics Extrusion". --PrecisionEx 17:41, 15 September 2006 (UTC)

External Link Spam
I just removed an external link that i considered to be spam. Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not a free source of advertising, not a link directory. Wikipedia is not for spam! Please do not link to external sites if they offer ABSOLUTELY NO educational value, or if your intentions are clearly only for promotional value of the linked site. This does not mean that you cannot link to 'commercial' sites, only that the linked site must contain relevant educational content that complements the article and contributes knowledge. You are encouraged to add content to wikipedia articles, but please read Wikipedia's tutorials and generally accepted practices in regards to editing articles. If you feel that the link was unfairly removed, please feel free to discuss it here. Thank you, --AnTony 04:25, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

 * I just added a few links to sites that i consider to be relevant, content rich, and generally good sources of information. These sites being; Society of Plastics Engineers, eFunda - Extrusion, and Strictly-extrusion. --AnTony 05:05, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

 * I can't even view Strictly-Extrusion without JavaScript, and WP isn't a directory to business associations like Society of Plastics Engineers, so removed them. Femto 15:52, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Food section
The second paragraph of the Food section looks much like copy-and-pasted. There is a "course" mentioned that has obviously nothing to do with this article. --217.234.80.76 11:37, 12 May 2007 (UTC)
 * Removed, thanks for pointing it outrefref. Femto 16:18, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

I have added more detail to the food section obviously this only applies to my area of knoledge (pet food) and comments welcome —Preceding unsigned comment added by Malunas (talk • contribs) 14:51, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

 * Right now there is an expansion template in the section. I know nothing about that application, but do you think it could still use more expansion? Wizard191 (talk) 15:03, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

 * Definite need for more expansion. This technique is ever-growing in the food industry, but the public is hardly aware the process even exists. There is some resistance to this technique given its novelty, but in limited circles. I'm working on making this section more neutral and better-balanced presently. For example, I've toned down the buzzword-wizardry that was getting intermixed with the 'food benefits' of the process. E.g.: How does "starch gelatinization" stand as a remote benefit for a consumer? It doesn't. It's really only beneficial to manufacturers. I moved such terms up out of the benefit list. Ideally this food section should eventually have its own page. Koyae (talk) 14:48, 23 April 2011 (UTC)

Catalysis
I removed the following because there isn't enough context. If someone can put it into context that would be great.

Extrusion is also a very important unit operation in shaping a catalyst. The shape of a catalyst is directly related to its working conditions. A high specific surface can be obtained by extrusion.

--Wizard191 (talk) 02:18, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

Road marking compound
"Painted" road markings are often done with extruded two- or three-component compounds. Thermoplastics are also common. This is a low-pressure, high-flow process with very good contour and thickness control. Extrusion has more or less completely replaced the older "sliding mold" method. Benefits are much better economy, higher speed, and general appearance.

I don't think that this is actually a form of extrusion. I think it is closer to emulating something like a 2 part epoxy setup you might buy at your local hardware store.

--Wizard191 (talk) 02:31, 6 May 2008 (UTC)

See also dispute
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Hi, I see that you are persistent at wanting the toothpaste tube theory link in the extrusion article, however I'm at a complete loss as to how it applies to the article. The toothpaste tube theory article is about theories of law, economics, philosophy, etc., whereas extruding is about a process. What am I missing? Wizard191 (talk) 18:13, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

 * In every formulation of the toothpaste tube theory, the analogy is that the process in question (i.e. hiring practices, exports, etcetera) behave like the extrusion of toothpaste from a toothpaste tube. The analogy to extrusion applies in each case. Furthermore, for one looking into the subject of "extrusion" the existence of a rhetorical analogy for the process would seem to be a relevant and illuminating fact to include. It's only a "see also" so it really not a big deal. Did you just look at it and think its a joke? It's colorful, but I didn't mean it as a joke, but rather as useful. I had similar experiences with garbage heap of history as well. Be well, Pontiff Greg Bard (talk) 18:38, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

 * I didn't think it was a joke, I can see that it's a legit article. I also understand that toothpaste is "extruded" out of a toothpaste tube. My problem is the "see also" section isn't the place to place every example of extrusion. Moreover, this link is only refers to "extrusion" in the figurative sense. As such, there absolutely no place for it. If anything were to be done it would have to be listed as a hatnote or put on a disambiguation page, but I don't even think it deserves that. Instead, I recommend you create a redirect out of extrusion theory or extrusion theories. Wizard191 (talk) 23:14, 20 May 2009 (UTC)
 * As it happens, I have been doing a lot of work organizing articles under the theories category. I can tell you that I will not be creating any "extrusion theories" article, redirect, disambig, hatnote or category any time soon. That all sounds quite dramatic. It seems to me you have a very definite and narrow view of what the proper role of the "see also" section is, which I do not share at all. Apparently you are completely unmoved by the fact that there exist rhetorical and figurative applications of extrusion. That is fine, however, please consider others who may be, an do not limit their experience to your experience. Be well, Pontiff Greg Bard (talk) 23:45, 20 May 2009 (UTC)

 * My problem is that you are trying to apply the term "extrude" to your theories, but the theories aren't about the process of extrusion. The article states: "This is intended as an analogy to the fact that pressure built up in some finite bounded system needs to be released somewhere or the system will break." It is about "release", not "extrusion". It just so happens that some call the release of toothpaste from a toothpaste tube "extrusion", but it could also be termed "expulsion", "ejection", "discharge", "purging", or just "release". Why don't you add the link to the see also section of those articles? Moreover, the reason the toothpaste expels from the tube is because of a build up of pressure, therefore you should add the link there and to all of its similar terms. Why not breaking, failure, or rupturing? The theory just borrows a easily understandable and tangible example, the toothpaste tube, to explain the idea quoted above; it has nothing to do with the process of extrusion. Wizard191 (talk) 02:16, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

 * Okay you are now being very puzzling. I checked every single one of those links. Almost all of them are disambiguation pages without any main article about, for instance "ejection, discharge, etcetera" in general. There is an article about "purge." However that concept is not what the toothpaste tube theory is describing. The toothpaste tube theory describes extrusion exactly. Furthermore, the lack of an appropriate alternative only strengthens the case that it is most closely described as extrusion.
 * It seems you have gone through a lot of trouble thinking about this. Like I said, the toothpaste tube theory describes extrusion exactly. Your alternatives are universally weaker, if not completely inappropriate. At this point I am wondering about what motivates such efforts.
 * I think it is possible that you see the article as a "physics" article and cannot bear to include any interdisciplinary observations in it? That isn't really an appropriate way to go about a publically editable, general use encyclopedia. I had asked you not to limit it to your view of things. Seeing the connections between things is a measure of intelligence. I would like WP to be as intelligent as possible. Be well, and say, ... let it go man. Think of others. Pontiff Greg Bard (talk) 03:45, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

 * First off, no personal attacks.
 * Second, you completely missed my point. It doesn't matter if "expulsion", "ejection", "discharge", "purging", or "release" are disambiguation pages. You are wanting to add the toothpaste tube theory link to the extrusion article because one sentence in your article states that toothpaste "extrudes" from the toothpaste tube. My point is that you could have used any one of the words above to describe the release of the toothpaste from the bottle. Based on your argument, these theories that "act" like an "extrusion" also equally act like the "expulsion" of toothpaste from a toothpaste tube.
 * Third, it's somewhat sketchy to describe it an extrusion process, as the goal of the packaging is to contain the toothpaste until it's ready to be dispensed and then conveniently allows you to do that by pressing anywhere on the tube. The goal of the opening is to just release the toothpaste, not form it into a specific shape. Do you want to know why it's round in shape? It's because it's the easiest and cheapest to manufacture. As such, I don't even think it's proper to classify it as an extrusion process.
 * Finally, I am completely open to interdisciplinary concepts, but this is not interdisciplinary. This is you trying to stretch a analogy way too far. Please re-read your sentence from your article: "This is intended as an analogy to the fact that pressure built up in some finite bounded system needs to be released somewhere or the system will break." That's what the article is about, it's not about extrusion.
 * If you want to continue this debate, please stop using empty arguments like: "The toothpaste tube theory describes extrusion exactly. Furthermore, the lack of an appropriate alternative only strengthens the case that it is most closely described as extrusion." You don't explain why it exactly describes extrusion or directly disprove my argument. Wizard191 (talk) 11:56, 21 May 2009 (UTC).

<-- In my hometown of Chico, CA. We have a state university which comprises a significant minority of the city population. From this culture has arisen many town-gown conflicts. In Chico, we used to have a week long celebration called Pioneer Days. This was a culminating event celebrating local culture, with a parade and other events, etcetera. At some point there were riots, and the university canceled the events. In the intervening years, in the absence of a large culminating event, St. Patrick's Day, and Halloween grew into large events involving as many as ten thousand people. So it is said that the toothpaste tube theory applies to people's human spirit and events like parties and festivals. "If you squeeze one end, it comes out the other." This is what originally inspired me to want to write this article.

I have avoided any personal attack, however, I am wondering about the causes of this whole issue. I merely would prefer the article wasn't an orphan. It seems to me to be perfectly obvious that A) the "toothpaste tube theory" or the "toothpaste tube effect" is completely synonymous with extrusion and B) extrusion is excellently exemplified by the example of squeezing a toothpaste tube. Furthermore, I believe that any "reasonable person of normal sensitivity" really would have no choice but to agree (I only use that term because it seems to be a legal standard in many places).

I see that "extrusion" is an article you started and you have given several "alternative" terms none of which so precisely describes the concept in question. Are you under the impression that this is a zero sum type of things here? If you can find some alternative term, then extrusion is off the hook? I have added a see also section in ejection, which is the only other one that makes any sense. I will take a closer look at expulsion. However, that doesn't mean extrusion is "off the hook" somehow. You state that you believe my claim is because of "one sentence" in the article. Is this a proper way to analyze things? One sentence actually does the trick quite frankly. (Extrusion is actually mentioned elsewhere in the article, as well as in the source for the content). Furthermore, extrusion as a concept is present in all the formulations.

You even claim it as a sketchy description because an expulsion of toothpaste isn't in any particular shape, and therefore not an extrusion. First of all, it IS in a specific shape, it's round and the appropriate size for a toothbrush. Second of all, do you really hold the notion that an expulsion isn't an extrusion unless the shape of the extrusion was predetermined? That makes absolutely no sense at all. That view is consistent with a very narrow view of things, rather than a broad one. A break in the side of a tube also extrudes toothpaste.

"If you squeeze one end, it comes out the other." is a very popular formulation of the toothpaste tube theory. In your mind I have taken the analogy "way too far." I'm sorry but that makes no sense at all. It is absolutely no stretch at all to say that the toothpaste tube theory is an analogy to extrusion. I am very puzzled by your view.

I recently read Zizek's Sublime Object of Ideology which describes how ideology shapes our beliefs on a level between conscious and unconscious. I cannot help but think that this is an example, where someone who has studied extrusion on more than a causal level cannot see how the tooth paste tube is a perfect example of it. I find the whole thing fascinating. I wish you well. I think this whole thing is way too much to go through over a link in a see also section. I, for one, have certainly dropped issues over less. Pontiff Greg Bard (talk) 17:51, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

 * I have requested a third opinion because we cannot seem to see eye to eye on this. Wizard191 (talk) 18:05, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

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Third Opinon - A third opinion was requested at the project page WP:Third opinion. I am here to provide an opinion in accordance with Wikipedia policies and guidelines that will encourage the formation of consensus and help us all to produce a better encyclopedia.

It may take some time to review your discussions, check for sources (if necessary), review the aforementioned policies and guidelines and write the opinion. I will post my opinion here shortly, but in the meantime please continue a constructive debate. Bigger digger (talk) 18:59, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Firstly, it's normal to keep a dispute about an article on its talk page. This means that other editors involved with the article will have an opportunity to comment and also serves as a record of the debate for future reference. I'll take the liberty of pasting it above, feel free to revert if you think this is inappropriate. Bigger digger (talk) 19:34, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

 * The first thing to do in a dispute is to refer to the policies and guidelines available. A quick search reveals the WP:SEEALSO. The relevant portion to consider is "A reasonable number of relevant links that would be in the body of a hypothetical "perfect article" are suitable to add to the "See also" appendix of a less developed one." It is clear therefore that the See also section is for links that are related to the article but not yet incorporated into it. I don't think anyone would expect to find a section on toothpaste tubes, which aren't linked, let alone information about a social or political theory, in an article about extrusion, the manufacturing process. The See also section is designed to benefit the article, not create wikilinks to other tenuously related articles.
 * Above, User:Gregbard suggests the insertion of the toothpaste tube theory link to ensure that the article is not an orphan. That logic is the wrong way around, as the See also section is not for the use of every article that links to it. It is fine for TTT (to abbreviate) to link to extrusion but that doesn't mean it has to have a link back. Although orphan status is not ideal, it doesn't diminish an article. An article stands on the strength of its sources. Which leads to the assertion that "In every formulation of the toothpaste tube theory, the analogy is that the process in question (i.e. hiring practices, exports, etcetera) behave like the extrusion of toothpaste from a toothpaste tube. The analogy to extrusion applies in each case." I have checked the sources accesible online on the TTT article and neither uses the word extrude. The way the toothpaste leaves the tube is not actually relevant, it is the fact that pressure (or changes) forces it out. This is reinforced by the edits to the article which suggest User:Gregbard specifically altered the wording of the finished/completed article to include an extrusion link, see this diff.

 * Finally to discuss the following statement: "It is absolutely no stretch at all to say that the toothpaste tube theory is an analogy to extrusion." It is a stretch to say that toothpaste tube theory is an analogy to extrusion. The point is that toothpaste tube theory uses a tube of toothpaste as a metaphor and has no comment on the method by which toothpaste leaves the tube. I might have tied myself in knots in that last sentence(!), but it is clear that a See also link in the extrusion article is not merited. I look forward to reading your responses. Bigger digger (talk) 21:12, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

 * Bigger digger, thank you for your input! I think you outlined what I was trying to explain the whole time perfectly. You fleshed it out much better than I. Also, that diff is very interesting; I hadn't realized that the text was manipulated. Wizard191 (talk) 21:49, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

 * I think "manipulated" is a bit strong, we're all trying to build the web, but it seems that Greg Bard was trying a bit too hard to force the link into areas it didn't quite fit. Greg, the article I linked suggests you should be able to get to TTT from the Main Page, which suggests a different way of thinking about linking that might build the web around TTT. A search in wp suggests Bias ratio (finance) might have a section where TTT is relevant, and there must be social science articles where this phenomenon occurs, but possibly needs clarity, or dare I say, a See also?! Bigger digger (talk) 23:35, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

Should hollow dies be introduced into the lead?
I don't think so. To me there's plenty more important things that could (but for brevity purposes shouldn't be) be listed in the introduction such as the different types of extrusion processes (direct, indirect, hydrostatic). Wizard191 (talk) 01:19, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Aluminum extrusion is surprisingly cheap!
This is WP:original research, so isn't suitable for the main article unless someone wants to find references, but I was looking into this for work, and found that the setup cost for a hollow aluminum shape with a 4 inch circumscribing circle was $1200. With a minimum 200 lb lot charge of $800, the total was $2000 + tax. Non-hollow shapes are cheaper.

The "generic" material is 6063 alloy, T5 heat treated. Stronger 6061 is also common, but increases die cost and wear. Of course, lots of other alloys can be used. Almost-pure 1100 aluminum is soft and forms very well.

Production costs start at $4.00/lb (at 200 lb) and go down quite rapidly to $2.50/lb (at 1000 lb) with increasing quantities. Aluminum is 2.7 kg/L, or 1.2 lb/in²/ft.

When considering the difficulty of an extrusion, remember that long thin parts of the die, corresponding to deep narrow grooves in the extrusion, are fragile and hard to support. A long thin aluminum fin is easy to make; it's two in close proximity that is hard.

A screw channel in the extrusion (called a "screw boss" in the industry) is typically 5/6 complete and 1/6 open, and the larger the screw, the easier it is to make. (E.g. #8 screws are preferable to #6.)

Another thing that is difficult is thin walls. Generally, 1 mm is the absolute minimum, and 1.5 mm the practical minimum.

The most important difficulty metric is the so-called "factor", the ratio of the perimeter of the shape (including interior surfaces, for hollow extrusions) to the diameter of the circumscribing circle. Obviously, the minimum possible is π, for a round rod. Generally, a factor below 20 is easy to make, 35–40 is difficult, and greater than 50, although still possible, is challenging. ("55 is a pain in the ass.")

Within these limits, the die cost does not depend on the complexity of the shape. An elaborately curved or ridged shape is the same cost as a simple rod. (Features below 1 mm in size are quite possible, as long as their aspect ratio is limited.)

Remember that die is usually cut slightly undersized, so the first parts made are somewhat thinner; as it wears the thickness of the parts increases. Typically, it might be 0.05 mm undersized on all sides (0.1 mm thinner than designed) initially, growing to 0.05 mm oversized before the die is replaced.

In the aluminum extrusion business, standard custom is that the extruder keeps the die (they are specific to a particular brand of extrusion press, anyway), but is responsible for replacing it if necessary.

Useful references:
 * http://www.jobshop.com/techinfo/papers/alumextpaper2.shtml
 * http://www.alexandriaextrusion.com/aec/engineering/technicalguides.cfm (particularly the "Designing with aluminum extrusions" and "Standard dimensional tolerances" articles.)
 * http://www.alexandriaextrusion.com/aec/resources/solutions/aluminum_extrusion_tooling_advantages.cfm (reference on costs)
 * http://www.alexandriaextrusion.com/aec/resources/solutions/aluminum_extrusion_tooling_advantages.cfm (reference on costs)

71.41.210.146 (talk) 20:31, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Aluminium Solar Panels Profiles
Aluminium solar Panels are widely use in Solar PV Modules —Preceding unsigned comment added by Manishgade3 (talk • contribs) 12:38, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

Picture description
Current text is: "A horizontal hydraulic press for hot aluminum extrusion (loose dies and scrap visible in foreground)"

But what is seen are not loose dies, but die holders (rings) and bolsters (support tooling). A loose die would be placed in the rings and backed up with bolsters. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.178.102.226 (talk) 12:46, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

Tomqim (talk) 12:40, 13 December 2013 (UTC) The extrusion machine that is now shown on the page is NOT an extrusion press, but a billet heater. We can provide pictures of a nice aluminium extrusion press, it is our business (see http://www.qualiteam.net ). Tom de Meijer Tomqim (talk) 12:40, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

CC BY-SA 3.0 licensed aluminum extrusion video
If anyone wants it for illustration purposes, the Sapa Group created Animation of aluminium extrusion process. 71.41.210.146 (talk) 08:23, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

History
We currently have "Joseph Bramah patented the first extrusion process for making lead pipe. It involved preheating the metal and then forcing it through a die via a hand-driven plunger." So far, so good. But i'm a bit wary of what follows: "The process was not further developed until 1820 when Thomas Burr constructed the first hydraulic powered press", since Joseph Bramah also invented the hydraulic press, and this Thomas Burr does not have his article here in WP. --Jerome Potts (talk) 22:40, 13 May 2016 (UTC)

Proposed merge with Reactive extrusion
currently little more than a dictdef, so may be best WP:SPINOUT from the parent. Widefox ; talk 00:53, 31 May 2018 (UTC)

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Assmonkey
While it boasts a whomping 5000+ results on Google, I wonder if Wikipedia really needs this. Acetic Acid 08:17, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - not encyclopedic. I'd have doubts about even including it in a dictionary. Colinmac 08:39, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment I just noticed that this article has been deleted before. Acetic Acid 08:57, August 26, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete Wikipedia is not a dictionary. It's been deleted twice before, but I don't know if we can speedy it because it's not the same article:  Previous content (both times) was "Assmonkey: A general insult for many occasions. It basically means that the reciever of the insult likes ass, is a monkey, and possibly homosexual." CanadianCaesar 09:18, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
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 * Delete, bad dictdef. Speedy if possible as recreation of previously deleted material (words are different, but content is the same). Proto t c 14:27, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
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Talk:Susan Oliver

Question?
Does anyone know if she remained a Buddhist until the end of her life? She was as of 1983. Also I'd like to know where she spent her last few years specifically. Also anyone know if she died at the Actor's Hospital in Woodland? Any info appreciated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.248.121.58 (talk) 08:23, 26 August 2005 (UTC)

Commentary
It's kind of sad she died in 1990. She wasn't young but she wasn't that old either she would've been about 73 now. Does anyone know for sure that she was born in 1932 and not 1933? She had a reputation for being nice yet never married or had children.

I read her memoirs, its good but I wished she had talked more about her later years. The last 2 chapters are quite good but short. I read somewhere where someone refered to her as a "cheeseball icon". Really not fair, she just never had the big breakout role. She was part of that Korean War generation and she was great in "The Cage". I wonder if she ever regretted not getting married and having kids. Her mother had a cameo in "Ghostbusters" as a ghost. 8/27/200 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.248.121.110 (talk) 08:22, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

Date of birth
The NYT lists her age as 61 upon her death in May of 1990. This would mean she was born in 1929,not as is commonly thought (1932). The 1932 date comes from an interview she did where she explained that the 1937 date (another common date associated with her birth) was from her union card, something she put down to secure her first major role (green eyed blond). She thought she'd have a better chance for the part if she was about 21. Anyway, I suspect the correction was itself a bit off. Hey, who can blame her. With that eternal youthful look, shaving off a few years seems fair ball. It is worth noting, in this regard, that in her book she is a bit deliberately playful about the date of birth. I assume that the NYT had access to the birth register (she was born in NY) and that their age notation is correct. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.162.130.197 (talk) 21:00, 8 March 2006 (UTC)

Also note that the correct date for her time at Swarthmore College was Sept 1949 to May 1950. She left after completing her first year. If the NYT obit is correct, this would make her 20 when enrolling. Although a bit old, given her time in Japan, and her odd jobs after leaving school all prior to university, this time line seems plausible. If one accepts the 1932 date, one is left with her being 17 when enrolling; possible but not likely given the above aspects of her education, travel and work prior to university. In fairness, it should also be noted that the date of birth registered at Swarthmore is the 1932 Feb 13 date. The above argument would therefore entail that she streched the truth at the time of enrolling or changed the date after the fact (as the name Susan Oliver also appears in the Swarthmore material, the latter is not implausible since S.O. was a stage name adopted sometime after leaving Swarthmore with her career (and asserted date of birth)already in play). It is also worth noting that the 1929 date would pose problems given the time line of her parents marriage. Although that again might be consonant with(in terms of explaining) the deliberately obscure features of the time line. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 131.162.160.248 (talk) 13:23, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Good people
Will everyone PLEASE sign your comments? Thank you. By the way, I will Wikify this article by breaking it up into categories. ProfessorPaul 04:27, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

OK, Wikification Complete!
I have added categories, modified some text, and added several Wiki-links to IMPROVE this article. Can someone who is interested please help to clarify the "date of birth controversy?" This would be very helpful. Thank you. ProfessorPaul 05:55, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

The Susan Oliver "Year of Birth" Dispute
OK, good people, get this: in a diligent Internet search, I discovered multiple sources on all sides of this issue (1932, 1937, even 1929). Which is it? I have added an External link which (oddly) contradicted itself and listed (both) 1932 (at the top) and 1937 (at the bottom; scoll down). Wow--never happened to me before on Wikipedia! ProfessorPaul 06:28, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

Susan Oliver
I liked her in the Maggie Hamilton Story on Wagon Train in 1960. She was so spoiled and obnoxious, she was kind of funny. Robert Horton was at his wits end with her. What was she like on the set to work with? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.5.238.167 (talk) 12:46, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

MARRIAGE?
Was she ever really married to Dennis Wilson? I don't see any confirmation of this anywhere else some authentication would be helpful. As far as I know she was never married. 71.111.136.46 06:37, 9 September 2006 (UTC)

First Woman
Someone keeps changing this to state 'second' if you wish to keep changing it please cite your sources as her biography states 'first'. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.103.18.56 (talk) 05:16, 25 May 2008 (UTC)

Susan
This was one Beautiful Woman —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.226.62.76 (talk) 11:18, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

God she had sexy legs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 153.2.247.30 (talk) 06:09, 11 January 2011 (UTC)

Untitled
Just caught an episode of I Spy and she was in it. Didn't see it listed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.136.210.220 (talk) 03:18, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

Image
There's an image at the bottom of the article of Oliver with a plane. In the absence of any other image it should really go in the infobox. ANB (talk) 01:02, 27 May 2009 (UTC)

Fancruft
This article is atrocious! There is far too much detail about nearly every role Oliver portrayed. Why do we need to know what number she was billed in a particular film? How is that relevant to anything? Do we also need to know who co-starred with her in a particular film or television show? Don't even get me started on the sections created just to note that Oliver appeared in one(!) episode of a show! Overly detailed and full of fawning fan drool. 65.71.125.166 (talk) 05:23, 13 March 2011 (UTC)
 * One can only wonder why the anonymous poster who shows so little interest in a performer's life and career as to complain about the inclusion of factual detail and also to dispute the importance of her billing and the names of her co-stars would even bother to seek out this article. Perhaps this poster has made similar comments at other articles, such as those for cricket players ("...what's all this nonsense about wickets?") or authors ("...who cares how many short stories he/she wrote?")—Roman Spinner (talk) 19:43, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
 * The IP has/had a point. There was quite a bit of overly detailed content in the article and it read quite poorly. Since the article was tagged for quite some time, I went ahead and did a clean up. I removed the details regarding billing (mainly because it was unsourced and seemed to lack importance) and the bits about episode and film overviews. Overviews are best left to articles about the show (or episode) or film. I also added a filmography chart listing selected titles from Oliver's extensive filmography as that seems to be a more concise way to go instead of listing nearly every appearance and detailing that in text. I tried to find additional sources but there does not seem to be many online. I have found none regarding Oliver's marriage and children which seems odd. I'll leave it for now but it really needs a source.  Pinkadelica ♣  03:36, 27 January 2012 (UTC)
 * "IP" means "Instructor Pilot" and also "Initial Point", both terms from AVIATION, and also "Internet Protocol", as in TCP/IP. You simply must not use such initializations or acronyms without explaining them first.
 * The lives of notable personalities have, for the most part, two aspects --- biographical details and career highlights, with the two frequently intertwined. Whether the subject is a baseball player, a public official, a journalist or an actor, the details of his or her career cannot be simply discussed in a separate article which describes the game, the event, the article or the presentation in which the subject participated without unbalancing the remainder of that article, which may be too brief for such an approach, and also creating confusion as to why detailed emphasis of this nature is being placed upon one participant's contribution. Focusing specifically on actors, detailed analysis of a performer's acting style, character analysis and yes, billing, needs to be in his or her article in order to provide continuity and overall wide view of an entire career. In the same mindset that lengthy wrestler articles detail the subject's grappling moves in his every bout or the writing peculiarities which an author utilizes from book to book, so there are numerous articles (Humphrey Bogart, Gary Cooper, Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Meryl Streep) which go into considerable detail in analyzing and detailing individual roles that these stars played.  Perhaps some may argue that since Susan Oliver's career did not revolve in such an exalted orbit, she does not deserve such detail, which may be a legitimate topic for a WP:NPOV discussion, but does not indicate the need to diminish her stature or reduce the size of her article.  Perhaps, like so many other articles, this article is poorly written, which would then indicate the need to rewrite it rather than to reduce it and delete detail, which does not necessarily equate with making it better.

 * The matter of billing needs to be briefly addressed. The size and positioning of a performer's name in the credits is indicative of his or her standing in the profession and is a significant aspect of contract negotiations. The word "starred" is freely used in Wikipedia articles about actors, but those who receive eighth billing in a film don't "star" in it, but simply "appear". As for sourcing, such film details as position of actor's billing, name of character played, plot details or year of release are rarely footnoted, since those can be confirmed via IMDb, film reviews or other sources. Of course, one should always be on alert for vandals who can play havoc with any and every aspect of an article, such as what IP Special:Contributions/109.158.220.18 did in the last couple of days (January 26 and 27) in the articles for Peggie Castle, Marcella Puppini as well as Susan Oliver by inserting the similar patently false information about alcoholism, marriage to Dina Merrill's brother John and numerous children ("Izzie (born 1953"). Nearly two days later, this misinformation, although unsourced, still remains in the three articles. For the record, Susan Oliver was unmarried and childless.—Roman Spinner (talk) 12:43, 28 January 2012 (UTC)
 * If you think the content about billing is important, simply add it back. Truth be told, the article was overly detailed and needed to be trimmed extensively because there were unsourced critiques about performances and (again) overviews about episodes and films Oliver was in that didn't need to be included. I also agree with the IP that there did not need to be sections solely devoted to a single appearance on a television show. Detailing notability is great, but we do need to follow WP:MOS. As for the false information that is included on this article (and evidently others), thank you for bringing that to my attention. I will remove the content right away.  Pinkadelica ♣  21:41, 28 January 2012 (UTC)

Other people have filmographies on wikipedia. If you're the right age, you could come across someone you was in another show. I am not familiar with Sussn Oliver, but I had a case where I recognized 5 people who were appearing on an Alfred Hitchcock episode. Carlm0404 (talk) 05:32, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

Origin of her interest in aviation is wrong
Her book says very explicitly that it was Hal Fishman who introduced her to flying in the book's second chapter.The story about Barnes appears to have no support. There is no mention of Barnes in the book. Many other famous aviaion men and women, but not Barnes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.224.195.241 (talk) 06:24, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Assuming you have the book or have access to it, then please edit the article to correct the facts, citing the book. If you are not sure how to cite the book, please see Template:Cite book --hulmem (talk) 16:50, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
 * The word "belied" is misused in this article. "Belied" means that something was made into a lie. "Underlay" might be better. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.61.67.36 (talk) 21:13, 25 August 2012 (UTC)

FAA medical limitations
I noticed that user Hulmem had rolled back the corrections I made to my own contribution regarding Oliver's aviation certificates. I had originally written that after the expiration of her medical she could no longer legally pilot an aircraft. I later realized that was incorrect; in fact glider pilots do not need - and I believe have never needed - medical certificates. So I corrected that statement to indicate she could still have flown gliders after her last medical expired. Therefore Hulmem was incorrect in reverting my correction on this one point. Otherwise I appreciate and thank Hulmem for the cleanup and corrections to my grammar. I'm going to take the liberty of changing the assertion regarding her post-medical privileges, but if it gets reverted again by anyone I will not attempt to edit it again. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.244.156.90 (talk) 18:28, 19 June 2012 (UTC)

Susan Oliver, Guns of Diablo, 1965
Susan Oliver was also in the Guns of Diablo, 1965, along with Charles Bronson, imdb, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058167/. I know not how to enter this into the page & it should be added trying to make the article complete. I just watched to on the Western channel, pretty good old western.

Thanks, OldArkie — Preceding unsigned comment added by OldArkie (talk • contribs) 06:33, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

Units
This topic pretty clearly has strong national ties to the US, considering that Oliver was a US actress. Therefor US customary units are primary, as specified by WP:UNITS and WP:STRONGNAT. I am correcting this. DES (talk)DESiegel Contribs 03:36, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

An inaccurate sentence!
An inaccurate sentence! "Oliver was cast in three episodes each of Adventures in Paradise, Twilight Zone, Route 66, Dr. Kildare,..." This says that Ms. Oliver was in exactly three episodes of each of the TV series. This was arrantly false, especially since she was in just one episode of "The Twilight Zone", 2 episodes of Route 66 "Welcome to Amity" and " 50 Miles from Home", and only one of several of the others.47.215.180.7 (talk) 20:38, 24 December 2017 (UTC)

The third Route 66 episode she was in was “Between Hello and Goodbye”.--208.107.114.11 (talk) 05:58, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

Alfred Hitchcock appearance, 1962
as Annabel Delaney in "Annabel" Carlm0404 (talk) 05:24, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

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Andrew Rawnsley

Andrew Nicholas James Rawnsley (born 5 January 1962) is a British political journalist and broadcaster. A columnist and chief political commentator for The Observer, he has written two books on New Labour.

Early life
Rawnsley was born in Leeds. He was educated at Lawrence Sheriff School in Rugby and later on a scholarship at Rugby School and read history at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, gaining a first-class Honours degree. He was a columnist for the newsletter of the Cambridge University Social Democrats during 1982–83. He was also editor of Stop Press, the Cambridge University newspaper of the day, and won the Guardian Student Journalist of the year award in 1984.

Newspapers
Rawnsley began his career at the BBC, working there for two years from 1983, then joined The Guardian in 1985. From 1987 he was the newspaper's parliamentary sketch writer. In 1993 he moved to The Observer as chief political commentator and associate editor, a position he retains.

He has won several awards for his journalism, including: British Press Awards Young Journalist of the Year (1987); What The Papers Say Columnist of the Year (2000); Channel 4 Political Awards Book of the Year (2001); Channel 4 Political Awards Journalist of the Year (2003); House Magazine Awards Commentator of the Year (2008); and the Chair's Choice Award at the Editorial Intelligence Comment Awards (2015) for combining "excellent insight with an originality and power of expression which makes him sans pareil in his field".

Radio and television
Rawnsley has also broadcast regularly; he was co-presenter of Channel 4's A Week in Politics with Vincent Hanna. He continues to be the writer-presenter of one-off documentaries for Channel 4. He made Bye Bye Blues, a three part series about John Major's Government, in 1997. That was followed by Blair's Year (1998). His three-hour series The Rise And Fall of Tony Blair (2007) was long-listed for a BAFTA award. Rawnsley has written and presented a series of programmes on British politics, broadcast on Channel 4's current affairs series, Dispatches: Gordon Brown: Where Did It All Go Wrong? (2008), which was nominated for an award at Banff World Television Festival; Crash Gordon: The Inside Story of the Financial Crisis (2009); Cameron Uncovered (2010); and A Year Inside Number Ten (2011).

He was the founding and sole presenter of BBC Radio Four's The Westminster Hour from 1998 to September 2006. He was succeeded by Carolyn Quinn when he moved to the ITV network for a new programme, The Sunday Edition, with Andrea Catherwood, a series which began on Sunday 17 September 2006. Since 2011, he has presented BBC Radio Four's "Leader Conference".

Books
Rawnsley's Servants of the People: The Inside Story of New Labour, published on 27 September 2000, is an account of the early years of New Labour in government. The book raised the profile of the feud between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. An expanded paperback edition, including coverage of the 2001 general election, was published on 16 July 2001.

Rawnsley's The End of the Party: The Rise and Fall of New Labour was serialised in The Observer starting on 21 February 2010 and published in book form on 1 March 2010. An expanded paperback edition, taking the story up to the day of Gordon Brown's resignation after the 2010 general election, was published on 30 September 2010.

Personal life
In 1990 he married Jane Hall in Cambridge. They have three daughters: Olivia (born October 1991), Jessica (born January 1994) and Cordelia (born March 1997).

Rawnsley became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2001.

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Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty

Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (also known by the abbreviations UPPP and UP3) is a surgical procedure or sleep surgery used to remove tissue and/or remodel tissue in the throat. This could be because of sleep issues. Tissues which may typically be removed include:

 * The tonsils
 * The adenoids

Tissues which may typically be remodeled include:

 * The uvula (see uvulotomy)
 * The soft palate
 * The pharynx

Procedure
UPPP involves removal of the tonsils, the posterior surface of the soft palate, and the uvula. The uvula is then folded toward the soft palate and sutured together as demonstrated in the figures. In the US, UPPP is the most commonly performed procedure for obstructive sleep apnea with approximately 33,000 procedures performed per year. The surgery is more successful in patients who are not obese, and there is a limited role in morbidly obese (>40 kg/m2) individuals.

Standard procedure
UPPP is typically administered to patients with obstructive sleep apnea in isolation. It is administered as a stand-alone procedure in the hope that the tissue which obstructs the patient's airway is localized in the back of the throat. The rationale is that, by removing the tissue, the patient's airway will be wider and breathing will become easier.

Role in the "Stanford Protocol" operation
UPPP is also offered to sleep apnea patients who opt for a more comprehensive surgical procedure known as the "Stanford Protocol", first attempted by Doctors Nelson Powell and Robert Riley of Stanford University. The Stanford Protocol consists of two phases. The first involves surgery of the soft tissue (tonsillectomy, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty) and the second involves skeletal surgeries (maxillomandibular advancement). First, Phase 1 or soft tissue surgery is performed and after re-testing with a new sleep study, if there is residual sleep apnea, then Phase 2 surgery would consist of jaw surgery. The goal is to improve the airway and thereby treat (or possibly cure) sleep apnea. It has been found that obstructive sleep apnea usually involves multiple sites where tissue obstructs the airway; the base of the tongue is often involved. The Protocol successively addresses these multiple sites of obstruction. Note that genioglossus advancement can be performed either during Phase 1 or Phase 2 surgeries.

Phase 2 involves maxillomandibular advancement, a surgery which moves the jaw top (maxilla) and bottom (mandible) forward. The tongue muscle is anchored to the chin, and translation of the mandible forward pulls the tongue forward as well. If the procedure achieves the desired results, when the patient sleeps and the tongue relaxes, it will no longer be able to block the airway. Success is much better for Phase 2 than for Phase 1 – approximately 90 percent benefit from the second phase, and the success of the Stanford Protocol Operation therefore is due in large part to this second phase.

There is debate among surgeons as to the role of Phase 1 surgery. In 2002, an Atlanta-based surgical team, led by Dr. Jeffrey Prinsell, published results which have approximated those of the Stanford team when UPPP was not included in their mix of surgeries.

Effectiveness in isolation
When UPPP has been administered in isolation, the results are variable. As explained above, sleep apnea is often caused by multiple co-existing obstructions at various locations of the airway such as the nasal cavity, and particularly the base of the tongue. The contributing factors in the variability of success include the pre-surgical size of the tonsils, palate, uvula and tongue base. Also, patients who are morbidly obese (body mass index >40 kg/m2) are significantly less likely to have success from this surgery.

Effectiveness of "The Stanford Protocol" operation
Over one thousand people have undergone The Stanford Protocol operation and received follow-up sleep study testing. 60 to 70 percent of patients have been entirely cured. In approximately ninety percent of patients, a significant improvement can be expected.

Multilevel approach
In the recent years, many surgeons have tried to address the multiple levels of obstruction by performing multiple procedures on the same surgical day, called the "multi-level approach". Typical surgeries in a multi-level approach may include:

Nasal-level surgeries Soft palate-level surgeries Hypopharyngeal-level surgeries
 * turbinoplasty, septoplasty, septorhinoplasty
 * uvulectomy, uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, tonsillectomy
 * hyoid suspension
 * tongue suspension
 * tongue base reduction
 * genioglossus advancement

UPPP with tonsillectomy improves postoperative results of obstructive sleep apnea depending on tonsil size. The success rate increases with increasing tonsil size. This approach improves postoperative results in well-selected patients.

Risks
One of the risks is that by cutting the tissues, excess scar tissue can "tighten" the airway and make it even smaller than it was before UPPP.

After surgery, complications may include these:

 * Sleepiness and sleep apnea related to post-surgery medication
 * Swelling, infection and bleeding
 * A sore throat and/or difficulty swallowing
 * Drainage of secretions into the nose and a nasal quality to the voice. English language speech does not seem to be affected by this surgery.
 * Narrowing of the airway in the nose and throat (hence constricting breathing) snoring and even iatrogenically caused sleep apnea.
 * Patients who have had the uvula removed will become unable to correctly pronounce uvular consonants, found in French, German, Hebrew, and others.
 * Long term complications with pain, feeling sick and lesser sleep quality than before the LAUP.

In 2008, Labra, et al., from Mexico, published a variation of UP3, by adding a uvulopalatal flap, in order to avoid such complications, with a good rate of success.

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Success
WebMDHealth states "Over the long term, it cures snoring in 46% to 73% of those who have had surgery." This seems unreliable, the range of the percentages seems to be too high.

Added some stats which seem to fit the median for success. I'll try and do more to this later as I've been through one of these. WindomEarle 00:47, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Merger with LAUP
I happened to come across the LAUP article during a "Random Article" search, and noticed that the only page that links to the LAUP page is this one. Scrolling down here, the section on LAUP contains much the same information as the LAUP page does. Would anyone object to merging LAUP into the section here? Seems rather pointless to have the two separated as such, merging them together wouldn't add much here, and it's not as though the page is a mile long already. Hersfold 03:31, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

I think that it is best to keep it as is. LAUP and UPPP are basically the same operation, yet people might search for LAUP and it should be easy for them to find the information.

Merge
I had the procedure done. They are basically the same, one just uses different methods to do it. I say merge the article with that section and create a redirect. (Phreekie 17:06, 10 July 2007 (UTC))

Technically different procedures. The only similarity is the structures being modified. The laser as a medical blowtorch destroys both the lining and the soft tissues around the ariway. The scar may reduce snoring. Sleepysurgeon 14:35, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

Can one of you medically minded folks find a good reference (I dont know how : and add that this surgery is *brutally* painful. I've had it done 5 days ago and I'm in hell right now. Aparently its just the way it is with recovery from this operation. But its an absolute horror of a recovery 121.44.237.180 (talk) 13:09, 15 March 2009 (UTC)

Forum posts
Should all those anecdotal forum posts be linked from the article? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.41.95.90 (talk) 14:17, 27 February 2015 (UTC)

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Request for Expansion
This article is a good introduction to the Society but it needs expanding to include information on:

 * History
 * Governance and Administration
 * Organisation
 * Branches
 * Relationship to other organisations
 * Summer School

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Blacktown City Council

Blacktown City Council is a local government area in Western Sydney, situated on the Cumberland Plain, approximately 35 km west of the Sydney central business district, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Established in 1906 as the Blacktown Shire and becoming the Municipality of Blacktown in 1961 before gaining city status in 1979, the City occupies an area of 246.9 km2 and has a population of 410,419, making it the most populous local government area in Sydney.

The acting-mayor of Blacktown City Council is Councillor Chris Quilkey following the death of then-mayor Tony Bleasdale, a member of the Australian Labor Party who died 3 May 2024.

Suburbs and localities in the local government area
These are the suburbs and localities in the local government area: • Acacia Gardens

• Angus

• Arndell Park

• Bidwill

• Blackett

• Blacktown

• Bungarribee

• Colebee

• Dean Park

• Dharruk

• Doonside

• Eastern Creek

• Emerton

• Glendenning

• Glenwood

• Grantham Farm

• Hassall Grove

• Hebersham

• Huntingwood

• Kellyville Ridge

• Kings Langley

• Kings Park

• Lalor Park

• Lethbridge Park

• Marayong

• Marsden Park

• Melonba

• Minchinbury

• Mount Druitt

• Nirimba Fields

• Oakhurst

• Parklea

• Plumpton

• Prospect (shared with Cumberland Council)

• Quakers Hill

• Richards

• Riverstone

• Ropes Crossing

• Rooty Hill

• Rouse Hill (shared with The Hills Shire)

• Schofields

• Seven Hills (shared with City of Parramatta Council)

• Shalvey

• Shanes Park (shared with City of Penrith)

• Stanhope Gardens

• St Marys (shared with City of Penrith)

• Tallawong

• The Ponds

• Toongabbie (shared with City of Parramatta Council and Cumberland Council)

• Tregear

• Vineyard (shared with City of Hawkesbury)

• Whalan

• Willmot

• Woodcroft

History
The first road from Prospect to Richmond became known as the "Black Town Road" and in 1860 the Railway Department gave the name of "Black Town Road Station" to the railway station at the junction of the railway and the Black Town Road, with the name shortening to "Blacktown" by 1862. The Blacktown area was first incorporated on 6 March 1906 as the "Shire of Blacktown" alongside 132 other new shires across the state as a result of the passing of the Local Government (Shires) Act, 1905. The first five-member temporary council was appointed on 15 May 1906 and first met on 20 June in the Rooty Hill School of Arts. The Blacktown Shire became the "Municipality of Blacktown" on 17 June 1961 and was granted city status on 9 March 1979, becoming the "City of Blacktown".

Blacktown Council Chambers and Civic Centre
In 1937 Blacktown council discussed the need for new Council Chambers, with the present arrangements seen as inadequate and unable to accommodate growing staff needs. In August 1938, the council discussed two schemes from architect Leslie J. Buckland for the new council chambers, with the scheme that created a new wing facing Flushcombe Road while retaining the old council chambers for other uses being the most favoured. Designed in the modernist Inter-war Functionalist style by Buckland and constructed by J. H. Abbey of Epping at a cost of £7,000, the Council Chambers were officially opened on 29 July 1939 by the Minister for Public Works and Local Government, Eric Spooner.

By the early 1960s, Blacktown Council resolved to develop a new council seat and 'civic centre' and an International style design by Parramatta architects, Leslie J. Buckland & Druce (George Harley, project architect), for a multi-storey administration building, a performance hall, library and basement parking was accepted at a cost of £500,000. Built of concrete and brick, with decorative facade panels and glass curtain walling, the Civic Centre was constructed by S. J. Wood & Co Lty Ltd, with A. S. Nicholson as the consulting engineer.

The foundation stone for the Civic Centre was laid by Premier of NSW, Bob Heffron, on 17 June 1961, on the same occasion marking the change of Blacktown from a Shire to a Municipality. The Civic Centre was officially opened on 25 October 1965 by the Minister for Local Government and Highways, Pat Morton, with the mayor, Alfred Ashley-Brown, declaring "It is my sincere wish we will as a council cherish the heritage which brings us here tonight – that this chamber will be a place wherein good government within our sphere of responsibility will be made manifest, and that all decisions which are made shall be for the good of the people of the Municipality of Blacktown". On 10 April 1967, the old 1939 Council Chambers were transformed into the first Blacktown Municipal Library, which was later demolished and became the Max Webber Library from 1980.

In 1984, with the Civic Centre being overcrowded and suffering from lack of space, the council approved significant extensions to the Civic Centre at a cost of $2,781,550 that added 2,000 square metres of office floor space and enabled the consolidation of all council departments in a single location. The extensions were constructed by McNamara Constructions Pty Limited.

Blacktown City Libraries
In 1947, Blacktown Shire Council formally adopted the, which had been passed to encourage (including financial subsidies) local governments to establish free public libraries, but no further action was taken due to a lack of finance. However it was not until the 1960s, with the significant growth in the area's population, the Council identified a clear need for a library service, and when the Civic Centre opened in 1965, council appointed the first Chief Librarian in 1966 and resolved to establish the first library in the old 1939 Council Chambers building on the opposite side of Flushcombe Road. The first Blacktown Municipal Library was officially opened on 10 April 1967.

The Blacktown City Libraries service expanded with the opening of Library Branches at Lalor Park (1968), Mount Druitt (1977) and Riverstone (1978). In 1979, Blacktown council commissioned a new Blacktown branch library, with the old library and 1939 Council Chambers building demolished and replaced by a new building designed by architects Allen Jack & Cottier, and constructed by R. W. Tims (Builders) Pty Ltd. On 31 October 1979, Council resolved to name this new library after the Town Clerk of Blacktown, Max Webber, and the Max Webber Library was officially opened by the Deputy Premier Jack Ferguson on 8 March 1980. A new branch library in Stanhope Gardens was officially opened on 7 August 2009, and was also named after a former Town Clerk as the Dennis Johnson Branch Library.

Demographics
At the, there were 396,776 people resident in the Blacktown local government area, of these 49.9 per cent were male and 50.1 per cent were female. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0 per cent of the population, similar to the NSW and Australian averages of 3.4 and 3.2 per cent respectively. The median age of people in the City of Blacktown was 34 years, which was slightly lower than the national median of 38 years. Children aged 0 – 14 years made up 22.7 per cent of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.0 per cent of the population. Of people in the area aged 15 years and over, 52.6 per cent were married and 9.5 per cent were either divorced or separated.

Population growth in the City of Blacktown between the and the  was 6.47 per cent; and in the subsequent five years to the, population growth was 10.82 per cent. At the 2016 census, the population in the local government area increased by 11.91 per cent. When compared with total population growth of Australia for the same period, being 8.8 per cent, population growth in Blacktown local government area was in excess of 35% more than the national average. The median weekly income for residents within the City of Blacktown was generally on par with the national average.

At the 2021 census, the proportion of residents in the Blacktown local government area who stated their ancestry as Filipino, was in excess of five times the national average. The proportion of residents who stated a religious affiliation with Hinduism was in excess of four times the national average; the proportion of Catholics was 4.7 per cent above the national average; and the proportion of residents with no religion about half the national average. Meanwhile, as at the census date, the area was linguistically diverse, with Tagalog, Hindi, Punjabi, or Gujarati languages spoken in households, and ranged from two times to five times the national averages.

Current composition and election method
Blacktown City Council is composed of fifteen councillors elected proportionally as five separate wards, each electing three councillors. All councillors are elected for a fixed four-year term of office. The mayor is elected by the councillors at the first meeting of the council and since 2016 has served a two-year term. The mayor from 2014 to 2019, Stephen Bali was required to stand down from council as a mayor and councillor by October 2019, due to the Local Government Amendment (Members of Parliament) Act, 2012 which requires state members of parliament to relinquish local government offices no more than two years after their election. With Bali's resignation on 9 October 2019, Cr Tony Bleasdale was elected Mayor.

The most recent election was held on 4 December 2021, and the makeup of the council is as follows:

* A vacancy was created in Ward 5 following the death of then-Mayor Tony Bleasdale.

The current Council, elected in 2021, in order of election by ward, is:

Coat of arms
After becoming a city in 1979, the council resolved to investigate and if possible obtain a coat of arms, making a request to the Chester Herald of Arms, Hubert Chesshyre. With the design completed by March 1981, Council resolved to adopt the coat of arms at its meeting on 1 April 1981.

Heritage listings
The City of Blacktown has a number of heritage-listed sites, including those on the New South Wales State Heritage Register:
 * Prospect, Upper Canal System
 * Prospect, Great Western Highway: Veteran Hall Remains
 * Prospect, Ponds Road: St Bartholomew's Anglican Church and Cemetery
 * Prospect, Reservoir Road: Former Great Western Road Alignment, Prospect
 * Prospect, Reservoir Road: Prospect Reservoir
 * Prospect, East of Reservoir: Prospect Reservoir Valve House
 * Prospect, 385 Reservoir Road: Royal Cricketers Arms Inn
 * Prospect, 23 Tarlington Place: Prospect Post Office

Sister cities
Blacktown City Council has sister city relations with the following cities:
 * 🇳🇿 Porirua, Wellington Region, North Island, New Zealand, since 1984
 * 🇰🇷 Suseong-gu, Daegu, South Korea, since 1994
 * 🇨🇳 Liaocheng, Shandong, China, since 2003
 * 🇦🇺 Liverpool Plains, New South Wales, Australia, since 2005

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Category:Dot patterns

A number of geometric arrangements of dots (or similar units) have been given special names in mathematics, art and symbolism.

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International Congress Calendar

The International Congress Calendar is a calendar of events organized by non-profit international organizations, mainly those organizations which are included in the Yearbook of International Organizations. It has been published since 1960 by the Union of International Associations (UIA) and includes over 425,000 meetings. Over 15,000 new meetings are included every year.

It is one of the most comprehensive sources of information on future international meetings organized or sponsored by international organizations. All information is provided, or confirmed, by the organizations themselves.

The Calendar is published in print and online.

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