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Talk:List of Mario video games by year

Reformat
After each game there was a description, the function of this description was never constant; I feel the best is to describe his role in the game as to explain how and where he appears.

The new format is:

Game Name (system(s)) Appearance Description

Or

Game Name (system(s)) – Region Information - Appearance Description

Rlk89 23:04, 15 July 2006 (UTC)

Smash Bros. as a spinoff
I'm not entirely sure that Super Smash Bros. is a spinoff of the Mario series. It's true that the Mario series has the greatest representation in the Smash Bros. games, but isn't that just because of popularity? The only link I can see with the Mario series is the controls being simple for a multiplayer game. Toomai Glittershine 12:26, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Should we vote? Rlk89 12:09, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Sure. We can vote whether it says as part of the Mario series or not. I'll just mention that a "no preference" vote owuld keep it that way it is. Toomai Glittershine 13:12, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

Super MARIO Bros., Super SMASH Bros. don't any of you see it's an obvious reformation of the name, Super Mario Bros.?! Keep it in the spinoffs section. Mariofan 13:17, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Not only that but he is considered the main character, the main bosses are mostly from the Mario series, and the Gamepro interview shown that Mario is possibly the main character in the series. Mr. Mario 192 19:30, 14 September 2007 (UTC)

 * That still doesn't make it a "Mario" game. Otherwise, games like Sega Tennis would be considered a "Sonic" game when it's not. Magiciandude (talk) 16:43, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

List seems incomplete
Where's Yoshi's Island? It's mentioned when it's re-released for the GBA... but what about when it was originally released?--Biggman15 06:50, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
 * It's full name is Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.--Rlk89 00:22, 9 November 2006 (UTC)
 * The sad part... Is that I knew that... But I still missed it... Sorry... :)--Biggman15 04:25, 9 November 2006 (UTC)

Mario Kart Arcade GP 2
It's listed under both 2006 and TBA. If it's going to be released this year, then it's not TBA. It's it is unknown when it will be released, then it's TBA and the 2006 part is fancruft. Which is it? -- 69.233.222.102 03:51, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Every search I do ends up the same. The game doesn't have a release date yet. So, it's TBA. -- Jelly Soup 05:59, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Why is Donkey Kong listed as a spin-off?
Why is this the case? Isn't it the opposite, really? 85.230.32.136 02:55, 17 November 2006 (UTC)

 * Your right how should we post the relation thou? --Rlk89 01:11, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

Punch Out? Tennis?
Why are these games listed as Mario games? You don't play as Mario, nor is he part of the game aside from a cameo. -- Jelly Soup 02:37, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

 * The article says:
 * Over the years, Mario has appeared in at least 130 popular video games to date, both with starring and less significant roles. Here is a chronological list of licensed games that Mario has appeared in.

 * Camios may support the plot or may play a small role in the game or the promotion of the game. Punch Out and Tennis include his camios. this list include all of marios apperances weather big or small. --Rlk89 01:04, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Helps if I read, right? Hahaha....ha.... -- Jelly Soup 07:09, 25 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Should include Donkey Kong Country 2 then as well, right? --65.114.60.147 (talk) 10:01, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

Seeing as I just happened across this article again, I think I must disagree with the wording. The focus of this article is supposed to be Mario games by year, not every Mario game that he has appeared in (which is fancruft). If I have no opposition or discussion, I will be removing all non-Mario games from the list. -- Jelly Soup 08:54, 21 September 2007 (UTC)

 * Mario Games could be defined as games Mario Has appeared in.Rlk89 19:20, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
 * In pinball he's only in a bonus stage. So does that count as cameo? In movies a cameo origanally meant a non-speaking role (you only see their face, like the jewelry) but that has changed over time. In video games is a cameo a non-playing role or a non-speaking role? If it's a non-playing role then Donkey Kong Jr. doesn't belong.Mozepy (talk) 17:08, 13 December 2008 (UTC)

Virtual Console
Should virtual console releases for the wii really be here, it is a VIRTUAL console, and it seems that so many of these games will just be here twice or three times. putting these is redundant, but i will not remove because i don't know if i am alone in this, but i'm putting in my two cents. --72.138.175.46

 * No they should not be removed, because they are official releases, and they should be treated as the Super Famicom Satellaview, because games that are released for the VIRTUAL console can be "new" in that they may have been previously unreleased. --Rlk89 00:56, 25 November 2006 (UTC)

 * They are official releases, but they are not new releases, I understand documenting where a game was release and it differs from the previous version in some way, but Nintendo has stated that they are the exact same roms as what appeared on the consoles years ago. If they were different in some way, I would understand the need for new entries. With that said, I would like to suggest a couple possibilities, a general link to the virtual console games list, or, adding a note beside game entries where the game was released for the virtual console in the exact same form as the previous, which would include the year the virtual console version was released, and possibly have it link to the virtual console games list. --FiveIron 06:36, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

 * They are not new releases, but they are official releases, official releases of a game that includes mario should simply be listed as official releases of a game that includes mario, regardless of new content or not. --Rlk89 23:40, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Also VC games get their own VC Rating69.136.128.185 19:35, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Mushroom Kingdom Hearts
This is not a game but an April Fool's joke done Electronic Gaming Monthly. The issue it came out in was the April one. And EGM is known for its April Fools jokes. Heck there is a wikipedia entry on it. I removed it from the list

WarioWare as a spin-off
I'm not sure about having them. They really seem more like spin-offs of the Wario Land franchise which gets a mention below the list than spin-offs of the Mario franchise. True, there are 9-Volt microgames but they feature more games than just Mario so you could use the same logic to put WarioWare on the Zelda games. I think I'm going to remove it if nobody disagrees. 24.159.39.11 18:56, 30 June 2007 (UTC)

"Release"
Every item in the very long bulleted list says "release" after the area in which is was released. Couldn't we get rid of the word "release" on after item and just have it say say "Super Mario Bros. - North America", or whatever? Useight 06:04, 16 July 2007 (UTC)

 * It could be done, but the format is not a naturally understood format. If someone is just looking at a specific section of the article. they might not understand it as a release69.136.128.185 01:39, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Spin-Off
A spin-off of something has a completely different continuity than the actual. The actual continuity in the Mario franchise is the Main series. The only game Princess Daisy appears in that has an actual continuity is her debut, Super Mario Land, and she now only appears in spin-offs, including Party and Sports. --PJ Pete

Tetris
I've earned five lines on level nine of each of the three tetris games on NES and I haven't seen mario, nor do any of the sprites on the ROMs seem to look like him... Just wondering, does anyone knows the veracity of this, as in seen it for themselves? 216.114.134.137 06:59, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Super Mario Bros Frustration???
Where is this section to? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.162.75.23 (talk) 19:25, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

Ummm...
Y is the 2008 games missing?-SLJCOAAATR —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.229.233.168 (talk) 23:29, 27 December 2007 (UTC)

Title change?
Shouldn't this page be called something like List of games featuring Mario? SimCity is hardly a "Mario Game". Staecker (talk) 21:03, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * OK then- I'll move it. Staecker (talk) 14:11, 1 March 2008 (UTC)

Upcoming games

 * Dance Dance Revolution Mario Mix Jamz (Wii) - TBA
 * Super Mario Open Golf (Wii) - TBA
 * Mario Party 9 (Wii) - TBA
 * Mario Kart Double Dash Off Road (Wii) - TBA
 * Mario Thunder Tennis (Wii) - TBA
 * Mario Unleashed (Wii) - TBA
 * Mario Fight Night (Wii) - TBA
 * Yoshi's Adventure (Wii) - TBA
 * Baby Adventure (Nintendo DS, Wii) - TBA

Need I say more....?SLJCOAAATR 1 (talk) 14:13, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Are you gonna make articles about those video games? Noneofyour (talk) 13:27, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

No...That was vandal doing that i removed a long time ago.  Skeletal S.L.J.C.O.A.A.A.T.R.  03:33, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

Suggestion for appearances vs playable character
The title of this article is "List of Mario games", I would suggest that this list be limited to game where Mario was either a playable or interactable character. Everything else such as cameo appearances (Mario is Missing) and the use of his likeness (SimCity DS) could be placed in an article titled List of Mario Appearances. How's that sound? If either of you continue to throw reverts back and forth I'll get an admin to intervene (I'm tired of seeing the exchange on my watchlist). --AeronPrometheus (talk) 02:22, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Er. I'm fairly sure a list of appearances where a picture of Mario appears is probably going to be useless trivia. As for the reverts, eh. SLCwhatever doesn't like me, so he reverts blindly. Not a lot I can do about it. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 02:24, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * How about putting cameos and appearances at the bottom this page then? I agree that there's no need to make a separate article for just that but I'm trying to get you two to play nice. --AeronPrometheus (talk) 02:27, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Because they're subtrivial, and the factual claims are often unreferenceable.
 * He's unhappy that I removed his unsourced upcoming games. There really isn't a compromise there; either there is a source for them and I have no objection, or there isn't and they don't belong here. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 02:30, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * The issue isn't about whether there are sources, I'm sure many sites and publications document every time Mario has been seen inside and outside of a video game (For the record this article contains 1 whole reference). The issue is how deep this article is on the subject. Going just by the title, you're right, anything less than a playable or interactable version of Mario doesn't need to be listed. But since there's no practical limit to this article it can include them in some fashion. You don't like the idea of a separate article, so how about a sub-list on this article? --AeronPrometheus (talk) 02:50, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

 * I had nothing against you for a while AMIB, but you're going about destroying articles. Change this name to List of Mario Appearances. End of story.  Skeletal S.L.J.C.O.A.A.A.T.R.  02:39, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * This is not a discussion about how you feel about MIB, take that to his talk page. Do you have any objections to the lesser appearances being put at the bottom of the page on a separate list? --AeronPrometheus (talk) 02:50, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

This article could be easily sourced, but it's already on the bubble of what is actually useful. Adding a list of pictures/statues/looked-like-Mario list is just going to be hopeless, and mostly unsourceable except to fansites and game guides. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 03:08, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I say keep the cameos here, just change the articles name. AMIB, according to Synergy, we can use pictures from fansites.  Skeletal S.L.J.C.O.A.A.A.T.R.  03:36, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Depends on the factual claim being sourced. They are a very poor source. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 03:38, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Most fan sites are unreliable, but some are. For instance some fan sites for Nintendo are so large that a liaison from Nintendo will actually communicate directly with staff on releases, details, etc. In those cases you have to use your best judgment --AeronPrometheus (talk) 05:09, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Three years later and the problem still hasn't been solved? Anyway, 'List of Mario games' implies a list of games that pertain to Mario, not any old thing he's been in. If we really want to keep what doesn't fall under that, then I support the name change to 'List of Mario Appearances'. As for sources, one could try hitting up the Super Mario Wiki. -- Jelly Soup (talk) 04:00, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Are we allowed to cite other Wiki's? If so, then that's a good idea.  Skeletal S.L.J.C.O.A.A.A.T.R.  04:05, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Too be honest, I'm not sure. I assume that a specialized wiki could pass under the fansite rule. -- Jelly Soup (talk) 04:19, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Hm. I'll ask someone who would know when they're on.  Skeletal S.L.J.C.O.A.A.A.T.R.  04:23, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * No. They are not good sources for anything. - A Man In Bl♟ck (conspire | past ops) 04:39, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * No, not ever. Wikis can't source other Wikis that would defeat the purpose of sourcing altogether. You can have an external link to, say, the Nintendo Wiki from a page like this but you can't rely on what they say to support what we say. --AeronPrometheus (talk) 05:09, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay, understood.  Skeletal S.L.J.C.O.A.A.A.T.R.  18:31, 21 July 2008 (UTC)

Golf should be removed from this list
With the announcement of Captain Rainbow it appears that the Golfer from Golf is not referred to as Mario. So saying that Mario is still the playable character of Golf is incorrect. We can leave in that he resembles him though. (Angry Sun)
 * Source? Skeletal   S.L.J.C.O.A.A.A.T.R.   Soul  02:15, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

 And there are many other sources. Now if the Golfer were actually Mario wouldn't it actually say that. (Angry Sun) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.64.40.199 (talk) 03:56, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Okay. That's good enough. Skeletal   S.L.J.C.O.A.A.A.T.R.   Soul  04:01, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Vandalism
I forgot who but someone has been changing around the 2008/cancelled games.I'm not sure if anyone else seen, but I have and fixed back.Noneofyour (talk) 20:08, 9 September 2008 (UTC)

Missing some ports
Missing the ZX Spectrum versions of Mario Bros and Donkey Kong. 86.131.89.40 (talk) 23:59, 28 February 2009 (UTC)

Mario
Mario power tennis for 2009 reference? Seems made up. IAmTheCoinMan (talk) 16:06, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Paper Mario Kart (Wii)
Why someone put up Paper Mario Kart (Wii) and Why?147.31.184.131 (talk) 11:38, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

and why did they put super paper mario 2 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.141.16.116 (talk) 23:42, 13 November 2009 (UTC)

Mario Party 9 (Wii)
Are they making a Mario Party 9 for the wii?147.31.184.131 (talk) 11:40, 9 October 2009 (UTC)

It hasn't been confirmed yet, but I belive that Nintendo is just focusing on Super Mario Galaxy 2 right now.

Future Games
A lot of people have been putting false games like "Mario Party 9" and "Super Mario Galaxy 3". Please only post future games that have been officialy confirmed by Nintendo! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.236.149.114 (talk) 21:34, 3 April 2010 (UTC) Are the games "Bowser's Adventure" and "Super Smash Bros. 4" confirmed?

General format of the list.
I was thinking that the games in the list could be formatted in the following way: Game Name - "Regions"

E.g. under 1996 for Super Mario 64 we could have: Super Mario 64 - North America and Japan

and then under 1997: Super Mario 64 - Europe and Australia (or PAL regions)

Either that, or we could have seperate articles to show a list of Mario games by year in each of the regions seperately?--The Ultimate Koopa (talk) 22:05, 10 April 2010 (UTC)

Metal Gear Solid Twin snake Mario
Mario makes and appearance in MGS: The Twin Snakes in Otacon's lsb. I just don't know the year. This should be added. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.252.182.246 (talk) 02:00, 5 October 2010 (UTC)

Upcoming Games

 * Super Mario Galaxy 3 (Wii U)
 * Super Mario Sunshine 2 (Wii U)
 * New Super Mario Bros. 3 (Nintendo 3DS)
 * Super Mario World 3 (Wii U)
 * Super Mario Land 4 (Nintendo 3DS) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.208.86.150 (talk) 22:25, 31 October 2014 (UTC)

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Matchless

Matchless is one of the oldest marques of British motorcycles, manufactured in Plumstead, London, between 1899 and 1966. A wide range of models were produced under the Matchless name, ranging from small two-strokes to 750 cc four-stroke twins. Matchless had a long history of racing success; a Matchless ridden by Charlie Collier won the first single-cylinder race in the first Isle of Man TT in 1907.

In 1938, Matchless and AJS became part of Associated Motorcycles (AMC), both companies producing models under their own marques. During the amalgamations that occurred in the British motorcycle industry in the 1960s, the Matchless four-stroke twin was replaced with the Norton twin, ending a long history of independent production. By 1967, the Matchless singles had ceased production.

History
The first Matchless motorcycle was made in 1899, and production began in 1901. Matchless was the trading name of Collier & Sons, the father Henry Herbert Collier and his sons Charlie and Harry. The Matchless tank badge was a winged "M". Like many motorcycle manufacturers of the time, they had started as bicycle manufacturers. They produced a JAP V-twin powered bike in 1905, with one of the earliest swing-arm rear suspensions, coupled with leading-link front forks. Charlie won the inaugural TT singles race in 1907 at an average speed of 38.21 mph in a time of 4 hours 8 minutes 8 seconds. Harry did not finish in 1907, but won in 1909, and Charlie won again in 1910, bringing Matchless motorcycles to the attention of the public. Matchless made mostly singles, but they also made V-twins from 496 cc to 998 cc. They made their own engines from 1912 on.

At the 1912 Olympia Motor Cycle and Cycle Car show Matchless showed a V-twin powered cycle car, with two wheels at the front and a single drive wheel at the rear. Unusually the drive was by shaft and bevel gear. The frame was of pressed steel channel. It was priced at 100 guineas.

Matchless was not given a contract to make motorcycles for the army during the First World War. Peacetime production resumed in 1919, concentrating at first on V-twins for sidecar use, leaving singles until 1923. In 1926 Henry Collier died, and by 1928 Matchless was a limited company. In 1930 they launched a narrow-angle 400 cc V-twin called the Silver Arrow, designed by Charlie. The Silver Arrow, launched in 1929, was a side-valve v-twin with 54 x 86mm dimensions and 394 cc. The two cylinders were set at 18 degrees within a single casting under a single head. The result looked odd, rather like a single that was too long, and with the exhaust emerging from the manifold at its right corner and the carburettor in the middle of the block on the left, the odd appearance was accentuated, and in 1930 they launched an (advanced for the time) 593 cc OHC V-four, the Silver Hawk. About 60 out of the 500 made survive, The Hawk was designed by youngest brother Bert, who was now active in the company, and he was responsible for design right up to the war. In 1931 Matchless bought AJS from the Stevens brothers. Matchless bought Sunbeam in the late thirties, but Sunbeam was sold to BSA in 1943.

After that the only "true" AJS models, as far as AJS enthusiasts were concerned, were the racing 7Rs, Porcupines and the pre-war AJS Four. The shared models were considered by some AJS fans to be only badge-engineered Matchless models. In 1935 the Matchless/AJS hairpin valve springs made their first appearance. Matchless supplied engines for the V-twin versions of the Morgan three-wheeler from 1933 until Morgan production was halted by the outbreak of World War II in 1939. From 1935 on they were Morgan's exclusive supplier of V-twin engines. A dozen surviving unused engines were still in storage at the Morgan works in 1946 and were used to build a final batch of V-Twin trikes for a Morgan dealer in Australia. Matchless also supplied engines after 1935 to 1940 to the Brough Superior works. These engines were made to the specifications of Brough Superior and are not identical to similar engines used in Matchless motorcycles. The Brough Superior engines used a fork and blade rod configuration, cams ground to different specification, and larger ports in the cylinders or heads.

AMC (1938–66)
Associated Motor Cycles (AMC) was formed in 1938, as a parent company for Matchless and AJS motorcycles. AMC later (postwar) absorbed Francis-Barnett, James, and Norton. In 1941 Matchless motorcycles introduced telescopic front forks called "Teledraulic" forks, considered by some to be the first major innovation in British front suspension in 25 years.

During the Second World War, Matchless manufactured 80,000 G3 and G3L models for the armed forces. By 1956 they had eight models in their line up, but the number had dwindled in 1965. The G3L was the first to feature the "Teledraulic" front forks.

Post-war landmarks start with the production of Matchless/AJS 350 cc and Matchless G80 500 cc singles, developed from the legendary war-time Matchless G3 produced for the army. Competition models of the singles were produced from 1948, which gave the company some memorable wins. In 1949 the first Matchless/AJS vertical twin, a 500 cc, was produced; later to be joined by 600 cc and 650 cc vertical twins in 1956 and 1959 respectively. On the racing front AMC were fielding the (supercharged) AJS Porcupine and the AJS 7R alongside the 1951 Matchless G45 500 cc vertical twin. Even when supercharging was banned, Les Graham won the 1949 500 cc world championship on a normally aspirated Porcupine.

For 1952, the Model G45 twin-cylinder production racer was introduced. Its pushrod 500 cc OHV vertical twin-cylinder engine was based on the roadster Model G9, and was housed in a modified AJS 7R chassis. Derek Farrant won the 1952 Manx Grand Prix at 88.65 mph, and AMC put the G45 into limited production.

In 1953 there was a Clubman range of Matchless/AJS 350 cc and 500 cc singles. AMC withdrew from factory-supported road racing at the end of the 1954 season, following the death of Ike Hatch, and facing fierce competition from the other European bikes.

The Matchless G50 single-cylinder racer was made generally available for privateers in 1959, and competed against the Norton Manx. Though its 90.0 x 78.0 mm 50 bhp engine and top speed near 135 mph (217 km/h) were slightly down on the Manx, the lighter Matchless could take the day on tight and twisty circuits.

In 1958 the Matchless/AJS road bikes were joined by a 250 cc and in 1960 by a 350 cc for a lightweight series of singles.

In 1960 Bert Hopwood resigned from AMC and joined Triumph. That same year AMC posted a profit of a little over £200,000, in comparison to BSA's £3.5 million. That was followed by a loss of £350,000 in 1961. With the closure of the Norton plant at Birmingham in 1962 and the merger of Norton and Matchless production, the future was beginning to look rather bleak. In the sixties, with sales declining AMC made the commercial decision to focus on the Norton twins and the Matchless/AJS singles but they were not to be successful and the factory ceased production shortly afterwards.

With the G15 line, AMC built on the merits of the G12 but there were numerous changes to frame, forks, swinging arm, primary chaincase, transmission, cycle parts and lubrication system. The P11 was the last line of bikes with bonds to AMC. It used a modified G85CS frame but there were stronger forks, completely new cycle parts (making some was rather costly), altered lubrication and modified primary chaincases, to mention a few.

The G15 series was offered as 3 brands: Matchless G15 comprising G15Mk2, G15CS and G15CSR; AJS Model 33 comprising M33Mk2, M33CS and M33CSR; and last not least Norton N15CS (no Norton-branded roadster made as it would compete against the Atlas). The G15 series was produced from 1963 to 1969. They were initially for export only, but by 1965 these models were available in UK and Europe too.

The Matchless G85CS used a 12:1 compression 500 cc with an improved bottom end, and a Norton gear-driven oil pump replacing the old reciprocating design that dated back to the 1920s. The revised bottom end was introduced for 1964 and is shared by 350/500 roadsters and the 500CS (G80CS and M18CS), the engine of which was later adapted to the G85CS. The new lubrication system helped lubricating the big end and piston as well as the top end on the high-performance singles. The G85CS was further tuned for 1966, and received a new piston providing a CR of 12.5:1. An Amal GP carburettor was standard fitting, making the bike difficult to start. Maximum power rose to 41 bhp @ 6,500 rpm.

Matchless/AJS built predictable handling, comfortable, well-made, reliable and economical motorcycles, for their day. Unfortunately such attributes were not enough to keep them in business. Continuing poor sales led to AMC becoming part of a new company, called Norton-Villiers in 1966.

Norton Villiers (1966–73)
In 1966 Associated Motorcycles went bankrupt and was taken over by Manganese Bronze Holdings, who formed Norton-Villiers to oversee operations. At the time Norton was the only motorcycle marque in the company that was making money. There was a P11 series which comprised the following four models; P11 (1967), P11A (1968) and P11A Ranger (1968/69) and the P11 Ranger 750 (1969). It is believed that production of the G15 series was halted late in 1968 (model year '69) with unsold samples on offer through 1969. The P11 series carried on in production until the spring of 1969. The P11 was offered either as Norton or Matchless, but by heritage it is a Matchless bike.

Les Harris (1987)
A new Harris Matchless G80 single was released in 1987 powered by an Austrian Rotax 4-stroke, single over-head cam (SOHC), 500 cc engine. Components from Italy such as front and rear Paioli suspension and Brembo disc brakes were used whilst, harking back to his licence-built Triumph Bonneville T140s, the frame doubled up as the oil tank. The model was offered in colours of silver, black or metallic burgundy. Although electric start and twin disc brakes were options, priced at £2700 (£500 more than a Yamaha motorcycle of similar specification), this was not a successful product and production ended by the early 1990s.

In popular culture

 * The song lyrics of the song "Little Honda", first released by The Beach Boys on the album All Summer Long from 1964, mentions the brand in the line "It climbs the hills like a Matchless".

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 * I've been a concert promoter.
 * I've been a moderator and speaker at multiple science fiction conventions, including at the World Science Fiction Convention.

And all that runs well short. Nothing I wrote made any bestseller list. Doing color commentary on regional cable meets no criteria. Being an elected library trustee falls far far short of WP:POLITICIAN, and so does being an appointee to the regional transit authority's board of trustees. I've sung with ensembles, had a 30-second spot on the 6 o'clock news' sports segment for being the whacky guy who waved a referee-on-a-noose at minor league hockey games, had an interview in the local daily newspaper in the arts section for the weekly music series I ran as administrator of our local parish ... things like that. (The McKellen thing? It was the last night of a one-man show he was doing, and one of the last things he did was stage a scene from a play for which Shakespeare was only attributed as a co-author in the 20th century, McKellen had premiered the role with the Royal Shakespeare Company as an attributed play of Shakespeare's, it hadn't yet been done in America, and he invited anyone who felt like it to join him on stage and help out, which I did.)

See? 0+0+0+0+0=0. I don't meet WP notability standards. And neither do a lot of other people, including much of the traffic at AfD/PROD.

Pet Peeves

 * I am not particularly interested in "putting myself over" Who really gives a damn how many contributions I've made, what articles I've started, what credentials I have with which to beat you over the head that I am so much cooler than you, or anything other than whether I know about what I'm talking? I'm proud of my work here, and tickled by seeing it recognized, but I'll never post a puffed up list of the articles I've helped bring to FA/GA status (a small heap, so far) or listing my DYKs (eight, so far).  I'm more into improving stubs than creating new articles.  What Wikipedia needs more than sheer page count is improved quality of articles.  Many editors seeking an easy slur (sound, reasoned arguments are, after all, much harder work than tossing out dog-whistles) call this "deletionist."

 * I am extremely particular about grammar, spelling and the non-use of diacriticals. I see no reason why time-honored grammar usages are invalidated just because today's typists are lazy sods, and if you have a burning desire to put umlauts and diacriticals over proper names, go over to the foreign language Wikipedias where such usages are proper -- this is the English Wikipedia, last I checked. (And don't bullshit us; they don't use diacriticals on non-North American en-language websites any more than in Canada and the US.)

 * I care strongly about documentation. If you assert it, you should be prepared to back it up, with a non-Wikipedia verifiable source.  If you can't, you should retract it.

 * That being said, computer verification isn't the be-all and end-all of everything. An AfD was filed sometime ago against an author who had jack for Amazon.com sales ranking and not many Google hits.  No kidding, folks, he wrote several popular books in the Seventies and early Eighties, pretty much nothing since, and his stuff's gone out of print.  Any number of prominent Victorian authors have Amazon rankings which aren't anything about which to write their descendants.

 * ... and THAT being said, a single source shouldn't just be swallowed credulously. I'm minded of a line in Niven's/Pournelle's apoc story Lucifer's Hammer, where a local TV reporter asks an astronomer about blown cometary predictions the field had made.  The astronomer's retort (to paraphrase) was that as far as the recently appearing Comet Kohoutek went, some astronomers said that it might or might not be visible in the night sky, and others burbled about how it'd be the Big Christmas Comet! -- tell me, ma'am, which astronomer did your station put on the six o'clock news?(By way of example, one dispute on WP was over an oldtimer that a Fox News affiliate reporter claimed was the last surviving WWI veteran, based apparently on his family's assertions and an old uniform hanging in his closet.  My own initial retort was "So what? I have a Korean War paratroopers' uniform hanging in my closet. That doesn't mean I served in the Korean War ... which, come to that, took place a few years before I was born. The uniform, in fact, was my uncle's. Frankly, I think a lot more of verifiable government records than I do about surplus uniforms or the gullibility of local yokel reporters chasing interesting stories."  It's astonishing how long it took this utterly unsubstantiated claim to die down on WP.  Years.)

 * ... and THAT being said, a single source, however superficially "reliable," doesn't establish incontrovertible fact. Quite a few articles set forth "facts" buttressed by Some Book Somewhere, which really turn out to be just the opinion of the author.  (Never mind, for example, the contentious article this week, where one somewhat dubious statement was supported by two cites from Canadian news outlets.  The outlets might be considered reliable by many, but not only were the two articles identical down to the headline -- alright, not in of itself unusual -- they had different bylines. Who was plagiarizing whom?)

 * The nature of a consensus-based system is that sometimes you're on the losing side of it, and when you are, it's incumbent upon you to lose gracefully and move on. As Mr. McGreevy would say, "Nuf Ced."

 * Subjects that should be prima facie grounds for CSD: dorm buildings, bands or wannabe auteurs with Myspace ♮ pages for lead Google hits, game/fan/mediacruft that received less than ten minutes of screentime or ten pages of action, MMORPG gaming guilds, elementary schools, any portmanteau "X in popular culture" list ... gods, I could go on for a bit.

 * Articles that should be blocked from CSD: Articles within six hours of their creation, unless they're blatant vandalism, hoaxes or attack pages.  It drives me nuts to see articles CSDed or AfDed four minutes after their creation, and from watching Special:Newpages, many articles are CSDed seconds after creation.  Folks, Wikipedia doesn't give prizes for the first ones to file a CSD.  What is your freaking hurry?  (Alright, now I realize that this is a hallmark of people shilling for admin.  You're getting a firm Oppose from me.)  Can we give these people some chance to improve their articles?

 * People who pick over this user page for ammunition to use in AfDs and other discussions: If you think this means you, you're likely right. Searching for some dirt to fling because you can't win on the merits of the argument is a sure sign that a collaborative encyclopedia is not the environment for you.  Maybe Fox News is hiring.

 * There should be a guideline with equal force to WP:BITE - that in their own turn, newcomers have a duty to act respectfully, courteously and with maturity, to make an effort to acquaint themselves with Wikipedia policies and guidelines, and to assume good faith on the part of existing editors who seek to apply them. The level of vehemence with which a newbie editor claims editors who oppose him can only have sinister motives for doing so, divided by the number of actual edits the newbie has made, is a strong indicator of someone the enclyopedia can safely do without.

 * "!vote" is politically correct weasel-wording - Yeah, yeah, I know we're not supposed to be "voting" on things, although no one's told the RfA process, and the screams of rage when admins or discussion closers make policy-over-headcount determinations are palpable. That being said, let's get a grip.  The dreaded letters V-O-T-E don't vanish by virtue of putting extra punctuation in front of them, and doing so reminds me strongly of my wife's first bunny ducking her head underneath a towel and pretending no one could see her.  Plainly we need a word that means "registering one's opinion in such a fashion that (usually) comes down on one side of an issue or another."  "Vote" is a recognizable candidate for such a word.  Chill, folks.

 * WP:AGF is not a suicide pact, and it does not require us to pull a Sgt. Schultz and bleat out "I know nuttink!" at every sign of bad faith behavior. If someone habitually resorts to blatant personal attacks, he is a troll. Calling him one is not a failure to AGF: it is pointing out the obvious fact of the perp's bad faith. It's maddening how often the aggressor gets off scot-free in the ensuing chaos, because blame-the-victim is SOP. Then again I'm not shilling for adminship, and I've no particular stake in sitting on my butt while trolls, sockpuppets, meatpuppets and crapmongers spill their spew all over the Web. "'Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly ... they delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert.'" I have a feeling Sartre would rewrite that quote slightly, were he alive today.

 * "Sports bore me to death. I've only watched 2 sports contests in my entire 45 years although I've unwillingly attended dozens. I have no interest in any sport league, minor major junior senior whatever. Nonetheless, Wikipedia isn't written to please me. It's an encyclopedia that aims to have a great breadth and depth of knowledge from all over the world. If there's room for Ollie, Iowa, a town of 240 people, I think there's room for this article and also for the other teams in all the junior leagues in Canada. Inter lingua " Written in an AfD from 2006, my response was that the aphorism I've bolded ought to be chiseled in granite.  Indeed, it's not written to please me, nor to please you.

 * It's not that I don't understand what you're saying. It's that I disagree with what you're saying. This (or a variation thereof) has been a .sig of mine on any VBulletin-style forum for the better part of twenty thirty years.  A few too many people think that if they just keep battering away, post after post, rebuttal after rebuttal, surely Everyone Will Understand.

 * Trolling at AfD and deletion: If you jeer at a nominator for not following WP:BEFORE, and you have not yourself provided reliable sources giving the subject significant coverage, you are a troll. If you deprod an article without providing a clean rationale for doing so, you are a troll.  If you are in an alleged "rescue squadron" more focused on disrupting deletion discussions than in proving by way of sound sourcing that a subject is genuinely notable, you are a troll. If your response to a deletion discussion is throwing in alphabet salad in the line of DEMOLISH, IAR, ATD, NOTPAPER, PRESERVE, IMPERFECT and the like, you are a troll.  If you're a self-proclaimed "inclusionist" with twice times as many WP: and talk page edits than mainspace edits, you are a troll.  If your response to a deletion action is to try to subvert the process instead of refuting the argument, you are a troll. Either lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way.

 * We are not a consecrated elite here. Notability standards are, and should be, broadly comprehensible to editors. In almost no case should technical expertise -- and I do not fall into the asinine rabbit hole of equating participation in a WikiProject or claims on a talk page with genuine technical accomplishments -- be required to apply them.  We are not required to pay any group of editors deference, their self-proclaimed "expertise" notwithstanding.

 * WP:IAR/WP:COMMONSENSE is the last refuge of the scoundrel. Wikipedia has rules, and without them, this would be Urban Dictionary and a lightly regarded Internet joke, instead of the grandest and most useful encyclopedia in the history of the world. Those rules have been painfully hammered out through two decades of oft-contentious consensus. There will be tinkering as long as Wikipedia lasts. Defying those rules should only be done for the most important of reasons, and they sure as hell shouldn't be defied because (for example) an AfD about a local police official who otherwise fails to meet the GNG is the hill one has suddenly decided to die on. Those "rules" are only hauled out as trump cards in the hope of defying common sense, defying the rules, defying consensus. They're a declaration of "Since I'm right, everyone else is wrong." They're the last refuge of those who know in their guts that they don't have any other arguments to proffer -- else why not use stronger ones?

 * Finally, I care about research. This is an encyclopedia, and not only do we have an obligation to know about what we're talking, we have no right to vote or make edits in willful ignorance -- if you insist on being ignorant, go hang out in a blog instead.  It drives me nuts to see AfDs filed on articles where the nom could -- and should -- have taken five minutes to follow up a few Google hits and realized the genuine notability of the subject.  It drives me just as nuts to see "seems notable," "seems non-notable," "looks good" and their ilk as reasons to support or reject deletion.  Translation = you don't really have a clue.  You're really just guessing off of a five second glance at the article, swallowing any presumption whole and racking up a quick meaningless edit on AfD.  News flash; no one will give a damn five years from now about your edit count. (Come to that, it's unlikely that anyone but you gives a damn about it now.)  We are supposed to be building an encyclopedia here, not playing some geeky MMORPG and competing for Game High Score.

♮ - The earliest iteration of this Pet Peeves list was back in 2006. Does it show?

Ravenswing's Laws

 * Ravenswing's First Law: "The vehemence with which a group believes that their impact on the world is worthy of memorializing is in inverse proportion to the sum of its size and genuine notoriety."

 * Corollary: "The degree of vehemence with which an editor bellows about the notability of a subject is in inverse proportion to the degree for which significant coverage actually exists."

 * Ravenswing's Second Law: "Trotting out the "I'm being persecuted by those corrupt bastards for TELLING THE TRUTH!" card in any dispute is prima facie evidence that the editor who flashes it deserves what's coming."

 * Ravenswing's Third Law: "The vehemence (and repetitiveness) with which an editor states that those who oppose his actions/edits/POV can only have sinister motives for doing so is in inverse proportion to the editor's conformity to (a) relevant Wikipedia policies or guidelines; and/or (b) his articlespace edit count."

 * Ravenswing's Fourth Law: "The appearance in any argument on ANI, AN or other dispute boards of the phrase that someone did something for No! Good! Reason! is not only a sound predictor of a meritless charge, but of the likelihood that the speaker hasn't mentally advanced much beyond elementary school."

 * Ravenswing's Fifth Law: "The nature of a consensus-driven encyclopedia is that sometimes you're going to be on the wrong side of consensus, in which case the only thing to do is lose gracefully and move on. Those who do not tend to wind up at ANI."

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Arborite

Arborite is the leading Canadian manufacturer of high-pressure decorative plastic laminates (HPL). Best known as a counter top surfacing material, this laminate is a durable decorative veneer applied to cabinetry, furniture, and other horizontal and vertical surfaces. The original Arborite material was developed in 1942 by the Howard Smith Paper Company as an innovative way to utilize waste by-products of the Canadian papermaking industry, and to this day any laminate used for the same purpose is commonly referred to in Canada by the trade name Arborite.

Definition of a laminate? (HPL)
Laminate is a material made by bonding layers of material or materials. Laminate, in technical terminology, is referred to as High Pressure Laminate (HPL) or even more accurately as High Pressure Decorative Plastic Laminate since there are also industrial high pressure laminates which are not decorative.

The decorative high pressure laminates in our homes and offices, etc. consist of sheets of paper that have been coated or impregnated with two types of resin, stacked on top of each other and placed into a press where they are cooked at a minimum of 265 degrees F. at a pressure of approximately 1,200 pounds per square inch (psi) for about an hour. Under this pressure and heat the resins flow, transforming the stack and the resins into a single sheet of homogeneous composite material. "Plastic" laminate is a misleading term because the material is approximately 70% paper and 30% polymer (phenolic and melamine) resin.

History
The Howard Smith Paper Company was founded in 1912 by C. Howard Smith (1873 – 1931) in an abandoned cotton mill in Beauharnois, Québec, Canada on the shores of Lake St. Louis. By 1914, this one-machine mill was in high production, churning out rag paper. In 1916, Howard Smith acquired the newsprint business of Edwin Crabtree in Crabtree Mills, Quebec, and by 1919, they had also purchased the Toronto Paper Company Limited of Cornwall, Ontario. Over the next 20 years, Howard Smith would acquire an additional four paper companies in various locations across Canada, and expand the operations at each of the facilities.

Howard Smith Paper Company was committed to the conservation of Canada's forests and the sustainability of their source material. In 1937, for their 25th anniversary, the company published a history called "25 Years of Progress"; in it, President Harold Crabtree's mission statement states, "Our aim, primarily, is that of serving the Canadian trade with quality papers at fair prices, conserving the forest wealth of Canada, from which we draw our raw materials, not only to the end that our vast operations may be served for the immediate future, but that future generations, too, may have the same privileges and enjoyment of these forests as ourselves."

Edmund Howard Smith, the son of C. Howard and Alice Young Day, followed his father in the family business. He was born and raised in Montreal, Québec and trained as an industrialist at McGill University. After graduation, he worked his way up in his father's company, from a business clerk to president of the Howard Smith Paper Company in 1946. Both Edmund Howard and his father held the position of President of the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association at various points in their careers.

Edmund was convinced that waste from the paper making process could be transformed into a useful product in its own right. He began working with fellow McGill graduate Dr. George Tomlinson II, the chief of research and development at Howard Smith Paper; his father, Dr. George Tomlinson Sr, had previously been in the same position at Howard Smith and while there had patented the ingenious Tomlinson recovery boiler. For four years, these two young men spearheaded experiments to develop a process for separating and extracting lignin from kraft black liquor, a by-product of paper making; in 1946 Smith and Tomlinson were awarded a patent for the resulting material, which they named "Arborite". Though it is not recorded how they arrived at that name, likely is because ‘arbor’ is the Latin word for tree, and the fact that the parent company was a paper manufacturer concerned about the welfare of the Canadian forests from which their trees were sourced.

Production presses were established and a company was formed. Edmund Howard Smith went on to become Arborite's first president, with George Tomlinson Jr. as his chief engineer. Arborite was the first commercial decorative melamine laminate. The manufacturing facility was opened in 1948 in LaSalle, Quebec, where it still is to this day. By early 1949, Arborite was being advertised as the "only all-Canadian" laminate on the market, available in 35 "solid colors, as well as a series of five colored fabric designs, two tones of "marble" and a wide variety of simulated wood grains."

Residential
Arborite was originally marketed not to design or construction firms, but directly to housewives looking for a "modern surfacing material". One of the new material's first marketing platforms was the popular Chatelaine ladies’ home magazine, where it was touted as being "tested and approved by the Chatelaine Institute".

By the early 1950s, Arborite was available in more than 60 colors and patterns, mostly solid colors and wood grains. In 1954, Western Woods built 10 trend houses across Canada, representing the epitome in modern design and materials. Arborite was chosen for kitchen and bathroom surfaces in many of these model homes. 1958 saw the introduction of new lines of pastel Glitter and Metallic Tone laminates, closely followed by Stardust (a random breakup pattern) and Fantasy (abstract mid-century stars). Woodgrain patterns at this time included Sliced Walnut, Fawn English Walnut and Blond Persian Walnut.

By 1962, Arborite had branched into the United Kingdom. This is from Design magazine in 1965: "Arborite decorative laminates only appeared in Britain in 1960, but already they have radically effected the decorative laminates scene here.  The company established its name with its woodgrains and marbles, and has recently launched the most comprehensive plain colour range on the British market, as well as issuing an architectural manual."

Then, in 1963, came one of the most pivotal changes in the history of the company. Howard Smith Paper Mills Ltd. was acquired by Domtar Inc, one of the largest manufacturing enterprises in Canada at the time; Arborite was now a division of Domtar Construction materials.

In the merger, Dr. George Tomlinson II was retained by Domtar as the Director of Research. He went on to have an over-thirty-year history with the company, and won the TAPPI (Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry) medal in 1969 for his outstanding contributions to lignin chemistry and pulping technology. By the 1980s, Dr. Tomlinson was semi-retired but was still an advisor/consultant for Domtar, publishing articles and books about the effects of acid rain on the forests of North America—still concerned about environmental responsibility in the paper industry.

Commercial
The 1970s saw a shift in marketing, from the residential market to a more corporate focus. Arborite was advertised as "An excellent choice for architects, designers and furniture manufacturers alike."

Over 140 patterns and colors were available at this point, including East Indian Teak and Black Leather, with "new Metallic and Fabric laminates". Many of the 52 solid colors could be seen as epitomizing the decade, from Bitter Lemon and Dusty Olive, to Pale Avocado and Minton Blue. Application locations of Arborite laminate included McGill University, high-end hotels, corporate offices and private, architect-designed residences, and Canadian Pacific rail car interiors.

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Dominican amber

Dominican amber is amber from the Dominican Republic derived from resin of the extinct tree Hymenaea protera.

Dominican amber differentiates itself from Baltic amber by being nearly always transparent, and it has a higher number of fossil inclusions. This has enabled the detailed reconstruction of the ecosystem of a long-vanished tropical forest.

Age
The age of the amber has been controverisal. A study in the early 1990s returned a date up to 40 million years old. However, other authors have suggested a date in the Miocene, around 20-15 million years old, based on marine microfossils found in the sediment the amber is contained in.

Mining sites
There are three main sites in the Dominican Republic where amber is found: La Cordillera Septentrional, in the north, and Bayaguana and Sabana de la Mar, in the east. In the northern area, the amber-bearing unit is formed of clastic rocks, washed down with sandstone fragments and other sediments that accumulated in a deltaic environment, even in water of some depth.

In the eastern area, the amber is found in a sediment formation of organic-rich laminated sand, sandy clay, intercalated lignite, and as well as some solvated beds of gravel and calcarenite.

Both areas seem to have been part of the same sedimentary basin but were later disrupted by movements along major faults.

Mining
Dominican amber, especially Dominican blue amber, is mined through bell pitting, which is extremely dangerous. The bell pit is basically a foxhole dug with whatever tools are available. Machetes do the start, some shovels, picks and hammers may participate eventually. The pit itself goes as deep or safe as possible, sometimes vertical, sometimes horizontal, but never level. It snakes into hill sides, drops away, joins up with others, goes straight up and pops out elsewhere. 'Foxhole' applies indeed: rarely are the pits large enough to stand in, and then only at the entrance. Miners crawl around on their knees using short-handled picks, shovels and machetes.

There are little to no safety measures. A pillar or so may hold back the ceiling from time to time but only if the area has previously collapsed. Candles are the only source of light. Humidity inside the mines is at 100%. Since the holes are situated high on mountainsides and deep inside said mountains, the temperature is cool and bearable, but after several hours the air becomes stale. During rain the mines are forced to close. The holes fill up quickly with water, and there is little point in pumping it out again (although sometimes this is done) because the unsecured walls may crumble.

Variations
Dominican amber can be found in many colors, besides the obvious amber. Yellow and honey colored are fairly common. There is also red and green in smaller quantities and the rare blue amber (fluorescent).

The blue amber reportedly is found mostly in Palo Quemado mine south from La Cumbre.

The Museo del Ambar Dominicano, in Puerto Plata, as well as the Amber World Museum in Santo Domingo have collections of amber specimens.

Paleobiology
Numerous organisms have been described from amber specimens including:

Protozoans

 * Paleoleishmania neotropicum
 * Trypanosoma antiquus

Flora

 * Discoflorus neotropicus
 * Hymenaea protera
 * Palaeoraphe
 * Roystonea palaea

Funga

 * Parmelia ambra

Fauna

 * Acanthostichus hispaniolicus
 * Anelaphus velteni
 * Anochetus ambiguus
 * Anochetus brevidentatus
 * Anochetus conisquamis
 * Anochetus corayi
 * Anochetus dubius
 * Anochetus exstinctus
 * Anochetus intermedius
 * Anochetus lucidus
 * Apterostigma electropilosum
 * Apterostigma eowilsoni
 * Araneagryllus
 * Augochlora leptoloba
 * Azteca alpha
 * Azteca eumeces
 * Cephalotes jansei
 * Dicromantispa electromexicana
 * Dicromantispa moronei
 * Eickwortapis
 * Electromyrmococcus
 * Elaphidion inclusum
 * Elaphidion tocanum
 * Formicodiplogaster myrmenema
 * Leptofoenus pittfieldae
 * Lutzomyia adiketis
 * Neocorynura electra
 * Nesagapostemon
 * cf. Nesoctites
 * Odontomachus pseudobauri
 * Odontomachus spinifer
 * Oligochlora
 * Palaeoplethodon
 * Paradoryphoribius
 * Plectromerus grimaldii
 * Plectromerus tertiarius
 * Pterolophosoma otiliae
 * Sphaerodactylus dommeli
 * Stizocera evanescens
 * Syndesus ambericus
 * Tainosia
 * Termitaradus mitnicki
 * Triatoma dominicana

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Network-enabled capability

Network-enabled capability, or NEC, is the name given to the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence long-term intent to achieve enhanced military effect through the better use of information systems towards the goal of "right information, right place, right time – and not too much". NEC is envisaged as the coherent integration of sensors, decision-makers, effectors and support capabilities to achieve a more flexible and responsive military. This is intended to make commanders better aware of the evolving military situation and better able to react to events through communications.

Allied parallels
NEC is related to the US concept of network-centric warfare (NCW), which at the time was described as "translating an information advantage into a decisive warfighting advantage". This was later renamed "network-centric operations" (NCO), to encompass activities such as peacekeeping.

NEC is related to the Australian concept of Ubiquitous Command and Control (UC2), which includes network-enabled capability, military intent, and awareness. UC2 extends the "networking position" of NEC and NCW to include positions on decision devolution, seeking the ubiquity of available decision makers and using computing to achieve it, the necessary human-computer integration in decision making, decentralisation of intent and physical dispersion, social coordination protocols to unify intent, capability and awareness, and management levels to bound behaviours.

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WS-Coordination

WS-Coordination is a Web Services specification developed by BEA Systems, IBM, and Microsoft and accepted by OASIS Web Services Transaction TC in its 1.2 version. It describes an extensible framework for providing protocols that coordinate the actions of distributed applications. Such coordination protocols are used to support a number of applications, including those that need to reach consistent agreement on the outcome of distributed transactions.

The framework defined in this specification enables an application service to create a context needed to propagate an activity to other services and to register for coordination protocols. The framework enables existing transaction processing, workflow, and other systems for coordination to hide their proprietary protocols and to operate in a heterogeneous environment.

Additionally, WS-Coordination describes a definition of the structure of context and the requirements for propagating context between cooperating services.

However, this specification isn't enough to coordinate transactions among web services. It only provides a coordination framework, and other specifications like WS-Atomic Transaction or WS-BusinessActivity are needed for this purpose.

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Duleep Mendis

Deshamanya Louis Rohan Duleep Mendis (born 25 August 1952), known as Duleep Mendis, is a Sri Lankan former cricketer and former captain of the team. Mendis captained Sri Lanka to their first Test series victory in 1985. He was primarily a specialist batsman, whose best performances came from 1982 to 1985.

He is currently the coach of the Oman national cricket team. He was awarded the Deshamanya (Sri Lanka's second-highest national honour) in 1996.

Early years
He spent his college life at St. Sebastian's College, Moratuwa and S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia. Mendis also captained the Under 20 1st XI sides of both colleges.

International career
Mendis made his debut for Sri Lanka in 1972, batting at number three against the visiting Tamil Nadu side. Mendis top-scored in the first innings with 52, and also made 34 in the second innings, but could not prevent an innings defeat. This match did not have international status, and indeed Mendis represented Sri Lanka in a number of non-internationals. His first ODI, however, came during the first Cricket World Cup in 1975, when he made 8 against the West Indies in a batting collapse. He was hit in the head by Jeff Thomson in a match versus Australia, and when able to speak again, told the Australians "I am going now", retiring hurt on 32. It took seven more years before Mendis got to play a Test match; on 17 February 1982 he joined forces with the other Sri Lankans against England. In that match, he was sent in to bat at number four, but only made 17 and 27 in Sri Lanka's seven-wicket defeat. More defeats followed, and in his first eight innings he only recorded one fifty, in the first Test of three against Pakistan.

However, on tour of India in the northern autumn of 1982 he showed his real skill. Sri Lanka had lost two early wickets for 11 runs, and Mendis was sent in to bat with Roy Dias. Their partnership was worth 153 runs, then a third-wicket record for Sri Lanka, and Mendis' maiden century helped Sri Lanka bat out the first day. Then, India amassed 566 for 6 before declaring, leaving Sri Lanka to try to save the draw. Again, the openers fell for single-digit scores, and again Mendis made 105 – which helped Sri Lanka bat until tea on the fifth day. Sri Lanka eventually drew the Test, their first drawn Test series in their history.

In the 1983 Cricket World Cup, Mendis recorded his third One Day International fifty (the previous two came in the 1979 World Cup and on tour to Pakistan in 1982). However, despite a respectable batting average of 25.33, Mendis' fortunes were the reverse of the Sri Lankan side. Sri Lanka lost the games in which he made reasonable scores, while Mendis made a duck in Sri Lanka's only win.

Mendis recorded a string of poor scores on New Zealand's tour of the island in 1984, only passing 20 once in six Test innings. By this time, however, he was established as the captain of the side, and still picked for the Test match in England that English summer. Mendis made his third Test century as Sri Lanka smashed 491 for 7 batting first amid the rain, and the first Test century by a Sri Lankan captain while in office. Sri Lanka drew that Test. A poor World Series Cup in 1984–85 followed, where Sri Lanka only won one out of ten ODIs, and Mendis was out in single figures four times.

Then came the 1985 Indian tour. Mendis led from the front, scoring three fifties and one series-saving century in the third Test, as India were defeated 1–0 in three Tests. After that tour, which also included a drawn ODI series, Mendis' career declined, and by the end of his career it was probably only his captaincy that kept him in. He made two Test fifties in his last ten Tests, and two ODI fifties in his last 32 ODIs following the India tour. Ranjan Madugalle replaced him as captain for the last Test that Mendis played, where he bowed out with a rearguard 56 that was, however, not to be good enough to save a draw. He remained within the Sri Lankan cricketing sphere, however, as he was manager of the successful 1996 Cricket World Cup side.

Later on he went on to coach the Oman cricket team and helped them qualify for their first 2016 World T20 in 2015.

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Talk:Broughty Ferry

This is a pretty well-written and informative article (I'd expected a stub here!); if it has a flaw, it's that it doesn't have a strong opening sentence to briefly explain what Broughty Ferry is and its current status (arguably the most important information)- in fact, that information doesn't become clear until the end. --Fourohfour 21:12, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

 * sorted. the article still needs a npov edit in places and some more info, plus a map would be nice too --MilkMiruku 22:57, August 25, 2005 (UTC)

A correction: Tayport was NOT the site of the vehicle ferries across the day prior to the Tay Road Bridge (though there had been a passenger ferry) - the ferries, known by all as "Fifies" crossed further up-river, between Dundee and Newport-on-Tay. Indeed, one of these ferries managed to collide with the temporary bridge erected while the Tay Road Bridge proper was under construction. The Tayport to Broughty Ferry service had been a casualty of the Tay RAIL Bridge in 1878. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.6.139.11 (talk • contribs).
 * Hi; can you add the appropriate information to the main article please? I have commented out the disputed sentence. Fourohfour 00:20, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
 * Prior to the Tay bridges there was a ferry between Broughty Ferry and Ferryport on Craig seperate from the Fifies, although this goes back to medieval times, I probably should have mentioned this in the article.Benson85 20:36, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

The above 'correction' is wrong! There was a ferry link between Tayport and Broughty Ferry... The station was located by Broughty Ferry Castle and served by North British Railway boat-trains operating from Tayport and crossing on train ferries. This ferry was replaced by the Tay Bridge and associated lines. After collapse of the bridge the pier was brought back into service until the replacement bridge was opened.

PAH. The final section sounds like someones trying to advertise it. Nothing special guys... trust me, I live in Broughty Ferry...

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Famous Residents
I would like to add a section on notable residents JohnBoy11119 (talk) 01:55, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

 * It's already here: List of people from Broughty Ferry  Catfish  Jim  and the soapdish  12:55, 15 October 2018 (UTC)

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Talk:Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński

In article You wright a wrong date - One of them was derailment of a German military train in August 1944, which resulted in a 26-hour delay of traffic on the strategic connection Warsaw-Białystok. Acctually this event happen 27 april 1944. In polish version is a correct date. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.117.170.75 (talk) 16:11, 29 October 2013 (UTC)

Untitled
Is the infobox with the name and birth/death dates of the poet really necessary? It doesn't really add anything to the article. I'll replace it with the photo and his name, if no one objects.

The matrilineal aspect of Jewish descent
Found the website that makes an argument saying Baczynski's mother may have had Jewish ancestry here in a Polish-Jewish type magazine: Found primary source to be Lewandowski, Józef: SZKŁO BOLESNE, OBRAZ DNI. Eseje nieprzedawnione. Ex libris Uppsala 1991. Argument appears to be that Baczynski could be Jewish through the matrilineal descent of his maternal grandmother. This is somewhat taboo for Poles, because of his Polish nationalism (fighting and dying in Warsaw Uprising in 1944). There seems to be no reason why anyone would consider Baczynski ...a man who's mother was "a practicing Catholic" and a father who was an irreligious, ethnically Polish Pole... to be listed as a Jew UNLESS we ran on the assumption that matrilineal descent is a wikipedia standard. Stirring up a debate between the "racism" or "antisemitism" of nationalism seems to be the primary incentive for making the claim in the weblink above. "Nationalism leads to hate debate" mentions Catholicism (rather baptism and Christianity only assuming Catholicism) of family and grandparents. 141.211.251.70 07:18, 11 November 2006 (UTC)
 * There is an explicit source that says he was Jewish.--Runcorn 18:25, 11 November 2006 (UTC)

First of all, the source no longer exists, it is a dead cache. Secondly, there is nothing detailed in wikipedia standards or policy that says one source saying something has to be assumed to be correct even when further sources prove otherwise. We can take a test example with Freida Kahlo, a Mexican artist who was thought to be Jewish and then proven not to be. Here it says she's Jewish. Should we continue listing her as such because "There is an explicit source that says she was Jewish?" 141.211.216.33 04:56, 12 November 2006 (UTC)
 * The source exists, preserved as a cache. Anyway, web pages used as references disappear all the time; we can't rewrite Wikipedia every time that happens.  That is precisely why web links should quote the text being relied on and the date of access, so that if they disappear, people can see what they said.--Runcorn 13:42, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

If a web page used as a singular reference does disappear, then it most definitely needs to be replaced. Furthermore, if the point that webpage was making was correct, it shouldn't be hard at all to re-cite it. Talking generally about all articles: any singular reference on a webpage that can't be found and re-cited using another webpage or a physical body (a book, a published article) shouldn't be seen as reliable anyway, ESPECIALLY not for historical topics (information of people or events that have long transpired). This is speaking for all citations.

Now, specifically for this article, the questions above still really haven't been addressed. Why should the details of Krzysztof's ethnic and religious ancestry be ignored when there are other sources stating his exact extent of religious and ethnic Jewish ancestry? Because some webpage says he's "Polish-Jewish" explicitly? Well some webpages say Alan Turing, Frida Kahlo, Adolf Hitler, and numerous other gentile people's are Jewish, explicitly, too. And how can you argue they are any less reliable that this dead cache with nothing but a sentence on it? And if you do argue reliability, how could you argue THIS webpage is more reliable than the texts talking about Krzysztof's ancestry in full? 141.213.31.230 16:25, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Ethnicity
I removed this for now until we can get reliable sources. Thanks, --Tom 20:32, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
 * A reliable source is . The fact that they have included a biography of him means that they are asserting that he was Jewish.--Runcorn 22:09, 21 April 2007 (UTC)
 * English language sites are preffered . My Polish is very weak, but I still don't see this individual mentioned. Lets keep this material out for now, ok? Thanks --Tom 23:06, 21 April 2007 (UTC)

There is no requirement that sources must be in English. It is wrong to delete properly sourced material. OK?--Runcorn 08:52, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * It's not properly sourced because it doesn't say Baczynski is Jewish at all. I went and replaced Baczynski on List of Polish Jews with his mother Stefania Zieleńczyk, who is famous enough to have an article on the Polish wiki even if one might not be made here. Any matter, I do agree with Tom that giving Jewish categories to Baczynski himself is inappropriate. The link provided is NOT a biography of Baczynski, it is an essay on several poets during WWII, Baczynski just being the most prominent. But to say that because Baczynski is mentioned on a website called Polish-Jewish-Heritage.com, it becomes a good source to call him Jewish by, is really very wrong. Tadeusz Borowski is mentioned in the same essay. We all know he is not Jewish. No Pole would ever consider Baczynski a Jew and it has nothing to do with antisemitism. I do not believe any historian or biographer has ever considered Baczynski a Jew. Most even still quarrel over whether his mother really was Jewish. As Lewandowski suggests, it was his mother's mother, which would make sense since Zielenczyk isn't a Jewish heritable name. I am not well read in Baczynski to know if there are any viewpoints that might consider him Jewish, but it would have to be good enough to argue against the words of his researchers, who appear to not find it relevant enough to mention if it is true. A well-respected historian should have written about it. In any case, I would rather get someone who actually knows a lot about Baczynski arguing that he is Jewish than someone who is just saying Baczynski is Jewish because it makes them more proud to be a Jew. LeszekB 11:14, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

"I would rather get someone who actually knows a lot about Baczynski arguing that he is Jewish than someone who is just saying Baczynski is Jewish because it makes them more proud to be a Jew" Firstly, we do not give more weight to experts on Wikipedia than to any other editor; we go not by pronouncements but by reliable sources, which can be produced by anyone. Secondly, it is wrong to impute motives to editors and may be a breach of WP:AGF or even WP:NPA.--Runcorn 13:22, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Does the article say that he is Jewish? Does anybody have any English sources for this material? TIA --Tom 13:39, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

 * Why do you keep asking for a source in English?--Runcorn 22:13, 23 April 2007 (UTC)
 * So English reading editors can decide for themselves, also its per wiki policies, see wp:v. Please stop with your agenda pushing. --Tom 22:25, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

the source does not say Baczynski being jewish himself. please stop the myths.

 * ps, also, as far as the above post saying that an editor would add this material out of Jewish pride, there are also editors who add this type of thing for anti-semetic reasons so please don't assume an editors motive, only that they have one, and they should be countered, thanks,

You both realize my comment was talking about sources, not wikipedia editors, right? LeszekB 23:14, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

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The Adventures of El Ballo

The Adventures of El Ballo is a 2D side-scrolling platform game for Mac OS 9 and X released by Ambrosia Software on September 19, 2005. It focuses on blatant, crude humor and mild animated nudity and includes parental controls to disable some content. The game was poorly received by Macintosh publications. It costed 25 dollars on release.

Gameplay
The gameplay was similar to Mega Man, with Ars Technica describing it as a retro sidescrolling shooter.

Plot
The game takes place on the planet Testicular which is located in the "Circular Assmosphere" solar system. Testicular is populated by an unsanitary but peace-loving and playful alien race. The evil Dr. Cough is out to cleanse the planet Testicular and to make the inhabitants give up their love of nakedness in favor of being clothed. El Ballo, one of the aliens who lives on Testicular with such companions as "Butts" and "Boobs", must take on the Chlorine Copters, Mic the Mop, and other henchmen of Dr. Cough before heading to the castle where El Ballo must deal with the evil doctor.

Reception
In MacWorld, Peter Cohen complimented the game's art and music but felt that the game play itself lacked fun. Inside Mac Games gave El Ballo a 3.75 out of 10 rating, stating that the gameplay is unexciting though the game's plot is unique. The reviewer commented, "It is possible to complete about 90% of the game by simply holding down one of the directional keys and constantly jumping or firing until you reach the end." Also mentioned was the issue of the game's adult theme posing concerns for parents and that the game's parental control feature is easy to bypass. Mac Life gave it a more positive review at 3/5, citing its funny nature but criticizing its high cost.

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User talk:Helloitsboogieman

So far, I have written only one article which is about Highway Transportation System (HTS). I wrote the article without having a Wikipedia account and then the next day I decided to finally create an account in Wikipedia.

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George Rockwell

George Rockwell may refer to:

 * George Lincoln Rockwell (1918–1967), American neo-Nazi and founder of the American Nazi Party
 * George Lovejoy Rockwell (1889–1978), American vaudeville performer and radio personality

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/K3DSurf : Math for Fun

 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. Woohookitty 09:42, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

K3DSurf : Math for Fun

 * Please, don't say stupiditys like "Blatant advertising". I know that you'r more interested in talking about your city, but here we are talking about science and math...Let us make something relevant with this beautiful web sitevirtualmeet

Delete Blatant advertising Stephenb 21:15, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * This nom was malformed and never added to a main VfD page. Fixing now.  No vote.  JYolkowski // talk 20:52, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Advertising. Andrew pmk | Talk 23:01, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
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Chyornaya River

Chyornaya River or Chorna River (Чорна річк; Чёрная река; sometimes Чёрная речка), literally "Black River", is a common name for many rivers in Russia and Ukraine.

The Russian name (Чёрная, Black) is often transliterated as Chernaya, and alternatively as Chyornaya or Chornaya, which are closer to the true pronunciation.

 * Chyornaya (Crimea), a river in Crimea, Ukraine, also known as the Chorhun, Chornaya or Tchornaya River
 * Chyornaya (Veslyana), a tributary of the Veslyana in Perm Krai and Komi Republic, Russia
 * Chyornaya Rechka (Saint Petersburg), a small river in Saint Petersburg, also known as the Black River, famous for being the place of the duel of Alexander Pushkin and Georges d'Anthès

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Relativity (Star Trek: Voyager)

"Relativity" is the 118th episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager airing on the UPN network. It is the 24th episode of the fifth season.

Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Federation starship Voyager during its journey home to Earth, having been stranded tens of thousands of light-years away. In this episode, Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) is recruited from the future to prevent the present-time destruction of her ship. The episode also features a number of guest stars and a scene back at planet Earth.

This episode was written by Nick Sagan & Bryan Fuller & Michael Taylor, and directed by Allan Eastman.

Plot
A 29th century Starfleet vessel, the timeship Relativity, is attempting to stop the detonation of an explosive planted on Voyager during its travel through the Delta Quadrant in the 24th century, which is causing a time paradox. Captain Braxton (Bruce McGill) and his crew are unable to detect where on Voyager the explosive is located, so they recruit Seven of Nine, pulling her out of the time stream moments before Voyager's destruction, as her enhanced Borg visual sensors can aid in the device's detection. Seven is sent back in time, disguised as a Starfleet ensign, to the point where Voyager is still in drydock prior to her maiden voyage and being inspected by Captain Kathryn Janeway (Kate Mulgrew). Janeway detects Seven's anomalous presence just as Seven locates the bomb. Relativity recalls Seven before she is discovered, but the travel through time kills her on return.

Knowing where the bomb is located, Relativity recalls a slightly earlier version of Seven, and after explaining the scenario, send her back again, now to a point where Voyager has been pulled into the Delta Quadrant and fighting the Kazon, prior to when Seven had joined its crew. Seven's presence is discovered by Voyager, and she is captured; Janeway recognizes her from drydock. Seven explains the situation to Janeway, and together they locate the device, discovering that it was planted by a future version of Braxton himself.

Seven is able to jump back in time to try to stop Braxton from planting the device, but he escapes to the day that Voyager would be destroyed. Seven follows, but the stress of time travel has taken its toll on her body; nevertheless, she is able to warn the Voyager crew of the problem and to apprehend Braxton. The crew of the Relativity, having taken their Braxton into custody as well, recruit a version of Janeway like they did with Seven, and send her back to the past at the Kazon attack, where she is able to secure Braxton before he can plant the device. The crew of Relativity pull the time travelers back to their present, re-integrating the various copies with themselves. It is learned that Braxton, after the events of "Future's End", had to spend several years in rehabilitation before being reassigned for duty, and started to blame Voyager for all the problems that he encountered as they patrolled the timestream, seeing its destruction as a means to end his suffering. Lieutenant Ducane (Jay Karnes), one of Braxton's officers, sends Janeway and Seven back to their proper time streams, allowing them to retain their memories of the events but ordering them never to discuss them with anyone.

Reception
Den of Geek ranked "Relativity" among the top 50 of all Star Trek episodes.

ScreenRant said this was the tenth best episode of Star Trek: Voyager, based on IMDB rating of 8.6 out of 10. io9 ranked this one of the "must watch" episodes from the series.

Den of Geek suggested "Relativity" for a binge-watching guide that focused on Star Trek: Voyager episodes featuring time travel. "Relativity" was noted by SyFy Wire as 14 of 15 of the top Star Trek episodes involving time travel. CBR ranked this one of the top-twenty time travel themed episodes of all Star Trek series. CBR also rated the spacecraft from 29th century featured in this episode, the Relativity, the 4th most powerful spacecraft in the Star Trek universe, noting its ability to transport people across time and space.

SyFy recommend "Relativity" for their Seven of Nine binge-watching guide, and called it a "fun, ticking-clock caper", pointing it out as an example of fresh exploration of time travel in the Star Trek franchise. They commended it as an "exciting episode" with an "impressive" plot-twist ending.

Tor.com said this was a good vehicle for Seven, and were also very happy with Janeway giving the episode 8 out 10. They were a bit confused about the details of the time travel plot, but noted references to other episodes and films in the Star Trek universe and overall felt it was a fun time travel story. They were happy with the guest stars, especially Jay Karnes and Bruce McGill, who they said were "two of the finer actors of our time."

Dany Roth writing for SyFy Wire, ranked this the 5th best episode that Bryan Fuller wrote for; they felt the time travel plot was a bit confusing but were happy with the focus on Seven and Janeway. The felt it was about as a good as Star Trek: Voyager gets and thought it was a winner, concluding it was "Stupid. Senseless. And an absolute joy. "

Releases
"Relativity" was released on LaserDisc in Japan on June 22, 2001, as part of 5th Season vol.2, which included episodes from "Dark Frontier" to "Equinox, Part I". The episode had two audio tracks, English and Japanese. This set had 6 double sided 12" optical discs giving a total runtime of 552 minutes.

On November 9, 2004, this episode was released as part of the season 5 DVD box set of Star Trek: Voyager. The box set includes 7 DVD optical discs with all the episodes in season 5 with some extra features, and episodes have a Dolby 5.1 Digital Audio track.

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Talk:AJ (The Fairly OddParents)

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This page has previously been nominated for deletion, and the result was to keep. For the result, see Votes for deletion/A.J.. JYolkowski // talk 22:17, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Studies in the Scriptures

German original
Schriftstudien. Request pending on German-English translation requests. Tearlach 21:17, 25 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Working on repairing the English. Thank you, Tearlach. Respectfully, Evident 02:22, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

 * I took a attempt at rewriting the section describing the six books -- but please correct me where I went wrong! ArglebargleIV 03:08, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

Russell's Will
Russell's will doesn't say what some have claimed it says. Editors should be careful. Read it at Wikisource.

--AuthorityTam (talk) 21:06, 30 July 2009 (UTC)

Ceased publication
This quote I found particularly interesting.

"In 1927, during Rutherford's presidency, the Watch Tower Society ceased publication of all seven volumes of Studies in the Scriptures, as several core doctrines had been changed from what Russell had taught."

I realize that the source given is a Watchtower from 1967, but, as one of many examples of this being incorrect, I point you to the Watchtower of October 15, 1929 first page where it states

"Those who desire to find an excuse to oppose the Society's work make the charge that we are not putting the Studies in the Scriptures, written by Pastor Russell, in the hands of the people. The Society has decided to designate the week beginning November 10 as a special drive week for the sale of Studies in the Scriptures. Consignments are being shipped to the classes. The price of the full set of seven volumes of Studies in the Scriptures, for that week, will be $1.25 in the United States and Canada, and a corresponding price in other countries. Let all the class workers, pioneers, and colporteurs prepare for this special drive."

While the Studies had taken a beating in the literature by this time, and would not be mentioned once in the 1930 or 1931 Watchtowers (I didn't check any other years), clearly at least as late as 1929 the Studies were being published and sold (even if because of people getting upset). Vyselink (talk) 00:07, 21 July 2015 (UTC)

 * Good spotting. Demonstrates the dangers of primary sources. BlackCab  ( TALK ) 05:25, 21 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Someone requested a citation for the statement that the Bible Student movement still publishes Studies in the Scriptures. It is readily evident that there was at least a 1996 printing by the "Bible Students Congregation of New Brunswick", but I'm not sure if Amazon is suitable as a (non-promotional?) source to use in the article. Any thoughts/objections?-- Jeffro 77 (talk) 09:55, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

If you go to this website (https://chicagobible.org/product-category/books/) you can see that the Chicago Bible Students still print and sell/distribute the SIS, and the Dawn Bible Students group also still print and sell SIS, see here: http://www.dawnbible.com/dawnpub.htm. As these two links are not (in my opinion) being used to promote the respective groups but merely show that they do indeed still print and sell/distribute the books, I would think they could be used as sources. Vyselink (talk) 16:35, 31 August 2016 (UTC)

Disputed changes
An editor is claiming that his edits are being unfairly reverted. He is invited to calmly discuss his changes here without resorting to personal attacks.-- Jeffro 77 (talk) 21:48, 11 January 2021 (UTC)

The recent changes I have made, including reversion of the other editor's input are summarised below. As there a number of changes reflected in the recent edits, it may be helpful to reply directly under each matter rather than longwinded paragraphs attempting to deal with all issues at once. (Please remember to properly indent and sign responses.)-- Jeffro 77 (talk) 08:01, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

In the Origin section, merged three references to one publication to a single reference for that paragraph.-- Jeffro 77 (talk) 08:01, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Refactored content under Purpose section and moved from redundant Viewpoint and Theology section. (Primarily refactoring independent of the other editor's changes.)-- Jeffro 77 (talk) 08:01, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

In the Contents section, replaced a seemingly arbitrary sample of chapter headings (but actually copy and pasted from Jehovah Witnesses—Proclaimers of God's Kingdom, page 52) with a simplified summary.-- Jeffro 77 (talk) 08:01, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

Restored reference to specific Watch Tower Society publications that have referred to Studies in the Scriptures rather than mention in the Watch Tower Society's publication index. (I would not object to completely removing either form of what are actually fairly mundane statements indicating that later Watch Tower Society literature has mentioned the earlier works.)-- Jeffro 77 (talk) 08:01, 12 January 2021 (UTC)

 * (This has been removed, as it is mundane that a publishing company might occasionally mention its previous works in its later works, and the point is not directly related to the section about the books' withdrawal.)-- Jeffro 77 (talk) 20:54, 13 January 2021 (UTC)

Contents
The contents section does indeed need work. Don't get me wrong, it looks good. However, The only source we have is for the first book. Everything else is said without any backing. We have to remind ourselves of this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability "All material in Wikipedia mainspace, including everything in articles, lists and captions, must be verifiable." Perhaps we should link the actual volumes as sources? I strongly disagree with Jeffros edits of the first books contents, and I'm unsure what the need was to completely undo the former contribution. The reason being is the plan of salvation ties into every single volume. It's just too generic of a term. Think of it, I could literally write that for any of the other volumes and it would fit. Plus that term isn't even mentioned in the source. I do believe the source we have sums up the first book perfectly. It gives us some of the key topics (though no where near to all of them! 16 are covered, all on various subjects). I can see Jeffro shortening the previous contribution slightly (the topics do get a tad long), but besides that there wasn't much point. Gosh, if anything "elementary topics and attempts to show God has a clear purpose for mankind;" sounded much better and was much more accurate. Whoever wrote that clearly had read the book. 14 January, 2021
 * I have restored the more accurate summary, with a quote from the original volume indicating that 'God's plan' is indeed the focus of the work. Since it is the first volume, it is hardly surprising that it summaries fundamental concepts that are elaborated on in the later volumes. Aside from that, it is genuinely quite odd that you would restore a smattering of chapter titles that don't help readers much at all, when you say you yourself preferred something else ("elementary topics and attempts to show God has a clear purpose for mankind") as a more accurate summary.-- Jeffro 77 (talk) 08:10, 15 January 2021 (UTC)

Watch Tower Society literature mentioned Watch Tower Society literature
An editor continues to re-insert a statement that Watch Tower Society literature occasionally mentions Studies in the Scriptures, though it is mundane that a publishing company would occasionally mention previous works. Inclusion here implies that the Watch Tower Society discusses the volumes' content, but almost all references to the works in later Watch Tower Society literature simply mention their existence and original distribution. The cited index is particularly selective in indicating which references to the books to highlight, completely omitting references to Studies in the Scriptures that appear in Revelation—Its Grand Climax at Hand.-- Jeffro 77 (talk) 22:57, 22 January 2021 (UTC)

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Talk:Thomas Stone

Accuracy

 * I have been told this bio is somewhat inaccurate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by WillC (talk • contribs) 21:18, 25 August 2005

It was, in several respects. The mention of eight children was from a tour guide, It turns out that five of them belonged to his brother, who now has his own article. I've expanded this article as well, and hope that the result is more satisfactory. Lou I 20:29, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Citations would help a bunch. Toddstreat1 11:16, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

President of Congress
While Thomas Stone is described as President of Congress in 1784, there not listed in the article President of the Continental Congress. Which is correct? or the other Congress? --Ryuhaku 11:32, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

Notability
[H]e brought in his younger brother Michael to manage development of the plantation, which utilized slaves for generations.
 * A transparently crude insertion of an irrelevant slavery-mention (as on so many other wiki pages), to justify inclusion in the 'American slave owners' category. Maryland was a slave state, so naturally a long-established plantation would have used slaves. I feel that this category should be restricted to people whose slave-owning history is notable in itself. Valetude (talk) 15:38, 12 April 2021 (UTC)

title: Talk:Thomas Stone


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KCAL

KCAL may refer to:
 * KCAL (AM), a radio station (1410 AM) licensed to Redlands, California, United States
 * KCAL-FM, a radio station (96.7 FM) licensed to Redlands, California, United States
 * KCAL-TV, a television station (channel 9) licensed to Los Angeles, California, United States
 * kcal, kilocalorie (1,000 calories), a unit of energy (sometimes referred to as 1 Calorie, with a capital C, as opposed to a small c).

title: KCAL


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title: User talk:66.91.155.154