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The result of the debate was Keep (3d, 2k). Since all the delete votes cited it as a hoax, the confirmation by the original nominator should put to rest any controversy about keeping this article. --Scimitar parley 19:34, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

Buiteraptor
I gave this several hours and there is still nothing in the news nor any hits in Google. Suspect hoax CambridgeBayWeather 17:39, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * It's real, see one hit from Google only but there is about 258 hits on Google for Buitreraptor (with an extra R). This is the best. CambridgeBayWeather 08:35, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete hoax. Pur e blade | Word 21:37, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete hoax Majts 22:10, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete hoax. the wub  "?!"  22:37, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, note apparently confirmed since above votes made. Shimgray | talk | 00:07, 15 October 2005 (UTC)

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User talk:Vizcarra/POV

Wikipedians who push a determined POV
This group of people work on articles of the same topics and often against individuals who attempt to level the POV. They are all admins, so they are experienced wikipedians. Being experienced and asking each other for backup causes that they push POVs at the expense of Wikipedia and the patience of other users.

One of the latest examples: is this incident. They often revert to cause other users to violate the 3RR rule and thus block users who have a different POV.

A month earlier, the same users caused my 3RR rule violation.

A month before this, a user created SlimVirginJayjgJpgordon but SlimVirgin deleted the user name, categorizing her change as a "minor edit", which is something they often which may cause their changes to appear under the radar of other admins or wikipedians.

 * Jayjg
 * Jpgordon
 * SlimVirgin

It should be noted as well, that these individuals revert quite often and many times chunks of information when they don't agree with one. If the information are corrected they bring up a second reasoning to remove the section. After all information is corrected they often choose to remove it because it is too much information. Like in this occasion, where Jpgordon even mentions that they "we" have a section already so the added information is rejected.

Also note the name calling and repeated reverts with weak justification Jayjg is involved in. In this occassion, the anonymous user showed significantly more maturity than Jayjg. So much that Jayjg had to be reverted and restrained. He later made a come back to revert edits by User:Guy Montag who were reverted a right-wing extremist which has a picture of a rifle on top of the map of Israel. Go figure, at least he's more honest than the other 3.

Update
In September 2005 at Requests for arbitration/Yuber/Proposed decision, Jayjg was "reminded that edit-warring is harmful to Wikipedia's mission", he was also advised to "use Wikipedia's dispute resolution procedure in preference to attempting to control content through the use of reverts".

Quarrel with FuelWagon
SlimVirgin and FuelWagon have been arguing for the last few weeks about a couple of content issues and this situation escalated.

No surprise, but Jayjg got involved too. SlimVirgin/Jayjg again reverted 6 times causing FuelWagon to revert six times back. Jayjg reported it as a 3RR violation, no surpise... again, using a deceitful account of the events here.

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Uncaught third strike

In baseball and softball, an uncaught third strike (sometimes referred to as dropped third strike or non-caught third strike) occurs when the catcher fails to cleanly catch a pitch for the third strike of a plate appearance. In Major League Baseball (MLB), the specific rules concerning the uncaught third strike are addressed in Rules 5.05 and 5.09 of the Official Baseball Rules:

On an uncaught third strike with (1) no runner on first base, or (2) with a runner on first base and two outs, the batter immediately becomes a runner. The strike is called, but the umpire does not call the batter out. The umpire may also signal that there is "no catch" of the pitch. The batter may then attempt to reach first base and must be tagged or forced out. With two outs and the bases loaded, the catcher who fails to catch the third strike may, upon picking up the ball, step on home plate for a force-out or make a throw to any other base in an effort to force out a runner. An "uncaught" strike includes not only pitches dropped by the catcher, but also pitches that hit the ground before the catcher attempts to catch it.

The purpose of the "no runner on first base or two outs" qualification is to prevent the catcher from deliberately dropping a third-strike pitch and then initiating an unfair double or triple play with possible force plays at second base, third base, or home plate, in addition to putting the batter out at first base. The logic of the situation is similar to that which led to the infield fly rule.

Regardless of the outcome of an uncaught third strike, the pitcher is statistically credited with a strikeout, and the batter is statistically charged with one. In an infamous example, Kole Calhoun reached base on Justin Verlander's 3000th career strikeout, and then scored on Andrelton Simmons's home run immediately thereafter. Because of the uncaught third strike rule, it is possible for a pitcher to register more than three strikeouts in an inning. Numerous pitchers have recorded four strikeouts in an inning in an official MLB game, though no five-strikeout innings have ever occurred.

In Little League, in the Tee-Ball and Minor League divisions, the batter is out after the third strike regardless of whether the pitched ball is caught cleanly by the catcher. In Little League (or the Major Division), Junior, Senior, and Big League divisions, a batter may attempt to advance to first base on an uncaught third strike. Little League Major Division Softball and many other youth baseball leagues (such as the USSSA) also follow the rule.

History
The uncaught third strike rule is one of the oldest in baseball, being codified in the Knickerbocker Rules of 1845: "Three balls being struck at and missed and the last one caught, is a hand-out."

The rule goes back even further, though. A 1796 German book on recreational games for youth contained a chapter on "English Base-ball" which describes a similar rule. The point then was that even an inept batter who failed to hit the softly-tossed ball on three swings would be given a chance to run the bases anyway, so the ball was in play after his third miss and he could make for first base. There might be no catcher in the game, and if there was he would stand well behind the batter and catch strikes on the bounce, so there was no question of the ball being caught; rather it would be fielded and put into play. There were no fielding gloves, and errors were common, so the batter's chance of reaching first base safely was not negligible.

This rule continues in baseball today, but catcher became a required position, and starting in the mid-19th century, catchers began moving up to their current position directly behind home plate, so the rule became mostly vestigial and its original children's-game purpose forgotten. Still today a third strike is treated as if in play, but now only for a fraction of a second before the catcher fields it. This is why the catcher is given credit on the putout in strikeouts, as with any fielder who catches a ball in play on the fly. But if the catcher drops it, the ball is still in play like any other ball dropped by a fielder.

2006 rule change
Following a controversial play involving this rule in the ninth inning of Game 2 of the 2005 American League Championship Series, the application of the rule was changed when a comment was added in 2006 to Rule 6.09(b) (After rule numbering changes, Rule 5.09(a)(2) Comment):

"Rule 5.05(a)(2) Comment: A batter who does not realize his situation on a third strike not caught, and who is not in the process of running to first base, shall be declared out once he leaves the dirt circle surrounding home plate."

This comment represents the official interpretation of the application of the rule. Prior to this rule change, a batter was able to try for first at any time before entering the dugout. The new rule would not have affected the controversial play referenced above, as the batter had not left the dirt circle.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Iwerne Holidays

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The result of the debate was DELETE. — J I P | Talk 07:50, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

Iwerne Holidays
not notable or encyclopedic, may just need to properly expand Gator1 17:41, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete per nomination. - Gator1 17:41, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete as per nom. It's not even a sentence let alone an article. Dl yo ns 493   Ta lk  20:48, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

This text was placed on the article page itself soI moved it here:Gator1 21:25, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

They have something to do with camps for christian school children I believe, as per original author, although I have no knowledge myself of what these are. 200.56.195.159
 * Speedy Delete per CSD:A1 Denni ☯ 08:17, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Speedy, very short, no context. —Cryptic (talk) 16:08, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

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Talk:Uncaught third strike

Scoring the Play
The article should mention that when the batter reaches base, the advance is attributed to a passed ball charged to the catcher, unless the batter swung and missed a very bad pitch, in which case a wild pitch may be charged to the pitcher. Now and again, the scorer charges an error instead, as when the catcher makes a bad throw to first. WHPratt (talk) 15:16, 24 April 2009 (UTC) It used to be an error all the time: check the famous Mickey Owen gaffe in an old World Series -- no passed ball there. The passed ball/wild pitch scoring was legitimized sometime in the 1960s. The older rule makes more sense. Passed balls and wild pitches were created in recognition of the fact that the battery men handle the ball far more often than the other seven fielders. They shouldn't be charged with errors for mistakes on pitches, as they aren't credited for their successful handling of most pitches. However, the third strike is a fielding play. WHPratt (talk) 13:20, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

A wild pitch could be within the strike zone so that it could be a called strike. Pitchers can throw the wrong pitch -- a low, outside-corner sinkerball when the catcher calls for and expects a high, in-tight fastball, or vice-versa. The wild pitch could be a called strike if the catcher obviously set up for one pitch gets something very different. This also applies to erratic knuckleball and "lob" pitches.Pbrower2a (talk) 15:36, 20 July 2011 (UTC)

A catcher or first baseman could get an error on the play -- if the catcher's throw to first base is wild or if the first baseman fumbles the ball, thus denying a wild pitch or a passed ball. Such is unlikely because the catcher ordinarily has time in which to make an easy throw.

"Uncaught"
Is "uncaught" even a word? I've never heard it used in any situation, let alone as a baseball term. I've always heard it referred to as a "dropped third strike", which the article does state is inaccurate. I think it would help to give a source for the "accurate" name of this term.  Ksy92003  ( talk ) 02:41, 25 August 2009 (UTC)

 * Indeed it is a word. Programmers hear it quite frequently (as in "uncaught exception")... -- DevSolar (talk) 09:13, 19 April 2011 (UTC)

Clarification on type of uncaught third strike
An uncaught ball on either a swinging third strike or called third strike with first base unoccupied or with first base occupied with two outs shall provide opportunity for the batter to become a runner.

An uncaught ball on a swinging third strike which hits the batter is considered an out. Source: Buster Posey, catcher and Jon Miller, announcer, 07/19/10, Giants vs. Dodgers. Batter swung at third strike which hit the dirt, and then hit the batter. Batter called out. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.141.115.122 (talk) 05:45, 20 July 2010 (UTC)

 * When a pitch hits a batter, the ball is dead (play is suspended). As one consequence of that, the batter is out in the above situation because he cannot advance to first base while play is suspended.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justus R (talk • contribs) 15:23, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

But what if the pitch bounds off the catcher or the umpire and then hits the batter? Pbrower2a (talk) 15:51, 14 March 2012 (UTC)

Abuse of the rule possible?
Example: 0 outs, 0 on bases, count is 0-2 and the pitcher delivers a very bad pitch. Can the batter swing and try to the first base? I mean slightly after the pitch is gone, when he sees that uncaught third strike gets him to first, while not swinging only adds one ball to the count. 87.95.210.191 (talk) 03:59, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
 * Nothing in the rules prohibits swinging at a bad pitch. Unless the pitch were spectacularly wild, it would be quite risky for the batter, as with any kind of recovery at all, the catcher will still throw him out.  If the batter waits until the ball bounces into the stands or dugout, the umpire will have called it a "ball" by then and the swing would be invalid, I suspect. WHPratt (talk) 14:38, 8 June 2011 (UTC)

Bases loaded, two outs, uncaught third strike and fielders' choice
I saw the play. In a game in June 2011 involving the Detroit Tigers on defense, the Tigers faced a situation in which the bases were loaded and two were out. Alex Avila did not catch a third strike immediately but gathered it and stepped on home plate, forcing a baserunner from third base. The baserunner was called out on a fielder's choice (that was the easiest play available) and the inning was over.

I can imagine a slightly-different scenario. The pitcher throws what would otherwise be a wild pitch or passed ball in a two-out, bases-loaded situation. The pitcher (no other fielder could do this) runs to home plate, and after the catcher gets the errant pitch he throws to the pitcher who then steps on home plate and catches the ball before the runner from third would reach home. This too would be a fielder's choice and a strikeout. Pbrower2a (talk) 17:36, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
 * There have been plays wherein the catcher mishandled the third strike and, say, the third baseman ended up throwing the batter out at first (K 5-3). Retrosheet.org has a few of these on it list of unusual plays.  I once saw a televised game wherein the defense pegged the ball around the infield after a strikeout and only then realized that the firstbaseman had to touch the bag.  But as the batter went directly to the dugout, it was not scored K 2-5-6-4-3. WHPratt (talk) 16:05, 12 October 2011 (UTC)
 * There have been plays wherein the catcher mishandled the third strike and, say, the third baseman ended up throwing the batter out at first (K 5-3). Retrosheet.org has a few of these on it list of unusual plays.  I once saw a televised game wherein the defense pegged the ball around the infield after a strikeout and only then realized that the firstbaseman had to touch the bag.  But as the batter went directly to the dugout, it was not scored K 2-5-6-4-3. WHPratt (talk) 16:05, 12 October 2011 (UTC)

I didn't think of that. The usual muffed third strike goes behind the catcher or stays close to him and does not bound toward the pitcher or an infielder. In such a case one could have a strikeout with the fielder (third baseman, pitcher, or first baseman) makes a throw to someone at first base. For example if the first baseman fields the muffed third strike (probably on a play in which a bunt is expected but the play becomes a called or swinging third strike) and throws to the second baseman covering first base it could be a K 3-4 play. Such may have happened some time in Little League, for all that I know.Pbrower2a (talk) 02:21, 12 May 2012 (UTC)

It also depends upon whether the batter-baserunner is called out at home plate or at first base. It is easy to imagine such a play in the unlikely event that the batter feigns a return to the dugout and then makes a mad dash for first base during a lackadaisical peg-around play. That would be possible only if the dugout is on the first-base side of the infield (if the dugout is on the third-base side, then running toward it would be a run toward third base and an automatic out, putout credited to the catcher). A wise catcher would not make a throw to the third baseman until the batter is called out, and a wise third baseman would be alert to anyone running to first.

The scenario that you saw would have been a putout by the catcher with no assists because the batter abandoned all effort to reach first base. The fielder closest to the play, in this case the catcher, would get the putout. The same would apply if the batter went back to the dugout after what he assumed was a third strike but was not. Pbrower2a (talk) 23:20, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Here's one for the ages: From Retrosheet's Strange-and-Unusual Log:
 * "How about a strikeout with the batter being retired 767? In the game of April 25, 1970, Tiger pitcher Earl Wilson struck out to end the seventh inning in the Twin Cities. Or so it appeared to everyone except Detroit third base coach Grover Resinger. He saw that Twins catcher Paul Ratliff trapped the pitch in the dirt, did not tag Wilson and rolled the ball to the mound. Resinger told Wilson to start running as most of the Twins entered the dugout. Earl got to first easily and headed for second. Since no one interfered with him, he started for third. By this time, Brant Alyea, who was trotting in from left field, heard Resinger shouting at Wilson. Alyea hustled to the mound but had trouble picking up the ball. Wilson headed for home where Twins Leo Cardenas and Ratliff had returned. Alyea finally picked up the ball and threw to Cardenas. Wilson turned back to third but was tagged out by Alyea for a K767. Rookie catcher Ratliff was charged with an error. After the game, Detroit catcher Bill Freehan said "If Alyea had been hustling, Earl might have made it [home]. Tell him [Alyea] to start coming in and off the field a little quicker." The aftermath of the story is that Wilson pulled a hamstring muscle running the bases and had to leave the game."

Retrieved by WHPratt (talk) 19:18, 17 September 2012 (UTC)

In that case (and I saw the game on television) a three-base error to the catcher is appropriate scoring for making what proved a wild throw because the pitcher was no longer on the mound. Catchers can get errors for bad throws to the pitcher with at least one runner on base that allows at least one baserunner to advance at least a base without another being put out. Such is not specific to a strikeout. Such is a rare error, but I have seen it in major-league play. The ball thrown back to the pitcher is not a dead ball, and if it sails into centerfield, the catcher is responsible. After all, the catcher gets a putout or an at least easy assist on almost any strikeout. Pbrower2a (talk) 05:29, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

T-ball
The article mentions that a batter would be out on a dropped third strike. Unless T-ball has changed considerably since my kids played, there is no such thing as a dropped or uncaought third strike; they are hitting the ball off a tee, hence the name. I sort of think that in fact the idea of a strike in not a part of T-ball; players swing until they hit the ball. Wschart (talk) 23:58, 28 May 2012 (UTC)
 * Reading that made me scratch my head, too. It is tempting to rewrite those last two sentences in that paragraph for cleanup, and leave the T-ball out of it. Huw Powell (talk) 02:26, 22 September 2015 (UTC)

dumb it down please!
i can't for the life of me understand this article. so despite scoring the 3d out of an inning, the batter is "grandfathered in" to complete a run around the bases? that the idea?

and if he doesn't make it he gets a DOUBLE out? one for the first wiff, and one for the tag at first?

worse yet, top of article says rule only applies if no one is ON first; later down it says only applies if someone IS there. which is it?!

and how do u get to FIVE outs in an inning? even theoretically. once the last guy gets his TWO outs (outs 3 and 4), is not the inning FINALLY over?! or are we talking about other runners also being tagged out? in which case, 5 outs on this one play are possible, right? (bases loaded at start) for a maximum 7 OUT INNING?

do i have that right? 66.30.47.138 (talk) 06:37, 10 November 2020 (UTC)

 * I think you've misunderstood the concept. On an uncaught third strike, the batter is credited with a strikeout, the pitcher is credited with a strikeout, but there is no out recorded in the game. The batter may attempt to advance to first base under the criteria specified (no runner on first base; or, with a runner on first base and two outs). With no runner on first, the defending team must put out that runner by tagging or by force play (that is, catcher throws to first baseman, who steps on first base before the batter-runner). With a runner on base, the defending team may put out any runner by force out. If the defending team is successful, an out is then recorded for the game, otherwise the batter is safe at first base (or second etc, if s/he managed to advance that far on the play).

 * With respect to "five outs", what this is saying is that the team on offense has been lucky, such that what should have been a third out actually grants the team another at bat, in the same way that an error would. (Or likewise, that the pitcher has had to record more outs in the inning than necessary.) This could hypothetically continue ad infinitum. Mind  matrix  13:17, 10 November 2020 (UTC)
 * oh wow, that changes everything! article at present definitely implies there IS a strikeout, despite all this follow-on action.
 * what does it actually mean, tho, the batter "records a strikeout"? just in his stats?
 * a better wording up top would be something along the lines of "...technically strikes out, but for the sake of the game, it does not count", no?
 * not the impression one gets at present.
 * also doesn't help that the quote setting it all up uses "hand-out" with any sort of translation! what's a hand-out?!
 * context would dictate it just means strikeout, but given the word "hand" in there, it sounds more like it should mean a "tag". 66.30.47.138 (talk) 01:38, 11 November 2020 (UTC)

Incorrect Reason For Rule Here
The logic in this article for the reason this rule exist is illogical. The possibility of the catcher purposely dropping a 3rd strike to get a double or triple play would not exist if the rule did not exist. If the rule did not exist there is no possibility to purposely drop a 3rd strike and achieve anything, the batter is simply out and not a runner. The reason this rule exist is outlined below: The reason the rule exist is to prevent the team in the field from putting the catcher in the field as an additional defender. There are a few situations that having no catcher catching the pitched ball would enable the catcher to relocate to any spot on the field. 1. If there were 3 balls, 2 strikes, and 2 outs on a batter, you would not need a catcher because the pitched ball will either be strike 3, ball 4, or batted into play. In this situation the catcher could be moved from behind the plate into the field as an extra defender. 2. With no runners on base the same applies as 1 above, the defensive team would not need a catcher. If you look at the rule as currently written, both scenerios above fall exactly into prevention of. No runners on first or 2 outs. I have spent over 20 years evaluating this rule. My grandfather and I discussed it many times, and his grandfather had told him these are the reasons for the rule. In early days of town all the umpire often stood behind the pitcher and the catcher would play the field in the situations I have described. Again, this articles reason for the rule is wrong. If the rule were elimated, this articles reason for it's existence would also be eliminated. 2600:1014:B027:9E73:E831:7EF0:D1A4:86BA (talk) 22:56, 14 May 2022 (UTC)

 * It's true that when there are no baserunners, and with fewer than two strikes on the batter, the catcher is rather superfluous, effectively reduced to a spectator. You'll often see a major league catcher slouch behind the plate and make a lackadaisical effort to catch the ball with one hand, as it doesn't matter whether he catches it or not. However, the rule book does require that the catcher set up in the "catcher's box" behind the plate. Therefore, no other rule is required to prevent the catcher from playing in fair territory in cases where the receiving the pitch doesn't matter.
 * Some expert on 19th century baseball explained the rationale to me once. The philosophy was that a batter got three chances to put the ball in play, and if he failed to do so, the ball was effectively in play at that point.  If the catcher caught the pitch cleanly, he was out. If not, he had to be tagged or thrown out.  It's sort of quaint and nostalgic, but I'm surprised that it has stayed in the rule book this long.  Early on they had to modify the rule to prevent double play situations when first base was occupied. WHPratt (talk) 16:49, 17 September 2023 (UTC)

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Josef Kates

Josef Kates, born Josef Katz, (May 5, 1921 – June 16, 2018) was a Canadian engineer whose achievements include designing the first digital game-playing machine, and the world's first automated traffic signalling system.

Early life and education
Born the fifth of six children in an Austrian-Jewish family, Josef Kates was the son of Baruch (Bernard) and Anna Katz (née Entenberg). His parents ran a grocery store and an import-export business in Vienna. Kates fled to Italy to escape the Nazis after the Anschluss in 1938 and then, in 1939, joined the rest of his family which had fled to England. Kates enlisted in the British Army but, before he could see service, he and other Germans and Austrians resident in Britain were interned as enemy aliens. Kates was deported to Canada where he remained interned for almost two years until he and most of his fellow Jewish internees were recognised by the government as "victims of Nazi aggression" and released. At the camps in New Brunswick and Quebec, Kates fished, worked as a lumberjack, knitted socks and studied for his high school diploma through McGill University's high school matriculation program, placing first in Quebec's province-wide exams. After his release in 1942, he moved to Toronto where he met Lillian Kroch, marrying her in 1944. They had four children: Louis, Naomi, Celina and Philip A.

He was educated at Goethe-Realschule (Vienna: 1931-1938); McGill University (Montreal: 1941, junior and senior matriculation); University of Toronto (Toronto: 1944-1948, Honours in Mathematics and Physics; 1948-1949: M.A. in Applied Math; 1949-1951: Ph.D. in Physics).

Career
Kates started his career working for the Imperial Optical Company of Toronto in 1942, and was in charge of precision optics for Royal Canadian Navy equipment until he left in 1944. He then spent time working for Rogers Vacuum Tube Company, (now Royal Philips Electronics), for the next four years in the development and manufacturing of radar and radio tubes. He then began work in 1948 at the University of Toronto Computation Centre, where he participated in the design and building of UTEC, the first pilot model of a computer built in Canada.

Kates also built the first digital game playing machine, the 13-foot tall Bertie the Brain, which was exhibited at the 1950 Canadian National Exhibition. The game was a version of Tic-tac-toe, with adjustable difficulty levels. The game machine controlled the lighting of an overhead display to show the progress of the game, and was built using a special electron tube, the Additron Tube, which Kates had invented. The Additron Tube did the work of ten existing radio tubes, reducing the size and complexity of the machine. With the advent of transistors, which were much smaller and required less power, the tube was not put into commercial use.

Kates also designed Toronto's automated traffic signalling system in 1954 - the first in the world.

Kates founded and became the President of KCS Ltd in Toronto between 1954 and 1966, which merged with the consulting arm of Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. to become Kates, Peat, Marwick & Co. in Canada, with other corporations in the US and the UK, for which he acted as a co-managing partner. He served as a computer consultant to many Canadian and American firms and organizations. He was involved in the creation of Setak Computer Services Corp. Ltd. (his last name spelled backwards) which was based in Toronto; it offered computer access and consulting based on Burroughs computers, e.g. the B5500. Setak's employee Barry W. Ramer later went on to found Barry W. Ramer & Partners Ltd. and Ramer Data Consulting Ltd. Management Consulting in Calgary Alberta. In 1974 he founded Josef Kates Associates Inc., for which he acted as president.

In 1968, he was appointed to the Science Council of Canada, and served as its chairman from 1975 to 1978. Kates was also chairman, CEO and director of Teleride Sage Ltd. (1977–1996), and IRD Teleride (1996–1997) followed until his retirement.

In 2014, at the age of 93, Kates designed a proposed improvement for Toronto Transit Commission subway system.

His wife, Lillian Kroch, died of cancer in 1993 after almost 50 years of marriage. In 1995, Kates married his second wife, Kay Hill. Kates died in Toronto on June 16, 2018.

Honours

 * Canadian Good Roads Association (now Transportation Association of Canada (1957: best paper)
 * University of Waterloo (Waterloo: 1979-85, Chancellor; 1993: Chancellor Emeritus)
 * LL.D. (Concordia University: 1981)
 * Medal from the Engineering Institute of Canada (1970)
 * Julian Smith Medal (1977)
 * Engineering Institute of Canada (1990: Fellow)
 * Canadian Association of Management Consultants (1994: Fellow)
 * Doctor of Mathematics (DMath) (University of Waterloo) (2005)
 * Member of the Order of Canada (2011)
 * Intelligent Transportation systems association of Canada Lifetime achievement Award, 2013

Organizations

 * Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto) (member of the Board of Governors)
 * Technion University, Israel (member of the Canadian Board)
 * Donalda Club (Toronto)
 * Canadian Board of the Weizmann Institute (Israel)

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From the Editor Ichthus is one of the ways that the WikiProject Christianity’s Outreach department helps update our members. We have recently added some new sections to the newsletter. Please let us know if there are changes you would like to see in the format, or if there are any particular things you would like to see included. And if you have anything you would personally like to add, by all means let us know. The talk page of the current issue is probably the best place to post such comments. With that, I wish you all happy reading!

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By John Carter

Church of the month by User:Diliff Frauenkirche (Church of Our Blessed Lady) in Munich, taken from the tower of St. Peter's Church

Contest of the month We currently have a remarkable lack of Wikipedia-Books. Right now, Category:Wikipedia books on Christianity contains only 12 books. We certainly could have at least one book on each major grouping within Christianity. One of the challenges for this month, then, is working to put together books on relevant topics. For this month, one contest is for editors to assemble the basic Wikipedia books for each of the main topics of the extant related projects. When finished, they should their creation of the books at the main Christianity noticeboard, and at the end of the month the project will award barnstars to those who have made a significant efforts in developing this underdeveloped content.

Also this month, we are going to have have a challenge to create and improve some of our more important missing or low-quality articles. As biographies are often a bit easier, this month we are choosing two biographies: Karl Behm, which has yet to be started, and the currently Stub-class article Nerses IV the Gracious. A barnstar will be awarded to any editor who can get these articles up to DYK quality level and ultimately selected for the DYK section of the main page.

Calendar Thie coming month (mid-August through mid-September) includes feasts dedicated to the honor of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Bartholomew the Apostle, Nativity of Mary, and the Exaltation of the Cross.

Featured content and GA report Since the last report, William de Chesney (sheriff), Knights of Columbus, and  Angelus Silesius were promoted to GA level. Our thanks and congratulations to all those involved.

Wikimedia Foundation report Wikinews is our sister site for developing news stories. Several events relating to Christianity, like the installation of bishops for instance, do not necessarily merit extensive coverage in wikipedia encyclopedic articles, but can and easily could be covered at greater length in a news article format. Given the number of significant news events that relate to religion, including claims of miracles, assignment of bishops and other religious leaders, church conferences, and other events, this site provides an excellent opportunity to provide in-depth coverage of current events at greater length than wikipedia.

Christian art

Christ Crucified by Diego Velazquez.

Spotlight One of our newer editors, User:David_FLXD, has recently gone through much of our content related to Methodism and assessed it. We are very grateful for his efforts, and that of all the editors who have had a role in developing that content. We have every reason to believe that this will make it significantly easier for the Methodism work group to create and develop content relevant to Methodism. To help that along, we certainly encourage everyone to do what they can to help David and the other Methodism editors to bring the content relevant to their tradition to the highest possible level of quality.

I believe ... in the Holy Trinity, the sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion, the Arminian conception of free will through God's prevenient grace, and the regular renewal of the individual's covenant with God. I am a Methodist.

- Help requests Please let us know if there are any particular areas, either individual articles or topics, which you believe would benefit from outside help from a variety of other editors. We will try to include such requests in future issues.

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WikiProject Christianity September 2012 newsletter
 Membership report The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 344 active members. We would like to welcome our newest members, User:Floating Boat, User:Dewey420, and User:Jpacobb. Thank you all for your interest in this effort. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the Christianity noticeboard or with me or other individual editors to request it.

From the Editor Ichthus is one of the ways that the WikiProject Christianity’s Outreach department helps update our members. We have recently added some new sections to the newsletter. Please let us know if there are changes you would like to see in the format, or if there are any particular things you would like to see included. And if you have anything you would personally like to add, by all means let us know. The talk page of the current issue is probably the best place to post such comments. With that, I wish you all happy reading!

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By John Carter

Church of the month by User:Diliff The Chapel of Keble College, Oxford

Contest of the month We currently have a remarkable lack of Wikipedia-Books. Right now, Category:Wikipedia books on Christianity contains only 12 books. We certainly could have at least one book on each major grouping within Christianity. One of the challenges for this month, then, is working to put together books on relevant topics. For this month, one contest is for editors to assemble the basic Wikipedia books for each of the main topics of the extant related projects. When finished, they should their creation of the books at the main Christianity noticeboard, and at the end of the month the project will award barnstars to those who have made a significant efforts in developing this underdeveloped content.

Also this month, we are going to have have a challenge to create and improve some of our more important missing or low-quality articles. Last month's challenge articles were Karl Beth and Nerses IV the Gracious. Both articles are currently candidates for the DYK section of the main page. This month's challenge articles are the Stub-class article James Hastings and the not yet started Rudolf Sohm, A barnstar will be awarded to any editor who can get these articles up to DYK quality level and ultimately selected for the DYK section of the main page.

Calendar Thie coming month (mid-September through mid-October) includes feasts dedicated to the honor of the Martyrs of Korea, Saint Matthew, Vincent de Paul, Michaelmas, Saint Jerome, Theresa of Lisieux, the Feast of the Guardian Angels, Francis of Assisi, Our Lady of the Rosary, and Teresa of Avila.

Featured content and GA report Since the last report, Albertus Soegijapranata, and Reginald Heber were promoted to FA. Grade I listed churches in Greater Manchester was promoted to Featured List, and Jackie Hudson, Joyce Kilmer, Divine command theory, Bosa of York and Argument from morality were promoted to GA level. DYKs featured this past month include Church of Saint Benoit, Istanbul, All Saints Church, Hollingbourne, Neustädter Kirche, Hannover, St Mary's Church, Kirkby Lonsdale, Albert Ndongmo, If We Are the Body, List of places of worship in Tonbridge and Malling, Kulubnarti church, All Saints Church, Ulcombe, Val-Saint-Lambert Abbey, Igny Abbey, Church of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel, Brăila, Places of Worship Registration Act 1855, Collegiate Church of San Gimignano, and St Matthew's Church, Burnley. Our profoundest thanks and congratulations to all those involved!

Wikimedia Foundation report As some of you may have seen, the Simple English Wikipedia has been experiencing some difficulties lately. This particular entity could be of great value to several individuals who are trying to learn English. As some of you who do speak foreign languages know, one of the most easily available, and, in general, useful learning aids for people is a text they know already, which allows them to focus on the specific words of the new language. Various recorded readings and translations of the Bible are among the best examples of this. Any efforts to try to enhance this vital means of informing a large segment of our readership is more than welcome. People interested in helping develop it are encouraged to leave a note regarding their specific articles of interest at the Christianity noticeboard. It would be wonderful if we could report some significant contributions to this sister site next month. And, of course, if we do have something to report, those involved would receive our greatest thanks.

Christian art

The Guardian Angel by Pietro da Cortona.

Spotlight WikiProject Calvinism is one of our more important subprojects. It is specifically devoted to developing content relating to the Calvinist tradition, and the primary point for development of content relating to the Pilgrims, Presbyterians, Reformed churches, Congregational church, Reformed Baptists, and Low church. We definitely encourage everyone to do what they can to help this project develop the content relating to this extremely important Christian tradition.

I believe ... that human nature is insufficient for salvation, and the grace of God is required to do so. I believe that God has preordained who will and will not achieve salvation. I believe that Jesus's atonement was sufficient for the purposes for which it was done. I believe that God's grace is of such power that it can overcome any person's resistance. I believe that those whom God has chosen for salvation will, by the undeniable power of God, persevere in God's grace. I am a Calvinist.

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WikiProject Christianity October 2012 newsletter
 Membership report The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 347 active members. We would like to welcome our newest members, User:Dplcrnj, User:Danmuz, User:Zigzig20s, and User:Jasonasosa. Thank you all for your interest in this effort. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the Christianity noticeboard or with me or other individual editors to request it.

From the Editor Ichthus is one of the ways that the WikiProject Christianity’s Outreach department helps update our members. This newsletter is one of the ways we do try to help people keep up with the project. We would always welcome any input for things to be included in it or additional editors to keep it going. Please let us know if there are changes you would like to see in the format, or if there are any particular things you would like to see included. And if you have anything you would personally like to add, by all means let us know. The talk page of the current issue is probably the best place to post such comments. With that, I wish you all happy reading!

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By John Carter

Church of the month by User:Taxiarchos228, recently promoted to Featured Image St. Paul's Church, Basel

Contest of the month For the upcoming month, the contest will be to develop content related to the Christmas season, including Advent and other related topics. Please feel free to see and take part in the discussion at Wikipedia talk:Christianity noticeboard.

One of last month's challenge articles, Rudolf Sohm, has been substantially developed by User:Jack1956 and User:StAnselm. Our deepest thanks to both of them!!

Calendar Thie coming month (mid-October through mid-November) includes All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day and major commemorations dedicated to the honor of the Ignatius of Antioch, Luke the Evangelist, Simon the Canaanite, Saint Jude, the dedication of the Lateran Basilica, the beginning of the Nativity Fast, James of Jerusalem, Reformation Day, and others.

Featured content and GA report Since the last report, Augustinian theodicy by User:ItsZippy was promoted to FA. Grade I listed churches in Merseyside by User:Peter I. Vardy was promoted to Featured List. The images in the Church of the Month and Christian art sections of this newsletter were promoted to Featured Picture status. John Wheelwright by User:Sarnold17, Christmas Party (The Office) by User:Gen. Quon and If We Are the Body by User:Toa Nidhiki05, were promoted to GA level. DYKs featured this past month include Cathedral of Saint Demetrius, Craiova, by User:Biruitorul, Nerses IV the Gracious by User:John Carter, Church of St Candida and Holy Cross by User:BarretB, St Laurence's Church, Morland by User:Peter I. Vardy, St Mary's Church, Longfleet by User:Bermicourt, Chor von St. Bonifatius by User:Gerda Arendt, St Andrew's Church, Penrith by User:Peter I. Vardy, Holy Rosary Cathedral (Vancouver) by User:Bloom6132, Sacred Heart Cathedral (Kamloops) by User:Bloom6132, St Columba's Church, Warcop by User:Peter I. Vardy, St Oswald's Church, Ravenstonedale by User:Peter I. Vardy, and W. E. Biederwolf by User:John Foxe. Our profoundest thanks and congratulations to all those involved!

Christian art

Portrait of John Henry Newman by Sir John Everett Millais. This image was promoted this past month to FM by the work of User:Spongie555. Thank you, Spongie! Spotlight WikiProject Holidays/Christmas task force is the group whose purpose is to help develop the content related to the Christmas season, including Advent, New Year's, and related holidays. As many of us know, in several parts of the world, including the United States, the Christmas season is not only the time of one of the greatest holidays of the Christian liturgical year, but it is also the "make or break" time for many retailers, whose profitability for the year often depends on their success in this time of the giving of sometimes significantly expensive gifts. In other parts of the world, the winter solstice period and sometimes specifically Christmas itself means something that might surprise many Christians, like the Christmas in Japan, where Christmas is one of the times hotels receive the greatest number of, often unmarried, couples staying there for the night. The solstice season is also significant to several other religions. Many of these days are also legal holidays in several places. In Belarus, for instance, both the Western and Eastern Christmas commemorations are legal holidays. We would certainly welcome the members of this project to donate some of their time and talents in the upcoming months to improving this significant content.

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WikiProject Christianity October 2012 newsletter
 Membership report The parent Christianity WikiProject currently has 349 active members. We would like to welcome our newest members, User:Hayayika and User:Pikachu Bros.. Thank you all for your interest in this effort. If any members, new or not, wish any assistance, they should feel free to leave a message at the Christianity noticeboard or with me or other individual editors to request it.

From the Editor Ichthus is one of the ways that the WikiProject Christianity’s Outreach department helps update our members. This newsletter is one of the ways we do try to help people keep up with the project. We would always welcome any input for things to be included in it or additional editors to keep it going. Please let us know if there are changes you would like to see in the format, or if there are any particular things you would like to see included. And if you have anything you would personally like to add, by all means let us know. The talk page of the current issue is probably the best place to post such comments. With that, I wish you all happy reading!

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By John Carter

Church of the month Saint-Augustin, Paris by User:Saffron Blaze Recently promoted to Featured Image. Great work!

Contest of the month For the upcoming month, the contest will continue with the Christmas theme, including Advent and other related topics. Please feel free to see and take part in discussion at the Christianity noticeboard.

Calendar This coming month (mid-November through mid-December) includes the Advent season. Other major feasts are those of Margaret of Scotland, Matthew the Evangelist, Hilda of Whitby, Elizabeth of Hungary, Edmund the Martyr, the Presentation of Mary, Saint Cecilia, Clement of Rome, Catherine of Alexandria, Andrew the Apostle, Francis Xavier, Saint Barbara, John Damascene, Nicholas of Myra, Saint Ambrose of Milan, Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Our Lady of Guadalupe, Lucy of Syracuse, and others.

Featured content and GA report Since the last report, Crucifixion and Last Judgement diptych by, among others, User:Truthkeeper88, User:Ceoil, and User:Kafka Liz and Mitt Romney by User:Wasted Time R were promoted to FA. List of 2000s Christian Songs number ones by User:Toa Nidhiki05 was promoted to Featured List. The two images in the Church of the Month and Christian art sections of this newsletter were promoted to Featured Picture status, as were these two images of Michelangelo's Pieta and of Giovanni Bellini's Saint Francis in the Desert. Derek Webb by User: Pepsi2786 and others, and Scipione Piattoli by User:Piotrus were promoted to GA level. DYKs featured this past month include Archdiocese of Râmnic, by User:Biruitorul, Diocese of Caransebeş by User:Biruitorul, Wythburn Church by User:Peter I. Vardy, St. Gumbertus, Ansbach by User:Gerda Arendt, User:Dr. Blofeld, and User:Nvvchar collectively, St. Johannis, Ansbach by User:Gerda Arendt, User:Dr. Blofeld, and User:Nvvchar collectively, Nikollë Bojaxhiu by User:ZjarriRrethues, All Saints Church, Lydd by User:Dr. Blofeld, User:Rosiestep, User:Gilderien, and User:Ipigott collectively, St Mary's Church, Acton Burnell by User:Peter I. Vardy, St Eata's Church, Atcham by User:Peter I. Vardy, Nativity of St. John the Baptist Church, Piatra Neamț by User:Biruitorul, Anna Schäffer by User:Shii, List of Archbishops of Vancouver by User: Bloom6132, James Francis Carney by User:Bloom6132, St Luke's Church, Chelsea by User:PKM and User:Johnbod, Gregory Orologas by User:Alexikoua, Ambrosios Pleianthidis by User:Alexikoua, and St Giles' Church, Barrow, by User:Peter I. Vardy. Our profoundest thanks and congratulations to all those involved!

Christian art

Three scenes of the legend of the Miraculous Sacrament, in which communion wafers were reported to bleed after being stabbed, in the St. Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral, Brussels by Jean-Baptiste Capronnier. This image was promoted this past month to FM by the work of User:Alvesgaspar. Thank you, Alvesgaspar!

Spotlight The core topics work group is the group whose specific purpose is to help identify and develop those articles which are of greatest importance to an overall understanding of the broad subject of Christianity, based on what is included in the core topics list. These articles include some of specific churches and individuals, history, philosophical and theological matters, and more. We have had some recent discussion regarding which articles should be included in this list, and it probably makes sense to revisit the selections, and try to figure out how best to work to make them high quality articles. Discussion is beginning at WT:X regarding these matters, and all input is welcome.

- Help requests Please let us know if there are any particular areas, either individual articles or topics, which you believe would benefit from outside help from a variety of other editors. We will try to include such requests in future issues.

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WikiProject Christianity Newsletter (June 2013)

From the Editor Since its formation in 2006, WikiProject Christianity has come a long way. A significant number of new articles have appeared on a wide range of topics, and the quality of some key articles has seen dramatic improvement. Yet, by the very nature of the open, crowd-sourced development environment in which we operate, as the number of pages in the project has increased at times our attention has been naturally diluted. We should of course strive for quality everywhere, but we should remember that this newsletter is called Ichthus.

Starting this month we will start a "Focus on" series, where we will try to "bring Jesus back" and focus on him. For five consecutive issues we will focus on one aspect of the study of Jesus. The goal of this series is to inform our members of what the project contains and highlight those articles which have reached quality and stability.

From this month until November we will focus on the historical Jesus, a topic which has been the subject of much discussion on article talk pages, as well as the general media. This is an important topic, and we have a good set of well referenced articles on that now. Then, starting in December we will focus on Christ, and the spiritual and theological elements that the title entails. Following that the review of the life and ministry of Jesus in the New Testament, his miracles, and parables will take place. And each month the "Bookshelf" will mention a book that fits the theme of the month.

We hope you will enjoy this journey as we present a new aspect of Jesus each month. And given that as the number of project pages increases, the ratio of those watching the pages declines, we hope that more of you will watch some of these central pages that help define this project.

Church of the month The current building of All Saints' Church, Winthorpe in Nottinghamshire, England which was completed in 1888, is at least the third version of the church, which dates back to at least the early 13th century.

Good articles and DYKs The article Jesus received the good article mark last month, as did Cleeve Abbey. A number of churches were featured on the main page in the DYK section in May, namely St. Lamberti, Hildesheim, Karja church, Braaby Church, St Patrick's Liverpool, Vlah Church, Freerslev Church, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Mata-Utu, St. Michael's Cathedral (Sitka, Alaska), St. Lamberti, Hildesheim, Karja church, Braaby Church, St. Pierre Cathedral, Saint-Pierre, Mont Saint Michel Abbey, St Patrick's Church, Liverpool, Vlah Church, St Catherine of Siena Church, Cocking, Catedral Nuestra Señora de La Asunción, Roholte Church, Notre Dame Cathedral, Taiohae, Leicester Abbey, Caracas Cathedral, Caldey Abbey, King's Mead Priory, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception (Hong Kong) andAll Saints' Church, Winthorpe, as well as the hymn What Wondrous Love Is This.

Focus on... THE HISTORICAL JESUS

Did Jesus exist? Did he walk the streets of Jerusalem? The Historicity of Jesus article answers these questions with a firm affirmative. Historicity does not discuss if Jesus walked on water, but if he walked at all. The issue was the subject of scholarly debate before the end of last century, but the academic debate is almost over now. As the article discusses, virtually all academic opposition to the existence of Jesus has evaporated away now and scholars see it as a concluded issue. The discussion is now just among mostly self-published non-academics.

In 2011 John Dickson tweeted that if anyone finds a professor of history who denies that Jesus lived,he would eat a page of his Bible (Matthew 1 he said). Dickson's Bible is still safe.

The article discusses the ancient sources that relate to Jesus and how they fit together to establish that he existed. The evidence for Jesus is not just based on the Christian gospels, but by inter-relating them with non-Christian sources, and the fact that they all "fit together". Moreover, the existence of Jesus is not supported just by Christian scholars and in recent years the detailed knowledge of Jewish scholars and their discoveries (e.g. Shlomo Pines' discovery of the Syriac Josephus) has proven highly beneficial. We encourage you to read and follow the article, for the existence of Jesus is central to the existence of Christianity.

From the bookshelf Jesus Outside the New Testament: An Introduction to the Ancient Evidence by Robert Van Voorst, 2000 ISBN 0-8028-4368-9

Just a few years after its publication, Van Voorst's book has become the standard comprehensive text for the discussion of ancient sources that relate to Jesus and his historicity. This detailed yet really readable book has received wide ranging endorsements - Blomberg and Harris separately referring to it as the most comprehensive treatment of the subject.

Did you know...
 * ... that Johann Sebastian Bach wrote the initials "S. D. G.", for Soli Deo Gloria, at the beginning and end of all his church compositions to give God credit for the work, and that Handel at times did the same?

Calendar The coming month includes days dedicated to the honor of Beheading of John the Baptist, Saints Peter and Paul, the Nativity of John the Baptist, and Saint Barnabas.

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Aaron Aedy

Anthony Edward Aaron Aedy (born 19 December 1969) is an English guitarist who is best known as the rhythm guitarist of the gothic metal/doom metal band Paradise Lost. He founded the band in 1988 alongside Stephen Edmondson, Gregor Mackintosh and Nick Holmes. Outside from playing the rhythm guitar, sometimes he plays acoustic guitar on some albums such as Shades of God and Draconian Times.

Just like his bandmate Gregor Mackintosh, he is left-handed, but has always played right-handed guitars because they are cheaper than left-handed guitars.

He has also remixed the compilation of German industrial metal band Die Krupps titled The Final Remixes.

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I have to say, this template is really hard to use, and I don't see myself using this template again. I much prefer mergeto. Not only is it less instrusive to the main articlespace (this infobox is a real monster!), but it's incredibly hard to use when you consider that the main users of this template have to plough through tonnes of AfD closures. The only possible way this template could be used is through a user script, but even then, there's too much information that needs to be pasted. --Deathphoenix ʕ 21:23, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

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"If the merger is not completed promptly, this article might be re-nominated for deletion."
Shouldn't this sentence be removed, given that

1. There is no deadline.

2. A page that should be merged should not be re-nominated for deletion...because it should just be merged. 160.39.213.152 (talk) 01:52, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

 * While there is no deadline, any article properly tagged with this template has been nominated for deletion and failed to achieve consensus that it should remain a separate article. The lack of a prompt merger is not a valid deletion rationale, but it is likely to lead to the article's re-nomination for whatever reason it was nominated in the first place.  (And because consensus can change, the new deletion request might succeed.)  The wording in question serves as a warning of that.  —David Levy 04:01, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

 * I see, thanks for the explanation. But if the sentence is intended as a warning, isn't it a bit instruction-creepy? It's a matter of course that the article can be renominated for deletion, just like any article can be nominated. 160.39.213.152 (talk) 16:07, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

 * Not everyone knows that, though. Someone might mistakenly believe that the decision to merge is permanent and sacrosanct (with this tag's presence preventing further deletion nominations), so the text informs users that this is not so (and that delaying the merger is not a good idea).  —David Levy 18:06, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

 * I agree that this should be removed. Any article at any time might be nominated for deletion, so there's no need to point it out specifically, particlularly as this leads to people using the wording as justification for AfD nomination. I have seen several cases of this in the last few weeks, the latest being this. If a merge isn't performed promptly then the actions to be taken by a concerned editor should be either (and vastly preferably) to simply do the merge, or to convert the article to a redirect, which preserves the history so that someone else can do the merge. There shouldn't be any encouragement to renominate articles for deletion just because an editor can't be bothered to perform the merge him/herself. Phil Bridger (talk) 21:48, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

 * I've previously encountered only one other editor under that (easily rectified) misconception, so I don't think that the problem is terribly widespread.
 * The warning isn't intended to serve as encouragement to renominate the article, though I agree that it could be interpreted as such.
 * Perhaps we could modify the wording (to address both of these concerns) instead of removing it. —David Levy 22:20, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

 * When I first expressed my concern about this phrase a few months back I couldn't get a discussion off the ground. I totally agree with Phil here. The best solution is to do the merge yourself if you're concerned instead of wasting time discussing a deletion. Other options are to perform a redirect and to point the editors of the other article to the history, or, if keeping the page in mainspace is causing problems for some reason or if the merge is taking particularly long (8-12 months), move it to the a subpage of the target page with a similar note. (You could also notify interested editors or WikiProject.) - Mgm|(talk) 13:40, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

 * I don't disagree with this advice. But again, the text in question is not intended to serve as a recommendation to re-nominate an article for deletion (hence the word "might" instead of "should"); it's a warning of something that is likely to occur.  If someone believes that a merger is simply taking too long, that's an invalid deletion rationale (and should be recognized as such by the closing administrator).  But if someone believes that a previous decision to merge was incorrect, it's entirely reasonable for him/her to re-nominate the article for deletion, especially if opinions were mixed and/or it now appears that the merger will not be as straightforward and practical as previously believed.
 * Again, I do understand how the wording could be mistaken for a recommendation to re-nominate articles for deletion instead of following the better procedures described above, but don't see why we shouldn't attempt to clarify the warning instead of removing it completely. —David Levy 18:10, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

 * I don't see why this warning is any more useful on an article that has had a "merge" decision at AfD than on any other article. In fact it is less relevant than it would be on an article that has never been discussed at AfD at all, because the decision has already been made to keep the content - all that's left to do is organise the content appropriately. Using your logic we should simply place a warning on the top of every article in Wikipedia saying "this article might be nominated for deletion". I can't remember which article it was, but I remember seeing a few weeks ago an article renominated at AfD only hours after the merge decision, because an editor interpreted this template to mean that closing admins run an on-demand merging service. It would be much better to say on the template, "if you do not wish this article to remain as a separate article then please merge it to the agreed target". The current wording encourages people to think that there is someone out there who is responsible for doing what you want to be done, whereas the Wikipedia way is that if you see that something should have been done, but hasn't, you do it yourself. Phil Bridger (talk) 19:48, 9 March 2009 (UTC)

 * No, that doesn't accurately reflect my logic. The key difference is that none of those other articles contain a prominent tag indicating that a decision to not delete the content has been reached.  As noted above, the idea is to stress the fact that said decision is not permanent and sacrosanct (with this tag's presence preventing further deletion nominations).
 * Please see below for my suggested re-wording. —David Levy 01:20, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

 * While the page may not serve as a recommendation for a new deletion nomination, it is frequently taken as such. Keeping it as a general warning when the deletion policy already explains any article can be nominated at any time, makes it superfluous and likely confusing. It's also an easy target for abuse. People who don't want to see the material kept will simply keep silent so no one remembers to perform the merge and subsequently nominate it because of WP:NOEFFORT. If there is anything we should do, it is to make it clear that once a merge consensus is reached, it should be followed until a convincing argument arises that wasn't at the previous debate. - Mgm|(talk) 13:50, 10 March 2009 (UTC)

 * How about the following wording:
 * If you find that action has not been taken promptly, please consider assisting in the merger instead of re-nominating the article for deletion.
 * That still conveys that re-nomination is possible, but it does so in a manner that discourages it. —David Levy 01:20, 11 March 2009 (UTC)

 * I think this wording supports the common consensus on the issue. - Mgm|(talk) 09:23, 12 March 2009 (UTC)
 * So do I, so I've changed it. Phil Bridger (talk) 11:59, 12 March 2009 (UTC)

Date this template?
I'm looking to go through the backlog on this template, oldest first, but unfortunately, there is no structure in place to do this efficiently from the back. Can a structure be built for this in order to categorize AFD merges by month like other backlogs? SchuminWeb (Talk) 05:24, 2 May 2011 (UTC)

Talk page discussion
Is there a means to add the specific discussion header for talk page of the article being merged to? If not, can there be? Thanks - wolf  16:06, 30 April 2021 (UTC)
 * There is the grossly under-used Afd-merge from for the article page, which is almost universally missing from the Afd-merge to proposals I've been looking at. C'mon guys - label both pages, as per protocol, to appropriately notify interested editors! Klbrain (talk) 10:12, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Ah, now I see that the Afd-merge to goes on the talk page, unlike the standard merge to which is on the article page ... Klbrain (talk) 23:39, 2 March 2022 (UTC)

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Colour
Should this message box not be pink, like all the other merge-related templates? Gurch 19:51, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

 * This is the only merger template that's intended to be placed on talk pages. As such, it uses the standard talk page template colouring.  —David Levy 21:23, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Very difficult to use
I have to say, this template is really hard to use, and I don't see myself using this template again. I much prefer mergefrom. Not only is it less instrusive to the main articlespace (this infobox is a real monster!), but it's incredibly hard to use when you consider that the main users of this template have to plough through tonnes of AfD closures. The only possible way this template could be used is through a user script, but even then, there's too much information that needs to be pasted. --Deathphoenix ʕ 21:23, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

 * 1. Please explain why you believe that these templates are difficult to use. The only parameters are the title of the other article, the name of the debate (usually the same), and the date.  A date parameter was just added to the standard merge templates, so this really isn't any extra information in most cases.
 * 2. Only afd-mergeto is intended for use in the article namespace, with afd-mergefrom going on talk pages (hence the coloring and the above instructions).
 * It makes perfect sense to place a large, attention-grabbing tag on a page with an AfD decision to merge its content elsewhere and turn it into a redirect. This is not the same as a situation in which someone has informally suggested that a merger occur (for which the smaller tags are appropriate).
 * Meanwhile, it would be inappropriate to disrupt the destination article with such a large tag, and that's why it goes on the talk page instead. (Optionally, a standard mergefrom tag can be added to the article.)  —David Levy 23:50, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

 * I guess it's my fault I missed the "talk page" in bold, but basically, these templates require three parameters: the title of the article, the name of the debate, and the date. The mergeto and mergefrom only required one (with an optional parameter if the discussion is on another page). I had to refer back to the original AfD two or three times whereas when using mergeto and mergefrom, I only had to refer back to it once. If I'm in an AfD where someone nominated several articles that have to be merged, that's a lot of referring back (indeed, I was about to try it in such a situation and decided to hold off until I saw a simpler AfD in which to use the tags). I tried it out when I noticed it, and the AfD notice is nice, but I think it's much simpler to use the mergeto and mergefrom tags, especially when the AfD notices already exist in each article marked with mergeto. I suppose given that afd-mergefrom is a talk page template, that might find some use in the talk page given that I often open up a section in the target article to explain why I put up a mergefrom tag, but afd-mergeto is simply not worth it: I'd rather use mergeto. I guess that's not really helpful feedback, so my apologies. --Deathphoenix ʕ 03:03, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

 * The second parameter (the name of the debate) usually is the same as the first (the title of the other article), so it can simply be copied and pasted twice. Only when the debate has a different name (most likely because the article was nominated for deletion more than once or because several articles were listed together) is it necessary to copy and paste something different.
 * As noted above, a date parameter has been added to the standard merger templates (merge,mergeto, mergefrom, et cetera). For proper categorization, we now are supposed to type.
 * When I get a chance, I'll attempt to make the AfD link parameter optional (for use only when it differs from the title of the nominated article), which wasn't technically feasible when the templates were created (because the required functionality had not yet been added to MediaWiki). It wouldn't be difficult, but I want to see if this can be done without breaking the existing syntax (which is a bit trickier).  —David Levy 13:52, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

 * (I am now using afd-mergefrom, but am still using mergeto and mergefrom-multiple) The more I think about it, the more I think that this template would benefit from a user script similar to what Johnleemk did for AfD closers. When I took a moment and stepped back to look at how I was using the templates, is just as difficult to use, if not more so, but Johnleemk's user script made it very easy for me to use (including type "d" as a default for the AfD page so I don't necessarily have to type it out). Perhaps I should take a look at his script and modify for use with this and the afd-mergeto templates. --Deathphoenix ʕ 19:22, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

 * If you could do that, it would be much appreciated. —David Levy 20:09, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Should template be removed after performing the merge?
Should this template be removed from the talk page after performing the merge? If so, should this be stated in the documentation? If not, should this template be replaced by a different template which does not add the talk page to the "Articles to be merged since . . ." category.? Or should there be a parameter that could be added to prevent generation of the category. Example: Talk:Qur'an oath controversy of the 110th United States Congress is still in the (hidden) Category:Articles to be merged since April 2007, though the merge has been performed. --Boson (talk) 16:59, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

 * The tag text and category should reflect that the merge has been done. Unfortunately, there is no . An alternative is, with the AfD result on the redirected article's Talk page, but it is messy with multiple articles. Flatscan (talk) 20:28, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

 * Someone really should make the afd-merged-from template. I'm going through Category:articles to be merged and finding that most of them have already been merged, but no one removed/changed the template. So I'm switching them to merged-from but that's less informative... Stevage 05:46, 17 September 2008 (UTC)

 * I finally wrote . It should be directly substitutable (diff) once the merge has been completed. Flatscan (talk) 00:00, 4 January 2009 (UTC)

Categories need fixing
I am not knowledgeable about template code or else I would do this. This template should be fixed to use the same category structure as merge and Category:Articles to be merged should then go to WP:CFD.-- Birgitte SB  17:27, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

Merges not done?
What about articles where the AfD was closed as "merge", but on further consideration there was general consensus that this would not be a good idea after all, so the merge was not done. For an example, see for instance Talk:Judeo-Christian and Talk:Christianity and Judaism. After discussion (archived here) there was consensus that merging the latter into the former would not be helpful, so the merge was not done.

But there should probably still be a reference to the AfD discussion.

Would it be appropriate to create a new template, Template:Afd-merge-from not done ? Jheald (talk) 18:25, 1 December 2010 (UTC)

Category problem
This template has a problem - it places the page in an undated merge category. Can it be modified to add a date parameter to be categorized correctly? D O N D E groovily  Talk to me  01:52, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
 * If you add the date to the template, or wait until a bot comes along to do so, then the category will also be dated. Debresser (talk) 06:58, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
 * In theory, yeah. In practice, no. Category:Articles to be merged is the undated merge category and I think every single one uses this template. So even if the template can be dated, it isn't being dated. D O N D E groovily   Talk to me  12:09, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
 * You are right. And the reason is an interesting one. The date is added in the ddmmyyyy format, but the category expects a MONTHNAME YEAR format. I'll contact the editor who is responsible for this edit and this kind of things in general, and we'll see what he recommends. Debresser (talk) 15:32, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
 * This are talk-page instances. I generally run talk-page stuff (or to be more accurate no main-space stuff) semi-manually because there are more chances of use-mention confusion. Rich Farmbrough, 15:44, 31 August 2011 (UTC).

 * This is a talkpage template. Debresser (talk) 16:12, 31 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Ah... misread the page header ... :) Rich Farmbrough, 16:29, 31 August 2011 (UTC).

 * OK the "31 August 2011" is parameter 3, the "August 2011" is paramter "date =". (And they may be non-matching.) Rich Farmbrough, 16:31, 31 August 2011 (UTC).

 * Yes, I know, but it is not in the documentation. Nor is it reasonable to have two date parameters. Debresser (talk) 21:33, 31 August 2011 (UTC)

Does this tag even need to categorize at all? After all, this is placed on the talk page of a destination article, meaning the tag is already on the source article anyway. D O N D E groovily  Talk to me  03:10, 1 September 2011 (UTC)

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Thanx for putting the corrct stub just now -- Anon

Website pix
Had a computer glitch, hit the wrong key, don't know what happened. Hope this has'nt inconvienced anyone. I apologise for any inconviences this may have caused. - Question was:

Can you transfer a pix of Glenn Spencer's website to the article "Glenn Spencer's American Patrol Report" ? AS you had stated, this site advocates the removal of illegal aliens, NOT legal aliens. This is to familiarize anyone visiting it.66.112.107.8 01:28, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

Just letting you that the designation:66.112.107.8 is terminated, and ignore the request to place a pix of Glenn's website on the aforementioned article. The glitches started up as I was getting rid of my "Borg"-like designation. I hope this has'nt caused any inconviences. If you see my old designation on the "active duty" status,i.e. someone using it, consider it suspect. My HP made terminal was acting up. You guessed it, I was a "military brat".Martial Law 05:19, 20 October 2005 (UTC)

Geo-stubs
Hi Mysidia - I've just changed the stub templates on a lot of geo-stubs you did... almost everyu country now has its own stub category (like Ireland-geo-stub, India-geo-stub, Turkey-geo-stub... it'd save a little effort if you could add the country name to any geo-stubs you do... please? Grutness...  wha?  00:58, 20 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Hmm.. i'll try, but it's not always so straightforward.. I couldn't find a South-Africa-geo-stub.. right now the most immediate challenge I was taking on was to figure out which articles not marked stub at all should be marked as some kind of stub -- it's kind of a delay to try and figure out what the stub type is each time. --Mysidia (talk) 19:32, 23 October 2005 (UTC)

Need help with article
Need help with a article. It is called:"Fictional Resistance Movement/Fictional Resistance Groups". It is about FICTIONAL resistance fighters. Any suggestions ?Martial Law 06:51, 24 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm afraid I don't know much about the subject of Fictional resistance fighters. What sort of help/suggestions would you be looking for. --Mysidia (talk) 00:52, 26 October 2005 (UTC)

Greetings, near-namesake
I've occasionally noticed your edits in RC and thought they were mine. Because we have such similar usernames I decided to say hi. So, hi. –Mysid 12:57, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

Dean Cox
Hi, noticed your edit on Dean Cox. It must be noted that aflbio-stub should be used, not sportbio-stub, as you suggest. It is a wellknown part of WikiProject AFL guidelines. Rogerthat 02:02, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

1WW Refactor
Please see Refactor and New discussion.

You were gracious enough to comment on 1WW; as you may know there are now seven competing proposals. On April 6 I suggested that I be permitted to refactor the proposal page into a single, unified proposal. It's my belief that most of us are tending toward the same or a similar restriction on wheel warring. I think it's unwieldy, though, as it stands. A fair number of editors have commented on these distinct versions but (precisely because they are so similar) no single one has gained undisputed consensus. I suggest that a single, improved version may fare better on its way to policy.

Just as I proposed the refactor, an editor brought to our attention yet another competing proposal, which I merged into the others, using the same format. Still another proposal has since been added, bringing the total to 7. The two new proposals are encountering an indifferent reception but they, too, have some merit.

At the time I suggested refactor, I also put myself forward as the editor to write the initial draft, based on the plurality of support for "my" version. Since the two new proposals have been added, this plurality has held.

I don't for a moment feel that this gives me any special right to dictate terms; rather I hope to draft a proposal uniting the best features of existing proposals. Unlike any of the seven currently competing versions, this refactor will be open to editing immediately by any editor. I will ask editors to refrain from supporting or opposing the new draft for the time being; instead, to edit the proposal to reflect their specific concerns. I believe the true consensus policy will then emerge, in true wiki fashion. After all, we're not so far apart.

I come to your talk page today to ask for your comment on this refactor. Clearly this will be a major change to the proposal page and I don't feel comfortable being quite that bold without some expression of interest in the idea. Once the new draft is in place, I hope also for your participation to polish it into a true expression of our values. Let's move forward with this complement to WP:3RR. John Reid 04:06, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Help needed
I'm posting here because of some problems ongoing on the Kriss Donald page. Basically it's similar to what happened with the reverse discrimination page - someone is trying to present a biased perspective by adopting the language of a particular point of view and repeatedly reverting against inclusion of material which doesn't fit into this POV. This user has argued that patently relevant material is irrelevant, that anti-racist views are "tiny minority" and that the positions taken in anti-racist sociology and postcolonial theory are irrelevant.

While I'm aware there's a few problems with my own contribution, I don't really have time to clean them up when they'd just get deleted anyway.

-82.31.15.153 04:25, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Kaupelan

 * 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 20:04, 21 October 2005 (UTC)

Kaupelan
This is a non-notable Mironation.

 * Delete Non-notable Micronation. Samboy 17:50, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Death to all micronations. Denni ☯ 08:18, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

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Soma Morgenstern

Soma Morgenstern (3 May 1890 – 17 April 1976) was a Jewish-Ukrainian writer and journalist.

Biography
Soma (real name Salomo) Morgenstern spent his childhood in various villages in Galicia. His father worked as a bailiff, but was also a Jewish scholar and fulfilled the functions of a prayer leader in the area where the Morgensterns lived at that time. The Morgenstern family were adherents of Hasidic Judaism, and so religion played a significant role in Soma's childhood.

Morgenstern's upbringing was not only religious but also multilingual. In his childhood memories Ukrainian was his first language, though Yiddish became his native tongue. He also learned ancient Hebrew in order to understand religious texts, and sometimes went to Polish, sometimes Ukrainian village schools, in which he was also taught German. German would later be the language in which he wrote, in large part because his father held the language in high esteem.

He did not however take after his father in all things; after he completed his basic education he went to the grammar school in Tarnopol, a regional cultural centre at the time. During this period he became an atheist, but later rediscovered his religion, which strongly influenced his work:

"But I stood before a lectern, on which a neglected prayer-book lay. [...] My eyes fell onto a verse which I knew well, but only now recognised as a great truth. [...] He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see? [Psalm 94.9, KJV] What a verse! What a question! I had learned from the Darwinists how an organ for seeing can come into existence. [...] But, as I suddenly asked myself, who invented seeing? Who had put it into words as the psalmist did?! Who had questioned so deeply and written so highly?! I felt my atheism faltering." (From In another time. Youth in East Galicia, his incomplete autobiography)

After he left grammar school, Morgenstern left for Vienna to study law in 1912, where his studies were interrupted by his military service during the First World War, meaning he only graduated in 1921. Afterwards he worked as, among others, as the Vienna correspondent for the Frankfurter Zeitung and moved in the intellectual circles of Vienna, and was befriended by, for example, the composer Alban Berg and the authors Joseph Roth and Robert Musil.

In March 1938, at the time of the Anschluss, he fled Vienna via France (where he was repeatedly detained as a "foreign enemy") to New York in 1941, where he lived until his death in 1976. His son Dan Morgenstern is a jazz writer and is a former director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University.

Awards

 * 1951: National Jewish Book Award for The Testament of the Lost Son

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Talk:Cypress Hills (Canada)

Merge
For merge dissussion, see Talk:Cypress hills interprovincial park. Zhatt 17:46, 13 October 2005 (UTC)

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Hezy Leskly

Hezy Leskly (חזי לסקלי; July 26, 1952 – May 26, 1994) was an Israeli poet, choreographer, painter and dance critic.

Biography
Yehezkel (Hezy) Leskly was born in Rehovot to Czech-Jewish parents who survived the Holocaust. His father’s first wife and child were murdered. The family moved to Givatayim early in his childhood.

Leskly wrote his first poems at 14 and published in magazines at the age of 18. At age 22, Leskly moved to The Hague in the Netherlands where he studied dancing and art. He worked as a painter and a choreographer, and published four books of poems. One of his most widely known works was Dutch Poetry - Four Imagined Dutch Poets and a Nonexistent Israeli Poet, published in 1992.

Leskly was among the first Israelis to identify as gay and was active in many LGBT organisations. The primary topics of Leskly's poetry were homosexual life and dance.

Death
Leskly died as a result of AIDS-related complications in Givatayim on May 26, 1994, at the age of 41. He was interred at Kiryat Shaul Cemetery.

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Carl Pollock

Carl Arthur Pollock, OC (1903 – August 16, 1978) was a Canadian businessman. Born in Kitchener, Ontario, graduated from the University of Toronto in electrical engineering. A scholarship from the Massey Foundation financed two years at Oxford University, England. At university he showed exceptional talent in track and rowing.

He taught for a short time at the University of Toronto, but his father's illness led him to choose a career in business and industry at the Kitchener electronics firm his father founded in 1907, Electrohome. Pollock joined the firm in 1930, was president from 1951 to 1972, and oversaw the most successful years of Electrohome's history. During the decades to follow, Electrohome produced many different consumer products, including furniture, electric motors, small appliances, and most importantly, radios and televisions. By 1965, Electrohome products were being sold in 23 countries. Total sales in 1968 were $44.5 million. By end of the decade, Electrohome was the second largest employer in the Kitchener-Waterloo area, and colour television was the company's largest single product line. In fact, Electrohome engineered, designed, and manufactured the only Canadian colour television receiver.

He was also the founder of several media outlets in Kitchener, including CKKW, CFCA and CKCO.

Pollock was a member of the National Design Council and in 1963 he became president of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association. He was convinced that Canadian technology and industry would take no second place. His own firm led in introducing several firsts in the electronics field.

In 1975, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "for his many services to industry, particularly in the field of electronics and for a variety of community activities." He was a founder of the University of Waterloo, chairperson of the board of governors for eleven years and chancellor from 1975 to 1978. He was a founder of the Stratford Festival of Canada and supported musical groups, including the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra.

His son John A. Pollock took over the role of 3rd generation president of Electrohome in 1972, and led the company into a number of different electronics businesses, primarily industrial. The most successful products during this period was a line of data, video, and graphics projectors. Electrohome eventually was dissolved in an orderly wind down in late 2008.

At University of Waterloo, the engineering building CPH (Carl Pollock Hall) is named after him.

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Jack Bogdanski

John A. Bogdanski is an American lawyer and academic. He is a professor of law and the Douglas K. Newell Faculty Scholar at Lewis & Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon, United States.

Career
Bogdanski is a native of Newark, New Jersey. He graduated summa cum laude with a degree in Classical Languages and Literature from Saint Peter's College, New Jersey in 1975. He received his Juris Doctor degree in 1978 from Stanford Law School, where he was an editor of the Stanford Law Review and a member of the honor society The Order of the Coif. In 1978–79, he served as a law clerk to judge Alfred T. Goodwin of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

He has taught at Lewis & Clark since leaving practice as a partner with the law firm Stoel Rives LLP in Portland in 1986. In fall 1992, he was a visiting professor of law at Stanford University, and in the fall of 1999, he was of counsel to Stoel Rives on a full-time basis. His primary teaching and research emphasis is on federal taxes. He is a five-time winner of Lewis & Clark's Leo Levenson Award for excellence in law teaching, most recently in 2003.

Bogdanski is a former member of the Commissioner's Advisory Group of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

Blogging and published works
Bogdanski has been referred to as a "notable local blogger," having published Jack Bog's Blog since 2002. He has described his politics as centrist and once estimated that he visits dozens of blogs per day researching stories. He was interviewed on local blogging by Oregon Public Broadcasting's Oregon Territory in 2004, and was the only blogger quoted in an OPB radio story on the topic in 2007.

He has written articles on federal tax law, and he is the Closely Held Businesses and Valuation columnist for Estate Planning. He has been a frequent speaker at continuing education programs on tax law. He is cited as an expert on taxation in national news stories. He was a founder of the group "People Against Nuclear Dumping at Hanford" in the 1980s.

He is the author of the treatise Federal Tax Valuation and was the editor-in-chief of the journal Valuation Strategies.

title: Jack Bogdanski