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Talk:Derry City F.C.

libelous Statements
Even though the club, to this day, still carries the reputation of being a nationalist-supported club with support coming in the main from Derry's nationalist community, the club itself, at odds with certain other clubs in Northern Ireland in the past, such as Linfield, has never employed a Catholics-only policy (or a Protestants-only policy in the case of Linfield) and has had both Protestants and Catholics sport the club's colours throughout its history.

If this section of text is continiously re-entered it wil be deleted. Linfield FC had no such policy. If these comments continue to be re-instated after deletion legal advice against Wikipedia will be sought. —Preceding unsigned comment added by GCLFC (talk • contribs) 15:10, 27 December 2006

 * Was there an unnofficial policy of religious discrimination at Linfield? The ESPN article in the reference section claims that there was. Danny InvincibleTalk 22:14, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

"Safety concerns"? Please expand!
Quoth the article:

 * Derry City formerly played in the Irish Football League, but was forced to leave that league following the 1972-73 season because of safety concerns.

It would be constructive to expand on this. Whose safety did Derry's play in the Northern Irish league endanger and how? --Jfruh 18:52, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

For their own safety. Derry City left the Irish League for the Eircom League for near enough the same reason as Belfast Celtic disbanded - sectarian violence. --[[User:Unregistered] 15:48, 10 March 2006 (UTC) WHALEFER

 * Yeah i think your right, Derry City major support comes from a republican base, and i think the major issue was with Institute F.C. which was more of a unionist supported club. But i always have had the impression that Derry City was more or less forced out then leaving on their own accords. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 04:47, 11 March 2006 (UTC)

Institue weren't around as a senior club when Derry left the Irish League or joined the League of Ireland. They were only elected to the IL in 2000 or so. In any case they are a very small club so no security issue really applies to them. Derry leaving the Irish League had to do with the Brandywell area being a virtual warzone in the early 1970s and unionist supported teams (which was everyone else except Cliftonville) refusing to travel there. The IFA then ruled that the Brandywell didn't qualify as a senior football venue so teams would not have to travel there. Derry had to play in Coleraine (a unionist town) for a couple of years but then gave it up in 1973 until 1985 when they were elected into the newly created 1st division of the LOI. Jdorney

 * Ahh ok. that makes sence now. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 05:17, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

better late than never...

 * This article covers things extremely well in my view: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/feature?id=325744&cc=3436
 * cheers. SeanMack 13:35, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Location and League
I think this section should be excised or (preferably) split into a separate article. It bears only tangential relevance to Derry City and the status of the UK clubs cited is not comparable to that of Derry, as they do not cross international borders. DublinDilettante 16:10, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Agree that this section looks and feels totally out of place. Dodge 12:02, 25 August 2006 (UTC)

POV
We can assume that that will be the end of the Candystripe's European adventure for this season!

Totally POV so I deleted it.

Nick M 25th of August 2006

Ahh!!! Ye of little faith! wait til thursday night!!

Club colours
Any idea where the red and white stripes originated?--134.226.1.194 17:03, 3 September 2006 (UTC)

Sheffield united apparently - can't remember the whole story but a former sheff utd player came over and playes or was manager of City and they adopted the "Candystripes"

 * The comment on the kit's similarity to that of Aston Villa's at one stage has been re-instated, and I acknowledge that the Club's history page (cited) says the same thing, but unless there is a statement contemporary to that change of kit assigning significance to such similarity it is no more relevant than its similarity to the colours of West Ham, Scunthorpe, Burnley, Weymouth or Chesham Utd. Kevin McE 18:33, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I agree. The reference says "similar to Aston Villa", there's nothing to suggest Aston Villa inspired the kit. Oldelpaso 18:53, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * The same would apply to the black and gold kit: just like Cambridge Utd, Barnet, ...  Kevin McE 20:17, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I suppose the links are implied, but I understand that it isn't expressly stated anywhere that the jerseys were inspired by Aston Villa and later Wolves, so I'll delete any mention of those clubs. Danny InvincibleTalk 20:46, 31 May 2007 (UTC)

Recent anon edits
In responce to the following comment on my talk page:
 * "Can you please stop removing important information regarding Derry City F.C. from the page? If you refuse to stop this childish behaviour I may be forced to report you to the powers-that-be. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Johnfullerton (talk • contribs) 2006-10-15T18:54:50 "

My recent edits on this article have been in response to a request for assistance on one of the admin notice boards. My main edits have had suitable edit summaries, but to sum things up: Based on this I have remade the majority of those edits, but leaving the photos alone. Please note that a number of editors of this article would also seem (evidence being their reverts) to agree with my viewpoint. Thanks/wangi 20:16, 15 October 2006 (UTC)
 * 1) I couldn't care less which photo goes where, but when anon editors change that they need to do so with care and not remove other valid edits.
 * 2) The "Location and league" section is pure nonsense and does not belong in the article. It is inaccurate, original research and unsourced.
 * 3) The list of supporter fan clubs is not encyclopedic (see WP:NOT for starters)
 * 4) There are far too many external links, links which do not enhance the article or are unreliable sources (see WP:EL.
 * I have since deleted Image:Derrypsg.jpg as a copyright violition (not as claimed a PD photo taken by Johnfullerton). Thanks/wangi 12:56, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Jose Mokendi
Does anybody know; should his surname be spelled 'Mokendi' or 'Mukendi' (like his son spells his surname)? Why is there confusion/a difference?--Johnfullerton 19:38, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
 * See SeanMack 13:40, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

 * How many international caps did he win? Danny InvincibleTalk 22:55, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
 * He's a character shrouded in a tremendous amount of mystery. Simply, who knows?--Johnfullerton 12:55, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

League split in two
What exactly did this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derry_City_F.C.#endnote_4) entail?--134.226.1.194 15:25, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

David Tennant
I see no reason to delete David Tennant from the list of notable supporters. Tennant attended the Brandywell for a game in the past year to offer his support as his grandfather, Archie McLeod, played for the club in by-gone days. I have also seen a photo of him sporting a Derry City scarf. I'm sure that qualifies as supporting the club in some way or another, if even just financially in a minor way. Even so, since then he has joined the City Exiles Supporters Club.--Johnfullerton 20:32, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. Assuming the pic isn't photoshopped;-), seems like proof to me anyway. I won't remove it again. You got a reference for the exiles supporters club? Would be no harm to stick it if you did. Cheers SeanMack 10:41, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
 * One of the members of the Exiles SC mentioned the fact on Derry City Chat.--Johnfullerton 10:11, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, a chat site wouldn't be good enough to use as a reference according to WP:RS. Cheers SeanMack 11:50, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
 * I'm aware of that. I was just obliging. I don't think it's necessary to rely on a post from a chat site for reference anyway if there is a photo of the man wearing a City scarf in the Brandywell.--Johnfullerton 12:14, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

It's not a chat site!!!! It's a football supporters forum!!
 * Whatever you want to call it, it doesn't meet requirements of WP:RS. SeanMack 11:36, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
 * It looks like a chat site to me. The name gives it away. Anyhow, are photographs accepted as sources?--Johnfullerton 12:53, 10 January 2007 (UTC)

Guidelines and to-do list
Here are some guidelines as to how the article may be improved from members of WikiProject Football:

''The reasons that the article is not A-class includes amongst others:
 * '' Recentism in history section. The years 1928–1985 (57 years) is covered in about half the text that the years 1985–2006 (21 years) are covered in.
 * '' Many unsourced "controversial" or "non-obvious" sentences. For example "Even though the club, to this day, still carries the reputation of being a nationalist-supported club with support coming in the main from Derry's nationalist community".
 * '' Using far too many fair use or missing license images. And remove the sponsor images, they provide no more info to the article than text does.
 * '' There really is no need to list other clubs that play in leagues of a country which they do not come from. What has FC Vaduz to do with Derry City?
 * ''Far too many lists.
 * ''Trivia section should be incorporated in other sections.
 * All in all, the article is a good B-class article, but much needs to be done before it is A-class. I suggest you take a look at articles on clubs that are featured, such as Arsenal F.C., Everton F.C., Manchester City F.C., Sheffield Wednesday F.C. and IFK Göteborg to get ideas on how to get the article further up on the assessment ladder. – Elisson • T • C • 11:39, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

"Derry City F.C. is a pretty good article, it is better referenced than most and looks fairly comprehensive, but the criteria to be considered A-class are pretty stringent. To be A-class, an article must be somewhere between good article and featured article standard. A class articles are likely to have undergone a process such as peer review. As it stands now, the article probably isn't too far off GA, 'B' looks a fair assessment." – Oldelpaso 09:46, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

''I'd agree with all the points Elisson makes about the article. A couple of additional points:
 * '' The bit about UEFA coefficients looks to be mainly about Irish football in general rather than Derry specifically, and should probably be removed, though a sentence or two could be moved to the "European football" section.
 * '' The large number of subheadings disrupts the flow of the article, merging some of the sections may be beneficial.
 * ''A list of notable former players is entirely subjective unless there is specific criteria for inclusion. Notable supporters is a verifiability nightmare, the consensus in similar cases in the past has generally been that is someone's support for a club is truly notable it should be mentioned in the article of that individual rather than that of the club.
 * ''Current season transfers should not be included, that is the remit of Wikinews rather than Wikipedia.
 * The article is progressing well, it has reached a stage where refinement is the priority rather than expansion. – Oldelpaso 15:33, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

I have a query; does anyone have or know where I could obtain a copy of Frank Curran's Derry City Story (Donegal Democrat, 1986)?

To-do list (include the following in article):
 * A greater account of Derry’s early history.
 * Who founded the club?
 * Why were the colours black and amber originally chosen and what style was the jersey ?
 * What ground did Derry use whilst playing in Coleraine? Was it the Showgrounds?

 * Information on past crests and a note of description and history on each of them.
 * Reference and provide source for article's claims of Derry being a largely nationalist-supported club.
 * All notable players and articles based on their careers.
 * Where was Harris Chueu from?

 * All past shirt sponsors and kit providers along with dates of seasons they sponsored the team or supplied jerseys.
 * Did Le Coq Sportif ever supply a kit? For some reason I think they did.

 * A list of all past managers and managerial records if available.
 * Statistics on highest goalscorers and record number of appearances, et cetera.
 * Full details of the Brandywell.
 * Details on the current agreement (or lack thereof) with the Derry City Council.
 * A history of the Brandywell.
 * When was it built and opened for use?
 * What is the record attendance?
 * Stadium plans.

 * A full list of all international players to have played for Derry including the number of caps they each won.
 * How many caps did Tony O'Doherty, Jackie Hennessy, Johnny McKenzie, Jim McLaughlin and Jose Mukendi each win?

 * Are there any further references in general/pop culture?
 * Notes of information on some of the main supporters' clubs.
 * Possibly include supporter songs and lyrics in the supporters section if they are deemed encyclopaedic.
 * Maybe include a graphical timeline of major events in the club's history along with a 'dream team' as voted for by fans (if such a vote has ever taken place). See West Ham United, for example.
 * Past away-kit variations.
 * More information, such as records, standings and a graph, on Derry's past in the Irish League. Use:
 * Historical seasonal standings of the Irish League from the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

 * Give mention to Derry players who were league top scorers during certain seasons in the history section. Information available at the website of the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation for both Irish League and League of Ireland.
 * Standardise the format of all references. Put dates in brackets.
 * Why exactly did the IFA want to prevent Derry from playing their European game at the Brandywell?
 * Had Derry always been semi-professional until a few seasons ago?
 * Any idea if the score of the 1936 IFA Cup final was definitely 2-0 to Linfield. I've seen some websites that claim it went to a reply, while another said the score was 2-1, with Jimmy Kelly scoring.
 * Did Martin O'Neill ever play for Derry? Some websites claim that he did. Danny InvincibleTalk 00:31, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

"This article is becoming a monster! Perhaps consideration should be given to splitting the document into a number of smaller pages? Also some serious quality control is required, if 'notable players' include the likes of Kwame Crudden and Lee Molyneux (amongst others) - players who only played a very minor role in the club and made limited first-team appearances. " – (Niallc99 16:27, 9 January 2007 (UTC))

Merge
The Brandywell section needs to be merged into the article. The section is fairly redundant with the article as it is. Also what is the use of having a article on the stadium if you going to but the majority of focus on it in the article about the team. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 02:57, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

 * The standard football club manual of style insists on the inclusion of a section in any club's article dealing with that club's stadium. However, I do see your point in that the information contained within both the section and the article are much the same. Possibly, the section could focus more on the club's relationship with the Brandywell, as well as other stadiums it might have once used as home grounds, while the article could be directed away from a club-focus? Danny InvincibleTalk 13:23, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

 * Umm yeah, that would work. I think, just the impression that i get, thats what the progect was going for. --Boothy443 | trácht ar 02:45, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Address and contact information
I have removed this from the article as is it not deemed to be encyclopeadic:

Brandywell Stadium, Lone Moor Road, Derry, BT48 9HZ. Telephone: 028 7128 1333 Fax: 028 7128 1334 Danny InvincibleTalk 23:35, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Supporter user-box
I have created a user-box for supporters who use Wikipedia: You can enter the following on your user-page for the box to appear there: User Derry City F.C. supporter Danny InvincibleTalk 15:49, 27 April 2007 (UTC)
 * You should remove the logo - the fair use policy forbids the use of fair use images in User: space. Oldelpaso 20:15, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Issues raised while going through the article
Fuelled by the support of the large, enthusiastic crowds returning to the Brandywell to witness local senior football after a period of deprivation, as well as a hunger for success after an FAI Cup final defeat in 1988 to Dundalk, Jim McLaughlin helped the club to an historic treble — the League Cup, the League Title and the FAI Cup — in the 1988–89 season. - This implies that the treble win was mostly due to the first two things. There are three ideas here, the crowds, the FAI Cup final, and the treble. Each should have its own sentence. All clubs are expected to have a hunger for success, so no need to write that. How about: ''The return of senior football to Brandywell attracted large enthusiastic crowds.(ref) The club reached the 1988 FAI Cup final, but lost to Dundalk. The following season Jim McLaughlin's side won a [historic] treble — the League Cup, the League Title and the FAI Cup.'' If another team had previously won the treble, omit "historic". (All IMHO of course) Oldelpaso 20:12, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

Supporters section:
 * upon the club's entry into the League of Ireland in 1985, crowds of nearly 10,000 regularly flocked to the Brandywell to see their team - this is contradicted lower down where the record crowd is listed as 9,800.
 * are regarded as being one of the largest, noisiest and most colourful groups following a team in the eircom League.[84] the reference doesn't mention any of this.
 * are known to bring substantial numbers to away games, despite their isolation in the north-west. Vague and unreferenced.
 * Despite the perception of Derry City being a nationalist-supported club, it does have numerous supporters who would be of a Protestant upbringing, although large numbers of the Protestant community in the city would simply ignore the club, while others would go as far to attack the club as a symbol of Catholicism or nationalism. Starting with "despite" makes this sound defensive. The "would"s look like an aim for neutrality, but obfuscate the meaning. I read it as meaning Protestant supporters exist but are a small minority, that the Protestant community is largely apathetic, and that there is a degree of antipathy toward the club from some for sectarian reasons. Whether this interpretation is correct or incorrect, the paragraph needs more clarity. Oldelpaso 21:31, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Should the club's name in Irish be bolded? I've removed some of the statements you highlighted above and hopefully the text about Protestant opinion of the club is OK now. The "nearly 10,000" figure is referenced and I assume it means anywhere from 9,000 or so up, which, although quite general, would keep the statement factual and allow for figures below the 9,800 threshold. This article also mentions a general figure of 10,000 having attended the Brandywell in the past. What do you think? Danny InvincibleTalk 20:36, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
 * I think (but am not certain) that italics are normally used. The troublesome word for the crowd numbers is regularly. Do you have any figures for average attendances in this period? Its a minor point though. Oldelpaso 18:40, 12 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Attendance figures and details are rather scarce, unfortunately. I've removed the word "regularly". I've been trying to chop unnecessary words out of each section. The lead has been shortened to two paragraphs and the colours, crests and records sections are concise and to the point. I've tidied up the stadium section and used only free photos. The supporters section is quite large but I think that those details are important. I haven't included notable supporters. Should I keep them out? I recall you felt that the club article wasn't the place for such facts. The only photo in the article that needs sorted is the squad photo.

 * The history section remains my main worry. It's still quite long, although I've divided it into three parts. The section in full deals with the following issues: the club's founding, naming and move into the Brandywell; successes and prominent European outings as well as the issue of suspected sectarianism surrounding the 1965–66 game; the effects of the Troubles on the club; the "wilderness years"; entry into the League of Ireland, the unique no-police policy and early success; modern success; modern lows, near-bankruptcy and the response to save the club, as well as the Liam Coyle-Carles Puyol anecdote; near-relegation; Liam Coyle's retirement (brief mention as he is commonly viewed as the club's best ever player); first Irish club to be awarded a UEFA licence; introduction of full-time football; the 2006 UEFA Cup run (the club's most successful season in Europe ever); recent successes; qualification for the Setanta Cup, and the return of those from unionist backgrounds to the Brandywell; success under Kenny; and a disappointing dip under Fenlon.

 * I understand that the modern highs and lows section is lengthy and leaves me open to being accused of recentism, but I do feel that most of the issues mentioned, however recent, are still as important events in the club's history as many of the other events mentioned. As the article notes; most teams' journeys to the Brandywell were of little consequence up until 1969. Just because significant events occurred more recently than others doesn't mean they should be side-stepped for the sake of avoiding recentism. How close do you feel the article is to FA status now? Danny InvincibleTalk

I'm contemplating re-inserting a note (maybe a footnote) on the competitive return of unionist-supported teams to the Brandywell as it is quite a significant milestone in the club's history. What do others think? Danny InvincibleTalk 17:08, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Popular culture section
Some of the items seem trivial mentions, so I've moved them here. A What happened next appearance, a TV show using a mug as a prop, and a local press April Fools joke aren't things which have a lasting impact. Oldelpaso 17:41, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

Start of moved material A bizarre own-goal, in which the opposition goal-keeper was lobbed from outside the box by a player from his own team, scored by Finn Harps' Terry Leake for Derry City during a 1989–90 season Brandywell-meeting once appeared on the "What happened next?" round of the BBC's A Question of Sport.

In addition, during an 8 January, 2007 episode of RTÉ's The Panel, Irish comedian, Karl Spain, was seen drinking from a mug displaying the crest of Derry City. Although Spain himself is not known to be a fan of Derry, one of the shows producers, Seamus Cassidy from Derry, is. During the next show one week later, fellow comedian, Dara Ó Briain, was also seen drinking from the mug. On 22 January, 2007 the mug was seen in the hands of a third panellist, Irish television and radio personality, Ray D'Arcy.

Moreover, the club has appeared in a joke perpetrated by local printed press outlet, the Derry Journal, who once reported that Gary Lineker had signed for Derry. However, the date of the publication was 1 April, and the story was an April Fools' prank. End of moved material

Lead
Last comments before I add my support to the FAC, I promise. Does "Red and White Army" refer to the club or its supporters? I would have presumed the latter.

I've attempted a rewrite of the bit which read "This era came to an end in 1972 when they left the league after the Irish Football Association, having earlier banned the use of their ground due to security fears over the Troubles in the Brandywell area and demanded they play their "home" games outside of Derry and in Coleraine, requested they continue playing there despite the unsustainability of the arrangement and the fact that security forces had ruled the area around their home safe enough to re-stage football." - it was one heck of a mouthful (try reading it aloud), and didn't make it clear which of Coleraine or Brandywell the club were requested to continue playing in. Oldelpaso 20:05, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

 * Cheers. I suppose "Red and White Army" can mean either or both. In the following article, it is used to refer to the team: . Here, however, it refers to the fans of the club: . Danny InvincibleTalk 20:28, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

 * If it's OK, I'm just going to re-mention the unsustainability of the Coleraine arrangement as that was also a major factor in the club's ultimate withdrawal from the Irish League. Danny InvincibleTalk 20:58, 21 May 2007 (UTC)

Contradiction
I must admit to not following the League of Ireland so that is why I have not just gone ahead and changed this but the opening paragraph states "It played the majority of its time in the League of Ireland in the First Division, the second top tier of league football in the Republic of Ireland..." before going on to say "they joined the League of Ireland's new First Division for 1985–86. Derry won the First Division title and achieved promotion to the Premier Division in 1987, and remained there until 2009" in the next paragraph. To me that looks like 2 seasons in the division they supposedly spent "the majority" of their time in with 22 years in the top division. As I say my LEague of Ireland knowledge is weak but surely this is a mistake and the first sentence should read "It played the majority of its time in the League of Ireland in the Premier Division, the top tier of league football in the Republic of Ireland...". Keresaspa (talk) 17:48, 16 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Having just looked at the history I now realise that the above is a case of vandalism by an anonymous user so I will go ahead and reverse the changes. Keresaspa (talk) 00:21, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
 * I'll remove the tag then if its no longer needed. Cheers SeanMack (talk) 04:34, 28 February 2010 (UTC)

translation
Anyone object to including an Ulster Scots translation for the name aswell as an Irish Translation? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Factocop (talk • contribs) 09:44, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, Where do you intend to get this translation it is WP:OR to just add one. --VirtualRevolution (talk) 10:25, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Hi VirtualRevolution, I couldn't find the text that said you are only allowed one translation although I understand that if their were a ton of translations then the wiki page would look a mess. Just asking.Factocop (talk) 10:53, 15 September 2010 (UTC)
 * It would be easy to conclude that Factocop is being argumentative rather than generally concerned as to what is an appropriate number of translations. Obviously it is not a matter of how many translations are possible to generate, but of what languages are generally used in reliable sources to refer to this club.  Given that a slight majority of the other clubs in the same division also have an Irish language equivalent in the lead paragraph of their articles, it should not be difficult for those who want to have it included to find the relevant sources, but now that it has been challenged, it should be referenced.  However, the clubs own website is monolingual, and Irish is not the main language where the club or league is based, so maybe there is some need to convince.  Any desire to append a translation of the club's name in Ulster Scots would need a similar level of external evidence.  Kevin McE (talk) 14:11, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

Well given that few of the other football clubs in Northern Ireland have translations to their name it makes no sense for Derry City FC to have the translation. Obviously the page is locked so no change can be made anyway.Factocop (talk) 09:47, 16 September 2010 (UTC)

Proposed deletion of Archie McLeod

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Derry's treble
It's not the only one achieved by an Irish club. Bohs done it in 1928. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.198.151.37 (talk) 04:15, 27 February 2011 (UTC)

Ulster Banner
The Ulster Banner is being used on this page to show the place of birth of some of the current squad this is against WP:MOSFLAG Mo ainm  ~Talk  13:27, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Mo not as far as I'm aware. As long as the sporting bodies used it (and UEFA and FIFA do) then it can be used. The Ulster Banner's use is wide spread in soccer, commonwealth games and golf articles. Bjmullan (talk) 13:46, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes I agree with it' use when the player is capped by NI but if they are not capped by NI then they can also play for ROI and in the cases I removed the flag was just being used because of the birth place of the player. Mo ainm  ~Talk  13:51, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Agree with Mo ainm. For sportspeople flags should only be used to indicate sporting nationality, not place of birth. Unless people have been capped nobody knows what their sporting nationality is. It is not a case of "he might have a Scottish grandmother", everyone from the North is eligible to play for both teams. O Fenian (talk) 15:13, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * You make a very fair point and I totally agree. I'm currently looking at Darts which seems to use the flag a great deal without any of the organising bodies using it. The discussion thread for anyone that is interested is here. Bjmullan (talk) 15:56, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * The page is now very messy, verging on the ridiculous. I suggest you put the flags back pending wider agreement on this. I would have reverted it myself but there have been additional uncontroversial edits in the mean time. This Ulster Banner is a difficult one, but we should try to avoid making it a politcal issue and err on the side of consistency - like consistently have a flag for all players (oh, and some canvassing I see). WizOfOz (talk) 15:58, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Oh and some stalking I see... Bjmullan (talk) 16:10, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * LOL!!!! So why do we all have an edit history freely available and viewable? Stalking ideed! What utter claptrap! Yes, I'm watching what you're doing, now tell me that you're not watching what anyone else is doing. WizOfOz (talk) 16:15, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * And I wouldn't even be watching you if you hadn't done that non-consensus change. WizOfOz (talk) 16:17, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I have better things to do other than watch what other people are up too. Rather than wasting your time watching me why don't you find a WP:RS for the use of the UB in Darts articles? Bjmullan (talk) 16:19, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Flags cannot be added for decoration either so because it's a mess is irrelevant, and do you propose we add the 🇮🇪 or ? Mo ainm  ~Talk  16:21, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't know, but one of them should be there at least. I'll have a look. WizOfOz (talk) 16:27, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Please make sure you provide a reliable source for the sporting nationality of any player you plan to add the Ulster Banner next to. O Fenian (talk) 16:37, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * And might that also apply to those players from Southern Ireland? WizOfOz (talk) 16:39, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * What do you mean Wiz? Mo ainm  ~Talk  16:41, 15 April 2011 (UTC)
 * I don't understand the claim that a player who featured at NI underage level can't be represented by the NI flag. True they could still change, but so could any young player from any country, but that would be a switch of nationality. Their current nationality is undoubtedly NI pending an active change. Nifg 19:55, 15 April 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nifg (talk • contribs)
 * Yeah, unclear there. What I was getting at is that we shouldn't single out one particular flag in the way Ofenian did just there. Reliable sources should apply across the piece and not just to the UB, but I'm easy on this one. It's complicated due to some of the players not representing their countries and the whole national identity thing swirling around it. This one might be better without any flags. WizOfOz (talk) 19:57, 15 April 2011 (UTC)

Derry's current squad
Is it a joke? Every time I edit this wikipedia section for Derry City F.C. and update the out-of-date and incorrect information provided on the current squad it is removed. The squad information is wrong, I have mentioned this before, two of the players no longer play with the club and have been replaced, the nationalities aren't given for a lot of the players and I have provided them with their correct nations but this has been removed. The kit numbers are wrong and aren't provided for four of the players while one person has had his kit number changed and the link provided for Stewart Greacon, 'Stewart Greacon (footballer)' is incorrect and should simply say Stewart Greacon while wikipedia will do the rest for you. I go to all the Brandywell games, I'm related to one of the players, I go on the website regularly, I know more about this team than whoever it is that keeps removing my edits!

I have edited this section again and I hope my changes are not removed, I can assure you that they are correct and can be proven by simply looking up the league of Ireland profiles for any of the players. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.165.201.157 (talk) 21:28, 30 April 2011 (UTC)

My edit has been removed again, this is beyond a joke. Is there some sort of automatic computerized system to undo changes on this section? Or is someone seriously changing this themselves? This is the correct version of the current squad:

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Were do I put these sources? On the page itself in a reference? I'm not a wikipedia expert so I don't really know what I'm doing except with a bit of editing. I am a source as I go to regular games and know the team like the back of my hand but I do have an official source aswell as mentioned!

http://www.soccerway.com/teams/ireland-republic/derry-city-football-club/squad/

I have edited it once more for the last time and I ask some sort of Moderator to use this to change it themselves.

 * Current squad

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.165.201.157 (talk • contribs)

 * Putting it on the talk page is the way to do it. Wait a few days for people to respond and list their thoughts or objections.  Ocaasi c 01:00, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Okay cheers mate for both your replies, good help :)! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.165.201.157 (talk) 01:05, 1 May 2011 (UTC)

Trebles by other clubs
"Derry are one of only three League of Ireland teams to have completed a treble along with Bohemian with one treble and Shamrock Rovers with 3 trebles." Neither Dublin club has won the treble, [] nor [] show any League title , FAI cup and League cup win in the same season. The lead also states "The club won a domestic treble in 1988–89, the only League of Ireland club to ever do so." which is correct. I am removing this sentence. Murry1975 (talk) 12:05, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

Problems with article
At the moment, this article—which was promoted to FA status a long time ago—has numerous issues that cause it to fail the current FA criteria: I'd love to see some work put into the article to get it in line with current standards. If this does not happen, the next step will be to list it at the featured article review process for further review. I'll give interested editors a fair chance to improve the article before that point, but there needs to be some progress in the near-future. Giants2008 ( Talk ) 02:31, 3 November 2012 (UTC)
 * The current squad, current staff, and managers sections all have tags indicating that there are few or no references verifying the content. This is a failure of FA criteria by itself.
 * In Records, the first sentence is also tagged as needing a source.
 * There are some other sections that could use additional citations, in particular the Colours and crests section. Most of the second half of that section appears to be uncited.
 * Some prose and style issues crop up here and there. For example, there are two "however"s in the first four sentences of the lead, which is hardly great writing. I also see a missing period following "with the FAI allowing it to the First Division" in Modern highs and lows, and back-to-back paragraphs at the end of this section consist of a flowery sports media-style addition in improper present tense, and a badly formatted in-text quote.
 * A potentially dated statement from July 2007 is in the article. This might not be a problem, but is worth investigating.
 * Many non-free images in the article, which is problematic. The programme and single cover definitely should be removed, at a minimum.

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County Londonderry
In relation to the recent edits on the above article by User:MickeyBobPoo to refer to the county as 'Derry', see Manual_of_Style/Ireland-related_articles, which states that "A compromise solution was proposed and agreed in 2004 regarding the Derry/Londonderry name dispute, and has been generally accepted as a convention for both article titles and in-article references since then. Use Derry for the city and County Londonderry for the county in articles." I therefore propose to revert these edits. Alekksandr (talk) 16:19, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

Irish name
So normally I would just delete stuff that doesn't have a reference, but since it's been in the article for 13 years unchallenged I think this one deserves a discussion. The Irish name for the club, Cumann Peile Chathair Dhoire, appears to be completely unreferenced. I've done searches and looked it up and I cannot find any official reference to this being the official Irish name of the club. The vast majority of search results are just Wikipedia mirrors of one flavour or another, or a few blogs. The couple of other sources I've discovered aren't reliable sources for this and appear just to be the very occasional Irish language minor news story which means it's likely just a translation of some sort. Remember that to have an Irish name for something, or other language name, the name must be 1) sourced and 2) used. Just having a reference to someone who used this as the name doesn't count anyway, it needs to be a source that proves that Derry City F.C. has an official Irish version of its name and that it's used. I cannot find any such thing. Canterbury Tail talk 11:52, 26 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Well since I've not been able to find any valid references that this is an actual, and used, name and not just something some people have translated, I'm removing it. Canterbury Tail talk 15:53, 10 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Note this was removed again. The reference used was a simple translation of the name for an Irish language article. This doesn't support that it's the club's official Irish name. A reference would need to be provided that the club itself goes by that name, and that the club does indeed have an Irish translation of it's English name. Anything can be translated into another language, and that's fine for translation purposes, but it doesn't make it in any way officially connected. It's the same as just taking someone's name and translating it into another language and saying that's their name. Canterbury Tail talk 14:08, 11 October 2020 (UTC)

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Can International students take CPA exam after getting Bachelor's degree?
Thank for your work with this article. I enjoyed reading it, just one question about the requirement for international students who are not citizens in the US. How can they take the Exam?––PHUONGDOAN COD (talk) 05:09, 11 April 2020 (UTC)
 * PHUONGDOAN COD, welcome to Wikipedia. This article talk page is dedicated exclusively to discussions of how to improve the article. General or how-to questions about accountancy, degreees, certification, and the like are not appropriate here. You may, however, ask your question again at Wikipedia's Reference Desk. Adding Shalor. Thanks, Mathglot (talk) 19:41, 20 April 2020 (UTC)
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Australian News Channel

Australian News Channel Pty Ltd. is an Australian privately held subsidiary of News Corp Australia which owns media properties operating in Australia and New Zealand.

The company owns news broadcasting channel Sky News Australia, its sister channels Sky News Extra and Sky News Weather Channel, New Zealand News Channel (which operates Sky News New Zealand) as well as international streaming service Australia Channel.

Origins
Australian News Channel Pty Ltd (ANC), was founded in 1995 when Sky News Australia was launched. It was owned by British Sky Broadcasting, Seven Media Group and Publishing and Broadcasting Limited.

In 2013, ANC granted A$20 million in funding to Sky News Australia to be used over three years.

In 2014, ANC partnered with Globecast to launch an international streaming service Australia Channel, which broadcasts five channels to subscribers outside Australia. It was launched after ANC bid to operate the Australian Government funded Australia Network contract, before the tender was controversially scrapped.

Until 2015, Sky News was responsible for producing New Zealand's Prime News – First at 5:30 from Sydney, hosted by Eric Young with filming taking place in Prime's Albany studios. It lost the contract to MediaWorks and subsequently ceased broadcasting a local New Zealand bulletin.

With the carriage deal between Australian News Channel and dominant subscription television platform Foxtel due to expire in 2017, reported as either February or December, media speculation increased that News Corp Australia, which co-owns Foxtel, would attempt to acquire a majority stake in the company. On 26 February 2015 it was reported that News Corp Australia launched an A$25 million bid for full ownership of Australian News Channel.

In June 2015, it was reported that ANC's stakeholders had rejected a News Corp takeover offer of A$20 million, with the owners wanting a minimum of A$50 million. Following a breakdown in a News Corp buyout, further reports suggested Nine Entertainment could sell its stake to a joint arrangement between Seven West Media and News Corp.

Acquisition by News Corp
The entire company was acquired by News Corp Australia in December 2016. In December 2017, it was reported that News Corp and Telstra were in a carriage dispute over the price Foxtel pays to carry Sky News channels after the existing deal expired at the end of the calendar year, worth over A$30 million per year. News Corp was requesting an increase to the Sky News carriage fee, which has not been raised for more than a decade, while Foxtel co-owner Telstra was opposed. A new deal was agreed upon and transmission was not interrupted.

Assets

 * Sky News Australia
 * Sky News Business Channel (2008–2018)
 * Sky News Weather Channel
 * Sky News Election Channel (2016–2017)
 * Sky News Extra
 * Your Money (2018–2019; with Nine Entertainment Co.)
 * Domestic free-to-air
 * Sky News Regional
 * Outside Australia
 * Sky News New Zealand
 * Australia Channel (with Globecast)

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Real Lives (TV channel)

Real Lives was a British television channel owned by Sky, a division of Comcast. It used to be the sister channel of Sky Living. It was originally known as LIVINGtv2 from the channel's launch in 2004 till 2007, and then was known as Living2 from 2007 to 2009.

On 1 October 2019, Real Lives closed down after 15 years and was replaced by Sky Crime.

History
The channel launched on 13 December 2004 as LIVINGtv2 on Sky Digital and Telewest.

The channel mainly showed highlights of programming from the main channel, along with extended coverage of its reality programmes, such as I'm Famous and Frightened Extra! and Most Haunted Live!. However, the channel has gained the American reality TV series, The Amazing Race. The channel has also shown more lifestyle and health related programmes such as Baby ER, Birth Stories, Downsize Me! and Wedding SOS.

Every morning from 10 am to 12 pm, there used to be a programming slot called Baby Zone, in which programmes related to pregnancy and birth were shown. Programmes included Birth Days, Maternity Ward and Babies: Special Delivery.

, most of the programmes on the channel are repeats of factual programmes that are also on Pick.

A one-hour timeshift version of the channel launched on 5 February 2009, replacing Trouble's one-hour timeshift, Trouble +1.

Living2 was rebranded as Livingit on 30 November 2009, following problems making viewers understand that the channel is not a timeshifted version of the main channel. The relaunch was accompanied by new programming under the strapline "Life's worth watching".

It was announced on 25 October 2010 that Living would be rebranded as Sky Living in early 2011 and move electronic programming guide (EPG) positions on Sky from channel 112 to 107 after Sky One and before Sky Atlantic. As part of the move, Livingit was rebranded as Sky Livingit.

Upon the launch of the now defunct drama channel ITV Encore, on 3 June 2014, it moved to EPG slot 222 on Sky, and Sky Livingit +1, whose EPG number was replaced by Sky Arts 1 HD (SD on HD viewing) moving to slot 223.

On 9 June 2015, Sky Livingit was rebranded as Real Lives, moving to slot 172 on Sky.

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United States GAA

The United States County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association or USGAA, is one of the 3 county boards of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) in North America, and is responsible for Gaelic games in the United States (except for the New York metropolitan area, which is administrated by the New York GAA). The county board is also responsible for the United States county teams.

History
Hurling and Gaelic football have been played in North America ever since Irish immigrants began landing on North American shores. The earliest games of hurling in North America were played in St. John's, Newfoundland in 1788, and there are records of football being played in Hyde Park (now the site of the Civic Center) in San Francisco as early as the 1850s. There are established clubs in the cities that traditionally have a large Irish population, such as New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Boston.

When the North American county board was formed it included Canadian clubs in its area of control. However these clubs are now under the control of the Canadian county board.

In recent years, hurling has started to enjoy support in several other U.S. cities, as evidenced by the establishment of the Milwaukee Hurling Club in 1995 and later the Twin Cities Hurling Club (MN). Other clubs include the Indianapolis Hurling Club, the St. Louis Gaelic Athletic Club, the Denver Gaels, the Greenville Gaels, the Orlando Hurling Club and the Seattle Gaels. Hurling is also starting to gather support at the club level at some universities, such as at Purdue University and Stanford University since 2005, California State University, Monterey Bay since 2006, and UC Berkeley since 2008.

Interest in Gaelic Football has also developed amongst universities in America. Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia is the first school to have an officially recognized program after running independently since 2011. Boston College's program has been running since 2011, while two other Philadelphia-area institutions, Villanova University and Drexel University, hope to launch club programs soon.

As of 2017 more than 51% of registered players in the United States were born there. This number is an underestimation as many clubs do not register all players that select to play only local games.

Early 21st century
The GAA in North America became the victim of two major developments in the early 21st century. One was the security clampdown that followed the 9/11 terrorist attacks, and the other was the massive growth in the Irish 'Celtic Tiger' economy. These two factors led to a reduction in the number of people travelling from Ireland to the U.S., and it became difficult for many Irish people to stay in the country legally. Additionally, many Irish emigrants returned to Ireland, where they enjoyed a high standard of living that wasn't available to earlier generations. These factors reduced the number of people playing GAA in larger U.S. cities. The trend was partially offset by growth in smaller cities. With the onset of economic crisis of the late 2000s the flow of emigrants back to Ireland and into America has changed once again but current U.S. immigration policies have meant that the number of Irish that used to go to America is not now the same.

Grassroots development is taking on a life of its own. Youth programs are springing up across the country and in particular are experiencing huge growth thanks to the success of the Continental Youth Championship.

USGAA Finals
Each year on Labor Day weekend, the USGAA holds a championship between the clubs in all U.S. cities where there are GAA-affiliated clubs (except for New York city). Playoffs are held between the Gaelic football, hurling and camogie champions of the different regions in the United States, to determine the USGAA champions. Play off locations:
 * 2023 Denver
 * 2022 Chicago
 * 2021 Northeast (Boston, MA)
 * 2019 Mid Atlantic Division (Leesburg, VA - DC Area)
 * 2018 Philadelphia
 * 2017 San Francisco
 * 2016 Seattle
 * 2015 Chicago
 * 2014 Boston
 * 2013 Cleveland
 * 2012 Philadelphia
 * 2011 San Francisco
 * 2010 Chicago
 * 2009 Boston
 * 2008 Boston
 * 2007 Chicago
 * 2006 Philadelphia
 * 2005 Philadelphia
 * 2004 Denver
 * 2003 Boston
 * 2002 Chicago
 * 2001 San Francisco
 * 2000 Boston
 * 1999 Chicago
 * 1998 Rockville, MD (near Washington DC)
 * 1997 San Francisco
 * 1996 Boston
 * 1995 Chicago
 * 1994 Chicago
 * 1993 San Francisco (Balboa)
 * 1992 Philadelphia
 * 1991 Boston (Dilboy)
 * 1990 Chicago
 * 1989 Cleveland
 * 1988 San Francisco (Balboa)
 * 1987 Pittsburgh
 * 1986 Philadelphia
 * 1985 Boston
 * 1984 Boston
 * 1983 Chicago
 * 1982 Detroit

Grades
The championships are divided into different grades.

 * Men:
 * North American Senior Football Championship
 * USGAA Intermediate Football Championship
 * USGAA Junior A Football Championship
 * USGAA Junior B Football Championship
 * USGAA Junior C Football Championship
 * USGAA Junior D Football Championship
 * North American Senior Hurling Championship
 * USGAA Junior A Hurling Championship
 * USGAA Junior B Hurling Championship
 * USGAA Junior C Hurling Championship
 * USGAA Junior D Hurling Championship
 * Ladies:
 * USGAA Senior Ladies Football Championship
 * USGAA Intermediate Ladies Football Championship
 * USGAA Junior A Ladies Football Championship
 * USGAA Junior B Ladies Football Championship
 * USGAA Senior Camogie Championship
 * USGAA Junior Camogie Championship

The Continental Youth Championships
The Continental Youth Championship (CYC) began in 2004, hosted by the New York GAA. This is an annual weekend tournament that takes place in various cities from year to year. The most recent CYC was held in August 2018, contested in Canton, Massachusetts, and hosted by the Boston GAA. CYC involves under age teams from all three of the GAA jurisdictions in North America playing football, hurling, ladies' football, and camogie at all ages from Under 8 to Under 18.

Clubs
In 2015 in the USGAA area, there were 116 adult clubs and 14 Youth clubs playing Football, Hurling or Camogie in the US outside New York City. These clubs participated in Divisional Championship competitions to qualify for the USGAA Finals in their respective sport and grade of competition. As of 2017, Gaelic games were being organized and played in over 60 cities across the US, including:
 * Akron, Allentown PA, Albany, Albuquerque, Atlanta, Austin
 * Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Burlingame
 * Charleston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Coastal Virginia (Norfolk/Virginia Beach), Columbia, Columbus
 * Cayman Islands
 * Dallas, Denver, Detroit
 * Fairfax VA
 * Greenville, South Carolina
 * Hartford, Huntington Beach, Houston
 * Kansas City, Kalamazoo, Knoxville
 * Indianapolis
 * Los Angeles, Louisville
 * Madison, Memphis, Milwaukee
 * Nashville, Naperville, New Hampshire, New Orleans
 * Oakland, Orlando
 * Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Portland ME
 * Richmond VA, Rochester, Raleigh NC
 * San Antonio, St. Louis, St. Paul MN, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle, South Bend, Syracuse
 * Tampa FL, Tacoma, Twin Cities
 * Waukesha, Washington DC, Worcester, MA, Winston-Salem NC

List of clubs
See List of GAA clubs in North America

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World Space Week

 World Space Week (WSW) is an annual holiday observed from October 4 to 10 in over 95 nations throughout the world. World Space Week is officially defined as "an international celebration of science and technology, and their contribution to the betterment of the human condition". World Space week is organized every year by coordination of the World Space Week Association (WSWA) and the United Nations (UN).

History
On December 6, 1999, The United Nations General Assembly declared World Space Week as an annual event celebration to be commemorated between October 4 and 10. The choice of dates was based on recognition of two important dates in space history: the launch of the first human-made Earth satellite, Sputnik 1, on October 4, 1957; and the signing of the Outer Space Treaty on October 10, 1967.

World Space Week is the largest annual space event in the world. In 2019, World Space Week was celebrated with over 8,000 events in 96 countries. Events included school activities, exhibitions, government events, and special activities at planetaria around the world.

Annual themes
Each year, a theme for World Space Week is established by the Board of Directors of World Space Week Association. Under the theme "The Moon: Gateway to the Stars", many events of World Space Week 2019 focused on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing, plans for human exploration of the Moon, and Lunar observation by telescope.

In 2022, theme of World Space Week is "Space and Sustainability." . In 2021, "Women in Space" was the theme. In 2020, the theme for World Space Week was "Satellites Improve Life", and SES CEO Steve Collar was World Space Week 2020 Honorary Chair.

Activities and observances
The World Space Week Association is a non-governmental, non-profit organization, which is supported by national coordinators in over 50 nations. It is led by an all-volunteer Board of Directors including Buzz Aldrin, Bill Nye the Science Guy, Tom Hanks, Dumitru Prunariu, and space leaders from around the world. Its goals are to educate people around the world about the benefits that they receive from space, encourage use of space for sustainable economic development, foster enthusiastic education and interest in science and cooperation between nations through space outreach and education.

The association provides resources for educators in grade K-12.

A Calendar of Events from nations celebrating World Space Week is available.

SPACE India is the only Regional Coordinator of World Space Week In India.

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Reverse (American football)

A reverse (sometimes referred to as an end reverse or criss cross) is a relatively common trick play in American football that involves one or more abrupt changes in the lateral flow of a rushing play.

History
The invention of the reverse is credited to Amos Alonzo Stagg. The invention of the naked reverse, i. e. a reverse run to the weak side, is credited to Pop Warner.

Variations
A classic reverse typically begins as a bootleg, sweep or end-around, but before the ball-carrier crosses the line of scrimmage he hands the ball off to a teammate, usually a wide receiver, running in the reverse (opposite) direction. Because many of the defensive players will have gravitated in the direction of the original rusher, if the second ball-carrier can outrun the defenders to the other side of the field, he has a very good chance to make a big gain.

A variation of this play is a double reverse, in which the second ball-carrier takes the ball all or part way back across the field before he too hands off to a teammate running in the opposite direction. This causes the flow of the play to "reverse" a second time. A double reverse adds another level of surprise to the defense; however, the play takes more time and space to develop and increases the risk of a big loss or a fumbled handoff.

Another variation is the reverse option. On a reverse option, the second ball-carrier runs for a few steps, then (optionally) passes the ball downfield to a teammate, similar to a halfback option play.

Many teams will also use the threat of a reverse to gain an advantage on simple sweep plays. In such a case, the quarterback might pitch the ball to the running back, who will fake a handoff or lateral to a teammate running in the opposite direction. The distraction is sometimes enough for the running back to gain an edge in getting past the defense.

Terminology
Sometimes an end-around, in which the only handoff is from a stationary quarterback to a wide receiver, is imprecisely called a "reverse". An end-around is not a reverse because the lateral flow of the play does not change direction. However, it has become commonplace for fans, sportswriters, announcers, and even coaches and players to refer to any end-around as a 'reverse', and to an end-around reverse as a 'double reverse.'

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Musa Dagh

Musa Dagh (Musa Dağı; Մուսա լեռ; جبل موسى; meaning "Moses Mountain") is a mountain in the Hatay Province of Turkey. In 1915, it was the location of a successful Armenian resistance to the Armenian genocide, an event that inspired Franz Werfel to write the novel The Forty Days of Musa Dagh.

History
The deportation orders of the Armenian population of modern-day Turkey, issued by the Ottoman government, in July 1915 reached the six Armenian villages of the Musa Dagh region: Kabusia (Kaboussieh), Yoghunoluk, Bitias, Vakef, Kheter Bey (Khodr Bey) and Haji Habibli. As Ottoman Turkish forces converged upon the town, the populace, aware of the impending danger, refused deportation and fell back upon Musa mountain, thwarting assaults for fifty-three days, from July to September 1915. One of the leaders of the revolt was Movses Der Kalousdian, whose Armenian first name was the same as that of the mountain. French warships of the 3rd Squadron in the Mediterranean under command of Vice Admiral Louis Dartige du Fournet, sighted the survivors just as ammunition and food provisions were running out. Five French ships, beginning with the protected cruiser FRENCH CRUISER Guichen, under the command of Captain Jean-Joseph Brisson, evacuated 3,004 women and children and over 1,000 men from Musa Dagh to safety in Port Said. The other French ships were the seaplane carrier FRENCH SEAPLANE CARRIER Foudre, the protected cruiser FRENCH CRUISER D'Estrées, and the armored cruisers FRENCH CRUISER Amiral Charner and FRENCH CRUISER Dupleix.

Starting in 1918, when the Sanjak of Alexandretta came under French control, the population of the six Armenian villages returned to their homes. In 1932, a monument was erected at the top of the mountain to commemorate the event.

The mountain was in Aleppo Vilayet, Ottoman Empire, until after World War I, when the French took possession and put it in Sanjak of Alexandretta, Mandate of Syria.

On 29 June 1939, following an agreement between France and Turkey, the province was given to Turkey. Afterwards Armenians from six of the villages emigrated from Hatay Province, while some of the residents of Vakıflı village chose to stay. Vakıflı is the only remaining ethnic Armenian village in Turkey, with a population of  140 Turkish-Armenians. Most who left Hatay in 1939 emigrated to Lebanon where they resettled in the town of Anjar. Today, the town of Anjar is divided into six districts, each commemorating one of the villages of Musa Dagh.

As the French squads came to the rescue of the survivors, the chief priest is quoted as having said, "The evil only happened... to enable God to show us His goodness." This event was depicted in The Promise -  a 2016 American epic historical drama film directed by Terry George and starring Oscar Isaac, Charlotte Le Bon and Christian Bale, set in the final years of the Ottoman Empire.

The Forty Days of Musa Dagh
These historical events later inspired Franz Werfel to write his novel The Forty Days of Musa Dagh (1933), a fictionalized account based on his detailed research of historical sources. Werfel told reporters: "The struggle of 5,000 people on Musa Dagh had so fascinated me that I wished to aid the Armenian people by writing about it and bringing it to the world". A movie of the same name was released in 1982. Six years after the novel was published, when Nazi Germany started conquering Europe, the copies of “The Forty Days of Musa Dagh” spread widely among young adults, some of whom found themselves in circumstances similar to those faced by Armenians. The book was popular in Warsaw ghetto and Vilna ghetto and when the Jewish resisters decided to fight back in the Bialystok ghetto, they spoke of the ghetto’s “Musa Dagh” moment at the planning meeting.

An eyewitness account from the Deir-az-Zur Region in Syria was provided by a Turkish officer, a Jewish Ashkenazy settler from the First Aliya, born in Rishon Letzion, Eitan Belkind.

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Talk:Kelly Flinn

Red Flag

 * During her deployment to Red Flag...

Surely she was not communist :-). Please disambiguate & add to Red flag (disambiguation). mikka (t) 18:55, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * I hope I fixed. Please verify: It seems it is Operation Red Flag (not the movie, though). mikka (t) 19:15, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

It is not "Operation" Red Flag. There is not and never was such a thing. --Buckboard 21:17, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

Communist or not can you kindly instate that Kelly Flinn though I do not remember her by this name was a Gulf war fighter pilot and there was more than one US woman fighter pilot in the Gulf War and it was reported in the Wall Street Journal Europe — Preceding unsigned comment added by 5.158.22.249 (talk) 15:23, 2 June 2018 (UTC)

Notability and renaming
Flinn isn't notable except for her involvement in the controversy surrounding her actions at Minot AFB. Therefore, this article shouldn't be a biography, but instead should be renamed as "Kelly Flinn incident" or something like that and then merge the info from this article into that one. I'll leave this open for discussion for a month or so before taking action. CLA 21:29, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't know - a case could definitely be made for notability aside from the incident, given the fact that she was the first female B-52 pilot and a published author. Videmus Omnia 22:03, 23 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Actually, that might be a valid point, except that I can't find anything at all on the web that has been written about her since her book was published. She appears to have completely dropped out of sight. CLA 03:13, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I disagree with renaming the article. She was notable first due to her achievement, then due to the scandal. Cleduc 18:17, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Okay. Nevertheless, I think that there can also be a separate article called something like "Kelly Flinn scandal" or Kelly Flinn incident." CLA 20:39, 24 June 2007 (UTC)
 * It would probably end up being merged here... Videmus Omnia 02:22, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't agree on that point. An article on the Kelly Flinn scandal would have a chance of becoming featured because there is enough information out there to write a complete article and it is no longer a current event.  This article, however, stands very little chance of ever becoming FA eligible because, as far as I know, there hasn't been any information on the subject in secondary sources in several years.  In fact, I may start and write the Kelly Flinn Scandal article myself sometimt in the future, but it may be awhile as you can see from my "to do" list on my userpage. CLA 02:49, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Hmmm - you may have a point. I recently re-read Proud To Be...by renaming, we could definitely draw in the impact on the careers of Joseph Ralston and Sheila Widnall. Objection withdrawn, and I'd definitely be willing to collaborate. Videmus Omnia 02:58, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Before I raised my objection for this article to exist as a bio, I had forgotten that she had published a book, which probably makes her notable enough to keep this as an article. I'm in the process of getting the Michael Brown Okinawa assault incident ready for another go at FAC review.  If I had written that article as a bio of Michael Brown, it never would have had a chance at FA.  But, by writing it about the event itself that makes Michael Brown notable, it can be complete.  I would look foward to collaborating with you on an article about the incident that helped make this subject notable.  If you decide to start the article using information from her book, let me know and I'll help add additional references through web searches. CLA 03:05, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Sounds good, I'll dig the book back out and start flagging the facts. Videmus Omnia 03:11, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

Unsupported biography
Since the biographical material was completely unsourced, and this article is about the incident not the person, I have deleted it. Cusop Dingle (talk) 18:34, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
 * The information was sourced, just not with inline citations. I've fixed that. Furthermore, note, that Kelly Flinn was the first female B-52 pilot (for better or worse) and achieved noteriety through that as well. Please also realize that Kelly Flinn redirects to this page and (see above) it's been agreed upon that this should contain basic details of her life as an effectively merged article. Buffs (talk) 22:11, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
 * The information was not sourced before. We now have her autobiography as the only source of information about her life outside the "incident".  Per WP:V, we should "base articles on reliable, third-party, published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy."  This material is not acceptable without an independent reliable source.  Cusop Dingle (talk) 06:40, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Whether you think it was sourced before or not is irrelevant. It is annotated as such now. Furthermore, her autobiography was published by Random House and they are known for publishing reliable books. It is not a violation of BLP when the information mentioned is complimentary/non-contentious. Even if you don't think the source is reliable, it meets all requirements for verifiability under WP:SELFPUB. Just because it is the only source doesn't mean it isn't accurate or that there is any reason to doubt the basics of her life. If you think it needs more, feel free to pick from the plethora of sources available and add them yourself. Buffs (talk) 16:13, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
 * We have policies on verifiability and independence of sources precisely to avoid having this sort of discussion. Let me reiterate some policies -- WP:BURDEN The burden of evidence lies with the editor who adds or restores material. You don't get to tell other people to find references when you can't be bothered.  WP:SOURCES Base articles on reliable, third-party, published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy. An autobiography is rather obviously not a third-party source.  WP:V If no reliable third-party sources can be found on a topic, Wikipedia should not have an article on it.  It's not just me who think it needs more.  WP:BLP When writing about a person notable only for one or two events, including every detail can lead to problems, even when the material is well-sourced. When in doubt, biographies should be pared back to a version that is completely sourced, neutral, and on-topic.  At present the biographical material contravenes all of these policy requirements.  Cusop Dingle (talk) 17:06, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
 * We have talk pages for exactly this kind of discussion.
 * I never said I "couldn't be bothered". I merely asked you to identify which sources you felt would be best to add to the article to verify the facts presented and just add them (seems like a simple solution to me). Obviously there are varying opinions on what satisfies verifiability and some of the language is open to interpretation. Nothing in this bio is controversial or self-serving.
 * "When in doubt, biographies should be pared back to a version that is completely sourced ✅, neutral ✅, and on topic ✅."
 * If you can't be bothered to improve an article, perhaps you could take 60 seconds to review the link I posted to various sources and indicate which one meets your personal criteria and I'll happily add it.
 * WP is first and foremost an encyclopedia; it isn't a place for people to go around enforcing various edicts solely to go on a power trip. If the only problem is a source for the information other than the book, then the information isn't incorrect or misleading. It merely needs another listed source and it is an administrative/trivial problem. Buffs (talk) 23:44, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
 * WP is a place for writing articles based on reliable, third-party, published sources with a reputation for fact-checking and accuracy. This is not a triviality.  Basing the biographical part of this article solely on the subjects autobiography is not completely sourced and is patently not neutral.  The burden of evidence is on the person adding the material challenged, which in this case is User:Buffs.  If reliable third-party sources are not forthcoming then policy dictates that the material should be removed.  Cusop Dingle (talk) 06:37, 27 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I f***ing asked you to pick which source you want (gave you a list of over 100) and your response is to ignore it? Despite your probable beliefs that you feel you are improving WP, you aren't. All you want to do is force others to improve it. Let's go over why WP:BLP exists. Short version, we don't want defamation lawsuits on our hands. If you use an autobiography as a source, it kinda makes it difficult for anyone to claim defamation. Just because the book was an autobiography (which, by definition, is liable to be non-neutral), it doesn't mean that the info in Wikipedia isn't neutral; you are confusing the two concepts. Buffs (talk) 19:44, 28 October 2011 (UTC)

I have pared back down to what appears to be supported by the one independent source. Cusop Dingle (talk) 06:43, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Translation: you are being dickish about the whole matter. Buffs (talk) 19:44, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Sadly the references so indiscriminately added fail to support the article. For example, the NY Times editorial, currently reference [1], is cited after every paragraph of the biography, but in eight of those cases it does not actually support the material.  This is unacceptable.  In fact, it looks rather like disruption.  When adding citations, take the trouble to read the references and only cite them against the portions of the article that they actually support.  Citing sources is a useful guideline here.  At present the material is not adequately sourced, because some of the citations do not actually give the support that they are supposed to.  Cusop Dingle (talk) 21:19, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I have tidied up one of the references. The rest need to be carefully looked at.  Cusop Dingle (talk) 21:31, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
 * The opinion piece from the Baltimore Sun does not support most of the assertions it is cited against, and I have removed those. One reference is a search link which is not acceptable per WP:ELNO (9).  Cusop Dingle (talk) 06:32, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
 * The PBS transcript is a discussion about the case rather than reporting it. Cusop Dingle (talk) 06:41, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
 * OK, I've reviewed all the citations added by Buffs. As I pointed out, he inserted all of the referenc\es after every paragraph of the article.  Sadly almost all of them did not support the assertions made -- it is clear that he did not actually trouble to read them.  This is highly disruptive.  What remains of the biography that can be sourced independently, ii.e. not to the autobiography is "Flinn was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the youngest of five children.  She decided to become a pilot after attending Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama."  That's it.  Without independent reliable sources that actually support the material added, we just cannot keep this stuff.  The object here is not to add material that is sufficiently agreeable to the subject to avoid trouble, it is to build a reliable encyclopedia.  Cusop Dingle (talk) 09:23, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Notability
So far we have only one source for this article, and that's an opinion piece from the New York Times. Is there any reason to believe this incident is notable, that is, that it has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject? Cusop Dingle (talk) 06:42, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Are you f***ing serious? I give a link ask you to pick a source (any of which would meet your criteria) and your response is, "well, even though I made no effort to assist in any meaningful way and you didn't jump through all the hoops, I'm still going to delete this uncontroversial information until you make sure to dot every i and cross every t." UFB! Buffs (talk) 19:39, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
 * You have NO idea on the subject and I've added references from coast-to-coast. If the references satisfy your lust for bureaucracy, awesome. If they don't, pick which ones you want. Buffs (talk) 20:32, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
 * Looking at the references recently added to the article, the incident is clearly notable. The rest of the biography is less clear.  Cusop Dingle (talk) 19:43, 29 October 2011 (UTC)

Article move
User:Buffs has just moved the article from Kelly Flinn incident to Kelly Flinn. This seems precipitate at best, since the article was moved in the opposite direction earlier this month. There was no discussion of this reverse move here, and the stated reason article is more about her than the single incident has not yet reached any sort of consensus as the discussion above shows. Should the article be moved yet again? Views please. Cusop Dingle (talk) 19:42, 29 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I stand by the move. IMNSHO, you seem to be quibbling over minutia. If you are going to have an article about the incident, a little background information is in order. The form in which it is presented is largely irrelevant. Buffs (talk) 06:10, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
 * If you hold that the article title is largely irrelevant minutiae, then presumably you have no objection to it being moved back to the consensus title, at least until such time as there is a significantly greater amount of well-sourced information about this person outside the incident in question. Cusop Dingle (talk) 17:24, 30 October 2011 (UTC)

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User talk:Slambo/Archive 0510

Review MOND
I've addressed all objections to the proposal of making Modified_Newtonian_dynamics a featured article. Please review and (hopefully) change your vote to support. Thank you. Loom91 08:24, 2 September 2005 (UTC)

Whyte image
Hi again - I uploaded a scan from an old Finnish encyclopedia to the Whyte notation page. If you think it needs formatting (it's very tall), please let me know, thanks! --Janke | Talk 08:29:18, 2005-09-06 (UTC)

User categorization
Greetings, Slambo! Please accept this message as an invitation to categorize your user page in the category Category:Wikipedians in Wisconsin and removing your name from the Wikipedians/Wisconsin page. The page will be removed when all users have been removed. Even if you do not wish to be placed in a category, could you take a moment to remove your name from the Wikipedians/Wisconsin page? Thanks!!

For more information, please see User categorisation and Category:Wikipedians by location. -- Roby Wayne  Talk •  Hist 04:09, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

Help with deletion
Slambo, since you are an admin, may I ask you to delete the temporary page Cartoon/Animated cartoon that I used for compositing a new article (formerly only a redirect). This temporary page is now superfluous. AdThanksVance, I believe you say! --Janke | Talk 05:51:18, 2005-09-08 (UTC)

Thanks, PAL!
Slambo, thanks for catting the Paducah and Louisville Railway (PAL) article I worked on yesterday. I don't know how I missed that obvious one ;-). It was my first foray into rail articles and I appreciate your keen eye on my edits as I try to help out!  Thanks :-). - Roby Wayne Talk •  Hist 15:42, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

Sean, my boy...
How come you don't have on your user page the fact that you were featured in a newspaper article about Wikipedia?!? Congrats man. Also, were you aware that your archives were off (Sep links to Aug., Aug links to July; or is the link supposed to be when you actually archived?)? Just thought I'd pop in and say nice job on the newspaper mention. Cheers. -- Lord Vold e  mort  (Dark Mark)  17:15, 15 September 2005 (UTC)

At it again
I'm back at it again with my Bruce Johnson article, nominated as a FAC. He's Ohio's lieutenant governor and already at Featured article candidates/Bruce Johnson are votes opposing. I know I am a pest, but I find when I don't go out and ask folks such as yourself for their votes, my FAC's invariably are defeated. So I'd be grateful if you'd put your two cents worth in. Ave! PedanticallySpeaking 18:40, 16 September 2005 (UTC) P.S.  Haven't seen you around, but then, I've not been working on the railroad articles, either. Hope you are well.

Buckingham Branch Railroad
Sean, would you take a look at at the new article on Buckingham Branch Railroad for me and tweak it, improve, change as needed, etc? this outfit is big news for railfans around here. I put it up for DYK, although I know a whille back, we were scolded for too much RR stuff. Hope you are well. I have relocated from Richmond to a quiet community in the Historic Triangle near Williamsburg. Thanks!! Mark in Virginia. Vaoverland 12:21, 18 September 2005 (UTC)

Two requests...
... for you, Slambo: First, User:213.138.128.13 needs to be blocked for persistent vandalism - has been blocked before, but should get a longer one, see contribs. Second, can you please check Centralized_discussion/Generic_image_file_names and, if you feel it is appropriate, protect the latest uploaded images. I asked User:Noel to do this some time ago, but have heard nothing. Regards, and thanks, --Janke | Talk 10:31, 19 September 2005 (UTC)

Station Naming Convention
Hi, Slambo. I've encountered you many times over the course of our work in railroad-related editing, and you've always struck me as a very capable editor. I'd just like to say thanks for your efforts.

I'm attempting to restart the discussions at Wikipedia talk:Naming conventions (stations) after returning from wikibreak to find the general chaos left by another war on the subject (see here for the worst example). I'm getting pretty sick of the perpetual fighting over article naming (nevermind what I think of the names being used!), and would just like for there to be some sort of standard so that we can know it is safe to start bypassing redirects without worrying that a page is going to be moved from under us without warning. I'd greatly appreciate it if you would add your own thoughts to the discussion, and perhaps try to bring this subject to the attentions of our fellow editors so that a wide consensus can be built.

Many thanks, --CComMack 20:47, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

BBRR and Norfolk Southern Railway (former)
SEAN: The Buckingham Branch article hitting DYK on the main page has brought some great local publicity to this growing short-line in my backyard. the statae rail people are tickled to death with the Wikipedia publicity. thanks for your help.

I was also pleased to see that User:SPUI created a new (and long-overdue) WP article on this railroad. Harry Bundy of our Virginian Railway group on Yahoo is a retiree of the original Norfolk Southern and an excellent source for information, as is photographer Warren Calloway. We may be able to get some good images, as well as logo help, etc. There is also a group on Yahoo for the original Norfolk Southern. I moderate the one on the VGN, and belong to the other, as well as several other local Yahoo rail groups. I will pass along the good news about the new WP article on what we genrally call the orif=ginal NSR WY, and surely some additional facts and some links will emerge to enhance the article. I am going to put in a DYK nomination for it, as the name thing alone is quite interesting. Go WikiProject: Trains!! Yours in Virginia's Historic Triangle, Mark. Vaoverland 11:20, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

Broad + metre gauge
In India we have both the broad and metre gauge. I was wondering: what if a compartment had two sets of wheels: One for broad and one for metre, so in effect could easily switch gauges on the run. What are the problems associated with such a setup? =Nichalp  «Talk»=  18:49, 24 September 2005 (UTC)

Interurban
Thanks for the mediation, looks like a good call.

Problem user request
Hi Sean, I noticed you are active now...could I please ask you to consider instituting a block for 48 hours on User:Elf-Masher? He has been warned against engaging in personal attacks, to which his response was I'd do it myself, but this last bit of incivility is directed to me personally, so I'd prefer if another admin made the call. It's a bit longer than a normal first time block, but E-M is almost certainly a sock of a known serial problem user. Thanks for your assistance...Cheers, Fawcett5 12:27, 27 September 2005 (UTC)

Sean, thanks for looking into it. You're right that he has probably now moved on to another alias, as it fits his pattern. Anyway, it is on WP:AN/I — User:Elf-Masher is a sock of User:LaLa and User:WritersCramp, look for the entries on those socks. He has now taken to taunting the people trying to track down his multiple aliases. The name Elf-Masher itself was obviously created to harrass User:Elf, as shown by his repeated re-insertion of gratuitous "Do you have any Elves I can mash?" comments.Fawcett5 17:45, 28 September 2005 (UTC)

Subversion of Tfd process for Infobox_Biography
Sean, it may interest you to know that there seems to be an undercurrent at work regarding the above-referenced issue which is manifesting itself in two ways: 1) infoboxes are being systematically removed from articles, including yours on Franklin B. Gowen, and 2) I've reverted changes to the template that include data that is not germaine or even appropriate to a biography (penis/breast size, for example). I've placed additional comments on this subject on the Tfd page. Makes me wonder why we even go through the motions of commenting and voting on something like this...

FYI.--Lordkinbote 08:36, 30 September 2005 (UTC)

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User:Alejocrux

This is a page about Alejandro Cruz, colombian medical doctor who lives in Cali, Colombia.

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Star Trek: The Next Generation Technical Manual

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Technical Manual (ST:TNG TM) is a paperback reference guide detailing the inner and other workings of the fictional Federation starship Enterprise-D and other aspects of technology that appeared in the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Authored by Rick Sternbach and Michael Okuda, who both worked in the art department on the television series, with a foreword by series creator Gene Roddenberry, the first and only edition was published in 1991 (ISBN 0-671-70427-3) by Pocket Books, and Paramount Pictures holds all copyrights.

Background and contents
The ST:TNG TM is written from the perspective of the 24th century, where TNG is set; it also contains a wealth of behind-the-scenes trivia distinguishable from the technical content. The work is considered by Paramount to be canon in many respects, although some elements first published in the manual have not yet made it onto screen. The book itself claims that elements of it may be false or misleading in order to mislead "threat" forces.

Some ideas developed for the technical manual, or its predecessor, the internal Writers Technical Manual, were later incorporated into the storylines of the TV series and movies. Most notably, a concept drawing from the manual describing an emergency landing of the saucer section was seen by TNG writers Ronald D. Moore, Jeri Taylor, and Brannon Braga who wanted to use a saucer crash as a sixth-season cliffhanger episode for the TV series. This idea was shelved due to budget limitations and resistance from producer Michael Piller. However, Moore and Braga later included the scenario in Star Trek Generations. Also first seen in the technical manual were the Nova-class starship and the USS Galaxy.

The book contains explanations of Warp drive (including a chart showing warp factor against speed, and an explanation that integer warp factors are more efficient than fractional ones), the transporter (which is said to transport matter from place to place keeping it in the form of a "matter stream", and works using analog technology to defeat pattern storage requirements), the replicator (which is said to work on the basis of the transporter, but with a less precise digital resolution), holodecks, phasers and photon torpedoes, impulse drive, the warp core (including a chemical formula for dilithium), subspace radio, saucer separation and landing, the computer, and the various auxiliary craft of the Enterprise. It also contains a section regarding the history of the development of the Galaxy-class ships.

In-jokes
In addition to the more serious material, the manual also contains a number of inside jokes. These include:
 * A readable version of the medical display with the words "Medical Insurance Coverage Available" visible.
 * A cross-section diagram of the ship with the silhouettes of a rubber ducky, sports car, DC-3 airplane, Nomad from ST:TOS, a rat, and a hamster wheel visible.
 * A statement that the stellar navigation department of the Enterprise-D is staffed by an assortment of cetaceans (later backed up by published blueprints of the Enterprise drawn by Sternbach).
 * A statement that the primary component of the holodeck emitters is "Keiyurium", after Kei and Yuri, the "lovely angels" from Dirty Pair, a Japanese anime and manga franchise.

Related publications
The print version was later complemented by a similar electronic version, the Star Trek: The Next Generation Interactive Technical Manual.

A follow-up title, the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Technical Manual, was published in 1998.


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Sous Le Vent

Sous Le Vent is a fragrance created by Jacques Guerlain in 1933 for American performer Josephine Baker. Interior designer Robert Denning would bring it back from Paris and use it in his automobiles to remind him of Lillian Bostwick Phipps who always wore the scent.

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