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User talk:Kilo-Lima/Archives/Archive VII

Suspected Socks & PERSONAL ATTACKS
Hello Kilo. You have dealt with two incidence of sockpuppeting by this user before: user:Curandero101...He is at it again as user:Thamarih...Made a formal report with the evidence and the whole bit, but thought to let you know personally since you addressed it both times it happened previously. Keeps removing the link to our Church Aurora Baha under Ayahuasca external links, which having been made aware of the Conflict of Interest policy I have left out until put up by an independent person; although it had been up for quite some time without issue until this user removed it. In a stroke of irony he placed a link to his church under the same external links with his sockpuppeteer user:Curandero101 and keeps adding it back personally against the same Conflict of Interest policy. Doing my best to follow the procedures. Working hard not to have to engage this juvenile behaviour. Hoping you might take the time to independently evaluate our Church Website Aurora Baha at www.aurorabaha.org and if you feel it appropriate add our link back. Thank you in advance.

This is a revise. The same user user:Thamarih has now begun a campaign of blatant personal attacks on one of the members of our society in violation of Wikipedia's Policy to comment on content and not contributors at talk:ayahuasca; as well as violating the 3RR rule on both ayahuasca and talk:ayahuasca. Thank you in advance for your assistance.

Suspected Socks
Well, I'm going to let him say what he wants to. Will (Glaciers melting in the dead of night) 21:12, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Article Class (Stub, Start...)
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Completed the 24 hour block
I completed the block, now user:BhaiSaab is stalking my edits and keeps reverting my homepage putting the sockpuppet tag on it. Could you tell the guy to cut it out. --CltFn 01:21, 12 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Appears to have died down, and you did commit sockpuppetry. Iola k ana • T  16:59, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

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American Psycho
The talk page of American Psycho says you are active in improving the article. I suggested many improvements to the article on the talk page, albeit rather hastily. I am interested to know your opinion on these, and whatever other comments you might have. Cheers. Rintrah 16:32, 13 September 2006 (UTC)

Can you track down sources and improve the style of the Themes and Symbolism section? I will try to reorganise the article appropriately, and summarise it when I get my book back. Rintrah 17:44, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

Since I have come to this article, I and others have rooted out original research, cleaned up the sections, made the paragraphs more logically structured and succinct, improved the style of composition (including how easily it can be read), improved the grammar, found possible sources for criticism (which have not yet been used), rewritten the Synopsis (my first attempt was a hasty, very rough job), suggested improvements, appropriately reorganised the sections, deleted a superfluous section, and reviewed it for improvement to GA status. That is, we have improved it enormously and I have played a very large part. Now it is written better than most B-class articles, and is held back unnaturally from GA status because it fails the citations criterion. There are B-class articles written so poorly that this article would seem a great work of literature by comparison. If another editorput in half my effort to the article into finding sources, this article would have easily elevated to GA status. It was rated as B-class before I came upon this article (I think), or a long time ago. So it is frustrating. Even my dilligent attention to many, many tiny details is all in vain. Oh well. Rintrah 14:42, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Requests for checkuser/Case/David Justin
Hi there, Following your suggestion on Suspected sock puppets/David Justin, I asked for a check user. The check user Requests for checkuser/Case/David Justin has shown "that Wright, Creighton, and Wise are sockpuppets". These accounts are Bryant Wright, Ralph Creighton, Stu Wise. Other accounts were too old to be checked. So as an administrator who has shown interest in this case, what are the next steps to be followed? Nunquam Dormio 09:06, 14 September 2006 (UTC)
 * The accounts have been blocked. Thanks, Iola k ana • T  16:51, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

LiveScience
Greetings, administrator unit.

It appears as if you protected the LiveScience.com page. You may wish to create a protected redirect page to Imaginova, the owner of the Space.com, SpaceNews.com and LiveScience.com web sites. What was the reason for deleting the page instead of upgrading it to something useful? (Ideally, the "PROD" reason code could have been a link to the codes list, which presumably exists somewhere.)
 * Wikiborg 11:42, 18 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I think that it is best to wait until there is consensus to delete these, then protection could come in. Iola k ana • T  16:46, 18 September 2006 (UTC)

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Arbitration re: Jessica Lunsford
Unsure if Im supposed to notify you or if the arbitrators are but I listed you as a party of interest in Request for Arbitration: Jessica Lunsford. Cumberbund 07:35, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Changes to Socksuspect2 template
I made some changes to the socksuspect2 template to hopefully help investigations in the future by clarifying who is being accused of being sockpuppets and who the suspected sockpuppeteer is. Take a look and let me know if there is any problem with my changes. I was unable to get the sockpuppeteer entry to fill in automatically due to my lack of experience with the nuances of templates, maybe you can figure that part out. Neil916 (Talk) 19:42, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Re: GreekEconomist
Hi, Kilo-Lima. Just to clarify, you meant it's "unlikely" that GreekEconomist is a sock, correct? Thanks for your time. --Akhilleus (talk) 16:23, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, it doesn't rule out that it is possible. I thought that it was unlikely, but you are welcome to add the username to Requests for checkuser/Case/Cretanpride. Iola k ana • T  16:51, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

I did that before, actually. I was asking for a new look at the situation; sorry if I didn't make that clear. Thanks for taking a look at it, and I'll now consider the matter overwith. --Akhilleus (talk) 17:07, 24 September 2006 (UTC)

Re: LinkBot
Hi Kilo-Lima,

You left a message on my talk page about 3 months ago asking about LinkBot, and what's up with it. Well, I thought you might like to know that there's now an on-demand web-based tool that does what LinkBot did, without leaving all the messages on talk pages. It's described at User:Nickj/Can We Link It. It's currently only temporary until a longer-term home is found, but if you want to give it a go it's up now and will be at least for the next few days. -- All the best, Nickj (t) 00:35, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

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Sending my name to check users.
Sir,

My I request you to explain why name is suggested for WP:RFCU? You must have read the evidence and my defence. I do not see any reason for my name to be either blocked or send to check user.

Please read my comments wherever I have posted. Do u find any of them against wikipedia's policy? Do you think I have ever violated the policies and guidelines Insted if you read the accuser's comments/edits those are more atocratic/hypocritic, intolerant and totally against Wikipidia's policy. (I am not complaining against him as I am not interested in fighting such idiotic "block" war, insted of prooving my point of view which I believe in.)

Please do not block my user name as it is against the freedom of expression for which wikipedia stands for.

Thank you.--Bodhidhamma 19:34, 28 September 2006 (UTC)

Need you advise/help, please
User: Pia I'm going to remove your post from this talk page as per Admin User:Redvers because you appear to be giving out personal information about another editor and we don't allow that. WorkingHard 06:59, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Happy First Edit Day!
- Have a great day! Here's a nice coffee for you from Esperanza!! Jam01 01:17, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Very happy wiki-birthday. --Bhadani 15:29, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

And the same from me :) -- Ci e lomobile minor7♭5 20:24, 30 September 2006 (UTC)
 * Thank you, dear friends. [[image:SFriendly.gif|25px]] Iola k ana • T  11:05, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Worth a read
Someone's detailing of abuse to you was recently deleted from your talk page. You can read the material here. --Kevin_b_er 07:42, 1 October 2006 (UTC)

Collateral damage from AOL user block, please help clear --64.12.116.72 20:13, 2 October 2006 (UTC)

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Sockpuppetry and User:Ehinger222
You've archived the stuff at Suspected_sock_puppets/Ehinger222, but I don't know what the conclusion of the case is. It doesn't indicate whether there is insufficient evidence or whatever the decision is... Am a little confused. Can you enlighten me? Cheers, Dibo 23:29, 3 October 2006 (UTC)
 * there's a reoccurrence of the same sort of edits by another IP on the 60.225.*.* range that bear remarkable resemblance to edits by the ip's and logins listed here by an anon user operating from as can be seen from his contribs.

What do I do - the page has been archived, the previous sockpuppet tags remain, do i renew the case (and how would i do that), do i wait until the 10 days expire and then renew, do i leave it? I'm confused. Sorry, this is the first time I've involved myself in sockpuppet stuff. Incidentally, Topcattheirrefutable essentially admitted to sockpuppetry as I found out through CattleGirl on my talk page- "You may be interested to see a message posted on my talk page from Topcattheirrefutable. There he admits to having sockpuppets. I replied on his talk page. Thought you'd be interested, especially considering i noticed that there hasn't been a conclusion yet on the sockpuppetry evidence page. CattleGirl 07:56, 4 October 2006 (UTC)"

The exchange went as follows:

"== RE: Dear CattleGirl ==

Thankyou for your concern in the dispute. I essentially use no rules on wikipedia except the general convention of being wikipedian and attempting to improve the encyclopedia. I am the Ehinger but I am not Ehinger222 which is a different character. I have literally hundreds of created sockpuppets, but most of them are only used to create pages and are used once. I have literally contributed thousands of valid edits to wikipedia and have improved the enc yclopedia n areas very varied from Atlantis to the Basque language.

If I want to have a little fun at the expense of an i.d. that devotes its time almost exclusively to compiling"evidence" against me(most of it wrong for that matter), than is it really such a bad thing? Have a geeze at Dibo's account fr the month leading up to October 1st. The dude only came on looking for me. Oh ... and I am 90% sure that he is Tancred. They both eroneously assert tha soccer should be referred to as football which is stupid and wrong and thay continually troll by insisting on it in articles that they have done nothing to create or contribute to.

Comrade

13:06, 3 October 2006 (UTC)Topcattheirrefutable

 * You're welcome for my concern in the dispute. I want Wikipedia to be as peaceful as possible- and that, to me, means that if we follow all the rules and protocols then there will be non reason for that peace to be disturbed. If you are the Ehinger, you ARE a sockpuppet, and actually, i would not be the least bit surprised if Ehinger222 was you as well, considering the usernames are so similar. However, if you only use them once, then what is the point of creating them? Really, it is 'taking up' usernames that other people can't use in the future.
 * Even though there are some types of sockpuppetry that is fine on wikipedia, you do not fall under those headings. From what i can see, Dibo has gone to a fair bit of work to outline this sockpuppetry, and i have had to revert your userpage a number of times as well. And also, Dibo can come on whenever he wants- if it was the month leading up to this, him signing on probably led him to see you and your sockpuppets.
 * I know this defence is sounding a lot like i am taking sides, but i personally do not see the similarities between Dibo and Tancred. I've looked at their edits on that page a number of times, and can't see the resemblance. Also, even though they might agree on the same thing, doesn't necessarily mean that they are the same person. And if you don't mind me saying, i haven't come across an edit where either of them troll. However, if you are going to accuse them of sockpuppetry, you may want to pay attention to the rules, as the case won't be considered if you are not following protocol and entering it in properly.
 * You said before: If I want to have a little fun at the expense of an i.d. that devotes its time almost exclusively to compiling"evidence" against me(most of it wrong for that matter), than is it really such a bad thing? Well, firstly if it is wrong, you can comment on why it is wrong on the evidence page against you, however i think the case may have been closed, you may have to check the archive. CattleGirl 07:37, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Cattlegirl, I can remove the SP tag because I follow no rules and in 99% of cases I am entirely wikipedian. Protocol does not apply for me. 01:01, 4 October 2006 (UTC)Topcattheirrefutable
 * Remove it if you want, however i am going to revert it back, because i do follow the rules. It applies to the rest of us, and i for one do not see how you can be an exception if the rest of us make an effort to keep the peace and abide by the rules. However, i am going to check if you can remove it from your page yet, if the case is still open. However, last time i checked you had to keep it on your page for about another 8 days, 7 now. CattleGirl 07:37, 4 October 2006 (UTC)"

JonStamos
Hi. I noticed that after posting the evidence page against User:JonStamos and his sockpuppets you replied in the Conclusions section Obvious. I was wondering what would happen next- are they going to be blocked, or what other action against them would you take? Thanks, CattleGirl 07:52, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
 * The accounts have been blocked. Iola k ana • T  17:40, 5 October 2006 (UTC)

Jsmorse47's back with a new puppet
Hi. Sorry to bother you but you were the closing admin on this sockpuppetry case. I was sort of happy that this whole thing had been sorted but he's back with a vengeance under the username. By the way, what's the correct procedure in this case? Should I open a new case, even if this happens less than 24h after the initial block? Thanks for your help. Pascal.Tesson 18:55, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Account has been blocked. Thanks, Iola k ana • T  19:04, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

Xenomorph (Alien)
You should consider nominating that aricle for Good Article status (through Good article candidates) because it looks really good. Cbrown1023 01:25, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Block
I've undone your block on 165.228.129.12; its a major IP in Australia and that particular address is used by Parliment House and other addresses in Canberra and has affected good, registered contributors. --Peta 00:34, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Wow. Australian federal politicians vandalise wikipedia in their spare time? Such would explain the raucous behaviour in Question Time during parliamentary sittings. This is a good laugh for my day. Rintrah 06:01, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

Vandal
Hi Kilo-Lima, User talk:80.58.205.39 has struck again this time at Opus Dei. For your information. Thomas 02:19, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

User talk:124.2.76.130
Page needs semi-protecting I think. --Alex (Talk) 16:23, 8 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, it's been dealt with. --Alex (Talk) 16:36, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

question about you stripping my article
Hi, I'm Raidon and I am the one that did the research and wrote the article about the artist Adeyto.

I have noticed that you stripped a large amount of my writing. My sources were IMDB data, the artists official site and artists official blog (that's if you can read Japanese). You mention "please see WP:NPOV, WP:CITE and WP:RS" but I consider your stripping was overzealous.

At least you could have refrained from stripping her "Photographer" information and the information about TV CF because this information is available and verifiable on artists official profile.

Besides you, I have noticed users 70.128.102.13 and 67.183.24.157 that are aggressively slamming this artist but are not doing ANY other contributions to Wikipedia. How about banning this trolls?

Numata raidon 22:50, 8 October 2006 (UTC)

Well, I re-inserted the Photographer data and added various verifiable links..... Numata raidon 23:05, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Hi, I mentioned this at WP:AN/I but nothing has been done. User:QuasiKraMuc is an obvious sockpuppet of permabanned user and as such should (as I understand it) be blocked on sight. He has left an insulting message in my user talk page, and also vandalized Suspected sock puppets/KraMuc (2nd) continued KraMuc's edit war in User talk:KraMuc and Louis Essen. Can you help? ---CH 19:40, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Blocked. Cheers, Kil  o • T  19:58, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

Thanks, Kilo! ---CH 22:58, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

sockpuppet resolution
Thank you for not blocking my account. I am somewhat confused by what you wrote on my userpage. Does this mean I cannot edit any articles previously edited by PStrait? (I don't intend to start an argument; I just want clarification so that I don't violate any WP rules). Herbertmarcuse 01:49, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Sockpuppet
Ha ha- that would require a lot of free time that I don't have. Please take me off of your list. Thanks Joe 15:41, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

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Thanks!
Thanks for blocking the socks!! Addhoc 18:20, 12 October 2006 (UTC)
 * You are much welcome! Kil  o • T  18:25, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Re: No reason given for requested protection.
The reason for semi-protection was noted under Paradise Lost (band), and also spoke for all the articles above it (Tiamat (band), Rotting Christ, Crematory, Moonspell, Diabolique (band)). Perm-banned editor User:Leyasu has been using a sequence of IPs beginning with 81... and 86... to incorrectly change music genres and intentionally insert spelling and typos in articles. I would like for you to please reconsider semi-protecting these pages - the long history on each one speaks for itself, and it's becoming day-to-day thing for me (and several others) to remove this banned user's abusive sockpuppet edits. --Danteferno 22:28, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

Sockpuppet
Hello, the use from Suspected sock puppets/Curandero101 (2nd), has evaded his block by using an IP, User:58.164.210.64. Regards, -- Jeff3000 02:33, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Blocked. Thanks, Kil  o • T  12:04, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * User is also using User:203.3.65.10. All of these appear to be from Queensland. Thanks for the protection on the article. Ciao, MARussellPESE 12:51, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
 * sigh* Hopefully, they'll give up. Thanks, Kil  o • T  15:17, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

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Curious blocks
I see that you've blocked and, apparently on the basis of this report, and I'm rather curious as to why you decided to block them.

Even assuming that they are all operated by the same individual, is not banned, so there's no inherent limitation on his ability to create new accounts. The three accounts in question can't even really be considered sockpuppets, as have entirely non-overlapping editing periods: There's no policy, as far as I know, that generally forbids the abandonment of old accounts for new ones (announced or otherwise); and the sole blockable action that could have occurred here—evasion of the block on —didn't actually take place, as first edited after that block had elapsed.
 * - prior to August 18
 * - August 27–October 15
 * - October 17

So, why the blocks? Kirill Lokshin 18:55, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Hmmm... You make a good point. I was only seeing it from the report's view. However, I still feel that the similarities in usernames seem to indicate otherwise. I'll unblock. Kil  o • T  19:16, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Well, yes, I wouldn't be particularly surprised if all three accounts were the same person, but that's not, in of itself, something that requires blocking. ;-) Kirill Lokshin 19:25, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Oh God... :( I understand the techicallity about the "non-overlapping editing periods"... but what about his edits using anonimous IPs Look IP of last edit instead of his registered account? He claimed to be two different persons, in order to give the impression of "consensus" on the Talk page of North America. What can be done? I already filed a request for investigation... AlexCovarrubias 19:37, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Hmm, do you have anything more specific on that last point? Skimming the conversation, I can't see anywhere that the IPs actually claim to be two different people.  There's nothing wrong with editing from different IPs, and the participants in the discussion seem to be aware of the fact that it's the same editor behind both.  (The fact that he's argumentative isn't really unacceptable per se; many people are.  You may want to request opinions from outside editors to determine where consensus lies in terms of the actual content issue in question.) Kirill Lokshin 19:45, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't know what can be done when a registered user uses a anonimous IP to edit. It is clear that he edited anonimously to prevet his "main" account from being blocked. Cogito ergo sum and his anonimous aliases has been editing the same articles in the same period of time e.g. North America, Central America, Oceania, Borg Star Trek. 142.150.134.55 contributions, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/142.150.134.52 contributions, 142.150.134.53 contributions, 142.150.134.50 contributions, 142.150.134.49 contributions, 142.150.134.56 contributions, 142.150.134.57 contributions, 142.150.134.60 contributions, 142.150.134.61 contributions, etc. His IP range varies from 142.150.134.49 to 142.150.134.79. In the same period of time, check Cogito's and E Pluribus Anthony. He edited using anonimous IP when using those accounts to avoid complaints and blocks. AlexCovarrubias 20:18, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

If evasion of 3RR or blocking by using IPs occours that is a matter for investigation at the time. But as it stands the 3 accounts allthaugh quite likely the same person do not constitute a violation of WP:SOCK. Can the report and the tags on the users pages be updated accourdingly? Agathoclea 21:19, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Mediators needed!
Hiya! I'm contacting you because you're listed on Mediation Cabal as "willing to accept assigned cases" if you find it interesting. Well, we've got a bit of a backlog, and I was wondering if you'd look over the current list of new cases (I've copied it here for convenience) and tell me if you'd take any of them? I'd really appreciate it! :D

 * 2006-10-07 Advocates for Children in Therapy
 * 2006-10-07 Joe Sharkey
 * 2006-10-08 BSA
 * 2006-10-08 Nicole Kidman
 * 2006-10-09 Hinduism
 * 2006-10-09 Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples
 * 2006-10-10 Udit Raj
 * 2006-10-12 Sweetest Day
 * 2006-10-13 Scott Davis and Miami,Queensland
 * 2006-10-13 Unification Church
 * 2006-10-14 Personal attacks
 * 2006-10-14 U.S. Roads naming fallout
 * 2006-10-16 Deletions by user Kdbuffalo
 * 2006-10-16 Turkmenistan
 * 2006-10-16 Vigile.net as a source

I think you might be interested in the Joe Sharkey or Nicole Kidman cases, if you like to work with biographical cases. If you want something challenging, you may want to give Hinduism or U.S. Roads naming fallout a try. Thanks again! ~Kylu ( u | t ) </i> 21:44, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

informal request for comment
User:Jayjg has indef blocked me (again). I posted the whole story to user:Centrx, because I have been in contact with him before. Thought you might like to know. 87.78.178.9 (user:Subversive_element) 18:26, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

 * I figure there's no personal attack any more. Is it because I'm blocked? So blocked users may be personally attacked according to WP policy, is that correct? 87.78.158.224 18:00, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

Sarner Sockpuppet issue

 * I'm very confused about your sockpuppet decision related to user Sarner and myself. I'm not a sockpuppet of Sarner and have in fact disagreed with him on certain issues.  And I don't seem to be blocked.  Can you explain to me what is going on? Thanks. StokerAce 23:50, 21 October 2006 (UTC)

Like StokerAce, I'm confused. The case seems to be archived (by you), does that mean it's closed? The message on the case page is very unclear. What does it mean to "take this to WP:RFCU"? If indeed the case is closed, does this mean I can remove the "sockpuppet" entry on my user page? Thank you. Larry Sarner 13:55, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

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Vincent Margera
Just wanted to say that when you reverse someones edit you might want to check if the edit is correct or not. I made an edit to the Vincent Margera page where someone earlier had said that the finnish word "vittu" means "David Bussy" when it actually means "cunt". That was changed by an antivandalbot, but when I contacted the person in charge of the bot and he changed it back to my version. Anyway, the teenageboy (which I guess it is) changed it back to David Bussy, and then I changed it to pussy which wouldn´t get caught by the bot, but then you changed it back to David Bussy, thereby perhaps contributing to harassing someone. So, make sure your edits are correct or just don´t do them! /Maria —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.253.25.54 (talk • contribs) 13:15, October 24, 2006.
 * I'll check this out. Kil  o • T  17:50, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I apologise. Perhaps you should include a minor summary of why you did change it, so that it never looked like vanadlism, in the edit summary? Thanks, Kil  o • T  17:49, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Hungry girl troll
As you may know the "Hungrygirl" troll has been stalking me/trolling me so far four of his/her usernames have been blocked: User:Hungrygirl, User:Twentyboy, User:The Gayboy and User:Cutiepie guy — I believe a checkuser may now be in order to determine if there are any socks lying in wait? What do you think? <font face="Tahoma">thanks/Fenton, Matthew Lexic Dark 52278 Alpha 771 19:36, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
 * That seems correct. [[image:SFriendly.gif|25px]] Would you be willing to do the honours? :P Kil  o • T  17:50, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Sock Puppet issue
I know I had to fix it but have chosen not to. With the issues i have with Cryogenic it makes it look to petty. Ill let others concern themselves with this. Thanks.Quode 19:58, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
 * But I don't see why you blanked the page that was auto-filled from the template. Kil  o • T  17:50, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

Suspected sock puppets/Kilz
I can't follow your reasoning on this one. Firstly, you've blocked the IP address for being "used to avoid 3RR detection." The user in question acknowledged responsibility for the edit 6 minutes later, without any prompting that I can see, so it hardly counts as attempting to avoid 3RR detection, or even using a sockpuppet. Surely some good faith can be assumed here. Secondly, it was that user's first edit to that page for more than 24 hours, so I cannot see how 3RR comes into it at all. If there's something I'm missing here I'd be glad to hear of it, but otherwise I cannot understand why you have issued this block. You appear to be offline, so I'll also make a note at WP:ANI. --Cherry blossom tree 20:53, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I have been looking on ANI for the section - could I have the link? Agathoclea 15:36, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
 * It's at Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents, though there's no real thread there. --Cherry blossom tree 16:01, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree with Cherry blossom tree - he should not be banned for this, it is unfair. His error rate for logging in is non-negligible (admittedly I did not check well enough). I therefore have subsequently assumed good faith.
 * A separate issue is why he was making this edit - it is a circumvention of the consensus building process. This is the only outstanding issue in my book, but being as he reverted his IP edit, that issue does not relate to the IP edit, but more the edits afterwards, and his breaking the 3RR afterwards, which again does not involve the IP edit. Widefox 15:12, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm not disputing that this edit (and subsequent ones) were bad. I haven't looked at the whole issue. This block seems to have been issued for using a sockpuppet, though, which I cannot agree with. I think we seem to agree here. --Cherry blossom tree 16:01, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes, we agree. Widefox 17:08, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
 * No, I don't. That's wrong. I have responded at the noticeboard. Kil  o • T  17:48, 26 October 2006 (UTC)
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I looked at WP:RFCU, (never filed before) and under the section Does your request belong here? is says
 * Obvious, disruptive sock puppet 	Block. No checkuser is necessary.
 * Disruptive "throwaway" account used only for a few edits 	Block. No checkuser is necessary.

I will take this case to checkuser if you think that is the right thing to do, but I think the part about "does your case belong here" suggests that the request does not belong there, because the evidence is obvious.

Perhaps I used too much evidence, so I will highlight the points that make the case fall under the "obvious" bit. Please advise me if there is really a reason to take this to RFCU. Thanks --BostonMA <sup style="color:blue;">talk 13:34, 5 November 2006 (UTC)
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Andi Watson

Andrew Watson (born 1969) is a British cartoonist and illustrator best known for the graphic novels Breakfast After Noon, Slow News Day and his series Skeleton Key and Love Fights, published by Oni Press and Slave Labor Graphics.

Watson has also worked for more mainstream American comic publishers including DC Comics, a twelve-issue limited series at Marvel Comics, several series for Dark Horse Comics, and Image Comics.

Biography
Andi Watson was born in the Wakefield Infirmary and raised in Kippax, West Yorkshire by working-class parents. He studied foundation art at Dewsbury college followed by a graphic design / illustration course at Liverpool Polytechnic (now Liverpool John Moores University). He currently lives in Worcester.

Early works
For his final degree show Watson produced the small press comic Samurai Jam along with T-shirts and bubble-gum cards. The comic was rooted in skateboarding and punk rock culture and artistically influenced by Japanese Manga, specifically Akira, and the American alternative comic Love and Rockets. Three issues were produced by 1993, photocopied with covers spray-painted with a stencil, which generated some interest within the British small press comics scene.

Watson approached various American publishers and was taken on by Dan Vado of Slave Labor Graphics in 1993 who published four issues of Samurai Jam. These were not a success, due in part to the wildly different art styles Watson employed with each issue, but Vado kept the door open and Watson returned in 1995 with Skeleton Key, a monthly 16-page comic that ran for 30 issues and cemented his reputation.

After Skeleton Key Watson moved to Oni Press with Geisha, a graphic novel about a robot girl artist. Rather than approach the issue of her being a robot Watson used the story to examine the ideas of fake and real. The book was an artistic bridge for Watson between the manga-inspired Skeleton Key and his current, more European, style.

Later works
The Geisha one-shot comic marked a dramatic shift in Watson's style, bringing in stylistic influences from European creators such as François Avril and Dupuy and Berberian, but retaining the slow pacing of long-form Manga. This came to fruition with Breakfast After Noon, a "slice of life" story set in the industrial city of Stoke-on-Trent in Britain. This was followed by the novella Dumped, a love story produced in association with the BIG festival in Turin.

Watson returned to Slave Labor in 2002 with Slow News Day, a graphic novel set around a small town British newspaper which dealt with English attitudes to Americans and the theme of big versus small audience. He followed that with a one-shot featuring the fox spirit Kitsune from his earlier series Skeleton Key, this time in a tale set in medieval Japan, scripted by Woodrow Phoenix.

He then created twelve issues of a romantic comedy series Love Fights published by Oni and followed that with Paris, a limited series for Slave Labor scripted by Watson with art by Simon Gane.

Recent solo work by Watson has been all-ages stories targeted at children/young adults. Glister is about the adventures of Glister Butterworth – girl-magnet for the weird and unusual who lives at Chilblain Hall. In Princess at Midnight, Holly Crescent leads a sheltered life as a home-schooled girl by day. By night she's Princess of Castle Waxing where she wages a perilous turf war with the Horrible Horde. Both series were published by Image Comics. Both series have since been republished. Glister was published in the UK in an altered, expanded form as a four-book series by Walker Books. Princess at Midnight is currently being serialised online.

Gum Girl, Watson's current work, features stories about a girl called Grace Gibson, who is a young superhero fighting strange villains in the town of Catastrophe. The four books in this series are published by Walker Books.

Work for hire
Andi Watson has worked as the writer on a variety of licensed properties, most significantly a 2-year run on the first Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics from Dark Horse Comics and Marvel Comics' Namor.

Interviews

 * Extract of Comics Journal interview from 2002
 * An interview on bdtheque.com

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Tōyama Mitsuru (頭山 満) was a Japanese far right and ultra nationalist politician who founded secret societies called Genyosha (Black Ocean Society) and Kokuryukai (Black Dragon Society). Tōyama was an Anti Communist and a strong proponent of Pan Asianism.

Early life
Tōyama was born to a poor samurai family in Fukuoka City in Kyūshū. In his youth, he fought in the Saga Rebellion of 1874.

In 1881, Tōyama became one of the founders of the Genyosha, a secret society whose agenda was to agitate for Japanese military expansion and conquest of the Asian continent. The society attracted disaffected ex-samurai, and also figures involved in organized crime to assist in its campaigns of violence and assassination against left-wing politicians. In 1889, Tōyama and the Genyosha were implicated in the attempted assassination of foreign minister Ōkuma Shigenobu.

Covert government cooperation
Tōyama was both a founder and one-time head of the Black Dragon Society.

Immediately prior to the start of the First Sino-Japanese War, Tōyama organized the Tenyukyo, a secret society and paramilitary force that operated in Korea prior to the arrival of the Imperial Japanese Army, making detailed topographic maps, scouting out Chinese and Korean military installations and deployment, and arranging for logistic support. Along with Genyosha operatives in Korea and Manchuria, the Tenyukyo provided interpreters and guides to the regular Japanese army after their invasion.

Tōyama was a strong supporter of Japanese control over Manchuria, and joined forces with the anti-Russian Tairo Doshikai movement in 1903. He also supported the Chinese republican revolutionaries against the Qing dynasty and gave considerable support to Sun Yat-sen. When the Chinese revolution began in 1911, he went to China in person as an advisor and to personally oversee Genyosha activities and to provide assistance to Sun Yat-sen.

Following the Chinese revolution, Tōyama officially retired, and apparently refused to play an active role in the Black Dragon Society (Kokuryu-Kai) that he helped create as a successor to the Genyosha. He remained an influential behind-the-scenes figure in Japanese politics during the following years.

Influence in nationalist Japan
In the 1930s, he was considered as a superpatriot by a large section of the Japanese public, including the military. In 1932, after the assassination of several "liberal" political figures, and following rumors that then Premier Saito and others were to be assassinated in turn, the government had Tōyama's house raided and searched, and his son arrested - leading to a momentary pacification of the situation.

Legacy
Although Tōyama remained a private citizen all his life, he was known as the "Shadow Shogun," "Spymaster," and "The Boss of Bosses," because of his tremendous covert influence on the nationalist politics and the yakuza crime syndicates. He also wrote an influential book on the "Three Shu" (Katsu Kaishu, Takahashi Deishu, and Yamaoka Tesshu). Despite his ultranationalism, Tōyama was paradoxically on good terms with Onisaburo Deguchi, Japan's most fervent pacifist. Tōyama was a charismatic, complex, and controversial figure in his lifetime, and remains so to this day.

He died in 1944 at his summer home on Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture, at the base of Mount Fuji.

Radio Tokyo announced that funeral services lasting more than three hours were held for him in Tokyo.

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Hase-dera (Kamakura)

Hase-dera (海光山慈照院長谷寺), commonly called the Hase-kannon (長谷観音) is one of the Buddhist temples in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, famous for housing a massive wooden statue of Kannon.

The temple originally belonged to the Tendai sect of Buddhism, but eventually became an independent temple of the Jōdo-shū.

History
Legend has it that the temple was established in the Tenpyō era (729-749 C.E.). However, documents at the temple suggest that the temple really came into its own during the Kamakura period (1192-1333).

Statue
The main statue of Kannon is one of the largest wooden statues in Japan, with a height of 9.18 m It is made from camphor wood, with gold gilding. It has 11 heads, each of which represents a different phase in the search for enlightenment.

According to legend, the statue is one of two images of Kannon carved by a monk named Tokudō in 721. The camphor tree was so large, according to legend, that he decided that he could carve two statues with it. One was enshrined in Hase-dera in the city of Nara, Yamato Province, while the other was set adrift in the sea to find the place with which it had a karmic connection. The statue washed ashore on Nagai Beach on the Miura Peninsula near Kamakura in the year 736. The statue was immediately brought to Kamakura where a temple was built to honor it.

Temple buildings
The temple sits about half-way up Mount Kamakura, southwest of the city of Kamakura. The temple commands an impressive view over Yuigahama.

Seven buildings make up the temple complex.

Temple grounds
The temple is built on two levels and also includes a cave. The cave, called benten kutsu (Benzaiten Grotto), contains a long winding tunnel with a low ceiling and various statues and devotionals to Benzaiten, the sea goddess and the only female of the Seven Lucky Gods in Japanese mythology.

The temple is famous for its hydrangeas, which bloom along the Hydrangea Path in June and July.

The grounds of the temple are home to hundreds of small Jizō statues, placed by parents mourning offspring lost to miscarriage, stillbirth, or abortion. These statues remain in place for about a year, before being removed to make way for more statues; it is estimated that some 50,000 Jizō statues have been placed at Hase-dera since World War II.

Pilgrimage routes
The temple is the fourth of the 33 stations of two different pilgrimage routes:

1) Bandō Sanjūsankasho pilgrimage circuit dedicated to the goddess Benzaiten.

2) Kantō Pilgrimage.

Gallery
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Benten-Kutsu Cave
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Hydrophobic sand

Hydrophobic sand (or magic sand) is a toy made from sand coated with a hydrophobic compound. The presence of the hydrophobic compound causes the grains of sand to adhere to one another and form cylinders (to minimize surface area) when exposed to water, and form a pocket of air around the sand. The pocket of air makes magic sand unable to get wet. A variation of this, kinetic sand, has several of the same properties, but acts like wet sand that will not dry out. Hydrophobic sand, whether the wet or dry type, will not mix with water.

History
The earliest reference to waterproof sand is in the 1915 book The Boy Mechanic Book 2 published by Popular Mechanics. The Boy Mechanic states waterproof sand was invented by East Indian magicians. The sand was made by mixing heated sand with melted wax. The wax would repel water when the sand was exposed to water.

Magic sand was originally developed to trap ocean oil spills near the shore. This was done by sprinkling magic sand on floating petroleum, which would then mix with the oil and make it heavy enough to sink. Due to the expense of production, however, it is no longer used for this purpose.

Hydrophobic sand has also been tested by utility companies in Arctic regions as a foundation for junction boxes, as it never freezes. It is also used as an aerating medium for potted plants.

Magic sand
The properties of Magic sand are achieved using ordinary beach sand, which contains tiny particles of pure silica, and exposing it to vapors of trimethylsilanol (CH3)3SiOH, an organosilicon compound. Upon exposure, the trimethylsilanol compound bonds to the silica particles while forming water. The exteriors of the sand grains are thus coated with hydrophobic groups. When Magic sand is removed from water, it is completely dry and free-flowing.

Brands

 * Kinetic Sand
 * A toy trademarked and produced by Spin Master Ltd. Kinetic Sand looks like regular wet sand but is available in different colors.  It can be molded into any desired shape. It is 98% ultra-fine grain sand mixed with 2% dimethicone (polydimethylsiloxane), and coated with olive oil.  Because of its oil coating, the sand never dries out.  It mimics the physical properties of wet sand.
 * Aqua Sand
 * Similar properties as above.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/TechPhile

 * 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 Keep (No consensus). --Doc (?) 18:44, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

TechPhile
Not notable. Delete. brenneman (t) (c) 01:21, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Reply. techPhile is one of the biggest and most popular technology podcasts on the web. The podcast is very well-known in the technology internet community and receieves many thousands of downloads per episode. Have a look at the backlinks to see how popular the podcast and site are: here and here. cheers, Treelovinhippie 03:01, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * To Admins: Please take note that the user who has tagged this article for deletion has surprising done so with many of the other articles I have created/editted. He obviously likes the conflict it causes (as can be seen in the 'dispute box' which is on his user page). Treelovinhippie 05:41, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment - I think it goes without saying that Treelovinhippie's comments here and on his user page (both exhibiting ignorance of wikipedia policy and community norms, and an insulting lack of respect for his fellow wikipedians) warrants more attention from administrators than a perfectly reasonable AfD. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 05:37, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep. Notable podcast.--Nicodemus75 05:46, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I'd like to see that argument quantified: notable based upon what? Thanks. - brenneman (t) (c)  05:53, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Keep. Informative and popular podcast.--Aardwolf204 04:23, 4 October 2005 (EST)
 * Evidence. For those of you people who don't have a clue as to the popularity of techPhile....
 * Now as I have stated before, it is often difficult to state exact figures on the number of downloads per podcast, as often these are distributed via bittorrent (which is very difficult to track) and the podcasts end up all over the net with various other sources distributing it.
 * Another thing I'll post is a link to a post on http://www.digg.com (a social bookmarking site). Basically the number of 'diggs' is how many people have clicked to 'digg' it and is an indication of its popularity. See an example of a digg article posted for this podcast here: http://www.digg.com/technology/Techphile_Episode_11_From_the_TechTV_Meetup_in_Toronto
 * Delete. Encyclopedic notability not established by the article, which looks like advertising. Gamaliel 11:19, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete. Non-notable podcast. android  79  13:03, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete, doesn't seem to be notable despite the best efforts of its defenders to convince it otherwise. Lord Bob 14:51, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep, very notable podcast. It's a quality podcast that's updated on a regular basis. Which is more than I can say for most of the podcasts today. Even my own. Not to mention the work Frank has done for the Canadian podcasting community. MacGeek 17:54, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete yet another non-notable podcast. As before, in reference to the evidence provided, "diggs" are around 500.  The biggest hit on the provided site is 1000 and that is only because that particular episode was about diggs.com.  There are blogs out there that get that many hits a day... and I don't consider them notable.--Isotope23 19:41, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * The number of 'diggs' is a very, very rough guide as to the popularity of this podcast. digg.com is only one site (out of the many hundreds of other sites this podcast is backlinked from) and many people may not have clicked the digg button, but simply gone straight to the link.
 * OK... then it is completely worthless as evidence of the popularity of this podcast...--Isotope23 13:36, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep(with provisions) It is a notable podacast that has been recommended on both professional broadcast and print media.  It is an Amateur production, in the sense of for the love of it, and this does initially put off some listeners that are used to and prefer professional or professional grade production.  Once you get past that and listen for the quality of the content, it is far greater than the large majority of free podcasts.  The only provision I have to keeping it is if the actual entry is improved because of its not quite "ready for prime time" entry.  I do not have the time currently to do this myself, or I would.  WolvenSpectre 00:11, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Please provide citations for these recommendation, so that we may verify. - brenneman (t) (c)  00:17, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep Why is this non-notable? What is the criteria to determine this? I notice that some people write that this podcast doesn't have enough viewers to be notable -- but how many viewers does a podcast need to be notable? And why that number? Please try to come up with substantial reasons for deleting articles. -- llywrch 00:25, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Let me turn this around for a second llywrch... why is it notable? Where is the evidence that this is a popular podcast that is generating alot of buzz?  Podcasts are like blogs; inherently non-notable for the simple fact that they are basically vanity projects. Anyone can start a podcast and spam it all over the internet.  They can even charge to view it, but that doesn't make it notable or important.  I would strongly argue that in reference to any non-traditional media of this sort the burden of proof is on those arguing keep as there is not as clear and concise of a method of establishing notability as exists with traditional media.  One could certainly argue that this is simply an example of "old media" like magazines, television, etc. ignoring the "new media" of podcasts, but the complete lack of ANY coverage of techPhile by independant, 3rd party sources makes it impossible to verify any of the claims of popularity.  I would therefore turn this around and ask you and those voting keep to come up with substantial reasons to retain this article beyond it being listed in some podcast guides and the contention of the random wiki user that it is indeed "notable".--Isotope23 13:52, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * So are you saying that podcasts & blogs should both be considered non-notable on the basis of vanity? I disagree: while many blogs are obviously vanity projects, it requires only a little work to determine whether their notability is "yes" "no" or "maybe". I would think that the same could be said of podcasting; I assume that there are notable podcasts out there that are not connected with established broadcasting companies. I freely admit that you could write a book for O'Reilly on what I don't know about podcasting, however, instead of providing the information needed by those of us who are ignorant about podcasting, all Brenneman said above is "not notable. Delete." Some kind of comparative information on audience size & reach is one possible argument for his opinion, but so far from what I've seen I could easily conclude he wants to delete this article out of animosity for this podcast -- not that I do here, but more information than those three words would not only make his intent clear, it would be a kindness to the contributor, who must wonder if such a terse criticism is indended to make him stop contributing. And until it can be shown that this article is non notable, we should keep it. Assume good faith. -- llywrch 19:19, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I'm not saying all blogs and podcasts are non-notable... what I'm saying is that due to the nature of podcasting (and blogging) they are intristically in a weaker position of notability than more established media, primarily because there is a lack of verifiable data out there to support their claims of notibility if nobody from established media sources is paying any mind to these podcasts & blogs. There are notable podcasts out there.  Daily Source Code is a good example based on it's "trailblazing" status.  But here is where it we get into a philosophical debate that could go on ad infinitum:  you want the burden of proof on the nominator... I put it on the author.  I assume good faith in the creation of this article, but that doesn't mean the author has in any way indicated notability.  Based on my own research, I've seen nothing that would indicate that TechPhile is in any way notable.  the evidence posted for keeping it is unconvincing.  As way of evidence for deletion, I can offer you in the complete lack of any coverage of TechPhile on  any major IT media outlets, be it web, magazine, etc. It's primary return in a Google search is numerous podcast list sites where it is one of 100 other non-notable casts; not that I think that will convince you... Point is that in the end llywrch, you and I have a completely different viewpoint of where the burden of proof is... which would explain our differing votes.--Isotope23 20:37, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Well, Isotope, you & I agree at least that we disagree; I'm satisfied to leave the matter there. I would like to point out (at the risk of repeating myself), that had Brennerman originally wrote a more satisfactory & detailed nomination & touched on some of the points you had done, we would not be having this conversation -- a thought for everyone who found this discussion more tedious than informative, & would want to avoid repeating the exercise. -- llywrch 17:52, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Nice free kick. Articles for deletion is intended as a discussion.  While, as a courtesy, I often provide links to the digging  I've done, I often do not.  If contributors to the discussion cannot take the trouble to do a little research themselves then perhaps they'd do well to not voice an uninformed opinion. -  brenneman (t) (c)  23:55, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Keep. Google search turns up lots of links, and not to directories, Wikipedia mirrors and link farms.  Seems like people are really listening to their podcasts. Notable enough for me. -- DS1953 03:39, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Listening? No. We know that it's listed in the podcast guides a Google search returns, yeah.  We don't know who's actually listening.  We know that they aren't talking about it, that it hasn't made the news, and they sure aren't taking pictures of it . If it's so notable, why hasn't it been mentioned in Wired or Salon?  Or even in The Stranger for goodness sake.  Please give evidence of it's notability. -  brenneman (t) (c)  06:05, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Comment - How many pictures are there of notable radio shows? I'm not arguing with your other points, but the Google Images reference is just reaching and makes you look too eager to have all these podcast entries removed.
 * You're right, I violated WP:DICK there. Smartass comment stricken.  Frustration with process no excuse, sorry. -  brenneman (t) (c)  23:55, 6 October 2005 (UTC)

 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in an undeletion request). No further edits should be made to this page.


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.asia

The top-level domain .asia is the officially designated regional domain in the Internet for Asia and the Pacific. It is a sponsored generic top-level-domain (sTLD) operated by the DotAsia Organisation Ltd. The domain is open to companies, individuals and organisations that have a connection to the region. Asia domains can be seen and used by international and Asian businesses; regional conferences and symposiums; as well as Asian artists and celebrities.

The domain asia was introduced to the public through a comprehensive launch involving a multiphased Sunrise and Landrush process from October 9, 2007 to March 12, 2008. It became available on a first-come-first-served registration basis on March 26, 2008. In 2013, there are more than 455,000 .asia domains registered across 155 countries.

Roll-out and response
.asia founded the first Pioneer Domains Program on July 20, 2007, more than two months prior to the opening of its Sunrise launch. It offered businesses and individuals an opportunity to own and build on any .Asia domain before the TLD opened its doors to mass public registration. Applicants were asked to submit a brief business plan for the domain of choice and make a marketing deposit of US$10,000. The full deposit was returned to successful applicants against proof of marketing attributed to the promotion of the built out .Asia website.

The Pioneer Domains Program marks the first time ever a domain registry is opening its doors for domains based on the quality of proposals received for any domain name of choice. Similar programs (often referred to as "Founders Program" or "RFP process") were implemented by other domain launches since.

Pioneer Domains Program
.asia founded the first Pioneer Domains Program on July 20, 2007, more than two months prior to the opening of its Sunrise launch. It offered businesses and individuals an opportunity to own and build on any .asia domain before the TLD opened its doors to mass public registration. Applicants were asked to submit a brief business plan for the domain of choice and make a marketing deposit of US$10,000. The full deposit was returned to successful applicants against proof of marketing attributed to the promotion of the built out .asia website.

The Pioneer Domains Program marks the first time ever a domain registry is opening its doors for domains based on the quality of proposals received for any domain name of choice. Similar programs (often referred to as "Founders Program" or "RFP process") were implemented by other domain launches since.

Community and eligibility
The DotAsia Organisation, operator of the .Asia TLD, is governed by the administrators of a community of ccTLDs within the region including .CN (China), .IR (Iran), .JP (Japan), .KR (South Korea), .PH (Philippines), .SG (Singapore) and pan-Asia Internet / Information Technology related groups such as APTLD and APNIC.

The .Asia TLD aims to serve Asian communities worldwide as avowed on their website: ".asia is open to any individual, business and organization around the world, and is fast becoming the web address of choice by Asian personalities, international brands and local initiatives across the Asia-Pacific markets. Beyond the region itself, .asia appeals to Asian communities globally, including Asian Americans, Chinatowns, Korean Towns, Little Indias, etc. around the world."

The registry has adopted the boundaries as defined by ICANN for the Asia / Australia / Pacific (AP) region as a basis for its scope of eligibility. Every .Asia domain must be associated with a Charter Eligibility Contact to be eligible and to help demonstrate that the .ASIA domain is associated with the Asia Pacific region. Since registration criteria are not based on address, this means that one does not necessary have to reside within Asia to own a .Asia domain (as long as the registrant satisfies the Charter Eligibility requirement), and indeed many individuals / entities outside the region have been able to register .Asia domains by selecting a proxy agent (sometimes provided by a registrar or agent).

Controversy
Allegations of insider trading and conflict of interest have been levelled at Pool.com, exclusive auction service provider for the .Asia Sunrise and Landrush. The 'DotAsia.com Plot' describes that the CEO of Pool.com, Richard Schreier, is accused of securing with unfair advantage several premium .Asia domain names via a number of corporations he apparently has links with. Mr Schreier specifies that he does "not have any ownership interest" in the corporations involved. As of 15 May 2008, it is unclear whether Mr Schreier has control over the domains in question, nor whether this would breach the DotAsia contract or any laws for countries that the TLD applies to.

.Asia responded by releasing a Special Advisory clarifying the rules already in place for addressing conflicts of interest and bid rigging issues and that there is no evidence suggesting that bidders have been advantaged or disadvantaged due to their relationship or non-relationship with Pool.com.

Some of the domains in question: porn.asia; dating.asia; insurance.asia; lotto.asia; stocks.asia; auction.asia; beer.asia; fitness.asia; girls.asia; wine.asia

However, all of these domains according to the .ASIA whois service, were awarded during the Sunrise period which means their applications were made with a claim of prior right (registered trademark identical to the domain name). These claims would have been validated by the .ASIA validation partner (there were two, including Deloitte Touche) and where multiple applications were received, the domains would go to auction. The actual auction schedule shows these domains did not go to auction from which it can be concluded there was only a single verified application for the domains in question.

There are ongoing disputes between Dot Asia Organization Ltd. over the ".BOX" and ".SPA" Top Level Domains involving their Board members.

Internationalized domain names
.Asia launched registrations for Chinese, Japanese and Korean Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) registrations (e.g. "交易.asia", "ビデオ.asia", "게임.asia") from May 11 – October 11, 2011. Over 10,000 domains were applied during the Sunrise and Landrush launch. Chinese, Japanese and Korean .Asia IDN domains started selling on a first-come-first-served basis on June 21, 2012. .Asia plans to launch other Asian language IDN .Asia domains at a later date.

DotAsia Organisation
The DotAsia Organisation, registry operator of the .Asia domain, is a not-for-profit, membership-based organization with a mandate to promote Internet development and adoption in Asia. DotAsia is headquartered in Hong Kong and formed as an open membership consortium of national / official top-level domain authorities around the region (e.g. ".cn" in China, ".jp" in Japan, ".in" in India, ".sg" in Singapore", etc.) and regional Internet organizations (e.g. APNIC, APTLD, APIA, etc.).

Since the launch of the ".Asia" DotAsia has contributed funds and support to different socio-technological advancement community projects around Asia. These projects include but are not limited to OLPC (One-Laptop-Per-Child Asia Pacific), Information Society Innovations Fund, youth volunteer program & Network: the NetMission Ambassador Program, the Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF), Digital Review of Asia Pacific.

Together with HN Group in Macau, DotAsia Organisation is also providing its expertise and knowledge to support the Macau government in the operation of the .MO country-code-top-level-domain.

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John Perkins Cushing

John Perkins Cushing (April 22, 1787 – April 12, 1862), called "Ku-Shing" by the Chinese, was a wealthy American sea merchant, opium smuggler, and philanthropist. His sixty-foot pilot schooner, the Sylph, won the first recorded American yacht race in 1832. The town of Belmont, Massachusetts is named after his estate.

Early life
Cushing was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Robert Cushing and his wife, Ann Perkins Maynard. His father's Cushing ancestor had emigrated to Hingham, Massachusetts, during the early years of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Cushing's sister, Nancy, later married Henry Higginson (1781-1839).

When his mother died of smallpox, Cushing was raised by his uncle, slave and opium trader Thomas Handasyd Perkins (1764–1854).

Cushing was reportedly very fond of the Perkins family and very often brought them house-warming gifts such as large boxes of the finest available white sugar. He was said to have spent a lot of time at their house, often playing backgammon with William Appleton or Colonel Perkins.

Career
In 1803, at age 16, Cushing sailed for China to become clerk in his uncle's counting house. The head of the firm in China soon fell ill and died at sea. Thus, when Cushing arrived in China, he found himself Perkins & Company's sole agent, remaining there for nearly 30 years.

Cushing was said to have managed the affairs of the firm skillfully and was soon taken into partnership. Under Cushing, the firm of Perkins & Company was formally established in Canton in 1806. They imported and traded rice during a famine in China and during the War of 1812, the family loaned their money out, at an interest rate of 18 percent, to other merchants in Canton. When the fur trade diminished they began searching for a substitute for what had once been the foundation of Boston's China trade. The firm focused on opium and, by the 1820s, Cushing was known as the most influential of all the foreigners in Canton, having struck up a close relationship with the merchant Howqua, who at his death in 1843 was said to be the richest man in the world.

In 1820, Cushing brought on his cousin, Thomas Tunno Forbes, to train for the business. Forbes, however, died in 1827 before assuming control of the firm. Cushing, eager for retirement and lacking a suitable replacement, made arrangements to dissolve Perkins & Company by a consolidation with Russell & Co. in 1830. Russell & Co. had been created by China trader Samuel Russell in 1824. In 1830, Cushing returned to Boston with Eastern manners and manservants.

Personal life
Shortly after his return to Boston in 1830, he married Mary Louisa Gardiner (1799–1862), the only daughter of the Rev. John Sylvester John Gardiner (1765–1830) of Trinity Church, Boston. It was rumored at the time that there was much disappointment among the young ladies of Boston, who, as someone expressed it, "beset him like bumblebees about a lump of sugar." Together, they were the parents of five children, including:

 * John Gardiner Cushing (1834–1881), who married Susan Prescott Dexter
 * Robert Maynard Cushing (1836–1907), who married Olivia Donaldson Dulany (1839–1906)
 * Thomas Forbes Cushing (1838–1902)
 * William Howard Cushing (d. 1851), who died aged 11.

Cushing died in Belmont, Massachusetts on April 12, 1862. His obituary in The New York Times stated that: "He was so noted for his liberality to the poor that their pertinacity drove him from Boston, where he once had his residence."

Descendants
Through his eldest son, he was the grandfather of Alice Linzee Cushing (1869–1947). Through his son, Robert, he was the grandfather of Grafton Dulany Cushing (1864–1939), Howard Gardiner Cushing (1869–1916), Olivia Cushing Andersen (1871–1917). His great-grandson was Alexander Cochrane Cushing (1914–2006).

Residence
Cushing built himself a handsome mansion on Summer Street, acquired a splendid 200 acre estate in Watertown named "Bellmont" (now part of Belmont, Massachusetts which is named after his estate), and erected one of the finest conservatories in New England. His house was one of the finest and most comfortable of any in or near Boston. It was a double one-—a house within a house-—and thus warm in winter and cool in summer. Its spacious grounds and beautiful gardens were open to the public, and thousands of visitors went out there each year.

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User:Okinasevych

My name is Orest Kinasevych. I'm an instructor and content expert in web design and development, and their related technologies and methodologies.

I also work as a consultant with experience in the cultural psychology of learning, elearning, digital media, and in online and traditional publishing.

I currently hold a faculty position in the School of Business and Applied Arts at Red River College in Winnipeg, Canada.

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Eric Clapton (album)

Eric Clapton is the debut solo studio album by English rock musician Eric Clapton, released in August 1970 by Atco and Polydor Records.

Background and artwork
After being in several successful rock bands including The Yardbirds, John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, Cream and Blind Faith, Clapton recorded an album under his own name in late 1969 and early 1970. The album cover, photographed by Barry Feinstein, depicts Clapton sitting in a Los Angeles photo studio while smoking a cigarette, his Fender Stratocaster Brownie electric guitar leaning between his legs.

Recording
Clapton recorded some tracks in November 1969 at London's Olympic Studios and went on to record more songs in 1970 in two sessions; one in January 1970 at the Village Recorders Studio in West Los Angeles and a second session in March the same year at Island Studios in London. A large number of musicians that worked with Clapton on the album had been working with the band Delaney & Bonnie, which previously opened the Blind Faith gigs. The musicians included the core of Derek & the Dominos, including co-creator and co-songwriter Bobby Whitlock, who can be heard on "Let It Rain".

The song "Let it Rain" had originally been recorded with different lyrics as "She Rides". Three mixes of the album were done, one by Delaney Bramlett, one by Tom Dowd and one by Clapton himself. The 11-track album, Dowd mix was the one used for the original release. Bramlett's 10-track album mix without "Told You for the Last Time", is included in the Deluxe Edition released on CD in 2006.

In an interview from 2006, promoting The Road to Escondido, Clapton recalled that he was very happy making this album and was pleased with the results of the recording sessions, but also noted that "the only thing [he] didn't like about the album is [his] voice", because it sounds so "high" and "young", which Clapton disliked, because he "always wanted to sound like an old guy".

Critical reception
Contemporary reviews were largely positive. Rolling Stone noted the "warm, friendly" aspect of the record, commending "Clapton's voice" and the "mean guitar". Robert Christgau rated the album with the "B" mark and noted: "I blame a conceptual error, rather than Clapton's uncertain singing, for the overall thinness. As a sideman, Clapton slipped into producer Delaney Bramlett's downhome bliss as easily as he did into Cream's blues dreamscape, but as a solo artist he can't simulate Delaney's optimism".

In a retrospective review for AllMusic Stephen Thomas Erlewine feels that Clapton "sounds more laid-back and straightforward than any of the guitarist's previous recordings. There are still elements of blues and rock & roll, but they're hidden beneath layers of gospel, R&B, country, and pop flourishes. And the pop element of the record is the strongest of the album's many elements". Erlewine finishes his summary by stating "it's encouraging to hear him grow and become a more fully rounded musician, but too often the album needs the spark that some long guitar solos would have given it. In short, it needs a little more of Clapton's personality." Q magazine described the album as swinging "like leaves in the breeze".

Personnel

 * Eric Clapton – lead vocals, rhythm guitars, lead guitars
 * Delaney Bramlett – rhythm guitars, backing vocals
 * Stephen Stills – guitar solo (bridge on "Let It Rain"), bass guitar ("Let It Rain"), backing vocals
 * Leon Russell – piano
 * John Simon – piano
 * Bobby Whitlock – organ, backing vocals
 * Carl Radle – bass guitar (all but "Let It Rain")
 * Jim Gordon – drums
 * Bobby Keys – saxophones
 * Jim Price – trumpet
 * Jerry Allison – backing vocals
 * Bonnie Bramlett – backing vocals
 * Rita Coolidge – backing vocals
 * Sonny Curtis – backing vocals

Production

 * Producer and arranged by Delaney Bramlett
 * Engineer – Bill Halverson
 * Recorded at The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, California)
 * Photography and album design – Barry Feinstein
 * Equipment – Bill Reed, Clark

title: Eric Clapton (album)