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Thanks for your support. It could be a bad precedent for future projects. Cheers – MusiCitizen 21:11, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Please feel free to collaborate as much as you wish. Thanks again. MusiCitizen 22:07, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

interiot.js
Thanks for using my "static link" JS. A tiny thing, though - I've just moved the page the script to User:Haza-w/interiot.js, making it lowercase so that it's sorted with my other JS and CSS files. Could you please change the link in your monobook.js, before I get rid of the redirect? Thanks! haz (us e r talk) 18:25, 5 April 2006

Request for comments on article naming
Talk:World Junior Ice Hockey Championships If you're interested. Thanks. ColtsScore 09:52, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

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The Anti-Gravity Room

The Anti-Gravity Room was a weekly Canadian television program of the mid-late 1990s, spotlighting comic books and video games, and hosted by Nick Scoullar and Phil Guerrero. It was produced by YTV in Canada, and was carried in the United States on the Sci-Fi Channel. It featured interviews with international comic creators, coverage of comic events, reviews of video games, and guest hosts such as Ben Stiller and Kevin Smith.

History
Nick started his first show, TALKCOMICS, in 1993 with his best friend Milan Dale. It was a call-in show which aired on the public-access television station Manhattan Neighborhood Network(MNN). Viewers would call in with questions on comic books and host Nick Scoullar would answer them.

Word of the show got around and it was jointly picked up by Canada's YTV, America's Fremantle Corporation and Sci-Fi channel, and turned into The Anti-Gravity Room. The show was expanded into more of a news/information show that still covered comics, but also more literature, games, movies and music. Two more hosts were added: Phil Guerrero and Shashi Bhatia. Nick was based in New York City, Phil in Toronto and Shashi in Los Angeles.

Shashi would later be replaced by Jaimy Mahlon over the course of the series' four-year run. Other hosts included Eugenie Vincent, Aashna Patel, Patricia Ribeiro and Jackie Farry.

The fifth and final season of The Anti-Gravity Room only aired on YTV, as the Sci-Fi Channel decided to cancel the series early.

It was followed with the spiritual-sequel series, Warp, which premiered on September 17, 1998 on YTV. Unlike The Anti-Gravity Room, which was focused on comics, Warp covered a range of topics in sci-fi, pop-culture, television, movies and technology. Phil continued as host and was joined by fellow YTV personality Paul McGuire. Nick continued to host some segments. Jennifer Racicot (aka PJ Katie) hosted segments called Real Warped which highlighted movies.

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Talk:Scotch Plains, New Jersey

could not find a source for the original name of Park, someone please investigate further. Skipper1931 (talk) 11:54, 7 January 2017 (UTC)

hey somebody ought to put up a few pictures and stuff of the things mentioned in the article

I've removed the following section, since it seems unencyclopaedic and is lacking any external references. It may warrant being in the article, but I don't know enough about the area to properly research the issue.

Education
I removed the following statement &mdash ", and McGinn is the only school to receive 3 stars on the NJ School Report Card" — as unsupported and questionable. I've been reading the New Jersey School Report Cards for years and have never seen a star rating. Furthermore, on what basis is it the "only school" to mmet this criteria? The only one in the district, area, county, state, etc.? As such, I'm leaving it here for discussion. Alansohn 16:49, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

"Scotch Plains, New Jersey" listed at Redirects for discussion
The redirect [//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scotch_Plains,_New_Jersey&redirect=no Scotch Plains, New Jersey] has been listed at redirects for discussion to determine whether its use and function meets the redirect guidelines. Readers of this page are welcome to comment on this redirect at  until a consensus is reached. Graham 87 16:15, 10 May 2023 (UTC)

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Richie Rich (1980 TV series)

Richie Rich is a Saturday morning animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and was broadcast on ABC from November 8, 1980, to September 1, 1984, based upon the Harvey Comics character of the same name. The series shared time slots with Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, The Little Rascals, Pac-Man and Monchhichis over its original four-year broadcast run. 13 half-hours were produced, split into segments of 12, 7 and 4 minutes.

Many of the titles of segments were never revealed on air, but the titles were used in comic book issues then recently published at the time of production.

In 1988, the series was re-broadcast as part of the weekend/weekday programming block The Funtastic World of Hanna-Barbera.

The series was also the voice acting debut for Nancy Cartwright who has since become better known as the voice of Bart Simpson.

Plot
This show details the various adventures of Richie Rich, his family, and his friends.

Segments
Richie Rich's adventures are sorted into different segments:
 * Richie Rich Riches – this segment deals with threats to the Rich family or more specifically Richie.
 * Richie Rich Treasure Chest – segments that revolve around Dollar and/or Cadbury.
 * Richie Rich Gems – short segments for humor like the Wing Dings of Dastardly and Muttley in their Flying Machines. These segments were based on one-page comic book stories.
 * Richie Rich Zillion-Dollar Adventures – this segment deals with Richie Rich and his friends fighting master criminals, aliens, and other threats to the world. While Dr. Blemish appeared in one episode, some episodes have an exclusive villain called the Collector as a recurring enemy.

Adaptation changes
The animated series took a number of liberties from the original comics:
 * Richie is depicted as slightly older, inconsistently voiced as a child between 10 and 14, and wears a red sweater with a large "R" on the front as well as long trousers. In the comics, he wears a black suit with a red bow tie and blue short pants.
 * Gloria is shown as the same age as Richie and wears a white long-sleeved a blouse, pantyhose, purple sweater or sweater vest and purple mini skirt. In the comics, she wore a bow in her hair and wore a white blouse with a short skirt supposedly made of tartan.
 * Dollar is more anthropomorphized with Walter Mitty-like fantasies. Dollar is similar to Scooby-Doo.
 * Irona the Robot Maid is given a greater presence in the series with additional duties as Richie's personal bodyguard as seen in the "Zillion Dollar Adventures" segments. To fulfill that role, Irona can convert her body into various alternative modes as necessary. For instance, the moment she receives a summons from Richie, she would change her body into a jet plane mode and immediately fly to the boy.

Broadcast history
Richie Rich was originally broadcast in these following formats on ABC:
 * The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show (November 8, 1980 – September 18, 1982)
 * The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show (September 25, 1982 – September 3, 1983)
 * The Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show (September 10, 1983 – September 1, 1984)

It later aired on CBS as reruns from January 11 to August 30, 1986, and then again from November 15 to December 27 the same year.

Season 4 – The Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show

 * Only Zillion-Dollar Adventures were produced for this season.

Cast
The voice cast included:
 * Sparky Marcus – Richie Rich
 * Christian Hoff – Freckles, Pee Wee
 * Nancy Cartwright – Gloria Glad
 * Stanley Jones – Mr. Rich, Cadbury the Butler
 * Joan Gerber – Mrs. Rich, Irona the Robot Maid
 * Bill Callaway – Professor Keenbean
 * Frank Welker – Dollar the Dog, Dr. Blemish, Suavo
 * Dick Beals – Reggie Van Dough
 * Robert Ridgely - Collector

Home media
On May 20, 2008, Warner Home Video released The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show: Volume 1 on DVD in Region 1.

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Talk:Belokrinitskaya Hierarchy

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I think the article should be merged or somehow more directly connected to the one about "The Russian Orthodox Old-Rite Church". It also needs to be polished for more precision and quality (the verb "to organize" is consistently misspelled).

 * Hi, anonimus! Please, polish the article, but it shouldn't be merged. ROORC is a church, a body, a congregation. Belokrinitskoe Soglasie is a denomination, a faith to which this church belongs. And the Hierarchy is a whole tree of priests and bishops. Several churches belong to this tree, not only ROORC, and much more used these priests earlyer. Ideally somebody (maybe me) should fill this article with at least a line of mitropolitans of Moscow, and maybe some other famous priests from this hierarchy. But it certainly shoudn't be merged! Arseni 05:56, 23 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Thank you for your answer, Arseni. I think I agree with you - it shouldn't be merged, but maybe some of the stuff on the "history of Belokrinitskaya hierarchy which I wrote in the article on ROORC should be transferred here, but the ROORC expanded with more material on the history of BH in Russia. What I initially meant when I suggested merging was to "lump" the articles "Belokrinitskaya Hierarchy" together with ROORC and the Lipovan OORC, treating two latter as subsections, since to the best of my knowledge there are no other churches that belong to BH anyway (the novozybkovtsy is a completely different story). But, after thinking about it, I come to agree with you. Ouital77 11:11, 25 August 2005
 * I added the list of metropolitans in the ROORC article. Ouital77 11:13, 25 August 2005
 * Hi, Ouital! Let's move the hirarchy here. When writing about ROORC it would be nice to write more about its current state, its social and phylosophical positioning etc. And, yes, you are right - there are only 2 churches of this hierarchy now. But, for example, when Orkuzhniki and Neokruzhniki separated form each other in 1860th, they both were Belokrinitsk-ian, while beeing actually different churches. So princilaplly there's enough stuff to write here that couldn't be written in the ROORC article. Arseni 16:32, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

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Ballymore Stadium

Ballymore  is a rugby union stadium situated in Herston, a suburb of Brisbane, Australia. It is the headquarters of Queensland Rugby Union and was the home ground of the Brisbane City team in the National Rugby Championship, until the league's disbandment in 2019. It is also used as a training facility for the Queensland Reds and Australian Wallabies rugby teams.

The stadium was the home ground of the Reds until they moved to Suncorp Stadium in 2006. The Brisbane Strikers football club also played at the ground prior to 2003. Ballymore was used as a training facility and headquarters for A-League club Brisbane Roar from 2008 to 2014. It will be used as the club's women's home stadium from 2023–24 season.

History
The Queensland Rugby Union (QRU) set up its headquarters at Ballymore in 1966 under a deed of grant from the state government. The first club game played at the new site was a match between Teachers and Wests. The QRU moved in February 1967. In March of the following year Ballymore's grandstand was officially opened. The Eastern Stand was opened on 21 June 1992. The ground exceeded capacity in 1993 when 26,000 watched the Wallabies play South Africa. A year later the first match under lights was played at the ground. Today the grandstand is known as the McLean Stand (named in 1982 after the McLean family). The Eastern stand is known as the Bank of Queensland stand.

The Queensland Reds played their home matches at Ballymore from 1967 until 2005. Their Super Rugby matches were moved to Lang Park for the 2006 season but they still played their home games in the 2006 Australian Provincial Championship at Ballymore. The stadium also hosted the Ballymore Tornadoes during the only season of the Australian Rugby Championship in 2007.

During the 2032 Summer Olympics, Ballymore will host field hockey.

Present use
Though the Reds have since moved out of Ballymore to Suncorp Stadium, which has almost three times the capacity, Ballymore is still the host to many rugby union matches. The Queensland Premier Rugby finals are held at the ground, and Queensland XV and off-season matches for the Reds are also played at Ballymore. From 2014 until 2019, Brisbane City held its home National Rugby Championship matches at the stadium.

The QRU has plans to redevelop the site to include a high performance centre comprising advanced sports medicine and training facilities, a gymnasium and aquatic facilities, as well as on-site accommodation for visiting teams, with Brisbane firm Blight Rayner as architects for the project.

Ballymore was the planned home venue for Brisbane City's failed bid to join the A-League. In November 2018, a planned friendly football match between South Korea and Uzbekistan had to be moved to QSAC due to the poor state of the pitch.

In February 2021 demolition and construction works commenced on the stadium and surrounding precinct, to allow for the creation of the National Rugby Training Centre. The McLean Stand was demolished in February 2021, and will be replaced by the indoor training centre which includes a new grandstand capable of seating 3010 spectators, and also features corporate facilities, a 700 square-metre gym, rehabilitation areas, a 75-seat auditorium, a 120-seat function room, changing rooms and offices. A second rugby field with surrounding offices is included in the masterplan, though has not been constructed.

The National Rugby Training Centre will be the headquarters for the Australia women's national rugby union team (the Wallaroos) and a training site for the Queensland Reds men's, women's and academy teams.

Rugby World Cup
Ballymore hosted five matches of the 1987 Rugby World Cup. These matches were:

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L'Inferno

L'Inferno is a 1911 Italian silent film, loosely adapted from Inferno, the first canticle of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. L'Inferno took over three years to make, and was the first full-length Italian feature film.

Plot
Dante is barred from entering the hill of salvation by three beasts that block his path (Avarice, Pride, and Lust). Beatrice descends from above and asks the poet Virgil to guide Dante through the Nine Circles of Hell. Virgil leads Dante to a cave where they find the river Acheron, over which Charon ferries the souls of the dead into Hell. They also see the three-headed Cerberus and Geryon, a flying serpent with a man's face. They see the Devil eating human beings whole, harpies eating the corpses of suicides, an evil man forced to carry his own severed head for eternity, people half-buried in flaming lava, etc.

There follows a series of encounters in which the two meet up with a number of formerly famous historical figures whose souls were denied by both Heaven and Hell, and they listen to some of their tales told in flashback. These characters include Homer, Horace, Ovid, Lucanus, Cleopatra, Dido, the traitor Caiphus, Count Ugolino, Peter of Vigna, Francesca Da Rimini and her lover Paulo, Brutus and Cassius, Mohammed, and Helen of Troy. The film's main attraction is the fantastic set designs depicting the horrors of Hell, with excessive violence and gore, designed to frighten the audience into becoming pious or God-fearing.

Cast

 * Salvatore Papa as Dante Alighieri
 * Arturo Pirovano as Virgilio
 * Giuseppe de Liguoro as Il conte Ugolino
 * Augusto Milla as Lucifer
 * Attilio Motta
 * Emilise Beretta

Production
L'Inferno's depictions of Hell closely followed those in the engravings of Gustave Doré for an edition of the Divine Comedy, which were familiar to an international audience, and employed several special effects.

As Dante's Divine Comedy places Muhammad in hell, the film also has a momentary unflattering depiction of Muhammad in its Hell sequence (his chest explodes, exposing his entrails).

Nancy Mitford recorded seeing the film in Italy in 1922, referring to it as Dante. She records that it lasted from 9 until 12:15 including two intermissions. She details many of the deaths and tortures from the film. Her description of the film in her letter home is quoted during the biography Nancy Mitford by Harold Acton.

The scenes from Hell from the film were reused in an American 1936 exploitation film, Hell-O-Vision and the 1944 race film Go Down, Death!. Some American state film censor boards required removal of the hell sequences from L'Inferno used in Go Down, Death!, such as one where a woman's bare breast is momentarily seen.

Release
L'Inferno was first screened in Naples in the Teatro Mercadante on March 10, 1911. An international success, it grossed more than $2 million in the United States, where its length gave theater owners an excuse for raising ticket prices.

Home video
For many years, L'Inferno was largely unseen and only available in lower quality, incomplete copies.
 * In 2004, a newly restored version of the film, combining British and American prints from the BFI National Archive and the Library of Congress, was released on UK DVD by the Snapper Music label. It was scored by father and son Edgar and Jerome Froese, of the German electronic band Tangerine Dream. The film has English intertitles and subtitles in German, French, Spanish, and Italian.
 * In 2011, L'Inferno's centenary, a brand new and more complete digital restoration by Italy's Cineteca di Bologna was released on their own DVD label. This version has original Italian intertitles, optional English subtitles, and a choice of an electro-acoustic score by Edison Studio or a composition for piano by Marco Dalpane. It also has many extras, including some restored early Italian shorts and a bilingual paperback book.
 * In December 2023, Terror Vision Records & Video announced a release of the film on Blu-ray, featuring a new 4K restoration, three new scores created specifically for the release (by American singer-songwriter HALEY, American organist and composer Michael Kiker and Belgian pianist, composer and musical professor Laurent Pigeolet, respectively) and a commentary track by film historian James L. Neibaur. The release also includes a red tint version of the film by Redwood Creek, English intertitles and a booklet with an essay by Ben Model.

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User talk:Pieter Ouwerkerk

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Smokie Norful

Willie Ray "Smokie" Norful Jr. is an American gospel singer and pianist.

Career
Norful is best known for his 2002 album, I Need You Now and his 2004 release, Nothing Without You, which won a Grammy at the 47th Annual Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album in 2004. Norful received his second Grammy in 2015 at the 57th Annual Grammy awards for his song "No Greater Love", ten years after winning his first.

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User talk:Marco Passarani

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EKN

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Fair use images are not allowed on user pages because of the limited usage rules on fair use images. In accordance with this policy, I have removed the Koizumi image from your user page. You may use any of the following images, as they are not fair use.

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Thanks. — Scm83x talk 10:35, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

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IT'S THE MARCO SHOW
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Talk:Search problem

This is explained really difficult. Isn't "finding a value in a list" also a search problem? I would add it myself, but I have no time now. 131.155.73.81 (talk) 12:05, 10 November 2010 (UTC)

Confusing tag
The article has incomplete symbols which make it difficult to understand. First sentence "such that field(R) ⊆ Γ+" What set does tau represent? $$L(R)=\{x\mid \exists y R(x,y)\}. \, $$ L(R) = x such that there exists y  R(x,y) EaswarH 02:44, 14 December 2011 (UTC)

Needs improvement
This article appears to be a poor mash-up of the PlanetMath article and Brown's lecture notes. It is even hard to tell that they are talking about the same thing. There are texts about this subject. We can certainly do better than this.--Bill Cherowitzo (talk) 03:50, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

Undone deletion
On 14 Mar 2019, I inserted a deletion request with the following concern: "The article is poorly written (see issues box below). More important, its lead is about the function problem in computational complexity theory while its rest seems to be about a particular kind of graph traversal or search algorithm. If there is any valuable text here, it should be integrated into one of these. After deletion, search problem could be made a redirect to function problem, or a disambiguation page listing all three articles mentioned."

On 22 Mar, deleted the page: "Expired PROD".

On 9 June 2019, requested on Requests for undeletion to restore the page: "None of the relevant pages mentioned in the deletion log were updated. There are between 16, and 38, pages that still link to Search problem. There 84 pages that contain "search problem". There is also Linear search problem. If we can have Optimization problem, then we should also have Search problem. This should at least be discussed."

On the same day, restored the page.

I still have the same problems with the page as expressed in my deletion request. The reply from Shyam doesn't address the page contents, but merely the number of references to the page. So I repeat my above suggestion, and hope for a discussion on the page contents this time. - Jochen Burghardt (talk) 09:45, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

 * Using the IPO model, and linguistics (description versus prescription); function problems are about already having an Output prescription for every Input of a given Process, while search problems are about having a description of the Output, and a given Input, without knowledge of any Process (where the Process becomes the Output, the Output becomes the Input, and the Input becomes the Process; although, the Output is incomplete Input, as it is merely a description, which only becomes a prescription when the satisfiable Process is totally checked). -- Shyam Has Your Anomaly Mitigated (talk) 12:41, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
 * The Sussman anomaly from Blocks world described as a search problem: Output = stack the blocks alphabetically; Input = [B on the table, C atop A, A on the table]; Process = ¿list of possible computational instructions; where there can be more than one solution, and finding all of them can turn into an optimisation problem, but there can also be no possible solution?; (The Process is computed based on the facts & rules of blocks world.) -- Shyam Has Your Anomaly Mitigated (talk) 13:14, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
 * You know what you have. You know what you want. What do you need to get from what you have to what you want? -- Shyam Has Your Anomaly Mitigated (talk) 14:35, 9 June 2019 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't understand your point(s). Is there any connection of your text to the lead? Or to the remainder of the article? Or do you argue in favor of a third meaning of "search problem", used in software engineering? What is the relation of your programming paradigms box to this article? - Your link "totally" goes to a DAB page, which meaning did you have in mind? Your link "satisfiable" goes to a page about mathematical logic / model theory; I don't see any connection to a "process". - Jochen Burghardt (talk) 20:29, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't understand the WP:TECHNICAL lead, but the rest of the article seems relevant. The lead divagates from PlanetMath; using $$T$$ to compute $$R$$ instead of $$f$$, which makes more sense. I haven't read any further into the lead, since it's anomalous so early on. PlanetMath is WP:USERGENERATED; "Math for the people, by the people.". -- Shyam Has Your Anomaly Mitigated (talk) 23:37, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
 * I got so carried away, I forgot the rest of your discussion! My earlier response was about your claim that search problems are function problems. Declarative programming is about describing what a problem is, so the computer can compute how to solve it. I was referring to totality checking; "The mathematical concept of a function being total vs. partial". And satisfiability in the logical sense; "A formula is satisfiable if it is possible to find an interpretation (model) that makes the formula true.". -- Shyam Has Your Anomaly Mitigated (talk) 23:50, 9 June 2019 (UTC)
 * The process is from the IPO model. -- Shyam Has Your Anomaly Mitigated (talk) 00:12, 10 June 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for your explanantions. In fact, the lead is about something completely different. I stated this already in the deletion proposal. By now, I have learned that this proposal wasn't adequate; spltting the article into two, e.g. "Search problem (complexity)" for the lead, and "Search problem (programming)" for the rest would be better. - What do you think of this? - Jochen Burghardt (talk) 16:23, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

 * I sectioned off the lead; unless you can explain the differences, I consider them to be the same (I fixed the mistake from when it was copied from PlanetMath, and this now follows the rest of the article). -- Shyam Has Your Anomaly Mitigated (talk) 18:39, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

Sorry, but that doesn't make sense. The meaning of "search problem" in computational complexity is different from what you described in the new lead. - Jochen Burghardt (talk) 19:14, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
 * Where are you getting your information from? The complexity text in the article comes from PlanetMath, which says $$T$$ computes $$f$$, and $$y=f(x)$$. -- Shyam Has Your Anomaly Mitigated (talk) 19:19, 12 June 2019 (UTC)

In the current lead, i.e. in complexity theory, search problems (also called function problems) are distinguished from decision problems. The latter are asking for algorithms with "yes"/"no" answer only, while the former are more general in that they ask for algorithms with an arbitrary output set. So the term "search" is used as opposite of "decision" in this field. For example, the problem of computing the sum of two natural numbers is a search problem. (This is compatible with the current lead, the planetMath article, and your above remark of 12 Jun.) —

In contrast, in the current article body, search problems are problems related to some state graphs, which is something quite different. For example, consider some two-person strategy game that doesn't allow a draw. Given some game state (e.g. board position), finding the best move can be considered a search problem (in the state graph sense) in a natural way. Similarly for the problem to decide whether the state is a win- or a loose state; however, in the complexity terminology, this is a decision problem. On the other hand, computing sums can hardly be related to a state graph search. —

If I understood you right, you intend to introduce a third meaning of search problem, used in programming, meaning the task to find an algorithm to compute some output from some input such that they satisfy some given relation. This describes just the task of programming itself, so every programming task would be a search problem in you sense, wouldn't it? —

In the lead you suggested on 12 Jun, I don't understand the difference between "finding a function" and "implementing a function". —

As a side remark, I still don't know what to make of your above "IPO/linguistics" paragraph. I don't see how a process can be satisfiable or not. A process is not a formula. Moreover, termination analysis applies to programs, not to their execution runs (a.k.a. as processes). - Jochen Burghardt (talk) 10:02, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

 * Besides the aforementioned mistake in the current lead, these are unquoted:
 * In computational complexity theory and computability theory, a search problem is a type of computational problem represented by a binary relation.
 * Intuitively, the problem consists in finding structure "y" in object "x". An algorithm is said to solve the problem if at least one corresponding structure exists, and then one occurrence of this structure is made output; otherwise, the algorithm stops with an appropriate output ("Item not found" or any message of the like).
 * Such problems occur very frequently in graph theory, for example, where searching graphs for structures such as particular matching, cliques, independent set, etc. are subjects of interest.
 * Graph theory is used to formalise programming. Just as Binary trees represent S-expressions; the concept is shared, instead of being split. Mathematics is used to describe life, the universe, and everything; there is no separation between the mathematical concept of counting, and the concept of counting sheep to fall asleep, because counting is counting.
 * The article does not include any citation that supports your claim that search problems are function problems in any way; the only mention is in their respective "See also" sections. We might as well merge Entscheidungsproblem with Decision problem.
 * In fact, Function problem has no footnotes! According to the template at the foot of the page.
 * Both these articles lack proper citations, which is indicative of amateur authorship.
 * I hope your knowledge of these concepts does not solely depend on Wikipedia alone; you can't learn this kind of stuff from Wikipedia.
 * There are others who agree that search problems are not function problems; even the Wikipedia page on Computational problem they link to has no footnotes!
 * This, and that, also supports the notion that search problems are not function problems.
 * The fifth page of this says function problems are a specialisation of search problems; so if anything, function problems should be merged into search problems.
 * Of course, any decision problem can be viewed as a function problem, and any function problem can be viewed as a search problem. However, the reverse of either of these statements does not hold in general.
 * Here we are following the standard naming convention, even though the term "function problem" is misleading for the reason pointed out earlier.
 * Here is the mathematics of a function problem as a search problem.
 * By "finding a function", I mean Metaprogramming, where you implement a more general $$f_0$$ that finds, and implements, any $$f_1$$; instead of you implementing a specific $$f_1$$.
 * You should learn Prolog to understand satisfiability in a programmatic sense.
 * Curry–Howard correspondence; with regards to formulas, and processes.
 * Processes are programs.
 * -- Shyam Has Your Anomaly Mitigated (talk) 12:04, 14 June 2019 (UTC)

I'm tired of this lengthy discussion; as far as I'm concerned, proceed editing this article as you like. - Jochen Burghardt (talk) 20:08, 15 June 2019 (UTC)
 * It's probably not worth the effort, since it'll just get deleted again anyway; it's just too easy to delete stuff around here, and I couldn't explain it to you, therefore I couldn't explain it to anyone else who doesn't already know what I'm talking about, and trying to find trivially accessible references outside of textbooks is labourious; as far as I'm concerned, proceed deleting this article as you like. -- Shyam Has Your Anomaly Mitigated (talk) 20:28, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

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The result of the debate was article has changed significantly, so not deleted. JYolkowski // talk 19:34, 27 August 2005 (UTC)

US Manga Corps
Not notable. brenneman (t) (c) 05:12, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Not only that, I strongly suspect the author is a sockpuppet of either Maoririder or Wiki brah. I'm thinking Maoririder.  Delete as no content, not notable and a waste of time. - Lucky 6.9 05:59, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per Lucky6.9. Hamster Sandwich 06:15, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per Lucky6.9. --Apyule 06:20, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per Lucky6.9. --Tysto 06:21, 2005 August 21 (UTC)
 * Redirect to Central Park Media (though that's similarly microstubby). US Manga Corps isn't (primarily) an online store; they're a licensor and distributor. —Cryptic (talk) 07:15, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete notability not established, or even hinted at in a vague kind of way. CanadianCaesar 08:06, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as above --Agamemnon2 10:43, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete as per above arguments. --Lomedae 13:15, August 21, 2005 (UTC)

 * COMMENT I have rewritten the article to be about the North American anime distributor rather than an unknown and trademark infringing website. 132.205.46.188 22:18, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep rewrite, notable early licensee of anime in the US (were they always owned by CPM? It's an old brand if so) see list of titles. --zippedmartin 23:52, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
 * Merge and redirect to Central Park Media.--Matteh (talk) 05:15, 22 August 2005 (UTC)
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Travis Heights, Austin, Texas

Travis Heights is a historic neighborhood in south Austin, Texas, United States, bounded by Lady Bird Lake on the north, Interstate 35 on the east, Congress Avenue on the west and Oltorf Street on the south. These boundaries include Fairview Park, an earlier suburb associated with the same developers, running from the west side of Blunn Creek to South Congress Avenue. Part of Travis Heights was stranded east of Interstate 35; many of the same streets to be found west of the highway continue east of it.

It was founded in 1912 by Newning, Swisher and General Stacy, but development did not expand rapidly until the 1920s. The city park located along Blunn Creek in Travis Heights was donated by Stacy and bears his name, Stacy Park, as does the "Big Stacy" spring-fed pool and the "Little Stacy" park and swimming pool, built as a WPA project during the Great Depression.

Originally conceived as an exclusive district for the wealthy, the adjacent development of Fairview Park was first developed in the late 19th century, but did not really take off. It was not until the 1920s when Travis Heights was developed next to it, that life south of the river was a reasonable venture. Now, with a great mix of mansions, smaller homes, and hip apartments, Travis Heights is among the most desirable residential neighborhoods in Austin. Proximity to South Congress, Downtown Austin, and the major freeways also make Travis Heights one of the best-positioned areas in South Austin.

Another attraction of the neighborhood is its closeness to the newly rejuvenated South Congress Avenue, many times called SoCo. South Congress is full of hip cafes and stores, and attracts many tourists and young professionals from downtown.

Blunn Creek Nature Preserve is almost 40 acres in Travis Heights, central South Austin, with trails and historical plaques. Details of the history, including the natural history, of the creek and preserve can be found at this Austin Parks & Recreation web site.

Travis Heights is located in city council District 9.

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The neighborhood is zoned to the Austin Independent School District (AISD).

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 * Sarah Lively Middle School
 * It was previously Fulmore Middle School, after former Confederate States of America soldier and judge of Travis County Zachary Taylor Fulmore. In 1886 a one room schoolhouse was made, and in 1911 its brick replacement arrived, with the Fulmore naming coming at that time. Alumni who attended in the 1960s through the 1980s, wishing to have a name not related to a Confederate figure, suggested naming the school after longtime teacher Sarah Ann Lively, who began teaching there in 1964. In 2018 six AISD board members voted to rename the school, one opposed, and one abstained. Lively died at age 88 on January 4, 2021.
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Talk:Lysistrata

NPOV
I do not think it is neutral pov to construe a certain interpretation of the play as "laughable".(although it is a comedy)
 * Actually it's true that women could not withhold sex, but the play itself addresses the point, where the women's oath includes a line about "if he has me by force, I will be cold and not aid him in any way" (the women knew where they stood!). But a pro-war interpretation is a bizarre idea completely at odds with everything we know about Aristophanes - it would absolutely have to be sourced from a notable scholar or critic. Stan 13:19, 21 August 2005 (UTC)

Conflicting info
Second paragraph states that the play was performed at the Lenaia and not the festival of Dionysus (as commonly believed). Second last paragraph (Re: Lysistrata 100) suggests the play was, in fact, performed at the Dionysus festival. By the way, is there a flag/tag for "conflicting information"? -- RedSirus (Fairly new and not knowing how to autosign)

 * I don't know of any special tag. This note on the talk page is probably sufficient. I note the OCD pointedly omits mention of performance locale, suggesting that both Lenaea and Dionysia assignments are speculative. Stan 18:04, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

sex strike?
Witholding sex is named as an insite link but there's no article so i'm removing it 141.153.203.145 02:07, 18 August 2006 (UTC) that was meOmishark 02:08, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

"One of the humorous aspects of the play was that the main actors portraying male characters wore phalluses." This is not a humourous aspect of this play... It is an aspect of all Greek Comedies... Furius 05:38, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Can it not be humorous white still being an aspect of all Greek Comedies. Slapstick was an aspect of all Vaudville reviews, but that doesn't make it not humorous. I see the point you're trying to make of the ahistorical view that the writer of that statement has of strappping on a phallus, but is there a historical argument that they didn't find it funny? For what reason did they strap them on if not for humor? --129.105.165.162 21:32, 23 January 2007 (UTC)

 * Not to mention how extremely relevant the wearing of phalluses would be for this play. 76.95.40.6 (talk) 12:37, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Anthropologists Assertion
"Some archaeologists and evolutionary anthropologists argue that human culture itself was initially established, in Africa around a hundred thousand years ago, by women who organized a sex-strike once a month."

Can anyone back this up? I asked for a citation on the main page. proath01 00:00, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Hypothetical are seldom realized. 2601:903:100:253:F188:CB8E:DC68:8A8F (talk) 19:15, 20 December 2023 (UTC)

Dresden Dolls Reference
Should we mention that the The Dresden Dolls' song 'Shores of California' refers to the play by name? I'm not sure so I'll let another make the call. ForestJay 21:35, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

ralevence?
"As with all Greek comedies, the actors portraying male characters wore phalluses, but since audiences of the day were accustomed to this convention, there would be no shock-humour as might be experienced by the modern audiences of today."

i do not understand why this paragraph is even on this page. if it's the case in all greek comedies, then why are we mentioning it specifically on this page? it seems more like a response to something on a discussion page, not something encyclopedic. Deutschebag17 21:00, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

Lioness on a cheese grater
please, if you know, put the rest of us out of our miseryNankai 07:26, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

In the translation by Benjamin Bickley Rogers, neither the lioness nor the cheese grater are mentioned in the oath.

John Spurgeon (talk) 01:01, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

 * Buckley's translation was probably done in the 19th Century or early 20th (I'm guessing). The Greek is quite clear:λέαιν᾽ ἐπὶ τυροκνήστιδος. = lioness on the cheesegrater. Those 'ancient' Greeks were radical dudes even by today's standards. Lucretius (talk) 22:33, 2 March 2009 (UTC)

I added an explanation to the article. Note that Rogers knew very well that it was a sexual position: in his 1902 Greek edition of the play, he says in his note to line 231 that Lysistrata "takes the lioness so standing as a σχῆμα συνουσίας" (= sexual position, literally "shape of intercourse"). Even in his scholarly work, he had to leave the rude bits in Greek! Gdr 17:45, 27 May 2022 (UTC)

Pronunciation
It's not essential, but it would be useful to me (if no else) if the article showed how the name is pronounced. --GentlemanGhost (talk) 19:23, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Performaces
Some of the performances listed are not notable, I think, so am removing them. Discuss if you disagree. Colfer2 (talk) 16:07, 8 March 2008 (UTC)
 * 1) "In 2007 the play was staged for PBS by MacMillan Films." No ref to it at PBS, and no ref to PBS at McMillan.
 * 2) A picture caption also mentioned PBS.
 * 3) "In 2008 members of Galway Youth Theatre will stage Max Hafler's modern-day version..." What makes this notable? Is the title even accurate? A wiki page for Galway Youth Theatre would be a start?

Ending?
how does the play end? it seems that very little wiriting is devoted to the actual play...

 * Everyone comes together in a dance off. Think I'm kidding? --Tustin2121 (talk) 02:30, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

 * The men finally take their wives home to have sex with them. How else would it end? 76.95.40.6 (talk) 12:39, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Popular culture
Editor labeled this section 'trivia' today. I'm going to revert and refer here for discussion. Pop culture refs are akin to literary allusions. They are not trivia, as the matter cannot easily be integrated into the rest of the article, which the tag would suggest. Each allusion should be judged on its own merit as to notability. The 4 items listed are: Maybe the name of the section should be change to "Cultural references", to include stuff besides "pop" culture. Opinions? -Colfer2 (talk) 19:41, 18 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Gilligan's Island episode
 * M*A*S*H episode
 * Utopia song
 * Little Mosque on the Prairie episode

 * I appreciate your explaining your rationale behind removing my tag. I propose that we keep as notable only the items listed that could be integrated into the (currently very piecemeal/disjointed) Modern Interpretations section (variations on the "sex strike" theme that postdate the original play).  This would make something like the M*A*S*H episode fair game for listing, as the whole episode is an extended treatment of the theme.  A single reference in a Gilligan's Island episode, I think, hardly merits a mention and falls under the category of the trivial.  Using this criterion, I think we can keep Little Mosque as well, but we should scrap the Utopia song.  Whaddya say? MarritzN (talk) 14:04, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

 * Sounds good to me. -Colfer2 (talk) 11:55, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Thanks for making the update today. -Colfer2 (talk) 19:49, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

New edits
I'm about to rewrite this article so that it links with my rewrite of Aristophanes and it will probably end up looking like my recent rewrite of Thesmophoriazusae. I will keep as much of the existing material as I can. I like the section on modern performances and adaptations as this demonstrates the relevance of the play today and - let's face it - most people who stumble on this article will probably be more interested in the modern stuff. So I'll keep as much of that section as I can. Anything that's got a link or a reference to support it certainly should be retained. I hope I don't tread on any toes in the process. Lucretius (talk) 05:38, 28 January 2009 (UTC)

I have removed the 'Clean-up' tag because I think it no longer applies. I have furnished the article with a reasonable scholarly treatment of the original play, and therefore the modern adaptations of the play no longer appear out of context. The section, now titled 'Influence and Legacy', has the support of links and references. It's a fascinating account of modern approaches to 'Lysistrata' and it deserves to be retained. Lucretius (talk) 03:57, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Info box
I've put the info box (listing Aristophanes' plays) at the top of the article because the play is best understood as just one play by Aristophanes. It sets the context and it allows for easy movement between plays. Lucretius (talk) 06:20, 3 May 2009 (UTC)

Nav. box
I have restored the nav box (linking to Aristophanes' plays) to the top of the article because it allows for easy cross-referencing between plays and because it is a useful reminder that each play is best understood in the context of all the plays. Lucretius (talk) 00:20, 11 May 2009 (UTC)

flagged section - original research?
One contributor has flagged the Discussion section as original research in need of supporting references. I've now added two references from Sommerstein's introduction of the play. That now makes three citations from secondary sources and there are also several citations of the primary source that demonstrate the arguement being made in that section. The section does not make any controversial statements and I'm surprised that anyone would flag it as original research. Anyhow, I've now added supporting references and I intend to remove the flag in the next few days - unless of course somebody can demonstrate a reason not to remove it. Esseinrebusinanetamenfatearenecessest (talk) 06:38, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

I put it there, and am convinced, after your cogent defense, that I should not have.MarritzN (talk) 07:16, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Satire
This page has been tagged with the satire category. Someone should note in the article what exactly is being satirized. 66.41.253.22 (talk) 16:54, 18 July 2009 (UTC)

dubious tag

 * "The dramatic structure represents a shift away from the conventions of Old Comedy, a trend typical of the author's career."

This statement seems odd. Aristophanes' plays are the only extant examples of Old Comedy, and only 11 survive. It seems extreme to say that Lysistrata deviates from any established norms or conventions of Old Comedy based on this evidence. If this statement was made in a secondary source referring to Lysistrata, please cite a source. ÇaCestCharabia (talk) 06:38, 31 July 2011 (UTC)
 * Hi and thanks for the input. The quoted comment isn't controversial but general knowledge within the scholarly community. I suggest you look at the Old Comedy section in Aristophanes for corroboration (I've just restored it after somebody inexplicably deleted it and it was only your comment here that alerted me to the deletion). I really don't think the above quote needs a citation and I would like you to remove the dubious tag. If you insist on a citation I'll supply one or you can supply it yourself from the Aristophanes article. Thanks. McCronion (talk) 13:16, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

 * Oscar Brockett writes in his History of the Theatre that, "Though it is usual to treat Aristophanes' compositions as typical of Old Comedy (as the plays of this period are called), it is unclear how his works compare with those of his predecessors and contemporaries. Nevertheless, generalizations about Old Comedy are necessarily based on Aristophanes' practice." (pg 21 in the 7th Edition).  I'm not doubting your assertion that the structure of Lysistrata differs from Aristophanes' other extant works, but I think your phrasing leads the reader to presume we know much more about the conventions of Old Comedy than is actually possible, historiographically.  With less than 25% of Aristophanes' work extant and the fact that other examples of Old Comedy exist in mere fragments, I think this sentence over represents knowledge as it stands and is not "generally accepted" in the scholarly community. A citation or a caveat would make this sentence less dubious.  ÇaCestCharabia (talk) 22:01, 2 August 2011 (UTC)

I think you are quibbling there - scholars often speak of A's plays as Old Comedy even though there is the understanding that we can't be sure how far he represented the norm. For example, Douglas MacDowell (a classical scholar, which Brockett is not) on page 5 of his intro to the 'Wasps' (O.U.P, 1971): "The play is well constructed in a manner which exemplifies Old Comedy at its best." A good overview of A and his drift away from the conventions of Old Comedy can be found in the intro to David Barrett's edition Aristophanes: the Frogs and Other Plays (Penguin Classics 1964) e.g. page 13: "..a study of the comedies of Aristophanes does reveal a certain pattern of constructionnaturally it is seen more clearly in his earlier workswhich seems to represent the core of traditional comedy." Have a look also at A.H.Sommerstein's intro to Aristophanes: Lysistrata, The Acharnians, the Clouds (Penguin Classics 1973) for an overview of how Lysistrata differs from the pattern. There is ample support for the statement you find so dubious - by all means read more! Now I hope you'll remove the tag or I will have to do it for you (though I have already done quite a bit on your behalf). If you need a citation pick from the ones I have given you, where Barrett's is probably the most apposite. You might also look at the end section of this article for info about how Lysistrata differs from the 'pattern'. McCronion (talk) 00:13, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm not sure why you seem to take this question personally, it is quite common in the scholarly community to ask critical questions with an eye toward improving the clarity and veracity of all claims. My intention was to be polite and give your statement the benefit of the doubt before changing it. I will change the sentence myself to address the dubious matter with an eye toward respecting the integrity of your intent. It's great to share ideas with you in this collaborative community.ÇaCestCharabia (talk) 05:47, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

Actually I addressed your concerns and generally WP editors don't go to such lengths. Your new edit is just a statement of Brockett's position. Brockett is not a classical scholar and he doesn't outweigh the authority of MacDowell, Barrett and Sommerstein. I will now change the sentence back and include one of the sources I provided you. If you want to use the Brockett source have a look at Old Comedy, an article that desperately needs work. The articles on Aristophanes' last plays also are in desperate need of sources and enthusiastic editors - The Frogs, Assemblywomen, Plutus (play). Thanks for your collaborative spirit and I welcome you to this great endeavour that we both share! McCronion (talk) 08:14, 3 August 2011 (UTC)
 * As the most revered and widely read theatre historian of the 20th Century, the late Oscar Brockett does not need my defense, but if you prefer the authority of Alan Sommerstein, note the following passage from his book Talking about Laughter
 * In this paper, however, I am going to concentrate on the evidence of Old Comedy, which I define for this purpose as the surviving output of those comic dramatists known to have been active at Athens before the end of the Peloponnesian War together with those comic fragments of unknown authorship whose content or language makes it safe to assume that they originated from some dramatist of that period. We must remember, of course, that the evidence is lopsided. Only from Aristophanes do we have complete plays; and what survives from other authors is by no means a random sampling, since much of the relevant material comes from scholia on Aristophanes and is quoted for its bearing on the Aristophanic passage being commented upon. (117)

 * OR later,

 * We also find a variety of comments on specific aspects of the dramatist's technique. These can be classified into comments on structure, on satire, on diction, on metre and music, and on special properties and effects… First, then, structure. There is nothing explicit about the dramatists' overall view of how a comedy should or should not be constructed. There is one interesting reference59 to the importance of what nowadays is often called ‘pace.’

 * My edit was respectful of the original content while clarifying a generalization. I will revert to my version and then leave the matter alone. I respect your general sentiment that at WP sources must be paramount, but I caution you against weighing the introductions to trade paperbacks against rigorous scholarly writing (even by the same author). The intended audience is different.ÇaCestCharabia (talk) 14:00, 3 August 2011 (UTC)

My edit of the intro was pointedly about the play 'Lysistrata', mentioning Old Comedy and 'Thesmophoriazusae' only to establish context for the reader to follow up later in the article. Your edit has blunted the point, so that the intro seems to be as much about Old Comedy and 'Thesmophoriazusae' as about 'Lysistrata'. That is not respecting the original content of the intro. There is a section in the article for discussion about Old Comedy and I wonder why you didn't put your contribution there. I won't revert again as that opens the way to an edit war. McCronion (talk) 23:19, 4 August 2011 (UTC)
 * That's a fair criticism and I made some changes to reflect your concerns. Please feel free to expand upon them.  I think your eye for structure is very keen and I respect what you've done with the article and 'Thesmophoriazusae'.  I want you to know that I meant no insult, but rather made a ham-handed attempt to add to the discussion.  You have every right to edit my work, but I agree with you that stubbornly reverting is in the wrong spirit.  Thank you for engaging :)ÇaCestCharabia (talk) 01:10, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

The new source (Pelling) is very useful and thanks for adding it to the article's armoury. The intro is much improved though it says a little more about Old Comedy than most readers, I think, will be ready to digest so early in the piece (Lysistrata is easily A's most popular play with modern audiences and most people aren't interested in the ancient tradition in any detail). In some ways however the intro is better than it was before you arrived so I'm happy for it to remain as you've left it. By all means work on other A articles. His last three extant plays really do need someone to take ownership. Cheers. McCronion (talk) 07:49, 5 August 2011 (UTC)

Reverting lede
I intend re-instating this version of the article introduction. The present intro is too stuffy. However, it has a very good source and I'll retain that but move it to the relevant section in the article. Disagree now or forever hold your piece. Eyeless in Gaza (talk) 06:59, 5 December 2011 (UTC)

big dick
I appreciate Aubrey Beardsley's artwork as much as the next gal, but isn't the giant phallus in the illustration chosen for this page a little bit distracting from the topic? Beardsley's work is a separate work that stands on its own. 108.182.13.221 (talk) 19:13, 26 September 2014 (UTC)

 * I can't imagine a "print" discussion of this play without an odd Beardsley picture myself. The topic is, after all, one of the sexiest plays ever written. "Complement" is a better word, I feel, than "distraction". Your last sentence is totally true (and very punny) but so what? --Soundofmusicals (talk) 00:38, 27 September 2014 (UTC)

Original research and synthesis.
Huge sections of this article are cited solely to the text of the play (using them to make, apparently, an editor's arguments about it.) This violates WP:OR and WP:SYNTH, so I'll try and make an effort to clean it up. Feel free to restore any points that can be sourced to a secondary source, but remember to provide a citation! --Aquillion (talk) 18:44, 31 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Please don't overdo it! Literary criticism is an area where the very proper provisions of WP:OR and WP:SYNTH need a little "not-too-literal" interpretation at times. Provided we stay very close to the text itself, and are careful not to "draw original conclusions", there are times when the primary source is the best, even the only authority. We certainly would hesitate (for instance) to give preference to a secondary source (however respectable) that frankly misquotes the original text, or fails to report the original story accurately. It happens. Some otherwise fine scholars do occasionally trust their own memories, or what THEY have heard in secondary sources, rather than referring to the original. --Soundofmusicals (talk) 11:25, 1 August 2015 (UTC)

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I do not agree with ypor modern term "withdrawal of sexual privileges". Sex between a woman and a men does not entail "privileges" from one or the other side. It is and expression of mutual love and desire. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 110.22.91.172 (talk) 01:40, 7 December 2015 (UTC)

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Influence and Legacy
I really think Eric Linklater's take on the Lysistrata story, the Impregnable Women, should be referenced under this rubric, especially as the novel was published in a Penguin edition and was widely circulated in the 1940s and 50s. Everybody got to be somewhere! (talk) 22:17, 26 October 2023 (UTC)

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Huizhou (disambiguation)

Huizhou may refer to:

 * Huizhou, city in Guangdong, China
 * Huizhou dialect, the local dialect in Huizhou Guangdong
 * Huizhou, Anhui, historical prefecture in Anhui, China
 * Huizhou District, district in Huangshan (former Huizhou), Anhui
 * Huizhou Chinese, a topolect of the Chinese language

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KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra

The KwaZulu-Natal Philharmonic Orchestra (KZNPO) is a professional orchestra based in Durban, South Africa. It was founded in 1983 under the name Natal Philharmonic Orchestra (NPO).

Funding
The KZNPO receives funding from the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality Municipality, the national Department of Arts and Culture, the KwaZulu-Natal provincial Department of Arts and Culture, South African National Lottery, the National Arts Council of South Africa, the Rupert Music Foundation and various individual donors.

Staff
The orchestra's chief executive and artistic director is Bongani Tembe, who in 2019 celebrated 25 years in the position. British musician Andrew Young was a member of the orchestra as clarinetist, bass clarinetist and saxophonist from September 1989 till April 1996.

Repertoire
In August/September 2009, the KZNPO accompanied soprano Renée Fleming on a concert tour to Durban, Pretoria and Cape Town.

In April 2011, the orchestra played the world premiere of Bongani Ndodana-Breen's opera Winnie the Opera at the State Theatre, Pretoria, with soprano Tsakane Maswanganyi in the title role of Winnie Mandela.

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User talk:Bob A/Archive 1

Great work
Great work at Arguments for and against drug prohibition, I had been meaning to do exactly that for awhile. Keep it up. Christopher Parham (talk) 17:50, 11 January 2006 (UTC)

Page moves
Hi, Bob A. While I agree with the proposed move from Archeology of the Americas to Archaeology of the Americas, I'm afraid I had to undo your changes. To change the title of an article, one should use the "move" function, not copy-and-paste the contents from one article to another. Among other problems, this destroys the edit history of the article, a requirement for the GNU Free Documentation License. If the intended target exists, however, one cannot move a page there, unless the target has no history except being created to point to the article. For this reason, moves of this sort require an administrator to delete the redirect at the target, then move the article there. Please see Page moves (or m:Help:Moving a page actually) for more information. Continue editing the article as before, and when enough time has passed, an administrator will review the discussion, and if there exists sufficient consensus, will move the page. Please ask me if you have any questions. Thanks! — Knowledge Seeker দ 03:40, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

anti pope
Hi.

You might be aware that there has been some contention around the use of userboxes. There has also been a new speedy deletion criterion added with regard to templates.

A box you are using, Template:User Antipope was recently tagged as such. I've removed the tag, but would ask that you the template. You may also wish to contribute to WikiProject Userboxes if you are not already.

brenneman {T}  {L}  00:08, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Aramaic Primacy Article
What would you like tended to on the Aramaic Primacy article? --Steve Caruso 14:14, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

Human rights in the United States
Hi, see the talk page, I left a comment about changes I made to your edit. --Deville (Talk) 03:28, 5 April 2006 (UTC)

Tool-assisted speedrun
Although I agree with the moving of tool-assisted speedrun to its own article, I would have preferred it if you had cleaned it up a little. It doesn't contain a bold tag for the article term, could use some more links from speedrun's external links section, and doesn't have a tag. I was going to move it myself, but after I finished writing it. Anyhow, I'll just start working on this article right now (I intend to actually place the original content of "tool-assisted speedrun" back into the Speedrun article because it's just a short summary of what can be written about it, and the speedrun article ought to have at least that summary about a very important part of its community). —Michiel Sikma, 05:58, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Get the facts
erm... why merge :) ? I'm not flustered, just curious :). Yet another lame sig I came up with T 22:15, 19 May 2006 (UTC)

Aramaic Primacy links
Good eye on the Bible Code link. I didn't even realize it was there. :-) אמר Steve Caruso ( desk / poll ) 14:50, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

Messianic prophecies of Jesus
Dear Bob, thank you for your contributions, but please do not redirect so hastily without proposing a merge or seeking a consensus. I and another editor spent much time creating the article, and I hate to see the information thrown away so quickly. Best wishes, AdamBiswanger1 01:16, 3 August 2006 (UTC)

Isaiah 53
Bob, I hate to keep bothering you and I appreciate everything you are doing, but I gotta disagree with you about removing the text from Isaiah 53. Not only does it make it infinetly easier to understand the article by having a side-by-side comparison, WP:NPS states "Some short texts such as short poems and national anthems are usually included in their article, e.g. Ozymandias". I think this is a short text, or at least borderline. I'm going to put it back. AdamBiswanger1 18:11, 3 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Bob, you must merge the information into the article, or leave it alone. You cannot simply put up a redirect and eliminate hours and hours of work.  I have been busy lately so I haven't been able to merge the info, but if you would like to feel free. AdamBiswanger1 02:09, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Messianic prophecy
Hey over on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messianic_prophecy things were getting chaotic. Then I made some edits, you made some edits, andrew made some edits things are getting a little more cleaned up to a better article. It all just got reverted. Could you come help us come to a consensus of what an article on Messianic Prophecy should entail? Thanks. --Home Computer 17:45, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

The Bible
Hey bob! i rearanged some things over at "The Bible" page. Maybe if you ahve a sec, take a look at discuss. Thanks. --Home Computer 17:54, 14 October 2006 (UTC)

LewRockwell.com
Bob, I swapped "Austrian School" for "free market" in the sentence that was at issue at the LRC article. Use of that term seems to me to be precise enough to avoid contention. What do you think? Cheers, DickClarkMises 18:10, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

 * yes; that's good. Bob A 23:25, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

Articles for deletion/Messianic prophecy
Dear Bob A, I just closed the AfD above as there was consensus to redirect and I redirected the article to Messiah. Best regards, --Cpt. Morgan (Reinoutr) 21:34, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
 * i see. thanks. Bob A 00:04, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Blocked
in accordance with Wikipedia's blocking policy for. Once the block has expired, you are welcome to make constructive contributions. If you believe this block is unjustified, you may contest the block by adding the text below. - Penwhale | Blast him / Follow his steps 22:39, 25 September 2007 (UTC)

 * 1 2 3 4. All exactly the same edits, textbook 3RR violation. The Evil Spartan 00:09, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * excuse me? that has absolutely nothing to do with my explained reason. Bob A 00:27, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes it does. You broke 3RR. The fact that you claim some script misidenitified your edits is either blissful ignorance or ridiculous wikilawyering. You clearly broke 3RR. The Evil Spartan 00:38, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * funny how words like "wikilawyering" get thrown around like that. anyway, i dont really see any point in discussing this anymore. Bob A 01:07, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

I forgot to mention that the script in question isn't automatic. While I wouldn't have described your edits as vandalism, that description wasn't wholly unfair either. For future reference, human may make errors about description, but that miscommunication won't insulate you from 3rr in the future. Thanks.--Chaser - T 01:34, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * i see. but why is my ip still blocked? Bob A 02:02, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
 * nevermind. anyway, thanks. Bob A 02:21, 26 September 2007 (UTC)

Re: Anarchism in the US
Rothbard's article says he's an individualist anarchist. Anarchism has him as one. Individualist Anarchism has him as one. For you to place a "disputed" tag on the article especially without doing so to the other pages referring to Rothbard as an individualist anarchist smacks of Disruption to make a point. I would ask that you stop and think about what you're doing. Knight of BAAWA 02:35, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

 * well, i was just focusing on that article and i wasnt trying to disrupt anything. Bob A 03:50, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

 * You have to take it all in a package deal, Bob. If several pages refers to Rothbard as an individualist anarchist, and you only "dispute" one of them, that would probably seem a bit fishy to most people, especially after your revert-war and comments in the Talk section. And please don't edit my comments, even if it is to remove bolding. I find that rude. Knight of BAAWA 04:10, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

 * it doesnt matter now anyway, so please just leave me in peace. i wont censor criticism on my talk page, but i find your use of bolding somewhat disruptive. thats all i mean to say. Bob A 04:54, 28 September 2007 (UTC)

February 2008
Please remember to mark your edits as minor if (and only if) they genuinely are minor edits (see Help:Minor edit). Marking a major change as a minor one is considered poor etiquette. The rule of thumb is that only an edit that consists solely of spelling corrections, formatting changes, or rearranging of text without modifying content should be flagged as a 'minor edit.'  Introducing unicted POV language is not a minor change  скоморохъ  06:35, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

 * calling something an ideology doesn't strike me as being derogatory, and i didn't mean it that way. i was just trying to reword it. i stand by the minority of my edit. Bob A (talk) 06:50, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

 * "Ideology" has a negative connotation that "school of thought" or "philosophy" does not share. I'm sure you meant well. скоморохъ  06:59, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

Your motivations
Bob, I reverted your redirect of Zaxlebax to Long, as Long's page does not discuss the matter, whereas Issues in anarchism does, at length. I've tried hard to assume good faith with your edits, but it's hard to avoid the conclusion that you are on an ideologically-motivated crusade against left-libertarianism on Wikipedia. Would you care to explain your motivations? скоморохъ 02:22, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * no it doesn't. i redirected it because it's most relevant to long. i briefly thought about having it deleted, but that didn't seem like the way to go. you can do whatever you think is good. i don't see how that edit could be interpreted as being ideologically motivated. if you want to know why i'm interested in these subjects, i used to be a "left-libertarian", but then switched to anarchism. however, i am annoyed by wikipedians who are insistent that "anarcho"-capitalists be called anarchists, and that the ideologies be conflated, and by the fact that "anarcho"-capitalism and its proponents are over-represented. it's a good faith "annoyance", though. i do find "anarcho"-capitalism frightfully unattractive and harmful, but if it weren't for those circumstances, i'd much rather ignore it. Bob A (talk) 02:49, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * I see. Thanks for your honest and forthright response. скоморохъ  02:54, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
 * you're welcome. Bob A (talk) 02:56, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

June 2008
Hello. Please don't forget to provide an edit summary. Slashme (talk) 06:14, 25 June 2008 (UTC)

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Içtaîl
I've made up fully functioning scripts too. So what? Içtaîl is not used, and transcribes a languages that no-one speaks. It's fiction, and should not be used to determine script typology. Maybe you can get other editors to agree with you on the talk page. kwami (talk) 18:45, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

 * My mistake, Içtaîl is written boustrophedon. I don't know what I was thinking. Bob A (talk) 20:55, 13 January 2009 (UTC)

Anarchy in Somalia
This has been peer-reviewed as a Good Article, and it is unacceptable to unilaterally delete content; please take any concerns you have to the talkpage. Skomorokh  02:47, 12 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The content in question was added after the review. Bob A (talk) 02:58, 12 May 2009 (UTC)

June 2009
Please avoid making pre-emptive moves while a move request is under discussion. Please revert, if you can, the move of Designer baby to Trait selection. Thanks. 199.125.109.88 (talk) 19:14, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Ithkuil
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Ilakash
I support its deletion on the same grounds, and I can't nominate it for the same reason that you can't. :-\

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CFD: Category:Paleolibertarians
I have nominated for deletion a category you created. See Categories for discussion/Log/2010 February 9.  Will Beback   talk    07:21, 9 February 2010 (UTC)

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Peter A. Sturrock

Peter Andrew Sturrock (born 20 March 1924) is a British scientist. An emeritus professor of applied physics at Stanford University, much of Sturrock's career has been devoted to astrophysics, plasma physics, and solar physics, but Sturrock is interested in other fields, including ufology, scientific inference, the history of science, and the philosophy of science. Sturrock has been awarded many prizes and honors, and has written or co-authored many scientific papers and textbooks.

Biography
Sturrock began his education studying mathematics at Cambridge University in 1942. During and after World War 2, Sturrock postponed his Cambridge studies in order to help develop radar systems at the Telecommunications Research Establishment, now the Royal Radar Establishment.

After the war, Sturrock resumed his education, and was awarded a scholarship at St John's College in 1947, followed by the University Rayleigh Prize for mathematics in 1949. Sturrock was elected to a fellowship at St John's in 1952. He then pursued work on electron physics at the Cavendish Laboratory, followed by stints at Cambridge, the National Bureau of Standards, and the École Normale Supérieure at the University of Paris.

In 1951, Sturrock earned a Ph.D. in astrophysics. In the 1950s Sturrock researched nuclear physics at the Atomic Energy Research Establishment; plasma physics at St. Johns' College, Cambridge; microwave tubes at Stanford University; accelerator physics at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). Also in the 1950s, Sturrock invented a number of implements, including a novel microwave tube later dubbed the "Free electron laser."

In 1961, Sturrock was appointed a professor of applied physics at Stanford University, where he remained until 1998; he is currently an emeritus professor of physics and applied physics at Stanford. In 1990 Sturrock was awarded the Arctowski Medal from the National Academy of Sciences. From 1992 to 1998, he was director of the Center for Space Science and Astrophysics, and from 1981 to 2001 was president of the Society for Scientific Exploration. Sturrock has also served as chairman of the Plasma Physics Division and the Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society.

In 2009, Sturrock published his autobiography, A Tale of Two Sciences: Memoirs of a Dissident Scientist, which covered both his research in conventional physics and his less mainstream investigations.

In 2013, Sturrock published AKA Shakespeare: A Scientific Approach to the Authorship Question. In this book, he lays out a method for weighing evidence which he developed for studying pulsars. Sturrock then invites the reader to apply the method to tabulate their own "degree of belief" in three different candidates for authorship of the works usually attributed to Shakespeare.

He was elected a Legacy Fellow of the American Astronomical Society in 2020.

Interest in UFOs
Sturrock has been a prominent contemporary scientist to express a keen interest in the subject of unidentified flying objects or UFOs.

Sturrock's interest traces back to the early 1970s when, seeking someone experienced with both computers and astrophysics, he hired Jacques Vallee for a research project. Upon learning that Vallee had written several books about UFOs, Sturrock—previously uninterested in UFOs—felt a professional obligation to at least peruse Vallee's books. Though still largely sceptical, Sturrock's interest was piqued by Vallee's books. Sturrock then turned to the Condon Report (1969), the result of a two-year UFO research project that had been touted as the answer to the UFO question. Sturrock commented that, "The upshot of this was that, far from supporting Condon's conclusions [that there was nothing extraordinary about UFOs], I thought the evidence presented in the report suggested that something was going on that needed study."

At about the same time that the Condon Committee was conducting its investigation, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) in 1967 had set up a subcommittee to bring the UFO phenomenon to the attention of serious scientists. In 1970 this subcommittee published a position paper also highly critical of how the Condon Committee had conducted its investigation and how Condon's written conclusions often didn’t match the cases detailed in the final report. Overall, the AIAA deemed about a third of the cases still unsolved. Unlike Condon, they felt these unsolved cases represented the essential core of the UFO problem and deserving of further scientific scrutiny.

Sturrock was curious what the general attitudes of the members of the AIAA might be and in 1973 surveyed the San Francisco branch of the AIAA, with 423 out of 1175 members responding. Opinions were widespread as to whether UFOs were a scientifically significant problem. Most seemed unsure or neutral on the question. Sturrock was also curious as to whether fellow scientists like the AIAA members ever reported seeing UFOs, i.e., anomalous aerial phenomena that they couldn’t identify. The survey indicated that about 5% had, which is typical for what is usually reported for the general population as a whole.

In 1975, Sturrock did a more comprehensive survey of members of the American Astronomical Society. Of some 2600 questionnaires, over 1300 were returned. Only two members offered to waive anonymity, and Sturrock noted that the UFO subject was obviously a very sensitive one for most of his colleagues. Nonetheless, Sturrock found a strong majority favored continued scientific studies, and over 80% offered to help if they could. Sturrock commented that the AAS members seemed more open to the question than the AIAA members in his previous survey. As in the AIAA survey, about 5% reported puzzling sightings, but skepticism against the Extraterrestrial Hypothesis (ETH) ran high. Most thought that UFO reports could ultimately be explained conventionally. Sturrock also found that skepticism and opposition to further study was correlated with lack of knowledge and study: only 29% of those who had spent less than an hour reading about the subject favored further study versus 68% who had spent over 300 hours.

In his analysis of the survey results, Sturrock noted that many scientists wished to see UFOs discussed in scientific journals (there was an almost complete absence of such articles in journals). He subsequently helped establish the Society for Scientific Exploration in 1982 to give a scientific forum to subjects that are neglected by the mainstream. Their publication, the Journal of Scientific Exploration, has been published since 1987. The Journal has been criticized for catering to pseudoscience.

In 1998, Sturrock organized a scientific panel to review various types of physical evidence associated with UFOs. The panel felt that existing physical evidence that might support the ETH was inconclusive, but also deemed extremely puzzling UFO cases worthy of further scientific study. Sturrock subsequently wrote up the work of the panel in the 2000 book The UFO Enigma: A New Review of the Physical Evidence.

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User talk:Ouital77

Welcome!

 * Hi,, Welcome to Wikipedia!

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Divine Liturgy
Re: your recent contribution and post to the talk page there, you may be interested in an existing -- but very sketchy and un-referenced -- article on Entrance (Liturgical) that you might consider filling out if you have the time at some point, especially if you'd like to discuss the Little and Great Entrances in more detail than can be reasonably accomodated in the Divine Liturgy article. Well-researched historical information is always welcome. All I did on the subject was blather on with some information I picked up from scattered sources over the years, at least half of which I can no longer identify. TCC (talk) (contribs) 03:18, 30 August 2005 (UTC)

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Choltice

Choltice (Choltitz) is a market town in Pardubice District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,200 inhabitants.

Administrative parts
The villages of Ledec and Podhorky are administrative parts of Choltice.

Geography
Choltice is located about 12 km southwest of Pardubice. It lies on the border between the Svitavy Uplands and Iron Mountains, within the Polabí region. The Struha Stream flows through the market town. There is a system of fishponds built on the stream.

History
The first written mention of Choltice is in a deed of King Wenceslaus II from 1285. The fortress in Choltice was first documented in 1397. Sometime between 1532 and 1541, the village was promoted to a market town. Until 1623, the owners of Choltice often changed and included various lower noblemen. In 1623, Choltice was acquired by the Thun und Hohenstein family. Except for a short break in 1721–1731, they owned Choltice until the establishment of a sovereign municipality.

Transport
The railway line Přelouč–Heřmanův Městec runs through the municipal territory, however, the train stop named Choltice is located in the territory of neighbouring Svinčany.

Sights
The main landmark is the Choltice Castle. It was originally a medieval fortress, rebuilt into a Renaissance castle in 1542–1570. In c. 1675–1700, the castle was rebuilt in the early Baroque style. The area with historically valuable buildings includes the Chapel of Saint Romedius, a court of honour with statues, farm facilities, a park and a garden with a gloriette. Today the castle is open to the public.

A cultural monument is an unusual wooden belfry, built in the Alpine style in 1863 by the Counts of Thun und Hohenstein.

In the cemetery is a Neo-Romanesque cemetery chapel that includes the family tomb of the Thun und Hohenstein family. It was built in 1872–1873.

Notable people

 * Josef Vojtěch Hellich (1807–1880), painter and archaeologist
 * Olga Richterová (born 1985), politician; grew up here

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Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences

Liberty Displaying the Arts and Sciences, or The Genius of America Encouraging the Emancipation of the Blacks (1792) is an oil-on-canvas painting by the American artist Samuel Jennings. Held in the permanent collection of the Library Company of Philadelphia, this work is the earliest known American painting promoting abolitionism in the United States.

Background and versions
The Library Company of Philadelphia, a private lending library founded by Benjamin Franklin in the mid-18th century, commissioned Jennings (an ex-Philadelphian relocated to London) to create a work depicting "the figure of Liberty (with her cap and proper Insignia) displaying the arts" as a representation of slavery and a symbol of the abolitionist movement. The library records the painting as having been given to it by the artist in March 1792, shortly after its completion in London.

Jennings completed two versions of the painting, both virtually identical save for size and composition. The larger version is oil on canvas and held by the Library Company of Philadelphia, while the smaller and lesser known version is oil on linen and held by Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library. The other major difference is that the smaller painting features the Union Jack on a shield among the symbolic objects surrounding the figure of Liberty. The smaller version was intended to serve as the basis for prints (never produced) meant for sale in Britain. The work is the earliest known anti-slavery painting by an American artist and reflect increasingly abolitionist sympathies of Philadelphia's Quaker leaders and institutions.

Description
Jennings's allegory shows a blond, white personification of Liberty, or according to the full title, personification of America wearing a white gown and with a liberty cap atop a pike or spear. She places books (the catalog of the Library Company, and two others, labeled "philosophy" and "agriculture") on top of a pedestal. Looking on is a group of two black men, a woman, and a child (freed slaves), whose comparatively diminutive size and clasped hands, bows, and other gestures evoke humility and gratitude.

Surrounding the five figures, in the foreground, are various symbols of knowledge and learning: a bust (possibly of Henry Thornton), a scroll (labeled "geometry"), a paper sketch of columns (architecture); a globe (geography), a lyre and sheet music (music), and a paper with escutcheons on it (history and heraldry). In the background, freed slaves are dancing and celebrating around a liberty pole as one plays the banjo; behind them are ships (symbolizing commerce) on a body of water.