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2006 United States Senate election in Vermont

The 2006 United States Senate election in Vermont was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent independent Senator Jim Jeffords decided to retire rather than seek reelection to a fourth term, and Bernie Sanders was elected to succeed him.

Sanders, who represented Vermont's at-large House district as an independent, won the Democratic primary, and then dropped out to run as an independent. Many Democratic politicians across the country endorsed him, and no Democrat was on the ballot. The state committee of the Vermont Democratic Party voted unanimously to endorse Sanders.

Sanders won the seat with 65% of the vote. His win marked the first Republican loss since 1856, decisively ending the longest single-party Senate winning streak in history.

Democratic primary
After Jeffords retired, there was brief speculation that DNC chair Howard Dean, a former governor and 2004 presidential candidate, would run for Senate. After Dean quickly issued a statement that he would not run, independent Representative Bernie Sanders became the subject of media attention, and ultimately entered and won the race.

Declared

 * Larry Drown, retired plumber and perennial candidate
 * Peter D. Moss, retired chemical engineer
 * Louis W. Thabault, former postal worker
 * Bernie Sanders, U.S. Representative and Liberty Union nominee for U.S. Senate in 1972

Declined

 * Howard Dean, former Governor of Vermont, chair of the Democratic National Committee
 * Doug Racine, former Lieutenant Governor of Vermont

Results
Sanders won the Democratic primary, but declined the nomination, leaving no Democratic nominee on the ballot. This victory ensured that no Democrat would appear on the general election ballot to split the vote with Sanders, an ally of the Democrats who had been supported by leaders in the Democratic Party.

Republican primary
National Republicans pressured Lieutenant Governor Brian Dubie to enter the race, and he formed an exploratory committee to do so, but the committee raised little money and Dubie opted not to run. Governor Jim Douglas also declined to run.

Businessman Richard Tarrant announced his campaign in October 2005. Tarrant largely self-funded his campaign, and frequently denounced political partisanship.

Candidates

 * Cris Ericson, perennial candidate and marijuana legalization activist
 * Greg Parke, retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel and nominee for VT-AL in 2004
 * Richard Tarrant, businessman

Declined

 * Jim Douglas, governor of Vermont
 * Brian Dubie, lieutenant governor of Vermont

Candidates

 * Peter Diamondstone (Liberty Union), socialist activist and perennial candidate
 * Cris Ericson (Independent)
 * Craig Hill (Green), electronics marketer
 * Peter Moss (Independent)
 * Bernie Sanders (Independent), U.S. Representative from VT-AL
 * Richard Tarrant (Republican), businessman

Campaign
In mid-August 2006, the campaign heated up considerably, with Tarrant fully engaged in heavy media advertising, most of which criticized Sanders's public stances. Tarrant ran several ads accusing Sanders of representing himself differently from his voting record in the House of Representatives, citing such examples as Sanders's votes against Amber Alert and against increased penalties for child pornography. Sanders responded with an ad stating that Tarrant's claims were "dishonest" and "distort my record", and presented what he viewed as more accurate explanations of his voting record.

Tarrant also claimed that Sanders's election would lead to an exodus of businesses from Vermont. Sanders based his campaign on a well-tested message of fixing economic inequality, and ran a positive campaign that took advantage of his high name recognition in the state.

Fund-raising
The election was the most expensive political campaign in Vermont history.

Tarrant was a self-funded candidate, with 98% of all his campaign expenditures coming from personal sources. He spent $7,315,854 total. Sanders' top contributors include the plaintiffs' law firm Baron & Budd; the International Union of Operating Engineers; the Laborers' International Union of North America; and the Communication Workers of America. Sanders raised $5,554,466 total. In total, Tarrant and Sanders spent $13,771,060. Tarrant spent $85 per vote, the largest cost per vote of any race in the country during 2006, while Sanders spent $34 per vote.

Results
Official results from the Vermont United States Senate. Sanders won a majority of the votes in every county in the state, with 57% as his lowest county total.

Counties that flipped from Republican to Independent

 * Addison (largest municipality: Middlebury)
 * Bennington (largest municipality: Bennington)
 * Caledonia (Largest city: St. Johnsbury)
 * Chittenden (largest municipality: Burlington)
 * Essex (Largest city: Lunenburg)
 * Franklin (largest municipality: St. Albans)
 * Grand Isle (largest municipality: Alburgh)
 * Lamoille (largest municipality: Morristown)
 * Orange (Largest city: Randolph)
 * Orleans (Largest city: Derby)
 * Rutland (largest municipality: Rutland)
 * Washington (largest municipality: Barre)
 * Windham (largest municipality: Brattleboro)
 * Windsor (largest municipality: Hartford)


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Jeff Strasser

Jeff Strasser (born 5 October 1974) is a Luxembourgish former professional football player and the current manager of Progrès Niederkorn.

Club career
As one of the rare successful professional footballers from Luxembourg, Strasser has made a fairly successful career in French and German first divisions. After playing for French side FC Metz in Ligue 1 between 1993 and 1999, he moved to German Bundesliga side 1. FC Kaiserslautern and spent three seasons with the club before leaving it for Borussia Mönchengladbach in 2002. With the two German clubs, he spent seven seasons in Bundesliga and was a regular in each of the seven seasons, making a total of 194 appearances and scoring 10 goals in the league.

In August 2006, he moved to French Ligue 2 side RC Strasbourg. On 31 July 2007, he signed a two-year contract with FC Metz and was released after his contract ended on 30 June 2009, On 17 July 2009, he returned to Luxembourg on 17 July 2009, signing a two-year contract with CS Fola Esch. However, the move only lasted 17 days before Strasser moved to Grasshopper, signing a one-year contract on 15 August 2009.

International career
Strasser made his debut for Luxembourg in an October 1993 World Cup qualification match against Greece. He scored seven goals over 98 appearances for Luxembourg. He played in 29 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. He took over from Carlo Weis as most-capped Luxembourg men's football player in November 2008, until Mario Mutsch earned his 99th cap in September 2018.

Managerial career
On 17 May 2010, he was appointed as youth manager of CS Fola Esch. On 4 December 2010, he was promoted to the Fola Esch senior team, managing briefly in November 2010 along with Cyril Serredszum, who later took on the job alone. Strasser took the job permanently himself in 2012, taking Fola Esch to their first wins in the UEFA Europa League before leaving in 2017 to take over 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

On 24 January 2018, in a game against SV Darmstadt 98, Strasser was rushed to hospital after suffering a medical emergency at half-time. Reports in German media claimed that Strasser had suffered a heart attack and the game was immediately abandoned. A week later, it was announced that due to ongoing health problems, Strasser will no longer be active as manager for 1. FC Kaiserslautern.

On 16 August 2018, it was announced that Strasser had returned to manage Fola Esch.

International goals

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Managerial statistics
As of 3 August 2023.

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Talk:John Hostettler

POV
Ok, this article is biased against the Representative in a major way. The lede needs to be rewritten to tell more about the Representative himself, instead of indicating that he might not be reelected. His political career needs to be expanded and separated - right now its part stance, part career, but mostly only about his 1994 election. 24.22.5.172 01:20, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

 * I've removed the POV tag after revising the article to include more info (from the AP profile) and various other copyedits. If you want to put it back, please be SPECIFIC about examples of POV text. John Broughton 17:43, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

 * There appears to be a concerted effort to retain POV and biased content. Editors Melbourne Star and Hullaballoo_Wolfowitz return and restore a section called "Controversies" that contains this POV and biased content. Various editors had noted since 2006 the existence of this bias but have been unable to make corrections apparently due to editors like Melbourne star and Hullabaloo Wolfwitz.  I am going to remove the "Controversies" section again and I invite anyone who disagrees with this removal to paste a comment here. I further invite Melbourne star or Hullabaloo Wolfowitz to present any argument they have for the inclusion of the "Controversies" section.  I do not believe that being "verified by reliable sources" (as alleged by Melbourne Star) overcomes the POV objection.99.117.60.126 (talk) 01:23, 19 May 2014 (UTC)

General
It seems that the last part of the article seems a little biased against the Representative. Anyone else feel this way?

 * I moderated it a little - as ineptitude goes, his isn't all that stellar. I left the title.  I'm tempted to create a "List of Dumb Things said about Canada" article and cross-reference this and a few others.

 * Frankly, he reminds me of an old Indiana/Kentucky joke...

 * More seriously, does anyone know if he signed or didn't sign the Contract with America? The text is ambiguous, and I can't find a list of signatories in a casual search.

 * Later: he did, according to Issues 2000

Henry Troup 14:32, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

 * Of course it is biased against the Representative. He is a Republican, and this is Wikipedia. Kardreader 03:53, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

Remarks on Canada
I agree that this section, including the title, seemed biased. I say that even though I: a) am Canadian; b) thought his remarks were not just ill-informed but darn-near imbecilic. So I rewrote parts to add clarifying detail and change the section title to make it more NPOV. That said, while this section is newsworthy today, I have to wonder whether six months from now it will still merit retention. Rrburke

Okay, he has no understanding of Toronto geography. I think, though, that a bit too much time is spent pointing this out; one needn't describe everything one can find in "South Toronto". --Saforrest 21:44, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

Methinks the Rt. Hon. John Hostettler might just be remembered as a no more than an ignorant biggot. --Mark Forest
 * Mr. Forest, this is not a blog. The purpose of talk pages is discuss the content of the article, not to give opinions of the subject matter.  Please remember that.  Thanks.  --rogerd 17:59, 11 June 2006 (UTC)
 * On top of what Rogerd said, note that American congressman are not entitled to the honorific "Rt. Hon.". Hell, even in Canada we reserve that for prime ministers and a select few others. --Saforrest (talk) 21:51, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

- I would note that the person who supplies the "south toronto" u of t map is grossly mistaken. It's an old map, and the term is not used in almost any other context. I live in "south toronto" and did a geog degree at said university -  No one calls it south toronto. no one. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.232.7.47 (talk) 04:36, 13 July 2012 (UTC)

Tom Delay's financial support
According to FEC records, Hostettler in 1998 returned financial support from Americans for a Republican Majority PAC. Jmoore34 03:43, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Good point. I added a sentence to the article noting that the PAC money was returned, but that the money from DeLay's congressional committee was kept. Do you know the story behind that? Why did Hostettler return one source of DeLay funds but not the other? Thanks. Propol 15:50, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Picture/Info box
Can we fit this page with a picture and an infobox?--Twintone 20:43, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

Post-election?
Does anyone have substantiated links suggesting he may be hired into a top Rose-Hulman administrative position now that he has been voted out? I have heard a few rumors of this on blogs, but nothing "legit."

Early Life
I think this is a B article, but could we please get more information about his early life? ludahai 魯大海 15:05, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

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Talk:Mike Pence

Merger proposal
I propose merging Mike Pence 2024 presidential campaign into Mike Pence and leaving behind a redirect. I think that the content in the campaign can easily be explained within the biographical article for the foreseeable future, and a merger would not cause any article-size or weighting problems in the candidate’s main article. It is not clear whether the campaign will obtain enough note down the road to warrant its own article, but it is not useful to have a stub article at this moment. I am not opposed to a future spinning-off/re-creation of the campaign article if there later becomes sufficiently more to write about the campaign, but for now I believe the stub-article on the campaign serves no use and there is not enough to expand the article beyond what is now contained in it. I am in the process of making similar requests for some other 2024 campaign articles. SecretName101 (talk) 16:07, 8 June 2023 (UTC)

 * Oppose Pence being the former running mate of the candidate who currently leads in polling for the 2024 GOP primary entails that there will be more significant coverage to be included in this article, which would justify this page being separate from the Mike Pence page. BlueShirtz (talk) 19:34, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Being a former VP or running mate does not mean your campaign is notable.
 * A footnote run by a former VP or running mate would not, and Pence has yet to show he will rise above a footnote.
 * for the same rationale, we never created (or at least don’t currently have) an article on former VP Dan Quayle's 2000 Republican run or 1972 Democratic VP nominee Sargent Shriver's 1976 campaign. SecretName101 (talk) 23:20, 8 June 2023 (UTC)
 * There is an article on the former, Dan Quayle 2000 presidential campaign. But I do see your point, but right now it's too early to see if he does or does not rise in the polls, but I'd say we should hold off on any merge talk until at least 2024 when the primaries begin. --WikiCleanerMan (talk) 02:22, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I say the opposite. We should hold off on creation until l his campaign activities can provide enough encyclopedic material to justify an article before having one for his campaign, rather than waiting until the primaries.
 * Didn’t remember there being a Quayle article though.
 * I think it is just two early at this stage for him and a lot of others to need separate campaign articles. Maybe in two months time it’ll be different. I’m just against creating campaign articles before  there is a need and simply waiting to see if one will arise. SecretName101 (talk) 03:57, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

 * Oppose, another deletion request? Pence, the former American vice-president, has and continues to receive sustained media coverage and reputably sourced support. Candidate pages for credible major party candidates are the rule rather than the exception for Wikipedia. Randy Kryn (talk) 13:19, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
 * His being a Vice President is an argument for him warranting his own article. Not every venture of his necessitating a solo article. This very well has good chances of ultimately needing one, but at the moment it is too early for one to be needed SecretName101 (talk) 22:49, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose and keep as a separate article. The campaign, as an entity, is already separately and inherently notable. There should be more coverage of these topics on Wikipedia, not less. BD2412  T 17:50, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Support, this would follow similar precedents set by Michael Bennet 2020 presidential campaign, John Hickenlooper 2020 presidential campaign, and Tim Ryan 2020 presidential campaign with the option of de-merging the article should it become necessary later down the road. --Woko Sapien (talk) 20:13, 9 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose, I think it's a little too early (he's only been running for a week now) to tell if Pence won't generate significant coverage as a presidential candidate. I'd prefer to keep the article around until voting starts. Informant16 (talk) 23:33, 11 June 2023 (UTC)
 * I agree, as I would wait until the primaries start or if Pence chooses to suspend his campaign to merge the two articles. If Pence does poorly in the primaries or suspends his campaign, then the article about his 2024 campaign would be short enough to merge with his biographical article in my opinion.
 * Pence is a former VP (significant public office) and has received significant media coverage in his 2024 campaign, so his campaign merits its own article for now. JohnAdams1800 (talk) 15:42, 1 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose I believe it's too early to consider a merge and it's only fair to consider merging once the primary season starts or when the campaign has been suspended. --2601:249:8E00:420:B93B:A3A7:4E32:53B2 (talk) 14:29, 12 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose Wait until the primaries begin or when he drops out. The article looks good enough to merit its own article in the meantime. --TDKR Chicago 101 (talk) 19:52, 13 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose I disagree with the nom; size and WP:UNDUE concerns do support having a spin-off article for the presidential campaign. If he ends up dropping out early, we can reconsider then. Walt Yoder (talk) 23:53, 15 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Not really. We don't create articles on campaigns just because they exist. We create articles on campaigns because there is a need for a dedicated article in order to cover the subject (not the case at the moment). Campaigns are not automatically entitled to articles. SecretName101 (talk) 02:58, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose the campaign is notable, there are large numbers of reliable sources that talk about it and his candidacy is routinely included in virtually every poll taken regarding the primary since he announced his candidacy.XavierGreen (talk) 19:05, 21 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Being covered reliably is reason to include coverage on wikipedia. It, however, is not always enough to necessitate a separate article. SecretName101 (talk) 02:59, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Support. Oppose . Really? The events of January 6 and the fallout from it and the ongoing effects on the Republican Party makes this campaign highly significant, regardless of how well Pence ends up doing. Wasted Time R (talk) 00:54, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
 * @Wasted Time R The January 6 attack has many articles outlining it. How does an event already covered in great depth elsewhere relate to this particular subject needing to be seperate from the main subject's biography? SecretName101 (talk) 02:56, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose. He announced his candidacy less than three weeks ago.  If the article doesn’t grow dramatically by the end of summer, I will be extremely surprised, so give it a little time.  I’m sure WTR could find a lot of interesting stuff to add right now if he wanted to waste some time at it.  I suggest we add a section on “campaign highlights” (as per Tim Scott 2024 presidential campaign) and get to work on it. Anythingyouwant (talk) 02:17, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
 * Fortunately, I'm retired from these kinds of articles. And a counterargument to what I wrote is that few people read campaign articles – consider |Nikki_Haley this comparison for Nikki Haley, for example.  Wasted Time R (talk) 11:43, 22 June 2023 (UTC)
 * @Anythingyouwant we are now a month later (and past the midpoint of the summer). The article has literally grown less than 400 bytes in the time since you said this. Does that persuade you that this article is not poised to grow at the moment, and that it can be merged without prejudice of later re-creation? SecretName101 (talk) 02:55, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
 * What could have been added to the article is that Pence revealed some awful fundraising numbers last week, see this NYT story or this ABC News piece as examples of coverage, and is in danger of not meeting the number-of-donors criteria for the first Republican debate next month. What also could have been added is Pence's appearance at the The Family Leadership Summit in Iowa, an appearance that didn't go as well as he could have hoped, see this ABC News account or this Financial Times story for instance.  Nor does he seem to be getting anywhere in New Hampshire, as this AP filing from yesterday relates.  And the headline of this WaPo story from yesterday – "Mike Pence moves from vice president to struggling 2024 longshot bid" – sums up the situation.  Pence continues to be on the wrong side of January 6 compared to much of the GOP base, not to mention being on the wrong side of Tucker Carlson, and also looks to be on the wrong side of Ukraine.  In many ways, the failure of Pence's campaign to gain much traction is Exhibit A of how much the base of the Republican Party has changed from 2015 to now.  So this campaign article could cover all of this.  Wasted Time R (talk) 11:51, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
 * @Wasted Time R Some of that is WP:NEWS (such as the leadership summit). The rest can be summarized in two or so sentences that essentially say that, in large part due to Republican sentiment towards Pence regarding January 6 and being out of step with the party on some other matters, Pence's campaign is floundering, being met with varying degrees of indifference and outright hostility from most Republican voters. SecretName101 (talk) 21:22, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Okay, on the grounds that WP would be better off with concise, well-written top-level articles rather than sprawling subarticles that nobody works on after initial creation, I've switched my !vote to support. Wasted Time R (talk) 22:04, 23 July 2023 (UTC)

 * Oppose. A merger would prevent details and nuances of the 2024 campaign to be known and seen by the public. To suggest the deletion of this page seems antithetical to the purpose of Wikipedia. Many examples of candidates with far less name recognition, polling, and note-worthiness have pages. If I had my way, there would be very little limitations of the creation of pages. I cannot stand the Wiki-Gatekeepers that use their extensive Wiki knowledge to enforce their political ideology. Any good faith person would want Wikipedia to contain as much information as possible. I cannot fathom entertaining this idea in the slightest. Pointless squabbles with hopes to limit speech is gross. I am nowhere near a fan of Mike Pence or his candidacy but to suggest that a former Vice President's presidential campaign against his former running mate and President is foolish. I feel as if this is a political attempt to undermine Pence and his campaign, which I am not a supporter of. This discussion is utterly ridiculous. KEEP THE PAGE! MrJRSmith (talk) 6:01, 30 June 2023 (UTC)
 * If you looked at the actual article we are discussing, you'd see that your concerns are misplaced. There is not content that would be lost. There is hardly any content in this article at all, in fact, hence why it is un-necessitated right now. I have no prejudice against later creating a spun-off article, but none is required right now. Please get off your soapbox and stop assigning motives to this nomination that are not present. Thank you.

 * Oppose - AFAIK, Pence is the first former US vice president to run for his party's presidential nomination, against the former US president he served under. GoodDay (talk) 05:17, 3 July 2023 (UTC)
 * A fun fact that does not evidence a current need for an article separate from Pence’s SecretName101 (talk) 04:43, 9 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose - I think it is too early to merge at this moment. It is early into his campaign and as of right now it is notable and should be left alone. Grahaml35 (talk) 12:03, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Comment I think you're premature with this proposal. You're assuming the campaign article will not expand because Pence has no chance to become President, but what if he makes up with Trump? In that case, the merge would be into a second Trump/Pence campaign article. This comment won't make much difference, since the vote was almost unanimously oppose, but I want to add that when editing politics it's never "If A, then B". There are always nonlinear outcomes possible. -- Sleyece (talk) 15:12, 16 July 2023 (UTC)
 * @Sleyece If the campaign requires more room for coverage, an article can always be created later. Articles should not be created on speculation of future need. If something needs to be spun-off, it can be spun-off. But if there is no need, there's no need.
 * There is no prejudice against re-creation if a spun-off article becomes required later.
 * However, we should only spin-off an article on this campaign if it is justified to have a separate article. SecretName101 (talk) 02:49, 23 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Oppose I feel this proposal is a bit premature. XtraJovial (talk • contribs) 01:43, 19 July 2023 (UTC)

accuracy
45th not 48th VP. Typo. 2601:587:0:DC80:DF9:1F0E:CE28:D70 (talk) 11:35, 15 July 2023 (UTC)

 * No, Pence is the 48th. Some presidents had a different VP for their second terms. See List of vice presidents of the United States. Indyguy (talk) 15:14, 15 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Some presidents have multiple, or no VP, Jefferson had 2, Madison had 2, one was Jeffersons, Jackson had 2 and 1 of them was already VP, Tyler had none, Fillmore had none, Lincoln had 2, Johnson had none, Grant had 2, Arthur had none, Cleveland had 2, McKinley had 2, FDR had 3, and Nixon had 2 2600:6C4E:F7F:4AA:3D9E:C6A8:FEFF:BD6E (talk) 20:25, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Full protection
stop vandalism on this page Popscurling (talk) 20:39, 2 August 2023 (UTC)

 * I don't see any. – Muboshgu (talk) 20:50, 2 August 2023 (UTC)
 * There may be at any time though. Popscurling (talk) 14:12, 4 November 2023 (UTC)
 * That's not how our protection policy works. – Muboshgu (talk) 21:27, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

The proposal to merge mike pence 2024 campaign in to the main mike pence page.
should now that mike pence has ended his campaign to be the GOP candidate  pence 2024 campaig be merged in to one page.n Popscurling (talk) 14:20, 4 November 2023 (UTC)

 * Support Mike Pence's presidential campaign didn't gain much traction, was suspended well before any of the caucuses & primaries, and is mainly notable for involving Pence. JohnAdams1800 (talk) 22:25, 14 January 2024 (UTC)

Chair of the House Republican Confrence
I know that from 2009-2011 he was the Chair of the HRC, and I wanted to add it but I can’t, in case this is seen by Wikimedia the ingormation is his Vice Chair was Cathy McMorris Rodgers he was preceded by Adam Putnam, and he was succeded by Jeb Hensarling 2600:6C4E:F7F:4AA:3D9E:C6A8:FEFF:BD6E (talk) 19:54, 22 November 2023 (UTC)

Pence didn't certify the 2020 election. He PRESIDED over certification.
Vice Presidents do not have the power to certify or refuse to certify electoral votes. Pence followed the law on 1/6, and his following the law made Trump mad, but Pence never had the option to do anything else (except not show up). Congress could vote to reject a state's electoral votes but the VP's role is just to stand there as the presiding officer. This is an important distinction. Leaving the description as it currently reads in the top section gives the impression that a future Vice President has the ability to make a different choice. They do not. Someone with appropriate edit access, please fix the article. Alvingreene2024 (talk) 16:16, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

 * Correct, he oversaw the certification and I updated the lead accordingly. – Muboshgu (talk) 16:29, 15 January 2024 (UTC)

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Masao Yamamoto

Masao Yamamoto (山本昌男) is a Japanese freelance photographer known for his small photographs, which seek to individualize the photographic prints as objects.

Biography
Yamamoto was born in 1957 in Gamagori City in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. He began his art studies as a painter, studying oil painting under Goro Saito in his native city. He presently uses photography to capture images evoking memories. He blurs the border between painting and photography, by experimenting with printing surfaces. He dyes, tones (with tea), paints on, and tears his photographs. His subjects include still-lives, nudes, and landscapes. He also makes installation art with his small photographs to show how each print is part of a larger reality.

Exhibitions

 * é, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR, 2005, Gallery Sincerite, Tyohashi, 2006; Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo, 2006.
 * Installations, HackelBury Fine Art, London; 2006
 * Nakazora, Galerie Camera Obscura, Paris, 2006; Nakazora Galerie Gabriel Rolt, Amsterdam, 2007; Quinzaine photographique Nantes, France, 2007.
 * Yamamoto Masao, Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milano, 2007; PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR, 2007; Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, January 2008.
 * Kawa=Flow. Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York. September–October 2008; PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR, 2009; Fifty One Fine art photography, Antwerp, Belgium, 2009; Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, January 2011.

Publications

 * ''A box of Ku, USA: Nazraeli Press, 1998.
 * Nakazora. USA: Nazraeli Press, 2001.
 * The Path of Green Leaves. One Picture Book 16. Tucson, AZ: Nazraeli Press, 2002. ISBN 9781590050484. English and Japanese.
 * Santoka. Japan: Harunatsuakifuyu sousho, 2003.
 * Omizuao. USA: Nazraeli Press, 2003.
 * Small Things in Silence. Barcelona: RM, 2014. ISBN 9788415118831. With a text by Jacobo Siruela, "Nature's messenger = El mensajero de la naturaleza". Text in English and Spanish.
 * é. USA: Nazraeli Press, 2005.
 * Fujisan. One Picture Book 48. Portland, OR: Nazraeli Press, 2008. ISBN 9781590052235. Edition of 500 copies.
 * Yamamoto Masao. Prism Series Book 1. Cape Cod, MA:: 21st Editions, 2011. With a Text and a poem by John Wood.
 * 川KAWA=Flow. Japan: Kochuten Books, 2011.
 * Where we met. Belgium: Lannoo Publishers, 2011. A collaboration with Belgian drawer and painter Arpaïs Du Bois.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/GoTAIWO.org

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The result of the debate was delete. [[smoddy ]] 19:47, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

GoTAIWO.org
Advertising, non-notable site (65 Google hits). Kurt Shaped Box 16:22, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete at least for now. Looking at the site it might be remotely notable, but I'd expect more search engine hits in that case -- Ryan Norton T 16:32, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per Ryan. Alf 13:34, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - not notable - Tεx  τ  urε  16:38, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

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Robb Quinlan

Robb William Quinlan (born March 17, 1977) is an American former Major League Baseball utility player who played first base, third base, corner outfield, catcher and designated hitter for the Anaheim Angels / Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim between 2003 and 2010.

Amateur career
A native of St. Paul, Minnesota, Quinlan attended Hill-Murray School in Maplewood, Minnesota. At Hill-Murray School he set the state and school record for consecutive time reaching base. In his junior year in 1994, Quinlan reached base 86 consecutive times, garnering praise from newspapers around the country. He was drafted by the California Angels in the 33rd round (900th overall) of the 1995 Major League Baseball draft out of high school and was offered $50, but did not sign with them. Instead, Quinlan decided to attend the University of Minnesota and graduated from there in 1999, obtaining a degree in marketing and communications.

While at Minnesota, he was selected to the Big Ten Conference All-Star team three times, in 1997, 1998, and 1999. In 1997, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League where he was named a league all-star. In 1999, he was Big Ten Conference Player of the Year after leading the conference in batting average at .416 and hits (92). Quinlan left as the Big Ten Conference's career leader in hits and Minnesota's career leader in hits, home runs, doubles, runs scored, RBI, total bases, and at-bats.

He was drafted again by the Anaheim Angels in the 10th round of the 1999 Major League Baseball draft and signed on June 10.

Minor leagues
In 1999, Quinlan played third base for the Low-A Boise Hawks making the Short-Season All-Star team and being named the Northwest League's MVP. He batted .322 with 9 home runs and 77 RBI. In 2000, he was promoted to High-A Lake Elsinore and moved to first base; he hit .317 with 85 RBI. Quinlan was promoted to Double-A Arkansas for 2001 and after a solid year, began 2002 with Triple-A Salt Lake as an outfielder.

2002 was a career year for Quinlan. He spent the entire year with Triple-A Salt Lake and hit .333, posting career-highs in home runs (20), RBI (112), hits (176), and triples (13). He was named Pacific Coast League Rookie of the Year, PCL MVP, and Anaheim Angels Minor League Player of the Year. He was also named a Triple-A All-Star, PCL All-Star, and one of Baseball America's 1st team minor league All-Stars.

Quinlan started 2003 in the minors with Triple-A Salt Lake, but after batting .310, he was called up to the majors where he spent the rest of the year. He began 2004 with Triple-A again, but was called up to the majors after 27 games.

Major leagues
Quinlan made his major league debut on July 28,, and hit .287 for the rest of the year. After starting 2004 in Triple-A, he was called up the first week in May. He had a 21-game hit streak in 2004 from July 7 to August 10 which is the longest by an Angels rookie in club history, and was the longest by any rookie in the majors since Ichiro Suzuki (23) in. On August 17, he was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a torn oblique muscle, causing him to miss the rest of the year. For the season, Quinlan batted .344, including .407 in July, with 5 home runs and 23 RBI.

In, Quinlan, playing part-time, saw his batting average drop over 100 points to .231 and missed time with a bulging disk and inflamed shoulder. He rebounded in with a .321 average and saw a career-high in playing time with 234 at-bats in 86 games. Quinlan signed a two-year, $1.8 million contract before the season avoiding arbitration, but his batting average slumped again to .247. In, he played in 68 games mostly at third base and slightly improved his average to .262.

After the 2009 baseball season Quinlan filed for free agency for the first time in his career. On February 11, 2010, Quinlan agreed to a minor league contract to return to the Angels. He was added to the Major League roster at the end of spring training. On September 7, 2010, Quinlan was released by the Angels.

Quinlan signed a minor league contract with the Philadelphia Phillies with an invitation to spring training for the 2011 season. On March 11, 2011, the Phillies reassigned Quinlan and his agent asked for his release, which the Phillies granted.

Personal
In May 2011, Quinlan became a volunteer coach and hitting instructor for the University of Minnesota, his alma mater, through at least the 2011-12 season.

Since 2013, Quinlan has been the owner of multiple chiropractic franchises.

Quinlan's older brother, Tom Quinlan, spent parts of four seasons in the major leagues with the Blue Jays, Phillies, and Twins. Tom and Robb Quinlan were part of the ownership group for the St. Croix River Hounds, a collegiate summer baseball team intended to play at Hudson, Wisconsin in the Northwoods League. First reported on in July 2017, the team was removed from the Northwoods League website in 2023.

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Talk:Mike Sodrel

Citation two
Citation two suggests that since the "race is a toss up" it must lean democratic. However, the link itself suggests that if it is a toss up, any party can win. What does this have to do with the biography of the Congressman? I deleted it, and it should be either "toss up, and anyone's race", or better, not there at all. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 12.205.50.252 (talk • contribs).

Bias
This article is full of bias, and irrelevant political talk about his acceptance of various campaign donations. This is a serious point of view issue, which is why I am changing some of it. There is no need to negatively point out connections to Tom Delay, or the such, as this is an article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.97.177.233 (talk • contribs).

Agreed on the bias. I have attempted a rewrite that sticks to the facts. Sodrel is involved in a close race for re-election, and the posting of contributors with comments as to the backgrounds of those contributors is an attempt to link the congressman with the names of those people in a sinister way. I have removed the editorializing of contributors and left a listing of donors. However, it should be noted the listing of contributors is partial, and of the donors listed, attempts to distort the picture citing only the contributors some might find to be negative. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Davhenry (talk • contribs).

 * I added back the detail on contributors. There is a proper source (the FEC) and it is highly relevant. These are potential campaign issues, so excluding them from the article would reduce its quality. However, I do agree with your decision to add a more comprehensive list of contributors for balance. Thanks. Propol 19:30, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Is it necessary to include comments on Delay and Cunninghan in the context of this definition? If one wanted to find out more about either, they could link to their respective definitions. In your interpretation, you have attached biographical information about two other people in this entry. What is the point then, of linking to Delay and Cunningham? I say, best to leave off the biographical notes on Delay and Cunningham and stick to the subject of this entry. Also, citing sources or not, the inferences as to where and what the various contributions comprise have nothing to do with the entry, but again, with the reference made to them. So, by making editorial comments about the nature of some cotributors, and the way these comments are phrased, indicate a POV bias. Until I can no longer discern a bias of intentions by listing perceived nefarious conduct by donors, I suppose I will have to keep editing this entry.davhenry, 30 July 2006 (UTC)

 * I added back some of the detail about Accenture. The sources (FEC & GAO) are very reliable. I think accepting political donations from a company accused of tax evasion is a legitimate concern. I think it is appropriate to highlight this in Sodrel's article because he chose to accept the money. He easily could have declined the contribution and it would not have been an issue. He opened the door. Also, highlighting a couple of negative facts does not necessarily create a POV problem. Feel free to add anything positive (i.e. accomplishments, etc.) to the article as long as you have good sources. Just so you know, I am trying to compromise, I didn't add back some of the content on Tom DeLay that was deleted. Thanks. Propol 22:50, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

 * But to be clear, the way the Accenture segment is phrased, makes it sound as if the Congressman either is hiding his money in a tax shelter, or if he is taking donations from a tax shelter, that he somehow does not pay taxes on the donations from the shelter (which does not make sense under campaign finance rules) The question is whether the commentary about Accenture is A. biased, for has Accenture been charged with something, B. That the congressman somehow is sinister for taking money from something that has not been held illegal in court, C. has any place in the article about the Congressman, other than to highlight a syllogism that says, "If Accenture money is bad, and Mike Sodrel takes Accenture Money, then Mike Sodrel is Bad" This really is a leap. I have left it, until we might come to some better language that reflect propol's concern AND does not make the article bias by inferences to the bad deeds of other companies. I have added a references tab. --Davhenry 03:11, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

 * I agree with Davhenry. Accenture hasn't been accused of any crimes, firstly. Secondly, the point isn't whether or not there is positive versus negative political commentary on Sodrel, there should be no political commentary on him at all. I think the Baron Hill article is exemplory. In terms of campaign financing, there is only one brief mention of labor unions and then a link to a list of contributions. I looked for an article linking Sodrel to any wrongdoing in the Accenture case, but I couldn't find any. --Aldus 22:48, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

List of contributors
Exactly what is the point of the list? It takes up a lot of room, and is pretty boring. Why won't a link to another site suffice, particularly because I doubt anyone is keeping this list current? (In particular, why is it notable that Republican organizations have contributed to his campaign?) John Broughton 19:16, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

 * I'm not going to make an issue of this in the last few days before the election, but the "Contributors" section needs to be shortened dramitically, if not removed entirely (I didn't see anything even worth adding to the 2006 re-election campaign section, but that's where a remnant might go). The length of this section is a violation of WP:NPOV, because of undue weight. WP:NOT is also applicable - wikipedia articles are not intended for making lists.

 * For examples articles where the is justification for a (short) contributors section, see Dennis Hastert and Mark Kirk. And I note just about every other article on someone in the House running for reelection will NOT have such a section, even though I'm sure that one could (but should not) be created.  John Broughton  |  Talk 16:25, 4 November 2006 (UTC)

Indiana University
For the moment, I removed the reference about Sodrel being an IU alum. (I have access to a database and could not find him in it.) However, given that he grew up in New Albany, it's possible that he attended Indiana University Southeast. If anyone can provide a source, please reinsert it. -- Merope 19:58, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

 * I think it may be a case where he attended, but did not graduate. Perhaps someone else knows conclusively. Does Mr. Sodrel hold any degree? Thanks. Propol 03:14, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
 * The database tracks any attendance, and "alumnus" status is granted to anyone who ever attended. But I couldn't find record of a single class.  -- Merope 13:30, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

 * He attended IUS, per the AP profile (link in article). Is IUS attendance in your database as well?  Does it go back to the 1960s?   Does it include classes given by The Indiana University Jeffersonville Extension Center (IUS's prior name) prior to 1968?  John Broughton 16:27, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Ah, there's the thing. It goes back that far for some campuses, but I bet not all of the coursework from when it was the extension center has been imported yet.  Cool.  -- Merope 16:35, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Not NPOV
I think this article continues to have serious bias against Mr. Sodrel. When you include stats such as a 0 rating from NARAL, what about some positive ratings from groups as well? I haven't heard any major discussion about Accenture, so I personally do not believe that that passage should be in the article, but will leave it in to allow further discussion.--Whistlesgowhoo 02:04, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

 * As someone who tries to find common ground when working with other editors, I really appreciate specifics. I'm guessing that you have POV problems with only two sections of the article ("U.S. House of Representatives" and "Contributors"), and possibly only with parts of those two sections, but I'm just guessing.  Please help on this.

 * The best way to correct POV where the issue is what some people call "balance" (or "one-sidedness") is to ADD (quality) information. This article is too short as is; DELETING info (ratings, for example) just makes it worse.  I've added the ACU rating, for example, as a "high" rating that presumably offsets low ratings. And I'd guess (without even looking) that the vote-smart site (link in article) has a bunch of ratings by other organizations; you should look there and elsewhere to find info to add.  John Broughton 16:18, 5 September 2006 (UTC) (P.S.  I don't believe I've ever previously seen anyone insert a link to his/her talk page in the middle of an article.)

 * Note to Propol and Broughton, that is what was removed Sept8; the talk page link had obliterated the now-restored text. Anon. 23:05, 8 September 2006 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 4.225.123.89 (talk • contribs)

What does Bob Perry have to do with Sodrel?
The Bob Perry reference is irrelevant to the biography. There has been absolutely no link shown between Sodrel and Perry. As it seems to suggest illegal coordination, it is a potentially libelous innuendo and should be removed. dclegcounsel 9:55 November 20, 2009

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Stephen Van Evera

Stephen William Van Evera (born 10 November 1948) is a professor of Political Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, specializing in international relations. His research includes U.S. foreign and national security policy as well as causes and prevention of war. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Biography
Van Evera received his A.B. in government from Harvard and his Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Berkeley. During the 1980s he was managing editor of the journal International Security.

Van Evera is the author of Causes of War: Power and the Roots of Conflict (Cornell, 1999). He has also co edited Nuclear Diplomacy and Crisis Management (1990), Soviet Military Policy (1989), and The Star Wars Controversy (1986).

Academic work
Van Evera is considered a defensive realist, which is a branch of structural realism.

Offense–defense theory
In Causes of War: Power and the Roots of Conflict, Van Evera proposed offense–defense theory, which attempts to discern what factors increase the likelihood of war. Van Evera states three main hypotheses:

 * 1) War will be more common in periods when conquest is easy, or is believed to be easy, than in other periods.
 * 2) States that have, or believe they have, large offensive opportunities or defensive vulnerabilities will initiate and fight more wars than other states.
 * 3) Actual examples of true imbalances are rare and explain only a moderate amount of history.

However, false perceptions of these factors are common and thus explain a great deal of history. Van Evera wrote on these factors being causal in the outbreak of the World War I in a famous 1984 article. Although trench warfare and the development of the machine gun meant that defensive strategies should have prevailed, many European nations were under the illusion that conquest was easy or that they were valuable. This misconception resulted in a drawn-out and bloody conflict. Recent discussion in international relations theory questions the idea of explaining the outbreak of World War I in terms of a 'cult of the offensive': with evidence showing that war planners – German ones especially – before 1914 being well aware of the heavy casualties implicit in offensive operations.

Process-tracing tests for affirming causal inferences
In his 1997 book Guide to Methods for Students of Political Science, Van Evera authored an influential typology of process-tracing tests which distinguishes tests depending on how they adjudicate between theoretical expectations in qualitative research:

 * Straw-in-the-wind tests: Failure or passage of this test neither lends strong support for or against the theory
 * Hoop tests: Failure to pass a hoop test can be disqualifying for a theory but passing the hoop test does not necessarily lend strong support for the theory
 * Smoking gun tests: Passing a smoking gun test lends strong support for theory, whereas failure does not necessarily lend strong support against the theory
 * Double decisive tests: Passing a double decisive test lends strong support for the theory while also lending strong support against alternative theories

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Talk:Wichita Falls, Texas

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Wichita Falls was mentioned on the movie Pillow Talk near the end: "They'll never believe this back in Wichita Falls." On Conan O' Brien, during "In the Year 2000" skits, sometimes a caller from Wichita Falls, TX calls in to ask a question.

Is Mia Hamm really from here? On the Mia Hamm page is says she is from Selma, Alabama. This should be cleared up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.217.46.164 (talk) 11:48, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Hamm's page states she was born in Selma. The section on her earlier years is a little vague. -Acjelen 20:08, 2 September 2007 (UTC)

 * Mia Hamm was a military brat (Air Force), so I'm sure she moved around a great deal during her early years. She was probably born in Selma, AL, spent some time as a kid in Wichita Falls, then moved to Northern Virginia to finish high school (probably with a few other moves in between) --NetherlandishYankee (talk) 15:36, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

Population decline
Wichita Falls' population decline is not in dispute. Those are official U.S. Census estimate pages I cited... did you check them out? They show a decline in population every year since 2000. Do you have similar sources that say the population ISN'T declining? Also, unilaterally removing citations of reputable, verifiable, notable, neutral sources without discussion is pretty poor form, which you - as an Experienced and Established Editor, per your user page - should know. --NetherlandishYankee (talk) 15:36, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
 * First, have you read your edits? The article currently claims that Wichita Falls is an America.  This is a considerable feat for a geo-political entity.  Even if you added city, either the earlier construction or my more recent one would be better.  Second, the supposed population decline of Wichita Falls is disputed, whether that decline is claimed by the state demographer or the Census Bureau.  One year the city sent a group of Wichitans to Austin to plead the demographer to use more reliable data.  I can find sources, but they're unnecessary.  A census is taken every ten years.  That date is already in the article.  We can update the page in 2011. -Acjelen (talk) 22:51, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I've incorporated your copyediting (I added "city" after "American" and unlinked the second reference to Wichita county), but I've re-added the population decline. If you can show me a reputable, verifiable, notable, neutral source that says that Wichita Falls is not declining in population, or even stating that the decline is in dispute, I will be more than happy to include that in the article with a note about the confusion of the city's present population.  And no, I'm not going to just wait until 2011; it's been seven and a half years since the 2000 census, and cities grow and shrink in that time - some quite dramatically.  The July 1 estimates released each year by the census bureau are every bit as authoritative as the decennial censuses.  Are you suggesting we should stick with the 2000 population data for McKinney, TX, which has doubled in size since then?  How about New Orleans, LA?  Again, show me a source saying that the decline is in dispute, and I will be more than happy to include it in the article.  --NetherlandishYankee (talk) 23:47, 19 December 2007 (UTC)
 * I'm wondering if city-data.com is really a "reputable, verifiable, notable, neutral" source... especially considering they are the only place I can find via a quick Google search with a 2007 population estimate for Wichita Falls. I think it would be more sound to reference a report from the actual Census Bureau, or from the state demographer (which I didn't even know existed).  Having said that, I think the most recent edit by NetherlandishYankee is a reasonable compromise, as it's important to note that the city's population estimates are steadily declining.  Weathermandan (talk) 00:54, 20 December 2007 (UTC)
 * We should note the city's "steady population decline" only if it is taking place. I guess I'll have to rustle up my sources.  I do want to say that the Census Bureau's estimates are not more authoritative.  They're called "estimates" and are not constitutional, i.e. they are not used for distribution of congressional seats. -Acjelen (talk) 03:52, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

Freeways
How can both of these statements from the page be true?:

Wichita Falls is the western terminus for Interstate 44 (until Interstate 44 was extended to Wichita Falls in 1987, it had been the largest US city without freeway access). U.S. Highways leading to or through Wichita Falls include 287, 277, 281, and 82. State Highway 240 ends at Wichita Falls and State Highway 79 runs through it.

Wichita Falls has one of the largest numbers of freeway mileage for a city of its size as a result of a 1954 bond issue approved by city and county voters to purchase right-of-way for several expressway routes through the city and county, the first of which was opened in 1958 as an alignment of U.S. 287...

I'm deleting the first statement because it's obviously not true if any of the second paragraph is true, and if they meant "largest US city without INTERSTATE freeway access", that's just incorrect as well: Fresno, CA is much larger, and was much larger in 1987, and it still has no interstate freeways. See highways section of Fresno page. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.105.188.216 (talk) 17:25, 22 January 2009 (UTC)

Not all freeways have to be an interstate highway. Wichita Falls did indeed get its first freeway back in the late 1950s/early 1960s when US 287 was constructed as a freeway between Iowa Park and 8th and Holliday where it abruptly ended. None of this construction had anything to do with Interstate 44.

Later on another freeway was constructed from the Red River bridge at Burkburnett, south to a junction with the new US 287 freeway north of Maurine Street. This section DID later become part of I-44 when the H.E. Bailey Turnpike in Oklahoma (Oklahoma City to the Red River), along with the Burkburnett-WF segment in Texas finally obtained the official Interstate designation. I guess the easiest way to look at it is this... all Interstate highways ARE freeways, but not all freeways are Interstate highways.

Steve Allen Goen 66.25.205.10 (talk) 00:59, 3 September 2015 (UTC) Wichita Falls, TX — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.25.205.10 (talk) 00:34, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

Government facilities
Do we really need to list post offices and other normal government services? What community doesn't have these? Seems like an instance of article bloat with no real benefit.Wkharrisjr (talk) 16:17, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes we do. It is standard to mention "normal government services." In fact, the solution is to add to it, mention openings and closing dates, mention historical significances, etc. etc.
 * While every community has post offices, for instance, not every community has a post office built in XX year or a post office with XX architecture or a post office of XX significance. The key is to expand on such things, to add meat, to talk specifically about how the normal government services are crafted for that community.
 * WhisperToMe (talk) 17:56, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

 * I respectfully disagree; listing of this type of information adds nothing to what really makes this location unique or different to the outside reader (does one really care if the USPS operates four post offices in Wichita Falls?). Otherwise, every article could be a endless list of minutia with no encyclopedic value that overwhelms the entire article. Of course, if a government structure or service is generally notable ("the oldest post office in the state", "the police station is on the Registry of Historic Places") it should be mentioned.Wkharrisjr (talk) 18:15, 27 September 2010 (UTC)
 * In many cases institutions have histories and dimensions which can allow for people to understand how a facility is different, even if it isn't necessarily "one in a million" kinds. I.E. "the Anyton Ladies club started the Anyton Library in 1919, and it became a city library in 1925" or "the somewhereville police station was expanded by 234 sqft in 2006" - I post such facts to flesh out a section to make it compliant with "Good Article" standards. Those kinds of things are covered in secondary sources and in municipal primary sources.
 * As for "does one really care if the USPS operates four post offices in Wichita Falls?" - If secondary sources or even municipal primary sources make a point of it, then, yes, the reader ought to care, so such a fact should get more article space than it normally would. Currently I just have the post offices listed by USPS sources, but I can see if secondary sources refer to a specific number of Wichita Falls post offices.
 * Regarding the "endless list of minutia" rebuttal, the amount of detail put in depends on how much "stuff" there is. When there is too much, it is pared down and/or reserved for neighborhood/district articles. I.E. it would be pointless of me to list every school in the City of Houston in the Houston article, but it would be okay if I state all of the schools in the Drew, Mississippi article.
 * WhisperToMe (talk) 23:28, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

 * For the 2015 Texas–Oklahoma floods, this a list of sources. Article should be reworked. TGCP (talk) 09:28, 15 July 2015 (UTC)

Lobby to keep postal site
I'm not sure where this would go, but this source talks about a building lobby that will keep a postal site: Langdon, Jessica. "Mayor: Lobby to keep postal site." Times Record News. September 25, 2010. WhisperToMe (talk) 23:30, 27 September 2010 (UTC)

The Postal Site in question was the Wichita Falls Distribution Center and Postal Annex located at the intersection of Hatton Road and the Jacksboro Highway in southeast Wichita Falls. My wife worked there so I know what I'm talking about. This facility was for the collection, sorting and distribution of mail and was not an actual Post Office. It did not contain a regular window unit for customers except for the Bulk Mail Entry window. At one time all mail from the Wichita Falls and surrounding area was sent to the Hatton Road Annex for processing. Unfortunately the unit was indeed closed with all mail now being trucked to the USPS facility at Coppell, Texas near Dallas.

Yes, the mayor and other civic leaders tried to stop the USPS from closing the Annex but their efforts failed.

Prior to its closing a letter being mailed from iowa Park would get here in one day, a distance of ten miles. Now that same letter is trucked almost 140 miles (one way) from Wichita Falls to Coppell where it is processed before being trucked right back to Wichita Falls, another 140 miles. It's even worse when you consider that a person living on the south side of the railroad in Iowa Park, who is simply mailing a letter to a business on the north side of town still has their letter trucked 150 miles to Coppell and then 150 miles back, all this just so that it can be processed in the Metroplex.

Old guys like me still remember when you could walk down to Wichita Falls Union Station as late as September 1967, drop a letter in the slot on the side of the RPO (that's "Railway Post Office" to the uninformed) and your letter would be delivered in Iowa Park exactly 12 minutes after the westbound TEXAS ZEPHYR departed Wichita Falls, and all for just 3 cents.

Steve Allen Goen 66.25.205.10 (talk) 00:59, 3 September 2015 (UTC), Wichita Falls, TX — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.25.205.10 (talk) 00:50, 3 September 2015 (UTC)

Sourced vs unsourced content
I've been templated for edit warring--my intent has been to restore sourced content, and remove that which is unsourced. A series of related IPs have persisted in adding content, claiming that it derives from their father's (or, as claimed at another article, their own) publications. They've also added the author's name to the notable persons section multiple times. I've asked for page protection. 2601:188:0:ABE6:B169:DAFB:E15A:DBC4 (talk) 09:10, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Is there an explanation for the name of this town?
I expected a section on how the town chose its name. But there is none. Why call it Falls when there is no waterfall, and why Wichita when Wichita, Kansas had the name as well, in about the same era. The Wichita Indians seem to explain the name in Kansas. - - Prairieplant (talk) 00:47, 23 May 2021 (UTC)
 * In the history section, before the discussion of the tornadoes it says "A flood in 1886 destroyed the original falls on the Wichita River for which the city was named." The origin of a town name, if one is warranted, usually just takes up a few sentences in the history section. It doesn't usually get its own section. TornadoLGS (talk) 00:57, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

 * I am used to seeing an etymology section, sometimes very short, other times long and through many languages. At least, it can be its own paragraph, and tied to the later waterfall built to match the name. Thanks for pointing it out. I hope it is okay if I make it more prominent. - - Prairieplant (talk) 09:31, 23 May 2021 (UTC)

Notable people
User:206.198.189.35 has been edit warring over the inclusion of the following in the "notable people" section: A consensus of editors at WP:USCITIES have agreed that "If challenged, additions without their own article should be removed and discussed on the talk page of the city, until a consensus is reached". This person does not meet the inherent notability criteria, such as being a state politician, and should not be included without an article. Magnolia677 (talk) 17:21, 2 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Joseph Sterling Bridwell, oilman, rancher, conservationist, philanthropist

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Orca (disambiguation)

Orca is another name for a killer whale, the world's biggest dolphin species.

Orca, ORCA or Orcas may also refer to:

People

 * Quintus Valerius Orca (fl. 50s–40s B.C.), Roman praetor and officer under Julius Caesar

Places

 * Orca Basin, a mini-basin in the northern Gulf of Mexico
 * Orca Bay (Alaska), a bay near the town of Cordova
 * Orca (carbon capture plant), facility that uses direct air capture to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
 * Orca gas field, a North Sea gas field
 * Orca Inlet, serves as an inlet to Prince William Sound from the Gulf of Alaska
 * Orcas Island, the largest of the San Juan Islands in Washington state
 * Orcas Island Airport, the correspondent airport of the island
 * Orcas Village, Washington (sometimes just called Orcas), a community on the island
 * Sandford Orcas, a village and parish in north west Dorset, England

Fictional characters and vehicles

 * Orca (DC Comics), the name of two different comic book characters
 * Orca (.hack), a character in the .hack video game series
 * Orca, a fictional fishing vessel in the 1975 film Jaws

Film

 * Orca (1977 film), a horror film
 * Orca (2021 film), an Iranian sports film
 * Orca (2020 film), a Swedish drama film

Literature

 * Orca (novel), a 1996 fantasy novel by Steven Brust

Music

 * Orcas (duo), a Pacific Northwest duo
 * Orca (C-Bo album), 2012
 * Orca Symphony No. 1, an album by Serj Tankian
 * "Orca", a song by Deadmau5, from his 2006 album Vexillology and 2009 compilation album At Play Vol. 2
 * Orca, an album by Gus Dapperton

Organizations

 * Opinion Research Center of Afghanistan
 * Orca Air, a 1996–2003 Egyptian regional airline
 * Orca Airways, a 2005–2018 small scheduled and charter airline based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
 * Orca Engineering, a Swiss sports car manufacturing company
 * Orca (company), a New Zealand wetsuit and sports apparel manufacturer
 * Organization for Respect and Care for Animals, an animal welfare organization
 * Otonabee Region Conservation Authority, a conservation authority in Ontario, Canada

Technology and computing

 * The Online Representations and Certifications Application website, now superseded by the US government's System for Award Management
 * Orca, a Windows Installer database editor
 * Orca (assistive technology), part of the free and open source GNOME desktop environment
 * ORCA (quantum chemistry program)
 * Orcas, the codename for Visual Studio 2008
 * Oscillation Research with Cosmics in the Abyss, part of the KM3NeT neutrino telescope
 * ORCA (computer system), a "get out the vote" application created by Mitt Romney's 2012 U.S. presidential campaign

Transportation

 * Orca (supercar), a Swiss supercar
 * ORCA card, a smart card for public transit in the central Puget Sound region of Washington State, USA
 * Orca-class patrol vessel, a class of training vessels for the Canadian Navy
 * USS Orca, several United States Navy ships
 * Orca (AUV), autonomous underwater vehicle under development by Boeing and Huntington Ingalls Industries

Other

 * Orca (dog) (2001–2014), a golden retriever and winner of the PDSA Gold Medal
 * Omni Role Combat Aircraft (ORCA), an Indian aircraft development program
 * Seattle Orcas, a team in Major League Cricket

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Leonnorius

Leonnorius was one of the leaders of the Celts in their invasion of Macedonia and the adjoining countries.

When the main body under Brennus marched southwards into Macedonia and Greece (279 BC), Leonnorius and Lutarius led a detachment, twenty-thousand strong, into Thrace, where they ravaged the country to the shores of the Hellespont, compelled the city of Byzantium to pay them tribute, and made themselves masters of Lysimachia. The rich Asiatic shores of the Hellespont afforded them a tempting prospect; and while Leonnorius returned to Byzantium, in order to compel the inhabitants of that city to give him the means of transporting his troops to Asia, Lutarius contrived to capture a few vessels, with which he conveyed all the force remaining under his command across the Hellespont. While Leonnorius was still before Byzantium, Nicomedes, king of Bithynia, being in want of support in his war with his brother Zipoetes II and the Seleucid king, Antiochus I Soter, agreed to take him and his troops, as well as those of Lutarius, into his pay, and furnished them with the means of passing over into Asia (278 BC). They first assisted him against his rival brother, Zipoetes II, in Bithynia; after which they made plundering excursions through various parts of Asia; and ultimately established themselves in the province, called thenceforth from the name of its conquerors, Galatia (region before known as part of Phrygia). No further mention is made of either of the leaders after they had crossed into Asia.

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Veton Surroi

Veton Surroi (born 17 July 1961) is a Kosovar Albanian publicist, politician and former journalist. Surroi is the founder and former leader of the ORA political party, and was a member of Kosovo assembly from 2004 to 2008.

Veton Surroi studied Modern English Language and Literature at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He worked as a journalist in the Albanian language daily Rilindja. In 1989, he was one the founders of the Association for the Yugoslav Democratic Initiative and the first independent trade unions in Kosovo. In 1990, he founded and became editor-in-chief of the independent Koha weekly. From 1991-92, he was president of the Parliamentary Party of Kosovo.

In 1997, Surroi established one of the biggest Kosovo Albanian daily newspapers Koha Ditore and was the editor-in-chief for a number of years before he entered politics in Kosovo. Surroi's father, Rexhai Surroi, was one of the very few Albanians to become ambassadors of the former Yugoslavia. His father was the Yugoslav ambassador to Spain and a number of Latin American countries. As a result, Surroi spent a part of his life in the Spanish-speaking world where he was also educated.

Surroi is a polyglot, speaking four languages, namely Albanian, English, Serbian and Spanish.

Surroi won the 2011 SEEMO Human Rights Award.

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Elevated (film)

Elevated is a 1996 Canadian short film directed by Vincenzo Natali and co-written by him and Karen Walton, who also participated in the writing of Ginger Snaps.

Plot
Ellen takes the elevator from her workplace on floor 38, pressing the button for the parking garage. Burly workman Ben gets on several floors below. At floor 4, the elevator opens but nobody is there until a shout is heard as the door is about to close. Ellen holds the door to allow panic-stricken security guard Hank into the elevator, who takes the elevator back up. Ellen and Ben protest but see Hank's shirt is covered in blood.

Hank says something outside that looks like an alien is killing people and was about to get him. Ben doesn't believe it and tries unsuccessfully to send the elevator back down. Hank reveals he used his security card to override the controls. Ben tries to grab the card but Hank pulls a knife to defend himself. Ben restrains Hank while Ellen tries to call for help on the elevator telephone to no avail. The elevator rocks and the lights go out. Suffering claustrophobia, Ben opens the control panel using Hank's knife and tries to operate the elevator, but Hank stops him. He then tries to open the elevator ceiling hatch but Hank again stops him, saying the monsters will kill them all. The elevator becomes operational and Ellen wrestles the card from the men and sends the elevator down to the garage. Ben presses the button for floor 39.

When the door opens there is no sign of alien monsters. Ben steps out and invites Ellen to leave with him via the stairs. Ellen initially accepts but, seeing Hank's knife in Ben's pocket, dashes back into the elevator. As the elevator descends, Hank halts it with the stop button and something attempts to open the elevator hatch. Hank holds the hatch shut and instructs Ellen to send the elevator to floor 44. The thing outside dents the hatch before stopping its attempt to enter. Ben's mutilated corpse falls into the elevator.

Ellen blames Hank for not letting Ben back in and they struggle for possession of the security card which falls down the hole between the door and the floor. Ellen uses the knife to open the panel while Hank tries to convince her it is safer to stay in the elevator. She stabs Hank, initially accidentally, then proceeds to murder him by stabbing him repeatedly. The elevator descends to the parking garage.

When the doors open a shouting and screaming group of people squeeze into the elevator. Ellen grins malevolently.

Cast

 * David Hewlett as Hank
 * Vicki Papavs as Ellen
 * Bruce McFee as Ben

Release
Elevated is distributed by the Canadian Film Centre and is not available on home video, although some DVD releases of Cube feature it as an extra.

Reception
Beyond Hollywood compared it to The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits, calling it "a surprisingly accomplished piece of suspenseful fiction".

It was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 18th Genie Awards.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Zompist Bboard

 This page is an archive of the proposed deletion of the article below. Further comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was merge to zompist.com. [[smoddy ]] 19:45, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

Zompist Bboard
The article's about a board that has 856 members. 651 have posted more than once. - Home Row Keysplurge 16:27, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * All Keeps as of 09:58, 28 August 2005 (UTC) have been by board members - Home Row Keysplurge 09:58, 28 August 2005 (UTC)
 * So? Dewrad 01:18, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete. may be notable soon, maybe not. -- Ryan Norton T 16:33, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete per WP:WEB. — Lomn | Talk / RfC 16:36:27, 2005-08-24 (UTC)
 * Merge with zompist.com.DS 19:36, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep' we have an article on the Conlang list, why not one on the ZBB? Both are pretty famous within the conlanging community. Dewrad 21:26, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge per DS. JDoorjam 21:48, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge with zompist.com and/or Mark Rosenfelder (which should probably both be one page anyway). Penelope D 21:58, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. As Dewrad said, this board is now probably a bigger community than the conlang list, and it is Hypocracy to have one and not the other. More than that, the group as a whole has a large group of amature linguists on it, as well as several authors attempting to get published. Deserves to stay for that reason. Warmaster 23:09, 25 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep As Dewrad and Warmaster said, the board is big enough to be recognized by the greater     conlanging community. Ink Pudding 00:31, 26 August 25 Edit by User:172.197.84.194.
 * Merge with Zompist.com. P'raps in the future the zbb will merit its own page, but not quite yet.  Adso de Fimnu
 * Keep As others have said, the ZBB is very well-known in the conlanging community. For this reason, and the others mentioned above, this article should stay. Xeon 03:50, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

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Mike Mordecai

Michael Howard Mordecai (born December 13, 1967) is an American former professional baseball infielder, who played for the Atlanta Braves, Montreal Expos, and Florida Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB). Since 2010, he has worked in the Toronto Blue Jays organization, including serving as the Blue Jays' quality control coach in 2018. He is currently the head baseball coach at Northside Methodist Academy in Dothan, AL.

School and minor leagues
Mordecai graduated in 1986 from Hewitt-Trussville High School, in Trussville, Alabama, where he played baseball, basketball and football. During his time in college at the University of South Alabama, he was a two-time All-American and named to the All-Sun Belt Conference team each year. In 1987, he helped the Jaguars to the conference title. Mordecai majored in criminal justice and minored in sociology. In 1988, he played collegiate summer baseball in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox.

With their sixth round selection of the 1989 Major League Baseball Draft, the Atlanta Braves drafted Mordecai. He began his minor league career at Class A Burlington and eventually worked his way up to Greenville. In 1992, he made his way to Triple-A Richmond on June 19. In 1993, he was selected as Richmond's Most Competitive Player. He played every defensive position with the exception of center field and pitcher that season.

Atlanta Braves
In 1994, Mordecai made it to the majors but only for four at bats. His first tour was from May 3–20 for the Atlanta Braves, when he replaced Jeff Blauser on the roster. Mordecai's first hit was a three-run home run in the ninth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies. Mordecai continued to torment the Phillies throughout his career. He received the John M. Zwack III Memorial Award for being the most community-minded player.

Mordecai played on the 1995 World Series team as a bench player. He made his first start at second on July 16 at San Diego. In the NLDS he went 2-for-3 with a double and 2 RBI. His pinch-hit single in the ninth inning of Game 2 gave the Braves the go-ahead run. In the World Series, he went 1-for-3.

Unfortunately for Mordecai, the Braves had Mark Lemke at second base, Chipper Jones at third and Fred McGriff at first preventing him from getting more than a reserve role with the team. Mordecai was the Braves' starting third baseman on opening day 1996, though only because Chipper Jones was on the DL with an injury. On August 30, he collected the first three-hit game of his career at Chicago.

Montreal Expos
Mordecai's inability to stay consistent while a member of the Braves frustrated the front office and, in 1998, he joined the Montreal Expos. Mordecai made 53 starts the next year. He then enjoyed his best seasons there in 2000 and 2001. On April 2, 2001, Mordecai demonstrated his versatility by playing catcher in the tenth inning of a game against the Cubs after Montreal's first catcher, Michael Barrett, was ejected and their second catcher, Sandy Martínez, was injured.

Florida Marlins
In the midst of the 2002 trade deadline he was traded to the Florida Marlins. His statistics for the season drastically improved after the trade. The following season, he was again a key part in helping the inexperienced Marlins win the 2003 World Series. In Game 6 of the NLCS, the Marlins were five outs away from being eliminated when Cubs fan, Steve Bartman, prevented a foul ball from being potentially caught by extending his arms over Moisés Alou while Alou attempted to field the pop-up. Mordecai's subsequent three-run double blew the game open, highlighting the Cubs' historic collapse in what is sometimes referred to as simply "The Inning". Mordecai would go on to win his second World Series, as the Marlins handily defeated the Yankees in the World Series.

On June 1, 2004, Mordecai again filled the role as emergency catcher, this time for eight innings after Ramón Castro was injured. On September 29 2004 Mordecai while playing third base caught the final out of the Montreal Expos final home game preserving a 9-1 Marlins win over the Expos

Mordecai took a job as manager with the Marlins minor league affiliate Jamestown Jammers in December 2004. A few days later, the team announced that they would give him a chance to join the team in September so he could reach ten years of Major League service; Mordecai played two games in 2005 before retiring for good. Mordecai also worked as a batting coach for MLB before turning to coaching for a private High School in Dothan, Alabama. The school in Dothan is Houston Academy. His last high school game was against the Leroy Bears on the road in the first round of the Alabama State High School Playoffs in 2009.

Coaching
In 2010, Mordecai was hired by the Toronto Blue Jays as a minor league infield coordinator. In 2015, he was promoted to coordinator of instruction, and on January 10, 2018, Mordecai was promoted to the quality control coach position. In 2019, Mordecai was once again reassigned within the Blue Jays organization, to his position as manager of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. Mordecai currently works at Northside Methodist Academy, where he is the athletic director, coaches baseball, and teaches history.

Personal life
Mordecai was married on February 5, 2000, to his second wife, Jennifer. Later that year, she gave birth to the first of their three sons. He also has a daughter, Taylor, born in 1995 from a first marriage.

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Hartwell, Northamptonshire

Hartwell is a village and civil parish in West Northamptonshire, England, bordering Buckinghamshire. The village is next to Salcey Forest and the M1 motorway. It is 7 mi south of Northampton and 13 mi north of Milton Keynes.

The villages name means 'Hart spring/stream'.

Demographics
According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 1,815 people in 693 household,. increasing to 1,875 at the 2011 census. Men in the Salcey ward had the fifth highest life expectancy at birth, 89.3 years, of any ward in England and Wales in 2016.

Within the village are Hartwell Parish Church, Hartwell CofE Primary School, the Rose and Crown public house, community centre, recreational ground, village shop and the Hartwell Club.

Governance
Hartwell is in the South Northamptonshire constituency for Parliamentary elections, and is represented by former Leader of the House of Commons, Andrea Leadsom. For elections to the West Northamptonshire Council, the village is in the Hackleton and Grange Park ward. Both are considered safe-seats for the Conservative Party, though the Liberal Democrats also have a strong base locally.

Hartwellians

 * Isaac Wake (1580–1632), diplomat, political commentator, and ambassador of the Court of St James's to Savoy and France

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