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Fauna of India

India is the world's 8th most biodiverse region with a 0.46 BioD score on diversity index, 102,718 species of fauna and 23.39% of the nation's geographical area under forest and tree cover in 2020. India encompasses a wide range of biomes: desert, high mountains, highlands, tropical and temperate forests, swamplands, plains, grasslands, areas surrounding rivers, as well as island archipelago. Officially, three out of the 36 Biodiversity Hotspots in the world are present in India: the Himalayas, the Western Ghats, and the Indo-Burma region. To these may be added the Sundarbans and the Terrai-Duar Savannah grasslands for their unique foliage and animal species. These hotspots have numerous endemic species. Nearly 5% of India's total area is formally classified under protected areas.

India, for the most part, lies within the Indomalayan realm, with the upper reaches of the Himalayas forming part of the Palearctic realm; the contours of 2000 to 2500m are considered to be the altitudinal boundary between the Indo-Malayan and Palearctic zones. India displays significant biodiversity. One of seventeen megadiverse countries, it is home to 7.6% of all mammalian, 12.6% of all avian, 6.2% of all reptilian, 4.4% of all amphibian and 11.7% of all fish.

The region is also heavily influenced by summer monsoons that cause major seasonal changes in vegetation and habitat. India forms a large part of the Indomalayan biogeographical zone and many of the floral and faunal forms show Malayan affinities with only a few taxa being unique to the Indian region. The unique forms includes the snake family Uropeltidae found only in the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka. Fossil taxa from the Cretaceous show links to the Seychelles and Madagascar chain of islands. The Cretaceous fauna include reptiles, amphibians and fishes and an extant species demonstrating this phylogeographical link is the purple frog. The separation of India and Madagascar is traditionally estimated to have taken place about 88 million years ago. However, there are suggestions that the links to Madagascar and Africa were present even at the time when the Indian subcontinent met Eurasia. India has been suggested as a ship for the movement of several African taxa into Asia. These taxa include five frog families (including the Myobatrachidae), three caecilian families, a lacertid lizard and freshwater snails of the family Pomatiopsidae. A thirty million year old Oligocene-era fossil tooth from the Bugti Hills of central Pakistan has been identified as from a lemur-like primate, prompting controversial suggestions that the lemurs may have originated in Asia. Lemur fossils from India in the past led to theories of a lost continent called Lemuria. This theory however was dismissed when continental drift and plate tectonics became well established.

India is home to several well-known large mammals, including the Asian elephant, Bengal tiger, Asiatic lion, Indian leopard and Indian rhinoceros. Some of these animals are engrained in Indian culture, often being associated with deities. These large mammals are important for wildlife tourism in India, with several national parks and wildlife sanctuaries catering to these needs. The popularity of these charismatic animals have greatly helped conservation efforts in India. The tiger has been particularly important, and Project Tiger, started in 1972, was a major effort to conserve the tiger and its habitats. Project Elephant, though less known, started in 1992 and works for elephant protection. Most of India's rhinos today survive in the Kaziranga National Park.

Some other well-known large Indian mammals are ungulates such as the water buffalo, nilgai, gaur and several species of deer and antelope. Some members of the dog family such as the Indian wolf, Bengal fox, golden jackal and the dhole or wild dogs are also widely distributed. It is also home to the striped hyena. Many smaller animals such as macaques, langurs and mongoose species are especially well known due to their ability to live close to or inside urban areas.

The majority of conservation research attention on wildlife in India is focused within protected areas, though there is considerable wild fauna outside such reserves including in farmlands and in cities.

Fauna of India

The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), with its headquarters in Kolkata (the capital of West Bengal) and 16 regional stations is responsible for surveying the faunal resources of India. Possessing a tremendous diversity of climate and physical conditions, India has great variety of fauna, numbering 89,451 species.

The mammals include the Indian elephant, the gaur or erroneously the Indian bison - the largest of existing bovines, the great Indian rhinoceros, and the wild water buffalo. Deer and antelopes include the barasingha, the sangai, chital, sambar deer, Indian hog deer, Himalayan musk deer, Indian muntjac, Indian spotted chevrotain, Kashmir stag, Tibetan antelope, blackbuck, chausingha, goa, Indian gazelle, and nilgai. There are also wild donkeys like Indian wild ass and kiang, and caprines like Bhutan takin, Mishmi takin, red serow, Himalayan serow, red goral, Himalayan goral, markhor, Siberian ibex, Nilgiri tahr, Himalayan tahr, urial, argali, and blue sheep. These caprines are generally found in the Himalayas of Himachal Pradesh, Ladakh, and Jammu and Kashmir (union territory), as well as the Dooars forest and the Terai region, floodplains at the base of the Himalayas. A notable exception is the Nilgiri tahr which is endemic to the Nilgiri Hills of Tamil Nadu. There are several big cats; the Asiatic lion, Bengal tiger, Indian leopard, snow leopard, clouded leopard, Eurasian lynx and caracal. Lesser cat species include fishing cat, Asiatic wildcat, jungle cat, Pallas's cat, Bengal cat, marbled cat, Asian golden cat, and leopard cat. There are also canines such as Ussuri dhole, Indian jackal, Indian wolf, Bengal fox, Tibetan wolf, and Tibetan fox. Another carnivore is the striped hyena.

Several birds, like greater flamingos, Brahminy ducks, white-breasted waterhen, pheasant-tailed jacana, Eurasian spoonbills, lesser flamingos, purple herons, great and cattle egret, Indian pond herons, oriental magpie-robins, Nicobar pigeons, Indian mynas, Indian rollers, slaty-breasted rails, greater coucals, black-bellied terns, Indian pittas, Indian paradise flycatchers, sarus cranes, Siberian cranes, demoiselle cranes, great hornbills, rose-ringed parakeets, vernal hanging parrots, knob-billed ducks, painted storks, and Asian openbills are found in the various habitats of the country. The Indian peafowl is the national bird of India. Pheasants include red junglefowl, grey junglefowl, Himalayan monals, satyr tragopans, and kalij pheasants; the great Indian bustard is also common in grasslands. Predatory birds include the Northern goshawk, shikra, black kite, white-bellied sea eagle, golden eagle, peregrine falcon, Indian vulture, slender-billed vulture, and white-backed vulture. The house crow and Indian jungle crow are some crow species in India. Chestnut-bellied sandgrouse is a sandgrouse found in India.

There are several species of small mammals in India. These include the Asian house shrew, the northern and greater hog badger, the Chinese ferret-badger, the honey badger, the Indian pangolin, and the Chinese pangolin. Arboreal small mammals include the Nilgiri marten, small-toothed palm civet, Asian palm civet, small Indian civet, large Indian civet, binturong, and red panda. The bears of India are sun bear, sloth bear, Himalayan black bear, and Himalayan brown bear.

There are also many primates in India. The apes of India are the gibbons; western hoolock gibbon and eastern hoolock gibbon. Macaques include rhesus macaque, bonnet macaque, lion-tailed macaque, Northern pig-tailed macaque, stump-tailed macaque, Arunachal macaque, white-cheeked macaque and Assamese macaque among others. The various species of langurs include purple-faced langur, the Nilgiri langur, the Gee's golden langur and capped langur. There is also the Phayre's leaf monkey. The suids in India are Indian boar and the critically endangered pygmy hog. There are lagomorphs like the critically endangered hispid hare, the woolly hare and the black-naped hare. The Royle's pika and Himalayan marmot are some of the montane small mammals. There is also the large Malabar giant squirrel, Indian palm squirrel, Indian gerbil, porcupine species Indian crested porcupine and hedgehog species bare-bellied hedgehog and Indian hedgehog. Another predator in India is the spotted linsang, a civet-like creature.

Many animals are domesticated in India, and seeing them in the streets of villages and even cities is common. Bovines include the zebu, which descended from the extinct Indian aurochs, the domestic water buffalo, the gayal, which is a domesticated gaur, and in the northern regions domestic yak, which descended from the also native wild yak. Dromedary camel can be found in desert states like Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Punjab. Mongrel dogs are a common sight in most cities of India. Other small mammals found throughout urban areas are several species of mongoose and white-tailed mole. These mongoose species are ruddy mongoose, Indian grey mongoose, Indian brown mongoose, small Indian mongoose, stripe-necked mongoose, and crab-eating mongoose. The desert locust is infamous for destroying crops.

Rivers and lakes harbour mugger crocodiles and gharials. The saltwater crocodile is found along the eastern coast and in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. A project for breeding crocodiles, started in 1974, has been instrumental in saving the crocodile from extinction. Snakes include king cobra, Indian cobra, monocled cobra, Indian rock python, reticulated python, Sri Lankan green vine snake, Brahminy blind snake, green pit viper, Salazar's pit viper, Russell's viper, saw-scaled viper and Indian krait. The cobras are an important part of Indian culture. Frogs include purple frog, Chunam tree frog, Indus Valley bullfrog, and Indian green frog. A notable newt is the Himalayan newt; it is the only salamander in India. There are also caecilian species, like the yellow-striped caecilian. India's coasts are full of sea turtles; these include the leatherback sea turtle, green sea turtle, hawksbill sea turtle, loggerhead sea turtle, and olive ridley sea turtle. Indian softshell turtles and Indian flapshell turtles are found in mangrove vegetation, lagoons, and freshwater and brackish bodies. The Asian water monitor and Bengal monitor are the monitor lizards in India; there are also several gecko species like the golden gecko, and the only chameleon, Indian chameleon.

Fish are a major part of the Indian economy. The fish include tilapia, Atlantic pomfret, hilsa, barramundi, rohu, largetooth sawfish, Pearse's mudskipper, giant oceanic manta ray, leopard torpedo, among thousands of others. Hilsa and barramundi are important in the fishing industry of India, especially in West Bengal. These also include sharks, such as thresher shark, great white shark, mako shark, hammerhead shark, tiger shark, and sand tiger shark. Bull sharks and Ganges sharks are also found in freshwater areas and brackish areas such as the Sundarbans National Park, part of the world's largest mangrove forest the Sundarbans. Remora are commonly found attached to these sharks. Coral reefs in India are rich in fish such as angelfish, clownfish, powder blue tang, pufferfish, parrotfish, moray eel, Chinese trumpetfish, redtoothed triggerfish, and butterfly fish.

Marine dolphins along the coast of India include bottlenose dolphin, common dolphin, and pantropical spotted dolphin among others. Finless porpoise are found along the coast as well. The endangered Irrawaddy dolphin is found in freshwater areas, such as Chilika Lake, alongside the Ganges river dolphin and Indus river dolphin. Blue whales, humpback whales, sperm whales, dwarf sperm whales, orcas, Cuvier's beaked whales, and pygmy killer whales are the most common whales. The semi-aquatic mammals in India are otters. The species of otters are Asian small-clawed otter, Eurasian otter, and smooth-coated otter. The increasingly endangered dugong is found throughout coastal estuaries and brackish water bodies.

A notable dragonfly is the Himalayan relict dragonfly. India is also known for its butterflies, such as lesser grass blue, common blue Apollo, common mime, common Mormon, and common Pierrot. The orchid mantis is an iconic mantis found in the Western Ghats of India. Laboratory stick insects and leaf insects are found in abundance.

Stegodon elephants, Indosaurus, Himalayan quail, and pink-headed duck are famous extinct animals from India. The Himalayan quail and pink-headed duck are only presumed extinct. However, there are other quails such as rain quail in India, and the pink-headed duck's relative the Indian spot-billed duck.

Depletion of vegetative cover due to expansion of agriculture, habitat destruction, over-exploitation, pollution, introduction of toxic imbalance in community structure, epidemics, floods, droughts and cyclones, contribute to the loss of flora and fauna. More than 39 species of mammals, 72 species of birds, 17 species of reptiles, three species of amphibians, two species of fish, and a large number of butterflies, moth, and beetles are considered vulnerable and endangered.

Biodiversity
India is listed 12th among the mega-biodiverse nations in the world with a BioD score of 0.46 on the diversity index "which is calculated by its percentage of species in each group relative to the total global number of species in each group". With 23.39% of its geographical area under forest and tree cover, India is rich in biodiversity. A 2020 faunal survey of India by the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) reported a total of 102,718 species of fauna, with 557 new species including 407 newly described species and 150 new country records. Among the new finds, 486 species were invertebrates (mostly insects), and 71 were vertebrate species, mostly fishes and reptiles. New species were reported from Karnataka (66 species), Kerala (51), Rajasthan (46) and West Bengal (30). From 2010 to 2020, 4,112 species, including 2,800 new species and 1,312 new records, were added to the Indian fauna.

There is insufficient information about the invertebrate fauna of India, with significant work having been done only in a few groups of insects, notably the butterflies, Odonata and Hymenoptera, mostly in The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma series.

There are about 2,546 species of fishes (about 11% of the world species) found in Indian waters. About 197 species of amphibians (4.4% of the world total) and more than 408 reptile species (6% of the world total) are found in India. Among these groups the highest levels of endemism are found in the amphibians.

There are about 1361 species of birds recorded from India, with some variations, depending on taxonomic treatments, accounting for about 12% of the world species.

There are about 410 species of mammals known from India, which is about 8.86% of the world species.

India has the greatest number of cat species in the world.

The World Conservation Monitoring Centre gives an estimate of about 15,000 species of flowering plants in India.

The Western Ghats
The Western Ghats are a chain of hills that run along the western edge of peninsular India. Their proximity to the ocean and through orographic effect, they receive high rainfall. These regions have moist deciduous forest and rain forest. The region shows high species diversity as well as high levels of endemism. Nearly 77% of the amphibians and 62% of the reptile species found here are found nowhere else. The region shows biogeographical affinities to the Malayan region, and the Satpura hypothesis proposed by Sunder Lal Hora suggests that the hill chains of Central India may have once formed a connection with the forests of northeastern India and into the Indo-Malayan region. Hora used torrent stream fishes to support the theory, but it was also suggested to hold for birds. Later studies have suggested that Hora's original model species were a demonstration of convergent evolution rather than speciation by isolation.

More recent phylogeographic studies have attempted to study the problem using molecular approaches. There are also differences in taxa which are dependent on time of divergence and geological history. Along with Sri Lanka this region also shows some fauna similarities with the Madagascan region especially in the reptiles and amphibians. Examples include the Sinophis snakes, the purple frog and Sri Lankan lizard genus Nessia which appears similar to the Madagascan genus Acontias. Numerous floral links to the Madagascan region also exist. An alternate hypothesis that these taxa may have originally evolved out-of-India has also been suggested.

Bio geographical quirks exist with some taxa of Malayan origin occurring in Sri Lanka but absent in the Western Ghats. These include insects groups such as the plants such as those of the genus Nepenthes.

The Eastern Himalayas
The Eastern Himalayas is the region encompassing Bhutan, northeastern India, West Bengal, and southern, central and eastern Nepal. The region is geologically young and shows high altitudinal variation. It has nearly 163 globally threatened species including the one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), the Wild Asian water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis (Arnee)) and in all 45 mammals, 50 birds, 17 reptiles, 12 amphibians, 3 invertebrate and 36 plant species. The Dooars forest in the Terai is a biologically diverse area, with Himalayan biodiversity as well as tropical biodiversity. The relict dragonfly (Epiophlebia laidlawi) is an endangered species found here with the only other species in the genus being found in Japan. The region is also home to the Himalayan newt (Tylototriton verrucosus), the only salamander species found within Indian limits.

Extinct and fossil forms
During the early Tertiary period, the Indian tableland, what is today peninsular India, was a large island. Prior to becoming an island, it was connected to the African region. During the tertiary period, this island was separated from the Asian mainland by a shallow sea. The Himalayan region and the greater part of Tibet lay under this sea. The movement of the Indian subcontinent into the Asian landmass created the great Himalayan ranges and raised the sea bed into, what is today, the plains of northern India.

Once connected to the Asian mainland, many species moved into India. The Himalayas were created in several upheavals. The Siwaliks were formed at the last and the largest number of fossils of the Tertiary period are found in these ranges.

The Siwalik fossils include mastodons, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, sivatherium, a large four-horned ruminant, giraffe, horses, camels, bison, deer, antelope, gorillas, pigs, chimpanzees, orangutans, baboons, langurs, macaques, cheetahs, sabre-toothed cats, lions, tigers, sloth bear, Aurochs, leopards, wolves, dholes, porcupines, rabbits and a host of other mammals.

Many fossil tree species have been found in the intertrappean beds, including Grewioxylon from the Eocene and Heritieroxylon keralensis from the middle Miocene in Kerala and Heritieroxylon arunachalensis from the Mio-Pliocene of Arunachal Pradesh and at many other places. The discovery of Glossopteris fern fossils from India and Antarctica led to the discovery of Gondwanaland and led to the greater understanding of continental drift. Fossil Cycads are known from India while seven Cycad species continue to survive in India.

Titanosaurus indicus was perhaps the first dinosaur discovered in India by Richard Lydekker in 1877 in the Narmada valley. This area has been one of the most important areas for paleontology in India. Another dinosaur known from India is Rajasaurus narmadensis, a heavy-bodied and stout carnivorous abelisaurid (theropod) dinosaur that inhabited the area near present-day Narmada river. It was 9 m in length and 3 m in height and somewhat horizontal in posture with a double-crested crown on the skull.

Some fossil snakes from the Cenozoic era are also known.

Some scientists have suggested that the Deccan lava flows and the gases produced were responsible for the global extinction of dinosaurs. However, these have been disputed.

Himalayacetus subathuensis, the oldest-known whale fossil of the family Protocetidae (Eocene), about 53.5 million years old was found in the Simla hills in the foothills of the Himalayas. This area was underwater (in the Tethys sea) during the Tertiary period (when India was an island off Asia). This whale may have been capable of living partly on land. Other fossil whales from India include Remingtonocetus approximately 43-46 million years old.

Several small mammal fossils have been recorded in the intertrappean beds, however larger mammals are mostly unknown. The only major primate fossils have been from the nearby region of Myanmar.

 * See also Geology of India

Recent extinctions
The exploitation of land and forest resources by humans along with hunting and trapping for food and sport has led to the extinction of many species in India in recent times.

Probably the first species to vanish during the time of the Indus Valley civilisation was the species of wild cattle, Bos primegenius nomadicus or the wild zebu, which vanished from its range in the Indus valley and western India, possibly due to inter-breeding with domestic cattle and resultant fragmentation of wild populations due to loss of habitat.

Notable mammals which became or are presumed extinct within the country itself include the Indian / Asiatic cheetah, Javan rhinoceros and Sumatran rhinoceros. While some of these large mammal species are confirmed extinct, there have been many smaller animal and plant species whose status is harder to determine. Many species have not been seen since their description. Hubbardia heptaneuron, a species of grass that grew in the spray zone of the Jog Falls prior to the construction of the Linganamakki reservoir, was thought to be extinct but a few were rediscovered near Kolhapur.

Some species of birds have gone extinct in recent times, including the pink-headed duck (Rhodonessa caryophyllacea) and the Himalayan quail (Ophrysia superciliosa). A species of warbler, Acrocephalus orinus, known earlier from a single specimen collected by Allan Octavian Hume from near Rampur in Himachal Pradesh was rediscovered after 139 years in Thailand. Similarly, the Jerdon's courser (Rhinoptilus bitorquatus), named after the zoologist Thomas C. Jerdon who discovered it in 1848, was rediscovered in 1986 by Bharat Bhushan, an ornithologist at the Bombay Natural History Society after being thought to be extinct.

Species estimates
An estimate of the numbers of species by group in India is given below. This is based on Alfred, 1998.

Taxonomic lists and indices
This section provides links to lists of species of various taxa found in India.

Invertebrates

 * Molluscs
 * List of non-marine molluscs of India
 * Arachnids
 * Spiders of India
 * Insects
 * Odonata
 * Dragonflies and damselflies of India
 * Lepidoptera
 * Butterflies of India
 * Papilionid butterflies of India
 * Pierid butterflies of India
 * Nymphalid butterflies of India
 * Lycaenid butterflies of India
 * Hesperid butterflies of India
 * Riodinid butterflies of India
 * Moths of India
 * Hymenoptera
 * Ants of India

Vertebrates

 * Fishes of India
 * Amphibians of India
 * Reptiles of India
 * Snakes of India
 * Birds of South Asia
 * Birds in India
 * Mammals of India

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Rockette Morton

Rockette Morton (born Mark Boston; July 14, 1949 in Salem, Illinois) is an American musician, best known as a bassist and guitarist for Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band in the 1960s and 1970s.

Career
In 1963, after moving to Lancaster, California, Boston joined up with future Magic Band member Bill Harkleroad (aka Zoot Horn Rollo) in a band named B.C. & the Cavemen.

He was given the nickname "Rockette Morton" by Captain Beefheart after becoming a member of the Magic Band. Morton played on five of Beefheart's albums: Trout Mask Replica (produced by Frank Zappa in 1969), Lick My Decals Off Baby (1970),  The Spotlight Kid (1972), Clear Spot (1972) and Unconditionally Guaranteed (1974). He originally played bass, but switched to rhythm guitar after former Little Feat bassist Roy Estrada joined the band.

In the book Lunar Notes: Zoot Horn Rollo's Captain Beefheart Experience, guitarist Bill Harkleroad details some of the tensions that arose between Beefheart and members of the band. These tensions led to a split in 1974, when Rockette Morton left to form Mallard with bandmates John French, Bill Harkleroad, and Art Tripp. Mallard released two albums, Mallard (1975) and In A Different Climate (1976). Following the band's demise, Morton continued performing in various groups as guitarist and bassist.

Morton released a solo album, Love Space, in 2003, about which he wrote: "If you enjoy listening to this music even half as much as I enjoyed recording it, I did my job." It was recorded at his music studio in Aiken, South Carolina.

Prior to the album's release he was featured in an article in the music magazine Stomp & Stammer (October 2002), titled "The Ring of Rockette Morton", in which he self-identified as "a space nut" and being "pro-space". He was 52 years old at the time and was living in a mobile home, decorated with alien and rocket ship models. In 2003 Morton and other former members of the Magic Band regrouped and embarked on a world tour, performing Captain Beefheart's music. They have continued to tour regularly as the Magic Band since then.

Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band

 * Trout Mask Replica (1969)
 * Lick My Decals Off, Baby (1970)
 * The Spotlight Kid (1972)
 * Clear Spot (1972)
 * Unconditionally Guaranteed (1974)

Mallard

 * Mallard
 * In a Different Climate

Solo

 * Love Space (2003)

Guest appearances

 * Ant-Bee: Electronic Church Muzik (Barking Moondog, 2011)

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Talk:WWE Women's Championship (1956–2010)

Bollocks
Moolah never held the title for 28 years. She was briefly recognized as NWA Womens Champion around about 1956-1958. Then in 1983/83 the WWF wanted to create a Womens Title, and got the rights to get the title(and Moolah) out of mothballs as their own. The idea of a continuous championship reign is pure bs. 41.245.185.66 (talk) 13:31, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

Trish Stratus
Is it Really needed to List that She has had more then any other women on the page shouldnt that be on the rigns page Im just asking.--Dcheagle (talk) 23:22, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
 * It's the standard agreed upon now. See World Heavyweight Championship (WWE) - it's a good article. ♥ Nici ♥ Vampire ♥ Heart ♥ 00:21, 17 April 2009 (UTC)

Ok I see --Dcheagle (talk) 21:57, 21 April 2009 (UTC)

Divas Title
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Gandalla (talk • contribs) 03:48, 16 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Female wrestlers are still divas. So it is still contested for by divas. This is the women's championship and it is on SD.-- Will C  07:42, 16 September 2009 (UTC)

 WELL FOR ONE MICKIE JAMES LEFT THE COMPANY TO PURSUE HER MUSIC CAREER. ALSO the divas champion as of today is Eve Torres an only exclusive to RAW divas only.

Michelle McCool is the woman's champion NOT Layla.
Yes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.104.180.163 (talk) 17:15, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Exactly correct.

McCool used her championship rematch clause, and Vickie Guerrero made it a handicap match with Layla.

While Layla scored the pinfall, it was on behalf of McCool, not for herself, as she was McCool's partner.

This wasn't a triple threat, where Layla could have been in it for herself. She was in the match as McCool's partner to assist her in winning the title.

Vjmlhds 21:50, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

If you watch the match that has already aired in Australia, Layla is announced by Tony Chimel as the new Women's Champion, the on screen graphic says it and the announcers talk about her being the first British Women's Champion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 78.150.173.231 (talk) 21:46, 14 May 2010 (UTC)
 * May 17th edition of RAW, Jerry Lawler said that they're both the WWE Women's Champion after they both came down wearing championship belts. However, the SmackDown superstars page on wwe.com (as well as Michael Cole) says it's Layla's only. So, with WWE giving two different answers which is it officially? Layla? McCool? Or both? 161.184.176.114 (talk) 02:37, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
 * Take it to WT:PW, this needs to be discussed by more.-- Will C  04:31, 18 May 2010 (UTC)
 * As both have a copy of the belt--and per the comments during Raw--they're technically co-holders of the Women's Championship.98.154.85.43 (talk) 06:41, 18 May 2010 (UTC)

On WWE's site, Layla is only counted as champion.-- Will C  06:04, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Every reign in the article is referenced to WWE.com, not to episodes of "Raw" this being so, whatever WWE.com says is what the article should say,and the WWE.com doesn't list Michelle McCool as a co-champion, if this changes at some point in the feature, then the article should reflect the change, until then Layla is the sole Woman's Champion —Preceding unsigned comment added by Blackballoon222 (talk • contribs) 18:28, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

: Team Laycool is the women's champion lol. But in all reality on the wwe women's champion site Layla El is listed as WWE Women's champion. sorry thats what they have her as not team laycool or michelle mccool but its ok layla been improving all these years now if beth wants a shot latter the wwe would be dirty to make it a 2-on-1 handicap because thats not fair.

Incorrect. The wwe website CLEARLY lists Layla as the last/latest Women's Champion (which is now retired) and Michelle McCool as the Unified Divas Champion.

Reference: http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/divas/

http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/women/

Srsrox (talk) 07:06, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
 * The site clearly lists the Women's Title history under the Unified Divas Championship. McCool never was Women's Champion so she has no reason to be listed. Layla's reign is clearly listed as still in existence since no end date has been omitted.-- Will C  18:10, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

Title Is Retired
Based on wwe.com, this title is no longer continuing and the Divas Championship, which is now called the Unified Divas Championship, is continuing. The history of the "Unified Divas Championship" shows the Divas Championship history confirming that the Women's title is no longer here.

Someone needs to edit this and move it to the retired titles list for WWE.

Reference: http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/divas/

http://www.wwe.com/inside/titlehistory/women/ (<- note this is NOT named the "Unified Divas Championship" nor does it actually recognize Michelle McCool as that champion, although is does show her picture on the top banner.)

Srsrox (talk) 07:03, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

retiring the women's title was the worst decision they ever made. It the oldest reiging title in wwe history. Retiring it brings a bad name to the women's championship linage. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.86.17.34 (talk) 13:42, 21 September 2010 (UTC)

We still need someone to move it into the defunct/retired title list. Srsrox (talk) 18:36, 21 September 2010 (UTC)
 * The title is not listed in the retired section of WWE.com. Instead the title is listed under Unified Divas Championship, right next to the Divas Title history. McCool is not listed because she never was Women's Champion, she was co-champion in storyline, so Layla is still champion. Technically McCool is Divas Champion while Layla is Women's Champion. By checking Layla's reign you will see there is no date added to show when it ended, meaning it is still going.-- Will C  18:08, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

See the Hall of Women's Champions photos and it clearly states Layla is the final champion.

http://www.wwe.com/inside/wwefeaturepage/features/mccoolhistory/womenschampions/
 * That makes a problem due to the title not being listed in the retired section. That probably means last champion so far.-- Will C  21:41, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

 * There really shouldn't be any confusion all terms referring to Layla as the final champion are past tense meaning she is no longer champion. There are no indications that Layla is still the champion on the any of the roster pages. Third only Michelle has been credited with a title reign and only the Divas title page has been updated. Fourth, I know the following are my own thoughts but are somewhat logical: if this title is still an active belt then Layla would enter with it not a replica Divas title. I know the title hasn't been moved to the retired section but it isn't hard to see that it clearly is retired. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Chemicalinxs (talk • contribs) 23:33, 24 September 2010 (UTC)

Retirement
WWE officially retired the title on September 21 2010. Many Divas including Mickie james and Beth phoenix have shared their regrets regarding this move of the company. Th lat diva to hold the title is Layla. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.94.43.219 (talk) 09:27, 22 September 2010 (UTC)
 * See these two links to show the title is not retired: and . Mickie James hasn't been with the company for months.-- Will  C  18:05, 22 September 2010 (UTC)

It is retired
The title is retired, Michelle McCool is only listed as Divas Champion on wwe.com http://www.wwe.com/inside/wwefeaturepage/features/mccoolhistory/womenschampions/ according to the pic of Layla it's retired. It says "Layla was the last-ever Women's Champion." Thats enough proof. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Amare135 (talk • contribs) 22:41, 24 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Not exactly seeing as the links above (above section) show that the title has not been listed in the Retired section, and is instead listed under Unified Divas Championship with the Divas Title. This situation is just like the tag team titles, and until one of them is moved to the Retired section it can't be called retired. That phrase could be interpreted as "last champion" or "last champion so far".-- Will C  04:13, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Dude, are you seriously going to sit here and go so far into technicalities? Use your common sense. Layla is no longer the Women's Champion, and the Championship has been RETIRED. It doesn't take a blind, deaf, dumb and deformed monkey to see that. You're trying to go too far into the details when everyone, including WWE themselves is saying it is retired. You guys continuing racking up days to Layla's "reign" is stupid. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.31.147.196 (talk) 06:41, 26 September 2010 (UTC)
 * The Women's Championship isn't retired. Technically, McCool is the Women's Champ. However, she only carries the Divas Championship belt with her. If you go to "Title History" on WWE.com, they don't list the Women's Championship under the "Retired Titles" section. -- CollisionCourse (talk) 21:34, 26 September 2010 (UTC)

McCool is NOT the Women's champ. Look at the link again. They CLEARLY say Layla is the last one and that McCool merged them. Come on guys, it's very clear. Yes, I recognize that Women's title isn't in the retired section, but McCool is NOT the champ clearly. Instead of saying we're wrong, I require you guys to prove that McCool is the Women's championship on the WWE website because we have enough proof and evidence that Layla was the last one. Opinons do not matter here, proof does. Srsrox (talk) 23:20, 26 September 2010 (UTC) @Srsrox .. Mhm, what he said, he brought up a great matter. Since you guys are all about facts, put up proof - real proof. And if you say Michelle is the champion, then why is Layla's reign continuing? Why isn't Michelle's name after Layla? Anyway, the issue is resolved, it's been fixed, now we can all move on. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.240.184.26 (talk) 04:33, 28 September 2010 (UTC)

Only undefeated Champion?
In the article, it says: "Chyna is the only undefeated champion in WWE history as she retired during her first reign". Now, Layla never lost her WWE Women's Championship title, so that should mean that Chyna isn't the only undefeated champion, as Layla is also undefeated, since the title was technically retired to create the Unified Divas Championship. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.12.129.183 (talk) 18:01, 4 October 2010 (UTC)

Championship belt designs?
I noticed that the WWE championship and other wrestling titles have information on the championship belt design, the women's title design has changed alot within its entire run, this should be included on this page, it will be good to add more information to the page. Davazchick (talk) 01:50, 14 June 2012 (UTC)

New Belt design
Can I put this on the article? FaithLehaneThe  Vampire  Slayer  22:58, 3 April 2016 (UTC) Women's Title 2016

 * I'm wondering if the Women's Title is in fact a revival of the old title or if it's a whole new title sharing its name with the original title. Lita was talking as if it's a whole new title. 107.9.209.149 (talk) 23:00, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

 * Yep! Also it appears there'ss a better image on the article so no need for this image. Thanks to the uploader.  FaithLehaneThe  Vampire  Slayer  23:20, 3 April 2016 (UTC)

 * Yes, according to WWE.com it is a brand new title. New: http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-womens-championship Old: http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/women Perhaps create an article for the new Women's Championship, and rename this one "WWE Women's Championship (1956-2010)".

 * I agree that the new title needs a new page. WWE went to great lengths to stress that this new WWE Women's Championship is not a continuation of the previous title. I think the original Women's Championship page should be called "Women's Championship (1956-2010)" (like the previous poster said) and the new title page should be called WWE Women's Championship. (Similar to how the World Heavyweight Championship that was recently retired has its own separate page.) Historicalemperor (talk) 04:15, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

 * See here. The WWE Women's Championship contested for today is a completely new championship with a new lineage. Make a new page. Aleuuhhmsc (talk) 04:18, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

 * Exactly. I can see why there's confusion (especially since Michael Cole is an idiot and sent some rather confusing messages as to the status of the new title relative to both the original Women's title and the Divas title), but WWE.Com exists to clarify things, and, as noted, they've established that this new title DOES NOT carry the lineage of the previous Women's title.DigificWriter (talk) 04:42, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

 * One, before making the page separate, there should have been more discussion. 2, I hope this helps: . - Kiraroshi1976 (talk) 04:56, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

 * Looks good. On WWE Shop and Euroshop, they have the new titles advertised for purchase as replicas. They are calling the title the "WWE Women's World Championship", perhaps further clarification on the name is coming soon?

 * The belt says "Women's Championship" with he word "World" nowhere in sight. oknazevad (talk) 06:30, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

 * Yes it doesn't say it on the actual belt but it does say WWE Women's World Championship on the Shop website here: http://euroshop.wwe.com/en_GB/title-belts-and-side-plates/ but it's just a name really.

 * In this interview, Stephanie said its just a brand new WWE Woman's Championship belt. This reminds me when the current Tag team championships came out and people on here created a separate page just for that, just to come to realize that it continued with the old wwe tag team titles.

It's just the same as was the situation with the World Heavyweight Title. When WWE ended the Alliance in 2001, the WCW Championship was renamed the World Heavyweight Championship. After Jericho unified it and the WWE Title, it was retired. The next year, Eric Bischoff brought the belt back and named it "The World Heavyweight Championship." Despite it being the same belt and bearing the same name it had after Survivor Series 2001, it represented a whole new championship. The only difference here is this Women's title is a new championship as well as a new belt. John (talk) 14:08, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

Propose merger
I propose a merger. - Kiraroshi1976 (talk) 12:01, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

 * According to WWE.com, this version of the Women's Championship is not part of the original Women's Championship lineage http://www.wwe.com/classics/titlehistory/wwe-womens-championship therefor, this article should not be merged with the original Women's Championship article, and treated as completely separate. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.192.33.230 (talk • contribs) 12:16, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Strong oppose. According WWE.com, this is a new title. Isn't related with the old women's title. --HHH Pedrigree (talk) 13:29, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * The article for the original title should be named "Women's Championship (WWE)" and the current title "WWE Women's Championship" just like the website, it will also help the confusion. Speedy Question Mark (talk) 14:47, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Just like every title in the titles section (except WCW and ECW) Divas Title, Hardcore Title... (WWE) isn't a good solution, the title was known as WWE Women's Title. --HHH Pedrigree (talk) 14:23, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I see the current "Women's Championship (WWE)" and "WWE Women's Championship" as the best option to distinguish the two, just look at the WWE website the original title is displayed as just "Women's Championship" with the current being "WWE Women's Championship". Speedy Question Mark (talk) 16:14, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I think the dates were a far better option. The former title was the "WWE Women's Championship", period, and dates are a standard way to disambiguate. Plus we had just fixed all the damn links. Please revert the move you did before you got any agreement on a talk page.
 * Oh, and I think it goes without saying I oppose the merger, as they are spectate titles, not the same one. oknazevad (talk) 15:20, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * The "current" title is known as the "WWE Women's Championship", the former Women's title was "once" known as the WWE Women's Championship but it's now displayed as just the "Women's Championship" on the WWE website making more sense for us to keep it how it is. Speedy Question Mark (talk) 16:29, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * The title was always known as WWF/E Women's Championship. All WWE titles usually delete the WWE part, just like the Cruiserweight, Divas... even the Intercontinental hasn't the WWE. These are two titles with the same name, it's better the date format. --HHH Pedrigree (talk) 15:33, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I honestly don't see how slapping the dates on the article titles is a better option its just lazy, the original title was once under the NWA name also, If you look in the "other names" section it displays that the title was also once called the "WWE Women's Championship". Speedy Question Mark (talk) 16:37, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Dates are a common way for disambiguation. Films with the same name or people with the same name and same profession (for example John Smith (Medal of Honor, b. 1826) and John Smith (Medal of Honor, b. 1831). The point, the title never was called Women's Championship and the name didn't change. WWE.com doesn't include the WWE in their titles ("Michelle McCool was the first WWE Diva to claim the Divas Championship" "Since its inception in September 1979, many greats have captured the Intercontinental Championship"). --HHH Pedrigree (talk) 15:45, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * It's always been called the "Women's Championship" even before the WWE by common name which is why its a suitable title for this article. Speedy Question Mark (talk) 16:51, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * What HHH said. Dates are a standard way to disambiguate something. And the title always had WWE (and WWF/WWWF before that) as part of its name. This current title is made up and false. Please cease move warring so we can put the title back to the consensus version instead of moving it to your imposed title without consensus. Especially when the matter is in discussion it's really lousy, non-collaborative behavior to repeatedly move the article against consensus. oknazevad (talk) 15:52, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * HOW is "Women's Championship" made up when its displayed that way on the WWE website it has also been called that due to common name for many years and its a pretty easy way of distinguishing the two titles. Speedy Question Mark (talk) 17:00, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * WWE.com doesn't use the WWE prefix, like the Divas and Intercontinental. However, other sources and WWE itself call the title WWE Women's Championship. Example, the unification match, McCool was introduced as the WWE Women's Champion. However, dates are least confusing--HHH Pedrigree (talk) 16:23, 4 April 2016 (UTC)

it distinguishes nothing because the old title was the WWE Women's Championship, too. Dates are the easiest, least confusing and most accurate way to disambiguate, and standard to Wikipedia guidelines and conventions. Anything else is poor. oknazevad (talk) 16:19, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I agree with the suggestion of renaming this page to "Women's Championship (WWE)" and the new championship article as "WWE Women's Championship". It would reflect the current championship used in the WWE, how WWE.com names these two titles, and would be a similar naming convention as WWE World Heavyweight Championship and World Heavyweight Championship (WWE). -- JDC808  ♫  21:19, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * That page also leaves the "WWE" off the IC and US and Cruiserweight titles, so it's not a definitive renaming. Especially since, unlike the other titles on that page that leave off the "WWE", the WHC was never refered to with WWE as part of its name, whereas the old WWE Women's Championship, which always had the company name as part of its name. oknazevad (talk) 01:35, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
 * It may not be a definitive renaming, however, it is a definitive differentiation between the two titles. -- JDC808  ♫  04:39, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
 * The only reason I proposed the merger is because of the debacle with the WWE Heavyweight Championship belt. I just think it would be best to wait until there is clear clarification. Why have to delete pages and move pages until the clarification? I guess i was trying to not have all these moves and deleted pages. - Kiraroshi1976 (talk) 22:20, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * WWE.com has called Charlotte the first winner of the title which would be impossible if it carried this titles' linage.--76.65.41.126 (talk) 23:01, 4 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I still like the idea of having this article named Women's Championship (WWE) with the new titles article being WWE Women's Championship, because people will most likely be searching for the current Women's title rather then the original one which will be linked off the new article. Speedy Question Mark (talk) 18:32, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't see how that would work since (WWE) applies to both titles. The years makes more sense.--76.65.41.126 (talk) 22:19, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
 * WWE does apply to both titles, hence the reason WWE would still be in the title of both articles with the suggestion that Speedy Question Mark brought up, which I also like. Currently, the new title's Wikipedia article is titled "WWE Women's Championship (2016-present)". That isn't a good disambiguator in my opinion. Like Speedy said, people are now likely gonna be searching for the new title, so if they type in "WWE Women's Championship", it should take them to the new, current title, not the old. At the very least, if date disambiguation is decided, then "WWE Women's Championship" should redirect to the new title. -- JDC808  ♫  04:39, 8 April 2016 (UTC)
 * There is already a discussion to move the other article so you should reply there if you have not do so.--76.65.41.126 (talk) 03:25, 9 April 2016 (UTC)

Article lock
I want to suggest that the article be edit-locked because somebody has been making erroneous edits to it (edits that I've now fixed).DigificWriter (talk) 03:16, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't know if that's needed. Clearly the anon was editing in good faith under the mistaken understanding of the relationships between the three WWE titles for women. The reverts here and at the new title's article are sufficient. If they repeat, then it's better served by a note at the anon's talk page pointing them to the official title history showing it as a separate championship is better and more educational than a lock that could disrupt appropriate edits, such as the inevitable page move that seems to be garnering unanimous support at WT:PW. oknazevad (talk) 03:22, 5 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Okay.DigificWriter (talk) 03:28, 5 April 2016 (UTC)

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Requested move 06 April 2016
WWE Women's Championship → Women's Championship (WWE) – This isn't intentionally to violate the page. Main reason for this page rename is because there is another page with the same name. I want this moved to stop confusion with the wiki readers/users about the lineage of the title belt. Also, it's real name is the Women's Championship, prior to WWE.com. – ZupaaHD (talk) 04:01, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
 * This is a contested technical request (permalink). Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:41, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

 * Move to WWE Women's Championship (1956–2010) if needed. As proposed it won't solve anything. ©   Tb hotch ™ (en-2.5). 15:37, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Let's keep it at one discussion!!!! Namely the one linked above. And the proposed title is crap, as it's was always the "WWE Women's Championship", and people are misinterpreting the WWE website, which leaves off the "WWE" from multiple titles, including the IC title. It's not a valid or definitive formatting. oknazevad (talk) 17:18, 6 April 2016 (UTC)

Requesting imediate deletion of this article as both titles have been merged into one article
Here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_WWE_Women%27s_Championship
 * reverted all moves and merges! Don't merge or move while discussion is ongoing. Learn how to use Wikipedia or you will be blocked. oknazevad (talk) 17:20, 6 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Bad merge since they are separate titles. Charlotte could not have been the inguaral winner if it was the existing title reactivated. --76.65.41.126 (talk) 02:26, 7 April 2016 (UTC)
 * Yep. It's is just incorrect and has been reverted. oknazevad (talk) 04:08, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

Requested move 16 September 2016

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The result of the move request was: Not moved. Withdraw by nominator. Discussion has gone off the rails with no support for this particular move. Other potential names can be hammered out on the talk page, WWE Women's Championship will be a dab page.LM2000 (talk) 23:44, 28 September 2016 (UTC) (non-admin closure)

WWE Women's Championship (1956–2010) → WWE Women's Championship – There's been some dissatisfaction with the current name on WT:PW and since the other women's championship changed names I believe that leaves this one as WP:PRIMARYTOPIC. This title had the name for eight years (and the similar WWF name from 83-02), the Raw Championship had it from April to September. WWE Women's Championship current redirects to the Raw Women's Championship, it seems to be agreed that if this move fails that will be turned into a dab page. LM2000 (talk) 23:23, 16 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose. The undisambiguated name should be a disambiguation page. oknazevad (talk) 23:25, 16 September 2016 (UTC)
 * I agree. -- JDC808  ♫  03:01, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

 * Comment – Per previous comment in this talk page combined with my recent comment in WT:PW, it's dubious to assert that the WWE or predecessor entities controlled or recognized this title to anymore than a superficial extent prior to 1984. If anything, The Fabulous Moolah controlled the title during that timespan, with the National Wrestling Alliance recognizing it mainly for the purposes of storyline continuity.  The WWE's predecessor entities, like many wrestling promotions of that era, were beholden to the whims and wishes of state or local athletic commissions, many of whom banned women wrestlers from appearing in their jurisdictions in the years following the first glory period of women's wrestling in the 1940s/1950s.  I've spent too many years having to point out that we have editors willing to push the revisionist POV that WWE's present dominance of the market has always been the case and that this POV is hardly restricted to one particular topic or another. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  05:29, 17 September 2016 (UTC)
 * What exactly are you trying to say? You're giving us all this historical information, and maybe I'm the only one, but I'm not quite sure what you're wanting. -- JDC808  ♫  03:01, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm quite busy with other things in my life at present and a read of my watchlist reveals more of the usual appallingly low signal-to-noise ratio, so pardon the lateness in getting back to you. You're just begging for a snarky response, but I am willing to assume good faith.  I'm also willing to assume that since you've participated in this discussion, you should already be familiar enough with the topic and my view on it and that you're making me repeat myself for no good reason.  This is yet another example of Wikipedians being all too willing to accept the present-day controlled narrative offered by WWE as having always been the case, otherwise known as historical revisionism.  I don't know about anyone else, but I do know that I'm not lobbying WWE for a job.  The article starts out by claiming that WWE has recognized this championship since 1956, when WWE (or WWF, or WWWF) didn't exist in 1956.  Vince McMahon Sr. was an NWA-affiliated local promoter, just like most major promoters in the United States were at the time.  It's called factual accuracy.  It's also called neutral point of view.  There's also original research, which is the impression I get from reading this mess of a title lineage I'm seeing in the article.  The WWF didn't recognize much of anything having to do with women's wrestling in general, let alone a championship, until Moolah came in to work the programs leading to her dropping the title to Richter. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  05:31, 20 September 2016 (UTC)
 * I wasn't begging for a snarky response, I legitimately was unsure of what you're wanting (which is basically what I said in my first comment). I've seen two (now three) of your comments on this subject, both of which are long drawn out responses that seem to not really get to the point of what you want (my take anyways). The company didn't have to exist at that time for the current company to recognize it; when you become the owner of something, you recognize the history that comes with it, which is what the WWE did (since they own the championship and have since whenever it became their property). They acknowledge the fact that it existed before their company, and instead of creating a new championship/lineage for Moolah, they just kept the lineage from when she first became champion in 1956 (if that date is wrong, then that's on them). Now, if you want "factual accuracy", which you apparently know a lot of for this subject, then edit the article and make it factually accurate (however more so it can be). -- JDC808  ♫  17:50, 20 September 2016 (UTC)

 * Oppose - as this is about a championship and the requested move is to WWE Women's Champion. I may reconsider if you are trying to say WWE Women's Championship instead of WWE Women's Champion.  JTP ( talk • contribs) 21:44, 19 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks for noticing that, I intended Championship and have fixed it to reflect that.LM2000 (talk) 22:37, 19 September 2016 (UTC)

 * Oppose but make the target page a dab page. I'm not sure either page is primary topic here. The Raw one is certainly a contender. — Amakuru (talk) 09:18, 27 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Sigh. Y'all realize how much work it was to implement this RM just five months ago? And now you want to move it back?? Most of the current links to WWE Women's Championship should be intended for the "Raw" championship. They could have saved us a lot of trouble if they'd just used that name from the get-go. With their changing the name of their championships on a whim every so often – when's the next name change coming? – we should just duck for cover and force any re-used common name like WWE Women's Championship to be a disambiguation page. wbm1058 (talk) 17:35, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
 * Support moving to any title which doesn't amount to original research – I don't know if everyone is using my prior comments to play dumb so they can turn this into a dramafest or if they really just don't get it. The present title reflects OR, plain and simple.  An editor back in 2007 cherry-picked a primary source, which currently resolves to a dead link, claiming a lineage of this title prior to late 1984.  That history is all bogus and is far more accurately covered in another article, NWA World Women's Championship.  Inheriting WWE's revisionist baggage simply because their website generally passes muster as an RS doesn't cut it;  it makes us out to be shills for them and their curious reinterpretation of professional wrestling history.  Shame on you for not getting that and for making me repeat myself like this.  This is another example of killing off any hope for the encyclopedia's long-term survival;  in a billion-website world, anyone wanting such POV is perfectly capable of going to WWE's website and getting it straight from the horse's mouth without having to come to this or any other website which mindlessly repeats it. RadioKAOS / Talk to me, Billy / Transmissions  21:59, 28 September 2016 (UTC)
 * If there is OR, why don't you correct it? Instead of rambling on with these issues that you have about how WWE handles history, edit the articles. Make them as factual as they can be based on RS. Aside from voicing your opinions on these RMs, I haven't seen you take any action to correct the issues that you have. As to "shame on you", it's not my fault that your posts failed to get to the point. Your previous post above finally got to the point, although there was still a lot of rambling that cluttered it up (that was the issue with your other two posts on this subject; too much rambling that cluttered up your main point). -- JDC808  ♫  23:24, 28 September 2016 (UTC)

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Name change
Just change it to WWE Women’s Championship, since the one from 2016 is now the Raw Women’s Championship? PedigreeWWEFigz87V2 (talk) 16:52, 11 July 2021 (UTC)

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Whitefriars College

Whitefriars College is a Roman Catholic Independent school for boys located in the Melbourne suburb of Donvale, Australia. Established in 1961, the college reflects the tradition of the Carmelites, and is recognised for its uniform's brown blazer with the college crest appearing on the breast pocket. The college has been a member of the Associated Catholic Colleges since 1999. The college was one of the first schools in Victoria to implement a notebook-computer program, which has now transitioned to a notebook-tablet program, in which every student is provided with a notebook-tablet.

House system
The college has eight houses, each one named after a Carmelite of note. The houses are:

As there is a vertical pastoral care (more commonly known as homeroom) system at the college, each house is made up of six pastoral care groups and each group contains approximately 24 students. This change was made in 2005. Each house is governed by a Head of House. Unlike other schools, students at Whitefriars College are more so responsible to their respective Head of House combined with Pastoral Care teacher, than that of their Year level co-ordinator.

Curriculum
Whitefriars College offers its senior students the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE).

50 years celebration
The college celebrated its 50th year in operation from 2010 to 2011. The school received a New Chapel, Quadrangle and Classrooms to commemorate the occasion. In addition to this, some existing classrooms were also renovated. Students were also presented with a 50-year badge to be worn on their blazer lapel.

Sport
Whitefriars is a member of the Associated Catholic Colleges (ACC).

ACC premierships
Whitefriars has won the following ACC premierships.

 * Basketball (11) – 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2019
 * Cricket (5) – 2002, 2003, 2012, 2015, 2020
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The school has two student-run community service organisations, the Key Club, sponsored by the Doncaster-Templestowe Kiwanis, and Young St. Vinnie's. Both groups work in the school community as well as in the wider community on a number of projects. The Key Club runs a recycling drive and St Vinnie's runs a weekly blood donation drive, in which VCE students are encouraged to give blood.

Notable alumni

 * John Blakey – North Melbourne Football Club Premiership player
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 * Patrick Cronin – Manslaughter victim
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 * David Morris – 2010 Olympic Aerial Skier and Australian record holder; 2014 Winter Olympic silver medalist.
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 * Xavier O'Neill – West Coast Eagles footballer
 * Andy Otten (2007) – Adelaide Football Club and No. 27 draft pick 2007
 * Christian Petracca – Melbourne Football Club Footballer and No. 2 2014 NAB AFL Draft, 2021 Premiership player, 2021 Norm Smith Medalist
 * Victor Perton – Long standing member for Doncaster (1988–2006)
 * Nicholas Reece – Deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne and Chair of Movember, former senior advisor to the Prime Minister and Secretary of the Victorian Labor Party
 * Ben Simmons – Philadelphia 76ers NBA Basketballer and No. 1 2016 NBA Draft
 * Paul van der Haar – Essendon Football Club Footballer – 1984 / 1985 Premiership Winners – Essendon Team of the Century
 * Karl von Möller – Film Director and Cinematographer
 * Sam Weideman – Melbourne Football Club Footballer and No. 9 2015 NAB AFL Draft
 * Joseph Zema – Canadian football player
 * Patrick Lipinski – Western Bulldogs Football Club and Collingwood Footballer and No. 28 2016 NAB AFL Draft
 * Dylan Williams – AFL Footballer
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In 2019, Whitefriars reached a confidential settlement with a student relating to accusations that the school failed to take adequate action after an older student allegedly groomed and sexually abused at least two younger boys.

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John Helliwell

John Anthony Helliwell (born 15 February 1945) is an English musician, best known as the saxophonist, secondary keyboardist, and backing vocalist for the rock band Supertramp. He also served as an MC during the band's concerts, talking and making jokes to the audience between songs. Helliwell played with The Alan Bown Set, replacing Dave Green when he joined in January 1966, before joining Supertramp in 1973 along with bassist Dougie Thomson, who convinced Helliwell to make the move. In 2004, Helliwell formed the band Crème Anglaise with Mark Hart, who had joined Supertramp in 1985. This group recorded their eponymous debut album in 2005.

In 1987 Helliwell played on Pink Floyd's album A Momentary Lapse of Reason; his name was misspelled as "Halliwell". This was after Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour had played on Supertramp's album Brother Where You Bound. Helliwell also played on French singer Jean-Jacques Goldman's 1985 album Positif, and clarinet on Sara Hickman's 1990 album Shortstop.

During a professional lull in the 1990s, Helliwell began studying for a music degree at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, but he discontinued his studies to join Supertramp on tour when Some Things Never Change was released. In 2004 he contributed saxophone work on the Simon Apple album River to the Sea.

Helliwell contributed clarinet to The Pineapple Thief's song "Fend For Yourself" from their Your Wilderness album which was released in 2016.

Helliwell fronts the Super Big Tramp Band, which has a jazz big band line-up of trumpets, trombones, saxophones and rhythm section. It plays versions of Supertramp tunes, arranged by members of the band, with no vocals, but with Helliwell as the chief soloist. The band first played in Manchester in June 2013. In 2019 the band played at the Manchester Jazz Festival in May and was scheduled to play in Hull and Hamburg later in the year.

In October 2020, Helliwell released Ever Open Door, a CD album of ballads with Helliwell on saxophone and clarinet, with a string quartet and Hammond organ.

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Because this building was built out of the materials of Chicago's old Customs House and Post Office this article is part of WikiProject Chicago--Orestek (talk) 03:48, 1 July 2009 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Saint Marys Hospital

Saint Marys Hospital

I've had a couple failed nominations here before, but I've been taking some photographs for the Mayo Clinic articles and this one turned out especially well.

Raven4x4x 02:56, 19 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Self-nominate. — Knowledge Seeker দ 05:51, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Needs perspective correction, and the color fringing should be fixed. Background buildings are a bit overexposed, but not fatally so. —Cryptic (talk) 14:34, 5 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your comments. Unfortunately, I don't really know how to do those things, so if they are going to be a problem then I will withdraw this nomination. — Knowledge Seeker দ 03:57, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose. Ordinary. Enochlau 05:00, 9 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose. A little to much so Enochlau. I agree. --ScottyBoy900Q 22:27, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Oppose Sorry but this just not interesting to look at - Adrian Pingstone 19:06, 16 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Support I don't know why - but somehow this strikes me as a very good picture. It's just so bright and clear and the composition is good. The subject matter is not inherently striking so I think we can put this down to fortuitous weather conditions and the skill of the photographer. - Haukur Þorgeirsson 21:45, 17 October 2005 (UTC)


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Mark Gardner (baseball)

Mark Allan Gardner (born March 1, 1962) is an American former pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched for the Montreal Expos, Kansas City Royals, Florida Marlins and San Francisco Giants and also coached for the Giants.

Professional career
Gardner pitched in the Major Leagues from 1989 to 2001 for the Montreal Expos, Kansas City Royals, Florida Marlins, and the Giants. In his career, Gardner pitched in 345 games, posting a record of 99–93 and a 4.56 ERA. He appeared in 275 of his 345 career games as a starter. Gardner was also used as a long reliever and spot starter during the final years of his career. On July 26, 1991, Gardner no hit the Dodgers for nine innings but gave up two hits to start the bottom of the 10th (Jeff Fassero gave up the game-winning hit to Darryl Strawberry, the very next batter, but Gardner took the loss) and lost 1–0. Two nights later, his teammate Dennis Martinez threw a perfect game against the Dodgers.

On September 3, 1995, Gardner notched his only save in the major leagues. He pitched the bottom of the 11th for the Marlins to nail down an 8-7 victory over the Astros.

Gardner played the last six seasons of his career with the Giants. He shared the 2001 Willie Mac Award with Benito Santiago, which recognized each of their spirit and leadership.

Coaching career
One season after retiring, Gardner became the Giants' bullpen coach in 2003. He remained in the position until 2017 and was a member of three World Series championship teams.

Personal life
Gardner attended Clovis High School in Clovis, California, and California State University, Fresno, where he met his wife, Lori Gardner, an All-American softball pitcher. He and Lori have 2 sons. Lori Gardner struggled with liver cancer for several years during her husband's tenure with the Giants before dying from the disease in 2003. The Gardner family remains active in the Donate Life America organization.

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