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Talk:Trey Anastasio

Addition of compositions and guitar technique
I will soon add information about Anastasio's compositions and guitar technique. Sources include The Phish Companion, 2nd ed. and my own research into the topic. Feel free to edit or expand as appropriate.

I will also expand to include basic information about his projects outside of Phish, and will move the existing information about his guitar rig to the guitar section.

Curtlindsay 20:07, 2 October 2005 (UTC) curtlindsay@comcast.net

COMMENT ON THE SECTION ENTITLED "TREY ANASTASIO THE GUITARIST"

I'd like to comment on the completely unnecessary nature of listing out in detail every possible chord, technique, or composing device that Trey Anastasio has ever employed. EVERY guitarist "uses barre chords extensively." Billy Joe Armstrong uses them for Christ's sake. It's not impressive, and for the record, nobody uses the locrian mode. It's a theoretical mode built on a diminished chord and it sounds like crap in practice.

 * Rachmaninoff, Hindemith, Sebelius, and Debussy would disagree with you, but of course you know best, you pompous stuck-up popinjay.

We're all aware that he knows his theory and is an accomplished guitarist, and rattling off all of these unnecessary details on his Wikipedia page only provides fodder for Phish fans who know nothing about playing guitar to use in an argument against Trey detractors. "Trey is considered a versatile guitarist" will do just fine.
 * Good point. Often I get irritated over the guitar-Wikipedia group ignoring great musicians, just because they're studio musicians or whatever, only to find some places, it's like a fanzine. Peacock feathers, anyone? --leahtwosaints (talk) 22:11, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Great job cleaning up!
I just wanted to say that whoever came in and reorganized this article, particularly the intro, life, and discography sections, did a fantastic job in my opinion. That's a better picture, for sure. After I'd added a lot of information to the basic "stub" about Anastasio's projects and had outlined a musical analysis of his guitar playing and his composition, someone then came in and, in my opinion, really muddled up the intro (not that it was that great as I left it), and I just wanted to say great job to whoever came in and fine-tuned it. I'd say this article is just about ready to rock for the time being. Why didn't you take credit for your work in discussion? That's cool, just saying you should be proud. Great work.

I went back through after a review and fixed a few grammatical and spelling errors that appear to have popped up during the cleanup. We need to be careful about that, this is an encyclopedia, after all. Also, I put the reference between the Languedoc guitars and the Starcaster back in. It's important for guitar enthusiasts, because the Starcaster and Trey's guitars are some of the only hollowbody models in existence with six-inline tuners, which is pretty darn distinctive (and helps them hold tune better than most three-on-a-side models). CurtLindsay 04:03, 23 October 2005 (UTC) curtlindsay@comcast.net

 * Are you aware of the Fender hollowbody Telecaster? They're quite common and have six-inline tuners.  Not to mention several in Fender's line of acoustics.  You don't know much.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.171.176.134 (talk) 12:27, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Trey's Devil Worship
I want the content about Trey's signing of "El Diablo" or the "Devil's Horns" at the August 9, 2004 Phish concert in Hampton, Virginia, put back on the main thread. While he has the right to worship the devil, he needs to be exposed at the same time for the devil-worshipper he is. If anyone has seem him give the Devil's Horns at other concerts, please chime in. It will just add to the exposure. - unsigned by a nut

 * Feel free to add such garbage when you find a credible source. Until that time said garbage will come off the page asap. BabuBhatt 16:58, 19 October 2006 (UTC)

Song credits counts
Why were these removed?? Interesting info, factual not POV, sourced to TPC2, relevant and well-placed? Removal was unsigned and without explanation; I'm reversing it. Airumel 23:42, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

The Barn as a separate page?
I think there is enough information to make The Barn its own subject. A number of notable acts outside of the Phish family have utilized it.

User_talk:Milchama 18:14 2 February 2006

Trey Anastasio considered one of the most accomplished composers?
I dispute the veracity of the following statement:

"Among music critics and historians, Anastasio is considered to be one of the most accomplished guitarists and composers alive today, rated as number 73 on Rolling Stone's List of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time."

The idea that a sizable minority--much less a plurality, as the author implies--of critics and historians consider Trey Anastasio to be "one of the most accomplished...composers alive today" is simply false. I dare say that he would not even be mentioned by the vast majority of serious critics, let alone a historian of any pedigree. Boulez, Ligeti, Stockhausen, Carter, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea--even Paul McCartney, James Taylor, or Neil Young, depending on one's slant--could perhaps lay claim to that attribution. But Trey Anastasio?

(While it is another issue entirely, I'd like to raise the point that composition connotes writing in notation. Songwriter would therefore perhaps convey Anastasio's primary role more accurately.)

Further, Rolling Stone is not a reputable musicological journal; it's a popular magazine. That fact notwithstanding, Anastasio did not even make the top 50, so the claim that he's "one of the most accomplished guitarists" is an exaggeration.

To be clear, I'm not saying that Anastasio is a poor musician. He is obviously both technically skilled and inventive. But he is, biased observations aside, neither one of the most accomplished living composers, nor one of the most accomplished living guitarists.

Sorry if I offended anyone. I'm just trying to make sure that this encyclopedia remains an unbiased source of information. This is an encyclopedia, not a magazine article. Accordingly, I went ahead and changed the tone of the line in question, along with several others throughout the article, to something more neutral.

Thanks, Psfitzgibbon 02:06, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

 * I'm fine w/ you removing hyperbole from this page, I'll even agree w/ you that Trey is probably not 'considered one of the most accomplished...composers alive today." But you're assertation that he is more a 'songwriter' than a composer is false. Also, he is an accomplished guitar player and it should be noted.

 * Trey DOES write music in notation (Don't know why you've implied that he doesn't. To quote you: 'I'd like to raise the point that composition connotes writing in notation") Trey studied composition and knows music theory, can read/write music, plays several instruments, and has conducted an orchestra before (right after Phish broke up he composed an orchestral version of the Phish song "Guyute" and conducted the Vermont Youth Orchestra in their debut performance of the piece).

 * if you listen to Trey's atonal fugues like You Enjoy Myself or Divided Sky, I think you'll see that while written for a rock band, these are more 'pieces of music' (that leave room for inprovisation) than 'songs.' Trey wrote all the parts for those compositions. Additionally, In his ten-piece band, Trey wrote all of the horn charts for the five-piece horn section. Trey might not be 'considered' one of the most accomplished composers of his time,' but I don't think Zappa was considered to be an accomplished composer in his time by the music press, even though, in my opinion, Zappa was accomplished, even if he didn't get his due by the music press.

 * As for Trey's guitar playing-he IS an accomplished guitar player. Don't let the jam-band label or the noodling inherent to Phish's music fool you, the man has dedicated himself to his instrument and it shows. You point out that Trey didn't make the top 50 of the Rolling Stone list. Well, niether did Eddie Van Halen (#70), and he is definitely considered an accomplished guitarist. Meanwhile, Jack White (#17), Kurt Cobain (#12), and John Giuliano (#1) made the top 50. White and Cobain maybe innovative and influential, but they are not better guitar players than Trey and EVH, I don't care who you ask. And I haven't even heard of John Giuliano. (it's not a question of who's more interesting, or influential, or original, when you're talking about chops [technique] Trey and EVH outshine White and Cobain.) I don't hate Jack White, but I think Rolling Stone goes out of it's way to lick this guy's ass. He's really not one of the top 20 guitar players of all time.

Cleanup Operation
Alright, look: someone, or a succession of someones, came in since the last time I dropped by this article and they totally butchered it. There are grammatical, spelling, HTML, and other assorted errors that weren't there before.

When I first expanded and edited this article, my simple and humble intention was to add some technical information about Anastasio's guitar playing and his composition style and techniques. Someone then came in and did a little cleanup on the intro, which was refreshing and much needed. Then better pictures were added, which I also thought was great.

It would appear, as all too often happens across the board on Wikipedia, that another party came in behind us and decided to take out this-and-that they didn't like, and then to add this-and-that that they thought would be appropriate, without the slightest consideration for the basic standards of quality to which any encyclopedic, even pseudo-scholarly volume should adhere.

I am now going to repair this vandalism.

Also, in response to psfitzgibbon's posting above, I would like to say the following: Anastasio is no stranger to music notation in all its subtleties and complexities. While I would suggest that the scope of Anastasio's knowledge and exercise in music composition, as evidenced by his discography (with which psfitzgibbon is undoubtedly thoroughly familiar, disc-for-disc), far exceeds that of a James Taylor or Paul McCartney, I do grasp the content of the poster's basic idea--superlatives are always POV, whether backed by Rolling Stone or not. As part of my cleanup operation this evening, I am going to remove from the article the commentary in question. CurtLindsay 17:50 PST, 20 Feb 2006

Splitting Hairs
To say that Trey does not often use "finger tapping" is simpy incorrect, which should be fairly obvious to anyone who knows the sound a guitar makes when someone taps with their fingers instead of plucking with a pick. This is a majority of the reason that his playing sounds so fluid and clean- because often times multiple notes will be tapped instead of picked. Plus, with many of the complex patterns Trey uses, and the speed at which he plays them, it would be a waste of energy and sound to pick each individual note, rather than simply hammering onto the string.

 * What you are describing are hammer-ons and pull-offs, the person who wrote that quote was referring to one-handed and two-handed tapping, which is common to 'shred' guitar and popularized by Eddie Van Halen. Trey does not make use of those tapping techniques much in his playing, so I think it is an accurate statement to include on the page. It's true that he doesn't pick every note individually, but Hammer-ons and pull-offs are not generally referred to as 'tapping,' so because he uses those techniques does not mean he 'taps.'

Bolding Treys side projects
Should the names of treys other bands and side projects be bolded? None of there names are directed to this article, so perhaps just have them italicized? Thoughts?--Gephart 04:00, 29 April 2006 (UTC)

Drug Addictions
Not to cast a negative slant on this otherwise well-written article, but I was suprised to find no mention of his alleged problems with narcotics. I know he has never been "busted", publically checked into reh-hab or made a formal statement regarding the matter, but much as an article on Keith Richards wouldn't be complete without a paragraph detailing his life-long battles with addiction, this also seems incomplete without at least a nod to the seemingly well-substantiated allegations amongst his fans about drug abuse.

What drugs does he abuse? I know he's admitted to LSD, Marijuana, and alcohol use. As for Crack Cocaine, Heroin, PCP, MDMA, Meth, Queludes, San Pedro cactus, Peyote cactus, psilocibin mushrooms, Amanita muscaria mushrooms, salvia divinorum, or Ayahuasca abuse, that remains to be substantiated. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 63.27.118.187 (talk • contribs) 19:27, 20 Oct 2006 (UTC)

 * "Well substantiated allegations among fans" isn't encyclopedic, as there is no original research here. Substantiated in a reputable source is encyclopedic. BabuBhatt 20:29, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

 * Perhaps a distinction between use and abuse is needed. Use of LSD and marijuana in no way entail abuse. He said in a Rolling Stone interview that he found cocaine freebasing problematic so he stopped, which seems like a hallmark of a person who doesn't abuse drugs but merely use them. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.73.49.9 (talk • contribs) 21:13, 24 Oct 2006 (UTC)

I'm not exactly sure this is relevant information. Particularly if you look at how his bust in Dec. 2006 is given a very lengthy paragraph at the end of his biographical information. I think at best this warrants a sentence or two, but it seems terribly unbalanced. Frankmccloud 15:52, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Trey's Middle Name
I don't have any sources in front of me, but as a long time fan of the band I do remember seeing, on several occasions, Trey's middle name reported as "Guiseppe", as in "Ernest Guiseppe Anastasio". (I remember thinking "how did 'Trey' come out of that?". Prior to reading this Wiki page, I had never seen his middle name reported as "Joseph".  I certainly don't have grounds for editing the page, based solely upon memory...however, "Guiseppe" obviously not that common a name is not the sort of name one forgets.  Does anybody have definitive evidence that the reports I remember are indeed false...definitive evidence that his name is "Joseph".  I feel as if it might have been reported "Guiseppe" in the PHISH BOOK (that coffee table-sized book from a few years back).  Any info?
 * My understanding is that his given middle name is the Italian "Guiseppe", but on legal documents, he uses the Englishisation™ of it, Joseph. —bbatsell ¿?  20:29, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

The name Trey comes from the fact that he is the third Ernest. His dad being Ernest Jr. I've been told so by Erny himself.

Date of Birth
His recent mugshot shows his date of birth as Apr 13, 1966 but the article shows it as Sep 30, 1964. What's the source of the 1964 date?

This is a good point, someone should hange the date on the page, since I doubt the police got it wrong...

 * That mugshot is the first time that birthdate has EVER been seen. In every other instance, it has always been September 30th, 1964, and in all articles, his age quoted is consistent with a 1964 birthdate instead of a 1966 birthdate.  Basically, unless Trey has been misrepresenting his age for many, many, many years, yes, the police got it wrong. —bbatsell  ¿?  20:29, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Sources: .  There are more.  0 found for April 13. —bbatsell  ¿?  22:22, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

 * After looking at the references for the 1964 birthdate, I've changed it to match the mugshot photo, which likely came from his driver's license, and has been printed in dozens of reputable news media. The 1964 references included Allmusic and IMDB, which are no more reliable than Wikipedia. The NY Times page pointed to by User:Bbatsell says it is sourced from Allmovies, which is also not very reliable. The Phish Companion reference is probably the best one for the 1964 date, but as it is a collaborative fan-compiled book, it may not be accurate either. Strobilus (talk) 14:37, 8 July 2008 (UTC)

 * Check any Phish show that occurs on September 30th and the crowd will be singing happy birthday to Trey and he acknowledges it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.198.107.212 (talk) 14:53, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

 * Do you honestly expect us to take "the crowd singing 'Happy Birthday'" as a source over THE COPS?!? —  Music  Maker  5376  14:58, 18 July 2008 (UTC)

His birthday is definitely September 30, 1964. The Albany Times Union, explained the mistake in an article on December 17, 2006. The police forgot to change the date from the person who was arrested before Trey. http://timesunion.com/archives/secure/docheckout.asp?action=Get+Doc+Tag&dblist=TX2006_ALBANYTU&tagnum=200612160148&papid=albanytu&suffixes=false&synonyms=false&thesfile=savesufx.fth&view=rtemplate&templatetype=legacy&query=anastasio+AND+tdate%28December%29&outputtype=DOCXSLT

and this, which Trey helped edit... http://www.phish.com/releases/detail.php?ID=17

And yes, if everyone, including his family and other band members, sings happy birthday for 20 years in a row on September 30th and he thanks them, I'd say that's a slight clue. Not to mention hundreds of past articles in major publications that mention his correct birthdate (including some in Rolling Stone). Search the Albany Times Union Archives. And then perhaps you can change the article accordingly.Bank233 (talk) 02:42, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

 * Looks good to me, I'll change the birth date back and use the Albany Times and Phish Companion references. Strobilus (talk) 12:51, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

I am a childhood friend of Trey's he was definitely NOT born in 1966. I cannot remember his exact date, but believe that it is at the end of September. - Neal McGrath

 * An existing footnote states this about the April 3, 1964: "Confusion regarding date of birth was clarified by the Albany Times Union on December 16, 2006. See Times Union archives." It did not link to that article. So here is that Times Union article, in an archive of the one User:Bank233 supplied above ... contrary to the claim of April 3 in the lead sentence, that Times Union article agrees with AllMusic.com that his birth date is Sept. 30, 1964. --Tenebrae (talk)

Origin
The Origin on the page says Fort Worth Texas. But didnt Phish start in Vermont, and arent all members from Vermont?

You guys are Idiots. He is from Vermont, not from Fort Worth Texas. Jesus H. Christ
 * It is nit-picking, I guess. He was born in Fort Worth and moved to Princeton, NJ. If origin = birthplace, it should be Fort Worth. If origin = where musical ambitions started, that would be Princeton, NJ, since he was in many musical activities there. As for the Phish thing, that is about that specific band while this article is dealing exclusively with Trey. -- moe.RON   Let's talk  05:36, 2 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't know where he was born, but he DEFINITELY grew up in Princeton, NJ. He lived in the house behind mine and I knew him from the time I was a young child until his parents sold the house to a family named Lawler in the late 1970s, then I lost touch with him. I have a photo of him in front of my house at the age of about 10, sitting on my bicycle making a peace sign. I lost touch with him during my high school years and saw him only occasionally after that, so cannot comment on anything after say 1980.

Please don't call people "idiots" when actually you don't have the facts.

Neal McGrath

 * Did he touch you? Did you touch him?  Did you have "swordfights"?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.171.176.134 (talk) 12:43, 27 June 2011 (UTC)

Hand/Heart/UVM
I have heard this story many times and believe it to be true, but have never seen it attributed to a reliable source. Does one exist that can be cited? Davedonohue 16:18, 18 March 2007 (UTC)

 * I've heard of this as well but cannot verify it. Trey seems decadent enough for it to be true but how can such a thing be verified?  --Teetotaler{{subst:image source|Image:18 steps.JPG)) Betacommand {{sup|(talk • contribs • Bot)}} 00:24, 25 May 2007 (UTC)

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 * I've removed the reference from the article per WP:BLP. It's been tagged for a source for almost two years now. It should have been removed immediately-- under BLP, anything not properly sourced should be removed if potentially libelous. Wellspring (talk) 20:32, 16 March 2010 (UTC)

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Description of "The Horseshoe Curve"
The entire paragraph (quoted below) describing Trey's latest album, "The Horseshoe Curve," has been copied and pasted directly from the phish.com website. If this isn't a violation of copyright, it is at least tacky. An original description of "The Horseshoe Curve" should be written instead.

The text in question: On July 24 2007, Trey will release his new album The Horseshoe Curve via his own Rubber Jungle Records on both CD and limited pressing vinyl. Instrumental from start to finish, The Horseshoe Curve showcases Anastasio's Afro-Cuban-influenced improvisations, replete with five-part horn arrangements, tight breaks, multiple percussionists, and Anastasio's guitar work. The album is exploration of the big band funk that Anastasio has been steeped in for the larger part of the decade. Taken from the following webpage: http://www.phish.com/news/index.php?year=2007#story370

Biography
I removed a portion of the biography as it pertained to Trey's marriage due to inaccurate information. Please post credible, linkable sources when adding such information. Rjvaughn1979 (talk) 14:24, 11 June 2008 (UTC)

New Jersey
Not a single mention of Trey growing up (at least some of the time) in the state of New Jersey? There's a mention of a couple NJ schools he went to but nothing else. There ought to be. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.211.90.65 (talk) 19:52, 28 June 2009 (UTC)

Princeton, NJ
Trey grew up in a small neighborhood not far from the Princeton Shopping Center in Princeton, NJ. He lived in a small development which, at the time it was built in 1957, it was one of the first integrated neghborhoods in the town and was specifically designed to be that way. Growing up, it was common to hear his parents playing records which were speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. He attended public schools (first John Witherspoon, then later Community Park School) until middle school, at which point he began attending private schools. I recall him once commenting to me, as we caught up after a year or two in a local pizza place called Victor's (no longer there) that the other students were mean, spoiled rich kids who treated one another with great disrespect. "You'll be talking to someone you think is your friend and he'll think nothing of slamming the locker door shut and walking away" were his exact words. He lived in Princeton until the late 1970s, 1979 I believe, when his parents separated and sold the house they'd lived in up to that point.

User:Nealmcgrtah —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nealmcgrath (talk • contribs) 22:11, 28 November 2010 (UTC)

Biography - 2000's - 2009 - Recentism
Do you mean to tell me Trey hasn't performed since September? INCOMPLETE fix it gnomes. Just kidding - actually I'm removing a whole bunch of non-notable recentism. 24.121.24.203 (talk) 19:05, 23 October 2009 (UTC)

 * And I'm going to revert it. There's no reason for the info's removal.  It needs to be cited and rewritten, but that's not a reason to remove it.  —  Music  Maker  5376  13:42, 25 October 2009 (UTC)

Remembering balance of POV AND ALSO topics that may sound negative
While some people seem to seek out the articles on people who have had distasteful brushes with the law, we have to keep things in perspective, and remember that we are writing a biography here of a living person. Whatever is written about Trey's drug arrests should be done with some taste and balance; subsequent rehab and community service are positive things, yet over-mentioning these facts seems to only draw additional attention to the issue. I saw Keith Richards' name someplace on this page and have to wonder; if other editors were not so vigilant, his biography page would look like nothing but a drugology rather than the life story of a man who not only had brushes with the law and problems with substances, but also that of a creative composer of popular songs with staying power, guitar technique, and a huge fan base. Can not the same be said of Anastasio? Granted, he's only had half the time writing songs and performing as Richards! --Leahtwosaints (talk) 02:14, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

Re: Merger
I noticed on the Trey Anastasio Band article, that there was a decision to merge the article with this one, but haven't seen any effort on that yet... is there someone here who is working on that? I plan to place a couple of very recent and certainly better quality photos on his article, once I know where things will be. (That photo from 2003 in the infobox here is really poor, for example!) This isn't on my watchlist, so if anyone would like to discuss this further, please do contact my talk page. Thanks. --Leahtwosaints (talk) 07:19, 10 January 2010 (UTC)

Um, ok, answering myself here
I have begun placing photos of better quality on the page, wikifying, and copyediting to a minor degree. Some people have been adding appearances by Anastasio here that do have references and I was able to match an image with them, but would like it if someone would please contact me on my talk page so perhaps we can make a merger and some progress on this article as painless and quick as possible. Any new editors who are interested, please feel free to contact me also --lets join together and see this article really take shape!--Leahtwosaints (talk) 02:14, 7 February 2010 (UTC)

So Trey Designed the Red Bull Tab, huh?
I marked it as dubious. I know it's funny, but it's not true. Wikipedia is not the place. Adamlankford (talk) 06:16, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

Posting photos
I have photos of Trey's childhood home and of him as a youngster, but cannot figure out how to post them - can someone help me out here? I apparently do not understand how to do this properly...

(talk) —Preceding undated comment added 22:14, 28 November 2010 (UTC).

 * I have added this image to the biography section. LukeRichards18 (talk) 15:32, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

Picture vandalism
Over the past day, here are a couple instances. Can someone page protect? here and here. Bangabandhu (talk) 17:17, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
 * It looks like it's only coming from one user so far, so not sure if page protection will be needed if that user ends up being blocked. I posted a final warning notice on their talk page after the last revert, and if they do it again report them to AIV. If it stops at that point, then page protection won't be needed.

Edit: And the user's been blocked. Wildthing61476 (talk) 17:40, 20 November 2015 (UTC)

Lead vocalist or lead guitarist?
"Best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Phish"

I would say he is best known as the lead guitarist of the rock band Phish. 136.49.125.131 (talk) 20:29, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

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Calico and Odessa Railroad

The Calico & Odessa Railroad is a narrow gauge heritage railroad in the ghost town of Calico, California, headquartered in Yermo, California. It was named for the town and mountain range of Calico and the nearby Odessa Canyon.

It is a remake of the narrow gauge Waterloo Mining Railroad, the original narrow gauge railroad line that hauled silver ore (and later borax) from Calico to the mills of Daggett in the 1880s, although the present-day tracks do not follow the trackbed of the original one.

The railroad, like Calico itself, is now operated as a San Bernardino county historic park. Visitors to the park may take a short ride on the railroad for a fee.

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Japanese Journal of Religious Studies

 * 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 in a deletion review).  No further edits should be made to this page.

The result of the debate was COPYVIO. Someone should have tagged and bagged this rather than leaving it open. We don't 'vote' on copyvios! -Splash talk 23:07, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

Japanese Journal of Religious Studies
Wikipedia is not the place to promote a commercial magazine.

 * Speedy Delete: The Journal doesn't appear to be notable, and the included subscription information tells me this is a promotional piece, not encyclopedic content. --MJ( ☎ 20:14, 2 October 2005 (UTC).

 * Neutral: The article has made some markable improvements and has lost it's commercial nature; I am not in a position to furter judge the content or the notability, so I no longer vote for a delete. --MJ( ☎ 22:30, 5 October 2005 (UTC).

This is not a "promotional piece." The author merely thought to be thorough in description of the journal: will delete subscription information immediately. I believe the article is worthy of encyclopedic inclusion because of this journal's (JJRS) importance and influence in the study of Japan, religion, history, anthropology, and East Asia in general. Jb05-crd 02:02, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

Subscription information has been deleted from the article. For anyone familiar with the study of religion and East Asia, the journal is indeed a notable one. Recommend not deleting. Jb05-crd 02:18, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * This afd nomination was orphaned. Listing now.  No opinion. —Cryptic (talk) 16:11, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete copyvio from ; sorry for the people who've been trying to improve it in good faith, but I think you'd do better to start from scratch on a legal base. Haeleth 01:02, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Copyvio, per above. Good call. Dottore So 09:46, 18 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Copyvio. Good catch; I missed that the first time round. --MJ( ☎ 12:05, 18 October 2005 (UTC).

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Ernst Kirchweger

Ernst Kirchweger (January 12, 1898 – April 2, 1965 in Vienna) was the first person to die as a result of political conflict in Austria's Second Republic.

From 1916 to 1918, Ernst Kirchweger participated in World War I as a sailor in the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Afterwards, he fought on the side of the Red Army. Until 1934, he was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Austria, but then he joined the Communists, which was outlawed at that time. During the reigns of the Fatherland Front and National Socialist German Workers Party, he risked his life as an activist in illegal trade unions. After Austria's liberation in 1945, having survived concentration camp, he continued to speak out against Fascism and National Socialism.

On March 31, 1965, a demonstration of students, former resistance fighters and unions against Taras Borodajkewycz, a university professor accused of having made antisemitic statements, took place in Vienna, while the student organisation of the Freedom Party of Austria organized a riot. There were skirmishes between the participants of the two demonstrations; during one in which Kichweger was attacked by Günther Kümel and severely injured. He died three days later, aged 67, as a result of his injuries. Kümel was sentenced to ten months in prison.

25,000 people attended Kirchweger's funeral. He was cremated at Feuerhalle Simmering; his ashes are now buried in Hietzing Cemetery in Vienna.

In 1990, the Wielandschule in Vienna-Favoriten, a building owned by the Communist Party, was seized by left-wing activists and named Ernst-Kirchweger-Haus. The building has been sold by the Communist Party since.

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Code page 862

Code page 862 (CCSID 862) (also known as CP 862, IBM 00862, OEM 862 (Hebrew), MS-DOS Hebrew ) is a code page used under DOS in Israel for Hebrew.

Like ISO 8859-8, it encodes only letters, not vowel-points or cantillation marks. As DOS had no inherent bidirectionality support, Hebrew text encoded using code page 862 was usually stored in visual order; nevertheless, a few DOS applications, notably a word processor named EinsteinWriter, stored Hebrew in logical order.

Code page 862 was replaced by Windows-1255 in Windows 3.x and 9x systems, and later by Unicode in Windows NT onwards. It is now obsolete.

Character set
The following table shows code page 862. It has the Hebrew letters in code positions 128–154 (80–9Ahex), but otherwise it is identical to code page 437. Each character is shown with its equivalent Unicode code point. Only the second half of the table (code points 128–255) is shown, the first half (code points 0–127) being the same as code page 437.

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Talk:Panoramic photography

Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment
This article is or was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment. Further details are available on the course page. Peer reviewers: PILJOONG KANG.

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Segmented Panos
Looks like it's getting crowded in that section with the new vertical image in there. Suggestions? -Roguegeek 2006-03-25

London Eye
While this is a nice photograph, it shows many stitching artifacts (may be difficult to avoid in this case). I think this article should display some of the best contemporary examples of panoramic photography, unless we're specifically talking about problems, so I'm moving it here. If someone thinks this article needs another panoramic picture to replace it, I believe this one would be a goodEloquence* 20:11, 2 October 2005 (UTC)

Fish Eye and Full Sphere Lenses
What about fish eye and other similar lenses used to create panoramic photographhy? I know these are used but don't know enough about them to create and entry. Anyone??

 * I wouldn't call that panoramic photography. A panorama (IMHO) is long and narrow. Of course, you can shoot a wide-angle view and crop that into a panorama, as is actually done with the fixed-lens cameras - you record only a strip of the total image circle the lens produces. --Janke | Talk 16:01, 16 April 2006 (UTC)

Tools to create Panoramas (stitching tools)
This [last Edit] by Mordani who seems to busy at the moment adding links to his own Google site is a complete dublette to his [other edit session on Panorama], see my comment on that article's talk page. I see that a link to the image stitching page is missing in the "Segmented" section, I could add that. Should I first revert Mordani's changes here? And please excuse me for using "external linking" here, I didn't find out yet how to markup internal links to diffs correctly.--Einemnet 14:18, 15 November 2006 (UTC)

There is a page here on the Wikipedia called Panorama Software that has nothing to do with panorama photography. John Spikowski 21:41, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

Merge
A discussion about merging this article with Panorama was started on the other talk page. I suggest to discuss there. Einemnet 07:36, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

 * I think this page should be keep and improved on as the top level introduction to panorama photography which links all the sub topics using the Category:Panorama_Photography category. John Spikowski 08:23, 10 June 2007 (UTC)

The two really should be merged. And while we're at it, "Route Panorama" ought to be put into this article as a variety of panorama. Although, I have a hunch that "Route Panorama" is simply the term used by the Chinese academic quoted for everything in that article and that "multi-viewpoint panorama" is the more widely accepted term. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.241.49.17 (talk) 05:26, 16 November 2010 (UTC)

 * The discussion at talk:Panorama ended some time ago with no consensus, so I'm removing the tag. -- Elphion (talk) 13:04, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Melvin Vaniman
If anyone reading this is well informed about the history of panoramic photography, please look at Melvin Vaniman and his talk page, where a question about his technique arises. -- Hoary (talk) 10:56, 8 April 2008 (UTC)

yet another kind of panoramic camera
I see that the "International Space Station Spinoffs" page claims that a "360º Camera" was developed to support the ISS. Is this the "Catadioptric Camera" mentioned in the "panoramic photography" article? Or is it yet another kind of panoramic camera? --68.0.124.33 (talk) 05:32, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

Clean-up and refs.
I just copy-edited this article; now it needs referencing. I found the catadioptric section particularly confusing - have tried to simplify without discarding meaning. I've placed inline refs tags in appropriate places. I'll try and finds refs when I have the time and patience. If you can help reference this text, please do. Thanks. Baffle gab1978 (talk) 05:46, 21 November 2008 (UTC)

Removed Gigapan Link
I see "Baffle gab1978" removed my link to the Sydney panorama on Gigapan as "img spam". It wasn't intended as such. I came to this Wiki page while writing up how I created that big panorama and was surprised to see what I thought was my photo on the page! It took me a moment to notice some differences and realize that I'm certainly not the first person to photograph that particular view. :-) I thought a link to the same image (but stitched from many more images) would be interesting.

-- Brian White —Preceding undated comment added 19:28, 15 September 2009 (UTC).

 * Yes, i removed that - an external link doesn't belong in an image caption. The 'External links' section already has a link to a 'Gigapan' site. Sorry if I offended you; this type of article attracts links and images because some people think it's a link farm or gallery. If left, they just accumulate, become a tangled mess and the article becomes useless. Thanks, Baffle gab1978 (talk) 07:34, 17 September 2009 (UTC)

Actionshot
To Mr. Dicklyon. Why do you think that ActionShot is spam. It is available technicues that was recently introduced by Samsung to create panoramic images. I would like to add the info back. But i would like to get your agreement first. If you want i can send you more info about this techniques --Okseduard (talk) 15:26, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Although I'm not Dicklyon, I think I can answer your question. This article is a general article about panoramic photography, while ActionShot is a very specific branded photography technique. ActionShot is therefore outside of the scope of this article; we cannot list every panoramic technique here because it would make this article too long for many readers to access. A general list article devoted to photography programs might be a fruitful project, if you're interested. --Danger (talk) 16:40, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
 * I don't know anything about ActionShot, and I'm not saying it's spam. But the editor who does nothing but add articles and links about ActionShot, a commercial product/feature, is a de facto spammer.  If a more neutral editor wants to add something about it in apppropriate places, that will probably be OK.  Dicklyon (talk) 17:12, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

Sweep panorama feature
Odd that nobody has mentioned the most commonplace tool, a camera with an internal stitching facility, called "sweep panorama" for Sony digicams and included in other merchandise under other names. Jim.henderson (talk) 13:31, 7 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I have made it, but please edit with better English grammar. Thank you.Gsarwa (talk) 16:40, 9 August 2011 (UTC)

Parallel motion panorama or linear panorama
I couldn't find any article dealing with "parallel motion panorama" or "linear panorama" where the camera is moved between shots (eg on a vehicle), used for instance to take a panorama of all the houses on one side of a street, or creating a stitched image from satellite photos. See Commons:Category:Linear panoramics. Should something be added here? --Tony Wills (talk) 08:36, 7 December 2012 (UTC)
 * Looks like it is sort of covered by Route panorama --Tony Wills (talk) 08:48, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

3D Panorama
Hello, I surprised not to find a section including some information on 3D panoramic cameras! I think it would be relevant to include it in the article! Cheers, Zalunardo8 (talk) 10:52, 23 May 2013 (UTC)

Spherical Panoramas
With all the apps now available to make spherical panoramas it might be a good idea to add a section on this topic. Does anyone want to do this? Does anyone object if I start it? Andrew Hennigan (talk) 12:09, 18 November 2013 (UTC)

Panoramic photographers, sites and navigation software
Article may need sections on notable panoramic photographers; web sites that exhibit panoramic photographs; and software that allows the viewer to navigate around large panoramic photos. This is a notable example of all three: http://zieba.wroclaw.pl/english.htm. See for instance one of his works: http://zieba.wroclaw.pl/kpg/kps.html. I was tempted to include these sections as stubs but await your comments... josei (talk) 18:01, 2 March 2014 (UTC) moved to bottom of page --Tony Wills (talk) 19:41, 2 March 2014 (UTC)

Evaluation
I think that panoramic photography article is C class (Star level) because there are some reasons. First of all, it doesn’t have enough value as reliable source. In case of definition context, the source could not be an appropriate source because the source was from blog. According to the Wikipedia rules, blog sources can’t be great sources to be posted on Wikipedia article. Second of all, this article is not perfect. This article needs more information and contents to explain panoramic photography. Except history content, there is no more information which is related with panoramic photography. It just shows panoramic cameras and methods. It needs more information such as introducing other photographic techniques, introducing typical panoramic photographers’ lists, additional information such as why panoramic photography should be developed to fill out existing photographic techniques? Most of all, there are so many difficult terms in this article which is related with photography. Many people don’t know specific terms of photography. This article doesn’t have enough hyperlinks to explain difficult terms. Most difficult terms already exists in Wiki world. The difficult terms can be connected with other Wikipedia article through hyperlinks. The Article must be utilized hyperlinks to explain contents. However, there are some advantages in this article that is visual data. This article has enough visual data to understand what it is. And then, there are external hyperlinks to shows additional information which is related with panoramic photography. This one would be useful links for users who wants to meet additional information which is related with panoramic photography. And then, it was written from a neutral point of view. It follows Wikipedia’s intention among Wikipedia five pillars. Overall, this article must be changed and edited to improve quality of article and sources because article was revealed unreliable sources. ––PILJOONG KANG (talk) 17:24, 1 February 2016 (UTC)

Artistic uses Suggestion
There is mention of a group of artists using old panorama cameras, but other than that there is no discussion of the artistic uses of the panorama format. Besides the famous examples of Ed Ruscha and Jan Dibbets, there are several others worthy of mention, and their approaches and techniques might expand the idea and description of 'Panoramic photography'

I will insert a new section 'artistic uses'; would others please add significant artists?

I am aware that sections such as this will attract a swathe of less important art examples, as has happened on pages like Silhouette, so to accommodate that inevitability, perhaps a 'gallery' section should be added, apart from the new section I propose? sinarau (talk) 22:09, 2 February 2016 (UTC)

Proposed merge with Panography
These are the same subject. Panoramic photography is by far the more complete article. Panography seems to be a rarely-used neologism. - MrX 21:20, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

 * Agree with MrX to merge. Panography is essentially a stub with a single reference to David Hockney's use from 1988, and seems to be a variant of the more widely accepted term panoramic photography. Panography is also used to describe dental use of the term, which is a panoramic radiograph (tomography), where a single xray images both the mandible and maxilla in the vertical and horizontal planes simultaneously.(Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 9th  ed., 2009). The separate stub article makes no mention of the pre-existing medical use of the same term. NotaBene 鹰百利  Talk 21:43, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

 * No, retain, but amend both. The Hockney joiner is a means of achieving a panoramic photograph. However the term panograph isn't a neologism as Google's Ngram shows https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=Panograph&year_start=1920&year_end=2016&corpus=15&smoothing=10&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2CPanograph%3B%2Cc0 but the term is incorrectly applied here; a panograph is a form of oral X-ray in which the whole jaw can be imaged. The 'Panograph' article should be amended to reflect this. So shall we retain Panography, or amend it to 'Panograph', and shift the Hockney 'joiner' content to Panoramic photography? Happy to make a start on this if there are no objections.   JamesMcArdle 23:26, 21 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Yes, I did see a source that mentioned panography in the context of oral surgery. I would support moving panography to panograph, and merging the existing content into this article. If panograph is not sufficiently notable, it could simply be redirected to Oral and maxillofacial surgery.- MrX 23:53, 21 March 2016 (UTC)

 * I would be willing to concede that David Hockney's seemingly singular use of the word lends itself to seeing Panography as a subset or parallel of the larger panoramic art concept. Add to it the sparse nature of the Panography entry itself and yes it seems natural to merge Panography into the larger Panoramic photography. However, the specifically disjointed Collage-like and Photomontage-esque nature of Panographic in comparison to the "seamless" nature of Panoramic images suggests that Panographs their own distinct and singular artform. In merging Panography/Joining, into the Panoramic article something unique may be lost.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.150.214.113 (talk) 00:17, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

 * I went ahead with the merge. Taking on board the last, very helpful, comment, shall I make Panography a separate subsection within the artistic uses section and make the distinctions suggested? I did find that panoramic radiograph deals very thoroughly with panography as a medical (dental) imaging technique, though it does not use the term panography. I suggested to the editors of that article that since the term is used in the literature to describe panoramic radiography, that 'Panography' be acknowledged/included as an a alternate descriptor. JamesMcArdle 03:13, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

 * Merge looks good and you did a good job expanding it. I like the placement in the Artistic section. At this point panography is a short stub version of the section you created by merging into panoramic photography, and is unnecessary. I propose deleting the panography stub, and redirect or maybe disambiguating to Panoramic_photography and Panoramic radiograph. NotaBene 鹰百利  Talk 17:46, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * I agree; it needs to be a redirect first, and then any old links to it fixed (if any), and then it can become a disambig page. I'll do the redirecting... Dicklyon (talk) 18:02, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * OK, I made it a redirect. There are just a couple of multiple redirects that will fix automatically, and a very few other links that one would need to fix if we want to convert it to a disambig page.  Dicklyon (talk) 18:06, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

 * MrX, 75.150.214.113, Jamesmcardle, Dicklyon - I just want to thank all of the folks that participated in this discussion for such a quick and congenial consensus to improve the quality of the articles. I'd say kudos to all, and thanks for a civil and rationale discussion. NotaBene 鹰百利  Talk 22:04, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

 * Thank you Dicklyon for sorting the redirects too! JamesMcArdle 23:10, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

Short Rotation Panoramas
In this section the term "camera's rear nodal point" is used. The correct term is lens's rear nodal point, lenses have cardinal points, not cameras. I did this without logging in and got a message (replied to) that the change had been rolled back as it didn't add clarity. It doesn't, but it does make the article correct when it now remains incorrect. I'm not going to repeat an edit that has been moderated without checking.

Thanks

Skinner_doc — Preceding unsigned comment added by Skinner doc (talk • contribs) 08:02, 11 December 2016 (UTC)

Panoramic cameras and methods
It seems like clarity and concision would be improved by merging significant cameras into their respective methods sections, as has been partially done. The cameras noted here seem neither significant exemplars nor an exhaustive list, perhaps they should simply be removed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yopike (talk • contribs) 12:20, 17 October 2018 (UTC)

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HDS

HDS may refer to:

Businesses

 * Hitachi Data Systems, an American software company
 * Hachette Distribution Services, a Canadian distributor

Technology

 * HTTP Dynamic Streaming
 * Hardware-dependent software
 * Hydrodesulfurization
 * Hydrodynamic separator
 * Holographic data storage

Other uses

 * Croatian Composers' Society (Croatian: Hrvatsko društvo skladatelja)
 * Croatian Democratic Party (Croatian: Hrvatska demokršćanska stranka)
 * Eastgate Airport, near Hoedspruit, South Africa
 * Harvard Divinity School
 * Heroes del Silencio, a Spanish rock band
 * Honduran Sign Language

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User:Dvanhart

There is a coming new American revolution whose direction is yet to be determined. Our society will not long tolerate an espousal of individual liberties with the concurrent consumption by the government of our income, property, and rights as detailed in the Constitution and its amendments.

The first possible scenario is that a constructionist society, having become educated in a increasingly traditional manner will understand that the first American revolution occurred in order to establish individual freedoms and to limit the government's intrusion into the citizenry's personal lives.

The second is that, as a society, we will acquiesce to the progressives incremental influences, and accept that we are hopeless and helpless as individuals. As a result, we will become ever more dependent on a paternalistic government to take care of us while it takes our personal freedoms for the good of society.

Either case becomes a paradigm shift which will dominate for a century. The former is more likely because the constitution of the heterogeneous American society is in stark contrast to the homogeneous societies throughout the rest of the world. The American is the descendant of adventuresome individualists who left behind what was, albeit familiar, intolerable for countless reasons. Left behind were those who maintained or would tolerate the intolerable. Except for the French, they accepted what was doled out to them. If our society becomes more constructionist, there may be a considerable number of Tories who choose to leave for more socialist states.

If, through misinformation and incremental acceptance of socialism, the progressives are able to convice us to turn our self reliance into dependence on the government, there will be left a core of constructionists who will carve out a geographic area of the U.S., probably centered around the Great Lakes where the population tends to be most constructionist, an where there is an abundance of resources that can support a sovereign state. This will be accomplished through a secession which may require a military action to complete.

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Dubai Tennis Championships

The Dubai Tennis Championships or Dubai Open (also known as the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships for sponsorship reasons) (formerly known for sponsorship reasons as the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships and the Dubai Duty Free Men's and Women's Championships) is a professional tennis tournament owned and organized by Dubai Duty Free and held annually in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on outdoor hardcourts.

The tournament takes place at the end of February and organizes a men's and women's event. The tournament takes place under the patronage of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. In 2001 the ATP upgraded the tournament from an ATP 250 level to the more prestigious ATP 500 level tournament. On the WTA Tour, it alternated yearly between a WTA 1000 level tournament and a WTA 500 level tournament, until 2024, when it remained a WTA 1000 event from the prior year. Prior to the 1990s there was an annual Dubai Tennis Championship played at the British Embassy.

The Dubai Tennis Championships was the third tournament in pro tennis history to award equal prize money for both men and women, until 2021.

The courts usually have a medium-fast speed considered to be similar in speed to the Shanghai and Swiss Indoor (Basel) courts.

History
The Dubai Tennis Championships debuted at the Aviation Club in 1993 as an ATP 250 tournament. At the time there was no formal stadium and the tournament was hosted on hardcourts surrounded by temporary scaffold seating to host a total of 3000 viewers across all courts.

In 1996, the Dubai Tennis Championships took place at the newly erected Dubai Tennis Stadium at the Aviation Club. The construction of the Dubai Tennis Stadium also led to the development of various food & beverage entertainment locations in and around the stadium base, like the Irish and Century Villages. In 2012, a 293-bedroom hotel was constructed on-site that hosts many of the players and officials during the 2 week event.

The inaugural ATP men's tournament was won by Karel Nováček in 1993 who was ranked world number 23 at the time. The inaugural WTA women's tournament debuted in 2001 as a Premier tournament and was won by Martina Hingis.

For five years, Swiss Roger Federer, on the men's side, and Belgian Justine Henin, on the women's side, dominated the singles' tournaments. Between 2003 and 2007, Federer and Henin each won the singles title four times. However, in 2008, neither player managed to reach the finals; Andy Roddick and Elena Dementieva became the new champions.

In 2005, the Dubai Tennis Championships implemented equal prize money policy becoming the third professional tennis event to do so after the US Open and Australian Open.

2009 Shahar Pe'er visa controversy
In February 2009, Israeli player Shahar Pe'er was denied an entry visa by the United Arab Emirates, a country that did not have diplomatic relations with Israel at the time. Tournament director Salah Tahlak said that Pe'er was refused on the grounds that her appearance could incite anger in the Arab country, after she had already faced protests earlier at the ASB Classic over the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict. A number of top-seeded players, among them Venus Williams, condemned the action not to grant Pe'er a visa.

In response, the Dubai Tennis Championship was fined a record US$300,000. The fine was appealed by DTC, but the WTA Tour Board rejected the appeal. Pe'er was awarded a guarantee to enter the next (2010) edition of the event, plus US$44,250, an amount equal to the average prize money she earned per tournament in 2008. A number of highly ranked tennis players, including 2008 winner Andy Roddick, pulled out of the men's event (ATP 500 Dubai) which was scheduled to take place the week after the women's event. As a result, the UAE issued Israeli Andy Ram a visa for the men's tournament.

Past finals
In the men's singles, Roger Federer (winner in 2003–05, 2007, 2012, 2014–15, 2019, runner-up in 2006, 2011) holds the records for most titles (eight), most finals (ten), and most consecutive titles (three), sharing the last record with Novak Djokovic (winner in 2009–11, 2013, 2020, runner-up in 2015). In the women's singles, Justine Henin (2003–04, 2006–07) holds the record for most titles (four) and shares with Venus Williams (2009–10, 2014) and Elina Svitolina (2017–18) the record for most consecutive titles (two). In men's doubles, Mahesh Bhupathi (1998, 2004, 2008, 2012–13) has won the most overall titles (five), and co-holds with Grant Connell (1995–96) the record for most consecutive titles (two). In women's doubles, Liezel Huber (2007–09, 2011–12) took the most titles (five) and, alongside partner Cara Black (2007–09), the most back-to-back titles (three).

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Panna Rittikrai

Panna Rittikrai (พันนา ฤทธิไกร; ) or birth name Krittiya Lardphanna (กฤติยา ลาดพันนา;, February 17, 1961 – July 20, 2014) was a Thai martial arts action choreographer, film director, screenwriter, and actor. The head of the Muay Thai Stunt team (previously known as P.P.N. Stunt Team), he is best known for his work as a martial arts and action choreographer on the 2003 film Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior and 2005's Tom-Yum-Goong (known as The Protector in the US), starring Tony Jaa, whom Panna mentored.

Early films
"You've probably never heard of my movies," Panna told the Bangkok Post in a 2004 interview. "They are popular among taxi drivers and som tam vendors and security guards and Isan coolies. My loyalest fans are folk people in the far-out tambons, where they lay out mattresses on the ground and drink moonshine whisky while watching my outdoor movies."

Born in Khon Kaen Province, Thailand, Panna started out in the movie business in 1979 as a physical trainer for actors in Bangkok. Learning a little about filmmaking and inspired by the movies of Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee, as well as stunts seen in James Bond movies, Panna moved back to Khon Kaen and formed his own stunt team, the P.P.N. Stunt Team (actually known as Muay Thai Stunt) and set about making films.

His first was Gerd ma lui (Born to Fight), which he remade in 2004.

International fame
With the worldwide releases of Ong-Bak and Tom-Yum-Goong, with their gritty, hard-hitting stunts, action-film fans the world over have wanted to see more, so film distributors are starting to release some of Panna's older titles on DVDs geared for the international market. Among the films finding new life on the home video market are Spirited Killer, or Puen Hode, co-starring Tony Jaa, as well as Mission Hunter 2, in which Jaa portrays a villain.

Panna's martial-arts choreography work also can be seen in the action-comedy, The Bodyguard, which starred and was directed by Thai comic actor Petchtai Wongkamlao. Recent and upcoming projects include Mercury Man, a Thai superhero film in which he coordinated the martial arts; the sequel to Ong-Bak, Ong Bak 2; and Chocolate, a film directed by Prachya Pinkaew starring a female martial artist, Yanin Vismistananda. He co-starred in Dynamite Warrior, a 2006 martial-arts action comedy set in 19th century Siam and starring Dan Chupong from Born to Fight. It was Panna's first acting role in 9 years.

Death
Panna Rittikrai had been receiving treatment for liver disease since November 2013. Rittikrai died in a hospital in Bangkok from complications brought on by acute liver and kidney failure on July 20, 2014. It was also later discovered that he had a brain tumor.

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