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Some baklava for you!

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The Barbie Real World map controversy
Could you come to the Barbie (film) article and look into the #Nine-dash line controversy section? JSH-alive/talk/cont/mail 08:27, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
 * It looked OK to me. do you have a specific concern? Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 10:12, 22 July 2023 (UTC)
 * I honestly don't know. I just wanted you to check if there's any bias or error in phrasing, quotation, etc.. JSH-alive/talk/cont/mail 10:48, 22 July 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – August 2023
News and updates for administrators from the past month (July 2023).

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 08:55, 8 August 2023 (UTC)

A beer for you!

 * A bit early in my day -- I just finished breakfast. I'll enjoy it later. Thanks. Wtmitchell  (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 09:37, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

Date sensitive information
Would this work ? Vacosea (talk) 18:48, 29 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Looks good to me. An editor with source-supported updated info could notice this and update it easily, Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 11:16, 30 August 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – September 2023
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 09:22, 1 September 2023 (UTC)

Wilkins Coffee moved to draftspace
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Administrators' newsletter – November 2023
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Administrators' newsletter – December 2023
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 15:55, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Full Metal Jacket links need to be changed to feature (film)
The redirect Full Metal Jacket should redirect to the disambiguation page. Existing links in articles needs to be changed. Blockhaj (talk) 12:09, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't understand why we are going back and forth about this, but here's what appears to have happened; see here:

 * 1) You created a new redirect named Full Metal Jacket redirecting to the Full Metal Jacket (movie) article
 * 2) You then changed the redirect target to Full metal jacket
 * 3) I reverted that
 * 4) You unreverted back to the error
 * 5) I un-unreverted

 * Wikilink references in various WP articles are a separate issue. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 12:44, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
 * What error? I moved the article "Full Metal Jacket" to "Full Metal Jacket (movie)" so that page name can be redirected to the disambiguation page full metal jacket, which covers both spellings. Previously the movie article sat at "Full Metal Jacket" with "full metal jacket" redirecting to it. That is erronous since the name can refer to several things, especially the ammunition from which the movie got its name. Blockhaj (talk) 13:30, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
 * Blockhaj, besides the above, the move was undiscussed. You broke many many links with the move. Please establish consensus with a requested move discussion. older ≠ wiser 15:48, 30 December 2023 (UTC)
 * I agree that this needs to be worked out by editorial consensus. I took a quick look at how the articles are currently disambiguated and it looks OK to me except that I would add to the Full Metal Jacket Diary article. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 23:43, 30 December 2023 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – January 2024
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CS1 error on Philippine Military Academy
Hello, I'm Qwerfjkl (bot). I have automatically detected that this edit performed by you, on the page Philippine Military Academy, may have introduced referencing errors. They are as follows: Please check this page and fix the errors highlighted. If you think this is a false positive, you can [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?action=edit&preload=User:Qwerfjkl/Botpreload&editintro=User:Qwerfjkl/boteditintro&minor=&title=User_talk:Qwerfjkl&preloadtitle=Qwerfjkl%20(bot)%20–%20Wtmitchell&section=new&preloadparams%5b%5d=&preloadparams%5b%5d=1197608887 report it to my operator]. Thanks, Qwerfjkl (bot) (talk) 06:40, 21 January 2024 (UTC)
 * A "missing title" error. References show this error when they do not have a title. Please edit the article to add the appropriate title parameter to the reference. ([//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philippine_Military_Academy&action=edit&minor=minor&summary=Fixing+reference+error+raised+by+%5B%5BUser%3AQwerfjkl%20(bot)%7CQwerfjkl%20(bot)%5D%5D Fix] | [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Help_desk&action=edit&section=new&preload=User:Qwerfjkl%20(bot)/helpform&preloadtitle=Referencing%20errors%20on%20%5B%5BSpecial%3ADiff%2F1197608887%7CPhilippine%20Military%20Academy%5D%5D Ask for help])
 * Checked. I just ref-ized a source citation already present, assuming good faith. It may or may not be verifiable, but I am not able to check that. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 22:44, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

Spanish-American War
Hi, I'm Hannahlouise5678 (talk) 11:56, 25 January 2024 (UTC). In the article - The Spanish-American War, you marked a citation as FV in the section - 'aftermath in acquired territories.' I've just double-checked the reference and quote, and it is referenced correctly.

Also, in your comment you mentioned POV OR, would you be able to comment further on which aspects of the edit that refers to, I would like to alter the section if it doesn't have neutrality. Thank you! Hannahlouise5678 (talk) 11:56, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

 * Hi. Thanks for pointing that out. Placing the fv tag was a clear error on my part; I've removed it. I had checked the source and I don't know how I missed seeing that the snippet quoted is in there. That quote states a 2008 characterization by the author of the source cited, Sam Erman. I don't recognize that name, but I'm not an academic. In any case, I don't know if his characterization is reliable enough to support framing it as fact that those words marked the legislation mentioned. That sort of thing is common in WP, but it seems POVish and ORish to me. I didn't do any research on this, but I suspect that there might be other published sources of comparable reliability and significance but with with differing viewpoints. Perhaps a bit of research is in order in the interests of WP:DUE. Wtmitchell  (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 13:08, 25 January 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – February 2024
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Administrators' newsletter – March 2024
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Administrators' newsletter – April 2024
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:48, 1 April 2024 (UTC)

New legal article
I have finished enough of Consciousness of guilt (legal) to go public with it. Further development and improvement will be appreciated. -- Valjean (talk) ( PING me ) 19:27, 2 April 2024 (UTC)

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Rewording that fails logic
Hi Wtmichell, see if you agree with my edit here. I believe your wording here was clear and corresponds to the intent of the statement. It was changed here, now it makes no sense as legality is a state of. Wjereas laws make provision for penalties, the legality of an act can at most make references to such attendant penalties. [FWIIW, the account that made the change is blocked for disruptive editing] Rui ''Gabriel'' Correia (talk) 10:10, 16 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I have no problem with that. Thanks for asking. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 11:26, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – May 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (April 2024).

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 * Phase I of the 2024 requests for adminship review has concluded. Several proposals have passed outright and will proceed to implementation, including creating a discussion-only period (3b) and administrator elections (13) on a trial basis. Other successful proposals, such as creating a reminder of civility norms (2), will undergo further refinement in Phase II. Proposals passed on a trial basis will be discussed in Phase II, after their trials conclude. Further details on specific proposals can be found in the full report.

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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 17:25, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

Your draft article, Draft:Wilkins Coffee

Hello, Wtmitchell. It has been over six months since you last edited the Articles for Creation submission or draft page you started, "Wilkins Coffee".

In accordance with our policy that Wikipedia is not for the indefinite hosting of material, the draft has been deleted. When you plan on working on it further and you wish to retrieve it, you can request its undeletion. An administrator will, in most cases, restore the submission so you can continue to work on it.

Thank you for your submission to Wikipedia, and happy editing. Liz Read! Talk! 23:32, 2 May 2024 (UTC)

List of sovereign states by date of formation
As you can see in my edits, the "clarifying quotation" was retained in both cites as seen here The sovereignty of a State is co-extensive with its territorial limits — and here (quotation retained). What you did was introduce a citation error back into the article seen here (that I had fixed}, and duplicated the same ref again as seen here - ref 19 and here - ref 108 (that I had fixed} (with the same quotation you claimed I removed). In the future, please be more careful when reverting valid edits. Thanks. Isaidnoway (talk) 23:11, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
 * I walked thru the versions.

I: clearly missed seeing that the quote at issue was present in the re-used cite. My error. However, on taking this fresh look at this, I question the appropriateness of that quotation in a citation asserting (in the other ref to that cite) that the date of the latest territorial change of the Philippines was 2012. Offhand, I think not -- but that is an entirely separate issue. I may bring that up separately on the article talk page. Thank you for your cleanup work, and I apologize for havig gotten in the way of that with a ham-handed edit. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 02:06, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
 * This one had a maint/error reading.
 * In this one, you cleaned that up by re-using another cite.

Administrators' newsletter – June 2024
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Archive Sent by MediaWiki message delivery (talk) 16:45, 5 June 2024 (UTC)

First Philippine Republic
I think i have sorted the First Philippine Republic formatting issue now, by moving the notelist out of the List of cabinets of the Philippines article. Can you see if it affects any other related articles? Matilda Maniac (talk) 01:44, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
 * I don't think any other articles are involved. I introduced all this complication long ago in an attempt to avoid having two separately-maintained tables that could bbe counted on to get out of sync. It's been a headache ever since. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 02:03, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
 * there are different ways to transclude sections, and they appear all the time on soccer tournament articles to maintain information to be in sync. Transclusion is my friend ! Matilda Maniac (talk) 05:58, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

List of cabinets of the Philippines sandbox
Hello, did you intend List of cabinets of the Philippines sandbox to be created in main space? Wikishovel (talk) 04:56, 16 June 2024 (UTC)
 * no. my error. I'll remove it. Thanks. Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 08:51, 16 June 2024 (UTC)

Administrators' newsletter – July 2024
News and updates for administrators from the past month (June 2024).

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Senior Wikipedians
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Re: the text "granted independence on July 4, 1946 by the Treaty of Manila", MOS:YEAR shows that for mdy-formatted dates like involved here, "A comma follows the year unless other punctuation obviates it." AWB typos correct this accordingly, and anyone using AWB to fix typos will come across this and fix it again. To be clear, I'm not blaming AWB - I'm saying AWB is correct per guidelines and I take responsibility for the correct typo fix I made with it. This is not a big deal for the time-being, but I hope you will revert the revert. Stefen Towers among the rest!  Gab • Gruntwerk 16:07, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
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Talk:Psynergy

why is this here? who cares about some plot element from a B video game for game boy advance? delete now!
 * The whole idea of Wikipedia is a comprehensive encyclopedia. If someone wants to know something, here it is. For completeness, that's why it's here. -Platypus Man 02:39, 27 August 2005 (UTC)
 * THANK you! That is why I put it here!  If I wanted to, I would have been even more comprehensive and added who learned what Psynergy when, and any ways that it changes.  But I didn't want to be too heavy with it, and since there are other sites for that, I didn't give it.  MasterXiam 06:44, August 29, 2005 (UTC)

 * Uh, I'm going to have this page fully rewritten along with the Weyard page, just like I've been editing the three main Golden Sun pages the past couple months, so I think everything will end up fine. Erik the Appreciator 18:05, 27 April 2006 (UTC)

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Brian Keenan (musician, born 1943)

Brian Edmund Peter Keenan (January 28, 1943 – October 5, 1985) was an American musician, best known as the drummer for the Chambers Brothers. Born in New York, he also lived in Conisbrough near Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, and Ireland as a child.

Background
Keenan was part of the Chambers Brothers from 1965 to 1971, and also played with the pre-"Doo Wah Diddy Diddy" Manfred Mann group in England. His own group was the house band at Ondine, the first discotheque in New York City.

Career
After playing briefly with Manfred Mann, Keenan returned to New York in the mid-1960s. Prior to joining The Chambers Brothers, Keenan was a member of the Ondine night club house band, The Losers which was formed around 1965. Referred to as a funky blues rock pop band, the group is said to have been made up pf Joe Nessor (bass and vocal), Tony Sal (Guitar and vocal), Brian Keenan (drums) and a guitarist possibly called Russell. The group is referred to as Reunion in a Chicago Tribune article.

The Chambers Brothers
In 1966 at age 21, he joined The Chambers Brothers.

Bill Graham, the impresario behind the Fillmore West and the Fillmore East, felt that Brian was an exciting live rock drummer. The few times the Chambers Brothers were not top-billed (not the main act that night) with Brian on drums, the top-billed group was reluctant to follow them because they were intimidated by the Chambers Brothers with Keenan on drums. The Brothers affectionately referred to Brian as Curley and introduced him onstage as Brian "Chambers" Keenan. The Chambers Brothers predated Sly and the Family Stone as harbingers of psychedelic soul. Keenan also wrote one of its early songs, "Love Me Like the Rain," which appeared on the Shout album. Keenan left the group in 1971 after major financial abuses by the group's management were unresolved.

Later years
He started up his own recording studio in Connecticut.

Death and legacy
Keenan suffered a fatal heart attack on October 5, 1985, at age 42. Keenan is buried at Queen of Peace cemetery in Stamford, Connecticut. He leaves one child, a daughter, also a drummer.

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Talk:Syracuse, Indiana

Removed "idylic"
I removed the term idylic from the article as it is POV by nature. Some there might have a different view. Noles1984 18:08, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

High school football & swim team
The sentence:: "Wawasee High School is known for its stellar 2006 high school football team, and the ever impressive Wawasee Warrior swim team". This has a specific POV. "Stellar" and "ever impressive" removed and subject moved to page bottom after info on schools. Noles1984 16:21, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

Is the towns leaders going to upgrade the playground at lakeside park, on Syracuse lake?
So This question has been on every kid's mind, who comes here to lakeside park, but when will it happen? what will the cost be? Is it safe? This is something that could change the minds of parents, this could make parents want to bring their child to lakeside park. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Wawasee124 (talk • contribs) 18:18, 3 November 2021 (UTC)

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Pilot (Gilmore Girls)

"Pilot" is the pilot episode of the American comedy-drama series Gilmore Girls. It originally aired on the WB in the United States on October 5, 2000. The episode was written by series creator Amy Sherman-Palladino and directed by Lesli Linka Glatter.

The pilot episode introduces the two main characters, Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, as well as Lorelai's parents and residents of the fictional town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut. After Rory is accepted to the prestigious Chilton Preparatory School, Lorelai is forced to go to her wealthy parents for financial assistance. Her parents happily loan their daughter the money in exchange for an end to the estrangement and a family dinner every Friday night. Unfortunately, things hit a snag when a cute new transfer student flirts with Rory, leading the younger Gilmore to wonder whether leaving Stars Hollow High is really what she wants.

Plot
The show begins with shots introducing the fictional town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, home of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore. Lorelai is a 32-year-old single mother who is so close to her 15-year-old daughter, Rory, that many people mistake them for sisters. The show opens at the local diner Luke's, run by Luke Danes, where the girls go every morning. Lorelai has a special relationship with the owner and an addiction to caffeine. She squares off with the owner on a daily basis over just how much coffee she's allowed to have. While getting coffee, an unsuspecting male hits on both of the Gilmore girls, separately. This displays some of the quirky problems the Gilmore girls have. Clearly, there are hazards in being a mother and daughter pair so close in age.

Next, the scene shifts to Lorelai working at the Independence Inn. There's Michel Gerard, a rude French man who runs the front desk, an unbelievably sassy harp player, and Sookie St. James, the chef. Meanwhile, we find out that Rory is the kind of girl who is more interested in academic pursuits and reading Gustave Flaubert's novel Madame Bovary, than worrying about clothes and boys. But unbeknownst to Rory there is a new guy in town, and he has his eyes set on her. Rory and her best friend, Lane Kim hang out after school and discuss an upcoming teen hayride. Rory wouldn't be caught dead at the event, but Lane has strict parents who are trying to set her up with the son of a business colleague.

The real story is that Rory hears she has been accepted to the exclusive prep school Chilton, which typically means guaranteed admission to Harvard. Rory is psyched, but Lorelai gets a rude awakening: the school wants a pricey enrollment fee in addition to first semester's tuition. And they want it pronto. Lorelai doesn't have the money, but can't bear the thought of disappointing her daughter. The only thing left for her to do is ask her wealthy parents. But that's not such an easy task since Lorelai's relationship with her parents is beyond strained. As a teenager, Lorelai didn't exactly fulfill her parents' high expectations. Lorelai does indeed end up asking her parents for money, where she receives quite the chilly reception. When she asks for the money, they agree, since it is really for Rory, but have one minor condition. Lorelai's mother, Emily, demands that she get to see her daughter and granddaughter once a week. That means dinner every Friday night. Lorelai hesitates, but agrees.

At school, Rory is explaining to Lane about Chilton when she bumps into Dean Forester, the new kid from Chicago who has been eyeing Rory. They talk and Rory begins to really like Dean. Just how hard she falls for him isn't revealed until later when she tells her mom that she doesn't want to go to Chilton anymore. Lorelai is confused and astounded, but Rory doesn't back down. When the truth comes out, Lorelai flips out and says she will not allow her daughter to throw her life away for some random guy. Rory is going to Chilton whether she wants to or not.

When the Gilmore girls go to the grandparents' house for dinner, the whole night turns into a big disaster. Lorelai's father starts talking about Rory's dad, Christopher, and all the success he has had with his Internet startup in California. This causes Lorelai to have a mini-breakdown. She and Emily end up fighting in the kitchen, and Rory overhears every word... including the part about paying for Chilton. When it's all over, Rory recognizes her mom's bravery and agrees to go to Chilton. The episode ends with the Gilmore Girls sitting in Luke's diner talking.

Development
The pilot episode received financial support from the script development fund of the Family Friendly Programming Forum, which includes some of the nation's leading advertisers, making it one of the first network shows to reach the air with such funding.

Luke Danes, portrayed by Scott Patterson was initially supposed to be a woman in the pilot's original script. Additionally, several minor characters such as Judy Tolan and Mrs. Langworthy were cut from the original script and multiple scenes were switched around or merged.

Featured music included "There She Goes" by The La's, "I Try" by Macy Gray, "Where the Colors Don't Go" by Sam Phillips, "My Little Corner of the World" by Yo La Tengo, "Wendy" by Wesley Yang & Gavin McNett, "Ballet Waltz #3" by Herman Beeftink, and "Heartland" by George Strait.

Filming
The pilot was shot in Unionville, Ontario near Toronto while the rest of the series was filmed in Burbank, California at the Warner Bros. lot.

Unaired pilot
The series was approved though the original pilot never aired, and continued the same story with some changes to the main cast. In the "Unaired pilot", the character Sookie St. James was played by Alex Borstein and the character of Dean Forester was played by Nathan Wetherington. Alex Borstein's MADtv contract prevented her from continuing in the role, which was recast with Melissa McCarthy. Borstein made recurring appearances on Gilmore Girls throughout the show's run, first as the harpist Drella, then as Miss Celine and Doris.

Reception
On the original airing of this episode, Gilmore Girls set network records for its time period in women 18-34 (2.9/9), women 18-49 (2.7/8) and households (3.5/6). It also tied the network mark for its timeslot in adults 18-34 (2.2/7).

While rewatching the series, David Sims of The A.V. Club called it "a pretty strong piece of television". He concluded his review, writing: "The pilot just gives us the basics, but this heady poultice is already brewing away."

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Lake versus Town
It may be useful to distinguish the Town of Winona Lake from the lake of the same name. The actual lake does not lie completely within the town; it is partially within the boundaries of Warsaw, IN. GutMaze (talk) 20:27, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

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Norman C. Fletcher

Norman Collings Fletcher (December 8, 1917 – May 31, 2007) was an American architect who was a co-founder and partner of the architectural firm The Architects Collaborative (TAC), working there from 1945 until the firm's demise in 1995. His wife was Jean B. Fletcher.

Fletcher was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He attended the Yale School of Architecture in 1940, and in the same year joined the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards. In 1943, he worked for the firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill until leaving them in 1944 to work for another firm, Saarinen, Swanson, & Associates. In 1945, he joined forces with Walter Gropius and several other architects to establish The Architects Collaborative (TAC). He and Gropius worked on many projects together, notably the Boston Back Bay Center (1953) and Hua Tung University (1948). Neither project was ever built.

From 1963 to 1965, he was the vice president of the Boston Society of Architects. In 1970, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member, and became a full Academician in 1994.

Norman Fletcher lived in a residential development called Six Moon Hill in Lexington, Massachusetts, which was designed by TAC.

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Chapel of the Holy Cross (Sedona, Arizona)

The Chapel of the Holy Cross is a Roman Catholic chapel built from 1954 to 1956 into the red rock buttes of Sedona, Arizona, within the Coconino National Forest. It was inspired and commissioned by local rancher and sculptor Marguerite Brunswig Staude, and was designed by August K. Strotz of the firm of Anshen & Allen, with Richard Hein of the firm as the project architect. The chapel is under the auspices of the episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix and its ministry is conducted by St. John Vianney Parish, Sedona.

The chapel was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.

History
The chapel was inspired and commissioned by local rancher and sculptor Marguerite Brunswig Staude, who had been inspired in 1932 by the newly constructed Empire State Building to build such a church. After an attempt to do so in Budapest, Hungary – with the help of Lloyd Wright, son of architect Frank Lloyd Wright – was abandoned due to the outbreak of World War II, she decided to build the church in her native region.

The chapel's design is by architect August K. Strotz, and the project architect was Richard Hein, both of the Anshen & Allen firm. The chapel is built on Coconino National Forest land; Senator Barry Goldwater assisted Staude in obtaining a special-use permit. The construction supervisor was Fred Coukos of the William Simpson Construction Company, who built the chapel in 18 months at a cost of $300,000. Upwards of 25 tons of rock was moved without the use of dynamite. The chapel was completed in 1956.

The American Institute of Architects gave the Chapel its Award of Honor in 1957. In the sculptor's words, "Though Catholic in faith, as a work of art the Chapel has a universal appeal. Its doors will ever be open to one and all, regardless of creed, that God may come to life in the souls of all men and be a living reality."

In 2007, Arizonans voted the chapel to be one of the Seven Man-Made Wonders of Arizona.

Architectural features
Upon arrival, visitors walk up a ramp from the parking area to the chapel. The long, curved ramp is constructed of textured concrete.

The main feature of the chapel is a 90 ft (27.4 m) tall iron cross on the southwestern wall, which serves both aesthetic and structural purposes. Staude was inspired by the powerful image of the steel framework in the Empire State Building and other skyscrapers. Her idea for the cross was carried out by sculptor Keith Monroe, from San Francisco. The cross holds both the altar and Corpus on the interior.

The walls and cross are constructed with reinforced coarse-aggregate concrete, 1 foot (0.3 m) in thickness. Inside and out, the walls were sandblasted to unveil the textured aggregate. To reduce glare, smokey-gray-colored glass is utilized at the two ends of the chapel. The floor is made of concrete, which is trowel-finished. The front doors are constructed of aluminum with horn-shaped handles.

The effect of the materials pallet combined with the simple angled shapes in the chapel creates an impression of grandeur and strength. This is fitting, as it sits at the base of a 1,500 ft (457.2 m) cliff and is surrounded by massive pieces of sandstone.

The chapel seats up to 150 people. The confessional, office, two sacristies, and services are located in the basement of the building.


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The result of the debate was SPEEDY DELETE. Rje 01:47, August 23, 2005 (UTC)

Ed Wither
Only one result on Google. The article isn't even a complete sentence. Acetic Acid 00:12, August 23, 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete - as above. --PhilipO 00:14, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable - I can't even seem to get one Google result. --Kwekubo 00:15, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy Delete, Likely Hoax. Aranda56 20.47ET 22 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy. "Very short article providing little or no context" and "An article about a real person that does not assert that person's importance or significance" Pburka 00:52, August 23, 2005 (UTC)
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Correct capitalization/spelling LaGrange County vs. Town of Lagrange?
I have been told they are spelled differently. 50.83.79.154 (talk) 16:22, 16 January 2022 (UTC)

prehistoric graveyard found in 1882
Mentioned in a video: "Indiana's Mysterious Mounds" On Soloman Hendrick's farm, in a 30 foot high mound was found a large number of "tall" skeletons, and ivory beads. 71.32.82.105 (talk) 16:11, 5 February 2023 (UTC)

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Talk:Shipshewana, Indiana

Copyright violations
I deleted the sections associated with these notes because they were pasted in wholesale and appear to be copyright violations.

 * (This article is a condensed version of one written by Rachel Murray Celmer in a Centennial book entitled A PATCHWORK SAMPLER edited by Julie Wolfe, 1989.)

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 * (From an article written by George Curtis in A PATCHWORK SAMPLER edited by Julie Wolfe; additional historical notes from an article in the 1936 edition of THE MIDDLEBURY INDEPENDENT.)

Please do not add copyrighted material. Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia where all the material must be free for others to use. It is okay to summarize or (completely) rewrite such material, provided you have multiple sources, but in such cases, no special attribution is needed (it has become your own work).

However, if this material was completely rewritten and summarized from multiple sources, please feel free to-add it (with a note to that effect here) and with the sources noted at the bottom of the article in a separate "References" section. --Tysto 20:11, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Points of interest
Does this article really need to list nearly 50 "points of interest"? That's 1 point of interest for every 11 members of the community. --Tysto 20:11, 5 January 2006 (UTC)

Re: Copyright Violations
Although it may indeed "appear" to you that the articles you deleted are copyright violations, they in fact are not. Julie Wolfe lives across the street from me, in Shipshewana, and gave her full permission to use the text, with or without credit to her. I included the history for the benefit of local students researching their home town, and included the credit to Julie out of courtesy. She taught locally here for decades, and continues to contribute in whatever way she can. However, I won't squabble with you on the point. By the way, nice pictures on your profile Tysto. Saw many of them at Betterphoto.com too.

Weirdness in the demographics
"A popular and extremely good looking group of juvenile delinquents, known as Shipshe Rattz to the local police force, terrorized the town between the years of 1998 and 2003 and made up roughly 2.28% (U.S. Census) of the populace."

Isn't this a potential NPOV violation? After all, "extremely good looking" is something of a value judgment. Also, I find it strange that a "popular and extremely good looking group" would terrorize anyone. Terrorizing people is a good way to get unpopular very quickly.

Google finds one mention of the "Shipshe Rattz", and it's the one in this article. Are there any newspaper or book sources?

Livin Lite rv
Does somebody have something against Livin Lite RV? It is based there isn't it?

It keeps getting deleted.

Isn't KZ there too?--Utahredrock (talk) 03:40, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

 * You need to provide references to show the content you wish to add is relevant to the subject of this article. Per pillar policy, Wikipedia is not a directory. Do you want to create a section, referenced to reliable secondary sources, on the economy in this town? Perhaps there you could list this company along  with the other major employers in the community. John from Idegon (talk) 04:02, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

Unsourced and promotional sounding content
I just removed lots of unsourced promotional sounding content from the article. It might be acceptable to re-add some of this, but external links to the websites of non-Wikipedia notable events or companies should not be embedded into the article body per WP:CS and WP:EL. The article is not intended to be a travel guide or PR guide for the town, so if someone's going to add content like "Shipshewana is perhaps most famous for its Miscellaneous and Antique Auction, held every Wednesday throughout the year" then a citation to a reliable source is needed for verification purposes and the content should be presented in a more encyclopedic manner and not a blurb-like fashion. Same for all of the festivals that were listed as annual cultural events. Lots of municipalities have festivals but whether they are worth encyclopedically relevant per WP:NOTEVERYTHING is a different matter. Same goes for parks and recreation facilities; lots of municipalities have park systems, soccer fields, baseball/softball diamonds, etc.

Promotional speak such as "Welcoming over 1 million visitors per year to the various attractions. Shipshewana is also a large producer of handcrafted Amish furniture. Amish furniture is noted for its durability, solid wood construction and simple elegance." might be fine for the town's website, but it's not really OK for a Wikipedia article written about the town. If, however, citations can be provided in support of the town being a "large producer of Amish furniture" then a more neutrally word statement perhaps supported by actual numbers/percentages, etc. probably can be re-added to the section. -- Marchjuly (talk) 05:43, 6 February 2018 (UTC)

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