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Archive
Due to the vast amount of comments - I have moved all the comments to Talk:Alton Towers/Archive. If anybody has a problem with this.. please revert the page. :) --Eddie (talk/contribs) 17:35, 7 May 2008 (UTC)
 * Moved it to Talk:Alton Towers/Archive 1, as that's more logicasl - the next dump will then go to Talk:Alton Towers/Archive 2 etc. Talk Islander 19:50, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

The page has been filled with topics ranging from 2 years old to almost a decade old with no additional comments. They have been archived in Talk:Alton Towers/Archive 2. The next dump should go in Talk:Alton Towers/Archive 3. – Dyolf87 (talk) 12:01, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

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Future developments
The "future" developments mentioned in this section are no longer "future". They are said to be "coming in 2019" – we're now at Christmas Eve 2019 and whether or not these developments have arrived, they are certainly not in the future. The developments which have opened (the Dungeon, for instance) need to be incorporated elsewhere in the article, as they are now present, not future. – Dyolf87 (talk) 11:50, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Appears to have been addressed by Detachio. – Dyolf87 (talk) 12:11, 24 December 2019 (UTC)

new logo needed
I'm sorry, but can somebody please find a decent picture of the new logo (https://www.altontowers.com/media/nswp1bqi/atr-40-animated-1.gif?anchor=center&mode=crop&width=250&height=222)? --CyberJudoon (talk) 13:34, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

Timeline of park areas is broken
The section Timeline of park areas seems to have been edited and is now broken. – Dyolf87 (talk) 09:10, 16 June 2021 (UTC)

Ride availability status
I'm going to suggest that we remove the 'status' parameter from the ride list section (which states whether a ride is operational or temporarily closed). It seems to be used as an availability checker with one editor updating it regularly for short-term closures. But in my opinion we don't need to mention these closures unless the ride is unavailable long-term like Enterprise. J9 91  17:14, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
 * I would also support moving the rides to a separate article List of Alton Towers Rides (or similar), and only having a summary here. Mdann52 (talk) 05:25, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

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How does the release of Squeak 1.1 under Apache License make Squeak 3.8 which the OLPC image is based on open source? There are still the signatures of a lot of authors missing. The same goes for Open Croquet.

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The article says that Squeak is Open Source but I'm not sure that's true. There are numerous web pages containing arguments both ways. The Squeak license does not appear to be an approved Open Source license and does not meet the Free Software Foundations guidelines. At least one site I looked at said that Squeak was not included in the Debian linux distro because the license didn't meet the Debian Free Software guidelines either. -- I've updated the sentence in question and I believe it more accurately reflects reality now.

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A Zooming User Interface? Since when. I think this is incorrect --ph

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Are there other programming languages or "programming environments", being developed presently which have squeak-like features? From what I know, there is croquet, based on squeak, and alice [] based on python (more oriented to 3d interactive(or not) programs).

Squeak Free Software
I looks like a version of Squeak is available under the APSL2 license. http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.smalltalk.squeak.general/102320

Its in the list of GPL-Incompatible, Free Software Licenses. http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/apsl.html

 * I had no idea we needed the FSF's permission to "use and improve" existing software under a given license.

 * The article says "There is some debate as to whether the Squeak license qualifies as free software or not, due to the presence of an indemnity clause.". That should be updated because the Apple Public Source License (APSL) version 2.0 qualifies as a free software license. You dont need the FSF's permission, as it says on the title of the page, its the FSF's opinion. Chrismo 07:50, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

 * What is this "indemnity clause" (the link doesn't help)? Should be made clearer. I've checked the license and there is this:
 * 5. Indemnification. You agree to indemnify and hold Apple harmless from any and all damages, liabilities, costs and expenses (including but not limited to attorneys' fees and costs of suit) incurred by Apple as a result of any claim, proceeding, and/or judgment to the extent it arises out of or is connected in any manner with the operation, use, distribution or modification of Modified Software, or the combination of Apple Software or Modified Software with other programs; provided that Apple notifies Licensee of any such claim or proceeding in writing, tenders to Licensee the opportunity to defend or settle such claim or proceeding at Licensee's expense, and cooperates with Licensee in defending or settling such claim or proceeding.
 * This is indeed an odd clause. Maybe, the article should say: "... due to the presence of a clause stating that you should indemnify Apple from any costs in case someone sues them because of a derivative work of Squeak." I'm not altering the article because I'm not sure if that's what all this legal talk means. - Drysh 18:58, 8 September 2006 (UTC)
 * All the above is long obsolete and Squeak Smalltalk is licensed as MIT license since... well a long time ago. 207.81.185.126 (talk) 03:41, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Spanish book?
Why link to a Spanish-language book from English wikipedia? Are there no English books about it? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 87.162.73.132 (talk) 18:38, 7 January 2007 (UTC).

Logo
The (fortunately not very Disneyish) logo is available on its author's page, he says "Feel free to download [the images] and use them for links etc." so I don't see the copyright issue that led to removal of the logo. The German article has it.--87.162.28.112 17:58, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

I (tim Rowledge) am the creator of the Squeak logo. As the comment above points out I specifically encourage people to use the logo for Squeak related links, articles etc. If it makes people here happy, I explicitly give permission for wikipedia to display a version of the logo on any and all Squeak related pages. 207.81.89.117 (talk) 01:53, 21 November 2008 (UTC)tim Rowledge

MVC is a user interface?
I was very surprised to read this:
 * Squeak has a number of user interfaces: Model-View-Controller (MVC), the traditional interface of some languages such as Smalltalk-80 and Java, and for which Morphic is an alternative. This is for programmers who wish to use this older type of interface.

MVC is an architectural pattern and design approach, not a user interface, an API, or a library. The UI is the "V" and part of the "C". The "M", by the very point of MVC, is not UI. To describe MVC as a whole to be a "user interface" confuses the entire section. I've tagged it as such. -- ShinmaWa(talk) 06:48, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

 * The MVC user interface of the Smalltalk-80 system is still around in Squeak and known as MVC, the pattern is named after the original implementation/user interface, not the other way around. It is correct however that the Java reference, as well as the reference to some languages is incorrect, MVC is either a pattern or an implementation, never a language feature.
 * See also http://st-www.cs.uiuc.edu/users/smarch/st-docs/mvc.html, which is referenced on the MVC page, note how they talk about a framework.
 * 87.66.206.239 21:50, 13 August 2007 (UTC)

 * It sounds like we are in agreement then. MVC, being either an implementation of the pattern as described by Dr. Burbeck, or the pattern itself, is NOT a user interface and is not a language feature (which is what I was driving at).   I don't deny that there is an MVC framework in Squeak.   I'm quite positive there is.  My issue is in calling it a "user interface" and implying that other languages are using Smalltalk frameworks.  That's very misleading and blurs the distinction that you aptly pointed out between the well-known architectural pattern and the less-well-known original ST80 implementation that gave the pattern its name.  -- ShinmaWa(talk) 17:47, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * MVC is indeed what one of the possible user interfaces in Squeak is called. When someone talks about creating an "MVC Application" in Squeak, they usually mean they will be using the MVC user interface framework, as opposed to the Morphic interface. A google search for MVC Squeak will show that - an will uncover pages such as this one: http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/1767, which has quotes such as: "In Squeak, MVC is available as one of the user interface environments to work within", and  "The Smalltalk-80 MVC user interface is the original GUI with overlapping windows, later imitated by the Macintosh and Windows.".
 * Yes, MVC is a pattern, but it is also a user interface option in Squeak.
 * To verify it for yourself, download a copy of Squeak, play around with the default Morphic interface, then create a new MVC project, and see for yourself that in Squeak it is not just a pattern, but an actual distinct user interface. 60.242.104.179 12:10, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

 * ShinmaWa, because the framework is a derivative of the original Smalltalk-80 framework that introduced MVC, it is both an MVC and the MVC framework. The source and the various tools of the Squeak environment refer to it as "MVC" (e.g. "Open MVC Project" vs "Open Morphic Project" menu items ), and it is known as MVC to every Squeak user. Whether MVC-as-a-pattern is more widely known than this MVC implementation is rather irrelevant in this context, as this article is specifically about Squeak and the lexicon of Squeak community. But this isn't to say that the original article text is not problematic. It would be more correct to say that Squeak includes a number of user interface frameworks rather than "user interfaces". It also could do a better job explaining that new for outsiders meaning of MVC.  Hopefully it does in my revision. Vassili Bykov (talk) 04:12, 19 December 2007 (UTC)

The Smalltalk community usage of MVC is almost certainly the original one. It simply refers to the classes used in implementing a very early (possibly the first) graphical user interface system and the pattern community usage is simply a derivative of that original name. Smalltalk MVC dates back to at least 1980 and the release of the Smalltalk-80 system. You might like to refer to the August 1981 edition of Byte magazine. 207.81.89.117 (talk) 01:58, 21 November 2008 (UTC)tim Rowledge

 * I've edited the article to reflect the fact that MVC doesn't work in recent versions of Squeak. One guy, | Sungjin Chun, seems to be keeping MVC alive in Squeak, but he forked it at version 3.8.1.  MVC is completely broken in Squeak 4.*.   NCdave (talk) 14:17, 21 June 2010 (UTC)
 * The MVC interface is indeed alive and reasonably well in Squeak Smalltalk as of at least 2020 and probably earlier. It is used as a drop-back UI when the Morphic UI gets too confused.
 * tim Rowledge 207.81.185.126 (talk) 03:39, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Squeak Squeak
I actually came to this page looking for the noise rodents make. There should be a page about that. --Cleveland Rock 15:42, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Out of curiosity, what verifiable information would be included in such an article, beyond its dicdef? -- ShinmaWa(talk) 17:51, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
 * See | http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/squeak. NCdave (talk) 14:20, 21 June 2010 (UTC)

Interval Research Corp.
Why does every history of Squeak skip the phase of the project at Interval Research Corp in the mid-1990's? I actually worked on the project at that time. Although I myself was not a major contributor, I do remember that a lot of major contributors were there. (David A. Burgess)

ACM link goes straight to a paywall
The link to the squeak PDF links to the ACM portal which requires a subscription, I don't think wikipedia links should link to content that can not be viewed without payment. 77.165.209.212 (talk) 07:59, 24 November 2009 (UTC)
 * WP:PAYWALL --Cyber cobra (talk) 08:32, 24 November 2009 (UTC)

Examples
It would be really nice to have some basic examples of squeak code to give an idea of what the language looks like. It doesn't need to be extensive, like Ruby and most languages have, but just some basic syntax examples so that programmers who know other languages can get a general idea of what it is. 76.105.216.34 (talk) 19:49, 25 May 2015 (UTC)

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Labé Region

Labé Region (Pular: 𞤁𞤭𞥅𞤱𞤢𞤤 𞤂𞤢𞤦𞤫) is a region of Guinea located in the north-central part of the country. It is bordered by the countries of Senegal and Mali and the Guinean regions of Faranah, Kindia, Mamou, and Boké.

Administrative divisions
Labé Region is divided into five prefectures; which are further sub-divided into 53 sub-prefectures:

 * Koubia Prefecture (6 sub-prefectures)
 * Labé Prefecture (13 sub-prefectures)
 * Lélouma Prefecture (11 sub-prefectures)
 * Mali Prefecture (13 sub-prefectures)
 * Tougué Prefecture (10 sub-prefectures)

Geography
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The Massachusetts Highway Commission (MHC) was the first highway commission in the U.S., formed in 1893 in response to a commission of inquiry finding that over 90% of the public roads in the state were in poor condition. The first state highway in Massachusetts was a 5305.17-foot (1617.02 m) section of Fitchburg Road (now Main Street, part of Route 119) in Ashby. The MHC laid it out as a state highway on August 15, 1894 from a point west of South Road to a point west of Route 31. The road was paved with 15–20 foot (4.5–6 m) macadam, with work beginning August 21, 1894 and ending July 15, 1895. The 50–66 foot (15–20 m) right-of-way is still owned by MassDOT under the original layout.

Massachusetts first gained numbered routes in 1922, with the formation of the New England Interstate Highways. Three-digit numbers were reserved for shorter routes. Route 138 and Route 140 were designated by 1925, and by 1926 the numbers from Route 101 to Route 142 (except Route 136) had been assigned.

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Over the years, most of the state's highways have been maintained by a varied list of agencies, including the Massachusetts Highway Department, Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, and the Massachusetts Port Authority, but are now maintained by the consolidated MassDOT. The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation's Bureau of Engineering still manages and/or operates a number of parkways across the Commonwealth.

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State routes
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Interstate Highways
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The Lowell Connector was technically the only "auxiliary" route in the state, having been formerly signed as Interstate 495 Business Spur in the 1960s.

Exit numbering
Massachusetts converted from sequential to mileage-marker exit numbering on its freeways in 2021 with the exception of I-291, I-391, Lowell Connector, and Route 213. The state amendments to the 2009 national MUTCD, published in January 2012, stated that Massachusetts would be changing all exit numbers to the mileage-based system "within the next five to ten years". This change was supposed to be made starting in 2016 when a project to renumber all sequential numbered exits to those based on highway mileposts. This project, though, was indefinitely postponed in the middle of 2016 until November 18, 2019, when MassDot confirmed that beginning in late summer 2020 the exit renumbering project would begin. Exit numbers are posted on all of its Interstate Highways, as well as other major freeways in the state, including the freeway portions of Route 2, the Pilgrims Highway (part of Route 3), the Northwest Expressway (part of US 3), Route 24, Route 25, Route 128, the southern portion of Route 140, Route 213, and most recently, Route 146.

The state completed its renumbering of Interstate Highways to use the mileage-marker system in September 2021.

Prior to renumbering, five freeways in Massachusetts contained irregular exit numbering patterns:
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 * The Northwest Expressway (US 3) is the one freeway in Massachusetts that still used the "25 is 128" system. As such, its exit numbering scheme started at 25 (at Route 128/I-95) and went up to 36.
 * Route 128 has reversed exit numbering; that is, exit numbers increase going north-to-south. Exit numbers start at 29 and end at 10. There are no exits 1-9, there is no exit 11, and exit 27 was removed. Route 128 has always had this system; however most of its exit numbering was replaced by the standard south-to-north of I-93 and I-95 south of Peabody.
 * I-93 in Boston has gone under many exit numbering changes since the Big Dig project was completed, and many old interchanges were closed or reconfigured. Numbering on the Interstate went from 1 to 48, but several exit numbers (17, 19, 21, 22, and 25) had been removed.
 * Numbering on the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) increased from 1 to 26; however, exits 11 and 11A were almost 10 miles apart, exits 14 and 15 were the same exit, exit 15B was a westbound only off ramp, exits 18 and 20 were the same exit, exit 19 was a mainline toll plaza until 2016, and exits 21 and 23 were westbound on-ramps only.

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Did I Screw Something Up?
Ok, what did I do?

(Dr dozzy 18:52, 23 January 2006 (UTC)) on Sons and Daughters (band)

what was with removing the work i was doing?
 * Didn't remove anything, did try to wiki some of it up so that "Sons & Daughters (band)" would appear as "Sons & Daughters" without the band thing there, and what-not. Corrected misspellings ("ablum" to "album" and such), and was adding the links to the songs under their singles section when you wrote me.  No removals or deletions were done, unless I accidented somewhere. Pan

hmm, could be a mistake somewhere, but it would appear the links out to the singles have been deleated and the pages that go with them
 * Capitals matter: Dance_me_in is your song entries, and Wiki reads that different than Dance_Me_In. Songs are typically capitalized except for "link words," but you're in the UK so it's possible that's different there than here on my side of the pond.  I'll point that properly.Pan

ahh, well that solves that then, thanks, and good editing
 * Should be fixed now. I'll Wiki up the song pages for you next as I mentioned above.

Messenge
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Syleena is listed under the plus size models page as being one. However her article doesn't say anything about modelling career, and of course her pics don't show that she would qualify as such. Is this a mistake, or shold we add a reference here?Pictureuploader 17:15, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
 * She is beautiful, but she has always down played her looks so as not to be taken for another R&B hoochie 65.122.138.194 17:42, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

incorrect link
The Wilhelmina link is not correct

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Startpagina

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The result of the debate was DELETE.  Rob e  rt  23:36, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

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Seems totally non-notable, with 1 page linking there (A page of lists), a list on a talk page a list on a users sandbox, and a list on Vandalism in progress/Long term alerts, which describes them as a "well known, long term, spam linker" which is true, in the past I've taken his advice and searched Wikipedia and found always atleast 5 pages with xxx.pagina.nl links to them. 68.39.174.238 20:49, 3 October 2005 (UTC)

 * Delete and petition devs to add pagina.nl to the spam list.  Ral  315   WS  20:52, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - looks like nn and advert. --JiFish(Talk/Contrib) 20:54, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
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Category:Grand Prix drivers

This page contains a list of drivers who competed in Grands Prix prior to the inception of the Formula One World Drivers' Championship which commenced with the British Grand Prix of 1950.

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GEOnet Names Server

The GEOnet Names Server (GNS), sometimes also referred to in official documentation as Geographic Names Data or geonames in domain and email addresses, is a service that provides access to the United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's (NGA) and the US Board on Geographic Names's (BGN) database of geographic feature names and locations for locations outside the US. The database is the official repository for the US Federal Government on foreign place-name decisions approved by the BGN. Approximately 20,000 of the database's features are updated monthly. Names are not deleted from the database, "except in cases of obvious duplication". The database contains search aids such as spelling variations and non-Roman script spellings in addition to its primary information about location, administrative division, and quality. The accuracy of the database had been criticised.

Accuracy
A 2008 survey of South Korea toponyms on GNS found that roughly 1% of them were actually Japanese names that had never been in common usage, even during the period of Japanese colonial rule in Korea, and had come from a 1946 US military map that had apparently been compiled with Japanese assistance. In addition to the Japanese toponyms, the same study noted that "There are many spelling errors and simple mis-understanding of the place names with similar characters" amongst South Korea toponyms on GNS, as well extraneous names of Chinese and English origin.

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Limpsfield

Limpsfield is a village and civil parish in Surrey, England, at the foot of the North Downs close to Oxted railway station and the A25. The composer Frederick Delius and orchestral conductor Sir Thomas Beecham are buried in the village churchyard. The village contains are 89 listed buildings.

History
The village lay within the Anglo-Saxon Tandridge hundred.

Limpsfield appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Limenesfeld. It was held by the Abbot of Battle Abbey, Sussex. Its Domesday assets were: 1 church, 1 mill worth 2s, 19 ploughs, 1 fishery, 4 acre of meadow, woodland worth 150 hogs, 2 stone quarries, and 3 nests of hawks. It rendered £24 (of silver) per year to its feudal overlords.

Old Court Cottage in Titsey Road, formerly the manorial court of the Abbot of Battle, is grade I listed building and dates from c. 1190-1200 (including aisle posts and arcade plates) with alterations in the late 14th century, and a 16th-century crosswing. Reginald Mason cited this in 1964 as an outstandingly important early example of a timber-framed building in the south of England.

The parish church of Saint Peter was constructed in the late 12th century and is a grade I listed building, extensively restored in the 19th century. The tower, with two-light plate-tracery windows of c.1260, is made of ironstone rubble with stone dressings and dressed stone to north aisle. In addition it has a wooden-shingled spire with a wooden cross surmounted. St Peter's church is also home to the last stained glass windows produced by John David Hayward, who lived for many years in nearby Edenbridge; the window depicts Saint Cecilia. Hayward was a leading artist in stained glass in the 20th century.

There are approximately twenty medieval buildings within the parish, and there are 89 listed buildings.

Landmarks
The village heart is in a conservation area and some of the surrounding area is National Trust land including Limpsfield Common. Staffhurst Wood is also within the parish boundaries and is notable for its bluebells in spring. Limpsfield Chart has a golf course and cricket club. Limpsfield itself has a football team and a tennis club and its current cricket club is a united team with Oxted, named Oxted & Limpsfield Cricket Club with two grounds.

The village is served by Oxted railway station.

Limpsfield Grange is a SEND school for girls and formerly an open air school.

Geography
The civil and ecclesiastical parish area is grouped to the north and south of Hurst Green, Surrey. The built up section is north of Hurst Green and both east and north-east of Oxted. The lowest elevation is 62m at Staffhurst Wood on the south-western parish boundary on the River Eden, Kent and highest is just east of the town centre at Grubstreet Copse at 163m; (Titsey being a separate civil parish north of the village and higher on the North Downs).

The M25 motorway is to the north and Junction 6 for Godstone is just $3 1⁄2$ miles west.

Nearby are three national rights of way: Vanguard Way, Pilgrims' Way and Greensand Way, the latter two along the hill ranges the North Downs and the Greensand Ridge.

Limpsfield Chart
51.25°N, 0.04°W Limpsfield Chart, arguably a village in its own right, begins from the south side of the A25. Chart is an Old English word for rough ground.

The adjacent High Chart, south-east of Limpsfield, is a large area of woodland, owned by the National Trust, which has a network of footpaths. The remains of a Roman road, the London to Lewes Way, pass through the woods east of the village, where it makes an eastward diversion from its alignment to avoid steep slopes. It passes through Crockham Hill before returning to its line near Marlpit Hill.

In the village is the C of E church of St Andrew, which it is the place of worship of 'a Conventional District' in the ecclesiastical parish of Limpsfield and Titsey, built in 1895. There is a pub The Carpenters Arms in the centre.

Within it is the halfway point in the Greensand Way long distance footpath which runs for 110 miles from Haslemere in Surrey to Hamstreet in Kent along the Greensand Ridge.

Governance
Sam Gyimah was the Member of Parliament for East Surrey, which includes Limpsfield from 2010-2019. He joined the Liberal Democrats in 2019 having left the Conservatives. He stood down at the last General Election and was replaced by Conservative Claire Coutinho.

There is one representative on Surrey County Council representing Limpsfield as part of the Oxted division. Cameron McIntosh is the local Councillor and is a member of the Conservative group.

There are two representatives on Tandridge District Council for Limpsfield. There is also a parish council with ten members.

Demography and housing
The average level of accommodation in the region composed of detached houses was 28%, the average that was apartments was 22.6%.

The proportion of households in the civil parish who owned their home outright compares to the regional average of 35.1%. The proportion who owned their home with a loan compares to the regional average of 32.5%. The remaining % is made up of rented dwellings (plus a negligible % of households living rent-free).

Musicians
The composer Frederick Delius is buried in the churchyard of the parish church of St. Peter's, as is his wife Jelka. The English orchestra conductor, Sir Thomas Beecham, is buried only a few yards from Delius, whose music he supported and promoted. A nearby grave is occupied by the cellist Beatrice Harrison, who lived locally in Oxted, and who worked with both Delius and Beecham. The ashes of Jack Brymer (1915–2003), a leading English clarinettist are interred in the churchyard near the grave of Beecham, who had recruited him to the RPO. The composer Pamela Harrison and her conductor husband Harvey Phillips lived at The Cearne from the late 1940s and into the 1950s.

Military
Rear Admiral Robert Gambier Middleton (1774–1837) who was active in the Napoleonic Wars and was Storekeeper-General of the Navy from 1829 to 1832 is buried in Limpsfield Churchyard. The German naval officer, maritime and naval writer, and committed Nazi Fritz-Otto Busch is buried in a corner of Limpsfield Churchyard. Commander Robert Radcliffe Cooke, R.N., Retired (7 March, 1883 – 22 August, 1924) who served in the Royal Navy is buried in the churchyard. Despite suffering from tuberulosis, he became an expert in wireless telegraphy. Leonard Montague Greenwood MC (bar),DSO (1893-1918) who is buried in Rouen is commemorated on his parents' gravestone in Limpsfield Churchyard. Glyn Ashfield DFC who fought in the Battle of Britain and died in 1942 when his Mosquito aircraft crashed on a low flying exercise is buried in Limpsfield Churchyard. Sergeant Pilot John Ferguson RAFVR who died in 1942 when his Wellington Bomber crashed while on a night cross-country training flight is buried in Limpsfield Churchyard. Brigadier Cecil Haigh, who was a Deputy Director of Ordnance Services in various roles during the Second World War is buried in Limpsfield Churchyard.

Artists and writers
Arthur Rackham, the book illustrator, lived and died in Pains Hill (a small hamlet to the south of Limpsfield village) David Garnett, the novelist and Bloomsbury figure, spent his childhood in a house called The Cearne on the outskirts of the village. His mother Constance Garnett was a translator of Russian literature. The Scottish statesman and historian, Mountstuart Elphinstone, associated with the government of British India, is buried in Limpsfield churchyard. Florence L. Barclay, the romance novelist and short story writer, was the daughter of the local Anglican rector. Sir George Paish the economist, is buried in Limpsfield Churchyard. Cyril Jackson (educationist) is buried in Limpsfield Churchyard. Sir John Arthur Thomson FRSE LLD the Scottish naturalist who was an expert on soft corals is buried in Limpsfield Churchyard. The sculptor Frances Darlington spent the later part of her life at Dutton Cottage in Limpsfield.

Others
Henry Alan Ede OBE who was Senior Inspector of Taxes in Birmingham in 1944 is buried in Limpsfield Churchyard. Maurice Hankey, 1st Baron Hankey of the Chart is buried in Limpsfield Churchyard. Sophia Amelia Dent who was the widow of T.W.J. Dent of Flass in Westmoreland is buried in the churchyard. Her husband’s uncles Thomas, Lancelot and Wilkinson Dent were for some time British merchants based in Canton, China dealing primarily in opium. Marmaduke Hilton, who is buried in Limpsfield Church was a "a West India merchant" and mortgagee of two slave-owning estates in Jamaica. Colin Cowdrey, former England cricket captain, resided in the village for many years. Davina McCall, the television host, spent much of her childhood in Limpsfield.Jeremy Thorpe, politician, lived in Limpsfield for part of his childhood, and attended Hazelwood School.

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Oldtown, Maryland

Oldtown is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Allegany County, Maryland, United States, along the North Branch Potomac River. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 86.

History
It was founded in 18th century colonial times and was initially called "Opessa's Town" or "Shawanese Old Town" because it was the site of a Shawnee Amerindian village established by Opessa Straight Tail and abandoned about 1725. In later years the explanatory prefix was dropped from the name and the place because known simply as "Oldtown". Oldtown was begun (on a soon to be busy road) with the building of a trading post along an old Native American trail, the Nemacolin Trail, as traders, especially fur traders (and trappers) pushed through the Cumberland Narrows mountain pass into the Monongahela River valley.

In 1741 Thomas Cresap established a trading post at the abandoned village. A few years earlier, Cresap had figured prominently in the Conejohela War, (also called Cresap's War) concerning the Conejohela Flats area of the Susquehanna River valley, later York County, Pennsylvania. Shortly after his release from prison in Pennsylvania for advocating Maryland's claims, Cresap moved west to the sparsely settled frontier. Lord Baltimore claimed lands at the headwaters of the Potomac River. The move positioned Cresap and his patron to open the as yet uncharted Ohio Country. Cresap and the Delaware chief Nemacolin opened a road westward under the auspices of the Virginia and Maryland speculators of the Ohio Company once they received a charter.

Cresap's son Michael Cresap was born at Oldtown, the first white male born in Allegany County.

A post office was established there on May 26, 1870. Oldtown is connected by a one-lane low-water toll bridge to Green Spring in Hampshire County, West Virginia.

The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal reached Cumberland, Maryland, from Georgetown (Washington, D.C.) in 1850, passing Oldtown at milepost 166.5. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, located just across the Potomac from Oldtown, had reached Cumberland eight years earlier. The canal finally closed operations as a carrier in 1924 due to flood damage. The B&O Railroad, now CSX, continues to be a major carrier, and it is used daily by Amtrak's Capitol Limited between Washington, DC and Chicago.

The Western Maryland Railway was extended west from Big Pool, Maryland, to Cumberland as a Class-I railroad in 1906, with the mainline being constructed through Oldtown complete with a train station located at the lower end of town. Passenger service ended on the Western Maryland Railway between Cumberland and Hagerstown on May 30, 1953. Afterwards it was not uncommon for B&O passenger trains to be rerouted over the Western Maryland through Oldtown. The last scheduled WM trains through Oldtown occurred on May 12, 1975, for freight, and May 21, 1975, for a Chessie System Passenger Special. The line was officially abandoned as part of the "Chessie System" consolidation, and all WM trains began running on the nearby B&O. A Chessie System work train pulled up the rails through Oldtown in June 1976.

In 1924 a six-classroom/auditorium brick school was erected along Main Street, with the first class graduating from there in 1925. In 1939 an identical new high school section was added to the south end of the present school, which increased the classroom total to fourteen. It included a new cafeteria, office and faculty room. During the 1954-55 school year yet another high school section was added, along with a new vocational agricultural shop, a furnace room and a brand new combination gym/auditorium which could seat 900 people. During the summer of 1977, the 1925 and 1939 sections were torn down, and a new present-day first floor section was constructed on the east side of where the old sections stood. In 2000 the 76th and final class graduated from Oldtown High School, and the school closed. Today it is privately owned, and a restaurant is now located in the former school cafeteria.

The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. The Michael Cresap House was listed in 1972 and the Shawnee Old Fields Village Site in 1975.

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Talk:Yellow dog Democrat

Old discussions archived, image added
I have archived some many-years-old, outdated discussions to keep this talk page relevant. A lot of it was questioning the inclusion of material which was either removed since those times, or is now supported by sources. I have added an image of the yellow dog to explain why the dog is yellow, which is supported by the same source that says it refers to a Carolina Dog, as much as a Shiba Inu would typically be more yellow. Thiagovscoelho (talk) 13:53, 25 November 2023 (UTC)

Ginmo colton
Yellow and blue dogs name Gimmo colton 2601:587:8201:5950:3952:4549:7A2E:1E88 (talk) 11:44, 20 June 2024 (UTC)

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Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mark Sanders (2nd nomination)

closed, remove from AfD, debate is longer than 10 days.
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The result of the debate was DELETE. I'm not including the anon or redlinked users in any counting. But counting is less important than the fact that this had a decisive AfD very recently that VfU did not overturn. -Splash talk 18:15, 16 October 2005 (UTC)

Mark Sanders
Based upon my interpretation of WP:CSD, this is not a speedy deletion candidate per se, but it does not readily meet the inclusion standards put forward by WP:BIO. It is my belief that the creator of this article may be mistaking the article namespace for user space. After seeing the tag removed three times in the article history, it came to my attention that this was just discussed two weeks ago on AfD, with the article being deleted as the end result, after a thoroughly unanimous consensus to do so. As this article is not an exact recreation of the original, I am relisting it here for discussion. No vote. Hall Monitor 20:50, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
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 * Delete. I am in complete agreement on all counts with the nominator.--Scimitar parley 22:08, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete - looks like a vanity page. Dottore So 22:56, 3 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete nn. Andrew pmk | Talk 00:56, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Delete along with the redirects at El Blanco and Lord Blanka the Black. --Jeffrey O. Gustafson - Shazaam! - <*> 02:46, 4 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Don't delete - See discussion page for my take. Lonejack 14:22, 7 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Don't Delete sorry for the length but I couldn't start a discussion for this so please bear with me. I had to put my 2 cents in. Based on an interpretation of WP:BIO, I believe that the bio on Mark Sanders is valid and should not be deleted as it qualifies under 2 sections of the "People still alive" section. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.79.150.14 (talk • contribs) 02:33, 6 October 2005
 * If he were notable, his info would not get "a bit more difficult to find". I also don't believe you've "participated closely in the scene", if you are aren't aware of Heatbeat, elmobo (Moby, the French MOD musician, btw - NOT borrowed from elblanco), Dune, Elwood, Siren, and Virt's notability.  Try looking them all up on www.scenemusic.net .  Your best argument would be that he is on the AMP site  with a few downloads.  Also, read my response on Talk:Mark_Sanders.  I'm going to add a Delete vote (along with redirects per Jeffrey O. Gustafson) as vanity. --Vossanova 17:35, 6 October 2005 (UTC)
 * Don't Delete - I can't believe this is being discussed. See my discussion post. 67.109.180.226 23:17, 10 October 2005 (UTC)
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Chrysops

Deer flies (also known in some parts of the mid-Atlantic United States as sheep flies) are bloodsucking insects considered pests to humans and cattle. They are large flies with large brightly coloured compound eyes, and large clear wings with dark bands. They are larger than the common housefly and smaller than the horse-fly. There are 250 species of deer fly in the genus Chrysops. Their distribution is worldwide, though they have not been reported in Iceland, Greenland, or Hawaii.

Deer flies lay between 100 and 800 eggs in batches on vegetation near water or dampness. During the larval stage, which lasts one to three years, they feed on small creatures or rotting organic matter near or in the water. After a pupal stage, they emerge as adults in late spring and summer. While male deer flies collect pollen, female deer flies feed on blood, which they require to produce eggs. Females feed primarily on mammals. They are attracted to prey by sight, smell, or the detection of carbon dioxide. Other attractants are body heat, movement, dark colours, and lights in the night. They are active under direct sunshine and hours when the temperature is above 22 °C (71.6°). When feeding, the females use scissor-like mandibles and maxillae to make a cross-shaped incision and then lap up the blood. Their bite can be painful. Anti-coagulants in the saliva of the fly prevents blood from clotting and may cause severe allergic reactions. Parasites and diseases transmitted by the deer fly include tularemia, anthrax, anaplasmosis, equine infectious anemia, hog cholera, and filiariasis. DEET is not an effective repellent.

Predators of the deer fly (and other Tabanidae) include nest-building wasps and hornets, dragonflies, and some birds, including the killdeer. They are difficult to control because insecticides cannot be applied in the sensitive wetlands where their larvae typically develop. Additionally, adults may have developed a significant distance from where the eggs were laid. Trapping devices and protective clothing, such as long-sleeved shirts and hats, can help avoid the annoyance and bites of aggressive deer flies.

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Talk:Guy Ritchie

Revolver
"Revolver" is not about four soldiers stealing gold, but about 6 billion people serving Sam Gold (or whatever this guy may be called by them) and identifying this false person with themselves. To my opinion, to understand this, you definitely have to watch the film. It's far stronger that Fight Club and other stuff. - Anastasia Kurdina
 * This is a VERY redundant POV for an encyclopedia. The "message" of the film has no place here, especially as it can (and is) so wifely interpreted.  As for the film being "far stronger that Fight Club...." what the fuck are you on?  82.19.66.37 23:32, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
 * I’m sorry, but you just are too dumb for this film. That’s a straight out fact, proven by your reaction, and the silly ad hominem style pseudo-arguments. You could not understand this film, even if you wanted. And that is not meant in a bad way. It’s just how it is. (Of course, being dumb, you will think so anyway.) — 88.77.184.75 (talk) 15:33, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Your arguments were ad hominen. Not his. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.28.245.47 (talk) 06:21, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

The problem with Revolver was that, frankly, pretty much everyone in the US and UK was simply too dumb to understand it. Including the critics. That’s why it was panned. Here in Germany, I have yet so see a single person who not loves this film and thinks it’s one of the best that was ever made! Yes’s it’s a complicated film. But if you god a brain, that is a good thing. It’s just that there is this weird social convention, that it’s OK to insult a intelligent person, but it’s not OK to say that someone is dumb, even when he clearly is. This is because dumb people are by definition unable to realize their dumbness, and also by definition are loud and think they are great, right, etc. Fact is: You have to be intelligent to like the film. But if you are, it really is one of the best films ever made. It’s by far his best film. I hate that he dumbed it down again, with Rocknrolla, which was a pretty weak film. But of course, the ’tards liked it. Anastasia is completely right with her interpretation of the big picture of what the film is about. — 88.77.184.75 (talk) 15:33, 26 January 2010 (UTC)

Photo
the photo is messed up. im not sure how to fix it though —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.141.232.27 (talk) 21:50, 29 January 2009 (UTC)

Homes
Don't they have a house in Scotland? KILO-LIMA 23:25, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Taking drugs
Oh!Was Guy Ritchie expelled from the school for taking drugs! Plese give me this sources.--211.123.225.23 10:15, 6 June 2006 (UTC)

Inconcistencies
The Directing Career section say's that the Revolver was a commercial success, but the Filmography section say's it was a flop, who is right?

Tagged this article self-contradictory for this reason (146.87.193.4 20:40, 14 January 2007 (UTC))

Expelled
it's written two times it was expelled from school. fine. reason? it's dumb to write such an info without writing it completely, and the reason is crucial. --Lo'oris 12:25, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Request for semi-protection
To stop this vandal from continuing to add his mockney nonsense from a a variety of near-similar IPs MrMarmite (talk) 15:15, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

 * Unfortunately he's spread to a wider range of articles and is leaving nastier vandalism than before (see earlier, for example).  The range is too big to block, and I think if we semied this one he'd just move onto a range of different targets.  At least this one is getting pretty well watched, so it's acting as a tripwire - meaning at least we're blocking and tidying up in fairly short order.   There's more of us than him, so we'll wear him down eventually.  Other than someone complaining to his ISP (does that ever work for silly stuff like this) I don't know of a technical solution. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 15:26, 19 September 2008 (UTC)

At least mentioning the whole Mockney thing is fair enough, given that its a popular accusation levelled at him. Instead, the entry reads like a puff piece. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.84.104.153 (talk) 22:53, 28 May 2010 (UTC)

The homophobia section
I think the anon is right to remove this; I don't think it's appropriate, and it's quite possibly a downright BLP violation. To my mind the section contains two elements - an unsourced OR analysis of Richie's films - I've no idea how often "'poofs' and 'faggots'" is said in the films, and there's no source at all that supports either the claim that the films are "full of references", or that Richie's movies are substantively different in this regard than are similar films. Secondly there's the brother-in-law's "he's a homophobe" section. Frankly, for every reasonably famous person you can always find any number of people who say they're gay, or a homophobe, or both. We can't put every bitchy complaint someone makes in passing against someone else into their article. If Richie had been singled out for derision by a gay-rights organisation, if he'd said something on the record, if he'd been boycotted, if there was evidence that this was more than the opinion of one estranged relative, then we might have some cause to mention this. But even then we don't mention every person's religion or sexual orientation or politics - we need to have some reasonable cause to do so. Right now this is a rather grubby sneer which doesn't belong in this or any other article. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 21:53, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

 * Additionally, the two sections sections are conflated to imply an unevidenced conclusion based on a fanciful premise. There's no source that supports the theory that people who make movies that contain words pejorative about a given group are prejudiced against that group - by that daft metric Spike Lee and Richard Prior must really hate black people. -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 21:59, 5 October 2008 (UTC)

Training
There is no section discussing where he got his film training. Or, was he completely self taught? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.51.72.144 (talk) 18:59, 20 March 2009

 * According to IMDB: "He never attended film school, saying that the work of film school graduates was boring and unwatchable."  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.37.216.215 (talk) 14:29, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Updating article
This article needs to be updated with a new image and a couple of other things. Its just basically the top that needs to be updated. Im just here to get promission to update it and discuss about it apperantly I can't update unless I discuss about it. Anyways what image would you want me to put up there all you have to do is just give me a link of the image. And for two the top of the article is short what's up with that Sprite7868 | Talk 1:00, May 7, 2009 (UTC)

Missing years
What did Guy Ritchie do during the twelve years (!) from 1983 (when he struck out on his own) to 1995 (when he started his film career)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.37.216.215 (talk) 14:27, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Clean-up badly needed
eg "Most of Ritchie's family on the McLaughlin and Martineau lines were appointed Reverends, Barons or Knighted at some point. The peerage started with the Very Rev. Hubert McLaughlin (b. 1805), father of famous nurse Louisa McLaughlin, and ancestor of Patrick McLaughlin, who was the first in his direct family to be given the according title, as he was born into a blue collar family and worked hard to find nobility. "

This reads like and probably is tripe. Can someone who actually knows about Ritchie's family background and can find supporting references edit this into English. You don't get "appointed Reverend" - you become a member of the clergy; nor indeed can you be "appointed" Baron. It's most unlikely that "Most of Ritchie's family on the McLaughlin and Martineau lines" were clergymen, barons or knights - shear probability and the requirement to be male for two of those categories (and until recently three) is against it! As for "worked hard to find nobility", how would anyone know?

If this section in particular can't be cleaned up I suggest that it is removed.

--Dorset100 (talk) 17:54, 8 October 2012 (UTC)

User:Soulparadox
This user has been going on reverting valid additions to remove dead link from the article related to this link. When I have added archive links from Wayback machine, he/she goes on removing it saying that wayback does not show it which is a fabrication and a lie. The link has been archived 10 times, 8 of them valid. Here are the links from the oldest to the recent most. September 2007, October 2007, January 2008..... and the most recent being this one although that one is an incorrect archive. — Indian: BIO  · [ ChitChat ] 05:29, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I will wait till 24 hour from 05:20, December 18, 2013, to 05:20, December 19, 2013 and if the user does not change the blatant disruption, I will revert this and have to report any further lies like this. — Indian: BIO  · [ ChitChat ] 05:38, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

Confusion regarding possible dead link
Can someone please verify the following inline citation, as I keep finding a dead link (an archive page of the MuchMusic site) rather than the supposed article:. Any help will be appreciated.--Soulparadox (talk) 05:41, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Look what the Reliable source noticeboard replied to this. — Indian: BIO  · [ ChitChat ] 05:43, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
 * As I said in the section Indian links to, it loads perfectly fine for me. Someguy1221 (talk) 05:44, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
 * All three of the previous ones work, but the recent one that you identify as the faulty one was the one that was in the article. It is not a big deal. It should be sorted out now. Take it easy everyone and have a good week ... maybe?--Soulparadox (talk) 05:45, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
 * I had added this link only to the article which loads just fine. It was your problem all along that led to this mess. Revert your edit and do not let a dead link stay in the article, which is already a mess I believe. — Indian: BIO  · [ ChitChat ] 05:48, 18 December 2013 (UTC)
 * The stress associated with this recent edit has been off-putting for me, so I am just going to leave the Guy Ritchie page alone for a while if that is okay with you. Thanks anyway.--Soulparadox (talk) 05:50, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

Edit Request
Hi, my name is Michele Robertson and I work with Guy Ritchie as his personal publicist.

As a long time admired of the diligent work you all do, I wanted to bring to your attention two references -- along with the wording around them -- that required updating/editing to provide accurate details around the situations that are being referenced in Guy's Wikipedia page in the Personal Life section.

They are as follows:

(40) On 15 December 2008, Madonna's spokeswoman announced that the signer agreed to a divorce settlement with Ritchie, the terms of which grant him between 50 million and 60 million, an figure that includes the value of the couple's London pub and residence and Wiltshire estate in England.

This information was widely misreported at the time, and in a joint statement by Guy and Madonna the inaccurate report given to AP by her representative was retracted. A link to an accurate story with the official statement is below - thus Guy did not receive a 50 million - 60 million divorce settlement and the wording that is listed on his Wikipedia page needs to be updated to accurately reflect this.

Link to a credible source regarding the inaccurate report given to AP:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/3812501/Madonna-in-climbdown-over-claim-of-60m-divorce-payment-to-Guy-Ritchie.html

"We have tried to maintain a dignified silence regarding the details of our divorce for the last few months whilst accepting the obvious media interest. "A misleading and inaccurate statement, specifically in relation to the sums of money involved, was wrongly issued to AP this week. "The financial details of the settlement will remain private, save to say that both of us are happy with our agreement. Our primary concern, like any co-parents, is the care and well-being of our children."

(33) On 18 May 2000, Richie was arrested by the police after he assaulted a 20-year-old man outside the Keningston home he shared with the American entertainer Madonna, causing actually bodily harm.

As noted in the below referenced article, Guy was arrested but no charges were filed and the man in question was an overzealous fan/photographer who had been harassing the then couple and tried to open the door to access a then pregnant Madonna. The sentence as it now in on his page does not reflect the full scope of the situation, and needs to be updated to accurately reflect the scope of the incident.

http://www.eonline.com/news/40822/madonna-mansion-burgled

In June, an overzealous fan who had been harassing the couple for months showed up at the home Madonna was then renting in the posh Kensington disctrict and confronted the couple as they returned home from a night of clubbing. The man allegedly tried to open Madonna's car door before the chivalrous Ritchie stepped in and clobbered him (Ritchie was arrested, but the charges were eventually dropped). A few weeks later, thieves ransacked the place while Madonna and Ritchie were out at the premiere of her film The Next Best Thing.

Look forward to your swift response and care in addressing these.

Respectfully,

Michele Robertson — Preceding unsigned comment added by MicheleRobertson (talk • contribs) 23:53, 14 July 2017 (UTC)

 * Michael, I updated both sections. However, I noticed that E! Online reported the assault had occurred in June 2000, whereas Yahoo! news on 18 May 2000. I assumed the discrepancy was just a mistake by E! Online writer. 4nn1l2 (talk) 11:35, 29 July 2017 (UTC)

"The McLaughlins have a pedigree going back to King Edward I of England."
This is not noteworthy. England had a population of 4,750,000 in 1290, today it's 55 million. Chances are that almost everyone except recent immigrants have a pedigree going back to Edward.

Also, if the pedigree goes back to Edward, it also goes back to William the Conqueror - what's special about Edward?217.248.45.143 (talk) 00:35, 20 October 2017 (UTC)

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M writer How can i contact with you to talk about my Hollywood movie story Pardeep khattri (talk) 08:35, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

Other business ventures
I've just added a small section on his other business ventures - pubs he owns, his Gritchie Brewing Company, the Wild Kitchen company, plus his recently announced purchase of Compton Abbas Airfield. 109.152.244.12 (talk) 10:02, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

Revolver was only less popular in the US/UK!
Here in Germany, France, BeNeLux & surrounding countries, it’s considered an insider tip and a masterpiece!

It just takes some brain and education power to understand it. We Germans generally concluded that some people and generally some countries are just too fuckin stupid for this movie. So Ritchie just was too ambitious for his moronic first audiemnce, and threw diamonds before pigs. Sad. But given the permanent puberty state of such people, I’m certain that they will get all ”offended“, like pubescents, too, be in denial inside their filter bubble of stupid, and delete fucking everything I said.

I’m just saying it should be described as a masterpiece panned by dumb people, instead of blaming the movie.

— 2A0A:A546:D81D:1:40ED:9B69:9B42:63C4 (talk) 23:08, 29 October 2022 (UTC)

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Con Murphy (Valley Rovers hurler)

Cornelius "Con" Murphy (28 October 1922 – 29 April 2007) was an Irish hurler who played as a full-back at senior level for the Cork county team.

Murphy joined the team during the 1942 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1951 championship. During that time, he won four All-Ireland medals, five Munster medals, and one National League medal. Murphy was an All-Ireland runner-up on one occasion.

At club level Murphy had a lengthy career with Valley Rovers while he also played with divisional side Carrigdhoun.

Once retired from playing, Murphy became a referee at the highest levels. He also served as a Gaelic games administrator with the Cork County Board before assuming the office of President of the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1976.

Colleges
Murphy first found success on the hurling field during his studies at the North Monastery in Cork. In 1940 he joined the college's senior hurling team and won a Dr Harty Cup medal that year following a defeat of Limerick CBS. It was the first of three successive Munster medals for Murphy.

Club
Murphy was still a junior when he joined Valley Rovers, playing both hurling and gaelic football. In 1937, the Rovers won 4–3 to 2–0 over Carrigaline (hurling) and a 1–1 to 0–2 win over Kinsale (gaelic football) yielding Murphy junior divisional hurling and football medals in both sports.

Four years later in 1941 Murphy won a second divisional junior hurling medal as Valley Rovers defeated Tracton by 5–7 to 5–3, followed up by a second divisional junior football medal in 1943 when Rovers beat Tracton.

In 1945, Murphy played on the Carrigdhoun divisional team that reached the final of the senior hurling championship, who were beaten by Glen Rovers 4–10 to 5–3.

The highlight of Murphy's career brought further success at divisional level. He won a third divisional junior hurling medal in 1949. He also gained two more divisional junior football medals in 1947 and 1951.

Inter-county
Murphy joined the Cork senior hurling team at a time of great success for the club. He made his senior championship debut in 1942 and collected his first Munster medal as Tipperary were downed by 4–15 to 4–1. The All-Ireland final was a replay of the previous year with Dublin providing the opposition once again. The game was a close affair with just a point separating the sides at the three-quarter stage. In the end Cork won by 2–14 to 3–4 and Murphy collected an All-Ireland medal.

A 2–13 to 3–8 defeat of Waterford in 1943 gave Murphy a second Munster medal. He later lined out in a second All-Ireland decider with Antrim becoming the first Ulster side to qualify for a final. A final score of 5–16 to 0–4 gave Cork their second-ever hat-trick of All-Ireland titles while it also gave Murphy a second All-Ireland medal.

In 1944 Cork were attempting to capture a fourth All-Ireland title in-a-row. No team in the history of the hurling championship had won more than three consecutive titles. The year started well for the team when Cork defeated Limerick by 4–6 to 3–6 after a replay, awarding Murphy a third Munster medal. For the third time in four years Cork faced Dublin in an All-Ireland decider. Joe Kelly was the hero of the day and he contributed greatly to Cork's 2–13 to 1–2 victory. It was a third successive All-Ireland medal for Murphy.

Five-in-a-row proved to be a bridge too far for Cork, however, the team returned in 1946. A 3–8 to 1–3 defeat of Limerick gave Murphy his fourth Munster medal. Under the captaincy of Christy Ring, Cork subsequently faced old rivals Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final. While some had written off Cork's chances, they took an interval lead of four points. When ten minutes remained Cork's lead was reduced to just two points, however, goals by Mossy O'Riordan and Joe Kelly secured the victory. A 7–6 to 3–8 score line gave Murphy a fourth and final All-Ireland medal.

Cork retained their provincial dominance in 1947 with Murphy picking up a fifth winners' medal following a three-point victory over Limerick. The All-Ireland final was a repeat of the previous year with Kilkenny providing the opposition. The stakes were high for both sides as Cork were aiming for a record sixth championship in seven seasons while Kilkenny were aiming to avoid becoming the first team to lose three consecutive All-Ireland finals. In what has been described as one of the greatest deciders of all-time, little separated the two teams over the course if the hour. A Joe Kelly goal put Cork one point ahead with time almost up, however, Terry Leahy proved to be the hero of the day. He converted a free to level the sides again before sending over the match-winner from the subsequent puck-out. With that the game was over and Murphy's side were beaten by 0–14 to 2–7. It was the fifth time that Kilkenny had pipped Cork by a single point in an All-Ireland final.

Murphy won a National Hurling League medal at the start of 1948 following a 3–3 to 1–2 defeat of Tipperary. Cork later faced an on-point defeat by Waterford in the provincial decider.

That defeat saw the break-up of the great four-in-a-row team of the 1940s and was followed by four lean years of championship hurling for Cork. After three consecutive defeats by Tipperary in 1949, 1950 and 1951, Murphy retired from inter-county hurling in 1951.

Inter-provincial
Murphy was selected for Munster in the inter-provincial series of games. He made his debut with the province in 1944 and was a regular until his retirement in 1950.

Murphy's first Railway Cup medal was secured as an unused substitute in 1944 when Munster defeated Connacht by 4–10 to 4–4.

Four years later in 1948 Murphy was a member of the starting fifteen as Munster returned to the final. A 3–5 to 2–5 defeat of Leinster gave Murphy his second Railway Cup medal, his first on the field of play. It was the first of three-in-a-row for Munster as subsequent defeats of Connacht and Leinster brought Murphy's medal tally to four.

Refereeing career
As his playing career drew to a close Murphy began his career as a referee. He was still a player with the Cork senior team when he was charged with officiating at the National League final in 1947. The following year Murphy took charge of his first All-Ireland senior decider when Waterford won their inaugural title. 1949 saw him referee the Munster final, having played in the earlier rounds of the championship, as well as the All-Ireland junior final. The following year Murphy was the man-in-the-middle for the All-Ireland senior final once again as Tipperary took their second consecutive title. In 1952 he again refereed for the National League final.

Murphy was also a popular referee on the local club scene around Munster. He took charge of numerous club championship deciders in Cork and Tipperary.

Cork County Board
Murphy was still a teenager when he became involved in the administrative affairs of the Gaelic Athletic Association. He represented Valley Rovers at the Carrigdhoun convention and in 1948 was elected chairman of that body at just twenty-six years of age. Murphy went on to represent Carrigdhoun at county board level, and became a member of the Cork County Board executive in 1947.

In the early 1950s Murphy held the positions of vice-chairman and Treasurer. In 1956, following the death of Seán Óg Murphy, he took over as Secretary of the County Board. He held this position until 1973. In the mid-1980s Murphy returned as Chairman of the Cork County Board.

In 2005 Murphy was a delegate at the GAA's annual congress when the controversial Rule 42 was debated. Murphy was one of the most vocal opponents and campaigned to keep Croke Park closed to soccer and rugby.

President of the GAA
In 1976 Murphy became President of the Gaelic Athletic Association, a role which he held until 1978. During his three-year term as President there were many significant developments, such as the official opening of the 50,000-seat Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork in 1976, which he played a big part in the construction of. He also campaigned to the British government on the behalf of Crossmaglen Rangers, whose pitch had been occupied by the British army. During his tenure as President Murphy also had the privilege of presenting the Liam MacCarthy Cup to three different Cork men in succession as Cork completed a famous three-in-a-row of All-Ireland hurling victories.

Personal life
Born in Toureen, a few miles on the Cork side of Innishannon, Murphy was the eldest of seven children, four boys and three girls. From an early age he took a great interest in Gaelic games, particularly since his uncle Seán McCarthy, his mother's brother, was GAA president from 1932 to 1935.

Murphy was educated at the local national school and later attended the North Monastery in Cork. He later joined the Southern Health Board and served in various grades and positions until he retired from the position of Senior Executive Officer in 1983. After this he started a private business which he operated successfully until his retirement in 1998. Murphy was also named as a member of the RTÉ Authority and in 1995 he was made a Freeman of the City of Cork.

Murphy died at St. Finbarr's Hospital, Cork on 29 April 2007.

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