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User talk:Tomkendall

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The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (Prince song)

"The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" is a song by American musician Prince, released in various forms on the 1994 remixes EP The Beautiful Experience and later on his seventeenth album, The Gold Experience (1995). In his singles chronology, it was his third major release since changing his stage name to an unpronounceable "Love Symbol" (also known as The Artist Formerly Known As Prince). In his albums chronology, it along with the EP was his second release after changing his name.

With the consent of Prince's usual record distributor Warner Bros. Records, the song was released by NPG Records in North America and Edel Music in the rest of the world and independently distributed by Bellmark Records in the US, under the control and guidance of Music of Life, as a one-off single, topping five different charts. It also remains Prince's only number one single on the UK Singles Chart, and was shortly followed by the release of The Beautiful Experience that also charted on No. 18 in the UK. The version that was released on The Gold Experience is a different mix of the song. Its music video was directed by Prince and Antoine Fuqua.

Development
The original track is a slow-grooving ballad that serenades a beautiful woman, his soon-to-be fiancée, Mayte Garcia. The song was played during the Miss USA pageant in 1994, but not in full. It was widely advertised in news and trade magazines that a new song from Prince would be premiered at the pageant. The ads had Prince sitting in a chair with a hat pulled down over his face, and Garcia standing next to his chair. The song was officially released on February 24, 1994. It later appeared on The Gold Experience.

The version on The Gold Experience is remixed. The drums are more crisp in the mix, and there are slight instrumental changes. There are also added sound effects and instrumental breaks in the second version. The spoken word bridge is slightly more robust as well. The song is still based in light guitar, keyboards and live drums. Although most of the song is sung in falsetto with Prince reaching some extremely high notes, the spoken word bridge has him using his regular voice as well as a lower baritone range in one small segment. This version was performed live during the 1994 World Music Awards ceremony.

Chart performance
The song was a worldwide hit and established Prince's ability to succeed commercially under his new name, peaking at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was certified gold by the RIAA and sold 700,000 copies domestically. However, the song was his last top 10 hit on the US Billboard Hot 100 during his lifetime.

The outstanding success of the single released in the UK on 1994 March 28 via Grapevine Distribution is solely based on the sales and marketing campaign put together by the late Mr. Nigel Reveler. It became his first and only UK No. 1 single under any name as a performer. He did have two other UK number ones as a songwriter: the 1984 hit single "I Feel for You" covered by Chaka Khan and Sinéad O'Connor's 1990 cover of "Nothing Compares 2 U". Prince danced to his own song "The Most Beautiful Girl In The World" after the World Music Awards at an after show event with Kylie Minogue in 1994.

Critical reception
AllMusic editor Daniel Browne complimented the song as a "dreamy slice of soul-pop" in the style of Delfonics mastermind Thom Bell. Another editor, Stephen Thomas Erlewine, felt it has a "more immediate" melody, describing it as a "Philly soul tribute". Upon the single release, Troy J. Augusto from Cash Box commented, "Never one to sit idly by. Prince returns after a short sabbatical with this new funky single, released through a new deal with Al Bell's Bellmark Records". He also said, "Already making waves at urban and top-40 radio, this keyboard-heavy, lushly produced track breaks no new ground for Prince, but looks like a sure bet for chart success. Expect to hear this song of female worship at the junior prom come June." Greg Sandow from Entertainment Weekly called it "buoyant". Lars Nielsen from Danish Gaffa declared it as a "pop-pearl". Caroline Sullivan from The Guardian complimented it as "rather wonderful", writing further, "The glossy, propulsive funk beat and falsetto vocal are the infectious mainspring of an unusually romantic celebration of femalekind. Delectable." In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton felt that this "gorgeous ballad" is "probably his most MOR recording since "Diamonds and Pearls" [and] proving that behind all the raunch and funk lies a soul talent that is second to none."

Chuck Campbell from Knoxville News Sentinel viewed it as "sappy" and "an unclever homage to an adored one." Mark Carlson from The Michigan Daily named it one of the "highlights" from the album, describing it as "super-sappy (yet somehow wonderful)". Alan Jones from Music Week gave it five out of five, naming it Pick of the Week. He remarked that it "is his most direct and accessible in ages. A love song which he renders in his prettiest falsetto, it's all over radio already, and is likely to make a huge impact on the main chart, as well as topping the indie listings." John Kilgo from The Network Forty felt that it "may be Prince's strongest" since "Cream". Terry Staunton from NME viewed it as "a fairly bog standard ballad, sounding a little too much like Barry Gibb for my liking." A reviewer from Perthshire Advertiser called it a "stunning tune and a massive hit too!" Tim Marsh from Select remarked that the song displayed "a confident touch". Mark Sutherland from Smash Hits gave it five out of five and named it Best New Single, writing, "He's back and he's still brilliant! Prince [...] returns with a shivery pop delight that's one of his sweetest records yet, ditching his usual perviness for some totally corny lyrics about lurve." He added that "this delightful ballad will have the whole world a-smooching."

Retrospective response
In a 2020 retrospective review, Andy Healy from Albumism noted the song's "lush, rich serving of '70s soul and '90s pop." He added that everything about the song "is well crafted perfection", remarking that it "easily seduces the listener, it's at once romantic and passionate, and manages to just swirl around you, sweeping you away with its beauty." Tom Ewing of Freaky Trigger described it as a "high, heady, perfume-drunk ballad drawing from the well of Thom Bell's work with the Delfonics and Stylistics." He added further, "Prince disciplines himself, staying almost throughout at the absolute top of his register, a high-wire act he pulls off without a hitch but also without any moment which completely sells the decision. The music is opulent boudoir funk, the best line – "How can I get through days when I can't get through hours?" – is very good, and there's a casual classiness to the record."

In 2019, Alexis Petridis from The Guardian ranked it number 35 in his list of "Prince's 50 Greatest Singles – Ranked!", writing, "It is incredible that "The Most Beautiful Girl in The World" is Prince’s only UK No 1, given the singles that preceded it. Nevertheless, it’s a deft homage to the super-soft 70s soul of the Delfonics and the Stylistics, both of whom he subsequently covered." Polish Porcys ranked it number five in their ranking of "100 Singles 1990-1999" in 2012. In 2020, Rolling Stone included it in their list of "25 Essential Prince Songs". An editor noted that "the gorgeous falsetto-steeped ballad has clean funk guitar touches and keyboards, but Prince lets his gift for melody do most of the work."

Music video
The accompanying music video for "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" was directed by Prince and American film director and producer Antoine Fuqua on January 29, 1994. It depicts a collage of girls and women, that are watching footage of themselves living their fantasies mixed with Prince performing the song for them in a special room. The video was filmed at Paisley Park Studios and debuted on Valentine's Day 1994. In December 1993, Prince had an ad placed in US, British, a Dutch and Spanish publication reading: “Eligible bachelor seeks the most beautiful girl in the world to spend the holidays with” and encouraged all interested to send videos and/or pictures to Paisley Park Studios. The material sent in response to the advertisement (reportedly, over 50,000 girls responded) was utilized for the video. Seven finalists were chosen to appear in the video while 30 semi-finalists were featured on the sleeve of the record.

At first the video's story was going to be a competition for the "title" of most beautiful woman in the world. Later, the story was reworked to be a celebration of every type of woman. Originally scheduled to be shot in Los Angeles City Hall on January 23, it was rescheduled to place in Minneapolis 6 days later, due to an earthquake in California. American educator Marva Collins makes a cameo appearance, as an elderly woman watching her black and white students interact peacefully. Also Nona Gaye and Vanessa Marcil have cameo appearances in the video. Actress Rita Worlock plays a comedian with a red wig, watching herself doing a Joan Rivers type of thing. Other women appearing in the video are: a bride watching herself getting married, a curvy woman viewing her fantasy of having a singing career, a female swimmer watching herself getting a medal, a mom reliving giving birth to her child, and a girl with dreads and top hat watching herself as a director on a set.

Plagiarism case
There has been a long running copyright dispute since 1995 and a court in Italy ruled that Prince had plagiarized the song, giving writing credit to those other than Prince. The outcome of this dispute resulted in the removal of the song from all digital storefronts and streaming platforms. Bruno Bergonzi and Michele Vicino co-wrote the song "Takin' Me to Paradise", published in 1983 by Chappell & Co., now known as Warner Chappell Music. An Italian court ruled in 2003 that Prince's "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" had plagiarized the song by the two Italian writers. Bergonzi and Vicino won on appeal in 2007. The third and final sentence, by the Court of Cassation of Rome, was given in May 2015. As of the final sentence, the Italian collecting society SIAE recognizes Bergonzi and Vicino as the authors of the song's music. In 2022, Prince’s estate and the songwriters reached an agreement over "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World", which allowed the song to be reissued on streaming and physical media.

Track listings

 * Single
 * 1) "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" (single edit) – 4:06
 * 2) "Beautiful" (single edit) – 3:54

 * United Kingdom 12-inch
 * 1) "The Most Beautiful Girl in the World" – 4:07
 * 2) "Beautiful" – 3:57
 * 3) "Beautiful" (extended club mix by Simon Harris) – 6:25
 * 4) "Beautiful Beats" – 3:30

Personnel

 * Prince – all vocals and instruments, except where noted
 * Ricky Peterson – additional keyboards (as "Ricky P.")
 * James "Jimi" Behringer – additional guitar
 * Michael Bland – drums

Mayte version
Mayte Garcia later recorded her own version called "The Most Beautiful Boy in the World". The song appears on her album Child of the Sun. It has the same instrumental backing track with extra reverb, and her vocals, with a few slight ad-lib changes. It was released by NPG Records.

Cover versions

 * In 2003, pianist Alex Bugnon covered the song on his album Southern Living.


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Helen Love

Helen Love are an indie band from Wales whose music is a combination of punk rock, bubblegum pop and disco dance music. The band was formed in 1992 by Helen Love (vocals, guitar) with Sheena (guitar, keyboards), Roxy (bass, drum machine), and Mark (keyboards). Current members are Helen, Sheena and Ricardo Autobahn.

Helen Love released only singles and EPs until 2000, when their debut studio album Love and Glitter, Hot Days and Music was released. They have since released three more studio albums, It's My Club and I'll Play What I Want To (2007, Elefant) and Day-Glo Dreams (2013, Elefant), and Smash Hits (2016, Alcopop! Records). Damaged Goods released three compilations of tracks from the band's early singles and EPs, entitled Radio Hits (1994), Radio Hits 2 (1997) and Radio Hits 3 (2002).

The band have released recordings on many labels, including Damaged Goods, Che Trading, Sympathy for the Record Industry, Wurlizter Jukebox, Invicta Hi-Fi and Elefant Records. They are currently signed to Alcopop! records.

History
The band was formed in 1992 by Helen Love (vocals, guitar) with Sheena (guitar, keyboards), Roxy (bass, drum machine), and Mark (keyboards). Current members are Helen, Sheena and Ricardo Autobahn.

The main thematic elements in their oeuvre are Joey Ramone, summer days and bubblegum music. Love claims only to listen to the music of the Ramones.

Helen Love released the album, It's My Club and I'll Play What I Want To, in the first week of November 2007 on Elefant Records in Spain and February 2008 in the UK.

Their lead singer also provided vocal tracks from "We Love You" for covers of their song, "Better Set Your Phasers to Stun", by American synthpop band Hyperbubble on their 2009 eponymous EP. The latter song later appeared on that band's  Live in London album.

In 2013 they released the album Day-Glo Dreams. They supported this with their first gig since 2001 at the Indietracks festival, and then in November played at 100 Club for Damaged Goods 25th anniversary.

Influence and notable fans
While none of their singles have reached the UK Top 40, Helen Love have developed a devoted cult following in indie circles, particularly at indie discos, with songs including "Long Live The UK Music Scene", "Shifty Disco Girl", "Does Your Heart Go Boom?", "We Love You", "Girl About Town", "Punk Boy" and "Debbie Loves Joey".

They recorded a session for John Peel in October 1997, and had three songs in his Festive Fifty.

Their songs have also been covered by Ash, The Queers, Katz and Tullycraft.

The band contributed a specially written song for the DVD release of Dave Gorman's Googlewhack Adventure. Gorman, a fan of the band, had previously played Helen Love songs to his audiences before he went on stage. Another big fan is Phill Jupitus, for whom the band composed the theme song for his Breakfast Show on BBC 6 Music.

Joey Ramoney
Helen Love's second single was titled "(Sheena's In Love With) Joey Ramoney", a tribute to the band's favourite singer. A play on the Ramones' song "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker", the single was brought to Joey's attention by the UK branch of the Ramones fan club. Joey subsequently invited the band to New York to play a gig.

Joey introduced the band's Evening Session on Radio 1, and duetted with Helen on the album version of "Punk Boy".

Helen provided backing vocals on the Joey Ramone album Don't Worry About Me, singing on the track "Mr. Punchy".

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User:Ed Poor/Newbie club

The Newbie Club is for brand-new Wikipedia users. If you've just signed up you might be looking for some help, inspiration or guidance. Well you've come to the right place.

I'm Uncle Ed, and I've been around here almost four years. I've seen at all, done it all, and am happy to give you the benefit of my experience. If you have a question, or just need some encouragement, post your comment anywhere below.

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SVT24

SVT24, stylized as svt24, formerly known as SVT 24 (then stylized svt 24) or 24 is a Swedish language TV channel broadcast by Sveriges Television (SVT). It started broadcasting in 1999 as a dedicated news channel. In 2003 it extended its scope to include other current events-related programmes and sports at the weekend. Nowadays the channel mainly consists of news, sports, and entertainment programmes with a focus on reruns from SVT1 and SVT2.

History
On 15 March 1999 at 13:15 the broadcasting of SVT24 started. It started with a news summary followed by an official opening by the CEO of SVT. In the beginning, SVT24 simulcasted with other channels a lot of the time, first on SVT2 and in the summer on SVT1. SVT24 has to take care of extended broadcasts in case of special events.

The channel broadcast news every fifteen minutes throughout the weekday. However, there were no broadcasts on the weekends and the nightly broadcasts started some months later. At :00 and :30 SVT24 showed longer bulletins, but the :15 and :45 broadcasts were just news summaries. The channel also broadcast economic news twice every hour, many weather forecasts, reports from the Nordic countries, and other featured stories. The material was mostly picked up from other news programmes.

SVT24 used digital technology for broadcasting, so a bulletin from SVT24 was much cheaper to broadcast than a bulletin from Rapport or Aktuellt. That's why during 1999 and 2000 SVT24 took over all the short bulletins from Rapport and the morning programme was moved to the SVT24 studio. In 2000 SVT24 merged with Rapport and Aktuellt into one central newsdesk. After some time, the channel was hit by cost savings. All broadcasts between 09:30 and 16:00 ceased for some time and the economic news disappeared.

On 8 September 2001, Aktuellt and Rapport moved to a new common studio and got a graphical make-over. That meant that all bulletins in SVT1 got the Rapport brand, making SVT24 only broadcasting digitally (and on SVT1 at night). SVT24 moved into the common studio a week later. In the end of 2002, SVT declared that they were going to launch two new channels. That meant that SVT24 was about to be merged with SVT Extra into a new channel, called only 24. 24 would include a wider range of programmes than SVT24 did, including acquired programming, sports events, and weekend broadcasts.

The new channel was launched on 24 February 2003. It consisted of short three-minute bulletins from Rapport every half-hour. Between these many different programs were shown. In the day-time, this consisted of 24 Direkt ("24 Live", Swedish version of C-SPAN), 24 Måndag-Fredag ("24 Monday-Friday"), and reruns of the evening programmes. The prime time show at 20:00 was 24 minuter ("24 minutes"), a daily chat show hosted by Claes Elfsberg. Other prime-time shows included 24 Nöje ("24 Entertainment"), 24 Konsument ("24 Consumer"), Sverige Nu ("Sweden Now"), and acquired programming such as Saturday Night Live, documentaries and World News from BBC World. During the weekends, the "interactive news service" 24 Vision and sports events were shown.

In the autumn of 2003, the channel was hit by cost savings. The short bulletins were now only shown every hour in the daytime and 24 Direkt started occupying the rest of the day-time schedule. New shows included a taped radio show, Lantz i P3. In 2004 the acquired programming and BBC World disappeared. 24 Konsument and 24 Nöje were however transformed into daily newscasts and sports bulletins were included in the evening.

In 2005, the simulcasts of Rapport at 19:30 and Aktuellt at 18:00 and 21:00 ended and were replaced by mostly reruns of current affairs-based programmes from SVT1 and SVT2. 24 Konsument was axed in late 2005 and in 2006 24 Nöje rebranded as Nöjesnytt with bulletins on both SVT1 (in the morning) and SVT2 (in the evening). On 1 July 2005 SVT24, along with SVT Barnkanalen and Kunskapskanalen became must-carry channels and SVT and UR subsequently agreed to let the said channels be distributed on UPC Sweden and Com Hem cable television systems in their basic analogue range.

The ratings for the channel had been very modest from the start. 2006 did however mean a significant increase in the viewing. For the full year of 2005, the average Swede watched SVT24 for 0.7 minutes per day. For November 2006 this had doubled to 1.4 minutes. The next month, December 2006, the rating doubled once again, averaging 2.8 minutes per day and viewers, for the first time making SVT24 one of the ten most watched channels in Sweden. (Source: Mediamätning i Skandinavien)

In December 2006, the daily current affairs show Studio 24 got axed because of budget cuts at the SVT news department. Sverige Nu was also axed. The channel was relaunched in January 2007. The new evening schedule mainly consists of reruns of programmes from SVT1 and SVT2 and a half-hour news bulletin from Rapport with Nöjesnytt at 21:30. 24 Direkt, the sports broadcasts and news updates were retained. On 18 January 2010 Kunskapskanalen began sharing channel space with SVT24 and SVT Barnkanalen, and at the same time 24 Direkt was renamed SVT Forum and shifted to Kunskapskanalen. Under the current arrangement, SVT24 is aired from 20:00 until 05:00 the next day, with SVT Barnkanalen and Kunskapskanalen occupying the morning, afternoon, and early evening slots. On 25 November 2013, SVT announced its intention to launch a high-definition (HD) simulcast of SVT24.

Name
The channel started as SVT24, and as SVT 24 on 8 September 2001, but was renamed 24 in 2003. This name was however hard to use, so variants such as 24:an ("the 24") occurred along with the old name. About a year later the name SVT24 appeared in EPGs and programme schedules.

Distribution
The channel is broadcast free-to-air in the digital terrestrial television network in Sweden and Åland. Satellite transmissions are from the Thor and Sirius satellites, but are encrypted. A decoding card from Viasat or Canal Digital is needed to view the channel. The two largest cable networks (Com Hem and UPC) broadcast the analogue version of the channel.

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External storage

In computing, external storage refers to non-volatile (secondary) data storage outside a computer's own internal hardware, and thus can be readily disconnected and accessed elsewhere. Such storage devices may refer to removable media (e.g. punched paper, magnetic tape, floppy disk and optical disc), compact flash drives (USB flash drive and memory card), portable storage devices (external solid-state drive and enclosured hard disk drive), or network-attached storage. Web-based cloud storage is the latest technology for external storage.

History
Today the term external storage most commonly applies to those storage devices external to a personal computer. The terms refer to any storage external to the computer.

Storage as distinct from memory in the early days of computing was always external to the computer as for example in the punched card devices and media. Today storage devices may be internal or external to a computer system.

In the 1950s, introduction of magnetic tapes and hard disk drives allowed for mass external storage of information, which played the key part of the computer revolution. Initially all external storage, tape and hard disk drives are today available as both internal and external storage.

In the 1964 removable disk media was introduced by the IBM 2310 disk drive with its 2315 cartridge used in IBM 1800 and IBM 1130 computers. Magnetic disk media is today not removable; however disk devices and media such as optical disc drives and optical discs are available both as internal storage and external storage.

Earlier adoption of external storage
As a consequence of rapid development of electronic computers, capability for integration of existing input, output, and storage devices was a determinant factor in their adoption. IBM 650 was a first mass-produced electronic computer that encompassed wide range of existing in technologies for input-output and memory devices, and it also included tape-to-card and card-to-tape conversion units. Earlier "transportable personal storage" was introduced by IBM's 2315 disk cartridges, which were used in IBM 1800 and IBM 1130 computers. Operating systems of the earlier 1960s provided a general-purpose file system for external storage, which included hierarchical directories, symbolic links, and access control to time-sharing mainframe computers. Some of such earlier examples include UNIVAC, MULTICS, and UNIX.

Paper data storage

 * Punched tape
 * Punched card

Magnetic storage

 * Magnetic tape
 * Floppy disk
 * External hard disk drives

Optical storage
Optical storage devices have media that use laser light technology for data storage and retrieval.

Compact disc
Types of Compact Discs (CDs) include:
 * CD-ROM: (Compact Disc Read Only Memory) It can only be read through the drive. And are usually manufactured by in bulk by a stamp type system.
 * CD-R: (Compact Disc Recordable) was invented in the 1990s. Using CD-R, it is possible to write data once on a disc at home without the stamping equipment required for CD-ROMs. These are considered write once, read many disks.
 * CD-RW: (Compact Disc Re-Writable) same as the CD-R but can be erased and reused. There is a limit on how many times a CD-RW can be written. Presently this limit is 1,000 times. CD-RW drives are compatible with CD-ROM and CD-R.

DVD
DVD stands for Digital Versatile Disc. Its speed is much faster than CD but not as fast as hard disk. The standard DVD-5 technology has a storage capacity of 4.7 GB per layer; most DVDs have a single layer but up to four layers are specified. Also DVD storage capacity changes with recording format.

Blu-ray
Blu-ray storage capacity is up to 50 gigabytes (or even 100 GB) of data. The Blu-ray Disc (BD) is a digital optical disc format. It was originally created to take the place of the DVD format due to its expanded storage capacity. The name "Blu-ray" is derived from the use of a blue laser that is used to read the disc. This would be in contrast to the red laser used to read DVD Discs.

M-DISC
M-Discs are available as DVD or Blu-ray discs. They are supposed to preserve data up to 1,000 years.

Memory card
Memory cards are flash memory storage media used to store digital information in many electronics products. The types of memory cards include: CompactFlash, PCMCIA, secure digital card, multimedia card, memory stick, etc.

Memory stick
Sony introduced memory stick standard in 1998. Memory stick is an integrated circuit designed to serve as a storage and transfer medium for digital data. It can store data in various form as text, graphics, digital images etc. transfer of data is possible between devices having memory stick slots. Memory sticks are available in various storage sizes ranging from 4 GB to 64 GB. The dimensions of a memory stick are 50 mm long, 21.5 mm wide and 2.8 mm thick (in case of pro format). The transfer speed of memory stick is 160 Mbit/s.

USB drives
A USB flash drive, also variously known as a, thumb drive, pen drive, jump drive, disk key, disk on key, flash-drive, memory stick or USB memory, is a data storage device that includes flash memory with an integrated USB interface.

Solid-state drive
Portable solid-state drive (SSD) is a common solid-state storage device that uses semiconductor cells on integrated circuit assemblies for mass storage. Compared to hard disk drives and similar electromechanical disk storage that use moving physical parts to spin a platter or disc, SSDs are typically more compact, quieter, more resistant to physical shock, and have higher input/output rates, lower latency and less power consumption.

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User talk:AileanMacRaith~enwiki

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Lure (falconry)

A lure is an object used in falconry, usually made of leather with a pair of bird wings or feathers attached. It is often an effigy of a prey species or preferred quarry. A falconer swings the lure round and round on a cord for the falcon to chase for exercise. There are at least three types of lure-flying: short line, long line and pole luring. A lure also may be used as an object to call the falcon, hawk or eagle to return.

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The result of the debate was DELETE. Will make the redirect. -Splash 23:02, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

Music copyright
Original research. Replacing with a redirect to copyright is possible. Zeimusu | Talk page 15:13, 2005 September 2 (UTC)

 * Delete smells like an ad for a "register your work here" scam, but doesn't directly link to such a scam. Does however link to the purported author. After deleteion, recreate as a redirect to Copyright, but do not retain this in the page histroy. DES (talk) 15:46, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete and then create a redirect page per DES. There probably should be an article on music copyright at some point, but this is not it and there is no good reason to keep this article or the history. -- DS1953 16:05, September 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, then recreate as a redirect, per above. -- BD2412 talk 20:09, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, recreate as a redirect and put a Music copyright on the lyrics. Alf melmac 13:50, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, add a link to Copyright page and expand on this one. The scenario is factual. Author: A. Raines. 21:17, 5 September 2005 (PDT)
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Tannenberg and Grunwald are different places and what we call Battle of Tannenberg happened in 1914 between Russians and Germans. How is this battle called ? --Taw

 * Urg -- I probably should have called this one First Battle of T or B of T (I) -- duh! I knew there was a WWII B of T... D'oh!  Taw, they're both called the same thing.  Any opiniions on how to remedy? JHK

 * You mean WW1, or was ther one more battle of Tannenberg I'm not aware of ? Anyway do it like Polish done ! 1410 battle is "Battle of Grunwald" and 1914 battle is "Battle of Tannenberg". Or make "Battle of Tannenberg" article just pair of links: to "1410 Battle of Grunwald/Battle of Tannenberg" and "1914 Battle of Tannenberg".
 * Sorry, I'm a bit out of it today -- 'flu, I'm afraid. That one...WWI...1914...that's what I meant.  My only objection to doing it the Polish way is that English speakers are probably not familiar with Grunwald, so it won't do any good. JHK By the way -- where's that table of names -- I've got some current English versions to add...

Umm, Are you _sure_ that Grunwald was theme of Aleksander Nevsky? I always thought that it was about totally different battle! And Bohemians fough in Polish army too...
 * As a sidenote - there were also Bohemians in the forces of the Teutonic Order. Their history at times is even more complicated than the History of Poland... Halibutt 14:26, Jul 9, 2004 (UTC)

Revenge
The Germans may have "redeemed" themselves by winning in the same location as the loss in 1410, but how exactly did they get revenge if they were fighting the Russians and not the Poles? Did Hindenburg really view this as "revenge", or is it just a poor choice of words? Appleseed 15:13, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * I've removed the following line from the end of the article:
 * Hindenburg saw this battle as a fitting revenge for the defeat of the Teutonic Knights.
 * Feel free to put it back in with an explanation or reference. Appleseed 16:59, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

 * There were Russians at Grunwald (from Smolensk and other cities within the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) and there were Poles at Tannenberg (as Poland was part of the Russian Empire). Moreover, Hindenburg saw the battle as revenge against Slavs, not Russians specifically. In Russia, the PLC is often called "Litovskaja Rus'", or "Lithuanian Russia", since it contained huge tracts of Kievan Rus' lands and one of its official languages was "Russian" (Ruthenian). Kazak 05:03, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Nevertheless, would you mind providing a reference? Appleseed (Talk) 02:21, 24 February 2006 (UTC)
 * AFAIK, there are no proofs of the presence of Smolensk units at Grunwald. Nevertheless, the Hindenburg's words seems logical. Teutons were defeted by the united forces of Grand Duchy of Lithuania (Lithuanians, Belorussians and Ukrainians) and the Kingdom of Poland (Poles). Possibly, there were also Russians from Smolensk in the army. In the 1914 none of those states existed any more, all of them were now provinces of the Russian Empire. The Empire stated itself as a rightful successor of those countries, so it was logical for Hindenburg to treat the defeat of Russia as a "revenge". User:AMartyn 11:10, 30 August 2006.

I also think it has something to do with Russia pretending to be the Pan-slavic country that all slavs should live in, and proclaimed itself protector of all Slavs, hence why they backed up Serbia.

--Jadger 03:51, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

Encrypted
Kahn's Codebreakers indicates the Russian signals were encrypted, & broken by the Germans, not sent en clair. Can someone settle the dispute? Trekphiler 05:24, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

 * The latter explanation is the one I have seen up to now. However it might be worth looking into this. PatGallacher 11:38, 15 February 2006 (UTC)

 * In the book August 1914 Solzhenitsyn cites the interception of "unencrypted signals" as of vital importance. As the battle progressed and lines of communication were breached- these interceptions became more frequent and disasterous for the trapped centre Corps.

 * Although, as encircling neared completion, a breakdown in communications occurred which rendered these intercepts as strategically less important.

 * See Solzhenitsyn's description (using research from the Ukraine) of dispatches proving far more effective. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.112.80.138 (talk • contribs) 00:22, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
 * While I'm not in a position to dispute Solzhenitsyn's research (not having read his book), I'm inclined to believe Kahn, who's usually very reliable. As well, on the same point, the article says, "Nevertheless they were eventually convinced they were indeed real". Beyond the bad grammar, I'd be interested to know how they were convinced, which leads me to believe it was from decrypts. I'm willing to bet (based on WW2 experience) Russian radio operators were panicky & sending poorly, giving the German intercept service an EZ time, perhaps even sending en clair, but I'd like solid evidence from somebody with a specialty in crypto or intelligence. Trekphiler 10:13, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
 * Haufler says sigs sent en clair; I'd prefer a more reliable source... Trekphiler 17:22, 3 May 2008 (UTC)

War Memorial
I cannot find the article on the Tannenberg war memorial, perhaps something could be added at the end of this article, or if I am missing it, a link to the war memorial article. thanks --Jadger 03:28, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

 * nevermind, I found it. --Jadger 03:38, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

The Conclusion
Excuse me... but the conclusion "this battle lost the war" lacks anything even remotely close to logic. Could you please explain? The diversion of the troops was not an effect of the battle itself but of that of the German High Command DECIDING TO TRANSFER THEM. They didn't even take part in the battle so their transfer to the Eastern front is irelevant for the battle, as is the battle irelevant for their transfer. The troops were transfered to stop the huge Russian advance into Eastern Poland which (NOT to win this battle specifically), without this great and surprising victory, might have ended the war in 1914 in favour of the Entente. The decision was logical anyway... what proffesional soldier could have thought 1 army could defeat 2 armies on such wide front without any geographical advantages? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Makidonu (talk • contribs) 11:01, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
 * The view that the disasters in East Prussia lost the war for Russia may be slightly overstated, the general idea is that they were like an early leading goal in the first ten minutes of a football match, giving the Germans the advantage. But the defeats cruelly exposed the ineptitude of the Russian army and the striking technical superiority of the Germans. And it's true that Russia never really managed to bring the war back to the German frontier after this - through 1915 and 1916 the Germans kept driving deep into Poland, Belorussia and the future baltic countries.
 * You have to consider too that while Wilhelm II was solidly popular in Germany and the German political system had not been seriously under attack before 1914, in Russia the Tsar and the old order were already being questioned by very many people, and the war was seen as a last chance to save the old system. So when there arrived two shocking defeats in the space of ten days (Tannenberg and the Battle of the Masurian lakes) it undermined the credibility and self-confidence of the state. This is roughly what Solzhenitzyn argues in August Fourteen of course, but I think he's right on the money, and the propaganda impact of Tannenberg has ben well attested by many others. At the time, it was sixty years since Russia had decisively showed itself equal to a Western power in war - all the way back to the Crimea War - and Russians would have been very aware of this.Strausszek (talk) 11:02, 29 July 2009 (UTC)

Numbers
Can someone check into the Russion numbers? My reading indicates that Samsonov had 150,000 troops and Rennenkampf had 200,000, but the box shows 150,000 for both Samsonov and Rennenkampf. I don't think this is correct, but I don't have any resources handy at the moment. Perhaps the box is referring to those troops that were actually present at Tannenberg, but in this case, then Rennenkampf should not be listed as a commander. CrackWilding 17:45, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I corrected the numbers. cheers 141.13.8.14 16:29, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

Allied
I thought the British and French were called the Entèt not allied. Allied they were named in the second world war. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.209.35.73 (talk) 07:00, 10 March 2009 (UTC)
 * The term "Allied Powers" was commonly used later in World War I, after the United States had entered the war on the side of Britain and France. Prior to that, they were typically known as the "Entente Powers," after the prewar Anglo-French accord that Russia later acceded to. But in modern use, the term "Allies" is often used for the side involving these countries, regardless of the time frame being referred to. Jsc1973 (talk) 21:48, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

Britain: A factor in the Schlieffen Plan?
Paragraph 3 contains the sentence, "The entire Schlieffen Plan was based on the idea of defeating France and England as quickly as possible, and then transporting their armies by train to the eastern front." I'm not sure that the entry of Britain was taken into consideration in the original Schlieffen Plan. Britain and France were not allies at the start of the German invasion and Britain only entered the war in response to Germany's violation of Belgian neutrality. Did von Schlieffen take British entry in consideration? --Beetfarm Louie 20:10, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

 * personally, I don't think so, everything I have heard on the matter is that Germany was reliant on UK remaining neutral, but you must remember the Schlieffen Plan was devised before Wilhelm II started the Naval Arms Race with Britain, which severely worsened the Anglo-German relations (and the Brits were itchin for a good fight just like everyone else in 1914). also I would like to point out in that sentence it says "The entire Schlieffen Plan was based on the idea of defeating France and England as quickly as possible, and then transporting their armies by train to the eastern front." this makes it seem as if the Germans were going to transport the Anglo-French forces to the eastern Front, a little misplaced subject in the sentence. should probably be "all German Forces" instead of "their armies"

 * --Jadger 20:22, 17 December 2006 (UTC)

Who was in command?
Were Hindenburg and Ludendorff really in command of the German army during the battle of tannenberg? In a history forum (http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?t=282318) someone claimed that a certain Colonel Hoffman was actually in charge and reponsible for the victory, a wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hoffmann) actually supports this. Has anyone more knowledge about this matter? thestor 10:41, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Max Hoffman was a staff colonel who had already drawn up much of the planning for the German riposte at Tannenberg even before Ludendorff and Hindenburg arrived on the scene. In the German system, staff officers like Hoffman actually did much of the planning, not the commanders in the field. Hoffman was originally on the staff of General Prittwitz, who was fired after demanding to be allowed to retreat to the Vistula (abandoning a huge chunk of German territory), in the face of the Russian attack. To answer your question...yes, Hindenburg and Ludendorff were in command. But Hoffman, with an assist from Hermann von Francois' disobedience, was the architect of the victory. user:Jsc1973

Olzstyn or Olzstynek?
Shouldn't the location of the battle be Hohenstein (the modern town of Olsztynek), instead of Allenstein (modern Olsztyn) as currently stated in the article? Olsztyn is located much more to the north and, moreover, it is in fact Olsztynek the place near Grunwald. --83.49.214.110 (talk) 12:46, 25 January 2008 (UTC) (User Oersted from Catalan wiki)
 * Ok, I answered myself. Olsztyn is not much more to the north, just 30 km north of Olsztynek, but it is a much more important city, so in fact, it's perfectly correct to state "near Allenstein (modern Olsztyn)". Sorry for the misunderstanding. --83.49.214.110 (talk) 12:56, 25 January 2008 (UTC)

I disagree here: The significant fighting was at Usdau to the West and at Bischofstein & Seeburg to the East, with Russian attacks taking place around Muhlen, Frogenau as is written in the article. So the width of the battle field was 40 miles or so. None of these places are especically "near" Allenstein. The large surrenders of Russian forces takes place between Niedenburg and Willenstein, again significantly distant from Allenstein. If you wish to record that the battlefield is near a town other than Tannenberg then Niedenburg is the more appropriate as it is central to the fighting and surrender and served as Samsonov's HQ for a few days. The town of Tannenberg did actually house Hindenburg's HQ for a day. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Revisionist99 (talk • contribs) 16:23, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Destruction of the Tannenberg Monument
The Tannenberg Monument was destroyed by German army engineers and not by Russians (Soviets?) and poles. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.221.68.11 (talk) 10:33, 9 November 2008 (UTC)

Casualties
There are contradicting sections in the article referring to casulties on the russian side. Earlier, the were listed as 160,000 and now they are listed as 90,000. Yet the section called "The main battle (26 August to 30 August)" list them as 160,000 with 92,000 captured and 78,000 dead and wounded. The new numbers reference the book "Tannenberg 1914" by John Sweetman. I was wondering which numbers are correct? ChrisMKL (talk) 10:43, 1 June 2013 (UTC)

Small request
Could an editor here check the (very short) summary of this battle at World War I and provide cites? Thank you.LeadSongDog come howl  20:35, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

Samsonov committed suicide but is marked as 'Killed In Action' is that OK?
The infobox has a marker next to Samsonov saying he was killed in action. But the text (which I've been able to confirm in a book) says that he committed suicide. Is this correct practice for military figures? That if they kill themselves (in this case as a direct result of military failure) they are still classed as 'killed in action'? --bodnotbod (talk) 11:28, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Agreed, the crossmark is for people killed in action. Samsonov was not in combat when he died, and died by his own hand. Mediatech492 (talk) 21:54, 10 July 2012 (UTC)
 * We should probably change it then Benica11 (talk) 14:34, 27 January 2019 (UTC)

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The result of the move request was: moved to Battle of Tannenberg. Favonian (talk) 20:17, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Battle of Tannenberg (1914) → Battle of Tannenberg – The earlier battle also known by this name is called the Battle of Grunwald on Wikipedia, so this battle is the primary meaning, the earlier battle should remain a hatnote. PatGallacher (talk) 19:46, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Support. Googling suggests that this battle is primary. Even if it wasn't, the fact that Wiki doesn't have another article named "Battle of Tannenberg" is reason enough to drop the disambiguator. Kauffner (talk) 05:07, 19 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Support Makes sense. Volunteer Marek 18:51, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
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German prisoners?
No figure is given for German prisoners taken. Does their large number of MIA (Missing in Action) indicate captives? Valetude (talk) 15:44, 13 October 2014 (UTC)

Proofs
Samsonov's Second Army had been almost annihilated: 92,000 captured, 78,000 killed or wounded and only 10,000 (mostly from the retreating flanks) escaping.

Who's fantasies are this? Nor German, nor Russian sources have such ridiculous numbers

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The result of the debate was delete. Nufy8 22:09, 10 September 2005 (UTC)

Defibration
No matches in google for a medical term called 'defibration'. The term is used to describe a process for removing fiber from pulpy mass. This appears to be a WP:NOR issue. C HAIRBOY 15:13, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete per above. - C HAIRBOY 15:13, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Original research or hoax - delete. Demogorgon's Soup-taster 15:14, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete (possibly redirect to Defibrillation) --Doc (?) 18:28, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
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Gary Indiana (born Gary Hoisington; 1950) is an American writer, actor, artist, and cultural critic. He served as the art critic for the Village Voice weekly newspaper from 1985 to 1988. Indiana is best known for his classic American true-crime trilogy, Resentment, Three Month Fever: The Andrew Cunanan Story, and Depraved Indifference, chronicling the less permanent state of “depraved indifference” that characterized American life at the millennium's end. In the introduction to the recently re-published edition of Three Month Fever, critic Christopher Glazek has coined the phrase deflationary realism to describe Indiana's writing, in contrast to the magical realism or hysterical realism of other contemporary writing.

Writing
Indiana has written, directed and acted in a dozen plays, mostly during the early 1980s. Performed in small New York City venues like Mudd Club, Club 57, the Performing Garage and the backyard of Bill Rice's East 3rd Street studio. Earlier plays included Alligator Girls Go to College (1979); Curse of the Dog People (1980); A Coupla White Faggots Sitting Around Talking (1980), which was filmed by Michel Auder in 1981; The Roman Polanski Story (1981); Phantoms of Louisiana (1981) and Roy Cohn/Jack Smith (1992), written with Jack Smith for performance artist Ron Vawter. The latter was filmed in 1994 by Jill Godmilow.

In the early 1980s, Indiana contributed essays on mid-century art to Artforum and Art in America, which led to a position as the Village Voice's Art Critic from 1985 to 1988. A collection of Indiana's nonfiction writing, Let It Bleed: Essays, 1985-1995, was published in 1996.

A more recent play, Mrs. Watson's Missing Parts, was staged in May 2013 at Participant Inc. It drastically alters a 1922 Grand Guignol theatrical adaptation of Octave Mirbeau's novel The Torture Garden by replacing all dialogue with an "almost incomprehensible" obscenity-laden libidinal glossolalia.

In 2023, two of Indiana's books were reprinted, amid what could be considered a modern reappraisal of his work. His 1994 novel Rent Boy was reissued by McNally Jackson, under their McNally Editions imprint, and Semiotext(e) reissued his 2003 novel Do Everything in the Dark.

Film
Indiana has acted in several mostly experimental films by, among others, Michel Auder (Seduction of Patrick, 1979, which he co-wrote with the director), Scott B and Beth B (The Trap Door, 1980), Melvie Arslanian (Stiletto, 1981, where he plays a bellhop at the bellhopless Chelsea Hotel), Jackie Raynal (Hotel New York, 1984), Ulrike Ottinger (Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press, 1984, with Veruschka as Dorian Gray and Delphine Seyrig as Doctor Mabuse), Lothar Lambert (Fräulein Berlin, 1984), Dieter Schidor (Cold in Columbia, 1985), Valie Export (The Practice of Love, 1985) and Christoph Schlingensief (Terror 2000: Intensivstation Deutschland, 1994, in which Udo Kier kills his character with a machine gun). John Boskovich’s 2001 film North features Indiana reading from the Céline novel of the same name.

Indiana's novel Gone Tomorrow reflects his experiences on set, particularly his time working on Cold in Columbia.

Speaking of his acting style generally, Indiana told an interviewer, "I wasn't trained, and certainly didn't have the technique of a professional. Directors would cast me because of the way I was, not what I could pretend to be."

Art
Indiana's video Stanley Park (2013) was included in the 2014 Whitney Biennial. Combining footage of a former Cuban prison, the Panopticon-like Presidio Modelo, jellyfish and cuts from the films Touch of Evil and The Shanghai Gesture, the work connects the consequences of global environmental degradation with increasingly repressive governmental practices. Used as a metaphor for state surveillance, the jellyfish was described by Indiana as “an organism with no brain and a thousand poisonous tentacles collecting what you could call data.” Photographs of young Cuban men appeared next to the video.

Semiotext(e) published 22 pamphlets for the biennial, including Indiana's A Significant Loss of Human Life, which extends the video's themes by juxtaposing the artist's experiences of Cuba as it is slowly being drawn into the global economy with commentary on the ideas of Karl Marx.

In addition to Stanley Park, publicly screened video art by Indiana includes Soap (2004–2012), inspired by the Francis Ponge poem; Plutot la vie (2005), concerning the Society of the Spectacle and mass hypnosis; Unfinished Story (2004–2005), which records readings by and conversations between Indiana and photographer Lynn Davis; and Young Ginger (2014).

Fiction

 * (1987) Scar Tissue and Other Stories ISBN 978-0930762094
 * (1988) White Trash Boulevard ISBN 978-0937815205
 * (1989) Horse Crazy ISBN 978-0802111104
 * (1991) Disorderly Conduct: The VLS Fiction Reader (contributor) ISBN 978-1852422455
 * (1993) Gone Tomorrow ISBN 978-1852423360
 * (1994) Rent Boy ISBN 978-1852423247
 * (1994) Living With the Animals (editor, contributor) ISBN 978-0571198504
 * (1997) Resentment: A Comedy ISBN 978-1584351726
 * (1999) Three Month Fever: The Andrew Cunanan Story ISBN 978-1584351986
 * (2002) Depraved Indifference ISBN 978-0060197261
 * (2003) Do Everything in the Dark ISBN 978-0312312053
 * (2009) The Shanghai Gesture ISBN 978-0982015100
 * (2010) Last Seen Entering the Biltmore: Plays, Short Fiction, Poems 1975–2010 ISBN 978-1584350903
 * (2011) To Whom It May Concern (limited edition artist's book with Louise Bourgeois) ISBN 978-1900828369
 * (2016) Tiny Fish that Only Want to Kiss ISBN 978-0991219667

Nonfiction

 * (1987) Lucas Samaras: Chairs and Drawings (for Pace Gallery) ISBN 978-9997028365
 * (1987) Roberto Juarez (for Robert Miller Gallery)
 * (1989) Life Under Neon: Paintings and Drawings of Times Square 1981–1988 (Jane Dickson catalogue for Goldie Paley Gallery, Moore College of Art and Design; contributor)
 * (1996) Let It Bleed: Essays 1985–1995 ISBN 978-1852423322
 * (1996) Aura Rosenberg: Head Shots ISBN 978-1881616566
 * (1997) Front Pages (Nancy Chunn catalogue for the Corcoran Gallery of Art; contributor) ISBN 978-0847820818
 * (1997) Hunt Slonem: Exotica (for Colby College Museum of Art; contributor) ISBN 978-0964444836
 * (1998) Christopher Wool (for the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art; contributor) ISBN 978-3931141912
 * (1999) Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You (for the Museum of Contemporary Art; contributor) ISBN 978-0262112505
 * (2000) Valie Export: Ob/De+Con(Struction) (for Goldie Paley Gallery, Moore College of Art and Design; contributor) ISBN 978-1584420514
 * (2000) BFI Film Classics: Salò or The 120 Days of Sodom ISBN 978-0851708072
 * (2004) BFI Film Classics: Viridiana ISBN 978-1844570416
 * (2004) John Waters: Change of Life (for the New Museum of Contemporary Art; contributor) ISBN 978-0810943063
 * (2005) The Schwarzenegger Syndrome: Politics and Celebrity in the Age of Contempt ISBN 978-1565849518
 * (2005) Kathe Burkhart: Bad Girl: Works from 1983–2000 ISBN 978-0976544302
 * (2005) Paul Kostabi ISBN 978-8888064482
 * (2006) Cameron Jamie (contributor) ISBN 978-3775717267
 * (2008) Utopia's Debris: Selected Essays ISBN 978-0465002481
 * (2009) Paul Pfeiffer (contributor) ISBN 978-8496954595
 * (2009) Chaos and Night by Henry de Montherlant (introduction to the NYRB Classics edition) ISBN 978-1590173046
 * (2010) Dike Blair: Now and Again (for the Weatherspoon Art Museum; contributor) ISBN 978-1890949129
 * (2010) Andy Warhol and the Can that Sold the World ISBN 978-0465002337
 * (2010) Roni Horn: Well and Truly (for Kunsthaus Bregenz; contributor) ISBN 978-3865608161
 * (2010) Coma by Pierre Guyotat (introduction to the Semiotext(e) edition) ISBN 978-1584350897
 * (2011) Dead Flowers (monograph on Timothy Carey; contributor) ISBN 978-0980232424
 * (2012) Bye Bye American Pie (for MALBA Fundación Costantini, Buenos Aires) ISBN 978-9871271429
 * (2013) Damián Aquiles ISBN 978-8881588688
 * (2014) Edgewise: A Picture of Cookie Mueller (contributor) ISBN 978-3942214209
 * (2014) A Significant Loss of Human Life ISBN 978-1584351504
 * (2015) Tracey Emin: Angel Without You (for the Museum of Contemporary Art North Miami; contributor) ISBN 978-0847841158
 * (2015) I Can Give You Anything But Love ISBN 978-0847846863
 * (2015) Tal R: Altstadt Girl (for Cheim & Read) ISBN 978-0991468157
 * (2017) Roni Horn (contributor) ISBN 978-3791356600
 * (2018) Ivory Pearl by Jean-Patrick Manchette (afterword for the NYRB Classics edition) ISBN 978-1681372105
 * (2018) Vile Days: The Village Voice Art Columns, 1985–1988 ISBN 978-1635900378

Critical studies and essays on Indiana's work

 * (1992) Shopping in Space: Essays on American "Blank Generation" Fiction by Elizabeth Young, Graham Caveney ISBN 978-1852422554
 * (1998) Blank Fictions: Consumerism, Culture and the Contemporary American Novel by James Annesley ISBN 978-0312215347
 * (subscription required)
 * Christopher Glazek (Winter 2016). "Cunanan/Bovary". Semiotext(e)/Native Agents.
 * Sarah Nicole Prickket (October 4, 2018). "The Dry-Eyed Mourning of Gary Indiana." LitHub.
 * Paul McAdory (April 28, 2022). "Gary Indiana Hates in Order to Love." Gawker.
 * Harry Tafoya (February 20, 2023). "Down There: A Review of Rent Boy by Gary Indiana." Substack.
 * Bailey Trela (August 22, 2023). " Pathologies of the Après Garde: On Gary Indiana’s “Rent Boy.” The Cleveland Review of Books.
 * Paul McAdory (April 28, 2022). "Gary Indiana Hates in Order to Love." Gawker.
 * Harry Tafoya (February 20, 2023). "Down There: A Review of Rent Boy by Gary Indiana." Substack.
 * Bailey Trela (August 22, 2023). " Pathologies of the Après Garde: On Gary Indiana’s “Rent Boy.” The Cleveland Review of Books.

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User:Wack'd/Alien experiment (Lilo & Stitch)

An alien experiment is a genetically engineered creature in the animated television show Lilo & Stitch: The Series created by the Dr. Jumba Jookiba. Stitch (who is experiment 626) refers to the other experiments as his "cousins."

Upon encountering each experiment, Stitch's human friend and co-experiment hunter Lilo Pelekai gives the experiment a name just as she gave Stitch his name.

Experiment series
The first digit of the experiment numbers reflect what series of experiment they belong to. The unofficial series, as stated by Jess Winfield, of experiments are as follows:

 * 0-Series: Jumba's test batch, including many household helpers.
 * 1-Series: Civic disturbances.
 * 2-Series: Technological and Scientific.
 * 3-Series: Psychological.
 * 4-Series: Mysterious and failed experiments.
 * 5-Series: Elemental manipulators.
 * 6-Series: Battlefield or doomsday experiments with galactic implications.

Note: The colors of the experiment pods were originally supposed to correspond to the series numbers. Such has been changed.

List of experiments
630|PWND

631| Buddy Designed to be friends with you 632| Wall-e A robot-like experiment designed to travel to space. 633| Toshiba Designed to turn off TVs. 634| H.T. Designed to be a hot tub. 635| Too Late Designed to stay up light. 636| Spaghetti Designed to be living spaghetti. 637| Murloc Designed to play "World Of Warcraft". 638| Melvin Designed to be a superhero. 639| Kitten Designed to pet kittens 640| Gem Designed to be a living gem. 641| Cowboy Designed to destroy cowboy hats. 642| Bolt Designed to have super powers. 643| Mittens Designed to ask pidgeons for food. 644| Rhino Designed to bust out of trucks. 645| Jumanji Designed to be a magic board game. 646| Perry - Designed to be a platypus. THIS IS A LOAD OF SH*T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 * designed to beat you up in video games.

Total Experiments
099 + 100 + 100 + 100 + 100 + 100 + 030 = 629

Experiment 113 - Shoe
Scene One -- The Mini Golf Course At a Mini Golf course, one man has trouble hitting the ball the right way. So much trouble that his golf ball rolls off a bridge and into a pool of water. As the disgrunted man walks away, the purple experiment pod he was playing with is activated, and a green experiment appears on the course. He has two long, curved horns which point downwards, and they flash, just as a tanned tourist walks past. The tourist's ice cream suddenly falls to the floor.

Scene Two -- Inside Gantu's Ship The Experiment container on Gantu's ship speaks up announcing that experiment 113 has been activated. Primary function - negative event generator. 625 comments that it makes bad luck. Gantu is expecting a big bonus for capturing the experiment, but suddenly Hamsterveil calls, telling Gantu that he doesn't want the experiment because it wouldn't be of any use. 625 looks back at the computer and tries to tell Gantu something about the experiment, but he refuses to listen.

Scene Three - The Pelekai House At Lilo's house, Nani is frantic because she's going to be late for work. As she runs out of the house, experiment 113 is seen hiding in the bushes. When Nani gets into her car the experiment's curved horns flash again, and her car breaks down. She runs back into the house the phone rings, and Nani is told that she owes money on the car as well. To make ++++ers worse, Stitch brings in a fresh armful of bills.

February 2006
02/26/2006: Experiments 003, 030, 050, 088, 121, 161, 180, 200, 220, 230, 240, 260, 394, 468, 499, 500, and 547 are added to the list.

02/27/2006: Lots of experiments have been added to the 0-series. Also added: "Experiments With An Unknown Number".

02/28/2006: More experiments have been added to the 0-series. Including Peter!

March 2006
03/01/2006: 093 and 098 have been added to the 0-series.

03/02/2006: 401 and 402 have been added. And the 0-series has been completed.

03/03/2006: Lots of experiments have been added to the 1-series, 2-series and 4-series. And the 6-Series has been completed with numbers 605 and 614.

03/04/2006: More experiments have been added to the 1-Series during the night. And the 2-series had a massive upgrade. And 302 has been added to the 3-series.

03/05/2006: A few more experiments are in the 1-series. "Experiments Whose Number is Messed Up" had a massive upgrade.

03/06/2006: More experiments have been added in the 1-series and the 2-series.

03/07/2006: 301, 337, 338, & 391 have been added. More experiments have been put series numbers 4 and 5.

03/09/2006: More experiments are added in the 1-series.

03/10/2006: I added Huggo, Nosy, and Swapper to Experiments With A Messed Up Number.

03/13/2006: Numbers 1, 2, and 3 have been completed. I added Total Experiments.

03/14/2006: The Five Series is completed. There's one series left to complete!

03/16/2006: The entire list has been completed, at last! Names, info, and pod color will be updated later.

03/17/2006: Happy Sanit Patrick's Day! Hope you're lucky today! I included Episode Guide and the only one I have is Shoe scenes 1, 2, and 3.

03/18/2006: More experiemnts in the 3 series have been added.

03/19/2006: The 3 series is now completed. Five down, two to go.

03/22/2006: Haven't checked two days, but the 4 series is complete. Kim, Ron, Darkken, and Shego have been added to the 5 series.


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The comparison of the broadside weights of metal is done in such a way to imply that the victory of the United States over the Macedonian was soley due to the disparity in cannon size. Both ships were classed as frigates. British ships of the period habitually took on larger opponents and won. Decatur used his ship's advantages tactically and beat Carden - this was the true cause for the taking of the Macedonian. While USS United States had heavier guns, that by no means assured victory. Please reference HMS Speedy vs El Gamo for what may be the most famous example of a much smaller warship taking on a larger opponant and winning handily.

I added one sentence to the article 'She was also ably commanded by Stephen Decatur.' I believe this corrects the potential POV issue. There is an article here on Decatur. Could someone more computer able then I link to the name?

 * Probably the most judicious way to phrase is to mention both broadside weight and tactical skill, but not to draw a firm conclusion either way, at most quoting naval historians that have ventured an opinion (Mackay says Macedonian "never had a chance" based on weights alone, for instance). We don't need another Decatur link, got one a couple paragraphs above due to their meeting at dinner. Stan 21:27, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

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Über does not in fact mean 'ultra' but 'about' or 'above'.--Henry Hadlow 15:18, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

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San Quintín Glacier

The San Quintín Glacier is the largest outflow glacier of the Northern Patagonian Ice Field in southern Chile. Its terminus is a piedmont lobe just short of the Gulf of Penas on the Pacific Ocean and just north of 47°S.

Recent retreat
Like many glaciers worldwide during the twentieth century, San Quintín appears to be losing mass and retreating rapidly. These two photographs taken by astronauts only seven years apart show visible change. The first was taken by the crew of STS-068 in October 1994 and the second by the Increment 4 crew of the International Space Station in February 2002.

San Rafael Glacier in the foreground and San Quintín Glacier behind, showing change over the interval circa 1990–2000. Both giant glaciers have been retreating rapidly in recent years (BBC story).

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List of National Rugby League records

This page details first-grade rugby league records from the National Rugby League (1998-) and its predecessors, the New South Wales Rugby Football League (1908-1994), the Australian Rugby League, (1995-1997), and the Super League (1997). First-grade games played between premiership teams are included, but not mid-week competitions, pre-season warm-up games or NRL Nines games.

Premierships

 * Due to salary cap breaches Melbourne were stripped of their 2007 and 2009 premierships in 2010.

Most consecutive

 * 11 - St. George (1956-66)

Minor Premierships

 * Due to salary cap breaches Melbourne were stripped of their 2006, 2007, and 2008 minor premierships in 2010.

Most consecutive

 * 6 - St. George (1962-67)

Most consecutive

 * 3 - Western Suburbs Magpies (1961-63)

Wooden spoons

 * The 1908 Wooden Spoon is disputed, as Cumberland finished on the same wins as Wests with a worse points differential, but received an extra bye.
 * Due to salary cap breaches Canterbury were deducted 37 competition points and relegated to the bottom of the ladder for the 2002 season. South Sydney won the fewest games that season.
 * Due to salary cap breaches Melbourne weren't able to receive any points in the 2010 season, guaranteeing them the wooden spoon. North Queensland won the fewest games that season.

Most consecutive

 * 6 - Parramatta Eels (1956-61)

Matches played
Source: Rugby League Tables & Statistics. Last updated: 23 May 2024

In a Grand Final

 * 40 - Manly Warringah Sea Eagles won 40–0 over Melbourne Storm in 2008.

In a Grand Final

 * 56 - South Sydney won 42–14 over Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in 1951.

In a Grand Final

 * 3 - Balmain won 3–0 over South Sydney in 1924.

In a Grand Final

 * 42 - South Sydney won 42–14 over Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in 1951.

In a Grand Final

 * 24 - Parramatta Eels lost 24–30 to Newcastle Knights in 2001.
 * 24 - Brisbane Broncos lost 24–26 to Penrith Panthers in 2023.

Most points scored by a team in a season

 * 839 points by the Parramatta Eels in 2001.

Fewest points scored by a team in a season

 * 38 points by Cumberland in 1908.

Most points conceded by a team in a season

 * 944 points by the Western Suburbs Magpies in 1999.

Fewest points conceded by a team in a season

 * 41 points by South Sydney in 1909.

Keeping opposition scoreless: most games in a season

 * 6 matches by the Sydney Roosters in 2013.

In a Grand Final

 * 16 points: Penrith Panthers came from 8–24 down after 62 minutes to defeat Brisbane Broncos 26–24 in 2023.

Individual records
Note: Figures in boldface are currently playing in the NRL.

In a game

 * 8 - Frank Burge, Glebe vs. University, Round 7, 1920

Most premierships won as a coach
* - As captain-coach

Largest regular season crowds
Note: Does not include double-headers

Current team-specific records

 * List of Brisbane Broncos records
 * List of Canberra Raiders records
 * List of Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs records
 * List of Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks records
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Blue Peter Summer Expedition

The Blue Peter Summer Expedition was a yearly tradition in which the presenters of the BBC children's TV programme Blue Peter go to a foreign country and experience the culture and film special reports from that country, which are broadcast over several weeks in September and October. The first expedition was in 1965 and they have gone somewhere every year after that, apart from 1986 and 2011.

The Summer Expedition was traditionally announced on the last programme of the series which is usually towards the end of June. From 1971, the highlights of the expedition were shown as special programmes the following summer under the title Blue Peter Flies The World.

In 2012, with the series being broadcast all year round, the summer expedition was changed. It has been renamed the "Blue Peter Road Trip" and had purpose for going to a country(s). For the 2012 road trip, the presenters visited Poland and Ukraine because of the Euro 2012 games. The road trip was filmed over the course of one or two weeks. These would then be made as films for the live show and special programmes as usual. The expedition was abandoned after 2012.

To date, the Blue Peter team has visited the following countries:

 * 1965 – Norway
 * 1966 – Singapore and Borneo (without John Noakes)
 * 1967 – Jamaica and New York City
 * 1968 – Morocco
 * 1969 – Ceylon
 * 1970 – Mexico
 * 1971 – Iceland, Norway and Denmark
 * 1972 – Fiji, Tonga and San Francisco
 * 1973 – Ivory Coast
 * 1974 – Thailand
 * 1975 – Turkey
 * 1976 – Brunei
 * 1977 – Brazil
 * 1978 – United States
 * 1979 – Egypt
 * 1980 – Malaysia
 * 1981 – Japan
 * 1982 – Canada
 * 1983 – Sri Lanka
 * 1984 – Kenya
 * 1985 – Australia
 * 1986 – no trip, due to budget cuts
 * 1987 – Soviet Union
 * 1988 – West Coast of the United States (without Mark Curry)
 * 1989 – Zimbabwe
 * 1990 – The Caribbean
 * 1991 – Japan (without Yvette Fielding)
 * 1992 – Hungary with Anthea Turner, and New Zealand with Yvette Fielding
 * 1993 – Argentina (without John Leslie)
 * 1994 – New England, United States
 * 1995 – South Africa
 * 1996 – Hong Kong and China
 * 1997 – Canada
 * 1998 – Mexico
 * 1999 – Australia
 * 2000 – Spain
 * 2001 – Vietnam
 * 2002 – Morocco
 * 2003 – Brazil
 * 2004 – India
 * 2005 – Japan (without Liz Barker)
 * 2006 – Southern United States
 * 2007 – Bolivia
 * 2008 – Alaska (with new presenters)
 * 2009 – Turkey
 * 2010 – Italy
 * 2011 – no Summer Expedition, due to move to Salford
 * 2012 – Poland and Ukraine

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