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I Warn the Government

"I Warn the Government" is a speech by F. E. Smith, made on 12 March 1906. It was his maiden speech in the British House of Commons. According to Brian MacArthur, it was "the most famous [speech] ever made" in the Commons in modern times. The historian Paul Johnson has described the speech as "without question the most famous maiden speech in history, quite unprecedented, and never equalled since." Smith used his opportunity as a member of the embattled Tory opposition of 1906 to decry and assail the government for their heavy-handedness and arrogance after winning a landslide victory in the general election. After this speech, Tim Healy, the Irish Nationalist, a master of parliamentary invective, sent Smith a note, "I am old, and you are young, but you have beaten me at my own game." The speech solidified Smith's reputation as an orator and rising political star, and established him as a major figure within the Conservative Party. His place in party politics thus established, F.E. Smith would go on to hold numerous posts and cabinet positions under the later Lloyd George Coalition Government, as Lord Chancellor from 1918 to 1922, and under Stanley Baldwin as Secretary of State for India in 1924–1928.

A copy of the speech was included in the following day's Times, which is archived online.

In part, the speech reads:

"'It is far easier, if one is a master of scholarly irony, and of a charming literary style, to describe protection as a 'stinking rotten carcass' than to discuss scientifically whether certain limited proposals are likely to prove protective in their incidence. It is far easier, if one has a strong stomach, to suggest to simple rustics, as the President of the Board of Trade did, that, if the Tories came into power, they would introduce slavery on the hills of Wales. [David Lloyd George: 'I did not say that']

The Right Hon. Gentleman would, no doubt, be extremely anxious to forget it, if he could; but, anticipating a temporary lapse of memory, I have in my hand the Manchester Guardian of January 16, 1906, which contains a report of his speech. The Right Hon. Gentleman said: 'What would they say to introducing Chinamen at 1S [one shilling] a day into the Welsh quarries? Slavery on the hills of Wales: Heaven forgive me for the suggestion.' I have no means of judging how heaven will deal with persons who think it decent to make such suggestions. The distinction drawn by the Right Hon. Gentleman is more worthy of the county court than of the Treasury Bench...

The Free Church Council gave thanks publicly for the fact that Providence had inspired the electors with discrimination to vote on the right side. Mr. Speaker, I do not, more than another man, mind being cheated at cards; but I find it a little nauseating if my opponent then publicly ascribes his success to the partnership of the Most High. What the future of this Parliament has in store for Right Hon. Gentlemen opposite I do not know, but I hear that the government will deny to the Colonial Conference of 1907 free discussion on the subject which the House is now debating, so as to prevent the statement of unpalatable truths. I know that I am the insignificant representative of an insignificant numerical minority in this House, but I venture to warn the government that the people of this country will neither forget nor forgive a party which, in the heyday of its triumph, denies to the infant Parliament of the Empire one jot or tittle of that ancient liberty of speech which our predecessors in this House vindicated for themselves at the point of the sword.'"

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Member state

A member state is a state that is a member of an international organization or of a federation or confederation.

Since the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) include some members that are not sovereign states, neither organization ever speaks of "member states". The WTO has simply "members" (see WTO members), and the IMF refers to its members as "member countries".

The oldest global member state based organization is the International Telecommunication Union, which joined the United Nations System as a Specialized Agency of the T1088 after the creation of the UN.

Worldwide

 * Member states of the United Nations | 193
 * Member states of the International Telecommunication Union | 193
 * Member states of UNESCO | 195
 * | 190
 * Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization | 184
 * Member states of the World Sports Alliance | 24
 * Member states of the League of Nations
 * Member states of the Venice Commission | 58
 * Member states of the World Customs Organization | 173 sovereign states, 4 customs territories and one customs union
 * | 39
 * World Health Organization | 194
 * | 39
 * World Health Organization | 194
 * World Health Organization | 194

Worldwide - language related

 * Member states of the Arab League | 22
 * Member states of the Dutch Language Union | 3
 * Member states of the Commonwealth of Nations | 56
 * Member states of the Latin Union | 36
 * Member states of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries | 8
 * Member states of the International Organization of the Francophonie
 * Member states of the Organization of Ibero-American States | 24

Worldwide - religion related

 * Member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation | 57

Worldwide - commodity related

 * Member states of the International Atomic Energy Agency | 167
 * Member states of OPEC | 12
 * Member states of CIP | 14
 * Member states of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons | 195+

Other

 * Member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States | 9 + 2 unofficial participants (Turkmenistan and Ukraine)

Military
In history:
 * Member states of NATO | 31

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Harold MacGrath

Harold MacGrath (September 4, 1871 – October 30, 1932) was a bestselling and prolific American novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. He sometimes completed more than one novel per year for the mass market, covering romance, spies, mystery, and adventure.

He was the first nationally known writer to be commissioned to write original screenplays for the new film industry. In addition, he had eighteen novels and three short stories adapted as films, in some cases more than once. Three of these novels were also adapted as plays that were produced on Broadway in New York City. MacGrath traveled extensively but was always based in Syracuse, New York, where he was born and raised.

Biography
Born Harold McGrath in Syracuse, New York, he was the son of Thomas H. and Lillian Jane McGrath. As a young man, he worked as a reporter and columnist for the Syracuse Herald newspaper until the late 1890s, when he published his first novel, a romance titled Arms and the Woman. According to the New York Times, his next book, The Puppet Crown, was the No.7 bestselling book in the United States for all of 1901.

MacGrath (as he spelled his name then) continued to write novels for the mass market about love, adventure, mystery, spies, and the like at an average rate of more than one a year. He had three more books that were among the top ten bestselling books of the year. At the same time, he published a number of short stories in such major American magazines as The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies Home Journal, and Red Book magazine. Several of MacGrath's novels were also serialized in these magazines. He continued to have short stories published in such venues until his death in 1932.

Writing for films
In 1912, Harold MacGrath became one of the first nationally known authors to write directly for the movies when he was hired by the American Film Company to create an original screenplay for a short film in the Western genre, titled The Vengeance That Failed.

MacGrath's work was so popular that eighteen of his forty novels and three of his short stories were adapted as films. Some of the novels received more than one film adaptation. He also wrote the original screenplays for another four movies. His serial film The Adventures of Kathlyn (1903) featured Kathlyn Williams. While writing the screenplays for the thirteen episodes of the serial, he also wrote the related novel. It was published immediately after the December 29, 1913, premiere of the first episode of the serial. The book was available for sale in book stores during the screening of the entire thirteen episodes, capitalizing on the publicity.

Three of his books adapted for film were also adapted as Broadway plays.

The Douglas Fairbanks Production Company made a feature-length adventure film, The Mollycoddle (1920), based on MacGrath's short story of the same title. It had been published in 1913 by The Saturday Evening Post. Directed by Victor Fleming, the film featured Douglas Fairbanks, Ruth Renick, and Wallace Beery; it was distributed by the newly created company United Artists.

The young Boris Karloff, who had a few uncredited movie roles, was said to have chosen that stage name in 1920 for his first screen credit from MacGrath's novel The Drums of Jeopardy. Published by The Saturday Evening Post in January 1920, it had featured a Russian mad scientist character named Boris Karlov. MacGrath's book was adapted as a Broadway play, titled Boris Karlov (1922). Because by 1923 actor Boris Karloff was using a similar name, when the film adaptation of The Drum of Jeopardy was released, the scientist character was named Gregor Karlov.

Success
Harold MacGrath became a wealthy man because of his success as a writer. He traveled extensively internationally, but was based in Syracuse, New York. There he commissioned design and construction in 1912 of an English country-style mansion and associated landscaped gardens. These were highly regarded.

In "The Short Autobiography of a Deaf Man", an essay published in The Saturday Evening Post (23 April 1932), MacGrath wrote about having struggled early in life as a result of a hearing impairment. At a time when deaf people were often considered as lacking intellectual acuity because of difficulty in communications, MacGrath had concealed this condition from his employer and others. Harold MacGrath died at his home in Syracuse a few months after publishing this article.

Funeral
MacGrath died in 1932. His coffin was held for viewing in St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Syracuse, before a 2 p.m. funeral service on November 5, 1932. Hundreds of people came to pass by the bier. Rev. Dr. Henry H. Hadley, rector of St. Paul's, officiated at the church service.

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Essau Kanyenda

Essau Black-Mamba Kanyenda (born 27 September 1982) is a former Malawian international footballer who played as a striker.

Career
Kanyenda started his career in 1998 in Malawi's First Division for FC Welfare in Dwangwa. He was spotted by Jomo Sono the owner of Jomo Cosmos FC during the Cosafa under 17 in 1999. He has been with Jomo Cosmos under 17 alongside Peter Mponda, in two tours in Italy where he played several games and become second top goalscorer in both occasions. He then turned professional and played in the Premier League of Malawi from 1999–2001 for FC Dwasco (Nkhota-Kota), before moving to South Africa to play in its Premier League, with Jomo Cosmos in Johannesburg between 2001 and 2003.

In 2003, Kanyenda moved to Russia, for FC Rostov in Russia's Premier League. In 2005, he left briefly for FC Lokomotiv Moscow after being the third top goal scorer in Russian top league, but re-joined FC Rostov on loan until December 2007. After two years with FC Lokomotiv Moscow joined in January 2008 to FC KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny. He was their top goalscorer in that season. Kanyenda has played for Rotor Volgograd (loan) Dynamo Bryansk (loan)

In spring 2012 he was persuaded to join the Danish side B93 by the former Malawi national football team manager Kim Splidsboel.

In September 2012, he signed a contract with the South African side Polokwane City.

He lives in Manchester with family.

International
Kanyenda is also a member of the Malawi national football team, beginning his international career on 12 March 2000 against Zambia.

Early life
Born as Esau Boxer Kanyenda, to Binwell Boxer Kanyenda and Florence Phiri. Born in a family of seven. five boys and two girls. He lost his mother in April 1994 and his elder brother in September 2003. His father is retired accountant in Malawi government (In Dwangwa) Kanyenda used to play the street football with his friends.

UEFA Champions League qualifying campaign
The Malawian will be the first Malawian football player to play in UEFA Champions League as far as Malawian football is concern.

Russian title-holders FC Lokomotiv Moskva have signed Malawi striker Esau Kanyenda from FC Rostov ahead of their UEFA Champions League qualifying campaign.

Rostov commitments Kanyenda will join Lokomotiv on a five-year contract after playing in Rostov's next three league games. The 22-year-old has been with the Premier-Liga team since 2003, having also scored 26 goals in 46 appearances for South African side Jomo Cosmos.

Vital goals He has found the target twenty six times in 62 matches for Rostov and helped the club reach the Russian Cup final in 2003. However, Kanyenda has registered only seventh this season, although those goals brought second-from-bottom Rostov their first points of the campaign against FC Shinnik Yaroslavl and FC Rubin Kazan.

Russia Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics bid
In 2006, Kanyenda was recognised as the first ever African ambassador to represent the Russian Black Sea resort city of Sochi's bid to host the 2014 Winter Olympics bid. The Malawians have never produce the good striker like Kanyenda. He is well known in Russia as well as in South Africa as Black Mamba In 2002, Kanyenda went for the trials with French top side Marseille, Monday, 20 January 2003 Kanyenda scored five goals in five trial matches Malawi striker Essau Kanyenda has signed for French side Marseille on a six-month loan deal. The young forward won a deal after making a great impact while on trial from South African side Jomo Cosmos.

"They were very impressed with my performance and offered to sign me on loan with an option to buy," Kanyenda confirmed to the Malawian newspaper The Nation.

"The head coach said my performance throughout the trials was beyond his realistic expectations and that I reminded him of former Liberian star George Weah."

Kanyenda added that he had been delighted at the news and signed straight away.

"I didn't have to think twice after taking a look at the copy of the contract," he said.

"It is an appetising contract though I would have loved it if they had bought me outright."

At Marseille, Kanyenda will link up with fellow African striker, Ivory Coast's Ibrahim Bakayoko.

He became the second Malawian to play in the French league, after Ernest Mtawali, who was once with Toulouse. Unluckily the deal was flop because of technical reasons, he said on Cosmos website.

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You changed the zh link on Project Gutenberg from 古登堡计划 to 古腾堡计划. Perhaps your link is better Chinese; I don't know. But links are not arbitrary text; they should go to the page on other wikis that have comparable content. zh:古登堡计划 is an article on Project Gutenberg; zh:古腾堡计划 isn't. So zh:古登堡计划 is the correct link.--Prosfilaes 00:07, 27 March 2006 (UTC)

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Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane

Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane is an American manga-influenced comic book series focusing on a teenage Mary Jane Watson, the romantic interest of superhero Spider-Man. The series, published by Marvel Comics, is a teen drama set outside the regular Marvel continuity and aimed at teenage girls as opposed to the traditional male comic book audience.

Originally written by Sean McKeever with art by penciller Takeshi Miyazawa (who left after issue #15 and was replaced by David Hahn, but continued providing covers) and colorist Christina Strain, the series began publication in December 2005 and was preceded by two miniseries from the series' original creative team, Mary Jane in 2004 and Mary Jane: Homecoming in 2005.

The original series ended in July 2007 with issue #20 and was followed by a five-issue miniseries, Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane Season 2, in August 2008 by writer Terry Moore and artist Craig Rousseau.

Publication history
The initial four-issue miniseries, Mary Jane, originally intended as an ongoing series, began publication in June 2004 under the Marvel Age imprint, a line of comic books by Marvel Comics aimed at younger readers. Marvel had decided to launch a comic book series with a female lead to attract young female readers after seeing a growing number of girls becoming comic readers through manga, and had chosen Mary Jane Watson because of her popularity stemming from the Spider-Man film series (Spider-Man 2 was released two weeks after Mary Jane #1). Mary Jane was also the subject of a popular young adult novel by Judith o'Brien the year before. However, due to low sales the series was discontinued after its fourth issue, with Marvel waiting to see how the digest-sized trade paperback collecting the four issues would sell, before deciding whether the series should be canceled for good or not. Simultaneously, a collected edition of the series was also released in magazine size with a cardstock cover, exclusively available at Target Stores.

After the initial sales figures for the digest came in, Marvel announced a second four-issue miniseries, Mary Jane: Homecoming, which began publication in March 2005. Unlike the first series, Homecoming was not published under the Marvel Age imprint, but as a regular Marvel Comics title, because Marvel Age had by then been restructured into the Marvel Adventures imprint. The second miniseries also saw a slight change in the creative team, as the original miniseries' inker Norman Lee now only inked the covers, while the interior pages were colored straight from Miyazawa's pencils. A second digest, collecting Mary Jane: Homecoming, again sold well enough to justify the continuation of the series. Following writer McKeever winning an Eisner Award for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition in summer 2005, Marvel announced that the third series, titled Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane and launching in December 2005, would be an ongoing title and not another miniseries.

Beginning with May 2006's Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane #6, guest artist Valentine De Landro took over from Miyazawa for two issues, illustrating the so-called "Dark MJ Saga" (the title being a reference to the "Dark Phoenix Saga", a popular X-Men storyline), which retells Spider-Man's origin from Mary Jane's point of view.

In late July 2006, artist Miyazawa announced to leave the title after issue #15, published in February 2007, to pursue a career as a manga artist in Japan, but he continued providing covers for the series. His successor was David Hahn. Writer McKeever also left the series after issue #20, as he had signed exclusively with DC Comics. Following rumors that the series would end with McKeever's departure, Strangers in Paradise writer Terry Moore took over the series, relaunching with a new #1. Although was originally announced that Moore would be joined by former Runaways artist Adrian Alphona, the new miniseries was illustrated by Craig Rousseau, while Moore himself provided covers. The series lasted for five issues.

Continuity
Unlike most other Spider-Man-related comic books, which share the same continuity, Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane (and the two preceding miniseries) are set outside the mainstream Marvel continuity, and the series' plot differs slightly from Mary Jane's story as established in mainstream Marvel continuity. For example, Mary Jane lives with her parents, not with her Aunt as she did in the original continuity, and she has a crush on Spider-Man (although she develops stronger feelings for Peter Parker). Furthermore, the focus on Mary Jane rather than Peter means that classic Spider-Man characters such as Aunt May, J. Jonah Jameson and various other characters and villains are either de-emphasized or absent altogether.

Main characters

 * Mary Jane Watson: Called "MJ" by her friends, one of the most popular girls in high school and seemingly always in a good mood. Despite her sunny exterior, MJ has many insecurities that even her closest friends are unaware of. She once had a crush on Spider-Man, which was later complicated by her feelings for Peter Parker, not realizing they are one and the same.
 * Liz Allan: A cheerleader and MJ's best friend. Liz tends to be very bossy and self-centered, which puts a strain on her relationships with Flash and Mary Jane.
 * Flash Thompson: A football player in high school and Liz's boyfriend. Hurt by Liz's constant criticisms, he becomes infatuated with the more sensitive Mary Jane. He has a tendency to bully the timid Peter Parker.
 * Harry Osborn: Friends with Mary Jane, Liz and Flash. His father is Norman Osborn, a wealthy industrialist. Harry often carries the image of a spoiled rich boy (such as when offering Peter a large sum of money to help him cheat on a test), but he can be kind and sensitive as well.
 * Peter Parker: A socially-awkward and bookish nerd, who is a good friend of Mary Jane Watson and Harry Osborn. Lonely and timid, he is more interested in his studies than his social life. He's been dubbed "Puny Parker" by Flash. Despite Peter's reputation as a "nerd", both Mary Jane and Gwen Stacy are attracted to him. Unaware to his peers, Peter is actually a masked vigilante with spider-like super-powers named "Spider-Man", an alias which he took up to atone for his uncle's murder, something for which he was partially responsible.
 * Spider-Man: A wise-cracking superhero who has crossed paths with Mary Jane on more than one occasion, and even saved her life. He knows her name and where she lives.  Spider-Man is actually Peter Parker, but MJ seemingly does not know this (though in the original timeline, she eventually found out Peter was Spider-Man), and nor would the reader without a pre-existing familiarity with the characters; there are only minor hints to this.
 * Gwen Stacy: A new transfer student, Gwen quickly becomes attached to Peter and starts dating him, becoming Mary Jane's rival for his affections.

Minor characters

 * Betty Brant: Betty Brant was the old girlfriend of Ned Leeds, Mary Jane's boyfriend. After getting re-acquainted with her, Ned decides to go out with her and dumps Mary Jane.
 * Firestar: Firestar makes a small cameo in issue #2. Mary Jane watches Spider-Man and Firestar battling crime together (and flirting while doing it), causing MJ to become jealous. In issue #16, Spider-Man and Firestar once again team up, and eventually kiss.
 * Jessica Jones: Jessica was Mary Jane's old friend, until Jessica became a goth. During the time when Mary Jane is in a brief state of depression, she hangs out with Jessica until she is soon happy again.
 * Lindsay Leighton: The school's resident "Drama Queen", Lindsay becomes jealous of Mary Jane after she wins the lead in the play Twelfth Night. She takes her revenge by dating Harry.
 * Mr. Limke: Mr. Limke was a counselor at Mary Jane's school. He was ultimately revealed to be the supervillain "The Looter". The character was named after Jeffrey Limke, the consulting editor on McKeever's creator-owned comic book The Waiting Place.
 * Ned Leeds: Mary Jane's first serious boyfriend, he broke up with her in favor of his old girlfriend, Betty Brant, a year before the series begins.
 * Felicia Hardy: A tough transfer student who is considered "bad luck" due to her violent past, Felicia flirts with Flash and challenges Liz to a fight. There were no signs that Felicia had adopted the "Black Cat" identity or that she even had superpowers.
 * Luke Cage: Luke makes a cameo in issue #11 as a student who's interested in Mary Jane, which bothers Harry.

Villains
A number of Spider-Man villains have made brief appearances or have been mentioned in the comic. These include the following.
 * Burglar
 * Electro
 * Doctor Octopus
 * Kraven the Hunter
 * Mysterio
 * Sandman
 * Green Goblin
 * Rhino
 * Vulture
 * Scorpion
 * Mirage
 * The Beetle
 * Morbius
 * Shocker
 * The Looter
 * Rocket Racer
 * Lightmaster
 * Hypno-Hustler
 * Paste Pot Pete
 * Gog

Mary Jane miniseries

As the Homecoming dance is approaching, Mary Jane cannot think of anyone to go with and thinks about not going at all. Her best friend Liz suggests their friend Harry as Mary Jane's date and thus - despite Mary Jane's reservation against dating a friend and her crush on Spider-Man - the two start going out. Then, riding home on the subway after her first date with Harry, Mary Jane's train is attacked by the supervillain Electro and Spider-Man rescues her, reinforcing her crush on him; She now wants Spider-Man to be her Homecoming date.

Mary Jane decides to get a job to be able to afford her dress for the Homecoming dance, and because she feels dependent on Harry as he is paying for everything on their dates. After going through several different jobs and getting into trouble at school for being tired from working, she wants to stop working to avoid any more problems, but then the owner of the store where she wanted to buy her Homecoming dress offers her a job as a salesperson.

Mary Jane has an argument with Liz because she thinks it is wrong that Liz always calls Flash stupid. She also wants to break up with Harry, because he is only a friend to her, but just as she is about to dump him, she realizes what a nice guy he is and how much she likes him. Later, after accidentally taking home Flash's notebook and flipping through it, Mary Jane finds out that Flash has a crush on her.

Liz tells Mary Jane she suspects Flash has a crush on somebody else. During a school football game Liz loses it and attacks an opposing cheerleader who was talking to Flash. After the incident, Mary Jane tells Liz, who still does not know that Mary Jane is the one Flash has a crush on, she will talk to Flash. After the game, Mary Jane waits for Flash at his home and returns his notebook, telling him that she is not going to do anything about his crush on her and that, contrary to what he might assume due to her constant insults, Liz really loves him. However, as Liz, who was going to apologize to Flash for her previous behavior, sees the two together in front of Flash's house, she suspects Flash is having an affair with Mary Jane.

Mary Jane: Homecoming
Harry's father is disappointed with Harry's grades and, assuming it is because Harry is dating Mary Jane, forbids him to see her (and particularly to go to the Homecoming dance with her). Thus, Harry plans to cheat on the upcoming physics test so he is allowed to spend more time with her. Meanwhile, Liz is avoiding Mary Jane because she thinks she is having an affair with Flash. When Mary Jane and Harry have to stay in class after school for passing notes, Harry sees his chance to steal the test papers, as Mrs. Feeser is called to the office to pick up some flowers her husband sent her. Mary Jane offers to go pick up the flowers instead. Harry, mad that she sabotages his plans to cheat, breaks up with her.

Liz finally tells Mary Jane that she has been avoiding her because she thinks Mary Jane is having an affair with Flash and Mary Jane assures her that they aren't (making Liz call herself stupid). Meanwhile, Flash convinces Harry to apologize to Mary Jane and to get back together with her.

On the day of the Homecoming dance, Mary Jane is thinking about Spider-Man again after running into him twice that day while he fights the Vulture, but Liz does not want to hear about it as she is looking forward to the Homecoming dance and to becoming King and Queen with Flash. Things do not go as Liz planned them: while Flash does become Homecoming King, not Liz but Mary Jane – who wasn't even on the ballot – is voted Queen as a write-in candidate.

Mary Jane is shocked that she won and worried how Liz, who suddenly disappeared, reacts. Flash, who still is not over his crush on Mary Jane, thinks fate brought them together and tries to kiss her during the ceremonial post-crowning dance, just as Liz comes back. While Mary Jane tries to explain everything to Liz, Harry, who had been looking for Liz, comes back and starts fighting with Flash as Liz tells him Flash and Mary Jane made out. Mary Jane storms out and accidentally meets Peter at the Coffee Bean and he later walks her home, where Liz has been waiting for her to apologize and tell Mary Jane that she wanted to become Homecoming Queen so she – despite being her friend – would not hate her anymore for being so popular.

Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane
Having ended her relationship with Harry, Mary Jane once again focuses her attention on the "unattainable" Spider-Man. During this time she also becomes closer with Peter Parker, who is now her algebra tutor. Peter and Liz both discourage Mary Jane's interest in Spider-Man. Undaunted, Mary Jane tracks Spider-Man down and asks him for a date, which he plainly refuses.

More problems arise for Mary Jane at school. Flash, still hurt by Mary Jane's rejection, bullies Peter and demands that he ends his friendship with her. When Mary Jane tells Flash that he can either stop hurting Peter or stop being her friend, he chooses the latter. Mary Jane wins the lead in the school's production of Twelfth Night, angering another actress, Lindsay Leighton. Lindsay begins dating Harry to make Mary Jane jealous. Peter and Liz work together to split them apart. Unfortunately, this has the side-effect of increasing the wedge between Mary Jane and Harry. To make it up to Mary Jane, Peter fulfills her dream by asking her for a date as Spider-Man.

Complicating matters further is Peter's growing attraction to Mary Jane. He wants to date her as Peter Parker, not Spider-Man, and makes his feelings clear to her the night of her date with Spider-Man. Though Mary Jane rejects him, he still meets with her later that night in costume. They have a pleasant but unsatisfying date, and Mary Jane finally realizes that Spider-Man’s job as a superhero (as well as his hidden identity) would make a romantic relationship impossible. Mary Jane also realizes that Peter is the boy she really loves after all—unfortunately, when she sees Peter the next day, he is entertaining a pretty transfer student named Gwen Stacy.

Mary Jane senses the immediate connection between Gwen and Peter, and chooses not to tell him she loves him for fear of coming between them. Peter and Gwen begin dating. Trying to hide her pain, Mary Jane develops the public persona of an unflappable, flirtatious party girl. During this time Flash begins dating Liz again, and he mends his friendship with Mary Jane. Harry is still in love with Mary Jane but he hides his feelings behind a rich playboy exterior.

Gwen's relationship with Peter comes under stress due to several of his unexplained absences and weak excuses during their dates (in actuality, he leaves abruptly to fight crime as Spider-Man). A misunderstanding forces the love triangle to come to a head; Gwen learns the truth about Peter's history with Mary Jane and realizes that he is in love with her. She breaks up with him. At the same time, Mary Jane decides to put her feelings for Peter permanently aside and reunites with Harry, but student Felicia Hardy soon complicates their relationship as she pursues Harry for his affections.

Spider-Man soon acquires a new love interest, the redheaded mutant superhero Firestar, but is apprehensive about sharing his private life with her. As Peter Parker, Spidey faces the hopeless task of maintaining a friendship with Gwen despite her wanting him as a boyfriend, and refusing anything else.

Felicia's interventions eventually force Harry to snap, and he tells her that she will never have him as he is in love with MJ, but MJ soon comes to the realization she does not truly love Harry, and remains too close to Peter and Spider-Man. Harry is infuriated when he discovers the truth and leaves her devastated.

Peter eventually breaks up with Firestar as Spidey, and refuses to give Gwen the satisfaction of controlling his life to be with her. He and MJ close out issue twenty reunited, MJ assuring him she was always his friend despite recent events. MJ reaches for Peter's hand as the two watch the snow descend around them.

Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane Season 2
Mary Jane's friendship with Harry is still broken, but her relationship with Peter, Flash, and Liz remains as strong as ever, and she and Gwen gradually repair their friendship as well. In the meantime, Mary Jane continues to pursue becoming a better actor; she starts a trend called "Limo Girl" after arriving too late to Acting 101 and performing an excuse to as why she was late. Everyone starts to call her "Limo Girl", which bothers Mary Jane after a while. She lands a lead role in the play, beating out a girl named Zoe McCall, someone she was on friendly terms with before casting was finalized. During rehearsals, her teacher demands that Mary Jane performs the same way she did when she created Limo Girl. Frustrated, Mary Jane quits the play.

Spider-Man and Mary Jane continue to see each other whenever the wall-crawler gets the chance to visit her, Mary Jane often confides in Spider-Man about her troubles with the same openness she shows with Peter. After Mary Jane lands a role in the play, someone starts a smear campaign on the school computers, calling her a "diva dork of Midtown High". She initially assumes Harry is the one behind it, though he tells her he's not angry at her for anything despite their history. She is further proven wrong when he tells her the IP address is linked directly to the school and in an area prohibited to students. Mary Jane asks what happened to their friendship and Harry says she "forgot he was alive" when she became friends with Peter. Despite her renewed desire to fix things between them, Harry doesn't want to be "just friends" with Mary Jane.

Later, Mary Jane discovers that it was Zoe McCall who created the slander website against her, and confronts her about why she did it. Zoe explains that she believed that Mary Jane only put herself above everyone else and always thought of herself as perfect, so Zoe made the website to tear her down. Despite the suspect legality of the website, Mary Jane doesn't hold a grudge against Zoe and promises to keep the incident between the two of them. At the end of the day, Peter visits her house and the two of them eat pizza on her front stairs.

Reprints
The individual comic books are being collected into digest-sized trade paperbacks as part of Marvel's line of digests, with each volume reprinting five issues of the monthly series (four for the two initial miniseries). Both original miniseries as well as the first five issues of Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane were also reprinted in one oversized Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane Hardcover (ISBN 978-0-7851-2610-2), released March 28, 2007, by Marvel Comics. A second hardcover, reprinting the remaining 15 issues of Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane, was released in August 2008.

The original miniseries has also been reprinted in one magazine-sized volume that was exclusively available at Target stores, while its four individual issues have additionally been reprinted as library binding hardcovers by Spotlight Publications in January 2006.

List of library binding hardcovers by Spotlight

 * Mary Jane: The Real Thing (ISBN 1-59961-039-6/ISBN 978-1-59961-039-9, 2006-01-01) reprints Mary Jane #1
 * Mary Jane: The Money Thing (ISBN 1-59961-038-8/ISBN 978-1-59961-038-2, 2006-01-01) reprints Mary Jane #2
 * Mary Jane: The Loyalty Thing (ISBN 1-59961-037-X/ISBN 978-1-59961-037-5, 2006-01-01) reprints Mary Jane #3
 * Mary Jane: The Trust Thing (ISBN 1-59961-040-X/ISBN 978-1-59961-040-5, 2006-09-01) reprints Mary Jane #4

Infinity Comics (digital releases)

 * Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane 001 (, 2021-08-09/2021-09-02): Free version of Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane (2005) #1.
 * Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane 002 (, 2021-08-09/2021-09-02): Free version of Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane (2005) #2.
 * Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane 003 (, 2021-08-09/2021-09-02): Free version of Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane (2005) #3.
 * Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane 004 (, 2021-08-09/2021-09-02): Free version of Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane (2005) #4.
 * Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane 005 (, 2021-08-09/2021-09-02): Free version of Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane (2005) #5.

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Brooks Atkinson

Justin Brooks Atkinson (November 28, 1894 – January 14, 1984) was an American theatre critic. He worked for The New York Times from 1922 to 1960. In his obituary, the Times called him "the theater's most influential reviewer of his time." Atkinson became a Times theater critic in the 1920s and his reviews became very influential. He insisted on leaving the drama desk during World War II to report on the war, and received the Pulitzer Prize in 1947 for his work as the Moscow correspondent for the Times. He returned to the theater beat in the late 1940s, until his retirement in 1960.

Biography
Atkinson was born in Melrose, Massachusetts, to Jonathan H. Atkinson, a salesman statistician, and Garafelia Taylor. As a boy, he printed his own newspaper (using movable type), and planned a career in journalism. He attended Harvard University, where he began writing for the Boston Herald. He graduated from Harvard in 1917, and worked at the Springfield Daily News and the Boston Evening Transcript, where he was assistant to the drama critic. In 1922, he became the editor of the New York Times Book Review, and in 1925 the drama critic. Atkinson married Oriana MacIlveen, a writer, in August 1926.

On the drama desk, Atkinson quickly became known for his commitment to new kinds of theater (he was one of the first critical admirers of Eugene O'Neill) for his interest in all kinds of drama, including off-Broadway productions. In 1928, he said admiringly about the realism of the new play The Front Page, "No one who has ground his heels in the grime of a police headquarters press room will complain that this argot misrepresents the gentlemen of the press." In 1932 Atkinson dropped the J. from his byline and embraced the witty, direct writing style that became his hallmark.

Atkinson, stepping into the role of major progressive thinker and writer of his time, was a strong supporter of the Works Progress Administration, particularly the new Federal Theatre Project, Roosevelt's attempt in the midst of the unemployment and poverty of the Great Depression to extend welfare support to out of work theater professionals and to create a theater responsive to the American public in range and diversity. Atkinson travelled extensively to see productions such as the Harlem "Voodoo Macbeth," directed by the 21-year-old Orson Welles; the collaborative historical play "Lost Colony," staged on Roanoke Island in North Carolina; and openings of interesting plays all up and down the East Coast.

His reviews were reputed to have the power to make or break a new stage production: for example, his panning in 1940 of Lawrence Riley's Return Engagement led to that comedy's closure after only eight performances, despite the success of Riley's previous comedy, Personal Appearance, which had lasted for over 500 performances on Broadway. Atkinson had already been dubbed "the conscience of the theater" because of his openness to earnest experimental theater, his sense of duty toward supporting theater that addressed important moral and social issues of the day, and his firm conviction that theater could educate and foment serious public debate, but he was often not comfortable with the influence that he wielded over the Broadway box office.

After Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Atkinson attempted to enlist in the US Navy but was refused. He requested a reassignment to war coverage, and The New York Times sent him to the front lines as a war correspondent in China, where he covered the Second Sino-Japanese War until 1945. While in China, he visited Mao Tse-tung in Yenan and was captivated by him. Atkinson wrote favorably about the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and against the Nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek, which he saw as reactionary and corrupt. After visiting Yenan, he wrote that the Communist movement's political system was best described as an "agrarian or peasant democracy, or as a farm labor party." Atkinson viewed the Chinese Communist Party as communist in name only and more democratic than totalitarian. The Times effusively titled his article Yenan, a Chinese Wonderland City.

After the end of the war, Atkinson stayed only briefly in New York before he was sent to the Soviet Union to serve as a press correspondent in Moscow. His work there for the Times earned him a Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence in 1947. Upon his return to the United States, Atkinson was reassigned to the newspaper's drama desk, where he remained until his retirement in 1960. He is given much credit for the growth of Off-Broadway into a major theatrical force in the 1950s, and has been cited by many influential people in the theatre as crucial to their careers. David Merrick's famous spoof ad for Subways Are For Sleeping—in which he hired seven ordinary New Yorkers who had the same names as prominent drama critics to praise his musical—had to wait for Atkinson's retirement, because Merrick could not find anyone with the right name. There was only one Brooks Atkinson in New York City.

Atkinson was elected a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1960. He came briefly out of retirement in 1965 to write a favorable review of Man of La Mancha; his review was printed on the first page of the show's original souvenir program. After his retirement, he became a member of The Players who organized a tribute dinner for Atkinson's 80th birthday, which was attended by Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan, and other prominent actors and playwrights.

He died on January 14, 1984, at Crestwood Hospital in Huntsville, Alabama. Atkinson had moved to Huntsville from his farm in Durham, New York, in 1981 to be closer to his family.

Publications

 * Skyline Promenades, 1925
 * Henry Thoreau, The Cosmic Yankee, 1927, 1981 reprint
 * East of the Hudson, 1931
 * The Cingalese Prince, 1934
 * Once Around the Sun, 1951
 * New Voices in American Theater, 1955
 * Tuesdays and Fridays, 1963
 * Broadway, 1970
 * This Bright Land: A Personal View, 1972
 * The Lively Years, 1920-1973, 1973

Legacy
The Mansfield Theatre in New York was named Brooks Atkinson Theatre in his honor between 1960 and 2022.

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Belle experiment

The Belle experiment was a particle physics experiment conducted by the Belle Collaboration, an international collaboration of more than 400 physicists and engineers, at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organisation (KEK) in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. The experiment ran from 1999 to 2010.

The Belle detector was located at the collision point of the asymmetric-energy electron–positron collider, KEKB. Belle at KEKB together with the BaBar experiment at the PEP-II accelerator at SLAC were known as the B-factories as they collided electrons with positrons at the center-of-momentum energy equal to the mass of the (4S) resonance which decays to pairs of B mesons.

The Belle detector was a hermetic multilayer particle detector with large solid angle coverage, vertex location with precision on the order of tens of micrometres (provided by a silicon vertex detector), good distinction between pions and kaons in the momenta range from 100 MeV/c to few GeV/c (provided by a Cherenkov detector), and a few-percent precision electromagnetic calorimeter (made of CsI(Tl) scintillating crystals).

The Belle II experiment is an upgrade of Belle that was approved in June 2010. It is currently being commissioned, and is anticipated to start operation in 2018. Belle II is located at SuperKEKB (an upgraded KEKB accelerator) which is intended to provide a factor 40 larger integrated luminosity.

Results
The experiment was motivated by the search for CP-violation. However the experiment also performed extensive studies of rare decays, searches for exotic particles and precision measurements of the properties of D mesons, and tau particles. The experiment has resulted in almost 300 publications in physics journals.

Highlights of the Belle experiment include
 * an observation of large CP-violation in the neutral B meson system
 * measurement of the branching fraction of inclusive $$B\to X_{s}\gamma$$ decays
 * observation of the $$b\to sl^+l^-$$ transition with $$B \to K l^+ l^-$$ and $$B \to K^* l^+ l^-$$
 * measurement of $$\phi_3$$ using the $$B \to D K, D \to K_S \pi^+ \pi^-$$ Dalitz plot
 * measurement of the CKM quark mixing matrix elements $$|V_{ub}|$$ and $$ |V_{cb}|$$
 * observation of direct CP-violation in $$B^0 \to \pi^+ \pi^-$$ and $$B^0 \to K^- \pi^+$$
 * observation of $$b \to d$$ transitions
 * evidence for $$B \to \tau \nu$$
 * observations of a number of new particles including the X(3872)

Data samples
The KEKB accelerator was the world's highest luminosity machine at the time. A large fraction of the data was collected at the (4S). The instantaneous luminosity exceeded $2.11 cm^{−2}·s^{−1}$. The integrated luminosity collected at the (4S) mass was about $710 fb^{−1}$ (corresponding to 771 million meson pairs). About 10% of the data was recorded below the (4S) resonance in order to study backgrounds. In addition, KEKB carried out special runs at the (5S) resonance to study mesons as well as on the (1S), (2S) and (3S) resonances to search for evidence of Dark Matter and the Higgs Boson. The samples of (1S), (2S) and (5S) collected by Belle are the world largest samples available.

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User talk:LordCornwall

Thanks for experimenting with Wikipedia. Your test worked, and has been reverted or removed. Please use the sandbox for any other tests you want to do. Take a look at the welcome page if you would like to learn more about contributing to our encyclopedia. Thanks. ProhibitOnions 16:10, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:24.254.49.37

Hiya. Welcome to Wikipedia. Your contributions on New Orleans articles are quite welcome. I would like to ask, though, that you please try to use the Edit Summary field (right below the edit box). This allows people to glance at the history of a page, and get a good idea of what each change was about.

A second suggestion is to get a regular login. While people have been known to edit forever using only anoymous IPs, unless you have a static IP, the address is never truely yours. Dial-up, DSL, Cable, etc, you're likely on a dynamic IP, which may change the next time you connect. If you get a user name, that name is yours forever. You will get and keep credit for all changes you make. Messages (like this one) can be 100% certain to reach you.

Just a couple of suggestions. Again, welcome to Wikipedia, and enjoy your stay. :) TexasAndroid 16:10, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

AfD nomination of Maurice L. Lagarde
I have nominated Maurice L. Lagarde, an article you created, for deletion. I do not think that this article satisfies Wikipedia's criteria for inclusion, and have explained why at Articles for deletion/Maurice L. Lagarde. Your opinions on the matter are welcome at that same discussion page; also, you are welcome to edit the article to address these concerns. Thank you for your time.  Sandstein  08:14, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Bring New Orleans Back Commission

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I am the copyright owner of this image. I do not wish it to be deleted over a technicality. If someone would tell me how to word the copyright so that the photo may be used, I will change it.The Dogfather 16:10, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

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 * The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or on a Votes for Undeletion nomination).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was Delete Ryan Norton T 23:54, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

Adam Hawkins
Tagged as an nn-bio speedy, but it has a claim of notability of sorts (whether it's true is another matter) no vote. --Doc (?) 16:11, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Please beware, this afd has been subject to vote tampering. --Doc (?) 21:51, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete, Google doesn't seem very interested in him. From what I can see, a non-notable actor. --Ashenai (talk) 16:16, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, vanity. Friday (talk) 16:27, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete (pref. speedy, I flagged such as the "mayor emeritus of centrewhatever" is patently false w/ 0 google hits) — Lomn | Talk / RfC 17:29, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Not speediable, by my reading of the WP:CSD. There is some kind of assertion of notability here. It may well be false, but it is not 'patently false' (on the level of 'is the King of Europe') - it requires some research, and the place for that is here. --Doc (?) 17:57, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete, evidence has not been provided for the claims in the article. --Metropolitan90 18:49, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. This is actually speedyable as patent nonsense: there is no such place as "Forestnbushes, Ontario", and there is no such institution as "Low-Grade Carleton University"; both of those are sarcastic putdowns of the actual locations. This part is skirting the edge of reading like an attack: "He admires the wonders of communism and collectivism and at the same time he refuses to give up his pro-capitalism job at the second largest national bank or to move to a country that supports such ideology." I suppose it's possible that Deep River has Canada's only unionized Scotiabank, but it's not easily verifiable. I'll let the Ottawa contingent weigh in on whether there's any such thing as "Mayor Emeritus of Centretown", but I find it hard to believe that anyone needs Centretown News to explain that Centretown has a large LGBT community; Wikipedia's own Bank Street article does that just fine. Bearcat 19:11, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Yes, the article is rubbish, and should be deleted. But it is not even close to the patent nonsense criterion (and I'm not adverse to interpreting CSD fairly liberaly). Is this article one of no meaningful content or history, text unsalvageably incoherent (e.g., random characters)? No! 'Patent' means 'blindingly obvious' - not 'obvious to somone with some knowledge of the subject/area' or 'obvious after a little googling'. (And attack criteron requires short articles that serve no purpose but to disparage their subject, it is hardly that. --Doc (?) 21:37, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, I'd consider it blindingly obvious that no Canadian university has "Low-Grade" in its name, but YMMV, I suppose. Bearcat 23:22, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete, article is of zero value whatsoever. Mayor emeritus of Centretown?  Please.  Looks to me like he wrote it himself. -Joshuapaquin 01:02, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, looks like content was tampered with, have done modifications
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John William Douglas

John William Douglas (15 November 1814 – 28 July 1905) was an English entomologist, chiefly interested in microlepidoptera. He was popularly known as "Jolly" Douglas for his ability to produce jocular doggerel in the style of Longfellow's Hiawatha.

Biography
John William Douglas was born 1814 in Putney. His father came from Edinburgh. In a schoolboy prank gone wrong, a fellow student dropped a match into his pocket which contained crackers resulting in serious injury to his leg. Two years largely confined in bed forced him to take up botanical drawing and when he was able to walk again took up work at Kew as a botanical illustrator. He became interested in insects whilst working at Kew Gardens and published many papers and books on entomology. His most important work was The Natural History of the Tineina with the German Philipp Christoph Zeller, Englishman Henry Tibbats Stainton and a Swiss, Heinrich Frey. The Natural History of the Tineina appeared in English, French, German and Latin editions. Although his main interest was the Lepidoptera, Douglas was joint author of the work British Hemiptera Vol.1. Hemiptera-Heteroptera (1865). He was a president of the Royal Entomological Society (1860–61) and editor of The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. Douglas was a keen promoter of entomology, especially among the young. He died in 1905 in Garlesden.

The entomologist Edward Newman incorporated into verse, Douglas the wise entomologist who lived in a place called Kingswood near Blackheath Station, in his The insect hunters (1857).

Works

 * The World of Insects. London, 1856.
 * with John Scott. The British Hemiptera. (Vol. I, Ray. Soc. London, 1865)
 * with HT Stainton, PC Zeller, JW Douglas and Frey, H The Natural History of the Tineina 13 volumes, 2000 pages English French, German and Latin editions.(text additions, synonymies and translations by Alexander Henry Haliday).1855-1873.

Collections
John William Douglas' British Coleoptera and Hemiptera British Macrolepidoptera and Microlepidoptera are in the Natural History Museum, London.

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American Film Company

American Film Company may refer to:

 * American Film Manufacturing Company, also called Flying "A" Studios, an early motion picture production company based in Santa Barbara, California
 * Mutual Film, a motion picture conglomerate and distributor for movie studios including Flying "A"
 * American Film Company (2008), a film production company founded in 2008

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Luc Orient

Luc Orient is a Belgian science fiction comic series featuring an eponymous hero, created in 1967 by the writer Greg and the artist Eddy Paape. It belongs to the large family of Franco-Belgian comics.

Publishing history
Luc Orient was originally serialized in the weekly Tintin magazine starting on January 17, 1967. It was one of the several series simultaneously launched by then-editor Greg to give the magazine a needed facelift. Luc Orient's adventures were then collected as a series of graphic novels by Éditions du Lombard, starting in 1969.

The series continued regularly with one or two volumes per year until episode 13, L'enclume de la foudre was released in 1978. After Tintin ceased publication in 1978 (following several name changes), the later episodes were released sporadically. The series was to be reprinted in an omnibus edition, two volumes in one, by Pictoris Studio, under the title L'intégrale de Luc Orient; but only three tomes (i.e. the first six volumes) ever appeared, between 1998 and 1999.

Synopsis
Luc Orient, professor Hugo Kala from Eurocristal laboratory and his secretary Lora, share several adventures involving aliens and scientific mysteries. At the beginning, the trio discovers a stranded spaceship with a hibernating alien crew; professor Kala's arrival brings hope to the refugees from the planet Terango (Episodes 1-2). They then travel to Terango to thwart the evil tyrant Sectan who plots to invade Earth (Episodes 3-5). Subsequent adventures involve a series of scientific mysteries. Luc and Lora even acquire temporary superpowers in Episode 6.

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Palpifer

Palpifer is a genus of moths of the family Hepialidae described by George Hampson in 1893. There are 10 described species found in south and east Asia and parts of Mexico.

Species of the genus possess large rounded and ascending palpi. Antennae short and setiferous (bristly). Legs hairy with spurs absent on tibia. Forewings without a bar between vein 1b and the median nervure. Veins 7, 8 and 9, 10 stalked in both wings. Veinlets in cell forked.

Species

 * Palpifer falkneri - Nepal
 * Palpifer hopponis - Taiwan
 * Palpifer madurensis - Madura
 * Palpifer murinus - India
 * Food plant: Colocasia

 * Palpifer pellicia - India
 * Palpifer sexnotatus - India/Japan
 * Recorded food plants: Amorphophallus, Colocasia

 * Palpifer sordida - Java
 * Recorded food plants: Alocasia, Amorphophallus, Dioscorea

 * Palpifer taprobanus - Sri Lanka
 * Palpifer tavoyanus - Myanmar
 * Palpifer umbrinus - India

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Cook Forest State Park

Cook Forest State Park is a 8500 acre Pennsylvania state park in Farmington Township, Clarion County, Barnett Township, Forest County and Barnett Township, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Located just south of the Allegheny National Forest, the park is a heavily wooded area of rolling hills and mountains along the Clarion River in northwestern Pennsylvania. Cook Forest State Park is known for some of America's finest virgin white pine and hemlock timber stands and was once called the "Black Forest" due to the preponderance of evergreen tree coverage.

Cook Forest is now a National Natural Landmark and was rated one of America's top 50 state parks by National Geographic Traveler magazine. It was chosen by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) and its Bureau of Parks as one of "25 Must-See Pennsylvania State Parks".

History
When European-Americans reached this part of Pennsylvania it was inhabited by the Seneca Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy. They used this area as a hunting grounds; the land of Cook Forest was then purchased by the English. Seneca Rock is still named after the first inhabitants, and the Paramount Pictures' film "Unconquered" was shot here in 1946 by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Gary Cooper and Paulette Goddard.

John Cook was the first permanent American settler. He arrived in 1826 to determine the feasibility of building an east-to-west canal along the Clarion River for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. John purchased 765 acre and settled here with his wife and 10 children in 1828.

At the mouth of Tom's Run, now adjacent to the park office, John built his one-story cabin and the first of many water-driven sawmills. He worked his mills, logged with oxen, rafted logs to Pittsburgh and also engaged in flatboat building through the years.

John's son Andrew bought 36 acre from his father, then gained the rest of his land when his father died in 1858. Andrew's industry expanded, and he built the original Cook Forest Inn for his woodsmen's living quarters. Andrew erected three sawmills, one flouring mill, one planing mill, a boat scaffold, several dwellings and a store. Andrew also served as a judge and local bank president. About 1870, he built the Cook Homestead (now a bed and breakfast) at the intersection of Route 36 and River Road. Cook family descendants still inhabit many of the homes along River Road. After Andrew's death, the business was managed under A. Cook Sons Company.

The Forest Cathedral of Cook Forest
Major Israel McCreight of Du Bois, Pennsylvania, was author and steward of Cook Forest State Park, the first Pennsylvania State Park acquired to preserve a natural landmark, and a founder of the Pennsylvania Conservation Association. Cook Forest is the most important tract of virgin timberland to be found in Pennsylvania, and is without rival for size East of the Rockies. Once called the "Black Forest", the area is famous for its towering white pines and hemlocks. The idea to make Cook Forest a public park originated on McCreight's first visit to the "Forest Cathedral" near the Clarion River in northwest central Pennsylvania. "It was a beautiful day, August 21, 1910, that the writer with a few others were invited to a weekend house party at the A.W. Cook home. Cook would comment, as he led the way into the silent ‘temple of the gods’, and then listen to the exclamations of astonishment that were sure to come from those who followed along the fern-bound path in this fairyland. Often there was heard no comment, for in this silent cathedral of the Almighty, it was unuttered. Frequently it was observed that sturdy men could not restrain their tears, at the solemnity of their environment.  It was during this walk that A.W. Cook and the writer sat down on a log to talk about the future fate of the magnificent panorama they saw and felt all about them, The writer said to him: ‘Cook, no greater crime could be committed than to destroy this; it shall not be destroyed; it must be saved for humanity’s sake." McCreight was determined to save the forest and began a campaign to conserve the natural landmark. In 1910, McCreight and others formed the Pennsylvania Conservation Association and successfully lobbied the legislature to consider Cook Forest for state park purposes. For sixteen years a series of unsuccessful legislative bills were introduced for the state to acquire Cook Forest. In 1923, the Cook Forest Association was formed for the purpose of acquiring the Cook Forest tract of virgin white pine and hemlock. Early pioneers with the Cook Forest Association were Major Israel McCreight, Theo Wilson and John Nicholson. The Association, endorsed by national natural resource groups and Governor Gifford Pinchot, raised $200,000.

On April 14, 1927, a bill was signed by Governor John Stuchell Fisher appropriating $450,000 on condition that the Cook Forest Association raise the remaining $200,000 to purchase the 6,055 acres. On December 28, 1928, the funds having been raised by the Cook Forest Association, the Secretary of the Department of Forests and Waters announced the formal purchase.

Money from the Association helped the Commonwealth purchase 6055 acre from A. Cook Sons Company in 1927 for $640,000. Cook Forest became the first Pennsylvania State Park acquired to preserve a natural landmark.

Built in 1929, a firetower was used to spot forest fires. It stands over 80 ft tall. While no longer in use, the public can still climb to the top of the stairs. In addition, on rare occasions, the top spotting area will be opened by a guide to allow visitors a closer look.

The Cook Forest State Park Indian Cabin District is a national historic district that includes 11 contributing buildings. They are single room log cabins located on Toms Run behind the park office. They were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps as part of Camp SP-2, which operated in the park from October 1933 to September 1935. These cabins are constructed largely of American chestnut logs which were selected due to both their long-term rot-resistance and the impending local extinction of the species due to chestnut blight.

Ecology
The park is in the Allegheny Highlands forests ecoregion. It is famous for its spectacular stands of old-growth eastern white pine and eastern hemlock, with more white pine over 150 ft in its Forest Cathedral than in any other site in the northeastern United States. Many of these ancient trees began growing after a drought and fire in 1644. In total, there are some 1500 acre to 2000 acre of old-growth forests or old forests with old-growth characteristics in several stands throughout the park. In addition to white pine and hemlock, old-growth northern red oak, white oak, black cherry, red maple, sugar maple, American beech, white ash, yellow birch, black birch, and cucumber magnolia also grow throughout the park.

Recreation
Cook Forest features 27 marked trails totaling some 29 mi for hiking. The terrain is of rolling hills and cool valley streams. Special scenic areas are the old growth forest, Fire Tower/Seneca Point and the Clarion River. Among Cook Forest's primary attractions is the "Forest Cathedral" area of old growth white pine and hemlock, some trees of which top 180 ft. A somewhat more minor attraction is the short rock "grotto" found in the midst of the mountain-laurel thickets along Seneca trail roughly halfway between the Fire Tower/Seneca Point area and the end of Deer Park Trail. Part of the Baker Trail (140 mi) and the North Country National Scenic Trail pass through Cook Forest. The Baker Trail runs from Freeport, in southern Armstrong County, to the Allegheny National Forest. The North Country Trail is under development and will connect the Missouri River in North Dakota with the Adirondack Mountains in New York.

Bikes are permitted on all one-way dirt roads within the park. Biking on hiking trails is not permitted except on the part of the Heffern Run Trail that is part of the Bicycle Route. All children under 12 years of age are required to wear a helmet when biking. Bikes ridden at night must have a light on the bike. The Bicycle Route is 11.5 mi long and follows lightly traveled roads within the park and Heffern Run Trail. The route is of moderate difficulty with long flat areas and rolling hills. Highlights of the route are a leisurely four-mile flat ride through scenic Tom's Run Valley, CCC-era red and white pine plantations along Forest Drive and a challenging descent along the Heffern Run Trail. A description of the Bicycle Route is available at the park office.

The swimming pool is permanently closed due to lack of funds to sustain it. Visitors may swim in the Clarion River across from the ranger station or anywhere along public park land. Many local businesses provide canoeing and tubing along the relatively shallow and slow-moving river.

Two designated bridle trails off Cemetery Road and portions of Brown's Run Trail comprise 4.5 mi of trails for horseback riding. Several stables dot the area and are open to the public most of the year; these include Silver Stallion, Pine Crest, and the Cook Forest Scenic Trailride, Dude Ranch, and Campground.

About 5000 acre are open to hunting, trapping, and the training of dogs during established seasons. Common game species in the park are deer, wild turkey, bear, and squirrel. Hunting woodchucks, also known as groundhogs, is prohibited. Dog training is only permitted from the day following Labor Day to March 31 in designated hunting areas. The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Pennsylvania Game Commission rules and regulations apply. Contact the park office for accessible hunting information.

The Clarion River flows along the park border and provides fishing for trout, warm-water game fish and panfish. Many visitors enjoy canoeing or kayaking down the river. There are also businesses that will rent visitors a canoe. About 2.5 mi of Tom's Run is stocked with trout. A special fishing pond stocked with trout is by the park office and is available for use by children 12 and younger and people with a disability. A level grass bank at the edge of the pond provides easy access. For complete information on fishing rules and regulations in Pennsylvania, visit the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.

Education
Programs for all ages are offered March to December. Through hands-on activities, guided walks and evening programs, participants gain appreciation, understanding and develop a sense of stewardship toward natural and cultural resources.

Curriculum-based environmental education programs are available to schools and youth groups. Teacher workshops are available. Group programs must be scheduled in advance by calling the park office.

A weekly interpretive schedule is available at the park office. The park has an environmental learning center in the Log Cabin Inn at the Main Picnic Area. The Historical Room displays logging and rafting tools, models and artifacts.

The fire tower is always open for climbing during daylight hours, and the booth at its top is occasionally opened by a ranger for exhibition; check at the park office for a schedule.

A local, non-profit craft organization housed in the historic sawmill offers traditional crafts on display, a gift shop and classes. Demonstrations and classes on various crafts are presented throughout the summer and fall seasons for children and adults. The Verna Leith Sawmill Theater seats 180 people and presents plays, musicals and other entertainment throughout the summer season.

Accommodations
The 24 rustic cabins rent from the second Friday in April to late December. All cabins are minimally furnished. Each cabin has beds, mattresses, gas stove, refrigerator, and tables and chairs. Occupants must provide their own bedding, cookware and tableware. Alcoholic beverages and pets are not permitted. There are two cabin areas at Cook Forest. The River Cabins are on a hillside overlooking the Clarion River. Two River Cabins have one room and sleep four people and the other 11 River Cabins have four rooms, a fireplace and sleep six or eight people. The Indian Cabins are along Tom's Run behind the park office. These smaller, one-room cabins sleep four people.

Part of Ridge Campground is open year-round. Winter access is not guaranteed. Modern restrooms with showers are available late May through early October. The 226 tent and trailer campsites have a picnic table and fire ring, and six sites are ADA accessible. There is a sanitary dump station and coin-operated laundry facilities.

Nearby state parks
The following state parks are within 30 mi of Cook Forest State Park:
 * Chapman State Park (Warren County)
 * Clear Creek State Park (Jefferson County)
 * Oil Creek State Park (Venango County)

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Talk:Coat of arms of Lithuania

Still article or gallery?
Didn't the article cross a certain limit where it starts to look too much like WP:GALLERY. What is the point of moving all the content of WP:COMMONS to a Wikipedia article? Some sections consist almost entirely of pictures. For example Poland, Austria, France, Latvia, Sweden etc. I see that @Pofka is working hard on adding more and more of the images, so I think it's proper time to discuss if we really need more of them? Or maybe we should remove some and replace them with text? Marcelus (talk) 20:51, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

 * Tbh, I would not add more pictures to the article as is. I would desire text to be added to these sections, but I really doubt that there would be anything written about why the Coat of arms of Lithuania exists on the "Cenotaph of Maria Christina in Vienna" and other cases. So perhaps there is no other way, really. It does not seem logical to me as to why a captured flag should be under 'Vytis in Sweden'. Sure, it's in a Swedish museum, but would we add 'Vytis in Japan' if Vytis is shown somewhere in a Japanese museum? I would be against that. I also intend to rearrange the coat of arms of locations into lists of some sort, because otherwise it just seems too much for my liking. Cukrakalnis (talk) 21:31, 27 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Yeah, this is kind of my point. Plus you have things like "Watch tower of Vytautas the Great in Kherson Oblast with the historical state flag of Lithuania", which it's clear that flag isn't part of the building, and it's possible it was raised only for the picture. It seems to me that it is possible to write why Maria Christina's tombstone has the PLC coat of arms (she was married to Albert Casimir, son of Augustus II), but is it necessary? Should one post a photo or write about every corner of the world where Vytis can be found? I suspect anywhere Lithuania has an embassy. Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, maybe Dresden, I can understand, but probably not much else. Marcelus (talk) 21:56, 27 February 2023 (UTC)

I think well-meaning Pofka produced a good deal of Original Research: I dont see any sources to confirm that there was Vytis in France, Germany, etc. Yes they look similar, but... Lokys dar Vienas (talk) 01:56, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Adding relevant pictures to an article is not WP:OR. What you just said is preposterous.--Cukrakalnis (talk) 22:13, 28 February 2023 (UTC)
 * You have to demonstrate that the pictures are relevant, otherwise it is Original Research and WP:UNDUE. Lokys dar Vienas (talk) 17:42, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I agree with @Lokys dar Vienas the pictures need to correspond with the text Marcelus (talk) 18:51, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Are you sure that there are no Coats of arms of Lithuania (Vytis) in France? See this article from Prancūzijos lietuvių bendruomenė (Lithuanian community in France). The coat of arms of Lithuania was installed in the clock (PHOTO) because of Henry III of France (who was Grand Duke of Lithuania). These coats of arms of Lithuania were installed by various people that were related with Lithuania and who often funded these buildings and other structures. Another example is the spread of the coat of arms of Lithuania in Germany which is related with Grand Dukes of Lithuania from the House of Wettin. -- Po  fk  a  (talk) 19:08, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Galleries are acceptable and widely used in articles which are about visual content. For example, see article Gothic architecture which include many galleries with tens of illustrations (at least over 100+ illustrations are in it). Coat of arms clearly is a visual content, so in order to demonstrate how the coat of arms of Lithuania evolved through the years and what type of designs of the coat of arms of Lithuania were used by various rulers of Lithuania, its institutions, army, nobles (etc...) it is not against the Policies and guidelines to use galleries. It is impossible to describe architecture and its history exclusively by text. Same applies to coats of arms. Galleries are no less important than the text in articles about visual content. -- Po  fk  a  (talk) 18:56, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

 * @Pofka you are missing the point here, galleries are ok, as far as they illustrate the text. You need to write why Vytis was present in France for example. Also some source would be nice, for example reliable source indication that College Stanislas indeed is using Vytis on its coat of arms. Marcelus (talk) 19:23, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
 * They illustrate different centuries of history of the coat of arms of Lithuania which is also described in text and also the usage of the coat of arms of Lithuania in other countries. For example, coats of arms of Lithuania in Germany are obvious: they are included in the coats of arms of the Grand Dukes of Lithuania from the House of Wettin (e.g. 1, 2) while the Saxon milepost has its own article (I would agree to reduce the amount of this milepost in this article, probably we need only one or a few of these for linking with the primary dedicated article and the rest should go to the Saxon milepost article). These photos are linked with dedicated articles (e.g. Palais de la Cité) and that's where detailed information about buildings/structures is presented. Article about the coat of arms of Lithuania is not, for example, about French architecture and we are only interested in the fact that the structure/building has the coat of arms of Lithuania (otherwise it would be WP:UNDUE). By the way, You don't need to cite that the sky is blue. -- Po  fk  a  (talk) 20:37, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
 * No one expects a description of the architecture. But above all, there are too many photos. Besides, there should be information about why someone can find the coat of arms of Lithuania in the Palais de la Cite. With the source, of course. Even if it is obvious. Marcelus (talk) 21:00, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Palais de la Cité is not the same as the blue sky for an average wikipedia reader. ...coats of arms of Lithuania in Germany are obvious... - It may be obvious for you, but not for an average reader: how they would know that Zwinger, Dresden has anything to do with Lithuanian dukes. Anyway, from your explanations, I suggest compromise solution: for the galleries add an intro line: "For the details of the usage of Vytis, see the articles linked in the image captions".  Lokys dar Vienas (talk) 21:03, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
 * This article has enough information about the coat of arms of Lithuania, its history and an average user will clearly understand that these photos depict 1569+ dual coats of arms with the coats of arms of Lithuania and Poland (at the time there were no identical dual coats of arms in Europe, unlike various combinations of single/multiple eagles and lions). I agree with Lokys's suggestion to include explanations like "For the details of the usage of Vytis, see the articles linked in the image captions" or similar to ensure that this article will not become WP:UNDUEly long about architecture. -- Po  fk  a  (talk) 17:19, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

FIXED: Since I previously added most of these illustrations to this article, I restructured the galleries and removed part of the illustrations, according to galleries examples at article Gothic architecture (no more than two lines of 150px heights illustrations in galleries) which is also about a visual content, so is a relevant example to this article. Assuming good faith, I haven't modified the gallery at disputed subsection about Belarus for the sake of WP:DRN and RFC. Let's ensure that in the future galleries in this article will not have more than two lines of illustrations. -- Po  fk  a  (talk) 14:09, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

 * @Pofka, why are you adding more illustrations to the article if we agreed that there is more than enough already? Seriously, we should limit the number Marcelus (talk) 20:57, 1 October 2023 (UTC)

RFC on Belarus Section of Coat of Arms of Lithuania
Which of the following sections should be used in the article, Coat of arms of Lithuania, with regard to the Belarussian coat of arms? Robert McClenon (talk) 23:22, 1 March 2023 (UTC)

Please specify your choice in the Survey by selecting one letter indicating a section, or by selecting a first choice followed by a second choice. You may make a brief statement supporting your choice in the Survey. Do not respond to or comment on the statements of others in the Survey. The Discussion section is for discussion.

A. – Retain the existing section, Coat_of_arms_of_Lithuania

B. – Use User:Pofka/sandbox/CoA of Lithuania: Belarus.

C. – Use User:Marcelus/sandbox6.

D. – Other (Please specify)

Survey

 * B. Better than A, because B shortens A and retains the main points, which are relevant to the article. B is better than C, because C erases too much information and ignores other Wikipedians' previous additions to A, as the section is entirely rewritten and core information that was there previously is ignored and removed.--Cukrakalnis (talk) 19:47, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
 * C Both new versions have their strong and weak points. Major points: B has a bloated text about 1st Belarusian Regiment, which may be found in the latter article. On the other hand, B misses the WWII usage, which was the major argument by Lukashenka bought by Belarusians. The rest is nitpicking which may be resolved by subsequent editing. I am pretty much sure, major info absent in C can be added, only without excess bloating and wikipedian's editorializing, such as "exceptional popularity" (they were always popular among belarusian urban youth), "However, Lukashenko still signed decrees", etc. Lokys dar Vienas (talk) 01:16, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * C. My suggestion, so I will write briefly why I think it's better than others. The section should be under WP:SCOPE, i.e. describe briefly the history of the use of Vytis/Pahonia and similar coats of arms in Belarus. First of all, the adoption of the Lithuanian coat of arms as the national emblem of Belarusians in 1918 and its subsequent use. The section should not descibe in detail topics that are already described in other articles. The article is built on the basis of a combination of text and gallery of pictures in each sections that iullstrate the content, so the text must be concise, but also address the most important topics. Of course, this does not mean that the text cannot be expanded within a reasonable limit. Note: the proposal does not include pictures, they can be added later (the gallery should not change much compared to the current one).Marcelus (talk) 09:08, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * C This version is more neutral. While I often support more lenghty, detailed version, I feel that excessive details about the 1st Belarusian Regiment and mistreatment of its soldiers are undue and non-neutral. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 09:26, 2 March 2023 (UTC)
 * B. I support my own suggestion because it improves the current version of the disputed subsection but keeps the main information which is related with the coat of arms of Lithuania (or D if administrator who will close this RFC will trim/improve the current version of this disputed subsection himself according to the Policies and guidelines). Suggestion C is invalid because it requires to completely remove (censor) multiple online WP:NPOV WP:RS (e.g. Encyclopædia Britannica) and content based on it which Marcelus and Piotrus personally do not like and then to replace such encyclopedic content with other content based on non-online sources like by Jerzy Grzybowski or Per Anders Rudling which are non-WP:VERIFIABLE or are considerably more difficult to be verified (so it is not possible to easily check such content if it contains WP:OR WP:HOAXes and its creator Marcelus was recently blocked twice for aggressively pushing his point of view through edit warring). I would like to remind that this dispute started with complains that this subsection allegedly contains off-topic content and that it violate WP:UNDUE (see: earlier RFC in this talk page above and WP:DRN discussion) and now it seems like a WP:POVPUSH of a completely different content through RFC when revert-warring attempts to remove it did not succeed (see edits of Marcelus: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and Piotrus: 1; both of them recently exchanged their e-mails through Polish Wikipedia). Polish users (undoubtedly Marcelus and Piotrus) requests to remove Polish Army's repressions of Lithuanian-Belarusian symbolism does not seem like WP:NPOV and WP:Assume good faith. Hopefully, this will also be evaluated by other voters and by an administrator who will subsequently close this RFC. -- Po  fk  a  (talk) 16:32, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
 * C. The current version and version B make a big deal of the supposed lack of political sovereignty of the Belarusians. Even if it were universally accepted truth, I'm not sure it's relevant for this article. Version B has a long aside about the 1st Belarusian regiment. If it was the first time the Vytis/Pogonia was used by Belarusians in the modern history, then this should be stated explicitly, and one sentence would be sufficient. Alaexis¿question? 13:51, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

Discussion
@Pofka, let's focus on the article and voting? I'm sure that if you present convincing arguments your proposition will gather many votes, there is no point in focusing on me, I'm not your "opponent".Marcelus (talk) 17:18, 3 March 2023 (UTC)

 * It is worth to explain the dispute for other participants and possible subsequent violations of Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines. -- Po  fk  a  (talk) 17:22, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
 * That's your choice. But I don't see any reason for that if it's simple voting between several choices, that we agreed on before . Marcelus (talk) 17:29, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
 * The final evaluation (decision) according to the Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines will most likely be stated by an administrator (as it was in the previous WP:DRNs I participated), so voting is only part of the WP:DRN process. Evaluation by a neutral administrator is clearly necessary here to ensure a valid long-term WP:CONS. -- Po  fk  a  (talk) 17:54, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
 * As I said it's your choice to make it WP:PERSONAL. Marcelus (talk) 18:02, 3 March 2023 (UTC)
 * I will just repeat your early personal justifications to remove content in this disputed subsection: "Plus some additional badmouthing of Poland (...) It's completely off-topic. Basically, the whole Belarusian part should be rewritten" (your edit) and "the article is suppose to be about history of coat of arms, not an excuse to spread anti-Polish propaganda" (your edit). You sure this is WP:NPOV editing? It is nothing wrong to point out how this dispute started and evolved. That's why this dispute clearly requires evaluation by a neutral administrator. --  Po  fk  a  (talk) 10:44, 4 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes I hope that neutral administrator will take a look at it Marcelus (talk) 10:52, 4 March 2023 (UTC)

 * Just an important notice that user Marcelus (author of suggestion C) was recently sanctioned at Wikipedia:Arbitration enforcement (see: HERE) for disruptive activity in this and related topics (see: administrator statement). -- Po  fk  a  (talk) 20:05, 10 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Do we need more votes here? Because we can inform some wikiprojects (Poland, Lithuania etc.)Marcelus (talk) 09:12, 23 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Belated reply: while I think there's a consensus for C based on the votes above, notifying all relevant WikiProject is, IMHO, a best practice. That said, in theory, they've already been notified (assuming editors pay attention to "Article Alerts" tool, i.e. have it watchlisted). Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 05:27, 27 April 2023 (UTC)
 * There are two recently confirmed relevant WP:CONS that Category:Belarusian rulers (see: Categories for discussion/Log/2023 February 27) and article List of rulers of Belarus (see: Articles for deletion/List of rulers of Belarus) must be deleted and they were implemented. The main arguments were that statehood of Belarus did not exist until the 20th century and that these territories were ruled by other countries (e.g. Lithuania, Russia, etc.) which cannot be described as Belarusian statehood and its rulers were not Belarusians. Same standards clearly apply to state-level coat of arms, thus the coat of arms of Lithuania (1366–present) is as much Belarusian as the coat of arms of Russian Empire is Belarusian. So I disagree that argument "version B make a big deal of the supposed lack of political sovereignty of the Belarusians" is suitable here as it attempts to deny multiple WP:CONS in Wikipedia and real historical facts (that are also presented in suggestion B and the current version of the subsection with references to Encyclopedia Britannica). Artificial nationalistic history about pre-20th century Belarusian statehood/coat of arms should not be invented and spread outside of article Belarusian nationalism. This RFC should be eventually examined by a neutral administrator to ensure WP:NPOV decision. can you invite a neutral administrator to have a look at this RFC and possibly close it? --  Po  fk  a  (talk) 20:16, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
 * I don't quite understand. Do you want to undermine the opinions of people who advocated a different version than yours? On what basis?
 * If you are referring to the opinion of @Alaexis it would be appropriate to name him so that he can address your allegations. Marcelus (talk) 20:33, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
 * @Pofka @Marcelus Mind if I close this RFC (non admin closure)? I think this RFC has been open for too long. -- Shadow  of the  Starlit Sky  21:18, 2 May 2023 (UTC)
 * User:Shadow of the Starlit Sky - You don't need permission from the principals to close an RFC. If you are ready to close the RFC, go ahead and close it.  I will caution you that it may be contentious, as well as being a contentious topic.  I will thank you for closing it, and one of the principals will probably thank you for closing it.  Robert McClenon (talk) 00:47, 3 May 2023 (UTC)

WP:SPLITTING of the article
I feel that currently the article is too big, it is almost 200kb, a large part of the articles are out of WP:SCOPE. For example, almost the entire section Emblems of Lithuania's rulers (before 1400) could be split off into smaller articles, such as Pečat coins, and only a few sentences summarizing the moved content could be left in this article. After all, the topic of the article is Pahonia/Vytis. Marcelus (talk) 19:19, 25 March 2023 (UTC)

 * This makes sense per WP:SUMMARY. Anyone can create new artcles (which could be in the worst case subjec to AfD) and remove content from the main article if it is present in the clearly linked subarticle (again, this can be challenged per WP:BRD if anyone is unhappy). Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 05:28, 27 April 2023 (UTC)

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 8 April 2023
In 'Related and similar coats of arms' under 'Belarus' in the final sentence of the first paragraph after the words 'Grand Duchy of Lithuania' and before the words 'Belarusian state', omit 'was a', and substitute 'is a predecessor to the'. notadev (talk) 04:49, 8 April 2023 (UTC)
 * ✅ Tollens (talk) 06:16, 8 April 2023 (UTC)

Belarus section changes
@+JMJ+, I never claimed that my proposal is unchangeable, nonetheless it should be discussed in order to avoid edit waring. I just encouraged you to use WP:BRD cycle here, so please self-revert and discuss your proposition on a talk page. Please also be aware that you changed content supported by the reference (Rudling, 2014, p. 87-88). Marcelus (talk) 14:53, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

 * What you said was inaccurate because my change was not against the consensus, as it was never stated that no changes could be done later to adjust the section, so, you were wrong to restore the previous version on the basis of that imperfect reasoning, according to which only that one version you created a year ago must remain without changes. I checked the reference and it matches the content of the sentence at the end of which it is, because the relevant part from the book states "the Pahonia, “the chase,” a stylized image of an armed knight on a white stallion against a red background". In fact, it suffices to only state page 87 instead of pages 87-88. +JMJ+ (talk) 16:37, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, I cannot agree. The consensus was to accept a very specific wording, your change disrupted this consensus. You changed the tenor of the sentence calling Pahonia the "Belarusian version of the coat of arms of Lithuania," while the original sentence was about emphasizing that the two emerging countries in parallel adapted similar emblems referring to the tradition of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. And this is actually supported by Rudling. Your change does not provide any additional information, because it repeats what was said (Thus, Belarusian nationalists who claimed that the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was part of a Belarusian statehood tradition adopted Lithuania's coat of arms as the Belarusian national emblem during the period of national revival in 1918.)

 * I hope you are able to justify why this change is intended, how it improves the article.Marcelus (talk) 20:42, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * You are reading more into the consensus than was actually written for everyone to understand and it seems to me like you're overinterpreting without a solid grounding. A few pages later, the referenced book, on page 89, even states that "the Pahonia was nearly identical to the coat of arms of the newly proclaimed Lithuanian state." They are the same coat of arms, which is the reason why there was consensus for several articles to be joined into this one article about the Coat of arms of Lithuania, as they are all only slightly different versions. A clear improvement of my change was that the most important parts of the sentence were guarded while taking away 100 bytes from the total size of this very sizeable article. In my view, the previous version was too verbose and now that you mention it, it seems to me that it was not adding anything too substantial that was not mentioned or at least alluded to before if I am not mistaken.--+JMJ+ (talk) 21:13, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Previous version clearly separated coat of arms of the Belarusian Republic, from the coat of arms of Lithuania, while not denying their common roots. Your change obscures the distinction. This is an obvious harm to the article. Since you are not giving any reason other than saving bytes, I think you should just restore the previous version of the text at this point.Marcelus (talk) 21:40, 6 March 2024 (UTC)
 * But I gave a reason beyond saving bytes.--+JMJ+ (talk) 23:08, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

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