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Much Apu About Nothing

"Much Apu About Nothing" is the twenty-third episode of the seventh season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 5, 1996. In the episode, a referendum is placed on the ballot that will require all illegal immigrants in Springfield to be deported. After learning that Apu will be deported if the measure passes, Homer helps him prepare for a United States citizenship test so that he can become a legal citizen.

The episode was written by David S. Cohen, and directed by Susie Dietter. Joe Mantegna guest stars in the episode as Fat Tony. The title of the episode is a parody of William Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing.

Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 8.2, and was the fourth highest-rated show on the Fox network the week it aired.

Plot
A brown bear roams the streets of Springfield, frightening the townspeople despite its docile and curious, rather than aggressive, behavior. After Homer ignores official advice to remain indoors in order to buy beer, he comes face-to-face with the bear after failing to get into his car via the power line, whereupon the police tranquilize the bear (and Barney Gumble, accidentally). Despite bears being a rare sight in Springfield, Homer leads a march of angry citizens to city hall, where they demand Mayor Quimby do something to protect them from bears. After Quimby deploys a bear patrol, which involves the use of high tech vehicles, including B2 Spirit aircraft, Homer is angry to learn his taxes have increased by $5 to maintain it. Another crowd of angry citizens marches to the mayor's office demanding lower taxes. To appease them, Quimby blames the higher taxes on illegal immigrants. He creates Proposition 24, which will force all illegal immigrants in Springfield to be deported.

Springfield residents start to harass local immigrants, regardless of status. At the Kwik-E-Mart, Apu confides in Homer that he is also an illegal immigrant. Apu fears that if Proposition 24 passes, he will be forced to leave the United States, since his visa originally issued for his computer science studies expired many years before. After blackmailing Kearney when he attempts to buy beer using a fake ID, Apu visits Fat Tony to obtain false citizenship. At Tony's urging, Apu pretends to be an American citizen, even speaking in a faux American accent, but soon feels guilty about committing fraud and abandoning his Indian heritage, and destroys his fake passport.

After seeing how distraught Apu is at the prospect of being deported, Homer vows that he and his family will help him. Selma refuses to marry Apu for citizenship purposes, chiefly on the grounds of wanting to marry for love or money, and not wanting an (even more so) unwieldy multibarrelled surname. Lisa discovers that Apu, as a long-term resident in the U.S., will not have to leave if he passes a citizenship test. Homer agrees to tutor Apu, but is unable to teach him accurate facts regarding U.S. history or political science needed to pass the exam. After falling asleep whilst studying and subsequently forgetting everything Homer taught him, Apu passes the test and becomes a US citizen. At a congratulatory party, Homer tells his guests deporting immigrants is awful because they help the country thrive. He inspires them to vote no on Proposition 24, but it still passes with 95% of the vote. When Proposition 24 is enacted, Groundskeeper Willie is the only resident deported.

Production
"Much Apu About Nothing" was written by David S. Cohen and directed by Susie Dietter. Joe Mantegna guest stars in the episode as Fat Tony. Much of the inspiration for the episode came from news reports of bears roaming streets in Southern California around the time when the episode was in production. Cohen said that when a bear swims in somebody's pool or goes in somebody's garbage can, it becomes a popular news item in California. The show runner of The Simpsons at the time, Bill Oakley, commented that the news reports often create an anti-bear hysteria, and that is one of the inspirations for the episode. Another inspiration for the episode came from California's Proposition 187, which proposed the rescinding of employment rights and benefits from illegal immigrants. Cohen decided to name the referendum "Proposition 24" because 24 was the number he had on his Little League Baseball uniform. Cohen commented that the bear and illegal immigration themes were "yanked from the California headlines."

Apu studying computer science is based on Cohen's own academic background, where he met and became friends with Indian people in the department. Similarly, the scene where Apu does an in-depth explanation of what caused the American Civil War, only for the test taker to respond with "just say slavery", is something that actually happened to a friend of Cohen when she took her citizenship test. Apu attends the Springfield Heights Institute of Technology, with the acronym SHIT; Matt Groening and Cohen were happy that the joke was not censored.

Cohen said that the episode changed very little from the first draft to the final aired edition. Oakley commented that while some writers' scripts get rewritten many times, Cohen's scripts are not often re-written because they are of high quality. Oakley added that Cohen has a very distinctive comedy style and some jokes in the episode "just really sound like Cohen".

Something Oakley and his partner Josh Weinstein wanted to do while they were show runners of The Simpsons was to explore side-characters, such as Apu, "a little deeper". Apu's origin is revealed in this episode, and Oakley is proud of being the one who suggested that. Another character that was explored deeper in their period as show runners was Ned Flanders in the episode "Hurricane Neddy".

Cultural references
The episode's title is based on William Shakespeare's play Much Ado About Nothing. The original title for the episode was going to be "The Anti-Immigrant Song", in reference to Led Zeppelin's song "Immigrant Song". A sign held by a protester outside the Kwik-E-Mart says "The only good foreigner is Rod Stewart!", a reference to the British singer. Brad Bird, an American director who has worked as executive consultant and director on The Simpsons, can briefly be seen in the crowd that complains to Mayor Quimby.

Reception
In its original broadcast, "Much Apu About Nothing" finished 49th in the ratings for the week of April 29 to May 5, 1996, with a Nielsen rating of 8.2. The episode was the fourth-highest-rated show on the Fox network that week, following The X-Files, Beverly Hills, 90210, and Melrose Place.

Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics. DVD Movie Guide's Colin Jacobson commented positively on the episode, and said that "if any show's taken a more unusual path to a story about xenophobia, I've not seen it." He praised the bear scenes, which he thought was the episode's most "amusing" part. The review continued, "The parts with the immigrants are also good, especially since they make their point deftly. Add to that the hilarious sound of 'American Apu' and this is a strong program." Jennifer Malkowski gave the episode a grade of B+. The episode received a negative review from Dave Foster of DVD Times. He considered "Much Apu About Nothing" to be one of the season's most "tiring" episodes, and that Apu is not a strong enough character to carry an episode. Foster commented that the episode deals with a political issue which is too complex to cover in twenty minutes, leading to a rushed ending.

James Gill of Spiked and Les Chappell of The A.V. Club praised the scene in which Apu, an undocumented migrant, is shown to have a vastly superior knowledge of American history than Homer, who was born in the country. Gill said that this scene is evidence against Hari Kondabolu's assertion that Simpsons writers do not use Apu to mock ignorance by white Americans; Sam Thielman of The Guardian called the episode the best argument against accusations that Apu is a racist stereotype. Chappell and Yianni Agisilaou of Metro commented that the episode is a good example of how Springfield's citizens are easily whipped up into a crowd mentality, as previously portrayed in episodes such as "Marge vs. the Monorail" and "Marge in Chains".

The authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, wrote: "One of the most outspoken, and certainly angriest of episodes succeeds as a savage satire on the scapegoating of immigrants. Homer has never been so frighteningly dumb, although he does come through with a rousing liberal speech." In 2000, The Simpsons creator Matt Groening named this his third favorite episode of the show. Thielman listed the episode at number 3 in a 2016 list of the best episodes. The episode has become study material for sociology courses at University of California Berkeley, where it is used to "examine issues of the production and reception of cultural objects, in this case, a satirical cartoon show".

In the episode, after the creation of the Bear Patrol, bear sightings decrease to zero, so Homer concludes that the Bear Patrol must be working. Lisa attempts to demonstrate Homer's logical fallacy by the example of a tiger-repellent rock, but it goes over his head. Scott Anthony of the Harvard Business Review describes this scene as a "classic example" of the informal fallacy of assuming that correlation implies causation. Mike Moffatt also called it "the best all-time discussion of faulty reasoning".

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Steamboat Bill

"Steamboat Bill" is a 1910 song with music by the vaudeville group The Leighton Brothers and lyrics by Ren Shields which became one of the first hit recordings in the United States through its 1911 recording by Arthur Collins, mostly known for the music in Disney's Steamboat Willie, the first released Mickey Mouse sound cartoon. Steamboat Bill also appeared in the 1928 Buster Keaton film Steamboat Bill, Jr.

Content
The song is an extended reference to a famed 1870 race down the Mississippi River between two steamboats, the Robert E. Lee and the Natchez.

It imagines a fictional steamboat, the Whippoorwill, captained by "Mr. Steamboat Bill," who is determined to beat the record of the Robert E. Lee. He commands his mates to use cargo as fuel if they run out of coal. In some versions of the song, either the captain or the crew is threatened with death if the boat is not fast enough.

A gambler from Louisville, Kentucky (home of the Kentucky Derby) places a bet against Bill that the Whippoorwill will be unable to beat the record. Bill's obsession with speed causes the steam engine to explode, killing them both. The final verses imagine Bill and the gambler ascending to heaven, and his wife telling their children she will seek out a new husband in the railroad industry (a reference to "The Ballad of Casey Jones").

Analysis
A 1965 article in the Journal of American Folklore refers to it as a "pseudo-Negro" song and a parody of "The Ballad of Casey Jones". More recently, R. John Brockmann has called into question the time period the song is set in, pointing out that boiler explosions had not been considered an issue for steamboat captains since the 1880s. Brockmann suggests that the song recalls memories of the mid-19th century when such explosions were common.

Recordings
Arthur Collins, a ragtime singer, sang for the first recording in 1911. The song was a longtime hit in Tin Pan Alley and was covered as late as 1951, by the Delmore Brothers.

Cultural impact
Bolstered by the Buster Keaton and Mickey Mouse references, the song created lasting interest in steamboats and showboats. At least one showboat was actually named after the fictional Whippoorwill. This boat met a disastrous fate when it was hit by the 1978 Whippoorwill tornado, killing 16 passengers and crew.

Mickey Mouse whistling a verse from "Steamboat Bill" in Steamboat Willie has been used as the production logo of Walt Disney Animation Studios since 2007.

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Carew Arthur Meredith

Carew Arthur Meredith (28 July 1904 – 31 March 1976), usually cited as C. A. Meredith, was an influential Irish logician, who worked in Trinity College, Dublin from 1943 to 1964. His work on condensed detachment (inspired by the work of Łukasiewicz) is influential in modern research.

Biography
Born 28 July 1904 into a distinguished Dublin family, he was the son of barrister Arthur Francis Carew Meredith K.C., whose opinions were sought by Éamon de Valera in drafting the constitution of the Irish Republic (1919–22). Educated in England at Winchester College, he went on to read mathematics at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1922 becoming the first mathematical student to take a double first and 'B star' in two years. He worked in England until 1939 as a private tutor for university students, when he moved to Ireland, as he was a committed pacifist. In 1943 he became a lecturer in mathematics in Trinity College Dublin."Łukasiewicz was appointed professor at the Royal Irish Academy, where he lectured on mathematical logic. Meredith attended these lectures from 1947 on, and became keenly interested in the Lukasiewicz's detachment operation, for which—as he himself once phrased it—he 'seemed to have some aptitude.'"

Meredith was the cousin of David Meredith. He was also related to another mathematician, Thomas Meredith. He was a nephew of Richard Edmund Meredith and a cousin of Monk Gibbon, Judge James Creed Meredith and Ralph Creed Meredith. His old school friend from Winchester, William Empson, described him as "a small, gnomelike figure with a grin like a Cheshire cat and a pronounced Dublin accent (good for reading aloud from Joyce)"."He did logic whenever time and opportunity presented themselves, and he did it on whatever materials came to hand: in a pub, his favored pint of porter within reach, he would use the inside of cigarette packs to write proofs for logical colleagues."

Work
He proved the shortest known axiomatic bases for a number of logic systems, such as this one-axiom basis for propositional calculus:

$$( ( ( ( ( \phi \to  \psi )  \to ( \neg  \chi  \to  \neg  \theta ) ) \to  \chi )  \to  \tau )  \to ( ( \tau \to  \phi )  \to ( \theta  \to  \phi ) ) )$$

His achievements in that area were unsurpassed until automated theorem provers in the last few years, which build on his work, proved some shorter ones for some systems and proved his shortest for others. Notably, Stephen Wolfram, William McCune and others built on Meredith's work to produce the shortest known single axiom equivalent to the axioms of propositional calculus.

Selected publications

 * (Reprinted in Philosophical Logic, Reidel, 1970 )
 * (Reprinted in Philosophical Logic, Reidel, 1970 )

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Bettina

Bettina is a female name predominantly found in the Italian and German languages. This name has various interpreted meanings and origins.

In Italian, Bettina originated as a diminutive of the names Elisabetta and Benedetta. Benedetta is the Italian feminine form of Benedict, meaning "Blessed," while Elisabetta is the Italian form of Elizabeth, which itself comes from the Hebrew name Elisheva or Elisheba, meaning "my God is an oath".

The name has several variations including Bettine and Betina, and though it is a diminutive itself, it can be shortened to Betty, Bette, Ina, or Tina.

People

 * Bettina, the professional name of Simone Micheline Graziani, French fashion model
 * Bettina d'Andrea (died 1335), Italian lawyer and professor
 * Bettina von Arnim (1785–1859), German writer and novelist
 * Bettina Ehrlich (1903–1985), Austrian artist, writer, illustrator
 * Bettina Bäumer (born 1940), Austrian-born Indian scholar of religion
 * Bettina Aptheker (born 1944), American political activist, feminist professor and author
 * Bettina Werner (born 1965), pioneering artist of the world's first salt crystal paintings
 * Bettina Sabatini (born 1966), Italian marathon runner
 * Bettina Banoun (born 1972), Norwegian tax lawyer, partner at Wiersholm and actor
 * Bettina Bush (born 1973), voice actor and singer who was the original voice of Rainbow Brite.
 * Bettina Grossman (1927–2021), American visual artist
 * Bettina Hollings, New Zealand television producer and media executive
 * Bettina Linn (1905–1962), American novelist and college professor
 * Bettina Oneto (born 1957), Peruvian actress and comedian
 * Betina Popova (born 1996), Russian ice dancer
 * Bettina Meiser, researcher of the psychosocial aspects of genetics and cancer
 * Bettina Kupfer (born 1963), German actress and writer
 * Bettina Santo Domingo, American filmmaker
 * Bettina Wiesmann (born 1966), German politician
 * Bettina Wiegmann (born 1971), German footballer
 * Bettina Vollath (born 1962), Austrian politician
 * Betina Temelkova (born 1997), Bulgarian-Israeli judoka

Fictional characters
"Bettina" was the name of the woman artist (and her ranch) that the Tom Hanks character met at the end of the film Cast Away while delivering her package. He had retrieved the Bettina package years earlier from the ocean, while stranded on a tiny island following a plane crash. "Bettina" is also the name of Kathy Bates' character in the TV series, Six Feet Under.

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Talk:Appleby College

Religious Affiliation
currently listed as "anglican" should thi snot be changed to none? the chapel is "anglican style" but the school maintains a secular environment. flagitious 23:57, 19 September 2007 (UTC)
 * It is currently unlisted, until there is any resolution on this. There is indeed an Anglican chapel, and an Anglican priest on staff (the Chaplain), but the school emphasizes that it is non-denominational and multi-religious. There are some indications of this, with the presence of other religious symbols in the chapel itself. However, all students are required to attend chapel daily (exemptions are rarely allowed), which is definitely an Anglican service. What resolution? Keep in mind that our own difficulty with this is caused by the fact that many people at Appleby itself do not understand the school's relationship with Anglican Christianity. --Kenojuak37 (Talk | Contribs) 07:40, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Athletics/Arts
There's a lot more information about this as it pertains to Appleby available, and it's an important part of the school. No mention is made of many varsity sports that are prominent, no mention is made of success in arts aside from MUN/Debating. I would add but I have no information with regards to that. flagitious 06:27, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

Notable Alumni
Please add more to this list. It should be someone who has significant achievments, or at least is well known enough to have a Wikipedia page.

Didn't John Marshall Harlan II (former justice of the US Supreme Court) also attend Appleby? Thought he was in the same class as Raymond Massey. Worth mentioning here.
 * I agree. However, I can't find a source for that. Everything on the web says he went to UCC. Is that a mistake, or did he go to both UCC and Appleby?70.24.190.9 00:12, 28 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Think he went to both but graduated from Appleby. Same class as Raymond Massey.
 * OK, done. However, he would have been two years behind Massey. 70.24.190.9 02:03, 6 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Harlan went to UCC for primary school, I believe up to Grade 10 - graduated from apps though. flagitious 06:10, 12 July 2007 (UTC)

What is the source for John Kenneth Galbraith having attended Appleby? I've tried to verify that, but can't.69.77.169.90 (talk) 19:08, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Would second that query; there's no reference to it in Galbraith's Wiki page, or elsewhere. Tempted to delete. SterlingMorrison (talk) 07:50, 16 July 2009 (UTC)
 * Have looked very thoroughly through several Galbraith biographies (using the e-books from the University of Toronto Libraries), and there is absolutely no reference, nor on the web. I am almost certain Galbraith did not attend Appleby, or at the very least did not graduate from there. --Kenojuak37 (Talk | Contribs) 07:40, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Guy McLean as Acting Headmaster
Alexis Troubetzkoy abruptly left Appleby after closing day in June 1987. Guy McLean, then Director of Studies, was appointed as acting headmaster, and after a year of very successful leadership, was signed onto his first full headmaster contract by the Board of Governors. This is reflected in new edits, and is accurate. Shagmaestro 21:18, 8 December 2006 (UTC) I have to admit that I fail to see the need to list the name of the same person twice, even assuming you are correct, although I note you provide no sources for what you say.74.100.78.166 13:28, 13 January 2007 (UTC)
 * Agreed with 74.100.78.166; since Guy McLean has been in office continually, let him be listed as such. One year at the beginning is hardly notable compared to two decades in the post. Furthermore, an acting headmaster is in fact a headmaster, but with a short, interim contract. I think this is settled. --Kenojuak37 (Talk | Contribs) 07:40, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

Who is the founder? Guest, Walker, or Both?
There is some obscurity about whether Appleby was founded by John Guest, Sir Byron Edmund Walker, or both men working together. As a student, I heard both names, but some sources (Canadian Encyclopedia of Biography Online) list Walker as the sole founder. However, Walker was very well known, and Guest almost completely unknown publicly (from what I can tell), so perhaps the publications merely reflect that difference, rather than accurately describing what happened. Maybe Walker was the visionary and the funder, and Guest was merely the first headmaster (indeed, he was the first headmaster). Can anyone dig up some information on this? --Kenojuak37 (Talk | Contribs) 07:40, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

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GO!GO!7188

GO!GO!7188 (Go Go Nana Ichi Hachi Hachi), also known simply as Gogo, was a Japanese rock band with influences spanning from surf rock to punk rock to enka.

History
In June 1998, Yumi Nakashima (nicknamed Yuu) and Akiko Hamada (nicknamed Akko), both alumnae of the same year at Shoyo High School in Kagoshima of Kyūshū, formed a band with the goal of participating in a national competition. They had previously played together in a Judy and Mary cover band while in high school along with three other girls from their school. The band broke up when the members graduated; Yuu and Akko wanted to continue but the other members did not. In college, Yuu and Akko formed a new band, along with a boy who played the drums and was the same age as them. In November 1998 they participated in the Yamaha Music Foundation's Teens' Music Festival as GO GO 7188. They didn't win the grand prize but their performance was seen by their future producer and later the band was signed to the talent agency breast/milia.

Drummer Takayuki Hosokawa (nicknamed Turkey) joined GO!GO!7188 in 1999, and the band then signed with major label Capitol Music (Toshiba-EMI). They went to Tokyo in February 2000, and started recording on the same day they arrived. Their first single, "Taiyō," was released a few months later on June 28. GO!GO!7188 starting recording their debut album in September of that year with plans to release it in December. The album, Dasoku Hokō, was released on December 6, 2000, and peaked at number 25 on the Oricon albums chart.

In April 2001, Dotanba de Cancel was released as the first single from GO!GO!7188's follow up album. Reviewers noted the song's sad melody and lyrics, which stood in contrast to their usually upbeat material. That summer, the band played at the Rock In Japan Festival on August 5.

GO!GO!7188 released their second album, Gyotaku, on November 21, 2001. Reviewers pointed out the "garage-style" rock, melodies "filled with Taishō era romanticism" and "well-constructed key changes" present in the songs. The album surpassed its predecessor, reaching 17 on the Oricon chart.

The following year, on July 10, GO!GO! released their first cover album, titled Tora no Ana. The tracklist included covers of "Shōwa era pop songs and anime songs." As part of the promotion of the album, Toshiba EMI held a contest with a one million yen prize.

On October 13, 2003, Akko released her solo album Kirari under the name of Akiko Hamada.

On March 1, 2004, Yu released her solo album Ten no Mikaku.

Later that year, on October 27, GO!GO!7188 released their fourth original album, titled Ryūzetsuran. The band embarked on a nationwide tour the following month, which included a date at the famed Nippon Budokan on December 21. The footage and audio from the concert was later released on DVD and as the band's second live album on March 16, 2005.

On November 2, 2005, Yu formed a new band, Chirinuruwowaka. On September 28, Akko released her second solo album Aruyoude Naiyoude, Arumono under the name of Akiko Hamada.

On October 1, 2006, Akko announced on her official site that she had gotten married and had changed her legal name to Akiko Noma. That same month, GO!GO!7188 released their fifth studio album, Parade. The band commented that after pursuing solo activities in the previous year, they had learned that they "did music for fun," which provided the focus for making the album.

In early 2007, GO!GO!7188 transferred to BMG Japan. That March, the band carried out their first tour of the United States as part of the multi-band Japan Nite tour, including performances in New York City, Los Angeles, and at SXSW in Austin, Texas. Later that year, in August, GO!GO!7188 returned to the United States for a second tour, playing at Musikfest in Bethel, Pennsylvania, as well as concerts in New York City and Chicago.

On October 24, 2007, GO!GO!7188 released their sixth album and first on BMG Japan, 569 (pronounced Go Rock). Four days before the album was available in stores, the band made all of the tracks available on their MySpace page.

The next year, on May 28, GO!GO! released their second cover album, titled Tora no Ana 2. Regarding the songs included on the album, Akko stated that the band tried to make each one show off their best parts. Each track was arranged into the "GO!GO! rock style," such as their surf rock version of Pink Lady's Nagisa no Sinbad and cover of Spitz's Spider incorporating the intro from There She Goes by The La's.

In 2010, they transferred to FlyingStar Records (Victor Entertainment). On June 2, GO!GO! released their eighth and final studio album, Go!!GO!GO!Go!!

On February 10, 2012, the band announced on their website that they were disbanding.

Members

 * Yū (ユウ), Real name: Yumi Nakashima (中島 優美) is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter. Released a solo album, Ten no Mikaku as Yuu, in 2004. Released the album Iroha with side band, Chirinuruwowaka in 2005.
 * Akko (アッコ), Real name: Akiko Noma (野間 亜紀子) is the bassist, backup vocalist, and lyricist. Released a solo album, Kirari under her real name in 2003. Second solo album, Aru yō de nai yō de, aru mono, was released on November 2, 2005.
 * Turkey (ターキー), Real name: Takayuki Hosokawa (細川 央行) is the drummer, additional vocals.

Singles

 * 1) Taiyō (太陽, "Sun") (June 28, 2000)
 * 2) Jet Ninjin (ジェットにんぢん, "Jet Carrot") (August 30, 2000)
 * 3) Koi no Uta (こいのうた, "Love Song") (October 25, 2000)
 * 4) Mushi '98 (むし'98, "Bug '98") (November 16, 2000)
 * 5) Dotanba de Cancel (ドタン場でキャンセル, "Last Minute Cancel") (April 11, 2001)
 * 6) Aa Seishun (あぁ青春, "Ah, Youth") (July 11, 2001)
 * 7) C7 (October 24, 2001)
 * 8) Ukifune (浮舟) (October 9, 2002)
 * 9) Tane (種, "Seed") (April 25, 2003)
 * 10) Ruriiro (瑠璃色, "Color of Lapis Lazuli") (August 6, 2003)
 * 11) Aoi Kiretsu (青い亀裂, "Blue Crack") (August 25, 2004)
 * 12) Kinkyori Ren'ai (近距離恋愛, "Short Distance Lovemaking") (September 13, 2006)
 * 13) Manatsu no Dance Hall (真夏のダンスホール, "Midsummer Dance Hall") (June 28, 2007)
 * 14) Kataomoi Fighter "Itazura na Kiss" first ending (片思いファイター, "Unrequited Love Fighter") (May 28, 2008)
 * 15) Futashika Tashika (ふたしかたしか, "Uncertain Certainty") (January 14, 2009)

Original albums

 * 1) Dasoku Hokō (蛇足歩行) (December 6, 2000)
 * 2) Gyotaku (魚磔) (November 21, 2001)
 * 3) Tategami (鬣) (February 26, 2003)
 * 4) Ryūzetsuran (竜舌蘭) (October 27, 2004)
 * 5) Parade (パレード) (October 18, 2006)
 * 6) 569 (ゴーロック Go Rock) (October 24, 2007)
 * 7) Antenna (アンテナ) (February 2, 2009)
 * 8) Go!!GO!GO!Go!! (June 2, 2010)

Other albums

 * 1) Tora no Ana (虎の穴) (July 10, 2002) (cover album)
 * 2) Kyū Ni Ichi Jiken (九・二一事件) (December 10, 2003) (live album)
 * 3) Gonbuto Tour Nippon Budōkan (Kanzen-ban) (ごんぶとツアー日本武道館(完全版)) (March 16, 2005) (live album)
 * 4) Who Plays a Go-Go? ~GO!GO!7188 Amateur Tribute Album~ (April 20, 2005) (tribute album)
 * 5) Best of GO!GO! (ベスト オブ ゴー！ゴー！) (April 15, 2006) (best album)
 * 6) Tora no Ana 2 (虎の穴 2) (May 28, 2008) (cover album)
 * 7) 2man Tour Tetsuko no Hair + Open Night Family ~Yokae no Kazoku~ CD + DVD (October 29, 2008) (live album & DVD documentary)
 * 8) Coupling Best of GO!GO! (カップリング ベスト オブ ゴー! ゴー!) (May 16, 2012) (best album)
 * 9) very best of GO! GO! (ベリー　ベスト　オブ　ゴー!ゴー!) (october 10, 2012) (best album)

DVDs and videos

 * 1) GO!GO!7188 Tonosama Tour 2001 (GO!GO!7188とのさまツアー2001) (October 24, 2001)
 * 2) GO!GO! Daieizō-sai (GO!GO!大映像祭!) (March 19, 2003)
 * 3) GO!GO!7188 Gonbuto Tour Nihon Budokan (GO!GO!7188 ごんぶとツアー 日本武道館) (March 16, 2005)
 * 4) GO!GO! Daieizō-sai (Omake-tsuki) (GO!GO!大映像祭! (おまけ付)) (March 15, 2006)
 * 5) GO!GO!7188 6.21 Jiken (October 29, 2008) DVD (limited & regular editions)

Radio

 * GO!GO!Sakurajima (2000)
 * GO!GO!7188's allnightnippon-r (2000–2001)
 * GO!GO!7188's BeiBeiKin (2004)
 * GO!GO!7188's BeiBeiKin 1/2 (2005)
 * GO!GO!7188's BeiBeiSui 1/2 (2005–present)

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Template talk:Infobox Dungeons & Dragons module

Question
What happens if template is changed int he future to add or remove fields? Does this mean pages using old version of template will stop displaying properly as it doesn't follow the instruction that all fields must be present? User:Waza

 * That's a good question. We may just have to wait to see if we add anymore fields and then exercize due diligence and change all the articles that use it.  It's easy to find out which articles use the template.  Plus, it won't be so bad since there aren't that many module articles yet.   — Frecklefoot | Talk 14:57, September 8, 2005 (UTC)

Experimental Testing Talk
I made this DnD info box template to help standardize our growing collection of pages. Incorporated good suggestes from several users, Waza & Frecklefoot, but we will see where this goes. Wendell 04:34, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Summary of older talk:
 * No WikiProject for D&D, yet. Perhaps someone will get inspired
 * No need to race to add several "stubby" module articles with this template. It was meant to help organize articles, not stand alone as an article.
 * Lots could be added to the info box, lets not add too much too soon. Need some experience and discussion.  As it stands, this info box is taller than many of the current module articles!  Work on the articles first...
 * Some proposed catagories to add included:
 * Item code. While TSR stopped using the module codes in the early/mid 90's each TSR product before and after still had an item codes... quick hunt on TSR Archive and D&D Homepage seems that these numbers continue to today. While most players of the 80s and earlier are familar with the module code, the item number could be an invaluable unique reference for latter modules.
 * ISBN - These started appearing on modules around 1981 (including reprintings of older modules). This is useful if someone is trying to track down a secondhand copy.
 * Items considered but rejected from the infobox. They should all go in the main article with more detailed explaination.
 * Story elements, plot, enemies, etc.
 * Module reprints and super-modules reprints

That is all for now. Wendell 04:34, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Great to see some progress being made. Should this actually be under Infobox or Infobox templates somewhere rather than straight Template? This is a legitamate question, I don't know, haven't really got my head around templates and info boxes yet, though I think they are a good idea. - Waza 05:02, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Love the template and how easy it is to use, I have been playing around with it in H1. My first suggestion is:
 * Change label column width, in original talk examples they were wider. In this version First published and Characters levels whose data will almost always be one line, are forced out to two lines because the title takes two. - Waza 05:35, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

 * Looks great! I'm glad you took the initiative and got this going.  I'm glad you were able to incorporate some optional parameters as we discussed.  As for adding future items, if they're made optional, they won't break existing clients of the previous version of the template.  The only other comment I have is that I agree with Waza, the column label width should probably be a tad wider to prevent text wrapping. Great job! :D   — Frecklefoot | Talk 14:31, September 2, 2005 (UTC)

Another idea for a proposed category: Contents. For many this would be ## page book & Cardboard cover. Though some modules (examples in brackets) had all sorts of extra's including additional card covers (I6, G1-2-3), fold out maps (H3, H4 }, cardboard counters (H1}, fold up models(H1, B6, AC3}, etc   User:Waza

Well I think that Module Contents should be discussed in the article text. Too many variables and discussion to fit within an infobox. Wendell 02:13, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

 * About the formatting issues, I agree that 4 fields (Rules Required, First published, Campaign Setting and Characters levels) are split into 2 rows. However on both of my browers the original example had the same issue.  However the original example used XHMTL, and did better at centering the text, which I am trying to replicate with wiki-pipes.  With my testing the simple suggestion of making those fields wide enough to prevent line wrapping made the whole infobox too wide.  Seems we all have some more formatting ideas to work out.  Wendell 02:19, 7 September 2005 (UTC)

Associated optional templates
Editors do not need to do anything special to invoke this functionality, just follow the instructions at the top of the this talk page.
 * Template:DnDmodule/series

Linked module wikilinking
I want to point out that all the linked modules in the infobox should be wikilinked to their articles, whether or not the articles exist yet. That way, when they do exist, users can quickly jump to them. Also, the broken links encourage users to write articles on them. For example, for the S3 article:

 * |series = S1 S2 S3 S4

should be:

 * |series = S1 S2 S3 S4

(I already fixed the article, I'm just using S3 as an example). Any questions? — Frecklefoot | Talk 14:57, September 8, 2005 (UTC)

 * Well, to carry the example further; all the modules should be wiki-linked. For wiki-links in templates(only), the wiki-software will replace the link with a Bolded Entry.  In your example, as a template on the S3 article, the following wiki-code

 * |series = S1 S2 [Expedition to the Barrier Peaks[S3]] S4

 * would be rendered as

 * |series = S1 S2  S3  S4
 * Wendell 01:53, 9 September 2005 (UTC)
 * While many uses of this template have followed the example above by Wendell, much of this is being removed by users editing to correct self links. While what Wendell suggests, self links to bold texts, works (and actually does work in non templates despite what is suggested) it does appear to be against the Wikipedia Manual of Style. Therefore I would strongly recommend that Frecklefoot's original method of bolding the articles module code be used. Please change any self references seen to this and also please bold any module codes where self reference has been removed and the code not already enbolded. - Waza 00:42, 2 March 2007 (UTC)


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Spencer's Island

Spencer's Island is a rural community in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, located at the western end of Greville Bay on the Bay of Fundy. The community is named after a small island 45.33056°N, -64.69167°W of the same name located offshore from nearby Cape Spencer. According to local oral history, the island, cape and community trace their name to a man named Spencer who is buried on the island. However the name more likely comes from Lord Spencer, a British statesman at the time the community was settled.

Spencer's Island was used seasonally by the Mi'kmaq who called it Wochuk, meaning small kettle island. The first recorded settlement was by the Spicer families in 1778. Spencer's Island became an important shipbuilding centre during the latter days of the Age of Sail. The first large vessel from its shipyards was the Amazon built in 1861 and later to become famous as the Mary Celeste. Many larger vessels followed including the full-rigged ship Glooscap in 1891, the largest ship built in Cumberland County and the last square rigger built along the Parrsboro Shore. The former shipyard area is now part of the Old Shipyard Beach Campground.

The community is located at 45º21'16"N, 64º42'54"W, with the community of Advocate Harbour to the west and the community of Port Greville and village of Parrsboro to the east. It is located on Route 209 and one of the communities that form the Fundy Shore Ecotour.

The community of Spencer's Island contains a historic lighthouse dating to 1904, a beach, campground and cafe. The lighthouse has recently been granted permission by the Canadian Coast Guard to turn the light back on, and is open to the public with pictures of the ship building and ship building artifacts on display. A plaque in the lighthouse recognizes Stanley Spicer, a noted local historian who helped save the lighthouses and wrote many books on the history and shipping of the Bay of Fundy. A picnic park is located beside the lighthouse and a public boat ramp has also been re-built for small craft to be launched from mid-tide to high tide. Public bathrooms are available from June to September.

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Chad Wackerman

Chad Wackerman (born March 25, 1960) is an American jazz, jazz fusion and rock drummer, who has played with Frank Zappa and Allan Holdsworth. He has worked as a band member, session musician, sideman, and leader of his own ensembles. He is the older brother of drummers John Wackerman and Brooks Wackerman.

Musical career
Wackerman was raised in Seal Beach, California, in a family immersed in music. His father Chuck Wackerman, a drummer, is a music teacher who has taught at both high school and middle school levels with a specialization in jazz. Chad and his brothers John and Brooks are all proficient drummers and multi-instrumentalists. John recorded an album titled Drum Duets Vol.1.

Wackerman joined the Bill Watrous band in 1978, and then worked with Frank Zappa from 1981 to 1988. Zappa demanded high musical standards and imposed exacting discipline in rehearsal and on tour. The auditions for his band were "grueling", according to Steve Vai and Wackerman himself. Two pieces of music, "Mo 'n Herb's Vacation", and "The Black Page" were considered exceptionally difficult. Only three drummers throughout Zappa's career were able to play them successfully: Wackerman, Terry Bozzio, and Vinnie Colaiuta. In an interview with Drum Magazine, Bozzio noted that although he and Colaiuta gained more notoriety from playing with Zappa, Wackerman performed Zappa's most challenging material.

In addition to appearing on Zappa's rock albums and tours, Wackerman performed with the London Symphony Orchestra in 1983 on a concert and recording session of Zappa's compositions.

Sideman and session musician
In 1985, Wackerman toured with, but did not record for, Australian rock act Men at Work. He played on the album and supporting video One Voice with Barbra Streisand. He has also recorded albums and toured with diverse artists such as Allan Holdsworth, Steve Vai, Andy Summers, Ed Mann, Albert Lee, Colin Hay, Ed Kuepper, Dweezil Zappa and Tom Grant. Wackerman was also the drummer for the house band on the first Dennis Miller late night talk show.

Wackerman has also toured with James Taylor, Mark Linn-Baker and Larry Sweeney, John Patitucci, Jeff Lorber, and Joe Sample, as well as fellow Zappa drummer Terry Bozzio in a series of all-percussion concerts. Wackerman lived in Australia for ten years between 1995 and 2005, but moved back to California in July 2005.

Replacing drummer Marco Minnemann, Wackerman toured with Steven Wilson's band through 2013 in support of Wilson's album The Raven That Refused to Sing. He performed on Wilson's 2015 album Hand. Cannot. Erase.

Chad Wackerman Trio
The current Chad Wackerman Trio consists of Wackerman (drums), Doug Lunn (1954–2017; bass), and Mike Miller (guitar). Wackerman's solo albums include guitar contributions from Allan Holdsworth.

Discography

 * Forty Reasons (1991)
 * The View (1993)
 * Scream (2000)
 * Legs Eleven (2004)
 * Dreams Nightmares and Improvisations (2012)

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Untitled
Does "Much on Demand" really merit a "See also" here?

Misspelled Denise's last name!
You missspealled Santos on the article of miTRL, and that was Ramerez, and he does not have a sister. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.22.227.206 (talk) 23:37, 18 March 2007 (UTC).

 * ...Is this him ? --Trevorrrj (talk) 10:17, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Old TRL Logo
Does anyone remember in the late 1990s, they had a contest on TRL where viewers could submit designs for a new TRL logo? I recall that the winning logo was a rotational ambigram, meaning that the if you looked at it upside down, it still said "TRL", because of the design of the letters. I can't seem to find a picture of this, but I wanted to add information on it to the article. Does anyone remember this or know where to find this? --DDG 21:09, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

Found this by chance. On a official notebook. https://twitter.com/beachbunny25/status/890747984568299521 MaJic  (comments go here) 01:53, 28 July 2017 (UTC)

How many votes per user per day?
I registered at the MTV website so that I could vote on TRL for the new Young Jeezy video ("My Hood") - and I read that "only one vote counts" on the Thanks page after I voted. I understand that only registered MTV.com users can vote online for TRL, but how many videos do they get to vote for per day? I also requested a few other videos besides "My Hood"; I wonder if those votes will count. Thanks.

When You Heart TRL
Willa Ford's infamous music videos are what comes to mind!

Disk countdown
Since we have the TRL countdown here and the los 10 + pedidos, it's only fair that we put the Brasilian TRL in here as well. AKA Disk MTV...

they actually put the countdown on the website http://www4.mtv.terra.com.br/disk/ but they don't count the days or how many times it spent at #1, so I'll add it all as 1 today and I will update it regularly! you can check the countdown everyday on the website...

The scream
Hi, I'm Ashley from Michigan, and I love LFO, they're awesome, WooooooOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!--Lindsay (talk) 04:50, 27 January 2008 (UTC)

Criticism
There's a statement in this section that says that MTV promotes a certain type of music (mainstream pop and urban) on the countdown. It implies that the voter's votes do not matter. Is there proof that the voters have no say in the video selection? I doubt that TRL is biased. I think we should change this section. Do you all agree/disagree?

I can recall a website with a loyal group of followers who all voted for this one (not previous on TRL) video and got it on TRL for a day. If TRL were biased, it would surely not have had that video on the countdown. That's my interpretation. Of course, the Tom Green ordeal mentioned in the article proves the opposite. -Oatmeal batman 20:37, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Debut?
The 'career benefit' section has a lot of stuff I feel isn't neutral. What does it mean that artists 'made their debuts' on this show? what sort of debut? Britney Spears had never appeared on TV before this show? Had never played her music before this show? What debut are we talking about? And secondly, Saying that the show catapulted these artists into fame is biased unless the article can cite itself. Muchmusic played all of these artists videos. And Canadians don't get TRL. Nor do most people outside North America. So saying that TRL was the cause of the popularity seems to be a fact not in evidence. TheHYPO 04:33, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

 * Music videos making their debut on MTV is a big deal. If MTV decides to debut the music videos during TRL, then the TRL debut = MTV debut.  I see your point but since MTV is "top dog" in the on-TV-music industry, the info in the article is valid. Oatmeal batman 20:42, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

 * I didn't say the info was invalid, I said it was uncited and unclear. Nowhere does it say that music videos making MTV debuts do so on this show, so that is not made clear in the article. So 'debut' in the Benefit section is completely un-contextualized. But my question is, before TRL debuted videos, was the debut of artists on MTV or on the previous countdown show not a factor in an artists' success? Is TRL of any impact on these artists' fame, or is it simply that MTV debuts their videos on this show? I mean. Can you see any correlation between the DAY it debuts and the success of the artists? I don't deny that having their video played on MTV is a big hit for an artist, but does their success have anything to do with the fact that they debuted on TRL, or the simple fact that their video was shown on TRL at all? or the simple fact that they were shown on MTV at all? Has VH1 or anywhere else had any less impact? All I'm saying is, without citation, it's one person's opinion that these artists "debuting" on TRL has directly lead to their success. I can guarantee you other artists have debuted on TRL and gone on to serve burgers, so I don't think you can prove a correlation that way in saying that debut = success in every case, so I don't think you can therefore backtrack that success = thanks to debut. TheHYPO 03:31, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

 * True. If the article doesn't correctly cite correlating TRL debut and "success" (whatever that may mean), then the article should be changed.  Vagueries should be kept to a minimum on wiki.  -Oatmeal batman 17:29, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Recent top ten lists and live performances lists
I don't think these are needed; they make the article look like a "current events" piece instead of a Wikipedia article, and need constant updating. It's probably not notable enough information for us to be including anyway, because lots of videos reach the TRL countdown and it changes every day, whereas the article for the far more notable Billboard Hot 100 (which is updated weekly) only mentions the current number-one. Extraordinary Machine 15:50, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

 * Well, because there's been no response here, I've removed them. Extraordinary Machine 20:07, 15 August 2006 (UTC)

-I actually like the list. There's only 10 videos...but I understand the need to simplify things. Maybe you should just list the current #1 video, instead of the whole list? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.227.121.71 (talk • contribs) 20:15, 15 August 2006.

Please put back the list. It is actually useful. I'm from Asia and I don't know anything about TRL so with the chart I can know what's going on. It can also make the page more interesting. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Aliff (talk • contribs) 10:33, 16 August 2006.
 * This list comes from mtv.com though, can you not look it up there? Hackajar 10:03, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

I liked seeing the current top ten list on here as well, please put it back up on the site. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 204.9.220.36 (talk • contribs) 19:31, 16 August 2006.

I really found the list useful! It was fun!!! Please put it back!! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.44.16.135 (talk • contribs) 19:32, 16 August 2006.

OMG! Sorry I'm a music-addict, and I'm from Colombia, and I used this list everyday to get updated on new videos, new music, and new performances!! I'm beggin you, put it back! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Canuck01 (talk • contribs) 19:34, 16 August 2006.

There's a few people demanding the lsit to come back. I'll put it back, if there's a problem let me know. For now, I'll put it back. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.44.16.135 (talk • contribs) 19:35, 16 August 2006.

 * There's a website, http://www.absolutetrl.net/forums/, which is updated everyday, or another option is to just watch the live performances on somewhere like YouTube. Look, TRL is just one of many music video countdowns across the world, and it's unnecessary to list the entire countdown on a general purpose encyclopedia. If it changes everyday, then the information can't be all that relevant; Wikipedia is not an indiscriminate collection of info. On an unrelated note, I do find it odd that three of the above users edited within minutes of each other. Extraordinary Machine 21:36, 16 August 2006 (UTC)

 * I'm not a native English-speaker, but I've helped in Wikipedia a few weeks ago. I don't think the recent top ten countdowns should be deleted, I mean there are just ten videos not 30 like the MuchMusic Countdown. The recent top ten countdowns have been updated since February and no one had said something wrong about that. I think the top ten countdowns should be updated every two days, for example: the U.S. countdown should be updated every tuesday and thursday (because it's on air monday-thursday, friday is just a count of the best of the week) and the Latin American countdown should be updated every two days (because is on air monday-friday) for example one week tuesday and thursday, and next week monday, wednesday and friday, next week tuesday and thursday... do you understand what I mean? Kraft. 23:18, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

 * They shouldn't be included. Wikipedia's an encyclopedia, not a blog, concerned with information that will be relevant in the long term. Anything that needs updating every two days (or even every week) just shouldn't be included. Start a blog instead if you want to keep track of that sort of thing, IMO. — ripley/talk 01:22, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

 * An alternative may be to supply milstone video's in trivia section like "X video has record for being on countdown for y weeks" or "X video has record for #1 spot at Y days/weeks". I agree that updated daily top 10 might be too much, especially when they are trying to get articles in Featured satatus (which implies very stable, little change to article) for release in Version_0.5 and Version_1.0_Nominations. Hackajar 10:03, 4 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm responding as an outsider to the Request for comment on this issue. I don't really think that updating wikipedia every day, from now to infinity, with the TRL countdown is a reasonable solution, even if editors are offering to do it. If the list got out of date, which is totally possible, that would make this a laughable page. I also agree with Hackajar above that a stable article should be the ultimate goal. I think the best solution would be to find a static link that clearly directs the reader to the days countdown. I'm pretty sure this would work, though it might need some testing to see if it is, in fact, static. We could even break format a little and instead of putting the link at the bottom of the page, feature it more prominently in the text, since it's reasonable that someone reading the article would want to know todays countdown. Since MTV is already doing the work of updating it, why doublehandle it? Dina 12:58, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

 * I agree with this (or, alternatively, a link to absolutetrl.net). It means that readers will know where to find the info they're looking for, without it being on Wikipedia where it isn't suitable. Extraordinary Machine 16:05, 15 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I've removed the top 10 lists again, as per folks above (myself included). It's unmaintainable and outside of Wikipedia's purpose. — ripley\talk 22:22, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

 * I don't think the recent top ten countdowns should be deleted. I don't think anything was wrong with having the countdown up since it would always be updated when I got here. 16 October 2006

i want the recent top ten to be included in this article.

Top ten lists -- again
For the sake of clarity, let's re-open discussion here since there are a number of people still blindly re-inserting the top 10 lists. I'm of the opinion that these top ten lists are unmaintainable in the long-term. And even if someone were willing to tackle the task, it's outside the scope of the purpose of an encyclopedia meant to be a long-term source of stable information. I propose that as a compromise we link to a Web site where people can easily find the top 10 information, without having to maintain it here. Thoughts? — ripley\talk 17:04, 11 October 2006 (UTC)

 * I agree wholeheartedly, for the reasons already explained above, but unfortunately at least one editor is choosing to revert rather than contribute to the discussion here. Extraordinary Machine 23:23, 14 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I really do hope that the anon editor(s) persistently restoring the video countdown discuss the issue here rather than continue to revert without explanation. Extraordinary Machine 20:32, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Let's add this external link to the "TRL top Ten" Yvil

Put it back please !

Do u know any sites that show the latest TRL chart? The link above has the chart but it is not updated.

 * Well, I support having it in there. We're just going to irritate the readers by not having it in (as immediately above) and reduce our own usefulness. If it stops being maintained, then we can stop having it, but it seems senseless to me to remove it if people are willing to maintain it now. Everyking 06:11, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

 * daily top ten please...
 * I want it on here. I agree completly with Everyking. Tcatron565 21:03, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

Geez, why r they keep on deleting it? the top 10 list means so much to me, I live in southeast Asia, the bad thing is, TRL is 2 weeks late here, so, since the official site delete the top 10 list, I can't seem to find another source except wikipedia.. Please.. put it back..

There are websites that list archives of top 10 videos...why re-add it here? You haven't been searching the Internet hard enough. Try American Google instead of your localized Google--that might help. THE evil fluffyface (talk) 21:32, 23 January 2008 (UTC)

Cleanup Needed
While cleaning up various other articles, I came upon this one and realized I couldn't fix it in a few minutes. There are many grammatical errors in this article, especially diction. I suggest that those of you who regularly contribute start a cleanup. The article is good; it just lacks a professional tone and proper english. --Iriseyes 18:37, 10 November 2006 (UTC)

 * case in point: "Younger Simpson had 3 videos in the # 1 and one close to retirement, Ashlee had a first # 1 video than her sister Jessica." -134.84.102.237 (talk) 04:17, 12 April 2008 (UTC)

Trees?
"On 2 November 2006 it was announced that TRL will debut what is being billed as the first ever Hip-Hop public service announcement on global warming. The three-minute piece is titled "Trees" and is accompanied with a new track by Dr. Octagon aka Kool Keith. It warns about deforestation and the dangers of global warming and was created by New York-based production company Click 3X with director George Gerville. Gerville hopes that the piece will engage a broad audience on the subject of global warming, and serve as a positive call to action - a reminder that you can still make a difference. Producer One Watt Sun crafted the music, which blends live action with illustration and high tech CG animation. Lead animators on the project were Mark Szumski, Rob Cambell, Anthony Filipakis and illustrator Gabriel Tick and Steve Tozzi. They were inspired by the works popular director/animator Tim Burton and artist Kara Walker. The piece is unique because it "was in a constant state of evolution from the start" to convey a truly important message. "Trees" will debut during on MTV's TRL on 2 November 2006 at 4 pm EST."

-Okay, now does this really belong in the history, my feeling is the history should be pretty general and it is for half of it but the other half is this which either needs to be put somewhere else or get it's own page. Somebody needs to get some dirt on this show too because record companies have to be paying these guys to put their stuff on. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 66.233.167.166 (talk) 16:07, 7 December 2006 (UTC).

Music Videos/Format
The article is kind of misleading because it leads one to believe that they play the Top 10 most requested videos, but they actually only play about half of the videos that were requested and they just mention the others, then they don't play entire music videos anyway. Any video they play is only played for maybe 1 minute, 1 and a half at best. Also there needs to be mention of the general format with the hosts and guests and the fans talking during videos to tell why they requested it.--DavidFuzznut 10:24, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

Eminem
I removed some information about Eminem in the others section because of inaccuracy. True, "My Name Is" was Eminem's mainstream debut, but it didn't spend a long time at #1. In fact, it never reached #1; its peak was at #3, and it retired at #6. "The Real Slim Shady" was the first rap video to reach #1 on TRL. Anthony Rupert 15:37, 12 January 2007 (UTC)

Cancellation rumors
Someone keeps persistently adding the phrase, "There is no plans to cancel TRL as its MTV's most popular watched afternoon show and still brings in the ratings. MTV will not be cancelling TRL anytime soon."

What's up with that? They never provide any citation or source. --Samvscat 23:18, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

I just read an article that it was cancelled...Kay44 22:27, 15 February 2007 (UTC)Kay44

Daily top ten list -- once again
As previously discussed, this is an encyclopedia. As such, the goal here is to provide information that does not constantly change. If this were, say, an entire wiki site based on TRL, posting the daily top ten would make sense. But it's not.

Please see "What Wikipedia is not" for more information. If you want to see the latest daily top ten countdown, there is an external link in the article that points to the Popfusion website, which hosts all of the top ten lists. Samvscat 05:09, 3 March 2007 (UTC)

TRL Not Live?
If they prerecord Wednesdays and Thursdays shows then how do they pick the Top 10? Chris9086 06:03, 11 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Let me tell you that Total Request Live certainly never was total request videos, and now it is not live. I was very familiar with the show two years ago, and I was even in the audience a few days. They have typed cue cards; a clear sign that the countdown was either determined far in advance, embellished, or completely made up altogether. The voting system is incredibly easy to crack by any computer hobbyist, as did many fans. How do you think Madonna stayed at #1 so long in December 2005/January 2006? Luckily, they've fixed that and also got rid of the phone votes and put a cap of 1 vote per day per person (before, they used a point system where an online vote was 1 point and a phone vote was 50.)

But to answer the main point of your question, two out of the four shows of the week are live (or at least close to it) and two are taped. How do I know? You can tell by the lighting in the windows, the weather, and the news breaks. The taped shows can be identified as taped because they don't tape them at 1:00 when the show airs nationwide, they have to tape it at 2:00 (or later) after they air a live one at 1:00. Also, if it's raining on Thursday's show when in reality it is a cloudless day in New York City, for example, that should give you a clue. Also, since they tape the show earlier in the week, how will the newsbreaks stay current when they air at the end of the week? Those are filmed the day of, and the MTV news correspondent reports from the newsroom instead of the uptown studio as usual.

Hope that cleared some things up, and I hope I don't lose my job.

Jumping to Conclusions with YouRL?
All this stuff about YouRL has little backing behind it and it seems like we're jumping to conclusions. Anyone else feel the same way? --Char645 23:06, 8 July 2007 (UTC)

Where Damien Fahey?
is he still hosting or not? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.28.93.134 (talk) 16:43, 10 October 2008 (UTC)

Fix the Hall of Fame chart
The chart with the artists in it needs to be fixed. It has Britney Spears as second, even though it shows her with the most retired videos (14). The artist in 1st place, Limp Bizkit, only has 5. Something's wrong here... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.141.90.64 (talk) 20:26, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Retirement Home
Can we get some text at the beginning of this section explaining its purpose and relevance to the article? Also I notice that the entire section is without citation.  D a n si m a n  ( talk | Contribs ) 18:00, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

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No Doubt should be included?
I feel as if the band No Doubt should be included in the article as they were definately part of the TRL universe. Anyone who watched the show throughout the 90's and early noughties, you would know what I mean. They were the first artist to perform in the new millennium. I want them to be included somewhere in the article, but I don't know where :S --Trevorrrj (talk) 10:28, 7 April 2010 (UTC)

Opening Theme Song
Wasn't there a dance type song at the beginning of each episode? What was it? It should be added to the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mattdruid (talk • contribs) 03:31, 19 November 2011 (UTC)

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Ray O'Connor

Raymond James O'Connor (6 March 1926 – 25 February 2013) was an Australian politician who served as the premier of Western Australia from 25 January 1982 to 25 February 1983. He was a member of the Parliament of Western Australia from 1959 to 1984, and a minister in the governments of David Brand and Charles Court. O'Connor was born in Perth and attended schools in the Wheatbelt towns of Narrogin and York as well as St Patrick's Boys' School in Perth, leaving school at the age of 14. He competed in athletics and played Australian rules football as a teenager and young adult, including playing 14 matches for East Perth in the Western Australian National Football League. During World War II, he served in the Second Australian Imperial Force in New Britain and Bougainville.

O'Connor joined the Liberal Party in 1957 and was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly in 1959. From 1965 to 1971, he was a minister in the Brand government. During this time, he served as the minister for railways and minister for transport, in which he oversaw the gauge standardisation project of the railway between Perth and Kalgoorlie. He became a minister again when Court was elected premier in 1974. He was police minister when the murder of Shirley Finn occurred in 1975, which remains unsolved but was likely done by a corrupt police officer.

O'Connor became deputy premier in 1980. When Court resigned as premier in January 1982, O'Connor was elected by his party to succeed him. The 1983 state election occurred 13 months later, in which the O'Connor government was defeated by Brian Burke and the Labor Party. The election was mainly fought on economic issues, particularly unemployment. O'Connor became opposition leader but was removed in a leadership spill in February 1984.

After resigning from Parliament in 1984, O'Connor started a consultancy business. He was made an Officer of the Order of Australia in 1989. During the WA Inc royal commission, it was determined that O'Connor had misappropriated a A$25,000 Bond Corporation cheque for himself. In May 1993, he was charged with stealing the cheque, and in February 1995, was sentenced to 18 months in prison. He was released on parole six months later. As a result of his conviction, his appointment as an Officer of the Order of Australia was terminated.

Early life
Raymond James O'Connor was born on 6 March 1926 in Perth, Western Australia, as one of eight children of Annie née Moran and Alphonsus Maurice O’Connor, a police officer. He was of Irish and English descent and was brought up as a Catholic. O'Connor's father had an interest in politics, founding a branch of the Labor Party in Quairading. He left the Labor Party in the 1950s because he thought that it was "becoming a bit communistic" and was disillusioned with the leadership of H. V. Evatt. Ray O'Connor attended school in the Wheatbelt towns of Narrogin and York as well as St Patrick's Boys' School in Perth, leaving school at the age of 14.

O'Connor played sports as a teenager and young adult, winning state titles in athletics for hurdles and discus in 1943. He also played as a ruckman for the East Perth Football Club from 1946 to 1950, including playing 14 games in the Western Australian National Football League (WANFL) and winning the Prendergast Medal for best and fairest in the WANFL reserves in 1950.

From 1942 to 1944, O'Connor worked for farming machinery company Southern Cross Windmills. In World War II, he was involved with the Bougainville campaign. O'Connor enlisted with the Second Australian Imperial Force in April 1944. After doing jungle training in Canungra, Queensland, he embarked at Brisbane on 5 June 1945 and disembarked at Torokina on the island of Bougainville five days later, where he was transferred to the 61st Battalion. Bougainville was where he first met Charles Court, a senior officer and future premier of Western Australia. In September 1945, O'Connor was transferred to the 26th Battalion and moved from Bougainville to Rabaul, New Britain. In October 1945, he was transferred to the 13th Field Company, where he was promoted to corporal in February 1946. He embarked at Rabaul on 29 May 1946 and arrived back in Australia eight days later. His boxing experience in the army and his initials "ROC" led him to later gain the nickname "Rocky". After being discharged in January 1947, he studied accounting but did not finish. In 1955, he bought the Beehive Tearooms, a café in Forrest Place, Perth.

Early political career
After encouragement from his father, O'Connor contested the Metropolitan Province of the Western Australian Legislative Council at the 1956 state election as an "independent Liberal" candidate, receiving 884 votes out of 15,159. He campaigned against the abolition of the Legislative Council, saying that it needed to be rejuvenated and have more young people elected to it. From 1957 to 1960, he was a used car sales proprietor in Inglewood, from 1957, he was a director of the Town and Country Terminating Building Society, and from 1964 to 1966, he was a director of the Town and Country Permanent Building Society. This garnered him interest from the Liberal Party, so Liberal MLC Keith Watson asked him to join the party in 1957 and contest the seat of North Perth in the Legislative Assembly, which was held by Labor's Stan Lapham. O'Connor won the seat off a 8.2 percent swing at the 1959 state election on 21 March, the same election in which David Brand became premier.

The electoral district of North Perth was abolished at the 1962 state election due to a redistribution, so O'Connor transferred to the adjacent electoral district of Mount Lawley. Before becoming a minister, O'Connor's interests were in police and housing. He often suggested changes to the Police Act to the party room, believing it was out of date. In March 1965, he became the honorary minister assisting the minister for railways and transport, Charles Court. Following the passage of the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1965 in August that year, the ministry was expanded by two, allowing O'Connor to take over from Court as the minister for transport, and from February 1967, as the minister for railways as well.

As the minister for transport, O'Connor introduced compulsory seatbelts for passenger vehicles. He said that although he personally opposed compulsory seatbelts as an "infringement on individuals' rights", cabinet approved it so he had to introduce the legislation for it. In an interview in 1996, he said that compulsory seatbelts "turned out to be the right thing, no doubt about that". As the minister for railways, he oversaw the gauge standardisation project of the railway between Perth and Kalgoorlie, which enabled people to travel to and from the eastern states by rail without changing trains. In February 1970, he travelled on the inaugural Indian Pacific train from Sydney to Perth, a journey only made possible by the gauge standardisation.

O'Connor had a reputation for being a successful gambler, having allegedly won A$100,000 betting on horse races once, although he denied this. He became involved in controversy when, during a debate on legislation to form the Totalisator Agency Board (TAB), he said that he had been offered a bribe to oppose the TAB. The chairman of the subsequent royal commission said he personally believed the bribe had been offered, but that could not be proven.

The Liberals lost the 1971 state election, and O'Connor moved with the rest of the party to the opposition benches. When Brand resigned from the Liberal Party's leadership in 1972, it was commonly accepted that Charles Court would succeed him. A group of MPs put O'Connor forward as a token candidate to make sure that Court did not take the leadership for granted. O'Connor indicated he would accept the nomination, but declined during the party room meeting, so Court was elected unopposed. O'Connor later said that he withdrew because his marriage had recently ended and he had claimed to be blackmailed. O'Connor contested the deputy leadership ballot but lost to Des O'Neil. Two years later, the Liberals won the 1974 state election, and formed a coalition with the National Country Party, led by Ray McPharlin. The Court–McPharlin ministry was formed on 8 April 1974, with O'Connor becoming the minister for transport again and the position of minister for railways being abolished. He was also the minister for police, the minister for traffic, and, from 1 May 1974, the minister for traffic safety. In May 1975, the National Country Party left the Coalition due to a policy dispute between McPharlin and Court. The National Country Party re-joined the Coalition later that month after McPharlin was replaced as leader by Dick Old. The ministry was reconstituted as the Court ministry, which resulted in the Liberal Party gaining the position of Deputy Premier instead of the National Party. O'Connor retained all his ministries except traffic safety.

As police minister, O'Connor set the blood alcohol limit for drivers at 0.08. He also formed the Road Traffic Authority, making a single body responsible for traffic and enforcement of infringements. In response to a growing number of labour strikes across the 1970s, he introduced an amendment to Section 54B of the Police Act in November 1976 so that a permit from the police commissioner was required for a gathering of more than three people in a public place. The amendment said that "reasonable grounds" were required for refusal but that there was no right to an appeal. This was heavily criticised as eroding civil liberties and was one of the most controversial actions of the Court government. Although O'Connor was the relevant minister, Court took responsibility for the act himself.

O'Connor was the police minister when the murder of well known socialite and brothel keeper Shirley Finn occurred on 22 June 1975. A coronial inquest was held between 2017 and 2019 which heard evidence that she was bribing the police to avoid having her brothel shut down, and that she threatened to blow the whistle on the persons involved unless she had her large tax bill paid. The inquest also heard evidence about O'Connor's relationship with Finn. There were longstanding rumours that O'Connor was in a secret relationship with Finn but O'Connor had long denied them. A witness alleged that Finn was murdered by policeman Don Hancock as a favour for O'Connor as he was supposedly one of the politicians Finn was going to expose. Another witness alleged that O'Connor was the person who actually carried out the murder, but the coroner ruled out his testimony due to several inconsistencies. The inquest ruled in 2020 that it was unable to determine who killed Finn. The Deputy State Coroner wrote:

"Mr O'Connor was clearly a colourful character. There is evidence indicating that he may have been involved with Ms Finn, and weak circumstantial evidence suggesting that he may have procured Ms Finn's death. However, none of that evidence comes close to establishing his involvement to the applicable standard of proof."

The ministry was reconstituted on 10 March 1977 following the 1977 state election, which the Liberal Party won. O'Connor became the minister for works, minister for water supplies, and the minister for housing, all lower profile ministries than police. Although Court gave no explanation for this, he was reportedly tired of O'Connor's controversies regarding law and order. On 24 July 1978, Bill Grayden resigned from the ministry. O'Connor received his portfolios of labour and industry, consumer affairs, and immigration, first as an acting minister, then from 7 August as the minister. The ministry was reconstituted on 25 August. O'Connor lost his former ministries, and added fisheries and wildlife, and conservation and the environment, to those he had taken over from Grayden. O'Connor handled so many different ministries that he became known as the "minister for just about everything". As immigration minister, O'Connor often criticised the amount of Vietnamese immigrants coming into Western Australia, which sparked debate with federal immigration minister Michael MacKellar. O'Connor objected to immigrants coming to Australia without any check for criminal records or their health, and said that "we should give them money, petrol, turn their boat round and send them home".

Throughout Court's premiership, O'Connor was generally considered second in line, behind Deputy Premier Des O'Neil, to replace Court if he were to stand down as Liberal leader. After O'Neil unexpectedly retired at the 1980 state election, the Liberal MPs elected O'Connor as the party's deputy leader, thus making O'Connor the deputy premier, and Court's most likely successor. O'Connor retained the labour and industry, consumer affairs, and immigration portfolios, and gained regional administration and the north-west, and tourism. In February 1981, he was relieved of the portfolios of regional administration and the north-west and tourism. In anticipation of Court retiring soon, O'Connor would take Liberal MPs out to dinner, sometimes offering them ministries if they voted for him in a leadership election. According to upper house member Phil Lockyer, O'Connor "was a difficult bloke not to be friends with".

Premier
Court announced on 18 December 1981 that he planned to resign on 25 January 1982. According to fellow MP Jim Clarko, speaking in an interview in 2012, O'Connor was the only option, with Bill Hassell, who only joined the ministry in 1980, the next best option. According to Tony Warton, Court's media advisor, his preferred successor was Peter Jones, a National Country Party minister. Court was concerned that O'Connor had promised too many MPs cabinet positions and that O'Connor was not able to handle portfolios with large budgets, although Court believed he did "reasonably well with railways" and thought that his personality would help him deal with people. Nevertheless, O'Connor won the leadership ballot unopposed, and Cyril Rushton was elected deputy leader.

O'Connor and his ministry were sworn in by Governor Richard Trowbridge on 25 January 1982. O'Connor chose to make himself treasurer, saying that it was a portfolio best handled by the premier. Out of the thirteen ministers in the previous Court ministry, ten were in the O'Connor ministry. The ministers who left were Court, Grayden, who was opposed to O'Connor becoming premier, and David Wordsworth. The new ministers were Ian Laurance, Barry MacKinnon and Bob Pike. Clarko and Richard Shalders were appointed assistant ministers before later being made ministers on 14 May 1982.

Soon after becoming premier, O'Connor sacked more than 200 workers at the Hospital Laundry Linen Service for striking and threatened to deregister their union. The workers were demanding a pay rise of $25 per week whereas the government was offering them an $11 per week pay rise. They were then told they could keep their jobs if they returned to work on 5 February. That day, they voted overwhelmingly against returning to work and they fought with police and picketed outside their workplace. By 3pm that day, they accepted the $11 per week pay rise and returned to work. Later in February, the government approved a pay rise for nurses, who had been part of a prominent campaign against depressed wages a year previously. O'Connor was described in the Australian Journal of Politics and History as "anxious to assert that his administration would be compassionate and people-oriented".

Three by-elections occurred on 13 March 1982: the Nedlands by-election to replace Court, the Swan by-election to replace retiring Labor MLA Jack Skidmore, and the South Metropolitan by-election to replace retiring Labor MLC Howard Olney. The Nedlands by-election had around a 10 percent swing towards the Labor Party, but nevertheless, Court's son Richard Court was elected. In the Swan by-election, Gordon Hill retained the seat for Labor with a 3.6 percent swing to Labor, and in the South Metropolitan by-election, Garry Kelly retained the seat for Labor with a 4.3 percent swing to Labor. O'Connor blamed the poor results for the Liberals on the unpopular federal Fraser government. On 31 July, another by-election occurred for the North Province following the resignation of Liberal turned independent MLC Bill Withers. Tom Stephens of the Labor Party won with a 14 percent swing towards Labor.

By August, unemployment in Western Australia was rising faster than the other states. The state budget was released at the end of September 1982. It came with a freeze on all state taxes. On 30 December, O'Connor launched a job bank scheme, and appointed Hassell to the newly created ministry of employment in anticipation of the upcoming election being centred around job creation.

In January 1983, O'Connor announced the date of the 1983 state election would be 19 February. With the federal government unpopular, he asked for Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser to stay out of the campaign, saying "'we can run our own show and don't need any help or hindrance from Canberra". To O'Connor's dismay, Fraser set the date of the 1983 federal election for 4 March, two weeks after the state election. The Australian reported that O'Connor was "stunned and infuriated" at the announcement and that Fraser had not consulted with O'Connor. Bob Hawke, who grew up in Western Australia and was popular within the state, was elected leader of the Labor Party at the federal level, which helped the Labor Party in the state election. The Labor Party countered the O'Connor government's job bank by announcing its own plans for job creation, which involved the establishment of a jobs taskforce to create 25,000 new jobs over the next three years. The election resulted in a swing of between five and six percent away from the Liberal Party on a two-party-preferred basis, enough for the Labor Party to win 32 out of the 57 Legislative Assembly seats and win the election. Labor leader Brian Burke succeeded O'Connor as premier on 25 February 1983.

Later life
O'Connor continued on as Liberal leader and leader of the opposition following his government's defeat. The Liberal and National parties decided to form a joint shadow ministry, and so the O'Connor shadow ministry was formed in mid-March with Liberal and National members. It consisted of all the ministers of the O'Connor government who were still in Parliament plus Grayden and Ian Thompson.

By early 1984, O'Connor was encountering pressure to resign as his media and parliamentary skills were no match for Burke's, and he had taken a six week family holiday to Europe at the end of 1983. On 10 February, Thompson, a formerly staunch supporter of O'Connor, resigned from the shadow ministry and called for him to resign as leader. A meeting of the 39 Liberal MPs was called for 15 February, at which Thompson proposed a motion that the leader and deputy leader positions be declared vacant. The motion was passed, and so a leadership spill occurred among the MPs. O'Connor, along with Hassell, MacKinnon, and Rushton contested the spill. Hassell was elected leader and MacKinnon was elected deputy leader. Afterwards, O'Connor stated that he would resign from politics by the end of the year. The ballot was the first leadership spill in the state Liberal Party's history.

O'Connor resigned from Parliament on 24 August 1984. He was succeeded as the member for Mount Lawley by George Cash. Following that, O'Connor formed a consultancy called Ray O'Connor Consultancy with Laurie Connell. O'Connor owned one third of the company and Connell owned two thirds. The company received a yearly $25,000 retainer each from Connell, Bond Corporation, Multiplex and another company, and O'Connor was additionally paid $500 per week. The company did work for the Burke government and for Connell, including lobbying local governments to approve developments.

In the 1989 Australia Day Honours, O'Connor was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for "service to the government and politics and to the Western Australian Parliament".

WA Inc
Burke resigned as premier in February 1988 and was replaced by Peter Dowding, who himself resigned in February 1990 amid unpopularity due to the WA Inc scandal, a series of controversial government investments and deals with private enterprise dating back to the Burke government. The Labor Party replaced him with Carmen Lawrence, who initially resisted calls for a royal commission into WA Inc. After months of pressure, she announced in November 1990 that the royal commission would go ahead. To take the heat off Labor, Lawrence included investigating the Court and O'Connor governments in the commission's terms of reference as well as the Burke and Dowding governments.

While giving evidence to the commission, Terry Burke, a former member of parliament and the brother of Brian Burke, said that O'Connor had told him in 1987 that he was the middleman between Bond Corporation and City of Stirling councillors in a bribery scandal. It was alleged that Bond Corporation was bribing Stirling councillors in 1984 to approve the Observation City hotel development in Scarborough. The commission was played a recording of the conversation secretly taped by Terry Burke where O'Connor said he was given a $30,000 bribe by former Bond Corporation managing director Peter Beckwith on behalf of subsidiary Austmark International. O'Connor said he then passed the bribe to Stirling councillor George Cash. O'Connor gave evidence on 28 February 1992, where he admitted to having the conversation with Burke but said that he was lying so that he could find out information from the Burke government that would be useful to the Liberal Party. He admitted to lobbying Stirling councillors on behalf of Austmark but said that no bribes took place. On 30 January 1992, Brian Burke testified that O'Connor had originally told him the story, but thought that O'Connor was trying to set him up, so he got O'Connor to retell the story to Terry Burke, who used a tape recorder to record the conversation. Neither of the Burke's told the police as they said they had no evidence.

Cash, by now a senior opposition MP, commenced defamation action against O'Connor soon after his appearance at the commission. In February 1992, O'Connor resigned from the Liberal Party amid speculation that the party would kick him out. In the same month, the commission began investigating O'Connor's finances, suspecting him of having stolen a $25,000 cheque from Bond Corporation in April 1984. The cheque was made out to a "Mt Lawley campaign fund" and recorded by Bond Corporation as a political donation. The investigation found a $25,000 deposit into O'Connor's bank account at the same time, which O'Connor was unable to explain. By that point, the record of the transaction had been destroyed which prevented investigators from determining where the money came from just based on the bank's records. Unrelated to the cheque, the investigation found that O'Connor had not paid tax on the $500 per week he received from Connell for his consultancy business.

The commission handed down its first report on 20 October 1992, which made adverse findings against O'Connor. The commission found that the Bond Corporation cheque was given to O'Connor with the intention of using the money to bribe the Stirling council, but O'Connor kept the money for himself and that no bribery took place. The report stated that "O'Connor was given every opportunity to explain the source of the sum deposited to the credit of his account on 19 April 1984, but was unable to do so in any believable way. Mr O'Connor misappropriated for his own purposes the monies which were the proceeds of the Bond Corporation cheque."

O'Connor was charged on 11 May 1993 with one count of stealing and two counts of criminal defamation relating to his statements saying that George Cash accepted a bribe. He pleaded not guilty to all charges and was released on bail. In November 1993, he had a preliminary hearing which determined there was enough evidence for O'Connor to go on trial. The trial for the stealing charge began on 13 February 1995 in the District Court. Evidence was given that O'Connor had a $98,000 overdraft and a $27,000 tax bill, which prosecutors alleged was O'Connor's motive for stealing the cheque. The jury gave a unanimous verdict that O'Connor was guilty on 17 February. This made him the first conservative MP to be convicted of offences relating to WA Inc, after Brian Burke and David Parker from the Labor Party had been convicted earlier. On 21 February, O'Connor was sentenced to 18 months in prison. He served his sentence at the minimum-security Wooroloo Prison Farm. In June 1995, his trial for the defamation charges occurred, in which he was found guilty of both counts. He was given an 18-month good behaviour bond. He was released on parole on 20 August 1995 after serving six months of his sentence. As a result of his conviction, his appointment as an Officer of the Order of Australia was terminated on 18 October 1995.

After 2001, O'Connor was reinstated as a member of the Liberal Party when party leader Colin Barnett put forward a motion that his membership be restored. Barnett said "as leader I moved at a state council meeting that Ray's membership be restored on the grounds that he had made a great contribution to the party, he had made an error and done his time, that we should put that behind us, move on, and readmit him."

Personal life and death
O'Connor married his first wife Beverley Vilma Lydiate, with whom he had four daughters and four sons, at St Francis Xavier's Church in East Perth on 17 June 1950. They divorced around 1972. His second marriage, to Vesna Frances Stampalia (née Dragicevich), occurred on 14 March 1973. O'Connor was the uncle of West Coast Eagles coach Ron Alexander and the grandfather of Adelaide Crows player Ronin O'Connor.

O'Connor died on 25 February 2013 in a nursing home in Scarborough, aged 86. His funeral occurred on 7 March 2013 at the Our Lady of the Rosary Church in Woodlands and he was cremated at Karrakatta Cemetery.

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Delete. Non-notable conspiracy theory website. Alexa ranking: 138,699. android 79  02:56, September 2, 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per above. It's also POV ("exposing the lies . . .").  Demogorgon's Soup-taster 08:59, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge to James W. Walter, the website's founder, who is notable. I would also argue that the website is notable, despite the Alexa Test. Roodog2k (talk) 11:28, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
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 * Abstain - I might've heard of it on a major liberal news network such as Fox News but I'm not certainly sure; therefore, the author needs to provide more links to reliable sources about this "supposedly-existing" organization! UniReb 11:59, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
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